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Karen Seiler (Red Earth), Eleanor Sharpe (SBRC), Cr Deb Palmer and Cr Keith Campbell were taking turns at manning the phones and tallying up the bids<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sue Goddard and Eri Carey were among the volunteers who helped at the CROW-FM studio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

March 10, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Mayor’s Red Earth South Burnett Flood Appeal has received a massive boost from CROW-FM’s “Radiothon” \u00a0auction … taking the total so far raised for South Burnett farmers to $35,000.<\/p>\n

Sunday’s on-air radio auction raised another $17,500 towards the $50,000 target set by Mayor Cr Wayne Kratzmann at the start of the appeal.<\/p>\n

[UPDATE March 12: The total raised from the Radiothon is now $18,000]<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u201cradiothon\u201d began at 8:00am and ran through to 3:00pm.<\/p>\n

Listeners rang the station to bid on items donated by local businesses. Originally there were 112 auction lots but this number increased as more items were donated during the day.<\/p>\n

A team of volunteers manned the telephones at the station’s studios in Wondai, including members of the Red Earth Foundation committee, South Burnett councillors and staff, CROW-FM personnel and individuals including Eri Carey, Susan Goodard and Carl Rackemann.<\/p>\n

Council’s Communities General Manager Eleanor Sharpe said some callers had also rung in simply to donate money.<\/p>\n

Mayor Wayne Kratzmann said it had been a tiring day but “wonderful”.<\/p>\n

He thanked all the listeners who rang in to bid as well as the businesses who had donated the items and the volunteers who had helped at the station.<\/p>\n

All money raised by the\u00a0Mayor’s Red Earth South Burnett Flood Appeal will be converted into “South Burnett Dollars” which can only be spent within the South Burnett.<\/p>\n

The money will be distributed to South Burnett farmers whose properties were devastated by the Australia Day weekend floods.<\/p>\n

NB. The “Radiothon” had originally been planned to be held on March 3 but, ironically, had to be postponed because of more flooding in the region.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Tickets for the Nissan Micra, which is being raffled as part of the appeal, will be available all this week at Kingaroy Shoppingworld.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Micra, donated by Huston Motors, is worth $15,990. Tickets are $5 each, three for $10 or a book of 10 for $20.<\/p>\n

Mayor Kratzmann is looking for volunteers to help sell the tickets. \u00a0If you can help, phone the Mayor\u2019s office on (07) 4189-9155.<\/p>\n

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