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Friday, September 15, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER 'i Marriage gamble could lead to $50,000 jackpot * the name of possibly qualifying for the grand prize. People have already done stunts like eating 102 chicken wings, He might not get love or money out jumping out of an airplane on two of it but Dave Button expects an adven hours notice and posing nude for a bill ture, not to mention a great deal of board advertisement. notoriety, out of his trek to Las Vegas But for Button and his strangerthis weekend. wife-to-be, Tracey An employee at Riel o f North York, this prank a Speers Road company in has a longer shelf Oakville, the life, at least on paper, with that Burlington resi paper being a legal dent has essential ly taken up a dare marriage certifi in the name of fun, cate. They are agreeing to marry expected to remain, if only in a stranger in an name, legally mar event dreamed up ried until the con by the Humble test winner is and Fred morning show on announced on air Nov. 10th. Brampton radio station CFNY The pair o f 24 102.1 FM, The year olds chatted Edge. on the morning show Monday. The couple's They met in the prize for pulling Brampton studio such an off-theTuesday and were wall stunt: a 1-into fly to Vegas yes 30 chance for one Photo by Christine Smyth terday to get mar o f them to win $50,000 and a Dave Button shows the hand which will ried today (Friday) soon bear the wedding band of his wife. at the chapel in the Jeep. The quickie wedding is part of the MGM Grand Hotel. The proceedings radio station's Even Tougher Contest, a conjure up images o f the Darva follow-up to its Really Tough Contest Conger/Rick Rockwell Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire U.S., madeheld in the spring. The current competition has phone- for-TV fiasco, a union that lasted a lit in contestants doing crazy things all in tle longer than a Bruce Springsteen B y T im W h rtn e il S P E C IA L T O T H E BEA V ER concert. Button said he knows very little about his prospective bride. "That's what the plane ride will be for," he deadpanned. "She seems nice, she's got a good job and she's got smarts." What he does know is that they will be chaperoned by someone from the radio station while they enjoy a four-day hol iday (or is that honeymoon?), all expenses paid. Both Button and Riel, neither of whom has been married before, say they have been told they will have separate rooms at the MGM Grand. Is that how they see things playing out? "I don't expect anything to happen, boom, right off the bat," Button said from his job at United Rentals of Canada on Speers Road in Oakville." "My mindset right now is that I'm doing this basically just for the contest. Who knows what will happen down the line." The Kitchener native said he is not doing it for the money so much as to shake up his life. Riel is more sure of what she wants, or doesn't want, out of the affair. "I find it very hard to believe you can marry someone and then learn to love them. But who knows. "I don't know what Dave's thinking, but my intention right now is to come back to my job and live the way I was before," said the Sprint Canada employ ee. Both adm it their parents have been lukewarm at best about the idea of marrying a stranger, even if it's for a con test. "My mom's not too fond of it," Button said of his Kitchener folks. "My dad said to be sure to read the (contest) fine print." Riel said she received a sim ilar frosty reception from one of her parents in Montreal. "My mom didn't take it too well, but she supports my decision," said Riel. Her colleagues, however, hastily assem bled a bridal shower. She's got a wedding dress, too. "I guess I'll have to take a suit down with me," Button remarked. Pud by Steve Nease Saturday S ep tem b er 16 I - 4 p.m. ra in o r s h in e S A T U R D A Y S E P T E M B E R 16, 2 00 0 H o t dogs & Refreshm ents PR IZES E very ten m inutes VKI EXHIBIT ft X»W f ,«*/*#,·(» ( .n A Ilr II PA N C A K E B R E A K FA ST H ID ES If ,»«ii -4 ptn · B allo o n s · C lo w n s · Face Painting · Race C a r s and m uch m uch m o re M eet H ocke y Legend Johnny Bow er In su p p o rt of D A R E CORN ROAST I pm *5 pm Ibtc D ity SIDEW ALK SALE WINE TASTING pm e ttb n S l*y D o w n to a * O m k n lk & E M ffV tf f.'/n .'r t 1 P't t - t pni .4 1 ! (> ,!« ( C o m e r o f A r g u s a n d S o u th S e r v ic e R d .) 8 4 5 - 2 2 9 1 Ea STDi U EvrAflS · 701.com * T he O akville A ils C ouncil Alliance Healthcare Professionals Dr. Arnold Roper Dr. Brian D. Huggins 232 South Service Rd. East