AUCTION TO HELP AREA CLUB.Byline: Sharon Cotal Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Sports fans and travel enthusiasts listen up: The Boys & Girls Club Girls Club is a 2002 American television series created by David E. Kelley, who was also it's producer and executive producer. Only two out of a total of thirteen episodes created were broadcast on Fox Television in the United States and Global Television in Canada. has an offer you can't refuse. The club is holding its annual auction Saturday, featuring more signed sports memorabilia The term sports memorabilia usually refers to anything that can be directly connected to a sports event or personality. These items are generally gathered by fans of the particular sport, athlete or team that the item signifies or by collectors who find value in the rarity and vacation trips than any previous year. Gotham City This article is about the fictional place. For the real city sometimes referred to as "Gotham", see New York City. Gotham City, New Jersey is a fictional city appearing in DC Comics, and is best known as the home of Batman. Nights will be offering 85 live auction items and more than 500 bid board items for sale in the silent auction, all going to the highest bidder HIGHEST BIDDER, contracts. He who, at an auction, offers the greatest price for the property sold. 2. The highest bidder is entitled to have the article sold at his bid, provided there has been no unfairness on his part. to raise money for the local club. Sports fans will have to compete for ownership of items like a jersey and bat signed by the Dodgers' Shawn Green Shawn David Green (born November 10, 1972, in Des Plaines, Illinois) is a 6' 4" left-handed Major League Baseball player. Green is the starting right fielder for the New York Mets.[1] Green was a 1st round draft pick, and has been a two-time major league All-Star. , Los Angeles Lakers tickets and a jersey signed by Kobe Bryant, a basketball signed by Shaquille O'Neal and baseball caps signed by Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays. Vacation packages have been donated to the auction ranging from a week in Australia to a cruise in the Amazon and a chance to swim with dolphins in Florida. For music lovers, there will be guitars signed by Mick Jagger and the Village People and backstage passes for an 'N Sync concert. Entertainment fans can also vie for an invitation to a Hollywood premiere, lunch on the set of ``Days of Our Lives,'' or a walk-on part in the Fox television show, ``Titus.'' The first item scheduled to be sold at the live auction will be a special work of art created by Boys & Girls Club member Kevin Sweet. Sweet will present his oil painting of a cheetah cheetah (chē`tə), carnivore of the cat family, Acinonyx jubatus, native to Africa S of the Sahara and SW Asia as far east as India. , which he has been working on every day for two months. ``It's a beautiful painting and we are honored that he wants to donate it,'' said Judy Belue, the club's director of development. Other auction items include diamond jewelry, entertainment packages and other items such as an Arabian horse or a street in Santa Clarita named for someone. In keeping with the event's theme, the Batmobile and superhero su·per·he·ro n. pl. su·per·he·roes A figure, especially in a comic strip or cartoon, endowed with superhuman powers and usually portrayed as fighting evil or crime. characters from Six Flags California will be on hand throughout the evening. The auction will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday at 28110 Kelly Johnson Parkway in the Rye Canyon Business Park, Valencia. Reserved individual tickets are $65 per person and must be purchased in advance, or tickets for the auction only can be purchased at $25 per couple at the door. Call (661) 254-2582 for tickets. THE FACTS 5 p.m. Saturday Call (661) 254-2582 CAPTION(S): 3 photos, box Photo: (1 -- color) Items such as golf clubs from Duffy Waldorf, a signed Kobe Bryant Lakers jersey and replica plates from the Titanic are among those up for auction Saturday to help raise funds for the Boys & Girls Club. (2 -- 3) Boys & Girls Club member Kevin Sweet, 13, adds the final touches to one of his paintings of a cheetah that will be among the items featured in Saturday's auction. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer Box: THE FACTS (see text) |
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