News & Observer Bird House Competition at the JCRA

May 11 and 12, 2002 (Saturday and Sunday)

Build a birdhouse

There's still time to enter The Great N&O Birdhouse Contest.

Your creations will be on display at the JC Raulston Arboretum May 11 and 12, 2002, and the winners will be featured in the News & Observer's Home section on May 18, 2002.

The N&O will give $50.00 to the first-place winner in the adult and children's (12 and under) categories.

Outdoor Bird Co. stores in Raleigh will give the first-place adult winner a ceramic birdbath worth $70.00, and the winner in the children's category gets a set of Fandex bird cards; the arboretum will give the grown-up winner a year's membership and a T-shirt; and every child who enters will get a bag of goodies from the N&O.

To enter, send e-mail to the Home section editor, Bill DuPre, at dupre@newsobserver.com, or call (919) 829-4758. Then, get your birdhouse to the Arboretum by 9:30 AM on May 11, 2002.

Call the JCRA or Bill DuPre at the N&O for details on how to participate. If you're an admirer, not a builder, of birdhouses or just want to take Mom out for a walk on Mother's Day, come to the JCRA to see the many and varied entries.

Most of this text was excerpted from the News & Observer on April 27, 2002 (Saturday). The text was written by Bill DuPre, N&O staff writers, and/or wire reporters.