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Winners of shopping sprees check out

By GENE KEMMETER
of The Gazette
Two donors to the United Way of Portage County collected more than $1,000 worth of goods in a pair of 60-second shopping sprees at Copps Food Center East, 5657 Highway 10 East, Stevens Point, Wednesday, Dec. 11.

Laura Gross and Jacci Kerschner had 60 seconds to gather as much food and other items in the store as they could, with a limit of no more than two items of the same kind.

Gross won her spree in the 2002 United Way campaign drawing after she contributed through her employer, SPAN Publishing Inc. Kerschner won her spree as an employee incentive to the fund drive at Delta Dental.

Both women said they had been in the store prior to Wednesday to plan their strategy on items to pick up, checking out each aisle. Actually, they only visited three in the entire store during their shopping spree.

With store manage Todd Foltz keeping them informed about the remaining time, they maneuvered through the aisles, using additional shopping carts placed strategically in the areas they planned to stop.

First on both their lists were DVD players and pizza ovens.

Gross said she was heading for meats, the DVD players and laundry soaps. Her daughter, Jenna, wanted to make sure she got a DVD player and teddy bears during the spree.

Gross never made it to the laundry items, grabbing two DVD players, a pizza oven and a variety of meat and seafood items. She was heading for the laundry aisle with five seconds left, but changed course, saying "I forgot something." She ran back and picked up some containers of vitamins.

At the checkout, she had collected items valued at $599.24.
"I didn't get halfway where I thought I would get," she said. "But I got things I wanted."

Kerschner also had her eyes on the DVD players and pizza ovens, along with meat and laundry items. Her daughter Marissa wanted a DVD player. Her son, Aric, wanted oranges, big ones. "They're my favorite food and I just love to eat them," he said. "We have a juicer at home. I just love oranges."

Kerschner made it the farthest in the store, taking two DVD players, a pizza oven, a variety of items from the meat area, plus some large containers of laundry detergent. At the checkout, Kerschner had gathered items valued at $462.35.

"I got almost everything I could," she said. "The kids were with me cheering me on. It was a lot of fun."

She neglected to pick up oranges, however.



	Winners of shopping sprees check out By GENE KEMMETER of The Gazette Two donors to the United Way of Portage County collected more than $1,000 worth of goods in a pair of 60-second shopping sprees at Copps Food Center East, 5657 Highway 10 East, Stevens Point, Wednesday, Dec. 11. Laura Gross and Jacci Kerschner had 60 seconds to gather as much food and other items in the store as they could, with a limit of no more than two items of the same kind. Gross won her spree in the 2002 United Way campaign drawing after she contributed through her employer, SPAN Publishing Inc. Kerschner won her spree as an employee incentive to the fund drive at Delta Dental. Both women said they had been in the store prior to Wednesday to plan their strategy on items to pick up, checking out each aisle. Actually, they only visited three in the entire store during their shopping spree. With store manage Todd Foltz keeping them informed about the remaining time, they maneuvered through the aisles, using additional shopping carts placed strategically in the areas they planned to stop. First on both their lists were DVD players and pizza ovens. Gross said she was heading for meats, the DVD players and laundry soaps. Her daughter, Jenna, wanted to make sure she got a DVD player and teddy bears during the spree. Gross never made it to the laundry items, grabbing two DVD players, a pizza oven and a variety of meat and seafood items. She was heading for the laundry aisle with five seconds left, but changed course, saying "I forgot something." She ran back and picked up some containers of vitamins. At the checkout, she had collected items valued at $599.24. "I didn't get halfway where I thought I would get," she said. "But I got things I wanted." Kerschner also had her eyes on the DVD players and pizza ovens, along with meat and laundry items. Her daughter Marissa wanted a DVD player. Her son, Aric, wanted oranges, big ones. "They're my favorite food and I just love to eat them," he said. "We have a juicer at home. I just love oranges." Kerschner made it the farthest in the store, taking two DVD players, a pizza oven, a variety of items from the meat area, plus some large containers of laundry detergent. At the checkout, Kerschner had gathered items valued at $462.35. "I got almost everything I could," she said. "The kids were with me cheering me on. It was a lot of fun." She neglected to pick up oranges, however.