Layoff Auction raises $735

The raffle is declared over.

It raised $735.

I'm gratified by the participation of people who will be here doing good work, fighting on and not letting the effects of Tony Ridder the Wrecker kill what JSK entrusted to us.

I want to give special thanks to three people and thank all the rest who bought tickets.

Retired TV editor John Olesky bought $200 in tickets and, not surprisingly, won a couple of prizes.

Retired news editor Tom Moore sent me $100 and didn't really want any tickets, but I suspect he'll be pleased to get a couple of ‘‘Courtesy of Fran Murphey’’ matchbooks and some other tokens of appreciation.

A longtime employee who wishes to remain anonymous also gave me $100 and was pleased to get a couple of Murphey matchbooks

Thanks also to retiree Dick McBane for donating his 1971 Pulitzer Prize pewter key-chain medallion

Incidentally, those leaving -- either forcibly or as a ‘‘quitty quitterface,’’ as copy desk wag Darrin Werbeck has affectionately dubbed volunteer Debbie Stock Kiefer -- have been cleaning out their desks and have left me some great stuff should we have to have another raffle.

~Chas Montague

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