Nebraska retailer wins Domco Tarkett sweepstakes

MONTREAL -- Gloria and Ken Schaefer, owners of BK Floor Crafters Co. in Columbus, Neb., won the grand prize in Domco Tarkett's Get R.E.A.L. sweepstakes. The top award includes a seven-day, six-night European vacation for two, travel from Venice to Paris, plus $2,000 cash.

Other top prize winning retailers were: Leroy Martin, owner of Floor World in Ephrata, Pa., who won a five-day, four-night Caribbean vacation for two, plus $1,000 cash; Paula and J.R. Holliday, owners of Maryville, Tenn.'s Carpet World, who received a 60-inch Rear Projector HDTV Monitor; Ted and Karen Cook, co-owners of Murphy, N.C.-based Carpet Mart, who were given a Bose LifeStyle 20 music system; and Debra Shneider, co-owner of Carpet Etc. in Selah, Wash., who won a 27-inch Sony Flat Screen television.

Retailers who registered their sales of the Domco Vintage and Tarkett Contours lines were entered into the drawing. Five lucky participants were selected for a two-day trip to Montreal that featured, among the events, a plant tour of the sheet goods manufacturing plant in nearby Farnham.