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by Kathy Wolfe Across the continent, travelers can visit varied sights, from the beautiful to the unusual to the downright strange. This week, Tidbits focuses on a few of each. • Towering 605 feet (185 m) above Seattle is the Space Needle, built for the 1962 World’s Fair. With a foundation 30 feet (9.1 m) deep and 120 feet (36.5 m) across, 467 cement trucks worked an entire day to fill the hole. The paint colors were named to relate to the Fair’s theme of “Century 21” — The legs of the Needle were Astronaut White, the core painted Orbital Olive, Re-entry Red for the halo and Galaxy Gold for the sunburst and pagoda roof. At the time of its construction, the Space Needle was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River. It cost $4.5 million to build, but underwent a $20 million renovation in 2000. • Bemidji, Minnesota, is home to the 18-foot-tall (5.5 m), 2.5-ton Paul Bunyan and his companion Babe the Blue Ox, built in 1937. The pair greets visitors near the Chamber of Commerce building on the shore of Lake Bemidji, which is said to be Paul Bunyan’s birthplace. The building also features the “Fireplace of States” built during the Great Depression, which includes stones from every American state and every Canadian province. turn the page for more!

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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH By Paul G. Donohue, M.D. As the World Spins DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Will you please explain vertigo? I fell asleep in a chair one evening, and when I woke, I was slightly dizzy. The next morning when I woke up and sat up, I was extremely dizzy. Everything was going back and forth. When I tried to walk, I was bouncing off the walls. The room was moving. My doctor prescribed Dramamine. I still wake up dizzy, but not as bad as the first two nights. I am 69. -- E.B.

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ANSWER: Vertigo is a hallucination that everything is moving. It’s not. What you describe fits the definition. Many causes of vertigo can be traced to the inner ear, which has two important functions: hearing and balance, the orientation of our body to the things around it. That function is handled by the vestibular system of the inner ear. Sometimes a viral infection of the ear can trigger vertigo. The only way to handle it is to take a medicine such as you’re taking and wait for the infection to clear in about three to six weeks. Or it can come about because tiny calcium particles in the inner ear have made their way to places where they shouldn’t be. This is benign positional vertigo. When affected people move their head or change position from lying or sitting to standing, the calcium particles activate the vestibular system abnormally, and profound dizziness strikes. When you woke up and sat up, you became dizzy. You changed positions. Calcium particles activated your vestibular system. A doctor easily can prove benign positional vertigo by provoking a dizzy spell through a series of head and body movements. He or she can coax those transplanted calcium specks back to their site of origin through another series of movements, called the Epley maneuvers. The medicine you mention often lessens symptoms. Antivert is another useful drug. So is scopolamine -- in its oral form, not in its patch form. I made vertigo sound like an easy diagnosis and an easy treatment; it isn’t. Many other serious conditions have to be considered by the examining doctor. The booklet on vertigo discusses this common malady in detail. To obtain a copy, write to: Dr. Donohue -- No. 801W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Can. with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery. * * * Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. (c) 2011 North America Synd., Inc. All Rights Reserved

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• Back in 1859, an Arkansas farmer found a 1,000-pound (453 kg) rock in the Black River and quickly spread the word that he had found a meteorite. It was moved to the county courthouse in nearby Pocahontas, where it can still be seen today. Years later, geologists from the University of Arkansas gave the community the bad news that the rock is not a meteorite, but it remains quite the tourist attraction just the same. • And speaking of Pocahontas, when driving through Pocahontas, Iowa, you can stop at the east end of town and see a 25-foot- (7.6-m) tall concrete statue of the famous Indian princess for whom the town is named. • Perched atop the Continental Divide and overlooking the city of Butte, Montana, is Our Lady of the Rockies, the largest Virgin Mary statue in North America. This 90-foot (27.4-m), 16-gauge steel statue weighs 80 tons and sits atop a 425-ton base. It took six years to complete and was installed in 1985. The original plan was for the Lady to be 120 feet (36.6 m) tall, but those plans were scrapped when the FAA told the city that if the Lady were any taller than 90 feet, it would necessitate a blinking light on the head. • In 1846, a party of 87 emigrants set out along the Oregon Trail too close to winter and were trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains by heavy snowfall. Their food supplies dwindled, and some of the party turned to cannibalism for survival, eating those who had passed away. It took four months until the first rescue party arrived. Forty-eight members of the party survived. Since 1918, bronze figures of a pioneer family have stood atop a 22-foot (6.7 m) pedestal at Donner State Park near Truckee, California. Because the snow had been 22 feet deep near their camp, the pedestal was made the same height to show visitors its depth.

