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Given T=2, can you calculate the value of CALCULATE? Each letter stands for a digit. Repeated letters stand for repeated digits.
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Dick Sandlin of Wilmington recently won a $15 million Powerball jackpot. Sandlin, 79, is a utility worker for North Carolina State Parks. At a news conference in South Carolina, where the winning ticket was sold, he was asked what he planned to do with his newfound wealth.
“I’m going to buy me an RC Cola and a Moonpie,” he said.
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Use the capital letters in the code clue below to fill in the blanks above. “ V U T R N E C A ” means s c r a m b l e
86337 737247 If you were to punch in the numbers above on your telephone key pad you would spell out the two missing words.
Prize Winner The LOST SOCK LAUNDROMAT takes in washing at 2598 Chimney Rock Road in Hendersonville. Unique names like this and the IT DON’T
MATTER CAFE in downtown Statesville (“Where would you like to eat tonight, honey?”), abound in North Carolina. Send me the unusual name of a business in your county. I’ll make your name well known in NC, and you may get a
Chosen at random among all 49 correct answers to the Domi-No.s. puzzle contest published here last month was Anthony Belfiglio of Ramseur. As the winner, he will receive $25. Here is the answer: 9 0 2 1 6 7 3 4 5 8 3 2 B I R D S of a F E A T H E R
reward from that business—like a free meal or a single sock. © 2007 Charles Joyner
For answers, please see page 42. Carolina Country JUNE 2007 41