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Stephen Deter, President
Midwest Tool And Cutlery Company
1210 Progress St.
Sturgis, MI 49091
269-651-7964
midwest@midwestsnips.com
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$10,000 Grand Prize Awarded
in Upright Snips® Sweepstakes |
Sturgis Michigan, August 28, 2006 -- The Upright Snips®
Sweepstakes $10,000 Grand Prize has been awarded to Grand Prize
Winner Mr. Gordon Orr Jr. of Utah. The sweepstakes was part
of the new product marketing campaign for the revolutionary,
patented Upright Snips® aviation snips which were introduced
by Midwest Tool and Cutlery Company in 2004. Mr. Orr entered
the contest at the Orem, Utah, Johnstone Supply location. The
2nd and 3rd place sweepstakes prizes -Mag-Lite® flashlights
and Midwest Snips® playing cards - were also sent to winners
in August.
The prize was presented in person to Mr. Orr at the Orem, Utah
Johnstone Supply location by Robert Besser, Sales Manager and
Harold M. Cody, Marketing Manager for Midwest Tool and Cutlery
Company.
About Midwest Tool & Cutlery
Midwest Tool And Cutlery Company produces the made in the USA
Midwest Snips® brand of aviation snips at manufacturing operations
in Sturgis and Kalkaska, Michigan. The company also produces
a full line of tinner snips, folding tools, cable cutters and
other specialty tools for the HVAC/R, construction, siding,
roofing and sheet metal industries. Midwest Snips are available
at HVAC/R and industrial wholesale distributors in North America
and worldwide and at selected retail outlets.

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| Mr. Gordon Orr Jr. receives his
check for $10,000 as the Grand Prize winner in the
Upright Snips® sweepstakes sponsored by Midwest
Tool and Cutlery Co. In the background is the Johnstone
Supply store in Orem, Utah where Mr. Orr entered
the contest. From left to right: Robert Besser,
Sales Manager; Midwest Tool and Cutlery Co., Bob
Madsen; Store Manager, Johnstone Supply, Orem, Utah;
Boyd Fullmer, President, Johnstone Supply, Salt
Lake City/Orem, Utah; Gordon Orr Jr., Grand Prize
Winner; Harold Cody, Marketing Manager, Midwest
Tool and Cutlery Co. |
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