
Marquette, MI – July 19, 2018 – After a week of hot temps, it was a perfect sunny, 75 degree evening at River Rock Lanes and Banquet Center for our Silverado Summer Giveaway! Major Discount thanked all 40,000 of you who registered to win. We had 339 of the 400 people we invited join us tonight for the biggest party of the summer with an even bigger grand prize. The lucky winner of the two-year lease on a brand new 2018 Silverado from Frei Chevrolet was Elizabeth Lizotte from K.I. Swayer.
Mrs. Lizotte said her son had just bought a vehicle from Frei Chevy in the last few weeks, and she’d visited the lot looking for a truck just for herself. She said winning the Silverado Thursday night was “a miracle,” and she — not her husband — would be the one driving it, and her dog was gonna love traveling in the large back seat.
Our main grand prize sponsor, the family-owned Frei Chevrolet, brought owner Jim Grundstrom and the rest of his crew to tonight’s party. The two-year lease on a 2018 Silverado is one of the most popular prizes we’ve had so far at Great Lakes Radio! And the 2018 Silverado is one of the most popular vehicles on the Frei Chevy lot.


We opened the banquet hall doors at 6:30pm this evening with Nancy and Amy running the welcome table. They gave out door and grand prize tickets as people entered to find a seat inside and welcomed everyone to another Great Lakes Radio giveaway party! With everyone settled in, Sunny.FM’s Walt Lindala and 103-FXD’s Adam Carpenter took over as Emcees for the night. As usual, while welcoming everyone to the party, the two made jokes at one anothers expense livening up the atmosphere. After thanking our sponsors and River Rock Lanes for hosting years of Great Lakes Radio giveaway parties, it was time to kick things off with some door prizes! Walt and Adam called out numbers from the front of the room while our runners ran gifts back to door prize winners.Queen City Running Company donated some t-shirts and hats for guests and five $10 certificates to U.P. Power Sports went out too. We also gave out othe prizes like Pomp’s Tire Decks of Cards. Quality Care Care Center Oil Changes, and $10 Menu Certificates to Congress Pizza.

With lots of happy door prizes winners in the crowd, we paused for one of the best parts of the night, dinner! 103.3 WFXD’s Eric Scott released tables one by one to take a tour through the buffet style set up in the bowling alley’s aracade area. The fest brought by Mama Russo’s included their delicious homemade salads and Yooper Beer Brats!
While party goers enjoyed the great taste of Mama Russo’s that comes with every Great Lakes Radio giveaway party, we gave out even more prizes. Mixed in with the last of the door prizes, we handed out from WRUP Packers T-shirts and Jet’s Pizza Certificates – not that anyone could think about eating after seconds from Mama Russo’s. The Bag o’ Drinks were a big hit at the party. Eight different restaurants and bars from Marquette County donated a drink chip for a free beer at their restaurants. We put them all in one baggie and sent five Bag o’ Drinks home with some pretty happy door prize winners.
Finally, Great Lakes Radio General Manager and owner, Todd Noordyk made his way to the front of the room to draw finalist tickets for the major event of the night, the truck giveaway! Jim and Jill Grundstrom and Mike Angeli also joined the Major at the front to pull out some winning tickets. As Jim drew the first seven tickets out of the bucket he handed them off to Jill to read. As each ticket number was called out, the ticket holder came up to the front of the room to choose their fate. The finalists each chose from the selection of station envelopes with the hopes of picking the big winner.

Breaking before the eighth finalist ticket, Major Discount took a moment to reveal our next giveaway prize! It’s a machine any hunting, ice fishing, wood gathering Yooper will love. We’re giving away a Snowdog and Sled from the guys down at Four Seasons Small Engine in Escanaba. Check out the Win a Snowdog Giveaway official contest page for details and contest rules. You can see the Snowdog at Frei Chevy starting this Friday!
Jim Grundstrom pulled the final ticket and our group was complete. Once everyone was lined up in the front of the room, the crowd counted down and the finalists opened their envelopes all at once. Elizabeth Lizotte picked the lucky envelope and pulled out the winning sheet. Elizabeth was filled with so much joy that she was shaking. Liz is a long time shopper on UPBargains.com and she made the right choice by picking the UPBargains.com envelope! She drove her husbands rusty Jeep to the party, but now she’ll have a beautiful 2018 Silverado of her own!
The K.I. Sawyer resident was very thankful and happy for her new two-year lease, and after Icon Signs removes the promotional logos from the truck, she’ll be able to pick up her prize from Frei Chevy! All of our other finalists went home with great consolation prizes from some of the best businesses in our community!
Shawn Nowicki from Marquette won the Super One Foods Food Basket, with the basket from Great Lakes Fresh Market going to Dan from Gwinn. David McClellan went home with the Tadych’s Econo Foods Basket. Our Swick Home Services Gold Star Service Contracts went to Larry Lawrence and Cori Polkinghorne. Finally, Michele Bentti took home the Impact Hammer, Hose, and Compressor from Advanced Auto!

