Minute Message   : $ Won't Buy

Publication Date : 9/28/96



	I want to win the Sweepstakes as much as the next guy. I

told my wife that God eyelid never let me because I probably

would do something stupid with the money.



	Recently, two stories made the headlines that illustrate

what happens when someone suddenly has an influx of wealth. They

also illustrate that money does not bring happiness. (My mother

used to say "give me a little and let me see.")



	Buddy Post, a former carnival worker hit the jackpot in 1988

winning $16,200,000. Since then, he has been convicted of

assault, his sixth wife left him, his brother attempted to kill

him and his landlady successfully sued him for one-third of his

winnings. His gas has been shut off and he feels fortunate to

have a telephone and electricity. His observation? "Money didn't

change me, it changed those around me who I thought cared about

me."



	Lynette and Jimmy Nichols won $48,600,000 in 1993. Their 12

year marriage is crumbling. For two years they have been trying

to divorce. The problem? who should get how much money. Jimmy

said "we had about one month of good times, and about three years

of misery. It was a curse. It didn't help at all."



	Some day we will learn that money is not the answer to our

problems. Happiness has nothing to do with how much we have or

where we live or who we are with. It come from within.



Norman Russell

2761 Broadway

North Bend, Oregon USA  97459