Finished!

Well another year at the "Auburn Auction Park" / Labor Day Auction is finished.  I am so thankful for all the great help these past 5 days.  Number 1 on that list is my great wife Stephanie! She was there with me every single day from Thursday at 6:30am - Sunday night at 6pm.  She was in charge of all the gate workers and accounting with RM Auctions.   She was so great in helping get all the workers where they needed to be.

Number 2 - Terry Yarde -- What would I do without him?  He is so dedicated to GHS and this athletic department. Besides being a great coach, he would sacrifice anything to help.  Like Stephanie, he was there every day -- all day from Thursday-Sunday. He doesn't have to do what he does, but he does it anyway.

There are so many others that put in many many hours helping out. Kasey Shultz, Scott Bishop, Mike Andrews, and Tracy Martin, are just a few names of people that go way beyond what is expected. I also can't say enough about Garrett State Bank for letting their staff help out during the work day to man our ticket booths on Thursday. Of course, every one of our high school coaches are key in helping make sure our kids get the job done SAFELY.

Do you realize that we staff nearly 2400 hours over this 5 day period.  If you estimate we have 300 high school athletes, that means each athlete averaged 8 hours throughout this 5 days.  Of course, their coaches, parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and friends, help fill all the spots needed.  For a small school, we have a HUGE group of people dedicated to our success.

I can't say enough about our athletes and coaches.  We do a great job and the character of our kids is really amazing. Our great kids witness the under-belly of society.  We get yelled at, cussed at, flipped off, and treated with a great amount of disrespect.  Yet, our kids show true character and I am SO proud of them. I get a first hand appreciation of just how great they are when we work this weekend.

Thanks everyone for all your work. You are awesome! We couldn't do it without you!