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What would you do if you won $5 million on a simple scratcher?

the Ferndale community is talking. We had $100 bill and it was about 10 or 11 o'clock in the morning. So it wasn't quite sure that with Marin County Man was in Ferndale helping his cousin finish up some work. And when the clerk couldn't make change, he went ahead and bought an extra ticket, and that turned out to be the first. He thought it was a joke. Sure enough, you won $5 million. Fifth generation Ferndale resident in business owner Cameron Renner says. The big news is great for the community. It helps with morale. It's exciting. The store gets a cut, which couldn't have come at a better time. The retail industry was impacted by Cove in 19, which also affected Lisa Renard's business. You know, Kobe wasn't that kind to her. The runners will receive about a half a percent of the proceeds as a bonus for selling that ticket. It is a little bit of a relief. It again, we're just kind of waiting to find out. You know what it is that we actually get from it, which, according to her husband, will most likely be about $25,000 This is kind of just a blessing, and I feel that when we're blessed, we should pay some of my wife. And I will definitely be doing something for the employees with that money and will probably make a donation to some kind of cause here in Ferndale. Something Jessica Van Pelt Stretch says doesn't surprise her just couldn't happen to better people in Ferndale, California Anick Joseph reporting.

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