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FORMER TEACHERS

by Kathy Wolfe October 5 is World Teachers Day, and Tidbits is taking the opportunity to investigate well-known folks who were teachers before they became famous. Take a look – you might be surprised at who were former educators.

• Prior to his role as the fictional Sheriff Andy Taylor in Mayberry, Andy Griffith taught English at the high school in Goldsboro, North Carolina. He was also responsible for creating the school’s award-winning marching band during his tenure from 1949 to 1953.

• Art Garfunkel is more than just a stellar singer/ songwriter. He’s also a math whiz who earned an M.A. in the subject from Columbia University, and was working toward his doctorate during the peak of Simon & Garfunkel’s fame. Shortly after the immense success of “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” the duo parted ways, and Art branched out into acting, with roles in 1970’s Catch-22 and 1971’s Carnal Knowledge. He also took a position as a math teacher at a private prep school in Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1971.

It was a little difficult being a pop star math teacher. In Garfunkel’s words, “I would talk them through a math problem and ask if anyone had any questions and they would say, ‘What were the Beatles like?’”

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• Before he was Mr. T, He was Mr. Tureaud, working as a physical education teacher in the Chicago public schools system. Lawrence Tureaud had his break-out movie role in 1982’s Rocky III after being discovered by Sylvester Stallone, and went on to his role as Sgt. Baracus in the NBC series “The A-Team.” Speaking of Stallone, he also worked as a gym teacher while attending the American College in Switzerland during the 1960s.

• Stephen King hasn’t always been a successful author. After his graduation from the University of Maine, he went to work in an industrial laundry while he job-searched. He secured a position teaching English at the high school in Hampden, Maine, and worked on a novel during his off-hours. After two years, Carrie was accepted for publication and in 1973, King quit teaching to write full-time.

• Author Dan Brown originally wanted a career as a singer-songwriter. He moved to Los Angeles to pursue his calling and landed a position teaching Spanish at Beverly Hills Prep School in 1991. Brown returned to his home town of Exeter, New Hampshire, the following year, where he taught English and Spanish at Phillips Exeter Academy until 1996 when he resigned to devote his full attention to authoring his best sellers The da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, among others.

• History has always been an important part of Bill O’Reilly’s life. The FOX News political program host is the author of several historical best sellers including Killing Lincoln, Killing Patton, Killing Kennedy, and Hitler’s Last Days. Prior to his broadcasting career, O’Reilly was an English and History teacher at Monsignor Edward Pace High School in Opalocka, Florida from 1970 to 1972.

• Thirty-sixth President Lyndon B. Johnson was a school principal and teacher of 5th, 6th, and 7thgraders at the Mexican-American Welhausen School in Cotulla, Texas, in 1927 when he was just 19 years old. He went on to teach public speaking at high schools in Pearsall and Houston, Texas, before entering politics in 1937. As a Congressman in 1941, he was the first member of Congress to volunteer for active duty after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He reported to the U.S. Navy on December 9, just two days after the bombing. Johnson was sworn in as U.S. President approximately 90 minutes after President John F. Kennedy was declared dead in a Dallas hospital. He took the oath of office in the conference room aboard Air Force One, as the plane sat at Dallas’ Love Field, the first and only time a President has been sworn in on an airplane.

• The second U.S. President, John Adams, also did a stint as a schoolmaster in Worcester, Massachusetts. He found the profession boring and stated that his students were a “large number of little runtlings, just capable of lisping A, B, C, and troubling the master.” Yet he kept the job in order to pay the bills while attending law school.

• From 1974 to 1976, Gordon Sumner used his degree from Northern Counties Teachers Training College in Newcastle, England, to teach at a convent school in nearby Cramington for two years, the only male on the faculty. On his free evenings, he played in a group called the Phoenix Jazzmen, and frequently wore his favorite black-and-yellow-striped sweater while performing. The bandleader thought

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Gordon looked like a bee and gave him the nickname “Sting.” In 1977, Sumner moved to London and teamed up with two others to form the band The Police. Today, Sting’s net worth is estimated in the $300 million range.

• We know him best as the bass player of the band KISS, with his face painted white with black flames. But prior to his musical fame, Gene Simmons was a teacher of sixth-graders in a Harlem, New York, grade school. Simmons was born Chaim Witz in Israel to a mother who had survived the Holocaust. The two of them emigrated to New York City when Simmons was eight years old, without knowing a word of English. (This musician now speaks English, Hungarian, Hebrew, and German.) KISS, formed in 1973 in New York, has sold over 100 million albums worldwide, and has 45 gold albums to date. Despite his somewhat “demonic” look, Gene Simmons says he has never drunk alcohol, taken drugs, or even smoked a cigarette.

• Singer Kris Kristofferson might not have been the successful singer he is today had he not turned down the opportunity to teach Literature at West Point Academy. Kristofferson was a Rhodes Scholar, earning a Master’s degree in English Literature at Oxford, graduating summa cum laude, and even appeared in Sports Illustrated’s “Faces in the Crowd” for his accomplishments in collegiate rugby, football, and track and field. After graduation, he joined the Army and rose to the rank of Captain, completing Ranger training, and becoming a helicopter pilot. At the end of his tour in 1965, Kristofferson was offered a professorship at West Point. At the last minute, he turned down the offer, resigned his commission, and pursued a music career.

His family, including his U.S. Air Force Major General father, disowned him and never reconciled with him.

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For literally hundreds of years, people of all ages have enjoyed putting jigsaw puzzles together.

Here’s the history of this favorite pastime.

• Born in England in 1739, at age 14, John Spilsbury became an apprentice to Thomas Jeffreys, an engraver, map seller, and the Royal Geographer to the King. At 21, Spilsbury branched out on his own as an engraver, mapmaker, and printer of children’s educational books, maps, charts, and stationery.

• In 1766, when he was 26, Spilsbury devised the idea of mounting maps on a sheet of hardwood.

Using a fine-bladed marquetry saw, he cut around the borders of the countries, with the goal of teaching Geography to British students.

He called his invention “Dissected Maps,” and became the first commercial manufacturer of jigsaws. Over the next two years, he marketed several different styles, including the world, Africa, America, Asia, Europe, England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland. Unfortunately, Spilsbury did not live to see the great success of his invention, passing away at age 30.

• For the next 50 years, the puzzles were primarily an educational activity. They gradually transitioned into a leisure pastime, with illustrations mounted on plywood. They were still known as “dissections,” but when the treadle saw was introduced around 1880, they began to be called “jigsaw puzzles.” Penciled tracings of where to cut the pieces were made on the back of the wood.

• In the late 1800s, cardboard puzzles made their debut, mostly for children’s puzzles. For many years, they were not the top seller, as retailers continued to stock mostly wooden puzzles, believing that customers liked them better

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than “cheap” cardboard varieties.

The puzzles of the early 20th century did not interlock, and many an hour’s work was negated by a bump to the table. Adult puzzles of this era did not have the picture on the box and the subject matter was a mystery until all the pieces were in place.

Early puzzles were quite expensive, as much as $5 for a 500-piece puzzle in 1908, because each piece was cut individually. Cardboard puzzle quality improved and prices dropped with the invention of a device that would die cut them in a press. Strips of metal with sharp edges were fastened to a plate, much like a cookie cutter, enabling the mass production of puzzles.

During the 1930s, puzzles were a method of advertising, with stores offering free puzzles with the purchase of a toothbrush or other sundry item. The illustration featured an image of the product, a clever way for manufacturers to keep a vision of their item in the consumers’ minds. Puzzles were especially popular during the Great Depression as an inexpensive form of entertainment. Sales of adult puzzles were an astounding 10 million per week. Puzzles were also something that could be made by hand at home by those who could not afford the store-bought kinds.

Today, people enjoy jigsaw puzzles more than any other table game.

The record for the most pieces assembled together in a single jigsaw is 209,250, an event that took place at Taiwan’s Grand Formosa Regent Hotel.

J.K. ROWLING Tidbits continues celebrating World Teachers Day by focusing on author J.K. Rowling, who has been wildly successful with her Harry Potter series of books.

• The life of Joanne Kathleen Rowling has been a true “rags-to-riches” story. Born in 1965 to a Rolls-Royce aircraft engineer father and science technician mother, Rowling went from receiving welfare benefits as a single mother to being a multi-millionaire in just five years.

• Shortly after the death of her mother from multiple sclerosis in 1990 when Joanne was 25, she answered a newspaper ad for an English teacher in Portugal. It was while working at a language institute in that country that she began penning the stories that would become the series about a young wizard. She claims she was on a four-hour-delayed train trip when the idea “came fully formed” into her mind.

• Her teaching duties were in the evenings, freeing up her day to write, which she did while listening to the music of Tchaikovsky.

She married and had a child in Portugal, but after three years, she was back in England as “poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain, without being homeless.”

• Two years later, Rowling finished typing the manuscript on her old manual typewriter and went looking for a publisher. Twelve publishing houses rejected the story of Harry Potter. Finally, in 1997, a London publisher, whose chairman’s 8-year-old daughter had read and loved the first chapter, agreed to a run of 1,000 copies under the title Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Rowling’s editor advised her to get a day job, because he couldn’t see her as a children’s book author.

As her book began winning award after award, it was plain to see Rowling had a bright future.

• The second and third books in the series followed in 1998 and 1999. When the fourth book, Goblet of Fire was released in 2000, its first-day sales were nearly as much as the first year’s sales of the second book, Prisoner of Azkaban. During its first 48 hours in the U.S., three million copies of Goblet were sold, breaking all records.

• The sixth book in the series, The Half-Blood Prince, went on sale in 2005, with U.S. sales of nine million copies in the first 24 hours. The seventh and final book, The Deathly Hallows, was released in 2007, breaking all previous records with 11 million books the first day.

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1. MONEY: How many companies make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average?

2. CARTOONS: What is the name of Mickey Mouse’s dog?

3. LITERATURE: Who wrote the novel “From Here to Eternity”?

4. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the city of Giza?

5. SCIENCE: In what field of study would a Punnett square be used?

6. MUSIC: What rock band featured Steven Tyler as the lead singer?

7. MATH: How many millions are in a billion dollars?

8. TELEVISION: What character did actor John Travolta play on “Welcome Back Kotter”?

9. FOOD: Who was the host of the television cooking show called “Good Eats”?

10. U.S. PRESIDENTS: What was Ronald Reagan’s first nickname?

Answers 1. 30 2. Pluto 3. James Jones 4. Egypt 5. Genetics, to calculate genetic traits 6. Aerosmith 7. 1,000 8. Vinnie Barbarino 9. Alton Brown 10. Dutch (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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• Rowling sold the film rights to Warner Brothers and the first of eight films premiered in 2001.

It took 10 years to complete the filming of the series. The first movie was to be directed by Steven Spielberg, but he declined the offer.

It was his thought that the series should be animated films, with American actor Haley Joel Osment voicing Harry Potter. Rowling had specifically demanded that the principal cast be British.

• The eight-film series garnered 12 total Oscar nominations, but strangely enough, won no awards. The series grossed over $7.7 billion worldwide, more than the first 22 James Bond films combined, and the six Star Wars movies.

• J.K. Rowling is ranked as the 12th richest woman in the United Kingdom, with an estimated worth of approximately $1 billion.

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DEAR PAWS CORNER: Fall is here in the Northeast, with lots of falling leaves -- and plenty of leaf piles to roll in. Can you remind your readers that fleas and ticks are still active at this time of year? -- Charles, via email

On those first cool, crisp fall days, this is mighty comforting to have on the menu!

DEAR CHARLES: You’re absolutely right: Until the first hard frost, or an extended period of cold weather, ticks and fleas remain pretty active. If they’re in the house, they may not go dormant at all.

So, while it’s fine to let your dog romp in leaf piles (as long as the neighbors aren’t bothered), it’s important to check its coat for fleas and ticks as soon as possible after that fun ends. Ticks should be removed and then crushed, ideally before they embed into your dog’s skin.

If a tick is embedded, try to carefully remove it.

If you’re not certain how, or if you’re worried about breaking off the tick’s body and leaving its head in your dog’s skin, take your pet to the veterinarian within 24 hours to remove the tick.

Fall also brings a change in weather to much of the country. As the temperature cools, smaller dogs and dogs that are sick or elderly could suffer from the cold. Now is the time to unpack those doggy sweaters and vests and use them on chilly mornings and evenings.

The change of seasons also brings stormy weather, blowing down branches and other debris.

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There was even an auditorium where the residents would listen to accordion music every day. * During the final 6 miles of a pilgrimage to Lhasa, Tibet, a devout Buddhist will kiss the ground approximately 30,000 times. * Those who study such things say that a properly prepared mummy will be wrapped in about 490 feet of linen. * You may know that Philo Farnsworth invented the television, but you may not realize that his success didn’t bring him much happiness. Later in life he suffered from depression, developed a drinking problem (and accompanying ulcers) and had a nervous breakdown.

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TOILETS

by Janet Spencer Tuning up your toilet can save water. Come along with Tidbits as we appreciate toilets!

TWEAKING TOILETS • In 1995, the National Energy Policy Act required that all new toilets must be able to flush using a maximum of 1.6 gallons (6 l) of water. Older models used up to six gallons (22 l) per flush.

• Japanese National Railways wanted to save water by cutting down on the amount of water used per flush in the restrooms. But the tiny amount of water used in the flush led users to think the toilets weren’t working properly, and they would flush over and over. Officials subsequently installed an electronic device that broadcast the sound of huge amounts of water flushing so the toilet sounded normal, and the extra flushing ceased.

• It’s been estimated that one out of every four toilets leaks. One method of telling if your toilet leaks is to put a drop of food coloring in the tank and see if it shows up in the bowl over the course of about 20 minutes without flushing. If your toilet is leaking, replace the flappers and adjust the fill valves. If the toilet runs long after flushing, adjust the length of the chain attached to the float.

I read that when you flush a toilet in Australia, the water goes the opposite way to toilets over here.

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WORD ORIGINS • The French word ‘toile’ means cloth or net.

When the French began covering their dressing tables with cloth, the tablecloth was also called a toile, and the dressing room was called a toilette.

When the first flushing potties were invented, they were located in the dressing rooms and became known as toilets.

• The Dutch word ‘krappen’ meaning ‘to pluck or cut off’ and the French word ‘crappe’ meaning ‘siftings’ and the Latin word ‘crappa’ meaning ‘chaff’ are all related to the current word ‘crap.’

They all refer to the part that is thrown away after the part that is useful has been gathered.

• Thomas Crapper was a plumber in London in the mid-1800s. Contrary to myth, he did not invent the toilet, but he did improve it. He also improved the sewer systems of the city. The toilets he manufactured and installed, as well as the manhole covers he fabricated, were all stamped with his name: Crapper.

• The Latin word ‘lavare’ meaning ‘to wash’ is where we get the word ‘lavatory.’

• On board ships, the original toilets were just a simple board with a hole cut out, which were hung over the front part of a ship where the waves would wash everything away. The front of the ship was called ‘the head.’

• In medieval times, chamber pots would be emptied out the window into the street below.

The story goes that in France, they would call out, “Gardez l’eau!” meaning, “Watch out for the water!” in order to warn pedestrians before hurling the refuse into the street. In England, this was Anglicized to ‘gardy-loo’ before being shorted to simply ‘loo.’

• The Middle English word ‘poupen’ or ‘popen’ originally meant ‘fart’ because that’s what a fart sounds like. Eventually it gave us the word ‘poop.’ This is not to be confused with the Middle French word ‘poupe’ meaning the stern of a ship, giving us ‘poop deck.’

BY THE NUMBERS • Average number of times a typical human uses the bathroom every day: 7 • Average number of years a typical human spends on the toilet in a lifetime: 3 • Percent of Americans who use their phone on the toilet: 75% • Number of phones dropped in the toilet in an average year: 7 million • Percent of people who crumple their toilet paper rather than fold it: 60% • Percent of household water use that goes down the toilet: 38% • Number of toilets in the White House: 35 • Number of times a baby will need a diaper change before being potty trained: 10,000 • Life expectancy of a toilet: 50 years • Cost of the world’s most expensive toilet: $19 million • Location of the world’s most expensive toilet: international space station • Number of rolls of toilet paper the average American family use each year: 119 • Percent of people who put the toilet paper roll “over” instead of “under”: 75%

• Percent of women who will wash their hands in a public restroom if there is someone else present: 90 • Percent of women who will wash their hands if they are alone: 16 • Average cost per day to flush a toilet: 5 cents

IT’S A FACT • In the mid-1960s, the Indonesian rupiah was valued at 325 to the dollar. The cheap paper that was used to print one-sen notes (worth 1/100th of a rupiah) was perfect for being used as toilet paper, and was much less expensive than the commercially made tissue paper, since you could get 32,500 pieces for a buck.

FACTS & FASCINATION • The combination of Sani-Flush toilet bowl cleaner and Comet cleanser can explode. Comet is sodium hypochlorite and Sani-Flush is sodium bisulfate. Many people assume two cleansers are better than one and use them both at the same time.

• 23 people were hired to do nothing but flush toilets at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida before Christmas in 1989 in an effort to keep pipes from freezing.

• When Hank Aaron was on the verge of breaking Babe Ruth’s home run record, the Atlanta Journal stationed a reporter outside the men’s room in the stadium so they could get an interview of the tragedy of a man who went to the restroom at the wrong moment.

• The U.S. Navy was preparing to hit Makin Island in the Pacific during WWII. First they needed to know how many Japanese men were there. They knew the Japanese army usually had one latrine for every 40 soldiers. So they ordered pilots to make aerial surveys of outhouses in the area.

They counted a hundred latrines— so there must be 4,000 soldiers. They were correct to within 40 men.

• A guide dog in Kent, England was told by his male master to lead him to the restrooms in the railway

For Advertising Call (250) 832-3361 station. Unfortunately, the dog was unable to read “men” and “women” on the doors, which resulted in some upset ladies. Why they were upset when the man couldn’t see anything is not known.

• When Gordon and Jasmine Geisbrecht decided to open a new restaurant in Winnipeg in 1986, they wanted to make it really different.

They decided to make toilets the theme of the restaurant. Called “The Outhouse,” toilet bowls were placed here and there in the decorating scheme, and menus featured a toilet bowl logo.

Health inspectors suspended their license when it was found that their restroom facilities were inadequate.

Noteworthy Inventions

THOMAS CRAPPER • Thomas Crapper, born in Yorkshire, England, in 1836, became an apprentice to his brother at the age of 14. His brother was a Master Plumber in London.

• By 1861 Thomas had completed his training and set up his own plumbing shop. In that day and age, proper people didn’t speak about bathrooms or the things that happened in bathrooms. So Thomas Crapper caused quite a stir when he advertised his business by displaying, right in his front window and in full view of everyone passing by, the complete collection of bathroom fixtures he offered for sale. According to legend, ladies became faint when viewing the porcelain bowls in his showroom.

• In order to overcome the prevailing attitude of prudery, Crapper outfitted his salesmen with tiny dollhouse-sized replicas of the toilets, sinks, and tubs he was selling. The customer

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was tasked with the chore of imagining how the full size fixtures would look in their house.

• This was also a day and age when it was thought that going to the bathroom indoors was unhygienic, a myth Thomas Crapper worked hard to dispel.

• His business got quite a boost when Edward Prince of Wales hired Thomas to install 30 bathrooms in his newly purchased estate, Sandringham House. When Edward became king, more plumbing jobs were handed to Thomas Crapper, followed by more work commissioned by King George V. Eventually Crapper installed bathrooms and plumbing fixtures in Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey. The public thought that any plumber good enough for royalty was good enough for them, and Crapper’s business boomed.

• Along the way, Crapper invented many plumbing improvements and was awarded nine patents. However, the flush toilet had been invented by others long before Thomas Crapper came along.

• Crapper’s inventions included a method of fitting underground drain pipes together which helped reduce disease by reducing leakage from sewer pipes. He also invented improvements to the float valve that helps regulate the flushing and refilling action of the toilet tank.

• At one point he invented a spring-loaded toilet seat, which would automatically rise up when the seated person stood up. The lifting motion of the toilet seat triggered rods that automatically flushed the toilet. This design suffered from the unfortunate flaw that when the rubber gaskets began to age, they became sticky and would fail to lift until the pressure from springs became too great to resist. At this point the toilet seat would fly upwards, often smacking the unfortunate user on the rear. It became known as “the bottom slapper” and died an ignominious death.

• Because Crapper also owned his own foundry, he was able to manufacture his own pipes, fittings, and manhole covers. Today, the Crapper manhole covers in front of Westminster Abbey, which are inscribed: ‘T. Crapper & Co., Sanitary Engineers’ are a favorite stop for tourists who enjoy taking rubbings from them in the same way people take rubbings from tombstones.

• When soldiers during World War II saw the word “Crapper” stamped all over toilets throughout Europe, they began calling bathrooms by that name.

• Thomas Crapper died in 1910 and the business continued under the care of his nephew and his partner. In 1963 it was acquired by another firm.

QUICK QUIZ: TISSUE • When brothers Irvin and Clarence moved to Philadelphia and started a paper business in the 1870s, they sold butcher paper, paper bags, and stationery from a push-cart. When they moved into a storefront, sales dropped. They needed a product that would be constantly in demand.

• Just at that time, indoor plumbing was becoming popular. In private homes, people used catalogs in the bathroom. But hotels and restaurants, after going through the trouble of installing indoor plumbing, couldn’t bring themselves to put catalogs in bathrooms.

• So Irvin and Clarence started experimenting with toilet tissue, an idea that had been around a while but had never caught on. First they manufactured stacks of individual sheets, but it was difficult to keep the pile neat. So they tried wrapping it around a cardboard tube. It worked.

• They set up a factory, named the business after themselves, and started selling toilet paper directly to merchants since the issue was too delicate to bring up in polite society.

• Gradually, they introduced their product to the public through advertisements aimed at snob appeal: “They have a pretty house, Mother, but their bathroom paper hurts.”

• In 1907 an uncut roll of defective toilet paper

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2. MEDICAL: In human beings, what causes a goiter?

3. GEOGRAPHY: In what city would you find the Brandenburg Gate?

4. MUSIC: Which Southern rock band had a hit single with “Imaginary Lover”?

5. MOVIES: In which movie did longtime game host Bob Barker make his debut?

6. SCIENCE: What does an ornithologist study?

7. COMPUTERS: What kind of computer file carries the extension “.wav”?

8. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is the adjective used to describe horses?

9. LANGUAGE: What is a pangram?

10. FAMOUS QUOTATIONS: Who once said, “Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend.

Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read”?

Answers 1. “West Side Story” 2. Usually a lack of iodine 3. Berlin 4. Atlanta Rhythm Section 5. “Happy Gilmore” with Adam Sandler 6. Birds 7. Audio 8. Equine 9. A sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet.

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material was delivered to their factory. It was heavy, wrinkled, and unsuitable for toilet paper. It was about to be returned when someone suggested marketing it as disposable ‘paper towels.’ Hotels, restaurants, and railroad stations bought them because they were more sanitary than cloth towels.

• Irvin and Clarence’s business became the largest paper goods maker in the world, and was bought out by Kimberly-Clark in 1995.

What’s the name of their company? (Answer below)

QUICK QUIZ: MORE TISSUE • During World War I, cotton was used for surgical dressings and as filters in gas masks. As the war progressed, demand outstripped supply and it became urgent to find a substitute material.

The Kimberly-Clark company, a paper • manufacturing firm based in Wisconsin, came up with a substitute called Cellucotton that was made from wood fibers. It made an excellent cotton substitute not only for gas masks but also for bandages.

• When the war ended, Kimberly-Clark had huge surpluses of Cellucotton on hand. Searching for a peace-time use for their product, in 1924 they came up with a tissue designed to remove cold cream make-up used by actors. It was a far better alternative than using towels and handkerchiefs to remove makeup. They called them Celluwipes at first, before settling on a new name.

Answer: Scott, as in Scott Tissue and Scott Towels. w• Ads using movie stars convinced ladies that the tissues were the best way to remove makeup at the same time that Hollywood movie stars were convincing the American public that wearing makeup was acceptable.

• In 1928 the pop-up tissue dispenser was invented and the tissues began to be used as a disposable handkerchief, an idea proposed by a researcher who suffered from hay fever.

The company introduced the slogan, ‘Don’t carry a cold in your pocket’ while pushing the sanitary benefits of using the product. Today the product is used worldwide and the name has become a nearly generic term for tissue.

What’s it called? (Answer below)

FACT • To stifle a sneeze, press the area between the upper lip and the nose.

Answer: Kleenex.

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My cat “Chester” has always been a big shedder with his long hair. I’ve pretty much kept up with it by brushing his coat every evening. But lately I’ve noticed a lot more hair deposited on the furniture and carpet, and when I comb him I have to clean out the brush several times. What could be causing this increased shedding? -- Cherie K. in Dubuque, Iowa

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DEAR CHERIE: To start, make an appointment with Chester’s vet for a complete physical exam.

Excess shedding doesn’t always have a concrete explanation, but it can signal a change in his health, especially if it wasn’t a problem before.

Excess shedding can have a cause as benign as changes in the season -- shedding in spring and fall, for example. Or it could be triggered by allergies to dust, pollen and molds, which can irritate his skin and make him scratch more.

Skin diseases such as ringworm can be another cause -- it’s something the vet will certainly check for, along with flea infestation or other irritants.

Excess shedding also can signal much more serious conditions, such as diabetes or hyperthyroidism, something that a vet can diagnose.

Ahead of the appointment, watch Chester’s behavior: Is he drinking excessively? Does he seem agitated? Is he eating as much as he used to?

Write down anything that seems unusual and shared it with the vet.

If Chester has developed a health condition, the vet can prescribe the right medications and advise you on the best diet to feed him. If allergies or some unknown irritant is at work, the exam will rule out other possible causes so you can focus on finding a shedding solution.

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1 purchased refrigerated unbaked 9-inch pie crust 1 (4-serving) package sugar-free vanilla cookand-serve pudding mix 1 cup water 1 teaspoon apple pie spice or ground cinnamon 4 cups cored, peeled and sliced cooking apples 1/4 cup chopped pecans 1/4 cup fat-free caramel topping 1/2 cup reduced-calorie whipped topping 1. Heat oven to 375 F. Place pie crust in a 9-inch pie plate and flute edges.

2. In a medium saucepan, combine dry pudding mix, water and apple pie spice. Stir in apples.

Cook over medium heat until mixture thickens and apples start to soften, stirring often. Remove from heat. Add pecans and caramel topping.

Mix gently to combine. Spoon hot mixture into prepared pie crust.

3. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes. Place pie plate on a wire rack and allow to cool. Cut into 8 pieces.

When serving, top each piece with 1 tablespoon whipped topping. * Each serving equals: 221 calories, 9g fat, 1g protein, 34g carb., 206mg sodium, 2g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 1 1/2 Starch, 1 Fruit, 1 1/2 Fat. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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* In the 1830s you could give someone a blizzard.

Back then, of course, the word wasn’t referring to a snowstorm; rather, that phrase meant to give someone a piece of one’s mind.

* Thanks to arrangements made by his very powerful family, Theophylactus of Tusculum became Pope Benedict IX in 1032, at the age of 20. It seems he wasn’t suited to religious life, and he was accused of “many vile adulteries and murders.” The Catholic Encyclopedia calls him “a disgrace to the Chair of Peter.” After 12 years he was forced out of Rome, but he returned the following year, 1045, and ousted Pope Sylvester III. Later that same year, a pious priest named John Gratian offered Benedict a large sum of money to vacate the post, which he did, allowing Gratian to become Pope Gregory VI. Unsurprisingly, Benedict soon changed his mind, and with Sylvester III still claiming the papal seat, there were now three popes vying for supremacy. Finally, at the end of 1046, the Council of Sutri declared Benedict and Sylvester deposed, Gregory was encouraged to resign, and a German bishop was proclaimed Pope Clement II. * Farmers in California are responsible for 95 percent of broccoli production in the United States.

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NUTTY FACTS

by Kathy Wolfe

Time to see how much you know about one of our favorite snacks.

• A nut is simply defined as a “dry fruit with one seed in which the seed case wall becomes very hard at maturity.” It’s plain to see that a peanut doesn’t fit this description. That’s because peanuts are really legumes – a pod with multiple seeds – and are grown underground unlike nuts. About 3.75 million pounds (1,700,971 kg) of peanuts are eaten every day across America. The peanut has its origins in South America, specifically Brazil and Peru, and found its way to North America with early explorers. Today, peanuts are grown primarily in China, West Africa, and the United States.

Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, Texas, Virginia, and Oklahoma are America’s key producers of peanuts.

• Peanuts are rich in folate, a mineral necessary for brain development. Studies indicate that because of this, eating peanuts may help protect against cognitive decline.

• Likewise, walnuts are not really nuts, but rather are drupes from the same genus as apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches, and plums. The walnut tree is 15 years old before it reaches its full production, but then produces for 45 years.

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NUTTY FACTS (continued): • With origins in ancient Persia, the walnut is the oldest tree food known to man. Walnut meats closely resemble a little human brain, with left and right hemispheres, and because of this, people in medieval times believed that walnuts could cure headaches. In actuality, walnuts contain substances that help develop neuron transmitters within the brain, boosting its ability to send signals and messages. Studies also indicate they help ward off dementia by breaking down the plaques associated with Alzheimer’s Disease. Walnuts are the only nut that contain heart-healthy Omega-3 fatty acids, and can help reduce inflammation in the arteries.

• California supplies 99% of U.S. walnuts and 75% of the world’s resources. Franciscan monks first began growing walnuts in California in the late 1700s. Commercial groves were first planted in 1867.

• Native to Brazil and the West Indies, cashews are also drupes and are a member of the poison ivy family. The lining of the cashew’s seed contains a powerful oil called anacardic acid that can irritate and burn the skin. Once the cashew is roasted, the oil disintegrates and the shell is easy to remove. Research indicates that cashews may be beneficial in warding off or managing diabetes by stimulating blood sugar absorption by muscle cells.

• Sometimes called the “king of nuts,” the Brazil nut is actually another drupe. The Brazil nut tree produces large pods weighing about 4 lbs. (1.8 kg) that are filled with 12 to 20 seeds, sectioned like a grapefruit. The pods fall to the ground when ripe, split apart, and release the seeds.

They are grown mostly in the Amazonian rain forest of northern Bolivia, not in Brazil as the name implies. The trees have a height of 150 feet (45.7 m), with a trunk diameter of nearly 8 feet (2.4 m).

• Brazil nuts are 65% oil with 19 grams of fat in a one-ounce serving. You would need to walk nine minutes to burn off the calories in one Brazil nut.

The good news is they are high in fiber, protein, and magnesium.

• A pecan tree can live to be over 200 years old.

The only major tree nut that is native to North America, the name “pecan” has its origins in the Algonquin Native American language, describing “all nuts requiring a stone to crack.”

Cultivation of pecan orchards began in the 1700s and George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were among those who planted pecan trees.

A tree, which only produces its fruit every two years, has a trunk that can grow to a diameter of more than 3 feet (.9 m).

• Many of the more than 1,000 varieties of pecans are named for Native American Indian tribes, including the Cheyenne, Mohawk, Sioux, Choctaw, and Shawnee. Some pecan processing facilities shell 150,000 lbs. (68,039 kg) of pecans every day, enough to make 300,000 pecan pies.

The average pecan pie contains about 78 pecans.

• About 80% of the world’s pecan supply is produced in the United States. There are more than 600,000 pecan trees in Albany, Georgia, making it the nation’s pecan capital. Every year, the community is home to the National Pecan Festival, hosting a race, parade, cooking contest, and crowning of the National Pecan Queen.

• Pecans and macadamia nuts have the highest amount of fat, the lowest amount of protein, and the most calories of any nuts. However, a pecan contains more than 19 vitamins and minerals,

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and is rich in Vitamins A and E, calcium, magnesium, potassium, B vitamins, and zinc.

The macadamia nut tells the farmer when it’s ready for harvest by falling to the ground. With origins in Australia, this nut was not discovered until around 1857 and not cultivated until the 1930s. It was named in honor of an Australian chemist, medical teacher, and politician John Macadam. The seeds were introduced to Hawaii in 1882 as a windbreak for sugar cane fields. Dog owners should be aware that macadamias are toxic to dogs, and can produce weakness, hind leg paralysis, muscle tremors, and severe abdominal pain.

The almond has its origins in the Mediterranean countries. It’s considered a very healthy nut (although it’s really a drupe!), with more calcium than any other nut. It also contains an antioxidant that helps fight inflammation and may keep cancer and cognitive decline at bay. Almonds are the lowest-calorie nuts – 23 nuts contain 160 calories. There are 110,000 acres of almond trees in California, the almond capital of America.

Filberts are also known as hazelnuts or cobnuts, and are the main ingredient in the confection praline. Filberts are used to make Nutella, a sweet hazelnut chocolate spread, and Frangelico, an Italian liqueur. As with many other nuts, filberts are rich in thiamine and B vitamins. Most of the world’s supply is grown in Turkey (75%), but Iran, Spain, the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington, and British Columbia, Canada, also contribute to the production.

The black walnut tree, a member of the hickory family, secretes a poisonous substance called juglone into the soil. Apples, tomatoes, and white birch should not be planted near a black walnut tree, as juglone deprives the plants of energy for their metabolic activity.

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NOTEWORTHY INVENTORS:

DONALD FEATHERSTONE Every time you drive past a neighbor’s front yard decorated with plastic pink flamingos, remember the name of this man, Donald Featherstone, their inventor.

• Back in 1957, Massachusetts native Donald Featherstone was a new graduate of the Worcester Art Museum’s art school, after nine years of formal art training. Described as “an extremely talented artist,” Donald said he “decided to make a living rather than starve to death,” and took a job designing 3D plastic animals for Union Products, Inc. • One of Featherstone’s first projects at Union Products was to sculpt a duck. He purchased a live duck, named it Charlie, and kept it in his sink while he studied the duck for sculpture. Charlie was later released in Fitchburg, Massachusetts’ Coggshall Park.

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When no air remains, seal the bag and then remove from the water. * “Have you tried this single-serving blender hack using a mason jar? Most standard-size blender blades can be screwed on to a pint Mason jar. If you’re one of the lucky ones, you can make single servings of smoothies to blend and go.” -- T.U. in South Carolina * Baby have diaper rash? One of the best remedies is “air time” -- that is, letting baby go without a diaper for a bit. Another simple soother is a baking soda bath. Try adding 2-4 tablespoons of baking soda to Junior’s bathwater. * After you’ve cooked your chicken whole, remove the meat and throw the bones and remaining carcass in the slow cooker with 3-4 cups of water. Let it cook on low for several hours for a spectacularly flavorful broth.

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• Late in 1957, Union tasked Featherstone with carving a flamingo to be molded into plastic.

Without a live flamingo to use as a model, he studied photographs of the bird from National Geographic. A pair of flamingos was the result, one standing erect, the other bending over, seeming to munch on grass. Their legs were metal rods that were planted in the ground. Featherstone dubbed his creation Phoenicopterus ruber plasticus.

• In 1958, when the color pink was trendy, the plastic birds appeared in the Sears catalog with a retail price of $2.76 a pair. Instructions were included: “Place in garden, lawn, to beautify landscape.” However, not everyone viewed them as a lovely addition to the neighborhood.

Some residential developments prohibited the ornaments, declaring that they epitomized bad taste.

• In 1987, Featherstone inscribed his signature in the original molds in order for buyers to distinguish between his creation and unauthorized imitations.

• In 1996, Featherstone became the president of Union Products. That year he was also awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for Art, a parody of the Nobel Prizes, given each year for unusual achievements. The goal of the prize is to “honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think.” Featherstone remained at the helm of the company until his retirement in 2000. During his 43-year tenure, he had designed over 600 items for Union. In addition, he had co-authored a book The Original Pink Flamingos: Splendor on the Grass.

• In 2006, after producing an estimated 20 million plastic flamingos, Union Products closed its doors and the bird became an endangered species. Featherstone set out to find a buyer for the molds. In 2007, a New York manufacturer purchased the copyright and molds, and once again the ornaments were in production.

• Donald and his wife Nancy, whom he married in 1976 when he was 40 years old, wore matching outfits for more than 35 years. Nancy sewed all of the ensembles, many of them from flamingopatterned fabric. The couple kept 57 plastic flamingos on their front lawn. Her Christmas gift to Don one year was a 6-foot-tall (1.83-m) bronze flamingo. Although the plastic flamingo was Don’s most popular creation, Nancy claims she has always been partial to the ostrich he designed.

• Tribute was paid to Don by naming the pink flamingo character Featherstone in the 2011 Disney film “Gnomeo & Juliet.” Don passed away in June of 2015 at age 79.

ORIGAMI

World Origami Days are held October 24 through November 11. Let’s see how much you know about this ancient art.

• The word “origami” has its origins in the Japanese language, with “ori” meaning “folding” and “gami” translating “paper.” At one time, it was known as “orikata,” or “folded shape.” The goal of origami is to transform a simple sheet of paper into a delicate sculpture through folding techniques, without the use of glue or cuts. Paper folding that utilizes cuts is referred to as “kirigami.”

• Many claim that paper was invented in China around 105 A.D., although some archaeological evidence indicates an earlier date. Early Chinese paper folding was primarily “yuanbao,” paper folded to look like gold nuggets. The pieces were used at funerals as a burnt offering to the dead.

China also introduced Golden Venture Folding, in which small pieces of paper are folded into triangular units which are assembled into larger models.

• Around the sixth century, paper was introduced into Korea and Japan. Paper was expensive and not readily available to the general public, and consequently, became an art form limited to religious rituals and ceremonies. Early Japanese purification rituals employed the use of zig-zag-shaped paper known as “Shide.”

These triangles were attached to straw ropes, to altars, or to wooden staffs that were used as purification wands.

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1. LITERATURE: In which of Shakespeare’s plays does the character Titania appear?

2. TELEVISION: What was the name of the oldest girl on “The Brady Bunch”?

3. MUSIC: What was singer Ozzy Osbourne’s real first name?

4. HISTORY: What was the first country to allow women to vote?

5. RELIGION: What is generally considered to be the highest group in the Indian caste system?

6. GEOGRAPHY: In what country is the famous Olduvai Gorge located?

7. SCIENCE: What area of study is a lepidopterist concerned with?

8. MOVIES: What was the name of the princess in the 1959 Disney movie “Sleeping Beauty”?

9. LEGAL: What is an inquest?

10. ANATOMY: How long does it take blood to circulate throughout your body?

Answers 1. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” 2. Marcia 3. John Michael 4. New Zealand 5. Brahmins, or religious leaders 6. Tanzania 7. Butterflies and moths 8. Princess Aurora 9. An inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death 10. About a minute (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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ORIGAMI (continued): • The first documented book published about paper folding was Tsutsumi-no Ki, published in 1764, containing instructions on how to fold 13 different ceremonial folds. In 1797, recreational paper folding became popular and the book Folding of 1000 Cranes was introduced, with lessons on folding interconnecting cranes.

• Origami is used at traditional Shinto weddings to fashion paper butterflies to decorate bottles of Japanese sake. The “Mecho” butterfly signifies the female, while the “Ocho” represents the male. A “Tsuki” is a piece of origami that accompanies a valuable gift and can serve as its certificate of authenticity. “Noshi” are attached to gifts, much like we use greeting cards, used as a token of good fortune for congratulatory occasions, such as graduations or promotions.

“Noshi” would never be given at funerals or religious ceremonies. The “Tsutsumi” is a formal gift wrapping whose folds symbolize sincerity and purity.

• The traditional origami paper used in Japan is known as “washi,” and is much tougher than ordinary paper. Rather than being fashioned from wood pulp like ordinary paper, washi is made using fibers from the bark of the gamp tree or mitsumata shrub in a long and intricate process. It can also be made using bamboo, hemp, rice, wheat, or the kozo (paper mulberry) tree.

• In the 17th and 18th centuries, origami was used in Germany to produce baptism certificates called “Patenbriefs,” which translates “sponsor letters.” These were 4x4” (10x10 cm) papers, typically given to babies by their godparents.

• In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, 250,000 paper cranes, the symbol for world peace, were folded and displayed at a memorial in that city.

Each crane had a person’s name on it, along with as a short message. An ancient Japanese legend claims that if you fold 1,000 cranes, you will be granted a wish.

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Who Will Care for Pets When Seniors Can’t?

DEAR PAWS CORNER: Can you address the ongoing problem of cats that are being abandoned or released outside to fend for themselves when their Mom or Dad are placed in an assisted-living facility, nursing home or pass away, and the family is not interested in doing what is right for the beloved pet of their family member. What options are available for this pet? -- Rita & Michael, via email DEAR RITA & MICHAEL: Definitely, and it’s a bigger problem than many realize. Many adult children don’t anticipate assisted care for their parents or end-of-life planning for them. The situation is difficult no matter what, and too often, pets are forgotten as families try to find solutions.

What options are out there? Just a few: * Plan ahead. Pet owners themselves (at all ages) should consider the “what-if” scenarios and have a plan in place for their pet’s care. Make a will, discuss a pet’s care with family members and put your wishes in writing. * Choose a pet “god parent.” Ask a reliable family member or friend if they would commit to caring for your pet should it become necessary. * Look for pet-friendly senior care facilities. It may take a bit of searching, but some facilities allow well-behaved smaller pets. * Contact a pet-friendly senior advocacy group.

An advocate can help with some of the most emotionally charged aspects of senior care and end-of-life planning, including pet care. Some nonprofits can be found here: www.insideeldercare.com/public-policy/6-senior-care-consumer-advocacy-groups-to-know/ * Contact the pet’s veterinarian. Advice and assistance often can be found at the vet clinic, before families must take the worst-case option of giving a pet to a shelter.

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Hawaiian Apple-Pineapple Salad A very refreshing salad. One bite and it may even calm the most hectic of working conditions.

2 cups (4 small) cored, unpeeled and diced Granny Smith apples 1 (8-ounce) can pineapple tidbits, packed in fruit juice, drained 1 cup Cool Whip Lite 1 teaspoon coconut extract 2 tablespoons chopped dry-roasted peanuts 1/4 cup flaked coconut In a large bowl, combine apples and pineapple.

Add Cool Whip Lite and coconut extract. Mix gently to combine. Fold in peanuts and coconut.

Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

Gently stir again just before serving. Makes 6 (1/2 cup) servings.

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* You might be surprised to learn that, just as there is a market for used cars, there is a market for used roller coasters. With the skyrocketing costs of construction, it can be cheaper to disassemble, move and reassemble a coaster than to build one from scratch. * In the early 1900s, if you called someone a “geek” it didn’t mean that person was nerdy. A geek back then was a carnival wild man. * Iconic songstress Madonna once worked as a coat-check girl at the Russian Tea Room. * If you weren’t a fan of math in elementary school, it might comfort you to know that students have been struggling longer than you probably realize.

It was way back in 1900 B.C., in early Mesopotamia, that the first known multiplication tables were created. * If all the salt in the world’s oceans were removed and spread out, it would cover all the world’s land in a layer 40 feet deep. * Researchers using standard statistical methods have determined that it takes an average of 142 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. * Those who study such things say that half the residents of Spain have never read a book. *** Thought for the Day: “Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can’t understand.” -Cardinal de Retz (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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* It was Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, author and historian Garry Wills who made the following sage observation: “Politicians make good company for a while just as children do -their self-enjoyment is contagious. But they soon exhaust their favorite subject -- themselves.”

* The Pizza Hut restaurant chain got started when two brothers borrowed $600 from their mom.

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HOUDINI

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We honor the memory of Harry Houdini, who died on October 31, 1926 at the age of 52.

He claimed that his abdominal muscles were so strong that he could bear any blow to the stomach without flinching. A college student decided to test this theory out without giving Houdini time to steel his muscles before the blows landed. Houdini may have already been suffering from an inflamed appendix; the unexpected blows might have worsened the condition, leading to his death. Come along with Tidbits as we remember Harry Houdini.

HARRY LANDS A CONTRACT

• When Houdini first went to London, he had no bookings. He approached a stage manager about getting a job, but the manager was skeptical. Houdini was told, “I’ll hire you— but only if you can get out of handcuffs at Scotland Yard!” Houdini rounded up some reporters, then challenged police at Scotland Yard to cuff him. Wrapping his arms around a pillar, the police superintendent snapped on the cuffs, then turned to leave, saying, “We’ll be back in an hour to release you.” As he headed for the door, Houdini called out, “You better take your cuffs with you!” He had undone the handcuffs in less time than it took the cops to walk across the room. Reporters made sure Houdini got a lot of free publicity out of the escapade, and he ended up with a six month run in London.

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A TRICK UP HIS SLEEVE • Houdini often hid tools needed to escape by swallowing them. He learned this while working for a circus, when an acrobat showed him how to swallow objects, then bring them up again by working the throat muscles.

• Another trick of his was to have several men from the audience come up on stage, first to examine him to make sure he had no tools hidden, and second, to examine whatever he was about to be locked up in: a safe or a coffin or a packing crate. He would then solemnly shake hands with all the men before being locked up. But the last man he would shake hands with was a shill who had been planted in the audience. During the handshake, a pick or a key would be passed from hand to hand.

• He sometimes hid a slim pick in the thick skin of the sole of his foot.

• He once escaped from a large milk can filled with water. The milk can was held together with two real rivets and a long line of fake rivets to make it easier to escape.

• Another stage method he used was to make sure his assistants on stage seemed as awkward and clumsy as possible— dropping things, stumbling, and making many minor mistakes.

This averted suspicion from them while also managing to misdirect attention.

• His wife Bess frequently participated in the show.

For mind-reading tricks, Bess and Harry worked out a secret stage code where one could tip off the other using words that stood for numerals: pray = 1; answer = 2; say = 3; now = 4; tell = 5; please = 6; speak = 7; quickly = 8; look = 9 and be quick = 10. If Houdini needed to divine the number off a dollar bill that Bess was looking at, Bess would merely say, “Tell me, look into your heart. Say, can you answer me, pray? Quickly, quickly! Now! Speak to us! Speak quickly!” Houdini the mind reader would correctly reply: 59321884778.

PUBLICITY MASTER • In Germany, Houdini wanted to stage a stunt by jumping, roped and chained, off a boat into the river. The police refused permission— but he did it anyway. As he pulled himself out of the river and walked up the riverbank, he was arrested.

The only thing the cops could charge him with was walking on the grass. The story made the papers all over the country.

• In 1899, the head of the Chicago police challenged Houdini to escape from his special handcuffs. Houdini agreed, then struggled for over an hour as the audience jeered. The cuffs had to be cut off— and only after the theater had emptied did the cop admit that he had tampered with the cuffs, dropping in a lead slug so that it would be jammed. When the trick was revealed, the local newspaper ran the story and Houdini raked in free publicity.

• Houdini became famous for escaping from straightjackets while hanging upside-down from his feet over public streets. Maximum publicity was ensured because he sought out the newspapers in each town and offered to do the stunt while hanging from their roof. He made the front page in every town he played.

• Singer Sarah Bernhardt was honored at a reception. There, she was presented with a bronze bust of herself. However, no one had paid the bill for the bust. When the $350 bill was sent to her, she promptly returned the bust to the maker. Houdini stepped in and paid the bill.

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Within a few days his gesture had been covered in no less than 3,756 newspapers. A reporter estimated that if Houdini had bought that much newspaper space outright, it would have cost $56,340.

• On his first trip to Europe, Houdini hired seven bald men to sit in a row on the pavement next to a popular cafe. At regular intervals, the seven men would simultaneously remove their hats and nod their heads forward. Each man had one letter written on his bald head, and together they spelled “Houdini.”

FAMOUS STUNTS • In 1906 Houdini was locked in the death row cell that once housed Charles Guiteau, who assassinated President Garfield. Not only did he escape from the cell, but he then unlocked all the other prisoners on death row, shuffled them around, and then locked them up again all in the wrong cells. The escapade took him 27 minutes.

He then advised the police on how they could make their jail escape-proof.

• Often Houdini would escape quickly from his entrapment, then sit quietly out of sight of the audience, calmly playing cards or reading the paper while waiting for the tension to grow: “Is he dead yet?” “He’s never going to get out alive!”

Then, when the audience murmurings and the accompanying orchestral music had grown to a fever pitch, he would drench himself in water to make himself look sweaty before stepping triumphantly out in front of the curtain to accept raucous cheers.

• Another pile of free publicity resulted when a magician named The Great Cirnoc interrupted one of Houdini’s performances with loud protests that he, the Great Cirnoc, was the true handcuff king. Houdini invited him on stage to prove

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himself by escaping from some special cuffs.

The Great Cirnoc first insisted that Houdini demonstrate that it was possible to do (which he did, in the privacy of his cabinet, using a secret key). The Great Cirnoc then struggled to release himself from the same cuffs but found it impossible to do so. He was hooted off stage and the papers were full of the story the next day.

• One of his most popular feats was the Great Disappearing Elephant act. During the war, a lady asked him why he didn’t revive the stunt. He answered that President Hoover had ruled that elephants, as well as other resources, needed to be conserved. “I made two disappear a day, that is twelve a week. Mr. Hoover said that I was exhausting the elephant supply of the world.”

Noteworthy Inventions ATTAULLAH DURRANI’S RICE • Attaullah Durrani left his native Afghanistan in the 1920s and came to America to study chemistry. He wanted to work in the petroleum industry but couldn’t find any openings.

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• One night he attended a dinner party and met a man who was in the canning industry.

He suggested that Durrani study rice instead.

Cooking it was time consuming; what America needed was an easy way to cook rice. Perhaps Durrani could invent a way to put rice in cans.

• Durrani was intrigued and moved to the heart of rice country: Arkansas, where the local rice co-op gave him a laboratory. Years of experimentation showed that canning rice didn’t work. What did work was pre-cooking it, drying it, and packaging it in a box. It was easy to ship, the shelf life was long, and it would cook within minutes.

• In 1941 Durrani went to New York City and dropped in on an executive of General Foods.

He whipped out an electric hot plate, a sauce pan, a package of his rice, and a bowl. By the time he finished his speech, the rice was cooked, and the executive was impressed.

Durrani received a handsome fee, and General Foods began working with instant rice.

• The Army was interested in the product because soldiers needed quick food in the field. The product hit the market in 1949 and is found in most American cupboards today. Appropriately enough, it’s now called Minute Rice.

• The only grain that beats rice for world-wide production is corn. However, corn is grown for many uses other than human food, so rice is actually the top crop for feeding humans.

• China and India are the world’s top producers of rice.

DeDOMENICO’S RICE • In 1890 Charlie DeDomenico left Italy to come to America. He moved to San Francisco, where he started a chain of fresh produce stores. He sent to Italy for his bride, Maria.

• Her family, who ran a successful pasta factory, closed their business and followed her to California. In 1912 Maria convinced Charlie to start a pasta factory which her family would run.

They set up shop in the Mission District of San Francisco and sold bulk pasta to restaurants and grocery stores. They called it the Golden Grain Pasta Company, and their four sons helped run it.

• In the 1950s Charlie’s son Tom and his new bride Lois had dinner with their landlady, who was Armenian and served an Armenian dish that combined rice pilaf with vermicelli. It was very tasty, and Tom and his brother Vince wondered if they could add it as a sideline to the family’s pasta business, so they began experimenting.

• They added dehydrated chicken soup to the rice, packaged it individually instead of in bulk, and gave it a catchy new name which incorporated both of the main ingredients. Introduced in 1958, it sold well not only because of its taste, but also due to its easy preparation method, consisting of ‘sauté and simmer.’

• A trip to Italy in 1964 inspired a similar prepackaged instant Alfredo noodle mix. Quaker Oats bought the company in 1986, but it still celebrates the San Francisco origins of the product. What’s the rice mix called? Ricea-Roni, combining rice with macaroni. The noodle product is called Pasta-Roni.

• The average American eats about 25 lbs (11 kg) of rice per year. Rice has no sodium, no cholesterol, and no gluten. It contains over 15 vitamins and minerals. Although there are over 40,000 strains of rice, only a few varieties are grown commercially.

QUIZ: COOKIES • Because October is National Cookie Month, enjoy this quiz about cookies!

• In 1930 Ruth Wakefield and her husband bought an inn in Massachusetts which had historically been a place where travelers would stop and pay the toll. Ruth did all the cooking, and one day she decided to make chocolate cookies. She was out of baking chocolate, but Andrew Nestlé (of the Nestlé chocolate family) had recently visited, and had given her a Nestlé’s chocolate candy bar.

• She broke it into bits and dropped it into the dough, expecting it to melt in the oven, creating chocolate cookies. It didn’t. The bits of chocolate softened but remained separate. The

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2. MOVIES: Who won the 1961 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in “West Side Story”?

3. MUSIC: Who is honored in the song “Candle in the Wind” by Elton John?

4. HISTORY: Who called Dec. 7, 1941, “a date which will live in infamy”?

5. NATURAL WORLD: What are the seeds of castor bean plants used to produce?

6. LITERATURE: Who wrote the novel “Barry Lyndon”?

7. ENTERTAINERS: What famous actor who once played James Bond also was a contestant in the 1950 Mr. Universe contest?

8. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: In “The Twelve Days of Christmas” carol, what present was sent on the 11th day?

9. TELEVISION: When did the award-winning kids’ show “Sesame Street” go on the air?

10. DISCOVERIES: Who is credited with discovering quarks?

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cookies were very good and the travelers raved about them. She called them Chocolate Crunch Cookies and their popularity led her to publish the recipe in several newspapers.

• Suddenly sales of Nestlé’s candy bars took a steep climb, and Andrew Nestlé wanted to know why. He and Ruth struck a deal whereby her recipe would be printed on the back of the candy bar’s wrapper, and the cookies were named after her inn. Ruth also received a lifetime supply of chocolate for her invention.

• Chocolate sales increased as the cookies spread nationwide, so Nestlé started manufacturing a scored bar to make it easier to break into bits.

Then they started including a special chopper, until finally they introduced a new product in 1939: chocolate chips.

• Ruth later sold Nestlé the right to the name of her cookie, and the company began to produce the cookies as well. The cookie is now the most popular kind of cookie worldwide. What was the name of Ruth’s inn, now carried on cookie packages? (Answer below) IT’S A FACT • The second most popular cookie is peanut butter flavored, and oatmeal cookies come in third.

Answer: Toll House.

QUIZ: SNACK CAKES • O.D. McKee and his wife Ruth were newly married in the middle of the Great Depression when they lost their life savings in a bank failure.

He got a job as a deliveryman for a local bakery in Tennessee, but he really wanted to own his own shop.

• When a small failing bakery went up for sale in 1934, they used their car as collateral and bought it, living in the back of the store.

Eventually they were able to afford a second shift of employees, and they spent the next several decades building their business.

• McKee discovered that baked products which were individually wrapped would keep longer and stay fresher than those that were packaged in bulk in bags or jars, so he adapted candywrapping machines to wrap cookies, bars, and cupcakes.

• In 1960 they created a new brand for their company, naming it after their four-yearold granddaughter. For the logo they used a picture of the child wearing her favorite outfit, complete with a straw hat with a crease in the brim where she stepped on it. The individuallywrapped cakes were now sold in multi-packs and the company began a period of prodigious growth.

• Meanwhile, their little granddaughter grew up to become the company’s director of marketing.

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Hero Dog Exposes Puppy Mills

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: This year, the American Humane Association chose Harley, a scrappy, one-eyed Chihuahua, as the 2015 Hero Dog. Its decision calls attention to the stark realities of puppy mills, one of which Harley was rescued from.

Harley had significant health issues when he was rescued, and he lost an eye when his cage was power-washed with him in it. Despite this, he retained a strong spirit and has become a beacon for other puppy mill dogs. The “Harley to the Rescue” campaign inspired by him (http:// milldogrescue.org/harley-to-the-rescue/) has saved close to 600 puppy mill dogs.

Can you let people know about the AHA’s Hero Dog, Harley? -- Ginny, via e-mail

Fall is that wonderful time of the year when the traditional Oktoberfest centered on food, music and fun takes place in Germany. If you put on a polka record and share this dish with friends, you’ll see why these festivals are so much fun.

This dish is just plain GUTEN!

DEAR GINNY: I sure can! Harley’s story also can be found at the AHA Hero Dog page: http:// www.herodogawards.org/hda2015vote-harley.

He was chosen from a finalist field of eight exemplary dogs, including service and military dogs, and other rescued pets that have become an inspiration to pet advocates.

Unlike responsible breeders, puppy mills have destructive breeding practices, and care can be brutal: for example, they’ll attempt to produce as many litters of popular dog breeds as possible, exhausting and often physically abusing breeding dogs, selling the best and mistreating the rest. Mill dogs often are kept in tiny, dirty cages, with little to no medical care.

Puppy mill rescues gain access to and liberate such dogs, try to have the mills shut down, and provide care and rehabilitation for the rescued dogs. They’ll also try to find homes for dogs that are able to be adopted, but sadly, many are unable to live with a family. Hopefully, through legislation and continued vigilance, puppy mills can become a thing of the past.

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1 (4-serving) package sugar-free vanilla cookand-serve pudding mix 2/3 cup nonfat dry milk powder 1 cup water 1/2 cup unsweetened apple juice 1 teaspoon apple pie spice 2 cups hot cooked noodles, rinsed and drained 1/4 cup chopped walnuts 1 1/2 cups peeled and diced cooking apples 1/4 cup raisins 1. Heat oven to 350 F. Spray an 8-by-8-inch baking dish with butter-flavored cooking spray.

2. In a large saucepan, combine dry pudding mix, dry milk powder, water and apple juice.

Cook over medium heat until mixture thickens and starts to boil, stirring constantly using a wire whisk. Stir in apple pie spice and noodles. Add walnuts, apples and raisins. Mix well to combine, using a sturdy spoon.

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by Samantha Weaver * You might be surprised to learn that people have been using carbon paper to make copies since way back in 1806. * If you’re planning to get into the business of dealing in building materials in Tennessee, you might want to note that in that state it is illegal to sell a hollow log.

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* Collective nouns are fascinating. For instance, if you see a group of bullfinches, you can call it a bellowing; a group of flies is a business, a cloud or a swarm. You have a pitying of turtledoves and a hover of trout. A group of tigers can be an ambush or a streak; while a group of snails can be called a rout, a walk or an escargatoire. * Those who study such things say that, on a percapita basis, Canadians eat more doughnuts and more Kraft Mac and Cheese than citizens of any other country. * Before he became famous as an author of horror, suspense and sci-fi, Stephen King worked as a high-school janitor.

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NOVEMBER HOLIDAYS

by Kathy Wolfe When we think of American November holidays, Thanksgiving most frequently comes to mind. But there are several other unusual observances you may not know about. Tidbits brings you up to date on a few others worth noting.

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Folks around the world band together every 11th month to celebrate “No-Shave November,” when they toss their razors aside for 30 days. Do you know the reason behind this observance? It began in Australia in 2003 as “Movember,” a campaign to raise awareness for prostate and testicular cancers.

In the last 12 years, the movement has grown to 21 countries. Participants are urged to show off their mustaches, goatees, or what have you, and then to donate what they would have spent on hair grooming to their country’s cancer society for research. In the U.S., prostate cancer accounts for about 5% of all cancer deaths. Leaders of the foundation hope that men will be asked why they have a beard, which can promote conversations about men’s health.

• Most of us are probably unaware there is a National Button Society, let alone National Button Day! The society was formed in 1938 for all who enjoyed preserving, studying, collecting, and crafting with buttons, and November 16 was designated National Button Day. The organization boasts 3,000 members on four continents.

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NOVEMBER HOLIDAYS (continued): November 10 has been designated Sesame Street Day in honor of the premiere of this popular educational program on that day in 1969. Now the most widely-viewed children’s program in the world, it has aired in upwards of 120 countries, with more than 74 million American viewers. About 8 million Americans tune in every week. Sesame Street was the brainstorm of Joan Cooney, a public TV documentary producer, with the goal of entertaining preschoolers while educating them, particularly underprivileged children.

She hired puppeteer Jim Henson to create characters such as Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Cookie Monster, and Oscar the Grouch. Tests conducted after one year on the air showed that the more kids watched the program, the more they knew, an average of a 19% increase in general knowledge.

Every year, the third Thursday of November is designated The Great American Smokeout, when all Americans are urged to stop smoking.

The challenge is only for 24 hours (this year it’s November 19), but it is the hope of the American Cancer Society that the decision will last forever.

The event had its beginnings in 1970, when a Randolph, Massachusetts man named Arthur Mullaney asked people to give up cigarettes for one day and donate the money saved to the local high school’s scholarship fund. A similar campaign was held in Minnesota a few years later, and in 1976, the American Cancer Society had its first official Smokeout in San Francisco.

The Society reminds citizens that tobacco causes more than 5 million deaths every year, and that the life expectancy for a smoker is 10 years less than that of a non-smoker.

International Tongue Twister Day falls on November 8th this year. The official definition of a tongue twister is “a phrase containing a combination of alliteration and rhyme strategically designed to be stumbled over.”

Some of the more familiar ones include “rubber baby buggy bumpers” and “She sells sea shells by the seashore.” Most of us know that “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,” but were you aware that Peter Piper was a real person? Pierre Poivre, a one-armed French pirate and horticulturist who lived in the mid-1700s, was known for stealing spice nuts, known as peppers, from Dutch trade ships and planting them in his garden. The Guinness Book of World Records states that the English language’s most difficult tongue twister is, “The sixth sick sheikh’s sixth sheep’s sick.”

November 8th is also X-Ray Day, commemorating the day in 1895 when German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen accidentally discovered the X-ray in his laboratory. While experimenting with passing high-voltage current through a glass gas tube, Roentgen observed that the beam turned a screen 9 feet (2.7 m) away a strange greenish fluorescent color, even though the tube was covered in heavy black cardboard.

Realizing that objects could be penetrated by the rays, he made an X-ray of his wife’s hand that clearly showed its bones. Roentgen was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 for his discovery.

November 19 is also Rocky & Bullwinkle Day, to commemorate the original premiere day of Rocky & His Friends (later known as The Bullwinkle Show) on that day in 1959. The animated series, which featured Bullwinkle the moose and his flying squirrel friend Rocket J. Squirrel (Rocky for short), aired from 1959 to 1964.

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• Bullwinkle received his name from the name of a Berkeley, California car dealership called Bullwinkel Motors. The duo lived in the fictional Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, which was loosely based on the real city of International Falls, Minnesota. They battled the Russian-esque spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale.

• Happy Area Code Day! In the early 1950s, the Bell Telephone System used human operators to direct long-distance calls to their destinations.

However, a change was on the on the way when the North American Numbering Plan was devised, a plan that assigned area codes across the continent. New Jersey received the first area code, 201, followed by the District of Columbia, which was assigned 202. The first customerdialed telephone call using area codes was made on November 10, 1951, from Englewood, New Jersey, to Alameda, California.

• You probably didn’t know that November 15 is National Bundt Pan Day, a day set aside to honor this ring-shaped, fluted cake pan. Inspired by the European fruit cake known as Gugelhupf, the pan was invented by David Dalquist, founder of the Nordic Ware Company, in 1950.

He first called it a “bund” pan, from the German word for “gathering,” but added a “t” at the end for trademark protection. There wasn’t much enthusiasm about the tube pan until the 1960s, when Texas housewife Ella Helfrich concocted a recipe for the Tunnel of Fudge cake using her Bundt pan, and was awarded second place in the annual Pillsbury Bake-off Contest, taking home a $5,000 prize. Since then, more than 60 million Bundt pans have been sold.

NOTEWORTHY INVENTORS:

ELISHA OTIS

The name of Otis conjures up a vision of elevators for most folks, but there was much more to this inventor than just that apparatus. Here are the facts on American industrialist and inventor Elisha Otis.

• As a young married man in Vermont, Elisha Otis designed and built his own gristmill, grinding

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grains into flour. When it failed to earn a profit, he converted the operation into a sawmill.

Unfortunately, the sawmill was a bust as well, and Otis started building wagons and carriages.

Tragically, his young wife passed away, leaving him with an infant and an eight-year-old.

• At 34, Otis had remarried and moved to Albany, New York, where he worked as a doll maker.

He tired quickly of the job, and took a position making bedsteads for four-poster beds. While working for that company in Albany, Otis set to work inventing a machine that could turn bedsteads four times faster than doing it manually. Production skyrocketed to 50 units per day. Otis was paid a $500 bonus, enabling him to start up his own business. In the meantime, he was also devising plans for a safety brake for trains and an automatic bread baking oven.

• Tasked with converting a former sawmill into a bedstead factory of his own, Otis was discouraged with the amount of garbage and rubble he had to clean up. Much of it had to be moved to the upper floors of the factory.

Otis and his sons went to work devising a safety elevator for the project. His invention wasn’t the elevator, but rather a safety device that prevented the elevator from falling if

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the hoisting cable were to fail. The machine featured toothed wooden guide rails that fit into opposite sides of the elevator shaft. He then fitted a spring to the top of the elevator with the hoisting cables running through it.

• Otis’ elevator was guided by the cables, but if they broke, the spring mechanism was thrown outward into the notches, keeping the cab from falling. When it appeared to be successful, he and his sons founded the Union Elevator Works, and he sold his first safety elevator in 1853.

• It wasn’t until the 1854 New York World’s Fair that Otis’ contraption gained notoriety. In a daring demonstration at the Crystal Palace exhibition building, Otis stood on a platform high in the air, and ordered the rope cut. The platform fell just a few inches before Otis’ safety device stopped its descent. Orders for his elevator began pouring in, with the numbers doubling every year. Otis perfected a three-way steam valve engine, which could switch the elevator between up and down as well as stop the cab rapidly. In 1857, the first safety elevator for passenger service was installed in a New York City department store.

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• Otis’ other patents included railroad car trucks and brakes, an oscillating steam engine, a steam plow, and a baking oven. His success was cut short when he contracted diphtheria in 1861 and perished from the disease at age 49 in 1861.

Sadly, he didn’t live to see one of his safety elevators installed in Paris’ Eiffel Tower for the 1889 World’s Fair. The Otis Elevator Company gained further notoriety when their elevators were installed in the Chrysler Building in 1930, at the time the world’s tallest building, and the Empire State Building in 1931, which grabbed the title from Chrysler.

1. MOVIES: What kind of fish is Dory in “Finding Nemo”?

2. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which U.S. president served the shortest term?

3. HISTORY: What is the earliest written system of laws known to us?

4. FAMOUS QUOTATIONS: What 20th-century comedian once said, “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies”?

5. GEOGRAPHY: What is the largest country in South America?

6. LANGUAGE: What does it mean when someone “bloviates”?

7. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: How long is the Tour de France bicycle race?

8. FIRSTS: Who was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?

9. U.S. STATES: Which state is known as “The Pine Tree” state?

10. TELEVISION: Which Muppet character lives in a garbage can on “Sesame Street”?

Answers 1. Blue tang 2. William Henry Harrison served only one month in office.

3. The Code of Hammurabi (Babylonian) was inscribed around 1750 B.C. 4. Groucho Marx 5. Brazil 6. Speaks pompously at length 7. 23 days covering about 2,200 miles 8. Sandra Day O’Connor 9. Maine 10. Oscar the Grouch (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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PLAN YOUR EPITAPH One of the more unusual November observances takes place on November 2. Plan Your Own Epitaph Day is the day set aside for you to determine what your tombstone should say about your life. Take a look at how some folks chose to be remembered.

• The word “epitaph” has its origins in the Greek and Latin meaning “a funeral oration” or “over tomb.” Some epitaphs testify of the deceased’s character, whether good or bad, while others are designed to make the reader smile or contemplate his own mortality.

• Merv Griffin, host of a popular talk show for 23 years, passed away in 2007 at age 82. His humorous tombstone contradicted the phrase he had uttered thousands of the times over the years, with the epitaph reading, “I will NOT be right back after this message.”

• Often referred to as “the man with 1,000 voices,” Mel Blanc, the voice behind our favorite cartoon characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester the Cat, and Yosemite Sam, chose a line popularized by another of his characters, Porky Pig, as his final sign-off.

The engraving on his tombstone appropriately reads, “That’s all folks.”

• Some epitaphs speak of the reason behind the entombed’s death, such as “First a cough carried me off. Then a coffin they carried me off in,” or “She always said her feet were killing her, but nobody believed her,” and the classic, “I told you I was sick.”

• Some folks allowed their next-of-kin to pen their epitaph, and may not have liked the results. Consider what one husband had engraved on his wife’s tombstone: “To follow you I’m not content. How do I know which way you went?” Another husband declared, “Here lies my wife. I bid her goodbye. She rests in peace and now so do I.” • The mother of outlaw Jesse James chose the epitaph for her 34-year-old son’s grave, “Murdered by a traitor and a coward whose name is not worthy to appear here.” She was referring to an unarmed Jesse being shot in the back of the head by a member of James’ own gang. The name she considered unworthy was Bob Ford.

• Tombstone, Arizona’s Boot Hill Cemetery contains the remains of another outlaw, whose clever inscription reads, “Here lies Lester Moore, shot 4 times with a .44, No Les No More.” Another Boot Hill grave has the epitaph, “Here lies George Johnson, hanged by mistake 1882. He was right, we was wrong, but we strung him up and now he’s gone.”

