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Did you know that April is International Guitar Month? This week, Tidbits is studying up on the best-selling musical instrument in the world, played by more than 50 million people worldwide.

• The guitar is a chordophone, an instrument that makes its sound via vibrating strings stretched between two points. The word “acoustic” refers to a guitar that is not electronically amplified. An acoustic guitar produces its sounds by transmitting the strings’ vibration to the air, with the sound waves resonating though the guitar’s body. A soundboard, a thin sheet of wood, is placed under the strings to increase the resonance. Electric guitars have electromagnetic pickups that convert the strings’ vibrations into electrical signals, which are fed into an amplifier.

• Ancient stringed instruments used tortoise shells or hollowed-out gourds, with a bent stick for a neck, and strings of animal gut or silk.

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• In the early days, a guitar was defined as having “a long, fretted neck, flat wooden soundboard, ribs, and a flat back, most often with incurved sides.”

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• The guitar’s origins date back around 4,000 years.

The oldest known image of an instrument with a guitar’s feature is 3,300 years old, a stone carving of a Hittite minstrel in Turkey. A Cairo, Egypt, archaeological museum is home to a 3,500-year-old guitar that belonged to an Egyptian singer named Har-Mose. His instrument was made of cedarwood with a rawhide soundboard and three strings.

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• The word “guitar” is derived from the Spanish word, guitarra, which is a very large six-string acoustic bass played in mariachi bands. Other ancient terms from various languages include gitarre, qitara, cithara, kithara, and sihtar.

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• The neck of the guitar is comprised of the headstock (at the end of the neck), the fretboard (the fingerboard), the frets, which are metal strips embedded on the fretboard, the nut (a small strip of hard material at the junction of the headstock and neck), the tuners, and the truss rod, a metal rod along the inside of the neck.

• Frets are located along the neck at exact points that divide the scale into half-step intervals. Which fret the string is pressed against determines the note’s pitch.

• Decorative materials are usually set into the exterior of the guitar, such as dots on the fretboard to mark the positions or around the sound hole of acoustic guitars. These are known as inlays and are frequently made of mother of pearl. Inlays around the sound hole are called rosettes and serve as a type of reinforcement to the opening.

• Acoustic guitars might be classical or flamenco versions. The classical guitar has a wide, flat neck to enable musicians to execute scales and arpeggios more efficiently. Strings are usually made of nylon.

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1. Is the Book of Nahum in the Old or New Testament or neither?

2. From John 5, who stirred up the water at the pool of Bethesda? Priest, Angel, Wind, Jesus 3. What 8-year-old boy served as King of Jerusalem for 100 days? Shamgar, Jehoiachin, Adino, Sisera 4. From which book’s 10:35 does Jesus say the scripture cannot be broken? Matthew, Mark, Luke, John 5. Who was Jacob’s firstborn as found in Genesis 35? Reuben, Ehud, Joshua, Elah 6. From Judges 1, who fed 70 kings at his table? Benaiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Adonibezek, Mephibosheth

• A standard guitar usually has six strings, typically tuned from a low E to a high E, with A, D, G, and B in between. The 12-string guitar, used in folk music, blues, and rock and roll, has six courses of two strings each, usually made of steel. The bass guitar has four strings, turned to E-A-D-G, an octave below the lowest four strings of the six-string.

• Les Paul came up with the idea of an electric guitar in the late 1930s. He wired a phonograph needle to his acoustic guitar and connected it to a radio speaker to amplify the sound. Unhappy with the hollow-body guitar, he designed a solid-body one from a castoff railroad tie, an instrument with less feedback and a richer sound because of the wood’s mass. He nicknamed it “The Log,” and in 1940, the Epiphone guitar factory helped him produce a more attractive version with curved sides and an Epiphone fretboard.

The Gibson Les Paul was first sold in 1952, and they have gone on to manufacture 100 different variations of Les Paul models.

• In 1946, a southern California inventor named Leo Fender founded a new guitar company (although he was a saxophonist, not a guitarist!). In 1951, the company introduced a new solid-body guitar that would become known as the Telecaster. (It was first called the Broadcaster, but this was a conflict with a drum kit with the same name.) They also unveiled a brand new instrument, the electric bass, allowing those who played the upright bass to play a more compact instrument, rather than the cumbersome upright. The Stratocaster came along in 1954, created from ash wood. In 1956, the wood was changed to alder, which continues to be used today. In 1957, Buddy Holly and the Crickets made their television debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” That was also the television debut of the Stratocaster as Holly belted out “That’ll Be the Day” and “Peggy Sue.” • Famous Fender guitar players include Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Jimmy Page, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, and John Mayer.

Artists who have chosen Gibson have included Chet Atkins, Chuck Berry, Bob Marley, Sheryl Crow, Peter Frampton, and Joe Walsh.

• The Fender factor manufactures about 90,000 strings a day, equaling about 20,000 miles (32,187 km) in length, enough to circle the world.

• In 2004, Eric Clapton sold his favorite guitar, a Stratocaster nicknamed Blackie at Christie’s Auction House in New York to raise funds for an alcohol and drug treatment center he had founded in 1997, the Crossroads Centre Antigua. The instrument fetched $959,500.

• In 1998, a devastating tornado struck Nashville, Tennessee, felling a giant 275-year-old poplar tree that stood on the grounds of the plantation of 7th U.S. president, Andrew Jackson, The Hermitage.

The Gibson Company built 188 guitars out of the old tree, inlaid with the name “Old Hickory” (Jackson’s nickname) and pictures of the president and his home. The first Old Hickory was donated to the Smithsonian Institute, and proceeds from the sale of the remainder were donated to support restoration of The Hermitage.

• Some electric guitars have a lever attached to the bridge or tailpiece to enable the musician to quickly vary the tension and length of the strings to produce a vibrato or pitch bend effect. This accessory is referred to as a tremolo bar, or more commonly, a whammy bar.

• The C.F. Martin guitar company was established in 1833 and to this day, remains in the hands of the Martin family, with the great-great-great-grandson of the founder as its current CEO.

1. Who was the first major-leaguer to hit grand slams in both games of a doubleheader?

2. Which pitcher tossed the most shutouts during his major-league career: Phil Niekro, Joe Niekro, Gaylord Perry or Jim Perry?

3. When was the last time Mississippi State won an SEC championship in football?

4. Name the last time before 2014 that the Portland Trail Blazers won an NBA playoff series.

5. Which NHL team ended Montreal’s 9-0-0 start to the 2015-16 season?

6. In 2015, Jeff Gordon set the record for most consecutive NASCAR Cup starts. Who had held the mark?

7. When was the last time before 2015 that England won tennis’ Davis Cup?

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by Samantha Weaver * It was award-winning Canadian novelist, poet, essayist and literary critic Margaret Atwood who made the following sage observation: “Your romantic tragedy when you were 19 becomes a funny anecdote by the time you’re 45. And then, 30 years later, you can’t remember their name.” * In 1819, some Native peoples in the United States got quite a surprise. Fearing trouble from tribes, a group of western river explorers traveled in a steamboat that had been modified to resemble a fire-breathing serpent. * After the disaster of the Exxon Valdez, the oil tanker’s former captain, Joseph Hazelwood -- who evidently had been so drunk that he was passed out in his bunk when the devastating collision occurred -- was hired by the New York Maritime College.

His job? Teaching students how to stand watch. * At one time in New York City it was against the law to play pinball. * Tombstones weren’t always used to record information about the deceased’s life; they were originally just large, unmarked slabs of stone placed atop a fresh grave -- a barrier to ensure that no undead creature or ghastly spirit could escape to trouble the living. * The woman who was declared the female winner of the 1980 Boston Marathon had the title stripped from her after officials noticed her absence from any of the photographs or video footage from the middle of the event. It seems she veered off course, killed a little time around town, then rode the subway a spot less than a mile from the finish line, rejoining the race at the very end. *** Thought for the Day: “A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.” -- Theodore Roosevelt (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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* On April 23, 1564, English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare is born in Stratford-on-Avon.

While it is impossible to be certain of the exact day of his birth, church records show that he was baptized on April 26, and it was customary to wait three days before baptizing a newborn. * On April 20, 1871, Congress authorizes President Ulysses S. Grant to use military force to suppress the Ku Klux Klan. Founded in 1865 by a group of Confederate veterans, the KKK engaged in night terrorist raids against black Americans and white Republicans. * On April 19, 1897, the first Boston Marathon is held. Women were not allowed to enter the race until 1972, but in 1966 runner Roberta “Bobbi” Gibb hid in the bushes near the start until the race began. In 1967, Kathrine Switzer finished even though race officials tried to physically remove her. * On April 21, 1918, Manfred von Richthofen, the German flying ace known as “The Red Baron,” is killed by Allied fire. In a time when 20 air victories ensured a pilot legendary status, von Richthofen had downed 80 enemy aircraft. He was 25 years old. * On April 18, 1945, syndicated journalist Ernie Pyle, America’s most popular war correspondent, is killed by Japanese machine-gun fire on the island of Ie Shima in the Pacific. Pyle always wrote about the experiences of enlisted men rather than the battles they participated in. * On April 24, 1953, Winston Churchill, the British leader who guided Great Britain and the Allies through World War II, is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. * On April 22, 1978, the Blues Brothers make their world premiere on “Saturday Night Live.”

Led by SNL cast members Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, the band would go on to score three top40 hits and a No. 1 album. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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--DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My mother has a 3-year-old mixed Shi-tzu/poodle. He is very spoiled and loves to go with her everywhere. The problem is that when she leaves him (it doesn’t matter what house he’s left at), he leaves a large, smelly “present.” I can see this is in defiance, but what can we do? Please reply; I’m desperate. -C.L, via email DEAR C.L.: Your first move should be to erase the word “defiance” from your vocabulary. Yes, your mother’s dog (let’s call him “Fluffy”) is getting upset when he’s left behind, but he’s not being angry or defiant or petulant. The term here is “separation anxiety,” and many pets suffer from it.

Fluffy is very attached to your mother. And your mom keeps the dog close by at all times, bringing him along on most of her errands, as well as to your house, where she occasionally leaves him while she runs out.

The length of time she is gone doesn’t matter.

When your mother leaves Fluffy behind, he becomes very anxious. Like many anxious pets, he engages in destructive behavior -- in this case, soiling. Some pets chew up their owners’ shoes or destroy the living room.

Yelling at Fluffy, rubbing his nose in his own mess or confining him will not stop the behavior.

His anxiety has to be addressed.

Fluffy needs independence training, possibly combined with an anti-anxiety drug. The veterinarian is the first step in the process. An obedience trainer can put together a regimen that gradually increases Fluffy’s ability to be left alone.

If your mother follows the vet’s (or trainer’s) program faithfully, Fluffy will improve immensely. And your carpet will look much, much better.

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

Fishing Report, White/Norfork River Hi Gang, Water and fishing conditions have been relatively stable lately with Bull Shoals Dam running one unit most of the day and about two hours of five to six generators each day.

Norfork Dam has been running a steady single generator around the clock.

There has been an aggravating amount of moss drifting in the White River and that requires frequent cleaning of your fly, bait or lure in order to get bit on a regular basis. This is a typical in the Spring and it should soon dissipate and help the fishing and fishermen immensely.

Even with the mossy water the fishing and catching have been good when you get your presentation down to the fish.

Check out those photos, that is Donna Sassley who fished with us this past weekend at Rose’s Trout Dock. She caught that nice Smallmouth on the lower Buffalo on a Gitzit, that bruiser measured eighteen and one half inches. Doesn’t dock Manager Ronnie May look proud? We have been catching a bunch of Smallies on the lower Buffalo and this is the ideal time to access the river by boat from the White

By Nick Kopcha River and we can show you how.

Wham, she did it again. Look at Donna with that beautiful Brown Trout that she caught on the White River in the Norfork area. We have been catching lots of quality fish just like that recently. The weather has been beautiful now that the wind has subsided and the temperatures are gradually warming up.

Some days the bite is spotty but persistence usually pays off, the fish are getting more active and are in a good Spring pattern now so you can catch plenty of quality fish if you stick to it.

All methods, Fly, Spin and Bait fishing are working well so get out there and enjoy this wonderful season.

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UNUSUAL ANIMALS:

ELEPHANTS Let’s observe Save the Elephant Day on April 16 by focusing on the facts about this pachyderm.

• There are two species of elephants, African and Asian. The African elephants are the larger, and can reach a height of 13 feet (4 meters) head to toe and weight up to 14,000 lbs. (6,350 kg). The smaller Asian variety grow to a height of 9.8 feet (3 m), weighing up to 11,000 lbs. (4,990 kg).

• The African elephants, the largest of all land mammals, have two subspecies, the savannah and the forest, with the savannah breed dwelling in the grasslands south of the Sahara Desert and the forest elephants inhabiting the rainforests of western Africa.

Asian elephants are found in India, Sri Lanka, China, and Southeast Asia.

• You can tell the difference between the two species by looking at the ears, since the African’s are much larger. Its skin is also much more wrinkled than its Asian counterpart. The African elephant’s trunk has two “fingers” at the end of the trunk, enabling it to pick things up, while the Asian breed has just one “finger.”

• The elephant’s trunk contains eight major muscles on each side, and another 150,000 portions of muscles throughout this unusual appendage. Although there are no bones in the trunk, it’s strong enough to push down trees, yet nimble enough to pick up a piece of grass.

The elephant uses the trunk to drink, with water sucked partway up the trunk. The animal then tilts its head back, emptying the trunk into its mouth.

• The diet of the herbivorous elephant consists of grasses, leaves, fruits, and bark. This pachyderm spends about 16 hours a day eating, and can consume over 400 pounds (181 kg) of food a day.

• An elephant’s ivory tusks are actually its incisors, the only incisors it has. The animal also uses tusks to defend itself, to dig for water and food, and for lifting.

An elephant’s first tusks present at birth fall out after a year, similar to human’s baby teeth. The tusks are about 12 inches (30.5 cm) when they fall out, and the replacements grow throughout the elephant’s life. In addition to tusks, an elephant also has four molars about the size of a brick, two up and two down, that weigh about 5 lbs. (2.3 kg) each.

• Although the elephant’s ears are very large, it has a poor sense of hearing. Its eyesight is also quite weak.

• A herd of elephants is led by the oldest female of the group. While the females all stick together, adult males enjoy wandering on their own. The gestation period is 22 months and a litter will consist of just one calf, with more than one a very rare occurrence. The baby calf weighs nearly 250 lbs. (113 kg) at birth and will gain 2 to 3 lbs. (0.9 to 1.4 kg) every day for its first year. It won’t be weaned until it is almost three years old.

• The elephant population is on the decline. At the turn of the 20th century, a few million African elephants occupied their habitat, and about 100,000 of the Asian variety. The African population has plummeted to between 450,000 and 700,000, and there are an estimated 35,000 – 40,000 wild Asian elephants remaining. Their lifespan can be up to 70 years.

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Fun Places to Read 1. Who had a hit with “Year of the Cat”?

2. The year 1964 ended with the Beatles having a No. 1 song. What was it?

3. Name the group that had a hit with “Why You Treat Me So Bad?” 4. What singer was born Charles Weedon Westover?

5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “I’m never gonna dance again, Guilty feet have got no rhythm, Though it’s easy to pretend, I know you’re not a fool.”

Answers 1. Al Stewart, in 1976. The album version was 6 minutes 40 seconds long, of which 4 minutes is instrumental.

2. “I Feel Fine.” John Lennon kept playing with a guitar riff while the group recorded another song, and he eventually wrote this song just so he could use that particular riff.

3. Club Nouveau, in 1987. Their biggest hit, however, was Bill Withers’ “Lean on Me” the same year.

4. Del Shannon, of “Runaway” fame.

5. “Careless Whisper,” by George Michael in 1984, although he was still performing with Wham!. Co-writer Michael later said that although the song has meant so much to so many people, it didn’t mean anything to him when he wrote it. Released as a b-side, the song topped charts around the world. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

The wonderful thing about storybooks is that they can be part of our kids’ lives just about anywhere we go. Think of all the places where you’ve read a favorite book to a child. Maybe it’s the public library, where colorful soft cushions invite kids to relax and hear a tale. There’s the joy of reading shoulder to shoulder with a child above the clouds on a plane, or on a carved-out log under a colorful oak at a park. And at bedtime, what parent doesn’t enjoy snuggling on a puffy down quilt with a story in hand to wind down a busy day?

Places and people are a magical part of engaging with books, and that’s what the creators of the “Enchanted Storybook Forest” at Brookgreen Gardens in the Myrtle Beach area of South Carolina must have had in mind when they transformed the wooded family area into a collection of storybook playhouses based on classical stories or rhymes -- Snow White and the Seven Dwarf’s Cottage, Rapunzel’s Tower, Dr. Seuss’ One Fish, Two Fish house and The Little Engine That Could. Accompanying books are available for adults to read when kids gather around a house after exploration and play.

Inspired by the idea of storybook houses, discover fun ways you can provide creative reading experiences with kids on your own turf. It’s worth the effort. No matter where you read, remember that you are building your young child’s vocabulary, showing love in a tangible way and developing imagination with every page.

Here are some ideas: STORYBOOK NOOKS Let your child pile pillows in a corner with space to sit inside and read about faraway and exotic lands. Or, toss a sheet over a card table and crawl inside with a flashlight. Pretend it’s a cave, and read a story about bats.

STORYBOOK PARTY Use a storybook for the theme of your child’s next birthday party. Get your child involved in making invitations, setting up games and decorating an area in your home or outdoors where all will gather when you read the book to partygoers.

From easy to complex, Pinterest.com is a great source for crafty party ideas and recipes. *** 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.

