To: Mac Almond, Sheila J. McGriff, Juanita L. Brown, Charles W. Rutherford, Barbara A. Sykes, Kenneth E. Stutzman, Jr. Johnnie M. Dodson, Chauncey Stumpter, Anonymous (Libra/Goat) and Jared N. Moore
From: Michael E. Porter
Membership List On Web: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddn3r8c7_80gsz3h5
Date: September 9, 2007
Re: 9th Update.
Today's Quote
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all.
-Helen Keller
Sorry we had no wins in Saturday’s night’s drawing. The good thing is that no one won the Jack Pot.
What we have won so far:
| Amount Won | Date Won | Running Total |
| $3.00 | | $3.00 |
Mac’s spreadsheet is up and ready for viewing: http://tinyurl.com/2pjdut
Your next drawing is on
Shares in this game were priced at $20.00, and we had 9 shares issued. We have tickets that are good until
Here is what the pay out would be, it we win this evening:
| Shares purchased | Amount you could win. |
| .5 | $522,222.22 |
| 1 | $1,044,444.44 |
While we are not having much luck, here is a couple who has been blessed twice:
Couple wins Lotto jackpot (again)
New Yorkers collect $5 million — 11 years after garnering $2.5 million
The Associated Press
Updated:
Adeline and Eugene Angelo won $5 million Thursday after buying the winning ticket in last week’s New York Lotto. In 1996, they won $2.5 million after splitting a $10 million jackpot with three other people.
Eugene Angelo, 81, said he and his wife would share their new fortune with their three sons and their families. Taking the lump-sum payment of $2.5 million,
“We’re a little older, a little wiser and there are a few more of us, when you count the grandkids,” Eugene Angelo said. “We’re still the same old people. Still very excited. It’s a great feeling.”
Adeline Angelo, 74, a retired medical secretary, said she hoped the new money will “buy us good health and longevity.”
Not done playing Lotto
With the winnings from their last big prize, the couple moved from the
Acting Lottery Director Gardner Gurney said this was only the third time in Lotto’s history that a winner has hit the jackpot twice. The odds of winning just once were 22.5 million to one.
“The Angelos are living proof that lightning, or in this case, random luck, can strike twice,” he said.
Father & Son Talk
A father asked his 10-year old son if he knew about the birds and the bees.
"I don't want to know," the child said, bursting into tears. "Promise me you won't tell me."
Confused, the father asked what was wrong.
The boy sobbed, "When I was six, I got the 'There's no Easter Bunny' speech. At seven, I got the 'There's no Tooth Fairy' speech. When I was eight, you hit me with the 'There's no Santa' speech.
If you're going to tell me that grown-ups don't really get laid, I'll have nothing left to live for."
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