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BANANA FACTS • The Arabic word ‘banan’ means ‘finger’ and that’s where we get the word ‘banana.’

• Bananas were cultivated as early as 1000 B.C., originating in the tropical rain forests of Southeastern Asia. They spread to tropical regions all over the world, as sailors planted cuttings everywhere in order to assure a steady food supply while on long voyages.

• A banana tree is actually the world’s largest herb, in the same family as lilies, orchids and palms. The fruit is classified as a giant berry. A banana tree can grow thirty feet (9 m) tall, making it the largest known plant that doesn’t have a woody trunk.

Because of this, it’s susceptible to wind damage.

Many of the world’s largest banana-producing areas are located in hurricane country.

• When a mature banana tree is cut down or blown over, new shoots sprout from around the parent stalk.

It takes only about 18 months of continuously warm sunny weather for a banana plant to grow from a shoot to a mature plant bearing fruit. The banana plant is perennial, meaning it will grow year after year from the same roots.

• Each stalk can contain up to 150 individual bananas, weighing up to a hundred pounds (45 kg).

A typical banana plant can yield about three or four harvests over the course of its lifespan. After that, it is cut down and left to turn into soil in order to support the shoot that re-grows from the original stem.

• Modern bananas are unable to reproduce on their own and must have human assistance. They do not have seeds, and are spread only by cloning. Banana plants are propagated by transplanting suckers and corms that grow off the mother plant’s roots.

Therefore, every modern commercial banana plant is a genetic clone.

• Because every banana is identical, they are all susceptible to the same diseases. One popular strain of banana is now nearly extinct due to a fungus, and the same incurable banana disease continues to spread from one banana plantation to the next, threatening the world supply of bananas.

• India grows about 20% of the world’s bananas, but exports very few of them because bananas grown in India are eaten in India. Other countries such as Ecuador export nearly 100% of their banana crop.

IT’S A FACT • Bananas are cut while green because they keep longer and ship better while green. They begin to ripen as soon as they are picked, because chlorophyll starts breaking down, turning the fruit from green to yellow, just as green leaves turn yellow in the fall.

BANANA FACTS • 32% of a banana is the peel. Of the fruit, 75% is water, 21% sugar, and only 4% is protein, fiber, and starch. There are about 110 calories in one medium banana.

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

2. From Judges 11, what judge of Israel was a prostitute’s son? Hosea, Jephthah, Samson, Lot 3. In Ruth 1, who called herself Marah, a name meaning “bitter”? Priscilla, Miriam, Naomi, Deborah 4. Which was a city of Ephraim and home of the Ark of the Covenant? Ai, Sardis, Gaza, Shiloh 5. From 2 Timothy 1, who was Timothy’s devout grandmother? Dorcas, Lydia, Lois, Hannah 6. Ahasuerus was also known as? Noadiah, Agrippa, Joash, Xerxes Wilson Casey’s two new books -- “101 Reasons to Vote For” and “101 Reasons to Vote Against” Hillary Clinton -- are now available! (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

• Chiquita was clearing jungle land to make room for more banana plantations when they accidentally discovered ancient Mayan ruins.

A BANANA a DAY… • A banana has four times as much protein as an apple, plus twice the carbohydrates, three times the phosphorus, and five times the vitamin A and iron.

Bananas are high in potassium, vitamin C, and dietary fiber. It’s the only fruit that contains the amino acid tryptophan, which is also found in turkey and tends to make people sleepy. It’s one of the few fruits that contain vitamin B6. Bananas have little fat and no cholesterol.

BANANA LOVE • Americans eat almost 30 lbs. (13.5 kg) of bananas per person per year, averaging about 1.5 bananas per week. That’s nine pounds more than the annual consumption of apples, which are the second most popular fruit.

• Over 96% of American households purchase bananas at least once each month.

• About 60% of the world’s production of bananas is consumed in the U.S. • Except for a small crop from Hawaii, the entire American supply of bananas is imported, nearly all coming from countries in the Caribbean. A typical banana travels 4,000 miles (6,437 km) before being eaten.

BANANA HISTORY • Bananas were first imported to the U.S. in 1804 when a ship brought 30 stalks to New York from Cuba. They were introduced to the public at the Philadelphia Centennial Expo in 1876 and sold for 10 cents each, equal to $10 today. A guard posted next to a living banana plant prevented people from breaking bits off as souvenirs.

