DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Lottery officials have released the names of the 20 Quaker Oats plant workers in Cedar Rapids who recently claimed a share of a $241 million Powerball jackpot.
Lottery CEO Terry Rich issued a statement Friday identifying the 18 men and two women who claimed a $5.6 million share of the prize money last month under the legal umbrella of The Shipping 20 trust.
Lawyers for the trust told Lottery officials June 19 that the members of The Shipping 20 wanted their names to remain confidential to protect their privacy and intended to request a court injunction to that effect. Lottery officials gave the trust 10 business days to seek an injunction to block release of the winners' full names, but Rich said the deadline lapsed Thursday without any legal action being brought, so the identities automatically became public.
"It is our understanding that The Shipping 20 Trust has not filed a petition for an injunction," Rich said as the lottery released the list. "Historically, the lottery has treated the names of its prize winners as public information and we are doing so in this instance as well."
The names and cities of residence of the 18 men and two women who are members of The Shipping 20 are:
From Cedar Rapids:
Tommy Campbell Sr., William Carnahan, Mike Hughes, Denise Hunt, Terry Koopman, David Morgan, Charles Shedek, Gregory Stearns and Rodney Tierney.
From Marion:
Timothy Himmelsbach and Kelly Mulford.
From other eastern Iowa communities:
Daniel Cantonwine of Vinton; Kenneth Cole of Fairfax; Robert Havlik of Toddville; Carol Kremer of Central City; Allen Miller of Shellsburg; Larry Nielsen of Walker; Brent Novak of Shellsburg; Jason Rauch of Ryan; and John Wharton of Keystone.
The union workers in the Quaker plant's shipping department each received about $5.6 million after they turned in a Powerball ticket June 20 that matched the winning numbers for the largest jackpot prize ever won in Iowa since the state lottery started in 1985.
The Shipping 20 group, ranging in age from 35 to 64 and living in and around Cedar Rapids, chose to receive the jackpot as the lump-sum option of $160.3 million — $112 million after federal and state taxes were deducted. At least 11 of the winners indicated they would retire from their jobs now that they have become instant multimillionaires.
Requests for release of the names were made by at least two newspapers under the state's open records law.
Thanks to hearsetrax for the tip.
Welp, It's all whiskey under the bridge now!
I didn't see their home addresses, I guess those requesting a share of their money can use the local phone book or just google their names if they don't know them personally.
They bought time. The news report for many of them might really be so-and-so formerly from (pick the town).
Only two of them bought any real time because 18 of them paraded into Lottery Headquarters to get their picture taken holding the check. If "the Shipping 20" from the Quaker Oats plant wasn't enough info, having their picture taken confirmed their identities. But it was enough time to change their phone numbers to "private" and limited the number of panhandlers.
Congrats to the winners... may their windfall bring them nothing but joy.
Good for them, hope they do well with the winnings
I wish them all well.I hope none of them are harrassed to death by the scumsucking degenerates that find some kind of thrill in harrassing lottery winners!
They are the same scum that wants to raise taxes on the "rich" !
Yeah,I wonder how they'll feel about soaking the rich after they win a jackpot and the feds come in & confiscate 75% of their winnings.
You are not rich, in fact you are the exact opposite, so why do you care so much?
Interesting. I wonder why their attorney didn't push forward with filing an injunction; maybe he told them they couldn't win & they just said "eff it!"? Too bad; this could have been a trend setting case that prevented states from exposing winners to all the creeps, weirdos & scum that a lottery win attracts. There's got to be some lawyer somewhere who could argue about the safety of the winners being more important than the state forcing them to become public figures...
Congratulation to the winners
Because I actually understand economics, and I know that economic growth starts at the top!
Petty jealousy of the wealthy is childish!
Actual Economic History proves that slashing taxes gives us enormous economic growth and prosperity. That is how the Wilson Depression was ended by Secretary Mellon!
I agree with you Poly! Somebody has to start the businesses in order for the rest of us to have jobs!
Oh goody, the paranoid delusionals have come out to play again.
"I wonder why their attorney didn't push forward with filing an injunction"
Because the "shipping 20" would have to go to court and prove why the injunction should be permanent and by doing so their names would be reveled.
"Too bad; this could have been a trend setting case that prevented states from exposing winners to all the creeps, weirdos & scum that a lottery win attracts."
Iowa has an open public records law and and though highly unlikely, even if the Iowa Supreme Court found that law unconstitutional it would have zero effect on any other state lottery. What about the creeps, weirdos, and scum that continue to draw public assistance after winning a large jackpot; should they be given anonymity so they can keep on collecting benefits?
Really it comes down to economics..they didn't want to paythe two million or so dollars it would cost..
Lawyers have to get theirs..
NC requires the winner's name and city & state be published. The lottery also asks for a picture. The exception is if you have a protective order in place. I'm having my attorney use the system, to my advantage, to get a protection order and the lottery can pay me for a picture to market their game when I win...
