BIG SPIN BRINGS $1 MILLION OF BUTTERFLIES.Byline: Susan Abram Staff Writer BURBANK - Helen Cunning Cunning See also Trickery. Adler, Irene cleverly foiled Sherlock Holmes and the King of Bohemia. [Br. Lit.: Doyle “A Scandal in Bohemia” in Sherlock Holmes] Artful Dodger crossed over to millionaire status during the weekend, striking gold after taking a shot at the California Lottery's Big Spin. Cunning, a 69-year-old crossing guard who won the $1 million jackpot Saturday night, plans to use her winnings to take her family on a trip to her native Scotland. Her win comes, she said, as she and her husband, Robert, are planning to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary in December. But Cunning said winning hasn't been so easy. ``I've had butterflies in my stomach since all of this began,'' Cunning said. Cunning purchased her lucky ticket at K&K Liquor in Burbank, which won her the chance to spin the prize wheel during the 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. elimination round back in February. By April, lottery officials called to tell her she would make her way up to Sacramento to take a chance at the wheel on the Big Spin show. But winning doesn't mean she'll quit her day job. Those who get the big money collect their winnings over a 20-year period. ``I'll be pushing up daisies daisies the flowers chatter incessantly at Alice. [Children’s Lit.: Through the Looking-Glass] See : Talkativeness by then,'' Cunning joked. ``I haven't seen any money yet, so it hasn't sunk in.'' Born in Glascow, Scotland, Cunning said she has lived in Burbank since 1974. She has three children, and three grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. . At First Presbyterian Church First Presbyterian Church is a generic church name, and can refer to hundreds of churches within the English speaking world. If you followed a link here, please consider making it more specific by including the city or town in which the church resides. , which she has attended for the past 24 years, members of the parish said no one is as deserving de·serv·ing adj. Worthy, as of reward, praise, or aid. n. Merit; worthiness. de·serv  ing·ly adv. as Cunning,
who is active in church and the community.
Cunning serves as a deacon deacon: see orders, holy. DEACON - Direct English Access and CONtrol. English-like query system. Sammet 1969, p.668. , works with children, helps at the monthly feedings for the poor and volunteers at the Joslyn Adult Recreation Center. She is currently training to be a docent for the Brand Park Doctor's House in Glendale among other activities, members said. ``Most of the people who knew her were as happy for her as they would have been if they had won,'' said church member Joan Greenwood Joan Greenwood (4 March 1921 – 27 February 1987) was an English actress. Born in Chelsea, she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Her husky voice was her trademark, and in 1995 she was ranked number 63 on Empire . ``When my mother had cancer, Helen would come over and have dinner with her every Wednesday evening. That's the kind of person she is.'' The hardest part so far has been keeping her $1 million secret, Cunning said. Sometimes at work, while she guards pedestrians walking at the intersection of California and Oak streets, a little thought crosses her mind. ``I see them and I think, 'That person doesn't know I'm a millionaire,' and 'That one doesn't know...''' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Helen Cunning, a Burbank crossing guard, will use part of the $1 million she won on the Big Spin to finance a family trip to Scotland. Gus Ruelas/Staff Photographer |
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