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• Nestled in the Black Hills of South Dakota is a partially completed sculpture carved into Thunderhead Mountain. It is the likeness of Oglala Lakota warrior Crazy Horse astride his horse, a project that has no scheduled completion date. The carving was begun in June 1948 by Polish-American sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski as a way of honoring the heritage of North American Indians. Ziolkowski had worked on Mt. Rushmore, 17 miles away, under Gutzon Borglum 24 years earlier. When complete, the monument will be 641 feet (195 m) wide and 563 feet (172 m) high. The head was completed in 1998 and is 87.5 feet (26.7 m) high. Compare this to the Presidents’ heads at nearby Rushmore at 60 feet (18 m) high. The horse’s head is the current focus of the work, and will be the equivalent of a 22-story building when complete. Ziolkowski passed away in 1982 and is buried in a tomb at the base of the mountain. But his family continues the work in honor of his last words, “You must work on the mountain — but go slowly so you do it right.” • Duncan, British Columbia, is home to the world’s largest hockey stick and puck. Created for Expo ’86 in Vancouver, these items have made their way to the Cowichan Community Centre in Duncan. The community is also known as the “City of Totems” as it has 80 totem poles within its borders. It claims to have the world’s largest totem pole, and indeed, it has the thickest pole, over 6 feet (1.8 m) in diameter. The world’s tallest stands in Alert Bay, British Columbia, reaching 173 feet (53 m) into the sky. Close behind is the 160-fott (48.8-m) totem in McKinleyville, California, just behind the local Safeway store. While Alert Bay’s pole is constructed of two trees, McKinleyville’s came from a single tree.

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1. Who holds the record for the highest career batting average by a switch-hitter? 2. Name the two players who hold the major-league record for getting at least one hit on Opening Day for 14 consecutive seasons. 3. In the 2009 season, Tennessee’s Chris Johnson became the sixth player in NFL history to rush for at least 2,000 yards in a season. Name three of the first five. 4. In the past eight years (2003-10), how many of the current Big East men’s basketball teams reached the NCAA Final Four? 5. Name the last two goalies before Philadelphia’s Michael Leighton in 2010 to have three shutouts in one NHL playoff series. 6. How many consecutive gold medals did Norway’s Sonja Henie win in Olympic women’s figure skating? 7. In 2010, golfer Arjun Atwal became the first Monday qualifier in 24 years to win on the PGA Tour. Who was the previous golfer to do it? Answers 1. Frankie Frisch batted .316 in his 19-year major-league career. 2. Frank Thomas and Will Clark. 3. O.J. Simpson (1973), Eric Dickerson (‘84), Barry Sanders (‘97), Terrell Davis (‘98) and Jamal Lewis (2003). 4. Seven -- Marquette (2003), Syracuse (‘03), UConn (‘04, ‘09), Louisville (‘05), Georgetown (‘07), Villanova (‘09) and West Virginia (‘10). 5. Tampa Bay’s Nikolai Khabibulin and Toronto’s Ed Belfour, both in 2004. 6. Three -- 1928, ‘32 and ‘36. 7. Fred Wadsworth, at the 1986 Southern Open.

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• Spanning the entrance from the Pacific Ocean to San Francisco Bay is the Golden Gate Bridge, the 4,200-foot (1,280-m) suspension bridge that opened in 1937. Completed at a cost of $37 million (plus another $39 million in interest), it was the longest span in the world and remained so until 1964 when New York City’s Verrazano Narrows Bridge opened, a full 60 feet (18.3 m) longer. [The world’s longest suspension bridge is now Japan’s Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, at a length of 6,532 feet (1,991 m)]. Eleven workers were killed during the fouryear construction period of the Golden Gate. Its distinctive orange vermilion color is officially known as “International Orange,” and it has always been the same color. • An interesting rock obelisk, 21 feet (6.4 m) tall, stands in a gas station parking lot in Rugby, North Dakota. It marks the geographical center of North America, as determined by a U.S. Geological Survey conducted in 1931. The monument was completed the following year. • As you pass through Chico, California, you may want to stop and view the world’s largest yoyo. The wooden toy weighs 256 pounds (116 kg) and can be seen at the National Yo-Yo Museum, which houses 80 years of yo-yo artifacts. • Pink elephants must be a popular WANT TO RUNthere YOUR OWN BUSINESS? item since seem to be so Publish a Paper in Your Area many across the· United If Youscattered Can Provide: Sales Experience · A Computer Desktop Publishing Software · A Reasonable Financial Investment States. You can see these giant We provide the opportunity for success! pachyderms in Tennessee, West Call 1.800.523.3096 www.tidbitsweekly.com Virginia, Wisconsin, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, New York and Missouri. Some wear glasses, while others have a martini glass wrapped in their trunk. Information in the Tidbits® Paper is gathered from sources considered to be reliable but the accuracy of all information cannot be guaranteed.