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• Did you know that jelly beans were the first candy to be sold by weight rather than by the piece? In 1905, the first recorded ad for the little beans was published in the Chicago Daily News, with a price of nine cents per pound. However, a Boston candy maker named William Schrafft was making them long before that, encouraging people to send his product to Union soldiers in the Civil War. It wasn’t until the 1930s that they became associated with the celebration of Easter.

• About 16 billion jelly beans are manufactured in the U.S. every year just for Easter. Laid end to end, that’s enough to go around the world more than three times.

• The process of making jelly beans is called “panning,” a method that creates the firmer outer shell while preserving a gummy interior. It takes between one and three weeks to make a jelly bean.

• In 1869, 24-year-old German immigrant Gustav Goelitz and his brothers established a candy business in Belleville, Illinois, featuring caramels and candy flowers for cake decorating. His sons relocated the business to Ohio in 1898, and specialized in candy corn and buttercreams. The company remained family-owned for decades. In the 1940s, the Goelitz plant introduced mint wafers, followed by tangerine slices, spice drops, and jelly beans.

• In 1965, a new item was introduced by the Goelitz family, a mini-jelly bean, infused with mint flavor in the center. Then-California governor Ronald Reagan was attempting to give up smoking a pipe and munched on the little beans whenever he craved tobacco.

• In 1976, the Goelitz beans, now called Jelly Belly, were offered in eight gourmet flavors – root beer, green apple, licorice, cream soda, lemon, tangerine, very cherry, and grape. By the 1980s, 40 flavors were available, including now-President Reagan’s favorite, blueberry, created expressly for him. More than 7,000 lbs. (3,175 kg) of red, white, and blue Jelly Belly beans were served at Reagan’s inaugural ball in 1981, and the President was reported to order 60 cases of the beans every month. He also gave jars of the beans to visiting dignitaries as a welcome gift.

• Visit the Ronald Reagan Presidential library in Simi Valley, California, and you can view a portrait of the former chief executive made from 10,000 Jelly Belly beans.

• Jelly Belly owns the distinction of being the first jelly beans in space when they were part of the treats packed on the 1983 Challenger Space Shuttle.

• Jelly Belly has had some unusual flavors over the years, including the first “savory” flavor, buttered popcorn, which then debuted in 1989. In 2000, the “Harry Potter” flavors were introduced – dirt, bacon, spinach, earwax, and vomit. Their “Boozled” line was presented with yummy flavors of dog food, baby wipes, and pencil shavings.

• The term “jelly bean” isn’t always about candy. In the 1920s, it referred to a young man who dressed stylishly for the ladies, but had nothing much else to offer.

• “You can tell a lot about a fella’s character by whether he picks out all of one color or just grabs a handful.” -- Ronald Reagan

BIBLE TRIVIA ANSWERS:

1) Old; 2) Angel; 3) Jehoiachin; 4) John; 5) Reuben; 6) Adonibezek

1. The New York Mets’ Robin Ventura, in 1999.

2. Gaylord Perry had 53 shutouts, followed by Phil Niekro (45), Jim Perry (32) and Joe Niekro (29).

3. It was 1941.

4. It was in 2000.

5. The Vancouver Canucks.

6. Ricky Rudd, with 788.

7. It was 1936.

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This year’s Sowbug was be the biggest and best! They had 145 tyers. This is the most fly tyers that they ever had! 200 items for the daily raffles, 160 items for the daily silent auctions, 28 items for the three day silent auctions, and 5 special raffle items. Over 100 donations from local businesses and 22 donations from National businesses help make this event possible. Thirty club members donated 150 items. One of the goals of the Sowbug is to encourage more people, especially young people, to become involved in fly fishing. That is why we keep the entrance fee at $5.00 per person for all three days and kids under 12 free. Every day we have free introductory fly tying classes.

The Sowbug Roundup is the North Arkansas Fly Fishers sole annual fund raising event. The income from the raffles and silent auctions allow NAFF to finance its environmental and philanthropic activities. NAFF allocates $10,000 every year for scholarships to students majoring in the fishery or environmentally related fields.

Check out www.northarkansasflyfisher.org

I am a youth fly tyer and fly fisherman. My fly tying has been self-taught.

When I was very young, I began cutting up foam toys, rubber puffer balls, colored weed-eater line, and any other material I could find to make fishing lures and flies by tying them together with sewing thread. Some caught fish, and that was fun. I received a Wapsi Fly Tying Starter Kit in the Fall of 2013, and that was my first time using a vise and professional fly tying materials. I like to tie variations of most traditional fly patterns and also enjoy experimenting and developing my own flies by using the fundamental techniques that I have learned. I rarely follow a published pattern and prefer adding my own features to my flies.