FOR NO D'OH, TICKET WINNERS IN FOR FUN.Byline: Jack Moran Moran equitable councillor to King Feredach. [Irish Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 728] See : Justice The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - Break out the doughnuts and the blue hair dye - Simpsons fever is rising again in Springfield. Plans are in the works to give away more than 200 tickets to a special showing of "The Simpsons Movie" at the Cinemark 17 theater in Gateway Mall Gateway Mall may refer to:
The free tickets and screening were offered to Springfield by 20th Century Fox officials as consolation prizes consolation prize n. A prize given to a competitor who loses or does not win the first prize. consolation prize Noun something given to console the loser of a game in an online contest in which 14 U.S. cities named Springfield competed for a chance to host the worldwide movie premiere. Internet voters last week chose Springfield, Vt., as the contest winner. The city of 9,300 will premiere the highly anticipated movie Saturday night. "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening Matthew Abram Groening (born February 15, 1954[1] in Portland, Oregon;[2] his family name is pronounced 'greɪnɪŋ', rhymes with raining - a Portland native - plans to attend the Vermont showing. The 13 also-ran Springfields won screenings in their towns one day before the movie's general release on July 27. Oregon's Springfield finished third in the online voting. But local officials still maintain that Groening was inspired to name his animated television family's hometown home·town n. The town or city of one's birth, rearing, or main residence. Noun 1. hometown - the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence; "he never went back to his hometown again" Springfield after their city. City spokesman Niel Laudati said Groening has been invited to return to his home state to attend next Thursday's screening at Gateway Mall. "We haven't heard back yet on that," Laudati said. Talent and luck will factor into who gets to attend the July 26 showing. Beginning Saturday morning and continuing through July 26, people can drop off two cans of food at the More of Everything store in the mall and enter a drawing for free tickets to the movie. Hundreds of movie posters will be given away at the store, as supplies last. The canned goods will be donated to FOOD for Lane County. Those who would rather not leave things to chance can take matters into their own hands ... or bellies. Ron Glover Glov´er n. 1. One whose trade it is to make or sell gloves. Glover's suture a kind of stitch used in sewing up wounds, in which the thread is drawn alternately through each side from within outward. , the mall's general manager, said free passes to the movie will be distributed to winners of three contests scheduled to begin at about 5 p.m. July 26 at the mall. There's a belching belching see eructation. competition (self-explanatory); a "tallest hair" contest, in honor of Marge Simpson's signature hairdo; and a "d'oh-nut" eating challenge. "It's going to be a lot of fun," Glover said. "We planned these events to happen regardless of the (online contest) outcome." An unspecified Adj. 1. unspecified - not stated explicitly or in detail; "threatened unspecified reprisals" specified - clearly and explicitly stated; "meals are at specified times" number of tickets will be given out through promotions on local FM station KDUK, Glover said. More information about the ticket giveaway will be available at www.gatewaymall.com. |
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