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So you think you know the Hill? – December 19, 2013

December 19, 2013

Yvonne Smith (left) is this week’s photo contest winner, having correctly identified the entrance to La Casita restaurant on North Circle Drive from last week’s photo. Sitting with her is Rebecca Garcia, the sister of La Casita owner Robert Garcia. Because of the carry-over prize, Smith wins four tickets to the Rustic Theatre — and there is a bonus this week as well: Garcia announced that he would be awarding a gift certificate to his restaurant as an additional prize to this week’s winner. We had only two entrants this week with the correct answer to last week’s photo contest: Smith and Laura Slattery are veteran Hill detectives, both having previously submitted correct answers to past contests, so one of them was bound to be a winner this time. Photo by Jack Clark

This week you are again challenged to identify the particular spot depicted in this Hill photograph. It might be the exterior of a building or surrounding grounds of a commercial, governmental or nonprofit premises, or a public place in Idyllwild, Pine Cove, Fern Valley or Mountain Center. The prize is tickets to the Rustic Theatre, your picture in the Town Crier, and life membership in the No. 1 Hillbilly Detective Agency. If there is no winner during a week, the ticket prizes will accumulate.

Open to all ages. It doesn’t matter how you submit your entry, as long as it’s in writing, delivered by noon Monday (or Tuesday if the Town Crier office is not open Monday) to the Town Crier, attn: Jack, and you convince the judge that you found the exact spot. Just saying something like, “The wall around ________ restaurant” is not enough. You must describe the actual spot by pacing off or some other specific description. Taking your own photograph of the spot would be ideal, but is not necessary to win as long as you persuade the judge that you have found the exact spot depicted in the contest photo. The decision of the judge is final. If there is no winner, clues will be given and the weekly prizes will accumulate. This is not a race. If there is more than one person with a correct answer, a drawing will determine the winner, so keep your answer to yourself. Check out this week’s new photo.