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Q: What do you call a pirate with two eyes, two hands and two legs? A: A beginner.
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PIRATES by Kathy Wolfe
Aarrgh! September 19 is Talk Like a Pirate Day, and Tidbits is making sure you have all the facts about pirates close at hand. • Many pirates got their start as privateers, engaging in raiding and looting other ships, but while under orders of the state. Privateers were respected ship captains, and received a commission or letter of marque from a government official or monarch, empowering the privateers to capture merchant ships belonging to an enemy nation. In fact, they were often considered reserve naval forces. Although privateers could not technically be charged with piracy, their actions, which were considered legal, were much the same as the criminal pirate. However, if privateers were taken into custody by a foreign government, they could very well be executed, as was the case with Spanish authorities who hanged privateers with their letters of marque tied to their neck. • English explorer Sir Francis Drake was actually one of the most renowned privateers of his time. Although hailed as the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe, he had been Continued on Page 3
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DINING & SPIRITS
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Platte County Happenings For Detailed Information contact the Platte County Chamber of Commerce
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PIRATES — (continued): raiding expedition, but died at sea at age 31. commissioned by Queen Elizabeth I (who nicknamed Drake “my pirate”) to • The career of Henry Every, a pirate known as Long Ben, attack Spanish vessels and ports. When started out respectably with a he returned from his 1580 voyage with position in the British Royal a ship loaded with plunder, the Queen Navy. He then joined up immediately knighted him. with the Spanish Expedition • Sir Thomas Cavendish was another English Shipping Company, and explorer who used circumnavigation through a mutiny became of the globe as a method of capturing a pirate captain, who riches. He completed his voyage in 1588, developed into one of the having spent two years and 49 days most feared and successful raiding Spanish ports, towns, and vessels pirates. Every became the throughout his journey. One 600-ton richest pirate after capturing ship captured by Cavendish was filled a ship in the Indian Ocean with gold, silk, and other treasures from that was loaded with gold the Pacific and the Philippines. He also and jewels. He retired before was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I upon he could be captured, and his return at the age of 27. Cavendish set his whereabouts were never out a few years later for a repeat of his first discovered. • Captain Henry Morgan was a Welsh pirate who raided the Caribbean colonies in the late 1600s, sanctioned by England as rubies, diamonds, candlesticks, and silver a privateer. It’s believed he looted more bowls. Captured shortly afterward, he was than 400 ships during his career. His charged with murder and five counts of largest plunder was achieved in Panama piracy and shipped to England for trial. City, where he captured 30 ships and Found guilty on all charges, he was hanged 1,200 men. However, this raid resulted in 1701. During the hanging, the rope in his arrest and extradition to England. broke, necessitating a second attempt. His Yet Morgan dodged the sentence, and was dead body was enclosed in an iron cage instead knighted by King Charles II, who and left on display in London for three not only pardoned years to deter other potential and released Morgan, criminals. he appointed him • The practice of deputy governor gibbeting was a common one of Jamaica, where following the execution of Morgan lived out pirates. After enclosing the his days as a wealthy body in an iron cage, known as planter. a gibbet, the pirates were often • W e l l - k n o w n left dangling from a hook until pirate Captain Kidd their flesh rotted off, which started out as a could take as long as two years. privateer with an During the 1700s, Ellis Island, official commission which became America’s from European foremost Immigration Station, royals to rid the Indian Ocean of pirates. was known as Gibbet Island, because it Kidd’s ship Adventure Galley was was frequently used as an execution site equipped with 34 guns and 150 men. for pirates His attack on a large 500-ton East India • The notorious Blackbeard was born Company vessel became his downfall. Edward Teach in England, and went to One of owners had connections in sea as a mariner in the Royal Navy. After England, and his complaints resulted in capturing a French merchant vessel, he Kidd being branded as a wanted criminal. fitted it with 40 guns and made the switch When Kidd learned he was being hunted, to piracy. he supposedly hid most of the treasure • At the peak of his career, Blackbeard somewhere in Caribbean. He then headed commanded four ships and 300 men, for New York, with a stop on Gardiners and seized more than 40 ships in the Island, a tiny island east of Long Island. Caribbean. He sported a thick long black Here Kidd buried chests containing gold dust, bars of silver, Spanish dollars, Continued on Page 10
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DONNA’S DAY: CREATIVE FAMILY FUN By Donna Erickson
Make Giant ABC’s for Learning Fun
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letter on poster b o ard/cardb o ard. Cut out. (Instead of making all at once, consider designing a letter per week. Or start with a few, such as those that spell your child’s name.) 2. Choose a letter together and come up with things that begin with the sound of that letter. For example, the sound “p” in pasta for the letter “P.” Look on your shelf for dry pasta and glue a few pieces on the big “P.”
