Builder May Start His Very Own Dream Home After Appearing on The Big Spin(R) Show.SACRAMENTO Sacramento, city, United States Sacramento (săkrəmĕn`tō), city (1990 pop. 369,365), state capital and seat of Sacramento co., central Calif. , Calif. -- Contestants on this week's Big Spin show include a small business owner and a retiree who have some good karma coming to them. This show, which aired statewide Saturday Saturday: see week; Sabbath. , January January: see month. 20, 2007, handed out cash prizes totaling $272,500. Troy Cross, a Granite granite, coarse-grained igneous rock of even texture and light color, composed chiefly of quartz and feldspars. It usually contains small quantities of mica or hornblende, and minor accessory minerals may be present. Bay resident and owner of Dream Builder Construction, knows about good karma. "It was a Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week. Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant night and I stopped to get my wife roses for no reason. While I was at it, I bought $20 worth of Big Spin Scratchers," explained Cross. "I bought the tickets, she scratched the tickets and now I am appearing on the show." What a team! Cross thinks of his wife as his lucky charm and plans to use his $150,000 prize to build a new house or upgrade the one they live in now. He also wants to help out his family and he thinks a vacation or a boat might be a nice thing to splurge on. Fred Beidatsch, a retiree from Sunnyvale, has a very big heart and now has some good karma to go with it. He is involved with Shriner's Hospital and transports children who need to visit the hospital but have no way to get there. Beidatsch says, "With these winnings, I want to enjoy life, get out of debt and take my family to Hawaii!" That's a great way to spend his $100,000 prize and help many others enjoy life as well!
Winner's Summary
NAME CITY AMOUNT
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Troy Cross Granite Bay $ 150,000
Fred Beidatsch Sunnyvale $ 100,000
Sophia Montano Burbank $ 5,000
Jeffrey Ahern Escondido $ 4,000
Joshua Schlegel Sebastopol $ 2,500
John Riley Belmont $ 2,000
Kiryakos Kirusis South San Francisco $ 2,000
Nathaniel Campbell El Cajon $ 1,750
Dennis Fowler South San Francisco $ 1,750
Rosa Conlon Union City $ 1,750
Carlos Gomez Tarzana $ 1,750
TOTAL $ 272,500
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