What: BBC Silent Auction  for Shawn Bowen Benefit —and U of L football and bball game watching too.

Over 30 items –U of L and UK sports memorabilia , many one- of -a –kind.

BBC will set-up a special outside tent for the auction , with fire pits, heaters and  HUGE screen TV’s.    Live music after auction.

Where:  BBC  St. Matthews

When:  Saturday, November 8

Auction bidding starts:  Noon.    Ends:   10p

Noon Silent auction bidding starts.  U of L- Pitt football game starts.  (The BBC will tape this for broadcast later for the golfers from the scramble.)

8p U of L – NKU Bball exhibition game starts.

9p Call-in bidding is cutoff.

10p Silent auction ends. (Or if game in progress at 10p, then 10 minutes after end of U of L – NKU                            Bball exhibition game.)

10-1030p Money collected and totaled.

1030 -11p Announcement of money raised by scramble and BBC events, and introduction of the family for a few words.

11p Live music starts.

Bidding Options:  Both on-site and  phone-in.  (Possibly on-line–Justin is cking this . Auction items will possibly be listed on-line, with updates to the high bid every few hours.  I will have an update on the pnone #’s you can call-in, and the on-line in the next few days.).

Call-in and on-line bidding will be cut-off at 9p. The winning bidder does not have to be on site to win, just phone # .

Payment Options:  By cash, check, or credit card (via payment on-site and on-line via shawnbowen,net and paypal– laptops will be available to process.)

Donations—additional:  BBC will donate 10% of its net proceeds from both its anniversary night on Saturday Nov 1 and for the Nov  8 Auction.  There will be money from the donation boxes at the two BBC locations, with collections starting this Friday.   There will be also be  money from sponsors, etc.

Here is the full list of items for the auction:

Unique items for Card fans:

Golf for Two at Audubon CC with “Special Guest”
Audubon Country Club

Flyfishing- Lake Cumberland guided byDave Diebold (91 Fiesta, 93 Liberty bowls)

Metal Art Sculture ”L”  Design by artist Tony Viscardi

A group outing for 25 people to a Louisville Bats game

Rick Pitino, Denny Crum, Darrell Griffith,Charlie Tyra,  and other players-autographed Cardinal head print

Denny Crum Autographed & past players”Through the Years” print

Francisco Garcia Autographed BBall Reggie Theus

Brian Brohm, Chris Redman, Dave RagoneTim Couch, Lorenzen-  autographed football

U of LBball Autographed Bballplayers-current

Other Items For the Card Bball fans:

Rick Pitino Autographed Bball

Terence Williams autographed dunking
print

Original 1983 Dream Game Final Four Game Program-Mint Condition(signed by Denny Crum)

2000 Conference Champs Commemorative Cabernet wine–unopened

1980 Championship Commemorative Big Red bottle–unopened

Other Items For  Card Fball fans:

Kolby Smith  autographed football

Sam Madison autographed mini helmet

Michael Bush autographed football

Kerry Rhodes autographed football

Brian Brohm Autographed football

For the Golfers:

Oxmoor Golf Course– foursome and cart

Oxmoor Golf Coursehead pro lessons

Miscellaneous items:

Cordless hammer18 volt Hilti

Home cooked turkey dinner–fully cooked,ready to eat with all the fixin’s

1992 Case Trapper Knife with Louisville Cardinals on it. Collector edition #4. Mint.

U of L golf polo shirt

UL and UK Tote Bags (2 available)

Cleaning service gift certificates
(2 available)

Martina McBride autographed 2 CD’s

Brooks & Dunn Autographed pic and
2 drumsticks

Beauty First basket of goodies, including $25
gift certificate for a stylist

Glassworks Blow your own Christmas
Ornament (2 available)

dental whitening gift certificates
(2 available)

For the UK fans:

Billy Gillespie Autographed Bball

UK Bball Autographed Bballplayers-current

First, the golf scramble will take place. Arrangements have been made with Oxmoor Country Club for Saturday, Nov 8th, time TBA but you can count on it being in the morning.  Here are the details so far:

$75 per person, or $300 per team. That will include a buffet lunch  (hotdogs, hamburgers, etc.), green fees and cart. The course is being very generous in what they are charging us so we should be able to really help Jerb out.

