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Spoilsports ruin the fun for Brewers' 'Where's Bernie' promotion

Posted on May 24, 2011

A promotion sponsored by the Milwaukee Brewers and the Milwaukee County Parks System in which lawn ornaments bearing the likeness of mascot Bernie Brewer were placed in parks turned sour Tuesday morning when reports began to surface that collectors had snapped them up for apparent sale on eBay and other collector sites.

Soon after it became apparent some people were grabbing several of the gnomes for apparent resale, social media took over with Brewers fans posting critical and profane comments directed toward the would-be collectors.

The "Where's Bernie" promotion began Tuesday morning. More than 1,000 of the lawn ornaments were placed along Milwaukee's lakefront along Lincoln Memorial Drive from Veterans Park north to Lake Park.

Under the rules, fans were told to arrive at 7 a.m. and take one of the ornaments.

But in what Brewers spokesman Tyler Barnes said were isolated cases, some people grabbed more than one.

One woman reported on her Twitter account that she had taken as many as three dozen, though that could not be confirmed. But the ornaments began appearing for sale on eBay, with one seller asking $122.50 for one ornament.

In one Twitter post directed at one of the apparent miscreants, someone wrote: "U R the lowest common denominator. 30+ Bernie statues??? Your greed disgusts me more than your profile picture."

Another wrote: "I lack respect for anyone that got a #WheresBernie lawn ornament before the 7a giveaway b/c you all cheated."

Filed under  //   Bernie Brewer   Brewers   Milwaukee   contests  

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Beloit, Wisconsin is the 2011 Great American Main Street Award Winner!

Posted on May 24, 2011

Downtown Beloit Association, Beloit, Wisconsin: This college town of 36,000 overcame a tough reputation and a weak mix of businesses to become a welcoming place for all types: kayakers, artists, families and small business-owners, just to name a few. During Downtown Beloit Association’s 23-year tenure, Beloit’s downtown has reinvented itself with abundant public art, galleries, and live music every night of the week.

Like your food fresh? On Saturday you can mingle with 3,000 other people who flock to the weekly farmers market, which many consider one of best in the Midwest. But that’s hardly the extent of its community events: Downtown Beloit Association (DBA) helps pull off forty events a year – from an Arts Walk to Holidazzle. (I don’t actually know what that is, but the name makes you want go, doesn’t it?) But there’s more! Beloit has a great track record of adaptive use. DBA helped develop the historic Hotel Hilton into attractive lofts and the Beloit College Bookstore. The old Woolworths building is now a local grocery, and a former iron works plant is now a handsome mix of housing and retail. Beloit: you’re circled (in ink) on my future roadtrip-through-the-Midwest map!

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Look-alike contest win surprises Howard mom, daughter

Posted on May 8, 2011

Howard residents Lori LeBoeuf and her mother, Dolores Knier, know they look similar, but neither knew they were entered in a contest to prove it.

LeBoeuf's husband, Don, entered the pair in the 2011 Press-Gazette mother-daughter look-alike contest on the sly, and when the winning duo found out, their mutual surprise mirrored their resemblance.

The resemblance, which became more pronounced as LeBoeuf became an adult, helped them beat out 80 other participating look-alike teams and win a mother-daughter pendant valued at $300.

Filed under  //   Howard   Mother's Day   contests  

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CONTEST: Win a new Kodak Easyshare 14 Megapixel Camera!

Posted on February 16, 2011

One of our sponsors, Mary Reisdorfer Photography, is giving away a new 14 Megapixel Kodak Easyshare camera to one of their Facebook Fans.

What you need to do:

  1. Visit Mary Reisdorfer Photography on Facebook http://Facebook.com/MaryClicks
  2. Click the big LIKE button at the top of the page
  3. THAT'S IT! You're entered to win the Kodak Easyshare camera!

This camera is really cool, after you take a pic you can tag it to Facebook, YouTube, flickr, etc just by pushing a button on the camera!

Filed under  //   Facebook   contests   free  

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Homeless Couple Wins All-Expenses Paid Trip to Super Bowl XLV [Video]

Posted on February 2, 2011

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Free Wisconsin Drinking Shirts [giveaways]

Posted on July 26, 2010

As Seen In Wisconsin on Facebook http://Facebook.com/InWisconsin

Bored In The Basement on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/BitBShirts

(And if you want to check out ALL of their items... Bored In The Basement's website http://BoredInTheBasement.com )

CONGRATS!

Our winner for the WI Drinking Shirts are Chad Kittel, Steve Schumacher, and Lindsay Bradleigh!

Thanks to all who entered! Keep your eyes open, we have LOTS of great Wisconsin products to give away!

Filed under  //   Wisconsin   contest   contests   drinkin'   drinking   t-shirts  

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Operation with the JJO Morning Show

Posted on April 29, 2010

Check out one of our faithful AsSeenInWI.com contributors, Drew, as he attempts to win a home theater system from WJJO in Madison. The challenge: get the most points in the game of OPERATION.

Drew competed against 2 other WJJO listeners on the JJO Morning Show with Johnny and Greg. We're sorry to report that Drew did not win and wasn't even compensated with a free cd or free 6" sub from Subway.

Thanks to Drew for pointing us in the right direction of these pix and sending us his video of one of the other contestants getting harassed by Johnny before he started in on OPERATION.

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Filed under  //   Madison   OPERATION   WJJO   contests   entertainment   music  

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Planet Label Giveaway

Posted on March 9, 2010

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Leave a comment below telling us why you should win...

We will choose the Top 5 responses & let the world choose the winner via a poll on our Facebook page (http://Facebook.com/InWisconsin )

Thanks again to the great people at Planet Label (http://PlanetLabel.com) for sponsoring this contest and for printing our super-cool AsSeenInWI.com stickers (get some!)

Filed under  //   Planet Label   contests   stickers  

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T-shirt Give Aways from Sconnie.com (video)

Posted on March 4, 2010

Filed under  //   Badgers   Sconnie   contests   free  

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Waunakee businesswoman gets national attention for Disney poster concept

Posted on February 26, 2010

Lisa Pertzborn-Whiting created recyclable wall clings which use Disney movie characters and can be moved around by kids. Long gone will be the days of kids taping, stapling and push-pinning pictures to decorate their walls.

Now kids can re-use these posters and clings to decorate their rooms like they are giant Colorforms!

Pertzborn-Whiting is one of 10 winners in this years nationwide Make Mine a Million $ Business competition. Congrats to her as she is the only contestant from Wisconsin!

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Filed under  //   Waunakee   contests  

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