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• How about a play on words on a surname or occupation? A British lawyer named John Strange chose his inscription to read, “Here lies an honest lawyer, and that is Strange.” A dentist opted for “Stranger! Approach this spot with gravity! John Brown is filling his last cavity!” Johnny Yeast, a Ruidoso, New Mexico, gentleman’s gravestone is etched, “Here Lies Johnny Yeast. Pardon me for not rising.”

• One young lady took advantage of an opportunity to advertise: “Sacred to the memory of my husband John Barnes who died January 3, 1803. His comely young widow, age 23, has many qualifications of a good wife, and yearns to be comforted.”

• A tombstone in Scotland reminds us all of the inevitable: “Consider, friend, as you pass by: As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, you too shall be. Prepare, therefore, to follow me.”

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Do Charity Events Really Help Pets?

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: A local pet charity is going to hold a Halloween-themed pet walk, where participants bring their dogs in costume to parade along a local street. My question is, do these kinds of charity events really help pets in need? They just seem like chichi see-and-beseen social gatherings without any real purpose. -- Dan in Long Beach, California DEAR DAN: Charity events can do a tremendous amount of good for pets in need. Besides donations of food, blankets and other items, most shelters and nonprofits need cold hard cash in order to function. These events can raise quite a bit of money.

Many pet owners join in walks like these just for fun, and I think that’s fine. They’re proud of their pet and want to show it off, and it’s a great chance to socialize (as long as the dogs can handle large crowds).

However, if you’re also concerned about how your donation will be used, it doesn’t hurt to do some research first. What exactly does the charity support? (Some fund pet rescues or local shelters; others advocate for seniors and their pets, and so on.) How much of its funding goes directly to the cause being supported?

You can find the answer through watchdog groups like Charity Navigator (www.charitynavigator.org/), Guidestar (www.guidestar.org/ Home.aspx) or the Wise Giving Alliance (www. give.org/). You also can check an approved nonprofit’s 990 tax forms from the IRS to see how efficiently donations are used.

If you’re still skeptical, save those funds and donate them directly to your local shelter, where you can ask someone how that money is used, and it generally travels the shortest path toward helping animals in need.

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Sauerkraut Dumplings A traditional fall dish for sauerkraut lovers!

2 (14 1/2-ounce) cans Frank’s Bavarian-style sauerkraut, undrained* 1/4 cup water 3/4 cup Bisquick Reduced-Fat Baking Mix 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/3 cup fat-free milk 1. In a medium saucepan, combine undrained sauerkraut and water. Bring mixture to a boil.

2. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine baking mix, baking powder and milk. Drop dough by tablespoonful into saucepan to form 4 dumplings. Cover and cook over medium heat for 10 to 12 minutes or until dumplings are done.

3. For each serving, place 1 dumpling on a plate and spoon 1 cup sauerkraut over top. Serve at once. Serves 4. *If you can’t find Bavarian sauerkraut, use regular sauerkraut, 1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds and 1 teaspoon Brown Sugar Twin. * Each serving equals: 105 calories, 1g fat, 2g protein, 22g carb., 530mg sodium, 2g fiber. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 Vegetables, 1 Starch. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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by Samantha Weaver * It was early 20th-century American horror novelist H.P. Lovecraft who made the following sage observation: “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” * Ancient Aztecs believed that when a warrior died, he became a hummingbird. * In 1974, fast-food giant Kentucky Fried Chicken launched a new marketing campaign in their Japanese stores. Called “Kentucky for Christmas,” it has had a lasting impact on the habits of the Japanese. More than 40 years later, the special fried chicken meal, which comes complete with cake and sparkling wine, is offered every Christmas. It’s so popular that those who fail to order theirs months in advance end up waiting in line for hours on Christmas Day to get their traditional holiday meal. * The average citizen of France drinks six times as much wine as the average American. * You might be surprised to learn that acclaimed American author (and noted recluse) J.D. Salinger once worked as an entertainment director for a Swedish cruise line.

Thought for the Day: “A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.” -- Leo Tolstoy (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Montana became the 41st state on November 8, 1889, so come along with Tidbits as we visit Montana!

MONTANA WEATHER • The town of Browning, Montana near Glacier Park holds the national record for the greatest drop in temperature in 24 hours, for a 100 degree drop on January 23, 1916. It went from 44° to -56°F (7°C to -49°C) • On January 11, 1980, when Great Falls set a new national weather record for quickest temperature increase in the shortest time, it took just seven minutes to go from -32° to 15°F (-35°C to -15°C).

• Montana’s record low is -70°F (-57°C) and the record high is 117°F (47°F), for a temperature range of 187 degrees. No state has a temperature ranger greater than that.

• Cooke City near Yellowstone National Park holds the state record for greatest snowfall in a single season, with 418 inches (10.6 m) for the winter of 1977-78. However, the town of Summit near Glacier National Park holds the record for greatest snowfall in 24 hours; greatest snowfall in four days; greatest snowfall in five days; and the greatest snowfall

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in one month when 131 inches (3.3 m) of snow fell in January of 1972.

MONTANA SNOW • How long would it take to give a lift to the entire population of Montana in the state’s 65 ski lifts?

About 13 hours at maximum capacity of 72,000 people per hour. There are 15 ski areas in the state, with a combined area of 14,000 acres of skiing and 548 downhill runs.

• Martin City hosts the annual Barstool Races each February, where barstools must be mounted on skis to enter.

• Red Lodge Mountain hosts the Cardboard Cup Classic each winter, during which cardboard contraptions hit the slopes and are awarded prizes for the most creative.

• At Big Mountain near Whitefish each winter, they host the annual furniture race, where skis are attached to any snow-worthy item of furniture and ridden down the mountain.

• Showdown ski area hosts mannequin jumping, where decorated mannequins are attached to skis and sent down the mannequin ski jump.

• The city of Missoula sponsors the Frost Fever Festival every February, featuring snow football, snow softball, and snow volleyball.

IT’S A FACT • Percent of avalanche victims in the U.S. who are men: 90% • Percent of Montana’s stream flow that originates from melting snow: 70%.

• Miles of interstate in Montana: 1,200 • Miles of groomed snowmobile trails in Montana: 4,000

MONTANA STATE FLOWER • The Montana state flower is the bitterroot. It can live for over a year without water and can be revived even after being boiled, dried, or pressed.

Its tenacity is reflected in its Latin name “Lewisia rediviva” with “Lewisia” being for Meriwether Lewis who cataloged it, and “rediviva” meaning “one who lives again.”

NAME THAT STATE • The only state that has more hiking trails than Montana’s 15,000 miles (24,140 km) of trails is California.

• The only states that have more pick-up trucks per capita than Montana’s 361 trucks for every 1,000 residents are North and South Dakota.

• The only state that has a higher rate of private airplane ownership than Montana is Alaska.

• The only state that has an average daily wind speed higher than Montana’s 12.7 mph (20 km/ hr) is Wyoming, averaging 12.9 mph.

• The only state that has more acres of land being farmed than Montana’s 58.6 million acres is Texas, with 129 million cultivated acres. After Montana come Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota.

MONTANA POPULATION: SPARSE • When Hillary Clinton visited the state in 1993, she described it as “hyper-rural.” Nationwide, about 25% of the population lives in rural areas,

but in Montana, 48% do.

• The average population density across the state is 6.2 people per square mile. The only states more sparsely settled than that are Alaska and Wyoming. The national average is 75 people per square mile, and New York City has a density of 26,402 per square mile.

• Montana’s least populated counties, Petroleum and Garfield, have only 0.3 people per square mile. The county seat of Garfield County is Jordan, known as the “lonesomest town in the world” because it’s the most isolated county seat in the contiguous U.S. The nearest airport is 175 miles (281 km) away, and it’s 115 miles (185 km) to the nearest railroad depot.

• About 80% of Montana communities have a population of 3,000 or fewer, and there are only seven cities in the state with populations of over 10,000. The population of the entire state is just over one million.

MONTANA GOLD • When six prospectors dipped their gold pans in Alder Creek in 1863, leading to one of history’s richest placer gold discoveries, they were hoping to find just enough gold to pay for their tobacco.

Instead the $10 million worth of gold taken out of Alder Creek, which runs through Virginia City and Nevada City, would be worth about $2.5 billion today.

• Today Montana ranks 5th in production of gold, behind Nevada, California, Alaska, and South Dakota. The Montana state motto “Oro y Plata” is Latin for “gold and silver” and the state seal displays a pick, plow, and shovel.

• When a hotel was built in the state capital of Helena, enough gold was recovered from the excavation of the basement to pay for the

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Noteworthy Inventions

WILLIAM PERKIN

construction of the entire building.

• At a nearby gulch, miners pulled 700 pounds (317 kg) of gold from a two acre plot in a single day.

• In the 1880s, Helena had more millionaires per capita than any other city in the nation, with 50.

MONTANA FUN • The town of Drummond, Montana sponsors the annual Flapjack Race, where rules dictate that you must build a fire and cook an edible pancake, all while keeping your untied mule next to you at all times.

• Bearcreek’s 50 residents hold Pig Races each summer. Pigs are tended by “sowboys.”

• Missoula hosts the annual “Punkin’ Chuckin’ Contest” to see who can build a catapult to throw a pumpkin the farthest without using motors or explosives. The current record is nearly 4,000 feet (1,219 m).

• Reed Point’s answer to Pamplona’s Running of the Bulls is the annual Running of the Sheep, including the Sheep Roundup, the Sheep Beauty

* You can cut the bitterness in some varieties of greens by soaking them in ice water for roughly an hour before serving. Use a salad spinner to get all of the water off. * To freshen carpets, there’s no need to purchase expensive or heavily perfumed carpet deodorizers -- baking soda can do the job. Sprinkle carpets liberally, let set for 30 minutes to an hour, and then vacuum thoroughly. * “If you host a large family holiday gathering and serve a lot of side dishes, try this trick to them hot while waiting for other items to finish in the oven. Simply cover the bottom of a clean ice chest with a few trivets or a couple kitchen towels, and set casseroles and oven-cooked meats inside. Most people use a cooler to keep things cold, but the insulation works just as well to keep hot things hot ... at least for a little while.”

-- M.E. in West Virginia * Recipe substitution: If you need 1 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice, use 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon ginger, 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg and 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves. * Blood pressure can be affected by many things, and seeing the doctor is one of them. Instead, request that your blood pressure be taken by a nurse or physician’s assistant. Having a full bladder also can make your pressure reading higher, as can positioning your arm below heart level.

• Born in England in 1838, William Perkin was supposed to grow up to be an architect, which is what his father wanted. However, a youthful chemistry experiment with soda and alum caused William to become far more interested in chemistry than architecture. As a result, he attended the City of London School, one of the first schools to teach chemistry as a standard subject. William excelled.

• In the mid-1800s malaria caused many deaths.

The only remedy was quinine, painstakingly derived from the bark of the cinchona tree.

• After hearing a lecture on the difficulties of extracting quinine, Perkin decided to try to synthesize quinine. He started with aniline, made from distilling the indigo plant, because he thought the chemical structure was similar enough to quinine that he could alter it.

• After mixing in carbons and hydrogens extracted from coal tar, the result was a black sludge. Perkin threw it away, then washed his flasks out with water and alcohol but was interested to see that the sludge residue turned the water and alcohol purple.

• Experimenting further, Perkin extracted the substance that caused the color, and sent samples to a friend in the dye business. The purple substance was effective at dying cotton and silk.

• At the time, purple dye was obtained from mollusks and it took 12,000 mollusks to produce enough dye for a single dress, and it was not color-fast. Only royalty could afford purple clothing. Perkin’s dye was permanent, cheap, and easy.

• William, who was only 17 when he made his discovery, subsequently decided to go into the dye business. In 1856, the Patent Office granted Perkin a patent for ‘a new colouring matter for dyeing.’

• The dye was a hit in France, where they named it ‘malva’ for the mallow flower, which is the same color as the dye. Chemists later altered this French name slightly, giving the dye its common name: Mauve.

• William didn’t know anything about textiles or the large scale production of chemicals.

However, 1857 the Empress Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III, began to wear mauve-colored gowns. In 1858, Queen Victoria wore mauve to her daughter’s wedding. Suddenly mauve was in demand. Since he was the only person who knew how to produce the dye, his success was assured.

• William’s father invested his savings in order

to build a factory, and the business was wildly successful. He continued his research, finding how to prevent cloth from being dyed unevenly by using a soap bath to ensure even application of the color. He found methods of creating light and dark shades of mauve. He figured out how to dye cloth in calico patterns.

• His contribution to dye chemistry happened just as the Industrial Revolution was taking place.

Cotton fabric could be manufactured and dyed very cheaply, making it possible for common people to buy better and more colorful clothing.

• William became rich in short order, selling his factory and retiring from the business at the age of 36 to pursue other interests.

• His discovery revolutionized the dye industry and sparked the birth of the synthetic chemical industry. Coal tar had previously been thought of as a useless by-product of the gas industry, whose only known use was for water-proofing boots. Perkin’s discovery laid the foundations for an industry that found uses for coal tar ranging from pharmaceuticals to perfumes to

1. TELEVISION: In what 1990s television series did the character of The Log Lady appear?

2. ANATOMY: What organ in the human body produces bile?

3. SCIENCE: What is the science of classifying things called?

4. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was the first U.S. president to lose a re-election bid?

5. HISTORY: Who was the first African-American to be elected to Congress from Georgia since Reconstruction and later appointed ambassador to the United Nations?

6. GEOGRAPHY: What country’s capital is Addis Ababa?

7. MATH: In geometry, what is a perfectly round ball called?

8. AD SLOGANS: What product was claimed in advertisements to be “good to the last drop”?

9. MOVIES: Who was the oldest performer to receive an Oscar for Best Actor?

10. FAMOUS QUOTES: What 20th-century humorist once said, “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”

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Answers 1. “Twin Peaks” 2. Liver 3. Taxonomy 4. John Adams 5. Andrew Young 6. Ethiopia 7. A sphere 8. Maxwell House coffee 9. Henry Fonda 10. Mark Twain

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Saccharine. As a result of Perkin’s discovery, over 700 new compounds were found.

QUIZ: PASTA • In 1920, so the story goes, an Italian man named de Lelio was concerned because his pregnant wife had lost her appetite. He owned a restaurant in Rome, so he concocted a dish of egg noodles covered with a rich delicious sauce to tempt his wife’s appetite. History does not record whether or not she liked it, but the patrons of his restaurant did. He called the dish after himself and began to serve it regularly.

• Movie stars Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford were on their honeymoon in Rome and stopped in his restaurant for dinner nearly every night. They enjoyed his noodle dish so much that they presented him with a goldplated fork and spoon with which to stir his famous sauce.

• Within a year the recipe was featured in a cookbook produced by the famous Rector’s Restaurant in New York, which helped popularize the dish in America. Hollywood movie stars continued to eat at di Lelio restaurant in Rome, and they insisted that their favorite chefs back home try their hand at the recipe as well.

• Today the noodle dish, with a sauce made from butter, cream and Parmesan cheese, is popular across the U.S. The restaurant started by di Lelio is still in business. What was his first name, now attached to his famous pasta recipe? (Answer below.)

QUIZ: LUIZA’S PASTA • Luiza was born in Italy in 1871 and began singing at the age of three. She made her debut in opera in 1890 when the scheduled soprano failed to show up for a performance and Luiza stepped in, garnering immediate acclaim. She had a remarkable voice and toured the world.

In 1905 she made her American debut in San Francisco, which became her favorite U.S. city.

Answer: Alfredo, who named Fettuccine Alfredo.

LUIZA’S PASTA (cont’d) • As she grew older and stouter, Luiza’s voice declined somewhat. One of her husbands stole her fortune and she died in 1940 after suffering years of ill health and poverty. She is remembered today, not so much for her astonishing voice, as for one of her favorite dishes that is thought to have been named after her by a chef at the San Francisco hotel where she stayed. The dish consists of bits of turkey or chicken, swimming in a sauce of cream and wine, served over noodles. Name it. (Answer below)

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HECTOR’S PASTA • Hector worked in restaurant kitchens near his home in Italy from the age of 11. His family came to the U.S. in 1915 when he was 17, and he soon got a job as a chef in the kitchens of the prestigious Plaza Hotel in New York City.

• In 1926 he opened his own Italian restaurant in Cleveland. His spaghetti sauce was so popular that diners often asked him for some to take home with them. As demand for his sauces continued to grow, he opened a spaghetti sauce factory next to the restaurant.

Business was so brisk that in 1929, he started a company selling bottled spaghetti sauce.

• He wanted to name the company after himself, but his Italian surname had a difficult spelling. So he Americanized it. The label included a depiction of him, wearing his white chef’s hat. Chef Hector experimented with canning spaghetti, and when that turned out well, he added not only canned spaghetti but also canned ravioli to his product line.

During World War II, the firm supplied American troops with rations of canned pasta. By the time Chef Hector died in 1985,

his Americanized name was known throughout the world: Hector Boiardi, now Boyardee.

Answer: Turkey Tetrazzini, named for Luiza Tetrazzini.

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Why Cats Won’t Use Litter Box DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I read your column responding to the reader whose cats will not use the litter box. I have three cats and two litter boxes, and they’re doing just fine. Here’s what I use: I put a litter called “Feline Pine” in the boxes. It comes in pellets, which don’t weigh much, and you don’t have to use much, just cover the bottom of the pan. When the cats pee, the pellets turn into something like sawdust.

Also, if the reader scoops the boxes every day, or even twice a day, no one will even know he has cats! Trust me! -- Jean H., via email DEAR JEAN: Thanks for the tip! Trying a completely different type of cat litter can help in the case of litter box avoidance. Some cats are turned off by scented litter, while others have an aversion to a litter’s texture. And of course, diligent litter box cleaning makes every one in the household -- humans and cats -- much happier.

As I said in the previous article, owners whose cats are avoiding the box have to experiment a bit to find a solution. Using boxes with lids, or boxes without lids; replacing heavily soiled carpet and backing and treating with a “keep away” spray; increasing the number of litter boxes available; and observing the cats’ behavior for potential conflict or health issues.

Readers, if you have more suggestions for owners dealing with this problem, send them my way at ask@pawscorner.com. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

Chunky Tomato Soup Soups have always been one of my favorite foods, and fall has always been my favorite season. Stir up this “soup of the harvest” on a cool fall night, and let it warm you up with pleasurepleasing taste!

1/2 cup chopped onion 1 3/4 cups (one 14 1/2-ounce can) beef broth 1 (10 3/4-ounce) can reduced-fat tomato soup 1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning 1 1/2 cups peeled and chopped fresh tomatoes 1 1/2 cups chopped, unpeeled zucchini 1. In a medium saucepan sprayed with olive oil-flavored cooking spray, saute onion for 6 minutes. Add beef broth, tomato soup and Italian seasoning. Mix well to combine. Stir in tomato and zucchini.

2. Bring mixture to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring often. Serves 4 (1 1/4 cups each). * Each serving equals: 94 calories, 2g fat, 3g protein, 16g carb., 604mg sodium, 2g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 2 Vegetable, 1 Starch. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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by Samantha Weaver * It was beloved British crime novelist Agatha Christie who made the following sage observation: “It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.”

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* If you’ve ever yelled out a warning in panic -“Stop!,” “Run!,” “Don’t!” -- you’ve used a monepic sentence, one that is complete with just a single word. Of course, at the time you probably weren’t concerned about the grammatical nature of your utterance. * When in New Jersey, you’d best mind your manners at the table. In that state, it’s illegal to slurp your soup. * If you’re a sky-watcher, you may already know that the center star of the constellation Orion’s sword isn’t actually a star; it’s a nebula -- the only one visible from Earth with the naked eye. In fact, the Orion Nebula is so large that if the distance between the Earth and the sun were 1 inch, the relative size of the nebula would be 12 miles. * If you were to create a rope out of one full head of human hair, that rope would be able to support 12 tons. * It’s a well-worn trope that men refuse to stop and ask for directions when they’re lost. That point of view might seem to be supported by the results of a survey conducted by the American Automobile Association, which found that 34 percent of male drivers admit to stopping to ask for directions.

However, the same survey found that only 37 percent of women did the same. * By the time he was 5 years old, 19th-century French composer Camille Saint-Saens was already composing waltzes.

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WORLD’S FAIR

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It happened at the World’s Fair! Some will recognize this as the title of a 1963 movie starring Elvis Presley, filmed on the site of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. Let’s look at the history of these expositions that have been staged for more than 160 years.

• The World’s Fair, officially known as the Universal Exposition or Great Exhibition, made its debut in London’s Hyde Park in 1851. It was designed as a way for nations to present their scientific innovations. The entire London exhibition was contained inside the Crystal Palace, an enormous greenhouse structure made from cast iron and glass. It was the brainstorm of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s husband. The inaugural America’s Cup yachting race was held in conjunction with the Exhibition. The world’s first voting machine was on display as well as an early precursor to the fax machine.

• The first era of expositions from 1851 to 1938 focused on nations’ technological

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inventions, brought together in one place. In 1939, the focus shifted to cultural themes, with themes including “Building the World of Tomorrow” (1939), “Peace through Understanding” (1964), and “Man and his World” (1967). Starting in 1988, the fairs were used as a tool for nations to improve their image through their national pavilion displays.

• The first World’s Fair held in the United States was the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in that city. Close to 10 million visitors attended the fair, which was equal to about 20% of the U.S. population at that time. Several notable items made their debut at the fair, including Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone, Heinz ketchup, Hires root beer, a Remington typewriter, and a 1500-horsepower Corliss steam engine, which provided power for all the exhibits. Four buildings from the Exhibition still remain at the site.

• The entrance arch to the 1889 World’s Fair was highly criticized as an eyesore, yet it has become one of the most recognizable structures in the world. Paris’ Eiffel Tower was built as part of the exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution.

The designer, Gustave Eiffel, had a permit for the Tower to stand for 20 years and it was set for demolition in 1909. However, the Tower proved valuable for purposes of communications and the City of Paris allowed it to remain. Upon its completion in 1889, at 1,063 feet tall (324 m), it was the tallest manmade structure in the world, an honor it held for 41 years. Today, it is the most-visited paid monument in the world, with 25,000 visitors daily, about 7 million annually.

• St. Louis was chosen as the site of the 1904 World’s Fair to celebrate the centennial of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. The 1904 Summer Olympics were held there in conjunction with the fair, the first time they were held in the U.S. The field used for the track events is still in use today on the campus of Washington University.

• Scientific innovations making their debut at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition included the X-ray machine, baby incubator, electric typewriter, and telephone answering machine.

• New York City has hosted three World’s Fairs – 1853, 1939, and 1964. At the 1853 exhibition, Elisha Otis demonstrated his elevator equipped with a safety brake. Three years later, America’s first passenger elevator was installed by Otis in a five-story New York department store. Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the borough of Queens was the site of both the 1939 and 1964 fairs. The park was

built on a site known as the Corona Ash Dumps, where ashes from coal-burning furnaces were dumped, along with horse manure and garbage. Some of the buildings from the 1939 fair were used from 1946 to 1951 as the United Nations’ first headquarters before their move to permanent offices in Manhattan.

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The Ford Motor Company presented its Mustang to the world for the first time at the 1964 New York fair. Shea Stadium home of the New York Mets, opened in conjunction with the exposition across from the fairgrounds.

The Unisphere was the focal point of the 1964 exposition, a 12-story, 140-ft. (43-m) tall, 700,000-lb. (320,000-kg) stainless steel Earth, a landmark that remains in the park today. The fair featured a special tribute to John F. Kennedy, who had broken ground for the pavilion in 1962, but was assassinated five months before the fair’s opening.

• The Century 21 Exposition opened in April, 1962 in Seattle, with the spotlight on the newlyconstructed Space Needle. At 605 feet (184 m), at the time it was the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River. Built to withstand earthquakes of up to 9.1 magnitude and winds up to 200 mph (89 m/s), the foundation was laid in a 30-ft. deep (9.1 m) hole 120 feet (37 m) across. It took 467 cement trucks an entire day to fill the cavity. The elevator travels up the side of the Space Needle at 10 mph (4.5 m/s), a

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Olympics held in the city in 2010.

• Eleven fairs have been held since Vancouver, including Expo 15, hosted by Milan, Italy, until this October. Kazakhstan will host the 2017 exposition, and Dubai will be home to the 2020 fair.

NOTEWORTHY INVENTORS:

OTTO ROHWEDDER What’s the greatest thing since sliced bread?

How about sliced bread itself? Here’s the scoop on one of the most beneficial inventions of the 20th century. trip that takes about 41 seconds. The monorail and Key Arena (then known as Washington State Coliseum), and Pacific Science Center were also constructed to mark the opening of the exposition.

• At age 20, Davenport, Iowa native Otto Rohwedder moved to Chicago to pursue a degree in optometry at a college of ophthalmology in the Windy City. After a year in the profession, Otto made a drastic career change and began an apprenticeship with a local jeweler. At 25, he settled in St. Joseph, Missouri, and by 32, he had acquired three jewelry shops. In his spare time, he began tinkering with new inventions.

Seattle’s 1962 fair wasn’t the first held there. In 1909, the city hosted the AlaskaYukon-Pacific Exposition promoting the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds later became the campus of the • At 36, Rohwedder got out of the jewelry University of Washington. business and set out to solve a common • Montreal’s Expo 67 was one of the most household complaint. Loaves of bread were successful World’s Fairs, with more than 50.3 sold whole, and housewives didn’t like slicing million attendees. The former Major League it! Rohwedder devised a brief questionnaire Baseball team, the Montreal Expos, was to determine the thickness of a slice that named for the fair. housewives would like to see. He placed ads in several large newspapers and within a few • Expo 86, held in Vancouver, British Columbia, months had received 30,000 responses. was the latest World’s Fair to be held in North America. It was officially opened by Prince • Work began on a prototype of a bread-slicing Charles and Princess Diana, along with machine in 1916 in an abandoned warehouse.

Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Over 22 Rohwedder drew hundreds of blueprints million people attend the Expo, yet it suffered with differing specifications. Tragedy struck a $311 million deficit. The Expo Center’s in 1917 when his prototype and all of his southeastern section was redeveloped for use blueprints were destroyed in a fire. as part of the Olympic Village at the Winter • It was 10 years before Rohwedder had another machine completed, but this one was much better. While his first machine had used long metal pins to hold the sliced loaf together, the new machine tightly wrapped the loaves in waxed paper. The contraption was 5 feet wide (1.5 m), 3 feet high (.9 m), and 6 feet (1.8 m) deep. After being awarded a patent for the slicer, Rohwedder began searching for buyers and received mostly ridicule. * “To remove paint or stain from hands (even • He finally persuaded a friend whose bakery was on the verge of bankruptcy to give it a oil-based), use an old dry washcloth with liquid •

hand soap -- no water. After the paint is loose, rinse with warm water.” -- H.P. in Washington * “I found a terrific metal magnet strip that is for use in the kitchen. It was a great price at a local resale shop. I have used it in my mini workshop to hold jewelry-making tools by my craft desk. It is especially handy now that I am making many ornaments for gifts.” -- E.L. in New Jersey * Use baking soda as a dry cleaning agent for fabric items such as suitcases, backpacks, boots, canvas items, etc. * “Try this baking tip from my mother: When you have a recipe that calls for dry spices (cinnamon, ginger, ground clove, etc.), cream them with the butter instead of sifting them with the dry ingredients. I do feel like they become infused in the recipe better.” -- A. in Illinois * Fresh ginger can be frozen. Simply grate as needed. Flavor remains, and it will stay fresh much longer. * “An oldie but a goodie, and certainly considerate of dear old Mom: In my family, you come to Thanksgiving dinner with your own plastic containers for leftovers. If you don’t bring your own, you don’t go home with tomorrow’s lunch. Mom instituted this rule after the first Thanksgiving when all the kids had moved out. We practically cleaned her out of Tupperware!” -- E.Y. in New Mexico Send your tips to Now Here’s a Tip, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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try. Frank Bench, owner of Chillicothe Baking Company produced the first slices in July, 1928, and put it on the shelves as “Kleen Maid Sliced Bread.” Within two weeks, his bread sales had increased by 2,000%. The public loved sliced bread and the machine’s success was launched.

• A 1928 issue of Modern Mechanics explained how the machine worked: “Two banks of thin sharp steel blades are utilized…While one blade moves upward, its immediate neighbor moves downward. As the blades pass through the soft bread, the loaf closes immediately behind the blades and keeps the air out… thus retaining the freshness of the loaf.”

• Full-page ads declared that sliced bread was “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped.” Before long, the slogan had been modified to include every new exceptional invention, referring to innovations as “the greatest thing since sliced bread.”

• Two years after the launch of the bread slicer, Continental Baking Company introduced Wonder Bread in its bright, balloon-imprinted wrapper, with the word “Sliced” emblazoned in large letters. Their ad was a happy picture of families packing sandwiches for picnics.

• In 1933, Rohwedder sold his rights to Iowa’s Micro-Westco Company and became vicepresident and sales manager of the bakery machine division.

• In 1960, a beer bottler bought the building that had formerly housed the Chillicothe Baking Company. In the storage area was a pile of metal the owner thought was junk, which he promptly disposed of. He later learned it was Rohwedder’s original slicer. The Smithsonian is home to one of Rohwedder’s second design machines.

1. HISTORY: What conflict did Secretary of State John Hay refer to as a “splendid little war”?

2. MUSIC: What was Aretha Franklin’s first No. 1 hit?

3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What does the candy name M&M’s stand for?

4. GEOGRAPHY: Which California city is the farthest west -- San Francisco, Los Angeles or San Diego?

5. AD SLOGANS: What laundry detergent vowed to erase “ring around the collar”?

6. FAMOUS PEOPLE: What was the profession of Duncan Hines, whose name became a household brand of food products?

7. TELEVISION: Who was talk-show host Johnny Carson’s announcer and sidekick?

8. MATH: What is the only number whose letters are in alphabetical order?

9. FOOD & DRINK: What is the color of the liquor called absinthe?

10. LANGUAGE: What is the meaning of the term “canard”?

Answers 1. Spanish-American War 2. “Respect,” in 1967 3. (Forrest) Mars & (William) Murrie, the last names of the candy’s founders 4. San Francisco 5. Wisk 6. Restaurant critic 7. Ed McMahon 8. 40 (f-o-r-t-y) 9. Green 10. A false report or story

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COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION The 1893 World’s Fair, held in Chicago, was officially known as the World’s Columbian Exposition, commemorating 400 years since the 1492 voyage of Christopher Columbus to the Americas. More than 28 million people paid the admission price to tour the exhibits of 46 nations, built at a cost of more than $28 million.

• The fairgrounds were referred to as the “White City,” because all buildings were covered with white stucco in order to resemble carved marble, and illuminated with 100,000 electric lights.

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Several commercial products were introduced at the fair, including Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, Cream of Wheat cereal, Juicy Fruit gum, Aunt Jemima pancake mix, and Cracker Jacks. Early versions of the dishwasher, fluorescent light bulbs, a milk sterilization machine, and the zipper also made their debut.

• One of the main attractions was the world’s first Ferris Wheel, the invention of Pittsburgh bridge builder and steel magnate George Ferris, Jr. Towering 264 feet (804 m) in the air, the wheel had 36 cars that could accommodate 60 people each, allowing a total of 2,160 riders at a time.

Each paid 50 cents for the nine-minute ride, providing a boost to the fair’s shaky financial status, generating $395,000 in profit. The Ferris Wheel proved so popular that, after the conclusion of the fair, it was moved to Chicago’s North Side, where it operated for another 10 years. It was then dismantled and moved to St. Louis for their World’s Fair, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. After its tenure there, the wheel was dynamited with 300 lbs.

(136 kg) of explosives and sold for scrap in 1906.

• In addition to its financial struggles, the fair experienced several other tragedies.

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spread throughout Chicago by Autumn.

Two days before the closing ceremonies, the city’s Mayor Carter Harrison was assassinated in his home. The ceremonies were cancelled and replaced with a public memorial service for the mayor. Shortly after the close of the fair, many of the buildings were destroyed by fire. Seventeen people were killed in the blaze including 14 firefighters. The fire broke out in the Cold Storage Building, one of the fair’s largest structures. It was used to store perishable food used by the vendors, as well as housing an ice skating rink. The building was constructed with a 200-foot (61-m) iron chimney to run the refrigeration units.

In keeping with the theme of the “White City,” builders added a decorative wooden cupola around the chimney. A serious fire hazard was created by placing the wood base just 30 inches (76 cm) above the chimney.

• Of the more than 200 buildings constructed for the exposition, only one remains.

Known as the Palace of Fine Arts in 1893, today it houses Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry.

• Most folks have seen a machine that flattens a penny, embossing it with a picture of various tourist attractions. That machine was first seen at the Columbian Exposition, and featured seven different lettering designs for fairgoers to choose from for their souvenir.

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Should Mom Let Boy Adopt Pit Bull?

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: We’re going to adopt a dog now that I’m 10 years old. I saw a pit bull puppy that I liked at the shelter, but my mom said no, because they’re vicious. My friend said that’s not true. What can I do to persuade her to adopt this dog? -- Braedon in Alpharetta, Ga. DEAR BRAEDON: Before I answer, I do want to tell you that your mom has your best interests and safety in mind. And because of the many publicized incidents about pit bull attacks and aggressive behavior, her first reaction is to keep you from getting hurt.

Ultimately, she will be the one to approve the type of dog to adopt. But you can try to sway her opinion with a few myth-busting facts, courtesy of the American Pit Bull Association (americanpitbullfoundation.com/pit-bull-myths-debunked): * Pit bulls’ temperament is often better than that of other breeds. In temperament testing (atts. org/breed-statistics/statistics-page1), American pit bull terriers had a passing rate of 86.8 percent, and other pit bull breeds scored above 82 percent -- well above the general dog population’s average of 77 percent. * Pit bulls originally were bred as working dogs and are typically energetic, intelligent and stubborn. Like other working breeds, they do best when socialized early with other dogs and humans, and with lots of training and attention. * Pit bulls’ jaws are not stronger than other dogs, nor do they “lock” when they bite.

You and your mom should look for certain traits in every dog you’re considering. Each dog’s temperament is unique; ask the shelter about current and past behavior. Meet a potential dog with as many family members as possible. And research each breed before deciding which dog to adopt.

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Sunshine State Simmered Steaks Here in Iowa, sunny days are becoming quite a scarce commodity. But, I promise, if you put this delicious main dish on the menu, it will make a gloomy day seem much brighter! You may doubt me when you start stirring orange marmalade into the sauce, but trust me, it all works out perfectly in the end.

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 4 (4-ounce) lean minute or cube steaks 1 cup unsweetened orange juice 1 cup (two 2.5-ounce jars) sliced mushrooms, drained 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium ketchup 2 tablespoons orange marmalade spreadable fruit 1 tablespoon dried onion flakes 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes 1. Place flour in a shallow dish and coat steaks on both sides in flour. Reserve any leftover flour.

Evenly arrange coated steaks in a large skillet sprayed with butter-flavored cooking spray and brown for about 3 minutes on each side.

2. In a medium bowl, combine orange juice, mushrooms, ketchup, spreadable fruit, onion flakes, parsley flakes and any remaining flour.

Spoon sauce mixture evenly over steaks.

3. Lower heat, cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until steaks are tender. When serving, evenly spoon sauce mixture over top of steaks. Serves 4.

Freezes well. * Each serving equals: 218 calories, 6g fat, 23g protein, 18g carb., 359mg sodium, 1g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 3 Meat, 1 Fruit, 1/2 Vegetable. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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by Samantha Weaver * It was 20th-century American journalist Walter Lippmann who made the following sage observation: “Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life, and a new social condition means a radical change in conscience.”

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* According to a recent analysis of data from the online music streaming service Spotify and artist popularity data from a website called The Echo Nest, Americans tend to stop listening to new music at the age of 33. * John Tyler, born March 29, 1790, was the 10th president of the United States. He was married twice and had a total of 15 children. These children, collectively, were witness to a surprisingly large swath of American history. The oldest, Mary Tyler Jones, was born in 1815, the year that saw the end of the War of 1812; the youngest, Pearl Tyler Ellis, survived until 1947, two years after the end of World War II. President Tyler even has two grandsons who are still alive today. * You might be surprised to learn that it costs the U.S. government nearly 2 cents to mint a single penny. * Unless you’ve been to Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, it’s difficult to believe just how blue the water of that lake appears. In fact, there was a time when the rich blues made the professionals at Kodak believe the photos to be overdeveloped, and the pictures would be returned at no charge. * Those who study such things say that if you were (for reasons unspecified) to eat the liver of a polar bear, you’d die. The amount of vitamin A stored in that organ constitutes a fatal dose for humans. *** Thought for the Day: “You never know what you’ll want to write until it starts writing itself in your head.” -- Jill Ker Conway (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Vernon Jubilee Hospital Auxiliary CHRISTMAS BAZAAR Thursday Nov. 26, 2015, 9am to 5pm Friday Nov. 27, 2015, 9am to 3pm In the hospital education rooms Lots of Crafts, Knitting & Crocheting, Baking, Silent Auction and much more.

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by Janet Spencer On November 23, 1919, the first play-byplay football game in radio broadcast history took place when Texas A & M beat the University of Texas 7 to 0. In honor of this, join Tidbits as we play football!

FOOTBALL HISTORY BITS • In a 1897 football game, Georgia was playing the University of Virginia. During a pile-up, a player named Von Gammon ended up on the bottom and was found unconscious. He died of a brain concussion. As a result, the Georgia team disbanded. Protests against the brutality of football spread. A bill was introduced to the Georgia state legislature to ban football from the state. It passed and was sent to the governor for his signature. It looked like football was doomed. But then a woman came forward. She wrote a letter to the governor, pleading with him not to use Von Gammon’s death as an excuse to outlaw a good game. Because of this letter, the Governor refused to sign the bill into

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law. Football was saved. The woman who had written such an effective letter was Von Gammon’s own mother.

• In 1905 there were 18 football deaths in the nation. The violence of the game diminished somewhat when the forward pass was invented, cutting down on the confrontations.

• In 1890 the Naval Academy in Annapolis challenged the Army institution of West Point to a game, but West Point had no team.

A cadet named Dennis Michie accepted that challenge and set about drumming up a team. However, Michie’s father was an officer at West Point and felt that football was a pathetic game. He told his son to quit the project. Dennis Michie defied his father, and three weeks later 300 spectators watched the first Army-Navy game in history. The inexperienced Army team lost 24 to 0. Not even Dennis Michie’s father could swallow such a defeat. He ordered his son to do better next year and beat the pants off the Navy.

Today the football stadium at West Point is named after Dennis Michie, founder of the Army-Navy rivalry.

• In 1893 a little old lady watched the Annapolis football team play a game. She was friendly with a player named Reeves.

During the game she saw Reeves take a pretty hard hit in the head during a pile up.

Thinking about that blow to the skull, she became so concerned that she went home and designed a crude helmet for him. When he wore it in the next game, fans laughed and players teased. But it started a new fashion and before long helmets were standard gear.

• During a football game at West Point a player sat on the bench watching Jim Thorpe run all over the field. As he was sitting there dreaming of becoming as great a player as Thorpe, the coach called him and sent him into the game. His moment of fame was at hand! Unfortunately, during his very first play he was hit so hard that his leg was broken and he was carried from the field, his dreams shattered. He never played football again, but the player went on to other successes.

He was Dwight D. Eisenhower.

MEMORABLE MOMENTS • When the Nomads were up against Knute Rockne’s Notre Dame, Rockne could not understand why so many of his players were suddenly breaking their ribs. Player after player was hauled out of the game on a stretcher and the team doctor admitted that perfectly normal ribs were breaking like kite sticks. Rockne got suspicious and found that the Nomads were wearing steel knee braces.

Rockne hit the roof while the Nomad coach feigned ignorance. “Guess they didn’t want to hurt their knees,” he said. From then on a new rule was on the books that made it illegal for any player to wear steel knee braces.

• On October 7, 1916, the powerful Georgia Tech team invited little Cumberland College to play on Tech’s field. Cumberland did not have a regular team, but they rounded up some guys. The game didn’t go well for Cumberland, and later fullback A.L. Macdonald recalled making “our longest gain of the day when I lost 5 yards.” One Cumberland player is said to have fumbled the ball and yelled at a teammate to pick it up.

But with five big Georgia Tech guys bearing down on him, he yelled back, “You pick it up!

You dropped it!” The game was called in the third quarter and the final score was Georgia Tech 222, Cumberland 0.

• Quarterback Harry Adams was playing for Montana in a game against Washington State in 1920. He had a badly injured ankle but insisted on playing anyway. When a punt went over his head, he limped along to retrieve it, but by the time he picked it up he was flanked by two very large Washington ends who were running at him full tilt getting ready to tackle him. “Don’t hit him, he’s hurt!” yelled one of the ends. At that point both players very carefully picked Adams up and gently laid him on his back on the field.

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MEMORABLE PLAYS • During a game between Clemson & Mercer, a referee turned to Clemson’s halfback, Streak Lawton, and said: “Streak, this is the last game of the season and you have just 60 seconds left to make history.” On the next play, Mercer punted, and Lawton returned the punt 90 yards for a touchdown. As he walked past the referee, Lawton was heard to ask, “What are the other 40 seconds for?”

• Coach Fielding Yost was giving his team an intense pep-talk during half time, whipping the team into a fury. “All right men!” he hollered. “Follow me to victory!” • Joe Namath was listening to a lecture by He yanked open a door to the locker room coach Bear Bryant, who was goading them and ran out. But he had pulled open the to do well in their college classes because wrong door. He plunged headfirst into the there was more to life than football and he swimming pool, followed by the entire didn’t want any dumbbells on his team. team. In their heavy football gear, several “If there is a dumbbell in the room, I wish of the players nearly drowned before they he would stand up,” Bear said. Namath were pulled out. immediately stood up. “How come you’re standing up? You ain’t dumb,” asked Bear.

“Coach,” replied Namath, “I just hate like the devil for you to be standing up there by yourself.”

* Three ways to use an empty tissue box: 1) store plastic grocery bags inside; 2) line with a small plastic trash bag and use in your car as a travel trash can; 3) cut out the bottom and use it to disguise an extra toilet tissue roll in your guest bath! * Love oranges? Save the peels to add to your potpourri mix. Remove as much of the pith as possible, and cut into strips. Air dry in bright light for about a week. Or you can set the strips on parchment and dry in a partially closed oven set to 175 F for about 45 minutes. Check often. * “When the last serving of jam has been used, I will happily add some oil and vinegar to the jar, along with a few choice spices, then shake. It’s an instant vinaigrette, with a fruity tang.” -- C.L. in Tennessee * Keep your jeans or other denim items from fading by soaking them in a solution of cold water and salt (two tablespoons to a gallon) for about an hour before washing. * How can you keep snow and ice off your windshield? Some say a solution of three parts vinegar to one part water sprayed on the windshield each night can cut your ice-scraping time in half or better. (Use caution to avoid your paint job.)

Try covering your wipers with an old pair of long socks so they don’t freeze to the glass! * “To clean a can opener, get it wet and run a folded paper towel through it while turning the handle. Works best if done after each use.” -- H.P. in Washington Send your tips to Now Here’s a Tip, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.

• Coach Knute Rockne would often drill his players by setting up imaginary situations and grilling them about what they would do next if caught in such a position. One day he said, “It’s our ball, fourth quarter, we’re behind by three points, ball on our 45-yard line, fourth down, three to go— what do you do?” He asked a third-string quarterback.

“Well, Mr. Rockne,” replied the benchwarmer, “I’d slide a few yards down on the bench to get a better look at the next play.”

Noteworthy Inventions

ETCH A SKETCH

• In 1959 a 37-year-old man named Arthur Granjean invented what he called “L’Ecran Magique” (“magic screen”) in his garage in Paris. He took it to the International Toy Fair in Nuremburg, Germany. The Ohio

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5. MATH: What is the decimal equivalent of the fraction one-eighth?

6. HISTORY: In what year did President Jimmy Carter pardon all Vietnam War draft dodgers?

7. FOOD & DRINK: What is the traditional liquor used in making a Tom Collins drink?

8. ANATOMY: What is the only muscle in the human body that’s attached at only one end?

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10. DISCOVERIES: Who was the first to show how anesthesia could be used to relieve surgical pain?

Answers 1. Five (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas) 2. SpongeBob SquarePants 3. Starbuck 4. “The Jazz Singer” (1927) 5. 0.125 6. 1977 7. Gin 8. The tongue 9. Nymphs 10. William Morton (1846) (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Art Company bought the rights to it in 1960 for $25,000 and renamed it the Etch A Sketch. They advertised it widely in time for the Christmas season in 1960 and sales immediately took off. They’ve sold over 100 million since then.

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been introduced. Now there are pocketsized models, travel size models, glow-inthe-dark models (only the frame glows), and also noisy models. The Zooper model makes all kinds of weird noises - beeps, boops, squeaks, and squawks - as the knobs turn. Also available is the Etch A Sketch “action pack” which offers various puzzles and games printed on overlays placed on top of the screen.

• How does it work? There’s a stylus, or pointer, mounted on two rails. Using a system of wires and pulleys, one rail moves back and forth, and the other moves up and down when the knobs turn. The gray stuff is powdered • To celebrate the toy’s 25th anniversary in 1985, the Ohio Art Company came out aluminum mixed with tiny plastic beads. with an “Executive” model made of silver The beads help the powder flow easily. The with drawing knobs set with sapphires aluminum powder sticks to the glass because and topaz and a hand-carved logo at the of static electricity. When the stylus moves, it top. Price: $3,750. touches the glass and scrapes the aluminum powder off. Shake it, and the aluminum is • Today it’s estimated that 8,000 Etch A redistributed evenly.

Sketches are sold every day. In 2000 the Ohio Art Company moved the Etch A • The basic design hasn’t changed a bit since Sketch factory to China.

1960, although variations on the model have • Steve Jacobs created the world’s largest Etch A Sketch at the Black Rock Arts Festival in California in 1997. He placed 144 regulation-sized Etch A Sketches in a huge square and surrounded them with a huge red Etch A Sketch frame, including huge white knobs. It qualified him for a Guinness World Record.

• A Canadian computer programmer named Neil Fraser pulled the knobs off a standard Etch A Sketch and hooked it up to two motors which attached to the port of his computer. The motors work by remote control, enabling Fraser to draw without ever touching the toy. Robotic components are also able to tilt the Etch A Sketch upside-down and shake it.

• George Vlosich creates works of art using the Etch A Sketch as an artistic medium.

He was a nine-year-old kid in 1989 when, on a long drive, he brought along his Etch A Sketch for backseat entertainment. A sketch he drew was so good his parents took a picture of it. An artist was born.

Because one of his main interests was sports, he began sketching portraits of sports heroes. Then he waited after games hoping to get them to autograph his Etch A Sketch. His reputation as the “Etch A

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Sketch Kid” grew quickly. It takes George between 40 and 60 hours to complete a single Etch A Sketch masterpiece. After it’s done, he carefully unscrews the back and removes the excess aluminum powder to preserve the picture forever.

Today George is known far and wide for his artwork and has appeared countless times on radio, TV, in newspapers, and magazines. His Etch A Sketch artwork sells for up to $10,000.

WORD ORIGINS

• In the early days of the 1800s, trade was just beginning to open up between Japan not. “Habben, ne habben” was eventually and America. Most American trade ships abbreviated to “hobnob.” docked in the port of Yokohama. The city • In Massachusetts in 1812, Governor Elbridge had one main street that was well-policed Gerry pressured the legislature to re-district at night, and it was called Honcho-dori the state to insure his victory in the next Street. It was the only safe thoroughfare election. A team of men re-drew the voting in town; sailors caught in the city after boundaries to include any pockets they dark trying to return to their ship through could find of Elbridge supporters. One twisting alleys and convoluted byways voting district in Essex County looked like were far more likely to be robbed, beaten a dragon. Someone looking at a map of the and murdered. Therefore men being new district mentioned that it looked like a granted shore leave were warned never to salamander. A bystander said a better name wander through Yokohama at night, and to stick to the main route of Honcho-dori street, where they could be assured that everything would be “hunky-dori” which is how the phrase came into English.

• The French “hoche” means “a shaking.”

Add that to the word “pot” and you have “a shaking together in a pot.” “Hotchpot” became the word for a stew and led to our “hodgepodge” meaning a jumbled assortment.

• In Middle English “habben” meant to have; and “ne habben” meant to have

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Hunting Isn’t Answer to Feral Cat Problem

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would be Gerrymander, after the Governor.

And that’s how “gerrymander” came to mean tampering with something to make it advantageous to yourself.

Edward I of England invaded Scotland in 1296. In every town that was overtaken, he would force the local politicians to sign a document pledging support to the King. The generic term for any official document written on a scroll was “ragman roll.” Officials made public readings of the long boring ragman rolls, where people got tired of listening to what we now call “rigamarole.”

During the days of knights in shining armor, a “buckler” was a small shield used to defend oneself from the blows of an adversary’s sword. “Swash” meant the same thing as the word “swish” today: the sound that a sword cutting through the air might make. Therefore a “swashbuckler” was a man who made a great show of fencing, by swashing his sword and striking his opponent’s buckler.

In John Milton’s poem “Paradise Lost” written in 1667, the city of Pandemonium is the capital of hell. Pandemonium is coined from the terms “pan” meaning “all” and “daimon” meaning demons: the city of All Demons.

“Lady Gunhilda” was the name bestowed upon a large catapult that protected Windsor Castle in 14th century England.

Eventually the weapon’s name was shortened to “Lady Gun” and then to simply “Gun” which then became a word that denoted any catapult, or any weapon that would hurl things such as bullets: a gun.

What does a catacomb have to do with a cat or a comb? Nothing. The word is from the Greek “kata” meaning down, and “kumbe” meaning hollow.

The Latin word “supra” means over and “saltus” means jump. “Suprasaltus” passed through Spanish, French and Old English before becoming our somersault.

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: There was a furor last summer over a veterinarian who shot a feral cat with an arrow. While animal lovers’ fury was understandable, what wasn’t addressed is the massive population of feral cats in the United States. Cats are very effective hunters and have decimated native populations of small wildlife.

What is your opinion on the suggestion to hunt feral cats rather than simply trap, neuter or spay, then release them back into the wild? -- A Feral Cat Friend in Florida DEAR FRIEND: I think that we shouldn’t give up on TNR (trap, neuter, release) programs, though additional solutions need to be looked into.

Hunting isn’t one of those solutions.

In 2004, a study published in the Journal of American Veterinary Medical Association said that the population of feral cats in the U.S. was nearing the number of cats that had a home -about 50 million feral versus 73 million domesticated. However, while about 85 percent of female cats that had owners were spayed, only 2 percent of feral female cats were. (www.avma. org/News/Journals/Collections/Documents/ javma_225_9_1354.pdf ) I wrote about the problem those many years ago, advocating TNR. Fast-forward to 2014: A TNR study conducted in Alachua County, Florida, found that increasing awareness among area residents and encouraging them to TNR feral cats helped reduce the number of cats entering the local shelter by 66 percent. (www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090023314001841) So, providing local education and resources to residents helps them actively and humanely participate in the gradual reduction of feral cat colonies. Fewer cats in an area can help the local wildlife rebound. Whether or not you own pets, you can play a role in reducing the feral cat population without using a bow and arrow. Start with organizations dedicated to achieving this, such as Alley Cat Allies at saveacat.org.

Send your questions or tips to ask@pawscorner. com. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

Cranberry Cheese Nut Spread Cranberries aren’t just for sauce. One bite of this and you’ll agree!

1 (8-ounce) package Philadelphia fat-free cream cheese 1 tablespoon fat-free milk 1/2 cup Splenda Granular 1 cup fresh or frozen whole cranberries, finely chopped 1/4 cup chopped walnuts In a medium bowl, stir cream cheese with a sturdy spoon until soft. Stir in milk and Splenda.

Fold in cranberries and walnuts. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use. Serves four.

TIP: Great on English muffins or bagels. * Each serving equals: 116 calories, 4g fat, 9g protein, 11g carb., 284mg sodium, 2g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 1 Meat, 1 Fat, 1/2 Carb. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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by Samantha Weaver * It was Scottish novelist and politician John Buchan who made the following sage observation: “We can pay our debt to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.” * The general board of the prestigious University of Cambridge has recommended that the institution hire a Professor of Lego. Yep. The lucky academic will head up the Research Centre on Play in Education, Development and Learning. On a related note, Cambridge recently received a donation of more than $6 million from the Lego Foundation.

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Soon after, his father was put in debtors’ prison, and when his mother and siblings went to live with him there; young Charles was left to live on the streets and fend for himself. It’s not surprising, then, that after Dickens achieved the great success he enjoyed as a writer, he was an ardent campaigner for children’s rights. * If you plan to become a patriotic citizen of Greece, I hope you have a good memory: The Greek national anthem has a whopping 158 verses. *** Thought for the Day: “The greatest analgesic, soporific, stimulant, tranquilizer, narcotic and to some extent even antibiotic -- in short, the closest thing to a genuine panacea -- known to medical science is work.” -- Thomas Szasz (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

by Kathy Wolfe From science to medicine to politics to music – Tidbits makes you aware of the events that occurred this week in history.

• On November 29, 1947, the United Nations met to vote on a crucial issue, that of whether to partition the British-controlled territory of Palestine into two states, one for Jews and one for Arabs. The area had been under British control since 1917. Needing a twothirds majority for passage, the U.N. General Assembly passed the resolution with 72%, with all Arab nations voting against the creation of Israel. The day after the vote, violence erupted into what became the 194748 Civil War between Jews and Arabs. In May, 1948, the state of Israel was formed.

• The world lost a famous daredevil on November 30, 2007, with the passing of motorcyclist Evel Knievel. The Butte, Montana native suffered more than 430 broken bones over the course of his career. His record of jumping 19 cars on his cycle lasted for 27 years, his record of jumping over stacked cars endured for 35 years, and his jump over 14 Greyhound buses was on the books for 24 years. turn the page for more!

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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY (continued): • On November 30, 1954, as a Sylacauga, Alabama woman lay sleeping on her couch, a meteorite crashed through her roof, bounced off a radio, and struck her, the first modern record of such an occurrence. Measuring about 8 inches (20.3 cm) in diameter and weighing about 9 lbs. (4.1 kg), the sulfide space rock did not permanently injure Mrs. Hulett Hodges, but it did leave a 3-ft.

(0.9 m) hole in her roof.

• Rosa Parks made history when she stepped onto

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a Montgomery, Alabama bus on December 1, 1955. Headed for home from her job at a local department store Rosa took a seat in the 11th row of the bus, the first row of the section reserved for blacks. As the bus filled up, three whites were left standing. The driver demanded that four black people give up their seats. Three black men moved, but Rosa refused to surrender her place. Although she had not technically broken any law, she was arrested for violating city code and for disorderly conduct. Within four days, a boycott of the city’s buses was in place, led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Because 75% of bus customers were black, the finances of the public bus companies plunged. Yet it still took 381 days for an agreement to be reached on the end of segregation.

• The Ford Motor Company dramatically shortened the time it took to assemble an automobile when they launched a continuousmoving assembly line on December 1, 1913.

A complete car could be produced every 2 ½ minutes, a reduction from the previous time of 12 hours. By producing vehicles so efficiently, Ford was able to substantially lower the price of the Model T, from $825 to $575.

• On the first day of December in 1959, representatives from 12 countries signed the Antarctica Treaty, an agreement that banned

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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY (continued): any military activity and weapon testing on that frozen continent. The pact decreed that all personnel and equipment may only be for scientific research or other peaceful purposes.

Prior to that, several nations, including Great Britain, Australia, Chile, and Norway, had laid claim to parts of Antarctica. * Candles will burn more evenly if you refrigerate them for a few hours before lighting. * “To make your drains fresh-smelling, shake a half-cup of baking soda into the drain. Then pour 2 cups of vinegar that you have warmed on the stove. It will froth and bubble. When it’s done, run the hot water and give it a little scrub.” -- R.C. in Idaho * Visit the dollar store for low-cost toys to use on car or airplane trips. You can get several busy toys and dole them out one at a time.

Most parents will attest to what a lifesaver this can be. * “When planning to visit my hometown for the holidays, I set aside a few hours to take the kids to the park or a nice playground. Then I message all my old friends and classmates with kids (Facebook is great for this) a few weeks ahead of time and let them know when I will be there. It’s great to catch up while the kids play, and even if no one shows up, we still have a fun break.” -- F.L. in California * Cookie sheets make great temporary mud and moisture trays for dirty shoes. Stash one at the entry to your home, and you will have less dirt tracked across your floors. * “Keep knitting yarn in check with empty tissue boxes. Set your yarn ball inside the box, and let the string lead out of the top. When not in use, tape the string to the side of the box.

Boxes can be stacked and stored for future projects.” -- C.W. in Indiana Send your tips to Now Here’s a Tip, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

• “I Want to Hold Your Hand” was released by the Beatles on December 1, 1963, quickly hitting the top of the charts in America and the U.K. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame lists the song as one of history’s 500 songs that shaped rock and roll. It’s also ranked as the 45th best song of all time.

• The New York Municipal Airport opened on the waterfront of Flushing Bay in Queens on December 2, 1939. The site was originally an amusement park owned by the Steinway Pianos family, and became a private airfield in 1929. New York City shelled out $23 million to change the field into a modern airport. In 1953, the name was changed to LaGuardia Airport, honoring Fiorello LaGuardia, major of the city from 1934 to 1945, who had come up with the idea of the new facility.

• The first Burger King opened its doors in Miami, Florida on December 4, 1954, first known as Insta-Burger King. They added The Whopper

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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY (continued): in 1957. More than 11 million folks eat at a Burger King somewhere in the world every day.

With more than 13,000 locations in 79 countries, they are the world’s third largest hamburger chain. In case you’re counting calories, a Burger King cheeseburger has 360. A slice of cheddar cheese adds about 113 calories to an ordinary burger.

• This week was an important one in the history of heart surgeries. On December 3, 1967, Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant in Cape Town, South Africa.

Dr. Barnard removed the heart of a 25-year-old woman killed in an auto accident and placed it in the chest of 55-year-old Louis Washkansky, who was dying of heart damage. For 18 days, the transplanted heart functioned normally; however, the anti-rejection drugs Washkansky was given left him susceptible to illness. Her perished from double pneumonia on December 21. Fifteen years later, during the same week, Dr. William DeVries implanted the first permanent artificial heart, designed by Dr. Robert Jarvik, in Seattle dentist Barney Clark. Mr. Clark survived 112 days with the device.

• On December 5, 1945, five U.S. Navy torpedo bombers departed from the Ft. Lauderdale Naval Air Station for a three-hour training mission over the Atlantic. The five aircraft carrying a total of 14 men were known as Flight 19 and were scheduled to fly east for 120 miles (193 km), north for 73 miles (118 km), then back another 120 miles (193 km) to the base. Two hours into the flight, the squadron leader radioed that his compass had failed and that he did not know his position. The other planes reported similar malfunctions. A search and rescue plane carrying 13 men took off five hours after Flight 19. A massive air and sea search was launched to comb the area now known as the Bermuda Triangle, a stretch of sea from the southern U.S. coast across to Bermuda and down to Cuba and

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Santo Domingo. No trace of the six planes was ever found and 27 men were lost. The Navy’s final report of the incident listed the cause of the disappearances as “Reasons Unknown.”

NOTEWORTHY INVENTORS:

CHARLES BRANNOCK “If the shoe fits, wear it.” That phrase could have been the inspiration for Charles Brannock’s famous 1926 invention. Follow along and learn about the invention of the shoe-measuring device.

• Charles Brannock was raised in the shoe business. In 1903, when he was three years old, his father Otis Brannock and Ernest Park founded the Park-Brannock Shoe Company in downtown Syracuse, New York. The company continually expanded, offering a wide selection of all shoes, handbags, hats, hose, and accessories. Charles worked as a salesman while attending Syracuse University.

• Dissatisfied with the shoe size-sticks known as RITZ sticks, an industry standard, Brannock began tinkering with an improved foot-measuring device. While the sticks measured only the foot’s length, Brannock’s sketches and calculations represented an apparatus that would measure length, width, and distance from the heel to the ball of the foot to determine arch length. His prototype was built from an Erector set.

• The Brannock Device improved accuracy to about 96%. It began with a man’s size 1 measurement of 7 2/3 inches (19.5 cm), with each additional size adding 1/3 inch ((0.84 cm). Each width was separated by 3/16 inch (0.48 cm). The widths were divided into nine sizes, AAA, AA, A, B, C, D, E, EE, and EEE. There were also two knobs for adjusting the fit for the curve of the heel, along with a sliding bar for adjusting for thin feet and wide feet. The device remains much the same today, with very little change.

• Brannock assembled the device right in the family shoe store, and its trials were conducted there, where it was used exclusively. Park-Brannock was the only store in town to measure feet so accurately.

At age 25, Brannock obtained a patent, established the Brannock Device Company, and began sales of the apparatus to other shoe retailers. He then hired salesmen throughout the country. By 1929, the device was being sold internationally.

• In 1933, a U.S. Navy captain was looking into why so many sailors had problems with their feet, and asked a shoe salesman for

his advice. The salesman measured the sailors’ feet with a Brannock device, and informed the captain that the only problem was ill-fitting shoes. That captain wrote an article about this simple solution in the July, 1933 issue of United

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Shoes. He continued to come to the office of Brannock Devices on a daily basis well into his 80s. When his health began to fail, he thought about selling the business, but many prospective buyers wanted to change the device to a plastic material. To Brannock, this was a non-negotiable point, and he insisted that the devices be manufactured from steel.

• Brannock passed away in 1993 at age 89. The company was purchased from his estate

by Sal Leonardi, who has maintained the business just as Brannock would have wanted it.

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BRANNOCK (continued): States Naval Institute Proceedings. Brannock seized the opportunity to expand his business by forwarding the article, first to other naval ships, then on to other branches of the military. By World War II, his device was in use by most of the armed forces.

• Following the death of his father in 1962, Brannock added to his own manufacturing company work load by becoming CEO of Park-Brannock

December has the distinction of being Bingo’s Birthday Month. Take a look to see what you may not know about one of the world’s favorite games.

• The game of Bingo has its origins in Italy, clear back in 1530, when a game called Lo Guioco del Lotto D’Italia, which resembles presentday Bingo was played. This early lottery-type game is still played every Saturday in Italy.

The game spread to France in the 1770s and Germany in the 1800s.

• Bingo came to North America in 1929, and was originally called Beano because the squares on the playing card were covered with beans. Players used pieces of cardboard or paper with a grid of numbered squares.

It was first played at an Atlanta, Georgia carnival. Numbered disks were drawn from a cigar box and beans were placed on the appropriate square.

• About that time, a New York toy salesman named Edwin Lowe was playing and when a player mistakenly yelled “Bingo!” instead of “Beano!” he had a brainstorm. Lowe hired a math professor from Columbia University to help him expand the game by increasing the number of combinations on a card.

The professor came up with 6,000 different cards. Lowe changed the name to Bingo and launched his creation. The cigar box was replaced with a wire mesh cage with a handle that twirled the balls inside.

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B-I-N-G-O- ! (continued): In the early 1930s, a Pennsylvania Catholic priest thought that Bingo might be a good way to raise funds for the church, and that practice began.

By 1934, about 10,000 Bingo games were being played weekly across the country.

The most common Bingo cards have 25 squares in a five row by five row configuration. The squares contain numbers from 1 to 75, with the center square a “Free” space, considered automatically filled. The letters of the word BINGO head up each of the five columns. The “B” column contains numbers from 1 to 15, “I” has 16 to 30, “N” has 31 to 45, and the numbers 61 to 75 are listed in the “O” column.

There are several ways to achieve a Bingo. The most common is, of course, to fill a line vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. Also popular is “Four Corners,” which requires a player to cover the game card’s four corners. The “Roving L” pattern requires the entire “B” column to be covered along with the top or bottom row, or the entire “O” column and the top or bottom row, forming an “L.” The Cross pattern forms a center cross on the card. And, of course, covering all the squares on a card is called a “blackout.”

The “bubble” refers to the minimum number of balls necessary to complete a Bingo pattern, the earliest point a player could have a valid Bingo.

If a player achieves a “Hard-Way Bingo,” the bingo is a straight line without using the Free space in the middle.

What about when a player calls out “Bingo!” but is actually mistaken? There are several names given to this blunder – “falsie,” “just practicing,” “social error,” or “bongo.”

It’s estimated that people spend more than $90 million dollars each week playing bingo in North America alone.

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Helping Pets in Need

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: As the holiday season swings into full gear, many people may be looking to do something more enriching than just shopping for gifts and getting things we don’t really need. Please encourage your readers to consider donating to their local shelter or offering some of their time as volunteers to help pets during the holidays and year-round. -- Avid Volunteer in Virginia

This is for all you feta cheese lovers. It’s also for all you zucchini lovers. And it’s for all you pizza lovers, too!

DEAR AVID: You told them, and I thank you!

The holidays can be a very hectic time for many people. But finding time to volunteer at your local shelter, or helping to host a fundraising or pet-supplies drive, can be an enriching experience and a break from shopping and planning for holiday events.

While some local shelters don’t have a formal volunteer program, many do. The first step is to contact the shelter or visit its website to find out if it accept volunteers, what jobs they’re expected to do, and how to apply. If you have children who are interested in volunteering, find out the minimum age and what kids can do if they’re too young to volunteer.

For example, the adoption center at Boston’s MSPCA Angell center requires a six-month commitment of two hours per week from volunteers, who handle a variety of tasks from cleaning habitats to feeding the animals, walking dogs, socializing with smaller animals, or interacting with visitors. That’s quite a commitment, but the volunteer program often is completely filled each year.

Single-day or weekend volunteer activities also may be available, often as group events. These are a great way to get familiar with being a shelter volunteer.

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1 (11-ounce) can purchased refrigerated crusty French loaf bread 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning 1 3/4 cups (one 15-ounce can) tomato sauce 2 1/2 cups chopped unpeeled zucchini 3/4 cup crumbled feta cheese 3/4 cup shredded reduced-fat mozzarella cheese 1. Heat oven to 425 F. Spray a 10-by-15-inch rimmed baking sheet with olive oil-flavored cooking spray. Unroll French loaf and pat into prepared baking sheet. Bake for 5 minutes.

2. Stir Italian seasoning into tomato sauce. Evenly spread sauce mixture over partially baked crust. Arrange zucchini evenly over sauce.

Sprinkle feta and mozzarella cheeses evenly over top. Continue baking for 12 to 14 minutes or until crust is golden brown.

3. Place baking sheet on a wire rack and let set for 5 minutes. Cut into 8 large pieces. Serves 8. * Each serving equals: 173 calories, 5g fat, 9g protein, 23g carb., 758mg sodium, 2g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 1 Starch, 1 Meat, 1 Vegetable. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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* If you live in New Jersey, you pay eight times as much in real estate taxes as residents of Hawaii do. * Given the popularity of both Legos and Star Wars, you probably won’t be surprised to learn that the first licensed, themed Lego set was an X-Wing fighter, released in 1999. * Those who study such things say that wearing skinny jeans can cause varicose veins. * In the 1930s, during the Bolshevik Revolution, a Communist patrol in Siberia came across an isolated fundamentalist Russian Orthodox settlement.

Christians were persecuted in the Soviet Union, and one of the soldiers shot and killed a man working in the village. This prompted the man’s brother, Karp Lykov, to flee into the forest with his wife and two young children. A sad story, perhaps, but nothing unusual -- until you find out that the Lykov family remained in complete isolation for 42 years. It wasn’t until 1978 that surveyors in a helicopter saw in a remote area a clearing that was obviously not of natural origin. Investigation revealed that Karp and his four children (his wife had died in 1961) were living in a crude log dwelling. They’d had no contact with the outside world since fleeing their village in 1936, and two of the children had never seen a human not related to them. * A male lion can mate up to 50 times in one day. *** Thought for the Day: “Language is the apparel in which your thoughts parade in public. Never clothe them in vulgar and shoddy attire.” -- George W. Crane (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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TACKY TOYS • A toy company trying to compete with the Barbie doll came out with the Tressy doll who had a hank of hair in the center of her head which could be hauled out and screwed back in.

• In 1975 Mattel introduced a new doll called Growing Up Skipper. When the arm was twisted, the doll grew taller, developed an hourglass waist line, and sprouted breasts.

Twist the arm again and the doll once again reverted to an adolescent figure.

• In the late 1970s Ideal came out with a line of cherubic angel dolls. They were called Angel Babies and didn’t sell well because consumers thought of dead babies in heaven when they saw the name Angel Babies.

• In 1958 Ideal came out with a Christ Child doll which came complete with kneeling Mary and Joseph dolls and a manger. Parents didn’t buy them because they couldn’t picture Christ attending tea parties with Raggedy Ann. • The anatomically correct Baby Brother

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FAMOUS TOYS • Lego blocks are one of the world’s most popular toys and are sold in 125 countries. They were invented in 1949 by a Danish carpenter and toymaker named Ole Kirk Christiansen, who named them ‘Legos’ because it’s a contraction of the word ‘legodt’ which is Danish for ‘play well.’ Lego also means ‘to gather together’ in Latin.

• In Denmark 84% of households own Legos.

