BIG EASY WINNER CANYON COUNTRY DUO HEADED TO SUPER BOWL.Byline: Sharon Cotal Staff Writer CANYON COUNTRY - Linda Ratzlaff is a huge football fan, but the Canyon Country resident hasn't been to a professional game since the Rams left 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. in 1995. Now that is about to change. Ratzlaff recently learned that, as the winner of the Motorola Super Bowl Sweepstakes sweepstakes, contest or race, usually a horse race, on which a lottery is run. Prizes are awarded to the holders of winning tickets. In the case of a horse race, the draw is made from the names of all the horses entered in the race and vast numbers of blanks. , she and a guest will take a trip-of-a-lifetime to New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded for Super Bowl XXXVI Super Bowl XXXVI was the 36th championship game of the modern National Football League (NFL). The game was played on February 3, 2002 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana following the 2001 regular season. . ``I was dumbfounded dumb·found also dum·found tr.v. dumb·found·ed, dumb·found·ing, dumb·founds To fill with astonishment and perplexity; confound. See Synonyms at surprise. when I heard the news,'' said Ratzlaff, who had filled out an entry form in November and forgotten about it. ``I really did not expect to win, so I was skeptical at first. But after they told me everything I had won, I got very excited.'' Since she won a trip for two, Ratzlaff then had to decide who would accompany her on the five-day trip that includes a tour of New Orleans, admission to the big game and invitations to two NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga parties. The obvious choice would have been Rex, her husband of 25 years, but he doesn't like football. ``I decided to take my son, Kenneth, because we watch football together all the time, and he's a big fan like me,'' Ratzlaff said. `'He was so excited - he just couldn't wait to tell everybody.'' Ratzlaff and her son will leave Jan. 31 and spend five days and four nights in the Big Easy as guests of Motorola and Verizon Wireless Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, owns and operates the second largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, based on total wireless customers. , attending the game on Feb. 3 and returning on Feb. 4. Having never visited New Orleans or attended a Super Bowl, Ratzlaff is looking forward to having new experiences during the trip. But what she looks forward to most is getting the chance to spend some quality time with her teen-age son. ``You don't get to spend a lot of time with kids when they're teen-agers,'' she said. ``I think this will be a very meaningful trip for my son and I to take together - something he will always remember.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Linda Ratzlaff and her son, Kenneth, are heading to New Orleans for the Super Bowl as winners of a Motorola sweepstakes. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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