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OPRAH WINFREY • Oprah Winfrey celebrates her 57th birthday this month. How did she go from poverty to becoming one of the most influential women in the world? Take a look at the life of this broadcaster, author, publisher, actress, producer and philanthropist. • When Winfrey was born to unmarried teenage parents in rural Mississippi, she was quickly handed off to her grandmother, where she lived her first six years. Although they didn’t have much money (Winfrey wore dresses fashioned from potato sacks), Hattie Mae Lee made sure her granddaughter’s life was enriched in other areas. Hattie taught Winfrey to read before she was three, brought her to church regularly and taught her Bible verses. • Winfrey’s life took a bad turn after those first six years when her young mother moved her to inner-city Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Winfrey endured sexual abuse by family members beginning at age nine. She ran away at 13, became pregnant at 14, and suffered through the death of her son shortly after his birth. Her next stop in life was with her father, a Nashville barber, who continually spurred her on to educational excellence. Her life turned around as she became an honors student and earned second place in a national high school speech meet. She

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1. Is the Book of Zion in the Old or New Testament or neither? 2. From Acts 10, what Roman soldier was led to Christ by Peter? Cornelius, Dan, Menahem, Felix 3. In 1 Kings 6, who built the first temple in Jerusalem? Samuel, Joshua, Solomon, Aaron

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a military prison until 1934. during the Great Depression. After studying their anatomy, habits and Although most famous for the 29 years • In 1934, Alcatraz became part of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and until illnesses, he authored two books it was a maximum security penitentiary 1963, housed the nation’s worst on canaries and gained the respect for some of America’s most hardened offenders. One of its most famous of bird-lovers worldwide. However, criminals, Alcatraz was first a military inmates was racketeer Al Capone, former inmates claimed he was not fortress. Tidbits explores this San who earned an estimated $100,000 the gentle person that Lancaster Franciso landmark, which receives weekly from smuggling, bootlegging depicted, but a “vicious killer,” one over a million visitors each year. and gambling establishments. who had killed a Leavenworth guard • Alcatraz Island was named by Although Capone was believed to after his imprisonment. Stroud was Spanish explorer Juan Manuel de have orchestrated the gangland St. transferred to Alcatraz in 1942, Ayala in 1775, when he was on Valentine’s Day massacre in 1929, where his bird-keeping privileges a landmark-mapping mission. He when seven were killed on Chicago’s were removed, and he spent the called the rocky mass “Isla de los north side, he was never brought next 17 years without them. He also Alcatraces,” which translates “Island to trial for the killings. It was 1931 was not permitted to view the movie. of the Pelicans,” because they were before Capone was finally indicted When he died at age 73, he had its only inhabitants and in great for income tax evasion and violating spent 54 of those years behind bars. number. the Prohibition laws. In 1929, his • During The Rock’s history, 36 men • U.S. military troops began using estimated worth was $62 million. attempted to escape, including two the island in 1850, a fort was built, who tried it twice. Only two actually and by 1859, there were permanent • The 1962 movie “Birdman of Alcatraz” starred Burt Lancaster in made it off the island, but they were troops stationed there to defend the his Oscar-winning role as Robert caught soon afterward and later San Francisco Bay area. In 1854, the F. Stroud. It was a fictionalized executed for their part in the death island’s lighthouse went into service account of a convicted murderer of a guard. Seven were shot and as the first on the Pacific coast. who took an interest in canaries killed in their attempts, two drowned, • In 1861, Alcatraz became the official during his imprisonment. Although and an unaccounted-for five were military prison for the Department he was referred to as the Birdman of listed as “missing and presumed of the Pacific and confined military Alcatraz, his ornithological activities drowned.” The others were caught deserters, thieves and drunkards. actually took place at Leavenworth, in their escape. Civilians accused of treason were where he was incarcerated for 30 imprisoned there during the Civil years. An injured bird in the prison War, as well as a crew of Confederate yard was the source of his interest, privateers whose ship had been and caring for birds became his seized in the Bay. In 1915, The Rock passion. He raised nearly 30 birds, was designated the “United States which he sold to support his mother Disciplinary Barracks” and remained

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