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MAIN STREET (continued): • Yonge Street was removed from Guinness list of records in 1998, possibly because of road changes near Barrie, Ontario. The distance for the road is 1,178 miles (1,896 km), which sure seems long enough to be distinctive! A brass plaque is embedded in the sidewalk on Yonge Street near Toronto’s waterfront, across from Dundas Square, that marks distances to key cities of Ontario. The street was named after Sir George Yonge, an expert on Roman roads, by Ontario’s first governor. • The Main Streets at Disney theme parks are based on Walt Disney’s hometown when he was a boy, Marceline, Missouri. Walt wanted to create an area that would bring back memories of childhood in a small town. • San Luis, Arizona’s Main Street is unusual in that it comes to a dead-end at the Mexican border. • The Main Street of Melvindale, Michigan runs through a trailer park near The Ford River Rouge automobile plant, which was the largest factory in the world when it was fully operational. The Rouge, which is now a museum, was where the Model A automobile was first produced in 1927. The gigantic facility was Henry Ford’s idea with a factory that would achieve “a continuous, nonstop process from raw material to finished product.”
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April 28 - May 4, 2014 MAIN STREET (continued): • Have you heard of the longest Main Street in America? The city limits of Island Park, Idaho follow a 35 mile (56 km) drive on U.S. highway 20 that connects Idaho with West Yellowstone, Montana and Yellowstone National Park. The rural town is only 500-5000 feet wide (152-1524 m) along the highway with fishing lodges, mountain views, the very cold Henry’s Fork (also known as the North Fork of the Snake River), Henry’s Lake as well as Island Park Reservoir. Western hospitality beckons visitors to stop and explore. • Some Main Streets have had many years of decay before being brought back to life by history lovers. One such place is York, Pennsylvania. By 1978 all four of its downtown department stores were shuttered. Through programs provided for re-establishing downtown areas, the town is now thriving and Main Street is a popular destination. • Natchitoches, Louisiana, founded in 1714, is the oldest settlement in the Louisiana Purchase. The main street in the downtown area faces the Cane River and is named Front Street. This “main” street is kept alive by many small stores with southern charm, tasty restaurants plus a fabulous annual Christmas Festival. It is a destination street to visit. Natchitoches was also given a boost in popularity by the movie, Steel Magnolias, shot on location in 1989. • A famous motorcycle gathering fills up Main Street and the entire city of Sturgis, South Dakota annually. The 74th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally will be August 4-10, this year. The first rally was held in 1938 with nine motorcyclists in a race. Now the rally attracts as many as 600,000 motorcycle enthusiasts; but they don’t all race! (continued on page 5)
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This Week Last Week 1. Pharrell Williams..............No. 1 “Happy” 2. John Legend ......................No. 2 “All of Me” 3. Katy Perry .........................No. 3 “Dark Horse” 4. Jason Derulo feat. 4 Chainz .................................No. 4 “Talk Dirty” 5. Idina Menzel .....................No. 5 “Let It Go” 6. Bastille ...............................No. 6 “Pompeii” 7. Lorde..................................No. 7 “Team” 8. One Republic ....................No. 9 “Counting Stars” 9. Aloe Blacc ..........................No. 8 “The Man” 10. DJ Snake & Lil Jon ......No. 10 “Turn Down for What”
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• On May 10, 1749, the 10th and final volume of Henry Fielding’s novel “Tom Jones” is printed. The serialized novel told the humorous story of the attempts of the illegitimate but charming Tom Jones to win his neighbor’s daughter. • On May 5, 1904, Boston Red Sox pitcher Cy Young (born Denton True Young) throws a perfect game against the Detroit Tigers. It was the first perfect game of the modern era; the last had been thrown by John Montgomery Ward in 1880. It was the second of three no-hitters that Young would throw, and the only perfect game. • On May 9, 1926, according to their claims, polar explorer Richard E. Byrd and co-pilot Floyd Bennett fly over the North Pole in a triple-engine Fokker monoplane, the Josephine Ford. However, the discovery in 1996 of the diary that Byrd kept seemed to suggest that he and Bennett may have turned back 150 miles short of the pole because of an oil leak. • On May 6, 1940, John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel “The Grapes of Wrath.” The book traces the fictional Joad family of Oklahoma as they lose their family farm and move to California in search of a better life. • On May 7, 1965, in a Clearwater, Fla., motel room, a bleary-eyed Keith Richards awoke, grabbed a tape recorder and laid down one of the greatest pop hooks of all time: The opening riff of “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” He then promptly fell back to sleep. • On May 8, 1984, claiming that its athletes will not be safe from protests and possible physical attacks, the Soviet Union announces that it will not compete in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. The boycott was a response to the decision of the United States to boycott the 1980 games held in Moscow. • On May 11, 1997, IBM’s supercomputer Deep Blue makes chess history by defeating chess champion Gary Kasparov. The Russian master conceded defeat after 19 moves in the sixth game of the tournament. It was the first defeat of a reigning world champion by a machine in tournament play.