Fun times are ahead for preschoolers and kindergartners when you create a collection of hands-on alphabet letters that reinforce sounds and the words they are learning to pronounce, read and spell. Craft the 26 letters, save and use them over and over to practice language learning skills. Here’s what you’ll need: --26 sheets of poster board or cardboard, 9 inches by 12 inches --pencil and markers --scissors --assorted small glue-on objects, stickers, magazine cut-outs of items More simple items whose names start with the sound of with crafty ideas: specific letters (see suggestions below) A. Cut a small apple --glue in half, dip dried cut side into paint, and stamp Here’s the fun: on the A. Or, glue plastic ants crawling over. 1. Draw large block letters for each alphabet B. Buttons, beads and balls on a blue letter B. C. Candy and candy wrappers on C. D. Use a cotton swab to glue paper punch dots on D. E. Crushed eggshells all over the E. F. Floral fabric scraps and silk flowers on F. G. Green glitter glued on a green letter G. H. Print your child’s hand with poster paint on H. I. Cut a cone and rounds of ice cream from paper to glue on I. J. Glue a jam label or some jacks to J. K. Apply lipstick to your lips and smother K with kisses. L. Glue pressed leaves to L. M. Draw a picture of your mailbox and glue mail on M. N. Glue real nickels on N. O. Glue raw oatmeal and cereal “O’s” to an orange O. P. Glue p o p p e d popcorn to a purple P. Q. Cover Q with craft feathers. Add a paper beak, eye and feet to resemble a quail. R. Glue silk or pressed roses on a red R. S. Glue used postage stamps on S.
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T. Cover T with twisted and tangled masking and Scotch tape on T. U. Draw a ukulele on U. V. Make a Valentine on a violet V. W. Glue wood chips to a white W. X. Glue on pictures of xylophones on X. Y: Shape and glue pieces of yellow yarn in “Y” shapes on Y. Z. With zippers closed, glue the fabric portion of recycled zippers to Z. When dry, they can be opened and closed. *** Donna Erickson’s award-winning series “Donna’s Day” is airing on public television nationwide. To find more of her creative family recipes and activities, visit www.donnasday. com and link to the NEW Donna’s Day Facebook fan page. Her latest book is “Donna Erickson’s Fabulous Funstuff for Families.” (c) 2017 Donna Erickson Distributed by King Features Synd.
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National Park Discount Is Still a Great Deal
leave. However, print out the confirmation you receive and take that with you, as well as a picture ID. If you’re planning to buy your pass at the recreation site, phone ahead; If you’d planned to many have run pick up a couple out of passes. To of senior passes buy online, go to the national to yourpassnow. parks as part of com. You’ll pay your autumn an extra $10 leaf-peeping processing fee. If travels, you’ll you are permanently need to increase disabled, you can your budget. The get a free pass with lifetime access pass documentation. has gone from $10 If you already have to a whopping $80. the $10 lifetime The senior pass (full pass, you won’t name: America the have to pay for a Beautiful -- The new one; you’re National Parks and grandfathered in ... unless you lose the one you Federal Recreational Lands Pass) is a bargain, now have. providing admission to recreation areas run by For more information, go online to www.nps. the National Park Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife, gov, where you’ll learn about parks by state, U.S. Forest Service and more. and locations to buy a pass. If you don’t want to pay the $80 all at once, consider a one-year pass for $20. Do that for four years, and you can convert it to a lifetime pass. There still are ways to visit our parks without breaking the bank. Some parks only charge a few dollars for admission. Others, like the national monuments, are free. Those that do charge have some free days designated each year. If you’re taking a trip soon, here’s a warning: The parks service is inundated with requests for passes, and you might not get yours before you
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Do Indoor Cats Need All Those Shots? DEAR PAW’S CORNER: Our cat’s paws never touch the ground outside. “Dale” is an indoor cat, through and through. He doesn’t even try to go outdoors, although he does like to watch the world go by from his perch in the front-room window. With that in mind, why does he have to get all of those vaccinations? Most are to protect him from diseases acquired from other cats, waste of money. However, vaccines protect like FIV. He’s never going to see another against the possibility of the improbable cat, so why should I protect him from a actually happening. Under normal circumstances, Dale may never be at risk of contracting feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), rabies, feline leukemia or other illnesses. But we can’t see the future, and things don’t always stay normal. Let’s say that you and Dale move to a new home. There’s a chance that during the move, Dale could escape from his carrier, get confused or lost and be stuck outdoors for a few days until you find him. Or, perhaps a natural disaster occurs where you and Dale have to evacuate, and he must be housed temporarily around other pets. Having all disease he likely won’t get? -- Budget-Minded of his required and Papa in Chicago recommended shots DEAR PAPA: Vaccinating your cat against will help keep Dale “improbable” diseases, ones that he seems healthy in situations unlikely to be exposed to, may seem like a like this.
