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1. What candy bar is famously called “the great American chocolate bar?”
A. Kit Kat B. Milky Way C. Snickers D. The Hershey’s Bar
2. A Goo Goo Cluster is an American candy that contains what nut?
A. Peanuts B. Cashews C. Walnuts D. Pistachios
3. In which U.S. state were “Jolly Ranchers” invented?
A. Idaho B. Colorado C. Montana D. Alabama
4. What is the most popular Halloween candy in the United States?
10. Which month is “National Candy Month celebrated in the U.S.? B. May Trivia Answers on Page 18
A. Milky Way B. Skittles C. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups D. Mars Bars
5. Which candy was reserved exclusively for U.S. troops in WW2?
A. Reese’s Pieces B. M&Ms C. Milky Way D. Kit Kat
6. Which well-known candy bar originally came in three pieces?
A. Milky Way B. Snickers C. 3 Musketeers D. Twix
7. After which family pet did the famous Snickers bars get their name?
A. Horse B. Bear C. Turtle D. Cow
8. What was the original name for the beloved Halloween “Candy Corn?”
A. Autumn Treats B. Sweet Harvest C. Harvest Corn D. Chicken Feed
9. Which Hershey candy owes its name to a manufacturing mishap?
A. Milk Duds B. Ice Breakers C. Kisses D. Bells
Come to the Villagers’ meeting the month of your birthday and you will receive a coupon for a free Villager breakfast.
“August bliss: the beach and a summer book.”
“Tall sunflowers and ripe blackberries are why I love August.”
“Some say that August is the Sunday of summer. Pretty sure that means we have some fun days left!” “Enjoy your birthday with August-o!”
“August is a state of mind, and so is age. Happy Birthday!”
French toast got its name through a grammatical error: Albany, New York, innkeeper Joseph French introduced the dish to America in 1724. He intended to name his creation “French’s Toast” but inadvertently left out the apostrophe and s.
National French Toast Day is celebrated in America on November 28.
In Scotland, it is traditionally served with sausage between two slices, eaten like a sandwich.
In Hong Kong, French toast is layered with peanut butter.
In New Zealand, French toast is enjoyed with bananas, bacon, cinnamon, and maple syrup.
Italians make French toast with mozzarella between slices dipped in whipped egg and fried. Ketchup is a popular topping in England, where it is called “eggy bread.”
In Louisiana Creole cuisine, French toast is often spiked with alcohol.
Called “rabanadas,” Brazil’s version of French toast is served as a dessert for Christmas.
In 2003, the U.S. government called for its name to be changed to “freedom toast” during a brief dispute with France. It did not catch on.
Every state can claim “it happened here first” for some event, whether on a national or global scale. They aren’t all glamorous, and they aren’t all even worthy of celebration, but they are part of our history. Over the next several months, we’ll look at one of those “firsts” for each of the 50 states. For an extra bit of history, the states will be listed in order of statehood.
– Delaware – Dec. 7, 1787
DE was the first of the 13 colonies to ratify the Constitution making it the first state. In 2002, Mrs. Anabelle O’Malley’s first grade class at Mt. Pleasant Elementary School requested Delaware’s nickname officially become “The First State,” an idea that made it all the way to the legislature and was adopted.
– Pennsylvania – Dec. 12, 1787
PA has the honor of having America’s first oil well. In 1859, Edwin Drake drilled the nation’s first successful commercial oil well near Titusville, PA. That discovery fueled a global petroleum boom and reshaped how the world powered growth.
– New Jersey – Dec. 18, 1787
NJ is known for having the world’s first area code. As more and more people began to use telephones in their homes, switchboard operators were becoming overwhelmed. Bell came up with a solution of using fully numeric phone numbers with an area code for long distance calls. Most of the testing for the new system occurred in Englewood, which means that the state of New Jersey was
the first to have an area code: 201. Why 201 and not 001? Bell took into account both human action and the machine that would automatically place the call and came up with some rules and guidelines:
• No area code would use the same digit twice in a row.
• The second digit was either a 0 (indicating that an entire state was covered by that single code) or a 1 (for a state with multiple area codes).
• Areas with high population would get lower-numbered area codes because, on rotary-dial phones they could be dialed more quickly.
To showcase the new system once it was in place, 100 onlookers watched on November 10, 1951, as the mayor of Englewood, M. Leslie Denning, placed a call to the mayor of Alameda, California, Frank Osborn, without the need of a human switchboard operator.
GA hosts America’s first gold rush. In 1829, miners poured into north Georgia chasing rumors of gold. The strike in Dahlonega led to a federal mint. Long before the frenzy hit California, the nation’s gold fever had already begun in the Southeast.