Denmark’s LegoLand is the 2nd most popular tourist attraction in the country, behind Copenhagen. Built with over 32 million Lego bricks, LegoLand has models of Mount Rushmore, the Statue of Liberty (made from 1.4 million Legos), the Columbia space shuttle, the Parthenon, and Copenhagen Airport (which took eight people two years to build). The scale model of the Danish royal family’s palace is one of only three places where the royal flag is allowed to fly.

• Currently there are more than 1,200 different styles of Lego pieces that come in 12 colors. Two 8-studded pieces of Lego can be put together in 24 ways, and 6 pieces can be connected in over a million ways.

• In Bridgeport, CT, William Frisbie owned the Frisbie Pie Company. The pies came in all flavors, but all of them had a returnable tin pie plate with “Frisbie’s Pies” stamped on the bottom. In 1900, William’s son Joseph took over the business and expanded the route to include Yale University.

Suddenly, he noticed that many pie tins were not being returned. Someone on campus had discovered that with a flick of the wrist, frisbie pie tins would fly.

• Instead of demanding the return of the pie tins, Frisbie began spreading the word that they made a great toy. Pie sales soared and the frisbie was born. Wham-O began mass-producing them and in 1959 changed the spelling to Frisbee.

• Josh Cowen was always fascinated with toy trains.

As a kid he fashioned an electric train that ran on a track around his bedroom, carrying his toys in its cars. Years later, he took his electric train to a man who owned several toy stores in New York, saying that if he placed the train in his front window during the Christmas season and loaded the cars with toys, this animated advertisement would increase sales of the toys. The shopkeeper agreed, bought the train from Josh, and set it up in his window. The next day Josh went down to the toy store to see his train in action and was shocked to see it was gone. The shopkeeper explained that people wanted to buy the train rather than the

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FAMOUS TOYS (cont’d) toys. He asked Josh if he could supply more toy trains, and Josh went to work on it. They sold as fast as he could make them.

• In 1906 Josh started a company, which he named after his middle name. Soon his factory was turning out toy cattle cars, coal cars, passenger cars, train stations, tunnels, bridges, and more. When business dropped during the Great Depression, he invented a $1 windup handcar pumped by Mickey and Minnie Mouse. For a time in the 1950s, his company was the largest toy manufacturer in America.

Josh’s middle name, carried on millions of toy trains, was Lionel.

• The original Mr. Potato Head was a sack of plastic parts, and kids had to supply their own potato. Mothers, however, got tired of finding moldy potatoes under the bed and behind the couch, so a plastic potato was added to the kit.

Mr. Potato Head was the first toy to be advertised on American television, appearing on the tube in 1952. Sales soared after Mr. Potato Head appeared in the 1995 film “Toy Story.” In 1997 Mr. Potato Head starred as the spokespotato for Burger King’s French fries.

* After Christmas sales are a great time to buy not only gift wrap (look for solid colors that you can use all year long), and holiday cards and decorations, but also next season’s winter wear. Things like scarves and gloves can be great bargains. And even coats can go on sale.

Take advantage -- especially if you have kids -and buy up. -- A.K. in Tennessee * For every side dish that requires extra preparation time, plan for one or two that don’t. For instance, if you are preparing a casserole with many ingredients and complicated instructions, serve a package of vegetables that require nothing more than steaming. * How to peel potatoes: Boil whole potatoes with skin on for 20-30 minutes (depending on the size of your potatoes). You should be able to stick a knife all the way through without resistance. Then remove them to an ice bath for 10 seconds each. The skin will slip right off.

STEERABLE SLED • In 1866 Samuel Allen established a farm implement company that manufactured machines which he designed. It was a seasonal operation and workers were laid off when orders slowed. Samuel felt sorry that he couldn’t provide year-round work for his employees. He needed a winter product.

• One day his eye fell on an advertisement for a child’s sled. Samuel had done much sledding in his youth, but the problem with sleds of the day was that it was nearly impossible to steer them.

The only way to change direction was to drag a foot and lean, which was awkward and slowed the sled. Samuel set about designing a sled that could be steered.

• By creating a weak spot in the metal runners, a crossbar on the front of the sled could flex the

* Researchers tell us that the best time to interview is late morning on a Tuesday. You will avoid the interviewer’s likely Monday/Friday crunch, and have his or her full attention.

Do your homework on the company, and get ready to shine! * “Have kids make their own whipped cream with a jam jar! Fill a screw-top jar (glass, chilled, works really well) halfway with heavy cream, a little sugar and any flavoring extracts you like, then seal and shake. Kids also can make butter with cream in a jar. You may add a pinch of salt instead of sugar, and shake longer.” -- A.A. in Florida * Wine buyers tip: Experts say to multiply the number of adult guests by a half bottle to determine how many bottles of wine to buy for your holiday gathering. Add an additional glass of wine per guest for every hour after dinner you expect guests to linger.

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runners, causing the sled to slide in the desired direction. He called it the Fire Fly and set out to market it. It didn’t sell well, however, and his employees were upset that their annual vacation time was being cut short. He was advised to scrap the idea and stick to farm implements.

• • Instead, Samuel changed the name and hit the road again. An advertising campaign touted the sled’s steering ability, safety, speed, and the fact that it was easier on shoes than dragging a foot.

Finally the sled caught on, especially after Macy’s Department Store in New York City agreed to sell them. Within a few years, Samuel’s company was selling 120,000 annually and the company, now employing workers year-round, was earning more from sleds than from farm equipment. The • name of the sled is the Flexible Flyer.

• A California developer introduced a motorized pogo-stick. It reportedly got 30,000 hops to the gallon. In 1968 a Japanese toy company introduced a toy atomic bomb that flashed, • banged, and emitted a cloud of real smoke.

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• Richard James, born in Delaware in 1914, grew up to become a mechanical engineer. During World War II, he worked in a shipyard building tools for subs and ships.

• One day in 1943, while working on a system to stabilize instruments on ships, he accidentally knocked a box of spare parts off an overhead • shelf. In the resulting mess, he was amused to see a long spring wobble and then fall, walking its way down a stack of books, across his desk, and down to the floor. Richard played around with the spring for the rest of the day, highly entertained. That evening he told his wife Betty that he thought he could get it to walk down a ramp or a flight of stairs if he could only get the •

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tension right.

Over the course of the next year, he experimented with different types of wire before finding that high carbon steel wire half an inch in diameter and curled in a coil would “walk” effortlessly down a flight of stairs. His wife Betty named it, dubbing it the Slinky not only because that’s what it did, but also because that’s what it sounded like.

Richard formed a company, had 400 of them made, and distributed them to toy stores. It was a major flop. No one bought them. When Richard scored a major deal with Gimbels department store in Philadelphia just before Christmas, he was sure his fortune was made, but even Gimbels couldn’t sell them.

Finally, he took matters into his own hands. but Betty James lived to the age of 90. She died He showed up at Gimbels one afternoon and in 1998, having revolutionized the business her put on a show right there in the middle of husband started and abandoned. the store, demonstrating all the neat things the Slinky could do. Ninety minutes later, he had sold all 400 of them, and there was a line TINY TRUCKS out the door demanding more. By Christmas, over 20,000 had sold.

• In 1946 in the town of Mound, Minnesota, Lynn Baker and two of his friends started a business Richard opened his own factory in Albany, called the Mound Metalcraft Company. They New York, where he could turn out a Slinky owned metal-stamping equipment and produced in five seconds flat. Each was 2.5 inches tall, garden tools such as rakes, shovels, and hoes. A contained 80 feet of high-grade blue-black neighboring firm that sold lumber products had Swedish steel wire wrapped into 98 coils, and attempted to branch out into selling toy metal came packaged in simple box. The following trucks. The trucks didn’t sell as well as expected, year, the debut of the Slinky at the American but their lumber sales kept growing. The owner Toy Fair in New York City ensured the success of the lumber company offered the rights to the of the toy. By the end of 1947, the fad had toy truck to the Mound Metalcraft Company, swept the nation. and Baker thought the idea would make a good He sold over a billion of them at $1 each, sideline. Garden tools sell well in the summer, raking in the revenue. Later he introduced but toys sell well in the winter, and soon they other Slinky toys, such as the Slinky dog, the were manufacturing a toy steam shovel and a toy Slinky caterpillar, and the Slinky train. crane.

But it was his wife Betty who carried the • Baker attended the New York Toy Show in 1946 business when Richard abandoned the where he discovered there was a market for sturdy project, gave his entire fortune to charity, fled toys in the post-World War II baby boom. Soon to Bolivia, and left her saddled in debt just as demand for the toys outstripped the demand for the fad was fading and sales were declining. the garden tools, so they designed more models such as dump trucks, fork lifts, and fire engines, It was Betty James who commissioned a eventually adding 125 different models to their TV ad with a jingle that became the longest inventory. Children loved them because they running jingle in the history of TV: “Everyone were realistic, and parents loved them because wants a Slinky; You want to get a Slinky.” She they were indestructible. Soon they were turning championed the plastic tangle-free version out 400,000 toys a week. of the toy. She paid off the debt, reinvigorated sales, and negotiated a spot in the movie “Toy • In 1955 the company’s name was changed. The Story” which boosted sales once again.

Minnesota factory overlooked a lake, and part of the lake’s name came from the Sioux word All in all, she sold enough Slinkys to circle meaning ‘great.’ Because the trucks were indeed the Earth 121 times, earning herself a spot a ‘great toy’ the name was appropriate, and in the Toy Industry Association’s Hall of Fame. “The simplicity of the Slinky,” she told an AP reporter in 1995, “is what made it so successful.” In 1945, the Slinky sold for $1.00; by the late 90s, the same model sold for just 89 cents more.

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million. They shrank all of their toy vehicles to this size, selling them for 40 cents. They were wildly popular. And because of the teacher’s prohibition against toys bigger than a matchbox, the tiny vehicles were dubbed Matchbox toys.

• Over 12,000 different models have been released over the years. The company is now owned by Mattel.

Tiny Trucks (continued) that’s how Tonka Trucks were named after Lake Minnetonka.

• Over a quarter million Tonka trucks have been sold since 1947. If you lined them all up, they would stretch from Rhode Island to Los Angeles and back again eight times.

MORE TINY TRUCKS • After World War II, Leslie and Rodney went into business together in England, combining their first names to form Lesney Products. They bought surplus die-casting machines and began turning out industrial parts. Later they hired Jack Odell, who began designing die casts for toy vehicles, modeling them after a line of toy trucks called Dinky Toys.

• In 1950 the company was just about to release a toy wedding coach when disaster struck: the Korean War began. Zinc, essential in the die casting process, was no longer available because it was needed for the war. The wedding coach was moth-balled and the company struggled, turning out tin toys instead.

• In 1952 the ban on zinc was lifted. Just then Britain’s King George VI died, and his daughter Elizabeth succeeded him as queen. Lesney decided to transform the wedding coach into a coronation coach, and the new toy was released just before Elizabeth ascended the throne.

• The first version of the coach was 15 inches (38 cm) long and they sold well. Odell’s daughter wanted to take one to school for show-and-tell, but the teacher would only allow children to bring items that were small enough to fit into a standard box of matches. Odell subsequently designed a coronation coach that was less than two inches (5 cm) long. The company sold over a

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2. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is a natatorium?

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4. CHEMISTRY: What is the symbol for the element copper?

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My veterinarian recommended that I buy pet insurance for my puppy, “Max.” Should I purchase the insurance that the vet recommends, or can I choose my own policy? -- New Owner in Nashville

If ever there was a time of the year when plates of cookies are a “must,” it’s during the holiday season. Those cookies keep all the boys and girls (and their elders) on their best behavior so their wish list from Santa just might be fulfilled.

DEAR NEW OWNER: Pet owners should always compare pet insurance policies to see what will work best for their budget and breed of dog (or cat, or other pet). There are a number of questions you should ask. Each insurance provider will have a slightly different answer, price and type of coverage.

Here are a few things to look for when considering a policy, courtesy of DVM360: * Does your pet’s veterinarian accept the type of insurance coverage you’re considering? * Is the insurance company licensed in your state? * Does the policy cover “wellness” or “preventive care” such as annual checkups and shots? * What are the minimum and maximum pet ages for enrollment? * What is the policy’s deductible? Can you change that deductible from year to year? * What kind of health conditions or care are not included? * What are the annual and lifetime care limits, if any? * What if your pet has a pre-existing condition? * Are there any extra fees that could be charged?

Are any discounts available? * How much will you pay per month for the policy? Will those rates increase?

These are just some of the important questions you should ask of a pet policy provider. You’ll want to find a balance between the cost of the policy and the amount of coverage it provides for different health situations. Ideally, Max won’t suffer a serious illness or accident, but a policy can help defray the costs should something happen.

1 (8-ounce) can reduced-fat crescent rolls 1 (8-ounce) package fat-free cream cheese 1 egg or equivalent in egg substitute Sugar substitute to equal 1/3 cup sugar, suitable for baking 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 cup chopped walnuts 2 tablespoons mini chocolate chips

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1. Heat oven to 350 F. Spray a 9-by-9-inch cake pan with butter-flavored cooking spray. Unroll and pat half of the crescent rolls into prepared cake pan.

2. In a medium bowl, stir cream cheese with a spoon until soft. Add egg, sugar substitute and vanilla extract. Mix well to combine. Stir in walnuts. Pour mixture evenly into cake pan.

3. Pat remaining crescent rolls flat, being sure to seal perforations and carefully arrange over top of filling. Bake for 25 minutes. Evenly sprinkle chocolate chips over top and continue baking for 5 minutes.

4. Place cake pan on a wire rack and allow to cool completely. Cut into 16 bars. Makes 8 (2 bars each) servings. * Each serving equals: 160 calories, 8g fat, 7g protein, 15g carb., 41lmg sodium, 0g Fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 1 Starch, 1 Meat, 1 Fat. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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by Samantha Weaver * It was noted American journalist, fabulist and satirist Ambrose Bierce who, in his work “The Devil’s Dictionary,” defined “painting” as “the art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.” * Only one state has a one-syllable name: Maine.

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After the divorce, though, they worked things out and planned a second wedding. At the reception, the second-time groom got into an argument with one of the guests, and the police were called. The argument didn’t end up being the real problem; the officers on the scene arrested the groom on charges of criminal contempt. It seems the original restraining order was still in effect -- it was illegal for him to be near his bride on their wedding day. * Those who study such things say that dead people can get goosebumps. * Arguably, the best-known battle of the U.S. Civil War occurred in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1863. This battle saw the most casualties of any during the war, and it is considered by many historians to be a turning point. Many don’t realize the sheer volume of gunfire that occurred there, though; so many bullets were fired during the three-day battle -- and so many went astray -that trees near the battlefield later died from lead poisoning. * You might be surprised to learn that the game of Chinese checkers isn’t from Asia at all; it was invented in Germany. *Thought for the Day: “One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.” -- Kurt Vonnegut

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by Kathy Wolfe ‘Tis the season, and Tidbits is saying “Ho, Ho, Ho” by bringing you info on a variety of words beginning with Ho-.

• One of the most common uses of Hollandaise sauce is to smother Eggs Benedict, a breakfast dish consisting of two halves of an English muffin, topped with ham or bacon, poached eggs, and the sauce. Hollandaise’s ingredients are butter, egg yolks, and lemon juice or vinegar. It’s believed that the dish originated at New York City’s Waldorf Hotel in 1894.

• There’s a name for that fancy seat or carriage that people ride in on the back of an elephant or camel. It’s a howdah! The word is derived from the Arabic language meaning “bed carried by a camel.” In the past, it was used most often to transport wealthy folks during hunting or warfare. Depending on the rider’s riches, it could be lavishly decorated with expensive jewels and gems.

• The word we frequently use for appetizers, hors d’oeuvre, is a French word meaning “outside of the work,” or “apart from the [main] work.”

We use it to describe food served before the main course.

• Lots of folks love ham hocks, but what exactly is a hock? It’s the cut of meat from either the front or hind leg just above the foot.

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HO, HO, HO! (continued): • Fans of the 1960s sitcoms “Petticoat Junction” and “Green Acres” will remember the name of the fictional location of the programs, Hooterville. The adventures of “Petticoat Junction,” which ran from 1963 to 1970, revolved around the Shady Rest Hotel, owned and operated by widow Kate Bradley, her lazy Uncle Joe, and her three daughters, Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Betty Jo. Residents of Hooterville included General Store owner Sam Drucker, businessman Mr. Haney, and pig farm owners, the Ziffels. In 1965, a wealthy New York City couple, lawyer Oliver Wendell Douglas and his socialite wife Lisa moved from their Park Avenue penthouse to the community and starred in the spinoff “Green Acres.” Hooterville was loosely based on the producer’s wife’s family’s home, Eldon, Missouri. According to Sam Drucker, Hooterville was founded in 1868 by Horace Hooter.

• Hooverville is totally different from Hooterville.

In the midst of the Great Depression, thousands of homeowners lost their property when they defaulted on mortgages or taxes.

After being evicted from their homes, they sought shelter wherever they could find it.

Encampments of tents and shacks sprang up across the nation on empty land, usually near free soup kitchens. These shanty towns that housed the homeless became known as Hoovervilles, named after President Herbert Hoover, whom many blamed for the economic crisis.

• Alcoholic beverages are often referred to as “hooch.” The word has its origins in an Alaskan Indian tribe, the Hoochinoos, who

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distilled liquor and reportedly sold it illegally in the late 19th century.

• If you’ve sprained your ankle, you might have to hobble along. But the word has another meaning for equestrians. It means the rider has fastened the legs of a horse together to keep it from straying.

• Hollywood hasn’t always been the hub of the American motion picture industry. In 1870, it was just a small community founded by H.J. Whitley, who had already started more than 100 towns throughout the western United States.

Whitley started Hollywood with a 500-acre plat he had purchased from E.C. Hurd. The area was going to be named Figwood, based on the large quantity of fig trees nearby. But Whitley decided on Hollywood, referring to a native plant with bright winter berries that reminded him of holly. Direct D.W. Griffith shot a 17-minute film called In Old California in 1910, the first motion picture made in Hollywood. Ironically, at that time, Hollywood had a ban on movie theaters.

Only after being annexed into Los Angeles were theaters allowed. Hollywood’s first studio was the Nestor Motion Picture Company, who released its first movie in October, 1911.

• Situated on Mount Lee in the Hollywood Hills area of the Santa Monica Mountains is the familiar

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* When the holidays come around, we use fresh herbs to make several family recipes, but end up with lots left over. Here is a great tip I found online to stretch the usefulness of fresh herbs: “Store fresh herbs as you would fresh flowers: in a jar of water on your countertop. Pluck off what you need, change the water daily, and they’ll last two to three times longer than they would in the fridge (from nourishedkitchen.com).” * Empty spice containers can be used to hold different hardware in the shop or in your toolbox. * “My great-nephew and his family came to visit, and his toddler son is quite into opening doors. I had baby-proofed my breakables and such, but I did not think about his being able to turn a doorknob. His very smart mother pulled out a sock and slipped it over the doorknob, then secured it with a wide rubber band. Even I was unable to get a good grip on the doorknob after that!” -V.R. in North Carolina * Surprise guests? Here’s how to quick clean your living areas: First, clean the toilet, mirror and vanity in the guest bathroom and leave a fresh towel; grab a laundry basket and remove any clutter from the living room and kitchen; put away or clean dirty dishes and wipe down counters in the kitchen; finally, give carpets a quick vacuum. Then maybe light a great-smelling candle and greet your guests! * “Fireplaces are wonderful for heat and ambience, but the ashes! When cleaning up, I spritz the ashes with a rosemary water solution. This keeps them from dusting up and flying all over, and it smells great. My neighbor puts her damp loose-leaf tea in the fireplace for scent as well.”

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HOLLYWOOD sign. First erected in 1923, it was an advertisement for a new housing development above Hollywood’s Chinatown and originally read Hollywoodland. The sign was intended to remain in place for a year and half, but soon it became a highly-recognized landmark and was designated as permanent.

The letters are 45 feet (14 m) tall and the sign has a span of 350 feet (110 m).

• Back in the 1940s, Gene Kelly, Ginger Rogers, and Fred Astaire were hoofers. Today, that name applies to Derek Hough, Cheryl Burke, and Karina Smirnoff. What are they? A hoofer is the slang term for a professional dancer.

• There are several words that might describe a hobo – traveler, vagrant, drifter, tramp, bum, vagabond. However, in actuality, there is a difference in these terms. A hobo might be homeless and penniless, but he is a worker, usually a traveling one. A tramp works only when forced to, and a bum does not work at all!

The term hobo most likely had its origins in the expression “hoe-boy” meaning “farmhand.”

During the Great Depression, hobos used the term “jungle buzzard” to refer to a fellow hobo or tramp who preyed on his own.

• Back in the days of Attila the Hun, around 450 A.D., when a man had made the choice of a woman for his mate, he merely abducted her and took her into hiding. The pair remained in hiding until her relatives stopped looking for her, usually about a month, or one schedule of the moon’s phases. During that month, the couple partook of a mead wine made of water and old honey, which had fermented in the sun. Legend had it that if the couple drank the concoction daily during this one-month phase of the moon, they were assured of the birth of sons. This period of time when the bride and groom came together for first time became known as the honeymoon.

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VIRGINIA APGAR New mothers everywhere are familiar with the Apgar test, a way to quickly measure the health of their baby immediately after birth. Check out the story of the brilliant doctor who developed the test.

• Born in New Jersey in 1909, Virginia Apgar was considered gifted as a young child. As part of a musical family, Virginia learned to play the violin at a young age. Her insurance executive father was an amateur inventor and astronomer, and fostered an interest in science in his three children. Virginia made her decision to pursue a medical career while in high school.

• She entered Massachusetts’ Mount Holyoke College at age 16, where she majored in zoology, minoring in physics and chemistry. Virginia was well-known for her high energy, playing on seven sports teams, reporting for the college newspaper, acting in drama productions, and playing violin in the orchestra, all the while working a part-time job and achieving exceptional grades. It was noted by the year book editor, “…frankly, how does she do it?”

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anesthesiology and became professor of the subject at Columbia. She also did clinical and research work at the same time at the Sloane Hospital for Women.

In 1953, Virginia invented the Apgar score as a method of evaluating a newborn’s health within minutes after birth. The test developed out of her great concern about the effects of anesthesia on babies.

The Apgar test is based on five criteria using a scale from zero to two. Virginia used the acronym APGAR for the scoring device to remind health care workers of each item: Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration. The test is first conducted at one minute, and again at five minutes.

Appearance is based on skin color, Pulse on pulse rate of 100 beats per minute, Grimace on whether a baby cries upon stimulation, Activity on flexing of arms and legs, and Respiration on whether the cry is weak and irregular or strong. Each item is scored 0, 1, or 2. A score of 7 is considered healthy.

A reduction in the infant mortality rate was quickly reached with the use of the Apgar test.

After having attended more than 17,000 births by the late 1950s, Apgar had witnessed hundreds of cases of birth defects. She was interested in trying to correlate these with the Apgar scores. Leaving Columbia University, she enrolled in Johns Hopkins to obtain a Master of Public Health degree, with her focus in the field of teratology (the study of birth defects). In 1959, she began working at the March of Dimes Foundation, directing its research program for the prevention of birth defects.

Virginia Apgar published 60 scientific articles and many other shorter essays, as well as writing a book Is My Baby All Right? As if her work didn’t keep her busy enough, Apgar took time to play in amateur chamber quartets and even tried her hand at making instruments, completing two violins, a viola, and a cello. She loved gardening, fly-fishing, golfing, and enjoyed collecting stamps. In her 50s, Virginia started taking flying lessons.

She passed away in 1974 from liver disease.

CHRISTMAS SEALS Most of us have licked a Christmas seal and attached it to our holiday greetings at some point over the years. This week, Tidbits brings you the history of this little stamp.

• In the early 1900s, tuberculosis, or consumption as it was frequently called, was the leading cause of death in the United States, killing about 110,000 every year. This

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The first signs of success with the disease were achieved by isolating patients in sanatoriums.

In 1907, a small sanatorium in Delaware was experiencing an extreme financial shortfall and would have to shut down if $300 could not be raised to save it. A doctor at the facility explained the dilemma to his cousin, Emily Bissell, who regularly volunteered there.

Emily, who was an experienced fundraiser, had recently heard about an effort in Denmark that raised money for children with TB. A Danish journalist who had lost six brothers to the disease had written an article about the idea of selling small stamps during the Christmas season. Four million seals were sold in Denmark that first year, 1904. The idea seemed perfect as a fundraiser for the tiny Delaware sanatorium.

Emily sketched a few designs, finally settling on a cross centered in a half-wreath of holly above the words “Merry Christmas.” She borrowed $40 to have 50,000 seals printed and campaigned vigorously for the cause, using the slogan “Stamp Out Tuberculosis!”, even winning the endorsement of President Theodore Roosevelt.

On December 7, 1907, a table was set up in the Wilmington, Delaware post office. The seals were also offered with newspapers. Another printing was necessary when the first one ran out. Selling the seals for a penny each raised over $3,000 during that holiday season.

By the following year, Emily’s Christmas seals had grown to a national program directed by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and the American Red Cross. Norway, Sweden, and Iceland quickly followed Denmark’s example as well,

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and in the years following, the Seals had spread throughout every major country in Europe, followed by Canada, Asia, Africa, South America, and Australia. The seals began including the international symbol against TB, the doublebarred cross of Lorraine in 1919, a symbol still in use on current seals. Today, there are nearly 100 lung associations around the world that issue Christmas Seals.

• Christmas Seals are a type of “Cinderella stamp,” a term applied to “anything resembling a postage stamp, but not issued for postal purposes by a government postal administration.” A Cinderella stamp cannot “carry the mail.”

• Although initially designed for fund-raising for tuberculosis, in the mid-20th century, the mission was expanded to include research into all respiratory diseases, including lung cancer and asthma. Tuberculosis is responsible for more deaths in the past 200 years than any other disease.

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1. GEOGRAPHY: Which U.S. state is closest to Russia?

2. HISTORY: In what year did labor leader Jimmy Hoffa disappear?

3. FOOD & DRINK: What relative of the banana is a staple food in tropical regions?

4. TIME: When is the next leap day?

5. MOVIES: What famous 1950s movie featured an unlikely couple named Charlie and Rose?

6. MUSIC: Who was the first artist to have a “greatest hits” album?

7. TELEVISION: Who starred as Simon Templar in “The Saint”?

8. SCIENCE: What is the most abundant gas in the air we breathe on Earth?

9. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: In olden days, what was the occupation of a wainwright?

10. ANIMAL KINGDON: What is a baby whale called?

Answers 1. Alaska 2. 1975 3. The plantain 4. Feb. 29, 2016 5. “The African Queen” (Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn) 6. Johnny Mathis 7. Roger Moore 8. Nitrogen. The air is made up of about 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen and 1 percent other gasses.

9. One who makes or repairs wagons 10. A calf (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Beware Holiday Foods, Ornaments, Plants DEAR PAW’S CORNER: Please remind your readers of how important it is to keep their pets away from holiday foods. Some foods, like chocolate, can be deadly poisonous to dogs, while rich foods and ingredients like onions or raisins can be dangerous for cats and dogs. -- Jessica L. in Camden, New Jersey DEAR JESSICA: You told them, and thank you!

The holiday season, with plenty of parties, family and food, can be hectic for everyone, but it’s important to monitor pets and make sure they’re kept away from potentially harmful items.

Many foods, not just chocolate but onions, grapes and raisins, nuts, avocados and other common holiday foods can cause house pets great harm. Store them well out of reach and keep pets out of the kitchen when cooking, and away from serving tables. A more extensive list is available from the Humane Society of the United States.

Christmas tree ornaments can potentially be harmful. Cats love knocking down glass ornaments and also may accidentally ingest tinsel or other shiny strands. Dogs may gnaw on interesting packages or break into gift boxes of candy or fruit.

Even plants need to be kept out of reach: poinsettias, for example, are toxic to cats.

To minimize risk, place breakable ornaments higher in the tree and put plants well out of reach. During parties or dinners, place your pets in a separate area of the house with bedding, food and water, and check on them occasionally. (This also is helpful in keeping pets’ stress levels down.)

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1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour Sugar substitute to equal 3/4 cup sugar, suitable for baking 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 cup fat-free yogurt 1/3 cup fat-free mayonnaise 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3/4 cup water 1 cup miniature marshmallows 6 tablespoons purchased graham cracker crumbs 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips 1. Heat oven to 350 F. Spray a 9-by-13-inch cake pan with butter-flavored cooking spray.

2. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar substitute, cocoa, baking soda and baking powder. In a medium bowl, combine yogurt, mayonnaise, vanilla extract and water. Add liquid mixture to dry mixture. Mix gently just to combine.

3. Spread batter evenly into prepared cake pan.

Bake for 15 minutes. Evenly sprinkle marshmallows over top of partially baked brownies.

4. In a small bowl, combine cracker crumbs and chocolate chips. Sprinkle crumb mixture evenly over top. Continue baking for 10 to 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

5. Place cake pan on a wire rack and let set for at least 10 minutes. Cut into 16 brownies. Makes 8 (2 each) servings. * Each serving equals: 170 calories, 2g fat, 4g protein, 34g carb., 352mg sodium, 2g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 1 1/2 Starch, 1/2 Fat.

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by Samantha Weaver * It was beloved American singer, songwriter and musician Ray Charles who made the following sage observation: “Marriage is like college; as great as it is, it ain’t for everybody.” * Those who study such things say that when a llama is humming, that means it’s content. * If you think life in the Big Apple is tough these days, consider this: In the 1930s, landlords evicted about 17,000 tenants every month. * It’s the little details that can make or break a plan.

A pair of aspiring bank robbers in Daytona Beach, Florida, walked into a bank, pulled out guns, demanded that a teller hand over the loot, and even made it out of the building. The problem came when they got in their getaway car; the engine sputtered and died almost immediately. It seems someone had forgotten to fill up the gas tank. * The gray squirrel isn’t always gray; these arboreal rodents also come in both black and white varieties. * Sharks have been known to attack boats before, but they rarely, if ever, try for a second bite -- regardless of what Hollywood would have you believe. When a shark goes for a boat, it’s a case of mistaken identity: electrical impulses from the metal of a ship’s hull make the shark think that the boat is another animal (that is to say: dinner). * If you’re fond of fancy cocktails, you probably won’t be surprised to learn that the words “mai tai” are actually Tahitian for “the very best.” *** Thought for the Day: “I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.”

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CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS • In the 1600s, poor people in English towns would carry their cups from house to house asking for wassail, a type of alcoholic ale. To pay for their drinks, they would sing carols outside the door. Thus, carolling was born.

The word “carol” comes from the Middle English word carolen, meaning to sing joyously. That word originated from the Greek word ‘choraulein’ which was a ring dance accompanied by flutes.

• The Yule Log was traditionally brought in on Christmas Eve and lit from the remains of the previous year’s Yule Log. Slaves were allowed to stop working as long as the Yule Log burned, so they would pick out the biggest, greenest log they could find.

• Mistletoe comes from the word ‘mista’ meaning dung, because the plant is spread through seeds in bird droppings.

• Holly became associated with Christmas because the pointed leaves symbolize the thorns in Christ’s crown and the red berries symbolize drops of blood. (continued next page)

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CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS (cont’d) • Frankincense is an aromatic gum resin that comes from trees in the Boswellia family that grow in East Africa and Asia. An incision is made in the tree, the bark is peeled away, and a few months later a lump of resin is collected.

When burned, it has a balsam-like odor. It has been used as incense since ancient times.

When steam is passed through frankincense, it yields an oil used in perfumes to give them a long-lasting, spicy fragrance. Myrrh is also a resin, secreted by certain shrubs and small trees. It’s been used as an antiseptic and astringent as well as an embalming agent.

Although frankincense and myrrh were highly esteemed in Biblical times, today they are of little value on the world market.

CHRISTMAS CARDS • Sir Henry Cole owned an art shop in London.

In 1843 he asked an artist to design a card that he could send to his friends and associates to wish them a good Christmas, because he was too busy to write them letters. The artist drew a three-fold card. The outside panels depicted people giving clothing to the naked and feeding the hungry. The center panel showed a family celebrating Christmas by drinking wine around a feast table. The Temperance Movement was outraged by the cards— but they were in fact the first Christmas cards. Of 1,000 that were printed, 12 still exist.

• By the late 1800s the exchange of Christmas cards in the U.S. had become so widespread that the Superintendent of Mails complained about needing to hire 16 extra mailmen in Washington, D.C. He petitioned Congress to limit the mailing of cards to avoid bottlenecks in the mail system. His petition failed. Today over two billion cards are exchanged each year in the U.S. alone.

• During World War I, President Hoover was constantly urging Americans to cut down on consumption of nearly everything. In the midst of the war, a Christmas card appeared that was printed on cheap gray cardboard and tied with a piece of string that was labelled “camouflaged ribbon.” Tiny scraps of green were labelled “mistletoe” and “holly” and a scrawny creature was labelled “bluebird.” The inscription inside said, “I’ve Hooverized on pork and beans and butter, cake and bread/ I’ve cut out auto riding and now I walk instead / I’ve Hooverized on sugar, on coal and light and lard, / And here’s my Christmas greeting on a Hoover Christmas Card.”

• Roy Baker of Guthrie, Oklahoma received a Christmas card in the spring of 1974 that had been mailed over two years earlier. The card carried a two-cent postage due notice because postage rates had gone up between the time the card was mailed and the time it arrived.

• Werner Erhard, founder of ‘est’ meditation, set a world record for number of Christmas cards sent in a single year: 62,824 mailed in 1975.

A CHRISTMAS STORY • Dr. Clement Moore in 1822 composed a little ditty for his nine children for Christmas. A friend

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who saw the poem sent it to a newspaper, and from there it was picked up by other papers and many magazines. Dr. Moore was a scholar and worried that being known as the author of such a simple Christmas poem would ruin his reputation. Therefore, he didn’t confess his authorship until some 15 years had passed, and he never received a penny for his poem.

By then, nearly everyone knew the poem by heart: “‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” Today, the poem is recited over his grave each Christmas Eve.

CHRISTMAS REGIFTING • Adlai Stevenson was working on an agricultural act when he wrote a marketing agreement for the walnut industry. That year for Christmas a walnut company sent him a huge sack full of individual packages of walnuts. He thought his Christmas shopping worries were over, and mailed them out to friends and relatives. Only later did he discover that inside each package was a card reading, “Merry Christmas to Adlai from the walnut industry.”

QUIZ: A FAMOUS SONG • Irving Berlin needed to write a song for each of the major holidays for the movie “Holiday Inn” starring Bing Crosby. Berlin didn’t have much trouble with most of the holidays, but when it came to Christmas, he was stuck.

• Inspiration struck as he sat by a swimming pool in Arizona. He declared, “I just wrote the best song I’ve ever written – hell! I just wrote the best song that anybody’s ever written!”

• Crosby performed the song in the movie, and recorded it for Decca Records in a single 18-minute session. It didn’t do well on the charts at first, until Christmas came and the Armed Forces Network was flooded with requests for it by homesick soldiers. The song spent 11 weeks at the top, only to return to the top position again during the holiday seasons

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‘J.C.’ When J.C. was 18, he started producing picture postcards, launching the Norfolk Postcard Company and hawking his wares Across Town Delivery to shops in the area. Business was good, and Groceries his two brothers joined him in business.

Cold Beer & Wine Personal Items • In 1915 disaster struck when a fire burned Parcels & Parts the business to the ground. He decided to etc... rebuild, and it was an opportune time to make changes. First, he changed the name m of the company, incorporating his last name 9am-11p in a play on words. Second, he decided to abandon picture postcards and to manufacture greeting cards instead. His was the first greeting card company to display cards on racks so people could browse Grocery Line: 250-275-8845 through them. Previously, store clerks o s Alwe’ll deliver to your boat at Blue Heron marina! selected a card from behind the counter or from the back of the store. Sales soared • 90% of Americans buy at least one greeting card because of this simple innovation. per year.

QUIZ: A FAMOUS SONG (con’t) • By 1923 the company had 120 employees, in 1945 and 1947, becoming the only single in thriving during the Great Depression. By • About one-third of the cards a typical American receives are birthday cards. About 60% of nonhistory with three separate runs at the top. the time J.C. died in 1982 at the age of 91, his seasonal cards are birthday cards, followed by company was worth over $1.5 billion. Today, • It sold more than 50 million copies. It’s now been anniversary, get well, friendship and sympathy. over 14,000 designs are printed every year, recorded by more artists than any other song in designed by 450 artists. More than 10 million • The most popular recipients of seasonal cards the history of the recording industry, and the are parents. The most popular recipients of noncards are sold annually around the world.

Guinness Book of World Records lists it as the seasonal cards are friends.

What’s the name of J.C.’s company? top-selling song of all time, with over 100 million copies sold, including over 500 different versions.

• Americans purchase nearly 7 billion greeting What’s the name of the song? cards every year.

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JOYCE HALL • On August 29, 1861, an evangelist visited David City, Nebraska. The local Methodist minister hosted the visit, and it happened that the minister’s wife gave birth to a baby boy that day.

The baby was named in honor of the evangelist, whose name was Mr. Joyce. In the 1800s, Joyce was a common name for a boy.

• Joyce Clyde Hall grew up going by his initials,

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• In 1928 Hall Brothers became the first greeting card company to advertise nationally when the company placed an ad in “Ladies’ Home Journal.”

• Hallmark started using their famous slogan in 1944: “When you care enough to send the very best.”

• The company now employs over 10,000 full time people worldwide including over 500 artists who work on developing products.

• More than 30,000 retail outlets sell Hallmark products.

• About 10,000 new products are released annually, and Hallmark has about 49,000 products available at any given time.

• The word ‘hallmark’ originates from the Goldsmith’s Hall in London which was the site of the assay office. Items made of gold or silver would be stamped with a mark that guaranteed their authenticity, and from there the word came to mean a mark of quality.

• About 60% of all seasonal cards sold are Christmas cards. After Christmas, the most popular holidays to send cards are Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Easter and Father’s Day.

• In 1939 the president of the Montgomery Ward department store chain asked his advertising copywriter to design a free gift that the hired Santas could hand out to the children who came to sit on Santa’s lap. He wanted something that would be plastered with the department store name and serve as great advertising. They had previously given away a coloring book to every child, but this year they wanted something different.

• Robert May was the advertising executive who got this job. He decided to create an illustrated booklet that kids would keep; something that parents would read to them every single Christmas. With the aid of artist Denver Gillen, May invented a new Christmas character named Rollo.

• The store officials liked the idea and the poem, but nixed the name Rollo. So it became Reginald.

They didn’t like that name either. Then May’s daughter suggested a new name, which was unanimously approved.

• That year, 2.4 million copies of the booklet were handed out across the country.

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• In 1947 a friend of May’s named Johnny Marks put the poem to music and tried to get famous singers to perform it. No one was interested in the song. Finally, Gene Autry agreed to do the song in 1949. It went straight to the top of the Hit Parade.

• Since then, over 300 different recordings have been made, with 80 million copies sold. The song is second only to “White Christmas” as the bestselling Christmas record of all time. Burl Ives even voiced a movie about it in 1964. It’s one of the first holiday songs children learn. What was the name they agreed on, now a famous Christmas character as well as a song?

• Answer: Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

(Rudolph was originally supposed to be a moose.)

CHRISTMAS CAROL FACTS • In the 1860s, Pastor Phillip Brooks toured the Holy Land and spent Christmas Eve in Bethlehem. The wonder of the experience never left him. Several years later at his church in Pennsylvania, he was searching for a new carol for his children’s choir to sing. Remembering his Christmas in Bethlehem, he penned a poem and asked his organist, Lewis Redner, to write a melody simple enough for children to learn. The organist was unable to compose a suitable tune. But the night before the Christmas service, he awoke from a sound sleep with a melody in his head. He quickly wrote the tune down and considered the sudden inspiration a gift from God. The children learned the song quickly, and the carol has been a favorite ever since: “Oh Little Town of Bethlehem.”

• Good King Wenceslaus was actually a duke in Bohemia in the 10th century. He was converted to Christianity and founded the cathedral of St. Vitus before being murdered by his brother. He was canonized and is remembered in the song named after him in which an act of kindness he did to a stranger is detailed.

• The song “The 12 Days of Christmas” was sung as a game, with each person trying to remember all the gifts listed by those who had sung before him, singing them all in the correct order. Any mistakes meant that person was out of the game. The words varied according to what could be made up on the spur of the moment. The original lyrics included

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Sugar substitute to equal 1/2 cup sugar, suitable for cooking 1/4 cup reduced-fat peanut butter 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup coarsely chopped dry-roasted peanuts 1. Layer a baking sheet with a large piece of waxed paper. In a medium-size microwave-safe mixing bowl, combine sugar substitute, peanut butter and chocolate chips. Cover and microwave on HIGH (100 percent power) for 30 seconds. Stir, then re-cover and microwave for another 15 seconds.

2. Stir in vanilla extract and peanuts. Mix well to coat completely. Form into 16 balls and place on waxed paper. Refrigerate for 15 minutes or until firm. Makes 8 (2 each) servings. * Each serving equals: 149 calories, 9g fat, 5g protein, 12g carb., 39mg sodium, 1g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 1 Fat, 1/2 Meat, 1/2 Starch/ Carb.; Carb Choices: 1. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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* It was 20th-century Nigerian novelist, poet and professor Chinua Achebe who made the following sage observation: “One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.” * Historians say that on April 4, 1968, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. participated in a pillow fight in the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. This wouldn’t be noteworthy, of course, except for the fact that he was assassinated at the motel that same evening. * Those who study such things say that men without beards are 40 percent more likely to describe themselves as happy. * In November of this year, a bulldog named Otto set a Guinness World Record. In the city of Lima, Peru, Otto rode a skateboard through the legs of 30 people, setting a new record for skateboarding through the longest human tunnel. * You probably won’t be surprised to learn that before horseradish was called horseradish, it was known as “stingnose” in many areas of the United States.

However, you might be surprised to learn that it was sometimes rubbed on a person’s forehead to relieve a headache. * Lawmakers in Kentucky evidently once thought it necessary to pass legislation making it illegal to paint one’s lawn red. * You might not think of tarantulas as fragile, but they are. Despite their soft, furry appearance, if one of these spiders has even a short fall without catching itself on its thread, the drop likely will shatter its exoskeleton or rupture its abdomen. * If you ever have the good fortune to encounter a group of bunnies, you’ll know that you can collectively call them a “fluffle.”

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by Kathy Wolfe Everyone is familiar with New Year’s Day and Martin Luther King Day, but how about some of the lesser-known observances in the month of January? This week, Tidbits starts off 2016 by apprising you of some of the more unfamiliar ones.

• National Kazoo Day will be celebrated on January 28, commemorating this member of the membranophone musical family. The player hums into the kazoo, which modifies the voice through a stretched vibrating membrane. This interesting instrument made its U.S. debut at the Georgia State Fair in 1852 as the “Down South Submarine,” the brainstorm of an African-American named Alabama Vest and a German-American clockmaker, Thaddeus Von Clegg. Production for the masses didn’t begin until 1912. You can visit the kazoo museum in Eden, New York, which also functions as a factory.

• Go ahead. Make someone’s day by giving them a compliment on January 24, National Compliment Day. Researchers have discovered after monitoring activity in the brain’s striatum, that receiving a compliment registers the same effects as receiving a cash award or gift. If you’re looking for a means of motivating someone, give it a try! turn the page for more!

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JANUARY OBSERVANCES (continued): • January 6 is Epiphany, observing the day that the three Wise Men reached the site of Jesus’ birth in Nazareth. Considered the last day in the Christmas season, it’s often called the 12th day of Christmas. In some cultures, it is the day for the annual blessing of homes.

Residents will use chalk to write the letters “CMB” on their doors, symbolizing the initials of the names traditionally ascribed to the three kings.

• Glaucoma Awareness Month was created to inform people of the risks of this potentiallyblinding eye disease. The damage is the result of fluid build-up in the area in front of the eye called the anterior chamber. When the fluid builds up and the pressure rises inside the eye, it can harm the optic nerve, resulting in eye pain, blurred vision, loss of peripheral vision, tunnel vision, and potential blindness.

There is no cure, and the damage cannot be reversed. Although anyone can develop glaucoma, people over 60 are more prone to it, particularly African-Americans and Latinos.

Those with high blood pressure are also at an increased risk. Regular eye exams are critical since the disease can progress slowly with no symptoms and vision seems normal until it is too late.

• Be sure to celebrate Fig Newton Day on January 16! We’ve been eating Fig Newtons since 1891 when the first of these little pastries were baked at the F.A. Kennedy Steam Bakery, a Cambridgeport, Massachusetts-based

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company. James Henry Mitchell had invented a machine with a funnel system that pumped fig paste into pastry dough. The cookie took its name from the nearby community of Newton, Massachusetts. Since 2012, the cookies have been known simply as Newtons.

• January is National Polka Music Month, honoring this European dance music that originated in Bohemia. The term for this Czech peasant dance has its origins in the Czech language’s word Pulka, meaning “half-step,” a characteristic of this 2/4 time dance. The dance migrated from villages into Prague ballrooms in 1835, and on to Paris in 1840, where it became extremely popular.

Eastern European immigrants to America originally brought the polka to the Midwest and Great Lakes area. Typical instruments in a polka band might include a clarinet, saxophone, tuba, accordion, and concertina, along with a rhythm section.

• Speaking of dancing, the week of January 11 – 17 is National Cuckoo Dancing Week. This observance is in honor of the comic duo Laurel and Hardy. The thin Stan Laurel (born in Lancashire, England) and the heavyset Oliver Hardy (born in Harlem, Georgia) teamed up in the late 1920s with a slapstick comedy act.

Appearing in 107 films together, they used a tune known as “The Cuckoo Song” (or “The Dance of

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JANUARY OBSERVANCES (continued): the Cuckoos”) as part of the opening credits of their movies.

• The Ford Motor Company paved the way for better working conditions on January 5, 1914, when it announced an eight-hour workday for its employees and a “living wage” of a minimum of $5 for a day’s labor. This was more than double the wages of most of the workers. Henry Ford hoped this action would help reduce his company’s high turnover rate, while retaining the best employees, a goal that was achieved.

• January is National Hot Tea Month! Did you know that tea is the world’s second most popular and cheapest beverage (after water)?

Every day about three billion cups of tea are consumed around the world. In America, it can be found in 80% of households, and an estimated 127 million Americans are drinking it on any given day. Most of that tea comes from India, the world’s largest tea producer, processing about 850,000 tons each year. More tea drinkers sip black tea than any other type, 90% of total tea consumption. Although black, oolong, green, and white teas all come from the same shrub, black tea is more oxidized than the other three. The invention of the tea

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the bags were just packaging, and brewed their tea in them. Soon after, Sullivan was receiving orders for the new product. Today, 96% of the world brews its tea using a tea bag. The average cup of black tea contains between 40 and 120 mg. of caffeine, with green tea total 60 mg., depending on how long the bag is steeped.

• On January 19, 1937, Howard Hughes went into the record books with the fastest flight from Los Angeles to New York City. He flew the 2,490-mile (4,000-km) distance in 7 hours, 28 minutes, and 25 seconds, with an average speed of 332 mph (535 km/h) in his Hughes H-1 racer. This flight broke his own previous record of 9 hours, 26 minutes, and 10 seconds.

JANUARY OBSERVANCES (continued): bag came about by accident. In 1904, a New York tea importer was looking for a cheaper way to send samples to customers. Thomas Sullivan had been using tin boxes, but as this proved expensive, he began wrapping the tea in small silk bas. His customers didn’t realize that

climates because their body size enables them to survive in the conditions. Warmer climates are home to smaller penguins.

January 20 is Penguin Awareness Day and what better time to make our readers aware of this • There are 19 documented species of penguins, flightless bird’s characteristics!

• It’s a common misconception that penguins are found only in Antarctica. They actually live on every continent in the Southern Hemisphere – Australia, South America, Africa, and Antarctica. The first written mention of penguins was in a diary from a member of the crew on Vasco da Gama’s 1497 voyage around the Cape of Good Hope, an entry that mentioned large flightless birds. The first published account of a penguin was written by Antonio Pigafetta, a crewman aboard Ferdinand Magellan’s ship during the explorer’s first circumnavigation of the world in 1520. The writer referred to the penguins as geese.

• It’s also a myth that penguins have to live in a cold climate. The Galapagos Penguin lives on tropical islands near the equator. Larger species of penguins dwell in the colder

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Penguins (con’t) varying in size and appearance. The smallest is the Little Blue Penguin, standing about 12 inches (30.5 cm) tall, weighing only 3 lbs. (1.4 kg). The largest species is the Emperor Penguin, which can reach a height of 44 inches (112 cm) and weigh up to 90 lbs. (41 kg). Some species are strictly black and white, while others have orange and yellow markings on their little tuxedos.

• Although penguins have wing-bones, they are more like flippers, making the birds very quick swimmers, able to swim up to 22 mph (35 km/ hr).

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PENGUINS (continued): • Penguins spend about 75% of their lives in water, where all of their hunting is done.

They don’t swim out into deep water, since their prey – krill, fish, and squid – is within 60 feet (18.3 m) of the surface. Most sea animals rely on a layer of blubber to stay warm, but penguins are able to endure the cold because their feathers trap a layer of warm air next to their skin that serves as insulation.

Some species have four layers of feathers to keep them warm in the cold waters. Every year, penguins undergo molting, when all their old feathers are replaced by new ones.

Most birds molt a few feathers at a time, but penguins do it all at once, and because they are not waterproof during this time, must remain on land for two or three weeks until the process is complete.

• Penguins have a special oil gland that produces waterproofing oil that further insulates their body as well as improving their glide through the water.

• Even though they’re carnivores, penguins don’t have teeth! The inside of the mouth is lined with fleshy spines that guide the fish down their throat. They swallow their prey whole as they swim.

• Many species live in large groups, numbering in the thousands, called rookeries. Even in

this huge community, every penguin has a distinct call and can find its mate or chicks in the crowd. Most penguins are monogamous and breed with the same mate for most of their lives. The Emperor Penguins have just one egg each breeding season and keep it warm on the top of their feet under a fold of skin containing a high concentration of blood vessels that keep the egg incubated. The Emperor has a long life span, up to 50 years.

DRAGONS January 16 is Appreciate a Dragon Day, and while Tidbits isn’t exactly sure how a person does that, we’re happy to provide some information about these mythological creatures.

• The ancient Greek word draconta, meaning “to watch” is the source of our word “dragon.” This is thought to suggest that the dragon guards valuable items.

• In mythology, dragons were viewed as powerful, destructive, and frightening, needing to be conquered and slain. Battles between heroes and dragons are symbolized as good overcoming evil. The ancient Greeks described them as huge flying serpents. In some myths, they have wings, while others don’t; some speak, some don’t. Their dwelling place varies from caves to under the ocean to inside mountains.

• In the Bible’s Book of Job, the dragon is described as having a double coat of armor, with its back consisting of “rows of shields tightly sealed together.” Referred to as Leviathan, its mouth is “ringed about with fearsome teeth” and “its eyes are like the rays of dawn. Regarding its fire-breathing abilities, Job stated, “Its snorting throws out flashes of light, flames

8 ounces extra-lean ground sirloin beef or turkey breast 1 cup finely chopped onion 1 cup shredded carrots 1 (14-ounce) can Swanson Lower Sodium Fat Free Beef Broth 1 (15-ounce) can pinto beans, rinsed and drained 2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes 1 1/2 teaspoons chili seasoning 1. In a large saucepan, saute meat, onion and carrots for 10 minutes. Stir in beef broth and pinto beans. Add parsley flakes and chili seasoning. Mix well to combine.

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stream from its mouth, sparks of fire shoot out.

Smoke pours from its nostrils…its breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from its mouth.”

• Dragons in the Bible are frequently identified with Satan. Many scholars maintain that the firebreathing feature stems from representations of the mouth of Hell, with flames and smoke characteristic of Hades. Legends depict righteous saints defeating Satan in the form of a dragon.

• The legend of St. George the Dragon Slayer tells the story of the people of Selene, a city in Libya, plagued by a dragon that lived in a nearby lake. Every day, the townspeople would feed the dragon two sheep to satisfy it. When there were no more sheep, they had to feed their children to the beast. The children were chosen by lottery, and one day the lot fell on the King’s daughter. The King offered gold, silver, and half of his kingdom to spare his daughter, but the townspeople refused. As the princess stood by the lake, ready for the sacrifice, St. George happened to ride by. Protecting himself with the sign of the cross, (symbolizing the triumph of the church over the devil), he charged with his lance, slaying the dragon.

• Not all cultures regard the dragon as evil or frightening. China and Japan paint dragons in a positive light, as symbols of wisdom, happiness, fertility, and longevity, believed to bring good fortune and wealth. Statues and carvings are commonplace, and images of dragons often embellish garments.

• German legend has it that the blood of a dragon has the power to make a person invincible if the skin or armor is bathed in it. A Slavic myth testifies that dragon blood is so abominable that Mother Earth will not allow it to be absorbed into the ground, and the blood remains above ground for all eternity. Another saga tells of the blood of the dragon having acidic qualities that killed the hero who had just slain the dragon when the blood accidentally dripped on him.

• Children’s films have depicted dragons both as frightful and friendly. How to Train Your Dragon and Pete’s Dragon featured lovable dragons, while Disney’s 1959 Sleeping Beauty proved to be one of the studio’s scariest creatures.

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The Vernon Jubilee Hospital Auxiliary would like to wish everyone all the best in 2016 and thank all those who supported our fund raising endeavours in 2015.

Our Garden Fair in Polson park in May, our Christmas Bazaar at the hospital in November and our Gift Shop at the hospital through out the year..

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by Janet Spencer January 22 has been designated National Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day, giving you an opportunity to work out what your cat wants to know. Come along with Tidbits as we answer your questions about cats!

CAT FACTS • Attab was a Moslem general and contemporary of Mohammed who had a city named after him: Attabieh. Attabieh became a sector in Bagdad famous for its richly colored striped silk cloth, also called attabieh. The word was passed into other languages as ‘attabi’ and came into English as ‘tabby.’ Cats with striped coats similar to striped silk became known as tabby cats.

• A male cat is called a tom cat because of a popular story published in 1760 called “The Life and Adventures of a Cat.” The hero of the story was named Tom. • The word for cat in the ancient Egyptian language was ‘miu’ and in Chinese it’s ‘mao.’

In Arabic it’s ‘qittah’ which is very similar to the English kitty. In German it’s ‘kata’; in French ‘chat’; in Polish ‘kot’; and in Spanish ‘gato.’

• A single pair of breeding cats, assuming all offspring survive, can produce 65,536 cats in five years.

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• Cats are carnivores. They will become ill on an all-vegetarian diet.

MORE CAT FACTS • The claws of a cat are the sharpest and most hooked of all mammal claws. A cat must scratch at things such as furniture, trees, or scratching posts not to “sharpen” its claws, but to remove the old sheaths that cover the claws. A cat also scratches because there are scent glands on the underside of the footpads, so scratching is also a method of marking its territory. A cat without claws is not only psychologically damaged but is also unable ever again to climb, hunt, or defend itself.

• Cats can jump ten times the length of their bodies. When dropped upside-down from a height of only ten inches (25 cm), a cat can right itself in mid-fall and land on its feet.

CAT HABITS

KINDS OF CATS • There are 41 breeds of pedigree cats recognized by the Cat Fanciers’ Association. Breeds of the domestic dog differ greatly in size, form, and shape. But in the domestic cat family, there is no equivalent of the Great Dane or dachshund. The smallest full grown cat weighs three pounds; the largest about 18 pounds, for a differing factor of six. However, a St. Bernard can weigh 300 times as much as a Yorkshire terrier.

• Crossbreed cats tend to live longer than purebred cats.

• One study showed that neutered cats live an average of three years longer than unneutered ones.

• The manx, a tailless cat, is not a true breed. The special characteristics of a true breed must hold true through many generations of breeding.

Manx cats, when bred, almost always produce at least one kitten with a tail. Furthermore, a tailless kitten may show up occasionally in a litter of any breed of cat.

CAT FACTS • Whiskers are important hunting tools. Studies have shown that a cat with whiskers intact can kill cleanly at the first bite in both light and darkness. A cat with damaged whiskers, however, kills cleanly in the light but not in the dark. Whiskers are a guidance system than can sense the outline of the prey and direct the cat where to sink the teeth for maximum effect.

Whiskers also help a cat maneuver in the dark.

Cats living in dark environments such as cellars grow longer whiskers than cats living in the light.

A cat has an average of 24 whiskers, twelve on

• Cats trample your lap with their paws because when they were kittens drinking milk from their mother, that action stimulated the flow of the milk.

• A cat rubs its head against things to mark them with its scent. Cats have scent glands in their forehead and around their mouths.

• Not all cats bury their poop. In a study of feral cats, it was found that the dominant tom cat in the area will leave his poop unburied in a very prominent spot where every cat in the neighborhood will be aware of it.

• Every time a cat rubs against something or sprays it with urine, it is marking its territory. The scent immediately begins to wear off. A cat prefers to return to its marking posts frequently to see if anybody else has been there, and to renew its scent. That is why a cat perpetually wants to go outside, then comes in again, only to want out once more.

• Cats will typically sleep 16 hours out of every 24. That means that a nine-year-old cat has only been awake for a total of three years.

• Cats in the wild will normally kill prey immediately with a single bite. But domestic cats that don’t do much hunting may consider the capture of prey a momentous occasion and will prolong the experience as long as possible.

This could explain why they play with their prey before killing it.

• One study attempted to discover if farm cats would catch more mice if they were not fed anything besides what they caught. The results were inconclusive because cats fed extra food stayed at that farm, but cats that were never fed moved to other farms where they could get better hand-outs.

• Cats can’t see in total darkness, but they can see in a lot less light than humans. One researcher performed an experiment in which cats were taught there was a treat hidden behind a

info@TidbitsVernon.com The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read® Call Today (250) 832-3361 an average of 437 trials to learn the rules of the game and figure out where the treat was hidden. Cats learned it in only 33 trials. Cats learned so much faster perhaps because hearing is very instrumental in their hunting techniques, whereas monkeys are mainly vegetarian and don’t rely on their ears to find food.

Amazing Animals

DOGS

• Dogs can hear both higher and lower on the frequency spectrum than humans can. They can also pinpoint sound direction faster, and can hear sounds that are four times as far away as what humans can hear. Dogs with upright ears have better hearing than dogs with droopy ears. Droopy ears were bred into dogs in order to protect their ear canals from grass seeds and bugs when running through brush.

• A dog’s acute sense of smell is 10,000 to 100,000 times sharper than a human’s. The part of the brain devoted to processing scent is four times larger in a dog’s brain than in a human’s.

People have 5 million scent-detecting cells,

CAT HABITS (continued) lighted doorway, but no treat was behind the unlighted doorway. He then gradually reduced the amount of light. He found that cats were still able to distinguish the lighted doorway even when it looked dark to humans. Cats consistently chose the correct door even when there was only one-sixth of the amount of light needed for humans to distinguish it.

• Cats and monkeys were both used in an experiment in which they were presented with two boxes. One box had a buzzer buzzing or a bell ringing, and the other did not. The treat was in the box making noise. It took the monkeys

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Dogs (continued) but dogs have 220 million. They can detect bladder cancer in a urine sample, and detect a chemical odor change in a person who is about to suffer a seizure.

• Why is a dog’s nose wet? It’s covered by a thin layer of mucus that helps them absorb scent.

They then lick their noses to sample the scent through their mouth.

• Although dogs have a better sense of smell and hearing than humans, their sense of taste is awful. They only have 1,700 taste buds whereas humans have 9,000. Cats come in last with only 473. This helps explain why dogs so willingly eat garbage: ‘smells interesting, can’t taste it.’

• The myth that dogs see only in black and white has been disproved. They can see some colors such as blue and yellow but tend to have the same sort of red-green colorblindness that some humans have. Dogs have better night vision than humans.

• When dogs kick after defecating, they are using the scent glands on their paws to further mark their territory.

• Dogs sweat through their paws. (cont’d) • The breeds that bark the most are beagle and border collie.

• The chow is the only breed with a black tongue instead of a pink tongue. However, chow puppies are born with pink tongues that turn black after a few months.

• Dalmation puppies are born all white. Their

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Dogs (continued) spots arrive later.

• Whereas humans have four different blood types, there are eight different blood types among dogs.

• Dogs do not have an appendix.

• Tallest breed: Irish wolfhound (31 inches / 70 cm at the shoulder). Smallest: Chihuahua (6 inches / 15 cm at the shoulder). Heaviest: St. Bernards, mastiffs (up to 200 lb / 91 kg). Fastest: Greyhound, whippet (45 mph / 72 kmh) • The American Kennel Club recognizes 184 dog breeds in the United States. They are split into seven types: toy / hound / herding / sporting / non-sporting / working / terrier.

• The most popular breed in the U.S. and Britain is the Labrador retriever.

• The smartest breeds are generally thought to be border collies, golden retrievers, Labradors, poodles, Doberman pinschers, and German shepherds.

•.Less intelligent breeds include Afghan hounds, chows, and Chihuahuas • Longest ears: basset hounds.

• The phrase “man’s best friend” may have originated

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Dogs (con’t) from a courtroom speech in Missouri in 1870 when a farmer sued a neighbor who shot his dog.

• The most common command is ‘sit.’

• It costs about $1,500 per year to maintain a dog.

STOCK MARKET TRIVIA • When Dutch explorers founded a colony called New Amsterdam on an island now known as Manhattan, they built a wall around their settlement to protect themselves from Indians and the British. When the British invaded New Amsterdam in 1664, they easily overcame the Wall and conquered the settlement, renaming it New York. The road that ran along the wall became known as “Wall Street” and the first trading done there was for fur, food, and tobacco. Later the British tore down the wall and used it for firewood, though the name Wall Street remained even after the wall was gone.

• The word “broker” originally came from the French word “brochier” which referred to someone to broaches, or breaks open, a keg of wine. Often, enterprising businesspeople would buy a keg of wine, then break it open and sell it by the cup for a profit.

• Thomas Edison was penniless when he arrived in New York City at the age of 22. He persuaded a friend of his to let him sleep in the office of the Gold Indicator Co., a stock-ticker firm. When the stock ticker broke down a few days later, Edison repaired it after everyone else had failed. He improved the design of the stock ticker, and when the president of the company asked him how much he wanted for the patents, he couldn’t decide whether to ask for $5,000 or $3,000-- so he said, “How much are you offering?” The president said, “How would $40,000 strike you?” whereupon Edison replied, “Yes, I think that will be fair.”

With that money, he was able to open his first workshop and begin his inventing career.

• Edison’s reputation was already so great that when he announced he was attempting to invent an electric light bulb, the value of stock in gas companies plummeted.

• In 1814, British banker Nathan Rothschild learned of Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo by carrier pigeon a full day before the general public knew. As a result, he made a fortune on the stock market, and subsequently saved the London stock exchange from collapse by buying up all the shares that were sold by frightened investors.

• A man named Bernard Smith made a fortune off the stock market during the Great Depression by correctly guessing that the market would fall every time President Hoover made an optimistic statement about economic recovery.

• After investing heavily in the stock market, former president Ulysses S. Grant was swindled out of his fortune by a crooked broker. The broker went to prison, and Grant

2 1/2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni 1 1/4 cups frozen cut green beans 1 1/2 cups frozen cut carrots 3 cups water 1 (10 3/4-ounce) can reduced-fat cream of celery soup 1/2 cup fat-free mayonnaise 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes 1/4 teaspoon lemon pepper 2 (6-ounce) cans white tuna, packed in water, drained and flaked 1/4 cup finely chopped onion 1. In a medium saucepan, combine uncooked macaroni, green beans and carrots. Cover with water. Bring mixture to a boil. Cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes or until macaroni and vegetables are tender. Drain and rinse under cold water.

2. In a medium bowl, combine celery soup, mayonnaise, parsley flakes and lemon pepper.

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found himself flat broke and heavily in debt. To earn some cash, he decided to write his memoirs after a popular monthly magazine offered him a small sum. Samuel Clemens (otherwise known as Mark Twain) heard about the deal, and rushed to see Grant before the contract was signed. He encouraged Grant to write an entire book and offered to have his own publishing company produce it, for a generous royalty. He gave Grant advance royalties, and Grant finished writing the book only days before he died of throat cancer. The book was wildly successful, earning a fortune for both Clemens and Grant’s widow.

• Abbie Hoffman once created chaos when we dropped 300 crisp $1 bills on the floor of the New York Stock Market Exchange. Brokers scrambled for the money and pandemonium ensued.

• Ross Perot lost $450 million on the stock market in a single day - April 22, 1970.

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FOOTBALL GREATS

by Kathy Wolfe

With Super Bowl 50 just around the corner, Tidbits takes the opportunity to look at several former NFL stars and their post-football life.

• After graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy, where he won the Heisman Trophy, Roger Staubach served a tour of duty in Vietnam with the U.S. Navy. He didn’t play pro football until age 27, when he joined the Dallas Cowboys as a rookie quarterback, the only team he would ever play for. Staubach was a six-time Pro Bowl selection, and made five trips to the Super Bowl, (two times as Super Bowl Champs, and the MVP of Super Bowl VI.) • Toward the end of his NFL career, Staubach started a commercial real estate business, The Staubach Company, specializing in commercial property. In 2008, he sold the company to an investment management company for $613 million. Staubach serves as the executive chairman of the company. This 73-year-old has been married for 50 years to his grade school sweetheart, with whom he enjoys his 15 grandchildren and one-greatgrandchild.

• Can you identify the first player ever to pass for 5,000 yards in a single season? It was Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino, who spent all of his 17 seasons with that team. (turn the page for more!}

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FOOTBALL GREATS (continued) • In the sixth week of his rookie season, Marino became a starter, and went on to play in nine Pro-Bowls. Out of his 242 games, he started in 240 of them. The NFL’s list of the Top 100 Greatest Players has Marino in the #10 spot.

For many years after his retirement in 2000, he served as an analyst on CBS’s NFL Today. He left the show in 2014 to return to the Dolphins as a special advisor. Over the years, Marino dabbled in the entertainment field, appearing as himself in television and movies, including Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. After his son was diagnosed with autism, Marino and his wife established a charitable foundation that has distributed more than $22 million toward research and treatment for children with developmental disabilities.

• Norwegian-born Jan Stenerud came to America as a college student on a ski-jumping scholarship.

In 1964, while training for ski season at Montana State University, he was spotted by one of the school’s coaches who was walking past the football field where Stenerud was cooling down from his practice. The football coach offered Stenerud a tryout, and he was given a position on the team as kicker. The Kansas City Chiefs drafted him in 1966, where he played until 1979, one of the first pro football players to be used as a dedicated kicker. After 19 seasons (including a stint with the Packers and the Vikings), and four Pro Bowl appearances, Stenerud retired with 373 career field goals, and never having missed a game because of injury or illness. He has worked as a sports commentator on Scandinavian television and is also involved with a firm that designs stadiums and sports arenas.

• The MVP of the first two Super Bowls was Green Bay Packer Bart Starr. He began his career with

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the Packers in 1956 and remained a player until 1971. After his retirement, he was immediately hired by the team as their quarterback coach, and became their head coach in 1974, a position he held for nine years. His charitable organization is the Rawhide Boys Ranch in New London, Wisconsin, a facility he co-founded in 1965, that helps delinquent and emotionallydisturbed adolescent boys. At the initial fundraising, Starr donated a Corvette he had won for his Super Bowl performance to be raffled. The 82-old-year-old Starr has recently suffered two strokes and a heart attack, but after intensive physical therapy, his condition has dramatically improved.

• Fran Tarkenton played his first NFL game in 1961 at age 21 as a member of the Minnesota Vikings, and went on to nine Pro Bowl selections. In 1977, Tarkenton became the first professional athlete to guest-host “Saturday Night Live.” When this Georgia native retired in 1978, he owned every major quarterback record. Tarkenton has had numerous post-football success stories, starting with founding Tarkenton Software, a computer program generator company. He served as a Monday Night Football commentator for four years and a co-host of ABC’s “That’s Incredible!” during the early 1980s. He was written several self-help motivational books as well as a novel entitled Murder at the Super Bowl, a mystery about a football coach who is killed just before his team is scheduled to play in the big game. . • Baltimore Colt legend Johnny Unitas spent 16 years with that team, going to the Pro Bowl 10 times, with three of those as MVP. He was the NFL MVP four times, as well as being voted the league’s best player at the NFL’s 50-year celebration. Unitas set the record for the most consecutive games with at least one touchdown pass, 47 games, a record that stayed in place for 52 years. During his career, Unitas sustained many injuries, including an elbow injury that prevented him from using his right hand. After

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nine car dealerships (five of which he sold for $82 million). His net worth is estimated in the $150 million range. Elway almost didn’t have a football career. He was selected by the New York Yankees in the 1981 MLB draft and played 42 games on their Class A team, achieving a .318 batting average. Owner George Steinbrenner’s plan was to make Elway his starting right fielder.

Elway was picked up in the 1983 NFL draft and played 16 seasons for Denver.

FOOTBALL GREATS (continued): doing commentary for NFL games during the 1970s, this football hero purchased bowling alleys and a restaurant, as well as investing in an air-freight company and several real estate ventures. Unfortunately, most were fairly unsuccessful. It was his final business decision that put Unitas under, a circuit board manufacturer which failed, forcing Unitas into bankruptcy. A sudden heart attack took his life in 2002 when he was 69.

