PULSE BEAT PARAMOUNT
New City Council Members, Mayor and Vice Mayor
By Mayor Peggy Lemons
At the Paramount City Council meeting on April 7, the winners of the March 3, 2020, municipal election were given the oath of office to assume their roles as councilmembers.
Incumbent Brenda Olmos and newly elected Isabel Aguayo and Vilma Cuellar Stallings will each serve a four-year term.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the public could not attend the meeting in person. While some city staff were present in the council chambers, councilmembers all participated by teleconference.
With the election of Aguayo and Cuellar Stallings—who join myself, Olmos, and Councilmember Laurie Guillen—Paramount becomes the only city in Los Angeles County with an all-female city council.
It also marked the end of two dedicated careers in Paramount public service. Daryl Hofmeyer and Tom Hansen both retired from the city council after serving for 17 and 13 years, respectively, in addition to having been on city commissions prior to that. They served the community with dignity and professionalism, and their work in Paramount over the years has improved the city and is greatly appreciated.
At the meeting, the city council voted for myself to become mayor and Olmos to be vice mayor. We will each serve a one-year term.
This will be my sixth term as your mayor since joining the City Council in 1997, and I am honored once again to have the privilege of representing our residents in this position.
A MESSAGE FOR OUR COMMUNITY
As we live through these challenging times, the City wants to thank all our residents who have been staying “Safer at Home” and following social distancing and other guidelines to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
The City also expresses its heartfelt wishes of support to those in our community and their families who have contracted the coronavirus. We trust that everyone is on their way toward a full recovery, if they haven’t already reached it.
As your mayor, I want you to know that the city has been doing everything possible to maintain a sense of normalcy amid the pandemic. Our employees continue to provide the community with essential services, and we have produced a steady stream of public information through our website and social media outlets.
Here is a list of some of the city’s efforts over the last month:
• Masks—Free distribution of 30,000 cloth masks to residents.
• Delinquent Water Accounts—Suspended delinquent fees and water-service shut-offs for failure to pay a water bill.
• Street Sweeping Citations—Suspended street sweeping citations.
• For our seniors—Home delivery of meals; welfare checks by phone; pharmacy pickups; and at-home birthday celebrations.
• STAR After School Program—Making wellness calls to 1,200 families to see how students are doing and to let them know they are missed.
• Rental Assistance—Persuaded the County to reallocate funds and expand existing grantfunded assistance program to help residents unable to pay rent due to COVID-19.
• Unemployment Services—Promoted local workforce board’s efforts to help residents filing for unemployment and essential businesses in need of workers.
• Public Information—Created COVID-19 webpage on paramountcity.com with a wealth of information and resources, updated daily.
• City COVID-19 Hotline—Created dedicated English and Spanish hotline, seven days a week: call 562- 220-2242.
PULSE BEAT
• Electronic Message Boards—Rented and placed four boards on major boulevards with a new message each week with COVID reminders.
• Local Resource Sharing Page—Connecting businesses who can provide useful products or services to residents.
• Public Safety—Deputies conduct patrol checks of grocery stores, banks, Home Depot, distribution centers to insure safety of residents.
• Grocery Worker “Thank You”—Large “Thank You” posters signed by the city council and city staff were given to grocery store employees to express appreciation for their helping our community.
• Local Restaurants—Sending emails with an attached video informing restaurants selling groceries about county rules.
We are all in this together. We will get through it and come out the other side as the same strong, vibrant community we have always been. Be safe—and thank you again for helping to overcome COVID-19.
Remember, too, that the city is here for you, and can be reached at 562-220-2000 or by email at paramountcity.com/how-do-i/contact Free Legal Aid Services
Community Legal Aid SoCal provides free support and services to help low-income people who are struggling with civil legal issues in the Paramount community.
They can address a variety of legal challenges, including COVID-19-related issues such as housing, custody, and employment. Other areas of help include immigration, public benefits, elder abuse, domestic violence, health and more.
Their hotline is 800-834-5001.
Keeping City Workers Safe
Here is an example of social distancing in action: The two iconic Paramount water fountains—the Welcome Wall at Flower Street and Downey Avenue and the one on Lakewood Boulevard by Walmart—are currently not operating due to parts that need to be replaced.
This repair work requires that multiple people be in closed spaces, so practicing social distancing is not possible. Therefore, we have opted to wait on making these repairs until after the COVID-19 social distancing requirements are lifted and we can maintain healthy conditions for our workforce. So please keep that in mind if you’re wondering why there is no water flowing right now—it will return.
Mayor Peggy Lemons
The City thanks all those who have passed out masks to our community!
The City of Paramount distributed tens of thousands of free cloth masks over the last few weeks to help residents comply with the requirements of wearing face coverings while going to work or essential businesses.
There were drive-through and walk-up events at a variety of local parks. Masks were distributed on a first-come, first-served basis to Paramount residents only. It was also stressed that the use of face masks is not intended to replace social distancing and frequent hand washing.
From time to time, the Paramount Chamber will display posters like this one from World War II to remind us to stay diligent in our fight against the coronavirus!
APEP TALK
Paramount Education Partnership
s part of the Paramount Education Partnership’s celebration of all things related to schooling, this month’s column features the first honorees of the City’s new Youth Sports Hall of Fame. This program recognizes Paramount student athletes, starting with athletes who played high school sports between January and December 2019.
A display of the Hall of Fame will be located at the new Horchateria Rio Luna on Paramount Blvd. just south of Alondra Blvd.
Congratulations to all these outstanding student athletes shown below!
Rules for business banners
Each year, as a code enforcement issue, Public Safety provides a review of the City of Paramount ordinance that allows the use of hanging banners as a tool to help businesses with advertising.
Each business is permitted one banner, except for businesses located in corner suites, which can have two banners, and businesses occupying single-unit buildings, which can use four banners—one banner permitted per building side.
All banners must be professionally manufactured and need to be installed flat against the wall or facade and anchored at all four corners—they can’t hang in midair, be suspended only by the top edge or be strung between buildings or trees. Businesses displaying banners need to get a no-fee permit from the city and renew it yearly. It’s a simple, one-page form.
This type of marketing can be of great benefit. However, there can be a downside: If not maintained, banners will wear out and create a bad visual image.
Paramount and its businesses focus on creating an attractive cityscape, which is something a tattered, untended banner can compromise.
The Paramount banner ordinance is meant to provide an effective, well-maintained advertising tool for local merchants. If these signs become damaged, or if they hang badly, it’s in everyone’s best interests to set them straight and make repairs.
To find out more, please call 562-220-2036.
When and how to fly a feather flag
Another form of advertising that many businesses use is a feather flag, a temporary sign usually installed along street frontages. To address possible excessive saturation of feather flags, the City of Paramount has an ordinance pertaining to their use.
The ordinance allows feather flags to be displayed for up to 50 days per year, with a no-fee permit needed from the city. Days of display may be in blocks of dates or single-day periods. Time periods will be determined at the business owner’s discretion.
One feather flag is allowed per business, though a second flag is allowed for businesses located in a corner suite or in a single-pad building. Feather flags must be maintained in good condition.
For more information about displaying feather flags, please call 562-220-2036.
Census Bureau announces new timelines because of ongoing COVID-19 precautions
The 2020 Census is underway, and more households across the United States are responding every day. However, because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the U.S. Census Bureau is extending its timelines in order to:
Protect the health and safety of the American public and employees of the U.S. Census Bureau.
• Implement guidance from federal, state and local authorities regarding COVID-19. Ensure a complete and accurate count of all communities.
Under the adjusted 2020 Census operational plan, field activities would resume after June 1, 2020, as area census offices begin returning to full staff capacity. In-person activities, including
enumeration, office work and data processing activities, will incorporate the most current guidance from authorities to ensure the health and safety of the public and Census Bureau staff. Online, phone and mailed self-responses will continue throughout the data collection process.
For updates and other information, please visit 2020census.gov
Paramount restaurants serving you!
Hummus Factory (Downey)
Casa Adelita Mexican Restaurant
Antojitos Mexican Restaurant
Restaurant
Casa Gamino Mexican Restaurant
El Compa Mexican Restaurant & Meat Market
Rosewood Family Restaurant
Delfin Seafood Market & Restaurant
Membership RENEWALS
We’re very grateful that the businesses below have renewed their Paramount Chamber of Commerce memberships, making our valuable services possible.
Paramount Iceland, Inc.
53 years 8041 Jackson St., Paramount, CA 90723
Casa Gamino Restaurant.................................................................43 years 8330 Alondra Blvd., Paramount, CA 90723
Ward Properties
16311 Garfield Ave., Paramount, CA 90723
36 years
Lions Club of Paramount................................................................30 years
P.O. Box 1100, Paramount, CA 90723
Paramount Women’s Club
P.O. Box 434, Paramount, CA 90723
29 years
Paramount Unified School District..........................................27 years 15110 California Ave., Paramount, CA 90723
Clinica Medica Hispana
26 years 14906 Paramount Blvd., Paramount, CA 90723
Garfield Pacific / Bendetti Co.
25 years 4 Executive Circle, Ste. 190, Irvine, CA 92614
Communications Workers of America
20 years 7844 Rosecrans Ave., Paramount, CA 90723
Pathways Volunteer Hospice 16 years 4645 Woodruff Ave., Paramount, CA 90723
Paramount Metal & Supply Co. 6 years 8140 E. Rosecrans Ave., Paramount, CA 90723
Medina Investments, LLC 3 years 8402 Florence Ave., Suite A, Downey, CA 90242
Rabbit Rescue Inc. 2 years 7640 Rosecrans Ave., Paramount, CA 90723
Sam’s Roofing Material
years 7640 Rosecrans Ave., Paramount, CA 90723
TECHNICIAN Full-time. Experience helpful, but willing to consider an excellent new graduate who can learn quickly. Call Martha at Fobi Pharmacy: 562-630-5700
BARTENDER Part-time, including evenings and weekends. Call Leroy: 562-634-9001.
SKILLED LABOR OPPORTUNITIES SkillsetGroup currently has these positions available for first, second and third shifts: Machine operator, sanitation, loading & unloading, forklift drivers, production line, and order pulling. Come in and apply today! SkillsetGroup actualmente tiene aperturas para puestos disponibles para Primer, Segundo y Tercer turno. ¡Ven y aplica hoy! Call us at 866-375-3094 or use Instagram (@skillsetgroup) or Facebook for weekly updates. 7300 Alondra Blvd., Suite 202, Paramount, CA 90723.
STATE FARM AGENT State Farm Agents help customers protect what’s important to them while making time to give back to their neighborhoods. Improve your career! Call David Maciel: 562-305-2111
FULL-TIME SEAMSTRESS 5-Star Interior Services, Inc., needs a full-time seamstress with drapery experience. Contact Leroy at 818-845-4518.
CREW WORKER Specialty construction. Will train. Installation of epoxycoatings, including preparation of concrete floors and other structures using various equipment. Long-term, 30+ hours, including some weekends. Report in person to TECHCOAT, 15720 Garfield Ave., Paramount, CA 90723; M-Th 8:30 a.m.–3
PHARMACY
member-to-member discounts Paramount Chamber of Commerce
As a Paramount Chamber of Commerce member, these discounts are extended to you by your fellow members. Visit the following businesses to receive the discounts listed below. But remember, these offers are available only to Paramount Chamber members!
Attorney & Legal Services
Lerma Law Office (562-272-4353):
15% discount on initial retainer fee or flat-rate service.
Automotive
Herald’s Garage (562-633-2136): 15% discount on labor and a free engine light reset.
Beauty
Family Cutz (562-408-2733): $3 off regular haircut, 10% off color service.
2rue Beauty Salon (562-952-1951): $25 haircut and blow out.
Marali Beauty Salon (562-964-1126): Free haircut & treatment with purchase of any chemicals.
Cleaners
Alert Cleaners (562-634-4602): 10% discount on any dry cleaning.
Communications
Transcom Telecommunications (562-630-1200, ext. 221): 10% off equipment (business phone services).
Contractors
H1 Floor Covering (424/785-5551): 15% off first visit.
Jones Scaffold Co. (800-266-3864): 10% off net rental of scaffold equipment.
Data Base Services
NEXTSTEP (877-305-6932): Free needs analysis and special Chamber member discount rate.
Dental
Paramount Dental Care (800-266-3864): Free whitening. Free exam. Free cancer screening Financial Services
SG Tax Services (562-630-4004): $25 off tax preparation for Chamber members and their employees.
