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When most of us think of November holidays, Veteran’s Day and Thanksgiving are probably first to come to mind. But there are actually a number of other special days in the month you may not know about -- some quite deserving, and others -- maybe not so much. This week Tidbits decided to bring you up to date on a few such observances that are at least worthy of note. • 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 set aside as their day of observance. The Button Society is actually a global organization that boasts over 3,000 members on four continents.

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wouldn’t make a long-distance call unless it was truly necessary. However, a change was on the on the way when the North American Numbering Plan was devised that assigned area codes across the continent. The new system allowed the caller to simply dial the threenumber prefix to direct their call to the right city and state, thus eliminating the need for an operator’s assistance. New Jersey received the first area code, 201, followed by the District of Columbia, which was assigned 202. The first customer-dialed telephone call using area codes was made on November 10, 1951, from Englewood, New Jersey, to Alameda, California. • Folks around the world band together once a year to celebrate “No-Shave November,” when they toss their razors aside for 30 days. It all began in Australia in 2003 as “Movember,” a local 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 whatever they can srpout, and then donate what they saved on hair grooming to their country’s cancer society for research. Leaders of the foundation hope that men will be asked why they’re sporting a beard, which will lead to discussion about this threat to men’s health. In the U.S., prostate cancer accounts for about 5% of all cancer deaths. • November 10th has been designated Sesame Street Day to honor the launch of this popular educational program on that day in 1969. Now the most widely-viewed children’s program in the world, Sesame Street is aired in upwards of 120 countries. 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, particularly underprivileged children, while educating them at the same time. She wanted to use animal puppets to hold their attention, so she hired puppeteer Jim Henson to create some loveable characters. The result was Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy. • Every year, the third Thursday of November (continued on Page 3)

Living Do Prednisone Benefits Outweigh Risks By Dr Keith Roach

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 80-year old woman who always had excellent health until about four years ago, when I was diagnosed as having bronchiectasis. Since then, I have had to use an albuterol solution, plus an Airway Vest, in periodic daily treatments in order to continue breathing. A few weeks ago, my doctor prescribed 10 mg of prednisone daily in addition, and the results have been amazing. Instead of five to six inhaler treatments each 24 hours, I need only two or three, and (the best result) I can sleep through the night! Previously, I woke every three to four hours nightly for a treatment with the inhaler and vest, and I often slept poorly afterward. My prednisone dosage has been reduced to 5 mg daily, and although I know it is a (possibly dangerous) corticosteroid, I dread the prospect of going back to the days of arranging my life around the use of the albuterol inhalers, as well as feeling so much less able to enjoy what life I have left. What would be the result of continuing a minimal dosage of prednisone (5 mg or less per day)? What alternatives do I have? -- C.B.

For Your Health By: Dr Carl J Melville II

Are Foods Making You Sick & Overweight? Foods that you are allergic to can make you ill and fat. Inflammation & Chronic activation of the Immune System due to food intolerance has been linked to: Digestive Disorders, Migraines, Obesity, Chronic Fatigue, ADD, Aching Joints, Skin Disorders, Arthritis, And many more... Your Solution? NEW LIFE’S Food Allergy test. We have helped many patients change their lives with avoiding the Foods they are allergic to. This allergies are genetic and go way back to when people were separated by continents with no travel & communication. Then as life progressed, South American people who were eating lots of citrus and nuts started eating European Foods like potatoes and beef, etc. Their bodies could not handle it well and both continents people’s started coming down with various serious maladies. Time passed and they started interbreeding and now most people are allergic to various kinds of foods. It is hard to out-guess this. Due delayed hypersensitiv-

ANSWER: This is a good question, not just for bronchiectasis (a scarring condition of the airways, so they can’t clear mucus properly), but for the many, many diseases treated with prednisone. Long-term use of high-dose prednisone (and similar steroids, such as cortisone and methylprednisolone, or Medrol) can cause diabetes in susceptible individuals, and it raises blood pressure, weakens bones, increases hunger and causes weight gain in most, causes thinning and other skin problems and, in high doses, causes confusion or psychosis. It is indeed a dangerous drug. However, as bad as it is, it sometimes is so effective at improving the disease it’s treating that the benefit is worth the risk of all these side effects. There are some conditions where the prednisone has to be permanent, although we are finding more and more alternatives to reduce or replace the prednisone. The body makes its own steroid, cortisone, at the daily equivalent of roughly 5 mg of prednisone. At that dose or less, the risks of prednisone are much less than at the high dose of 40 mg, 60 mg or greater used for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. If you have to stay on this dose, it sounds like the benefit outweighs the risk. *** (c) North American Synd., Inc ity reaction in your immune system, you can eat something on a Monday and have a migraine on Thursday and YOU are wondering what you ate on Wednesday night. Our test State of the Art & is by a blood sample flown to Florida overnight & computer tested . It is 237 foods tested. You get a colour brochure detailing what foods you are: Mildly, Moderately and Severely allergic to, a Consultation with Dr. Melville and a Free 30 minute consultation with the testing lab by phone. Yours in health, Dr. Carl J. Melville II Diagnosis * Bioclinical Nutrition * Allergies Orthomolecular Medicine WANT TO RUN YOUR OWN BUSINESS? Upper Cervical Palmer Chiropractic PublishSpecific a Paper in Your Area If You Can Provide: Sales Experience · A Computer · 909-337-2507 Desktop Publishing Software · A Reasonable Financial Investment Wepracticing provide the opportunity for success! Dr. Melville has been successfully in the mountains for 24Call years. Studying with 1.800.523.3096 www.tidbitsweekly.com the best Doctors in the World & the Nation in his respective fields of Palmer Chiropractic Method and Holistic Internal Disorders, his protocols are superb in treatment as he tailors your treatment plan to you exactly. Dr. Melville specializes in all kinds of pain disorders and focuses on natural,Information permanent solutions. in the Tidbits Paper is gathered from sources considered to be ®

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Preventing Hearing Loss

By: David & Sheri Longueay

If you already have hearing loss, there’s no way to restore it back unless there’s a treatable medical condition that caused it. But if it’s not a medical condition, rather just agerelated or noise-related hearing loss, 95% of the time it can be successfully treated! If the damage hasn’t been done yet, and you have normal hearing they’re are ways to prevent severe hearing loss; And you shouldn’t think just because you could take loud noise in your youth, that you can still take it later in life without the pos-

sibility of permanent damage; aging affects every aspect of our health including hearing! The sad part about hearing loss is it’s almost always permanent…the only exception is certain medical conditions that can be treated such as middle ear infections and certain other conditions that your doctor can advise you on! The World Health Organization estimates one billion young individuals around the globe are at risk of hearing loss because of unsafe listening practices; Especially with the popular listening devices, loud headphones, concerts etc. 10% of our current population already has hearing loss! A few of the easy measures: Using ear plugs when you’re exposed to loud noise is highly recommended. Avoid being too close to speakers at a friends house or a live act at the local bar and concerts. Think more about loud noise exposure before you’re exposed to it so you can do something about it when it suddenly happens. Do you go shooting or hunting? Avoid inexpensive hearing protection! Gun shots are so po-

tentially damaging, you need quality protection to help prevent hearing loss! Here’s a list of probable risks that generate sound above 85 decibels (DB) which is the maximum level for safe hearing:! 90-100 DB: Lawn movers— especially older ones - If you mow your lawn or use heavy equipment, use ear plugs! 80-110 DB: Attending local fairs—Those race cars can hurt your ears if you’re too close and the small entertainment venues can get loud too.! 80-100 DB: Hair driers near your ear without ear plugs can also put you at risk.! Taking a helicopter ride or working near loud airplanes or vehicles. ! 120 DB and above: Shooting ranges and just about any military position! 90-110 DB: Subway trains! 115 DB: Baby’s cry - Be careful when holding a crying baby near your ear! 110 DB: Car horn! 100 DB: Snowmobiles and other off road vehicles!

We are exposed to so many noises that can cause hearing loss; Care should be taken in the same way you (continued on Page 4)

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is designated The Great American Smokeout, when Americans are urged to quit the tobacco habit. It is the hope of the American Cancer November Society that the 24-hour challenge, this year By: Windy G. Walker on November 17th, will help make the decision permanent. The event had its beginnings Ms Walker moved up to Crestline in 2016. in 1970, when Arthur Mullaney of Randolph, Our beautiful mountains inspire her to write lovely Massachusetts, asked people to give up tobacco poetry. Windy is the author of several children’s for one day and donate the money saved to the books. Look forward to more interesting articles local high school’s scholarship fund. A similar and beautiful poems from Ms Walker! campaign was held in Minnesota a few years later, and in 1976, the American Cancer Society had its first official Smokeout in San Francisco.

November is a month to remember A month of sharing and caring It is the eleventh month in a year & only thirty days appear As the wind begins to change & the coldness sneaks in with the rain It is saying “hello” to the Winter and when the leaves are all gone and there is nothing at all -

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Goodbye Fall Christmas Caroling Children’s Christmas Crafts Refreshments

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• Most of us know that “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,” but did you know that Peter Piper was a real person? Pierre Poivre, a one-armed French horticulturist who lived in the mid-1700s, was caught stealing spice nuts, known as peppers, from Dutch trade ships and planting them in his garden.

By the fall of 1621, only half of the pilgrims who had sailed on the Mayflower survived.

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• International Tongue Twister Day falls on November 8th. 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.” The Guinness Book of World Records states that the English language’s most difficult tongue twister is, “The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick.” Try that one with a mouthful of crackers!

• November 8th is also X-Ray Day, commemorating the day in 1895 when German physicist

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Crestline’s Santa Hosts 17th Annual Thanksgiving Feast While most folks will be making their annual Thanksgiving pilgrimage to friends and relatives homes, there are others who may be home alone, cannot travel long distances or even in need. Have no fear… for Crestline’s Santa is here! Join several hundred folk at the San Moritz Lodge on Thanksgiving Day, November 24th, from noon to 2pm, for Terry Dunlap’s Annual Thanksgiving Feast. Come one, come all to Terry’s free scrumptious feast. There will be turkey, dressing, green beans, mashed potatoes and gravy, candied yams, cranberry sauce and pies for all who attend the free meal. In addition, meals will be delivered to the personnel of the Sheriff’s Department in Twin Peaks & the CHP in Running Springs for those who have to work on Thanksgiving Day.

Terry Dunlap has been coordinating the feast for 17 contiguous years and he relies heavily on volunteers to help in the kitchen and food donations- cooked turkeys, pecan and pumpkin pies- that is. we need 30 cooked (unseasoned) turkeys & volunteers are need at 7:30am to help with food prep. Terry thanks ‘Tony’, the owner of 7-11 in Crestline, Jensen’s Market in Blue Jay, Patty’s Doggy Styles & all the nice generous people of Crestline and surrounding communities. Please call Terry at 909. 338.3847 if you are able to help. And while the dinner is free, a donation can will be placed at the dinner to help defray costs of staging the annual event. The San Moritz Lodge is located at 24640 San Moritz Drive in Crestline at the Lake Gregory Regional Park. Parking is free!

Wilhelm Roentgen accidentally discovered the X-ray in his laboratory. While experimenting with passing an electrical current through a glass gas tube, Roentgen noticed that the beam turned a screen 9 feet away a strange greenish fluorescent color. Even more surprising, the tube he was using was covered in heavy black cardboard. Realizing that objects could be penetrated by the rays it emitted, he experimented further using his wife’s hand, which showed the bones in her fingers visible as shadows on the screen. He had conducted the first X-ray. Roentgen was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 for his breakthrough discovery and its valuable contribution to medicine. • November 19th is Rocky & Bullwinkle Day, created to commemorate the premier 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), aired from 1959 to 1964.

