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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-03-13, Page 27Develo °from page 10 they may be humorous or encourage the :crowdto buy. Murray, whose school trains about 60 auetionecrs a year,. says- that once n person is able to do number, drills with filler words, rhythm developsand a ,chant with speed begins, Len Metcalfe, from Midway, has been auctioneering for 31 years. He developed his chant. by listening to other auctioneers and taking bits and ,pieces.{ from thhem fromthe, Metcalfe 1. . s� ��� t afe sa yit � "When came with<practice, When I'm driving down, the road," he . "Ill do says; d differentthings, I'll chant ,lust to keep my voice in tone." - Anticipation fills the auction items crowd as . reach the auc tion block. There is an air of yi 1 'excitement, an air fanned.�� "Aa.: tion . same Met4 char eat It' that must be can't d i the et iffer � softer, you're ,all the. ood y and actera without the aue- bower's ability to advertise, to ensure people interested in sale. items .attend, to encourage bid- ding . when it. stops, to create a --)rapporrt of trust, even to .enter. tain, life in the auction world would become extinct. Glen- Murray says these mar keting and: publicrelations "tech- niques are the first skills his ool tries to teach, But again, perience can develop selling some- thing a ves ked 40 Years,. maybe to 1d �r y u ., Carson, says. sale'doesn t: go the • wanted, or the way your wanted, you better learn what went wrong andhow to fix•'it fast, or find another job, Grant McDonald adds. 9 ' : to. en 0" , ree , "You s � of t ' �. ; h the public, got t o nth � b c,. ,you'veenable to keep people in good spirits. If people e spends; �g arr . .in n the want �� money, ...� y . to enjoy doing it. One quickly gets the sense that the uctioworld revolves around its leader, the auctioneer. And it does.' The oxygen to an auction is the auctioneer's business sense year 'You have to waiit to do the best you can for whom your selling,. McDonald says, a66tf you get into auctioneeiring just to sell for commission and to matte a dollar you won't be in it long.A The sale finishes and the air of attention and anticipation ebbs ai the tide of people washes out through : the .auction ayybarn o auction, For that � week, that auctiion,the clusters ing. and circulating .ceas esa The auctioneer retreats, *g- nat fox' long. He will push the sun up on the dawn of this world's next.rinorn- ing;"after the marketing is com- ae,after the fliers r sent, ter the newspaper adsare placed. Then they will,return to :+duster,to circulate, to antici-- pate. A1.:..TO *Original Auto and Truck °Sales Literature • Books *Magazines *Manuals; *Post Cards *,Advertisements *Pesters *Model Cars • •License Plates *Maps *Metal Advertising Signs Also -*General Interest Collectibles .Used Housewares *Plea Market Items .WALTER NISULA 20 Nelson St, Exeter (By water tower) 235-1088 F*fit Progirm V 'cPogo 11 Wilil try to turn NIR test i { a r ofrom page 10 s,pliteintwo directions., .causing • a double image to be seen.. • Swatlyd.says that when the.. sarcomeres shorten, the mole- . cult become.. ..more neatly Packed, , so the separation of the . two paths of light increases as. they NIR passes through the muscle. So where birefringence: is greater, the meat is tougher, His next step. will be an- attempt to :tdrn his NMR test into a probe. That way, technicians could. easily insert the NIR probe Into cooling meat to make sureit's not cooling too fast, ' y He hopes the NIR test will be • especially. •useful in the beef • industry, where it might be used to-filiid° the best compromise between tenderness and rapid refrigeration for a long shelf*. life. Swatland's research is spon- sored by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, 1YLE R DODGE Sunset Strip, Owen Sound 371-J: (5337) Jeep -800-263-9579 DEALER DEMO SPECIAL ISLE V STA SERVICE *****- Y, * Y Y, BRUCE'S CHRYSLER, DODGE, JEEP HEADQUARTERS SALES, LEASING, .PAR'S•, SERVICE "