• There have been no financial difficulties for former Denver Bronco John Elway. In addition to his job as the general manager and executive vice-president of football operations for the Broncos, he has owned two restaurants and

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UNUSUAL ANIMALS:

WATER BUFFALO It’s time to increase your knowledge on the water • buffalo, a cloven-hoofed mammal native to Asia.

• What exactly does cloven-hoofed mean?

These animals have a hoof that is split into two toes. Many such animals are also ruminants, meaning they “chew their cud” in a specialized stomach prior to digestion, regurgitating their food and chewing it again. In the Jewish religion, • an animal that is both a ruminant and clovehoofed is considered kosher and may be eaten.

However, if an animal has only one of these characteristics, Jews are forbidden to eat it, as it is considered unclean.

• • The water buffalo is a member of the Bovidae biological family, which includes bison,

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antelope, gazelles, sheep, goats, oxen, and domestic cattle. Members of this family are referred to as bovids.

There are two types of water buffalo – river buffalo who prefer deep water, and swamp buffalo who like to wallow in mudholes.

Although similar in appearance, their genetic makeup is different, with the swamp buffalo having 48 chromosomes, and the river buffalo, 50.

These bovids stand about 5 to 6.2 feet tall (1.5 to 1.9 m) at the shoulder and have huge backward spiral-curving, crescent-shaped horns with a span of nearly 5 feet (1.5 m).

They live to about age 25 in captivity.

The horns of the buffalo are often made into jewelry and musical instruments. The ney and kaval are hollow flutes made from these horns with up to seven finger holes, used in Middle Eastern music.

These herbivorous buffalo have been domesticated for close to 3,000 years and are the main dairy animal in many countries, with milk that is richer in fat and protein than that of dairy cattle. They’re also valued for their meat and leather. With about 150 million domestic water buffalo in the world, more human beings depend on them than on any other domestic animal. They are relied upon for plowing and for transportation and are known as the “living tractor of the East.”

About 96% of the world’s population of water buffalo can be found in Asia.

There are a very small amount of wild water buffalo, an endangered species that lives in protected areas and wildlife reserves across Asia.

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Water Buffalo (continued) • Some countries hold annual water buffalo racing festivals, running the animals in long slushy ditches while pulling drivers on wooden planks.

• Fans of the 1960s cartoon “The Flintstones” may remember that Fred Flintstone and his pal Barney Rubble were dedicated members of the Loyal Order of the Water Buffalo Lodge No. 26, a secret society intended to be a spoof of the Freemasons, Elks Club, and Moose Lodge. Fred and Barney regularly assembled at the lodge hall to listen to their “Mystic Imperial Poobah,” or “Grand Poobah,” as he was sometimes called.

The Poobah’s mission was to “draw back the veil to reveal the ancient mysteries of Water Buffaloary.”

• “The Water Buffalo Song” is sung by Larry the Cucumber in Veggie Tales’ “Silly Songs,” who croons “Everybody’s got a water buffalo. Yours is fast, but mine is slow. Oh, where’d we get them? I don’t know, but everybody’s got a water buffalo.”

MORE GRIDIRON GREATS • Merlin Olsen was picked up by the L.A. Rams in 1962 and spent the next 15 years as a defensive tackle. His first contract was about $50,000 for two years, along with a signing bonus. In those years, the average football player’s annual

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MORE GRIDIRON GREATS (continued) salary was around $12,000. Olsen and three of his teammates on the defensive line, Deacon Jones, Rosey Grier, and Lamar Lundy, became known as “The Fearsome Foursome.” Olsen was selected for the Pro Bowl a record 14 straight years, including his rookie year. During the off-season, Olsen spent his time earning a Master’s Degree in Economics. Post-football, he enjoyed a successful acting career, first on “Little House on the Prairie,” then in his own series, “Father Murphy.” In 2009, Olsen was diagnosed with mesothelioma, possibly due to exposure to asbestos. He passed away the following year.

• Olsen’s teammate Rosey Grier made postcareer notoriety as a bodyguard for Senator Robert Kennedy during his 1968 presidential campaign. In fact, after assassin Sirhan Sirhan shot Kennedy, it was Grier who took control of the gun and overpowered the killer. Grier had played from 1955 to 1962 for the New York Giants, then for the L.A. Rams through 1966. In 1967, his career came to an end due to a torn Achilles tendon. He went on to host a weekly TV talk show, and made 70 guest appearances on other series during the 1960s and 1970s. Grier had a recording “People Make the World” on the music charts in 1968. This “Gentle Giant” became well known for his hobbies of macramé and

needlepoint, authoring the book Needlepoint for Men in 1973. He became an ordained Christian minister in 1983, traveling as an inspirational speaker, and also founded a nonprofit organization that serves inner city youth.

• Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka personally hand-picked 6’2”, 335 lbs. (1.88 m, 152 kg) William Perry in the first round of the 1985 NFL Draft. Perry was fresh out of South Carolina’s Clemson University, where he had earned the nickname The Refrigerator. The name came about when he and a fellow player tried to fit in the same elevator heading to the college laundry facilities. His teammate said, “Man, you’re about as big as a refrigerator,” and the name stuck. (Perry already weighed 200 lbs. [90.7 kg] at age 11!). In addition to his NFL career (1985-1994), this defensive tackle and member of “The Monsters of the Midway” defense recorded two rap records, appeared on the 1980s series “The A-Team”), and had his own G.I. Joe action figure called “The Fridge.”

In 2008, Perry was diagnosed with a serious nerve disorder that sent his life into a tailspin, both physically and financially. In 2011, a 10-year-old boy discovered Perry’s Super Bowl ring for sale in a sports memorabilia shop in a Mickey Mantle’s restaurant. Using $8,500 of his college fund, the boy and his mother purchased the ring and returned it to Perry. Yet in 2015, the ring was on the auction block again. When Perry didn’t pay the taxes on his home, it was seized by the county. At 53, this football great is barely able to walk and lives in an assisted living community.

1. Spray a large baking sheet with butter-flavored cooking spray. Evenly space frozen rolls on sheet. Cover with cloth and let thaw and rise.

2. Meanwhile, in a large skillet sprayed with butter-flavored cooking spray, brown meat and onion. Stir in ketchup and JO’s Sausage Seasoning.

Add sauerkraut and parsley flakes. Mix well to combine. Continue cooking for 5 minutes, stirring often. Remove from heat and allow to cool for 5 minutes.

3. When rolls have risen, flatten one at a time and place a generous tablespoon of filling in center of each. Gently cover filling and form into roll. Place seam side down on baking sheet.

When done forming all rolls, lightly spray tops with butter-flavored cooking spray. Cover with cloth again and let rolls rest for 10 to 15 minutes.

4. Bake at 400 F for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and spray again with butter-flavored cooking spray. Place baking sheet on a wire rack and let cool slightly before serving. Serves 12 (1 each). *Tip: 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning, 1/4 teaspoon ground sage and 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder may be used in place of JO’s Sausage Seasoning. * Each serving equals: 118 calories, 2g fat, 7g protein, 18g carb., 230mg sodium, 9mg calcium, 1g fiber. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 1/2 Starch, 1/2 Meat. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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TIDBITS® DRINKS FROM

BOTTLES

by Janet Spencer

In honor of the fact that William Painter patented the first bottle cap on February 2, 1892, Tidbits will be drinking from bottles this week!

A NEW INVENTION • One of Napoleon’s biggest problems during war was food. No matter how much food his soldiers took with them, it spoiled. Finally, Napoleon offered a prize to anyone who could invent a way to preserve food.

• Nicholas Appert had grown up working in his father’s wine cellars. He was intrigued with the idea that wine would never go bad if it was bottled correctly. He wondered what would happen to other foods if they were bottled. He tried soups and stews, then fruits and vegetables and milk. When the bottles were sterilized, filled, corked, and heated, the results were excellent.

• He took his discovery to Napoleon, and was awarded 12,000 francs. Appert had invented canning, although it was years before cans were used instead of bottles. It was years after that before the can opener was invented.

Before that, it took a hammer and chisel to open a can. In fact, some people believe that the bayonet (invented in the French town of Bayonne) was developed not to spear people, but merely to open cans!

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PLASTIC • In the mid-1970s, Portugal over-cut their cork oak forests and failed to replant. The result was a worldwide cork shortage, leading to the development of plastic stoppers for wine bottles.

• Plastic bottles were first used commercially in 1947 but did not become widespread in the industry until polyethylene (PET) was invented in the 1960s. Manufacturers flocked to plastic not only because it weighs less than glass thereby saving on shipping costs, but also because it doesn’t shatter during shipping.

• In 1976, the average American consumed 1.5 gallons (2.6 l) of bottled water each year.

By 2008, the number had grown to about 30 gallons (113 l) of bottled water per person in the U.S. It takes about 2 quarts (1.9 l) of water to produce a single plastic bottle.

• In the U.S., 24% of bottled water sold is either Pepsi’s Aquafina or Coke’s Dasani. Both brands are bottled, purified municipal tap water.

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MORE BOTTLE FACTS • Lead crystal is valued because of its brilliancy and clarity. However, when beverages are Before bottle caps were invented, bottles were stored in lead crystal bottles, glasses, or sealed with corks. Often bottles would blow decanters, the lead passes into the liquid and their tops if the substance inside was fizzy such then into the bloodstream of the consumer. as wine or beer. William Painter – a prolific Many people assume that if you store your inventor – solved the problem by inventing the beverage in the leaded container only for ‘crown’ bottle cap, the design still used today.

It is called the crown cap because it looks like a tiny crown. A year later, Painter also invented the bottle opener.

Milk was originally sold by the dipperful from open cans. Henry Thatcher was standing in line one day in 1883 to buy some milk. The little girl ahead of him accidentally dropped her filthy rag doll into the open can of milk. The milk man fished the doll out, then turned to Mr. Thatcher to serve him. Thatcher decided he didn’t need any milk that day after all. The following year he patented the first milk bottle with a sanitary seal.

Soon all milk was sold in bottles.

An official in the Coca-Cola company wanted the design of the bottles to be so distinctive that a bottle could be recognized in the dark, or if it was broken. In 1913 the prototype of the shapely bottle we still use was introduced. It was patterned after a cola nut: bulging at the sides with ridges.

Early soda pop bottlers had trouble finding bottles that wouldn’t explode. They had to wait for heavy mass produced bottles to be invented.

A man named Colonel Taylor wanted to raise the popularity of his bourbon, named Old Taylor. He hired men to collect empty bottles of Old Taylor, and shipped three freight car loads to New York City. Another crew set up the empty bottles on mantels and shelves in bars, restaurants, and clubs all across town. Having rows of empties gave the impression the Old Taylor was the most

the duration of the dinner, no harm will be done. Studies have shown that some roomtemperature liquids can increase from 1 microgram of lead per liter to 166 micrograms per liter in just 15 minutes. (The EPA guidelines for water are 50 micrograms per liter, with recent recommendations for lowering it to 20.) Wine will double its lead content in only an hour.

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• In 1945, First Lady Bess Truman was asked to christen a new plane, but someone forgot to score the champagne bottle so it would shatter.

When she hit the plane with the bottle, it dented the plane but the bottle remained intact. Again and again she swung the bottle, but succeeded only in enlarging the dent. Finally a workman grabbed the bottle, held it against the plane, and smashed it with his wrench, drenching Bess.

• The Heublein food company once came out with an upscale TV dinner that came with a small bottle of wine which was supposed to be poured on the food before cooking. People drank the wine instead of cooking with it and the product flopped.

• Minor league umpire Steamboat Johnson once noted, “I have rendered about one million decisions since I began umpiring. Something like four thousand bottles have been thrown at me in my day but only about 20 ever hit me.

That does not speak very well for the accuracy of the fans’ throwing.”

ANCIENT BOTTLES • In 1954, 18 liquor bottles were salvaged from a ship that had gone down 250 years earlier off the English coast. The bottles were good as new, but the corks had deteriorated and there was no longer any liquor in the bottles.

OOPS… • In 1982 a Coca-Cola bottler in Tennessee began a new contest, whereby consumers had to spell out “home run” with letters in the bottle tops to win $100,000. The odds were supposed to be a million to one because very few bottle caps with the letter R were supposed to be produced.

However, due to an error at the bottling plant,

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GROUNDHOGS • Groundhogs are among the few animals that are true hibernators. They fatten up during spring, summer, and fall, then retreat to their dens for the coldest months of the year. During hibernation, their normal body temperature falls to just above freezing. The heart rate drops from 80 beats per minute to five. Breathing slows from 16 breaths per minute to about two. During the 150 days or so that they go without eating, a groundhog will lose about 25% of its body weight.

• In early February the male groundhogs will emerge from their dens in order to find a mate.

After mating, the two will go their separate ways, because groundhogs are not social animals aside from the mother raising the young.

• During summer months, a groundhog may eat more than a pound of vegetation per day, which would be equivalent to a typical man eating a 15-pound (7 kg) steak. Because so much of the groundhog’s diet involves crunching vegetation, its teeth grow at the rate of nearly an inch every four months. When aligned correctly, the teeth grind each other down. If the alignment is off, they keep on growing like tusks, making it difficult for the woodchuck to eat. In extreme cases, the upper incisors can even pierce the lower jaw.

• Groundhogs are the largest members of the squirrel family which includes chipmunks, prairie dogs, and marmots. There are 14 separate species of groundhogs, which are also called woodchucks.

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MESSAGES IN BOTTLES • Groundhogs like to live at the margins of the forest, so they are one of the few species that benefited from the spread of civilization in the U.S. As settlers cleared more fields and cut more forests, their population grew.

• Though they are noted for the prodigious underground tunnels they build, they are also adept at swimming and climbing trees, which helps them escape predators. A groundhog can move as much as 700 pounds (317 kg) of dirt to create its burrow which usually has several entrances. Groundhog burrows are beneficial because they offer shelter to other ground-dwelling animals while also keeping the earth from becoming compacted.

• Although they are also called woodchucks, they do not usually eat wood, so we’ll never know how much wood a woodchuck can chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

• It was a habit for Europeans to look for signs of spring, and animals such as badgers, bears, and hedgehogs emerging from dens was always noted. When Germans immigrated to Pennsylvania, they continued the practice, watching for the emergence of groundhogs to indicate the coming of spring.

• In 1887, a newspaper editor in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, heard about a group of local hunters who went out every February in search of groundhogs. They held a picnic every year at Gobbler’s Knob. The editor wrote about the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, and Groundhog’s Day was born.

• The folklore holds that if a groundhog sees his shadow, six more weeks of winter will follow.

There is a kernel of truth here, for if it’s a clear cloudless day, it’s bound to be cold because there is no insulating cloud cover. However, most of the groundhog’s territory covers colder regions that usually have six more weeks of winter regardless of whether there’s a shadow or not. And statisticians estimate that the groundhog’s predictions are correct only 39% of the time. Flipping a coin would be more accurate.

• Around 300 B.C. Greek philosopher Theophrastus used floating bottles to prove that the Mediterranean receives most of its water from the Atlantic.

• Albert, Prince of Monaco, asked ship captains to drop bottles into the sea at certain spots to research currents. Over 1,700 bottles were dropped between 1885 and 1888, and 227 of them were returned in the next 10 years.

• An ocean survey ship called the Pioneer dropped 22,000 bottles into the ocean in 1964, each containing information on where and when it was tossed overboard. Forms enclosed explained the purpose of the bottle and asked the finder— in English, French, Spanish, and Japanese— to return the form and information about where it was found to the project’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. The survey reported an average return rate of 8% and most were found between nine months and two years after they were released.

• Miami’s sewage treatment facilities consisted of a plant that piped the raw sewage into the ocean about 2 miles from shore. Officials felt that winds and tides would disperse the mess harmlessly.

Environmental activists thought differently and set out to prove it. They took a boat to the end of the pipe, and released 700 watertight bottles.

Inside each bottle was a note and a mail-in card.

The note said, “This card was placed in a drift bottle released directly over the end of the Miami

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Beach sewer outfall which dumps raw, untreated sewage into the ocean. This drift bottle was found by (name, address). It was found (location). This drift bottle was moved by the same wind and currents that move the raw sewage. This is where Miami’s sewage goes.” 12 days later, 70 of the cards had been received from points along the coast of Florida.

MESSAGES IN BOTTLES (cont”d) • In 1875, the crew of the Canadian ship Lennie staged a mutiny, murdering all officers on board except for a steward who was needed to navigate the ship to Spain. He headed the ship to France, telling them it was Spain, while periodically dropping bottles overboard that told the whole story. The French authorities were waiting when they arrived in France.

• Daisy Alexander inherited the Singer sewing machine fortune. She couldn’t decide what to do with her money when she died, so she wrote out her will, sealed it in a bottle, and tossed it in the River Thames in London. The will gave 50% of her fortune to whoever found the bottle. She died 2 years later. Ten years after her death, an unemployed restaurant worker named Jack Wurm found the bottle on the beach at San Francisco.

He received over $6 million. Daisy’s lawyer got the other half of the fortune.

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• A British sailor in the 1800s tossed a marriage proposal overboard into waters off of Britain as his ship got underway for India. On the return journey he was walking along the beach in Egypt when he found and retrieved his own bottled proposal of marriage.

• Swedish sailor Åke Viking dropped a bottle overboard in 1958, asking any pretty girl who found it to write to him. Two years later, a Sicilian fisherman found it and gave it to his daughter, Paolina, as a joke. She wrote to Åke. They were married in Sicily.

• The longest it has ever taken a message in a bottle to be discovered is 108 years. In 1906, the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom dropped more than 1,000 bottles into the North Sea with instructions to return any bottles found to the institute with information about where they had been picked up. In 2015 a tourist found one of the bottles and dutifully returned it to the address listed.

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* “Save old greeting cards for children or grandchildren to use for arts and crafts material. They can cut out the pictures on the fronts, and reuse them to make drawings or other projects. They can even make a whole new card!” -- T.I. in Mississippi * Are you already thinking about spring? Put this on your wish list: glow-in-the-dark paint. Use it to paint stones or other garden borders, and come evening you’ll have a lovely, artistic yard! * “If you have small toys that you no longer need, consider donating those in good shape to local day-care facilities. Call first to see if the center takes donations and what specifically it might need. The kids at my daughter’s day care really love the play kitchen, and can’t seem to keep those teacups and saucers in the play area. When we got rid of our daughter’s play kitchen, we donated all the food and accessories to the kids at the school, and they LOVED it!” -- A.A. in Florida * When you need to hang something like, say, a frame, use this trick to get your nails in just the right place. Use a dab of toothpaste on the back of the frame where the nails should be. Press against the wall. The toothpaste will leave behind a superb guide, which can be wiped right off the wall after the nail is in. Hang and admire! * Like to play games on your smartphone? Put it on airplane mode for less annoying ads! Just make sure it’s a game you can play “offline.” (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

1. Arrange 9 graham crackers in a 9-by-9-inch cake pan. In a large bowl, gently stir ice cream until slightly softened. Coarsely crush remaining 9 graham crackers and stir into softened ice cream. Spread mixture gently over graham crackers in cake pan. Cover and freeze while preparing topping.

2. In a medium saucepan, combine dry pudding mix, dry milk powder and water. Cook over medium heat until mixture thickens and starts to boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla extract, margarine and marshmallows. Drizzle hot mixture evenly over ice cream mixture. Sprinkle pecans evenly over top. Re-cover and continue to freeze for 2 hours or until firm.

3. Let set at room temperature for 10 minutes.

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FAMOUS TRIOS

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You’ve probably heard it said that good things come in threes. This week, Tidbits checks out that phrase, offering info on some famous trios.

• Singer/songwriter Ross Bagdasarian came up with an innovative idea in 1958 while experimenting with the speeds on a record player. He used his own voice recorded at half speed and played back at normal speed to create the Chipmunks – Simon, Theodore, and Alvin. Bagdasarian took on the stage name of David Seville, named for the city in Spain where he had been stationed during World War II. His blockbuster hit “The Chipmunk Song” (“Christmas, Don’t Be Late”) sold 4.5 million records in seven weeks, and paved the way for the CBS program, “The Alvin Show,” which premiered in 1961. The success of the Chipmunks continues to this day, carried on

by Bagdasarian’s son, Ross, Jr. • Illustrator Vernon Grant created the cartoon mascots for Kellogg’s Rice Krispies, Snap!

Crackle! and Pop! In the 1930s, Snap! was the first one created, and appeared on the box alone for six years. In English, we say, “Snap! Crackle! Pop!” but in German, the Rice Krispies mascots say, “Knisper! Knasper!

Knusper!, while those in Finland say, “Riks!

Raks! Poks!” The little fellows say, “Pif! Paf! Pof!” in the Netherlands.

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FAMOUS TRIOS (continued): • In 1968, rockabilly songwriter Dick Holler composed a tribute song to the memory of four assassinated American civil rights leaders.

Entitled “Abraham, Martin, and John,” the song memorialized Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Robert Kennedy, written shortly after King and Bobby Kennedy were killed. “Anybody here, seen my old friend Abraham…” is the first verse, followed by King and JFK. The fourth verse mentions Bobby walking over a hill with the other three. Recorded

by Dion, the song rose to #4 on the Billboard pop chart.

• You’ve no doubt heard of the Three Musketeers, but do you know their individual names? Alexandre Dumas’ 1844 novel tells of the adventures of three inseparable childhood friends, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Their well-known motto is “All for one and one for all!” First published in serial form in a Paris magazine from March to July, 1844, it takes place in the 1600s, and tells of the daring “swashbuckling” deeds of these members of The King’s Musketeers. Incidentally, the Mars candy bar of the same name made its debut in 1932. Mars’ advertising of the 1990s featured three men dressed as the legendary trio.

• Do the names of Gaspar, Melchior, and Balthazar ring a bell? Although their names are not specifically mentioned in the Bible, these are the names attributed to the three Wise Men of the East, or Magi, who came to present gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to Jesus after his birth in Bethlehem. There is also no mention of the number of kings who made the trek from Persia, but because three gifts are referenced, tradition gave way to the assumption that there were three men. After

HOLLYWOOD -The recent Oscar controversy that caused many industry people of color to threaten to boycott this year’s awards was, as usual, fueled by headline-hungry media members.

The Academy of Arts and Sciences is not responsible for the industry NOT casting more nonwhite actors in major roles that would be Oscar-worthy. Thank heavens Whoopi Goldberg made that clear on “The View” by explaining, “We have this conversation every year, and it pisses me off. There’s not a lot of support for little companies that make movies that may be more diverse than anything else, but you can’t bitch about it just at Oscar time.

“It’s not that the Academy members are deciding whether or not to vote for something based on whether they feel like it’s a white movie or a black movie, the issue is that there aren’t enough movies with diverse casts getting financed and made.” She concluded, “The Oscars will continue to have a diversity problem until there are more movies made

“Hello Dolly” was originally planned to star Ethel Merman on Broadway in 1964, but Merman passed on it, not wanting to be tied to a show for more than six months. It then was offered to Broadway legend Mary Martin, who also turned it down. Carol Channing accepted the role and played Dolly Levi for more than 3,000 performances, winning a Tony Award in the process. When she left, Ginger Rogers, Martha Raye, Betty Grable, Pearl Bailey and Ethel Merman followed her. Mary Martin played Dolly for 794 performances in London, and Barbra Streisand starred in the film version in 1969. We’re telling you this because the show will now be revived on Broadway in 2017 starring none other than Bette Midler.

If anything can revive her career, being the toast of Broadway will do it.

Oscar-winner Anne Hathaway (“Les Miserables” in 2012), went on to star in “Interstellar” with Matthew McConaughey (which grossed $675 million) and “The Intern” with Robert DeNiro (which grossed $194 million) and the sequel “Alice Through the Looking Glass,” coming out May 27. She’s just completed, “Colossal” with “Downton Abbey” alum Dan Stevens and Jason Sudeikis, about a woman who discovers severe catastrophic events are connected to her mental breakdown. She and husband Adam Shulman are producing her next film, a sci-fi spoof of “Bridesmaids” called “The Shower.” It’s about a baby shower that gets upstaged by blood-sucking aliens from outer space that crash the party during a meteor shower. What next, “The Blob’s Hangover”? (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

presenting their gifts, the Magi were warned by an angel in a dream to return to their homeland.

• Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters, of course!

This 1984 blockbuster film starred Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Bill Murray as New York City parapsychologists who establish a ghostcatching business. Recently fired from their positions at Columbia University, the three develop sophisticated equipment that can capture spirits, operating their business from an abandoned firehouse. Aykroyd had written a role for his pal John Belushi, but upon Belushi’s death, Bill Murray was hired. The giant monster, The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man, was one of the film’s beasts. Three suits were made for the character, each costing $20,000. All were destroyed during the filming. Fifty gallons of shaving cream were used to simulate the marshmallow “goo.” The movie was #1 at the box office for five weeks, and went on to gross more than $295 million worldwide.

info@TidbitsVernon.com The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read® Call Today (250) 832-3361 • The Bible’s Book of Daniel relates the story of three young Jewish men who defied their king to worship God. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego lived in Babylon and were officials of King Nebuchadnezzar. The King set up a 90ft. (27.4 m) statue of gold and commanded all to bow down before it. Refusal would result in being thrown into a fiery furnace. The trio’s response was, “If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. But even if He does not, we want you to know that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold.” The furnace was prepared, seven times hotter than normal. When Nebuchadnezzar looked in, he saw four figures, walking unharmed in the flames. Realizing that an angel had been sent to protect them, he released them, and they emerged without a single sign of a burn. The King then decreed that any who spoke against their God should be torn limb from limb.

UNUSUAL ANIMALS:

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How much do you know about moles? Tidbits has all the particulars on this small burrowing animal.

• It’s highly likely you’ve never seen a mole.

That’s because they live secluded lives in • Premiering in 1976, “Charlie’s Angels” starred underground burrows, and only rarely do they Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, and Kate come above ground. They are able to reuse the Jackson. The crime action series chronicled the oxygen they inhale on their brief trips to the adventures of three police academy graduates who craved more excitement than working as a meter maid or crossing guard. Hired by Charlie Townsend as private investigators, the three worked alongside Townsend’s associate 2516 Patterson Ave . Armstrong Bosley. Bosley acted as the primary go-between 250.546.3096 since the trio of ladies never laid eyes on their employer, and received their assignment over surface, enabling them to survive in the lower speakerphone. Actor John Forsythe was the levels of oxygen of the underground. voice behind the mysterious Charlie, who was occasionally seen from the back. Over the • The average mole’s body is only about 6 inches show’s five seasons, other Angels made their (15.2 cm) long, weighing between 2.5 and way into the cast – Cheryl Ladd, Shelley Hack, 4.5 ounces (2 to 128 grams). The width of the and Tanya Roberts. tunnels they excavate is only about 2 inches (5 cm) wide and 1.5 inches (4 cm) in height, yet • In 1925, Ted Healy debuted a vaudeville act called these passageways can extend for more than 75 “Ted Healy and His Southern Gentlemen,” yards (70 m). featuring the three Horwitz brothers, Curly, • Moles’ legs are short, but powerful. They use Moe, and Shemp. Their slapstick, nonsensical their very broad front feet and huge curved comedy routine was a big hit, and they were claws as shovels to dig their tunnels. They are contracted to make a film in 1932, Soup to able to move backwards nearly as quickly as Nuts. Shemp left the group shortly after, and a forward. The moles aren’t the only ones to use childhood friend of the boys, Larry Fine (Louis their tunnels. Other small mammals such as Feinberg), took his place. The trio separated voles and mice move through them, feeding on from Healy and became known as The Three any grains and seeds they find.

Stooges. Their popularity soared and MGM signed the trio to a movie contract in 1933. In • Moles are not social animals and they tend to 1946, Curly suffered a severe stroke and his avoid each other, except in breeding season. brother Shemp returned to the group. Despite Every mole has its own tunnel system, which illness and old age, the beloved Stooges includes a special “larder” or underground managed to keep their act together going into storeroom to store food to eat later. Their primary the 1980s, after having starred in more than 220 diet is earthworms, which the mole paralyzes films.

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and grubs that cause damage to lawns and gardens, they are generally perceived as pests, as their tunneling produces unsightly mounds of earth. Their burrowing can also damage the roots of plants underground.

Damage to agricultural machinery can also result from the moles exposing rocks in a field, as well as damage to drainage systems and waterways.

• The tiny male mole is referred to as a boar, the female is a sow, and the term for a group of moles is a labour.

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Perhaps the most famous opera singers in history, The Three Tenors consisted MOLES (continued): of Spaniards Placido Domingo and Jose as Beat Songwriter at just 17 years of age. Their Carreras, and Italian Luciano Pavarotti. Even with a toxin found in its saliva. Researchers have 1977 Saturday Night Fever soundtrack sold 15 people who didn’t like opera music liked discovered larders containing over a thousand million copies and won Album of the Year, with this group, who made their debut as a trio paralyzed earthworms. Moles also dig special the five of the songs making it to #1 on the charts. in July, 1990. The concert, held as a benefit compartments at the end of their tunnels for The Gibbs composed half of 1978’s biggest songs. for leukemia, (Carreras had been diagnosed bedrooms and birthing areas.

Barry and Robin once wrote three #1 singles in with the disease three years earlier), was one afternoon. Among the best-selling artists of recorded and became the best-selling It takes a lot of energy to be constantly burrowing all times, the BeeGee’s have had sales of more classical album of all time. Their second and the mole eats from 70% to 10% of its body than 220 million records. Of the three, only Barry televised performance held at Dodger weight every day. This translates to a 2.8-oz. survives, Maurice having died from intestinal Stadium (for which each tenor received (80 g) mole needing about 1.7 oz. (50 g) of problems in 2003 at 53, and his twin Robin $1 million) attracted 1.3 billion viewers earthworms every day. It can starve to death if it succumbing to cancer in 2012. worldwide. On their first worldwide tour, doesn’t eat every few hours. each received about $1 million per concert, • The Supremes started out in 1959 as the Primettes which included a percentage of merchandise The star-nosed mole can detect, catch, and in Detroit, Michigan. First founded as a quartet, sold. Before disbanding as a trio in 2003, consume its food in less than one second! the group consisted of high school friends from they had performed 34 live concerts. a housing project, Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, A mole’s fur is soft and velvety and is often highly and Betty McGlown, The 15-year-olds won a valued. Baby moles are born without any fur, • Founded in 1961, Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey, prestigious talent contest and landed an audition and Mary Travers were the most popular folk which starts growing at about two weeks. The with Motown Records. In 1962, McGlown left the group of the 1960s. Their debut album, which little creatures grow quickly and leave the nest group, and they remained a trio with a new name, included “If I Had a Hammers,” “Lemon when they are 35 days old. Their eyes are very The Supremes. By 1965, they were international Tree,” and “500 Miles” was an immediate tiny and are covered with skin or fur. The moles stars. It wasn’t until 1967 that they were known hit.

Peter, Paul, and Mary re-released a Bob aren’t completely blind, but they see very poorly. as Diana Ross and The Supremes. The group is on Dylan tune in 1963, “Blowin’ in the Wind,” Since they live in the dark the majority of their record as America’s most successful vocal group, and sold 300,000 copies in less than two lives, good eyesight isn’t a crucial thing. They with 12 #1 singles on the Billboard charts. Their weeks. Yarrow composed “Puff, the Magic are sensitive to changes in light and movement. final performance as the original trio was in 1970 Dragon,” a tune the group recorded in 1963.

They find their prey through scent sensors on at Las Vegas’ Frontier Hotel.

The song has been shrouded in myths that the tip of their nose. They also have no external it’s fi lled with drug references, but Yarrow ears. actually based it on a poem about the lost Although moles often consume many insects innocence of childhood. The trio’s only #1 hit single, “Leavin’ on a Jet Plane,” came in 1969, a song written by their friend John Denver, who had initially recorded it in 1969.

• Some of the most recognizable music in history was sung by the Brothers Gibb, or the BeeGee’s, as they called themselves. Their tight harmonies, vibrato, and falsetto sounds were their signature during the disco era.

Older brother Barry and twins Robin and Maurice began their career in 1958, signing their first record contract in 1963. The family had moved from their native England to Australia, where the brothers were voted the Best Group of 1966, with Barry winning

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1. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the largest desert in the world?

2. MOVIES: Which one of the Seven Dwarfs wears glasses in Disney’s “Snow White” animated film?

3. HISTORY: When did Sonia Sotomayor become the first Hispanic member of the U.S. Supreme Court?

4. LANGUAGE: What is a xenophobic person afraid of?

5. TECHNOLOGY: What search engine did Microsoft launch in 2009?

6. BUSINESS: What does the “B.F.” stand for in “B.F. Goodrich”?

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9. ANIMAL KINGDOM: The adjective “leonine” describes what type of animal?

10. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What was the first diet drink that The Coca-Cola Co. introduced?

* It was columnist and editor Doug Larson who made the following sage observation: “Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.” * If you’re a fan of football, you’ve probably seen the leaping lion logo on the helmets of Detroit Lions players. You might not realize, though, that the lion has a name: Bubbles. * The first volume of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was published in 1884, 30 years after the Philological Society of London came up with the idea for a dictionary that traced the way the language had developed from Anglo-Saxon times. It was estimated that the entire project would take 10 years, but in half that time they’d completed just a single volume, covering A to Ant. * Those who study such things say that your brain takes about 0.0004 seconds to retrieve a memory. * You might be surprised to learn that the person who has been nominated for more Academy Awards than any other living person is neither an actor nor a director. American composer John Williams -- who created scores for such memorable films as the “Star Wars” series, “Jaws,” “Schindler’s List,” “Jurassic Park,” the “Indiana Jones” series, “Fiddler on the Roof” and the first three “Harry Potter” movies -- has (so far) been nominated for a whopping 50 Oscars, and he has taken home five of the statuettes. He’s also received three Emmy Awards, four Golden Globes and 22 Grammy Awards -- with an astounding 65 Grammy nominations to his name. * It’s not clear why, but the incidence of left-handedness in twins is significantly higher than it is in the general population.

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Answers Give the Gift of Cookie Dough Studded with chocolate chunks, nuts and marshmallows, 1. Antarctica butter chocolate cookie dough lets the lucky people on 2. Doc your Christmas list make fresh-baked cookies in no time. 3. 2009 4. Strangers or foreigners NORTH POLE COOKIE DOUGH 5. Bing.com 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips 6. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich, company founder 1 2/3 cups flour 7. Dalai Lama, XIV 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa 8. Joe DiMaggio powder 9. Lion 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda 10. TaB in 1963 1/4 teaspoon salt (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc. 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed 1/2 cup sugar 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 large eggs 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chunks 1 cup roasted almonds or toasted walnuts, roughly chopped 1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows 1. Place 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips in microwave-safe dish. Microwave 30 seconds on high, stir and continue to microwave in 10- to 20-second intervals, stirring after each, until chocolate is melted and smooth. Set bowl aside and cool to room temperature.

2. In medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. In large bowl, beat butter and both sugars using electric mixer until light and fluffy.

Add melted, cooled chocolate and vanilla, blend until fully incorporated. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour mixture slowly; mixing until incorporated. Fold in chocolate chunks, nuts and mini marshmallows.

3. Fill pint containers with cookie dough and refrigerate up to 4 days or freeze up to 1 month. Makes three “pints” of dough, or 2 dozen cookies.

When giving as a gift, attach following baking instructions: Preheat oven to 350 F. Drop dough by rounded tablespoons, or using small cookie scoop, onto parchmentlined baking sheets, about 1 inch apart. Flatten dough slightly using back of spoon. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until edges are lightly cracked but centers are still soft.

Remove from oven and cool slightly on baking sheet before transferring cookies to wire rack to cool completely.

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Dog Is Afraid of Cats DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My mixed breed dog, “Jessup,” is absolutely terrified of my two cats. As soon as he notices both of them in the room with him, he yelps and runs off to another room with his tail between his legs. I have never seen any other interaction between them, good or bad. Jessup is a rescue dog, and I wonder if something in his past is causing this. Is there any way to get him past his fear of cats? -- Jamie in Sioux Falls, South Dakota DEAR JAMIE: I suspect the same thing: Jessup had a bad experience with a cat in the past, and the memory still brings up fear.

I don’t know that he can ever completely get past that fear, but perhaps you can reduce his flight reaction. If the cats aren’t at all bothered by his presence and are generally pretty mellow (for cats, anyway), you can try to desensitize Jessup somewhat.

Do this by gradually reintroducing all the pets into one room. You’ll need a helper for this. First, bring in Jessup and command him to sit or lie down and stay next to you. Keep a supply of treats in your pocket.

Next, have your helper bring in one of the cats, cradled in their arms or, if necessary, in a carrier.

They should sit down across the room where Jessup can see them. If and when Jessup begins to react, tell him to sit and stay. Give him a treat if he obeys.

Do this for only a minute or so at first, and gradually extend the time each day. Avoid getting frustrated. If you can get Jessup to stay just a short time by your side and then calmly leave the room, that would be a big victory.ww

8 ounces extra-lean ground sirloin beef or turkey breast 1/2 cup chopped onion 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning 1/4 teaspoon ground sage 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning 1 (14.5-ounce) can Hunt’s Tomatoes Diced in Sauce 1 (8-ounce) can Hunt’s Tomato Sauce 2 teaspoons Splenda Granular 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1/4 teaspoon dried minced garlic 1/4 cup Kraft Reduced Fat Parmesan Style Grated Topping 8 slices reduced-calorie Italian bread, cubed 1. In a large skillet, brown meat and onion. Stir in poultry seasoning, ground sage, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, tomatoes diced in sauce, tomato sauce, Splenda, cornstarch and garlic.

Simmer for 10 minutes.

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by Janet Spencer • Canadians and Americans buy more than 58 million pounds of chocolate for Valentine’s Day every year, making up 5% of chocolate sales for the entire year. In honor of that, come along with Tidbits as we eat chocolate!

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CHOCOLATE FACTS Although a lot of chocolate is purchased for Valentine’s Day, it’s actually the 4th biggest holiday for chocolate sales, after Christmas, Easter, and Halloween.

The average American consumes about 12 pounds (5.4 kg) of chocolate every year.

However, as far as per capita consumption goes, the U.S. lags behind ten other countries including Switzerland where they eat an average 22 pounds (10 kg) per year.

The U.S. consumes about 50 percent of the world’s supply of chocolate.

Americans eat 2.8 billion pounds of candy each year. Nearly half of it is chocolate.

Every second, Americans collectively eat 100 pounds (45 kg) of chocolate.

The average person will consume 10,000 chocolate bars in a lifetime.

One chocolate chip can give a person enough energy to walk 150 feet (46 m).

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Hamill adds, “In a way, it seems futile to try and counter what is clearly a very lucrative market, but we can’t let them get away with it!” *** Patrick Wilson, who starred in the TV series “A Gifted Man” and such films as the musical “Phantom of the Opera,” “The A-Team,” “Watchman,” “The Conjuring” and “The Alamo,” may just be acting for fun. His net worth is more than $275 million. *** Laurel and Hardy ruled movie theaters as one of the top comedy teams from 1921-1951. If you don’t know who they are, you’ll be able to discover them in the upcoming British film “Stan & Ollie,” which will star Englishman Steve Coogan, last seen in “Philomena” (2013) and “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb” (2014), as Stan Laurel and American John C. Reilly, Oscar nominated for “Chicago” (2002) and in the 2017 King Kong film, “Kong: Skull Island,” as Oliver Hardy. The film follows the duo as they embark on a variety-hall tour of England in 1953 that was unsuccessful ... until audiences fell in love with them and rediscovered them, as you may.

Also in the works is an upcoming English TV movie about the supposedly infamous time that Elizabeth Taylor (Stockard Channing), Marlon Brando (Brian Cox) and Michael Jackson (Joseph Finnes) rented a car after 9/11 to drive to Los Angeles because the airports were closed. The trio got as far as Ohio and flew the rest of the way. Since all three stars are gone, who knows what happened during that car trip? Imagine seeing Liz, Marlon and Jacko at a greasy spoon drinking joe. I think we would have heard about that by now.

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CHOCOLATE: THE GOOD NEWS Researchers have found no link between acne and chocolate.

Researchers have found a link between daily consumption of dark chocolate and the reduced rate of heart disease.

Compounds found in dark chocolate have an anti-bacterial effect which helps prevent tooth decay.

Chocolate contains an alkaloid compound called theobromine which is similar to caffeine, an alkaloid found in coffee beans. Theobromine, when isolated and refined, is used in medicine as a vasodilator to lower blood pressure, as a diuretic, and as a heart stimulant. The amount of theobromine present in 2.5 ounces of dark chocolate has been shown to reduce coughing, and it has been used to reduce asthma.

CHOCOLATE: THE BAD NEWS • Theobromine can be poisonous when taken in excess. A lethal dose for an average human would be about 40 Hershey bars. Dogs and cats metabolize theobromine more slowly, making it more dangerous. Although cats can rarely be induced to eat sweets because they are unable to taste sweet things, dogs will happily gorge on chocolate. A smaller dog can die after eating as little as 1.8 oz (50 g) of milk chocolate; a larger dog can die after eating a pound of it.

• Dark chocolate is far higher in theobromine concentration than milk chocolate and is therefore more dangerous for dogs. It’s treatable if caught early and treated, but can cause seizures and death.

• In 2014, four black bears were found dead of

H O L LY W O O D Mark Hamill, very low key during the big push for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” is spearheading a crusade to protect film fans from being victimized by unscrupulous dealers selling movie posters and other memorabilia he believes were not signed by him. He explains, “The public is being swindled on a daily basis, and the numbers are huge. I just can’t keep quiet when I see people I love being hurt.”

Hamill has teamed up with California Assemblywoman Ling Ling Chang to extend protections that apply to sports memorabilia to all signed collectibles by dealers in the state. Under a pending bill, Chang would require certificates from dealers for signed memorabilia and duped customers would be entitled to as much as 10 times the cost of a forged item in civil court. Merchandise valued at millions of dollars -- including a baseball supposedly signed by Mother Teresa and autographs of George Washington, Marilyn Monroe and John F. Kennedy -- has been seized from a half-dozen forg-

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theobromine poisoning in New Hampshire after unscrupulous hunters lured them to a bait site using chocolate and chocolate donuts.

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CHOCOLATE HISTORY Chocolate comes from a bean that grows on the cacao tree. The cacao tree is an evergreen native to the tropical regions of Central and South America. Its cultivation has since spread to tropical regions worldwide, primarily in Africa.

The name ‘cacao’ is a Maya word meaning ‘god food.’ This inspired the Latin name which is ‘Theobroma cacao’ where ‘theo’ means ‘god’ and ‘broma’ means ‘food.’

The word ‘cocoa’ is a corrupted spelling of ‘cacao.’

The word ‘chocolate’ is derived from the Mayan word ‘xocolatl’ meaning ‘bitter water’ because raw cacao is indeed bitter unless sweetened.

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• CHOCOLATE FARMS • More than two-thirds of the world’s cacao is grown in Africa, and the Ivory Coast alone produces about one third of the world’s supply.

Ninety percent of the world’s supply of cacao is grown on small family-run farms, most of which are smaller than 12 acres. Many poor rural cacao farmers have never experienced chocolate.

• It takes a cacao tree four to five years to produce its first cacao pods. A pod is about the size and shape of a football, and it contains about 50 individual cacao beans. Each cacao tree can produce approximately 2,500 beans each year.

Cacao trees can live to be 200 years old, but they only produce marketable beans for about 25 years.

• Cacao butter is the white-colored natural fat inside a cacao bean. Cacao butter is the main ingredient in white chocolate. Because of the nature of cacao butter, chocolate is one of the few edible substances that melts at just below body temperature. This means that chocolate does in fact ‘melt in your mouth.’

when an Italian pastry maker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to extend his dwindling cocoa supply.

More than 49 million Tootsie Rolls are made every day.

Hershey’s produces over 80 million chocolate Kisses every day. They are called Kisses because the machine seems to be ‘kissing’ the conveyor belt.

Milky Way candy bars are not named after the galaxy, but are actually named for malted milkshakes because that’s the taste manufacturers were hoping to reproduce.

Three Musketeers bars originally included three pieces per package in chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry flavors. Manufacturers switched to just chocolate after the price of strawberries went up.

The Snickers bar was named after the inventor’s favorite horse. Snickers is currently America’s top-selling candy bar.

Andes Candies were originally called “Andy’s Candies,” after creator George Andrew Kanelos, but he changed the name after realizing men didn’t want to buy chocolates for their sweethearts that had another man’s name on them.

German chocolate cake did not originate in Germany. In 1852, a man named Sam German developed a sweet baking chocolate bar for Baker’s Chocolate Co. The product was named in honor of him.

Amazing Animals

PIGS • Pigs are among the most intelligent of the domesticated animals. Their IQ is comparable to a dog’s.

• Technically speaking, a pig is an animal less than 10 weeks old, and a hog is a mature pig. Piglets weaned off their mother’s milk are called shoats.

A female pig is called a gilt until she has given birth, when she is called a sow. An adult male is called a boar. A castrated male is called a barrow.

• From birth to the age of six months, a typical piglet will increase its size by 7,000 percent.

• Pigs can live up to 15 years.

• Like humans, pigs are omnivores, meaning they eat both plants and other animals. They prefer to eat slowly and savor their food.

• There are 16 species of pigs including wild boars, pygmy hogs, and domestic pigs. Domestic pigs have curly tails; wild pigs have straight tails.

• Pig skin has no sweat glands. To keep cool, pigs prefer a dip in cool, clean water. If that is not available, mud will do. Mud also protects them from lice and other parasites as well as preventing sunburn.

• Pigs prefer clean pens, and will always relieve themselves in the corner furthest from where

CANDY BAR FACTS • M&M candies were created during World War II in order to get chocolate to the soldiers without it melting during shipment to hot climates. The name stands for company founders, Forrest Mars & Bruce Murrie.

• Nutella was invented during World War II,

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human heart valves.

• Because of their thick skin, pigs can withstand the bite of venomous snakes far better than other animals.

• “Porcus” is Latin for pig, giving us the word pork.

• The world’s largest pig was Big Bill, a hog who was five feet tall (1.5 m) at the shoulder, nine feet long (2.7 m), and weighed 2,552 pounds (1,157 kg) in 1933. He was scheduled to be exhibited at the World’s Fair but broke a leg and had to be put down.

• Because young pigs grow so fast, a total of 48 piglets were used during the filming of the movie “Babe.”

• The reason pigs are used to sniff out truffles below the ground is because truffles exude a Pigs (continued): years later, his sons began using a new automated scent that imitates the pig’s sexual chemical process that removed cocoa butter from the they sleep. messengers. cocoa bean, which allowed them to expand • The pig’s snout is very sensitive to touch. Some pig • Winston Churchill famously said that, “Dogs their business into offering chocolate bars and farmers put rings in pigs’ noses to prevent them look up to man. Cats look down to man. Pigs chocolate candy. from rooting around in the dirt with their snouts, look us straight in the eye and see an equal.”

• In 1875 they offered chocolate Easter eggs which causing damage to crops. were so popular they soon had 200 employees in • Pigs consume half the corn supply of the U.S., and their factory. They studied the Swiss techniques 75 million of them each year are slaughtered to of making milk chocolate and by 1899 they had provide Americans with the 65 pounds (29 kg) of 2,600 employees. pork eaten per capita.

• When John’s sons grew old, his grandsons took • About 65% of a pig is edible. over. They revamped their Easter eggs, adding a • Bacon is one of the oldest processed meats in crème filling in order to mimic the yolk of an egg. history. The Chinese began salting pork bellies as Today, 1.5 million of those crème-filled eggs are early as 1500 BC. Today, 38% of meat consumed produced every single day at the main factory in worldwide is pork.

Birmingham, England. They are sold primarily at Easter. The egg, and the company, is named after • Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto brought pigs John’s last name. What was John’s last name? with him in the year 1539 when he came to explore (answer below) the southeastern region of North America. They were the first pigs on the continent. Pigs that escaped from his herd became and ancestors of A TOFFEE BAR razorback pigs.

• In 1913 in Robinson, Illinois, a father bought a • Pigs are important in medicine, because their candy store to give his sons a business to run. The skin is used for treating burns, their insulin is sons, named Bayard and Everett, turned the store used for diabetics, their thyroxine is used to treat QUIZ: CANDY BARS into a successful candy shop, soda fountain, and underactive thyroids, and a compound from their • John was born in England in 1801 to a Quaker ice cream parlor. A traveling salesman shared a pituitary gland is used to relieve arthritis. About family. As a Quaker, he was not allowed to recipe for toffee with them, which he got from a 40 different medications are made from pigs, attend college or join the military, so he did candy store in a nearby town. Bayard and Everett and their heart valves have been used to replace what most Quakers did in those days: he went into business.

• He felt the consumption of alcohol was responsible for many of society’s ills, so he decided to provide people with an alternative. In 1824 he rented a factory and began to manufacture ‘drinking chocolate’ which is now called cocoa or hot chocolate.

He made it by grinding up cocoa beans using a mortar and pestle, blending it with sugar, and pressing it into blocks. Customers would take the blocks home and shave some off into hot water or milk.

• The enterprise prospered, and in 1861 he turned the business over to his sons. A few

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* It was American mythologist Joseph Campbell who made the following sage observation: “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” * If you’re an aficionado of barbed wire, be sure to head to LaCrosse, Kansas, during the first weekend of May. Collectors gather there every year for the Antique Barbed Wire Swap and Sell Festival. * You might be surprised to learn that both men and women have an Adam’s apple; it’s more visible on men because men have larger larynxes and because women tend to have more fatty tissue in their necks. * You doubtless know of Alexander Hamilton, one of America’s Founding Fathers, as the nation’s first Secretary of the Treasury, and you’ve probably heard that he was fatally wounded in a duel with Vice President Aaron Burr. Most of his accomplishments are not common knowledge, though -- and they deserve to be. Born into poverty on the Caribbean island of Nevis, the illegitimate son of a Scots merchant, Hamilton began work as a clerk at the age of 11. His employers were so impressed with his intelligence that they paid for him to attend school in America, where he became involved in revolutionary politics. He was a lieutenant colonel by the age of 20 and managed to marry into one of the most distinguished families in New York. In addition to writing most of the Federalist Papers, Hamilton founded the New York Post, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Mint. * Marie de Medici, queen of France in the early 17th century, once had a gown made that was embellished with more than 3,000 diamonds and 30,000 pearls. *** Thought for the Day: “He who is only just is cruel.

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experimented with the new candy until they perfected the recipe. Later they covered the toffee with chocolate.

• In 1928 their father bought a dairy nearby and he convinced his sons to quit the candy store to come help him on the dairy farm. They did, but they brought their candy-making equipment with them and continued to turn out toffee.

They started including ‘toffee bars’ on the dairy’s order form, so people could order milk, cream, cottage cheese, or toffee delivered right to their door every morning. Sales got a boost, but then the Great Depression hit.

• However, toffee bars sold well during the Depression, because they cost only a nickel and there was no other candy on the market that was like them. Another boost arrived with World War II, when the Army discovered the toffee bar’s long shelf life and began to include it in soldiers rations. When the soldiers came home, they looked for it in stores. Hershey bought the company in 1996, but the candy bar, named after the family that invented it, remains unchanged. What’s it called? Answer below.

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1. MUSIC: Who was known as “The Godfather of Soul”?

2. TELEVISION: What was the name of the yellow character on the children’s show “Teletubbies”?

3. SPORTS: What competition features activities such as clean, jerk and snatch?

4. FOOD & DRINK: What kind of dried fruit are prunes?

5. FAMOUS QUOTATIONS: What famous playwright once observed, “The course of true love never did run smooth”?

6. MATHEMATICS: What number does the prefix giga- represent?

7. U.S. STATES: Which U.S. state shares only one border with another state?

8. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the Suez Canal?

9. PRESIDENTS: Which U.S. president was born with the name Leslie King?

10. MOVIES: In the Disney movie “Aladdin,” how IT’S A FACT long was the genie inside the lamp before Alad• The chocolate industry in the U.S. employs din released him? about 37,000 people and ships goods worth Answers over $14 billion each year.

Answer: Cadbury.

Answer: Heath bar.

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Making the Most of Cat’s 9 Lives DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I’m extremely curious about the average lifespan of cats. Years ago my husband found a stray kitten about 6 weeks old.

“Skeezix” lived to be 26 years old until he passed away one night after two strokes. We also rescued a stray we named “Sheba,” and we had her for 25 years (the vet couldn’t believe she’d lived so long), so she was at least 26 or 27 when congestive heart failure took her. My two remaining cats, “Mama” and “Baby,” are about 16 and 19 years old, respectively.

We’ve never done anything special in terms of care and feeding. They all have been spayed or neutered, gotten regular veterinary care and lived indoors exclusively. I feed them Dad’s dry cat food, split a can of wet food between them occasionally, and of course a few Whiskas treats every day. Is it normal for cats to have such longevity? -- Fay, via email DEAR FAY: Those are amazingly long-lived cats!

The average life span of a common housecat is about 15 years, so it’s safe to say that all of your cats have made it well past that mark.

Is there a magic formula to help your cats live longer? No one has that, but there are some things that will improve a cat’s life over the long term, and you have done all of them. Regular vet care, keeping cats indoors (away from many dangers and stressors), routine feeding and, of course, lots of TLC can all contribute to long life.

So, who is the oldest cat ever documented? That would be Creme Puff, a cat in Austin, Texas, who made the Guinness Book of World Records in 2005 at the spry age of 38!

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Place patties in a large skillet sprayed with butter-flavored cooking spray. Brown for about 5 minutes on each side.

2. In a small bowl, combine remaining mushroom soup, ketchup and undrained mushrooms. Spoon mixture evenly over browned patties. Lower heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes. When serving, evenly spoon sauce over patties. Serves 6. * Each serving equals: 157 calories, 5g fat, 16g protein, 12g carb., 355mg sodium, 62mg calcium, 1g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 2 Meat, 1 Carb. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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ONE-HIT WONDERS

by Kathy Wolfe Most of us have a favorite singer or band from whom we eagerly await a new song or CD. But what about those groups who brought us a hit and were never heard from again? This week, Tidbits remembers some of those artists who hit the charts once and only once.

• The term “one-hit wonder” usually refers to performers who had only one Billboard Top 40 hit single, or had one song that overshadowed all their other work.

• A fictional band recorded one of pop’s most successful songs, “Sugar, Sugar,” in 1969. Ranked as the number one song of the year, it sold six million copies and records were even placed on the back of Post Super Sugar Crisp cereal boxes.

The group The Archies was made up of cartoon characters Archie Andrews, Reggie Mantle, and Jughead Jones for an animated TV series, but the music was recorded by session musicians, featuring Ron Dante on vocals. Dante was also the co-producer of Barry Manilow’s first nine albums and sang back-up on many of Manilow’s hits. Dante had another one-hit wonder as the sole singer in the pop group The Cuff Links. In 1969, as “Sugar, Sugar” was sitting at the top of the charts, the million-copy seller “Tracy” was released by Dante, who used his voice in 16 dub-overs. “Tracy” spent 12 weeks on the U.S. chart.

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ONE-HIT WONDERS (continued): • One of the most popular songs of the disco era, “The Hustle,” was recorded by Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony in 1975, and was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, selling over a million copies.

McCoy’s reason for achieving a one-hit wonder was a tragic one – he died of a heart attack in 1979 at the age of 39.

HOLLYWOOD Netflix’s latest reboot to get the “Full House” treatment will be “The Gilmore Girls,” which ran for seven seasons. Returning will be Lauren Graham, (Loralai), Alexis Bledel (Rory), Scott Patterson (Luke), Kelly Bishop (Loralai’s mother, Emily), Sean Gunn (Kirk) and Keiko Agena (Lane). Not returning is Melissa McCarthy -star of “Molly & Me,” “Spy” and the upcoming “Ghostbusters” -- who played Sookie St. James for all seven seasons. McCarthy, whose star has risen higher than anyone else from that show, confessed, “No one has asked me or Sookie to come back to Stars Hollow.

Wish them all the best.” Could it be McCarthy has become such a big presence that producers were afraid she’d overshadow the rest of the cast? They couldn’t have known if they could afford to have her back if she wasn’t even asked. Kind of like the way The Olsen Twins became so rich they wouldn’t join the cast of “Fuller House,” but at least they were asked!

Current best actor Oscar-nominee Matt Damon is once again joining forces with best friend Ben Af-

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The 200th episode of “The Big Bang Theory” airs Feb. 25 with amazing cameos from “Batman” Adam West, “The Good Wife’s” Christine Baranski, “Roseanne’s” Sara Gilbert and “Star Trek: The Next Generation’s” Wil Wheaton.

Grant Gustin, aka “The Flash,” will cross over from The CW to CBS for the March 28 episode of “Supergirl.” It took the combined cooperation of CBS, The CW, Warner Bros. and DC Comics to make it happen.

The common denominator was producer Greg Berlanti, who produces both shows. The combination of “The Flash,” the CW’s top-rated show, and “Supergirl,” CBS’s top new show, ranking No. 6 among the 18-49 demographic, should send the ratings into the stratosphere!

German TV is creating a new film franchise based on “The Three Stooges” ... with 12-year-olds! “The Three Little Stooges” will be directed by Harris Goldberg, who gave us “Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo,” and be shot in Vancouver, British Columbia.

“MacGyver” (Richard Dean Anderson), who foiled disastrous plots for seven seasons and 139 episodes on ABC in the 1980s, is being rebooted at CBS. Here’s the fun part, the executive producer is Henry Winkler.

Between The Three Stooges going “Nongnongnong” and The Fonz saying “Aaaaay,” maybe MacGyver can concoct a plan for us to speak English again!

• The British pop group Edison Lighthouse was named for the Eddystone Lighthouse off the southwest coast of England. Best known for 1970’s million-selling record “Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes,” the band was just a group of studio musicians that had been hurriedly put together. The tune enjoyed a brief revival when it was featured in the 2001 film Shallow Hal, starring Jack Black, with Gwyneth Paltrow in the role of Rosemary.

• Rolling Stone magazine has ranked 1970’s “Spirit in the Sky” as number 333 on their list of the “500

Greatest Songs of All Time.” Written, recorded, and released by Norman Greenbaum in late 1969, the song spent 15 weeks in the Top 100, with sales of over two million copies. Greenbaum never hit the charts again, but today, Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Angels use the song to introduce their starting lineup at their Anaheim stadium.

• Singer Bobby McFerrin is a ten-time Grammy Award winner, but his chart-topper “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” is probably the only song any of us remember. The song is entirely a cappella, using no instruments at all, the first of its kind to reach Number One on the Billboard chart. The lyrics were inspired by the words of an Indian mystic Meher Baba, who encompassed his philosophy in those four words.

• Back in 1968, John Fred and his Playboy Band released “Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)”, a hit that sold over a million copies. The song’s title was a parody of the Beatles’ “Lucy in the Sky

info@TidbitsVernon.com The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read® Call Today (250) 832-3361 • Sheb Wooley’s one big hit, which was #1 on the Billboards charts for seven weeks in 1958, has enjoyed popularity for decades. The novelty song “The Purple People Eater” told of a “one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple eater,” who comes to Earth because it wants to be in a rock and roll band. The defensive line of the Minnesota Vikings (whose uniforms were purple) adopted the term from the late 1960s through the 1970s. The song was used in cartoons, TV commercials, and film soundtracks, as well as its own film in 1988.

• In 1968, Paul Leka co-wrote the one-hit wonder “Green Tambourine,” which was recorded by The Lemon Pipers. The following year, his onehit composition for the studio group Steam (who broke up before they ever went on a tour) was “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye.”

• Does the name Carlton Douglas ring a bell? He won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best-selling Single and retains his fame for one of the bestselling singles of all time. “Kung Fu Fighting” has had sales of upwards of 11 million records worldwide, but Carl Douglas went on the books as a one-hit wonder.

• You might remember the wavy-haired ukulele player Tiny Tim, a singer with a high falsetto voice who recorded “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” in 1968. Born Herbert Khaury in 1932, this unusual artist’s performance of this old with Diamonds.” The number one hit which spoke of “lemonade pies and cantaloupe eyes,” actually knocked another Beatles hit, “Hello, Good-bye” out of the number one position for two weeks, but it was the one and only hit for the Playboy Band. • The Starland Vocal Band was made up of two married couples who recorded one of 1976’s biggest-selling singles. “Afternoon Delight” was nominated for four Grammy Awards, winning two, including Best New Artist. The Band’s success resulted in a six-week summer variety TV show, which employed the talents of a young writer named David Letterman. The Band’s follow-up album failed miserably, and the group broke up, as did the marriages.

• The 2000 movie Rugrats in Paris featured the song “Who Let the Dogs Out?”, performed by the Baha Men, which won numerous awards, including the 1974 Grammy for Best Dance Recording, Billboard’s World Music Artist of the Year, and World Music Album of the Year, and Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Award. Yet this popular tune has been ranked third on Rolling Stone’s “20 Most Annoying Songs, “ number one on Spinner’s “Top 20 Worst Songs Ever, and number two on AOL Radio’s “100 Worst Songs Ever.” Needless to say, the Baha Men haven’t hit the charts again.

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UNUSUAL ANIMALS:

POLAR BEARS

Just in time for Polar Bear Day on February 27, Tidbits offers information on this Arctic dweller.

• If you’re looking for polar bears, you’ll have to travel north of the Arctic Circle, the only place they’re found. About 60% of the world’s population (an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 bears) is found in Canada, with smaller subpopulations distributed throughout Alaska, Russia, Greenland, and Norway.

• Although its scientific name is Ursus maritimus, meaning “sea bear,” other languages have different names for the polar bear. In Greenland, it is known as Tomassuk, translating “the master of helping spirits.” The Inuit call the bear Nanuq, “an animal worthy of great respect,” or Phioqahiak, “the ever-wandering one,” an

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fifteen minutes, but can remain submerged for up to 45 minutes. With its very keen sense of smell, the polar bear can locate the breathing holes and then waits for the seals to surface. The bear’s long tapered neck enables it to shove its head into the holes. If seals are plentiful, the bear might eat just the blubber and skin, up to 100 pounds (45 kg) in one sitting. However, if prey is scarce, its diet is supplemented by vegetation, geese, and bird eggs, and the occasional walrus when available.

• The polar bear’s sense of smell is so powerful the male can seek out a mate on the ice by following a scented trail left by the female’s footpads. appropriate term since the bears may travel • Polar bears plod along at a speed of about 3 to 4 miles per hour (5 to 6 km/hr), but if need thousands of miles every year in search of food. didn’t burn their teeth spent the eternal afterlife be, can reach a top speed of 25 miles per The Scandinavian name is Isbjorn, or “ice bear.” searching for them. hour (40 km/hr), although only for a short As the world’s largest land carnivores, male polar • Th e Norse Vikings hung the teeth and small articles distance. bears measure up to 9 feet (2.75 m) nose to tail from their children on a string around their necks and can reach a weight of 1,760 lbs. (798 kg). when heading into battle, believing this practice Although the bears appear to be white, their hair would bring good luck. shafts are actually pigment-free and transparent.

• Different countries have varying interpretations of The shaft’s hollow core reflects visible light what the tooth fairy looks like. North American the same as ice and snow and appear white. images might be a pixie, a blue-winged mother The fur is a dense mixture of hairs of various figure, a flying ballerina, and even a flying man lengths, thicker than any other bears’, which with a pot belly smoking a cigar. In Spanish and prevents heat loss from the massive body. The Hispanic cultures, the figure is known as Ratoncito skin underneath is actually black to absorb heat.

Perez, or “The Tooth Mouse.” Italy’s character is Under the skin is an insulating layer of fat, or also a small mouse, as it is in France and Belgium, blubber, about 4.5 inches (11.5 cm) thick. where it is la petite souris, “The Little Mouse.” In The paws of polar bears are about 12 inches 931 Scotland, a white fairy rat purchases children’s cm) across and help distribute their weight teeth with coins. evenly as they move across thin ice. The paws • The tradition in many Asian countries, including also serve as large paddles when swimming India, China, Japan, and Korea, is to throw the through the Arctic waters. Their footpads are child’s tooth onto the roof if it was from the lower covered with small bumps called papillae that jaw. Teeth from the upper jaw are placed into the prevent the bears from slipping on ice. Two-inch space beneath the floor. It is the hope that the (5.1 cm) claws also provide traction, in addition child’s adult teeth will grow in strong and sturdy THE TOOTH FAIRY to seizing prey. like a rodent’s, based on the fact that mice’s teeth The primary prey is the ringed seal, the smallest grow for their entire lives. and most common seal in the Arctic. The seal February 28 is National Tooth Fairy Day, and is able to stay beneath the ice by using its sharp what better time to look into the history of this • One of the first written records of the tooth fairy appeared in a “Household Hints” column in the claws to cut breathing holes, even in 6-ft.-deep fantasy figure!

Chicago Daily Tribune in 1908. Columnist Lillian (1.8-m) thick ice. The seals surface and catch • Most of us grew up putting our baby teeth a breath through the holes about every five to underneath our pillow or in a glass of water in hopes of being rewarded with payment for the lost tooth. Early European tradition was to bury the lost baby teeth. When the sixth tooth came out, the parents would slip money or a small gift under the child’s pillow. Medieval Europeans believed that if a witch were to gain possession of one’s tooth, she could gain total power over the individual, since having a piece of a person enabled the witch to cast dark spells on that person.

• In England during the Middle Ages, the children’s teeth were burned as a means of saving the child from hardship in the afterlife. According to folklore, those who

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by Samantha Weaver * It was Founding Father Thomas Paine who made the following sage observation: “He who would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.” * Most people prefer to kiss with their eyes closed; however, of those who do prefer to keep their eyes open, the vast majority are men. * It’s well-known that a certain segment of native Londoners speak in a dialect known as Cockney, which makes frequent use of rhyming slang -- some classic examples are “dog and bone” for “phone” and “apples and pears” for “stairs.” A more recent addition to the vocabulary is “Donald Trump,” which, for at least the past 15 years, has been used as an equivalent for going to the bathroom. * If you watch TV or movies at all, you’ve probably seen some variation of the Humane Society disclaimer “No animals were harmed in the making of this program.” You may not have considered that it’s also applicable to insects, but those who make the programs certainly do. In fact, if you see a bug being destroyed in a contemporary movie, it’s a safe bet that the bug was dead before the scene was shot. There are even people who stuff dead bugs with a sort of cream to fill it out -- and to ensure a satisfying squish for the camera. * You may be surprised to learn that many people never even feel it when they’re bitten by a venomous snake. (They certainly experience the aftereffects, though.) *** Thought for the Day: “In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.” -- Mortimer J. Adler (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc

Brown wrote: “Many a refractory child will allow a loose tooth to be removed if he knows about the Tooth Fairy. If he takes his little tooth and puts it under the pillow when he goes to bed, the tooth fairy will come in the night and take it away, and in its place will leave some little gift. It is a nice plan for mothers to visit the 5-cent counter and lay in a supply of supplies to be used on such occasions.”

• One American author, Vicki Lansky, advises parents to tell their children that the tooth fairy pays more for a perfect tooth than for a decayed one, which will encourage good dental hygiene.

• Rosemary Wells, a professor at Chicago’s Northwestern University Dental School, conducted extensive research into the tooth fairy myth. One of her studies concluded that 74% believed the tooth fairy is female, 12% believed the fairy was neither, while 8% believed the fairy could be either. Wells loved the subject so much, she opened a tooth fairy museum in her Deerfield, IL home, and was even interviewed on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”

• A recent survey indicated that the average American child these days receives an average of $3.70 per tooth.

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1. MUSIC: What was the name of the record company founded by the Beatles?

2. ASTRONOMY: Which planet in our solar system spins the fastest?

3. ANIMAL KINGDOM: Which insect can indicate the temperature with accuracy?

4. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the fastest k nown bird in the world?

5. CHEMISTRY: What is the only metal that’s liquid at room temperature?

6. MOVIES: What was Baby’s real name in “Dirty Dancing”?

7. GEOGRAPHY: What country is bordered by the Atlantic and Indian Oceans?

8. PSYCHOLOGY: What is the fear represented in the condition “herpetophobia”?

9. MEDICAL: What is the common name for hypoglycemia?

10. TELEVISION: Where does Homer Simpson work?

Answers 1. Apple Records 2. Jupiter, which rotates once in just less than 10 hours.

