Bingo memories for sale
Video: Watch the action from Thursday's sale
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Omahan Celeste Smith always knew which chair was hers when she walked into Holy Name Catholic Church's Bingo Hall.
It was the same retro style and army green color as hundreds of others, but it had a bright orange sticker on the bottom, reading 'Celeste.' She stuck it on when she first started playing there nearly 17 years ago, and she said people took it seriously.
"Nobody was ever going to be sitting in my chair," said Smith, 55.
When Smith came to the hall on Thursday, however, it wasn't to play bingo. She was there to buy her chair — and any other trinkets she could grab to remember her days there.
Holy Name's Bingo Hall closed during the last week in October. Volunteers transformed the space to mimic a large-scale garage sale.
Now, long tables loaded with priced items such as red globe lamps, crockpots, retired bingo cards, cash registers and TVs are part of a closeout sale that continues today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with all proceeds benefiting Holy Name parish and school.
Planar Systems CEO Discusses F4Q11 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Planar Systems, Inc. ( PLNR ) F4Q11 (Qtr End 09/30/2011) Earnings Call November 3, 2011 5:00 PM ET
Operator
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Q4 2011 Planar Systems Incorporated earnings conference call. (Operator Instructions) I would now like to turn the conference over to your host for today, Mr. Gerry Perkel, President and CEO.
Gerry Perkel
Good afternoon and thank you for joining us for Planar's fourth quarter earnings conference call. With me this afternoon is Scott Hildebrandt, Planar's Chief Financial Officer.
Before I begin, I do need to say that the press release we issued today contain forward-looking statements. On this conference call, we will comment on our strategic, business and financial outlook and make other forward-looking statements based on our current expectations, estimates, assumptions and projections. Words such as expects, anticipates, intends, plans, believes, sees, estimates and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements.