AND THE WINNERS are in our Awesome Moms photo contest . . .

Photo submitted by Jennifer Frazier ()

Photo submitted by Jennifer Frazier ()

WE HAVE TALLIED the votes in our online AWESOME MOMS photo contest, and are pleased to announce our four winners!

JENNIFER FRAZIER is the grand prize winner. She will receive a $100 gift certificate for auto services at Wilder Auto in Port Angeles plus a Mother’s Day Special Basket.

VICTORIA WEGENER, JACKIE SOMERS and ALICIA BAUBLITS will each receive two gift certificates provided by our sponsors.

(There is a $25 gift certificate to Fiesta Jalisco; a $25 gift certificate to First Federal; a $25 gift certificate to LD’s Woodfire Grill; a $25 gift certificate to Cherry Hill Florist; a $25 gift certificate to Necessities & Temptations; and a $25 slot card to the Elwha River Casino.)

Congratulations to all!

Thanks for all the great submissions!

Our thanks to everyone who participated in our contest!

TO SEE OUR FOUR WINNERS, click through the photos at the right, or go to http://pdn.upickem.net/engine/Winners.aspx?PageType=WINNER&contestid=171901

TO VIEW ALL 36 AWESOME MOMS in our contest, click on http://pdn.upickem.net/engine/Details.aspx?PageType=APPROVED&contestid=171901

The photo contest was sponsored by the three newspapers of the North Olympic Peninsula — Peninsula Daily News, Sequim Gazette and Forks Forum.

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