Dateline: June 12, 2008

Trash to Treasure features 38 garage sales

Bargain shoppers will be in for a treat during the third annual “Trash to Treasures” garage sale event to be held in Clarendon and nearby communities this Saturday, June 14.

Thirty-eight individual garage sales are scheduled to be held. A complete description of each sale is printed in this week’s Big E Classifieds, and a map of the sales is on the last page of this week’s Enterprise.

From badminton sets to bowling balls, this weekend’s sales will feature hundreds of treasures just waiting to be uncovered at bargain prices.

“We hope to attract several people from out of town to shop at the sales and to patronize our local businesses,” Enterprise publisher Roger Estlack said. “We’re also happy to see some non-profit organizations taking advantage of the opportunity that ‘Trash to Treasures’ presents.”

 “Trash To Treasures” began in 2006 and was the idea of Ashlee Estlack of The Clarendon Enterprise and Chriss Clifford of A Fine Feathered Nest. The sale was intended to be strictly a “citywide” event in Clarendon, but demand that first year led the Enterprise and A Fine Feathered Nest to expand the event to other communities in Donley County.

This year’s event includes sales in Howardwick, Hedley, and Lelia Lake.

The number of sales being held in Howardwick this year may mean changes for next year’s event.

“If we see another year with a large number of sales in Howardwick, we will probably start publishing a separate map for that community,” Estlack said. “I’d love to see us get 35 or more garage sales in Clarendon and about a dozen in Howardwick.”