Vicky Professional Services (562-634-1178): 20% off bookkeeping and accounting service.
Flowers
Diana’s Flowers (562-529-5045): Free local delivery and free balloons.
Case de las Flores (562-469-8776): 25% off any arrangement.
Funeral Services
Palacios Funeral Home (562-972-5429): 5% off services.
Hotels & Motels
Embassy Suites Hotel (562-861-1900): 15% off best available room rate (subject to availability). Ask for “Chamber rate.”
Insurance
2000 Insurance Service (562-602-0001): 25% off new business.
Medical
Clínica Médica Hispana (562-630-1991): 25% discount.
Lakha Medical Clinic (562-602-8877):
Alena Skin Care–Free consultation. Cosmetic Surgery & Laser Center (562-865-9600)–10% off any laser or cosmetic surgery procedure.
Cosmetic Surgery & Laser Center (562-865-9600): 10% off any laser or cosmetic surgery procedure.
Plumbing & Heating
Downey Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning (562-861-1234): 10% off HydroJet service and/or 10% off material.
Production (Events)
YSL Production (323-490-6315): 20% any event services: Sound, lighting, stage, LED video, wall & truss equipment.
Printers
Source Graphics, Inc. (562-408-2734): 10% discount on all printing.
T & C’s Screen Printing ((310-292-8508): Free two-color set-up on screen printing. Free set-up on embroidery ($50 value) on a 24-shirt minimum.
Real Estate
Century 21 Allstars–Mark Sourial (562-745-8171): Free market evaluation of your property.
GM Properties (562-696-0200): 5% of gross commissions on closed deals will be sent to the charity of our choice in your name. Ask for Matt.
Penta Pacific Properties (562-699-1922): Free market value opinions on commercial and industrial properties.
Real Estate Homes & Investments (562-200-1164): 20% discount. Ask about preferred pricing for Chamber members.
The R.M. Cool Company (562-630-6000): Ask about preferred pricing for Chamber members.
Restaurants
Café Corleone (562-408-6100): 10% discount on all food purchases.
Casa Adelita (562-408-2360): 10% off (may not be combined with other specials).
Casa Gamino (562-634-6225): 10% discount on food purchases.
Delfin Seafood & Market (562-630-1928): 10% off any order.
El Compa Restaurant (562-630-1068): 10% discount on all food purchases.
Gus’s Deli, BBQ & Grill (562-630-2802): 10% off all food purchases.
Mariscos El Perihuete (562-408-1661): 10% off on food purchases over $10.
Mariscos Mi Lindo Sinaloa #1 (562-529-5110): 10% discount on all food purchases.
Pika Tortas Ahogadas (562-529-5787): 10% discount on all regular-priced food items (excludes combo deals).
The Hummus Factory, Downey (562-622-2300): 20% off any order.
Wellness & Health
Spiritual Quest (877/535-2267): 50% off salt lamps only. Wholesalers & Distributors
Rayvern Lighting Supply, Inc. (562-634-7020): 5% off fixtures and ballast orders (commercial distributor of lighting and fixtures). To
paramount Market Hours
These members of the Paramount Chamber of Commerce are prepared to accommodate senior and disabled residents, as well as other shoppers, during the ongoing coronavirus/COVID-19 public health emergency.
A&A Wholesale Grocery
3 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday 15134 Downey Ave. • 562-633-1161
Seniors, disabled & expectant moms: 7 a.m.-8 a.m.
All shoppers: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. 13733 Garfield Ave. • 562-272-4516
Seafood Market & Restaurant Mon-Thur: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. • Fri-Sun: 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m.
Seniors, disabled & expectant moms: 7 a.m.-8 a.m.
All shoppers: 8 a.m.-9 p.m. 15719 Downey Ave. • 562-333-4080
Seniors, disabled & expectant moms: 7 a.m.-8 a.m. All shoppers: 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
M-Sat: 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Sun: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. 8320 Alondra Blvd. 562-630-2802 16259 Paramount Blvd. • 562-259-9950
Stater Bros. Paramount
Seniors, disabled and expectant moms: 7 a.m.-8 a.m. All shoppers: 8 a.m.-11 p.m. 8640 Alondra Blvd. 562-633-5721
Grocery runs for seniors
To keep our seniors and disabled residents safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, Journey of Love and Hope will be shopping for those in need and delivering food to them. To schedule a shopping trip, please email Inquire@paramountchamber.com .