• 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 Minnesota city of International Falls. The two heroes waged a constant battled against the evil Russian-esque spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale. • 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 in 1950 by David Dalquist, (continued on Page 12)

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Pharmacy O F T H E WO O DS

Upper Lake Arrowhead Village Terry Blasingame has been a pharmacist for over 35 years and opened her own pharmacy a few years back called Pharmacy of the Woods, centrally located in Upper Lake Arrowhead Village. Pharmacy of the Woods is a convenient place for residents and visitors to pick up their medications, ask questions and receive answers from a pharmacist’s point of view, while allowing folks to run their usual errands such as getting groceries or shopping at the Village. From the moment you walk into her shop, it is easy to see that Terry loves interior design. She has a beautiful gift shop boutique that caters to all ages. There are elegant bathroom Brandi, Terry, Chance accessories, organic lotions and skin care products, unique beeswax candles, greeting cards, (including Leaning Tree brand) and more..... She also designs beautiful, custom necklaces. Most include natural semi- precious stones, gems and fine Italian glass beads. Currently on display are beautiful fall decorative wreaths & holiday decorations. Along with these wonderful items the store has over the counter items, canes and walkers for customers. The staff can order durable medical equipment and supplies for patients. Amidst all these great gift items, and the beautiful atmosphere; you can, of course, fill your prescriptions. Terry will also compound a specific prescription for patients. The pharmacy is a unique store in the heart of Lake Arrowhead. Make sure when you need medication, or just nifty gifts, you come on over to Terry’s Pharmacy of the Woods. They currently have a promotion in time for the holiday shopping-

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wear glasses for your eyes. Preventive maintenance can potentially help you avoid the need for hearing aids for many years! But if hearing loss has already occurred or you’re not sure how severe your hearing loss may be, having your ears checked is FREE at Crystal Clear Hearing Aids. And there’s no pressure to purchase anything when you visit us! For more information read our blog at: www.CrystalClearHearingAids.com You’re are going to LOVE the way you HEAR!

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Saturday, December 3rd Join Santa & Mrs. Claus- along with the Grinch- for the 37th Annual Blue Jay Christmas Parade. Hwy 189, through downtown Blue Jay, will be closed from approximately 1- 3:30pm. It may be one of the shortest parades in the world, but this year we have the largest number of participants to date for this long standing community event.

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This year we encourage families to come out and help kick off the December holiday season. The Mountain Fifes & Drums and the Rim of the World High School Marching Scots Band will provide music. The RIM High School Cheer Team will also entertain us. Other participants include; • CAL FIRE • Rim of the World Historical Society • Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead • Scouting Groups

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Mountain Dining & Nightly Entertainment SUNDAY Lake Arrowhead

TUDOR HOUSE Champagne Brunch & Music (9a- 2p)

MONDAY Lake Arrowhead

TUDOR HOUSE Monday Movie Night (5:30- 10p)

Champagne Brunch. Movies start at 7pm. Live Music/ Artisan Classic Italian Dining Faire/ Farmer’s Market TudorHouseEnterTudorHouseEntertainment.villas tainment.villas 909.336.5000 909.336.5000 800 Arrowhead Villas Rd 800 Arrowhead Villas Rd Every Mon Every Sun

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Wyatt’s Saloon & Cafe/ BEAR HOUSE BB Convention Center RESTAURANT Bring your friends and Country Line Dancing Open Mic Night (5-9p) SADDLEBACK INN Karaoke (8-12p)

