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I Didn’t Know That ... Bet You If You Had Invested $1,000 In Microsoft When It Who Are The Wealthiest Athletes Of All Time?
Went Public, Approximately How Much Would It Be
Michael Jordan ($1.85 billion); Tiger Woods ($1.7
Didn’t Know It Either Worth Today? billion); Arnold Palmer ($1.4 billion); Jack Nicklaus
Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul ($1.2 billion).
Fascinating trivia facts Allen, two friends from high school. Bill Gates is now the
compiled by Stanley second-richest person in the world, worth an estimated How Much Is The World’s Most Expensive Plane
Morgenbesser $99 billion, thanks to the success of his software company. Ticket?
And while his wealth is an extreme example, if you had $38,000. That’s how much you’ll pay Etihad Airways
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Lottery Jackpot Won have paid off, too. A $1,000 investment in Microsoft on Dhabi. While this will only fly you in one direction, at
In The United States To the day of its initial public offering, or IPO, on March least you’ll get to do it in a luxurious suite that includes a
Date? 13, 1986, would be worth more than $1.6 million today. bedroom, shower room, and lounge for two guests on the
The mother of all U.S. That includes price appreciation and dividends. world’s largest passenger plane. The living room boasts
jackpots was a whopping a 32-inch flat-screen TV and a reclining leather sofa.
$1.6 billion! The Jan. 13, Which Is The Most Visited Destination In The The ticket price includes a private butler and chauffeur
2016, Powerball jackpot Caribbean? service to and from the airport.
was split between three winners from Tennessee, Florida The most-visited destination by far in the Caribbean is the
and California. The winners waited six months to claim Dominican Republic. Home to Punta Cana and Puerto Plata, Which Is, Or Was, The Longest Running TV Show
their winnings. The second most massive Powerball over 6.2 million people visited the island in 2017, taking Of All Time?
jackpot is also the largest to see a single winner, at advantage of its many beaches and recreational activities. The longest-running show of all time was Guiding
$758.7 million. This staggering winning ticket was sold This is almost double the next most-visited destination, Cuba, Light. This soap opera was on the air for an incredible 57
in Massachusetts and was hit on Aug. 23, 2017. Not which saw 3.9 million visitors in the same time frame. Close years. The show actually began on the radio, however. If
surprisingly, the winner of the jackpot kindly informed behind are Puerto Rico and Jamaica, two tiny islands with
her boss that she wouldn’t be returning after the win. stunning beaches and affordable amenities. Trivia on page 11
Treasure Coast Outdoors

300-Pound Swordfish Takes due east of the St. Lucie Inlet. They had planned on trying said that their baits had just hit near the bottom and almost

The Honors In Lighthouse daylight fishing for swordfish for a few hours and then doing immediately they had the fish on.
some bottom fishing for red snapper, which had opened up
Tom is no stranger to winning in fishing tournaments. He
Point And Seagate Harbor that weekend. regularly placed in the snapper division of the former MCAC
Artificial Reef Tournament. When he pulled into the weigh
As it turned out, they hooked up almost immediately. Tom
Tournament station, you could expect to see several large mutton snapper.
When that tournament was discontinued several years
By Jim Weix ago, he decided to start another one. He brought up the
It was a great family idea with other neighbors at the daily get-together in their
event. The “Yappie Hour” neighborhood park. This is when dog owners meet, hence
annual fishing tournament, the tournament name “Yappie Hour.”
for residents of Lighthouse He contacted me about being a major sponsor, since
Point and Seagate Harbor, I had always been a sponsor of the MCAC Artificial
is designed for the whole Reef Tournament and have sold many homes in the two
family. Anglers brought in an neighborhoods. It was a great opportunity for me to give
assortment of mahi, kingfish, back to the neighborhood and my customers.
snapper, and even a wahoo. Tournament organizers Jimmy McDaniel, owner of Mac
What nobody expected Marine, and Tom Flynn, of the W Group, plus others were
was when Tom Flynn also sponsors. Mac Marine installs seawalls and docks. Tom
pulled into the dock with an Flynn is a general contractor that builds custom homes,
estimated 300-pound swordfish hanging out of both ends commercial buildings, and remodeling.
of his fish box. The weight had to be estimated because the Editor’s note: Jim Weix is an avid hunter, angler,
tournament weight scale only goes to 100 pounds. conservationist, as well as an outdoor writer. Jim is
Tom, along with Mike Espinoza, Jimmy McDaniel and included in the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association’s Hall
BJ Meyer, headed out about 6:30 a.m. of Fame, for his work in helping restore thousands of
They hooked up at about 8 a.m. in 1,500 feet of water, acres of wetlands. Jim is a Broker Associate with The
Keyes Company. He can be reached at (772) 341-2941
or by email: jimweix@jimweix.com.
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