[Vision2020] Safe Lefty's

[Paul Rumelhart]

Yeah, I'm kind of wondering what I'll do if I win it. I could go for the 
once a week bit, though. It would be a great place to have lunch every 
Friday or something. Maybe I could just get a shake every day on the way 
home or something.

Paul

Donovan Arnold wrote:
> Lefty's has the best shakes, and only buffalo burgers in Moscow that I 
> know of!
> I would not buy a lottery ticket out of fear that I would win the free 
> food everyday. That could not be a healthy diet. Anyone ever see the 
> Family Guy episode where Peter got as much free fast food as he 
> wanted, and he had a stroke? That is what I thought of when I read 
> that prize. Also, is the prize dependent upon the success of the business?
> Best Regards,
> Donovan
>
> */Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com>/* wrote:
>
>     They do have excellent shakes. I'll be buying a raffle ticket or two.
>     I hope they find another location.
>
>     As Keely pointed out, it takes more than just a cookie cutter and a
>     bottom line to be a community business. Where else am I going to
>     get a
>     buffalo burger?
>
>     Paul
>
>     Angie Doe wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > *Cut and Pasted in its entirety from an online bulletin.*
>     >
>     > WHAT? Protest. But the weird, uncommon, positive type.
>     >
>     > "Save Lefty's"
>     >
>     > WHERE? Palouse Mall Enterance/Lefty's
>     >
>     > WHEN? May 2nd, 5pm
>     >
>     > Come, carry a sign for 5 minutes.
>     >
>     > Get a free shake!
>     > ===============================
>     >
>     > The details:
>     >
>     > By now the word is officially out. The Lefty restaurant located
>     in the
>     > Palouse Mall, the home of the vandalizer (a now famous burger
>     eating
>     > challenge) and the best shake on the Palouse for many years is
>     being
>     > forced to close its doors in the mall...
>     >
>     > The owners of Lefty's originally moved to the area with the
>     vision of
>     > running a small town restaurant. They bought Eric's Cafe and
>     changed
>     > the name to Lefty's. Over the years they have done huge amounts of
>     > renovations, repainting, adding lighting, and just recently they
>     added
>     > booths to make the environment even cozier.
>     >
>     > Now the Palouse Mall Corporation seems more interested in large
>     > corporations than small local businesses. This seems to have in
>     part
>     > been also responsible for the closure of other small shops, like
>     the
>     > flower shop, S&P Hobbies, etc. The sad thing is that it is the
>     small
>     > local places that are really a part of culture.
>     >
>     > The word on the street is that the mall plans to put in some large
>     > corporate pizza joint.
>     >
>     > Exactly what we need more of in our college town *weary smile*
>     >
>     > In talking to the owner, Ken, he really wants to keep the
>     restaurant
>     > going… and he is looking for another location, but he needs to
>     raise
>     > some money to help in that transition.
>     >
>     > There are two ways that you can help out:
>     >
>     > Come to the Protest. There will be free shakes provided to everyone
>     > who participates. There will be fun signs, etc. So come and have a
>     > good time. The message of this is to be a positive message of
>     helping
>     > save the restaurant as a Moscow icon. So, not down with the mall or
>     > anything like that. Instead, come and have a good time.
>     >
>     > Buy a Raffle ticket: In an effort to raise some money to help
>     with the
>     > search and transition to a new place, Ken is hosting a raffle
>     contest.
>     >
>     > The raffle tickets will cost $10 each, and the prizes are as
>     follows:
>     >
>     > 5 Grand prizes
>     > >> 1 year of free food, every day at the new Lefty's.
>     >
>     > 10 Second place prizes:
>     > >> 1 year of free food, once a week at the new Lefty's
>     >
>     > 20 3rd Place Prizes:
>     > >> $25 gift certificates.
>     >
>     > The raffle tickets can be purchased either in the Lefty's store
>     or in
>     > the next couple of days, they will be available for purchase via
>     > Paypal at which point the link will be posted.
>     >
>     > In the unfortunate event that Lefty's is unable to find a new
>     > location, the money will be given to the Community Action
>     Partnership,
>     > Christmas for Kids, or some similar charity.
>     >
>     >
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