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sing your heart out. Let your talent shine! Come Sing & Enjoy (4-10:30p) Diane’s SaddleGreat Food & Full Bar. Great Food & Full Free line dancing back Inn & Grill 909.338.8100 Bar. lessons and Wyatt’s 909.336.3571 23420 Crest Forest Dr 909.338.8100 serving up ranch style 300 S State Hwy 173 23420 Crest Forest Dr Every Thu food Every Tues & Fri Every Fri 909.585.300 Big Bear Blvd. Big Bear Lake Every Wed The PINES LAKEFRONT Lake Gregory/ Crestline ONLY UNTIL Nov 16 THE STOCKADE Live Jazz (5:30- 8:30p) Live Music (6-8p) Piano Artistry Live Big Bear Lake Jazz by Mike Cross/ Maxx Hill & Hobo Angels THE CAVE 909.866.5400 909.338.2465 350 Alden Rd 23881 Lake Drive Local Art Night Every Thu Every Fri (6:30-11p) 909.878.0204 Big Bear Lake 40789 Village Dr Lake Arrowhead Every Wed The Other Room/No

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On Friday nights we become the Tudor House Friday Night Supper Club. We open with Steve Lawless on the Grand Piano while you dine. Then, at 8:00 join us for smooth evening music with David Areanno's Fly Away band with guest performers this week Woody Andrews and Bill Hale from My Generation!

Diane’s Saddleback Grill 909.336.3571 300 S Hwy 189 • Lake Arrowhead A 5 minute stroll to the Village Tuesday & Friday Nights • 8- 12pm

Bring your friends & sing your heart out! Local Artist, Alex Nervo, plays guitar on the weekends ~ Fri: 5:30- 7:30 • Sat: 5:30- 9:00

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(6:30p- ) New Live Band each week in one of a kind concert venue. Gourmet food menu, family friendly. TheCaveBigBear.com 909.878.0204 40789 Village Dr Every Sat

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1st Annual BB Comedy Festival Various. Welcome to the Big Bear Comedy Festival with Non Stop Comedy with 7 Awesome Shows at multiple venues in the Village. This 2 day comedy bender. Info; bigbearcomedyfestival.com Nov 05, Sa Lake Arrowhead 26th Annual Mtn Sunrise Rotary Auction 1- 9p. At Lake Arrowhead Country Club. Over 300 items auctionedvacations, boats, art & more! Tickets: $35-40. Dinner served 6- 8p. For info; 909.744.7854 or MountainSunriseRotary.org Nov 04- 05, Fr-Sa Big Bear Lake

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Big Bear Lake Santa’s Grand Entrance & Tree Lighting 5- 10p. Come & Enjoy the Festivities in the Village. Santa & Mrs Claus will arrive in his sleigh at 6pm. Pine Knot & Village Dr/ Info; 909.878.4747/ bigbearlakevillage.com Nov 25, Fr

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We all have traditions we learned from family, culture, and society. The Thanksgiving season has a variety of traditions people continue through out their lives. Growing up my family got together and spent the day cooking and joking. We had the same meal every year, which I assumed at the time was the same thing most people had. We cooked a turkey, pies, peas, rolls, gravy, ham, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, stuffing and a few other snack items like a veggie tray. I thought this was normal for everyone.

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You know what I love? Walking into my supermarket the day after Thanksgiving and hearing the best Christmas music ever. Yeah! And if I wasn’t in the mood to bake Christmas cookies before I got there, just hearing that lovely music changes everything. Right there, that proves I am a quintessential, typical consumer. That retailer’s got my number. While I don’t want to stop loving music (I swoon to the Beach Boys during the summer months because this store has an uncanny way of knowing what I like), what I have changed is the way I hear it while loading up on groceries. They’re doing this on purpose, by design because retailers have irrefutable evidence that the right

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When I moved to Texas and had my first Thanksgiving with my husband’s family I found out I was wrong. They still got together but most of the cooking was done the day before and brought to the gathering. Everyone made and brought something. They had the turkey and ham, but they also had things I hadn’t had before. I had no idea what candied yams were, or that “dressing” was basically cornbread stuffing. I learned that yes, my family spent our time cooking together and enjoying the company, but his family precooked so they could focus on spending time together without “burning the peas.” They ate together and played Spades or Dominoes and caught up on what was going on in their lives. It was a bit unusual to me, but I quickly realized both traditions worked. I have taken bits and pieces from both families to use in my own home now that we live farther away from family. We don’t always make a huge spread like when we have more people, but we still spend the day with loved ones, enjoying what we do have.

