WINNER COMES IN BY A NOSE CONTEST PROMOTES PREMIERE OF 'PINOCCHIO' MOVIE.Byline: Kerry Cavanaugh Staff Writer Some people have no problem putting their noses on the line. Not when they know their lengthy sniffers are potential prize winners. So nearly 20 people lined up Saturday outside the Pavilions supermarket in Burbank and tilted tilt 1 v. tilt·ed, tilt·ing, tilts v.tr. 1. To cause to slope, as by raising one end; incline: tilt a soup bowl; tilt a chair backward. 2. their heads back for the official measurement - middle of eyebrows to the top of their nose - each competing for $300 gift cards from the grocery chain, tickets to the premiere of the live-action ``Pinocchio'' movie and, of course, bragging rights. In the end, Joey Joey after Joseph Grimaldi, famous 19th-century clown. [Am. Hist.: Espy, 45] See : Clowns Nibras and Charlie Rudas shared the title for their 7-centimeter-long schnozzes. ``A friend called me and said to come down here because they were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. people with distinct features,'' Nibras said. Only later did he find out he was wanted for his nose. ``Hey, we're here for a good cause.'' The snoot contest was the crowd grabber. The purpose was to kick off the ``Round Up'' campaign in which Vons and Pavilions checkers checkers, game for two players, known in England as draughts. It is played on a square board, divided into 64 alternately colored—usually red and black or white and black—square spaces, identical with a chessboard. will ask customers in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, to round up their grocery bills to the next dollar through the end of the year. The donated change goes to local food banks and to Hunger Free America, which helps expand the federally funded child nutrition program in public schools. Vons will match the donations by giving food to local food banks. Last year the Entertainment Industry Foundation and Vons raised $350,000 in cash and food that was donated in Southern California, Central California Central California can refer to one of several divisions or regions of the U.S state of California:
As in the contest, most people were spur-of-the-moment competitors. Burbank resident Tom MacMaster went to the store to buy waffles for his daughter and ended up getting measured. Although his entry was nosed out in the end, the contest wasn't without its merits. He learned his nose measures 6 centimeters. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Glendale residents Susan MacDonald, left, and Frances Lantz keep their noses under wraps as each waits to have her schnoz schnoz also schnoz·zle n. Slang The human nose. [Probably alteration of Yiddish snoyts, snout, muzzle, from German Schnauze.] Noun 1. length measured in the Show Off Your Nose Contest held Saturday at Pavilions supermarket in Burbank. (2) Contest competitor Susan MacDonald of Glendale gets her nose measured. Gus Ruelas/Staff Photographer |
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