COLORADO SPRINGS RESIDENT WINS $30,000 IN SWEEPSTAKES

25-Year-Old Iraq Veteran Wins TruGreen Ultimate Backyard Makeover Grand PrizeMEMPHIS, Tenn., February 22, 2011 – When Colorado Springs, Colo., resident Elyse Atoe returned from her second deployment to Iraq in March 2009, she was dismayed by the state of her yard.  However, things are looking up for Atoe.  The active-duty army supply sergeant recently found out she was the grand prize winner in the TruGreen Ultimate Backyard Makeover.  TruGreen partnered with home improvement retailer Lowe’s in the sweepstakes, with the grand prize a $30,000 Lowe’s gift card. “I bought my house in July