Mail Tribune Holds 'Dare to Pear' Contest with the Pear Blossom Festival Association
April 01 2009 - 1:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
MEDFORD, Ore., April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2009 Dare to Pear
Challenge is currently running through April 5th on
mailtribune.com/daretopear, adding an interactive element to the
regional Pear Blossom Festival by encouraging people to visit local
restaurants, taste the pear special, and be the critic while voting
online for the best pear cuisine. Local restaurants will be
offering special pear menu items that have been carefully paired
with Rogue Valley wines, or beer, depending on the dish. Each
restaurant will present a ballot for voting on the pear menu item
and complementing beverage, but users are encouraged to go to the
Dare to Pear web site to place their vote. Participants are
encouraged to gather a group of friends or make it a date night, to
try different items at different places. Participating restaurants
include 38 Central, Jackson Creek Pizza and Habaneros. "This new
element of the Pear Blossom Festival is an exciting addition to
Medford's largest community event," said Richard Barney of RJB
Consulting. "Medford has long been renowned for its pear industry,
so it's great to be able to have our downtown restaurants
spotlighting dishes prepared with the fruit (pear) that has
historically helped build our local agricultural economy, along
side the newest wave of fruit (grape) produced here." A celebrity
jury of judges will taste the same entries and a final decision, or
overall winner, will be announced during the annual Pear Blossom
Parade Saturday April 11th at 11am and posted online at
mailtribune.com/daretopear. ABOUT OTTAWAY NEWSPAPERS Ottaway
Newspapers, Inc. (http://www.ottaway.com/), is the Local Media
Group of Dow Jones. Ottaway operates eight community media groups
around the country -- including the Southern Oregon Media Group --
that collectively are comprised of 8 daily and 15 weekly
newspapers, several lifestyle magazines and other niche
publications, and a multitude of affiliated Web sites in seven
states. Media Contact: Sean Polay Product Manager, Distributed
Media 774.313.6093 ABOUT DOW JONES Dow Jones & Company
(http://www.dowjones.com/) is a News Corporation company (NYSE:
NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, NWSLV; http://www.newscorp.com/). Dow Jones
is a leading provider of global business news and information
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stations in the U.S. DATASOURCE: Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. CONTACT:
Sean Polay, Product Manager, Distributed Media, +1-774-313-6093,
Web Site: http://www.mailtribune.com/daretopear
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