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TIDBITS® INVESTIGATES SOME OF

HISTORY’S MYSTERIES

by Kathy Wolfe

The unexplained…the unresolved…the unanswered.

This week, Tidbits investigates some baffling happenings whose endings haven’t yet been written.

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• On June 1, 1937, aviatrix Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan departed Miami on a 29,000 mile (46,671 km) journey, attempting to circumnavigate the globe. Their last contact was on July 2 from the vicinity of Howland Island in the central Pacific Ocean, just 7,000 miles (11,265 km) from completing their goal. Earhart stated in her last radio transmission that the plane was low on gas. Within an hour of that contact, searches had begun, including 60 planes launched from an aircraft carrier that stayed in the area until July 18. The plane had disappeared without a single trace. The official version of her disappearance is that she crashed and sank in the 18,000-foot-deep (5,486 m) ocean.

Another version claimed that the plane went down in the Marshall Islands and the pair were picked up by the Japanese, imprisoned in Saipan, and executed there. Yet another theory states that they remained castaways and lived out their lives on a Pacific island. Scores of searches have been launched over the years, including the most recent in June, 2015, when a 14-member team scoured the uninhabited South Pacific island of Nikumaroro with no results.

• In November of 1971, Dan Cooper, having paid $18.52 for a ticket, boarded a Boeing 727 on Northwest Airlines Flight 305 in Portland, Oregon, along with 36 others, bound for Seattle. (A press communication later mislabeled the man as “D.B. Cooper.”) Shortly into the flight, Cooper passed a note to the flight attendant, advising her that his briefcase contained a bomb. Thinking he was giving her his phone number, she stuck the unopened note into her pocket. Her indifference caused Cooper to speak to her, “Miss, you’d better look at that note. I have a bomb.” The note listed a demand for $200,000 in unmarked $20 bills and four parachutes.

He received his cash and parachutes when the plane landed in Seattle, he set the passengers free, and commanded the pilot to fly him to Mexico, flying “low and slow” and leaving the back door unlocked.

Five Air Force fighter planes tailed the jet, but not a soul witnessed Cooper’s jump into the rainy night somewhere between Seattle and Reno, Nevada.

And D.B. Cooper has never been seen again. Nine years later, a family vacation led to the discovery of some of D.B. Cooper’s ransom money. An eightyear-old boy was looking for firewood near the border between Washington and Oregon discovered $5,800 in decaying $20 bills along the banks of the Columbia River. The serial numbers confirmed it was the hijacker’s money. No other money has ever been found, and considering the rugged wilderness, the FBI has always maintained that Cooper could

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1. Is the book of Mark in the Old or New Testament or neither?

2. From Genesis 32, who was “greatly afraid and distressed” about a reunion with a brother he had wronged? Job, Jacob, Aaron, Peter 3. Who honored a man by letting him ride the royal steed through city streets? Silas, Hosea, Ahasuerus, Asa 4. From Job 4, who was so frightened by a dream that his hair stood on end? James, Eliphaz, Noah, Cain 5. Which city of these was beat down and sowed with salt? Shechem, Caesarea, Gaza, Berea 6. From Numbers 20, who died on a mountaintop after being stripped of his garments? Moses, Abraham, Noah, Aaron

• In 1587, Englishman John White led 120 colonists to establish a settlement on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. Just a few weeks later, his daughter gave birth to the first English child born in the New World.

Shortly afterward, a shortage of supplies sent White back to England. His return to North Carolina was drastically delayed for three years by a naval war with Spain. When White finally landed on Roanoke in 1590, the settlers had vanished without a trace.

The buildings had collapsed and houses were dismantled. The only clue left to their whereabouts was the word “Croatoan” carved on a fence post and “CRO” on a tree. Some believe this referred to Croatoan Island (Hatteras Island today), 50 miles (80 km) south. It was also the name of a small group of Native Americans in the area. Searches turned up no survivors, but it may well be that the settlers sought help from the tribes and were gradually assimilated.

A 1709 publication quoted Croatans who claimed to have white ancestors, and early colonists reported encounters with gray-eyed Native Americans.

