Hear for the Holidays update

frank@mountaintimes.com

Winter's arriving, as are votes for The Mountain Times and Blue Ridge Ear, Nose and Throat's Hear for the Holidays contest.

The contest seeks to provide an area resident with a free pair of hearing aids and follow-up services. Four nominees were featured in last week's Mountain Times and online at http://www.mountaintimes.com. This is where you come in.

We're collecting readers' votes to determine the contest winner. To maximize the number of votes, the winner will be notified on Wednesday, Dec. 8, followed by a Dec. 16 announcement in The Mountain Times.

Votes may be submitted by mail to Blue Ridge Ear, Nose and Throat, 870 State Farm Road, Suite 101, Boone, N.C. 28607; by e-mail to Dr. Mary Markovich at mmarkovich@blueridge-ent.com; or by fax to (828) 264-3279 (attn: Dr. Markovich).

For more information, call Blue Ridge at (828) 264-4545 or visit http://www.blueridge-ent.com.