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Marvin the Martian, Road Runner, the Tasmanian Devil, and several other Looney Tunes characters. The only major Warner character he did not voice was Elmer Fudd. Blanc went on to work for Hanna-Barbera, and was the voice behind The Flintstones’ Barney Rubble and The Jetsons’ Mr. Spacely, and the original voice of Universal Pictures’ Woody Woodpecker. • Mel Blanc died on the 29th birthday of a young man named Jeff Bergman, who was a voice actor at Warner Brothers who had been mentored by Blanc. Bergman became the voice of Bugs Bunny after Blanc’s death. By then, Bergman had been the voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy for four years, a role he continued until 2013. • Warner Brothers used other voice actors for Bugs, including Billy West who voiced Bugs and Elmer Fudd in the 1996 live-action/animated movie “Space Jam.” Starring basketball great Michael Jordan, the film centered around a basketball match between Jordan’s team of Looney Tunes characters and a group of aliens who wanted to force the cartoon characters to perform in an alien amusement park. Bugs and the gang practiced in a gymnasium known as Leon Schlesinger Gym, a tribute to the man who had produced the first Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes cartoons. “Space Jam” introduced a brand-new Looney Tunes character, Bugs’ love interest Lola Bunny. • Bugs Bunny has been in more films than any other cartoon character, and is the 9th mostportrayed film personality in the world. Bugs received his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7007 Hollywood Blvd. in 1985, joining several other fictional characters including Tinkerbell, Kermit the Frog, Mickey Mouse, Big Bird, and Winnie the Pooh. (continued on next page)

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to a fourth-place finish and loss of the Olympic slot. In 1953, he was once again the British champion as well as the European champ. • Bannister was a medical student at London’s St. Mary’s Hospital in 1954, while he was training for that year’s season. It was his goal to break the mile race world record of 4 minutes, 1.3 seconds, set in 1945 by Swede Gunder Hagg. • On May 6, Bannister stepped to the starting line in Oxford, England. He had already worked the morning shift at St. Mary’s Hospital before boarding the train to Oxford. It was his first meet in eight months, although he had been vigorously training for six. The day was windy and rainy, with a crosswind blowing across the track. About 1,200 had gathered to watch the meet despite the dampness of the day. (continued on next page)

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ROGER BANNISTER (cont’d): • Just before the race began, the wind miraculously died down. Bannister’s time at the halfmile mark was 1:58. Another runner took the lead, but with 300 yards to go, Bannister passed him, crossing the finish line with a time of 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds. • Bannister’s record only lasted 46 days, and was broken by Australian John Landy, who, on June 21, set the record at 3:58 at a race in Finland. On August 7, a race took place in front of 35,000 spectators and became known as the “Mile of the Century.” Both Bannister and Landy broke four minutes, with Bannister taking the race with 3:58.8 and Landy with 3:59.6. • Bannister won the British and Empire championships that year, but at the end of the year, at the height of his career, retired from competition to focus on his medical career, graduating from Oxford as a research and clinical neurologist. • In addition to his medical duties, he became director of London’s National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, chairman of the British Sports Council, and the head of Pembroke College at Oxford. Bannister did not consider the 4-minute mile his great achievement, but rather his neurological research of the nervous system, publishing more than 80 papers. • The current world record for the mile is 3:43.13, set in 1999. Considering the weight of Bannister’s leather shoes and spikes compared to the thin running shoes of today, his record is indeed remarkable. • That week in 1954 was memorable for Bannister in another important way. He met his future wife the day before the race, and they married the following year. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1975. He passed away in 2018 at age 88.

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BED BUGS (cont’d): • Bed bugs are especially attracted to a sleeping person’s face, neck, and arms. The bug feeds for about 5 to 10 minutes, then moves to a dark, secluded place for 5 to 10 days, during which time, they digest the blood, mate, or lay eggs. The female can lay 1 to 5 eggs a day, about 200 to 500 during her lifetime. Depending on temperature, a bed bug can survive more than 100 days without nourishment. • The bite of a bed bug is relatively painless, and you might not even realize you’ve been bitten at the time. This is because the bug’s saliva contains an anesthetic substance that increases blood flow at the site of the bite. Folks can wake up the following morning to a skin rash, blisters, itchiness, fatigue, or fever, depending on the body’s reaction to the bite. Although it’s highly annoying, bed bugs are not known to transmit any infectious diseases. • To avoid bringing these pests into your home, while traveling, put your suitcase on a raised rack to hinder the bugs from crawling in. Putting the suitcase in the tub is another option. Hotel guests shouldn’t leave clothes on the floor. • Vacuuming your home mattress once a month is recommended by exterminators. • The best way to get rid of bed bugs is through heat. The insects can’t survive at temperatures above 122 degrees F (50 C), so the use of a steamer, which can reach well above 230 degrees F (110 C) can kill all life stages in a mattress.

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