Our paper just ran an article from the Boulder(Colorado) Daily Camera, which was originally published on Feb. 26th. I have not been able to find it on the Internet. When I do, I'll post more info. Anyway...

Seems Scott "Lucky" Chapple, in Nederland, owns a music shop called Lucky's Musical Emporium. The store's financial books have never had a day "in the red". He and his wife would like to move to Hawaii, so.....they are going to give it to the person who writes the winning essay, 100 words or less, addressing, "Why you think dreams can come true."

You have to send in $100 entry fee. If they don't get at least 2000 entries, everybody will get $90 of that refunded. The store has an entire worth of $100,000-150,000 including non-consigned merchandise, hours of bootlegged tapes, two weeks of training and six months' rent prepaid.

It says the store is part record store, clothing store, part smoking supply store, part African items bazaar.

The contest doesn't officially start until April 16th and entries will be accepted through Oct. 31st. They are hoping a nat. campaign with Internet and print adverts will attract at least 5,000 entrants. There will be at least 3 judges reading the essays watching for creativity, imagination, presentation, vision and the judges personal score.

THIS sounds as though it should be up some Mudcatter's alley!