5th – Connecticut – Jan. 9, 1788
CT was where the world’s first commercial telephone exchange appeared. On January 28, 1878, in New Haven, CT, George Coy’s creation of a telephone switchboard was implemented. The contraption was made of a unique mix of materials, including teapot
By Lois Bergman
Last month, we talked about Dave as a teacher in Korea, and I promised a follow-up as Dave, the photographer. When Dave first announced that he was a photographer in the Army and we went on to discuss his teacher assignment in Korea, I ‘pictured’ him as a photographer, off to one side, capturing what Kodak liked to call “the moments.”
However, during our most recent interview, that notion was quickly dispelled. Dave worked as a motion picture photographer in Alaska, shooting movies of soldiers training –doing things like climbing up glaciers! – and going down into crevices!
It gets even more exciting. I asked him if he was ever nervous for the soldiers as they trained this way. He replied, “I was nervous about me falling off the glacier!!” Yes, he had to be close enough to film. Another photographer would be assigned to the training who did the still pictures. He and David were ‘roped-in together,’ as Dave puts it. (Talk
handles. Before this advancement, telephones were owned by private individuals and businesses. The phones were to be leased in pairs, and a technician was hired to string telephone wire between the two points of contact. The switchboard allowed anyone with a telephone to contact anyone else who had a telephone.
about learning to trust your team!) Once in a while, they would call out to each other that they were moving down so they could work together to stay safe.
These military men and women who commit part of their lives to keep our country free and safe — amaze me. Their stories help me picture all the different ways they have served in this regard. Thank you, Dave, for your service.
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Reprinted from the June 1993 issue of
You may not know who Daniel Butterfield was, but you probably recognize a tune he wrote, the haunting bugle call known as “Taps.”
“Taps” is used by all branches of the Armed Forces to signal day’s end. It is typically sounded at military funerals and memorial services.
Butterfield was a Union general during the Civil War, a commander of the Third Brigade. It was during the ill-fated Peninsular campaign of July, 1862, that he felt an overwhelming need to write a new bugle call for his men.
He had lost over 600 soldiers in one day’s battle. An oppressive sadness and melancholy descended upon him because so many had died.
When “Extinguish Lights,” the regulation bugle call signaling day’s end, was sounded one night, it struck Butterfield as inadequate for marking the closing of the day - just one of many days that had seen hundreds of men die.
There should be a more fitting tune, he reasoned; one that combined and conveyed a feeling of sadness mingled with hope.
Since Butterfield didn’t write or read music, he set the tune in his mind, then called an aide to put it into musical notation as he hummed and whistled it.
With “Taps” on paper, Butterfield called for his personal bugler, Oliver Norton, and asked him to
Day is done, gone the sun, From the lake, from the hills, from the sky; All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.
Fading light, dims the sight, And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright. From afar, drawing nigh, falls the night.
Thanks and praise, for our days, ‘Neath the sun, ‘neath the stars, ‘neath the sky; As we go, this we know, God is nigh.
play the new bugle call instead of “Extinguish Lights.”
That night and from then on, “Taps” was played. Buglers from other Union camps heard Norton play “Taps,” and asked for copies of the music.
As the melody spread quickly to other Union encampments, Confederate buglers heard it being played at night and copied it. It wasn’t long before soldiers on both sides were going to sleep with “Taps” sounding in their ears.
Although it almost immediately became the new “Extinguish Lights,” “Taps” didn’t become an authorized bugle call until 1874.
After the war, Butterfield became well known for his civilian efforts in railroading, shipping, banking, real estate, and politics. He helped build a railroad in Guatemala, and the Russians sought his advice on building the Trans-Siberian Railroad.
In July, 1901, Butterfield died. At his grave site, three rifle volleys were fired, answered by a 13gun artillery salute. Then, appropriately, the bugler sounded “Taps.”
Sun has set, shadows come, Time has fled, Scouts must go to their beds Always true to the promise that they made.
While the light fades from sight, And the stars gleaming rays softly send, To thy hands we our souls, Lord, commend.
Here are some of Penny’s friends who come for a visit every so often.
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Men can read smaller print than women can; Women can hear better.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $16,400
The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour: 61,000
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer
The San Francisco cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David Hearts - Charlemagne Clubs - Alexander, the Great Diamonds - Julius Caesar 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.
Most boat owners name their boats. The most popular name requested?
Obsession
If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you find the letter ‘A?’
One thousand
What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers have in common?
All were invented by women.
Which day of the year are more collect calls made than any other day?
Fathers’ Day
At least 75% of the people who read this will try to lick their elbow!
“There’s nothing like roughing it in the woods to make a man feel alive!
