2019 Paint the Paper Pink

2019 Paint the Paper Pink Lincoln Daily News October 2019 Page 23 O n Thursday evening, Chris Graue and the gang at Graue Chevrolet surprised the organizers of the Pink Pumpkin Auction with a special “lawn ornament.” The Chevrolet Equinox had been specifically ‘wrapped” with a pink ribbon. The car was brought out just as the doors were opening for the evening, and Erv Guyett and his crew found the perfect spot for it in the front parking lot by the front door. It made for a nice attention-getter as folks were coming in that evening. The large television in the shop area was busy most of the evening showing a slideshow of photos from the 2018 Pink Pumpkin Auction. The slideshow was put together by Perry Zubeck specifically for the evening. Zubeck does a lot of work for Collision on their social media pages as well as their website. This year on Thursday evening, he provided the sound system and also did some videos of the auction in progress. In addition, he took photos during the auction, many of which are included in the publications today in Lincoln Daily News. This arrangement offered by Graue Chevrolet was one the biggest wins of the night bringing $1,000 for the American Cancer Society. The auction entry featured a number of nifty things. In the first place the pink wreath was adorable. The pink pumpkin scarecrow was the highlight of the item. And, to top that off, the black bucket contained a number of cook items from Graue including pink ribbon hats and a whole bunch of candy! The winning bidder for the item was Seth Goodman. However, it didn’t come easy as he was bidding most of the time against his mom Gaynor. At one point, auctioneer Mike Maske noted, “If you two rode here together, it may not be a pleasant ride home!” In the end, Seth won out, but don’t worry about Gaynor, she found another cool item to bid on and ended the night happy! More from the Pink Pumpkin Auction fundraiser Continued n