80-Year-Old Philadelphia Man: Lottery Has First Winner of Harley-Davidson Motorcycle.MIDDLETOWN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 1998--Thanks to the Pennsylvania Lottery The Pennsylvania Lottery is the state lottery of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It was created by the Pennsylvania Legislature on August 26, 1971 and that October, Henry Kaplan was appointed as its first Executive Director. The Lottery premiered on March 7, 1972. , an 80-year-old Philadelphia man can ride into the sunset on his new Harley-Davidson Sportster
The Sportster is a line of motorcycles produced continuously since 1957 by the Harley-Davidson Motor Company. 1200 Custom(TM) motorcycle. Edward Murawski is the first confirmed winner of the motorcycle, the top prize in the Lottery's Harley-Davidson instant ticket game that debuted June 9. Presenting Murawski the key to his brand new Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200 Custom(TM) motorcycle will be Pennsylvania Lt. Governor Mark Schweiker and Secretary of Revenue Robert A. Judge Sr. The Pennsylvania Lottery has joined with Harley-Davidson to help Harley commemorate com·mem·o·rate tr.v. com·mem·o·rat·ed, com·mem·o·rat·ing, com·mem·o·rates 1. To honor the memory of with a ceremony. See Synonyms at observe. 2. To serve as a memorial to. its 95th anniversary with a special promotion that includes an instant ticket game; live, remote radio broadcasts from Harley dealerships and a second-chance drawing this fall that will give non-winners another opportunity to win one of four Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200 Custom(TM) motorcycles. Murawski, who is 80 years old, says he has purchased a Harley-Davidson Lottery ticket every day since the game went on sale last month. Retired from the shipping department of S.W. Evans & Son and having done copper plating Copper plating is the process in which a layer of copper is deposited on the item to be plated by using an electric current. Three basic types of processes are commercially available based upon the complexing system utilized. work, Murawski says he's a regular Lottery player. "I still have an instant ticket I bought back in 1974, shortly after the Lottery began," he says. "I've also hit four numbers in CASH 5, won the Lotto several years ago, recently got $100 on another instant ticket and hit the Daily Number last month," Murawski continues. "When I saw what I got on the Harley ticket, I handed it back to the retailer and said, 'I think I'm a winner!' I guess I was right!" The retailer was Hanratty-Shuttleworth News, located at Allegheny and Richmond streets in the Richmond section of Philadelphia. During World War II, it was Edward Murawski's job to make sure there were backup spare parts Spare parts, also referred to as Service Parts is a term used to indicate extra parts available and in proximity to the mechanical item, such as a automobile, boat, engine, for which they might be used. Spare parts are also called “spares. for every vehicle used by Generals Patton and Eisenhower. He also serviced their vehicles. "Ike (Eisenhower) even picked me up one day when I was hitch-hiking along the highway." Murawski adds that he still walks almost everywhere. However, he's quick to note, "Since I have that bike now, I won't be doing much walking. But I will have to get a helmet, a leather jacket (Zool.) A California carangoid fish (Oligoplites saurus). A trigger fish (Balistes Carolinensis). See also: Leather Leather ... and maybe some tattoos!" He also says he continues to purchase Harley-Davidson Lottery tickets. "I'm trying to win that top cash prize ($12,000). It sure would pay for my helmet, a leather jacket and the tattoos with some cash left over!" He also says he's mailing in his non-winning Harley-Davidson tickets -- three at a time in the pre-addressed envelopes -- for the second-chance drawing. "If I don't win another one on a Harley ticket, there's always that second-chance drawing," he laughs.(a) Assisting Lt. Governor Schweiker and Secretary Judge will be Lottery Executive Director Dan Cook, Lottery Eastern Deputy Director of Marketing Steve Meehan, the Lottery's Philadelphia Area Manager Walt Olszewski, Lottery's Director of Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Sally Danyluk and District Lottery Representative Jim Sullivan For other persons named Jim Sullivan, see Jim Sullivan (disambiguation). Jim Sullivan was a Welsh rugby league player. The Wigan full-back, a prodigious goalkicker, scored 6,022 points in a career that spanned 25 years. . The presentation will be held Friday, Aug. 14, at 10:30 a.m. at Hannums Harley-Davidson, 1011 West Baltimore Pike The Baltimore Pike was an auto trail in the United States, connecting Baltimore, Maryland with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was replaced by U.S. Route 1 in 1926, having been known as Pennsylvania Route 12 in Pennsylvania since 1924. , located at the intersection of Routes 1 and 352, next to the Granite Run Mall The Granite Run Mall is a double-level shopping mall located on U.S. Route 1 in Media, Pennsylvania, a western suburb of Philadelphia. It opened in 1974 and was renovated/expanded in 1993. in Media, Delaware County Delaware County is the name of six counties in the United States of America:
(a)For an opportunity to win one of four Sportster Sportster may refer to several things, such as:
Harley-Davidson Second-Chance Drawing P.O. Box 999 Middletown, PA 17057-0999 The second-chance drawing will be held on or about Oct. 23, 1998. All second-chance entries must be postmarked no later than Oct. 19, 1998, to be eligible for the second-chance drawing. Pre-addressed envelopes for the second-chance drawing are available at Pennsylvania Lottery retail locations. Players also may send three tickets in an envelope no larger than 3-3/4" x 8-1/4" to the address listed above to enter the second-chance drawing. The back of all non-winning tickets must be filled out completely before sending them in to be valid second-chance drawing entries.
CONTACT: Pennsylvania Lottery, Middletown
Sally A. Danyluk
Director, Public Relations
717/986-4768
or
Dave Hixson, press secretary
Lt. Governor Mark Schweiker, 717/787-3300
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