A Harley Jolly Christmas

This past Saturday Great Bend's classic rock station, 104.3 The Point, gave away a Harley Davidson V-Rod motorcycle in their Harley Jolly Christmas contest. My brother John signed up at Knop Auto Parts in Ellinwood and was thrilled to be among the 100 finalists. You had to be present to win, so Saturday morning he braved the blizzard that was raging and went to the drawing in Great Bend with his girlfriend Lynette and his oldest daughter Jessica.

They had each person's name assigned to a number and his number was 89. They had the numbers printed on balls (think Bingo). After all the balls were in the machine, they started pulling balls out one at a time. If your ball was pulled, you were disqualified. And so it went. He was in the final 10 and had to go up on stage at that point as they continued to draw out balls and dismiss the non-winners. It got down to the final two: John and one other guy. His ball was a white ball with the number 89 on it, so when he saw a yellow ball come up next, he knew that was the other guy's number and he was the last guy standing. That meant he won a motorcycle!

He said afterward that if he was ever going to have a heart attack, that would have been the moment it would have happened. Here's a picture of him on a comparable bike, but he has to come Alefs here in Wichita and pay the taxes before they'll let him take it home.

His youngest daughter Victoria is a finalist for a Mini Cooper that she registered for at the Fair in September. I think she'll find out Monday if she's won that. It could be a very happy 2008 at their house!