Fort George G. Meade: The First 100 Years

Alice Wins a Kitchen Appliance
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In late September 2004, Alice Ginter and her son Will,
went to the Fort Huachuca Post Exchange to buy gold
earrings as a gift for Alice’s granddaughter to mark her
graduation from Advanced Individual Training. Pressed
for time before leaving for the event, they rushed into the
PX and split up. Dad went to purchase the earrings. Also
looking for the jewelry counter, Alice cut through the
kitchen department and noted a small stack of PX entry
blanks on one of the counters in a plastic box with a sign
advertising "Win a Chopper." Hoping she’d be the lucky
winner since it would come in handy for the upcoming
holidays, Alice filled out a form, put it in the box and
hurried to catch up to her son.
In early December, Alice received a call from an AAFES
manager with the news that she’d won the prize.
“That’s great,” Alice said. “I can come by after work
and pick it up.”
After a long pause, the caller said, “Ah, ma’am, we
were actually planning to present the chopper at a small
ceremony.”
Puzzled, Alice said, “A ceremony? For an appliance?
Why can’t I just come by and pick it up?”
There was another long pause. “Ma’am, I don’t think
you understand. You won a chopper. A custom built
chopper from the Mayhem Motorcycle shop.”
“A motorcycle?” Alice said, finally realizing her
confusion.
Later, Alice learned more than 750,000 people had
entered the sweepstakes which was sponsored by World
Wrestling Entertainment, and Mayhem. Alice, along with
her husband and daughter made the ceremony where
Victoria, a WWE personality, attended the presentation.
The Ginters loaded the motorcycle onto the back of their
pickup truck and took it home where it spent months
parked where a chopper should be parked, in the kitchen.
Later the motorcycle, valued at $23,000, was donated
to Hogs for Heroes, a non-profit organization which
supports our veterans. Hogs for Heros has continued to
use the chopper in their multiple charity events benefiting
veterans.
Alice Ginter was the Fort Meade Real Property
Accountable Officer for Fort Meade for almost 29
years. She currently is the RPAO for Arlington National
Cemetery.
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(Below) Alice Ginter accepts her prize at a PX event with
WWE personality Victoria.