I think the attorney told them it was a long shot and would take a lot of $ to fight it. You can always find an attorney to argue anything (belief in a "colorable" claim) but honest ones are upfront about things being a long shot and a long fight...and there seems to be little to no precedent there to justify a safety claim. Until more than a few lottery winners get tracked down and killed or injured by a nut (and a direct tie in to their name and address being public info), there is not going to be a real issue of protecting these winners. Wealth is attracting the weirdos, not the lottery per se.
The exception is if you have a protective order in place. I'm having my attorney use the system, to my advantage, to get a protection order and the lottery can pay me for a picture to market their game when I win...
Rooster, I don't understand what kind of "order of protection" you need? And how is your lawyer able to get you one out of the blue (and who do you need protection from)? Why would you sell your picture to the lottery?
Your comment is interesting and I'm ignorant. Thanks!
An Iowa decision allowing for lottery winners to retain their anonymity may not have an immediate effect on any other state lottery, but it could be used in future court cases as precedent. It would be a piecemeal effort lasting many years -- basically, any time a winner is adamant enough about remaining anonymous that they're willing to sue their state -- but it could happen. Emphasis on "could"; standard IANAL disclaimer applies.
Uh, what's with the flag?
I'll get myself a protective order also, for when I win. The state can have my picture for $500,000, direct deposit wired to my checking account.
Thanks for the tip rooster, now everyone can claim protective orders when they win. Who needs to win the lottery? Just pay us for our mug.
Uh, he probably didn't realize that the flag offends you.
Or, like me, he doesn't care if it offends you.
God Bless America!
lol....Seriously though, if something is a news worthy story in a public setting (and not used for a book or something else for profit or artwork belonging to you or being licensed on products) there is typically a right to use your image...no reasonable expectation of privacy. If a news photographer snaps a picture of you running from a catastrophe, they can use the image in a story without a release as well (as long as you not portrayed in a false light..."Here is John running from a fire that he started.")
Now if they want to use that image in a book, a work of art, etc. then they need your written permission (and if it is on products for sale like mugs, t-shirts, then you are absolutely entitled to licensing royalties). I have had my own artwork images used in books and magazines (with my advance permission and a written release) but the standard in the industy in zero royalties for these matters (most artists are just thrillled to have their work selected).
No. Not offending. Just out of place.
That got me to wondering. When or why would our flag ever be out of place? If that's the case, why fly the flag anywhere?
Perhaps in a communist or dictatorship country, our flag might be out of place?
My reference would be the US. I personally don't care about communist or dictatorship countries. Guess I should have made that clearer. I understand that there are members on LP from other countries. LP was founded and is owned by an American in the US. My loyalties lie with the USA. Hence, my original post.
Then there should be no "out of place" situation for our flag here in the US.
No, it's actually not out of place at all.
This is America and that happens to be our flag.
We even pledge allegiance to it.
It goes like this:
I pledge allegiance to the flag
Of the United States of America
And to the Republic for which it stands
One nation, UNDER GOD, indivisible
With liberty and justice for all
Patriots love that pledge.
If you hate it and it makes your skin crawl, you know you're a Liberal.
Well, if you were watching porn and the young lady had a wooden handled flag waving proudly above her buttock (much like a puppy dog tail) it might seem a little out of place, but if she came into the room with a flag nighty to start with, not so much.
LOL. Well, I have to say my imagination isn't quite that strong!
I suppose there are nuances within these situations, where discretionary judgement needs to be exercised. Although I'm sure our forefathers
had their involvement in sexual rendezvous; Perhaps the flags were not flying quite as proudly, as with other more public occasions.
Just breaking the building tension guys with a little so called humor. Enjoy!
Typical tactic of hard-line right-wingers. They spew their bile and then hide behind the flag under the premise that it shields them from criticism. Pretty cowardly if you ask me.
Nope.
I checked.
Nobody asked you.
But I can tell you're one of those whose skin crawls at seeing the flag and hearing the Pledge of Allegiance.
So at least you know what you are.
Just in case you didn't - Mr Lib.
Not that there's anything wrong with that!
And far be it from me to suggest that there is!
Even good ingredients should be used sparingly.
Thank you for proving my point, you lying, ignorant fool.
Everything you have ever said about me -- and about 50% of this great nation -- has been wrong. But I get the feeling you enjoy being wrong.
It's an Iowa state law not a lottery rule and that law applies equally to any public record. Every member of the shipping 20 would have to testify in court and to do that they would all have to "state their names" for the court record which is public. There are many people in Iowa that don't want to see their names in the paper for judgments, traffic violations, back child support, DUIs, etc, but it's the law.
"basically, any time a winner is adamant enough about remaining anonymous that they're willing to sue their state -- but it could happen."
But to do that their names would be known and they would get even more publicity. If you have won a large jackpot, tell us the problems you encountered and the steps you took. If you haven't, why worry about something that that only happens to roughly 1 out of 1,000,000 lottery players.
Stack- you may want to rephrase the response. Its not entirely correct per the IOWA lottery website.
Look, folks. I love America just as much as my neighbors. But sometimes if you want to flaunt your patriotism you've got to do it with a style. When I express my patriotism I usually wait for the right moment and I display it with humility and modesty.
You're a Lib, mediabratwurst, which means you're undoubtedly part of the 47% of the people (though you call it 50%) who don't pay taxes.
