Hello, my name is Richard Delage, I & my wife Nancy are the proud owners of this wonderful & beautiful home, situated approximately 1.25 miles from the great Maine coastline, with beaches and rocky shorelines.
We have placed our heart and love into this home, we have renovated it from scratch. However, with the passing of time, we have reached that age, where it has become to large for us, so we came up with this Great and wonderful idea of giving away our home via an Essay Contest.
What better way to give this very special home to someone who will love it as much as we have and enjoy, Maine nature at it's best. There are so many forest animals here, deer-moose-turkey-Bear-coyote-Rabbit-squirrels-chipmunks, Many-many Birds, to name a few. We also have an actual running brook with native brook Trout in it!!
Yes it is very special here, everyday we smell the Great Atlantic Ocean, on our large deck, our little paradise, fully enclosed by large trees, filled with birds, it is so vibrant and alive here............
My Best Advice To Win This Beauty Is.........
Do Not Be Foolhardy, would-be entrants be honest, straightforward, and avoid the absurd, anything wacky, You
really want to focus on your intent, your content, and what it takes to Own A Home!!
To Win This Great Essay Contest, Simply Deliver and
show us in Essay Format, Your Total Heart And Soul!!
There are no odds, This is a contest of skill - Talent and
your ability to convey to us in an Essay format the
question asked of you to answer, it's that simple!!
So In reference To the odds, throw that right out the window!! It Does No Exist Here!!
But I will say this, all of the contestants are all in the number one position from the
beginning, and in reference to the chances of you winning via your skills-knowledge
and the ability to relate to us your thoughts and feelings is key, but based on your
talent, your chances of winning will be, 175,216,010 greater than winning the lottery, &
That's a fact!!
Your Chances Of winning is all up to you, but with a 175,216,010 greater chance than
winning the Lottery, YOU cannot PASS THIS UP!!
THERE WILL BE A WINNER, BUT UNLESS YOU SIGN UP,
YOU HAVE NO CHANCE AT ALL............
For a mere $175, cost to go out for a steak diner, you could own this home!!
In my humble opinion, YES, without any doubt and or reservations. One must think about our daily lives, think of how much money you waste everyday day, think of how much you have been spending on lottery tickets for years, without batting an eye!! Was it worth it? How much did you win?? Yet the odds in any lottery is in the millions, yet no one gives that any thought. Here are some numbers for you to give some thought to...........
The Big Score, Right?? Think Again!!
What are your chances of winning? A quick look at the Powerball website tells you the
probability of winning the jackpot is 1 in 175,223,510. This Is A Game Of Luck, you
have no control and it requires no talent or skills, Our Essay Does Require Talent &
Skills
The Lovell Center Inn Has been Given Twice now, Via an
Essay Contest!!
Have you ever dreamed of owning an inn? The Center Lovell Inn and Restaurant — located in Center Lovell, Maine — Has been gifted Twice Now To Two winners of an essay contest!!
Is It Legal? Absolutely, Here is an excerpt, Maine State Troopers Declares Essay Contest Completely Legal
Maine Attorney Generals Office & State Police Found No Gaming Law Violations
In Center Lovell Inn Essay Contest
The highly publicized essay contest to win the Center Lovell Inn & Restaurant did not violate state gaming laws, according to an investigation by the Maine State Police, but some of the unsuccessful entrants remain skeptical.
Sgt. Michael Johnston of the state police Special Investigations Unit said the investigation included a review of the contest rules as well as interviews with the current and future owners of the inn, Janice Sage and Prince Adams, along with the two judges who reviewed the essays and picked the winner.
“We determined it was clearly a game of skill and it was conducted in accordance with the rules that were set out prior to the contest,” Johnston said Tuesday. “There was no predetermination of a winner.”
The property has seven guest rooms and views of the White Mountains and Kezar Lake. Sage held the 200-word essay contest to determine the next owner of the inn and restaurant and to fund her retirement.
“We found no evidence there was any connection between them,” Johnston said of Sage and Adams. That conclusion was based on separate interviews with both of them, he said. Police did not have probable cause that a crime had been committed, a standard that would have been necessary for a more intrusive examination that would merit subpoenaing telephone records, he said.
Johnston said the judges “did exist. They were real people,” and both were interviewed. He said he was unaware of any special credentials they had for judging the essay contest, but that was not a requirement.
“There is no state certification for judging an essay contest,” Johnston said. “They certainly appeared to be honest and credible people.”
Johnston would not identify the judges or release any other information about them, nor would he release written results of the investigation.
The Maine Attorney General’s Office reviewed the results of the state police investigation and determined there was no violation of the state’s consumer protection laws.
The Special Investigations Unit regulates games of chance, such as bingo, which outside of licensed casinos can only be operated by nonprofit, community or fraternal organizations. Johnston assigned veteran state police gaming inspector Barry Hathaway to the investigation.
A game of chance is any contest in which a person risks something of his own for a chance to win something of value and the outcome isn’t determined by skill.
When Sage acquired the inn by winning an essay contest in 1993, the state also reviewed complaints then and found no improprieties.
The state police said none of those complaints was within their purview to investigate, according to Potts.
On Monday, authorities contacted each of the complainants to inform them of the investigation’s conclusions. Most were appreciative of the inquiry and the response, Johnston said.
He said the investigation did not involve reading any of the essays.