IBUSINESS CORNER
What employees need to hear from leaders right
Leschke-Kahle
n uncertain times like these, employees need to hear frequently from organizational and team leaders to stay informed, feel heard, and keep focused. Amid the COVID-19 crisis, our professional (and personal) futures feel more uncertain by the hour. Businesses are experiencing unimaginable disruptions, to the point where some are worried about their very survival. Organizations that serve downstream supply chains are no exception. None of us is immune to the current state of our world, our towns, our companies, and our teams—and front-line workers, most at risk in a number of ways, may be even more aware of the uncertainty than their leaders when times get tough.
It’s critical for business and human resources leaders to double down now on the few things that can help employees stay informed and updated, feel like they’re being seen and heard, and keep focused and on track. The two sources of certainty that mean the most to employees are the organization’s top leader and their direct team leaders. How can these leaders provide what employees need right now?
STAYING INFORMED AND UPDATED
Organizational leaders should communicate candidly and frequently (at least daily) about the current state of the business. In difficult times, employees need to know the company’s actual status as soon as is reasonably possible. If you’re not giving your employees regular updates, they’ll make up what they don’t know to fill the information vacuum. Leaders need not worry about overproducing or overediting what they say; the most important thing is to speak and write in an authentic voice—and do it promptly.
Team members need to hear regularly from their immediate team leaders, too, not just the highest-level organizational leader. Team leaders set the tone and serve as the voice of reality. Be clear, steady, and real. Support the organizational stance; if you bash the organization or its leadership, employees will lose trust. They need to be able to rely on their immediate leader for honesty and stability. In normal circumstances, a weekly cadence for one-onone conversations is the most powerful, but daily communication should be a requirement in these fraught times.
Feeling seen and heard
For organizational leaders, tone is an essential differentiator. Your employees are human, so speak to them like they’re human. While there’s no need to sugarcoat, there’s a high need to remember that you’re communicating with— and relying on—a whole bunch of people who are making the future viability of your company a top priority in their lives.
Team leaders should remember that radically frequent attention from the most important person (MIP) to each of us is the common denominator of performance, trust, and resilience—and not just at work. If your nonwork MIP said “I love you” only once a year or once a month, might you not question that person’s true feelings? The same is true at work. Let your team members know that you see them and care about them. How you show attention—text, video chat, phone calls—doesn’t matter. Just show it.
KEEPING FOCUSED AND ON TRACK
Organizational leaders must maintain a focus on what’s most important: first, the health of your employees and their families, and second, the current state of the business. Be clear with your employees that what you know is changing rapidly and that your actions will change accordingly.
Employees who are working at home during the pandemic are safer—which is of paramount importance—but they’re also liable to feel isolated and out of touch. Be sure to include them in your frequent situation updates so that they’ll stay focused and on track.
As they encounter anxious chatter in work circles, team leaders should keep in mind that it’s only human to be worried and scared—and that distancing ourselves from urgent concerns is difficult. Your employees need clarity from you around the most critical work to be done right now. They need to know what’s urgent and what can wait. They will be able to focus more clearly if they trust that you are their No. 1 advocate for the resources they need and that you will support them when they need to take care of things outside of work.
The chief human resources officer of a large global organization ended a recent email to the company by writing: “I am so proud of you all. I count on you to take care of our clients and yourselves. Take a deep breath and do something fun at home while comforting your loved ones.” This attitude embodies exactly the kind of approach we should all take as leaders. This is our time to step up; there’s never been more at stake. Now, more than ever, we need to be real, we need to be human, and we need to pay extra attention to our most important people, at work and at home.
Amy Leschke-Kahle is vice president of performance acceleration at The Marcus Buckingham Co., an ADP company.
American Red Cross helped fight the 1918 pandemic—and now it’s fighting this one
The American Red Cross will reach its 139th anniversary on May 21, but there won’t be a public celebration due to COVID-19—not only because of the current ban on gatherings, but also because Red Cross nurses and volunteers are so busy helping to fight the worst pandemic in more than a century. The last one the organization faced was the deadly global influenza of 1918, when American troops were still fighting in World War I. Red Cross workers risked their lives in two places: the battlefields of war-torn Europe and the disease-ravaged homefront that resembled our current situation with social prohibitions, medical shortages and masks. The flu pandemic lasted 36 months, infected 500 million and killed 50 million.
