Said1
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Would you share with your ex? I suppose it depends on why they are an ex in the first place. He does have kids who could use money, I hope he pays up for their sake.
www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentSe...874&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154
Apr. 4, 2004. 08:26 AM
Where is the $30-million man? Sister hopes he's having `good time' Ex-wives review their situation
PETER SMALL
STAFF REPORTER
Cautious, secretive and gone.
The computer repairman who waited a year to claim his $30 million Lotto Super 7 jackpot, forgoingat least $600,000 in interest, is believed out of the country and incommunicado after picking up his cheque on Thursday.
Even his sister says she doesn't know his whereabouts. "I don't really want to know," Annette Sobeski said yesterday. "But I hope he's having a good time."
Raymond Sobeski, of Princeton, west of Brantford, Ont., has left behind a string of questions, two ex-wives and a woman who says she is still married to him.
At least one of his former wives, Sherry Sobeski, and the mother of his two children, Nikolas and Tekina, is considering her options in light of his winnings, a representative said.
"She just wants to make sure the kids at this point are looked after," said Bobcaygeon paralegal Paula Markus, adding that she will meet Sherry this week to discuss her position.
Sobeski told his ex about his good fortune before it hit the news, Markus said. His lawyer sentSherry word in a letter and she was "blown away" by the development, Markus said, adding it's been "pretty hard to handle."
The former Mrs. Sobeski cleans houses for a living in the Bobcaygeon area, north of Peterborough,and struggled to raise the children on her own, Markus said. They are "the politest, nicest kids," she added.
Raymond Sobeski, a self-effacing farm boy now in his mid-40s, grew up in rolling country west of Brantford. The family farm in the rural community of Harley is set amidst decaying tobacco sheds
and ginseng fields.
Sobeski went to Burford District High School, where he was a good student, later excelling in computers at Mohawk College in Hamilton. He was an all-round athlete, a regular golfer, and he raced motocross and played basketball in high school.
He later married his high school sweetheart, Wendy Reid, but they divorced after a few years, according to a neighbour.
He then married Sherry, another Burford High alumnus. They built a home on the Sobeski family ginseng farm, quickly having a boy and a girl.
He was devastated by their breakup, said his sister. "He's a great father, very close to his kids, and the stuff about being behind on child support is bull."
Sobeski told the Lotto Super 7 news conference he had no "significant other" in his life. But a third woman, Nynna Ionson, has said they were married in 1998 and have not divorced.
An owner of Burford Golf Links, who didn't want to be named, said Sobeski loves the links and goes to Myrtle Beach, S.C., for vacations.
"Who knows, maybe that's where he's gone now," she said.
With files from Ted Andkilde and Paul Legall of the Hamilton Specta
www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentSe...874&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154
Apr. 4, 2004. 08:26 AM
Where is the $30-million man? Sister hopes he's having `good time' Ex-wives review their situation
PETER SMALL
STAFF REPORTER
Cautious, secretive and gone.
The computer repairman who waited a year to claim his $30 million Lotto Super 7 jackpot, forgoingat least $600,000 in interest, is believed out of the country and incommunicado after picking up his cheque on Thursday.
Even his sister says she doesn't know his whereabouts. "I don't really want to know," Annette Sobeski said yesterday. "But I hope he's having a good time."
Raymond Sobeski, of Princeton, west of Brantford, Ont., has left behind a string of questions, two ex-wives and a woman who says she is still married to him.
At least one of his former wives, Sherry Sobeski, and the mother of his two children, Nikolas and Tekina, is considering her options in light of his winnings, a representative said.
"She just wants to make sure the kids at this point are looked after," said Bobcaygeon paralegal Paula Markus, adding that she will meet Sherry this week to discuss her position.
Sobeski told his ex about his good fortune before it hit the news, Markus said. His lawyer sentSherry word in a letter and she was "blown away" by the development, Markus said, adding it's been "pretty hard to handle."
The former Mrs. Sobeski cleans houses for a living in the Bobcaygeon area, north of Peterborough,and struggled to raise the children on her own, Markus said. They are "the politest, nicest kids," she added.
Raymond Sobeski, a self-effacing farm boy now in his mid-40s, grew up in rolling country west of Brantford. The family farm in the rural community of Harley is set amidst decaying tobacco sheds
and ginseng fields.
Sobeski went to Burford District High School, where he was a good student, later excelling in computers at Mohawk College in Hamilton. He was an all-round athlete, a regular golfer, and he raced motocross and played basketball in high school.
He later married his high school sweetheart, Wendy Reid, but they divorced after a few years, according to a neighbour.
He then married Sherry, another Burford High alumnus. They built a home on the Sobeski family ginseng farm, quickly having a boy and a girl.
He was devastated by their breakup, said his sister. "He's a great father, very close to his kids, and the stuff about being behind on child support is bull."
Sobeski told the Lotto Super 7 news conference he had no "significant other" in his life. But a third woman, Nynna Ionson, has said they were married in 1998 and have not divorced.
An owner of Burford Golf Links, who didn't want to be named, said Sobeski loves the links and goes to Myrtle Beach, S.C., for vacations.
"Who knows, maybe that's where he's gone now," she said.
With files from Ted Andkilde and Paul Legall of the Hamilton Specta
