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Long Yard Sale
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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. I'm Doug Johnson. Today, we tell about the "World's Longest Yardsale." If you cannot find what you want at the yard sale we are about to tell you about, then maybe what you want just does not exist. Because this yard sale runs all the way from the Midwestern state of Ohio to the Southern state of Alabama. That is more than one thousand kilometers of goods for sale along US Route One Twenty-Seven. Faith Lapidus has our story. FAITH LAPIDUS: It seems like almost everyone buys or sells goods at yard sales in the United States. People place used personal or household goods for sale outside their homes. The US One Twenty-Seven Corridor Sale is known as the World's Longest Yardsale. It began in nineteen eighty-seven. The event's headquarters is in Jamestown, Tennessee. A former local official, Mike Walker, came up with the idea. He thought it would bring people to the area and show them that small country roads have a lot to offer. Others agreed. They wanted people to consider traveling on these roads instead of the popular interstate system. Every year, the four-day sale begins on the first Thursday in August. So August seventh marks the opening of the twenty-first World's Longest Yardsale. The event now crosses five states --- Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. Tens of thousands of sellers take part. Some people who live along or near Route One Twenty-Seven simply place their goods for sale in front of their house. Others use nearby public spaces, like parks. People sell everything and anything at the sale: furniture, clothing, toys, books and music. You can also find sporting goods, farm equipment, tools and art. And, lots of other things. Tens of thousands of people from across the country drive along the road in search of interesting things to buy. Route One Twenty-Seven becomes crowded with vehicles. Leeann Hustonis the director of tourism and membership at the Fentress County Chamber of Commerce in Jamestown, Tennessee. She says last year she came close to buying one of strangest looking pieces of furniture she has ever seen --- a big, old, round bed. She said it had a complex design on the shiny, smooth, light blue and white material that covered it. Miz Huston says the bed was made in the nineteen thirties or forties. She said it looked like something that should be at Elvis Presley's home, Graceland, in Memphis, Tennessee. She says she thinks it sold for more than one thousand dollars. HOST: I'm Doug Johnson. I hope you enjoyed our program today. It was written by Lawan Davis, Elizabeth Stern and Katy Weaver, who was also the producer. To read the text of this program and download audio, go to our Web site, voaspecialenglish.com. Join us again next week for AMERICAN MOSAIC, VOA's radio magazine in Special English. Source: www.voanews.com
