January 12th, 2007 | Category: General
WOULD YOU TAKE THE MONEY OR THE MANURE?
Posted by: Turkey Hill Team
Believe it or not, our 75th Anniversary Sweepstakes is drawing to a close. January 31 is the last day, so if you’ve got any “specially-marked packages” of Turkey Hill Ice Cream, now’s the time to register them on the sweepstakes page.
Most of you already know that the centerpiece of the sweepstakes is the 75 Lancaster County prizes, and while all of our prizes are useful, some are a little…unusual.
Ina Adamashvilli from Staten Island, New York knows what we’re talking about. She and her family were the recent winners of seven-and-a-half tons of horse manure. (Hey, if you’re a gardener, Lancaster County manure can’t be beat!) Luckily, Ina was given the option of taking the cash equivalent which, at $9 a ton, comes to $67.50. The Staten Island Advance newspaper and the New York Daily News wrote about Ina’s smelly prize.
On the right is a picture of the family. This same photo (taken by photographer Jan Somma-Hammel) appeared in the Staten Island Advance article.
According to the Daily News, “Mrs. Adamashvili had never heard of Turkey Hill before moving to Staten Island from Russia last year, but she started buying two cartons of Turkey Hill Ice Cream every week to satisfy her family’s sweet tooth.”
The article also noted that the family had never won anything in Russia, but now that they’ve arrived in America, their luck has changed. “The first time we (won a) green card,” said Ina referring to the residency cards issued to the family not long ago, “The second time we (won) this prize.”
When asked what she was going to do with her $67.50, Ina replied, “I’m going to buy more ice cream.”
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8 Comments
Tuurkey Hill is the best of the best–after trying all brands!!
June 29th, 2007 at 5:57 pmThank you, I enjoyed the articles.
February 15th, 2007 at 1:10 pmI love most of your ice cream flavors, but I really enjoyed the combination sherbey/sherbert flavors.
February 5th, 2007 at 1:06 pmI am that one in ten. My local dairy is now a housing developement and manure was the prize I was hoping to win. For flowers and vegetables, not mushrooms.
January 22nd, 2007 at 8:53 pmThis story is awesome.
January 19th, 2007 at 10:54 amWe’d be willing to bet (if we were the betting type) that nine out of 10 people would take the money too. But there’s always that one person with the big mushroom garden…
January 16th, 2007 at 12:41 pmYeah…I’d take the money too
But….I’ll take the Giant Cow if I win the grand prize…I’ll set her in my front yard for all to see!!!
January 16th, 2007 at 7:48 amI think she made the right choice!
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