Bentleyville Hosts Golden Ticket Winners
Friday, December 19, 2014
By:
Avery Neuville
Photojournalist:
Devin Elmore
FOX 21 News, KQDS-DT
Regions:
- Douglas County
- East-Central MN
- Minnesota
- St. Louis County
- Twin Ports
Topics:
- Christmas
- Ticket
- gifts
- Bentleyville
http://www.fox21online.com/sites/default/files/GOLDEN%20TICKETS%20121914.mp4
DULUTH- The Bentleyville Tour of Lights hosted the Golden Ticket winners this Friday at Bayfront Park.The winners and up to three guests rode the North Shore Scenic Railroad from the Edgewater Hotel and Water Park to Bentleyville, where they were given a behind-the-scenes tour and received a chance to win a trip for four to Chicago.After, the winners enjoyed a festive dinner at Grandma's Saloon and Grill. Each winner found a Golden Ticket inside of a Bentleyville candy bar. Holiday Station stores and event sponsors sold 80,000 candy bars as a fundraiser. Over 200 bars contained tickets for Bentleyville merchandise, Holiday Station gift cards, discounts at Grandma's Restaurants and the grand prize.Nine of the 10 tickets were claimed this year. Erin Dearbin, of Westber, Wis., was the lucky winner of the Chicago getaway."I don't ever win anything so this is really awesome," Dearbin said.