I'm part of the 53% who pay all the taxes.
So you got no skin in the game.
And thus, what you think about anything concerning me or my country or my flag doesn't mean a hill of beans to me or anybody else.
And I mean that in a nice way.
Not really.
It's always been my experience that you can never add too much garlic.
"Look, folks. I love America just as much as my neighbors."
Yeah maybe, but let's keep things in perspective here, your neighbors live in California, right? They elected Governor Moonbeam, right? They helped put Obama in the White House, right? Need I say more? I mean, I think you'd have to go to Massachussets to find a populace more anti-American on the whole than California, right?
"When I express my patriotism I usually wait for the right moment and I display it with humility and modesty."
Why? What are you ashamed of? We're the kindest, most charitable, most giving and greatest nation the world has ever known. You should be proud. Let the North Koreans and the Cubans and the Arab Tyrants be humble and modest, we have no reason to be - we're the good guys.
Rdg and the rest of you political spewing foul mouths
lets end this pointless discussion and Agree to the following :
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United Federation of Planets, and to the galaxy for which it stands, one universe, under everybody, with liberty and justice for all life forms.
Which part was incorrect?
The Shipping 20 has the right under Iowa law to ask for an injunction, "That the examination would substantially and irreparably injure any person or persons." but they would have to prove that AFTER 18 of them got out of bus wearing matching tee shirts and had their pictures taken. I'm not saying a judge wouldn't grant an injunction, but what they did isn't my idea of people wanting to remain anonymous.
I'll take that pledge Hearse. Although I'm going to need more practice with that Vulcan hand salute.
Maybe now this will be a beginning, in halting the floods of spewing to just a slobbering trickle of sarcasm. (before) (after!)
No thanks.
I'll stay loyal to my own country.
God Bless America!
I agree Stack - they certainly did not conduct themselves as folk who wanted anonymity... and any judge would look at the 'totality of the situation'... which says... looky looky here... we are the matching named group who calimed the prize (according to the pics)
and I'm with Ridge - I am proud of my country... and what it was and what it could be... not necessarily this hiccup where we are right now...
Well said, Ridge. We are the shining city on the hill, and the three examples you gave are pretty much the opposite of that, so you're right, if anybody should show more humility it's the tyrants in those places.
But I would like to point out that the Golden State is really not as anti-American, or even as liberal, as it's made out to be. Almost the entire state is fairly moderate to conservative, including beautiful San Diego, a proud home to the Navy and Marines for almost a century. The problem is that two very densely populated areas, Sodom and Gomor, er, I mean San Francisco and Los Angeles, generally have enough voting power to override the rest of the state's voting. The voting maps that show results by county really drive this point home. It's like the rest of the state votes one way and SF and LA say, "Sorry, but we're vetoing that and going with this" but that's the power of concentrated voting blocs at work.
Michigan and New York are similar in that northern Michigan is nothing at all like Detroit, but that's where the voting controls the state's results, and same thing for NY, as Upstate NY is very different than NYC in terms of voting, but the massive population of the biggest city all but negates the rest of the state.
I just don't want people to think that all of California is completely out of its collective mind, it's just the two largest metropolitan areas, and they are certifiable as far as being out of their minds.
for orange county, 1 of the 56 conservative counties
It's just me you know. I don't think those tyrants will ever become humble, even before the firing squad.
But I digress. John Watkiss, a terrific oil painter, once claimed that THERE'S NOTHING FINE ABOUT FINE ART. One of his recent works is hundreds of storyboards and keyframe sketches for Sherlock Holmes movies. I don't know why I am typing this, though.
The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle can be found using the Pythagorean Theorem, which states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides.
I DEFINITELY don't know why I am typing this, except to ask about your John Watkiss segue. I like his quote about fine art, but I'm at a loss in terms of placing it in context. Maybe that was your point? That this thread digressed? If so, that's true, but it wouldn't be the first or last - that's part of the fun of LP, it's like a box of chocolates...
Forget a firing squad, I would bet that any of those tyrants would be instantly humbled by being put into a room with Michael Madsen's character from "Reservoir Dogs" while "Stuck in the Middle With You" played in the background.
That goes double for Kim Jong Un, who is a chip off the ol' block because Dude Looks Like a Lady just like his insane father. He would be crying and screaming louder than a preteen girl at a Justin Bieber concert.
Look for "Humbling the Tyrants" this fall as a new reality tv show.
" I don't know why I am typing this, though."
I do.
It's because pens or pencils don't work on a computer.
Good point, Epistrophy.
I've heard the same from Conservatives in Illinois whose votes always seem to get cancelled out by Chicago.
Noted.
LOL, that Kim Jong Un is a trip. They told the people that the first time he played golf, he shot something like 11 holes in one and a bunch of other cool stuff.
My favorite though is that he doesn't defecate - which in this country would lead to an all too obvious punch line followed by a rim shot on the drums.
Oh yeah, the 11 holes in one. That's a classic. They should just go ahead and tell people that he can leap tall buildings in a single bound and that he has X-ray vision.
You're right, though, nothing tops the "he doesn't defecate" propaganda.
Live long and prosper.