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CHARR Convention Raffle Winners Announced
Anchorage & Ketchikan Men Come In Last Bagging Big Prizes
by M.C. Kauffman

 

October 09, 2002
Wednesday - 4:15 pm


The Alaska Cabaret, Hotel, Restaurant & Retailers Association (CHARR) released the winners of the 2002 CHARR Convention Raffle which was held on October 3, 2002, during their annual convention held in Ketchikan. The drawing of tickets lasted approximately 4 hours.

Robert Heym

Robert Heym of Anchorage Winner of the 1957 T-Bird
Approximate value of T-Bird $35,000
Photo courtesy CHARR - Anchorage

CHARR's grand prize was a 1957 Thunderbird with over $10,000 in cash prizes awarded. Lucky folks from around the state - including Ketchikan - made the winners list.

  
Dick Kauffman

"You've got to be kidding!"
All smiles, Dick Kauffman
shows off his
$2,000 winning ticket!
photo by M.C. Kauffman
   

3,000 tickets were sold around the state at $25.00 each or 5 for $100. The Seller of the Winning Ticket received $1,000.

Prizes were awarded by the sequence number in which the ticket was drawn:
Tickets # 1, 500, 1000, 1500, & 2000 awarded $500.00...
Ticket 2500 awarded $1,000.00...
Every 25th ticket starting at 2501 awarded $100.00...
Every 100th ticket starting at and including 2600 awarded $500.00...
Ticket #2999 awarded $2,000.00...
Ticket #3000 awarded the Grand Prize the T-Bird...

Robert Heym of Anchorage held the last and 3000th ticket drawn and was the winner of the grand prize, a 1957 Thunderbird.

Dick Kauffman of Ketchikan held the next to the last, the 2999th ticket drawn and was the winner of the $2,000 cash prize.

When contacted by George Tipton Wednesday morning and informed he was only one ticket away from winning the Grand Prize T-Bird and was the second place winner of $2,000, Kauffman said, "You've got to be kidding!" He said the lesson to be learned here is that sometimes it does pay to come in last - or nearly last.

Robert Heym

Robert Heym of Anchorage Winner of the 1957 T-Bird
Photo courtesy CHARR - Anchorage

 

Other winners from around the state and Ketchikan are:

Ticket #  Order  Winner  Prize  Location
 2683  1st  Howard O'Neil  $500  Wasilla
 597  500th  Daren & Tamala Booton  $500  Juneau
 2814  1000th  Dick Brickley  $500  Fairbanks
 1122  1500th  Donald Parker  $500  Anchorage
 325  2000th  Barry Tanner  $500  Anchorage
 330  2500th  Barry Tanner  $1000  Anchorage
 113  2501st  Ed Alexander  $100  Eagle River
 1872  2526th  Jerry Allen  $100  Nome
 2129  2551st  L. Davis & Miss Shivons  $100  Kodiak
1656   2576th  Willie Helfriek  $100  Fairbanks
 1776  2600th  Babe Stephens  $500  Fairbanks
 1103  2601st  Swede Swanson  $100  Anchorage
 1040  2626th  Denny & Colleen Wagner  $100  Homer
 2732  2651st  Bob Dill  $100  Skagway
 1211  2676th  KJ Harris  $100  Juneau
 2010  2700th  Lions  $500  Kodiak
 578 2701st   Jan Wrentmore  $100  Skagway
 1240  2726th  LB - Derby Room  $100  Ketchikan
 2314  2751st Jim Singree  $100  Kenai
 1056  2776th  Bill Green $100  Anchorage
 141  2800th  David Germroth $500  Virginia
 2676  2801st  Bernice Lohman $100  Wasilla
 791  2826th  Steve Meads $100  Anchorage
 889  2851st  Ray Saenz $100  Anchorage
 2940  2876th  Mike Abbott $100  Ketchikan
 994  2900th  Gary Howe $500  Anchorage
 2610  2901st  Jim Williams $100  Douglas
 1920  2926th  Norm Stiles $100  Nome
 69  2951st  Dotty Selman $100  Anchorage
 2035  2976th  Debby Ray $100  Kodiak
 1525  2999th  Dick Kauffman $2000  Ketchikan
 15  3000th  Robert Heym T-Bird  Anchorage


Seller of Winning Ticket: Shauna @ Eddie's Sports Bar    $1000    Anchorage

Winner of Consolation Drawing: Neil Brogan & Judy McDonald   $500    Juneau

 

 

For more information about CHARR visit these web sites:

CHARR - Ketchikan
Web Site

CHARR - Alaska
Web Site

Source of Winners List:

CHARR - Alaska
Web Site



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