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LEWISTON – The Internet’s biggest award, “The Webby” is going to a pair of guys who do most of their work in a former Buckfield meeting hall.

The pair, Stephen Voltz and Fritz Grobe, bested some of the biggest Madison Avenue ad agencies and their whopper-sized clients: BMW, Nike and Burger King.

How did they do it? Sticky notes.

Voltz and Grobe unveiled a video last September featuring themselves covering an office in sticky note wheels and waterfalls. And they did it all while wearing their trademark lab coats, the ones that first made them famous.

The two performers, who call themselves Eepybird, cracked the Internet by creating fizzy, Vegas-style fountains of Diet Coke and Mentos. The act led to two viral videos, two Webbys, and an intermittent world tour.

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This time, they won Webbys in the advertising category. One win came from an online “peoples’ choice” vote. The other was awarded by a jury of professionals.

“It’s a big step to do it without soda and candy,” Voltz said.

The guys were at work on a new super-secret act when they got word Tuesday morning and quickly issued a statement on the Internet, alerting folks on their Facebook page and their Web site.

They figure the winning video – done with sponsorship from Office Max, Coke and ABC Family – will open them up to more corporate work.

“It’s a phenomenal step forward for our business,” Grobe said. Since hitting the Internet, the pair have signed with a Los Angeles-based talent agency.

“We are moving in bigger circles,” Grobe said.

The Webbys will be awarded June 8 in New York City in a ceremony hosted by Saturday Night Live’s Seth Meyers.

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