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Selling Apples

That this raffle, with a gun as
the prize, was actually held has
been confirmed by a reliable source
close to the organization. But when
Sharon Furniss, the Promotional
Director of the Barracks Road
Shopping Center, was asked about
the raffle she said she had no
knowledge of it. Civic groups that
desired to set up a stand at the fair
had to clear their booths with her.
The group in question had signed
up to sell apples, and Miss Furniss
said, when asked about the gun
raffle, "I am not so sure what my
reaction would have been had I
known about it."