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2008 the company opened Idaho’s largest indoor waMAIN STREET (continued): ter park as well, keeping the town on the radar for • The small town of Wallace, Idaho was formed when year round fun. the silver boom was happening in the surrounding mountains. The main street is actually Bank Street, • The entire small town of Eureka Springs in the Ozark with impressive old brick buildings harking back to Mountains or northern Arkansas is listed on the Nathe town’s glory days. With only about 1,000 resitional Register of Historic Places. South Main Street dents the town hangs on to its roots and entertains is included in a loop that can be enjoyed on a drive travelers along Interstate 90, in the Silver Valley of or trolley ride through the hilly terrain. Like many northern Idaho. historic small towns, tourism is the biggest business. • About 11 miles west of Wallace is Kellogg, another • While many towns and cities have Main Streets that small Silver Valley town. The residents approved $8 thrive because either the city government kept the million in bonds in the late 1980s to build a gondola downtowns alive or private citizens invested time and from Kellogg to the top of Silver Mountain Ski Reeffort, some have needed help from outside interests. sort. The 3.1 mile (5 km) gondola ride is North AmerIn the U.S., the National Trust for Historic Preserica’s longest and is available for summer adventures vation has a nonprofit subsidiary, the National Main on the mountain as well. The ski area was actually Street Center, Inc., that provides grants and advice to owned by the city and its taxpayers for a number of help. years but is now owned by a private company. In No Need to Report Income to VA If you’re enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs health-care system, you no longer have to report your income. The VA will get that information themselves -- from the IRS and Social Security. Starting March 2014, you’ll only have to give your income information if you’re applying for the first time. After that, you’ll only need to fill out your renewal form for change of address, next of kin, phone number and so on, using VA Form 1010EZR, which is available online or at your local medical center. Per the news release, the VA will continue to provide no-cost care to “indigent veterans, veterans with catastrophic medical conditions, veterans with a disability rating of 50 percent or higher, or for conditions that are officially rated as ‘service-connected.’” The income limits for co-pays and prescriptions are all over the map, literally. Income threshold limits for a
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1. Entering 2014, which major-league team was the only one to not have a pitcher toss a no-hitter in franchise history? 2. Three pitchers during the 1990s led or co-led the A.L. in wins for a season without tossing By Chris Richcreek a shutout. Name two of them. 3. Of Florida, Florida State and Miami, which was the only college football team to not play in at least one of the first five BCS national championship games? 4. When was the last time an NBA Finals team won Game Seven on the road? 5. In the 2013-14 season, the Anaheim Ducks became the second team in NHL history to win 18 times in 19 games. Who was the first? 6. How old was driver A.J. Foyt when he won his last IndyCar race? 7. How many consecutive Grand Slam singles semifinals did tennis star Novak Djokovic make before losing in the Australian Open quarterfinals in 2014?