3. Crickets 4. Peregrin falcon 5. Mercury 6. Frances 7. South Africa 8. Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things 9. Low blood sugar 10. Springfield Nuclear Power Plant (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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1/2 cup Kraft fat-free mayonnaise 2 tablespoons Splenda Granular 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar 3 cups chopped fresh broccoli 1 cup (2 small) cored, unpeeled and diced Red Delicious apples 1/4 cup seedless raisins 1/4 cup chopped pecans

* “When you’re slicing flank steak or chicken breasts (anything that needs to be cut thin and has a lot of skin or fat that makes it hard to trim), try partially freezing the meat beforehand. It makes it much easier to cut, and it defrosts quickly when it’s sliced thin.” -- C.O. in Indiana * “Being Southern, I make my own biscuits from a recipe that’s been in my family forever. But here’s a tip for people who like to bake: freeze and grate your butter when mixing it into your dry ingredients. Less handling means more flakiness and a more tender texture. It’s just right for biscuits, and for pie crust and scones too.” -- R.L. in Alabama * Add some shaker pegs or a peg rack to your closet door. They are great for scarves, necklaces, purses and other bags. You can store many items in places that might otherwise go unused. * “Use plastic food-storage containers to hold your accessory cords in a ‘junk’ drawer. If you flip them bottoms up, you can see what cord is in the container to access it quickly. This way, you don’t need to worry about family who don’t put things away in the right box. Or is that just my family?” -- A.L. in South Carolina * “I purchase big boxes of assorted greeting cards by mail order. They include many generic cards, as well as birthday and other occasions. I donate them to my local nursing home, along with stamps. Many residents love to keep in touch by mail, but aren’t able to go out and choose greeting cards or stationary on their own.” -- M.A. in Texas * Substitute 1/4 cup of applesauce or mashed banana for an egg in baking recipes. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

Dog Flu Still a Threat DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My shorthaired terrier, “Blazer,” became very ill just before Christmas and was diagnosed with dog flu. He’s doing much better now, but it was touch and go for a while. Can you let your readers know that there’s a bad strain of the flu going around and to take care of their dogs? -- Bill C., Tucson, Arizona DEAR BILL: I’m glad to hear that Blazer is on the mend! Last year, the spread of a particularly severe form of canine influenza caught the attention of the media and had dog owners nationwide worrying. The illness has dropped from the headlines lately, but that doesn’t mean it’s no longer a threat. In fact, by mid-January the influenza A H3N2 virus had spread to 18 states and is still spreading.

Symptoms of the flu virus may seem pretty benign at first: A dog may have no symptoms, or may have a runny nose and cough. However, more serious symptoms, including a high fever, tend to develop. Dogs with the virus can become dehydrated very quickly, so prompt attention at the vet’s office is critical. There isn’t a cure for the flu; pets need to be kept hydrated and get plenty of rest and supportive nutrition.

Recovery time for most dogs is about two or three weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While a dog is ill, he or she should not be around other dogs, as the virus can be spread easily by a sneeze or cough. The mortality rate from H3N2 among dogs is about 10 percent, making it a risk no pet owner wants to take. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

1. In a medium bowl, combine mayonnaise, Splenda and vinegar. Add broccoli, apples and raisins. Mix well to combine. Stir in pecans.

2. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

Gently stir again just before serving. Makes 4 (1 cup) servings.

HINT: To plump raisins without “cooking,” place in a glass measuring cup and microwave on HIGH for 20 seconds. * Each serving equals: 146 calories, 6g fat, 3g protein, 20g carb., 260mg sodium, 45mg calcium, 3g fiber.

Diabetic Exchanges: 1 Vegetable, 1 Fruit, 1/2 Fat. Carb Choices: 1. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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CEREAL-IZATION

by Bonnie St. Clair

As adults, we eat it for the fiber content and to lower our cholesterol. When we were kids, we ate it (more often than not) to get to the prize stashed inside the box. This week’s edition of Tidbits is all about breakfast cereal!

• The first registered trademark for a breakfast cereal was the stately image of the Quaker Oats man. Over the years, many people have mistakenly believed that the man depicted in the logo was either Benjamin Franklin or William Penn. The truth is that the Quaker Oats Company designed its own man in Quaker garb to reflect the company’s ideals of “honesty, integrity and purity.”

• Perhaps you’ve heard of the vegan diet. Ve-gans refuse to consume any animal-related products.

During the 19th century, Seventh Day Adventists followed a strict vegan diet. One day in 1894, Adventist Dr. John Kellogg accidentally left some wheat on the stove far too long, When he tried to press it into dough, the wheat turned into flakes. Kellogg toasted them and served them to patients in his health sanitarium. The response was overwhelming, and corn flakes, as he later dubbed them, were a hit.

“She’s so stuck up, even Rice Krispies won’t talk to her!”

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• Kellogg’s Corn Flakes went on the market to the general public in 1906, but it wasn’t until 1957 that the cereal gained a mascot. The Leo Burnett Advertising Agency came up with a green rooster sporting a red comb, and named him Cornelius.

• In 1928, Kellogg’s introduced a cereal made from rice grains that had been cooked, dried and then toasted. One unexpected result of this process was the individual grains’ reac-tion when introduced to liquid – the fragile kernel walls collapsed and made audible noises. The company embraced this phenomenon as a marketing opportunity, and came up with the characters Snap, Crackle and Pop to promote their new cereal, Rice Krispies.

• Snap, Crackle and Pop are famous world-wide, even though they’re given different names in different parts of the world. In Sweden, the three are known as Piff, Paff and Puff; in Germany they’re Knisper, Knasper and Knusper; in Finland they go by the names Poks, Riks, and Raks; and in Mexico the trio is called Pim, Pum and Pam. It’s odd that the same

HOLLYWOOD -- Kudos to film producer Jennifer Nelson, who while making a documentary about the song “Happy Birthday,” decided to sue Warner/ Chappell instead of paying a $1,500 royalty fee. Warner expected to make upward of $14 million in the next 15 years from the royalties, but instead gave up the fight.

By agreeing to settle, Warner avoided a costly trial and didn’t risk punitive damages from collecting licensing fees it may not have had the rights to collect. Warner will pay defendants to the tune of $4.62 million, a small portion of the estimated $50 million it has collected in fees over the years it claimed the rights, not to mention the interest fees that money brought. But don’t cry for Warner/Chappell, it’s already blamed its operating loss on the expenses related to the “Happy Birthday” settlement.

J.J. Abrahms has been busy producing “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” doing pre-production on “Star Wars: Episode VIII” for a December 2017 opening and developing “Star Wars: Episode IX,” set for May

Call Today (250) 832-3361 2019. He’s also got “10 Cloverfield Lane,” a blood relative of his 2008 film “Cloverfield” in which a woman (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) wakes in a cellar after a car crash and is told by a survivalist (John Goodman) that he saved her life and a worldwide chemical attack has left the earth uninhabitable.

Abrahms is currently putting the finishing touches on “Star Trek Beyond” for a July 22 opening.

In his spare time, he has helped director Don Coscarelli restore one of his favorite films, the 1979 classic horror film “Phantasm,” from a 35 mm camera negative to 4K (Ultra HD). Now the current generation of film fans can enjoy all five films in the “Phantasm” series, including the recently completed “Phantasm Ravager,” which will be released sometime this year. Angus Scrimm, the scary Tall Man who chased brothers (played by Bill Thornbury and A. Michael Baldwin) throughout the film, passed away Jan. 9 at the age of 89. Bill Thornbury married a lovely nurse and moved to Northern California, and A. Michael Baldwin has been teaching acting in Austin, Texas, for the past 10 years. Reggie Bannister and Kathy Lester, from the original film, returned for this latest one.

Congratulations are in order for me after my highly successful showing of photographs I’ve taken of Michael Jackson, Marlene Dietrich, Grace Kelly, Jackie Kennedy, Cher, Audrey Hepburn, Presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford, Sophia Loren, Mick Jagger, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, to name some.

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sounds inspire different names to different ears.

• One of the most enduring cereal box slogans was conceived on the spur of the moment. When Wheaties started sponsoring radio broadcasts of Minneapolis Millers baseball games back in 1933, their agreement in-cluded a large Wheaties promotional sign at the ballpark. When asked what he wanted the sign to say, an advertising executive thought for a moment before blurting out: “The breakfast of champions.”

• Just like various colors of M&Ms have the same flavor, different colors don’t represent different flavors in most fruity cereals like Kellogg’s Froot Loops, General Mills’ Trix and Post Fruity Pebbles.

• During the 1950s, TV commercials for Kel-logg’s Sugar Pops boasted that the cereal was “shot with sugar, through and through.” That commercial would never pass muster today. In the 1980s, governmental spoilsports de-cided that sugar was bad for us, so Sugar Pops were re-christened Corn

The city of Battle Creek, Michigan, probably would have been just another dot on the map of the mitten-shaped state had it not been for the Kellogg brothers, who opened their cereal factory in that city. Post and Ralston followed closely behind, and now the town is known as America’s Cereal Bowl.

AMAETLO This word means: porridge

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1. According to TV commercials, how many full scoops of raisins are in each box of Raisin Bran?

2. What brand of “big, big bite” cereal had its own hideout?

3. Hamhose and Boss Moss were characters featured on boxes of what short-lived brand of cereal?

4. What natural food enthusiast used to promote Grape-Nuts cereal?

5. What retired comic strip character’s favorite cerea was Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs?

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Pops, Post Sugar Crisp became Golden Crisp, and Sugar Smacks eventually morphed into Honey Smacks. A glance at the ingredients panel on these products reveals that they’re still shot with sugar, no matter what they’re called.

The Trix Rabbit made his TV debut in 1961, so he’s been unsuccessfully trying to weasel some cereal from those mean little kids for 47 years now. The original black-and-white commercial shows the bunny tossing aside an assortment of vegetables as he explains, “Rabbits are supposed to like carrots, but I don’t like carrots. I like Trix!”

Lucky Charms were invented in 1963 when General Mills ordered their marketing staff to come up with a new product that could take advantage of the manufacturing facilities that were already being used to make Wheaties and Cheerios. The team ended up with a ce-real that combined pieces of Cheerios with bits of Kraft Circus Peanuts. Charm bracelets were all the rage at the time, so they cut the marshmallow pieces (known as “marbits”) into shapes found on the trendy jewelry.

Despite the long-running rumors, Mikey (“He likes it!”) from the famous Life cereal TV commercial did not die in a bizarre Pop Rocks/soda pop incident.

Mikey was child actor John Gilchrist, who is alive and well and works as an advertising account manager for a New York radio station. Gilchrist ap-peared in commercials for Jell-O, Pepto-Bismol and Skippy peanut butter before retir-ing from acting in 1988.

You may not recognize the Frank L. White’s name, but you’ve likely seen his picture. He was the model for the chef that has appeared on Cream of Wheat containers since 1900. White was a master chef in Chicago when he caught the eye of a Diamond Mill executive. North Dakota-based Diamond Mill made Cream of Wheat and was eager to come up with a logo for its product. White’s homes-pun ambience seemed the perfect fit for the company’s hot breakfast cereal.

• In some cases, promotion precedes production, and that’s what happened with Quaker‘s Cap’n Crunch. The company hired animator Jay Ward, creator of Rocky and Bullwinkle, to dream up cartoon characters that could be used to promote new brands of cereal. In 1963, he filmed a few animated shorts star-ring Captain Horatio Crunch, who sailed along the Milk Sea aboard the S.S. Guppy with his trusty pet Seadog and a crew of four youngsters. Once executives at Quaker ap-proved the use of the ages of Cracker Jack was the seven-year-old character, food devel-opment experts began grandson of Cracker Jack founder Frederick work on developing a matching breakfast W. Rueckheim. Little Robert inspired grandcereal. pa one afternoon in 1916 by modeling his • Cap’n Crunch cereal hit the market with treanew sailor suit. With his dog Bingo sitting sure chest-shaped pieces made of corn and nearby, Rueckheim thought the tableau was oats. For many years, the Cap’n’s arch rival eye-catching enough to be a good company was a barefoot pirate named Jean LaFoote. The logo. Sadly, Robert succumbed to pneumonia villain vanished without explanation some 20 around the time the first packages featuring his years ago, and only reappeared in 2007, right picture were rolling off the presses. around the time of the release of the third film in the Pirates of the Caribbean series. • At the turn of the 20th century, Dutch Boy hired Rudolph Yook, a New York illustrator of Dutch Coincidence? You decide. descent, to design a logo for the company’s • Grape-Nuts cereal was the first product to new line of outdoor paint. One of his rough offer a grocery store coupon as an incentive sketches depicted a little blond boy in overalls. to try the product. In 1895, C.W. Post distriThe suits liked the image so much that they buted a coupon that offered one full cent commissioned an artist to paint an oil portrait off the purchase price of his new cereal. The based on the drawing. The artist, Lawrence promotion was such a success that “couponCarmichael Earle, used the nine-year-old son clipping” quickly became part of our lexicon. of one of his New Jer-sey neighbors as a model.

Michael E. Brady, the youngster whose face has become syn-onymous the Dutch Boy brand, FAMOUS FACES was actually of Irish heritage.

by Jill Dorchester • You probably wouldn’t recognize Melinda Lou Thomas by name or face, but you’ve likely The faces associated with certain brand names enjoyed her father’s fast food. Because her are easy to recognize, even if we don’t know siblings had difficulty pronouncing her name, the names or stories of the people behind at the Dave Thomas household, Me-linda Lou them. was known as “Wendy.” The blue striped dress • The little saluting tyke appearing on packshe wears in the Wendy’s logo was on display at the original restaurant in Columbus, Ohio.

(The store closed in 2007, and its museum pieces were moved to Wen-dy’s corporate headquarters.) Today, Melin-da is one of Wendy’s leading franchisees.

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Hope Smith, immortalized her in a charcoal sketch. Shortly afterward, Gerber Products announced that the company was looking for a suitable image for its line of baby food.

Smith submitted her drawing of Cook and it became Gerber’s official trade-mark in 1931.

• O.D. McKee was trying to come up with a catchy name for his company’s line of snack cakes in 1960. An associate suggested using the name of a family member, so O.D. browsed through his family photo album for inspiration. He found a picture of his four-year-old granddaughter Debbie wearing her favorite straw hat. He decided that not only would “Little Debbie” be a good name, but also that his granddaughter’s face was perfect for the packaging. Today, a grown-up Debbie sits on the company’s board of directors.

• The German Shepherd pictured on cans of Strongheart dog food is Etzel von Oeringen, who was a 1920s canine film star.

• If you ever happen to meet Cheri Brand in person, please don’t ask to see her tan line.(After 49 years, that request has become tire-some!)

Cheri, you see, was the model for Lit-tle Miss Coppertone, the young girl whose bathing suit is being tugged at by an errant puppy in a famous series of ads for Copper-tone suntan lotion.

Cheri’s mother, a com-mercial artist, employed her as a model in 1959 when she submitted some drawings for an ad campaign. The dog in the drawing be-longed to a next-door neighbor.

• Novelist Ann Turner Cook created the popu-lar Brandy O’Bannon series of mystery books. But she first gained fame at the tender age of four months when an artistic neighbor, Dorothy

Fred asked Ferd, “What are you doing?”

“I’m trying to assemble this jigsaw puzzle,” said Ferd. “According to the image on the box, it’s supposed to make a picture of a rooster. But there are so many pieces that look similar...” Fred studied the box for a moment and then said, “Why don’t you go pour yourself a nice cup of tea, Ferd? I’ll put these corn flakes back into the box.”

1. What is the name of Tony the Tiger’s daughter?

2. Smedley the Elephant was the mascot for what variety of Cap’n Crunch cereal?

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by Samantha Weaver * It was President Franklin Roosevelt who made the following sage observation: “Government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.” * Are you a ceraunophiliac? If so, Central Florida, is the place to live. The area between Tampa Bay on the peninsula’s west coast and Cape Canaveral on the east coast is known as Lightning Alley, and Florida is the lightning capital of the United States -- an excellent home for anyone who has an extreme love of thunder and lightning. * Singer Katy Perry reportedly has a cat named Kitty Purry. * If you’re an animal lover who’s fond of Corgis -the Welsh dog known for its extremely short legs -- you might want to take a look at the Munchkin cat. Only recognized as a separate breed in 1995, this cat is characterized by the shortness of its legs. * When Edgar Allan Poe first started writing his most famous poem, “The Raven,” he intended it to be short. Over the next decade, though, he kept adding to it, until it finally reached a length of 18 verses. The poem’s publication in 1845 had a mixed critical reception; William Butler Yeats called it “insincere and vulgar” and said “its execution [is] a rhythmical trick,” and Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “I see nothing in it.” “The Raven” was wildly popular with the public, though, and Poe became -- for a brief time -- the most famous writer in America. * Worried about snooping? You may be surprised by the results of a recent survey: It seems that 82 percent of men claim that they have never peeked into a date’s medicine cabinet.

Thought for the Day: “He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.” -- Charles Peguy

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1. GEOGRAPHY: What river flows through the Grand Canyon?

2. MUSIC: Who sang the pop hit “School’s Out”?

3. LANGUAGE: What is the subject studied in zythology?

4. MOVIES: In “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,” what kind of creature was Jim Carrey looking for?

5. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a group of ants called?

6. MATH: What is the name of an angle that is more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees?

7. HISTORY: Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States?

8. INVENTIONS: Who invented the mercury thermometer?

9. CHEMISTRY: What element does the Br symbol stand for?

10. ANCIENT WORLD: Which key figure in the Trojan War was described in literature as having “the face that launched a thousand ships”?

Answers 1. Colorado 2. Alice Cooper 3. Beer and beer making 4. A dolphin 5. Colony 6. Obtuse 7. France 8. Gabriel Fahrenheit 9. Bromine 10. Helen of Troy (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Creamy Chicken-Noodle Hot Dish Nothing beats Grandma’s chicken and noodles on a cold winter day. Try this recipe to bring back a warm memory!

* Keep the pets in mind as you decorate and prepare for Easter. Flowers and candy can be tempting and toxic to our furry friends. Cats especially take to plastic grass, which can obstruct their digestive system. And, as the ASPCA reminds us: “While live bunnies, chicks and other festive animals are adorable, resist the urge to buy them -- these cute babies grow up fast and often require specialized care!” * Sewing Tip: Run your thread through a sheet of fabric softener to prevent tangling. * Are you in the process of pulling flower pots out of the shed? You can remove salt deposits from clay pots by mixing together equal parts white vinegar, rubbing alcohol and water. Put the mixture in a spray bottle. Spray down the pot inside and out, and scrub with a plastic scrubbie. Rinse and let dry before using. * “Spray your trimmer line with vegetable oil before installing it in the trimmer to keep it from jamming.” -- C.L. in Louisiana * It’s spring at the farmer’s market: Look for great deals on in-season mangoes, strawberries, blueberries and blackberries, asparagus, artichokes, broccoli and cauliflower, as well as spring onions and lettuces. Also, get ready to stock the freezer, as March is National Frozen Food Month. * DIY rust removal: Try soaking the item in vinegar for an hour. Use baking soda as a mild abrasive. Or cut a potato in half, sprinkle the cut side with salt, and use it to rub off rust.

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Don’t Leave Pets Outdoors in Winter DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I routinely see people’s cats wandering the icy streets and snowy backyards here in upstate New York. Recently I noticed a neighbor’s dog chained up outside in the snow-covered backyard on a day that was near freezing. I contacted animal control the instant I saw that, and the neighbor had to go pick up his dog from the shelter and pay a fine.

He’s not happy, but his dog stays inside now! To me, a fine for leaving pets out in the cold isn’t enough. I wish cruel owners would be treated exactly as they have treated these beautiful animals! Cold, lonely, often without food or water, they cannot survive on their own, especially in these brutal New York winters. Tell your readers that people need to think before they put their pets outside. Would they treat their children this way? -- Spitting Mad DEAR SPITTING: You told them! Common sense can go a long way when it comes to properly caring for pets in winter. Step outside for just a moment wearing regular clothes, no coat and no shoes. Now imagine having to do that for much longer than a minute or two. Despite having fur, domesticated pets don’t do too well in the cold for extended periods.

If you have cats, keep them indoors. If they insist on going out, keep them in a fenced area like the backyard, and only for a short time. For dogs, only let them out in an area where you can supervise them at all times. Or, take them for walks on a leash, using cleared sidewalks only, with a warm vest and booties in freezing temperatures. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

1 cup finely chopped celery 1/2 cup finely chopped onion 1 (10 3/4) can Healthy Request Cream of Chicken Soup 1/4 cup Kraft fat-free mayonnaise 2 tablespoons fat-free milk 1 cup cubed Velveeta Light processed cheese 1 1/2 cups (8 ounces) diced cooked chicken breast 1 (2-ounce) jar chopped pimiento, drained 2 cups hot cooked noodles 1. In a large skillet sprayed with butter-flavored cooking spray, saute celery and onion for 6-8 minutes. Stir in chicken soup, mayonnaise, milk and cheese. Add chicken, pimiento and noodles. Mix gently to combine.

2. Lower heat and simmer for 6-8 minutes or until cheese is melted and mixture is heated through, stirring often. Serves 4.

HINTS: 1) If you don’t have leftovers, purchase a chunk of cooked chicken breast from your local deli. 2) Usually, 1 3/4 cups uncooked noodles cook to about 2 cups. * Each serving equals: 328 calories, 8g fat, 29g protein, 35g carb., 842mg sodium, 201mg calcium, 2g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 3 Meat, 2 Starch/Carb., 1/2 Vegetable; Carb Choices: 2. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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MELLOW YELLOW

by Kathy Wolfe How many ways can you say yellow? Lemon, canary, ochre, saffron, amber, golden, mustard – no matter what you call it, this week, Tidbits is all about this color that the eye sees when it looks at light within the wavelengths of 570 and 590 nanometers.

• Yellow is the most visible color of the spectrum, with the human eye processing yellow first.

That makes it the logical choice for caution and warning signs, as well as fire engines, school buses, and taxis.

• Studies indicate that yellow has a stimulating effect on mental processes and the nervous system, and activates memory, which makes it a good color for a room used for studying.

However, it’s also been shown to stimulate appetite, so it’s not recommended for use in kitchens.

• The term “yellow journalism” is used to describe news that hasn’t been well-researched, relies heavily on unnamed sources, uses misleading headlines, and sensationalizes the news. The term came about in the mid-1890s during a circulation war between two newspapers, Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World and William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal.

Both were accused of exaggeration of news events, scandal-mongering, and misleading stories in an attempt to drive up sales. turn the page for more!

Q: What does a bee take along when it’s out in the rain?

A: A little yellow jacket.

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MELLOW YELLOW (continued): • A yellow jacket might look like a bee with its yellow and black stripes, but it’s really a wasp.

A bee has a fuzzy coating on its body, while the yellow jacket does not. A honeybee’s stinger comes out when it stings, but the yellow jacket’s doesn’t, enabling it to sting multiple times. Some of their nests might have as many as 100,000 wasps. They like everything sweet, including fruits, sweet drinks, and other sugary treats on your picnic table. If you swat at the yellow jacket, you increase your chances of being stung.

• We’ve been looking up telephone numbers in the Yellow Pages since 1883, when a Cheyenne, Wyoming, printer was compiling a regular telephone directory and ran out of white paper and used yellow instead. The first official Yellow Pages directory for business listings came along in 1886. We didn’t start letting our “fingers do the walking through the Yellow Pages” until 1962 when a Massachusetts commercial designer named Henry Alexander designed the “walking fingers” logo. A year later it became the national trademark.

• John Hertz was a Chicago automobile salesman in 1907, and, finding himself with a surplus of seven used cars, decided to transform them into taxicabs. After reading a University of Chicago study that yellow was the color most visible from a distance, he painted the vehicles and the Yellow Cab Company was born. It wasn’t long before he had a fleet of 40 taxis, and by 1925, it was the largest taxi company in the world with 2,700 cabs. In 1929, Hertz sold his shares of Yellow Cab to focus his attention on his new rental car business.

HOLLYWOOD Matthew McConaughey won an Oscar for the 2013 film “Dallas Buyer’s Club,” then followed it with “Interstellar” (which cost $165 million and made $675 million) and several annoying commercials for Lincoln Motors.

His next film project was the $25 million “Sea of Trees,” with Naomi Watts and Ken Watanabe.

After it was panned by critics and booed at The Cannes Film Festival in May, it was pulled from distribution. The reviewer for Variety magazine (the show-business bible) wrote, “How this dramatically stillborn, commercially unpromising Lionsgate/ Roadside Attractions pick-up managed to score a competition berth at Cannes is a vastly more impenetrable mystery than the one laid out in Chris Sparlings screenplay.” It was directed by the avantgarde Gus Van Sant and will escape into theaters April 14.

McConaughey now has two diverse films completed: “Free State of Jones,” in which he plays a Mississippi farmer who leads a group of small farmers and local slaves in a rebellion against

Call Today (250) 832-3361 the Confederacy (with Keri Russell and Brendan Gleason), due May 13, and the thriller “Gold,” where he searches for gold in the Indonesian jungle, with Bryce Dallas Howard, Bruce Greenwood and Stacy Keach (no release date yet). He’s also done three new Lincoln commercials directed by Gus Van Sant, and if you thought the others were annoying, these have no dialogue at all.

Producers are trying to figure out what set the “Deadpool” box office on fire. In its first weekend it raked in $284 million. Was it comic book-crazed fans waiting 11 years for this film, or was it star Ryan Reynolds full-frontal nude scene that has people returning in disbelief? This could start a new trend.

Reynolds’ next is “Criminal,” with Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones, out April 15, but don’t expect a nude scene from him or his two Oscar-winning co-stars in this one.

Reynolds’ wife, Blake Lively, last seen in “The Age of Adaline,” plays a blind girl who regains her sight in “All I See Is You” (no date yet), and a young woman stranded on a buoy with a great white shark between her and the shore in “The Shallows” (due June 24).

She’s also just completed working in Woody Allen’s 47th film, an as-yet-untitled comedy/romance, with Jessie Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell and Parker Posey.

Not to be overlooked, Reynolds’ ex-wife, Scarlett Johansson, is recovering from the struggling “Hail Caesar” by awaiting “The Jungle Book” (due April 15), “Captain America: Civil War” (May 6) and filming “Ghost in the Shell,” based on a Japanese comic book, with Michael Pitt and Pilou Asback.

By the time we’ve seen all these films, we’re sure to have Scarlett fever! (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

• The Beatles’ song “Yellow Submarine” was composed in 1966 by Paul McCartney, who wanted to write a simple children’s song about a submarine “where all your friends are with a band.” As with other Beatles songs, many listeners tried to read references to drugs into the song. A month after the song debuted, certain barbiturate capsules started to be known as “yellow submarines.” McCartney has always claimed it was just a nonsensical song for children about an ancient mariner. The water sounds on the recording were created by John Lennon blowing bubbles through a straw into a pan of water and others twirling chains in a tin tub. An animated film of the same title featuring The Beatles as cartoon characters followed in 1968.

• Tony Orlando and Dawn released “Tie a Yellow Ribbon” in 1973, and after three weeks, three million records had been sold in the U.S. It was #1 on the charts for four weeks that April. The gist of the song is that someone who has “done

What does the color of your vehicle say about you? According to personality tests, if you drive a bright yellow car, you have a sunny disposition and a joyful, young-at-heart attitude. If your auto is yellow-gold, you are intelligent, you love comfort and are willing to pay for it.

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1. What U.S. university’s mascot is a yellow jacket named Buzz?

2. What famous painter called yellow “a color capable of charming God”?

3. What comic book hero was afraid of the color yellow?

4. Which of the Beatles sang the lead on “Yellow Submarine”?

5. What’s the term for a yellowish pigmentation of the skin?

yellow jersey and starts the next stage. Whoever has the yellow jersey after the last stage is the overall winner of the Tour.

his time,” presumably a convict, is on his way home, but is uncertain whether he will be welcome. He asks his love, if she wants him back, to tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree in front of the house where the bus will pass by. The end result is 100 yellow ribbons around the tree. This was not a new tradition, and may even date back to the Civil War when women wore a yellow ribbon in their hair to signify their devotion for their U.S. Cavalry soldiers. In 1979, when the U.S.Embassy in Iran was seized and the staff was held hostage, yellow ribbons were seen on trees across the nation as a symbol of support. They are also displayed for soldiers returning from the Persian Gulf.

• Yellow means different things in the cultures around the world. Many see yellow as the color of happiness, enlightenment, sunshine, and Spring. In fact, over 80% of people around the world agree that it’s the color of happiness. Yet it’s the color of mourning in Egypt, the color of sadness in Greece, and represents jealousy in France. In India, yellow represents a merchant or a farmer. In North America, we refer to a coward as yellow or yellow-bellied, yet in Japan the color yellow represents courage. Some religions associate yellow with deity, and the garb of religious leaders is yellow. In China, it is the color of glory, virtue, and wisdom. At one time, Russians referred to an insane asylum as the “yellow house.”

• Why do bananas change from green to yellow?

Before the fruit is picked, it is green because of chlorophyll in the skin. After it is picked, hormones convert amino acids into ethylene gas, which produces several enzymes. The enzymes stop the chlorophyll supply and the yellow carotenoids present in the bananas replace the green color.

• Cycling fans will be familiar with the term maillot jaune, which is the yellow jersey worn by the leader of the Tour de France race, a practice that was put into place in 1919. During each stage of the race, the time each rider takes is totaled. The rider with the lowest overall time at the end of each stage receives the ceremonial

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UNUSUAL ANIMALS: SLOTHS How much do you know about the sloth? You’ll be wiser about these mammals after examining the facts.

• These medium-sized tropical mammals are related to anteaters and armadillos and live in the jungles of Central and South America.

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Moths, beetles, cockroaches, and fungi also • A sloth is a herbivore (plant eater) and more make their home in the sloth’s fur. specifically a folivore, a herbivore that eats primarily leaves. Their 12-inch (30.5 cm) long • A sloth is much more comfortable in the water tongues enable them to collect leaves from and can move three times faster in water than on distant branches. Because leaves provide very land, while easily performing the breaststroke. little energy or nutrients and do not digest • Sloths are not particularly friendly animals and easily, the sloth’s stomach is very slow-acting prefer to live alone. Their idea of a social activity with several compartments. About 65% of is sleeping in a tree with another sloth. a sloth’s body weight is made up just of the contents of its stomach. It can take a month or more for the digestive process to be completed.

• The sloth’s metabolic rate is very low as is its body temperature. It has only about a quarter as much muscle tissue as other animals its size, about 25% of total body weight.

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opinions on what caused composer Ludwig van Beethoven’s deafness, including typhus, lead poisoning, or his habit of immersing his head in cold water to stay awake. An analysis done on a piece of his hair revealed an exceptionally high level of lead in his system.

It’s also possible that his inner ear developed lesions that led to his deafness.

• An illness thought to be scarlet fever or meningitis robbed 19-month-old Helen Keller of her hearing and sight. At age seven, 20-year-old Anne Sullivan entered her life and began spelling words into Helen’s hand. It was the beginning of a friendship that would endure for 49 years. At Radcliffe

• Three-toed sloths have extra neck vertebrae that enable them to turn their neck 270 degrees.

• The pygmy three-toed sloth can only be found on the Isla Escude de Veraguas off the coast of Panama. Only 79 of this endangered species remain.

• Sloths were brought to the public’s eye when animated versions became movie stars. In 2002, Ice Age was released by 20th Century Fox, a film which featured Sid, a prehistoric sloth who teams up with Manny the Mammoth to survive the Paleolithic ice age. The fifth Ice Age film is set to be released in 2016. Another computer-animated movie The Croods features a prehistoric family in the Pliocene Era who have a pet sloth named Belt.

FAMOUS DEAF PEOPLE March is Deaf History Month, an appropriate time to pay tribute to these who have overcome the odds.

• At about age 30, composer Ludwig van Beethoven began experiencing severe tinnitus, a “roar” in his ears that made conversation and playing at concerts extremely difficult. Yet it didn’t stop him from composing hundreds of musical works, including nine symphonies, seven concerti, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, and scores of chamber music pieces. There are differing

This guy goes to see his dentist and asks him, “What’s the best thing for yellow teeth?”

The dentist replies, “How about a brown tie?”

Apprentice.” An especially difficult challenge was her participation in ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.”

• After a bout with scarlet fever and a severe blow to the head, at age 14, Thomas Edison was left with 20% hearing in one ear and none in the other, although he considered himself deaf. He College, Helen became the first deaf and maintained that his loss of hearing helped him blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts to be a better scientist. Dealing with dyslexia in degree. She published her autobiography, addition to his deafness, Edison spent just three The Story of My Life at age 22, followed up months in public school, before his mother chose by another book five years later, and another to deal with his disabilities by homeschooling 10 during the course of her life. She met him. Credited with close to 1,100 patents (still every U.S. President from Grover Cleveland a record number for one person), this brilliant up to Lyndon B. Johnson, who awarded her inventor filed for a new patent on the average of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. When every five days. Although we mainly remember asked if she could choose between deafness his “big” inventions, such as the stock ticker, and blindness, she said she would choose voting machine, motion picture camera and to be blind because “blindness separates us projector, phonograph, and incandescent light from things, but deafness separates us from bulbs, Edison was also the inventor of waxed people.” paper. He was often quoted as saying, “Genius is • Marlee Matlin is the only deaf person to one percent inspiration and 99% perspiration.” win an Academy Award, something she accomplished at age 21 in 1986 as Best Actress for Children of a Lesser God. Being deaf since the age of 18 months from a genetic malformation didn’t stop Matlin from pursuing acting at an early age. At seven, she started as Dorothy in a stage production of The Wizard of Oz. In recent years, she’s had a recurring role in “The West Wing” and has appeared in several other television series. She’s published four books and was a finalist on NBC’s “The Celebrity

1. What’s the term used for fear of the color yellow?

2. How is yellow fever primarily transmitted?

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by Samantha Weaver * It was British art critic and social reformer John Ruskin who made the following sage observation: “Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.” * After the events of this past winter, you may not be surprised to learn that sales of cakes, cookies and candy spike when a blizzard is in the weather forecast. * You’ve almost certainly heard of “M*A*S*H,” one of the most popular TV series of all time. One of the main characters on the show, which ran from 1972 to 1983, was Corporal Klinger, played

by Jamie Farr. It’s interesting to note that in the 1950s, Farr actually served as an enlisted man in the U.S. Army in Korea -- and the dog tags he wore on the show were the same ones he wore during his service. * For reasons that are not quite clear, inventors have created a robot that can solve a Rubik’s cube in slightly more than one second. * In 18th-century France, there was a Parisian printer who employed several apprentices, all of whom lived in the home of the printer’s family.

The printer’s wife was, evidently, a lover of cats -- and her cats begged for scraps and screeched at all hours of the night. Finally fed up with the felines, the apprentices took matters into their own hands: While the family was out of town, they held a formal trial, complete with guards, a confessor and a public executioner. After they were pronounced guilty, the accused felines were strung up on cat-sized gallows.

Thought for the Day: “Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.” -- Henry Adams (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

1. MEASUREMENTS: How fast do you have to travel to break the sound barrier?

2. FOOD & DRINK: What food is also known as a groundnut?

3. MOVIES: What film ended with the words “the horror ... the horror”?

4. QUOTATIONS: What 20th-century actor once said, “Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway”?

5. MEDICAL: What is the medical symptom called dyspnea?

6. SCIENCE: What is the study of blood called?

7. GEOGRAPHY: What is the predominant language of Australia?

8. TELEVISION: Who was Sonny Crockett’s partner in “Miami Vice”?

9. U.S. STATES: How many U.S. states border Mexico?

10. LANGUAGE: What is the longest English word composed only of vowels?

Answers 1. About 770 mph 2. Peanut 3. “Apocalyse Now” 4. John Wayne 5. Shortness of breath 6. Hematology 7. English 8. Ricardo “Rico” Tubbs 9. Four: California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas 10. Euouae, a musical cadence (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Winter Strawberry-Rhubarb Supreme Don’t let the name fool you -- this will get you thinking spring!

* Here’s your springtime reminder: As you install your window screens to air out the house (or even if you keep them up year-round), double-check to make sure they are pet-secure. Cats love a windowsill, and they can fall through and out the window if screens are not secure. If you have a pup, you may want to give it the push test -- it should be able to withstand Fido’s nose jammed against it! * To preserve your manicure in the garden, wear gardening gloves. If you love the feel of dirt in your hands but don’t love dirty nails, simply rake your nails over a bar of soap before you dig in. The soap gets under there, keeping dirt out.

Bonus, it’s easier to wash your hands afterward! * “If you use ground chicken or turkey to make lower-fat meatballs, give them some time to firm up by making the meatballs and putting them in the fridge for an hour or so. They hold together much better that way.” -- F.K. in Missouri * Some tips for working with garlic: To peel cloves, microwave for 10-15 seconds or cover in plastic (in a sandwich baggie or plastic wrap) and crush lightly with a glass bowl or plate. To chop or mince, spray your knife with cooking spray or put a few drops of oil on the clove itself, as this will keep the garlic from sticking to the knife. Finally, go ahead and crush that garlic by turning your knife on its side and pressing down hard. * Add an eraser to your whiteboard marker by gluing a small pompom on the end with a drop of hot glue. Use giftwrap tape to tape a small magnet to the side of the marker, and it’s ready to go up on the fridge with your dry-erase board.

Caring for a Handicapped Pet DEAR PAW’S CORNER: We have two dogs that we adopted from shelters: “Kylie,” a beautiful greyhound who is missing one front leg, and “Zu-zu,” a toy poodle, who is about age 16 and is almost completely blind. I’m writing to let readers know that caring for pets with physical challenges can be expensive and challenging. They need to know what they’re in for before adopting a challenged dog.

We wouldn’t trade our two “kids” for the world.

Kylie is quiet and very determined even though walking can be tough for her. Zu-zu is yappy and can get anxious when she’s home alone, but is loyal and loving. Both have additional physical issues that require more trips to the vet, extra medicines, even special equipment. Their care can run over a thousand dollars a year, easily. We have pet insurance that covers their basic care and some of their medication, which helps quite a bit. Please let your readers know to be aware of the challenge they take on when they adopt dogs with illnesses or handicaps. -- Karen H., New Hampshire DEAR KAREN: You told them, and I thank you! Caring for challenged dogs can be incredibly rewarding, but also difficult. They can have both physical and emotional issues, particularly if they’ve experienced past trauma, neglect or abuse.

Before adopting a pet, ask plenty of questions of both shelter supervisors about a pet’s known past, its behaviors and what its treatment may cost. Talk to a vet ahead of time about the care and commitment that may be required. When you’re prepared to care for a challenged pet, you’ll be able to create a supportive home for them.

2 cups chopped frozen rhubarb, thawed 1 cup hot water 3/4 cup Splenda Granular 2 (4-serving) packages Jell-O sugar-free strawberry gelatin 1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, packed in fruit juice, undrained 2 cups frozen unsweetened strawberries, thawed, coarsely chopped and undrained 1 (8-ounce) package Philadelphia fat-free cream cheese 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract 1 cup Cool Whip Lite 2 tablespoons flaked coconut 1. In a large saucepan, combine rhubarb, hot water and 1/2 cup Splenda. Cover and cook on medium heat for 6 to 8 minutes or until rhubarb softens. Remove from heat.

2. Add dry gelatin. Mix well to dissolve gelatin.

Stir in undrained pineapple. Add undrained strawberries. Mix well to combine. Pour mixture into an 8-by-8-inch dish. Refrigerate until firm, about 3 hours.

3. In a small bowl, stir cream cheese with a sturdy spoon until soft. Add remaining 1/4 cup Splenda and coconut extract. Mix well to combine. Fold in Cool Whip Lite. Spread topping mixture evenly over set filling. Evenly sprinkle coconut over top.

4. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Cut into 8 servings. * Each serving equals: 97 calories, 1g fat, 6g protein, 16g carb., 229mg sodium, 160mg calcium, 2g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 1/2 Meat, 1/2 Fruit, 1/2 Carb; Carb Choices: 1. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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“With yellow, the eye rejoices, the heart expands, the spirit is cheered and we immediately feel warmed.”

--Johann von Goethe

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THE RAINFOREST

by Janet Spencer As our thoughts start turning to spring, come along with Tidbits as we explore a place where there is no spring, no autumn, no winter— only perpetual summer: the jungle rainforest.

JUNGLE FACTS • Why is the jungle so diverse? 30 million years ago, the area that is now the Amazon jungle entered a long dry period. The tropical rain forests growing there at the time were wiped out, and only isolated pockets of jungle surrounded by vast grasslands remained. Each pocket of jungle followed its own evolutionary course over thousands of years.

• When the climate once again became warm and wet following the last ice age 10,000 years ago, the different types of jungle grew together again, with each forest contributing many different species of plant and animal.

• As a result, the South American forests are the most diverse in the world. Whereas many temperate forests are composed largely of just a few species of tree, in the Amazon you may have to travel a mile or more to find two trees of the same species.

• In any North American forest it is rare to find more than 15 species of tree in the entire ecosytem. In the Amazon, a five-acre plot may contain between 100 and 250 different species.

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Q: Why don’t monkeys play cards in the jungle?

A: There are too many cheetahs there!

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RAINFOREST (continued) • In the northern deciduous forests of the temperate climates, every tree drops its leaves at the same time, triggered by the change of seasons. Thus, each year the forest floor receives a huge boon of nutritious new dead material all at one time. This stuff gradually turns into rich soil.

• But in the tropical rainforest, no change of season occurs so no massive leaf drop ever happens.

Tropical trees drop their leaves gradually over the entire year. The unending heat and moisture of the climate spur the growth of bacteria, insects, and fungi, which consume the material and cause it to decompose quickly, converting it into nutrient building blocks.

• The process of decomposition which takes between one and seven years in North American forests (depending on climate) takes only six weeks in the Amazon. Nutrients are immediately used again by the many growing plants. The deep rich soil that accumulates in temperate forests never has a chance to collect in the Amazon. The forest floor in the Amazon is like a huge living stomach.

HOLLYWOOD -- Emily Blunt, star of the $370 million grosser “Edge of Tomorrow,” with Tom Cruise, and the $213 million grosser “Into the Woods,” with Meryl Streep, has been cast by director Rob Marshall to play Julie Andrews’ title role in Disney’s sequel to “Mary Poppins.” The follow-up takes place 20 years later and is a continuation of the adventures of the Banks family. Blunt will next star as the Ice Queen in “The Huntsman: Winter’s War,” with Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron, out April 22, and “The Girl on the Train,” with Justin Theroux and Luke Evans, due Oct. 7 And speaking of revivals, Shirley MacLaine has begun filming a live-action “Little Mermaid” film in Georgia. There’s also another “Little Mermaid” film in production starring Chloe Grace Moretz. Neither is from Disney Studios.

Leonardo DiCaprio, fresh off his best-actor Oscar win for “The Revenant,” is zeroing in on his next project, which will be portraying Jack Kerouac. Kerouac was considered a literary iconoclast, and along with Allen

Call Today (250) 832-3361 Ginsberg, a pioneer of “The Beat Generation.” He died in Florida in 1969 at the age of 47, of complications from long-term alcohol abuse. Many of his works were not published until after his death. Both Kerouac and Ginsberg were portrayed in the 2013 film “Kill Your Darlings,” which starred Jack Huston (son of director John Huston and brother of Anjelica Huston) as Kerouac and “Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliff as Ginsberg. It made only $1.7 million in theaters.

Meanwhile, Ben Affleck has been getting over his broken marriage with Jennifer Garner by working non-stop. His turn as Batman in “Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice” opens March 25. He’s also completed “Suicide Squad,” with Will Smith and Jared Leto, due Aug. 5, and “The Accountant,” with Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons and Anna Kendrick, out Oct. 7. Affleck currently is shooting “Live by Night,” with Sienna Miller, Zoe Saldana, Elle Fanning and Scott Eastwood, for a 2017 release. He’s also zeroing in on a film biography of Pulitzer and Nobel Prizewinning author John Steinbeck, best known for “The Grapes of Wrath,” “Of Mice and Men” and “East of Eden.”

The Chinese already are calling the science-fantasy/ adventure/monster/action movie “The Great Wall” the most expensive film ever made in China. The $135 million 3D epic is the first English-language film of famed Asian director Zhang Yimou. Their insurance policy for this one is “The Martian” best-actor Oscar nominee Matt Damon, Willem Defoe and Pedro Pascal, who played Oberyn Martell in the fourth season of “Game of Thrones.” A science-fantasy/ adventure/monster/ action film? Sounds like they’re hedging their bets. Could they also have Godzilla waiting in the wings? (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

UNENDING RAIN

• In temperate forests, it usually rains only sporadically, but in the Amazon, it rains daily.

Millions of years of daily rainfall combined with constant heat leached the nutrients from the soil, leaving it high in aluminum and iron oxides which are responsible for the soil’s characteristic red color. The soil is highly acidic and unable to support much plant life. Without the constant fall of dead material from above, the dirt is worthless.

• So the ecosystem of the rainforest is up-side-down in comparison to other forests: the nutrients are stored not in the soil, but in the living canopy.

When the forest is cut and burned, the only nutrients left are in the ashes.

• After the trees are cut down in a tropical rainforest, nutrients in the soil disappear after only a few harvests of crops, and the soil is soon lost entirely to erosion, never to be replaced. Once the forest is cleared, it is extraordinarily difficult to reverse the damage.

trapped in hollows where it evaporates gradually.

It’s sucked up by roots and it soaks into soil that acts like a sponge. Rain feeds underground springs.

• But when the land is cleared, rainfall is no longer absorbed. There are no leaves and branches to protect the ground from the pounding rain.

Water runs off immediately, taking the soil with it. Exposed to the sun, the ground becomes an unproductive hard-packed cement. The small amounts of nutrients in the soil are quickly leached away.

• A 2.5 acre tract of healthy growing rainforest will lose an average of three pounds (1.3 kg) of soil through erosion annually. Cut the forest, however, and the same area can lose up to 34 tons of dirt in a year.

• Half of the rain that falls comes from water evaporating from the forest below. With no forest, the land dries quickly and offers no moisture to be turned into more rain. When the forest is

THE DESTRUCTION

• A forested landscape acts as a living reservoir by trapping rainfall and releasing it slowly. In the dense jungle, the canopy is so heavy that the water from a driving rainstorm may take 10 minutes to reach the ground. Rain is caught by leaves and

A wood grown in South America yields a bright red dye. The Portuguese phrase meaning “live-coal color” or “ember” is “brazil”—and that’s how Brazil was named.

C R A N I ATAC TA The only continent that doesn’t have any rainforests on it.

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1. What part of the rainforest hosts the most life forms: the floor, or the canopy?

2. What is the average temperature in theAmazon region?

3. What percent of the world’s fresh water is contained in the Amazon basin?

4. How many different languages are spoken by the various tribes in the Amazon?

5. What percent of the world’s rainforests are cut down each year?

rose, it shifted course and now runs eastward, draining into the Atlantic Ocean.

• The Amazon River is 4,000 miles long (6,400 km) and only the Nile River is longer. It has over 1,100 tributaries Amazing Animals gone, the rain is gone too. Drought, erosion, and flooding result.

• It’s been estimated that the Amazon produces • In terms of sheer numbers of individuals, ants are among the dominant species on earth. half of all the oxygen generated by land plants on Earth. Without the climate-moderating effects • Ants, which evolved from wasps, are perhaps of the forest, temperatures would rise. Rainfall the most highly developed social insects. There a discovery, it becomes excited and secretes would plummet. Loss of the Amazon could are about 400 different species of ant in the U.S. an odorous substance from the abdomen as it returns to the nest. Other ants follow the trail to cause a change in the global environment. alone, and about 15,000 species worldwide. find the food.

• To find food, a typical harvester ant will go straight out from the nest for up to 50 feet (15 m), • One researcher was able to prove conclusively THE INCREDIBLE AMAZON and then start wandering. When it finds food, that ants will follow a scent trail to food. The • Covering about 2.1 million square miles of land, instead of following the round-about trail back scientist placed food near an anthill and covered the Amazon rainforest is about two-thirds the to the nest, it will head for home in a beeline, the distance between with sheets of paper. After size of the U.S. The Amazon covers approximately thus refuting speculation that all ants follow a the first ant discovered the food and rushed back 40% of the South American continent. If the scent trail home. If the soil in front of an ant is to the nest, he replaced the original paper with Amazon were a country, it would rank 9th in size scraped away or covered, the ant will continue fresh sheets. When the ants swarmed out to get • Around 60% of the Amazon is in Brazil; 13% in its direct course. However, if the ant is placed the food, they were unable to find it.

Peru; 10% in Columbia; and six other countries inside an enclosure from which it is unable to • Another naturalist devised a test that proved that split the rest. see surrounding landmarks, it will lose its way ants can measure, estimate, and communicate. until the enclosure is removed. Furthermore, He chopped a grasshopper into three parts: a • The Amazon comprises a little more than half of if the ant is picked up and transferred to a small section, a medium section, and a large the world’s rainforest, and a third of the world’s new location, it will re-orient itself without section. He then gave each section to a different forests overall. hesitation, unless it is put down outside the area ant scout from the same nest. All of the pieces • The Amazon harbors the densest variety of life in which the ants of that colony forage, in which were too big for a single ant to carry. Each ant on the planet, hosting over 40,000 plant species case it will wander about, lost. measured its section with its antennae and then including 16,000 kinds of trees alone, as well as returned to the nest. Would each ant call out the 1,300 types of bird, 3,000 kinds of fish, about 430 • Ants may use large landmarks to find their way home, as well as the position of the sun. If an same size crew? Would too many show up to do mammal species, and an incredible 2.5 million ant is entrapped in a box in the dark for an hour, the work, or too few? The naturalist was surprised kinds of insects. when it is released it will strike out again in a • Researchers estimate that they have discovered direction different from the original direction by and cataloged only one-sixth of the species that an angle equal to the number of degrees the sun live in the Amazon. has moved during the hour.

• A plot of rainforest 100 acres in size may contain • Some species of ants do leave a scent trail to mark as many frog species as can be found in all of the way back to the food. When a forager makes North America.

• More species of fish live in the Amazon River than in the entire Atlantic Ocean.

• Over 100 types of plants can be found growing in the branches of a single mature tropical tree, along with 1,700 kinds of bugs. Fifty different types of ants may inhabit a single square yard of jungle floor.

• The Amazon River is the world’s largest river by volume. It originally ran westward into the Pacific Ocean, but as the Andes Mountains

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there wasn’t there a machine that would wash the dishes for her.

• She decided to invent one, setting up a workshop in her woodshed. Dishes fit into a rack; the rack fit into a wheel; the wheel fit inside a tub; the wheel turned while hot soapy water squirted up from the bottom of the tub.

Shortly after she perfected the design, her husband died. She was left with little money and a lot of debt. She needed to turn her idea into a way to make a living.

• She patented her design in 1886 and her wealthy friends immediately starting ordering the Cochrane Dishwasher for their own luxurious kitchens. A Chicago machine firm

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to see that 28 ants returned to fetch the small piece; 44 went for the medium piece; and 89 for the large piece. The second crew was twice as big as the first, just as the medium piece was twice as big as the small; and the large crew was twice as big as the medium crew to move a piece that was twice as big.

When ants find a puddle of fruit juices or a dollop of jelly, they will chew a leaf into a spongy mass and then place it in the middle of the food. When they return later, the leaf has absorbed the juices and the ants carry it home.

Queen ants can live for 20 years. Female worker ants can live as long as ten years. Male ants, however, live only a few weeks. They die immediately after mating.

One typical Maryland woodland was estimated to contain 1.3 million ants per acre.

Ant blood is colorless.

INVENTING THE DISHWASHER • Josephine Cochrane was a wealthy woman who lived in Illinois. She gave a lot of dinner parties and was very proud of her china. She collected rare and expensive dishes. However, her servants weren’t particularly careful with the priceless • dishes when they washed them after each party.

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dishwashers to many of the restaurants and other establishments with vast kitchens catering to the large crowds coming to see the Expo. Against heavy competition from around the world, her dishwasher received the first prize for “the best mechanical construction for durability and adaptation to a particular line of work.” One of the concessionaires using her product sent her this glowing tribute: “Your machine washed without delay soiled dishes left by eight relays of a thousand soldiers each, completing each lot within 30 minutes.”

• Cochrane continued to improve the product, producing models with revolving washing systems, a centrifugal pump, and a hose for draining into the sink. She ignored the clergy who claimed the dishwasher was immoral because it denied women the labor to which God had called them. She ignored the outcry of the servants who claimed it would put them out of business. The company kept growing, pushed by Josephine Cochrane’s energy and ambition until her death at age 74 in 1913.

• Late in her life she said, “If I knew all I know today [I] never would have had the courage to start.” began to manufacture them while Josephine managed the company and marketed the • The company was sold and eventually evolved into the Kitchenaid division of the Whirlpool product. She later said that designing the Corporation. Still, dishwashers did not become dishwasher was far easier than marketing it. commonplace in ordinary homes until the 1950s.

The home model did not sell well. Few homes had electricity. Water heaters were rare. Most municiple water systems offered only hard water which did not make soap suds. The price tag of $150 would be equivalent to about $4,500 today.

Housewives often felt that soaking their hardworking hands by washing the dishes in hot soapy water was a relaxing way to end the day.

Cochrane changed her sales pitch to point out that water in dishwashing machines was far hotter than human hands could stand and therefore resulted in germ-free dishes.

The strongest market for the dishwasher lay not in private homes, but in industries.

Hotels, restaurants, boarding houses, and hospitals saw the advantage of being able to wash, scald, rinse, and dry up to 20 dozen dishes of all shapes and sizes in two minutes.

She got her big break when she not only exhibited her dishwasher at the Columbian Expo in 1892 in Chicago, but also sold her

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by Samantha Weaver * It was Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and biographer Carl Sandburg who made the following sage observation: “Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes to work.” * Boon or bane? While DDT was first synthesized in 1874, it wasn’t until 1939 that Swiss chemist Paul Hermann Muller discovered its insecticidal properties. DDT was so effective in curbing the spread of insect-borne diseases such as malaria and yellow fever that in 1948, Muller was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. However, with the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson’s book “Silent Spring,” the devastating environmental effects of widespread DDT use led to an eventual ban in the United States. * You might be surprised to learn that, aside from his inaugural addresses, Abraham Lincoln gave only one speech during his entire presidency: the Gettysburg Address. * In Venice at one time, every merchant who traveled to the Orient was required by law to bring back a piece of art and donate it to St. Mark’s Cathedral. * It was all the way back in 1837 that modern multinational corporation Proctor and Gamble was founded, by candlemaker William Proctor and soapmaker James Gamble. During the Civil War, the company supplied candles and soap to the Union Army, in the process introducing its products to soldiers from all over the country. * Those who study such things say that there are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe.

Thought for the Day: “The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists, who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood. The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific and religious freedom have always been nonconformists. In any cause that concerns the progress of mankind, put your faith in the nonconformist!” -- Martin Luther King Jr.

1. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was the first president to be born after the United States declared independence?

2. SCIENCE: What is the lowest level of Earth’s atmosphere called?

3. LITERATURE: In which of Shakespeare’s plays was the line “To be or not to be” spoken?

4. HISTORY: Who was the last president of the Soviet Union?

5. MATH: What is the only prime number that is also even?

6. U.S. STATES: How many U.S. states are not adjacent to another state?

7. ANATOMY: How many bones are in an infant’s body?

8. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What would a group of bears be called?

9. ASTRONOMY: How long is a Martian year?

10. MUSIC: What group had a hit in 1979 with the song “Jukebox Hero”?

Answers 1. Martin Van Buren 2. The troposphere 3. “Hamlet” 4. Mikhail Gorbachev 5. 2 6. Two -- Alaska and Hawaii 7. About 300, because some bones haven’t yet fused together. Most adults have 206.

8. A sleuth or sloth 9. 687 Earth days 10. Foreigner (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Cherry Fruit Salad An old-time salad with a healthy makeover for your Easter table.

Litter-Box Problems * Don’t store prescription medications in the bathroom. The humidity is not good for pills, even with an exhaust fan. * “For natural-looking garden markers, write the names of plants and flowers on flat stones. Then just set the stones by the base of the plant. This has been very handy for me, as my mother and I planted a lot of flowers, and I like to know the names.” -- A.A. in Florida

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: Lately, two of my three cats seem to be “missing” the litter-box on their visits to it. I mean, they’ll use the box, but they spray the wall it backs up to or go on the edge. My third cat has no problem. How can I stop the other two? -- Amy, via email

* “Be sure to clean out bird feeders with a good scrubbing before refilling. It keeps algae from taking over, and the birds do appreciate it.” -R.L. in Alabama.

DEAR AMY: In my experience, many litter box problems occur in homes with more than one cat.

These problems include spraying or defecating outside the box, even when the cat are standing inside of it. Some cats also eliminate away from the litter box.

Your third cat may have no problem because in the kitty pecking order, it is “top cat.” The others may be intimidated -- especially if it hangs around the litter box, giving them “the look.”

Your cats also might be too large for the box or suffer health problems, including disease or obesity.

Try these methods first, and see if the spraying problem is curtailed. * Buy four litter boxes: one for each cat, plus one extra. Keep one where the original box stood, and place the others in quiet, easily accessible areas, on every floor of your home. * Make sure the litter boxes are big enough for your cats to sit or crouch in them comfortably.

If you buy covered boxes, make sure the cats fit through the opening. * Use unscented litters, and forgo plastic liners; many cats don’t like them. * Scoop the boxes daily, and wash them with soap and water monthly.

If these steps don’t stop the spraying problem, take all three cats to the vet to rule out possible medical conditions.

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* “Keep a small bag with colored pencils and a roll of paper or a small notebook in your purse if you have small kids -- or even if you have big ones. They come in handy during down time to keep the little ones occupied or to write reminders and such.” -- T. in Oregon * Use these tips in the kitchen to clean as you go: Wipe down surfaces and clean up spills with past-their-prime face cloths. Get a stack of drying cloths from the store and keep them handy for drying anything. Designate a “garbage bowl” to toss food scraps in, a la Rachael Ray. * “To get your refrigerator clean and freshsmelling, just use a damp rag dipped in baking soda to scrub walls and surfaces. You can even use it to clean glass, since it is nonabrasive. Wipe clean with water and then leave the unused baking soda in the box, open on a shelf. Clean, deodorized and no chemical smell or taste!” -I.C. in Kentucky?

1 (20-ounce) can Lucky Leaf no sugar added cherry pie filling 1/2 cup Splenda Granular 1 cup Cool Whip Lite 1 cup (1 medium) diced banana 1 (8-ounce) can pineapple tidbits, packed in fruit juice, drained 1 cup miniature marshmallows 1. In a large glass bowl, combine cherry pie filling, Splenda and Cool Whip Lite. Add banana and pineapple. Mix gently to combine. Fold in marshmallows.

2. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

Gently stir again just before serving. Serves 8.

HINTS: 1) To prevent banana from turning brown, mix with 1 teaspoon lemon juice or sprinkle with Fruit Fresh. 2) If you can’t find tidbits, use chunk pineapple and coarsely chop.

* Each serving equals: 105 calories, 1g fat, 0g protein, 24g carb., 11mg sodium, 5mg calcium, 2g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 1 Fruit, 1/2 Starch/Carb; Carb Choices: 1 1/2. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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The canopy hosts the most species of life.

The average temperature in the Amazon is 79 degrees F. (26 C) The Amazon basin contains about one-fifth of the world’s fresh water.

More than 170 language are spokenby tribes in the Amazon.

About five percent of the world’s rainforests are cut down each year.

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by Kathy Wolfe The unexplained…the unresolved…the unanswered. This week, Tidbits investigates some baffling happenings whose endings haven’t yet been written.

• On June 1, 1937, aviatrix Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan departed Miami on a 29,000 mile (46,671 km) journey, attempting to circumnavigate the globe. Their last contact was on July 2 from the vicinity of Howland Island in the central Pacific Ocean, just 7,000 miles (11,265 km) from completing their goal.

Earhart stated in her last radio transmission that the plane was low on gas. Within an hour of that contact, searches had begun, including 60 planes launched from an aircraft carrier that stayed in the area until July 18. The plane had disappeared without a single trace. The official version of her disappearance is that she crashed and sank in the 18,000-foot-deep (5,486 m) ocean. Another version claimed that the plane went down in the Marshall Islands and the pair were picked up by the Japanese, imprisoned in Saipan, and executed there.

Yet another theory states that they remained castaways and lived out their lives on a Pacific island. Scores of searches have been launched over the years, including the most recent in June, 2015, when a 14-member team scoured the uninhabited South Pacific island of Nikumaroro with no results.

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Best supporting actress Alicia Vikander’s next is “Jason Bourne,” with Matt Damon, due July 29, and “The Light Between Oceans,” with Michael Fassbender, coming Sept. 2.

PHOTO: Leonardo Di Caprio Photo credit: Depositphotos.com HOLLYWOOD -- The day this year’s Oscar nominations were announced, Jan. 14, was when nominees began negotiating their next film projects. Leonardo Di Caprio, best actor for “The Revenant,” has one of its writers, Mark L. Smith, penning the screenplay for the film “Conquest” as he zeros in on a movie about Beat writer Jack Kerouac. In his speech, Di Caprio talked about climate change and is preparing to produce the film “The Sandcastle Empire,” also for Paramount, to illustrate the point. Meanwhile, he and Martin Scorsese are readying their sixth collaboration with “The Devil in the White City,” which is supposed to be even more violent than “The Revenant.”

HISTORY’S MYSTERIES (continued): • In November of 1971, Dan Cooper, having paid $18.52 for a ticket, boarded a Boeing 727 on Northwest Airlines Flight 305 in Portland, Oregon, along with 36 others, bound for Seattle.

(A press communication later mislabeled the man as “D.B. Cooper.”) Shortly into the flight, Cooper passed a note to the flight attendant, advising her that his briefcase contained a bomb. Thinking he was giving her his phone number, she stuck the unopened note into her pocket. Her indifference caused Cooper to speak to her, “Miss, you’d better look at that note. I have a bomb.” The note listed a demand for $200,000 in unmarked $20 bills and four parachutes. He received his cash and parachutes when the plane landed in Seattle, he set the passengers free, and commanded the pilot to fly him to Mexico, flying “low and slow” and leaving the back door unlocked. Five Air Force fighter planes tailed the jet, but not a

Brie Larson, winner for best actress, already has completed three films: the romantic musical comedy “Basmati Blues” (with Scott Bakula, Tyne Daly and Donald Sutherland), “Free Fire” (with Sharlto Coply and Armie Hammer) and the $190 million production of “Kong: Skull Island” (with Tom Wilkinson, Tom Hiddleston, John C, Reilly, John Goodman and Samuel L. Jackson) for March 2017 release. She’s currently

In 2013, a California couple unearthed 1,400 gold coins stored in tin cans buried in their backyard. It was later revealed that $30,000 worth of similar gold coins had been stolen from the U.S. Mint in San Francisco in 1901. No one was ever convicted of the crime. Today, the coins’ estimated value is $10 million.

E S R COTG E I O L A person interested in the paranormal explanation of crop circles.

Best supporting actor winner Mark Rylance is filming director Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk” with fellow supporting actor nominee Tom Hardy. He’ll work again with “Bridge of Spies” director Steven Spielberg, playing the title role of “BFG,” a giant who sets out with a 12-yearold girl to capture man-eating giants invading their human world. The Disney film is based on a book by Roald Dahl, who gave us “James and the Giant Peach,” “The Fantastic Mr. Fox,” “Matilda” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” The late Melissa Mathison, who wrote “E.T.,” wrote the screenplay for “BFG.” She was married to Harrison Ford from 1983-2004.

Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, who has won three consecutive Oscars for “Gravity,” “Birdman” and “The Revenant,” has three films upcoming: “Knight of Cups,” with Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett and Natalie Portman, due March 4; “Last Days in the Desert,” with Ewan McGregor, out in May; and “Weightless,” with Ryan Gosling, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. Alejandro Inarritu, who won back-to-back Oscars for directing “Birdman” and “The Revenant,” has not announced his next project, Meanwhile, producer Harvey Weinstein has landed sixtime “Dancing With the Stars” mirror-ball winner Derek Hough to embody the Gene Kelly role in “Singing in the Rain” (considered by critics to be the best movie musical ever made), coming to Broadway later this year. With the kind of winters they have in New York, maybe it should be called “Singing in the Snow”!

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1. Name the popular bandleader whose plane disappeared over the English Channel and was never located.

2. Who is 10 feet tall, weighs 500 lbs., and is covered in dark reddish hair.

3. Where are 60 mysterious stones each weighing 6 tons located?

4. Where did U.S. Navy Flight 19 disappear?

5. What famous actor and industrialist disappeared in November, 1970?

and Asia Minor put together,” located in the Atlantic just beyond the Pillars of Hercules, which is believed to be the Strait of Gibraltar.

The location has been linked with the Greek island of Santorini, which was destroyed by a volcano around 1600 B.C. The philosopher Aristotle joked about “Plato’s ability to conjure nations out of thin air and then destroy them,” soul witnessed Cooper’s jump into the rainy but the legend of the long-lost utopia still night somewhere between Seattle and Reno, fascinates today. No trace of the city has ever Nevada. And D.B. Cooper has never been seen been found. again. Nine years later, a family vacation led to the discovery of some of D.B. Cooper’s ransom • UFO or government cover-up? In the summer of 1947, 75 miles (121 km) from Roswell, New money. An eight-year-old boy was looking for Mexico, a sheep rancher discovered some firewood near the border between Washington unusual debris in his pasture – metal sticks, and Oregon discovered $5,800 in decaying $20 chunks of plastic, foil reflectors, and heavy bills along the banks of the Columbia River. The paper-like material. It wasn’t long after the serial numbers confirmed it was the hijacker’s rancher contacted the authorities that soldiers money. No other money has ever been found, invaded his property and quickly scooped the and considering the rugged wilderness, the FBI pieces into armored trucks. While the U.S. has always maintained that Cooper could not military assured the public that it was a crashed have survived his caper. weather balloon, the pieces didn’t resemble • In 1587, Englishman John White led 120 that at all. Many insisted that the debris was a colonists to establish a settlement on Roanoke crashed extraterrestrial spacecraft, complete Island, North Carolina. Just a few weeks later, with alien passengers. The UFO supporters his daughter gave birth to the first English child claimed that the craft and its occupants had born in the New World. Shortly afterward, been captured and covered up by the military. a shortage of supplies sent White back to Fifty years later, the military issued a report England. His return to North Carolina was declaring that the mysterious wreckage was drastically delayed for three years by a naval part of a top-secret atomic espionage project war with Spain. When White finally landed called Project Mogul. The report stated that the on Roanoke in 1590, the settlers had vanished fragments really were a weather balloon, but without a trace. The buildings had collapsed one whose real purpose was to carry classified and houses were dismantled. The only clue left information. Yet there are still those who to their whereabouts was the word “Croatoan” subscribe to the UFO theory, as demonstrated carved on a fence post and “CRO” on a tree. by the hundreds of thousands of annual visitors Some believe this referred to Croatoan Island to the Roswell site.

(Hatteras Island today), 50 miles (80 km) south.

It was also the name of a small group of Native • In November of 1872 the ship Mary Celeste left New York harbor with Captain Briggs, his Americans in the area. Searches turned up no wife, daughter, and eight crew members, with survivors, but it may well be that the settlers a destination of Italy. A month later, the ship sought help from the tribes and were gradually was discovered floating in the Atlantic with assimilated. A 1709 publication quoted Croatans who claimed to have white ancestors, and early colonists reported encounters with gray-eyed Native Americans.

• Experts have long debated whether the Lost City of Atlantis was real or fictional. Described in Plato’s dialogues written about 330 B.C., Plato described it as a powerful and advanced kingdom that fell from the gods’ favor and sank into the ocean around 9600 B.C. “in a single day and night of misfortune.” Supposedly, the kingdom was on an island larger than “Libya

no one aboard. The captain’s log and the life boat were missing; otherwise, the undamaged ship was intact. None of the travelers were ever seen again. The ship had been renamed after

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An Animal Planet poll revealed that vampire . bats are the third-most feared animal in the world. Wolves and gorillas are the only ones ahead.

Some of history’s mysteries include crimes that were never solved. Tidbits checks out some unsolved The bumblebee bat, native to Thailand, is the mysteries that have not been explained. world’s smallest mammal, only about 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) long, and weighing less than • There’s been no sign of Teamsters’ Union president Jimmy Hoffa since July 30, 1975. That’s the day he a penny. The largest bat is the Giant Golden told his wife he was meeting two men (reportedly Crowned Flying Fox that lives on islands in Mafia leaders) at Detroit’s Red Fox Restaurant for the South Pacific. This species weighs about lunch. Hoffa had been involved with organized 3 lbs. (1.3 kg) and has a wingspan of up to 6 crime for many years during his union work. He feet (1.8 m). had been convicted of attempted bribery of a Many people associate bats with rabies, but grand juror and fraud, and was sentenced to eight in the U.S., an average of only two people years, of which he served less than five. Shortly die per year from rabies from a bat. Bats after his release from prison, he received a $1.7 can also spread histoplasmosis, or “cave million lump sum pension from the Teamsters. disease,” a fungus found in bat droppings.

On the day of his disappearance, bystanders claim Those who breathe in the infected spores they saw Hoffa taken away in the back seat of a can experience chills, muscle and joint pain, car. The mobsters denied having any scheduled chest discomfort, and a rash. meeting with Hoffa. Although several individuals have claimed responsibility for Hoffa’s death, no Bat dung, called guano, is one of the richest human remains have ever been found and the fertilizers available, with high levels of case remains open. One theory is that his body phosphorus, potassium, and nitrogen. was buried under New Jersey’s Meadowlands During the U.S. Civil War, guano was used to stadium. Another is that it is in a Michigan gravel make gunpowder. pit. Most theories involve his body being encased As nocturnal animals, bats sleep during the in cement. day, hanging upside down from trees or from the roofs of caves, gripping with their sharp • Was Massachusetts Sunday School teacher Lizzie Borden really an ax murderer? Although she claws. On the hunt at night, they might fly 30 was acquitted of the murders of her father and miles (48 km) to locate food, which they can stepmother, since 1892, she has remained the locate in total darkness. They find insects prime suspect, and no one else was ever charged. by emitting high-pitched sounds, 10 to 20 A hatchet was discovered in the basement of the beeps per second and listening for echoes. family home, but the handle was broken off and The bat has a very long tongue for feeding, the blade was clean. Lizzie’s father was extremely which it wraps around its rib cage when not wealthy (almost $10 million in today’s money) in use.

