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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
Fort Valley resident wins 'Dream Home' contest
Special to the Journal
LIZELLA - Vivial Cannon
from Fort Valley won a newly
built, $325,000-valued home.
Her winning ticket was
pulled Sunday from among
more than 3,970 others dur
ing the second annual St.
Jude “Dream Home”® give
away.
The St. Jude Dream Home
is located in the Parkland
subdivision in Lizella.
It was built by Moon
Family Properties with sup
port from various local sup
pliers and housing subcon
tractors.
Local St. Jude patient,
Tyler Rewis, drew the win
ner of the home along with
11 other prizes, including
SI,OOO worth of gasoline,
courtesy of Davis Oil Co., a
one-year family membership
to Perry Country Club and
SI,OOO gift certificate to The
Vineville Salon.
“We’re really proud about
the success of the second
annual ‘St. Jude Dream
Home’ in Macon,” said
Courtney Buffington, event
marketing representative
for St. Jude. “We are very
appreciative to Moon Family
Properties, 13 WMAZ,
No. 1 Country 99 WDEN,
NewsTalk94o, BB&T banks,
Hancock Fabrics, the volun
teers, local businesses and
local residents whose gener
ous support made this event
possible.”
The St. Jude Dream
Home raised $397,200 for
research and treatment at
St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital.
St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital, in
Memphis, Tenn., was found
ed by the late entertainer
Danny Thomas. The hospi
tal is an internationally rec
ognized biomedical research
center dedicated to finding
cures for catastrophic dis
eases of childhood.
The hospital’s work is sup
ported through funds raised
by the American Lebanese
Syrian Associated Charities.
All St. Jude patients are
treated regardless of their
ability to pay. ALSAC cov
ers all costs of treatment
beyond those reimbursed
by third party insurers, and
total costs for families who
have no insurance. For more
information, please visit
www.stjude.org.
Winners 0f2006 St. Jude
Dream Home Prizes
Grand prize winner:
■ Vivian Cannon - “St.
Jude Dream Home,” valued
at $325,000 in Parkland
Subdivision
Other prizes:
■ Early Bird Prize, a years
worth of groceries from
Piggly Wiggly - Eric Sanders
of Macon
■ Open House Prize,
DOWN
From pa ge 1A
down mostly in the service
industries.
While down overall, unem
ployment claims increased
in the metro service areas
of Augusta (1.3 percent),
Brunswick (2.2 percent),
Hinesville, (21.7 percent)
and Savannah (41.5 per
cent). From June 2005, the
number of initial claims
was up in the following
service areas: Albany (30.6
percent), Augusta (3.6 per
cent), Dalton (45.8 percent),
Hinesville (17.4 percent) and
Valdosta (8.8 percent).
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$6,000 worth of furniture
from Southern Decors - Liz
Popwell of Hawkinsville
■ Two roundtrip Air Tran
tickets - Sabrina Thorpe of
Byron
■ SI,OOO American
Express gift card, courtesy
of BB&T- Patricia Robinson
of Milledgeville
■ One year family mem
bership at Perry Country
Club- Dennis Williams of
Bonaire
■ SI,OOO gift certificate to
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Hancock Fabrics - Jimmy
Collins of Locust Grove
■ Two roundtrip Air Tran
tickets - Don Ruffin of
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■ SI,OOO gift certificate
to Backyard Basics - Walter
Krug 111 of Macon
■ 2 - one year member
ships to Gold’s Gym- Jeff
Bryant of Warner Robins
■ Phone and accesso
ries, courtesy of Cricket
Communications - Mary
Kanazana of Oglethorpe
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■ SI,OOO gift certificate to
The Vineville Salon - Victor
Epple of Byron
■ Atlanta Motor Speedway
(tickets, presumably) -
Lawrence Marable of Macon
■ SI,OOO worth of gaso
line, courtesy of Davis Oil
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