'Big Spin 2000' Contestants Win $507,500; Actor Trevor Goddard Presents 'Hero In Education' Award.News Editors SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2000 California Lottery's "Big Spin(R) 2000" show airs Saturday, June 3, 2000 in twelve television markets statewide. Contestants on this week's show won a total of $507,500. Enid Wizig has been a volunteer at the Echo Horizon School for the past 24 years. Echo Horizon School educates hearing and hearing-impaired students in an inclusive environment. Wizig interacts with hearing-impaired students sending a clear message that hearing loss doesn't limit a person's ability to lead a full and productive life. Wizig lost her hearing from whooping cough whooping cough or pertussis, highly communicable infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. The early or catarrhal stage of whooping cough is manifested by the usual symptoms of an upper respiratory infection with when she was and infant and knows the hardships of growing up without the ability to hear. She attended Central Institute for the Deaf Central Institute for the Deaf (CID) is a school for the deaf that teaches students using the oralism approach to education. Founded in 1914 by otolaryngologist Max Aaron Goldstein, the school is located in St. Louis, Missouri. in St. Louis and by the age of 11 entered public school in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Wizig graduated from college and began a successful career as an animator at Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Studios, rendering familiar faces like Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Daffy was the first of the new breed of "screwball" characters that emerged in the 1930s to supplant traditional everyman characters, such as . Actor Trevor Goddard, who is best known for his portrayal of Commander Mic Brumby brumby Australian feral horse, usually of poor quality physically and in temperament. Any color, up to 15 hands high. Descendants of escaped domestic horses. on JAG judge advocate general (J.A.G.) n. a military officer who advises the government on courts-martial and administers the conduct of courts-martial. The officers who are judge advocates and counsel assigned to the accused come from the office of the judge advocate , presented Wizig with the "Hero In Education" award. Fantasy 5(TM)contestants won big on the Big Spin(R)2000 Dream Machine. Karen Zgunda, an instructional aide from Alta Loma was the show's top Fantasy 5(TM)winner with a $95,000 prize and plans to put a down payment on a home with the prize money. Other contestants included Richard White Richard White is the name of:
Aptos resident Lloyd Depedro was this week's top California Gold California Gold were an American soccer team, founded in 1998. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2006, when the team left the league and the franchise was terminated. winner. Depedro, a semi-retired county manager, won $225,000 and was elated. Other California Gold contestants won $22,500. Castro Valley resident Collin Lillegard was this week's Spin-Spin-Spin contestant. Lillegard won $60,000 and plans to use his prize money as a down payment on a house. The California Lottery sells its products through a network of more than 19,000 outlets statewide. The Lottery provides 52.5 percent of its revenues to players as prizes, 34 percent to public schools and 6.6 percent for operating and game expenses, which includes 6.9 percent for retailer commissions. Since 1985, the Lottery has raised more than $11 billion for public schools. The California Lottery's contribution equals approximately 2 percent of the state's total education budget. "Big Spin(R) 2000" is the longest running Lottery game show in the country, airing continuously since 1985.
NAME CITY AMOUNT
-----------------------------------------------------------
Lloyd Depedro Aptos $ 225,000
Karen Zgunda Alta Loma $ 95,000
Richard White Spring Valley $ 65,000
Collin Lillegard Castro Valley $ 60,000
Kerry Dorsey Vacaville $ 40,000
Other California Gold Winners $ 22,500
TOTAL $ 507,500
(Note: Additional information about the California Lottery may be
found on our web site at www.calottery.com)
|
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion