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Exclusive interview: Gretna Powerball winners 'not looking to go all opulent'
http://www.omaha.com/article/20131213/NEWS/131219345/1718
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David Harrig leaped up and down early Thursday, giddy that his Powerball ticket had just turned him from a hardworking, blue-collar guy to a millionaire many times over.
Then the reality of change and responsibility hit him.
“I prayed that I stay grounded,” Harrig said with tears in his eyes Friday afternoon. “I said, 'Lord, keep me grounded through all this.' ”
Harrig and his wife, Erica, described their reactions to their newly-won wealth while in attorney Darren Carlson's west Omaha office. They sat beneath a Michael Godard art print that Carlson acquired five years ago. It features dice burning a hole through a $100 bill.
FULL story at link.