• Experts have long debated whether the Lost City of Atlantis was real or fictional. Described in Plato’s dialogues written about 330 B.C., Plato described it as a powerful and advanced kingdom that fell from the gods’ favor and sank into the ocean around 9600 B.C. “in a single day and night of misfortune.”

Supposedly, the kingdom was on an island larger than “Libya and Asia Minor put together,” located in the Atlantic just beyond the Pillars of Hercules, which is believed to be the Strait of Gibraltar. The location has been linked with the Greek island of Santorini, which was destroyed by a volcano around 1600 B.C. The philosopher Aristotle joked about “Plato’s ability to conjure nations out of thin air and then destroy them,” but the legend of the long-lost utopia still fascinates today. No trace of the city has ever been found.

• UFO or government cover-up? In the summer of 1947, 75 miles (121 km) from Roswell, New Mexico, a sheep rancher discovered some unusual debris in his pasture – metal sticks, chunks of plastic, foil reflectors, and heavy paper-like material. It wasn’t long after the rancher contacted the authorities that soldiers invaded his property and quickly scooped the pieces into armored trucks. While the U.S. military assured the public that it was a crashed weather balloon, the pieces didn’t resemble that at all. Many insisted that the debris was a crashed extraterrestrial spacecraft, complete with alien passengers. The UFO supporters claimed that the craft and its occupants had been captured and covered up by the military.

Fifty years later, the military issued a report declaring that the mysterious wreckage was part of a top-secret atomic espionage project called Project Mogul. The report stated that the fragments really were a weather balloon, but one whose real purpose was to carry classified information. Yet there are still those who subscribe to the UFO theory, as demonstrated by the hundreds of thousands of annual visitors to the Roswell site.

• In November of 1872 the ship Mary Celeste left New York harbor with Captain Briggs, his wife, daughter, and eight crew members, with a destination of Italy. A month later, the ship was discovered floating in the Atlantic with no one aboard.

The captain’s log and the life boat were missing; otherwise, the undamaged ship was intact. None of the travelers were ever seen again. The ship had been renamed after numerous other mishaps had befallen the craft, including three captains dying aboard the ship and the breakout of supposedly accidental fires.

1. Who was the last Padres starting pitcher before James Shields in 2015 to win his first seven decisions of a season?

2. During the 1970s, two N.L. players had a season of at least 30 home runs and at least 30 errors. Name either one.

3. Who holds the Big Ten record for most passing touchdowns in a season?

4. When was the last time the Washington Wizards franchise won at least 50 games in a season?

5. Ben Bishop set a record in the 2015-16 NHL season for most career wins by a Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender. Who had held the mark?

6. Who was the first American male skier to win an Olympic downhill gold medal?

7. In 2015, Inbee Park became the seventh female golfer to win four different majors. Name four of the first six.

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PAW’S CORNER

By Sam Mazzotta

Caring for a Handicapped Pet

--DEAR PAW’S CORNER: We have two dogs that we adopted from shelters: “Kylie,” a beautiful greyhound who is missing one front leg, and “Zu-zu,” a toy poodle, who is about age 16 and is almost completely blind.

I’m writing to let readers know that caring for pets with physical challenges can be expensive and challenging. They need to know what they’re in for before adopting a challenged dog.

We wouldn’t trade our two “kids” for the world.

Kylie is quiet and very determined even though walking can be tough for her. Zu-zu is yappy and can get anxious when she’s home alone, but is loyal and loving.

Both have additional physical issues that require more trips to the vet, extra medicines, even special equipment. Their care can run over a thousand dollars a year, easily. We have pet insurance that covers their basic care and some of their medication, which helps quite a bit.

Please let your readers know to be aware of the challenge they take on when they adopt dogs with illnesses or handicaps. -- Karen H., Conway, New Hampshire DEAR KAREN: You told them, and I thank you!

Caring for challenged dogs can be incredibly rewarding, but also difficult. They can have both physical and emotional issues, particularly if they’ve experienced past trauma, neglect or abuse.

Before adopting a pet, ask plenty of questions of both shelter supervisors about a pet’s known past, its behaviors and what its treatment may cost.

Talk to a vet ahead of time about the care and commitment that may be required. When you’re prepared to care for a challenged pet, you’ll be able to create a supportive home for them.

