Taking a chance on ice
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Photo by Bill Olmsted
A crew struggles to steer the Janesville Blackhawk Golden K Club's bright red Suburban as they roll it out onto the ice at Traxler Park on Monday. The annual fundraiser officially began with the shell-truck being placed on the lagoon and ends when the truck drops through the ice and shorts out a clock.
JANESVILLE — A crew positioned the shell of a GMC Suburban on the ice at Traxler Park Lagoon on Monday in preparation for the Janesville Kiwanis Blackhawk Golden K Club's annual Truck On Ice fundraiser.
Ticket buyers guess when the clock locked inside the truck will stop when the vehicle sinks through the ice.
Raffle tickets cost $10 for three choices or $20 for eight choices and are available every day until Feb. 11 in Janesville at Mac's Pizza Shack, 2307 Milton Ave.; Davis Citgo, 45 E. Racine St.; and My Apartment Restaurant & Lounge, 15 N. Arch St. Special ticket sales are Thursday through Saturday at Blackhawk Community Credit Union, 2704 E. Milwaukee St.; Thursdayat Blackhawk Community Credit Union, 2640 W. Court St.; Feb. 5-7 at Blackhawk Community Credit Union, 3012 Deerfield Drive; and Feb. 6-7 at Lion's Quick Mart, Highway 14 and 51.
Ticket holders have the chance to win one of 15 cash prizes, including a $3,000 grand prize. Proceeds will be used to help children in the Janesville area.
In the past five years, the event has raised $55,000.
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Jan 27, 2009 at 6:36 p.m.
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but it has all ready been sunk 5 times
Jan 27, 2009 at 6:07 p.m.
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I should buy that GMC before it goes in the drink,it is in better shape than my old truck!
Jan 27, 2009 at 5:42 p.m.
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I think a model of the G.M plant would have been a better idea
Jan 27, 2009 at 12:51 p.m.
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Unless there's a publicity hook like the truck, raffles only succeed if you have a small dedicated group of ticket sellers and motivated buyers. Annual raffles often fold because they can't get people to sell sufficient tickets to cover the prizes.
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It's not just the truck, it's being out there on Traxler Lagoon where people can drive by it every day.
Jan 27, 2009 at 11:16 a.m.
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the irony is not lost on the fact that gm janesville is,in fact, sunk.
Jan 27, 2009 at 11:08 a.m.
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I think it's a neat idea. I always look for the red GMC out in the middle of the ice when I drive on the bridge.
Jan 27, 2009 at 11:01 a.m.
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It's something DIFFERENT.
Jan 27, 2009 at 10:48 a.m.
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Where's the fun in just selling tickets? The GMC makes it more interesting and not just another raffle.
Jan 27, 2009 at 10:25 a.m.
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i never could understand the point of this raffel. why not just sell tickets and have a drawing? but that's just me. no fun.
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