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Yard sales have earned a special place in the hearts of local bargain-hunters. Each Saturday morning throughout the early part of summer, they flock to these temporary marketplaces in search of inexpensive treasures. Sometimes the mission is a bust, turning up only cracked coffee mugs and VHS movies no one was interested in when people still watched movies on VHS. But when a legitimate deal is pinpointed, the sense of satisfaction among the patrons is palpable as they dig into their pockets for change to cover their tabs. Those sorts of bargains were plentiful last Saturday, June 8, as dealseekers eagerly descended on the upper-level parking lot of the Victoria Inn. There, nearly 20 vendors manned tables of secondhand commodities for the Inner Wheel Club of Flin Flon's 14th Annual Boot Sale. 'People still seem to Jonathon Naylor Editorreally enjoy it,' said Agnes Mills, one of the organizers. 'After 14 years, it's still a happening thing.' Once all the bills are in, Mills hopes the fundraising sale will generate between $1,300 and $1,400 for worthwhile community and international projects. The Inner Wheel charged a fee to all of thevendors while also hosting a successful hot dog sale at the parking lot. Also on hand were members of the Rotary Club, the Inner Wheel's brother organization, who prepared fresh french fries for the hungry visitors. The Boot Sale benefitted a host of good causes. Ladies of the Lake, Mills' team in the upcoming Relay for Life cancer- fighting fundraiser, bought a booth and did quite well. And Mills' young granddaughters _ Casey, Eve and Lily Cooper _ raised money for the Relay team of which they are members. The girls did face-painting and sold treats, among other things, to bring in pledges. After the sale was over, several booths donated items to Habitat 53, the local branch of Habitat for Humanity. All told about 30 volunteers from the Inner Wheel and Rotary clubs helped organize the sale.
