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Swifty Songs Fish Exclamation

ALL TOO WELL AUGUST BACK TO DECEMBER BAD BLOOD BEGIN AGAIN BLANK SPACE CARDIGAN DELICATE ENCHANTED EXILE FEARLESS KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO LOVE STORY

LOVER MEAN MINE OUR SONG RED SHAKE IT OFF SPARKS FLY STYLE

TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR THE MAN TIM MCGRAW WILDEST DREAMS WILLOW YOU BELONG WITH ME

Across 1.Bossy remark?

4.Construction girder

9.Ring bearer, maybe

10. The writer Saki’s real name

11.“Yadda, yadda, yadda”

12.Primp

13.Casual clothing

15.In attendance

16.Say “@#$%!”

18.Commercial

20.Father of Agamemnon

23.Certain Muslim

25.Freudian topic

26.Astound

27.Soar

28.Dads

29.A sib

Down

1.Docile

2.Curse

3.Killer whales

4.Blasphemy and sacrilege

5.College treasurer

6.Compass heading 7.Geometry calculation

8.Alpine sight

14.Holiday since 1966

17.Coral formations

18.Rush job notation

19.Russian legislature

21.___ fruit

22.Some beans

24.Short snooze The headline is a clue to the answer in the diagonal.

September Sudoku

How to solve sudoku puzzles

No math is required to solve a sudoku. You only need logic and patience.

Simply make sure that each 3x3 square region has only one instance of the numbers 1-9. Similarly, each number can only

appear once in a column or row in the larger grid. The difficulty on this puzzle is medium.

TRIVIA TEASER Cat-echism

1.Who played the hapless police detective, Inspector Clouseau, in the "Pink Panther" movies? a-Leslie Nielsen, b-Peter Sellers, c-Peter Falk, d-George C. Scott.

2.In the Bible, who was put into the lion's den by King Darius? a-Daniel, b-Job, c-Moses, d-Methuselah.

3.What snack food is promoted by Chester Cheetah? a-Snickers, b-Lays Potato Chips, c-Bugles, d-Cheetos.

4.What actress was left with a lifelong fear of cats after she was mauled by a lion while making the 1972 Disney movie "Napoleon and Samantha?" a-Annette Funicello, b-Kim Richards, c-Hayley Mills, d-Jodie Foster.

5.What baseball manager won 863 games in nine years with the Cincinnati Reds and 1,331 games in 17 seasons with the Detroit Tigers? a-Tommy Lasorda, bTony La Russa, c-Sparky Anderson, d-Joe Torre.

6. Who played pool hall owner Sam the Lion in "The Last Picture Show?" a-Wilford Brimley, b-James Garner, c-Jack Lemmon, d-Ben Johnson.

7.Who played mob kingpin Tony "The Tiger" Russo in "Married to the Mob?" aJames Caan, b-Dean Stockwell, c-Robert De Niro, d-Alec Baldwin.

8.Which member of the cat family lacks climbing abilities and is placed in its own genus, Acinonyx? a-Mountain lion, b-Ocelot, c-Cheetah, d-Tiger.

9. Who played the title character in the comic film western "Cat Ballou?" a-Jane Fonda, b-Lee Marvin, c-Michael Crawford, d-Terence Hill.

10.What was the name of the talking cat who was a member of the household on "Sabrina the Teenage Witch?" a-Sheila, b-Salem, c-Squeaky, d-Simon.*****

QUOTES

When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things, not the great occasions, that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.

Bob Hope

If you want to know your past, look into your present circumstances. If you want to know your future, look into your present actions.

Chinese proverb

Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction.

John Crosby

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

William Faulkner

Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.

Brian Tracy

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

Isaac Newton

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you.

Let others cry over small hurts, but not you.

Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

Jim Rohn

Celebrate what you have accomplished but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.

Mia Hamm

What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?

Anthony Robbins

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

Albert Schweitzer

The Lighter Side

The Shredder

A young executive is working late one evening. As he comes out of his office about 8 p.m., he sees the big boss standing by the shredder in the hallway, a piece of paper in his hand.

"Do you know how to work this thing?" the older man asks. "My secretary's gone home and I don't know how to run it."

"Yes, sir," says the young executive, who turns on the machine, takes the paper and feeds it in.

"OK!" says the boss, "I just need the one copy."

The Burglar

The burglar broke into a house one night. Just as he was shining his flashlight around, he heard, "Jesus is watching you."