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By Samantha Mazzotta Kids Can be Rough on Wood Floors Q: My kids have discovered roller skating, which is great. However, it’s been kind of rough on my old hardwood floors, especially near the front door, where they come in and take off their skates. There are a lot of scuffs, scratches and dings. Any way I can get rid of them? And is there a way to prevent these scratches? -- Tammy in Baltimore A: The fastest way to reduce those scratched areas by the front door is to make the kids take off their skates outside. And while I’m sure you already have a mat just inside the door, consider buying one that is much wider so that outside dirt and sand will land on the mat and not scuff up the floor’s finish. Without an idea of how bad the scratches and scuffs are, I can’t say exactly how you should resolve the problem. So I’ll tell you how to deal with a few scratches, and how to deal with a bigger problem. You can blend in minor surface scratches using a stain marker (available at home-improvement and flooring stores) in a matching color. A video by The Rosebud Company (http://rosebudfloors.com/hardwood-floor-videos/) shows a couple of ways to blend
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The first road signs used were milestones that indicated the distance and directions to destinations. Used as early as the 4th Century, BC, there were approximately 50,000 miles (80,000 km) of roads in the Roman Empire. • The saying “all roads lead to Rome,” was really true in ancient times. Rome was the hub for trade, commerce, culture, politics and military might in all of Europe for many years. • The Forum Romanum, which is the center of the city of Rome, Italy, has the remains of the Milliarium Aureum (column), or the “Golden Milestone.” It was erected in 20 BC by Augustus, first emperor of the Roman Empire, The column was covered with gilt bronze and was the spot whereby all roads pointed out of the city. The names of the principal cities were engraved on the column along with their distances from Rome. • Early road signs in North America were, like those of ancient Rome, mainly for giving the distance from one place to the next. Then as cars became popular in the early 1900s, a need for signs for safety became a high priority. • Early automobile owners were mostly the wealthy who used the auto for convenience and entertainment. They formed clubs and started creating their own signs. Colors, shapes, messages, sizes and placements were not uniform from one area to the next! • As early as 1899, owners of horseless carriages in New York City formed an automobile club when they met at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. They saw the need for signs to guide drivers through the city or to sites of interest within the city. (continued on page 10)
in the color, particularly by blotting the marker on a cloth and then rubbing the cloth over the scratch to more seamlessly blend it in. For small dents where the wood is compressed downward slightly, you can try a couple of methods. On unvarnished floors, you can try to steam out the dent. (Always test this method first in an inconspicuous area, and don’t do it if the finish in the test area turns white or very cloudy.) Take a clean, lint-free cloth and a steam iron. Spritz a bit of water directly onto the dent, place the cloth on top, and with the iron on its maximum setting and the steam turned on, press it over the cloth and move in a small circular pattern for about a minute. Lift up the iron, check under the cloth, then repeat the steps. A second method, particularly if you’re worried about ruining the floor finish, is to cover the dent with wood putty and stain to match. Apply the putty one small amount at a time, smoothing it completely into the depression, until it’s filled and flush with the surrounding floor. Then use a stain marker in a color matching the wood -- either apply directly to the putty or blot a cloth with the stain and dab or rub into the putty and surrounding area. Allow the area to dry undisturbed for at least a day. If the scratches and dents are deep and numerous, or if the wood is seriously damaged, warped or splintered, bring in a wood flooring professional to evaluate the problem and provide an estimate for repairs. Wood floors can have a lot of impact on a house’s value, so take care of them and get professional help for a complex job. HOME TIP: Avoid using wax-based furniture polishes on wood floors. These can be problematic if and when you refinish floors in the future. Send your questions or home tips to ask@thisisahammer.com. (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