To see more photos check out our other posts on wrup.com, foxsportsmarquette.com, and sunny.fm.
Listen to Elizabeth Lizotte talk about winning the 2018 Silverado Two-Year Lease
Special thanks to all of our sponsors: Frei Chevrolet, Hudson’s Classic Grill, Super One Foods, Jet’s Pizza, Tadych’s Econo Foods, Ojibwa Casino, Casa Calabria, Great Lakes Fresh Market,River Rock Lanes, Kountry Korner, Crossroads Mini-Mart, Ojibwa Casino, Swick Home Services, Queen City Running Company, Carpet Specialists Carpet One, Pomp’s Tire, Quality Car Care Center, Imperial Beverage, Congress Pizza, Paradise Bar, U.P. Power Sports, Pasquali’s, Crossroads Restaurant, Jackson’s Pit, Smarty’s Saloon, Brogie’s Tavern, Venice Pub & Pizzeria, Gwinn Inn, Up North Lodge, Happy Hour Bar & Grill, Brown’s Store, Throttle Bar & Grill, Advanced Auto, Wood Jewelers, and Cafe Allenatore.
A quick moment from the party
Videographer: Kiley Baysore
See over 200 photos from tonight’s party
Thanks to all of our sponsors who donated door prizes for the giveaway.
The Sunny Flex and our grand prize outside of River Rock Lanes.
We had a line of 339 people out in the parking lot!
There were over 40,000 people who registered to win the Frei Chevroley Silverado Summer Giveaway.
Thanks to everyone who entered to win a 2-year lease on a Silverado!
Everyone who came got a door prize ticket
Little did everyone know, a hint to the winning envelope was right there at the entrance!
Nancy and Amy ran the welcome table again.
We love to see those smiling faces.
Our parties are perfect for people of all ages.
This guy looks ready to win a new truck.
Nancy and Amy did a great job keeping the line moving and getting people in the door.
We had a line of people right out the door.
Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate with us.
Paul, Nancy, Amy, and Luke at the welcome table.
Cheers to another great giveaway party.
Walt and Adam were having a great time up there tonight.
Icon Signs did all of the cool decals you saw on the 2018 Silverado
Big thanks to Frei Chevrolet for being the main Sponsor for this giveaway.
Claire from Icon Signs one a certificate from Throttle Bar & Grill.
Imperial Beverage gave us these cool drink boats to hand out.
We had a few WRUP Packers shirts to hand out.
Thanks to Queen City Running for their door prize donation.
Mama Russo's brought quite the spread.
There were fresh, homemade salads and Yooper Beer Brats!
Walt Lindala at the mic.
103-FXD's very own Adam Carpenter.
Peak Fitness and Swick Home Services at the Giveaway Party.
Icon Signs does so much great work for us at Great Lakes Radio.
Robert from Wood Jewelers and Frei Chevrolet!
The Super One Foods Representatives at the Silverado Summer Giveaway.
Thanks to Pomp's Tire for these awesome hats.
Jim Grundstrom joined the Frei/Wood Jewelers table.
8 Different businesses "chipped" in to give the ultimate bar experience in a bag.
Major Discount telling his story about the amount of registrations we received.
Major Discount, Jim Grundstrom, Jill Grundstrom, and Mike Angeli talking about the giveaway prize.
Jill reading off the finalist ticket numbers.
Before the last finalist was drawn, we revealing the new giveaway, a Snowdog from Four Seasons Small Engine.
Everyone getting ready to open their envelope.
Elizabeth Lizotte was our Silverado Summer Giveaway.
The Great Lakes Radio and Frei Chevy crews with Elizabeth.
Congratulations Elizabeth on your two-year lease on a 2018 Silverado.
Elizabeth grew up driving trucks on a farm, so she is very happy to get back in one.
Mike Angel, Elizabeth Lizotte, Jim Grundstrom, and Jill Grundstrom.