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MEDINA COUNTY AUDITOR’S SEALS
CONTEST 2009
Again this year, the
Medina County Auditor’s Office is sponsoring a contest to
design approval stickers to be used by the Weights and Measures
Division of the Office. These stickers are used to identify
weight and measures devices in Medina County that have been
inspected and approved for use and are used to identify places of
business that have passed the price verification criteria.
The student must live in, or attend,
school in Medina County. Schools or students wishing to
participate who are outside of Medina County are welcome to
compete, but cannot receive an award higher than Honorable
Mention.
The contest will officially start
Monday, September 7, 2009 and all entries
must be received in the Auditor’s Office by Friday, November
13, 2009. Winners will be notified on Monday,
November 23 2009. All entries should be
submitted to the Auditor’s Office, 144 North Broadway, Room
306, Medina, OH 44256.
The following rules will be
enforced:
Rules
for Seal Design
1. Must be
no larger than 2.25 inches in the longest direction if a
rectangle, circle or square. Other shapes must have no dimension
longer than 2.25 inches.
2. Two
copies of each entry must be submitted. Both
copies must be camera ready. The entry
should additionally be submitted on electronic media (CDR), or in
a form that is readable by the Commercial Printer. JPEG is NOT
acceptable. Adobe Illustrator format is
preferred. Preferable formats are *.eps or *.pdf. If
this is not possible, the winners will submit a photo ready copy
for the printer. Scanned formats are NOT
acceptable to the printer.
3. All
entries must be correct AS ENTERED.
There should be no omissions or incorrect spellings.
Any errors will negatively impact the entrant’s chances of
being selected. Please
proofread carefully—it could make the difference between
winning and losing.
4. The
following text information must be on any entries intended for
device approval seals:
*The name,
“MICHAEL E. KOVACK” should be in capital letters and be
prominently displayed on the seal. “MEDINA COUNTY
AUDITOR” should also be prominently displayed.
*The year
of inspection must also be prominently displayed.
This is, “2010-2011.”
*The sticker must say,
“Inspected and Sealed” and be easily read.
*The
Auditor’s Office web site address must be on the
sticker. It is www.medinacountyauditor.org
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*The
Auditor’s Office phone numbers must be listed including the
area code. The numbers should read:
“Medina: (330)725-9764”, “Wadsworth:
(330) 336-6657” and “Brunswick:
(330)225-7100.”
*The
designer’s name must be included on the sticker in an
inconspicuous manner.
- The
rules for entries for price verification stickers are the
same as above EXCEPT, “Inspected and Sealed” is
not
included. In its place are the statements,
“Passed Price Verification” and “Equity in
the Market Place”. The font for these
statements may be considerably smaller in order to
accommodate them on the sticker. “Passed Price
Verification” should be more dominant than the other
two statements.
- Colors
and artwork design are left to the imagination of the
designer. This
year for the first time ever, entries are not limited in
terms of the number of colors used. Make sure the
images in the designs are high resolution or they will
look blurry. The designer should
also keep in mind that the seal will be publicly
displayed and should therefore be easy to read.
- There
will be two winners,
one in each division. The winners will receive $100
United Savings Bonds. The winners can also expect
to see his or her sticker displayed throughout the county
for the year 2010 on fuel dispensers, scales, cash
registers and other devices that are inspected by the
Medina County Weights and Measures Division of the Medina
County Auditor’s Office.
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