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Extra!, June 28

Published June 28, 2006 at midnight

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NEVER MIND

Oops.

A Rifle man who made a public plea to the Colorado Lottery to honor an expired ticket is taking it all back.

Turns out the ticket he thought was a $40,000 winner wasn't - ever.

"Going over it, I see that it is not a winner," said Bob Clements, 48. "Everybody missed it, even the lawyer. I missed it until just now."

Clements said he found the ticket in his drawer in February, past the Dec. 19, 2005, deadline for claiming a prize. He explained that he had misread letters in the "hang- man" game.

GREEN TABLE: ALL HAIL

100 years old and counting. Mesa Verde National Park continues its centennial celebration with activities that include a birthday barbecue Thursday along with American Indian dances and craft demonstrations, stagecoach rides, a quilt show, live musical entertainment and special twilight tours of Cliff Palace, the largest cliff dwelling in North America.

AFA CLASS OF 2010

1,352 members of the Air Force Academy's Class of 2010 arrive Thursday.

277 women represent the largest number of women in basic cadet training in academy history.

317 minority cadets represent the largest group of minority cadets ever.

19 international cadets are from Afghanistan, Algeria, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Iraq, Kenya, Korea,Madagascar, Rwanda, Singapore, Suriname, Sri Lanka, Romania, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago and Tunisia.