The town of Camden Point in northern Platte County is celebrating its new state-of-the-art fire facility, but the community’s lottery millionaires are humble about what they did to make it happen. The building, which took more than a year to build, houses both the ambulance service and the community’s fire trucks.
The project would not have happened if fire volunteers hadn’t twice saved Mark Hill’s father’s life.
“My wife and I were able to pay them back,” Hill said. Hill and his family won nearly $200 million in Powerball in November 2012. Since then, the family has adopted two more children, bought some new cars, built a bigger house and taken several vacations.
The Hills have also contributed to Camden Point in a big way. The fire station is the latest and biggest project.
Hill said he’s not looking for praise.