NEWHALL LOTTO WINNER PLAYING IT CLOSE TO THE (TREASURE) CHEST.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Daily News Staff Writer Here's what we know. His name's Sal, he looks to be about 50, he has five kids, he drives an older, small dark car - maybe a Nissan Sentra - and he has heart. Oh, and he's a millionaire 12 times over. By late Friday, the illusive il·lu·sive adj. Illusory. il·lu  sive·ly adv.il·lu Newhall man had not stepped into the public limelight limelight: see calcium oxide. limelight Early form of theatrical lighting. The incandescent calcium light invented by Thomas Drummond in 1816 was first employed in a theatre in 1837 and was widely used by the 1860s. to brag about the ways he will spend his newfound new·found adj. Recently discovered: a newfound pastime. Adj. 1. newfound - newly discovered; "his newfound aggressiveness"; "Hudson pointed his ship down the coast of the newfound sea" millions, courtesy of the second-largest jackpot in California Super Lotto history. ``Nothing yet, we're kind of waiting,'' said Debby Ornelas, an office technician See PC technician and software technician. with the California State Lottery A game of chance operated by a state government. Generally a lottery offers a person the chance to win a prize in exchange for something of lesser value. Most lotteries offer a large cash prize, and the chance to win the cash prize is typically available for one dollar. . The little snippets known about Sal came from newscasts broadcast Thursday night from Valencia Liquors, where the lucky winner came in to verify (1) To prove the correctness of data. (2) In data entry operations, to compare the keystrokes of a second operator with the data entered by the first operator to ensure that the data were typed in accurately. See validate. he held one of three winning tickets in the $104 million jackpot. The two other prize tickets were purchased by Ventura resident Yolanda Starr, 45, and a group of 22 people in Bakersfield. The three winners opted when buying their tickets to take the upfront payoff of half the money rather than collecting their entire share over 26 years. Sal's final piece of the pie - after federal taxes - is $12.2 million. Newhall's new millionaire confirmed his winning numbers Thursday night at the little store where he is a regular, spoke briefly to news crews, then rode off into the night. Then he was gone. No press conferences. No interviews. No statements issued through his new team of lawyers. In those few short minutes, though, Sal proved himself a man already rich in goodness. Some of his winnings, he said, would go to help the poor. And now there's college tuition The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. College tuition money for his children. ``Everybody's asking who he is,'' said Lupe Lopez, who keeps her ear to the ground operating the county's community services office near the little liquor liquor /li·quor/ (lik´er) (li´kwor) pl. liquors, liquo´res [L.] 1. a liquid, especially an aqueous solution containing a medicinal substance. 2. store in downtown Newhall. ``We only know what we saw on TV.'' Sal wants it that way, said Manhye Hahn, the owner of the liquor store, and recipient of $170,000 for selling the winning ticket. Hahn, her husband and their staff know Sal, but are keeping their lips sealed. What does he do? ``Sorry, I cannot give you that,'' she said. What about his family, his home, his dreams, his plans? ``Sorry, I cannot give you that. He doesn't want to show up in public,'' Hahn said. ``He came here and checked out the ticket and he confirmed everything. Then he was gone.'' |
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