• Within just 20 short years at the end of the 1800s, bananas went from being a novelty item to surpassing apples as America’s best selling fruit, in spite of the fact that bananas rot easily and must be shipped thousands of miles, whereas apples grow very near most of the cities in the U.S. • One reason for the banana’s skyrocketing popularity is that they are available year-round because they are harvested constantly. Nearly all other fruits are seasonal.

• By the early 1900s, the banana business was booming in Caribbean countries. However, there were problems. Although bananas and coffee often accounted for 80% of the exports, the economic benefits were limited to members of the governments and the corporate owners. Little revenue went to the country where the fruit was grown. Furthermore, workers spent their wages in company stores, whose supplies were imported rather than being purchased locally.

• In 1905, writer O. Henry authored a book called “Cabbages and Kings” which takes place in a mythical country in Central America called Anchuria. In the book, he coined the term ‘banana republic.’ During the 1930s, this term became common, denoting unstable countries whose economy is dependent upon a single resource which is controlled by plutocrats.

• During World War I, many ships belonging to fruit companies which had been used to haul bananas were conscripted by the Navy for use in the war instead.

The banana trade was strangled because there was no way to get bananas to market. The popularity of the fruit rebounded after the war ended, but the same thing happened during World War II when banana boats were once again conscripted for military use.

• The song “Yes We Have No Bananas” was written in 1923 in response to frequent banana shortages caused by blight, hurricanes, and wars.

• The invention of steamships, railroads, interstate highways, and refrigeration all spurred the popularity of bananas because they made it possible to get the fruit to market before it spoiled.

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2. In 2014, Jordan Zimmerman became the first pitcher to have a no-hitter for the Washington Nationals. When the franchise was in Montreal, how many no-hitters did it have?

3. Tony Mandarich was the second pick in the 1989 NFL Draft. The other four players in the top five are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Name them.

4. Of the nine times the Michigan State men’s basketball team has reached the Final Four, how many have been under current coach Tom Izzo?

5. Who was the youngest NHL team captain since 1900 to win the Stanley Cup? 6. When was the last time before 2016 that North Carolina won an NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship?

7. Name three of the four golfers before Bryson DeChambeau in 2015 to win the U.S. Amateur and NCAA individual title in the same year. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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When Spaniard Francisco de Ulloa was exploring the west coast of North America, his initial surveys of the Baja Peninsula led him to believe the land was an island, so the region was given the name of the mythical place: California. * In Mongolia, it’s common to put salt in one’s tea before drinking it. * If you’re a fan of nature documentaries, you’ve doubtless seen footage of Africa’s Serengeti, site of the world’s largest terrestrial mammal migration.

If you’ve see images of the place, you won’t be surprised to learn that in Maasai, the word “Serengeti” means “the place where the land runs on forever.” * You’ve probably heard of John Steinbeck’s celebrated novel “Of Mice and Men,” but you probably didn’t know that it was almost titled “Something That Happened.” *** Thought for the Day: “Do you wish the world were happy? / Then remember day by day, / Just to scatter seeds of kindness / As you pass along the way.” -- Ella Wheeler Wilcox (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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By Tom Reynolds of STR Outfitters http://www.stroutfitters.com/ Striper fishing on Norfork Lake is hitting its summer peak, Norfork is different than other southern lakes. The hotter it gets the better the bite. This will continue into middle of September, then the oxygen level is the lowest it will be and the bite slows down on the southern part of the lake. About that time I start heading up towards Calamity Beach where the lake oxygen will begin to reach a higher level. I fish up towards Udall until late November, the best bite on lake is in the river. The striper bite continues to center around the dam area. You will find them from Shoal Creek to the front and back of Koso Point, Thumb Point, Dam Cove, Point One and then east towards Hand Cove. They continue to feed in the 30 to 35’ range of water before light then move out to deeper water. The evening bite has begun. That bite usually starts around 6 pm up to dark off the lake points. As the sun sets the stripers will move onto the point flats and begin their evening feed. The rains this week should help the oxygen in the lower end of the lake and with the work continuing on the dam we should not see much of a rise in the lake level. The best bait this past week has been gizzard shad. I have been fishing Norfork Lake since my first May vacation in 1982. My son Sean was just 18 months old when he was on my boat watching me catch stripers. We fished together since then on our home waters in Indiana and Norfork Lake. In 1997 we moved down to Mountain Home and I began my guiding business. Sean helped out and when he was old enough began to guide part time through school. He became very busy on his own with his restaurant and only could help out occasionally. Since he sold the business he moved to Knoxville TN and began guiding there, but Mountain Home called him back and now he is getting married in September he is starting a new journey. Sean will be joining me full time as my partner in our fishing and hunting business. Sean is an excellent fishing, duck, & deer guide.

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I put together a small disaster kit that I keep in the trunk of my car, stowed out of the way. It has copies of my pets’ medical records, two extra leashes and collars with extra ID tags attached, a few single-meal pouches of dog and cat food, a gallon of water and a couple of old T-shirts for emergency bedding (which hopefully have a familiar scent to help them feel at home). If we have to leave very quickly -- and in a fire there is no time to try and grab anything, except family -- I have a little less to worry about afterward. -Sara in Washington DEAR SARA: That’s a great idea, and a very important point about priorities in a disaster -- natural or otherwise, like a house fire. Time is essential, so first, get to safety, and worry about paperwork much later.

Preparing a pet-care kit is an important part of disaster planning. Sit down with your family to discuss how you will handle events like house fires, evacuation orders or other emergencies.

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FLIES • There are over 87,000 species of flies in the world.

Dragonflies, mayflies, fireflies, and butterflies are not flies. Gnats, mosquitoes, and midges are flies.

• Flies have hearts.

• The feet of a fly exude a sticky substance which helps it walk on slick surfaces and upside-down. The sticky feet also pick up germs, which is why flies spread so much disease. The average fly carries between one and six million bacteria.

• The housefly is quite close to being the average size animal for the entire animal kingdom, exactly midway between the one-celled protozoa and the blue whale.

• Flies are loners. They may feed and breed at the same carrion, but there is never any social interaction between them.

• Male flies have been observed waiting patiently next to the pupa of female flies, waiting for mates to hatch.

• When an adult hatches out from the pupa, it has achieved its final form. Small flies do not grow into large flies.

• Utah’s Great Salt Lake is famous for its outbreaks of brine flies, sometimes numbering 370 million per mile of shoreline.

• One kind of fly lives both underwater and above water near seaweed beds. However, this fly has a strange fixation on the smell of dry cleaning fluids and will frequently congregate at cleaning establishments in such numbers that they become a nuisance.

• The mouthparts of a horsefly are strong enough to pierce leather.

• William Buckland, British geologist, was known to sample every living thing he came across. He once declared that the mole was the nastiest thing he ever tasted, but later passed the award to blue bottle flies.

• One kind of fly lays its eggs on the bodies of caterpillars. The caterpillars are sometimes able to bite the eggs off, so the fly has learned to wait until the caterpillar lifts it foot off the ground. Then in a flash the fly moves in and deposits the eggs on the bottom of the caterpillar’s foot, where they cannot be reached.

• The fairy fly is the smallest insect at 1/100th inch. It can crawl through the eye of a small needle.

• In a cave called Waitomo Cavern in New Zealand there lives a fly that’s about twice as big as a mosquito. Its scientific name is Arachnocampa luminosa. It clings to the roof of the cave over an underground river and trails in the air a series of sticky threads of mucus four or five feet long. Under its tail is a light-emitting organ which lights up the shimmering mucus strands. Any insects in the cave are attracted to the light. They stick to the thread and are hauled in and eaten by the fly. With several thousand flies all lighting up their shimmering threads, the sight is eerie and unforgettable.

• Ancient Roman poet Virgil once held a grand funeral for a dead fly, including pallbearers and eulogies.

Land used as a cemetery was exempt from taxes, so by burying a dead fly on his property, Virgil was able to make it tax-exempt.

• Renaissance painter Giotto was studying under Giovanni Cimabue when he secretly painted a fly on the nose of a figure in one of Cimabue’s paintings. So realistic was the fly that when Cimabue returned to complete the picture, he tried repeatedly to brush the fly away. Only then did he realize he was a victim of Giotto’s practical joke.

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1. Who had a worldwide hit with “United We Stand”?

2. Which group made the Top 20 with their instrumental “Penetration”?

3. Who charted with “The Rapper”?

4. Which group released “Ronnie,” and when?

5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “I’ll never know what made you run away. How can I keep searching when dark clouds hide the day, I only know there’s nothing here for me, Nothing in this wide world left for me to see.”

