Town hopes eBay auction of giant zucchini can raise cash for clock
Posted on August 31, 2009 | 66 Views
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A tiny southwestern Indiana town hopes a giant zucchini can raise money to help repair a clock with a chime that's heard throughout the town.
The Evansville Courier & Press reports that it will cost more than $16,000 to repair the 1924 clock located in a tower above New Harmony's Ribeyre Gymnasium.
New Harmony residents are raising some money through rummage sales, raffles and dances.
But naturalist Sally Roth is pitching in by putting a giant zucchini from her garden up for auction on eBay. She says the squash is as long as a Wiffle ball bat.
It was posted Friday on eBay under the name "giant utopian zucchini," a reference to the town's heritage as a site for 19th century utopian communities. The starting bid for its nine-day auction was $1. source>>>
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