VENTURA COUNTY STAR DIGITAL ACTIVATION SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Open only to legal U.S. residents, who are 18 years of age or older as of date of entry and reside in one of the following counties in California in the Ventura County Star distribution area: Ventura County, Santa Barbara County and Los Angeles County. Void wherever prohibited by law. Employees of Scripps Media, Inc. d/b/a Ventura County Star (Sponsor), their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, prize suppliers, including any vendors providing services in connection with this Sweepstakes and the immediate family members (spouse, mother, father, in-laws, grandmother, grandfather, brother, sister, children and grandchildren) and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by the Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor. TO ENTER: 1) Beginning 12:01 AM Pacific Time April 9, 2013 through 11:59 PM Pacific Time May 31, 2013 (Entry Period), go to www.vcstar.com/subscribe and follow the onscreen instructions to activate your digital account if you are an existing Ventura County Star subscriber. Once you activate your digital account, follow the onscreen instructions to enter the Sweepstakes. OR 2) During the Entry Period, on a 3x5 card, hand print your complete name, street address (no P.O. Boxes), city, state, zip code, date of birth (mm/dd/yyyy), plus daytime and evening telephone numbers. (If you do not have a telephone, state No Phone. Failure to comply with this or any other official rule will result in disqualification.) Mail your entry in a hand-addressed, business-size envelope (#10) with first-class postage, to: Ventura County Star, Attention: Subscription Sweepstakes Entry, 550 Camarillo Center Dr., Camarillo, CA 93010. Entries must be received by 5:00 PM PT 6/03/2013. Limit one entry per envelope. Limit one entry per person/household address regardless of method of entry. No mechanically reproduced entries of any kind permitted. Illegible and incomplete entries are void. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, mutilated, postage due, misdirected entries or entries not received. In the event of a dispute over who submitted an online entry, the entry will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail account identified on the online entry form. The authorized account holder is deemed to be the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, service provider, or online organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. RANDOM DRAWING: Winner(s) will be selected by random drawing on or about June 14, 2013 from all eligible entries received. Decisions of Sponsor are final on all matters. Winners will be notified by phone/email using the information provided in the entry and will have three
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(3) business days to respond. If there is no timely response an alternate potential prize winner may be selected. Limit one prize per person/household address. Odds of winning will depend upon the number of eligible entries received. PRIZE: Twenty (20) First Prizes the First Prize winners will each receive one (1) Apple iPad Mini 16GB with Wi Fi (ARV: $329 each). 3G plan, Smart Cover, Apple care protection plan and any additional services, accessories or features are NOT included. Prize will be fulfilled with manufacturer seal packaging. Winner is responsible for care, use and follow up with the manufacturer should any mechanical or software problems arise with the prize. Five (5) Second Prizes: each Second Prize winner will receive one (1), one-year Premium Subscription to the Ventura County Star, which includes newspaper home delivery service and access to digital products (ARV $325.08/each). Subscription must be activated by September 1, 2013 and will last approximately twelve (12) months from the date of activation. This prize is non-transferable. The premium subscription prize will be assessed as a monthly credit for twelve (12) months on the winner's subscription account. Prizes consist of only those items specifically listed as part of the prize. No substitution or transfer/assignment of prize by winners permitted. Subject to all terms, conditions and restrictions or imposed by issuer. If by reason of printing or other error, more prizes are claimed than the number of prizes set forth in these Official Rules, a random drawing will be held to award the advertised number of prizes in the relevant category. Under no circumstances will more than the advertised number of prizes be awarded. Winners must pick up his or her prize at VCS offices located at 550 Camarillo Center Dr., Camarillo, CA 93010, M-F between 9AM 5PM. SPONSOR MAKES NO WARRANTY, GUARANTEE, OR REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND CONCERNING ANY PRIZE, AND SPONSORS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, WARRANTY OF FITNESS, AND ANY OTHER IMPLIED WARRANTY. All federal, state and local taxes are solely the responsibility of winner(s). All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Potential winners (or parent/legal guardian if potential winner is a minor in his/her state of residence) may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Release of Liability/Prize Acceptance Form, which may require social security number, postmarked within 10 days of the date on notification materials. Noncompliance within this time period and/or return of any prize/prize notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification and an alternate potential winner may be randomly selected from all remaining eligible entries. To claim any prize, winner must provide valid government-issued photo identification satisfactory to Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute any prize with prize of equal or greater value. Acceptance of any prize constitutes permission to the Sponsor to use winners name, voice, statements, image and likeness for purposes of advertising and trade, in any medium, without further compensation, unless prohibited by law. Submission of contact information in connection with this Sweepstakes (whether or not required), including mailing address, phone number, and email address, during entry constitutes permission for Sponsor to add entrant to Sponsors customer database and to contact entrant in the future for promotional and other reasons. You may opt-out of receiving
