Sentences with phrase «local contests in»

Find out about local contests in your area and ask if you can donate one of your books as a prize.

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We do a little bit of everything from a gingerbread house contest to Hanukkah cookies to decorating the office tree and bringing in presents for the local Toys for Tots drive.

«Write to Play» heralded Playworld's first - ever social media giveaway, and the results are impressive: Not only did its Facebook fan base increase from 600 to more than 9,000 during the two months the contest ran, but as finalists rallied to gain community support for their campaigns, many local news outlets reported on their efforts, earning Playworld significant free publicity in the process.

Uber continues operating in most contested markets while pleading its case to local lawmakers.

The possibility of winning the Amazon headquarter contest in Nashville worries locals over the prospect of more people, more traffic, and higher rents, the New York Times reports.

After a small local win, he set his sights on the famous hot - dog eating contest in Brooklyn.

But be on the lookout for ways to insert yourself into press mentions, hold contests and giveaways, sponsor events in your area, support local charities, blow something up, disagree with an industry demigod, anything.

In 2012 he made the decision to go «all in,» and another contest win got him a rent - free kiosk in a local malIn 2012 he made the decision to go «all in,» and another contest win got him a rent - free kiosk in a local malin,» and another contest win got him a rent - free kiosk in a local malin a local mall.

Not one person voting in Tuesday's hotly contested special election in the local 18th District said the tariffs would affect their choice.

Some local governments have been keen to host e-sports contests or build e-sports industrial parks with large companies, in hopes of boosting local revenue through the emerging sector.

The Calgary - Montrose Tories had been involved a prolonged legal dispute with the provincial PC Party, in which the local Tories were suing the PC Party for more that $ 180,000 in legal fees amassed during a botched nomination contest held before to the 2004 election.

Local church officials recently decided to put it back in use - a decision that was contested by the pastor.

Here's a topping idea that won me 1st place in a local pizza contest: a little bit of purchased alfredo sauce, sliced mushrooms sauteed with fresh thyme, caramelized sliced onions, spinach sauteed with garlic and top off with some crispy cooked, crumbled bacon (cook the mushrooms in some of the bacon fat)....

For the first time this year's contest, in which young chefs ages 8 - 12 from across the country create healthy recipes and show off their food know - how, included an emphasis on local and regional foods through MyPlate, MyState.

Local school children have been invited to participate in many of the in - store activities like Pinewood Derby Car Racing and coloring contests and departments throughout the store will show their love of potatoes by hosting food sampling stations featuring different Idaho ® potato recipes.

MONTREAL — The contenders in an annual contest to name Canada's best new restaurants include eateries offering fire - stoked feasts in P.E.I., Spanish - inspired dishes in Halifax, and local seasonal and wild foods at a Toronto hot spot.

Exciting programs for wine - lovers include CRUSH Wine & Culinary Showcase; Crush on Temecula Valley Wines, in partnership with local restaurants throughout Temecula Valley; a Wine Country video contest; a Wine Country social media challenge; SIP Temecula Passports, good for five tasting flights at participating wineries; and live events and entertainment happening in September throughout Wine Country.

In Decatur, it's Big Bob Gibson's, winner of local and intragalactic cooking contests.

Young spies tell me that marbles are rarely played these days, except by a few hot - shots who practice assiduously in hopes of advancing through local, regional and state contests to the national championships, sponsored, of course, by some adult group or other.

However, their record on the road this season would suggest a similar outcome looks pretty unlikely, with the Red Devils having won just one of their eight away contests in the league this season and more recently where held by Birmingham, one of West Brom's local rivals.

Five defeats in their last eight league contests is evidence of this, although there were brief signs of a recovery when the Baggies notched up back - to - back wins over Everton (1 - 4) and Newcastle (3 - 1), although the renaissance period didn't last long, as they were beaten by local rivals Aston Villa 2 - 1 last time out at Villa Park.

The Action Kit Includes, Graphics - 11 x 17 posters - 8.5 x 11 posters - stickers Fact Sheets - investment in infant / maternal health - investment in the family - investment in the health care system - short and long term benefits - investment in society Tools - sample news release - proclamation request letters Activities - pricing exercise - colouring contest - savings wheel - formula to calculate what your local hospital could save through increased breastfeeding rates.

Part of it will finance a contest in which local school cooks can develop lunch recipes meeting nutritional guidelines.

These students, and others from 14 local public high schools, were competing in Cooking Up Change, a healthy cooking contest in which teams were challenged to create nutritious school lunches on a tight budget — $ 1 per meal — and limited ingredients and prep work.

She is an ambitious mom who recently wrote her first screenplay for a project in a screenwriting class at the local college and, on a whim, submitted it to a writing contest.

Students can participate in poster designs, which will then be used to decorate the cafeteria; recipe contests, where the winner's recipe will be included on the regular school menu; parents and guests will join students to eat or serve lunch, including local celebrities, firefighters and other community members.

