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08/27/2004: "Fair Grounds"

Yesterday I spent a couple of hours getting some maintainence done for the rummage sale. The tents go up, if all goes well, today or Monday or Tuesday, and our first big work days for volunteers are Wednesday and Thursday. We met at the barn to look over the carts, reinflate the flat tires, and assess the damage done in the previous sale. Then we talked: about how sorting can run without a full-time chair, about the gala set for Rummage Weekend (tickets start at $300 each), about our fellow volunteers, about various departments and how they are run. It will be a challenge, this time, with new configurations, new people trying to oversee the madness, and the overwhelming flood of donations. It was a nice, comfortable, calm morning, and I hope it bodes well.