Stage Your Own Olympic Games Get inspired by the excitement of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in distant Rio de Janeiro.

The Rio Games will host 28 sports, including the familiar track and field, gymnastics and swimming. There are other favorites, like basketball, cycling, table tennis, kayaking and sailing, with the addition this year of golf and kite surfing. With so many events to learn about and follow, opportunities abound for introducing your kids and their friends to new sports for fun and fitness.

Start training now, and keep it up! That’s what educator Nancy Troffey encourages her 3- and 4-year-olds to do in a preschool class at a summer family camp. A painted, recycled cardboard mattress box with Olympic symbols and “USA Training Center” spelled out in big letters daily inspires pint-size athletes when they hear stories, draw, play and exercise.

Olympic hopefuls aren’t born, she tells the active kids. “Good athletes have healthy, strong bodies, and they work hard.”

As they eagerly line up one by one for a practice routine wiggling through a nylon tube, balancing on a masking-tape balance beam taped to the floor and running around a playhouse to the finish line, she says, “Set your mind on the goal!”

Set your mind on family goals with these ideas:

Answers 1. Brotherhood of Man, in 1970. The Brotherhood was an ever-changing group of session singers until 1973, when four were chosen to remain as a group. In 1976 they won the Eurovision Song Contest with “Save Your Kisses for Me.” 2. The Pyramids, a California surfer group known for their shaved heads, in 1964.

3. The Jaggerz, in 1970. The group went through various incarnations as Donnie and the Donnells and Gary and the Jewel Tones.

4. The Four Seasons, in 1964.

5. “Greenfields,” by The Brothers Four in 1960. The group, fraternity brothers from University of Washington, had their first gig as a result of a rival fraternity prank that sent them to a venue where they weren’t expected. They were allowed to sing anyway. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

HAVE A GOLD MEDAL WAY TO START THE DAY Just like Olympians, enjoy your own morning “training table” in a snap with this tasty medley.

In a serving-size bowl, let your kids make a base layer of sliced bananas. Spread cottage cheese over the bananas, then scatter nuts or granola.

Add fresh fruit and a large spoonful of yogurt.

Enjoy with whole-grain toast on the side.

Tip: Make an extra portion and toss in a blender the following morning with fruit juice for an onthe-spot smoothie.

GET IN SHAPE TOGETHER Make it a new habit to walk, jog and bike in your neighborhood. When the weekend comes around, find an easy-to-follow nature trail and enjoy hiking through beautiful trees cloaked in ferns and other wild plants. Exercise and a dose of nature are a healthy combination.

MARK YOUR PROGRESS Record your fitness activities on poster board.

Across the top, list favorite family activities, such as biking, hiking, swimming and basketball. Write the date and any anecdotes under columns. At the end of the month, you’ll have a visual record of your active family fun. *** Donna Erickson’s award-winning series “Donna’s Day” is airing on public television nationwide.

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--Q: I have a Parker fountain pen that was used by my uncle during the 1930s. He was a banker and considered it his favorite writing instrument.

It is the “Thrift Time” model in brown. What is it worth? -- Stan, Kent, Washington A: The first fountain pen was invented in 1830, but they were not really manufactured commercially until the 1880s, when a suitable metal for the tips was perfected. The first successful commercial fountain pen producers were Waterman (1884) and Parker (1888). Parker entered the market with a fountain pen named “Lucky Curve.”

Vintage fountain pens are collectible, and some have become quite pricey. I found your pen referenced in “Collecting Pens” by Edward Kiersh and published by House of Collectibles. According to Kiersh, your Parker Thrift Time was produced in 1932 and is worth about $150. The Pen Collectors of America can be contacted at www.pencollectorsofamerica.com. *** Q: I have a Mickey Mouse Club projector with films and in its original box. The box is falling apart. It is model 488, and I am curious if it has much value. -- Erna, Falls City, Texas A: Your projector was manufactured during the early 1950s by Stephens Products, a company based in Middletown, Connecticut. I found several of these projectors on eBay, most priced in the $75-$100 range. One featured the hand-cranked projector in its original box with 14 film strips, including ones featuring Hopalong Cassidy, Chip Ôn Dale and Pluto. It had a requested opening bid of $69. As this column was being written, no bids had been submitted. *** Q: I have my dad’s pocketwatch. It was made

by Elgin. My problem is I would like to have it cleaned and don’t know how to go about this. -Norma, Decatur, Illinois A The Elgin National Watch Company was founded in 1864 in Elgin, Illinois, and produced more jeweled watches than any other company during its more than 90-year history. The company made many low-end watches, all the way up to its famous high-quality railroad grade. The railroad watches are especially collectible. Although you didn’t specify the model or grade of your watch, it is best to have it professionally cleaned by a jeweler.

