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By PATRICIA McCAFFERTYSun StaffTEWKSBURY - A weekend atthe Holiday Inn, lunch at Burger King, a tour of the dump via limousine - all these local luxuries many residents take for granted will be enjoyed by some out-of-towners in two weeks.It may not sound like much to the natives, but Don Dufus Jr. of Northampton and Nancy Richards of Westwood are excited about the nrosDect.The duo are going to Tewksbury the weekend of March 27 as part of a contest sponsored by WAAF, a Worcester radio stationDufus, as the grand prize winner, will travel with a friend to Tewksbury for an afternoon. Richards, as the runner-up. could be there for a whole weekend.It sounds okav to me I heardW _there’s not too much to do in Tewksbury, but I'm going to go anyway,” Dufus said It’ll be a fun afternoon.I’ll enjoy it.”The 22-year-old parts clerk at a car dealership and his girlfriend are planning to spend the afternoon in town. He doesn't mind leaving after one day, even though he is the grand prize winner.Let’s put it this wa\ If the first day I didn’t like it. I'd be stuck there the whole weekend.” he said.Richards is also excited about spending sorm- tune in Tewksbury, and she has high expectations. ”1 hope Tewksbury's more exciting than Westwood. she saidShe might never get the chance to find out. She is only 15 years old, and her parents arc reluctant to let her go out of town for the weekend unsuper-vised with one of her peers.The names of Dufus and Richards were drawn out of a list of several thousand entries Other prizes included four ski bikes, 107 T-shirts and 25 albums.The contest is a promotional gimmick for Bob and Doug Mckenzie, a Canadian comedy team who spoof the dialects and wavs of their homeland in a recently-released album. The Great White North.” The duo was at the WAAF station last month.The trips were chosen as a joke, since Tewksbury reminds some WAAF staffers of toques (pronounced Tewks), a knithat which the McKenzies refer to in their album.Although the trip is considered a joke, the winners really will be treated to dinner, entertainment and lodgings (for the runner-up only).Although Steve Stockman. WAAF promotion director, said the station had been planning to pick up the tab for the winners’ stay in Tewksbury, local businesses have donated theirAfter WAAF transports the winners and some of its staffers to Tewksbury via bus. their lodgings, at least one meal and some entertainment will be sponsored by Tewksbury dealers.’ We don’t know if there is any entertainment in Tewksburv, but NewwEngland Grand Prix has invited them to play video games for a day,” Stockman saidRalph Erenzo, tourism coordinator for the Northern Middlesex Chamber of Commerce, is working with Stockman to coordinate the effort. He has helped devise honorary citizen awards, the pass to the dump, a keyto the town, photo sessions and otherevents.I think it's wonderful. I know he’s ' Stockman! taking this as a joke, but we re planning to roll out the red carpet. We re taking this tongue in cheek, but its going to be a lot of fun. he saidErenzo and Stockman are still working to finalize an itinerary forthe winnersAlthough Stockman acknowledges that the trip will be fun, he said WAAF staffers will be staying just one day. We want to leave the winners alone to enjoy themselves. I'm not sure we could stand to stav all weekend. he said.
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