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Enderby resident an instant millionaire Morning Star Staff
Tanya Williams gave herself an early birthday present after turning her Free Play and $1 win from a previous draw into a $1 million Maxmillion prize. The Enderby resident, who celebrates her birthday next week, was on her morning commute when she decided to make a quick stop at a gas station to fill up and check her Lotto Max ticket. When the cashier told her it was a winner, Williams wasn’t quite prepared for just how much that prize was worth. “I thought maybe I had won a dollar or something,” she laughs. After confirming the win and prize amount over the phone with the B.C. Lottery Corporation, Williams was at a loss for words. “I was in shock and speechless when I found out the amount,” she recalls. “Then I started getting really shaky and thought it was a dream. Everyone around me was a lot more excited because I was in shock.” Williams’ husband was especially surprised when he received an early morning call shortly after his wife had just left the house for work. The entire family is still in disbelief, but the $1 million is no joke. “I didn’t think I was going to
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Tanya Williams won $1 million after purchasing a lottery ticket in Enderby, at the Quilakwa Stop and Shop. win, but you are always hopeful,” she says. “You can’t win if you don’t play. It’s a dream come true.” Williams, who works for the
Splatsin First Nation, plans to spend the winnings on upgrading the family vehicles, purchasing some property to build a home
and financially securing her son’s future. The winning ticket was bought at the Quilakwa Stop and Shop in
Enderby. BCLC reports another ticket sold in the North Okanagan won an Extra prize of $500,000.
Bypass suggestion resurfaces at city hall RICHARD ROLKE
Vernon politicians insist a bypass must be on the radar to ease long-term congestion. Council members urged staff Monday to add reference of a highway bypass to the draft master transportation plan. “We live in a community severed by a highway. It’s killing us in terms of economic development,” said Coun. Brian Quiring. However, staff say a bypass was not included in the document because traffic modelling doesn’t show a need for such a system until after 2050. “A bypass is not necessarily an eco-
about than it being off to the side,” she shouldn’t be too heavy-handed with its said. policies. In 2008, elected officials of the day “When the stick approach comes, I’m shelved the concept of a bypass through uncomfortable with it,” he said. Mission Hill and Okanagan Landing Watson says the city’s goal is providing because of widespread public opposition. education about transportation options. Coun. Juliette Cunningham called for “We are not taking a carrot and stick a route to be considered then and she approach. In terms of telling people what believes a process must still be established. to do, we don’t do that,” she said. “My role as a councillor is to make a Cunningham also responded to long-term decision for the future of my Anderson’s comments. community after I am gone,” she said. “Some of us do believe in climate change The draft transportation plan covers a and anything we can do to reduce carbon variety of issues, including trying to get emissions, is part of the plan,” she said. more people to abandon their vehicles and The draft transportation plan will go * walk, cycle or before city committees and the public for UP use transit. Cash purchase * TO Coun. Scott Anderson says the city input. Cash purchase
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