United Country Lippard Auctioneers, Inc., (www.lippardauctions.com) announces the auction of three Tulsa area sub-divisions and additional acreage, on Thursday, April 5, 2012, according to Troy Lippard, auctioneer.

Tulsa, OK – United Country Lippard Auctioneers, Inc., (www.lippardauctions.com) announces the auction of three Tulsa area sub-divisions and additional acreage, on Thursday, April 5, 2012, according to Troy Lippard, auctioneer.

“This is an absolute auction,” explained Lippard. “That means that this land sells to the highest bidder, regardless of price with no minimums or reserves. We have some excellent building lots and development land here from the Keystone Construction and the Robert L. Cummins Trust.”

The bidding will begin at 10am local time at Cummins Park, corner of Salt Creek Drive and Elk Ridge Drive in Mannford, Okla. There are six tracts up for bid in the Pelican Point sub-divison, consisting of vacant building or expansion lots zoned RS-1 single family residential. The average lot size is approximately 15,345 sq. ft. with frontages from 48 to 212 feet.

Part two of the auction bidding will be conducted at 11:30am local time at the corner of Hillside Drive and Elm Street in Mannford, Okla., in the Parkview Addition. Up for bid are seven tracts of vacant building lots averaging 9,612 sq. ft. with frontages ranging from 50 to 136 feet.

Part three of the bidding will begin at 2:30pm local time at the Keystone Keys sub-division on Keystone Lake in Mannford, Okla. Up for bid are six tracts consisting of building lots and heavy timber.

The final property will be up for bid at the corner of North Peoria and E. 76^th Street in Turley, Okla., at 6pm local time. This property consists of approximately 50.6 acres offered in two tracts. Located seven miles North of downtown Tulsa, this property offers good class II and III bottomland ground for cropland, but is currently grass pasture. Tract one is zoned agricultural while tract two is zoned RMH residential manufactured home.

Online bidding for those who cannot attend the auction in person will be provided. For more information on registering to bid in this auction, visit www.lippardauctions.com, or call (866) 874-7100.

United Country – Lippard Auctioneers sells land and equipment throughout Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico and Texas.

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“This is an absolute auction,” explained Lippard. “That means these tracts will sell to the highest bidder, regardless of price. We are selling on behalf of the Garvin McComas Trust, which includes one of the nicest bottom land farms in the area.”

Up for bid are 507 acres of crop and grassland, offered in four tracts ranging from 15 to 172 acres. The first tract consists of 160 acres with approximately 153.8 acres of cropland, including 109.1 acre wheat base and a 39 bushel per acre yield, and 35 acre cotton base with a yield of 517. There is a 40ft. by 60ft. barn on the property, two water wells (no pumps) and perimeter fencing.

The second tract consists of 172 acres in Grady County, with approximately 118.2 acres of cropland – 74.0 acre wheat base and a 39 bushel-per-acre yield, 30.0 cotton base with a yield of 549, an oat base of 6.1 with a yield of 57, 7.7 acre grain sorghum base with 42 yield. The current crop on this tract is alfalfa hay in its third year of production. Buggy Creek runs through this property, providing excellent cattle water. The property has blacktop frontage, with a 40ft. by 80ft. Round top, 30ft. by 30ft. pole barn, and water well (pump does not sell).

The third tract comprises 160 acres in Caddo County with approximately 96.3 acres in cropland, including 8.1 acre oat base with a 57 yield. This farm is mostly native crass with Blackjack timber, scattered cedar trees and rolling terrain. There is a water well (pump does not sell) and perimeter fencing.

“This tract is an excellent cattle or hunting property,” noted Lippard. “It has good deer, quail and hog hunting.”

The final surface rights tract consists of 15 acres in Canadian County with electric power, city water, septic sewer, small pond, grass, mature trees and perimeter fencing. This property would be an excellent building site for a rural estate or horse property.

Also up for bid are 528 acres of producing mineral interests in Canadian, Grady and Caddo counties offered in 12 tracts. Production and income reports available on website.

The auction will take place at First United Methodist Church in Minco, Okla. Online bidding for those who cannot attend the auction in person will be provided. For more information on registering to bid in this auction, visit www.lippardauctions.com, or call (866) 874-7100.

United Country – Lippard Auctioneers sells property throughout Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, New Mexico and Texas.

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“This is an absolute auction,” explained Lippard. “That means this properties will sell to the highest bidder, regardless of price. We are selling on behalf of the Tony Bend Irrevocable Trust.”

Born in Kingfisher County, Okla., in 1919, Tony Benda was a farmer and mechanic. Beginning in the 1940s, he farmed several rental places before buying a farm West of Cashion in 1954. He worked for Boeckman Ford in Kingfisher and Blehm’s in Cashion until he purchased the automotive shop building in 1963 that is up for bid in this auction.

The auction will kick off at 10am at 217 W. Boulevard Avenue in Cashion, Okla., with the auction of a brick home with approximately 1,161 sq. ft. of living area (according to the County Assessor’s office) with 506 sq. ft. in the attached garage. The home has three bedrooms, one bath, basement, kitchen and family room. There is central heat and air conditioning and a nice sized backyard.

The auction will continue at 11:30am local time at 112 South Main Street in Cashion, with a commercial building comprised of 3,950 sq. ft. (50ft. by 79ft.) of open shop area. The building has concrete floors and concrete block construction. There is a double-swing door in the front and back.

The personal property will also sell from the South Main Street location, including tractors, equipment, vehicles, trailers, shop tools, parts, collector toys and household items.

“We have a really tremendous collection of toy tractors, steam engines and equipment collected and restored by Mr. Benda,” explained Lippard. “His interest in steam engines stemmed from his childhood farming during the time when steam engines replaced horses.”