Send your questions, comments or tips to ask@ pawscorner.com. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

Fishing Report, White/Norfork River Hi Gang, Spring conditions are firmly in place with temperatures nearing eighty degrees on some days. Water generation levels are relatively stable with about five generators on at Bull Shoals and one most of the time at Norfork Dam. The feeder creeks are running flush and are pumping lots of natural food into the river system. This all adds up to some pretty good fishing in the area on both rivers.

Fishing pressure is beginning to ramp up as everyone is eager to get out and catch some fish. This past weekend’s fishing was good and almost everyone was able to catch some nice fish. The Rainbows are dominating the catch as usual with an occasional nice Brown to spice things up. The bait fishermen are having success drifting with the regular baits including Powerbait, shrimp, worms and corn. The spin fishermen are beginning to have more and more success casting Rapalas and Spinners and they are accounting for most of the bigger fish.

The fly fishing is also going pretty well and some good fish

By Nick Kopcha are being caught smacking down and stripping big streamers close to the banks. Bug activity is still sporadic and is mixed with few consistent hatches being seen. With the warmer water and longer sunlight the Caddis should soon get cranked up and offer some dry fly action. As of now nymphing deep is working well if you can get your fly down where the fish are holding.

The trees are blooming, the turkeys are gobbling, the weather is nice and the fishing is good, it is a wonderful time to be out enjoying our world class fishing.

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BATS Tidbits has bats in the belfry! We’re taking the time this week to examine this large group of nocturnal mammals.

• There are more than 1,200 species of bats, and they comprise nearly a quarter of all mammal species on earth. More than half of all bats in the U.S. are either endangered or their population is declining.

• Although to many, bats seem scary and creepy, they are vital to the ecosystem in controlling pests and participating in pollination. Seventy percent of bats consume insects, contributing to a large part of natural pest control. One brown bat can eat up to 1,000 mosquitoes in one hour! Nearly 30% of the other species have a diet of various fruits. A very small percentage dine on fish, mice, and frogs.

• There are only three species of what we call vampire bats, those that feed on the blood of animals, and all of those are native only to Latin America. Many of us fear these blood drinkers, but they can be very beneficial to humans. Their saliva contains an enzyme that dissolves blood clots, which can be used to treat stroke victims.

An Animal Planet poll revealed that vampire bats are the third-most feared animal in the world. Wolves and gorillas are the only ones ahead.

• The bumblebee bat, native to Thailand, is the world’s smallest mammal, only about 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) long, and weighing less than a penny. The largest bat is the Giant Golden Crowned Flying Fox that lives on islands in the South Pacific. This species weighs about 3 lbs.

(1.3 kg) and has a wingspan of up to 6 feet (1.8 m).

• Many people associate bats with rabies, but in the U.S., an average of only two people die per year from rabies from a bat. Bats can also spread histoplasmosis, or “cave disease,” a fungus found in bat droppings.

Those who breathe in the infected spores can experience chills, muscle and joint pain, chest discomfort, and a rash.

• Bat dung, called guano, is one of the richest fertilizers available, with high levels of phosphorus, potassium, and nitrogen. During the U.S. Civil War, guano was used to make gunpowder.

• As nocturnal animals, bats sleep during the day, hanging upside down from trees or from the roofs of caves, gripping with their sharp claws. On the hunt at night, they might fly 30 miles (48 km) to locate food, which they can locate in total darkness. They find insects by emitting high-pitched sounds, 10 to 20 beeps per second and listening for echoes. The bat has a very long tongue for feeding, which it wraps around its rib cage when not in use.

• While some mammals might glide, the bat is the only mammal capable of continued flight. The wing membranes make up about 95% of the bat’s body surface area.

• Many bats have a long life span, including the brown bat that can live nearly 40 years.

• A colony of bats usually varies in size from 100 to 1,000 bats. The world’s largest known bat colony in the world is in Texas’ Bracken Bat Cave, where more than 20 million bats live. When groups exit the cave, the mass is so large, it resembles a gigantic storm on radar.

A Word from the Publisher:

by Jack Baker

As a part of a strong Ozark tradition I learned early to share what I had with others. One Christmas I got a red wagon.