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• Need a quick fix for tarnished brass? Look in your fridge. Ketchup, applied liberally then buffed off, will remove tarnish in a pinch. • Cut a paper grocery bag open and then cut it to fit the top of your refrigerator. It will catch dust and kitchen grease, and keep the top clean. It’s free and replaceable as often as needed. • “Small cardboard boxes can be covered in gift wrap for pretty storage containers. Simply wrap the outside, leaving the top or side open, then fold the gift wrap over the open edge and secure on the inside. I love this idea, because it’s easy to coordinate with a lovely gift wrap, and it’s inexpensive too. If you have leftover wallpaper, this works as well!” -- T.F. in Virginia • “My mother handed down some nice teacups and small dishes from my grandmother. They don’t fit with my kitchen decor, but I am using them in my bedroom to hold spare change and jewelry. They are even more on display than they would be in the kitchen or dining room, so I get the pleasure of looking at them daily.” -- M.J. in Oregon • Stained teacup? Never fear! Dishwasher liquid is here. Add a teaspoon or so of dishwasher detergent to a stained teacup, swish vigorously with a kitchen scrubbie and fill with hot water. Let sit for a minute and rinse. Repeat as necessary, but it should clean off the first or second time. You also can do the same for stained coffeepots. • “If you buy a loaf of French bread and can’t use it all the first day, freeze it. When you defrost it, stick it in the oven, and it’s good as new.” -- C.E. in Florida Send your tips to Now Here’s a Tip, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475 or e-mail JoAnn at heresatip@yahoo. com. (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
HOLLYWOOD -Mickey Rooney, who died April 6 at age 93, was one of the last stars from Hollywood’s Golden Era. He and Judy Garland won special Oscars for their work in the films they made at MGM. I shot photos of Mickey when he filmed a commercial for Liberty Mutual and spent an entire day with him. He was charming, funny, told great stories and was easy to work with. It was sad to hear that after 87 years of making top-notch films, doing Broadway shows and making appearances, his estate was valued at only $20,000. The law is checking into alleged financial hanky-panky by one of his step-children, who may have made off with the family fortune, taking advantage of his advanced age. To think, he had eight wives, the first of which was screen-legend Ava Gardner. Last month we lost Shirley Temple, and now Mickey Rooney. Who’s left besides “Gone With the Wind’s” Olivia de Havilland (97 years old) and Luise Rainer,
who won Oscar’s for “The Good Earth” and “The Great Ziegfeld,” who is 104? *** More trouble in paradise, this time for Jennifer Lopez’s 27-year-old boyfriend, Casper Smart (of 2010’s “Step Up 3D”). Even though his film “Restored Me” had a $1 million budget, it didn’t stretch far enough to pay the actors. Randall Wulff, a supporting actor in the film said, “Actors were informed by production manager Michele Turner via email that they weren’t going to be paid because investors had pulled out. She added, ‘I’m putting it into God’s hands, and if we all pray, we will all get paid for our hard work.’” Wulff, who was featured in films such as “Mulholland Drive” and TV shows such as “iCarly” and “The Bold and The Beautiful,” added, “In all my years acting, I’ve never had this happen before. This film was Screen Actors Guild sanctioned; The Guild won’t take this lying down!” ***
PHOTO: Mickey Rooney Ryan Gosling will star and direct a biopic of Warner Bros. choreographer/director Busby Berkeley, famous for those overhead shots of beautiful showgirls in films such as the “Gold Diggers” and “42nd Street.” Even though ratings have soared for the four remaining soaps on daytime TV, as of now, the Daytime Emmy Awards can’t find a TV network to air this year’s award show. TVLand is reviving the first and most famous reality show, “Candid Camera.” Peter Funt, son of show creator Allen Funt, will produce 10 episodes to air this summer. The show began on radio in 1947 as “Candid Microphone.” If you look up from your paper right now, someone might say to you, “Smile, you’re on ‘Candid Camera’!” (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
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• It was noted Democratic politician Adlai Stevenson who made the following sage observation: “In America, anybody can be president. That’s one of the risks you take.” • You might be surprised to learn that notorious FBI director J. Edgar Hoover at one time had presidential aspirations. He reportedly believed he would be able to defeat president Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936, though nothing came of his ambition. • Those who study such things say that a lion and a leopard can successfully interbreed. The resulting offspring is called a leopon. • The first pocket calculator was introduced by Texas Instruments in 1961, intended originally for use by the Air Force. Weighing 10 ounces and being only slightly larger than a pack of cigarettes, the company claimed that it could perform the same calculations