Benda was a member of the Central Oklahoma Antique Tractor Club and several others, and he exhibited his steam engines in shows throughout Oklahoma and Kansas.

Up for bid are: a Case half scale 65hp steam engine; a half scale Nichols & Shepard steam engine; a one-third scale oil pull gasoline tractor; a one-third scale Case threshing machine; a 1949 Case D Tractor, restored; a McCormick haybine; a Case threshing machine; a Case stationary baler; a steel-wheel Van Brunt grain drill; several toy tractors; vintage automotive signs, lights and clocks; vintage tractor magazine; hundreds of antique tin ceiling tiles from 1903; and steam engine gauges.

Online absentee bidding on certain lots for those who cannot attend the auction in person will be provided. Properties may be inspected during scheduled preview or by appointment. For more information on registering to bid in this auction, visit www.lippardauctions.com, or call (866) 874-7100.

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A Taste of St. Joe’s, the annual fundraiser for St. Joseph Catholic School, will be 7-11 p.m. Saturday at Cherokee Strip Conference Center.

Admission is $50 per person. Tables of eight can be purchased for $200, said Erin Schovanec, chairwoman for the event. There will be an open bar for wine and beer only 7-8:30 p.m. A cash bar will be offered all night.

Live and silent auctions are planned, with prizes ranging from Italian and Mexican dinners to collector’s items.

“This is our annual fundraiser that we have every year. It’s important to the school to help keep the doors open,” Schovanec said.

The evening is catered by Panevino, and Lippard Auctioneers will conduct the live auction. The live auction offers prizes such as a dinner with the Rev. Joseph M. Irwin, pastor of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church; a chef’s dinner for six offered by Panevino; Russian icons donated from a private collection; an Orlando, Fla. vacation package; Latin dinner for 20 people; an Oklahoma State University football signed by quarterback Brandon Weeden; and an antique Holy Last Rite/Sick Box. The box is a form of portable altar, which priests once carried when calling on the sick and dying, said Schovanec.

In the silent auction, items include an American Girl Doll basket, large Lego Star Wars basket and more than 100 other items. Schovanec said there is something for everyone.

“Attendance is encouraged because of a special presentation to the school,” she said.

St. Joseph’s Catholic School reopened in 2000 and is in its 11th year. There currently are 90 students enrolled.

“You don’t have to be Catholic to attend the school. It’s open to anyone who would like a private education for their children,” Schovanec said.

ENID — An annual sale that raises thousands of dollars for hunger and disaster relief worldwide is set Friday and Saturday at Chisholm Trail Expo Center.

Money raised from the auction of handmade quilts, international crafts and other items sponsored by the Oklahoma Mennonites goes to help relieve hunger and provide disaster assistance in other countries, said Luella Unruh, one of the sale coordinators.

Some booths will open 4 p.m. Friday, followed by a 5-7 p.m. meal available for $10. Other food booths will sell bratwurst, bierox and other items, and a music program featuring a country gospel trio begins at 6:30 p.m. A craft auction is slated 6-9 p.m.

Also open Friday is the “10,000 Villages” booth, which will feature craft items from third-world countries, Unruh said. Mennonites purchase those items from the individual craftsmen, paying a fair price, then resell them.

“It is their business, and they provide for their families,” Unruh said.

On Saturday, a pancake and sausage breakfast will be available 7-9:30 a.m. for $6. All booths open at 8 a.m.

Saturday’s craft auction begins at 9 a.m., with the quilt auction starting at 11:30 a.m. The People’s Choice quilt, chosen by votes from those who viewed quilts Friday night, will be sold at noon.

Other booths will sell apple butter and baked goods such as cakes, bread, noodles, Russian pancakes, New Year’s Cookies and traditional verenika, a German food made with cottage cheese covered with ham gravy. There also will be homemade sausage, pepper nut cookies, homemade ice cream and pies.

Last year’s Enid auction, one of 46 held in the United States and Canada, raised about $120,000. Nationally, millions of dollars are raised every year by the combined efforts of the Mennonite Brethren of Christ and Amish Mennonite churches.

“We know the economy is tough, and whatever people donate, it is used to help relieve disasters around the world, both hunger and otherwise,” Unruh said.

Lippard Auctioneers again will sell the crafts and quilts this year.

As a result of their 2010 success Lippard Auctioneers earned United Countrys prestigious Summit Club Silver Award which was presented during United Countrys National Training & Awards Convention March 7-9, in Austin, Texas.

United Country – Lippard Auctioneers agent Angie Lippard was also named United Country’s No. 5 sales agent among the company’s more than 4500 sales associates across the nation. She was awarded the companys Pinnacle Elite award the highest honor awarded to United Country sales agents.

We are excited to be a part of the largest network of traditional real estate agents and auctioneers in the country said Troy Lippard. Through our partnership with United Country, we are able to provide clients the proven benefits of the United Country marketing program and our 2010 results are evidence of the power of what we can offer sellers.

United Country – Lippard Auctioneers can be contacted by phone at 580-237-7174 and their full listing inventory can be viewed online at www.LippardAuctions.com.

About United Country

United Country Real Estate is the largest fully integrated network of conventional and auction real estate professionals in the United States. Based in Kansas City, Mo., the company has been an innovator in real estate marketing since 1925. United Country supports nearly 600 offices across the U.S., Costa Rica, Panama and the resort areas of Mexico, with a unique, comprehensive marketing program that includes one of the largest portfolios of property marketing web sites (more than 1,400 separate sites), seven proprietary real estate catalogs with a cumulative distribution of 1.5 million readers, an extensive, current buyer database and national advertising of properties that reaches more than 90 million homes per week. United Country has recently been recognized by AllBusiness.com, The Land Report, Entrepreneur and The Wall Street Journal as one of the top U.S. real estate companies.