If I close my eyes, I can see my mom's kitchen windows steaming up from the simmering gravy, hear her banging her wooden spoon on the rim of the gravy pot, and smell the meatballs sizzling in olive oil.

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"Yes, there is money to be made and sponsors help you, " says Ms. DeHaven, sporting a gold spoon lure around her neck.

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She ate her yogurt but felt too awkward to go back out and throw the empty cup into the garbage, so she left it on the floor by her mattress, where it toppled over under the weight of the spoon.

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She used the spoon just once -- to impress family friend and former Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, who made her promise to take it back.

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