I originally bought two tickets at Dunnville Library for the "12 on 12" (or something like that),…read morewhich was 12 articles offered in a "penny-auction" format. Before I dropped them into the canister, I looked in and saw two other tickets.
Later, I added five more to the item that I wanted, noticing beforehand that the same four tickets were inside, bringing the total now to nine (original two plus my seven).
On December 12, at 11:30, I bought five more tickets and added them. Before I dropped them in, I saw that one of my tickets was still on top, suggesting that nobody else had deposited any in the meantime; that would then mean that I had 12 tickets out of the 14 in the can.
I then used a computer, waiting for the 12:00 pm draw.
When nobody was showing up, I enquired at the desk as to when the draw was to take place. I was told 12:00 o'clock, so I pointed out that it was already 12:50
Shortly after 2:30, I noticed an elderly fellow in a red coat tipping over the cans. I assumed that he was the person making the draw, although I didn't see him shake up the can first, which I would suppose to be the proper procedure. But, since my tickets were the last ones deposited, my assumption was that one of them would be drawn. Shortly afterwards, I noticed that he was putting a lot of the tickets into one of the last cans, so I assumed that too many had come out when he tipped over the can, he had chosen one, and was putting the rest back.
The next day, just before 2:00, I re-visited the library again. I noticed that some of the items were gone, so I enquired as to how the winners were notified. I was told that they would be phoned. I checked my phone, and no new numbers were noted on my "Recents" list, so I thought that maybe they were only calling a few at a time, and I hadn't been one of the first.
Shortly after 2:00, the same elderly fellow in the red coat came back. But, rather than having something to do with notifying the winners, he was there TO PICK UP HIS PRIZES!!!
I can only guess as to why he was tipping over the cans the previous day, but the larger question is, If he was depositing his own tickets on top of everyone else, why was he sold those tickets AFTER the scheduled time for the drawing?
For the past several years, I have donated both books and movies for the Summer book sale. In fact, just last week, I brought in three boxes of movies.
But, if this is how the Dunnville Library conducts its business, freely taking money after an announced deadline, I guarantee that it's the last time I do so. From now on, I'll take them to Amity.