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Lottery officials promote Powerball at Hanes Mall BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE North Carolinians got their first chance to buy Powerball tickets in their own state last week and responded by buy ing tickets in the millions. The tickets went on sale at grocery stores, convenience stores and gas stations all over the state, but one unusual place people could get tickets last week was at Hanes Mall. The North Carolina Education Lottery (NCEL) set jup a booth at 'the mall on Friday and Saturday so that people could purchase tickets during mall hours. The goal was to promote Powerball and teach people how to play the game. There were three other events at malls across the state last weekend. Alice Garland, a spokesperson for the NCEL, said that a lot of people have bought power ball tickets and she knows why. "It's fun. It's entertaining. That's purely why you do it," said Garland about playing the game ? Powerball has sold $6.3 million in tickets as of Monday. The booth at Hanes Mall sold $2,546 worth in the two days it was there. Powerball works by filling out a play slip using six num bers either selected by dhe player or a computer. Prizes are won by matching certain numbered balls that are drawn at random. The more balls the player matches, the bigger the prize. The prizes range from three dollars for matching one red ball all the way up to the multimillion dollar jackpot. If a player matches all five white balls and the red Powerball, he or she wins the jackpot, which starts out at $15 million and grows until someone wins it. The odds of winning the jackpot are one in 146,107,962. The odds on other prizes vary. Tickets can be purchased for $1, but for $2 the player can "Power Play" which will multiply their winnings by a number selected from a spin ning wheel. The winnings can Photo b> Todd Luck People wait to buy Powerball tickets at the mall booth last week. be multiplied up to five times and does not apply to the jack pot. The booth at the maH was temporary, but Garland said the number of retailers selling lottery tickets keeps growing. Any retailer in the state can apply to sell the tickets. Even places like gift shops, tobac co shops, and hardware stores are selling tickets, Garland said. Lottery prizes under $600 can be picked up at any participating retailer but big ger prizes must be claimed at the lottery headquarters in Raleigh or via mail. Garland said that Powerball completely funds itself with 65 percent of the total money it takes in going to prizes, administrative costs and retailer commissions. Its total net proceeds, or 35 per cent of the money it takes in. goes to education in North Carolina. The money is divid ed between reducing class sizes, school construction, prekindergarten programs for at-risk kids and college schol arships for students who qual ify for pell grants. Part of the lottery's budget goes to the Department of Health and Human Services for programs that deal with gambling addiction. A "Problem Gambling -Helpline" number can be found on near ly everything the NCEL does, from their play slips to their brochures. For more information on the lottery, go to www.nc-edu cationlottery.org . Cancer ?from page AS a family of diseases that are biologically different from each other, some more aggressive than others," Carey said. "In this study, using the Carolina Breast Cancer Study, we were looking at how frequently these different sub types occur in a given popula tion." ? DNA microarray analysis allows scientists to determine the expression levels of thousands of genes simultaneously. This can reveal gene expression patterns, which, in turn, enable genomic profiling of tumor cells. There are treatment implica tions of these findings. As Carey, medical director of the UNC Breast Center and a Lineberger clinical faculty member, points out, "Right now, the only avail able treatment for basal-like breast cancer is chemotherapy. Fortunately, while there are no tar geted treatments yet for basal-like breast tumors, some of the newer chemotherapies tend to benefit this subtype more than other sub types. "In addition, there are many new drugs that we will be evaluat ing in clinical trials to ti} to pro vide a targeted treatment for patients with this subtype of breast cancer." Millikan said, "This is impor tant information to know, since it means that African American women, like all breast cancer patients, need the best possible diagnostic workups and access to the latest clinical trials. It will be extremely important for these findings to be validated in other patient populations, and to engage breast cancer advocacy groups to ensure that the findings are trans lated into better care and access to clinical trials for all breast cancer patients." "My advice for young African American women," added Carey, "is the same as my advice for all women: Get regular health care." The research was supported by an award from the National Cancer Institute. Photos by Todd Luck The Winston Lake Y in on Waterworks Road. YMCA from page Al ~ ty The Winston Lake Y like the Patterson Y before it, primarily serves African Americans. Joyner recalled that the Winston Lakd Y's goal was to become a focal point for community activ ities involving churches, social clubs, fraternities, sororities, and other groups. He said it lived up to that purpose and helped bring the community together. District Judge Denise Hartsfield. a longtime Winston Lake Y board member, said that the positive activities offered at the Y help keep young people from standing before her in court. "One thing I can be assured of is that the kids who partici pate in the Y usually don't end up in court," she said . The branch is known for its youth programs, said Ken Leak, the teen and family director. Besides the Boss Drummers and Jazzy Jumpers, the Winston Lake YMCA offers several edu cational program and summer camps and serves as the base for the Black Achievers program, which promotes academic enhancement and career explo ration for high school students "It's grown to be a central and valuable place for the African American community on the East Winston side of town," said Leak. Mo Lucas, known as the father of the branch, spoke briefly at the ceremony as well. Lucas has mentored a countless number of young men during his more than 50-year affiliation with the Y. He began his service at the Patterson Avenue location and it continues today at Winston Lake. Lucas described young peo ple as the "only thing I know." He said that one of the greatest delights of his life is when doc tors, lawyers and others come up to him and thank him for being a part of their lives. One word he never uses at the YMCA is "impossible." "Everything is possible in here," Lucas said. Cynthia Jeffries is the cur rent executive director of the Winston Lake YMCA. The Jazzy Jumpers perform. r olve We believe in bringing you a better Internet. BE FEARLESS. WE'LL HELP KEEP YOU SAFE FROM VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES, SCAMS, SPYWARE, AND HACKERS PLUS, WE'LL GIVE YOU CONNECTION SPEEDS UP TO 100X FASTER THAN DIAL-UP ALL BACKED BY OUR AWARD-WINNING CUSTOMER SUfPORl 24/7 CALL NOW AND SAVE WITH OUR SPECIAL NEW-MEMBER OFFER GET HIGH-SPEED ONLINE FOR 6 MONTHS IS ?_ _ _ _ __ $ Call 1 -866-TRIAD-TWCable or visit us at www.triadtwcable.com EarthLink We revofvB around you ? 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