While some mammals might glide, the bat is the only mammal capable of continued flight. The wing membranes make up about 95% of the bat’s body surface area.

Many bats have a long life span, including the brown bat that can live nearly 40 years.

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Tidbits has bats in the belfry! We’re taking the time this week to examine this large group of nocturnal mammals.

• There are more than 1,200 species of bats, and they comprise nearly a quarter of all mammal species on earth. More than half of all bats in the • U.S. are either endangered or their population is declining.

• Although to many, bats seem scary and creepy, they are vital to the ecosystem in controlling pests and participating in pollination. Seventy percent of bats consume insects, contributing to a large part of natural pest control. One brown bat can eat up to 1,000 mosquitoes in one hour! • Nearly 30% of the other species have a diet of various fruits. A very small percentage dine on fish, mice, and frogs.

• There are only three species of what we call vampire bats, those that feed on the blood of • animals, and all of those are native only to Latin America. Many of us fear these blood drinkers, but they can be very beneficial to humans. Their saliva contains an enzyme that dissolves blood clots, which can be used to treat stroke victims.

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• A colony of bats usually varies in size from 100 to 1,000 bats. The world’s largest known bat colony in the world is in Texas’ Bracken Bat Cave, where more than 20 million bats live.

When groups exit the cave, the mass is so large, it resembles a gigantic storm on radar.

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including a mentally disturbed surgeon, a barber, a butcher, a bootmaker, and a poet. In 1992, the diary of a Liverpool cotton merchant named James Maybrick was discovered, containing descriptions of the crime only the killer could have known. However, the man who had uncovered the diary admitted to its forgery three years later.

A man in a movie theater notices what looks like a bat sitting next to him.

“Are you a bat?” asked the man, surprised.

“Yes.” “What are you doing at the movies?”

The bat replied, “Well, I liked the book.”

and was very unpopular, having made many enemies through shady business dealings.

However, Lizzie had frequently exhibited signs of mental instability and hostility toward her stepmother.

• Although Bruno Hauptmann was executed in 1936 for the kidnapping and murder of the son of aviator Charles Lindbergh, there are many who believed Hauptmann was framed for the crime. He denied all accusations and claimed he had been beaten by the police. The 20-monthold child was taken from his bed in March of 1932 and a massive investigation was launched within less than an hour. A ransom note asking for $50,000 was found in the nursery, but after it was paid, the location given as to where the baby could be found proved false. Seventy-two days later, the body was found in the woods near the Lindbergh house. Money with serial numbers matching the ransom was found in the home of Hauptmann, who claimed he was keeping it for a friend, who had since died. He maintained his innocence to the end, and his final words included the statement, “I protest my innocence of the crime for which I was convicted.” Trial discrepancies and new evidence discovered in recent years have raised doubts about Hauptmann’s guilt.

• More than 125 years after five London women were murdered in a killing spree, Jack the Ripper remains a mystery. Over 100 suspects have been named as the possible serial killer,

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Remove from heat and let stand 5 minutes. Blend with 1 cup low-fat milk in a blender until smooth and creamy. A savings of over 700 calories and almost 90 grams of fat per cup! * “Got leftover cake? Freeze it! At my daughter’s birthday party we had a really delicious cake, but almost half of it went uneaten. It seemed a shame to throw it away and too gluttonous to eat it all before it spoiled, so we decided to freeze it in slices. It froze perfectly, icing and all, and we were able to enjoy it several more times over the following month.” -Amy in Florida * If your toilet is slow to flush but does not appear to be stopped up, check the water valves underneath the rim of the toilet. Clear any built-up mineral deposits with a straightened out paperclip. This allows the water to flush the bowl more effectively. * Early spring is a great time for garden clean-up chores. Remove dead or damaged limbs on trees and shrubs. Remove suckers at the base of plants.

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: We adopted a friend’s cat sight unseen. “Tara” is a beautiful young tiger-striped cat, but she claws at every furniture leg in the house. My sofa, for example, is pretty much ruined. How can I get this behavior to stop? -Patricia, via email DEAR PATRICIA: Almost all cats claw at handy chair legs, and often prefer the corners of sofas -- the more expensive, the better, it seems.

However, you shouldn’t have to sacrifice your furniture for a friend’s cat.

There are a few things you can do to minimize the scratching. I can’t guarantee that it will go away, but you should be able to save future sofas from the same fate.

First, protect your furniture legs (specifically the furniture that Tara is targeting the most) by wrapping thick cloth or even multiple layers of newspaper around them, and taping in place with masking tape. (Duct tape could leave behind residue.) To discourage Tara from clawing at the protective layer, cover it with plastic wrap or tape -- when she sinks her claws into the tape, the uncomfortable sensation will stop the clawing.

Next, give Tara some things that she CAN claw, and that she can spend her time with: multiple scratching posts and toys.

Third, spent more time with Tara, playing, petting or just being in the same room. Help her work off extra energy and assure her that despite the change in homes, she has nothing to worry about -- and much of the anxiety that may be behind her obsessive clawing may ease.

If these steps don’t reduce the amount of furniture clawing going on, talk to Tara’s vet about medication that could ease her anxiety.

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8 ounces skinned and boned uncooked chicken breast, cut into 12 pieces 1/2 cup chopped onion 1/2 cup unsweetened orange juice 1 tablespoon orange marmalade spreadable fruit 1 1/2 cups frozen sliced carrots, thawed 2 teaspoons I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Light Margarine 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary 1 cup hot cooked rice 1. In a large skillet sprayed with butter-flavored cooking spray, brown chicken and onion for 5 minutes on each side. Stir in orange juice, spreadable fruit, carrots, margarine and rosemary. Lower heat and simmer for 10 minutes or until chicken and carrots are tender, stirring often.

2. For each serving, place 1/2 cup rice on a plate and spoon about 1 cup chicken mixture over top.

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SUGAR

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Sugar is everywhere. It forms the building blocks of carbohydrates, the most abundant type of organic molecules in living things. Come along with Tidbits as we swallow a spoonful of sugar!

SUGAR FACTS • Researchers note that sugar is not necessarily a health problem, but the amount of sugar we consume is. Americans consume about 160 lbs (72 kg) of various sweeteners annually.

That’s around 50 teaspoons of sugar per day, including sugar from sugar cane, sugar beets, and high fructose corn syrup, with a little bit of honey and maple syrup on the side.

It’s recommended by the American Heart Association that adults do not take in more than 5 to 9 teaspoons of sugar per day.

• Sugar provides what are called ‘empty calories’ because it has no vitamins, no minerals, no enzymes, no fat, and no fiber. It’s a source of instant energy, which is not necessarily a healthy thing.

• About two thirds of the sugar consumed in a typical American diet comes from processed foods. One half a cup of prepackaged spaghetti sauce can contain as much sugar as two Oreo cookies (and also has one third of the daily recommended amount of salt.) Heinz ketchup contains up to one teaspoon of sugar in each one tablespoon serving. (continued)

Q: What do you call a sugar-free, glutenfree, fat-free vegan brownie?

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SUGAR (continued) • Sugar cane is a member of the grass family and there are six different species, all of which look very similar to bamboo. None of the species can tolerate freezing temperatures. Sugar cane is usually grown in large plantations. It can yield up to 44 pounds (20 kg) of sugar for every 11 square feet (1 square m) of land.

• It takes between 12 and 18 months for a cane stalk to mature to the point where it can be harvested.

It is a perennial plant meaning it can regrow from the roots over and over, but each time it yields less sugary sap than before until it becomes more economical to plant a fresh new crop. The stalk of the plant is boiled and refined into molasses and sugar. The sugar cane must be refined within days of being harvested.

• It takes one ton of water to grow enough cane to yield one pound (.45 kg) of sugar.

• Sugar cane was first domesticated in New Guinea and areas of Indonesia, and people in India were

HOLLYWOOD -- The next time you hear “It’s an honor just to be nominated for an Oscar,” you’ll know it means once you get the nomination you need to land your next films.

Up next for Matt Damon (“The Martian”) are “Jason Bourne,” with Julia Stiles, “The Danish Girl” Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander and Tommy Lee Jones, arriving July 29; “The Great Wall,” with Willem Dafoe; “Suburbicon,” written by the Coen Brothers, directed by and co-starring George Clooney, with Josh Brolin and Julianne Moore; and “Downsizing,” with Reese Witherspoon and Jason Sudeikis, coming in 2017.

Bryan Cranston (“Trumbo”) has completed the comedy “Get a Job,” with Miles Teller, Anna Kendrick and Marcia Gay Harden (now in theaters); the crime drama “The Infiltrator,” with Diane Kruger, Benjamin Bratt and John Leguizamo (out Aug. 31); and John Steinbeck’s 1936 novel “In Dubious Battle,” directed by and starring James Franco, Robert Duvall, Ed Harris, Sam Shepard, Zach Graff, Josh Hutcherson and Selena Gomez, coming in the fall. Cranston is currently shooting the comedy/ drama “The Disaster Artist,” with Jennifer Garner.

Michael Fassbender (“Steve Jobs”) has completed five

In India the word for sugar was ‘sharkara’ meaning ‘gravel’ because the boiled sap, when dried out, looked like dark-colored sand. That word went into the Persian language as ‘shaker’ which became our sugar. The Sanskrit for sugar was ‘khanda’ meaning ‘a piece of something’ from which we derive the word ‘candy.’

PAT C HY T I R E I V Y Studies have largely disproved the theory that sugar causes this in children.

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Eddie Redmayne (“The Danish Girl”) has completed “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” with Colin Farrell, Jon Voight and Ron Perlman out Nov. 18.

Cate Blanchett (“Carol”) has “Weightless”; “Jungle Book: Origins,” due Oct. 6; and “Thor: Ragnarok” with Chris Hemsworth.

Jennifer Lawrence (“Joy”) has “X-Men: Apocalypse” coming May 27, and the sci/fi film “Passengers,” with Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen and Laurence Fishburne, due Dec. 21.

Charlotte Rampling (“45 Years”) is next in the Brit film “The Sense of an Ending,” with Jim Broadbent and “Downton Abbey’s” Michelle Dockery.

Saoirse Ronan (“Brooklyn”) is taking on Chekov’s “The Seagull,” with Annette Bening, and “Loving Vincent” (Van Gogh), with Douglas Booth.

Brad Pitt has chosen the spy film “Five Seconds of Silence” (set in 1942) to shoot next with Robert Zemeckis directing and co-starring Marion Cotillard.

Tom Cruise has “Jack Reacher -- Never Go Back” with Cobie Smolders (due Oct. 21) and the crime thriller “Mena,” with Domhnall Gleason, for January release.

He is now preparing a reboot of “The Mummy,” about Navy Seals who search for terrorists in a bunker and accidentally find a cursed mummy’s tomb. Sounds like he switching from action star to horror hero ... Oh, Mummy mia! (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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1. Which has a higher percentage of sugar: an Eskimo pie ice cream bar, or Kellogg’s Sugar Smacks breakfast cereal?

2. A Listerine throat lozenge or a Hostess Ding Dong?

3. A Heinz Sweet Gherkin pickle or a Tootsie Roll?

4. Upjohn cough syrup or Cheerios?

5. Shake ‘n Bake BBQ Style or Sara Lee Chocolate Cake?

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IT’S A FACT • Sugar was rationed in World War II because it was needed to make the ethyl alcohol which is a component of smokeless gunpowder. It took the first to refine it. One of the first recorded an entire acre of sugar cane to make enough references to sugar dates back to the year 325 gunpowder for five shots from a 16-inch gun.

BC. Christopher Columbus brought sugar cane with him on his second voyage to the New World in PRESENT FROM BIRTH 1493 and planted it in Santo Domingo. By the year 1516, sugar was being shipped to Europe • Children develop a taste for salty things by the time they are four or five years old, but the from there. appreciation of sweet things is present from The first sugar cane in the United States was the moment of birth. In an experiment, babies planted in Louisiana in the mid-1700s. had one of their hands placed in a bowl of uncomfortably cold water. Researchers found At first, sugar was rare and expensive. Slavery that babies would leave their hand in that cold on sugar plantations caused social upheaval. water longer if they were distracted by being Jungles were torn down to make room for more given something sweet. sugar cane.

As sugar became more widely available, the price dropped so that more people could afford CORN SYRUP it.

• In the 1970s sugar’s rising price led to the Brazil is currently the world’s largest producer of development of high fructose corn syrup which sugar. then became the sweetener of choice used in soft drinks and processed foods. Over the next three decades, consumption of soda pop more than TWO KINDS OF SUGAR doubled in the U.S., eventually reaching over 50 Sugar is a combination of carbon, hydrogen, gallons (189 l) a year per person. Between 1970 and oxygen. Mankind is unable to produce and 1990 consumption of high fructose corn sugar using chemical processes. Only plants syrup in the U.S. increased tenfold. By 1999 can manufacture sugar. Our table sugar comes every person in America was averaging 215 from two different plants: sugar cane, and sugar calories per day from high fructose corn syrup beets. They are chemically identical. alone.

It used to be thought that sugar could only be made from sugar cane. One scientist named IT’S A FACT Achard was viewed as a crackpot because he kept trying to get sugar from beets, which were • In a study, rats were taught that they would receive an electrical shock if they ate easy to grow in cold climates. In 1806 Napoleon cheesecake. They ate cheesecake anyway and ordered all French ports closed to English products because a war had broken out between the two countries. This cut off the supply of sugar, which England got from its Caribbean colonies. When Napoleon heard of a man that could turn beets into sugar, he visited him and was so impressed that he took the Legion of Honor medal from his own chest and pinned it on him. Two years later there were 40 sugar beet factories in France. When the war ended, the price of sugar bottomed out and the beet factories closed. Today, two-thirds of the world’s

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suffered the electrical shocks rather than go without cheesecake.

CONSEQUENCES • Medical studies have shown that high intake of • sugar has a negative effect on the survival rates of people suffering from colon cancer and breast cancer.

• Regular consumption of refined sugar can cause deficiencies of the B vitamins.

• Sugar accelerates the aging of cells in the human body and also increases the amount of skin wrinkles because excess blood sugar binds to collagen in the skin and makes it less elastic.

• Drinking a single 12-ounce can of soda pop daily adds enough sugar to the diet to boost the chance of getting heart disease by a third.

• Americans consume the most sugar through soft drinks (33%), followed by candy (16%); cakes, • cookies, and pies (13%); fruit drinks (10%); dairy desserts and milk (9%); and other things (6%).

In the American diet, added sugar accounts for nearly 500 calories every day. This is calorically equivalent to eating 10 strips of bacon every day.

• Amazing Animals

WASPS • In the 1980s, a caterpillar epidemic began devastating the cotton crop in the southern United States. Farmers turned to entomologists for help. These bug scientists knew that every female wasp lays an egg on the back of a caterpillar. When the egg hatches, the wasp

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maggots will eat the caterpillar from the inside out, killing it. So the entomologists began breeding and releasing wasps into the cotton fields. It didn’t do a bit of good. More entomologists were called in to find out why.

First they studied how a wasp finds a caterpillar to begin with. They discovered it was not by sight. When a wasp and a caterpillar were placed in the same box, the wasp paid no attention to the caterpillar. They thought it might be by smell but once again, when a wasp was close to a caterpillar, there was no recognition at all. Next they tried putting a caterpillar on a plant and releasing the wasp, with no change. But when they put a wasp in a box that contained a partially eaten plant that had been munched by the caterpillar, the wasp showed particular interest in the plant, and then zeroed in on the caterpillar.

Researchers concluded that the damaged plant was giving off an odor that attracted the wasp. Given the choice, the wasp would always be more attracted to a half-eaten plant without a caterpillar on it than to an undamaged plant that had a caterpillar on it.

The entomologists began breeding wasps that were being hatched inside caterpillars that had been fed corn, beans, and soy.

When these wasps were released into the cotton fields, they completely failed to find the caterpillars that were raiding the cotton crop. So it was back to the drawing board for the entomologists.

Researchers discovered that wasp maggots, when feeding on a caterpillar, will become sensitized to whatever that caterpillar had been eating. The wasp will then become attracted to those specific plants. Scientists found that if they wanted the wasps to zero in on caterpillars that were eating the cotton plants, they needed to raise wasp maggots on caterpillars that had eaten cotton plants.

The adult wasp will then be highly sensitive to the odor of a damaged cotton plant. The wasp will ignore damaged tobacco plants and the tobacco budworms, and will likewise ignore damaged corn plants and the corn earworm.

Further studies showed that the chemical odor that attracts a wasp to a damaged plant is the same odor that gives freshly cut grass its characteristic smell. Wasps are able to tell the difference between freshly cut Bermuda

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Whereas a bee can sting only once before dying, a wasp can sting an unlimited number of times and never dies.

Bees are strictly herbivores, eating only nectar and pollen, but wasps eat other insects. Wasps may also eat nectar but they do not collect it like bees do.

Bees create their hives from wax they secrete themselves but wasps create their nests from wood pulp that they scrape from trees and chew up.

A typical wasp colony will have about 5,000 individuals, all of which die off over the winter except for a fertilized larval queen. She survives in a warm spot until she can hatch in the spring and begin laying eggs to start a new colony.

Nearly every pest insect on Earth is preyed upon by a wasp species, either for food or as a host for its parasitic larvae.

A NEW SNACK CAKE

• In 1932 Charles Lubin and his brother-in-law purchased a chain of bakeries in Chicago called the Community Bake Shops. The business was successful, but in 1949 Charles and his brotherin-law parted ways and Charles took over the business.

• Charles believed that because the business had

1. True or False: The same treatments that doctors use to block the craving for heroin can also be used to suppress the urge to eat sugary treats.

2. True or False: Dogs have a sweet tooth but cats do not.

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• Teacher: What are some products of the West Indies?

Student: I don’t know.

Teacher: Of course, you do. Where do you get sugar from?

Student: We borrow it from our neighbor!

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been so successful in supplying baked goods to the grocery stores of Chicago, he should try • supplying baked goods to the mass market of America, so he began to experiment with ways to do that.

He invented a method that allowed desserts to be baked, frozen, shipped, and reheated in a foil • pan. His first mass-market product was a frozen cheesecake, which needed a name.

His wife Tillie suggested he name it after their daughter, and he did. The cheesecake became so popular that he renamed the entire corporation after his daughter. He added more products such as pound cake and coffee cake, and by 1955 his products were sold all over the country.

The business was so profitable that Charles sold out to Consolidated Foods in 1956. By then the name of his daughter was so widely recognized that Consolidated Foods adopted it as the new name of their corporation, hiring him to be their CEO. Charles retired in 1965 and died in 1988 at the age of 84, by which time the company’s products were well on their way to being sold around the world. Shortly after his death, his daughter became a spokesperson for the corporation that was named after her. And her own daughter (Charles’ grandaughter) even interned at the factory. What was the name of Charles’ daughter, now on packages of frozen desserts all over the world?

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make the cakes sat idle.

While delivering a load of strawberry cakes to a vendor one day, company vice-president James Deware decided what he needed was a product that would use this equipment all year. Finally he hit on banana cream cakes because bananas were available year-round.

He called them Little Shortcake Fingers, and a nickel bought a package of two. A few years later on the way to a marketing meeting, his eye fell on a billboard advertising a brand of shoes, and he adapted that name for the product.

Originally the cakes were made with eggs, milk, and butter, which gave them a shelf life of only a day or two before becoming stale. It was expensive to have salesmen constantly replenishing store shelves, so the recipe was reformulated, giving them a shelf life of three to four weeks, mostly due to the airtight cellophane packaging.

During World War II a banana shortage forced him to re-vamp the recipe once again, and the familiar vanilla-flavored snack cake was born.

Today, 500 million are produced every year.

They are called Twinkies.

Twinkies can be frozen to expand their lifespan.

Answer: Sarah Lee.

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New Dog May Have to Wait * “Need a great shave? Fancy shave gels and foams can be expensive. Get a bottle of inexpensive hair conditioner. These usually cost less than a dollar, and you get months of use from one bottle.” -- E.L. in California * Scrub residual smell out of a wooden spoon by using a baking soda and water paste, then soaking in baking soda laced water for 15-20 minutes. Wash and let dry as usual. Replace wooden spoons that are split or cracked. * “To help sports protective equipment last longer between washings, fill a small spray bottle with rubbing alcohol or vodka. Spray sweaty pads and hang on pants hangers to dry.

Wash weekly if possible. Never store sweaty pads in your gear bag.” -- A.A. via email * Keep a bowl of sunglasses by the door or a bag of them in the car. Sunglasses can be gotten cheaply at dollar stores and the like, and replaced often if scratched. They come in all kinds of colors and patterns, but they are more than a fashion statement -- they protect your eyes from squinting and glares. * Have a favorite mug but the handle has broken off? Use it as a pencil holder on your desk, or plant a small plant in it, and keep it on your windowsill. * “Save leftover condiment packets from fastfood and takeout orders to use in lunchboxes and picnics. Mayonnaise and mustard are especially useful for sandwiches, and barbecue sauce is great when we do a fried chicken picnic. It’s better than packing a bottle!” -- Y.E. in Alabama (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I’d like to get a dog, but my younger brother is very afraid of dogs because he was once bitten by one.

How can I tell him not to be afraid, so I can have a dog? -Christine in Mesa, Arizona DEAR CHRISTINE: You might not be able to get a dog right now, unfortunately. If your parents don’t think that it’s a good idea because your younger brother is still very fearful of them, then that may be that.

However, there are some other things you may be able to do, even if you can’t have your own dog. You could spend time with a friend or a neighbor’s dog. That’s a good way to learn how to walk, feed and even train a dog. I myself grew up around many dog owners, and by spending time with them, paying attention to how they gave their dog commands and the different training methods they used, I got a wider perspective and better education on training dogs than a book might have provided.

You could volunteer at a local shelter. While kids under 18 may be restricted from working directly with the pets residing there, many shelters have programs designed especially for school-age kids so they can contribute to shelter pets’ care, and learn about caring for these animals.

Consider getting a different pet to care for, as well.

Learning to care for animals is a really important skill. Plus, your brother can and should have a say in what kind of pet to get -- and he’ll share the responsibility for caring for it.

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

1 egg or equivalent in egg substitute 1 1/4 cups Splenda Granular, divided 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon table salt 1 (8-ounce) can fruit cocktail, packed in fruit juice, undrained 1/4 cup chopped walnuts 1. Heat oven to 350 F. Spray an 8-by-8-inch baking dish with butter-flavored cooking spray.

2. In a large bowl, combine egg and 1 cup Splenda.

Add flour, baking soda, salt and undrained fruit cocktail. Mix well to combine.

3. Spread batter evenly in prepared baking dish.

Evenly sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup Splenda and walnuts over top. Bake for 22-26 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

4. Place baking dish on a wire rack and allow to cool completely. Cut into 8 servings.

TIP: Also good topped with 1 tablespoon Cool Whip Lite, but don’t forget to count the few additional calories. * Each serving equals: 115 calories, 3g fat, 3g protein, 19g carb., 312mg sodium, 11mg calcium, 1g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 1 Starch/Carb., 1/2 Fat.

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1. An ice cream bar is 20% sugar, but Sugar Smacks are 61%. Sugar..

Sugar Smacks, Fruit Loops, and Trix have more sugar percentage-wise than Twinkies, Milky Way bars, or chocolate chip cookies.

2. A Ding Dong is 26% sugar, but a throat lozenge is 69% sugar.

3. It’s about equal: a Tootsie Roll is 21.1% sugar, and a Sweet Gherkin is 21.9% sugar.

4. Cheerios are 2% sugar (one of the lowest sugar content cereals 2nd only to shredded wheat) but cough syrup is 44% sugar.

5. Chocolate cake is 36% sugar, but BBQ Shake ‘n Bake is 51%.

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Tidbits brings you facts about some famous siblings who’ve made the news over the years.

• The Olsen twins, Mary-Kate and Ashley, were born to a mother who was a personal manager and a real estate developer/ mortgage broker father. The two were cast in the ABC sitcom “Full House” at the age of nine months, sharing the role of Michelle Tanner for the entire series’ run from 1987 to 1995. After two more sitcoms, they branched out into producing. The Olsens are authors and businesswomen, with the majority of their time now spent on their luxury fashion design business. Their combined net worth is estimated in the $300 million range.

• Shirley MacLaine and Warren Beatty were born to a psychology professor father and a drama teacher mother. Shirley made her film debut at age 21 in an Alfred Hitchcock movie, and went on to fame in Terms of Endearment and Steel Magnolias. Although as a young man, Warren had been offered ten college football scholarships, he turned them down to study acting after seeing the success of his sister, who was already a Hollywood star. turn the page for more!

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PHOTO: Michael Keaton Photo credit: Depositphotos.com HOLLYWOOD -- The way we watch movies may change if directors J.J. Abrahms, Ron Howard and Peter Jackson have their way. Theater owners rake in almost half of the box-office take, while producers take a lion’s share of the DVD and Blu-ray sales. Now these directors and other industry big wigs are aligning themselves with the company Screening Room. They propose to offer films the same day they open in theaters, at $50 for 48 hours. However, in order to view the films you must rent an encrypted set-top box for $150. To entice theater owners to their plan, they will give them $20 of the $50 rental. Will the theater owners go for that, and will movie fans pay $200 to turn their living room into a screening room?

FAMOUS SIBLINGS (continued): • Country singer Naomi Judd has two famous daughters, Wynonna and Ashley. These sisters are direct descendants of famous Pilgrims Mary and William Brewster, who helped organize the first voyage of the Mayflower. Ashley, born Ashley Ciminella in 1968, has appeared in close to 40 films, but has many other accomplishments, including an MPA from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. She is active in humanitarian causes, including prevention of genocide and crimes against women. Sister Wynonna (birth name Christina Ciminella) teamed up with her mother to form a musical duo that had 14 No. 1 hits on the charts. The pair released seven albums before disbanding in 1991. Wynonna’s solo career has led to 20 more singles on the charts.

• Professional tennis playing sisters Venus and Serena Williams have faced each other 27 times in Grand Slam finals. Both have been ranked Number One in the world in their career, with Venus top-ranked for 11 weeks, and Serena for 200 weeks. Currently Serena is No. 1 and Venus is No. 16. Venus is a seven-time Grand Slam title winner in singles, with Serena grabbing 21 titles.

Each woman has won four gold medals in the Summer Olympics Games. A Williams sister has won the Wimbledon singles championship in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2015.

• The American pop band Hanson, consisting of three brothers Isaac, Taylor, and Zac have sold more than 16 million records, and have had eight Top 40 albums. When their first album “Middle of Nowhere” was released in 1997, Isaac was 17, Taylor, 14, and Zac, just 12 years old. The album sold 10 million copies worldwide. The young brothers were nominated for three Grammy Awards in 1998.

You can see Michael Keaton in “The Founder” come Aug. 5 as he brings Ray Kroc, the man responsible for putting MacDonald’s hamburgers into your mouths since 1954, to life. Laura Dern plays his first wife, Ethel Fleming. The $7 million film has Jeremy Renner, Oscar-nominated for “The Hurt Locker” (2008), as one of its producers.

The feud between actresses Olivia de Havilland and her sister Joan Fontaine began when both women were nominated for an Academy Award in 1940. The younger Joan was new to Hollywood, but she walked away with the Oscar. Although Olivia won five years later, the feud continued for more than 50 years.

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Gerard Butler had two big films open a week apart, only to see the first, “Gods of Egypt,” sink from its $140 million cost to $108 million at theaters, while “London Has Fallen” earned $101 million against its $60 million cost, which in Hollywood is considered a failure. Both films have a chance to recoup losses when they quickly hit the DVD/Blu-ray racks. Butler will try again in January with the sci-fi/action thriller “Geostorm,” co-starring Abbie Cornish, Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris and Andy Garcia, as he tries to save the world from a storm of epic proportions caused by climate-controlling satellites. It will be followed later next year by “The Headhunters Calling,” with Willem Dafoe and Alfred Molina.

Bradley Cooper took time off to produce the criminal comedy-drama “War Dogs,” written and co-produced by Todd Phillips, who wrote “The Hangover” trilogy. Bradley will be heard and not seen, first in the title role in “A Dog’s Purpose,” with Dennis Quaid and Peggy Lipton (yes, “The Mod Squad” star), coming Jan. 27, and “Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2,” in May 2017. Chris Pratt, Zoe Zaldana, Dave Bautista and Glenn Close all return in the sequel, with Kurt Russell being added as Peter Quills’ father.

Don’t know about you, but if I was a good-looking star I’d rather be SEEN and not heard, a la Matthew McConaughey in his ads for Lincoln! (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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1. Name Emilio Estevez’ famous brother.

2. What brothers made history in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina?

3. Who recorded “Bye Bye Love” in 1957?

4. She was in “Family Ties.” He was in “Arrested Development.” Who are they?

5. What brothers appeared on their father’s TV series “Sea Hunt”?

while two Latvian brothers took the Bronze.

Dutch twin brothers won gold and bronze in the men’s 500-meter speedskating race. Over the years, there have been 19 families who have had three or more siblings compete at the Winter Olympics. The record is held by the Spanish Fernandez Ochoa family, who had three brothers and two sisters competing.

• The Aurness brothers were born in the 1920s to a businessman and his journalist wife. James was the elder, who had his eyes set on being a World War II fighter pilot, but his height of 6’7” FAMOUS SIBLINGS (continued): made it impossible. Instead, he served as an • New Jersey brothers Paul, Joe, and Nicholas Army infantryman in Italy, where his leg was Jonas have sold upwards of 17 million records. severely injured by machine-gun fire. After the Formed in 2005, they are the youngest band to be featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

• Baby boomers will remember the character of Opie Taylor on “The Andy Griffith Show,” a role that Ron Howard played for eight years.

The Oklahoma-born Howard appeared in his first movie at 18 months, but had his first credited role at age 4. As a teenager, he began a six-year stint as Richie Cunningham on the popular sitcom “Happy Days.” At age 25, he left the series to focus on a career as a director. His many successful films include Cocoon, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, The Da Vinci Code and Frost/Nixon. Ron Howard has cast his younger brother Clint in 16 of the films he has directed.

Clint was also a child star, appearing in the 1960s series “Gentle Ben” as the son of a Florida Everglades game warden who kept a bear as a pet. Ron is worth a little more than his brother -- $140 million to Clint’s $20 million.

• There were more sets of siblings competing in the 2014 Winter Olympics than any other. Seven sets of siblings on Team USA competed either as teammates or as rivals, along with Ukraine’s female twins, three sisters from Switzerland, another three sisters from Canada, and two brothers from Norway. Two of the three Canadian sisters took gold and silver in the moguls event. In the men’s double luge event, two Austrian brothers won the silver medal,

1. What brothers used the line, “Mom always liked you best!”?

2. What group of siblings sang “I’m So Excited”?

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word “Delphis,” which translates to “womb,” war, James and his brother Peter, also a WWII leading to an interpretation of the meaning vet, pursued careers in the entertainment field as “a fish with a womb.” Yet they aren’t fish at and both became well-known television actors all, but mammals who breathe air, give birth in very different roles. James, who dropped the to live young and nurse them with milk, and “u” in his name, became James Arness, the star are warm-blooded, maintaining a constant of TV’s “Gunsmoke,” a long-running western set body temperature. They do have hair, but in 1870s Kansas. For 20 years from 1955 to 1975, only when they are first born. It falls out Arness was Marshal Matt Dillon on the series, within two weeks, and doesn’t grow again along with several made-for-TV “Gunsmoke” for the remainder of their lives. movies after the regular series ended. His brother changed his name to Peter Graves and • Of the 43 species of dolphins in the world, became famous in his role of Jim Phelps, the 38 are marine dolphins, living in saltwater, director of the Impossible Missions Force on and five are river dolphins. The marine TV’s “Mission Impossible” from 1967 to 1973 and dolphins live mainly in shallower water again from 1988 to 1990. The highly-successful near coastlines in warmer locations, and are 1980s comedy Airplane! films featured Graves common in Southern California, Chile, the as Captain Clarence Oveur, the pilot of a Boeing tip of South Africa, and the Gulf of Mexico.

707.

Yet they’ve been found from Nova Scotia to • The 1977 Saturday Night Fever movie soundtrack Norway. album, recorded by siblings, Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb sold 15 million copies and was • The most well-known species is the Bottlenose Dolphin. Because of the design of their Album of the Year, with five the songs making it face, they always appear to be smiling. The to #1 on the charts. The Gibbs composed half of Bottlenose is large, ranging from 10 to 14 feet 1978’s biggest songs, with Barry and Robin once long (3 to 4.3 m) and weighing up to 1,100 writing three #1 singles in one afternoon. Their pounds (499 kg). Their size varies according sales exceed 220 million records. Of the three, to their location, with living in cooler bodies only Barry survives, Maurice having died from of water a larger size than those in warmer intestinal problems in 2003 at 53, and his twin temperatures.

Robin succumbing to cancer in 2012.

• Dolphins come up for air every few minutes, only able to remain submerged for up to 4 ½ UNUSUAL ANIMALS minutes without a breath. While traveling in DOLPHINS their pods, each has a distinctive whistle that helps the others recognize them.

April 14 is National Dolphin Day, and what better time to examine the specifics on this group of • We’ve all seen photos of dolphins leaping high marine animals! into the air. A dolphin can vault up to 20 feet • The word “dolphin” comes from the Greek

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• Dolphins are the second most intelligent animals, behind human beings. MRI scans of dolphin (6.1 m) into the air before splashing back brains indicate a large brain with an intricate into the water. It could be they are dislodging neocortex, and capable of experiencing parasites such as sucker fish or barnacles, or emotions. They are highly trainable, and actually to escape predators. pass their knowledge on to fellow dolphins.

• The number of a dolphin’s teeth varies from They exhibit concern for other animals, staying eight up to 250, with only one set of teeth for and helping the injured, even saving the lives of life. Consuming between 10 and 35 pounds humans in some cases.

(4.5 to 15.9 kg) of food each day, they use their teeth to catch their prey, but not to • Did you know that the orca killer whale is actually a member of the dolphin family, the largest chew it, rather, they swallow their dinner member of Delphinidae category? whole.

• As far as senses, they have excellent vision, both in and out of the water, with special corneas that adapt to both conditions.

Although their ear openings are only small the middle ear, it’s believed that sound moves to the inner ear via fat lobes located in the jaw and other bones in the skull. Their sense of smell is poor, due to the absence of olfactory nerves.

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A boy was taking care of his baby sister while his parents went to town shopping. He decided to go fishing and he had to take her along. “I’ll never do that again!” he told his mother that evening. “I didn’t catch a thing!”

“Oh, next time I’m sure she’ll be quiet and not scare the fish away,” his mother said.

The boy said, “It wasn’t that. She ate all the bait!

• Living in the wild, a male dolphin will have a lifespan of 40 to 45 years, while a female can live to age 50.

CHARLIE THE TUNA You probably didn’t know that April 6 has been designated Charlie the Tuna Day, honoring the “spokesman” for StarKist tuna. There’s nothing fishy about these facts.

• The StarKist tuna company got its start in 1910 when an immigrant from Yugoslavia, Martin Bogdanovich, started fishing along the California coast. Business was good and in 1918, Martin and five partners established a tuna business, naming it the French Sardine Company. They retained that name until 1942 when the name of StarKist was introduced.

• In the midst of World War II, more than half of StarKist’s production was being used to supply the U.S. Army. In 1952, the company opened a new and expanded tuna cannery on Terminal Island, California. In 1953, they began production of 9 Lives cat food, using tuna byproducts.

• In 1961, StarKist hired the Leo Burnett Advertising Agency to create a catchy ad campaign. The Agency was already famous for its creation of the Jolly Green Giant in 1935, Tony the Tiger in 1951, and the Marlboro Man in 1954. (The agency would go on to come up with Fruit Loops’ Toucan Sam in 1963, the Pillsbury Doughboy in 1965, and Morris the Cat and the Keebler Elf in 1968.) An employee of the agency, Tom Rogers, created Charlie the Tuna, based on a good friend of his, Henry Nemo, a jazz composer who was a Cotton Club musician and sometimes referred to as the creator of jive.

• Charlie was created as a hip, cool beatnik tuna with a beret and trendy shades.

• He was animated by the same studio that had created the Pink Panther. Charlie’s goal was

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to be chosen by Starkist. He believed himself to be so cultured that he had “good taste,” and was the perfect catch for Starkist. Throughout his 85-commercial career, Charlie was always rejected with a note on a fish hook that said, “Sorry, Charlie.” The point of the message was that StarKist wasn’t looking for tuna with good taste, but rather for tuna that tasted good.

• The voice of Charlie the Tuna was actor Herschel Bernardi, known for his roles in the television series “Peter Gunn” and “Arnie.” He was also the voice of the Jolly Green Giant.

• Charlie himself never said the popular catchphrase “Sorry Charlie,” but at the end of most of the ads, he said, “Tell ‘em Charlie sent ya.” Both of these phrases are considered among the most recognized advertising slogans in history.

• In 1963, StarKist was purchased by the H. J. Heinz Company, although a Bogdanovich descendant remained as company president. During these years, a new manufacturing facility was established in American Samoa. StarKist was acquired by Del Monte in 2002, who sold it again just four years later to a South Korean concern, Dongwon Industries.

• In the late 1980s, the Charlie ad campaign was retired. He enjoyed a brief comeback in 1999, when StarKist brought him back to introduce their new line of healthier tuna products.

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* “Spring sports are in full swing for us, and we definitely still use the slow cooker. I often double recipes to freeze when I cook. When the recipe allows, I thaw the dinners for the week in the fridge. After school but before sports, I put the thawed meal in the slow cooker to heat up while we’re out. It works great for spaghetti sauce with meatballs, cooked chicken, meatloaf or cube steak and stews, etc. Coming home to a warm, almost-ready meal is a blessing after being out on the field. We’re usually starved.” -- E.I. in New York * Things from the kitchen you can add to your vegetable garden: leftover chamomile tea, black tea leaves, coffee grounds, banana skins, the water left behind when cooking vegetables, etc.

Also, look up how to make your own compost pile. It does not have to be big! You can find information on the Internet or at the library. * If you’re chopping a lot of tomatoes and need to remove the seeds, this tip will leave you spinning.

Get out your salad spinner, add chopped tomatoes and give it a whirl. * “My mom bought me a beauty blender -- a foam makeup brush that’s really good for contouring and blending. Then my grandma saw it rolling around my vanity, dropping on the floor (gross).

She gave me an egg cup to use. I’ve never used one for eating a boiled egg, but it fits my makeup brush perfectly!” -- J.J. in Florida * Give your computer a spring cleaning by updating your browser and critical programs, changing to a fresh password and perusing your security and privacy settings. While you’re at it, run a backup and offload a copy of your photo collection and/or music trove to an external hard drive, just in case. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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.

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2. In a covered jar, combine reserved pineapple liquid, water and cornstarch. Shake well to blend.

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Mix gently to combine.

3. Continue to cook over medium heat for 6-8 minutes or until mixture thickens and is heated through, stirring constantly. Divide into 4 servings.

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You are invited to a community forum on seniors’ mental wellness.

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POLICE PROBLEMS • Joe Ramirez went to the courthouse in New York City to face a traffic charge. The court business dragged on and before his case was called, he realized the time on his parking meter had run out. He went to feed the meter, but on the way to his car a cop ticketed him for jaywalking. When he got to his car, he found he’d already gotten a ticket. When his case was finally called, Joe was fined $5. He couldn’t pay the fine because he’d already paid the parking ticket, the parking meter, and the jaywalking ticket. So he paid $2 and was told to pay the rest as soon as he could.

• In 1977 Skip Swenson of Los Angeles ordered a personalized license plate that read “NONE.” Shortly afterwards he was surprised to receive $953 worth of overdue parking tickets. Seems that when the police write a ticket for cars without plates, they write “none” on the ticket.

• A bank robber in Oregon in 1969 handed a note to the teller saying, “This is a holdup and I’ve got a gun. Put the money in a paper bag.” The cashier wrote back, “I haven’t got a paper bag.”

The robber fled.

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TRACK TROUBLE • The International Track Association’s meet was held in L.A. in 1973. Lee Evans, Vince Matthews, and Larry James announced they were going to try to break the record for the indoor mile run. The race proceeded smoothly until the final lap. Evans was in the lead when he saw the officials had miscounted the laps and had stretched the tape over the finish line when there was still another lap to go. Evans lifted the tape over his head and kept on running. James and Matthews thought the race was finished and quit running. Evans missed setting a new record by one second-- the second it had taken him to lift the tape over his head.

• Lane Lohr was competing in the pole vault at a track meet held at the University of Illinois on a windy day in 1985. Just after clearing the bar, a gust of wind blew the pole underneath him. As he fell, the pole rode up his thigh inside his track shorts, ripping them completely off. When he landed in the pit he was wearing only his jock strap. The crowd went wild. An official delivered a towel to Lohr, who acknowledged the applause of the crowd before heading for the locker room and a spare pair of shorts. He placed sixth in the finals and qualified for All-American status.

• High jumper Jeff Woodard was competing in a track meet at the University of Alabama in 1981.

He got a perfect plant and cleared the bar easily at 7 feet 1 3/4 inches. His jump was so strong that instead of landing in the pit, he flew completely beyond it and came down in the middle of the steeple jump’s three foot deep pool.

HOLLYWOOD -- “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill in the title roles, is blowing up the box office despite mixed reviews. Critics didn’t like Cavill’s “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,” but it still made $110 million. Cavill is now shooting the war drama “Sand Castle,” and although he plays a real-life hero, his military haircut and beard definitely will not please fans who love his good looks and hot body.

Meanwhile, Ben Affleck’s next film is the action thriller “The Accountant,” with Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons and “Transparent” star Jeffrey Tambor, out Oct. 14.

Affleck wrote, is producing (with Leonardo DiCaprio) and starring in “Live by Night,” opening Oct. 20, with Sienna Miller, Chris Messina, Zoe Saldana and Scott Eastwood. Eastwood has completed “Snowdon,” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo and Zachary Quinto, arriving Sept. 16, and “The Suicide Squad” with Jared Leto, Will Smith and Margot Robbie, hitting screens Aug. 5.

Quinto’s “Star Trek Beyond” finally will open July 22. Chris

Call Today (250) 832-3361 Pine again is Captain James T. Kirk, but he’ll also be Col. Steve Trevor (played by Lyle Waggoner to Lynda Carter in the TV series) in “Wonder Woman,” again played by Gal Gadot, who jumped off “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” into her own film. It will hit theaters June 2017. *** “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” starring Gene Wilder, cost $4 million to make and earned $25 million in theaters in 1971. “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (2005), starring Johnny Depp, cost $150 million and grossed $450 million. The musical version of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book opened in London in 2013, with songs by “Hairspray” creators Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman. The show will close in 2017 and be redirected for Broadway by Jack O’Brian, original director of “Hairspray.” They went bonkers for Wonker in Blighty! *** NBC used “The Voice” to put an end to the success of “American Idol” and now is flexing its muscles because of “Little Big Shots.” NBC execs have decided to go after ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” (in its 22nd season) and Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance” (in its 13th season) by making a pilot of a new dance show starring Channing Tatum and his wife, Dewan, who met while making the 2006 dance film “Step Up.” CBS, not to be outdone, has cast 25-year-old Fort Hood, Texas, native Lucas Till to star as the new “MacGyver.”

Till, best known as Alex Summer/Havok in “The X-Men” franchise, also played Johnny Cash’s brother, Jack, in “Walk the Line” (2005) and Travis Brody in the “Hannah Montana Movie” (2009). They must’ve figured if he could survive Miley Cyrus, known for riding a wrecking ball, he can survive anything as secret agent/troubleshooter MacGyver! (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

A BAD TOSS • A drum major in a parade in Ventura, California, threw his twirling baton high into the air. It hit a power cable which short-circuited and melted, throwing out the power for ten blocks, putting a radio station off the air, and starting a grass fire.

RACING RUIN • When David Pearson was racing in the Rebel 500 at the Darlington Raceway, he pulled his race car over for a pit stop. His crew went about the business of changing all four of his tires, but Pearson didn’t notice what they were doing because he kept his eyes riveted on the leader of the race who was also in for a pit stop. Pearson was under the mistaken impression that the crew was replacing the right tires only. They loosened the left tires as they were tightening the right tires.

When Pearson gunned his engine and started to pull out, a crew member yelled, “Whoa!” but Pearson thought he said, “GO!” Fifty yards later, both left wheels left the car and went bouncing down the track.

Famed cellist Augustinas Vasiliauskas of the Lithuanian Vilnius String Quartet received a standing ovation at the Kuhmo Music Festival in 1980. He was climbing to the podium to acknowledge his third round of applause when he tripped. He fell on his Ruggieri cello, smashing the priceless 300-year-old instrument to pieces.

C U R M O O R OT Prisoners at the Saltillo Prison in northern Mexico spent months secretly digging an escape tunnel in 1975— which ended in the middle of this.

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1. When Herbert Chun of Australia won a lottery prize of $70,000, he became so excited that this happened.

2. Alan Broadhurst forgot to mail his wife’s entry into a football pool in 1981. She had picked all the winners. How much would they have won?

3. John Batt was out of the country and missed the one year deadline for claiming his $50,000 lottery winnings in the New Jersey State Lottery by how many days?

4. In 1895 there were only two cars in the entire state of Ohio. What happened to them?

5. An escapee from a minimum security prison was recognized when he appeared as a contestant on this game show.

CAR CALAMITIES • Keith McGuigan of Canada parked his car in front of an auto wrecking business in 1981 while he went out back to look for a door latch that would fit his car. When he returned after finding the perfect latch, he found that his car was now a subcompact. He had parked it in a row of junkers waiting to be crushed.

• Richard Horan of Westwood, Massachusetts, went snowmobiling in New Hampshire in 1983.

He parked his car and snowmobile trailer on a • At the Smoky Mountain Raceway in 1968, Buddy back road and left for a day of fun. He returned in Baker’s Dodge blew a tire, spun out of control, the evening to find his rig had been run over by and crashed into the wall. Hurt and dazed, a train. Unbeknownst to him, he’d parked smack Baker needed a quick trip to the hospital. The in the middle of the Maine Central Railroad ambulance, which was actually an old hearse, tracks. The rails were hidden under snow. When arrived and Baker was put on a wheeled stretcher and loaded into the back. Unfortunately, the back door didn’t latch and when the ambulance pulled away, the back door flew open and Buddy, still strapped to the stretcher, went rolling out the back and down the racetrack. All the other race cars came around the corner heading right for the rolling gurney. Baker narrowly missed the oncoming autos, with the ambulance attendants chasing after him. Safely back in the vehicle, they headed to the hospital. Baker’s bad luck was still hanging around, though-- and when the ambulance ran a red light, they had to swerve suddenly to avoid an accident with another car. The hearse skidded up onto the sidewalk, plowing into a set of garbage cans. The ambulance finally arrived at the hospital in spite of a flat tire. After being treated for fractured ribs and a concussion, Baker refused the offer of a ride back to the track in the ambulance.

1. Builders in Baltimore fired up the furnaces for the first time in the newly completed Howard Hotel in 1912. That’s when they discovered that what important thing was missing?

2. The funeral home in Abilene, Texas was once mistakenly listed under this category in the Yellow Pages.

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AMAZING ANIMALS CAR CALAMITIES continued he returned later with a tow truck, he found a ticket for improper parking on the windshield of the wreck.

• In 1981 Peter Stankiewicz of Rockville, Maryland, slammed on the brakes, jumped out of his car, and dove over a bridge into the Potomac River to rescue a man whose truck had crashed through the bridge railing and plunged 60 feet (18 m) into the water. Stankiewicz succeeded in rescuing the driver and hauling him to shore. Only then did he discover that his car had been towed and impounded because it was blocking traffic.

• A car got stuck in the mud of San Diego Bay. Tow truck operator Larry Cavner was called to the scene, but his tow truck also got stuck. A backup tow truck likewise got stuck. Then he hired an amphibious vehicle, which promptly got stuck.

Next he called for a bulldozer, which rescued all four vehicles. The tab for Mr. Cavner was $16,000.

The original motorist paid nothing.

• Alan Lewis was a bus driver in Wales in 1982 when he drove his double-decker bus under a single-decker bridge. Half of the upper deck was completely sheared off. “I usually drive singledeckers. I just forgot I was in a double-decker,” he said.

GRIZZLY BEARS • Number of grizzlies in the contiguous U.S.: 1,500 • Population of grizzlies in the contiguous U.S. before human settlement: 50,000 • Percentage of the original range of grizzlies in the contiguous U.S. no longer occupied by grizzlies: 98% • Number grizzlies living between Yellowstone Park, Wyoming and Waterton Park, Alberta: 950 • Estimated number in Alaska: 30,000 • Estimated number in western Canada: 20,000 • Pounds of food a grizzly will eat in a day: 35 (16 kg) • Number of army cutworm moths a grizzly can eat in a day: 40,000 • Number of pounds a grizzly can gain in a week: 40 (18 kg) • Typical weight for a Yellowstone grizzly: 500 lbs. (227 kg) • Typical weight for an Alaska grizzly: 800 – 1000 lbs. (363 – 454 kg) • Average age before a female grizzly becomes a mother: 5-6 • Average number of years between females giving birth: 2 to 3 • Average litter size for a grizzly: 2 • Number of years a cub will remain with its mother: 2-3 • Percent of grizzly cubs that die in their first year: 40% • Weight of a newborn grizzly cub: 1 lb. (.45 kg) • Weight of a cub at the age of one year: 200 lb.

(91 kg) • Height of a grizzly when standing on its hind legs: 8 ft. (2.4 m) • Average territory of an adult female grizzly: 500 sq. mi.

• Average territory of an adult male grizzly: 1000 sq. mi.

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Number of square miles in Rhode Island: 1,200 Normal body temperature of a grizzly: 100 F. (38 C) Body temp of a hibernating grizzly: 89 F. (32 C) Normal heartbeat of a resting grizzly: 40/min Heartbeat of a hibernating grizzly: 8/min Percent of body fat a grizzly will lose during hibernation: 35% • Number of winters a grizzly will use the same den: 1 • Seconds it takes a grizzly to run 100 meters from a standing start: 6 • Seconds it takes Usain Bolt to run 100 meters from a standing start: 9.8 • Length in inches of a grizzly’s claws: 4 inches (10 cm) • Number of teeth a grizzly has: 42 • Average number of humans killed by grizzlies in North America each year: 1 • Number of humans killed by grizzlies across North America over the last century: 80 • Number of humans killed by black bears in North America over the last century: 35 • Percent of tourists injured by grizzlies in Yellowstone who were men: 78 • Percent of grizzly-caused human deaths that involve a mother bear and her cubs: 70 • Percent of grizzlies in the northern Rocky Mountains that die of natural causes: 10% • Percent of grizzlies that are killed by humans either accidentally or intentionally: 90% • Maximum life span of a wild grizzly: 30

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A police officer pulls over a driver and informs him that he has just won $5,000 in a safety competition, all because he is wearing his seat belt. “What are you going to do with the prize money?” the officer asks.

The man responds, “I guess I’ll go to driving school and get my license.” His wife says, “Officer, don’t listen to him. He’s a smart aleck when he’s drunk.” The guy in the back seat pops up out from under the blanket and says, “I knew we wouldn’t get far in this stolen car.”

Just then a knock comes from the trunk and a voice calls out, “Are we over the border yet?”

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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT • Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the U.S., was paralyzed from the waist down as the result of a bout with polio he suffered in 1921 when he was nearly 40 years old. During his entire 12 year presidency, he could not • walk a step without braces or crutches. Yet, he travelled more than any previous president, wrestled with his sons, and swam. He allowed his birthday in January to be used by the March of Dimes to kick off their fund-raising efforts to raise money for research to prevent polio and other childhood diseases.

• Franklin Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt were distant cousins who knew each other from childhood. When they got married, Eleanor’s uncle, President Theodore Roosevelt, gave away the bride.

• Roosevelt was the first president to appoint a woman to the Cabinet, choosing Frances Perkins for Secretary of Labor. His wife Eleanor applauded his choice, but offered sympathy, saying she knew it must have been difficult for him when the labor leaders pressured him to choose one of their own men. He replied, “I’d rather have trouble with them for an hour than trouble with you for the rest of my life!”

• Roosevelt did a lot of hand-shaking when he was president, and eventually realized that strangers he met at official functions rarely paid attention to the pleasantries exchanged. At a White House party, he tested the theory. As he shook hands with the guests, he remarked that he had murdered his grandmother that morning. As he suspected, no one noticed except for a banker who replied, “Well, she certainly had it coming!”

• When Roosevelt came down with a bad head cold, a Washington newspaper accidentally printed a headline that said, “President Kept to Rooms by Coed.” Roosevelt was so amused he ordered a bunch of extra copies to pass out to

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When King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England visited President Roosevelt in 1939, he served them hot dogs.

H.L. Mencken was an editor, writer, and critic.

In 1934, both Mencken and Roosevelt were scheduled to give speeches to the Gridiron Club, a very prestigious journalistic organization.

Mencken went first, presenting a negative diatribe against Roosevelt’s New Deal policies.

Then Roosevelt rose for his speech, referred to his ‘old friend’ Mencken, and launched into a speech that blasted the American press and stunned his audience. He said editors were stupid; reporters were arrogant; and newsmen were ignorant. The crowd grew cold, until it dawned on them that Roosevelt was quoting from an article Mencken had written himself.

Mencken’s face grew red as the audience viewed him with amusement. When the president finished, he stopped to shake Mencken’s hand.

In 1939 when King George VI visited the U.S., FDR offered him a cocktail at the Whitehouse while the president’s mother looked on disapprovingly. Roosevelt whispered, “My mother thinks you should have a cup of tea. She doesn’t approve of cocktails.” The King took the drink and replied, “Neither does my mother!”

When President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill were scheduled to meet in January 1943, they knew the Germans were desperate to find out where the meeting would take place. News was leaked that the meeting would be at the place identified in code as Casablanca. The Germans figured that since “Casablanca” was Spanish for “white house,” the meeting would take place at the White House in Washington, D.C. They sent all their available spies to monitor the White House while Roosevelt and Churchill had an uneventful meeting in Casablanca, Morocco.

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* For smoothie prep, we buy a large tub of plain yogurt. Then we portion it out in ice-cube trays to freeze. Once frozen, pop the yogurt cubes out and bag them with smoothie ingredients -- fruits, veggies, etc. You have only to dump the bag in the blender and add a little bit of water, and you’re drinking breakfast! -- D. in New Hampshire * To get great slices of avocado, cut in half around the pit. Then slice or dice your avocado in the skin. Push gently on the middle of the avocado half to turn the skin inside out and free the slices. * Remove burned-on food from your pans with baking soda. Soak in hot water, and add a healthy scoop of baking soda to the soak water.

Then scrub to remove. Add more baking soda for tougher stains. * Use small stick-on hooks inside cabinet doors for oven mitts and rarely used accessories. You can even hang a zipper-top baggie from the underside of an out-of-the-way cabinet shelf. I do this for my specialty cake-making supplies.

They are hanging from the top of a high cabinet -- out of the way, but at the ready. -- R.W. in North Carolina * Tucking away winter coats and sweatshirts? For more closet storage, double-hang. On a sturdy hanger, tuck a thinner jacket or long-sleeved shirt into a bulky coat! * Whenever I am working with olive oil in the kitchen, I rub any excess into my clean hands and wipe off the extra, leaving my nails healthy and my hands soft! -- C.U. in Oregon (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I’d like to adopt a dog that is family-friendly, one that my two kids can grow up with. A beautiful golden retriever is up for adoption at our local shelter, but even though friends have told me she will probably be a perfect dog for us, I have my doubts after meeting her. Should I adopt this dog anyway? -- Doug H., Houston DEAR DOUG: When bringing any dog home, there’s always a risk that despite all of your homework, despite knowing as much as you can about a particular breed and even about a particular dog, things will not go as expected.

Many experienced dog owners know this, and quite a few accept that chance and just roll with unexpected behavior or temperament issues.

However, you’re looking for a dog that has a good temperament around children. Retrievers -- particularly Labrador and golden -- tend to be great family dogs that socialize well with kids and other pets. It’s a big reason why Labradors were the most popular breed in the U.S. in 2015, and goldens were No. 3 -- a rank both have held for at least three years, according to the American Kennel Club.

But every dog has its own personality and temperament as well. A number of factors can affect a dog’s behavior, and shelter dogs in particular can have traumas, such as being abandoned or abused, that change how they react to people and situations.

In this case, follow your gut instinct. If the shelter allows you to take the dog home for a few days as a trial, consider doing that. Otherwise, if you are unsure about this particular dog, you may want to keep looking.

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

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We may still have a cool day in April when a bowl of soup will taste good!

1 cup finely diced celery 1 cup shredded carrots 1/2 cup chopped onion 1 (15-ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained 3/4 cup water 1/2 cup reduced-sodium ketchup 2 (15-ounce) can Bush’s great northern beans, rinsed and drained 1 cup diced Dubuque 97 percent fat-free ham or any extra-lean ham 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes 1/8 teaspoon black pepper 1. In a medium saucepan sprayed with butterflavored cooking spray, saute celery, carrots and onion for 5 minutes. Stir in undrained tomatoes, water and ketchup. Add great northern beans, ham, parsley flakes and black pepper. Mix well to combine.

2. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring occasionally.

Lower heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Makes 6 (1 full cup) servings. * Each serving equals: 198 calories, 2g fat, 13g protein, 32g carb., 344mg sodium, 74mg calcium, 10g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 2 Meat, 1 1/2 Vegetable, 1 Starch; Carb.

Choices: 2. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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• 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.

• 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. turn the page for more!

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

• 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.”

• 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.

• 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.

HOLLYWOOD -Jennifer Aniston is the leader of the “Friends” pack in earnings with a net worth of $150 million. She’s completed working for “Happy Days” producer Gary Marshall in the comedy “Mother’s Day,” with Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson, Timothy Olyphant, Jason Sudeikis, Jon Lovitz, Margo Martindale and Loni Love, due April 29, and is shooting the war-drama “The Yellow Birds,” with Jack Huston and Toni Collette (no release date yet).

She’s in a holiday mood filming the comedy “Office Christmas Party,” with Jason Bateman and “SNL” alum Kate McKinnon, arriving Dec. 9.

Jennifer’s “friend” Courtney Cox shot the drama “Mothers Day” (the difference is an apostrophe) last year, with Susan Sarandon and Christina Ricci (it’s still awaiting a release date). Courtney (net worth $120 million), whose “Cougar Town” series ended last year, has turned into a successful producer, with former husband David Arquette and Craig Ferguson, for the hit syndicated “Celebrity Name Game.” “Friend” David Schwimmer (net

Call Today (250) 832-3361 worth $80 million) became a director but returned to acting to superbly play Robert Kardashian in “American Crime Story: The People v O.J. Simpson.”

In May, he’ll star in the new AMC series “Feed the Beast,” with Jim Sturgess (of the January opener “Geostorm” with Gerard Butler).

“Friend” Matthew Perry (net worth $70 million) did 22 episodes of the series “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” and “Go On,” but did better with “The Odd Couple,” which is returning as a CBS midseason replacement. He’ll have “Desperate Housewife” Teri Hatcher as his love interest this time around.

“Friend” Lisa Kudrow (net worth $60 million) had her series “Web Therapy” running from 2008-2014 and a comeback for “The Comeback” series in 2014.

She’ll be seen May 6 in “Neighbors 2” with Seth Rogan and Zac Efron, as well as the Oct. 7 release of “The Girl on the Train,” with Emily Blunt and Aniston’s husband, Justin Theroux.

Finally, “Friend” Matt Le Blanc’s (net worth $60 million) Showtime series “Episodes” has been renewed for season 5. It shoots in England, where he also hosts the BBC car series “Top Gear.” Hopefully, the second group of stars earning $1 million an episode, for the “The Big Bang Theory,” will do as well when their show ends! *** Ryan Reynolds’ “Deadpool” film has just cracked the top half of the 100 top grossing movies of all time. He’s now co-starring with Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones and “Wonder Woman” Gal Gadot in “Criminal,” out April 15, and preparing the screenplay for “Deadpool 2,” being released July 2017. Put a hot guy in a rubber costume and bingo, a “Deadpool” becomes a gold mine! (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

GUITARS (continued): • 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.

• 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 cast-off 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

The famous guitar solo on the legendary song “Stairway to Heaven” from Led Zeppelin’s fourth album was played by Jimmy Page, using a 1958 Fender Telecaster, a gift to him from Jeff Beck.

T S O COA PAT A device clipped onto the fretboard of a guitar to change the pitch of open strings

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1. What famous violin maker also crafted guitars in the late 17th century?

2. What name did blues guitarist B.B. King give to his Gibson guitars?

3. Which guitar company was founded in 1894 in Kalamazoo, Michigan?

4. Whose tombstone contains the carving of a Fender Stratocaster?

5. Name the type of electric guitar pickup that uses 2 coils to cancel out interference.

Bob Marley, Sheryl Crow, Peter Frampton, and Joe Walsh.

• The Fender factor manufactures about 90,000 strings a day, equaling about 20,000 miles GUITARS (continued): (32,187 km) in length, enough to circle the him produce a more attractive version with world. curved sides and an Epiphone fretboard. The • In 2004, Eric Clapton sold his favorite guitar, a Gibson Les Paul was first sold in 1952, and Stratocaster nicknamed Blackie at Christie’s they have gone on to manufacture 100 different Auction House in New York to raise funds variations of Les Paul models. for an alcohol and drug treatment center he • In 1946, a southern California inventor named had founded in 1997, the Crossroads Centre Leo Fender founded a new guitar company Antigua. The instrument fetched $959,500. (although he was a saxophonist, not a • In 1998, a devastating tornado struck Nashville, guitarist!). In 1951, the company introduced Tennessee, felling a giant 275-year-old poplar a new solid-body guitar that would become tree that stood on the grounds of the plantation known as the Telecaster. (It was first called the of 7th U.S. president, Andrew Jackson, 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,

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Desert and the forest elephants inhabiting Hermitage. The Gibson Company built 188 the rainforests of western Africa. Asian guitars out of the old tree, inlaid with the elephants are found in India, Sri Lanka, name “Old Hickory” (Jackson’s nickname) and China, and Southeast Asia. pictures of the president and his home. The first • You can tell the difference between the Old Hickory was donated to the Smithsonian two species by looking at the ears, since Institute, and proceeds from the sale of the the African’s are much larger. Its skin is remainder were donated to support restoration also much more wrinkled than its Asian of The Hermitage. counterpart. The African elephant’s trunk • Some electric guitars have a lever attached to the has two “fingers” at the end of the trunk, bridge or tailpiece to enable the musician to enabling it to pick things up, while the Asian quickly vary the tension and length of the strings breed has just one “finger.” to produce a vibrato or pitch bend effect. This • The elephant’s trunk contains eight major accessory is referred to as a tremolo bar, or more muscles on each side, and another 150,000 commonly, a whammy bar. portions of muscles throughout this unusual • The C.F. Martin guitar company was established appendage. Although there are no bones in in 1833 and to this day, remains in the hands of the trunk, it’s strong enough to push down the Martin family, with the great-great-greattrees, yet nimble enough to pick up a piece of grandson of the founder as its current CEO. grass. The elephant uses the trunk to drink, with water sucked partway up the trunk. The animal then tilts its head back, emptying the UNUSUAL ANIMALS: trunk into its mouth.

ELEPHANTS • The diet of the herbivorous elephant consists Let’s observe Save the Elephant Day on April 16 by of grasses, leaves, fruits, and bark. This focusing on the facts about this pachyderm. pachyderm spends about 16 hours a day eating, and can consume over 400 pounds • There are two species of elephants, African and (181 kg) of food a day.

Asian. The African elephants are the larger, and can reach a height of 13 feet (4 meters) head to • An elephant’s ivory tusks are actually its toe and weight up to 14,000 lbs. (6,350 kg). The incisors, the only incisors it has. The animal smaller Asian variety grow to a height of 9.8 feet also uses tusks to defend itself, to dig for (3 m), weighing up to 11,000 lbs. (4,990 kg). water and food, and for lifting. An elephant’s first tusks present at birth fall out after a year, • The African elephants, the largest of all land similar to human’s baby teeth. The tusks are mammals, have two subspecies, the savannah about 12 inches (30.5 cm) when they fall and the forest, with the savannah breed out, and the replacements grow throughout dwelling in the grasslands south of the Sahara 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.

JELLY BEANS

With National Jelly Bean Day scheduled for April 22, Tidbits wants you to be in the know on this favorite confection.

• 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

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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

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In 1869, 4-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

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* “If you have china that has small, fine cracks in it, put it in a pot with enough milk to cover (not fat-free milk) and simmer for 30 to 45 minutes. The milk bonds in the cracks and somehow seals it right up.”

* After each use, clean a grill with aluminum foil. Simply wad up a piece of foil, and use it as a scrubber to remove stuck-on foods. If you’re starting out with a dirty grill, you can still scrub with foil, and give the foil wad a spritz with cooking spray to oil the grate before cooking.

(Never spray a lighted grill directly with cooking spray.) * “Kids counting down until the end of school?

Make a handy paper chain that doubles as a countdown calendar. Write the date and the number of school days left in the year on each link in a paper chain. Then hang it somewhere close at hand. Each day, your child can remove a link to see the days till summer vacation shrink.”

-- O.P. in Ohio * “Here’s a tip to find your car in a large parking lot. Take a photo of your vehicle with a landmark in the background. This can be an entryway or a store, or you maybe the sign that shows the section and floor of the parking garage.” -- A.L. in Texas * A hanging toiletry bag makes a great backseat catch-all in the car on road trips -- especially for kids. Look for one that includes a hook so it can be hung from the front-seat headrest.

Snacks, small notebooks and a box of crayons or a portable gaming device and extra games can be stored securely and neatly, then gathered up easily to bring with you to rest stops, diners and motels. If you’re traveling solo, just hang it in the passenger seat to keep your essentials organized and at hand!

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Can You Afford a Pet? DEAR PAW’S CORNER: A friend of ours recently passed away and left two dogs that need someone to care for them. We’re happy to take them in, but I know we’ll need to adjust our budget to cover their needs. How much does it cost to care for two healthy adult dogs? -- Karl in Albany, New York DEAR KARL: First, kudos to you for taking care of your friend’s pets! It’s a selfless act, and transitioning them to your home likely will help ease the emotional impact of losing their owner.

The cost of pet care varies with the type of pet, their health and other variables. However, the American Pet Products Association has come up with some average costs for caring for pets.

For dogs, overall care costs average about $1,650 per year, according to Hearst CIO Roger Paschke, citing an APPA report. About half of that amount goes to veterinary care. Pet food purchases take up another big chunk. And owners tend to spend a bit more on toys and similar products for dogs than they do for cats -- $47 versus $28 per year.

So, with two dogs, does that mean you’ll be spending twice that amount, or $3,300 each year? Perhaps.

Veterinary costs tend to be non-negotiable, for example -- but you could look into purchasing pet insurance to cover unexpected expenses beyond their annual physical and vaccinations. Dogs don’t really need to be festooned with toys, but you do need to purchase a good quality collar and leash for each of them.

By looking at various options for care and hunting for bargains on quality food and toys, you can keep the cost of caring for two dogs within your new budget. .

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Mexicalli Comfort Casserole If you celebrate Cinco de Mayo, here is a great dish to celebrate with!

4 ounces extra-lean ground sirloin beef or turkey breast 1/4 cup chopped onion 1/2 cup chunky salsa (mild, medium or hot) 1/4 cup reduced-sodium tomato juice 1/2 cup cooked elbow macaroni, rinsed and drained 1/2 teaspoon dried minced garlic 1/4 cup (3/4 ounce) crushed Frito-Lay Baked Tostitos Tortilla Chips 3 tablespoons (3/4 ounce) shredded Kraft reduced-fat Cheddar cheese 1. Heat oven to 350 F. Spray 2 (12-ounce) custard cups with butter-flavored cooking spray.

2. In a large skillet sprayed with butter-flavored cooking spray, brown meat and onion. Add salsa, tomato juice, macaroni and garlic. Mix well to combine. Evenly spoon mixture into prepared custard cups.

3. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons tortilla chips and 1 1/2 tablespoons Cheddar cheese over top of each.

Place custard cups on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes. Place pan on a wire rack and let set 5 minutes. Serves 2.

TIPS: 1) Purchase a 16-ounce package of extralean ground meat, divide by 4 and freeze 3 portions for future use. Don’t forget to date and mark packages. 2) Usually 1/3 cup uncooked elbow macaroni cooks to about 1/2 cup. * Each serving equals: 247 calories, 7g fat, 19g protein, 27g carbs, 552mg sodium, 92mg calcium, 3g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 2 Meat, 1 Starch, 1 Vegetable; Carb Choices: 2. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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5. MATH: How many sides does a heptagon have?

