STAR 99.9 reserves the right to make rule or contest changes without notice at any time. By participating in a STAR 99.9 contest, winners and contestants grant permission to STAR 99.9 to use their name, photograph, voice and or likeness for advertising and/or publicity purposes without additional consideration.ġ1. ![]() If forfeited, the prize will remain the property of STAR 99.9. ![]() Failure to collect the prize constitutes forfeiture of the prize. Participation in the contest and the prizes awarded are non-transferable. There will be no substitution for prizes. All cash prizes will be awarded in the form of a check that must be picked up at the STAR 99.9 studios during regular business hours.ĩ. All prizes must be picked up within 30 days of winning – unless prize is time sensitive (ie: event tickets) – or prize will be considered forfeited.Ĩ. The term “immediate families” includes spouses, grandparents, parents, siblings, children and grandchildren.ħ. Employees, associates, interns, other related sponsors of STAR 99.9 and our parent company, Connoisseur Media, LLC Enterprises and their immediate families and any employees from other radio stations shall be ineligible to participate in this contest. All applicable federal, state and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner and therefore you must present a valid Social Security Card before claiming your prize.Ħ. Difficulties with phone lines to enter the contest or getting to the STAR 99.9 studios to claim the prizes are not the responsibility of STAR 99.9.ĥ. If contest winner is under the age of 18 they must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to claim their prize.Ĥ. Contests are open to residents of Connecticut only.ģ. Contact him at or write to Wood on Words, Rockford Register Star, 99 E. That’s one way to get skunked in a trivia contest.īarry Wood is a senior copy editor for the Register Star. The opossum, whose name comes from the Algonquian for, literally, “white beast,” is known for becoming motionless when threatened.įrom this bit of lore comes “playing possum” for pretending to be “asleep, dead, ill, unaware, etc.” Because of this popular piece of alliteration, many people don’t know that the correct name for the creature is “opossum.” The dictionary doesn’t mention whether the animal can be persuaded to rat out a fellow ferret.įinally, we have an animal whose claim to fame is not moving. ![]() From this ability, we have adapted “ferret” as a verb for “to search for persistently and discover.” In fact, the molehill has become a model of triviality because some people tend to try to make mountains out of them.īefore we jump to conclusions, we should make more of an effort to “ferret” out the facts.Ī ferret, according to Webster’s, can be easily trained for hunting, especially for finding and flushing rabbits, rats and the like. Both types typically become firmly entrenched in a field of operation before anyone notices them. Moles, the burrowing, insect-eating animals, live mostly underground, and moles of the human variety work mostly undercover. Sniffing out skunk works sounds like a job for a “mole.” Another slang use is “skunk works,” which refers to “a group of engineers, scientists, etc., engaged in research and development, usually secretly or in isolation.” It comes from a moonshine still called the “Skonk Works” in Al Capp’s classic comic strip “Li’l Abner.”
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |