One of a Kind Auction at IPM 2008

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On Saturday, September 20th the last day of IPM 2008, there will be a one of kind auction featuring some unique items that have been part of the Match. The auction will be held at 12:15 at the Gazebo in the Foodland Country Courtyard located on 1st street. Items to be auctioned are the 10 foot 8 sided Gazebo that can be taken apart in sections. The gazebo was constructed by the Grade 11 Shop Class at Walkerton District Secondary school and comes complete with an assembly manual. There will be a picnic table made from Baleboard which is high quality recycled plastic lumber. There will also be twelve wooden backless benches from 4' to 10' long crafted by the local Mennonite community that would be a great addition to any deck. Little Bruce, the official mascot of IPM 2008 will be auctioned off with proceeds to the Bruce County Cattlemen’s Association who purchased the bull for the Bruce County IPM Committee to use to promote IPM 2008. This 6 foot fibreglass statue has been in more parades then you will ever attend in a lifetime. You will also have the opportunity to bid on picnic tables ranging in lengths of 6, 7 and 8 feet that will be a part of the Guinness World Book of Records attempt picnic table to be constructed in the Bruce County tent by the Canadian Foodgrains Bank folks. Proceeds of one table will go to IPM 2008 and remaining 8 to be auctioned will go to the Foodgrains Bank. Recent additions to the auction due to technical difficulties of the on-line auction are the original artwork for the 2008 IPM poster by Bruce County artist Ken Thornburn; Ipm 2008 Collector trucks # 7 and # 9 which will be the last two offered for the public to purchase as #1 and #2 trucks will be auctioned at the Opening Ceremonies and the RV Tent; and all hockey fans will want to bid on the IPM 2008 hockey jersey autographed by Doug Gilmour, Marcel Dionne, Dave Ellett, Rick Ley, Dale Hawerchuck, Paul Coffey, Steve Thomas, Don Lever, Chris Bolton (main actor on TV program ”rent a goalie”) Jim Cuddy ( from the Blue Rodeo Band) Kevin and Clark Pollock, both Bruce County natives who referee in the NHL and OHA series respectively. Yokassippi Auctions of Teeswater will be conducting the auction and all items must remain on site until 5:00 on Saturday. For more information on the 2008 IPM auction call the IPM Headquarters at 1-877-IPM-2008 or visit the website www.ipm2008.ca.