ON-LINE AUCTION FOR R.I.S. SPOTS

[SFX] MODEM…AUCTIONEER BANTER…..AND MUSIC UP AND UNDER

IT’S THE “ON-LINE BENEFIT AUCTION BLOCK…2001…

THE RADIO INFORMATION SERVICE, OPERATING IN CONJUNCTION WITH TRI-STATES PUBLIC RADIO, WIUM/WIUW, IS ANNOUNCING ITS THIRD ANNUAL ON-LINE BENEFIT AUCTION, WITH PROCEEDS TO HELP OFFSET GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES AND TO HELP BRING EVEN BETTER ACCESS TO PRINTED MATERIAL FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND, VISUALLY IMPAIRED OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED.

THERE IS A MYRIAD OF ITEMS THAT YOU CAN BID ON. SOME OF THE ITEMS INCLUDE ELECTRONICS, SPORTING ITEMS, FOOD AND RESTAURANT ITEMS, ITEMS FOR THE CAR, FOR THE HOME, ART AND MUSIC ITEMS, CHILDRENS ITEMS, RECREATION AND LEISURE ITEMS, TRANSPORTATION AND LODGING ITEMS AND MUCH, MUCH MORE.

AUCTION 2001 IS ON-LINE FROM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12^TH THROUGH FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28^TH AT 5 P.M., WHEN ALL BIDDING CLOSES.

POINT YOUR BROWSER TO WWW.TRISTATESAUDIO.ORG TO BROWSE THE CATEGORIES OR TO MAKE A BID.

REMEMBER, PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT THE PRINT-DISABLED OF THE TRI-STATES, SO DIG DEEP AND HAVE FUN!

THE ANNUAL R-I-S QUILT RAFFLE’S TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE UNTIL 4 P.M., ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28^TH ON-LINE AS WELL.

THE THIRD ANNUAL ON-LINE BENEFIT AUCTION BLOCK 2001 EXTRAVAGANZA IS SPONSORED BY CITIZEN’S NATIONAL BANK, THE MACOMB AREA ASSOCIATION FOR THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED, NEWS BITES, TRI-STATES PUBLIC RADIO, WIUM/WIUW, WASTE MANAGEMENT OF MACOMB AND THE WESTERN ILLINOIS CREDIT UNION.

HELP MAKE THIS YEAR’S ON-LINE AUCTION THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SO FAR….POINT YOUR BROWSER TO WWW.TRISTATESAUDIO.ORG AND MAKE THOSE BIDS.

[SFX] MUSIC UP-DOWN AND OUT….AUCTIONEER UP AND OUT WITH THE WOODEN MALLET SMASH.