Write to Larry Cox in care of KFWS, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803, or send e-mail to questionsforcox@aol.com. Due to the large volume of mail he receives, Mr. Cox cannot personally answer all reader questions, nor does he do appraisals. Do not send any materials requiring return mail. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

• Charles Kettering was researching improvements in the gasoline engine in 1912 when the automobile industry was just beginning to grow. He was trying to eliminate the “knock” in the engine, caused when gas takes too long to burn in the cylinder, reducing efficiency. How could he get the gas to burn earlier?

He started thinking of things that happen early. He thought of the trailing arbutus, a plant which blooms early. It has red leaves. Kettering thought the red color made the arbutus bloom early. He figured if gas was red, maybe it too would be affected and would burn early. Red dye was what he needed, but he didn’t have any red dye. However, he did have iodine.

He poured iodine in the gas. The knocking stopped.

The following week, he poured red dye in the gas.

The knocking started again. He decided it wasn’t the red color— it was substances in the iodine. He had made the first important strides in developing the noknock engine.

• In 1903 French chemist Benedictus was working in his lab when he accidentally knocked a glass flask to the floor. He heard it shatter, but when he examined it he found all the glass fragments had hung together.

Questioning his assistant, he discovered the flask had once held a solution of cellulose nitrate, which is a liquid plastic. The solution had evaporated, and the assistant, thinking the flask was clean enough, had not washed it out before returning it to the laboratory shelf. Only a few days later, Benedictus read an article in a Paris newspaper that mentioned a recent rash of automobile accidents. The article said most of the drivers had been seriously injured by shattered glass.

Remembering the broken flask, Benedictus rushed to his lab, and within the next 24 hours had invented safety glass.

• After French inventor Benedictus developed safety glass, he was dismayed to find automobile manufacturers uninterested in the development because they felt auto safety was the responsibility of the driver, not the manufacturer. Not until World War I brought the need for shatter-proof safety goggles did Benedictus’ invention catch on.

• Robert Fergusson ran away from his home in Scotland at the age of 12, and went to seek adventure on the sea. His duties included swabbing and repainting the rusty metal deck, always a tedious and time-consuming chore.

• One day he lunged for an open container of raw fish oil trying to catch it before it spilled, but failed.

It spread all over the deck. In the days following the spill, he noticed that the rust that had been relentlessly creeping across the deck stopped where the fish oil had spilled. He remembered this fact throughout his long career as a sea captain.

• After settling in New Orleans, he frequently experimented with fish oil-based paints. The problem was that they smelled terrible and took forever to dry. When Fergusson was 42 years old, he was put in charge of a fleet of ships during World War I. Taking the opportunity to do further experiments with fish oil, he finally hit on a formula that smelled better, dried fast, and stopped rust overnight.

• After the war, he founded a paint company in 1921, which did quite well. The company’s name is RustOleum. Today it’s a worldwide leader in protective paints and coatings for both home and industry, and still offers the famous rust-fighting formula that started it all back in 1921. The company’s motto, ‘Rust Never Sleeps,’ was borrowed by singer Neil Young as the name of his 1979 album.

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1. Cincinnati’s Joe Morgan, in 1977.

2. Four -- Bill Stoneman (1969, ‘72), Charlie Lea (‘81) and Dennis Martinez (‘91).

3. Troy Aikman (No. 1), Barry Sanders (No. 3), Derrick Thomas (No. 4) and Deion Sanders (No. 5).

4. Seven (1999, 2000, ‘01, ‘05, ‘09, ‘10, ‘15).

5. Sidney Crosby was 21 when Pittsburgh won the Stanley Cup in 2009.

6. It was 1991.

7. Jack Nicklaus (1961), Phil Mickelson (1990), Tiger Woods (1996) and Ryan Moore (2004).

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