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Article: Roaches turn some people into winners
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 16, 2000
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Roaches turn some people into winners
Pest control companies' creepy crawler contest pays big for
`lucky' finders
By MATTIAS KAREN
St. Petersburg Times
Sunday, July 16, 2000
Jamie Tingen said she doesn't really have a thing for roaches.
Finding the prize-winning roach that landed her first place in the
Largest Roach in Tampa Bay Contest was purely a fluke, she insisted.
"I don't want people to think I live in this roach-infested
house," Tingen said. "I hate these things."
Tingen received $1,000 for finding the 1.69-inch roach outside her
New Tampa home. And she was only a hair's width away from winning the
nationwide contest, and another $5,000. That honor went to Brenda
Thomas of Baton ...