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Finally, a ‘Bingo!’ Rock Island couple wins Post’s diocese-wide game, grand prize

By: Tom Dermody   -   August 8, 2019   -   News Article Bingo, furniture, Jan DeSmet, Rock Island, Sherman's, St. Pius X, Tom DeSmet

Tom and Jan DeSmet hold their winning Bingo card outside their Rock Island home. The longtime members of St. Pius X Parish successfully matched all numbers within the outlined blue cross and qualify for the grand prize of a $5,000 furniture shopping spree from Sherman's. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

ROCK ISLAND — The virtue of patience is paying off for Tom and Jan DeSmet, the apparent sole winners of The Catholic Post’s diocese-wide Bingo game and its grand prize of a $5,000 furniture shopping spree at Sherman’s. That the DeSmets, members of St. Pius X Parish in Rock Island for more than five decades, […]