I-2 Wives
Plebe: John Hamilton, Jack Jeter, Hank Meetze, Wes Wells
Yearling: Jack Jeter, Jim Fiscus, Skip Macdonald
Cow: Jack Jeter, Jim Fiscus, Skip Macdonald
Firstie: Jack Jeter, Jim Fiscus, Skip Macdonald
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Family and close friends of Katherine Jeter - the 72-year-old grandmother who will cycle across America to raise $200,000 for nursing scholarships - gathered in her living room Friday afternoon for a huge surprise.
Family and close friends of Katherine Jeter - the 72-year-old grandmother who will cycle across America to raise $200,000 for nursing scholarships - gathered in her living room Friday afternoon for a huge surprise.
Jeter had been keeping a secret from her family since she returned from a taping of the 'Oprah' show on Tuesday.
She and her granddaughter, Sara Katherine Hammond, were part of 'Oprah's Ultimate Favorite Things' show that aired Friday and were lavished with gifts - from a 52-inch Sony 3-D television and Blu-ray disc player, to a seven-day cruise aboard Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world.
They were sworn to secrecy and were only allowed to reveal their gifts after the show aired.
Oprah invited 'ultimate fans' and those who had been nominated by others as heroes to be a part of her annual 'Favorite Things' show, which the popular talk show host kicked up a notch, with this being her farewell season.
Audience members were overwhelmed with designer handbags, kitchenware, custom-designed closets from The Container Store, a $498 cashmere sweater and matching throw, Judith Ripka eclipse earrings, candles - each valued at $55 - for every room in the home, a panini press and books.
Jeter said Oprah was the inspiration behind her benefit bike ride in 2008, when she raised almost $100,000 riding 70 miles to commemorate her 70th birthday. The funds went to the Yellow Ribbon Fund, which helps injured soldiers and their families, and to Jack's Place, a Colorado home that provides accommodations for cancer patients.
On March 4, Jeter will set out with a WomanTours group from California to cycle 3,100 miles across the Southern tier of the U.S., arriving in St. Augustine, Fla., on April 29. A breast cancer survivor, she hopes to raise $200,000 for nursing scholarships.
At her Spartanburg home Friday afternoon, family and friends talked about how Jeter was 'reaping what she had sowed' and how her generosity had reached so many.
Jeter - who was wearing a Phillip Stein watch - said she felt a bit uneasy and even guilty about accepting the gifts until her granddaughter reminded her of a devotional that says God has times of abundance and gift-giving for his followers, and it is his will for people to enjoy them.
Jeter said she was contacted by e-mail from 'Oprah' producers, but it stated she was invited to attend a taping of the show - which wasn't named - and would be responsible for providing her own transportation. She could take one guest and decided on her granddaughter, since she lived in Chicago.
While in line outside the studio Tuesday morning, she met other people who had done much to benefit others.
'Everyone you met had a story, and all of their stories were amazing and will stay with me forever,' she said. One woman had nominated her husband as a hero, since he worked three jobs so she could stay at home to care for her invalid mother.
A gay man from Arkansas was nominated because he started a support group for for gay teenagers who had been bullied.
A man from Charleston has started raising money to help obese teens after his father died from morbid obesity.
'Meeting those people and having that experience - I'm really just starting to take it all in - certainly changed my life,' Jeter said. 'Oprah encouraged us that make changes in our tiny part of the world, and that's the message, is to do what you can do."
Herald-Journal / GoUpstate.com
20 November 2010
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