as a computer 150 times its size. • The sex organ of a male spider can be found at the end of one of its legs. • As most health-care workers could tell you, emergency rooms are busier and more mental patients are admitted during the full moon than at any other time of the month. The time of the new moon is only slightly less busy, however. • The next time you’re drizzling honey on your biscuit, consider this tidbit: Bees must visit up to 2 million flowers just to produce a single pound of the sweetener. • One might think that an event as momentous as the Wright Brothers’ first successful airplane flight in 1903 would have received widespread coverage in the media. One would be wrong. The only newspaper to carry an account of the historic flight was the Virginian Pilot, based in Norfolk. *** Thought for the Day: “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” -- Mark Twain (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
ROAD SIGNS (continued): • Several versions of signs were tested during the early years of the proliferation of autos. Standards for the shapes and colors of signs were developed. Round signs were used to warn of railroad crossings; the octagon was used to warn drivers to stop; diamonds were used to alert drivers that caution was needed; rectangular signs were chosen for providing directions and regulatory information. In the beginning signs were all black letters on white backgrounds. • One city known for busy streets, New York City, is where the proposal for adopting universal road signs and traffic symbols started. The proposal was brought by the Deputy Chief Inspector of Police in New York in 1925. • The first historical record of a STOP sign was in 1915, in Detroit, Michigan. Of course, maybe that was because most cars at that time were manufactured in Detroit. • The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD) was first drafted in 1934. Still used today, but of course, updated, it standardized the signs, signals, locations, marking and maintenance for roads and traffic devices.
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• The octagonal shape of “STOP” signs was first recommended by the Mississippi Valley Association of State Highway Departments in 1923. Now universally used, the red signs are easily recognizable. Originally yellow, the red signs with white letters were not used until the MUTCD revision of 1954. • Many signs are designed with figures instead of just words. This makes them recognizable without knowing the local language. Now, if a kangaroo crossing sign is on the road, you’ll most likely know you’re in a land down-under, not in New York City!
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1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier ..........(PG-13) Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson 2. Rio 2 ..................................... (G) animated 3. Oculus ...................................(R) Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites 4. Draft Day ......................(PG-13) Kevin Costner, Chadwick Boseman 5. Divergent ......................(PG-13) Shailene Woodley, Theo James 6. Noah ..............................(PG-13) Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly 7. God’s Not Dead ................. (PG) Shane Harper, Kevin Sorbo 8. The Grand Budapest Hotel .(R) Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham 9. Muppets Most Wanted ..... (PG) Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell 10. Mr. Peabody & Sherman (PG) animated © 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.
ANSWERS 1. The San Diego Padres. 2. Detroit’s Bill Gullickson (1991), and New York’s Andy Pettitte (1996) and David Cone (1998). 3. Florida. Florida State played in the first three, and Miami the next two. 4. The Washington Bullets beat the Sonics in Seattle in 1978. 5. The 1967-68 Montreal Canadiens. 6. He was 46 when he won the Pocono 500 in 1981. 7. Fourteen.
1. Loki 2. South Pacific Ocean 3. S 4. TGV or “Train a Grande Vitesse” 5. Nathanael West 6. Metamorphic 7. Barbizon School 8. Texas 9. Edna 10. A fear of children
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My grandmother could make something out of nothing ... and often had to! She ran a boarding house during the Great Depression, and she was well-known as a great cook. This is a healthier (and easier) version of one of my favorites. 16 ounces skinned and boned uncooked chicken breasts, cut into 4 pieces 1 1/2 cups frozen sliced carrots, thawed 1 cup chopped celery 1/2 cup chopped onion 1 (10 3/4-ounce) can reduced-fat and -sodium cream of chicken soup 1/4 cup water 1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram 2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes 1. Spray a pressure cooker container with butter-flavored cooking spray. Evenly place chicken pieces in prepared container and cook uncovered over medium heat for 4 minutes on each side. Sprinkle carrots, celery and onion over chicken. 2. In a small bowl, combine chicken soup, water, marjoram and parsley. Pour soup mixture evenly over top. Cover and bring to low pressure. Lower heat to stabilize pressure and cook 12 minutes. 3. Remove from heat, wait for pressure to be released, remove cover and stir. For each serving, place 1 piece of chicken on a plate and evenly spoon about 1/2 cup vegetable mixture next to it. Makes 4 servings. Freezes well. Each serving equals: 192 calories, 4g fat, 25g protein, 14g carb., 405mg sodium, 2g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 3 Meat, 1 Vegetable, 1/2 Starch. (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
