Deadline is 4 p.m., Dec. 30 for Independent contest to win $100

The deadline is coming up at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30, in the Independent letter contest that will win the writer a $100 cash prize for first place. Second place gets $50 and third place is $25.
Choose your topic from the following:
• Your favorite story in the last 20 years;
• The story you found most important in the last 20 years;
• Why the Independent is important to you; or
• The story you feel the Independent missed in the last 20 years.
Limit your letter to 300 words or less. All of the winning letters will be published in the Independent.
Mail entries to: Belleville-Area Independent Contest, 152 Main St., Belleville, MI 48111. Be sure the entry is marked “Contest” or it might get published as a letter to the editor instead of being entered in the contest.
Instead of using the U.S. Postal Service, letters also may be emailed to: mail @bellevilleareaindependent.com; dropped in the outside, black, after-hours box on the northwest side of the office building at 152 Main St.; or hand-carried into our office. Deadline is Dec. 30 at 4 p.m.
The party to celebrate the completion of 20 years of publishing is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 9. Each guest is entitled to a free, personal, classified ad for three week – the regular $10 offer.
The Independent started publishing its weekly newspaper on Jan. 5, 1995 and has published every Thursday since then – a total of 1,040 issues with today’s edition.