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by Janet Spencer In the year 1918 the average North American used about half a pound (.2 kg) of various spices in a single year. That’s the first year that the Department of Agriculture began tracking spice consumption.

Today Americans eat about 3 ½ pounds (1.5 kg) of flavorings each year. Come along with Tidbits as we take a taste of spices, seasonings, and flavorings!

TASTE AND THE TONGUE • The average human tongue has about 10,000 taste buds. You may have seen a diagram of the human tongue which maps out what areas of the tongue are responsible for tasting what sorts of things, whether salty, sweet, bitter and so forth.

This map of the human tongue has since been disproved. Every taste bud on the tongue is equipped with five different receptors and each is capable of detecting all of the five basic tastes.

• The five basic tastes are sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and ‘unami,’ a Japanese word meaning savory or meaty.

• Each taste bud in the mouth dies off and is replaced about once every 14 days.

• You can’t see your taste buds. The bumps you can see on your tongue are called papillae and the tiny taste buds rest on top of these projections.

• There are eight muscles in the tongue.

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TASTE TEST • In the year 1930, an accident in the laboratory led to an amazing discovery. One scientist was tinkering with the formula for a blue dye in a lab owned by DuPont Chemical Company. As he was pouring a container of white powder into another container, he fumbled and the chemical powder puffed into the air. He accidentally inhaled some of the powder, as did the scientist standing next to him. He was surprised when the scientist next to him started to gag because the powder was so bitter. He had tasted nothing whatsoever. Each of the scientists put a tiny dab of the powder onto their tongue. The scientist who had bobbled the formula tasted nothing whatsoever. His coworker grimaced because it tasted very bitter to him. They went throughout the department testing other people to see if they could taste the bitter powder or not. Some could, some could not. This was the first realization and the first proof that people’s sense of taste varies from person to person and is not at all uniform.

Since then a marker in DNA has been identified which determines whether a particular human is sensitive to the taste of the bitterness or not.

HOLLYWOOD -- Jake Gyllenhaal has only one film slated for release this year, “Nocturnal Animals,” with Amy Adams and Michael Shannon. But he has five projects slated for 2017: “Okja,” with Tilda Swinton (for Netflix); “Stronger” (about the Boston marathon victim who led police to the killers); the sci-fi thriller “Life,” with Ryan Reynolds and Rebecca Ferguson; “The Current War,” which has Jake playing George Westinghouse to Benedict Cumberbatch’s Thomas Edison; and “The Man Who Made It Snow,” about Max Mermelstein, an American in the inner circles of the Columbian Cartel in the 1980s. And in his spare time ... ? *** In the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s, studios had marketresearch companies phoning people and stopping them on the street and while exiting movie theaters to learn which actors they recognized and liked. It was called the Q (Quotient) Score. When the studios were

Call Today (250) 832-3361 threatened because this practice was wrong, they denied ever using it. Today we have an Internet service called IMDB and IMDB Pro. Anyone can use IMDB to find information on movies, actors and companies.

IMDB Pro is for show folk who pay to subscribe to get inside info on actors, movies and production companies. It offers a list called The IMDB Starmeter that ranks actors on how many hits they get on the IMDB websites, and their popularity.

For instance, Alicia Vikander, Oscar winner this year for “The Danish Girl,” is ranked No. 18, “Superman” Henry Cavill is No. 16, Jennifer Lawrence is No. 15, and Gal Gadot, the new “Wonder Woman,” is No. 11. Despite his Oscar win for “The Revenant,” Leonardo DiCaprio could only hit No. 10. Melissa Benoit (“Supergirl” and “Whiplash” star) is next, followed by Margot Robbie (“Wolf of Wall Street” and “Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot,” which bombed) and Shailene Woodley (“The Divergent” series). At No. 6 is Tom Hardy (“The Revenant” and “Mad Max: Fury Road”), followed by Robin Wright (“Princess Bride” and “House of Cards”) and Mary Elizabeth Winstead (“Final Destination 3”). No. 3 is Tom Holland (“The Impossible”), No. 2 is Alexandra Daddario (“San Andreas” and the upcoming “Baywatch”) and No. 1 is Alicia Witt (Cybill Shepard’s daughter on “Cybill” and “The Bronx Bull” about Jake LaMotta, a film that was shot two years ago and is just being released).

No offense to Witt, Daddario, Holland or any of the others, but should they be ranked before Leonardo DiCaprio? There are sites online that claim they can help you manipulate the Starmeter, and other sites that say your Starmeter won’t get you interviews. The question is, why is it there? The best actor doesn’t always get the job; maybe the one with the biggest social media gets it instead. No joke this week, this is (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc. not a laughing matter.

Flavors (continued): • When a human tastes something bitter, the result will usually be a scrunched-up face: the mouth will frown, the nose is wrinkled up, and the tongue sticks out. Even babies make this face when they taste something bitter. Amazingly, animals do too.

VANILLA • Vanilla comes from the seeds of an orchid flower. It takes 18 months for a blossom on an orchid plant to be turned into vanilla extract.

Madagascar, an island nation off the coast of Africa, is one place where vanilla grows in abundance.

A NEW VANILLA • In 1975 officials in Madagascar deliberately destroyed much of their vanilla crop in order to create scarcity to make the price go higher.

One of their major buyers was McCormick, one of the biggest spice companies in the world.

When the price of vanilla spiraled out of control,

Over 2,500 years ago, the Chinese made a sauce out of fermented fish. When Buddhism became popular, vegetarianism became the norm. Reluctant to give up their tasty fish sauce, Buddhists tried making it out of soybeans instead. The result was soy sauce, still relished today.

N N N M O I AC 1. Black pepper is the most popular spice in America, followed by cinnamon.

2. Ketchup is America’s most popular condiment.

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1. True or False: The same ginger that goes into gingerbread also makes ginger ale.

2. True or False: Poisonous mustard gas is made from mustard.

3. How many different flavors of Doritos are sold in the US? 4. Does a man or a woman typically have a longer tongue?

5. True or False: Taste buds are found only on the tongue.

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IT’S A FACT • In the years between 1949 and 1959, chemists invented over 400 additives to help preserve and process food. researchers at McCormick discovered how to make imitation vanilla out of pine cones, and then how to make it out of cloves. The result ORIGINS OF SPICES is called vanillin, more commonly known as ‘artificial vanilla flavoring.’ Vanillin still counts • Cinnamon is made from dried tree bark. as a ‘natural’ flavor because there’s nothing • Cloves are dried flower buds from a tree that grows in Indonesia. unnatural about pine cones or cloves.

• Nutmeg is made from the pit of a sweet fruit, similar to the pit inside a peach. Mace is ARTIFICIAL FLAVORING the lacy covering of a nutmeg, slightly more In 1965 there were fewer than 700 chemicals pungent in taste. that imitated flavors. Today there are over 2,200.

• Peppercorns are the dried berries of a tropical It’s been estimated that every person in America eats about 2 pounds (.9 kg) of chemical flavorings every year. vine.

Chemical flavorings are even added to livestock • Today, saffron is the most expensive spice, feeds to encourage animals to eat more so they nearly worth its weight in gold. It takes 14,000 get fat more quickly in order to turn a higher dried stigmas of a certain crocus flower to profit. make one ounce (26 g) of saffron. It cannot be harvested by machine but must be harvested by When given nothing but straw to eat, livestock hand. In Bavaria in 1444 it was the law that any will eat more of it and thus gain weight faster if merchant found selling adulterated saffron was the straw has been treated with various artificial to be burned alive. flavors making it taste like clover or rye grass.

These are the same sorts of artificial flavorings • In the 1800’s, Catholic priests wandered among used in human food as well. A child might not the Indians in California to spread their religion. want to drink a glass of nothing but sugar water, but add some artificial flavorings to make it taste like fruit juice and they will drink every drop.

1. What is the most popular spice in the U.S.?

2. What condiment is America’s most popular?

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Origins of Spices (continued): It is said that as they travelled, they would drop mustard seeds behind them. Later they could find their way back by following the trail of bright yellow mustard blossoms.

• Coriander helps inhibit inflammation in the human body. Ginger can relieve nausea and vomiting. Dill helps skin become more elastic.

Basil kills viruses and lowers cholesterol.

Cinnamon helps decrease blood glucose in people with type 2 diabetes. Black pepper has antidepressant properties and stimulates digestion. Turmeric can increase cognitive function.

• Allspice is a berry, not a blend of spices. It was named because it tastes like a blend of cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg.

• Herbs are derived from a plant’s leaves whereas spices come from the bark, buds, roots and seeds of a plant.

• Vervets are small monkeys that live in small social groups and communicate by grunting.

For years people thought their series of grunts were merely a way of keeping track of where each member of the troop was located. But then two researchers in Kenya began to record the grunts while at the same time videotaping the vervets. Their analysis of the monkeys’ grunting revealed some surprising things.

• The vervets have three alarm calls signaling the presence of predators. One signifies eagle; one means leopard; and one designates snake. These three different calls were recorded and then played back to the monkeys on hidden loudspeakers.

When the call for eagle was played, every monkey looked to the sky. When the cry for the leopard was played, they looked to the ground. When the warning for snake was played, they looked to the trees.

• Next, the researchers studied the grunts vervets made when meeting other members of the group. They found the grunt a vervet makes when meeting a socially superior monkey is different from the grunt it makes when meeting an inferior. There is a different grunt altogether for a monkey from a different tribe. Researchers also isolated the grunt that means a monkey is moving into an open area.

• They played a practical joke on one vervet by occasionally playing that monkey’s She can also understand about 2,000 words of “Stranger!” call on the loudspeakers when spoken language. Like Washoe, Koko is also no stranger was present. The other members capable of making up her own signs for things she soon learned the monkey was unreliable does not know the word for. She made the signs because he was always “crying wolf.” They for “finger” and “bracelet” indicating a ring. soon learned to ignore him, not only when • A bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee) named Kanzi he legitimately gave his “stranger” call, but was being trained to communicate in a lab by also whenever he gave his other calls. using a computer and typing in symbols. Kanzi • In an experiment in 1962, researchers was shown videos of Koko the gorilla using sign recorded the sounds a group of baboons language. Kanzi’s handler was surprised when made in the wild while storm clouds were Kanzi began using sign language after viewing the gathering. Later the tape was played to a videos in spite of the fact that sign language had group of captive apes in a zoo. Even though not been part of the curriculum. the day was perfectly clear, the apes rushed • An ape named Chantek was learning sign to shelter as if a storm had been imminent. language when his handler gave him a bunch of • Washoe, a chimp at the University of Nevada, grapes and indicated that she wanted the ape to learned about 350 words using American share them with her. Chantek ate all the grapes, Sign Language. She was able to use these and handed the empty stem back to his handler. words to make up her own terms, such as “drink-fruit” for watermelon; “water-bird” HOT PEPPERS for swan; “white-tiger” for zebra; and “fooddrink” for refrigerator. She even taught her • Columbus was looking for a shorter route to the black pepper supply of India when he discovered adopted chimp son some sign language the New World. Because he was so desperate to before she died at the age of 42 in 2007. find pepper, everything that he came across which • Koko, a gorilla taught to use sign language, had a hot taste was dubbed ‘pepper.’ That’s why learned 645 signs by the time she was seven today we have green peppers and chili peppers. years old and now knows over 1,000 signs.

These are fruits rather than berries, and their ‘hot’ taste is caused by a chemical called capsaicin.

Capsaicin isn’t really a taste; it’s a pain. Capsaicin stimulates the pain-sensing neurons inside the mouth.

• There are 30 species of pepper plants and all belong to the genus Capsicum, which comes from the Greek ‘kapto’ meaning bite or gulp.

• The Scoville test for measuring the amount of heat in a hot pepper was developed by Wilbur Scoville. He was working for a pharmaceutical

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or capsaicin to the seed to prevent squirrels and deer from eating the food intended for the birds.

• One researcher did everything he could to try to condition a set of laboratory rats to like hot peppers. Some rats were fed a hot pepper diet from the moment of their birth. Others had chili powder gradually added into their feed.

Sometimes the researcher spiked the nonpeppery food with a substance that would make the rats feel sick so that they would choose the peppery food instead. Sometimes he fed them a diet that contained no vitamin C hoping they would naturally go for their vitamin C-laden peppers. But no matter what he did, he could not train rats to like hot peppers. company, trying to make different uses out of plant alkaloids including capsaicin. A rating of 1 million Scoville units means that the extract from that plant must be diluted to a concentration of 1 part per million before its heat dissipates.

• A pepper called the Carolina Reaper comes in at 2.2 million Scoville heat units, which ranks it as the world’s hottest pepper. By comparison, police-grade pepper spray rates about 5 million Scoville units, which causes temporary blindness, difficulty in breathing, and total incapacitation.

• If a hot sauce is too hot for you, don’t try to cool your mouth with water or tea. They just spread the volatile oils around more. Instead, try soaking up the peppery oils with milk, fatty foods, or high-alcohol drinks.

• Red peppers are high in vitamin C, and fresh paprika made from newly dried chili peppers contains more vitamin C by weight than lemon juice.

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WHY SO HOT? • Chili plants pump their fruits full of capsaicin, but why? According to an article in Discover magazine, a researcher found that mammals such as mice and pack rats think that capsaicin tastes horrible. Therefore, they do not eat hot peppers. Rodents will readily eat peppers that are capsaicin-free (such as bell peppers) but they stay away from the hot stuff. The researcher also found that the digestive system of mammals such as mice and rats destroys the seeds of the chili pepper plant. However, birds can’t taste capsaicin, and they eat chili peppers - and the seeds inside them - all the time.

Chili seeds that have been eaten by birds and then expelled are three times more likely to germinate than those that haven’t been eaten by birds. Due to the bird’s flight range, the seeds are deposited far from the original plant where they can grow without competition. Therefore, the presence of capsaicin in a hot chili pepper is a survival strategy for the species.

• Some bird seed manufacturers add chili powder

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* You can keep little office items like paperclips, push pins, etc., organized in a drawer by using an ice-cube tray. It makes a great organizer for different sizes of nails, too. * When shopping around for electronic equipment -- especially computer-related items and such -- make sure you factor in the cost of necessary accessories. Many products don’t come with all the cords, batteries, memory chips, etc., that you’ll need. Oftentimes, these can make a big difference in what seems like a really good deal. * “Baking soda is good for so many uses in the home -- especially the kitchen. Here’s another you might not have considered: If you have a glass-top range, fill an empty Parmesan cheese container (the shaker kind, with large holes) with baking soda to keep by the stove. Use the baking soda to clean burned-on spills with a damp sponge. If you have a pan fire, it’s a great way to put that out, too.” -- R.E. in Florida * When choosing your campsite, here are some helpful things to note: The wind direction, so that you aren’t downwind of a neighboring site’s fire; where the sun will rise and set, so that you can be prepared for the early morning light and enjoy the sunset; and whether there are any healthy trees affording some cover, in case of a rainstorm. * “I love chocolate-covered popcorn, but it goes stale quickly and is pretty costly. Now I make my own. Line a tray or cookie sheet with parchment paper. Pop about 6 cups of popcorn, and season with salt and butter to your liking. Then melt 1/2 cup of chocolate chips in the microwave. Toss the popcorn and the melted chocolate together in a large bowl, and arrange on the parchment.

Refrigerate for 30 minutes and break into pieces.

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Some Dog Owners Need Training, Too DEAR PAW’S CORNER: When I’m out at the dog park, I see so many people who are ignored by their dogs. No matter how much they scream or shout, their pets just do whatever they want.

I’ve tried to tell them that yelling only goes so far, but they don’t listen. What else can I do? -- Clarisse G., Cartersville, Georgia DEAR CLARISSE: One of the hardest subjects to broach with other owners is how to handle their pets. Particularly with dogs, owners have relationships akin to their own child, and the results of well-intentioned advice tend to be ineffectual. Owners may even snap back at you.

However, a badly behaved dog in a public area can have a lot of repercussions. An unruly dog may be attacked by another dog, or a human may be injured by a dog bite -- events like that just add fuel to arguments against dog parks or dogs in public areas.

To get a dog to behave on command, two key factors can make a difference in training: A calm, confident voice when giving commands, and consequences. If a dog won’t follow a command, corrective action must be given as soon as possible -- putting it back on the leash, leaving the dog park, whatever.

Not surprisingly, dog owners who aren’t controlling their dogs respond to the same factors. If a dog is disrupting the other pets’ enjoyment of the park, tell its owner -- with confidence! -- that their dog has to act within the park’s rules, or leave. If they don’t respond, then bring the consequences: report the owner and dog to the city, or to the group -- if the dog park has an organized group of other owners.

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

Strawberry Jelly Roll Are you looking for something extra special to make Mom for Mother’s Day? Here is a creamy strawberry treat that should fit the bill.

4 eggs or equivalent in egg substitute 1 cup Splenda Granular 1/3 cup water 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3/4 cup cake flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon table salt 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon strawberry spreadable fruit 1 cup Cool Whip Free 1. Heat oven to 375 F. Line a 10-by-15-inch jellyroll pan with aluminum foil. Lightly spray foil with butter-flavored cooking spray.

2. In a large bowl, beat eggs with an electric mixer on HIGH for 2 minutes or until thick and lemoncolored. Gradually beat in Splenda. Add water and vanilla extract. Mix on low speed until blended.

Gradually beat in flour, baking powder and salt.

Continue beating on low until batter is smooth.

Pour batter into prepared pan, being sure to spread into corners.

3. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Loosen cake from pan and turn over onto a clean tea towel. Carefully remove foil. Roll cake and towel together from narrow end. Place rolled cake on a wire rack and allow to cool for at least 30 minutes.

4. Unroll cake and remove towel. In a small bowl, stir spreadable fruit with a spoon until softened.

Stir in Cool Whip. Carefully spread mixture over cake. Re-roll cake and place on serving plate.

Refrigerate at least 30 minutes. Cut into 8 servings. * Each serving equals: 138 calories, 2g fat, 4g protein, 26g carb., 154mg sodium, 41mg calcium, 1g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 1 Fruit, 1 Starch/ Carb., 1/2 Meat, Carb Choices: 2. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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1. True: The same ginger that goes into gingerbread also makes ginger ale. 2. False: Mustard gas, used in chemical warfare, merely smells like mustard. 3. There are 14 flavors of Doritos in the United States. 4. On average, men have longer tongues than women. 5. There are 10,000 taste buds in the mouth of which 8,000 are on the tongue and the remaining 2,000 are found on the inside of the cheeks, on lips, on the roof of the mouth and even under the tongue.

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1. Black pepper is the most popular spice in America, followed by cinnamon.

2. Ketchup is America’s most popular condiment.

CINNAMON 1. GAMES: How many dots are on a pair of standard dice?

2. GEOGRAPHY: The Tropic of Capricorn crosses three continents.

What are they?

3. U.S. STATES: Which state capital is the only one that ends in the letter “x”?

4. MUSIC: The song “Getting to Know You” appears in what movie or play?

5. ASTRONOMY: Which planet is closest to the sun?

6. MYTHOLOGY: What village in Cornwall, England is said to be the birthplace of King Arthur?

7. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What language is spoken by the Belgian people called Walloons?

8. HISTORY: What was the first country to recognize Mexico’s independence in 1821?

9. FOOD & DRINK: What kind of food is an aubergine?

10. MOVIES: What was the central theme of the 1945 movie “The Lost Weekend”?

Answers 1. 42 2. Australia, South America and Africa 3. Phoenix, Arizona 4. “The King and I” 5. Mercury 6. Tintagel 7. French 8. The United States 9. Eggplant 10. Alcoholism (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Approximately 1.23 billion people around the world spend an average of an hour a day playing video games. This week, Tidbits studies up on the history of this industry.

• Video games were being developed as far back as the 1950s, when New Mexico’s Los Alamos Laboratories developed the first blackjack program on an IBM 701 computer in 1954. A checkers game came along two years later on the same type of IBM computer. (This game defeated a checkers master in 1964!)

• William Higinbotham was an American physicist who was a member of the team that developed the first nuclear bomb. In 1958, he created “Tennis for Two,” played on an oscilloscope. Although Higinbotham obtained twenty-plus patents during his life, he never patented his video game.

• In 1962, Steve Russell, a computer scientist from MIT, led a team that developed a game on one of the first PDP-1 computers, which were the first to use a screen and a typewriter keyboard. “Spacewar!” is considered the first recognized widely available computer game. This two-player game required each player to take control of a starship while firing photon torpedoes in an attempt to destroy the other. A star in the center of the screen pulled on both ships as they maneuvered to keep from falling into the gravitational pull.

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A: He goes ape ship

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VIDEO GAMES (continued): • In 1971, engineers Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney created “Computer Space,” the first arcade game. The following year they founded Atari, and released the legendary arcade game “Pong.” Bushnell sold Atari to Warner Communications in 1976 for $28 million and remained employed as president of the company.

By 1982, the company was experiencing $1.3 billion in annual sales and was the fastestgrowing company in the history of American business. The Atari 2000 was introduced in 1977, a game system that incorporated joysticks, interchangeable cartridges, color graphics, and different settings for difficulty.

• Before long, Atari wasn’t the only game in town.

In 1979, Mattel debuted their game system Intellivision, an improvement over the Atari 2000, and experienced sales of three million units.

• In July of 1980, a Japanese company, Namco, released the arcade game Pac-Man. It was designed by Toru Iwatani, supposedly while eating pizza. The player guides Pac-Man through a maze as he eats dots while pursued by four

HOLLYWOOD -Despite a lot of negative reviews and comments, “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” still has managed to gross more than $800 million since its opening. Warner Brothers is apparently disappointed in the way attendance fell off in the second week and fears it won’t reach the $1 billion mark. We’ll cry for them. It didn’t stop Warners from announcing that Ben Affleck will stand alone in the next Batman flick.

Five recent films have broken the top 100 grossing films, and they are No. 66 “Deadpool,” No. 58 “Batman v Superman,” No. 46 “Zootopia,” No. 40 “Spectre” and No. 3 “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Seems the only way to make movie moneymakers is with special effects, animation and James Bond. *** Looks like Barbra Streisand finally will have her swansong musical now that STX Entertainment has signed on to produce the reboot of the musical “Gypsy,” with

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Though he hasn’t directed musicals before, “Gypsy” is story-driven with great music by Stephen Sondheim and lyrics by Jule Styne.

The original Mama Rose was Ethel Merman (1960), who lost her Tony Award bid to Mary Martin, who won for “The Sound of Music.” Rosalind Russell played Mama Rose in the 1962 film version, but didn’t do her own singing. In 1975, Angela Lansbury won a Tony for her Mama Rose, as did Tyne Daly in 1989. Bette Midler won a Golden Globe Award in 1993 for her TV version.

Bernadette Peters was a hit in 2003, while Patti LaPone won a Tony for her revival in 2008.

STX Chairman Adam Fogelson said, “Its Barbra Streisand doing one more, if not the last, movie musical of her career.” *** I talked with Frances Davis, who was married to jazz great Miles Davis. The recently released film “Miles Ahead” follows their marriage from 1958 to 1968, with Don Cheadle playing Miles and Emayatzy Corinealdi playing Frances.

“Before we were married in 1957,” Frances revealed, “I was cast as a singer and dancer in the original production of ‘West Side Story.’ I went to Actor’s Equity to join and found there was already a Frances Taylor in the union, so I used my middle name and became Elizabeth Taylor. That’s why on the program and cast album it lists Elizabeth Taylor as a member of the cast.”

In 1965 she happened to meet Richard Burton, and he insisted she visit the set of “The Sandpiper.” Who would turn down Richard Burton? When she got to the set she was introduced to his wife, Elizabeth Taylor, by Burton, who said, “I want you to meet the chocolate Elizabeth Taylor!” As we all know, Elizabeth had a penchant for chocolate! (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

VIDEO GAMES (continued): enemy “ghosts,” Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde.

One of the highest-grossing video games of all time, it was followed by Ms. Pac-Man in 1982.

• Nintendo acquired the rights to distribute the Magnavox Odyssey in 1974, the first home video game console, a system with 12 games. In 1981, the company released the first of its many successful games, “Donkey Kong,” featuring a carpenter named Jumpman. It was the world’s first look at the character who would later be called Mario, with a new occupation, that of plumber. “Donkey Kong” was the first game to have four levels.

• In 1983, Atari suffered losses of $533 million, and the company was sectioned off and sold to three different buyers.

• A 29-year-old Russian mathematician named Alexey Pajitnov released the puzzle game “Tetris” in 1984, featuring “Tetriminos,” geometric game pieces made up of four square blocks each. As the puzzle pieces fit together, lines are cleared, and when four lines are cleared, the player

Nolan Bushnell, the engineer who founded Atari, is also the founder of the Chuck E. Cheese Pizza chain. Bushnell was looking to expand his distribution of arcade games to a kid-friendly venue. The first location opened in 1977 in San Jose, California.

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1. What 1982 Disney movie kicked off a video game of the same name?

2. Introduced in 2006, what Nintendo system got players up and moving?

3. What is the country of origin for the “Angry Birds” game?

4. Name the game released in 1997 that was almost called “Race ‘n’ Chase”?

5. What 2003 game featured World War II soldiers?

in 2005. With its guitar-shaped controller, resembling a miniature Gibson SG, the player presses buttons on the controller keeping in time with the music notes on the screen.

VIDEO GAMES (continued): • Although Guitar Hero was enormously successful, (with sales of $1 billion in its first achieves a “Tetris.” The name comes from the week), it had trouble keeping producers and ancient Greek word tetra, meaning “four.” developers, and the franchise shut down in 2011.

• Nintendo released its game system in 1985, as well as the wildly successful “Super Mario • There are several negative aspects of playing Brothers” game. Another huge success, “The video games, including tendonitis in the hands Legend of Zelda” came along in 1987. In 1989, and wrists, backaches, carpal tunnel syndrome, the company introduced the hand-held video the promotion of sedentary behavior, and social game device, the Game Boy. isolation. Violent games have been linked to aggressive behavior and desensitization • Sega took a chunk out of Nintendo’s profits when to violence. Gaming marathons have even they introduced their system, Sega Genesis, in resulted in deaths, including recently when a 1989, with sales of nearly 31 million units, and 38-year-old man died after playing non-stop their famous character Sonic the Hedgehog in 1991. Another competitor entered the scene in 1995 when Sony debuted their first PlayStation.

Nintendo rebounded the following year with the Nintendo 64 system, and Sega followed up in 1999 with their Dreamcast console.

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• Microsoft unveiled their X-Box system in 2001, launching it with the new game “Halo.” Sony quickly answered with the PlayStation 2 the next year, the first game console to use DVD technology. PlayStation 2 is the best-selling home game console to date, with over 155 million units sold, while their latest upgrade, PlayStation 4, released in 2013, is the fastestselling in history, with sales of one million consoles in the first 24 hours.

• Anyone could become a musician like Jimi Hendrix with the introduction of “Guitar Hero”

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million Americans play on a regular basis, about two-thirds of American households.

Four out of five U.S. households own a device that is used to play video games, with at least two gamers per household. Fiftyone percent of U.S. homes have a dedicated game console. The average age is 35, with 60% males and 40% female, with 42% of Americans playng three hours or more per week. Thirty-five percent of players use their Smartphone to play.

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RED PANDA Most of us think of pandas as the giant blackVIDEO GAMES (continued): for five days, and another 32-year-old who suffered a heart attack and died after playing for three days straight without stopping.

• Video games also have some positive benefits.

Studies indicate that they improve handeye coordination, motor skills, and spatial reasoning skills. Playing also contributes to the ability to multi-task and make quick decisions, since most games require fast reactions. Brain scans have shown improved concentration and pattern recognition. Favorable results have been achieved in helping people with autism and with improving memory in those with dementia.

• Who plays video games in America? More than 150

and-white bear weighing close to 350 lbs. (160 kg.) Did you know there is also a red panda that doesn’t even resemble that big bear? Read along and learn.

• The red panda, found in Nepal, India, Bhutan, and part of China, isn’t really a panda at all, or even a bear. It shares the habitat of the giant panda of the foothills of Nepal’s Himalayan Mountain range and in the cool bamboo forests of central China, and eats the same diet, but there the similarities end. The red panda more closely resembles a raccoon, complete with a ringstriped tail, and in fact belongs to the same genetic superfamily as the raccoon, skunk, weasel, and badger.

• It’s just slightly larger than a household cat, about 25 inches (63 cm) long, with a long bushy tail of an additional 19 inches (47 cm), which it uses as a wraparound blanket on cold nights. A red panda will weigh from 7 to 14 pounds (3.2 to 6.4 kg) when fully grown.

Its entire body, even the bottom of its feet, is covered with soft dense fur.

• For the most part, red pandas are herbivores, a plant-eating animal. However, they do supplement their diet with fish, bird eggs, and insects when available, as well as fruit during the warmer seasons. They also like mushrooms and acorns but two-thirds of their diet consists of bamboo. Unfortunately, bamboo is not a very good source of energy as well as being hard to digest. The panda must spend 13 hours a day eating and looking for food in order to sustain its body, and must eat 20% to 30% of its body weight each day – between 2 and 4 lbs. (1 to 2 kg) of bamboo shoots and leaves. A panda might eat up to 20,000 bamboo leaves in one day!

• The pandas spend most of their lives in trees, feeding and sleeping. They aren’t social animals, and keep pretty much to themselves, leading a solitary life. A typical panda’s life span is about eight years.

• The name “panda” translates from the Nepali language “ponya,” which means “bamboo or

plant-eating animal.” In the Chinese, the name is “hun-ho,” translating “firefox,” which is used by Mozilla as the name of their browser. (Mozilla had originally considered “Firebird” as the name, but discovered it was already been used.)

• Because it’s estimated that there are fewer than 10,000 adult red pandas remaining, it’s classified an endangered species. While hunting is illegal in most places, in southwest China, they are hunted for their fur, particularly the bushy tails, from which hats are created. The tails and hides are frequently part of weddings, as bridegrooms traditionally carry the hide, and panda tail hats are considered good-luck charms for newlyweds.

Images of the panda have been discovered in 13th-century Chinese artwork as part of a hunting scene.

• Fans of the animated Kung Fu Panda films will recognize the character of Shifu as an elderly red panda. Voiced by Dustin Hoffman, Shifu serves as the strict kung fu master.

GOODWILL INDUSTRIES May 1 – 7 has been designated as Goodwill Industries Week, and what finer time for Tidbits to bring you the particulars on this worldwide charitable organization.

• It was the dream of Edgar Helms’ parents that he live his life on the Iowa family farm, but Edgar had a dream for a greater cause. Feeling a call to devote his life to the church and helping others, he enrolled in Cornell College, and later Boston University, earning a Bachelors Degree of Sacred Theology. His excellent academic achievements earned him a fellowship to London to study the poverty-stricken neighborhoods there, with

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the dream of doing missionary work in India afterward.

• Helms was disappointed to learn that he was not being sent to India after all, but instead to a Methodist church in one of Boston’s poorest immigrant areas. Morgan Hill Chapel, situated in one of America’s worst slums, was surrounded by drug addicts, thieves, gamblers, prostitutes, and every type of criminal. Helms and his wife established a settlement house, a haven for immigrants which provided a nursery, a gymnasium, recreational activities, English classes, and other education helping the immigrants settle into their new life.

• Helms was soon inundated with requests for food and clothing. In 1902, he began combing Boston’s wealthier neighborhoods carrying a burlap bag, collecting discarded and damaged goods. He then offered wages to the poor of Morgan Hill to mend and repair items, which were in turn sold to the poor. The proceeds were used to develop job training programs. It was Helms’ motto that the poor “needed a chance, not a charity,” believing that their greatest need and want was employment.

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• By 1905, Helms’ endeavor was known as Morgan Memorial Cooperative Industries and Stores. With money from his church, Helms began a trek across the United States, spreading the word of his undertaking. He also became a pioneer in the fight for equal pay and fair treatment of immigrant workers.

When approached by the disabled, he became an advocate for their equal employment opportunities as well.

• The organization was soon incorporated as Goodwill Industries, and by 1934, Goodwill was a strong force in providing aid to those in need. They approached one of the advisors to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt with an innovative idea. Goodwill’s executives proposed that the federal government make a $5 million grant to the organization, and Goodwill would put every unemployed American to work. There is no evidence that FDR considered the proposition.

• Following Edgar’s death in 1942, his son Reverend Henry Helms became executive director, and devoted his life to fulfilling his father’s mission.

• Today, Goodwill generates nearly $5.5 billion in revenue every year, with over 80% of that amount spent directly on the organization’s employment and community services. Last year, close to 27 million people were served and nearly 320,000 people placed into employment after receiving Goodwill’s job training. More than 2,600 thrift stores fund Goodwill’s calling.

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-- I.M. in Ohio * Here’s how to ballpark the temperature of your camping fire for cooking. Arrange a cooking pot over the fire. A Dutch oven works best. Hold your hand about even with the side. Beginning at 550, count backward by 50 -- i.e., 550, 500, 450. When you have to remove your hand, you’ll have an approximate temperature of the coals. * “Got a great pair of jeans with a zipper that just won’t stay up? Try this fantastic fix. Take a metal ring (like the one on a keychain) and feed it through the zipper pull. Then zip up. When you get to the top, loop the metal ring around the button, then button up the jeans. That barn door is staying closed!” -- S. in Oregon * You can thread a needle better if you spray the thread end with hairspray. It stiffens the fiber, which will then stay straight. * “After hand-washing an item, rather than wringing it out, place it between two towels and just run a rolling pin over the top towel.” -- A.D. in New York * Use an old lip brush to take care of stray nail polish mistakes when you’re painting your nails.

It’s MUCH better than trying to use a cotton swab, since no strands of cotton get left behind.

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Overcoming Boy’s Fear of Dogs DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I read your recent column about a young boy who was afraid of dogs, and I would like to suggest some help to him, or anyone who is fearful of an animal. My dog Hannah and I have worked with many children to help them get over their fears. Hannah is a therapy dog. She is awesome! The children (and some adults) she has worked with are now petting other dogs. We work through our local H.S.S. Lollypop Farm in New York. I’m sure this young man can find a great therapy dog in his area to help him. Good luck! -- D. Oswald, Palmyra, New York DEAR D.: Fantastic idea! Therapy dogs are increasingly becoming an important part of our society and play an indispensable role in many people’s lives. Typically, therapy dogs visit with people for a short time each day or week to help relieve stress, provide emotional support, ease loneliness or grief ... or help people overcome their fear of dogs.

A great place to start learning more about therapy dogs is at the Pet Partners website, which gives information about the services that therapy dogs can provide, and can help match patients with dogs in their area.

If you’re a pet owner whose dog has a great disposition and is well-socialized, volunteering your pet to be a therapy dog could be very rewarding for both of you.

Pet therapy organizations like the one above can help determine if volunteering is for you.

Cheesy Hash Browns and Chicken A dinner for two that has an uptown taste with down-home ingredients.

1/3 cup Land O Lakes nonfat sour cream 2 tablespoons Land O Lakes fat-free half and half 1 teaspoon Wyler’s Chicken Granules instant bouillon 1 tablespoon dried onion flakes 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes 1/8 teaspoon black pepper 2 1/2 cups frozen loose-packed shredded hash brown potatoes 1 cup diced, cooked chicken breast 1/2 cup shredded Kraft reduced-fat Cheddar cheese 1. Heat oven to 350 F. Spray 2 (12-ounce) ovenproof custard cups with butter-flavored cooking spray.

2. In a medium bowl, combine sour cream, half and half, and dry chicken bouillon. Stir in onion flakes, parsley flakes and black pepper. Add potatoes and chicken. Mix well to combine.

3. Evenly spoon mixture into prepared custard cups. Sprinkle 1/4 cup Cheddar cheese over top of each. Cover each custard cup with aluminum foil and place on a baking sheet.

4. Bake for 30 minutes. Uncover and continue baking for 5 minutes. Place custard cups on a wire rack and let set for 5 minutes. Serves 2.

TIPS: 1) Raw shredded potatoes, rinsed and patted dry, may be used in place of frozen potatoes. 2) If you don’t have leftovers, purchase a chunk of cooked chicken breast from your local deli. * Each serving equals: 317 calories, 9g fat, 34g protein, 25g carb., 352mg sodium, 309mg calcium, 1g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 3 1/2 Meat, 1 1/2 Starch/Carb.; Carb Choices: 1 1/2. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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3. MUSIC: What was the full name of the late singer Prince?

4. ANATOMY: What part of the body is examined with an ophthalmoscope?

5. MEASUREMENTS: How many teaspoons are in a tablespoon?

6. COMPUTERS: The term “bit” is an abbreviation for what words?

7. GAMES: What is the only king without a moustache in a standard deck of playing cards?

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9. THEATER: Who wrote the play “A Moon for the Misbegotten”?

10. LANGUAGE: What is the adjective that is used to describe bulls or oxen?

Answers 1. John 2. Africa 3. Prince Rogers Nelson 4. The eye 5. Three 6. Binary digit 7. The King of Hearts 8. Dipsy 9. Eugene O’Neill 10. Taurine (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Arthur Wynne was the editor of the puzzle page in the magazine section of the Sunday edition of the New York World. In 1913, he was looking for something new, having grown tired of word squares, hidden words, and anagrams. Fooling around with a word square, he decided to alter it a bit. He called the result a word-cross. It was instantly popular, and became a regular feature.

When it was left out one week, the paper was deluged with angry letters. For the next ten years, the World was the only paper that published crosswords. A rival paper, the New York Times, thought crosswords were merely a passing fad and predicted their swift demise. Come along with Tidbits as we do a crossword!

GREAT BEGINNINGS • In 1924, two young men formed a partnership and started a publishing company. Problem was, they had nothing to publish. Then one of the men went to dinner at his aunt’s house. His aunt was looking for a Christmas present for her daughter. She mentioned that the girl was addicted to the crossword puzzles published in the New York World. She asked her nephew if he knew of any place where she could buy a book of crosswords as a gift. He called around the next day, and discovered that no one in the world published books of crossword puzzles.

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He suggested to his business partner that they become the first publishing company to do so.

• When the two publishers told their consultants they intended to publish crossword books, the consultants felt the idea would fail—it would be too monotonous, they said. They were counselled to publish the book under a pseudonym so that if the book failed, their real name would not be associated with the failure. So they published 3,600 copies of the book under the name of Plaza Publishing Co. • Advance sales were slow as booksellers felt the book would not sell. But on the day the book came out, the two publishers ran an ad next to the daily crossword in the paper. Book stores were swamped with requests—40,000 copies sold in the first few weeks. One distributor ordered 55,000 copies, then called back and ordered a quarter million more. Discarding their fake name of Plaza Publishing, the two men resumed using their original name: Simon and Schuster.

HOLLYWOOD -- Warren Beatty is back! In 1998, he produced/wrote/directed and starred in “Bulworth,” which barely recouped its $30 million cost. In 200l, he starred in “Town and Country,” with Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Garry Shandling and Charlton Heston, which made just $10.4 million of its $90 million budget.

1990’s “Dick Tracy” made $117 million more than its budget, and 1991’s “Bugsy” managed only $19 million more than its budget.

Beatty’s new $27 million film about Howard Hughes is untitled and set for a fall release, with Beatty once again producing/writing/directing and starring in it. His costars are Annette Bening, Matthew Broderick, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin, Candice Bergen, Ed Harris, Lily Collins, Ed Helms, Paul Reiser and Chace Crawford. He needs to win big with this one, or he can forget about the “Dick Tracy” sequel wants to do. *** Chace Crawford, whose series “Blood and Oil,” with Don

Call Today (250) 832-3361 Johnson, was yanked off ABC after only 10 episodes, is coming back in a big way. Before Beatty’s film is released, Chace will have the horror/thriller “Eloise,” with “Scorpion” star Robert Patrick and Eliza Dushku (of “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer” fame); and “Undrafted,” with Aaron Tveit (of “Grease/Live”), Tyler Hoechlin, James Belushi and Billy Gardell, hitting screens. He’ll also have “What’s the Point?” with Mary Steenburgen and Amber Heard, likely coming out after Beatty’s film. *** We told you last week that plans for Barbra Streisand to star in the reboot of “Gypsy” are moving full speed ahead, and that the chairman of STX Entertainment said, “It’s Barbra Streisand doing one more, if not the last, movie musical of her career.” It really may be that Barbra has decided she’d rather direct than act. She has three projects lined up. She’ll turn Keira Knightley into “Catherine the Great,” helm a film about the relationship between Margaret Bourke-White and Erskine Caldwell, and produce “Cold Side of The Pillow,” written/directed and co-produced by Attila Kallai. No one’s putting Streisand out to pasture. *** Expect Scott Eastwood to lose the “son of Clint Eastwood” handle as he breaks out in three giant films. First comes “Suicide Squad,” with Will Smith, Jarod Leto and Margot Robbie (out Aug. 5); next up is “Snowdon,” with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto and Nicolas Cage, out Sept 16; followed by “Fast & Furious 8,” due April 14, 2017. They will be followed by “Crown Vic” with Alec Baldwin, and “Overdrive” with Ana de Armas. Finally, Eastwood has the Prohibition-era film “Live by Night,” directed by Ben Affleck and starring Anthony Michael Hall and Elle Fanning, due October 2017.

Looks like the son of a gun has become a hot pistol on his own! (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

CROSSWORD COMPETITIONS • In 1970 a London newspaper held a crossword competition. They printed four crosswords of increasing difficulty in the paper. Over 20,000 people correctly completed the first; 1,000 managed the second; 302 completed the third;

and only 42 got everything right on the fourth. All 302 people who made it through the third puzzle were invited to the two-day finals. During the semi-finals, they were given half an hour to finish each of eight crosswords. The 36 finalists were asked to complete four more. The winner was Roy Dean, a 43-year-old Foreign Office diplomat who recently returned from 10 years in Sri Lanka— where he had never even seen a crossword.

• One shady outfit who ran a crossword lottery claimed that no one won the grand prize because they all missed 23 Across. The clue was: “To have to wait in the dentist’s office is infuriating.”

Everybody filled in “Pain.” But the correct answer, they said, was “Vain.”

How large was the world’s largest crossword? It was published in Quebec and contained over 82,000 squares; had more than 12,000 clues across and 13,000 clues down; and took up over 38 square feet.

CROSSWORD COMPETITIONS • In 1926 two men composed a crossword puzzle and placed it in several newspapers. They announced that anyone who correctly completed the puzzle and mailed it in with a $1 entry fee would be eligible to win the grand prize. Within

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had called the Globe Theater and found it had next person to use.

• Robert Stilgenbauer of Los Angeles spent 11 two managers. Neither of their names fit. He years constructing a crossword with 3,185 down was surprised to find the clue referred to William clues and 3,149 across. Over 125,000 copies were Shakespeare. distributed, but none have been completed yet. • An 8-year-old boy caught another crossword the week, entries were arriving by the van load • One variety of crossword had two possible error with the clue “had a wooden leg.” Captain and they were taking their money to the bank in Ahab was the only answer that fit, but Ahab had answers for every clue. suitcases. an ivory leg, not a wooden one.

Crossword competitions became so popular in • Then there was the man with bad handwriting -OOPSIndia in the 1950s that parliament tried to make who wrote the clue “Catholic chief.” The answer them illegal on the grounds that the fees to enter • One crossword composer wrote the clue “to was “Pope” but the typesetter thought it said the crossword contests were leading people to make a go of.” The answer was “succeed.” But “Dope.” They got plenty of letters on that one. financial ruin. the paper made a typo when printing it, and it • Another paper printed the clue “Confederate said, “to make a goof.” Calls and letters poured General.” The answer was U.S. Grant— and a lot in. of people were surprised to find that Grant was a STRANGE PUZZLES • The same composer was once called on by a cross Confederate!

In 1972 in the London Times, readers of the crossworder who could not find the answer to • One hard-up crossword writer printed the clue, classifieds were amazed to find a strange page the clue “manager of the Globe Theater.” He “Six consonants and the letter ‘A’ five times.” in the back of the section. All of the column “Panama Canal” was what he had in mind, but headings were in place—cars for sale, houses for one indignant puzzler submitted a number of rent—but all the ads were missing. The only thing answers that also fit, including Bahama Macaw, normal about the page was the usual crossword Sahara Sarah, Havana Madam, and Abracadabra. down at the bottom corner where it always was.

Those who completed the crossword discovered • One magazine in 1958 accidentally printed the amusing messages on the value of butter. The wrong diagram with the right set of clues. A entire page was an attention-grabbing ad for few people actually managed to reconstruct the butter. crossword from scratch.

A San Francisco paper once sold advertising • One clever clue was “An important city in space in the little black squares of the grid.

Czechoslovakia” to which the answer was Oslo.

Yes, Oslo is in Norway, but look at the letters in One innovative crossword publisher came out the middle of the word “Czechoslovakia.” with a book that had a number of perforated pieces of tracing paper in it. Puzzlers were to tear out a piece of the tracing paper and put it Amazing Animals over the top of the puzzle they wanted to solve, HOMING PIGEONS leaving the book clean and unmarked for the • The homing pigeon is an ordinary sort of domestic pigeon derived from the common rock pigeon and trained to return home from long distances away. There is no real difference between a homing pigeon and a carrier pigeon aside from the amount of training it has received.

• Chinese officials began using homing pigeons 1. LP insert (3 letters, starts with M) to transmit messages as early as 500 B.C. In the 1200s, Kublai Khan set up a network of pigeons 2. It may be fit for a queen that linked the entire Chinese empire. The system survived for over 600 years.

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• Homing pigeons made a fortune for the French Post Office during a siege of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. The Prussian army encircled Paris, cutting telegraph wires, destroying communication cables, and strangling the postal service. From the surrounding countryside, about 1,000 privately owned homing pigeons were donated and the “Pigeon Post” was born. To get the mail through, messages were set in type, photographed in microscopic size and printed

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In 1814, Nathan Rothschild learned of Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo by carrier pigeon a full day before the general public new. As a result, he made a killing on the stock market.

During World War I, nearly 200 soldiers of New York’s 77th Infantry Division became isolated from other American forces. They were surrounded by enemy troops, and found themselves under fire from their own artillery. They had three homing pigeons and no other method of communication.

On October 4, 1918, a message was attached to the leg of one pigeon and it was released, only to be shot down. The second pigeon was also killed. They had only one pigeon left—a carrier pigeon called Cher Ami, which is French for “dear friend.” The message tied to his leg read, “Our artillery is dropping a barrage on us. For heaven’s sake, stop it!” The bird was released, only to be shot through the leg. Miraculously, he kept flying— and was shot through the breast. But the bird kept going and arrived at his loft with the message barely attached to his mangled leg. Within hours help arrived and the 77th Infantry Division was saved. Cher Ami was awarded the French “Croix de Guerre.” He died in 1919 as a result of his wounds and his remains are on display at the Smithsonian.

In the 1980s Lockheed’s plant in California employed 15 carrier pigeons to carry microfilm capsules to the test base 30 miles (48 km) away. The pigeons could make the trip in 40 minutes, faster than a courier in a car could. Also, they had an effectiveness rate of 100%. They never delivered to the wrong address, or showed up with damaged goods.

Homing pigeons and migratory birds can be deflected from their routes by radio transmitters. Homing pigeons cannot find their way if a magnet is tied to their necks.

The longest flight by a homing pigeon was 5,400 miles (8,690 km) by a bird released from West Africa which travelled to its home in England in 1845. The trip took two months, and the bird fell dead only one mile from its loft.

STORIES BEHIND PLANT NAMES • “Azalea” comes from the Latin “azaleos” meaning dry or parched. The plant was named in the belief that it grew only in dry soils.

• “Rhodon” is Greek for rose, and “dendron” means tree: rhododendron.

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• Iris was the goddess of the rainbow who was in charge of receiving the souls of dying women. The god Juno was so impressed with her purity that he named a flower after her.

• Lobelia was named in honor of botanist Matthias L’Obel. The wisteria vine was named after naturalist Dr. Casper Wistar.

• Marigolds were named after the virgin Mary: Mary’s gold.

• “Phlox” is the Greek word for fire, and phlox was named because it is fire red. Phlox is also the root of the word “phlegm,” because phlegm was thought to cause fiery fevers.

• The Greeks thought that the leaves of the common garden flower alyssum could cure the madness caused by being bitten by a rabid animal. Since “lyssa” was the word for madness and “a-” is a negative prefix, the alyssum was born.

• Columbine comes from the Latin word “columba” meaning dove because the flowers resemble a circle of doves.

• Larkspur was so named because the flower resembles the spur on the back of the feet of birds in the lark family.

• “Primus” is Latin for first, and primrose is one of the first flowers to appear in the spring.

• The Sanskrit word “parna” meaning a wing or feather became the German word “farn” which became the Anglo-Saxon word “fearn” and is now our fern.

• Lichens come from the Greek verb “leichein” meaning to lick up, because they seem to lick their way across the ground.

• “Mistel” is an old Anglo-Saxon word meaning dung, and “tan” meant twig. “Misteltan” or “the little

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across the ground. dung twig” was so named because birds eat the • Cranberries were first called “cranebarries” berries off the twigs and the seeds are deposited because the stamens of the flowers look like in their dung. Today the word has turned into the beak of a crane. Likewise, geraniums were mistletoe. named from the Greek word “geranos” meaning crane, because the seed pods are pointed like “Wych” is the Anglo-Saxon word meaning “to the bill of a crane. bend” resulting in witch hazel: the bending hazel.

• Nettles were so named because they were originally used to weave nets.

“Gar” is old English for spear, and “leac” is the original way of spelling leek. “Garleac” is now garlic, a leek shaped like a spear.

The Chinese word “jen-shen” meant man-plant, referring to the shape of the root. It resulted in the word ginseng.

Mentha was the mythical mistress of Pluto, who ruled Hades. Pluto’s wife was so jealous that she transformed Mentha into a lowly plant that would forever afterwards be trampled upon by humans. Pluto felt sorry for Mentha, and decreed that the more the plant was trampled, the sweeter it would smell. Today, Mentha is called mint.

Chamomile came from the Greek words “chamai” meaning “on the ground,” and “melon” meaning “apple.”

The Spanish word “zarza” means bramble, and “parilla” means a vine. “Zarzaparilla” came into English as sarsaparilla.

Strawberry comes from the word “streaw” which means strew, because the plant strews runners

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Cheesy Hash Browns and Chicken * “If you use storage bins for kids’ toys, help them stay organized by labeling the bins with illustrations or even printed and laminated photos of the contents.

It will make clean-up time a cinch, even for the little tykes who can’t read yet!” -- D. in Michigan * Bobby pins are easily manageable in a magnetic container meant for paper clips. They are inexpensive and can be found at big-box stores or at an office-supply store. * Save and organize scrap yarn and embroidery threads on clothespins. Wind around and use the clip to hold the end in place. When you need some thread or yarn, you’ll be able to find the end quickly to get what you need. * “Kids love getting water from the refrigerator dispenser, but we use far too many cups. Now, everybody has his or her own cup for water only, and we attached magnets to the cups so they live on the side of the fridge. Get water, drink, replace cup. Easy!” -- A.L. in Alabama * “Coil pipe cleaners around the outside of regular plastic hangers. They will keep tank tops and spaghetti straps from falling off the hanger. * Plastic wrap, parchment paper and foil can be stored easily in the same cabinet as pots and pans if you line them up in a magazine holder.

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Reducing a Repeat of Bladder Stones DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My 5-year-old shih-tzu cross, “Louie,” just had surgery to remove bladder stones. They were 90 percent calcium oxalate and 10 percent calcium phosphate. My vet has prescribed a strict diet of (expensive) food purchased only through their office.

I am feeding Louie the special food from the vet, but I’m not certain this is the right choice. I found some online sites that recommend a homemade diet of chicken, rice and peas. What would you recommend to prevent a recurrence of these stones? -- Bev R., Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada DEAR BEV: Ouch! I’m sorry that Louie is going through this. It’s great that you’re doing all you can to prevent a recurrence, including knowing the type of stones he has.

Louie’s bladder stones were determined to be calcium oxalate, which can form when a dog’s urine is acidic. There are two other common types of bladder stones that dogs can suffer from: struvite, formed in alkaline urine; and urate, seen often in dogs with liver disease.

The issue with oxalate-type stones is that they generally must be surgically removed. That’s different from struvite stones, which might be dissolved through medication and diet. However, both types may be PREVENTED through a special diet. For more information, go to www. monicasegal.com/wordpress/ and search for “bladder stones.” Her blog can give greater details about types of stones and appropriate diets.

Going into diet specifics would take up more room that I have in this column. I can say that you need to make sure Louie drinks plenty of water. From there, keep researching, and coordinate with your vet.

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A dinner for two that has an uptown taste with down-home ingredients.

1/3 cup Land O Lakes nonfat sour cream 2 tablespoons Land O Lakes fat-free half and half 1 teaspoon Wyler’s Chicken Granules instant bouillon 1 tablespoon dried onion flakes 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes 1/8 teaspoon black pepper 2 1/2 cups frozen loose-packed shredded hash brown potatoes 1 cup diced, cooked chicken breast 1/2 cup shredded Kraft reduced-fat Cheddar cheese 1. Heat oven to 350 F. Spray 2 (12-ounce) ovenproof custard cups with butter-flavored cooking spray.

2. In a medium bowl, combine sour cream, half and half, and dry chicken bouillon. Stir in onion flakes, parsley flakes and black pepper. Add potatoes and chicken. Mix well to combine.

3. Evenly spoon mixture into prepared custard cups. Sprinkle 1/4 cup Cheddar cheese over top of each. Cover each custard cup with aluminum foil and place on a baking sheet.

4. Bake for 30 minutes. Uncover and continue baking for 5 minutes. Place custard cups on a wire rack and let set for 5 minutes. Serves 2.

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2. EXPLORERS: Where was the explorer Marco Polo born?

3. SCIENCE: What is the green pigment in plants called?

4. MYTHOLOGY: Which of the Greek Muses was associated with history?

5. GEOMETRY: What is a polygon with eight sides?

6. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is the average gestation period of a hamster?

7. GEOGRAPHY: What is the only river that flows both north and south of the equator?

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9. LITERATURE: Who wrote the 19thcentury novel “Sense and Sensibility”?

10. ASTRONOMY: What planet is closest in size to our moon?

Answers 1. 4,164 to 1 2. Venice, Italy 3. Chlorophyll 4. Clio 5. An octagon 6. About 16 days 7. The Congo 8. Vixen 9. Jane Austen 10. Mercury (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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It seems that many of us have been misquoting well-known phrases for years. This week, Tidbits sets the record straight on some of the more common ones.

• We’ve all heard Murphy’s Law, something along the lines of, “If something can go wrong, it will, and usually at the worst time.” There was a real Murphy – Edward A. Murphy, a U.S. Air Force engineer who was working on a rocket-sled experiment in the late 1940s. The project involved mounting 16 accelerator instruments to a participant’s body.

There were two ways the 16 sensors could be glued to the mount, and all 16 were installed backwards.

Murphy was heard to say, “If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.”

• One of the most often-misquoted lines in movie history is “Play it again, Sam” from the 1942 film “Casablanca.” Most folks believe that leading man Humphrey Bogart uttered the famous phrase. The pianist Sam is being asked to play the song “As Time Goes By.” Ingrid Bergman’s character Ilsa Lund says, “Play it once, Sam. For old times’ sake.”

When Sam objects, she repeats, “Play it, Sam.” Later in the movie, Bogart says, “Play it!” No one ever says, “Play it again, Sam.” • Me Tarzan, you Jane” is another movie line that never happened. In the 1932 film “Tarzan, the Ape Man,” actress Maureen O’Sullivan as Jane Parker

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It seems that many of us have been misquoting well-known phrases for years. This week, Tidbits sets the record straight on some of the more common ones.

• We’ve all heard Murphy’s Law, something along the lines of, “If something can go wrong, it will, and usually at the worst time.” There was a real Murphy – Edward A. Murphy, a U.S. Air Force engineer who was working on a rocket-sled experiment in the late 1940s. The project involved mounting 16 accelerator instruments to a participant’s body.

There were two ways the 16 sensors could be glued to the mount, and all 16 were installed backwards.

Murphy was heard to say, “If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.”

• One of the most often-misquoted lines in movie history is “Play it again, Sam” from the 1942 film “Casablanca.” Most folks believe that leading man Humphrey Bogart uttered the famous phrase. The pianist Sam is being asked to play the song “As Time Goes By.” Ingrid Bergman’s character Ilsa Lund says, “Play it once, Sam. For old times’ sake.”

When Sam objects, she repeats, “Play it, Sam.” Later in the movie, Bogart says, “Play it!” No one ever says, “Play it again, Sam.” • Me Tarzan, you Jane” is another movie line that never happened. In the 1932 film “Tarzan, the Ape Man,” actress Maureen O’Sullivan as Jane Parker

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was attempting to teach her language to Tarzan, played by Johnny Weissmuller, actor and former Olympian. Pointing to herself, she said, “Jane,” which Tarzan repeated. Jane then said, “And you?

You?” to which he replied, “Tarzan, Tarzan.”

• Have you heard the quote attributed to the French philosopher Voltaire? – “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” Although attributed to Voltaire, this quotation was actually that of his biographer Evelyn Beatrice Hall in her 1906 book, The Friends of Voltaire.

Voltaire actually did say, “Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too” in his 1763 “Essay on Tolerance.” It’s thought that he also wrote in a letter to a colleague: “I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write.”

• We all know that “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned,” but not everyone realizes that the correct quotation is “Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned,” penned by English poet William Congreve in his 1697 work, “The Mourning Bride.”

• The sultry 1930s diva Mae West is often quoted as saying, “Come up and see me sometime.” In the 1933 movie “She Done Him Wrong,” West, in her role as Lady Lou, utters, “Why don’t you come up sometime and see me?”

• Many popular sayings are attributed to the Bible that aren’t really in there. As children, many of us were admonished by our parents with “Cleanliness

HOLLYWOOD -- Have moviegoers tastes changed that much?

The 2016 film release schedule reveals 15 documentaries and 10 superhero movies. The documentaries range from O.J Simpson, Frank Zappa, Norman Lear and Anthony Weiner to environment and climate change, stem-cell research, animal rights and cyber warfare. On the superhero side, we’ll be barraged with “Captain America”, “X-Men,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “Independence Day,” “Tarzan,” “Suicide Squad,” “Doctor Strange,” “Rogue One” and “Assassin’s Creed.”

Along those lines, Chris Hemsworth has had a rocky road as a headliner when his films weren’t superherooriented. In 2012, he had four films: “Cabin in the Woods,” which made $36.5 million above cost; “Avengers,” which made $1.5 billion; “Snow White and the Huntsman,” which grossed $133 million and “Red Dawn,” which lost $17 million. In 2013, he had “Rush,” which made a $59 million profit, and “Thor: The

Call Today (250) 832-3361 Dark World,” which brought in $475 million. In 2015, “Blackhat” lost $50 million, “Avengers: Age of Ultron” made $1.5 billion, while “In the Heart of the Sea” tanked, losing $5 million. His latest, “The Huntsman: Winter’s War,” is off to a bad start, earning only $110 million of its $115 million cost.

Chris has won awards for his work: a 2012 Teen Choice Award (summer movie star -- male) and a 2013 People’s Choice Award (favorite action-movie star) for “The Avengers” and “Snow White and the Huntsman,” and a 2013 MTV award (for best fight, in “The Avengers”). The public has spoken! They want him super-sized! Superhero films are usually in IMAX and 3D, and it would appear that moviegoers only to go to theaters to see what they can’t get on their electronic devices. *** “Castle” is going for a 10-episode ninth season, but without its female star, Stana Katic. Reports say she wasn’t offered another contract, but since both she and Nathan Fillion are listed as producers, shouldn’t they have had a united front? The show monkeyed around with their relationship (to help ratings?), but it didn’t work. So expect her be killed off. And what’s with Fillion and those AAG reverse-mortgage commercials? He’s 45 years old trying to appeal to the over-60 crowd. Did they think graying his hair would accomplish that? Really!

Do we really need another production of “Hairspray,” this time live on NBC with Harvey Fierstein (in drag, as Edna Turnblad), Martin Short (Wilbur), Jennifer Hudson (Motor Mouth Maybelle) and Derek Hough (Corny Collins). I don’t know, John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Queen Latifah and James Marsden are still fresh in my mind. Too much hairspray is bad for the ozone! (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

MISQUOTES (continued): is next to godliness,” perhaps an attempt to get us to wash behind our ears! This adage first appeared in a printed sermon by John Wesley in 1769, in which the minister wrote, “Slovenliness is no part of religion. Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.”

Perhaps you think that the old saying, “God helps those who help themselves” is another Biblical truth. In fact, it was Aesop of “Aesop’s Fables” fame who first penned, “the gods help them that help themselves.” In Benjamin Franklin’s 1736 edition of “Poor Richard’s Almanac,” a similar says goes, “One who comes to be purified is helped.” Have you heard folks say, “no rest for the wicked”? The accurate wording is found in Isaiah 57:21, “There is no peace, says my God, to the wicked.” And lots of us say, “Money is the root of all evil,” when in fact, the correct wording in I Timothy 6:10 is “the love of money is the root of all evil…”

• In the 1995 film “Apollo 13,” Tom Hanks in the role of Commander Jim Lovell says, “Houston, we have a problem.” During the 1970 mission, Apollo 13 astronaut Jack Swigert was the first to say a similar

Can you identify the source of the misquotation, “Water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink”? That line is from poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and really read, “Water, water, everywhere, not any drop to drink.”

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1. This author’s correct quote was “The report of my death was an exaggeration.” Who was he?

2. What actor never really said, “You dirty rat!” in any of his films?

3. What statesman actually said, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat”?

4. What is the correct phrase for the misquoted “The lion shall lie down with the lamb”?

5. Name the fictional character who never said, “Elementary, dear Watson.”

MISQUOTES (continued): phrase, “Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here.” NASA in Houston replied, “This is Houston.

Say again please,” to which Lovell replied, “Houston, we’ve had a problem. We’ve had a main B bus undervolt.”

• The quote, “Well-behaved women seldom make history” has often been attributed to actress Marilyn Monroe. The credit for the line really goes to Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, a Harvard professor and Pulitzer Prize winner who wrote it in a 1976 journal article.

• Diehard Trekkies will know that Captain James T. Kirk never said, “Beam me up, Scotty!” in any of the 80 episodes of the original “Star Trek” series, which aired from 1966 to 1969. The closest Captain Kirk came to that phrase was in the 1968 episode “Gamesters of Triskelion,” when he exclaimed, “Beam us up, Mr. Scott!” The animated “Star Trek” series, which ran for two seasons in 1973 – 1974, did have the line, “Beam us up, Scotty!” and the 1986 movie “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home included, “Scotty, beam me up.” The original series’ Mr. Scott was played by actor James Doohan, who entitled his 1996 biography Beam Me Up, Scotty!

• The well-known phrase “A rose by any other name smells just as sweet” has its origins in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” But the actual quote reads, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet.”

• Speaking of Shakespeare, when we see images of witches stirring a cauldron, the phrase “Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble” comes to mind. The correct phrase, from Act 4, Scene 1 of “Macbeth,” is actually “Double, double, toil and trouble.” Fans of the rock group Led Zeppelin will recognize the words in the first verse of “Stairway to Heaven”, “There’s a lady who’s sure, all that glitters is gold.”

The chorus in the Smash Mouth song “All Star” also includes the phrase “All that glitters is gold.”

In actuality, this is another Shakespeare misquote that reads correctly, “All that glisters is not gold,” spoken by the Prince of Morocco in “The Merchant of Venice.”

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• Alligators are native only to the United States and China. In the U.S., Louisiana has the most alligators, but large populations also live in Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, North and South Carolina, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas.

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ALLIGATORS (continued): kg), on average, males grow to about 11 feet (3.4 m) and females to about 8 feet (2.6 m). The Chinese alligator is much smaller, with males averaging a length of 5 feet (1.5 m) and females at about 4.5 feet

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(1.4 m). The tail accounts for about half of an alligator’s length.

• An American alligator has a life expectancy in the wild of nearly 50 years.

• The menacing-looking mouth of an American alligator holds between 74 and 80 teeth at a time, but it might go through 2,000 to 3,000 teeth over its lifetime.

• Although they seem to have a reputation for attacking humans, alligators are actually quite solitary and very rarely do they go after humans, usually only when provoked or when protecting their young. Their diet consists of fish, turtles, snakes, birds, and small mammals.

Occasionally they eat other alligators.

• An alligator’s jaws can clamp shut with enough force to break a person’s arm. But the muscles that open its mouth are very weak, so much so that a man can hold a full-grown alligator’s mouth closed with one hand. And although they move very quickly through water, alligators are slow-moving on land.

• A female alligator will lay up to 50 eggs at a time, keeping them warm in a nest of rotting vegetation. The temperature of that nest will determine the gender of her offspring. Oddly enough, if the eggs are incubated over 93 degrees F (33.8 C), the embryos develop into males. Females are the result of temperatures below 86 degrees F (30 C), and between 86 and 93 degrees F, an embryo can develop into either gender. About 8 out of 10 baby alligators will be eaten by bobcats, snakes, otters, large fish, raccoons, and other alligators.

• One of the main differences between alligators and crocodiles is their environment. Alligators dwell in fresh water, such as ponds, rivers, wetlands, lakes, and swamps, while crocodiles make their home in salt water. An alligator’s nostrils point upward, so they can breathe while the rest of the body is submerged in water.

• Although there are about five million American alligators in the southeastern United States, they were once nearly extinct. Years of hunters seeking the valuable hides landed alligators on the endangered species list. When the U.S. fish & wildlife Service prohibited the trade of hides, alligators made such a comeback that they were removed from the list in 1987.

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In observance of National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month coming up in June, Tidbits shares some information on this serious health issue.

• It’s estimated that about 12% of the U.S. population, approximately 36 million Americans, experience migraine headaches.

It’s considered one of the Top 20 most disabling

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• Research indicates that migraines might be caused in part by changes in the level of serotonin.

When serotonin levels fall, blood vessels dilate and the swelling brings on the migraine.

• Who gets migraines? The condition is three times more common in women, with 30% of women suffering over a lifetime. It’s most common in the ages from the 20s through the 50s. Migraines seem to occur most between the ages of 35 and 45. Yet, they can also affect children and the elderly. Migraines affect someone in one of every four American households. Most experience a few attacks per month, but 3% of the population experiences chronic migraines, with headaches at least 15 days of each month for at least six months.

Eighty percent of those who get migraines have a family history of the malady. If one parent has migraines, a child has a 50% chance of the condition, and a 75% chance if both parents get them.

• About 20% of those who get migraines experience an “aura” of visual symptoms shortly before the migraine hits. A person might see flashing lights, wavy lines, or dots, and/or experience tunnel vision or blind spots, and might even include hallucinations.

• Several things can trigger a migraine, even a change in the weather! A variance in barometric pressure, humidity, or temperature can bring it on. One study indicates that winds in excess of 23 mph (37 km/hr) increase the risk of migraines.

• Certain foods seem to bring on a migraine in

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MIGRAiNES (continued): some individuals, especially foods containing nitrates (found in hot dogs and lunch meats). The substance tyramine found in aged cheese, smoked fish, and soy products is another culprit, as well as the flavor enhancer MSG. Many report that eating avocadoes, lentils, and canned meats increases the likelihood of a headache.

• Drinking alcohol, not getting enough sleep, stress, hunger, dehydration, and hormonal changes can also bring on a migraine, and even a sudden light glare or certain fragrances. Because the causes are different for each person, physicians suggest keeping a journal as a way to track the triggers.

• In ancient times, when migraines were unexplainable, a practice called trepanation was used as early as 7,000 B.C., which involved drilling holes into the skull. In their eyes, it was a way to allow evil spirits to escape. Unbelievably, trepanation was still being practiced up to the 17th century.

• Although walking and climbing stairs can worsen the pain, regular workouts seem to help ward off migraines in the first place. Those who exercise for 40 minutes, three times per week often experience less headaches. Others claim that taking Vitamin E and ginko biloba helps prevent migraines. Still others are treated with anti-depressants that may reduce the frequency by regulating the brain’s chemical levels. * “Use clear nail polish to ‘paint’ the bottom of shaving cream cans. Then it will not leave a rust ring no matter where it sits in the tub.” -- E.M. in Texas * For healthy leftovers, use plastic wrap instead of aluminum foil, experts say. You’re more likely to consume items you can see. Stash them front and center in the refrigerator. * Shoes on the right feet? Draw a semi-circle on the soles inside your kid’s shoes, so that when they are placed side by side it makes a circle.

Now Junior can figure it out for himself! * “Insert a square of cork board (available at office-supply stores) in an old picture frame.

You can use it to store and display earrings or necklaces (use pins to hang chains from). You could even use it as an actual corkboard!” -- A.R. in Michigan * Need a temporary playpen when traveling? How about a blow up pool? Supervision required, but containment achieved. * Heart-healthy oils like olive oil are a must in any cook’s kitchen. However, even if a jar is worthy of display, keep it in a cabinet. Oils break down when exposed to light. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Mediterranean Pita Steak Sandwich Creating a Turtle Habitat DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I saw a news story about a man who built a miniature “Jurassic Park” landscape for his pet tortoise to play in. I have a little box turtle named “Darlene” that I got for my birthday, and I’m wondering, can I make something like that for my turtle? -- Sarah J., via email DEAR SARAH: Turtle and tortoise owners can get pretty creative with their pets’ enclosures, and it can be fun to do. To make it fun for turtles and tortoises too, any enclosure has two important requirements: It needs to meet their basic needs, and it must be safe for them.