In it was a sack full of English walnuts.

The walnuts were different from our local walnuts. We made that sack of walnuts last by sharing them with extended family and friends. I don’t know where the term came from but I know what a “mess” of catfish is and I would love to share that.

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Take Time for Tea 1. Who released “Be-Bop Baby,” and when?

2. Which group released “Electricland”?

3. Who wrote and recorded “See the Funny Little Clown” in 1963?

4. Name the artist who wrote and released “Song Sung Blue.”

5. What song contains this lyric: “My father sits at night with no lights on, His cigarette glows in the dark. The living room is still; I walk by, no remark”?

Answers 1. Ricky Nelson, in 1957. The rockabilly song went to No. 3 on the charts, but it’s said that Nelson hated the song so much he eventually refused to play it.

2. Bad Company, in 1982. It was written by one of the original members, Paul Rodgers.

Although in and out of the group over the years, Rodgers currently is back in.

3. Bobby Goldsboro, of “Honey” fame. The “brokenhearted guy laughing on the outside, crying on the inside” song spent nine weeks on the Hot 100 chart.

4. Neil Diamond, in 1972.

5. “That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be,” by Carly Simon in 1971. The song tells of a woman who hesitates to marry because she sees her parents and friends all getting divorced. The song netted Simon her first Grammy nomination, for vocals. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

When you think of “tea time,” the image of sipping a relaxing cup of tea with friends may come to mind, but when those words bounce off the walls in my house, the teapot isn’t whistling.

Instead, my husband and sons are racing out the door to make their “tee time” at the golf course.

When my Irish-born friend Margaret moved to the States more than 10 years ago, she couldn’t help but notice our always-on-the-go, hectic and harried lifestyle. She was determined to show Americans that it is possible to pause and enjoy friendship like the Irish tend to do. So she not only makes a daily event of tea time for herself, but she also shares the tradition with her children and friends.

Why not make a family resolution to slow down and enjoy simple moments together, like tea time?

As Margaret observes, “By the time everyone sips some tea, slathers scones with jam and butter, sips and then pours more tea, can you imagine the wonderful, one-on-one discussions a person can have with children, family and friends?”

Here are some ideas to get started: Kids can help by setting the “tea tray,” a necessary component for tea time. You’ll need a sugar bowl, pitcher for milk and a small plate with sliced lemons. Cover the coffee table or dining-room table with a white lace cloth. (She collects hers at tag sales.) Then place cups, saucers, spoons and napkins around the table.

Each person can be given a dessert plate and butter knife used to cut scones or cake into pieces or for spreading butter and cream.

When it’s time to sit down, let the children be responsible for passing the milk, sugar, cake or scones.

How to brew a proper pot of tea: 1. Boil a kettle of water.

2. Pour 1 inch of hot water into a china or silver teapot. Swirl to warm, and then pour it out.

3. Into the pot, measure 1 teaspoon of tea per person and 1 extra teaspoon for the pot.

4. Add rapidly boiling water to the pot and steep for five minutes.

5. Strain tea into teacups.

6. Dispose of used tea leaves in compost pile or scatter them around your growing roses.

Serve with whole milk if you wish. It gives tea a nice color and rounds out the flavor. Children tend to prefer it that way. *** 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) 2016 Donna Erickson Distributed by King Features Synd.

“Be known before you’re needed” Advertise with Tidbits (870) 421-7898 WHODUNIT? Some of history’s mysteries include crimes that were never solved. Tidbits checks out some unsolved mysteries that have not been explained.

• There’s been no sign of Teamsters’ Union president Jimmy Hoffa since July 30, 1975. That’s the day he told his wife he was meeting two men (reportedly Mafia leaders) at Detroit’s Red Fox Restaurant for lunch. Hoffa had been involved with organized crime for many years during his union work. He had been convicted of attempted bribery of a grand juror and fraud, and was sentenced to eight years, of which he served less than five. Shortly after his release from prison, he received a $1.7 million lump sum pension from the Teamsters. On the day of his disappearance, bystanders claim they saw Hoffa taken away in the back seat of a car. The mobsters denied having any scheduled meeting with Hoffa. Although several individuals have claimed responsibility for Hoffa’s death, no human remains have ever been found and the case remains open. One theory is that his body was buried under New Jersey’s Meadowlands stadium. Another is that it is in a Michigan gravel pit. Most theories involve his body being encased in cement.

