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POSTED: Wednesday, Jul. 01, 2009

Bellingham businesses seeks entries for label design contest

A Bellingham restaurant soon will be coming out with its own barbecue sauce and is looking for customers to help design the label.

Dennis and Rosie Rayborn of Speak E-Z’s BBQ decided to bottle their sauce and sell it in local stores. After soliciting customer ideas in a contest, they came up with a name – Big D’s Bootleg BBQ Sauce (…….so good it should be illegal) – and are now hosting a contest for a label design.

The person who comes up with the winning design will receive all-you-can-eat ribs once a month for one year (or a substitute meal at equal or lesser value each month). The label and design will become property of the Rayborns.

The label design must be no more than 3 inches in diameter, 3 by 4 inches oval or rectangle. It can be monochrome or in color.

Deadline is 5 p.m. July 24. The chosen design will be announced at 5 p.m. Aug. 10.

Design entries can be mailed to Speak E-Z’s BBQ, 2400 Meridian St., Bellingham, WA 98225 or dropped off during regular restaurant hours. No purchase necessary. Don’t forget to include contact information.