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such communications as set forth in Sponsors Privacy Policy (located at www.vcstar.com/subscribe) or as provided within any such marketing materials (e.g., using the Unsubscribe feature provided in the footer of Sponsors emails). TERMS: Sponsor not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing, the offering or the announcement of any prize or in the administration of the promotion, whether caused by computer, technical or human error. Winners assume all liability and agree to hold Sponsor harmless for any injury or damage caused, or claimed to be caused, by participation in this promotion or use or redemption of any prize. Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost, damaged, incomplete, illegible, faulty, or incorrect transmissions, incorrect announcements of any kind, technical hardware or software failures of any kind, any damage to any person's computer related to or resulting from participating in the online portion of the promotion, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmission that may limit a users ability to participate in the promotion whether caused by computer, technical or human error. All terms of the promotion shall be construed according to, and any disputes shall be subject to, the laws of the State of Ohio. EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED, ENTRANTS AGREE THAT ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THIS PROMOTION SHALL BE RESOLVED EXCLUSIVELY BY IN THE COURTS OF OHIO LOCATED IN HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO, AND ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, JUDGEMENTS AND AWARDS SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS INCURRED BY ENTRANT WITH REGARD TO THIS PROMOTION, BUT IN NO EVENT ATTORNEYS FEES, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrants and sponsors in connection with the promotion shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of Ohio or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than Ohio. The courts of Ohio in Hamilton County shall be the exclusive forum for any dispute relating to these Official Rules and/or this promotion. All participants and winners agree, by their participation in the Sweepstakes, to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of Ohio in Hamilton County and waive the right to contest jurisdiction. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the promotion or any portion of it for any reason, including but not limited to, if fraud, misconduct or technical failures destroy the integrity of the promotion; or if a computer virus, bug, wireless failure, or other technical problem corrupts the administration, security, or proper administration of the promotion as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify, freeze or prohibit the participation of an individual if fraud or tampering is suspected, or if the individual fails to comply with any requirement of participation or with any provision in these Official Rules. Any attempt to undermine the operation of this promotion is a violation of criminal & civil laws. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify and/or seek damages from any individual making any such attempts to the full extent permitted by law. NO LIABILITY & INDEMNIFICATION: Neither Sponsor nor its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, or suppliers are responsible for and entrants release all from any failures of any kind (whether caused by computer, technical, or human error) which may either limit the entrants ability to submit an entry, claim a prize, or otherwise participate in any
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Sweepstakes, or Sponsors ability to include all eligible entries, conduct random drawings, notify potential winners, or otherwise execute any Sweepstakes in the manner intended. Entrants further release and agree to indemnify Sponsor and Sponsor Affiliates from any and all liability, claims or actions of any kind whatsoever arising from injuries, damages, or losses to persons or property which may be sustained in connection with any Sweepstakes, including, but not limited to: (a) the receipt, ownership or use of any prize awarded; (b) any travel or prize-related activity; (c) any typographical or other error in these Official Rules or any other materials disseminated by Sponsor; and (d) any technical malfunction, failure, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or communications line failure, regardless of cause, with any equipment, systems, networks, lines, satellites, servers, computers, or providers used by an entrant or Sponsor. WINNERS LIST: For the winner names, available after 6/14/2013, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Ventura County Star, Attention: Subscription Sweepstakes Winner List, 550 Camarillo Center Dr., Camarillo, CA 93010, to be received by 8/14/2013. SPONSOR: Scripps Media, Inc. d/b/a Ventura County Star, 550 Camarillo Center Dr., Camarillo, CA 93010. Apple and i-Pad are trademarks of Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is not a sponsor of or affiliated with this giveaway.

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