If cost is a concern, look for lower-cost vaccination events, often called shot clinics, where you can get Dale’s shots up to date for significantly less than the veterinarian may charge. Send your questions, comments and tips to ask@pawscorner.com. (c) 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.
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• It was 20th-century American philosopher, writer and educator Susanne Katherina Langer who made the following sage observation: “If we would have new knowledge, we must get us a whole world of new questions.”
and Sigurd the Mighty was killed by the infection. • You may already know that seahorses mate for life. You may not be aware, though, that as they swim, they keep their tails linked • In Western cultures, the owl is associated together. with wisdom, but in some Asian countries, • Those who study such things say that it’s traditionally a symbol of stupidity. Napoleon Bonaparte was partial to • In the 9th century, a Norseman named cashmere underwear. Sigurd EysteinssonÊearned the name • Beards may be trendy these days, but if you Sigurd the Mighty while helping to lead the prefer the clean-shaven look, you belong Viking conquest of what is now northern to a group that goes back further than you Scotland. As part of a continuing effort think. Cave art dating back to 10,000 B.C.E. to expand his Scottish conquest, Sigurd challenged a native ruler, Mael Brigte the Bucktoothed, to a battle. Each leader was supposed to bring 40 men to the battle, but Sigurd broke his own rule and brought 80 warriors. Unsurprisingly, Brigte lost. After beheading his defeated foe, Sigurd displayed Brigte’s head on his saddle as a trophy of war. He got his just desserts in the end, though; as he rode, Sigurd’s leg was scratched by Brigte’s buck teeth. The seemingly insignificant wound festered,
depicts grown men with no beards. • The ostrich is the world’s only two-toed bird. *** Thought for the Day: “The world is changed not by the self-regarding, but by men and women prepared to make fools of themselves.” -- P.D. James (c) 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.
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news to report. BORN THIS WEEK: You seek balance, but not at the expense of justice. You would make a fine judge. (c) 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Someone has some suggestions to offer regarding your new project. You might find them helpful. Remember to avoid speculation and to stick with just the facts, Lamb. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) An old friend suddenly reappears. Whether this proves to be a boon or a bane in the Bovine’s life depends on the reason for this surprising reappearance. Be cautious. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Vital information finally emerges, allowing you to make that important personal decision. You can now move your focus to an upcoming professional development. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You might not like seeing so many on-the-job changes. But some of them could open new opportunities for the Moon Child’s talents to shine to your best advantage. LEO (July 23 to August 22) An apparently solid-gold opportunity beckons the Lion. But check to see if all that dazzle isn’t just a sprinkling of surface glitter. Check it out before making a commitment. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) A close friend could offer advice on how to handle a difficult family matter. But in the end, the decision has to be made based on what is best for you and those you love. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Family problems are best worked out with all those concerned contributing suggestions that will ease tensions. Stay with it until a workable solution is found.
SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Expect to hear more about an offer that has piqued your interest. You earn respect for insisting on solid facts, not just a fancy talk about potential opportunities. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) What seemed to be a reasonable workplace request might need to be defended. Don’t fret. You have both the facts and a surprise ally on your side. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) A bit of capriciousness might be just what you need. Plan to kick up your heels in a round of fun and games with family and friends this weekend. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Although some of your plans might have to be put on hold, things do begin to take a turn for the better by midweek. Your financial crunch also eases. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Your financial picture begins to brighten by week’s end. There also are favorable changes in your personal life. Someone you care for has good
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PIRATES — (continued): beard, frequently braided into pigtails or tied with colored ribbons, and was said to radiate an extremely frightful appearance. Blackbeard was captured by the Royal Navy in 1718, when he was 38, and during the ensuing intense battle, Teach and many of his crew were killed. Blackbeard was beheaded, and his head was raised upon a stake and displayed near Virginia’s Hampton River. • Welsh pirate Black Bart (born Bartholomew Roberts) started out as a respected navy officer and navigator, and was forced into piracy when the vessel was captured by a pirate. The lifestyle seemed to be a good fit for Bart, as he went on to plunder more than 470 ships, more than any other pirate. Bart was an elegant man who dressed in say it resembles a Danish pastry topped crimson velvet coats, wore a feather in with strawberry jam. While the liquid goo his hat, and gold chains around his neck. on most species is red, resembling blood, Two pairs of pistols were usually slung some species secrete liquid that is light over his shoulders. Bart didn’t gamble or pink, yellow, orange, or beige in color. drink alcohol, preferring a cup of tea, and • The fungus was first discovered in 1913 could frequently be found praying. His in North Elba, New York, by an American ship was captured off the coast of Africa botanist named Howard Banker. It can in 1722, and he was killed in battle by a be found across North America from British naval captain. Per his prior wishes, Alaska to North Carolina, but is especially before his body could widespread in the be seized by the navy, Pacific Northwest. Bart’s crew wrapped Most often it’s found him in the ship’s growing under sail and threw him conifers, particularly overboard. Douglas fir, • It’s believed that lodgepole pines, and French pirate hemlock trees. Its Emanuel Wynne favored environment was the first to fly is in moss and pine the Jolly Roger flag needle litter, where above his ship. The it can grow either as skull and crossbones a solitary plant or on a black flag came clustered together. Its into use around 1710. width varies from 1.6 Pirates frequently to 3.9 inches (4 to 10 personalized their cm). It’s also found in flags, with some central Europe, and featuring a full has been discovered skeleton. Wynne in Iran and Korea in added an hourglass the last nine years. beneath the skull to • The sap oozes symbolize that time from the top of the was running out. fungus because of UNUSUAL PLANTS: high root pressure. BLEEDING TOOTH This process, known Perhaps one of Nature’s creepiest plants is the as guttation, occurs when a plant amasses hydnellum peckii, commonly referred to as the moisture and nutrients necessary for bleeding tooth fungus. Follow along as Tidbits survival through its roots. The pressure focuses on this remarkable living thing. causes the plant to push up the thick red • This fungus’ appearance puts off many, as goo onto the fruit of the plant. Most of its it resembles a wad of chewing gum that stem is below the ground. oozes blood. Its fruit is a pale white color • The bleeding tooth belongs to a family accented with pinks and reds. Bleeding of mushrooms and toadstools called tooth is just one of its nicknames, with Bankeraceae (named for the noted botanist others including strawberries and cream, who discovered the peckii) and contains red juice tooth, and Devil’s Tooth. Some 98 different species. The top of its dome- or funnel-shaped cap is of Olives, Pisgah, Mount Hor, densely coated with Gilboa hair that is similar 5. From Acts 24, what was Felix’s to the texture of felt wife, Drusilla? Pharisee, or velvet, while the Gentile, Greek, Jewess underside is covered 6. In 2 Kings 1, what Philistine with tiny thin city worshipped Baalzebub? cylindrical teeth, Ekron, Succoth, Gomorrah, less than 0.2 inch Antipatris 1. Is the book of Isaiah in the Old (5 mm) long. These or New Testament or neither? ANSWERS: 1) Old; 2) Acts; 3) specialized teeth 2. Whose first chapter begins, produce the spores. “The former treatise have Lydda; 4) Mount Hor; 5) Jewess; 7) As the peckii grows, I made, O Theophilus”? Ekron its delicate rootMatthew, Luke, John, Acts like filaments create 3. From Acts 9, where did Peter Comments? More Trivia? Visit cure Aeneas? Tyre, Neapolis, www.TriviaGuy.com a sheath around a Lydda, Gibeon tree’s roots, and the 4. As found in Numbers 20, (c) 2017 King Features Synd., Inc. fungus trades its own where did Aaron die? Mount minerals and amino acids for carbon from
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the tree, making for a mutually beneficial relationship. • Although the hydnellum peckii isn’t poisonous, it’s considered inedible, with its extremely bitter peppery taste and unpleasant odor. • In its prime, with its distinctive appearance, the bleeding tooth is easy to spot and identify. However, as the fungus ages, the pressure on the root eases, and the plant turns brown and unexceptional, shriveling up and shrinking, with the look of an ordinary mushroom. • The good news about this bizarre plant is that the gooey red sap it emits has anticoagulant properties. Anticoagulants, used as blood thinners, are used to treat coronary artery disease, vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, heart attacks, and angina. It also has been shown to have antibiotic properties, effective against streptococcus pneumonia. FICTIONAL PIRATES
• Disneyland’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” boat ride attraction was the last ride that Walt Disney would be involved in creating. It was under construction when Disney passed away and opened in 1967, three months after his death. The cost to build the attraction was $8 million. The Disney-produced Pirates of the Caribbean film series was based on the theme park’s attraction, with the first film, The Curse of the Black Pearl, debuting in 2003.
