NWTF banquet figures

[tjwatty]

Just curious,
I was at our local NWTF banquet last night and it seemed as if the auction items weren't bringing as much as in past years. I'm not sure the attendance was as good either although that was hard to tell. Is it the economy or is it just our depressed starving jobless area.(just kidding)
Is it a trend in other areas our what??