Happy day in Cloquet
Woman wins lottery jackpot totaling $853,492
Mary Ellen House was glad she was grasping a grocery cart. When the 56-year-old Cloquet woman discovered she had won $853,492 in the lottery, she confessed to feeling ``a little shaky.''
House was at the Cloquet Super One grocery store to pick up a few things when she asked a cashier to check her Oct. 19 Powerball Match 5 ticket. The cashier initially told House she had won $200,000. But after calling the lottery office, the cashier realized it was a bit more than that, and came chasing after House to tell her the news.
The lottery office deposited a first payment of $4,900 in her checking account on Wednesday. The balance, about $500,000 after taxes, will be deposited later.
House works part time for the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center's catering service, and also as a home aide for several Cloquet residents. Her husband is a Potlatch retiree.
The couple doesn't plan any major changes in the near future. They might buy a new computer, maybe a newer used car, but certainly not a new car, House said.
``They depreciate so much as soon as you drive them off the lot,'' she said, laughing.
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Megamillions lotto rolls over to $148 million
Megamillions lotto rolls over to $148 million for Friday's lotto game on 10.28.2005
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Air Force coach says school needs more black players to compete
Air Force coach says school needs more black players to compete
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Air Force football coach Fisher DeBerry said Tuesday his coaching staff needed to recruit more African-American athletes, reiterating a comment he made Monday while talking about the state of his struggling program.
Academy officials released a statement Tuesday night saying they would review the remarks.
"The senior leadership of the academy is aware of media reports about Coach DeBerry's comments on minority recruiting," academy spokesman Lt. Col. Laurent Fox said. "We can not comment further until we have a chance to review all of the reports, the coach's actual statements and to speak with the coach personally."
Talking Monday about the reasons for his team's 3-5 start and the possibility of consecutive losing seasons for the first time since he became coach in 1984, DeBerry, 67, noted his team's lack of speed compared to Texas Christian University, which beat Air Force, 48-10, last Saturday.
"You don't see many minority athletes in our program," DeBerry said.
Asked during his Tuesday news conference to clarify those remarks, DeBerry responded:
"It's very obvious to me the other day that the other team had a lot more Afro-American players than we did, and they ran a lot faster than we did. It just seems to be that way, that Afro-American kids can run very, very well. That doesn't mean that Caucasian kids and other descents can't run, but it's very obvious to me they run extremely well. Their defense had 11 Afro-American kids on their team, and they were a very, very good defensive football team. That's exactly what I was talking about."
Though the academy itself recruits minorities, DeBerry's comments could be construed as controversial because they seem to equate race with athletic ability.
Asked if he believed it was wrong to make such comments, DeBerry said:
"Do I believe it's wrong? I just want to recruit speed. We need to find speed as much as anything. The black athlete seems to have, statistically, program to program to program, seems to have an edge as far as the speed is concerned. That's got nothing to do with anything except ability."
DeBerry came under criticism last year for his role in the academy's discussion of religious tolerance. Last season, DeBerry was forced to remove a Christian banner from the team's locker room and underwent training on religious tolerance.
This season, for the first time since he became coach, DeBerry has not led his team in pre- and post-game prayers because of guidelines on religious expression established by the Air Force in late August.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Air Force football coach Fisher DeBerry said Tuesday his coaching staff needed to recruit more African-American athletes, reiterating a comment he made Monday while talking about the state of his struggling program.
Academy officials released a statement Tuesday night saying they would review the remarks.
"The senior leadership of the academy is aware of media reports about Coach DeBerry's comments on minority recruiting," academy spokesman Lt. Col. Laurent Fox said. "We can not comment further until we have a chance to review all of the reports, the coach's actual statements and to speak with the coach personally."
Talking Monday about the reasons for his team's 3-5 start and the possibility of consecutive losing seasons for the first time since he became coach in 1984, DeBerry, 67, noted his team's lack of speed compared to Texas Christian University, which beat Air Force, 48-10, last Saturday.
"You don't see many minority athletes in our program," DeBerry said.
Asked during his Tuesday news conference to clarify those remarks, DeBerry responded:
"It's very obvious to me the other day that the other team had a lot more Afro-American players than we did, and they ran a lot faster than we did. It just seems to be that way, that Afro-American kids can run very, very well. That doesn't mean that Caucasian kids and other descents can't run, but it's very obvious to me they run extremely well. Their defense had 11 Afro-American kids on their team, and they were a very, very good defensive football team. That's exactly what I was talking about."
Though the academy itself recruits minorities, DeBerry's comments could be construed as controversial because they seem to equate race with athletic ability.
Asked if he believed it was wrong to make such comments, DeBerry said:
"Do I believe it's wrong? I just want to recruit speed. We need to find speed as much as anything. The black athlete seems to have, statistically, program to program to program, seems to have an edge as far as the speed is concerned. That's got nothing to do with anything except ability."
DeBerry came under criticism last year for his role in the academy's discussion of religious tolerance. Last season, DeBerry was forced to remove a Christian banner from the team's locker room and underwent training on religious tolerance.
This season, for the first time since he became coach, DeBerry has not led his team in pre- and post-game prayers because of guidelines on religious expression established by the Air Force in late August.
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