Monday, March 30, 2009

Second March Super Consumer Winner Announced

The second March winner in the Think Monroe County First! "Super Consumer" drawing is Kim Epplin of Waterloo. Her winning ticket was drawn at Sears of Waterloo.

Epplin received 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).

The April winner, to be drawn on April 9, will win two 18-hole rounds of golf with cart at The Ridge Golf Course in Waterloo. The prize was donated by Monroe County Commissioner 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 States Bank in 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.

To take see our participating businesses 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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