Pieces of Old Gym Floor Make For Fun Fundraiser

A high school in Minnesota may have sold its old gymnasium floor to Justin Vernon, frontman for the indie rock band Bon Iver, for $200 on Craigslist. (Vernon laid it down in a home studio he converted from an indoor pool.) But when the Augusta (Ky.) High School gymnasium floor was replaced in July, administrators salvaged one-foot-long wood pieces and stored them with the intent to sell them for a much greater profit.

During the past few weeks, Augusta Schools has sold more than 250 of those pieces at $5 a pop to students, parents, alumni and anyone else who wanted a piece of school history that dates back to 1973. The souvenir sale so far has generated more than $1,250 for the school's athletic department. Each cut section of board has an authentication mark on the back, and calligraphy or wood burning can be used to put two lines of text on the face of each board.

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