Contests

From April 3rd through the 21st, two $1000 prizes were given out each day playing "Grand in Your Hand." Fine folks like our final local winner, the very happy Leslie Hallbauer (above) of Belton - who works in the library at the elementary school - listened for the Magic Money Keyword at 7:25 AM and 4:45 PM each day before heading over to k1017fm...

Forty years ago, disco fever was infecting the nation and one movie epitomized the phenomenon. And now Saturday Night Fever is back on the big screen. Director John Badham restored the film using the original camera negatives and remixed the soundtrack to bring out all of the thumping glory of The Bee Gees' original songs...

We always love giving much respect to our public service workers. A few weeks ago, a fire broke out in a pile of wood next to our building. The pros from Temple Fire and Rescue were there almost instantaneously and, even though it was a minor event, it was still reassuring to know they were on the job...

Goodness Gracious, Sweet Child of Mine! Guns n' Roses are on tour and stopping in the West Texas city of El Paso. I know we all don't make it that far west as often as we'd like - in Bell County we are actually closer to New Orleans than we are to El Paso - it's nice to see our fellow Texans out there...

I thought for certain we would not have a winner from one of the local schools this week. I thought wrong! Friday was a school holiday because of the religious observance of Good Friday, but don't tell that to our Free Lunch Friday winner who was taking care of business inside the school on the students' days off...

Our Free Lunch Friday contest is brought to you each week by Alvarez Barbecue and Catering in Temple. This week, our winner was Lisa Treese who works at American Classifieds, publishers of the Thrifty Nickel, the free classified ad newspaper you can pick up for free around the area, including their offices at 2905 W Adams Ave...

Congrats to the folks at Temple ISD! They won free lunch from Alvarez BBQ and got a little taste of his catering expertise. We want to visit you this week!

Congratulations Scott Malovets and family at Glen's Welding, 415 South 1st St. in Temple for winning free lunch courtesy of Alvarez Barbecue & Catering.

When something is so good that one has to share, I'm glad I have a blog to share those great deals. Last year, one of our sales people tipped me off to the great deals one can get at Target by using the Cartwheel app on my iPhone. It's a free download for iOS and Android alike. However, today's deal can be had by anyone, not just those with a smart phone.

Valentine's Day is around the corner (February 14, gentlemen!) and we're going to help a lucky someone "Get Out of the Doghouse" for our Valentine's Day Giveaway.