        The Roaming Gnome, a fun way to support local business, is back again! For the fifth year in a row The Observer and local businesses will come together adding a little extra excitement to shopping in Carlyle.
               The Roaming Gnome has made his way back to Carlyle after a summer abroad. With holiday season being his favourite, he says he’s excited to see what local businesses have in store and can’t wait to return to Carlyle.
               This little gnome has a very poor sense of direction and often gets lost as he wanders through town looking for fun items local businesses sell. This, as we’ve discovered the past few years, leads him to need a little help in finding his way back to The Observer each week, where we like to check in with him and make sure he’s doing well.
               The staff at The Observer worries about his well being and is offering a reward to those Good Samaritans who help him find his way back to us. So, if you find him while he is lost in one of the participating businesses, help him back to The Observer office and you will be entered into a draw to win $100 weekly in Gnome Cash.
               The draw will be held each week for three weeks. The first week of the draw will include those that find him from Friday, Nov. 20, to Thursday, Nov. 26; the second week of the draw will be between Friday, Nov. 27, and Thursday, Dec. 3; and the final week of the draw will include those that find the Roaming Gnome between Friday, Dec. 4, and Thursday, Dec. 10.
               Each time the Roaming Gnome is found he will wander into another business and each time he is returned the individual, who has a valid sales receipt dated from that day in the store he was roaming in when returning the gnome, will be entered to win Gnome Cash.
               Gnome Cash can then be used at any of the Roaming Gnome participating businesses.
               In the holiday spirit the Roaming Gnome has on a tall red toque with white snowflakes, red shoes, red mittens, and wears a white suite with red buttons. He stands about one foot tall and has a very long white beard.
               Starting Nov. 20 please help us keep an eye out for our visitor and you could be one of the lucky winners of this year’s weekly Gnome Cash.
