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• DeWitt Man Wins Trip To Disney
  DeWITT, Iowa -- Billy Duke has three major interests in life: new boots to wear, quarters for the pop machine and pizza parties to celebrate birthday. His love for the latter won the 50-year-old man with Down Syndrome a trip to Disney World.
  
  His large family - including his sisters and their children and grandchildren - traditionally celebrates Billy's birthday at the Happy Joe's Pizza & Ice Cream parlor in DeWitt. For his 49th birthday last year we filled the pizzeria with lots of chatter, birthday songs, cards and gifts that included, naturally "quarters" for the pop machine.
  
  His niece, Lori Dittmer of Lowden, was so impressed with the gathering that she wrote a letter to Happy Joe's for a contest she had read about in the Quad-City Times. "One of Bill's greatest enjoyments in life is family get-togethers that involve food," she wrote, " and he especially loves celebrating his birthday at Happy Joe's in DeWitt. "This year was his best birthday yet," she continued. "He was 49, no that the years matter to him, and everyone had a ball - especially Bill. He is not verbal, but his facial expresions told it all. He smiled through the pizza, the presents, the cake and his birthday ice cream dessert. He had the best birthday ever."
  
  The letter was entered in a contest sponsored by Happy Joe's and won a prize of $1,500 toward a trip to Disney Wold.
  
  Founder "Happy Joe" Whitty himself attended the announcement party, remembering Billy from the time he stopped at the Duke home years ago to get antique farm items to decorate one of his restaurants.
  
  During their stay, Billy particularly liked riding in race cars, going on a riverboat cruise and taking a train ride at the Magic Kingdom.
  
  There was even more to his 50th birthday celebration when they returned home. He was thrilled to have a second party at Happy Joe's in DeWitt, which was attended by all of the people he works with and all of the relatives who traditionally make it a special occasion for him.