BASTILLE CATACOMBS
CHAMBORD
CASTLE
DDAY BEACHES
EIFFEL TOWER
LASCAUX CAVES
LES INVALIDS
LOUVRE
NIMES ARENA
NOTRE DAME
OMAHA BEACH
PONT DU GARD
SACRE COEUR
SAINT MALO
SAINTE CHAPELLE
VERSAILLES
Across
1.“What ___ is new?”
5.Any doctrine
8. Greek earth goddess: Var.
9.On the ocean
10.Jobs
11.Responded in court
12.Con man
14.Souvenir
20.Wise one
21.Eagle’s nest
23.Early video game
24.Flower holder
25.“A Chorus Line” number
26.Greek god of love
Down
1.Breakfast fare
2.Secular
3.Sound of relief
4.Facilitate
5.Part of an archipelago
6.Soothsayer
7.“Spy vs. Spy” magazine
9.Likely
13.“___ we there yet?”
14.Atomic particle
15.Sea eagle
16.Coffee holder
17.Church section
18.Eye drop
19.About
20. U.S. document publisher
22.“I agree”
The headline is a clue to the answer in the diagonal.
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 easy.
1. Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs were cops on what TV series? a-Miami Vice, b-Hill Street Blues, c-NYPD Blue, d-The Streets of San Francisco.
2.Who defeated Sonny Liston in 1964 to become the world heavyweight boxing champion? a-George Foreman, b-Muhammad Ali, c-Ingemar Johanssen, d-Rocky Graziano.
3. What TV show's theme song includes the lyrics "Sunny day, chasing the clouds away, on my way to where the air is sweet?" a-The Jeffersons, b-Good Times, c-Sesame Street, d-The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
4.Singer Sonny Bono served as the mayor of what California city? a-Oakland, b-Beverly Hills, c-Palm Springs, d-Pasadena.
5.Sonny Jurgensen played most of his NFL career as a quarterback for what team? a-Dallas Cowboys, b-San Francisco 49ers, c-St. Louis Cardinals, d-Washington Redskins.
6.In TV commercials, Sonny the bird is "cuckoo" about what breakfast cereal? a-Cocoa Puffs, b-Froot Loops, c-Corn Flakes, d-Honeycomb.
7.What mystery writer's creations included a fashion-conscious private eye named Sunny Randall? a-John D. MacDonald, b-Janet Evanovich, c-Robert B.Parker, d-Martin Cruz Smith.
8.What singer won a 1997 Grammy for Record of the Year for "Sunny Came Home"? a-Alison Krauss, b-Alanis Morissette, c-Shawn Colvin, d-Paula Cole.
9.What TV series was set in fictional Sunnydale, California? a-Gilmore Girls, b-Buffy the Vampire Slayer, c-One Tree Hill, d-Gossip Girl.
10. Which songwriter earned a total of 37 cents in royalties from his first published effort, "Marie From Sunny Italy"? a-Cole Porter, b-Irving Berlin, c-Woody Guthrie, d-Pete Seeger.
A salary is the drug they give you to forget your dreams.
Kevin O'Leary
I would visualize things coming to me. It would just make me feel better. Visualization works if you work hard. That's the thing. You can't just visualize and go eat a sandwich."
Jim Carrey
When we forget to use visualization and imagination, it is like not using our minds.
Jose Silva
You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.
Mahatma Gandhi
The start is what stops most people. Don Shula
I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.
Harrison Ford
Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong, these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.
Winston Churchill
The difference between try and triumph is a little "umph."
Author Unknown
The pessimist worries about the wind; the optimist thinks it will change; the realist adjusts the sails.
William Arthur Ward
Progress equals happiness.
Tony Robbins
A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband.
Suddenly, her husband burst into the kitchen. "Careful," he said, "CAREFUL! Put in some more butter!
Oh my gosh! You're cooking too many at once. Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! We need more butter.
Oh my gosh! They're going to STICK! Careful. I said CAREFUL!
You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking! Never! Turn them! Hurry up! You know you always forget to salt them. Use the salt!"
The wife stared at him. "What in the world is wrong with you? You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?"
The husband calmly replied, "I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm driving!"
Airman Jones was assigned to the induction center to sell recruits GI insurance benefits.
Captain Smith noticed that Jones had a 100% record for insurance sales. It had never happened before.
The Captain then sat in the room and listened to Jones's sales pitch. Jones explained the basics of the insurance.
"If you have GI Insurance and get killed in battle, the government has to pay $200,000 to your beneficiaries. If you don't have GI insurance, and get killed in battle, the government only has to pay $6,000. Now, who do you think they send into battle first?"
Answers to 'Sunny Side Up'
1-a, Miami Vice
2-b, Muhammad Ali
3-c, Sesame Street
4-c, Palm Springs
5-d, Washington Redskins
6-a, Cocoa Puffs
7-c, Robert B. Parker
8-c, Shawn Colvin
9-b, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
10-b, Irving Berlin