• Was Massachusetts Sunday School teacher Lizzie Borden really an ax murderer? Although she was acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother, since 1892, she has remained the prime suspect, and no one else was ever charged.

A hatchet was discovered in the basement of the family home, but the handle was broken off and the blade was clean. Lizzie’s father was extremely wealthy (almost $10 million in today’s money) and was very unpopular, having made many enemies through shady business dealings. However, Lizzie had frequently exhibited signs of mental instability and hostility toward her stepmother.

• Although Bruno Hauptmann was executed in 1936 for the kidnapping and murder of the son of aviator Charles Lindbergh, there are many who believed Hauptmann was framed for the crime. He denied all accusations and claimed he had been beaten by the police. The 20-month-old child was taken from his bed in March of 1932 and a massive investigation was launched within less than an hour. A ransom note asking for $50,000 was found in the nursery, but after it was paid, the location given as to where the baby could be found proved false. Seventy-two days later, the body was found in the woods near the Lindbergh house. Money with serial numbers matching the ransom was found in the home of Hauptmann, who claimed he was keeping it for a friend, who had since died. He maintained his innocence to the end, and his final words included the statement, “I protest my innocence of the crime for which I was convicted.”

Trial discrepancies and new evidence discovered in recent years have raised doubts about Hauptmann’s guilt.

• More than 125 years after five London women were murdered in a killing spree, Jack the Ripper remains a mystery. Over 100 suspects have been named as the possible serial killer, including a mentally disturbed surgeon, a barber, a butcher, a bootmaker, and a poet.

In 1992, the diary of a Liverpool cotton merchant named James Maybrick was discovered, containing descriptions of the crime only the killer could have known. However, the man who had uncovered the diary admitted to its forgery three years later.

BIBLE TRIVIA ANSWERS:

1) New; 2) Jacob; 3) Ahasuerus; 4) Eliphaz; 5) Shechem; 6) Aaron

1. Andy Hawkins went 11-0 to start 1985.

2. Cincinnati’s Tony Perez (1970) and Atlanta’s Davey Johnson (1973).

3. Purdue’s Drew Brees, who had 39 TD passes in 1998.

4. It was the 1978-79 season, when Washington was 5428.

5. Nikolai Khabibulin, with 83 victories.

6. Bill Johnson, in 1984.

7. Louise Suggs, Mickey Wright, Pat Bradley, Juli Inkster, Karrie Webb and Annika Sorenstam.

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I recently enjoyed visiting with Lloyd Camp and his family at their Midway plant production farm. The only greenhouse farm family, if you will, to recieve the 2014 “Farm Family of the Year”. After following Lloyd on a tour of his never ending greenhouse operations, I felt as if I’d completed a short course in Botany 101. Each greenhouse offered a myriad of competing small green plants, rust red leaves, lavender blending plant trays, yellow changing flowers, in very long runs! I came to the conclusion they were the largest and most complete plant grower in north Arkansas without a doubt. If you believe buying local honey is important to your health benifits, then you’ll agree, buying locally grown plants from Camps Plants will strike a harmony chord with your views of a healthy yard and garden!

Lloyd shows us excellent root growh on young plants

Each batch of special planting mix

So Grow Local - Buy Local!

Happy Planting!

is largly responsible for the overal success of their plants in the early growing stages. Barrels of a dry wetting agent compound along with time release ferilizers are added as if prescribed by a physician. The special mix is tumbled as if they were making a huge cake. Special equipment helps load the container pots you take home with your happy and healthy plants! The first two locations will open March 25th.

Mountain Home 62w and Midway.

Lisa Camo Trevino, her daddy’s right hand woman has been raised in the Camps world of dirt and leafy objects from the very beginning in 1985. Lisa can be found in any part of the family operation running a tractor, dump truck, seeding machine, front loader or simply helping customers out to their car with beautiful plants. One things for sure at Camps Plants, you will always be greeted by family or employees with a friendly smile and made to feel welcome.