This page was exported from Shelburne Free Press [ https://shelburnefreepress.ca ] Export date:Sun Nov 24 7:31:14 2024 / +0000 GMT ___________________________________________________ Title: Know Your Merchants winner plans to reinvest cash prize in the community --------------------------------------------------- Tami Bye is the winner of the first ever ‘Know Your Merchants' contest, run by the Shelburne Free Press. The contest was open to residents of Shelburne and featured the profile pictures of 12 local store owners – John van Teunenbroek, John's No Frills; Steve Bowles, Auto Centre Dufferin County Inc.; Andrew Lewis, Giant Tiger; Carl Smith, Foodland; Bill Gillam, Fines Home Hardware; Glenda Keeping, Changes Hair Studio; Bob Kim, Town Milk & Variety; Tracey Sinclair, RBC Bank; AJ Cavey, Cobwebs and Caviar; Bill Davies & David Bellamy, Lubinator Car Care; Heather & Greg Holmes, Holmes Appliances; Ricky Fender, Broken Board Skate Shop. Participants had to match the faces of the merchants to their store names and submit their completed entry for random selection. More than 100 readers participated in this shop local initiative, but Tami's ballot was selected by yours truly on Thursday, July12th. Tami, a life-long resident of Shelburne, wins $250 in cash, which she says she will use to buy groceries at her favorite local stores. “I entered on a whim,” said Tami, who works as an Educational Assistant for Hyland Heights Elementary School. “This is the only thing I've ever won in Shelburne!” Look for the next Know Your Merchants contest coming soon in your favorite community newspaper, The Free Press.   By Wendy Soloduik   --------------------------------------------------- Images: --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Post date: 2013-07-18 16:09:22 Post date GMT: 2013-07-18 20:09:22 Post modified date: 2013-07-25 21:33:44 Post modified date GMT: 2013-07-26 01:33:44 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Export of Post and Page as text file has been powered by [ Universal Post Manager ] plugin from www.gconverters.com