Those new to auctions and eager for a deal might be tempted to to hang on the bid caller’s every word. Good luck with that.
Brian Sandford

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Dana Bubp grinned, shook hands and posed with a photo of prominent ham radio author and instructor Gordon West at the three-day American Radio Relay League state convention at the Eastside Cannery.
How do you get a Scandinavian American to talk for an hour? Ask him what part of Minnesota he’s from. That wasn’t one of the self-effacing jokes that flowed freely at the 19th annual Sons of Norway lutefisk dinner Jan. 28 at the Boulder City Elks Lodge, but it easily could have been.
When a large group bellows “Happy New Year!” in unison on a bluff at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, the nearby canyon shouts a jubilant reply.