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It was that time of the year again — time for the ThinkTV Auction to raise money to support programming for Dayton's public television station.  Eight Penn State faithful were on-hand Wednesday evening, April 6, to take calls and show their Penn State colors.  Vic Folwarczny and Sandy Wallace, Bob and Edie Kreider, Mark Dowd, John Glaser, Jeff Glaser, and Debbie Downes demonstrated their highly efficient and friendly telephone technique as they fielded calls from all over the Miami Valley.

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As is the custom, everyone sits through a brief training session before going into the studio to answer calls.  Here are Bob, Debbie, Edie, and Sandy in the Green Room being prepped prior to their on-camera appearance.  Why is Edie so pensive?

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Vic and Sandy are all smiles as they rack up call after call.  Word on-the-street is that Vic perfected his powers of persuasion to the point of convincing all "his" callers to up their bids by a factor of 25%.

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Being down "on the floor" is not a new experience for Mark, but we're not quite sure what he's up to at this point.  Perhaps psyching himself up for his storied and soon to be reprised "fireman's" role . . .?

Here's a glimpse of the sold out "D Board."  We're willing to wager it was Vic who got the final caller to up the bid on the Kroger $50 Gift Card to $60!!  (Almost a 25% factor)

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Obviously our crew was on-camera live and in person, as evidenced by this picture of a ThinkTV videographer taking action footage.