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Shari watches as auctioneer Doug Gilmore takes bids on her prized buffet. She didn't want to sell it, but the family needed all the money they could get. The buffet brought $17.50.

the night before the auction, Shari checks the farm books after receiving notice from the bank that five checks had bounced.

facing mounting debt and imminent eviction, Lionel Bockus has no choice but to finally call it quits. 'A lot of of people have been calling,' says Lionel's wife, Shari. 'They never thought he would do it. They thought he would die on the farm. '

Lionel Bockus checks the condition of his corn prior to the auction of his family farm. Bockus has 'Worked hard all his life, even if he hasn't been successful,' says auctioneer Doug Gilmore. The family farm is a 'Dying thing,' says Gilmore, ' and…

Barbara Bailey, who has taught piano for more than 25 years, gives Patrick Wright a hug after he followed her instructions about the correct way to play a Beethoven piece.

Kevin Old tries to control a fighting game cock at a small game auction. 'Boy, I hope the men don't get hold of you, coz you done been pecked by a 3 lb. Chicken,' says auctioneer Glenn Trap as olds battles for self preservation.

Matthew Gaskins and his first deer. 'I knew that that was my little red shooting,' says Matthew's mother about her redheaded child who got the deer in the state sponsored youth hunt.

Paul and Ann Spann clean their mother's grave on mother's day. 'Its still meaningful to us,' says Ann. 'We were a big family, close-knit, and this is our way of keeping the family together'.

The Coleman and sisters, Krystal and Wilhelmina and their buddy, Joshua Zeigler, work on a bicycle chain. Eventually the girl's mother repaired the problem. 'That's the momma I love,' says Krystal when she's up and riding again.

Eight- year-old Ebony Wilson dreams of being in the Olympics, and according to trainer Abdullah Muhamed she's got a chance. 'She's what we call in boxing, a sweetheart, an absolute sweetheart, and sweethearts go all the way to the top. '