WE CALL THAT A BARGAIN; TREASURE HUNTERS EXPECTED AT SIMI GARAGE SALES TODAY.Byline: Sylvia L. Oliande Staff Writer With a flourish, Vera Clement unveiled a short, three-legged table, hand-cut from monkey pod Noun 1. monkey pod - large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle Albizia saman, monkeypod, rain tree, saman, zaman, zamang , a deep-grain wood indigenous to the South Pacific. She dusted it off and pointed out the table's most kitschy kitsch n. 1. Sentimentality or vulgar, often pretentious bad taste, especially in the arts: "When money tries to buy beauty it tends to purchase a kind of courteous kitsch" feature: the Hawaiian Islands carved on the top. The table - created by a shop teacher - was a gift from her co-workers when she left her teaching post on the islands back in 1968. It has been stored in her garage for years because she just hasn't been able to part with it. But its time has come. The table will be up for grabs today when Clement, her husband, Richard, and dozens of residents in Simi Valley's Texas tract participate in a communitywide garage sale. ``We've been married for 32 years, and somewhere in that garage we have the first brown bag we ever bagged groceries in,'' she joked. ``We're collectors, and we're trying to uncollect things.'' But the jury was still out on whether their monkey pod kitchen bowls and utensils will leave their Summit Avenue garage. They were a wedding present that Vera has been trying to get rid of for years but Richard insists on keeping. ``We'll see who wins that argument this time,'' she said. The annual event in the homes near Simi Hills The Simi Hills are a low rocky mountain range in Southern California. Geography Simi Hills is located on the western edge of the San Fernando Valley, United States. They run east-west and they extend 26 miles east-west, and 7 miles north-south. Golf Course is the brainchild brain·child n. An original idea or plan attributed to a person or group. brainchild Noun Informal an idea or plan produced by creative thought Noun 1. of Coldwell Banker Realtor Cookie Mackenzie. The garage sales started out as a public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most tool, a way to meet and greet residents in her area so they'd think of her if they were planning to buy or sell a house. But Mackenzie said that after three years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time event has become more fun than work. ``About 50 percent of them have their family and friends out there with them,'' she said Friday. ``They have picnics, they have fun. They were saying they had the best sale and they loved it. That got me hooked on it.'' The sales are expected to be held from dusk until dawn, so residents are bracing bracing, n a resistance to the horizontal components of masticatory force. for a long day. But the event is expected to attract several hundred people, so they believe it will be worth it. Bargain hunters Bargain Hunters was a game show on ABC in the summer of 1987, hosted by Peter Tomarken. Games Each episode featured six contestants, with two playing one of the following games — Bargain Quiz, Bargain Trap and Bargain Busters — at a time. will find sales on Texas, Bryan, Corpus Christie, Travis, Wichita Falls Wichita Falls, city (1990 pop. 96,259), seat of Wichita co., N Tex., on the Wichita River; inc. 1889. The city's name comes from the Wichitas and from the falls that have since been reduced to an area of rapidly flowing water in the Wichita River. , Summit, Big Springs, Galveston and Amarillo avenues; Walnut and Hempstead streets; Greenville and Waco drives; and Golia Circle. Sellers said they expect to make a few hundred dollars during the day. One house on Galveston Avenue, under the name The Mom's Club, will donate its proceeds to charity. Many of the neighbors said they are getting rid of unneeded furniture and knickknacks that have stood in storage for a long time. Others are simply trying to make room to put cars in their garage. The Clements' neighbor, Jack White, was getting his own things ready for the sale Friday. There were children's toys, linens and pillows, as well as books. He'd also pulled out a set of golf clubs and put them near his minivan to get them out of the way. ``No, no, no, no, those aren't for sale,'' he said quickly, when asked if the clubs were available. ``Well, it's all for sale, I guess - for a price.'' CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1--Color--Ran in Conejo and Simi Editions only) Jack White, surrounded by treasures, is one of the residents of Simi Valley's Texas tract who are holding garage sales today. The sales are a community event, now in their third year. (2--Color--Ran in Conejo and Simi Editions only) Vera Clement looks over a book she will be selling at today's garage sale. Her Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. neighborhood will be dotted with sales along the streets. (3--Color--Ran in Conejo and Simi Editions only) A coffee table from Vera Clement's garage has the Hawaiian Islands carved into its top. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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