DVDs reviewed in this column will be available in stores the week of May 5, 2014. PHOTO: Kristen Bell in “Veronica Mars” PICKS OF THE WEEK “The Art of the Steal” (R) -- Death-defying stuntman Crunch Kalhoun (Kurt Russell) is sick of botching motorcycle jumps at monster truck rallies. He contacts his half-brother (Matt Dillon) to set up one more big art heist. With Crunch as the “wheelman,” they assemble a team to fill out the rest of the heist-movie roles. Their eyes set on an antique book worth $20 million, Crunch and the gang banter and bicker their way through a typically twisty-turny art heist. Without breaking the boundaries of the genre, “The Art of the Steal” manages to entertain. There’s the plucky ensemble, the hyperactive narration, the motorcycle stunts and misdirects -- everything that’s required. “Generation War” -- This German mini-series seeks to tell the story of the ordinary Germans who came into adulthood during World War II, but who were not Nazis. The five main characters are friends in their 20s: Wilhelm and Friedhelm are brothers headed for the Eastern front; Charlotte is a nurse who has feelings for Wilhelm; and Viktor is a Jewish tailor who is dating aspiring singer Greta. The story covers about four years, beginning in summer 1941, when the friends believe the war will be over by Christmas. The miniseries has drawn a great deal of praise and controversy around the world. The main characters aren’t the monsters we’re used to seeing in WWII films about Germans, but they aren’t totally innocent to
Page 11 what’s going on around them. “Burn” -- In Detroit, neighborhoods are full of buildings sitting vacant and in disrepair -- each one a potential flashpoint for a deadly urban blaze. As urban decay sets in around dwindling jobs and slashed budgets, life-saving public services become even more crucial. This documentary follows the firefighters of Detroit’s Engine Company 50. Their wages are frozen, their numbers are few, they’re making do with damaged and outdated equipment, and the city has never needed them more. The film balances discussion of the larger issues with up-close looks at the brave individuals who serve. “Veronica Mars” -- The underrated television show was canceled years ago, but fan-demand for a Veronica Mars movie was so enthusiastic that a feature-length release with the original cast has materialized. Veronica (Kristen Bell) has put her amateur-detective days behind her, and no longer wants anything to do with private investigations. When she’s on the doorstep of finishing her law degree and starting a new life, she gets a call from her ex, Logan. He’s been accused of murder, and he needs Veronica’s help. There’s plenty of fan-appreciation in the script, but it’s also a real-deal detective thriller that anyone can appreciate. TV RELEASES “China Beach: Season 3” “Rookie Blue: Season 4” “Laverne & Shirley: Eighth & Final Season” “A Celebration Of Blues And Soul: The 1989 Presidential Inaugural Concert” “Doomsday Preppers: Season 3” (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Metal Recycling: All types of metal accepted including appliances and cars. Special arrangements can be made to pick up vehicles at donor’s location. All vehicles must have titles. All proceeds go directly to the Fairgrounds. Cash donations can be brought to the office or mailed to PO Box 672, Grants Pass, OR 97528.
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Learning to swim can offer adults a lifetime of health, fitness and social benefits. Alarmingly, 37 percent of American adults cannot swim the length of a 25-yard pool, according to the Centers for Disease Control. This puts them at risk for becoming one of the 10 people who drown every day in the U.S. “If we can convince water-shy adults to learn to swim in April, we hope to save lives when people gather at pools and beaches for summer recreation,” says Rob Butcher, executive director of U.S. Masters Swimming. He adds that once adults learn the lifesaving skill of swimming, 1,500 programs are available nationwide to encourage adults to keep swimming and enjoy the lifetime health, fitness and social benefits of swimming. To learn more or find an adult learn-to-swim program, go to www.usms.org/learntoswim.
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