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WARDS OPTICAL OFFERS CHANCE TO MEETDAYS OF OUR LIVES HUNK DRAKE HOGESTYN
Good vision is important, especially if you win the opportunity to see daytime drama hunk DrakeHogestyn face-to-face. Wards Optical will send one lucky winner and a guest to the set of NBC-
TV's Days of our Lives in Hollywood to meet the actor, who plays John Black on the popular soap
opera. The Grand Prize winner and guest will fly to California (airfare paid), stay in a Los
Angeles hotel for four days and three nights, visit the set of Days of Our Lives, watch a
rehearsal and meet Drake.
Two first-place winners will receive a color television, three second-place winners will
receive a VCR and three third-place winners will receive a $50 gift certificate for Wards
department store. Interested applicants can visit any Wards Optical to fill out an official
entry form between February 1 and March 14. No purchase is necessary to enter the sweepstakes.
Drawing will be held on or around March 30, 1998. For further information, check the telephone directory listing for a Wards Optical nearest you. No purchase is necessary to win. See Wards Optical for details. About Drake Hogestyn . . . A native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Hogestyn graduated from the University of Southern Florida,
Tampa, where he majored in microbiology. He was drafted by the New York Yankees and played
third base for the farm team in Oneonta, New York until he was sidelined by an injury in 1978.
Hogestyn landed his first acting role almost by accident. A group of baseball team members
responded to a talent search ad that drew more than 75,000 aspiring actors. Hogestyn was one
of the 30 chosen for a talent training program. Hogestyn's first starring role was on the
series "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers." In January 1986 Hogestyn landed the plum role on
Days of Our Lives, receiving the designation "Hottest Male Star" at the Soap Opera Awards in
both 1994 and 1995. -END-