If you live in a climate that is not native to your turtle’s species, you’ll need to have an indoor and an outdoor enclosure. The indoor one should have the most ideal climate possible for your turtle, with steady temperature and proper humidity, a couple of places in which to hide, and a sunny corner (or a heat lamp) where she can go to warm up if necessary.

An outdoor enclosure gives your turtle a place to roam on warm, sunny days. It can and should be bigger than Darlene’s indoor enclosure, but ideally should be covered with mesh or wire to prevent predators from getting in. You’ll also need to build walls around the enclosure so Darlene can’t see out. It should have some nice flat rocks to climb up on, a shallow pool of water to rest in, a few shady spots and plenty of places to burrow in and hide.

Always have fresh drinking water available and give Darlene things to snack on, like fresh greens, grasses and a little bit of fruit.

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1 cup chopped cucumber 1 cup chopped fresh tomato 2 tablespoons Kraft Fat-Free Italian Dressing 1 cup chopped onion 8 ounces lean minute beef steak, diced 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms 1/8 teaspoon black pepper 2 pita bread rounds, halved 1. In a medium bowl, combine cucumber, tomato and Italian dressing. Refrigerate at least 1 hour.

2. In a large skillet sprayed with olive oil-flavored cooking spray, saute onion and steak pieces for 6 to 8 minutes until tender. Add mushrooms and black pepper. Mix well to combine. Continue cooking for 3 to 4 minutes until mushrooms are tender, stirring often.

3. Remove from heat. Stir in cucumber mixture.

For each sandwich, stuff about 3/4 cup steak mixture into a pita half. Serves 4.

TIP: To make opening pita rounds easier, place pita halves on a paper towel and microwave on HIGH 10 seconds. Remove and gently press open. * Each serving equals: 190 calories, 2g fat, 17g protein, 26g carb., 374mg sodium, 55mg calcium, 3g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 1 1/2 Vegetable, 1 1/2 Meat, 1 Starch. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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REFERENCE 1. MUSIC: What group had a hit song with “Love Shack”?

2. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Where was the eastern terminus of the Santa Fe Trail?

3. GEOGRAPHY: What is the name of the area in the Pacific that means “many islands”?

4. MEASUREMENTS: How long does it take light from the Sun to reach the Earth?

5. GAMES: What is the highest score possible in the game of darts?

6. ASTRONOMY: What two planets in our solar system rotate clockwise?

7. MONEY: What is the currency of Switzerland?

8. HISTORY: Where were the first

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9. INVENTIONS: What 1947 invention led to the development of small portable radios?

10. MOVIES: What film musical included the tune “They Call the Wind Maria”?

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AN ESSENTIAL ROLE • The human body is composed of a series of complex chemical reactions. These chemical reactions occur with the help of enzymes, and the primary function of vitamins is to help our bodies create those enzymes, and help the enzymes complete their jobs. When the chemical reactions occur, the vitamins get used up and so the body needs more vitamins on a daily basis. Without vitamins, chemical reactions that depend on those vitamins come to a stop and the result can be catastrophic.

Vitamins cannot be manufactured inside the human body and must come from food.

• Plants manufacture all of the vitamins humans need except for vitamins D, B12, and (to a large extent) vitamin A. Vitamins help a plant with the process of photosynthesis. The more photosynthesis a plant has going on, the higher the level of vitamins will be contained in that plant. This is why light colored vegetables like iceberg lettuce have lower levels of vitamins than dark-colored vegetables like kale and spinach. (Continued next page)

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VITAMIN A • Vitamin A is found in animal products such as organ meat, full fat milk, butter, and cod liver oil.

It’s also present in some vegetables such as dark leafy greens and foods rich in beta carotene such as carrots, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, broccoli, and cantaloupe. But the amount of vitamin A in plants is tiny compared to the amount in animal matter.

• Vitamin A is stored in the liver, so the human body can usually survive up to a year without taking in any vitamin A at all. But after that, a person who is not receiving any vitamin A will first experience night blindness and then go blind entirely. This problem is particularly prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

The World Health Organization estimates that between 500,000 and a million children go blind every year, and up to 90% of those children die of complications related to their vitamin deficiency.

• Today, over 70 countries have programs to deliver vitamin A supplementation to its populations in order to reduce child mortality and blindness.

HOLLYWOOD -Tom Cruise wants his Mummy! Not long ago we suggested that the 53-year-old superstar should stop making action films and return to making movies like “Born on the Fourth of July” (1990), “Jerry Maguire” (1996) and “Magnolia” (1999), for which he received Oscar nominations. Now instead of the tall buildings and fast-moving vehicles, he’ll be chasing a mummy -and mummies don’t run very fast.

Universal Studios has long wanted to reboot its “Mummy” franchise, which started in 1932 with Boris Karloff. There were seven “Mummy” films made between 1999 and 2015, ending with the four “Scorpion King” movies. Tom Cruise gets his “Mummy” come July 2017.

Meanwhile, “Beautiful Mind” Oscar-winner Russell Crowe has signed on to play “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (for which Fredric March won an Oscar in 1931). He’s currently onscreen in the comedy “The Nice Guys,” with Ryan Gosling, Matt Bomer and Kim Basinger.

Hollywood bigwigs have voted Johnny Depp the actor

Woody Allen’s new film, “Cafe Society,” narrated by Allen and starring “The Heartbreak Kid,” Oscar-nominee Jeannie Berlin (daughter of Elaine May), Steve Carrell, Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively and Kristin Stewart, opens July 15. It is his is 47th film, and his first shot with a Sony CineAlta F65 digital camera. Remember when Allen said he’d only shoot in Europe because the U.S. was too expensive? Well, he must have gotten fantastic tax breaks and discounts, because this film was shot in the streets of Los Angeles and Brooklyn.

Who’d ever imagine that wrestling star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson would become one of the most successful film stars of this decade? In 2014, his “Hercules” film cost $100 million and grossed $245 million, while Kellen Lutz’s “Legend of Hercules,” from the year before, cost $70 million and only grossed $61 million. “Furious 7” followed in 2015 at a cost of $190 million and grossed $1.5 billion, while “San Andreas” cost $110 million and grossed $447 million. Now he’s teamed up with Kevin Hart (“Ride Along 2” cost $40 million and grossed $122.6 million) for another kind of ride-along film, “Central Intelligence,” arriving June 17. “Fast 8” is due April 14, and then it’s back to the beach for “Baywatch,” playing the role that made David Hasselhoff famous, due May 2017. And you thought the only Rock in movies was Rock Hudson!

“Sharknado the Fourth Awakens” is hitting TV screens in July, with Ian Ziering, Tara Reid and David Hasselhoff in jeopardy again. With every “Sharknado” film, I can see my shark’s tooth and sharkskin suit going up in value! (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

VITAMIN C • Vitamin C is necessary for the production of collagen. Collagen is the protein that forms connective tissues that hold our bodies together.

The word collagen comes from the Greek word for glue. Without collagen, the body breaks down, an illness called scurvy.

• Between the time Columbus landed in the New World in 1492 and the time steam engines made ocean travel speedy in the mid-1800s, it’s estimated that over 2 million sailors died of scurvy. On any given voyage, about half of the sailors would die of scurvy, which was more than died of shipwreck, combat, storms, and diseases combined.

• James Lind was a Scottish doctor who helped discover the connection between vitamin C and the prevention of scurvy. In 1747 he took 12 sailors who were all suffering from scurvy and divided them into six pairs. All the men ate the same food and lived in the same quarters but he gave each pair a different remedy to try to cure them. The remedies were widely varied and included such things as garlic, seawater, and cream of tartar. But the two sailors whose remedy included citrus fruit recovered from their scurvy so quickly that they were able to assist the doctor in his experiments. Lind largely failed to recognize the significance of this discovery and scurvy continued to plague sailors for many decades to come.

VITAMIN B • Pregnant women need to get enough B9 (also called folic acid) or their child runs the risk of being born with neurological damage. The amount of B9 that is needed each day during pregnancy is equal to about the weight of 4 grains of salt. Beans, lentils, and spinach are high in vitamin B9.

• The amount of vitamin B12 needed each day is even less than that, equivalent to 1/67th of a single grain of salt. But without that tiny amount, the result is memory loss, depression, nerve damage, and anemia. Vitamin B12 is primarily present in animal-based foods such as meat and eggs, which makes strict vegans susceptible to deficiency.

VITAMIN D • Vitamin D is not naturally available in very many foods. The best sources are fatty fish such as tuna, salmon, mackerel, and cod liver oil. However, the body is able to synthesize its own vitamin D through exposure to ultraviolet light. When you take a vitamin D pill, the contents of that pill may have originated with lanolin from sheep’s wool.

B R AV O I F N I L This vitamin otherwise known as B2 helps converts fats, proteins, and carbohydrates into energy.

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1. Smokers often tend to be deficient in this vitamin.

2. Vitamins come from plants and animals but where do minerals come from?

3. The single largest industry in this state is supplements and vitamins.

4. What percent of vitamins manufactured world-wide end up in animal feed?

5. Vitamin B12 is an antidote to what kind of poison?

TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING • Many people feel that if a little bit is good, then more must be better, but that is not always the case. The healthiest and safest doses of vitamins are the ones that appear naturally in food.

Taking too much vitamin D on a regular basis can eventually cause calcium deposits in places where calcium deposits don’t belong, such as your arteries or kidneys. Excess vitamin D can also interfere with blood clotting. Too much vitamin A can cause liver damage, birth defects, and death in extreme cases. Too much vitamin C can cause kidney stones.

the citizens who survived it. They were not surprised to find that children who had been in the womb when their mothers experienced starvation had increased risk of physical and mental health problems as they grew into adults. They suffered from higher rates of depression, cardiovascular problems, and type 2 diabetes. But researchers were very surprised to find that these negative effects extended not only to the children but also to the grandchildren of the people who had been involved. The grandchildren of the mothers who had experienced starvation also grew up to have higher than normal levels of health problems, all due to famine conditions suffered by their grandparents.

TOO LITTLE OF A GOOD THING • In World War II the Nazis cut off all supplies headed for Holland. Famine set in quickly.

About 22,000 people died of starvation and another quarter of a million were made ill. The average weight loss among the population was about 20% of body weight. Nine months after the famine ended, the birth rate dropped by 50%.

• After the war ended, researchers wanted to find out how that period of starvation affected

Amazing Animals

FROGS • “Amphibian” comes from the Greek words meaning “two lives” since the frog can live both in the water and on the land.

• Frogs always croak, right? Wrong. The European tree frog sounds like a quacking duck. Another kind of frog sounds like a cat meowing.

• Frogs have no ribs.

• A frog closes its eyes by pulling the eyeballs deeper into the sockets, which serves to close the eyelids.

• A frog’s tongue is attached to the front of its mouth to give a longer reach.

• Do frogs have teeth? Just two tiny teeth in the upper jaw, which keep prey from getting away.

• A frog does not need to drink water because it absorbs water through its skin.

• A frog’s thigh, shin, and foot are of nearly equal length, to make jumping easier.

• A bullfrog with a six-inch (15 cm) body can leap ten times its own body length.

• Tadpoles are generally born being one sex or the other, but environmental influences can change the frog’s sex. If food is scarce or the temperature is not right, the transformation of female tadpoles into male frogs keeps the population down until conditions improve in the pond.

• S ome frogs have lived for 20 years. One toad lived 36 years.

• If you pick up a frog while you have insect repellent on your hands, the frog will absorb it through the skin and become very sick.

• Handling a toad does not cause warts.

• Frogs don’t always lay their eggs in ponds: • The Malaysian hill frog lives high in the mountains where there are few ponds, so it lays its eggs in damp moss that hangs from trees. The tadpoles develop into frogs there.

• One kind of poison dart frog lays eggs on moist vegetation, and then watches over the eggs until

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the tadpoles hatch. Then the young crawl up on the backs of either parent and are literally glued in place by a mucous secretion. They are attached there for more than a week, until the parent can find a pool to release them.

The water loosens the mucous bond, and the young swim free.

Bullfrogs can lay 20,000 eggs at a time. On the other hand, some kinds of dart-poison frogs will lay a single tiny egg in each of the miniature “ponds” that forms when rainwater collects in the base of a leaf. The mother frog will also lay a number of unfertilized eggs next to the fertilized egg so the tadpole will have something to eat when it hatches.

The eggs of the horned marsupial frog are placed on the mother’s back, where a pouch of skin grows around them to protect them.

Tadpoles of the frog hatch and develop in that pouch, completing their development into frogs without ever seeing water.

The male midwife toad will wrap the long sticky strands of eggs around his legs, hopping around with them until they are ready to hatch.

Then he deposits them in the water.

The eggs of the leopard frog are white on one side and black on the other. The white part contains the genetic material; the black part contains a barrier to ultraviolet light. When exposed to light, the egg rotates its black side up, blocking the UV radiation and absorbing heat that helps with incubation.

SUPPLEMENTS & SYNTHETICS • Pres. Abraham Lincoln created the United States Bureau of Agriculture which contained within itself the Division of Chemistry. The Division of Chemistry eventually evolved into the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA. At the time it was instigated, the Division of Chemistry had exactly one employee who was in charge of things like finding out what vendors were diluting their milk with water, or adding ground up lice to brown sugar, since ground up lice looks just like brown sugar.

• It wasn’t until the year 1906 that the Pure Food and Drug Act was passed by Congress, the nation’s first federal law concerning food and drugs. The law was strengthened and bolstered in 1938, closing many loopholes and putting the burden upon the manufacturers to prove their products were safe and effective.

• Today, the FDA regulates things such as food, cosmetics, tobacco products, medical devices, veterinarian supplies, pharmaceuticals, and

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The only time the FDA has been successful in pulling a dangerous supplement off the shelves was when it outlawed ephedra, a stimulant that caused over 100 deaths.

Today there are over 85,000 supplements and vitamins products available for sale in America.

About 50% of American adults use some sort of dietary supplement.

In a study done in the year 2013, Canadian researchers tested the ingredients in 44 different supplements and vitamins. One-third of the products did not contain any amount of the substances listed on their labels whatsoever.

Many of the products were nothing more than powdered rice.

The majority of the world’s supply of synthetic vitamins comes from China, which exports about 200,000 tons of vitamins per year.

Synthetic vitamin A comes from acetone and formaldehyde. Synthetic niacin (vitamin B3) is made using a synthetic fiber that is also used in carpets and conveyor belts. Synthetic thiamine (vitamin B1) comes from coal tar. All synthetic vitamins are chemically identical to natural

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SUPPLEMENTS & SYNTHETICS (continued): vitamins available in food, but natural vitamins in food come in a complete package that also offers other beneficial compounds.

• Associations such as the American Cancer Association, the American Heart Association, and the American Diabetes Association recommend that healthy people without nutritional deficiencies who eat a balanced diet avoid taking any multivitamins at all. It’s not because the vitamins are harmful, it’s just that they are unnecessary. However, pregnant women should take extra doses of folic acid, elderly women should take a daily dose of calcium, and vegans should supplement their diet with vitamin B12.

• A study published in the year 2012 which followed 15,000 middle-aged doctors found that none of the doctors showed any improvement in their risk of cancer when they took high doses of vitamin C, E, and beta-carotene. High doses of vitamins also had no effect whatsoever on their cognitive functions or their risk of heart attack.

* Clean your paintbrushes before you begin that spring-cleaning paint job.

Bring a few cups of white vinegar to a boil, and soak brushes in the vinegar for up to 20 minutes. Use a plastic scrubbie to remove stuck-on bits, then rinse in cool water. Use a fine-toothed comb to get rid of what’s leftover. The brush should be clean and the bristles nice and soft. * Don’t overlook your own garden and yard when putting together a centerpiece for a backyard BBQ or informal gathering. Herbs make a wonderful bouquet. * To keep your kitchen trash can smelling sweet naturally, put three drops of eucalyptus or cinnamon oil on a cotton ball and drop it the bottom of the can. * What’s the right way to fold towels? So your folded towel uses the depth of the shelf it’s stored on. That way, you can store the maximum towels per shelf. * Do you have a large assortment of different colored cupcake liners? Store them in a mason jar. You’ll be able to see what you have at a glance, and they fit perfectly inside a wide-mouth jar. * “Bath toys plus glue gun equals no more gross moldy water inside your tub duck. Just use your glue gun to seal up the ‘drain hole’ on the bottom of most bath toys. I honestly don’t know why they do that, as it seems to only suck up water and not drain anything!” -- L.R. in Virginia Send your tips to Now Here’s a Tip, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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More Resources for Therapy Dogs DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I read your column about the owner whose therapy dog helps children with a fear of dogs. I also have a Golden Retriever therapy dog, and we have had many success stories.

Please tell your readers that organizations have different requirements for therapy dogs to visit their facilities, as well as for the handlers. For example, the hospitals we visit have additional health screening requirements for the handler.

If they’re looking for a good certification for their dog, Therapy Dogs International is a highly accepted certification. -- Ed A., Indiana DEAR ED: Many thanks for the tips! It’s definitely important to do your homework and learn as much as you can before submitting your dog and yourself as a therapy dog and handler. Different facilities may need additional clearances -- not just a certification from a therapy-dog organization, but health checks for the owner/handler and background checks.

Therapy Dogs International has details on its website about its requirements for therapy dogs, and guidelines and testing information that will give owners a good idea of what they need to do to get their dog ready. For example, dogs have to be at least 1 year old. They don’t have to take any specific therapy-dog classes, but they should have at the very least basic to intermediate obedience skills, a good temperament and up-to-date vaccinations and health records.

Owners also need to be aware that therapy dogs are not service dogs -- that is a different testing and certification process with different, often more stringent, requirements.

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

1 (8-ounce) can Pillsbury reduced-fat crescent rolls 1 (8-ounce) package Philadelphia fat-free cream cheese 1 (4-serving) package Jell-O sugar-free instant chocolate fudge pudding mix 2/3 cup Carnation nonfat dry milk powder 1 cup water 1 cup Cool Whip Free 3/4 cup miniature marshmallows 1/4 cup chopped walnuts 2 tablespoons Hersheys lite chocolate syrup 1. Heat oven to 415 F. Spray a rimmed 10-by-15-inch baking sheet with butter-flavored cooking spray.

Unroll crescent rolls and pat into sheet, being sure to seal perforations. Bake for 6 to 7 minutes or until light golden brown. Place baking sheet on a wire rack and allow to cool completely.

2. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, stir cream cheese with a sturdy spoon until soft. Add dry pudding mix, dry milk powder and water. Mix well using a wire whisk.

3. Blend in Cool Whip Free. Gently stir in marshmallows and walnuts. Spread mixture evenly over cooled crescent-roll crust.

4. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Just before serving, drizzle chocolate syrup over top. Cut into 8 servings. * Each serving equals: 224 calories, 8g fat, 9g protein, 29g carb, 572mg sodium, 159mg calcium, 1g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 2 Starch/Carb., 1 Fat, 1/2 Meat; Carb Choices: 2. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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1. People who smoke cigarettes tend to have lower levels of vitamin C. 2. Minerals, such as calcium, magnesium, and iron, come from the earth.

3. The single largest industry in Utah is supplements and vitamins.

4. About half of the synthetic vitamins produced in the world today end up in animal feed.

5. Vitamin B12 can be used as an antidote to cyanide poisoning.

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1. 95% of experimental medicines fail to either meet the FDA’s safety standards or fail to prove their effectiveness.

2. Studies have not been able to prove that vitamin C prevents colds, but there is some evidence that suggests it lessens the severity of the cold once it sets in.

RIBOFLAVIN 1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What car company makes the Rio and Sedona models?

2. MUSIC: Who composed the “Wedding March”?

3. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the Isle of Wight?

4. U.S. STATES: What is the state bird of Louisiana?

5. MOVIES: What are the names of “The Blues Brothers”?

6. INVENTIONS: Who invented the tea bag in the early 20th century?

7. CHEMISTRY: Which chemical element has the symbol K? 8. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a more commonly known name for the Alsatian dog?

9. ART: What are the top three secondary colors, obtained by mixing two primary colors?

10. FAMOUS QUOTES: What 20thcentury first lady once said, “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people”?

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The 100th Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for May 29, 2016. What do you know about the history of this race and its venue? Tidbits will get you “in the know”!

• The Indianapolis Motor Speedway was the vision of Indianapolis business Carl Fisher, who first came up with the idea in 1905. Along with three partners, he purchased Pressley Farm, a 328-acre level piece of ground about 5 miles (8 km) outside of the city, for $72,000.

Construction on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) oval track began in March, 1909. Five hundred workers, 300 mules, and a fleet of steampowered machinery labored to reshape the land. The track was graded, and covered with packed soil, 2 inches (5 cm) of gravel, 2 inches (5 cm) of limestone, and coated with tar and oil.

Another 2 inches of crushed stone chips were added, more tar and oil, and a final covering of crushed stone. Grandstands with 12,000 seats were built to accommodate racing fans.

• When the Speedway was built, the average price of a new car was $1,280, and a gallon of gas could be purchased for 6 cents.

• On June 5, 1909, the first event was held at the Speedway, although the oval hadn’t yet been completed. Nine helium-filled balloons took to the skies before 40,000 people competing

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INDY 500 (continued): for trophies. Two months later a series of motorcycle races were held.

• The first car race was held on August 19 of that year. The track’s surface was already becoming damaged with ruts and chuckholes. Nearly 20,000 spectators paid up to a dollar for a ticket. The first race, a 250-mile (400-km) event, included leader Louis Chevrolet, for whom an automobile would later be named. The track’s first fatality occurred in that race, when a car flipped end over end before crashing into a fence post. Both the driver and his mechanic died on site. The third race of 300 miles (480 km) resulted in three more deaths, and all races and future events at the Speedway were terminated until improvements were made to the track.

• Paving of the track with bricks began almost immediately, with 3.2 million 10-lb. (4.5-kg) bricks supplied by local manufacturers. The last brick, made of gold, was set in place was by the governor in a special ceremony. From then on, the track became known as the Brickyard.

• On Memorial Day, 1911, more than 80,000 spectators gathered to watch 40 cars compete in the first 500-mile (800-km) “International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race.” Driving a Marmon Wasp, which was manufactured right there in Indianapolis, Ray Harroun won the race with an average speed of 74.602 mph (120.06 km/ hr). All the other drivers had their mechanic as a passenger, but Harroun picked up speed by driving alone. Without a passenger to keep track of what was behind him, Harroun installed a rear-view mirror in his Wasp, the first time such an apparatus was used in a car. Harroun’s car can be viewed at the Indy 500 Hall of Fame Museum, which opened in 1956 on the grounds of the Speedway.

• The name of the race remained the same until after World War I, when, in 1919, the name was changed to “Liberty Sweep Stakes,” a change that stayed in place just that one year. In 1920, it was once again the “International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race.

• The 1925 race was the first time a driver averaged 100 mph (160 km/hr) for the race. Pete DePaolo accomplished the feat with an average of 101.13 mph (162.75 km/h).

• In 1927, the speedway was sold to World War I fighter ace pilot Captain Eddie Rickenbacker for $750,000. Rickenbacker was also a former race car driver who had competed at Indy five times between 1911 and 1916.

• An amazing feat was accomplished in 1931 when racer Dave Evans completed the entire 500 miles without a single pit stop. His Cummins Diesel

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Mount Dora, Florida A: Actor and stand-up comedian Eugene Kim played David on “Dice,” a thrilling experience for him because he got to meet and work with Andrew.

Eugene told me: “I love Andrew Dice Clay. He’s one of those iconic comedians that you look up to and hope to meet. I had seen him at the Comedy Store, and he just brings this power when he walks in. He just has that star quality and charisma.

“As an actor, he’s extremely nurturing. That is something I appreciate as an artist because you want to feel safe in your environment. And somebody who is a legend like Andrew, he could have easily been a jerk, but he was a really great person to work with.”

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Call Today (250) 832-3361 which also stars Octavia Spencer, Josh Hopkins, George Lopez and Nia Vardalos. Eugene revealed: “It’s an indie film, and the plot happens over the course of one day. The main character, Mark Chamberlain -- who is played by Patrick Adams, who is in ‘Suits’ -- has a quota of 35 cars to sell by the end of the day. And he needs us, his car salesmen, to help him meet that quota. The question is will he do whatever it takes to make that happen, as far as ethics go.”

Q: Last summer I was really into David Duchovny’s new series, “Aquarius.” Please tell me it will be back again this summer. -- Tia J., via email A: David will return to the role of LAPD detective Sam Hoidak, who is hot on the trail of a missing girl who has taken up with Charles Manson and his “family.” As you know, the series is set in the late 1960s, with the action taking place before the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders. The 13-episode second season returns to NBC on Thursday, June 16. Veteran actor Tim Griffin joins the series as Agent Ron Kellaher, a foil for Hoidak and hell-bent on getting him kicked off the force.

Readers: It’s time for another episode of “Canceled or Renewed.” This time I will focus on CBS shows that have gotten the ax, whether they’ve run their course or were canceled due to low ratings.

Shows we won’t be seeing this upcoming season include: “Angel From Hell,” “CSI: Cyber,” “Extant,” “The Good Wife,” “Mike and Molly,” “Person of Interest” and “Rush Hour.” Also, you won’t be seeing “Supergirl” on CBS after this season, but it hasn’t been canceled; it’s switching over to The CW, where it will be right at home with all the other superhero series.

Write to Cindy at King Features Weekly Service, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803; or e-mail her at letters@cindyelavsky.com. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

INDY 500 (continued): Special was the first diesel entry in the history of the race, finishing in 13th place. Since that time, only three others have achieved this deed – one racer in 1941 and two in 1949.

• 1936 was a big year at the Speedway, when the legendary brick was replaced with asphalt. A 3-ft. (0.91-m) wide section of the original bricks was left at the Start/Finish line, still in place today.

• In December, 1941, with the United States’ entry into World War II, it was agreed that 1942’s Indy 500 would be cancelled. Late in 1942, a ban was placed on all auto racing for the remainder of the war, in place through 1945. The track fell into disrepair, and plans were made to subdivide the acreage into a housing development. Eddie Rickenbacker turned down all offers from real estate developers and instead sold it to Terre Haute, Indiana businessman Anton Hulman for the same price he had paid for it in 1927.

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1. What name is given to the Thursday before the Indy 500?

2. What former racer was CEO of STP motor oil company?

3 What song is sung approximately 10 minutes before the race?

4. What car was the Indy 500 pace car at the 2015 race?

5. Name the only person to be named U.S. Driver of the Year in three separate decades.

Home of the $49 Summer Dress INDY 500 (continued): Hulman restored the track in time for the 1946 race. Amazingly, the same family still owns and operates the Speedway.

• On a hot Memorial Day in 1936, three-time Indy 500 winner Louis Meyer drank a glass of buttermilk in Victory Lane after his win. The local Milk Foundation saw the picture in the newspaper and used it as a publicity strategy to encourage milk drinking. The practice became a tradition and every winner is now presented a glass quart bottle of milk after the race. It’s no surprise that the American Dairy Association is a regular sponsor of the Indy 500.

• The traditional phrase, “Gentlemen, start your engines” prior to the race has been around since the early 1950s. Wilbur Shaw, a threetime Indy winner became the president of the Speedway in 1945, and is believed to have coined the phrase. When women are part of the line-up, the phrase has been adjusted to, “Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines.” If there’s been a rain delay, occasionally “Restart your engines” has been proclaimed.

• A.J. Foyt began his history-making run at the

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• A.J. Foyt holds the record for the most consecutive Indy 500 races, having driven for 35 in a row.

This adds up to nearly 12,275 miles (19,755 km), with earnings of $2,637,963. Year 34 was a challenge after Foyt suffered severe leg injuries in a serious crash nine months earlier, but that didn’t stop him from competing.

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This week, Tidbits goes under the sea to dig up some facts on crabs.

• The approximately 5,000 species of crabs are divided into “true crabs” and “false crabs.”

About 4,500 are true crabs, or brachyurans, and include blue crabs, spider crabs, and ghost crabs. False crabs are “crab-like” animals, which have a longer abdominal section and fewer walking legs, including hermit crabs and king crabs.

• Crabs are decapods, which are crustaceans with 10 limbs. Their two front legs end in claws, called chelae. The other four pairs are the creature’s walking legs. If a crab loses a claw or leg in a fight, it will grow back.

• Although crabs can live on land, they spend most of their time in fresh water, and live in more different places than any other sea animal, even under the ice in Antarctica and in volcanic vents.

• The crab’s hard shell, called a carapace, is actually a skeleton on the outside of its body. Because the rigid shell cannot grow or stretch, the creature must shed its skeleton and grow a new one. When it molts, a crack forms in the shell, and the crab backs out of it. During their first year of life, this occurs six or seven times, then once or twice a year after that. A crab might go through up to 50 molts during its lifetime.

• A crab’s eyes are located on short independently-moving stalks and are compound eyes made up of hundreds of tiny lenses that can detect UV light more than half a mile below the ocean’s surface.

• As omnivores, crabs dine predominantly on algae, although some species eat worms and mollusks. They have no teeth in their mouths, but rather, the teeth are in the stomach.

Large mashing jaws on either side of the mouth do mash food somewhat, but within in the stomach, the teeth grind against each other every time the stomach contracts.

The mouth opens on the underside of the animal, but because of the hard exoskeleton, it doesn’t open very wide.

• A group of crabs is called a cast, and its members communicate with each other by flapping their pincers or drumming their claws.

• The world’s largest crab is the Japanese Spider Crab, found in the waters off the southern coast of Japan. This giant’s leg span can reach 12 feet (3.8 m) from claw to claw and can weigh up to 42 lbs. (19 kg).

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More Indy 500 Facts (continued): old, California native Troy Ruttman, who, in 1952, drove his Agajanian Special at a recordbreaking average speed of 128.922 mph (207.5 km/hr). Al Unser was just five days shy of his 48th birthday when he became the race’s oldest winner in 1987, his fourth victory.

• There has been a pace car at the Indy 500 every year since its 1911 inception. The pace car leads the racers for a ceremonial two-lap run and one official lap prior to the race. It also enters the track in the event of a yellow flag caution event in order to bunch the cars at a reduced speed. The winner of the race is awarded the car at the victory banquet.

• Ten women racers have entered at least once.

The first female to qualify and compete in the Indy 500 was Janet Guthrie, an aerospace engineer, who drove in the 1977 race. Starting from 18th position, a timing gear failure after just 27 laps forced her to retire from the race.

In 2005, Danica Patrick was the first woman to actually lead a lap at the Indy 500. She went on to finish fourth that year, and took third place in 2009. She also has the distinction of being the first Indy 500 driver to appear in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.

• The closest finish in Indy 500 history was in 1992, when Al Unser, Jr. beat Scott Goodyear by just 0.043 of a second.

• There have been 60 fatalities associated with the Indy 500, including 38 drivers, 12 mechanics, five spectators, two members of the pit crew, two firemen, and a young boy who was struck by a wheel that bounced out of the arena and across the street. Of the 38 drivers, 14 were killed in the actual race, with the remainder perishing during practice or qualifying runs.

• The first Indy 500 winner Ray Harroun took home $14,250 for his prize. Juan Montoya, winner in 2015, had winnings of $2,449,055.

Average speed has grown from Harroun’s average speed of 74.602 mph (120.06 km/hr) to a record 187.33 mph (301.644 km/hr) achieved

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• The official trophy of the Indy 500 is the Borg Warner Trophy, standing approximately 5 feet, 4 inches (162.5 cm) tall, weighing 153 lbs.

(45 kg), crafted of sterling silver. The original trophy was produced at a cost of $10,000, but today is insured for more than $1.3 million.

Every winner’s name and image since 1911 are inscribed on the statue or on its base. The winners do not receive the actual trophy – it is displayed at the Indy 500 Hall of Fame Museum – but rather a miniature replica, nicknamed “Baby Borg.”

• Tickets to this year’s race varied from $40 for General Admission to $230 for a Penthouse Box seat.

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“Shera” stays with me in my apartment, one of six in a triple-decker house, and there have been no problems until now. Now, a new owner has bought the house and told me I cannot have a pet: I must either get rid of Shera or move out. What can I do?

-- Desperate in Worcester, Massachusetts DEAR DESPERATE: I feel for you, and I hope I can give you some useful advice in this limited space. My first tip is to act fast, and the sooner the better. I recommend immediately contacting your state’s legal services or aid resource, if there is one, to discuss the problem. You also could find free or low-cost legal advice through the state’s bar association or perhaps at a local university.

Your local library can be a great resource, too -you can get online for free, and the librarians can be very helpful.

Renters have fairly extensive rights in most states.

A new landlord usually cannot simply walk in and demand you get rid of your pet. The existing lease typically cannot be changed suddenly, either.

And even if you don’t have a signed lease (some apartments are still “handshake” agreements) the landlord typically must still give reasonable notice of a change in the terms.

You also might try offering your landlord a nonrefundable pet deposit. These are sometimes required in rentals that accept pets.

There’s much more information out there than I have room to write about here. But basically, you have more rights than you think. Stay calm, but immediately start contacting organizations that can help.

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1. GEOGRAPHY: What is the easternmost state capital in the United States?

2. MUSIC: What country was the group ABBA from?

3. MOVIES: In what movie was the character of John McClane introduced?

4. LITERATURE: The line “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread” was written by which poet?

5. FOOD & DRINK: Where did the potato originate?

6. SCIENCE: Sunlight exposure on bare skin can help to form which vitamin?

7. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: How many minutes are in one degree of longitude or latitude?

8. ADVERTISEMENTS: What product’s

advertising campaign declared that its consumption was “The Right Thing To Do”?

9. SPORTS: How many periods are in a National Hockey League game?

10. TELEVISION: What was the forerunner of PBS, the national public broadcasting service?

Answers 1. Augusta, Maine 2. Sweden 3. “Die Hard” 4. Alexander Pope 5. South America 6. Vitamin D 7. 60 8. Quaker Oats 9. Three 10. National Educational Television (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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by Janet Spencer There was a drought in Rome in 496 B.C. The priests thought if they started worshiping the Greek goddess Demeter, she might help. They changed her name to Ceres from the Latin ‘crescere’ meaning ‘to grow’ which is also the root of ‘create’ and ‘increase.’ She became the protector of crops, and the caretakers of her temple became the grain dealers. A new Latin word was coined meaning ‘of Ceres’-- cerealis, which became the word cereal. Come along with Tidbits as we eat cereal!

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• It’s been estimated that more than 60% of the population of the world relies on a total of four crops, three of which are grains. Those four crops are rice, corn, soy, and wheat.

• Oatmeal is richer in proteins than whole wheat.

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Cereal (continued): BREAKFAST CEREALS • John Kellogg ran a health resort in Battle Creek, Michigan in the late 1800s. He advocated a healthy diet, and invented a flaky breakfast cereal made from smashing boiled wheat and corn into thin flat sheets and baking them. He had trouble perfecting the formula until one day when he was called away while the wheat was cooking. When he returned, the wheat was far overcooked, but money was tight and wheat was expensive so he ran the overcooked wheat through the rollers anyway. The thin crispy flake that resulted was the perfect formula.

• At first he called this cereal Granula, which he later changed to Granola before finally changing the name to Corn Flakes. The cereal was a novel invention and reputedly very healthy, but it didn’t taste very good.

• John Kellogg had a younger brother named Will.

Will Kellogg was more interested in making a profit than his brother was. When John left on an extended trip, Will did something that John had forbidden: he added a coating of sugar to the cereal. People liked John’s unsweetened cereal a little, but they loved Will’s sugary cereal.

When John returned, he was furious. Will ended up starting his own company, which he called Kellogg’s. Will Kellogg’s cereal eventually put John Kellogg’s cereal out of business. The brothers were rivals until their deaths.

• A patient of John Kellogg named Charles W.

Q: I have been watching “Person of Interest” since the beginning, and I read in your column that it won’t be back next year. I’m so bummed! Can you give me any scoop as to what to expect for the series finale? -- Steff S., Mims, Florida A: The sci-fi crime drama -- which stars Jim Caviezel and Michael Emerson --takes its final bow on Tuesday, June 21, on CBS. I was fortunate to get to speak with Michael about these last few episodes of this creative and intense series, and he revealed: “I think that the ending is really satisfying. And you do worry about that. You think: ‘Well, what can they do? Samaritan has taken over the world.’ We’re going to try to find a way for The Machine to do battle with it, but as you can see from the episodes that have already aired, it’s not looking that good. So, what cards have we left to play? It seems like a losing battle now.”

Michael enjoyed working with Jim Caviezel these past five years, telling me: “It’s been good, and we made a good odd couple, because in real life we are an odd couple. We lucked out. You can’t plan to have good chemistry among your actors, but we

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As for his future plans, Michael is taking a well-deserved break. “The one thing I cannot contemplate is going right back onto a network series. I want to mix it up a little bit and knock around a little and recharge my battery and do some other kinds of things. Maybe do a play somewhere or get some guests spots. Play some odd, quirky character that I haven’t been able to do before. I would be happy to do a series that shot only 10 episodes a year. Then you would have seven or eight months to do other things, whatever you please. I’ll just see what comes my way.” *** Q: A while back, you had mentioned a sequel to “Trainspotting.” Is that still happening? -- John T., via email A: The “Trainspotting” sequel is officially a go, and production has already started. Original cast members Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremmer, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle are all returning, as well as director Danny Boyle. Right now the film is using the working title “T2,” but it’s loosely based on the book called “Porno” by “Trainspotting” author Irvine Welsh. *** READERS: It’s time for another episode of “Canceled or Renewed.” Held over from last week is CBS’s “Limitless.” The series was being shopped around to other networks, but it failed to find a home, so it now resides in the canceled category. And now, onto the CW: “America’s Next Top Model” was canceled by the CW but picked up by VH1 in February. However, “Beauty and the Beast” is now airing its fourth and final season, and “Containment” is kaput.

Write to Cindy at King Features Weekly Service, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803; or e-mail her at letters@cindyelavsky.com. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

Cereal (continued): Post started his own dry cereal company called Post Cereals, selling a rival brand of corn flakes.

John Kellogg claimed that Charles Post stole the formula for corn flakes from the safe in his office.

• Charles Post came out with a cereal he called Elijah’s Manna. He tried to export it to Britain but they refused to register it, feeling giving such a religious name to a food item was sacrilegious.

Post changed the name to Post Toasties.

In 2008 Kellogg’s ran an ad claiming that children who ate Frosted Mini Wheats cereal for breakfast improved their attentiveness and school grades by nearly 20%. The Federal Trace Commission investigated and discovered the research had been commissioned and paid for by Kellogg’s themselves. Independent studies showed children who ate Frosted Mini Wheats for breakfast showed little to no improvement in either their ability to remember or their school grades.

SUGARY CEREALS • In 1949 Post Cereal introduced a sugary line of cereals such as Sugar Crisps, Krinkles, and Corn-Fetti and the kids went wild. General Mills followed suit with cereals such as Trix, Sugar Frosted Flakes, and Cocoa Puffs.

• In 1975, a dentist who was alarmed at the steep increase in the number of cavities he was seeing

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1. How many pounds of cereal does the average American child eat per year?

2. What percent of Americans typically start their day with a bowl of cereal?

3. Rice Krispies mascots Snap, Crackle and Pop briefly had a fourth member in early 1950. What was his name?

4. What percent of Frosted Flakes are consumed by adults?

5. Voice actor Thurl Ravenscroft was the voice of Tony the Tiger (“They’re GRRRRREAT!”) as well as this Christmas villain from a Dr. Seuss animated classic.

Smacks became Honey Smacks. Although the names changed, the sugar content did not, and nothing changed about the fact that cereals were pitched to children on weekend daytime TV. The Cereal (continued): cereal industry uses 816 million pounds of sugar per year. in children went to the supermarket and bought 78 different kinds of cereal. He took them to his • Grape Nuts is one of the few cereals with no added sugar. It has nothing to do with grapes or lab and measured their sugar content. One-third nuts, being made out of baked wheat and malted had sugar levels between 10 and 25%. One-third barley. contained between 26% and 50% sugar, and the rest of them had sugar levels even higher than 50%. The highest was Super Orange Crisps FAST FACTS ABOUT CEREAL which was almost 71% sugar. Not surprisingly, those cereals with the highest sugar content • In 1964 both Kellogg’s and Post introduced cereal that had freeze-dried fruit in it. The theory were brands most heavily marketed to children was that the freeze-dried fruit would absorb during Saturday morning cartoons. moisture from the milk and be reconstituted in • By 1977 a coalition of 12,000 health professionals the bowl. Unfortunately it took so long for the asked the Federal Trade Commission to ban Cereal (continued): the advertising of sugary foods on children’s TV shows. The petition was accompanied by a fruit to rehydrate that the cereal was hopelessly collection of 200 decayed teeth collected and soggy by the time the fruit was edible. donated by pediatric dentists. In 1979, the typical • After winning the Olympic decathlon in 1976, American child watched more than 20,000 Bruce Jenner was signed up to sell Wheaties. On commercials between the ages of two and 11, the air, Jenner claimed he had eaten Wheaties and more than half of those commercials were all his life.

The assistant district attorney in San for cereals, candy, snacks, and soft drinks.

Francisco brought suit against General Mills, • As a result, Kellogg’s Sugar Frosted Flakes was claiming consumer fraud. They felt that Jenner re-named Frosted Flakes; Post changed Super hadn’t really eaten Wheaties all his life. Jenner Sugar Crisp into Super Golden Crisp; and Sugar challenged the DA to ask his mother. The suit was dropped.

• In ads, the Trix rabbit is always trying to sneak a bowl of Trix cereal, but the kids constantly take it away from him, saying “Trix is for kids!” During the 1976 presidential elections, General Mills worried that this might be teaching kids a bad thing: try as you might, you’ll never reach your goal. So they put it to the vote. By sending in boxtop ballots, kids were asked to vote on whether or not the rabbit would get his Trix. 99% voted yes.

Amidst great fanfare, the rabbit got to eat a whole bowl on the next commercial. Then, like Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, he held out his empty bowl and asked for more— only to be told he had to wait for the next election.

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• Cheerios were originally called Cheerioats. The name was changed in 1945.

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BIRD BRAINS • In the late 1980s, scientists in Florida scattered food pellets to attract fish to a specific spot in a bay. A great blue heron watched these proceedings and discovered that if it hung out nearby, it could feast on the fish that came up for the pellets. After several days, either the fish got wise or they had all been eaten because they stopped coming to eat the pellets. Scientists were astounded to see the heron pick up a pellet in its beak, take it a short distance down the shore, drop it in the water, and nab a fish that surfaced.

• A man in Washington once tossed crackers to a raven until the raven was full and could eat no more. The raven wanted to take more crackers to its cache, but it could pick up only one cracker at a time in its beak. By the time it got back to collect the next cracker, other critters would have stolen the rest of the food. The man was astonished to see the raven solve the dilemma by tucking the

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Bill and Wilma Fisher raised birds and had about 30 parrots. Once when they were away from home at a parrot show, one of their parrots used his beak to undo the bolts that held his cage together. When the cage collapsed, the parrot escaped. He then managed to unlatch all the other cages one at a time. When the bird sitter arrived later that day, she discovered all the birds in the middle of a parrot party.

When a storm blew down the netting that enclosed the New York Zoological Society’s gigantic aviary in the 1960s, zookeepers captured as many of the remaining birds as they could, but left the netting open. Within the next few days, nearly 75% of the escaped birds returned home.

King Henry VIII had a pet parrot that one day fell unnoticed into the Thames River. It was rescued only because it raucously squawked, “Boat! Boat!”

A parrot listed in the Guinness Book of World Records had a vocabulary of 531 words. He could recite eight nursery rhymes in a single breath without mistake.

CHICKADEE FACTS • Chickadees hide seeds in holes in trees where they will stay safe until retrieved and eaten.

One researcher wanted to test the memory of chickadees, so he arranged a forest of artificial trees. Each tree had holes and each hole had a door which could either be open or closed. He gave his experimental chickadees some sunflower seeds to store when all the doors were opened. He watched where they stashed the seeds, then chased the birds away. He removed all the seeds, then closed every door— whether or not it had contained seeds. This way all the holes looked and smelled the same. Then he let the birds back in. The birds invariably searched the holes where they had stashed seeds 24 hours earlier. They tore the doors off searching for their seeds and ignored the holes where they had not placed seeds.

• For his next experiment, he set out to see if they could remember the holes they had already visited. After storing the seeds, he chased the birds out of the aviary and didn’t let them back in for 24 hours. He gave them enough time to visit half of the holes to retrieve their seeds, then chased them out again. 24 hours later he allowed them in a second time, this time with all the doors closed once again and all the remaining seeds removed. Still, the chickadees went back to each hole that had once contained seeds, but they didn’t bother going back to the holes they had visited the previous day. It seems that the memory of a chickadee is very good indeed.

OAT MILL and OAT MEAL • When Henry Parsons Crowell bought a small bankrupt oat mill for a few thousand dollars in the mid-1800s, he soon found that he had a major competitor whose name was Ferdinand Schumacher. Schumacher had a near monopoly on oats, having invented a better oat-milling device which allowed him to produce oats faster and cheaper than anyone else. He was ruthless in his business dealings and sent many other oat dealers out of business by undercutting their prices.

• However, Crowell discovered that Schumacher sold oats only in 180-pound (82 kg) barrels, which were kept, usually without lids, in the back of stores. Crowell knew he couldn’t out produce Schumacher, so he

Cap’n Crunch, cartoon mascot of the eponymous breakfast cereal, has a full name which is Horatio Magellan Crunch. Because he has three stripes on his sleeves instead of four, he actually technically ranks as a commander in the Navy, which is one rung below a captain.

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Omar’s Oat Meal (continued) decided to compete with him by adding new features.

• Crowell sold his oats in two pound (.9 kg) packages, advertising that his re-sealable cartons kept his oats free from dirt, disease, animals, and insects. Cooking instructions were printed on the package, as well as recipes.

Crowell’s oats became the first food product boasting a four-color printed carton, and it was the first product to offer sample miniatures.

• Crowell’s was also the first business to add another new feature: premiums, in which boxtops could be redeemed for dishes and kitchen items. Soon Crowell’s oat company was a food processing giant, and he eventually bought Schumacher out. By the time Crowell died in 1943, he was one of the wealthiest men in Chicago.

• His company, whose name summons images of honesty and integrity, still sells oats in familiar round cartons. What’s the name of Crowell’s company, now one of the largest manufacturers of breakfast foods in the world with headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa? (answer Below)

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THE GREAT LAND GIVE-AWAY In 1955, Quaker Oats offered a special prize in every box of Quaker Puffed Rice and Puffed Wheat cereal. The cereal company sponsored a TV show called “Sergeant Preston of the Yukon” and the prize was a deed granting the holder ownership of one square inch of property on the Yukon River, 12 miles north of Dawson.

Quaker had actually purchased a 19-acre tract and split it into 21 million sub-divisions of an inch each.

One man collected 10,000 of the deeds which he said entitled him to a 75-foot square plot, although the company pointed out that his oneinch deeds were not adjacent to each other.

The Canadian government eventually reclaimed the land for failure to pay $37 in back taxes. Today the deeds are worth about $40 for their value to collectors.

The promotional stunt was so successful that later Quaker offered one cubic inch of genuine Yukon dirt in each box of cereal.

OAT FACTS • About 95% of oats produced in the world are fed to livestock, with only about 5% of the world crop being consumed by humans.

• 80% of American households have oatmeal in their pantries.

• January is the top month for oatmeal sales.

• For steel-cut oats, the grains are sliced thin by a set of steel blades, while old-fashioned oats are steamed and then rolled to produce a flattened shape. Steel-cut oats take longer to cook and may have a bit more fiber. The more the oats are flattened and steamed, the quicker they cook – and the softer they become.

• Studies have shown that eating 3 grams of oat fiber per day (about the amount in a one-cup serving) can lower total cholesterol by 8% to 23%.

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June Is Adopt a Cat Month DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I’ll never forget the first cat I ever brought home. “Two Socks” was a shelter cat who had been adopted by a college friend. For reasons I won’t go into, my friend was unable to keep him and figured this out about two weeks after adopting him from the local shelter. He was about a year old then, very shy and skittish, but also super curious about everything.

My friend asked if I’d like to keep Two Socks, and even though I had never owned a cat before and I would have to dredge up a pet fee to keep him in my apartment, I said yes.

I didn’t regret it one bit. Two Socks had personality to spare. Over time he was joined by two more cats, “Chewy” and “Belle,” but he ruled the apartment despite his shy nature. Two Socks lived to be about 14 and eventually passed away after a long illness.

You never forget your first pet. I only regret that I didn’t get to keep pets when I was younger, but I’m making up for it now thanks to that little blackand-white cat. -- Kathy in Des Moines, Iowa DEAR KATHY: Pets really can change our lives for the better, can’t they? Your story is apropos, considering that June is Adopt a Cat Month.

Readers, if you’ve been thinking about adding a new member to your family, consider visiting your local shelter or learning more about what it takes to adopt a cat, with tips and information, at www. petfinder.com/cats.

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1/4 cup Kraft fat-free mayonnaise 1/2 cup Land O’Lakes no-fat sour cream 1/4 cup Kraft Fat-Free Thousand Island Dressing 2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish 2 cups finely shredded lettuce 1 (15-ounce) can sauerkraut, well-drained 2 (2.5-ounce) packages Carl Buddig lean corned beef, shredded 3 slices rye bread, toasted and cut into small pieces 6 (3/4-ounce) slices Kraft reduced-fat Swiss cheese, shredded 1. In a medium bowl, combine mayonnaise, sour cream, Thousand Island dressing and pickle relish.

2. In an 8-by-8-inch baking dish, layer lettuce, sauerkraut, shredded corned beef and toasted bread pieces. Carefully spread dressing mixture over top. Evenly sprinkle shredded Swiss cheese over dressing mixture.

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1. The average kid eats 15 pounds (7 kg) of cereal a year.

2. About 50% of Americans eat cereal for breakfast.

3. Snap, Crackle, and Pop had a brother named Pow in the 1950s.

4. About 50% of Frosted Flakes are eaten by adults.

5. Thurl Ravenscroft was the voice of Tony the Tiger and the Grinch who sang “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.”

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1. A typical grocery store displays about 200 different cereals.

2. Kellogg’s Honey Smacks is 55.6% sugar by weight.

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1. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Honduras?

2. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Which one of Christopher Columbus’ three ships was wrecked in the New World and didn’t return to Spain?

3. EXPLORERS: What was Christopher Columbus’ nationality?

4. MOVIES: What was the name of the character played by John Travolta in “Pulp Fiction”?

5. GAMES: What is the best hand in poker?

6. ANATOMY: What is the most common blood type in humans?

7. LANGUAGE: What characteristic makes the word “facetious” interesting?

8. LITERATURE: In which of

Shakespeare’s plays does the ghost of Banquo appear?

9. RELIGION: What are the seven virtues as defined in early Christianity?

10. MUSIC: What instrument does the musician James Galway play?

Answers 1. Tegucigalpa 2. Santa Maria 3. Italian 4. Vincent Vega 5. Royal flush 6. Type O positive 7. It contains all five vowels in the correct order.

8. “Macbeth” 9. Faith, hope, charity, courage, prudence, justice and temperance 10. Flute

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by Kathy Wolfe What’s the mascot for your favorite sports team?

This week, Tidbits explores the origin of mascots and passes along some info on some of our favorites, as well as the unusual and unknown.

• The word “mascot” has its beginnings in France, with the first recorded use of the French word “mascotte” which translates “lucky charm,” in 1867. Earlier derivations of the word meant “witchcraft, charm, or amulet.” In the mid-19th century, mascottes might have been a lock of hair or a talisman, similar to a rabbit’s foot.

• As high school and college sports grew in popularity, schools used mascots to distinguish and set apart their team on the field. In the 1800s, mascots were actually live animals. Professional sports teams didn’t begin using mascots until the 1960s. The New York Mets were the first team to debut a mascot, Mr. Met, a man with a giant baseball for a head, who made his debut in 1962 at the Polo Grounds, the Mets’ stadium at the time.

The Mets’ farm team, the Brooklyn Cyclones, have their own mascot, Sandy the Seagull. turn the page for more!

The not-so-bright college mascot was driving across the state to attend the big game. Just outside the city limits he saw a sign, “CLEAN REST ROOMS.” By the time he reached the stadium, he’d cleaned 132 bathrooms.

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MASCOTS (continued): • The San Diego Chicken made his debut in 1974, but not at a Padres game. The chicken first made appearances at the San Diego Zoo, concerts, and other sporting events before first performing at the Padres stadium in 1977. A 20-year-old college student named Ted Giannoulas first donned the suit at the Zoo for $2 an hour, and is still playing the part. This fowl character doesn’t limit his appearances to Padres games, but works independently around the world, having made more than 17,000 appearances, with 8,500 of them at sporting events in 917 different arenas in all 50 states, four continents, and eight countries. Giannoulas has worn out more than 100 chicken suits.

• The Philadelphia Phillies introduced the Phillie Phanatic in 1978, a furry green creature designed by puppeteers who had done work for Jim Henson. The Phanatic can be seen on the roof of the Phillies dugout at the seven-and-a-half inning stretch, performing The Phanatic Dance.

He also shoots hot dogs into the stands using a pneumatic gun.

• According to legend, Wally the Green Monster, the furry mascot of MLB’s Boston Red Sox, lived within the Green Monster wall from 1947 (the year the wall was painted green) until he emerged from inside in 1997. Named for the 37ft., 2-inch (11.3 m) left field wall at Fenway Park, Wally wears Red Sox jersey No. 97, the year he emerged from the Wall.

• • The only “human” mascot in all four major North American sports cheers on the Minnesota Vikings. Ragnar the Viking exits the tunnel on his motorcycle, wearing his Norse attire. It may well be that Ragnar will be retired soon as Joe Juranitch, who has played the part for 21 years, has asked for a rather large increase in pay, from $1,500 per game in the 2015 season to a hefty $20,000 per game.

Missouri’s Webster University has a mythical creature for a mascot, the Gorlock, with a cheetah’s paws, a buffalo’s horns, and a dog’s face. It derives its name from the intersection of Gore and Lockwood Avenues on the campus.

Q: I am really enjoying this season of “Outlander.”

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-- Nina H., via email A: The fantasy, time-travel romantic drama will indeed be back for a third season -- and a fourth!

Starz just announced that Jamie (Sam Heughan), Clare (Caitriona Balfe) and the rest of the crew have been granted at least two more seasons to tell Diana Gabaldon’s eight-book (soon to be nine) series. Each season covers the events of one book; “Dragonfly in Amber” concludes July 9. Season three will adapt “Voyager,” and season four will tell the story of “Drums of Autumn.”

Starz CEO Chris Albrecht released this statement: “’Outlander’ is like nothing seen before on television. From its depiction of a truly powerful female lead character to the devastating decimation of the Highlander way of life to what is a rarely seen genuine and timeless love story, it is a show that not only transports the viewer, but also inspires the passion and admiration of its fans.”

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And that reminds me: It’s time for another episode of “Canceled or Renewed.” This week I’ll let you know which Fox shows won’t live to see another season: “American Idol,” “Bordertown,” “Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life,” “Famous” (canceled before it had even begun filming), “Grandfathered,” “The Grinder” (it pains me to write that this brilliant comedy is no more), “Knock Knock Live,” “Minority Report” and “Second Chance.” Next week, it’s NBC’s turn. *** Readers: It’s contest time! My favorite paranormal author, Victoria Laurie, has a new book coming out July 26. It’s “A Grave Prediction,” the 14th installment in the Psychic Eye Mysteries. This goround, Abby Cooper has a vision of four buried bodies and is in a race against time to prevent the future murders of these four people -- however she has no idea who the potential victims are or when it will happen.

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• NFL’s Tennessee Titans chose their state animal as the mascot of their team. T-Rac is a raccoon who dresses in Titan garb and has frequently zip-lined into Nashville’s Nissan Stadium to cheer on the team.

• Four NFL teams have no mascot – the New York Giants, the New York Jets, Oakland Raiders, and the Green Packers, although thousands of Packers fans don cheeseheads for their team’s games. The most recent team to add a mascot was the St. Louis Rams, who added Rampage in 2010. Rampage will be on the move back to Los Angeles for the 2016 season.

• Three Major League Baseball teams also have

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1. What NHL team has a mascot named Fin the Whale?

2. What NFL team’s mascot is named Sir Swoop?

3. What’s the name of the mascot of the New Orleans Saints?

4. What name was given to the Nashville Predators’ sabertoothed tiger mascot?

5. Harvey the Hound was the NHL’s first mascot. Name his team.

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Detroit Red Wings hockey fans have been throwing octopuses onto the ice since 1952, when two brothers who owned a fish market did it for the first time. The eight tentacles of this cephalopod represent the eight wins it took to win the Stanley Cup at that time. (It now takes 16 wins.) When the Wings scored a perfect eight, the octopus became the official mascot, named Al after their arena building operations manager Al Sobotka. Al has been updated a few times, including the removal of a tooth so that he had a “hockey player” look, as well as the addition of a Red Wings jersey to his body. And what is Al’s jersey number? Why, 8, of course!

• Exceptional mascots are inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame, created in 2005 by the Bailey the Lion is the mascot of hockey’s Los original Phillie Phanatic. Originally an onlineAngeles Kings, named in honor of the team’s only organization, the city of Whiting, Indiana, Director of Pro Scouting, Ace Bailey, who was agreed to construct a permanent Mascot killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Prior to Hall of Fame on the shores of Lake Michigan.

Bailey’s reign, the Kings had a snow leopard Only mascots in place for at least 10 years are named Kingston. Bailey wears the No. 72 jersey, eligible for induction. Inductees include Mr. not as a tribute to any Kings player, but because Met, Rocky of the Denver Nuggets, the Phoenix that’s the average annual temperature in Los Suns Gorilla, Jazz Bear of the Utah Jazz, the Angeles.

San Diego Chicken, and, of course, the Phillie Each time the Olympics are held, the mascot Phanatic. symbolizes the host city. In 1968, Grenoble, • Do you have a hankering to become a team France was the first city to have a mascot for the mascot?

San Antonio, Texas, is home to a Winter Olympics, a little man on skis named Professional Mascot School, where for $250, Schuss. The 1972 Munich Olympics featured you can learn the essentials of being a pro a dachshund named Waldi, and the 1984 Los mascot.

Angeles Summer Games introduced a bald eagle named Sam. The first Olympic mascot couple appeared at Calgary’s 1988 Winter Games. Hidy and Howdy were polar bears chosen after a contest sponsored by the Calgary Zoo brought in 7,000 entries. Most recently, the Sochi, Russia Olympics featured three mascots, a hare, a polar bear, and a leopard, symbolic of the three places on the Olympic podium.

Although mascots contribute to entertainment, enthusiasm, and team spirit, they are also the source of multi-million dollar income for a team in sales of souvenirs and team-related merchandise.

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• Ferrets are carnivorous mammals in the same family as otters, badgers, weasels, minks, and wolverines. Their name comes from the Latin word furittus, meaning “little thief,” which is indicative of their habit of hiding small items.

• A male ferret can reach of length of 18 inches (46 cm), and weighs between 2 and 5 lbs. (0.9 and 2.3 kg), While the female might grow to a length of 16 inches (40 cm), she only weighs half as much as the male. A baby ferret, called a kit, is so tiny that it can fit in a teaspoon. Ferret owners can expect their pet to live between six and eight years.

• Ferrets have been domesticated for over 2,000 years, and were pets in the Middle Ages. In fact, a portrait by Leonardo da Vinci features the subject, Cecelia Gallerani, holding a ferret.

Queen Victoria of England raised albino ferrets and frequently handed them out as gifts to visitors.

• These pets are very intelligent and can be trained to perform a variety of tricks. Typically happy little animals, they often perform a “weasel war dance,” during which they jump about wildly with their tail puffed out while making strange hissing noises. This is just their way of playfully expressing their joy! The dance must wear them out, because ferrets sleep between 14 and 18 hours a day.

• Ferrets can also be useful in the community.

Since a small one is able to squeeze through a hole just over 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter, they been used for running wire and cable.

• In the 1960s, Boeing used the little weasels to string wire through airplanes. They were used to run underground cable for London’s Y2K Millennium concert, coaxed with bits of meat and the end of tunnels. Ferrets have displayed their usefulness in dragging cleaning brushes through tubes that were otherwise impossible to clean.

• Sadly, ferrets are not all fun and games. They have been known to attack infants when left unattended, even killing a 10-week-old baby.

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FERRETS (continued): dog who bounded to the rescue. A pet ferret chewed off the fingers of a four-month-old baby sitting alone in a rocker. These small mammals have an amazing 34 teeth in their tiny mouths!

They are excellent mousers, killing rodents by biting the base of the neck at the junction of the skull and spine.

• Pet ferrets are completely dependent on people for life. Their diet must contain meat or they will die. Left on its own, a ferret will die starvation within four days. It also cannot tolerate freezing weather and will die within 24 hours.

• Do you know the ferret lingo? A male is called a Hob, while the female is referred to as a Jill.

Spayed females are known as Sprites, and neutered males are called Gibs. A group of ferrets is called a “business.”

COLLEGE MASCOTS

There are some very unusual mascots at some of the colleges and universities around the continent. Here are just a few.

• Scottsdale, Arizona Community College’s athletic teams have a rather unique team name, the Fighting Artichokes. The college, which opened in 1970, was without a mascot for its first two years. There was a little animosity between the administration and the student body over distribution of scholarship money.

Consequently, students put three suggestions on the ballot for the team – the Scoundrels, the Rutabagas, and the Artichokes. Put to a vote, the Artichokes won out.

• Another team with an edible mascot name is the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, located in Winston-Salem. The Fighting Pickles was the name selected by the student body in 2010, and in 2012, it was named the “Cheesiest College Mascot.”

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Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia proudly calls their team the Fighting Squirrels.

The school was established in 1842 as the Augusta Female Seminary, and was a very stateof-the-art school during the Civil War Years.

Mary Julia Baldwin was one of the Seminary’s first students, and became its principal in 1863, where she remained for the next 34 years. The school was renamed in her honor, and because the squirrel was the central figure in her family crest, it became the school’s mascot.

• Eighteen different varsity teams at Texas Christian University are known as the Horned Frogs. In 1897, the year the team was named, the school was known as AddRan Christian University. The name came about because of “the abundance of

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COLLEGE MASCOTS (continued): those creatures around campus.” The name was changed to TCU in 1902, but the mascot remained the same.

• Attend a game at Louisiana State University and you can catch a glimpse of Mike, a live Bengal tiger, the school’s mascot. The current Mike is the sixth tiger in the mascot’s history and is a Siberian-Bengal mix weighing over 450 lbs. (204 kg), but expected to reach 600 lbs. (270 kg) by full adulthood.

The first Mike was really named Sheik, and was purchased in 1935 from the Little Rock, Arkansas Zoo for $750, with funds raised by collecting a quarter from every LSU student.

He lived 20 years. Mike VI (whose name is actually Roscoe) lives in a $3 million, 15,000 sq-ft. habitat created especially for the school’s mascot, which includes a waterfall, a stream, a pond, abundant greenery, and rocky mesas. During home games, opposing teams must pass by Mike’s cage-on-wheels, which is always situated by the locker room.

• University of California at Irvine is home to the Anteaters, who received their name in 1965. Two of the school’s water polo players were great fans of the Johnny Hart comic strip “B.C.”, which made its newspaper debut in 1958. The prehistoric cartoon featured an anteater who snatched up ants with a “Zot!” sound. Today, “Zot!” is the university’s warcry at college sporting events, and their mascot is named Peter the Anteater.

• In 1953, Ohio’s University of Akron chose Zippy the kangaroo as their school mascot.

The name wasn’t chosen because the animal zips around, but as an abbreviated form of “Zippers,” used to refer to a pair of rubber overshoes manufactured by the city’s BF Goodrich Company. Although the team has been known as the Zips since 1925, Zippy didn’t come along until 28 years later. * If you use plastic grocery-store bags to line a small garbage can, here’s a great way to keep them from falling into the bottom of the can: Use two Command hooks (they have a stick-on back) on either side of your trash can. Aim the hook toward the bottom of the can, so that the bag’s handles catch on it. This works great in our house!” -- M.M. in Pennsylvania * Use a binder clip to help your kitchen sponge stand up. That way, it will dry out better, as both sides will be exposed to the air instead of one lying flat. The sponge will collect less mildew, which is yucky. When it’s ready for a good wash, use the binder clip to secure it in the dishwasher. * To remove dust and dirt that collect in the tracks of your windows, first use a hand vacuum to remove the big stuff, then dip a cotton swab in vinegar and run it along the edges to get out the rest. * “I pinned a manila envelope on the wall behind my calendar. I pick up greeting cards well ahead of the occasion, and I slip them into the envelope.

When I turn a new month, I fish out all the cards to be mailed that month, write my messages and add postage. They are ready to send! I love finding personal mail in my mailbox and not just bills and advertisements. I know my friends and family do too!” -- P.C. in Washington * Got an old T-shirt that you love but can’t really wear anymore? Maybe it’s too small or too big or has a stain, but you love the print. Sew the bottom shut, cut off the sleeves and widen the opening. Instant reusable shopping tote.

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The NFL’s Baltimore Ravens have chosen a history-related mascot named Poe to honor their native son Edgar Allen Poe, who wrote the famous poem entitled “The Raven.”

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* It was 19th-century mathematician and philosopher William Kingdon Clifford who made the following sage observation: “It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.” * Thanks to stories of Robin Hood, most people have heard of King Richard the Lion-Hearted.

He wasn’t much of a king, though; he spent only about six months in England, and he didn’t even speak English. * If you have the great good fortune to take a cruise along the length of the Danube River -- Europe’s second-longest -- you’ll hear seven languages spoken along the banks as you travel. * Just a couple of hours southwest of Indianapolis, you’ll find the town of Vincennes, Indiana, home to the Backyard Roller Coasters. This is where John Ivers, a blue-collar worker, decided he wanted to build a roller coaster in the backyard of his home off Highway 41 -- and he didn’t let his lack of an engineering background stop him. The thrilling 10-second ride was completed in 2001, and in 2006 those with less nerve got their own, tamer coaster on the same site. The coasters are open to the public, so visitors can try out either (or both) of the rides by making an appointment. * You may be surprised to learn that an elephant is 40 to 50 years old before all of its teeth come in. * Aside from being well-known conquerors, what did Alexander the Great and Napoleon have in common? They both hated cats. *** Thought for the Day: “Man can be the most affectionate and altruistic of creatures, yet he’s potentially more vicious than any other. He is the only one who can be persuaded to hate millions of his own kind whom he has never seen and to kill as many as he can lay his hands on in the name of his tribe or his God.” -- Benjamin Spock (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

Quick Macaroni and Beef Skillet Why Dogs Can’t Use People Toothpaste DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My dog’s veterinarian said that I need to brush her teeth to keep them from falling out. He then tried to sell me a tube of “special” toothpaste that cost $9! Plus it smelled like canned chicken. What is the point if brushing isn’t going to freshen her breath? Can I just buy regular toothpaste from the drugstore? Sign me -- Angry in Iowa DEAR ANGRY: The No. 1 reason not to use “regular” toothpaste made for humans on a pet is because it contains flouride, which can be fatal to pets if ingested. And because your dog will swallow all toothpaste being used on her teeth, that is a problem.

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To brush your dog’s teeth, hold her securely and place a little bit of doggy toothpaste on the brush (you can use a cotton ball on puppies and small dogs, to start). Let her taste it, then cradle her muzzle and lift one side of her lip. Place the brush against her gums and gently sweep downward.

She will lick the toothpaste away as you work, so use as much as you need. The first few tries may even be frustrating as she tries to break away. The key is to brush regularly, at least once a week, and try different flavors. And never scold her: give lots of encouragement during the brush and a healthy treat right after.

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From our “it couldn’t be any quicker” file. Try it for lunch and skip the fast food!

1/2 cup chopped onion 1 (10 3/4-ounce) can Healthy Request Tomato Soup 1/3 cup fat-free milk 3/4 cup (3 ounces) shredded Kraft reduced-fat Cheddar cheese 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes 1 cup (5 ounces) diced cooked lean roast beef 2 cups cooked elbow macaroni, rinsed and drained 1/8 teaspoon black pepper 1. In a large skillet sprayed with butter-flavored cooking spray, saute onion for 5 minutes or until tender.

2. Stir in tomato soup, milk, Cheddar cheese and parsley flakes. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until cheese melts. Add roast beef.

Mix well to combine. Stir in macaroni and black pepper.

3. Lower heat and simmer for 5 minutes or until mixture is heated through, stirring occasionally.

Makes 4 (1 cup) servings.

HINTS: 1) If you don’t have leftovers, purchase a chunk of cooked roast beef from your local deli. 2) Usually 1 3/4 cups uncooked macaroni cooks to about 2 cups. * Each serving equals: 297 calories, 9g fat, 20g protein, 34g carb., 316mg sodium, 194mg calcium, 2g fiber. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 Meat, 2 Starch. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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9. RELIGION: What are the seven virtues as defined in early Christianity?

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8. “Macbeth” 9. Faith, hope, charity, courage, prudence, justice and temperance 10. Flute

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