Taking First Prize Doesn’t Mean You Have All The Luck
White Bear Press: Ice fisherman can't afford first-prize truck
WHITE BEAR LAKE – Dan Goerges caught a five-pound northern to win the St. Paul Winter Carnival Ice Fishing Contest but the first prize pickup truck slipped off his hook.
Goerges, a White Bear resident, said he couldn’t afford the tax payout required to take home the Dodge four-wheel-drive truck. Goerges recently lost his job as a forklift operator when Anchor Block closed operations in North St. Paul…
…Goerges said the sales tax, licensing, income and other tax pay outs associated with winning a new $27,000 truck were too much to cover without a regular weekly paycheck. Instead he was able to cut a deal with tournament sponsor Bernard’s Chrysler Dodge Jeep in New Richmond, Wis. for a $17,000 cash prize.
Sometimes even when a person wins big…it can still feel like you've been a loser. Interesting situation Dan found himself in.
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