Then the golfers will head to the  BBC in St. Matthews , where the silent auction will take place, and where we can watch the away game against Pitt (time TBA).  (And maybe see some Ladybirds, cheerleaders and former players.)

The blogs Card Game, Card Empire, and  Ditchball , have signed on so far as co-sponsors with Hell in the Hall for  this event with the BBC.  I thank all the Card bloggers.  The surge of PR produced instant results– we have already reached our initial modest goal of $2500 in donations.

Now, we’re shooting for  a nice round total of $10,000 !

The items for the silent auction at the BBC will be spectacular.

Here’s a sampling of the goodies that will be there (first from Chris at Card Empire):

“Quick update, Frank. I got in touch with the KC Chiefs, Sacramento Kings, and Oakland Raiders. The Chiefs and Raiders said they should definitely be able to get something for us from Kolby Smith and Michael Bush. The Kings asked me to send them an email, but they also thought it wouldn’t be a problem to get a couple items from Theus and Garcia. The Falcons and Broncos asked me to send letters to Harry Douglas, Chris Redman, and Elvis Dumervil. Those went out this morning.”

In addition to this, others are getting BBalls signed by Coach Pitino and the players, BBalls signed by Coach Crum and former players, and I’m getting various other cool souvenirs donated.

The BBC is donating 10% of its net proceeds to the benefit and also is arranging for live music.

Card fans, if you have items for the BBC auction please email me at frankpos@hellinthehall.com or call me 807-3153, ahead of time so we can work up the auction sheets and coordinate.

If you want to participate in the golf scramble, please contact Bryan at blinde@diversifiedmtg.net or at 594-8962.

I will continue to post updates as things develop.

Frank

If you are a Card fan, you have  probably run across one or more posts from Jerb- he is the one who has been kind enough to upload a million different videos for those of us not able to watch games or just looking for copies of older games.

Anyway, his 5 year old son has just been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and has a very rough time ahead as does his whole family.  So we are trying to come up with a few ideas on how to raise some money to help the family get through this situation with one less thing to worry about.

Here are 2 events being held on November 8–  Jerb Day

1) BBC and Hell in the Hall will sponsor a day  for Jerb and his son at the BBC in St. Matthews on Saturday, November 8.

I have talked with Pat Hagan, owner of BBC.  He and I will sponsor a day for Jerb at BBC.

The other Card bloggers are lining up to sponsor/contribute.

There will be a silent auction–so there’s where we put those RP signed BBalls and the other memorabilia you guys can come up with.  Just contact me with anything you have…or any ideas.

There will also be music…don’t know who yet.

There will also be an away game with Pitt to watch (time TBA)

Will also try to get the Ladybirds and cheerleaders– and anything else we all can think of.

Pat of BBC is celebrating their anniversary the Sat before (9/1), and will also put donation boxes for Jerb out for that big event.

2) A charity golf outing is being organized and is scheduled for Nov 8th at Oxmoor CC. Foursomes are preferred but anything is better than nothing.

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s…5&t=3112675

3) If you can not make either event, but are still interested in donating to a worthy cause, here is a website set-up for the cause.

http://shawnbowen.net/

Every one of us has enjoyed Jerb’s labors for us over the years…now, let’s help Jerb and his son!

Frank

For over 30 years, professional gymnast Sedat has thrilled Card basketball fans at Freedom Hall by doing handstands on railings 20' up--with only the concrete floor as his safety net. Sedat is 64 years young...

It starts at 5 pm on Friday, 8/29 at Theatre Sq. and will have a tailgate atmosphere, with food, beer, cornhole, U of L sports bloggers and apparently a lot more.

Also scheduled are three of Louisville’s best bands beginning at 7:30 and continuing for the three hours. Scheduled to perform are Jamili Brown, Chemic and Velvet Saints.

Hell in the Hall has been invited to attend and have a booth — I plan on being there.

So, If any of you all want to actually meet the guy who writes this thing, just make the scene.

Well, it’s time for the Cards to dig deep to avoid being swept from the tournament by the two Georgia teams playing in their ….ahem…backyard. (BTW, this amazing wallpaper is again from Prudat at the Card Empire.)