Thursday, March 12, 2009

First March Super Consumer Winner Drawn

The March winner in the Think Monroe County First! "Super Consumer" drawing is Marion Goeddel of Waterloo.

Her winning ticket was drawn at Sears of Waterloo. Goeddel will receive a V-Tech 6.0 Four Handset Cordless Phone with Digital Answering System valued at $129.95 donated by Harrisonville Telephone Company. The next winner has been drawn and will be announced on March 23.

The second March winner will receive a “Taste of Monroe County” gift basket valued at $130 and donated by Reliable Sanitation in Waterloo. Items in the basket include: gift certificates from Mokka Kaffeehaus (Columbia), Joe Boccardi’s (Columbia), JV’s (Waterloo), Courthouse CafĂ© (Waterloo), and a bottle of wine from Schorr Lake Vineyards (Waterloo).

Watch your local newspapers--the Monroe County Clarion, Monroe County Independent and The Republic-Times--for coverage on winners as well as the next "Conscious Consumer" feature.

In April, consumers can enter to win two more great prizes. The first April winner will win two, 18-hole rounds of golf with cart at The Ridge Golf Course in Waterloo, which was donated by Delbert Wittenauer and The Ridge Golf Course. The second April winner will receive a 16-GB iPod Nano, valued at $200 and donated by Midland Bank of Waterloo.

To take the pledge to Think Monroe County First and for more information on the program visit www.thinkmonroecountyfirst.com or http://monroecountylocal.blogspot.com. You can also learn more about the Monroe County Economic Development Council at http://www.monroecountyedg.org/.

Another way to become involved is to contact U of I Extension Unit Educator, Community and Economic Development, Nora Feuquay at 618-939-3434/ nfeuquay@illinois.edu, or a member of the Monroe County Economic Development Council at 618-939-8681 ext. 216.

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