• Johnny Depp was chosen to play the part of pirate Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. Sparrow sought to regain his ship, the Black Pearl, from his mutinous first mate Hector Barbossa. Depp based his characterization of Sparrow on his long-time friend, the Rolling Stones’ guitarist Keith Richards. Richards himself appeared in two cameos in the films as Jack’s father, Captain Teague. During the filming, Depp wore dark contact lenses which acted as sunglasses in order to avoid squinting in the sun all the time. • The first four Pirates of the Caribbean films grossed $3.7 billion worldwide. The fifth movie, Dead Men Tell No Tales, was released in the summer of 2017. • Author J.M. Barrie introduced Captain James Hook in 1904 in his stories of Peter Pan, the boy who wouldn’t grow Continued on Page 11
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into the hands of Jim, believed PIRATES — (continued): to be a diagram of great treasure up. Hook is a former buried by a Captain Flint. Flint petty officer aboard the and six crew members had ship of Blackbeard who buried plunder on a Caribbean becomes pirate captain island and created a map with of the vessel Jolly Roger, “X” marking the spot of the and Pan’s archenemy. He treasure. Flint then murdered is distinguished by his the six assistants. Jim, along long dark curls (which with Long John Silver, the pegare really a wig), thick legged cook of the ship, sail for bushy eyebrows, and the mysterious island under moustache. Hook lives in the lead of Captain Smollett. fear of the crocodile that The deceitful and greedy Silver ate his hand after it was becomes the leader of a mutiny cut off by Peter Pan, an against Smollett. action that necessitated • More than 50 movie the hook fixed to the and TV versions of Treasure pirate’s right hand. Island have been made. Actors • Scottish author Robert who have portrayed Long John Silver Louis Stevenson published his adventure include Orson Wells, Jack Palance, novel Treasure Island in 1883. The story Charlton Heston, and Tim Curry. is told through the eyes of the young teen Jim Hawkins, the Hispaniola’s cabin boy, • In 1879, W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan composed a comic opera entitled “The who narrates the tale of the journey across Pirates of Penzance,” which told the story the Spanish Main. A treasure map falls of Frederic, the son of a wealthy 19thcentury businessman. The son was to be apprenticed to a sea pilot, but because of a hard-of-hearing family servant who misunderstood the instructions, was apprenticed to a pirate. In 1981, the opera was modernized on Broadway and ran for 787 performances, winning a Tony Award for the production. A film followed in 1983 starring Kevin Kline and Linda Ronstadt.
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• On Oct. 6, 1847, “Jane Eyre” is published by Charlotte Bronte under the pseudonym Currer Bell. At age 5, Bronte was sent to a boarding school. The harsh conditions -- bad food, cold rooms and strict discipline -- all were reflected in the boarding school portrayed in the novel.
• On Oct. 4, 1927, sculpting begins on the face of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. It would take 12 years for the impressive granite images of four of America’s most beloved presidents -George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt -- to be completed. • On Oct. 7, 1960, the one-hour television drama “Route 66” debuts on CBS. The program followed two young men, Tod and Buz, as they drove across the country in a Corvette convertible looking for adventure. • On Oct. 8, 1956, New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen throws the first no-hitter in World Series history. Even better, it was a perfect game -- that is, there were no runs, no hits and no errors, and no batter reached first base. • On Oct. 5, 1974, American David Kunst completes the first round-the-world journey on foot, taking four years and 21 pairs of shoes to complete the 14,500mile journey across four continents. He left Minnesota in 1970 accompanied by a pack mule named Willie Makeit. • On Oct. 2, 1985, actor Rock Hudson, 59, becomes the first major U.S. celebrity to die of complications from AIDS. His death raised public awareness of the epidemic. • On Oct. 3, 1995, former football star O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the brutal 1994 double murder of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. Evidence presented at the trial included blood DNA from the crime scene found on Simpson’s glove and his blood DNA found at the crime scene. (c) 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.