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99 Days & 99 Degrees Contest/Sweepstakes

They say that one has a better chance of being struck by lightening than to win the Lottery. Well, here is a contest that perhaps has longer odds than that.

Earlier today, I posted this clip and then deleted it while I conducted more research which still confirms my earlier bewilderment about this offering. I know why these sponsors are conducting this sweepstakes, but I have a hard time understanding why anyone would seriously consider the GRAND PRIZE opportunity contained herein. Read the full details and ask:

What are the chances Downtown Los Angeles will record a precise temperature of 99 degrees on 10/31/10, the basic requirement for contestants to become eligible for the GRAND PRIZE? I have searched unsuccessfully for the true odds of that happening and the closest confirming data I can find is at http://bit.ly/cAv2YI where the record shows that the mean daily temperature in October for LA is 68.6, trending toward 61.8 for the month of November. I doubt if there has ever been an October 31 date with an LA temp even close to 99? If that has happened, then I would like someone to confirm the data and I will eat this post.

Despite the odds, thousands around LA LA Land will probably enter this sweeps, confounding the statisticians and the weather man and proving that optimism always trumps reality.

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July 23rd – November 1st

Three Ways to Win… If the official high temperature for the day is 99 degrees in ANY one city published in the Los Angeles Times “California Cities” area in the daily weather page (located in the Business section), the name drawn wins $99.99. If the official high temperature in “LA Downtown / USC” as published in Los Angeles Times is 99 degrees, the name drawn for that day wins $999.99 At the end of the 99 days, all entrants will be eligible for a chance to win the Grand Prize. If the official high temperature in “LA Downtown / USC” for 10/31/10 is 99 degrees, the person whose name was drawn wins $99,999.99! What to Do… Visit a participating 99¢ Only Stores. Ask cashier or manager for the entry form. Fill out the Entry Form and mail to KTLA at the address specified. Each morning, from July 23rd through November 1st, tune into the KTLA Morning News between 7:00 – 9:00 AM and look for Mark Kriski to announce the daily drawing winner. Once announced, check out the daily weather section in the Los Angeles Times and look for the official “California Cities” chart to find out if the official temperature is 99 degrees. If it is, we have a winner!

View the Official Rules!

View our Participating Locations Read more at www.99only.com

 

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Vinh Nguyen, 11, left, embraces Duy Nguyen, 11, center, after scoring a run against the Garden Grove All Stars.The Vietnam Capitals lost 19 – 5.  Photo: ANA VENEGAS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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On Sunday, the Capitals took to the field against the Garden Grove PONY Bronco 11-and-under All-Star team at West Haven Park in Garden Grove. In front of a crowd that included family, community members and interested spectators, the two teams played the first PONY baseball game between Vietnam and the United States. It was an event that took seven years in the making.

We hope and pray this story has a happy ending. Press reports Thursday prompted widespread alarm about the welfare of the your Orange County sailer who was attempting to establish a world record, but is now missing on her return trip after encountering technical troubles in her quest. || http://bit.ly/9UGTye || http://bit.ly/bYnNeE

clipped from www.petethomasoutdoors.com A rescue effort has been launched in hope of finding Abby Sunderland, 16, who set off her emergency beacon locating devices from the southern Indian Ocean early this morning. Sunderland, who had been attempting to sail around the world alone, endured multiple knockdowns in 60-knot winds Thursday before conditions briefly abated. However, her parents lost satellite phone contact early this morning and an hour later were notified by the Australian Coast Guard that both of Sunderland’s EPIRB satellite devices had been activated.

While this blogger’s crusade to resurrect the “California pledge,” or at least the memory of same, one wonders if the lyric is as true today as it was in the time in which the state’s school children were widely taught to recite this.

As a child we were taught the California Pledge, a Flag Salute to the California Flag. It is a sweet little ditty about California. It hasn't been taught in school for decades and I would like to share it with you. California Pledge I am a California Child, I love this golden state. Its mountains high its valleys wide its people good and great. I love the dear old pioneer that made us what we are and gave to us this golden state our Nations brigh … Read More

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Winning thousands of dollars on a TV game show is certainly gratifying.

But for Janet Woessner of Brea and daughter Laurisa Quella of Placentia, the true joy comes in sharing the experience—and some of the winnings—with others.

via Mother, daughter share ‘fortune’ | woessner, quella, daughter – News – The Orange County Register.

A flourishing and unregulated industry of pot delivery services is circumventing bans on storefront dispensaries and bringing medical marijuana directly to people’s homes, offices and more unconventional locations across the state, records and interviews show.

via Unregulated industry of medical pot delivery spreads like weeds | Inland News | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California.