USA currently experiencing a critical blood shortage—please donate blood!
In 2020, the Red Cross is facing another kind of challenge. Because of the current pandemic, vital blood donations are down, so critical supplies of blood and plasma are not being replenished as rapidly as required. Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood—like a child with sickle cell disease, a neighbor receiving treatment for cancer or an accident victim barely clinging to life. The Red Cross supplies 40 percent of the blood and blood products used in the U.S.
As we continue to fight COVID-19, the Red Cross still urgently needs blood donations to maintain a sufficient supply to save the lives of all those people who are victims of diseases and circumstances other than COVID-19. Please visit redcrossblood.org today and enter your zip code to schedule your donation—and be assured that Red Cross volunteers with whom you’ll be working will take every possible precaution to ensure your safety from infection during your visit.
More about the history of the American Red Cross
Clara Barton (1821-1912), a nurse during the Civil War, founded the American Red Cross on May 21, 1881, in Washington, D.C., at the age of 56. She then led the organization for 23 years, during which the Red Cross conducted its first domestic and overseas disaster relief efforts and cared for American soldiers and sailors during the Spanish-American War (1898).
In every war since—including World War I, World War II, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War—and in every natural disaster, the Red Cross has played vital medical and humanitarian roles. Moreover, its constant drive to collect and supply blood has saved millions of lives. Please support the Red Cross with both your financial contributions and blood donations.
Clara Barton
Harrison Fisher painted this poster in 1918, the year that the American Red Cross dealt with both a world war and a global pandemic.
For more information, visit: tobaccopreventiontoolkit.standford.edu
WIC is a nutrition program for women, infants and children. WIC es un programa de nutricion para mujeres, bebes y niños.
You may qualify if you:
• Are pregnant, breastfeeding or just had a baby
• Have a child under age 5
• Have a low to medium income*
• Receive Medi-Cal, CalWORKs (TANF) or CalFresh (Food Stamps) benefits
• Live in California
Usted puede calificar si:
• Está embarazada, está dando pecho o acaba de tener un bebe
• Tiene un niño menor de 5 años
• Tiene un ingreso bajo a mediano
• Recibe beneficios de Medi-Cal, CalWORKs (TANF) o CalFresh (Estampillas de Comida)
• Vive en California
WIC provides:
• Nutrition education and health information
• Breastfeeding support
• Food benefits
• Referrals to medical providers and community services
WIC proporciona:
• Educación sobre nutrición e información de salud
• Apoyo con la lactancia
• Beneficios de comida
• Referencias a proveedores de servicios medicos y servicios
*Income levels change annually. Niveles de ingreso cambian anualmente.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider. Está institución es un proveedor que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades.
Call WIC today to see if you qualify. Llama a WIC hoy para ver si calificas.
South Los Angeles Health Projects WIC Program
Takeout BINGO
Takeout Bingo
Please join the Paramount Chamber of Commerce in playing a little game while enjoying food from restaurants that serve you! Just buy a takeout or delivery order costing at least $10 from any of these restaurants, and then mark off the appropriate space above. When you’ve made purchases from five or more restaurants, enter to win a premium prize basket in our drawing on May 21.
CONTEST RULES:
1. You must have purchases of at least $10 each from five or more restaurant locations shown above.
2. Purchases must be made May 1 through May 20, 2020.
3. To enter, take a picture or screen shot of your receipts and email them to us in one email at Inquire@paramountchamber.com no later than 11 p.m. on May 20, 2020. The picture must show date, location and value of each purchase. Keep your receipts to verify winning the prize.
4. Provide a contact name, phone number and/or email address so that the Chamber can notify you if you win.
5. To collect the prize, the winner must respond by phone no later than noon on May 23, 2020, or another winner will be selected.
Note: Contestant contact information will not be shared, sold or used for any purpose other than this contest. The contest winner will be photographed for social media and the ‘Pulse Beat’ and to verify that a winner was selected and that the prize was awarded.
