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Willie Wright never really played the lottery, his family said.
Fortunately, his fiancée did.
Karlissa Stroman’s gift of a $5 scratch-off ticket made the 34-year-old Wright a $1 million winner. She bought him the New York Lottery 20X the Cash scratch-off game that ended up being worth the top prize.
“He doesn’t like scratch-offs; he hates when I do them,” Stroman said.
The 25-year-old gave her fiancé the ticket on Jan. 22, after she got home from running errands. She bought it at the Smokes 4 Less on Main Street in the City of Poughkeepsie.
Her decision “changed his life,” said Willie’s brother Shawn Wright, 32.
“They were in their room and suddenly … I heard, ‘Oh my God,’ ” Shawn Wright said. “At first, I didn’t believe it when they showed me.”
Looking at the winning ticket was surreal, Shawn Wright said.
“She (Stroman) came out of the room shaking,” Shawn Wright said. “I was overwhelmed actually.”
The prize money is paid out at $50,000 a year for 20 years. After taxes, the annual check will be $33,090.
The Town of Poughkeepsie man still seemed surprised about the big win when Jina Myers of the New York Lottery presented him and two other Hudson Valley winners with ceremonial checks on Wednesday at the lottery’s Customer Service Center in Fishkill.
“I don’t have any big (spending) plans right now, I might give some to the family,” Willie Wright said. “I’m pretty shocked, too.”
The other Hudson Valley lottery winners are from Westchester County.
Tawanna Turner of Hartsdale won $2 million playing Powerball with the Power Play option. She’ll get a lump sum payment of $1,323,600 after taxes.
Michael Hurley and Sandra DeRaffele of New Rochelle won $1 million playing Powerball and chose to split the winnings. Each will get a lump sum payment of $330,900 after taxes.
Shawn Wright and his family are very happy for his brother, he said.
“Everyone’s shocked. ... They’re kind of quiet,” he said of the couple.
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Stroman said she’ll keep playing the lottery, especially the scratch-off tickets.
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AARP defensive driving course to be held; more Grinnell Library will host an AARP defensive driving course 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 21 at the library, 2642 E. Main St.
Participants will learn current rules of the road, defensive driving techniques and how to operate a vehicle more safely as well as how to accommodate common age-related changes in vision, hearing and reaction time.
After completing the course, participants will receive a certificate to be presented for a possible reduction in insurance premiums.
Registration will cost AARP members $17 and nonmembers $19.
Visit the library to register or call 845-297-3428.
Beekman seeks road item bids
BEEKMAN – The Town seeks bids for highway materials and supplies for 2013.
Bids will be accepted for providers of cast-iron grates and frames and concrete basins to be delivered f.o.b., tar and latex bituminous road materials, bituminous mix hot and cold and bituminous concrete (blacktop), both hot and cold, blue quarry stone, tailings, R.O.B. gravel, washed sand and gravel, grits, washed stone, Item 4, ice control sand and topsoil, screened and unscreened recycled crushed aggregate, and tree work, according to the town.
Specifications and bid forms may be obtained at the Town Clerk’s Office 9 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
Bids must be marked clearly for each item, sealed and received by 11 a.m. Jan. 3.
Bids must also include a non-collusion certificate.
Town Hall is at 4 Main St., Poughquag.
Call 845-724-5300, ext. 221.
Groups support shoes for kids
NEW PALTZ – The Susie Reizod Foundation announced it has received several grants to assist in its mission to provide new shoes to children who need them.
Grants awarded include $8,000 from the UPS Foundation to help children in Dutchess, Ulster, Orange, Columbia and Greene counties three times per year; $4,000 from the Sidney Stern Memorial Trust to benefit children in the western region of the United States; and $1,500 from the Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation to help children from low-income families in the Midwest region who were impacted by tornadoes in March.
For more information, call 845-255-9708.
2 children 'caught' helping others
WAPPINGERS FALLS – The Kiwanis Club of Poughkeepsie presented its first elementary school Catching Kids Caring awards recently, honoring two students from LaGrange and Myers Corners elementary schools for significant actions on behalf of fellow students and their community.
Shelby Harvey was recognized for donating $100 of her household chore and allowance money to the Dutchess County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Sean Mahoney was recognized for befriending, mentoring and tutoring a student from Egypt.
The club held a ceremony at DCH Wappingers Falls Toyota and awarded $25 Barnes & Noble git cards to each student.
For more information, call 845-486-7100.
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