Nearly jumping out of his skin, he waited a bit. But just as he was pulling the wires from the electronics, he again heard, "Jesus is watching you."

His flashlight beam came to rest on a parrot. "Did you say that?" he hissed.

"Yep," the parrot confessed, then squawked, "Just trying to warn you that he is watching you."

"Who do you think you are?" the burglar chided.

"Moses," replied the parrot. "Moses?" the burglar laughed. "What kind of people would name a bird Moses?"

"The same kind of people who would name a Rottweiler Jesus!"*****

Cat-echism Answers

1-b, Peter Sellers

2-a, Daniel 3-d, Cheetos 4-d, Jodie Foster 5-c, Sparky Anderson

6-d, Ben Johnson

7-b, Dean Stockwell

8-c, Cheetah 9-a, Jane Fonda 10-b, Salem***(

September 2025 Calendar

Awareness Months

Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month: By Heart Rhythm Society. Web: hrs-online.org.

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: By the American Childhood Cancer Organization. Web: acco.org.

National Cholesterol Education Month: By the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Web: nhlbi.nih.gov.

National Honey Month: By the National Honey Board. Web: honey.com.

National Preparedness Month: Sponsored by FEMA. Web: ready.gov.

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: By the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Web: zerocancer.org.

Healthy Aging Month: By the Healthy Aging organization. Web: healthyaging.net.

National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15–Oct 15)

National Recovery Month: Web: samhsa. gov.

National Sickle Cell Awareness Month: Web: sicklecelldisease.org.

Holidays, Special Days

1, Labor Day (US and Canada): Federal holiday celebrating workers, observed the first Monday.

7, National Grandparents Day. 11, Patriot Day (Attack on America Anniversary, 2001).

16, IT Professionals Day.

16, Mexico Independence Day. Marks Mexico’s 1810 independence from Spain.

17, Citizenship Day. Recognizes U.S. citizenship, replacing Constitution Day in some observances. Web: uscis.gov.

17–23, Constitution Week. Celebrates the U.S.

20, International Red Panda Day.

Constitution’s signing in 1787.

22-26, National Farm Safety and Health Week.

22–24, Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year). Begins at sundown, marking the Jewish year 5786. Web: chabad.org.

22, Autumnal Equinox (Autumn Begins).

25, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Established (1890).

25, United Nations World Maritime Day.

27, Saint Vincent de Paul Feast Day.

28, Gold Star Mother’s Day. Honors families of fallen service members.

29, Michaelmas. Traditional Christian feast day for St. Michael the Archangel.

Events

Aug. 28-Sept. 1, Michigan State Fair, Novi, MI.

Aug. 28-Sept. 1, National Sweetcorn Festival, McFerren Park, Hoopeston, IL.

Aug. 28, Sept. 1, Midwest Old Threshers Reunion, McMillan Park, Mount Pleasant, IA.

Aug. 29-Sept. 1, Payson Golden Onion Days, Payson, UT.

Aug. 29-Sept. 6, Eastern Idaho State Fair, Blackfoot, ID.

Aug 30-Sept 1, Odyssey—A Greek Festival, St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, Orange, CT.

Aug 29-Sept 21, Washington State Fair, Puyallup, WA. One of the largest U.S. fairs, since 1900.

Aug. 30-Sept.1, Cleveland National Air Show, Burke Lakefront Airport, Cleveland, OH. Aug. 30-Sept. 1, Commonwheel Artists Labor Day Art Festival, Memorial Park, Manitou Springs, CO.

4-14, New Mexico State Fair, EXPO New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.

4-14, Utah State Fair, Utah State Fairpark, Salt Lake City, UT.

5-14, Kansas State Fair, Hutchinson, KS.

10-14, America’s Largest RV Show, Hershey, PA.

11-21, Oklahoma State Fair, State Fair Park, Oklahoma City, OK.

16-20, Walnut Valley Festival and National Guitar Flat-Picking Championships, Winfield Fairgrounds, Winfield, KS.

18-21, HummerBird Celebration, Rockport and Fulton, TX.

20–October 5, Germany: Oktoberfest, Munich.

20, International Coastal Cleanup. Global effort to clean coastlines. Web: oceanconservancy.org.

25–28, Barnesville Pumpkin Festival, Barnesville, OH.

26–28, Fairmount Museum Days/Remembering James Dean Festival, Fairmount, IN.

26–28, Fall Festival of the Arts and Crafts, Washington, MO.