Jerilyn Korver was on vacation recently with her family when she got a phone call from an unfamiliar number belonging to Taste of Home magazine.
I had entered their contest in late summer and had forgotten about it, Korver, 30, of Altoona, said. So, when she told me I was a finalist, I was drinking a Diet Sprite and I spit it out all over the phone.
That awkward and messy moment has given way to excitement over the possibility of collecting a grand prize of $25,000 in the Taste of Home Ultimate Potluck Recipe Contest.
I still have trouble believing this, she said.
Oprah Winfrey will sit down with Whitney Houstons daughter Bobbi Kristina, her sister-in-law and manager Patricia Houston and Whitneys brother Gary Houston in an intimate interview to air as a special episode of Oprahs Next Chapter Sunday, March 11 (9:00 10) only on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.