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with the set up costs for this year’s sale. In all, 150 volunteers work the sale on Saturday. And many of them also help out throughout the week leading up to the sale, taking in donations and sorting goods. “We have rotary members and their spouses who help us,” said Jerry Garner, of the Bremerton Rotary, noting that both women and men can belong to the Rotary. And then there’s folks like Stan Webb and Vicki Bess. Webb’s been around for several years and has a background in electronics. He doesn’t belong to Rotary, but he donates his time to check out the televisions, stereos and DVD players. He makes sure they work and if they don’t he tries to get them working before the sale.
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“I’m just helping out,” Webb said. “This is a good thing for the community and if I can help, I want to.” Although he hadn’t seen any big screen TVs come in by noon on Wednesday, he said there were several good TVs on hand and most were newer. “Few years back, I had one from the 1950s,” he said. “Now that’s a TV.” Bess began helping out with the RAGS sale about three years ago. She lives nearby and stopped in to find that a crew that day was throwing out a lot of plastic flowers and other decorations. “I asked them why and they said they didn’t think they would sell,” Bess said. “So I told them ‘Give them to me and I’ll put them together in arrangements and those will sell.’” Indeed they did. And now she comes back every year to create crafty
things that have helped the Rotary to the tune of about $300 each year. The Rotarians said the sale would not be possible without community support. Several local businesses donate food to serve the workers throughout the set-up week and on the day of the sale. Other businesses like Silverdale Cyclery repair bicycles so they can be sold. For those who are interested in big ticket items, there’s a special corner where the more valuable items are priced accordingly. Silverdale Rotarian Chuck Kraining said this year he’s seen a lot more silver items come in, and he’s seen some first edition books that date back to 1905. “We look out for those kind of things and then we have some experts who can help us price them right,” he said. Kraining often works the shoe section and was
surprised during his first year to find them to be very popular. “The doors opened and people came running to the shoes,” he said. “It caught me off guard.” Later, he learned that some shoppers were purchasing shoes to be sent to family members in poorer foreign countries. “They’d buy bags of them, and then box them up and ship them off,” he said. Brown said many local families rely on the sale for good clothing for their kids. He also said anything leftover after the sale is donated to other local nonprofits that distribute the items to the needy. Furniture and home goods are given to Habitat for Humanity. Items are priced to sell, the Rotary officials said. But if things aren’t moving, they’ll make announcements and cut prices.
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“Usually by noon, things go for half price,” Brown said. “And then an hour later, we sell things for a bag price.” The sale includes a silent auction in which bids are written on sheets that accompany items. Silent auctions end at 9, 9:45 and 10:45 a.m. Brown said if there are three or four people trying to out-bid each other on something, the item might be snagged for a short vocal auction on the spot. “That makes it more fair to all the people who want the item,” he said. “We just tell them ahead that the item will go up by $5 until we’re left with only one bidder.” As for surprises, they’ve had them. There have been a few years when really valuable items have come through the door, including a rare book. “It was an early version of Uncle Tom’s Cabin,”
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CK High senior Andrew Samuelson looks at his music awards. He plans to major in music education.
quickly, Woods said. “Andrew’s particularly good at mallet instruments,” said Woods. “But he’s very well rounded on percussion.” While percussion consists learning instruments such as the triangle, snare drum, Timpani and others, Woods said Samuelson has never let the task seem daunting.
said Brown. “A guy told us we had something that might be worth more than the $2 that was on it and he handed us a $100 bill.” But thus far, they haven’t found the million-dollar find. “We haven’t ever seen a Renoir walk through the door,” said Kraining. “But we’d love that.”
If you go: There is no preview. Shoppers can arrive before the 8 a.m. opening, but be prepared to wait outdoors. Sale hours are Saturday April 12, from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The Kitsap Fairgrounds is located at 1200 Fairgrounds Road NW, Bremerton. There is free parking. For more go to www. ragsauction.org, or call 360-917-1240.
“It’s been easy because he works hard and he’s very receptive to comments and criticism and taking it in,” said Woods. “As soon as he got on the instrument he picked it up really quickly.” In his current marimba repertoire, Samuelson said he knows about four songs. One is a concerto piece, which is 20-minutes long. While it takes work — sometimes he’s got four mallets to contend with for some
“Andrew’s particularly good at mallet instruments. But he’s very well rounded on percussion.” – Michael Woods pieces — the senior said it is his favorite instrument by far. “It’s such a pleasure to play this thing,” he said. “I’m so happy I’m able to. It’s fantastic.”
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