In other local sports news, Deerfield junior sharpshooter Eric Porter hit eight out of 15 shots but fell short of qualifying for the Illinois High School Association's 3 - point shooting contest last Thursday at Carver Arena in PeoriIn other local sports news, Deerfield junior sharpshooter Eric Porter hit eight out of 15 shots but fell short of qualifying for the Illinois High School Association's 3 - point shooting contest last Thursday at Carver Arena in Peoriin Peoria.

He claimed that in local elections contested by all four Scottish parties this year «it is the Lib Dems who are leading the pack, rising by an average of ten percentage points while the others flatline or decline».

Cantor predicted a slew of contested races at the local, state and federal levels in the coming year (recall that all the House and state legislative seats will be up for grabs with new district lines, which further boosts the possibility of competitive contests).

The impasse remains, resulting in the New York's unusual and costly arrangement of holding two party primaries, one mandated by a federal court for U.S. Senate and House party contests in June; state and local primaries still held in September.

I had the privilege of contesting the university seat of Newcastle - under - Lyme last June and was reminded of the positive impact Keele students had not only on the local economy but also in their contributions to the wider community.

Westchester residents who oppose this settlement must demand that their local elected officials contest each and every step by the County and its federal monitor to implement an oppressive and intrusive experiment in social engineering, which likely conflicts with our NY State Constitution and which may very well violate the United States Constitution.

A proportion of seats in 106 other local authorities were also being contested, not to mention five local mayoralities and the new metro mayor for the Sheffield City Region combined authority.

Thus they are strongly supported by parties like the Liberal Democrats, UKIP, the Greens and so, that often pile up millions of votes in FPTP contests but may win few or no seats, because they are less commonly or rarely the largest party in a given local area.

Hitherto, the coincidence of local and general election results provided an opportunity to estimate a PNS for the parallel local elections by comparing the local and parliamentary election results in those constituencies where all the component wards were contested, and then applying the resulting difference for each party to its share of the Britain - wide parliamentary vote.

The real test of the WFP approach — honed since its founding in 1998 and facilitated by hard work in hundreds of contests for local and state office — will be whether Cuomo delivers, which won't really be clear until his second term is under way.

The 2016 Senate race in North Carolina could be just as competitive as the 2014 contest, which flooded local televisions with more than $ 100 million in political ads to become one of the most expensive congressional races in history.

Holding the hard to win third spot on Labor's Senate ticket, Feeney put his hand up as candidate for Batman when Martin Ferguson announced his intention to retire, winning pre-selection in a contested local ballot.

Having lost by a relatively narrow 800 votes in the General Election in June 2010, Heathcoat - Amory announced to the local party members and media that he would not be contesting the next general election.

Reason - Rupe conducted a survey recently in the state of Wisconsin which covered a number of issues, including favorability ratings of local government, the Scott Walker Recall Election, and the Presidential election in the state — with polling in that last contest including Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson.

In London, there are 14 such contests, held in constituencies made up of two or more Local CouncilIn London, there are 14 such contests, held in constituencies made up of two or more Local Councilin constituencies made up of two or more Local Councils.

After the excitement of an unexpected leadership contest, a new leader, a surge in membership and fresh approach to PMQs, what can the party expect from its members and supporters when it comes to doing the less glamourous work of fighting a local election?

Most of the contests in this year's elections are between the Tories, who dominate local government in the local authorities being contested after reaching their electoral peak last time they were contested in 2009.

Our correspondent gathered that the son of Alao Akala, Olamijuwonlo is contesting for chairmanship position in Ogbomoso North Local Government Area under APC platform.

Mr Tilbrook said his party was the only one to campaign to make St George's Day a bank holiday as he debated with Conservative Faith and Communities Minister Baroness Warsi ahead of local elections in many English counties and two mayoral contests on 2 May.

In May, Mourdock toppled longtime Indiana Republican Sen. Richard Lugar in a bitter primary contest with the support of national, state and local tea party groupIn May, Mourdock toppled longtime Indiana Republican Sen. Richard Lugar in a bitter primary contest with the support of national, state and local tea party groupin a bitter primary contest with the support of national, state and local tea party groups.

In previous contests, they could and did finesse their resource problems by focusing their local campaign efforts in a relatively few marginal seatIn previous contests, they could and did finesse their resource problems by focusing their local campaign efforts in a relatively few marginal seatin a relatively few marginal seats.

(Although the distraction of contesting the by - election may have played a role in Denis Leonard losing his seat in the Mullingar - Coole electoral area at the local election contest.)

Perez Williams is in a hotly contested race with Ben Walsh, who has received support from some local Democratic elected officials in his effort to win as an independent candidate.

With Westminster obsessions such as antisemitism within Labour never mentioned, according to Grant, the fight is largely being contested in one area: austerity, or more precisely, how national cuts are affecting local services.