CLOCK TO COLLECT HER WINNINGS. A MONROEVILLE WOMAN HAS 38 DAYS TO FIND A MISSING LOTTERY TICKET BEFORE IT EXPIRES. IT’S WORTH TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. SHE EXPLAINS HOW IT WAS LOST LAST MAY. MILDRED SIMONI, LORETTO WALKED INTO THE MURRYSVILLE SHOP AND SAVE TO PURCHASE A LOTTERY TICKET TO PLAY THE CATCH FIVE. WHAT NUMBERS DID YOU PLAY? 14, 22, 33, 35 AND 38. SIMONI. LORETTO SAYS SHE PLACED THE TICKET IN HER JACKET. I REMEMBER SAYING, IF I PUT IT HERE, I WON’T FORGET IT. AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT SHE DID. A FEW DAYS LATER, TO HER AMAZEMENT, SHE FOUND OUT SHE WAS HOLDING THE WINNING TICKET. I REALIZED THAT IT WON. IT HIT. BUT WHEN SHE LOOKED TO RETRIEVE THE TICKET FROM THE JACKET, IT WAS GONE. IT WAS AMONG THE CLOTHING SHE DONATED TO VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA THE PREVIOUS WEEK. THOSE CLOTHING ITEMS WERE PICKED UP BY A COMPANY CALLED PICK UP, PLEASE. I WAS STUPEFIED. I WAS THERE’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