From left to right, Barbara Breunig, Lakeport Main Street Association Board of Directors president; Ari Lopez, association board vice president; and association Executive Director Carol Hays about to draw the winners from the Christmas bag and award the checks on Tuesday, December 21, 2010, in Lakeport, Calif. Courtesy photo.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The downtown Lakeport “Shop for Cash” contest concluded Tuesday with a drawing at Museum Square where the winners of three cash prizes were announced.

First prize of $500 went to Lyle Madeson of Kelseyville. Second place winner, bringing home $250, was Lilly Fiora of Clearlake Oaks. In third place, winning $100, was Gary Dromi of Lakeport.

The contest was sponsored by the Lakeport Main Street Association (LMSA).

More than 200 shoppers competed in “Shop for Cash” by purchasing from a local merchant in amounts of $50 or more and spending a total of $250 at one or all of 12 participating stores over a three week period.

Downtown Lakeport merchants taking part in the contest were Campos Casuals, The Game Shop, ENVY Tanning Salon, Healing Earth Gifts, Hillside Honda, The Kitchen Gallery, Lakeport Tire & Auto, Main Street Gallery, Main Street Gifts, Pieces Boutique, Shari’s Secret Garden and Watershed Books.

The Lakeport Main Street Association was formed to unite businesses in the downtown Lakeport corridor with a common goal.

This goal, ultimately, is to improve and maintain a thriving downtown, thereby attracting diners as well as shoppers to our city.

From left to right, Lakeport Main Street Association Executive Director Carol Hays and Lilly Fiora of Clearlake Oaks, Calif. Fiora was the second place winner of downtown Lakeport's Shop for Cash contest, taking home $250 in cash on Tuesday, December 21, 2010. Courtesy photo.