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Board Contest Rules TO ENTER: You must be 18 years of age and a resident
of Virginia or North Carolina. To enter the Message Board Tip of the Week contest, post
your tip on the Hampton Roads Gardening message board. The contest begins March 26,
1999 and runs indefinitely.
By entering the
contest, you grant the Daily Press permission to publish your name, entry and photograph
for promotional purposes in connection with this contest. Be sure to include your name and
e-mail address with your entry.
If two or more
contestants remain tied following the tiebreaker, a random winner will be selected by the
Daily Press.
The Daily Press
has the sole right to determine the winners in all matters or disputes arising from the
contest. The determination will be final and binding. There are no prize substitutions or
cash equivalents permitted.
One winner per
week will receive one of the following prizes:
- Week 1:
Smart Yard: 60-Minute Lawn Care by Fulcrum Publishing (www.fulcrum-publishing.com, value $17).
Our Week 1 winner is Lynn Dean Hunter of Virginia Beach! Lynn is a
local Master Gardener and won for her gardening tip about propagating liriope from seed.
- Week 2:
Green Gifts: How to Turn Flowers and Plants Into Original and Lasting Gifts by
Fulcrum Publishing (www.fulcrum-publishing.com,
value $28). Our Week 2 winner is Kemp Hux of Newport News! Kemp won
for the deer/camellia gardening tip.
- Week 3:
Taylor's Guide to Growing North America's Favorite Plants by Houghton Mifflin
(value $35). Our Week 3 winner is William Freas of Newport
News! William won for the lawnmower care tip.
- Week 4:
Two passes to Virginia Living Museum. B. Manci of Hampton is our
Week 4 winner for the Gerbera daisy tip.
- Week 5:
Two passes to Norfolk Botanical Garden. Kim Grimshaw of Chesapeake is our Week 5
winner for the pepper on tomato plants tip.
- Week 6:
The Woodland Garden by Taylor Publishing (www.hmco.com,
value $30). Rene' Richards, a master gardener in Suffolk is our Week 6 winner for
her tip on how to ripen tomatoes in a brown paper bag.
- Week 7:
Amazing Annuals by Firefly (www.fireflybooks.com,
value $25). Our Week 7 winner is Kris Dippre of New Kent County for
her tip about using one of those multi-tiered metal mesh baskets to create a hanging herb
garden in the kitchen.
- Week 8:
Telescoping pole pruner by Stanley's new AccuScape gardening tool line (www.stanleyworks.com, value $30). Our Week 8
winner is Steve Waddell of Suffolk! Steve won for his water garden
sealant tip.
- Week 9:
Two passes to the Virginia Living Museum. Our Week 9 winner is Darlene
Levy of Newport News! Darlene won for her tip on how to keep deer away from
plants.
- Week 10:
Two passes to Norfolk Botanical Garden. Our Week 10 winner is Judi Ruben of
Chesapeake! Judi won for her tip on drying onions in panty hose.
- Week 11:
Growing Seeds, Starting from Scratch by Fulcrum Publishing (www.fulcrum-publishing.com, value $12.95).
Our Week 11 winner is Rene Calvert of Newport News!
- Week 12:
Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses by Timber Press (www.timberpress.com, value $50). Our Week 12
winner is Debbie Bradshaw of Suffolk! Judi won for her tip of
putting gardening catalogs in her husband's bathroom so he will start reading about and
become interested in gardening.
- Week 13:
The Plantfinder's Guide to Ornamental Grasses by Timber Press (www.timberpress.com, value $35). Our Week 13
winner is Sherri Bernard of Hampton! Sherri won for her tip of
using carpet over the ground and around plants to suppress weeds.
- Week 14:
Two passes to Virginia Living Museum. Our Week 14 winner is Donald
Durham of Newport News! Donald won for his tip about free water for yard
visitors.
- Week 15:
Two passes to Norfolk Botanical Garden. Our Week 15 winner is Judi
Ruben of Chesapeake! Judi won for her tip about painting the top of tree
stumps with paint to prevent them from sprouting again.
- Until
mid-January, our gardening tip winners will receive tickets to the Virginia
Flower & Garden Show, Jan. 21-23 at the Virginia Beach Pavilion.
- Week 16:
Our latest winner is Aaron Zeno Seaford (York County)! Aaron
won for his tip on how to protect a lettuce or seed bed from pests. He wins tickets to the
Virginia Beach Flower & Garden Show. Congratulations, Aaron!
- February
2000: Winged Weeder by Creative Enterprises (www.wingedweeder.com ) (value $20). Sherry
Lewis of Newport News wins the Winged Weeder by Creative Enterprises for her
gardening tips about rooting a woody stem cutting in a bottle of water.
- March
2000: Folding pruning saw by Stanley (www.stanleyworks.com, value $20). Peggy
Watters of Saluda wins the folding pruning saw by Stanley for her gardening tip
on how to use drinking straws to make flowering bulbs so you know where they are when you
want to plant more bulbs.
- April/May
2000: Three-piece handtool set by Stanley (www.stanleyworks.com, value $20). Joann
Marshall of Hampton wins the three-piece handtool set for her online
gardening tip about pruning cascading shrubs such as weigelia and forsythia.
Any federal,
state or local taxes or fees on prizes are the sole responsibility of the winners. All
federal, state or local laws and regulations apply. Void where prohibited.
Employees,
contractors, distributors, agents and carriers of the Daily Press Inc., Tribune Co. and
their immediate families are not eligible to participate.
Thanks
for participating!
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