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Holiday Festivities kick off with tree lighting ceremonies across the valley. Restaurants will be serving Thanksgiving specials and the Rotary Club of Big Bear Lake will be hosting the 28th Annual Senior Holiday Dinner. Visit the TIDBiTS Calendar of Events (Pages 6- 7) for more info on holiday celebrations!

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Hosts 28th Annual Senior Holiday Dinner The Rotary Club of Big Bear Lake announces its 28th annual Senior Citizens’ Holiday Dinner to be held on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at the Salvation Army Pine Summit Conference Center in Big Bear Lake. FREE tickets are available this year at RE/MAX Big Bear, 42153 Big Bear Blvd. Big Bear Lake (909) 866-5062, but seniors are advised that they must pick up tickets in person, as no telephone reservations are available. Anyone 55 years of age and older is invited. Approximately 500 tickets will be available. Dinner will be a full course turkey dinner complete with pumpkin pie for dessert. Table sponsorships to help defray the cost of the event are available at $100 each. Please contact Keenan Warner at (661) 803-8252 if you would like to sponsor a table. Entertainment will be provided an Elementary School Choir from the Bear Valley Unified School District.A special presentation will also be made to commemorate Pearl Harbor Day, which falls this year on the date of the event.J For Info Contact: Keenan Warner (661) 803-8252 / Rich Collier (909) 866-8672 / Dave Caretto (909) 866-8481

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1. How many calories are there in 4 oz. (113.4 g) of white turkey meat with no skin? 2. What ballroom dance imitates the short, jerky steps a turkey makes? 3. What is the average weight for a turkeyhen? 4. How many feathers are on the average turkey? 5. What’s the term for a one-year-old turkey?

TIDBiTS introduces a new cartoon series from a SoCal resident who frequents our lovely mountains often- Welcome!! The author of Notes from the Sanitarium is a homeland security consultant who uses comedy to provide a little bit of funny for a very serious world. The author lives in Temecula. For questions or comments, visit http://notesfromthesanitarium.com.

1. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital city of Australia? 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 awardwinning kids’ show “Sesame Street” go on the air? 10. DISCOVERIES: Who is credited with discovering quarks?

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Tails of the Mountain By: Lauren Wygant Lauren Wygant, local mountain resident & founder of “Tails of the Mountain”, is a certified animal trainer with experience training many different animals for many different tasks. She is also a Human Educator believing animals have the ability to teach & heal the most broken hearts.

Traveling during the holidays to share time with family and friends is a must, but often not all the family members can go on those visits. Now is the time to make your arrangements for your pets as professional pet sitters, boarding facilities, and neighborhood friends alike start booking up. A good boarding facility can offer your pet a minivacation of their own. Often these businesses have play time (group or individual), offer attention from multiple people, and hand out treats. You can make reasonable special requests as well. Do your research and visit the boarding facility before you book. A veterinarian can be a good option, particularly if your pet has special medical needs. Remember that as much as your vet and the staff love animals, boarding is not their first business and it is unusual for someone to be on site overnight. Veterinary offices can be

Home Alone for the Holidays a stressful environment so use this option if it is a necessity. Day visits can work for fish, reptiles, and households with multiple dogs or cats who can keep each other company and are accustomed to being left on their own. This can often be the least expensive and easiest option. If day visits are a good fit for your pets make sure they are visited at least three times in a 24 hour period, and more if your pet must be given access to the outside. Overnights with day visits can get pricey, but if you have multiple animals, multiple species, or special needs/very young/very old animals it can actually give the best value. One person who can come in and take care of everyone while maintaining a sense of normalcy in the routine will save you in time, money, and worry. Whichever option you decide is best be sure to leave clear instructions on care, easy to find supplies, a good contact number to reach you; and though no one wants to think the worst, be sure to leave written permission for emergency vet care and euthanasia instructions if necessary. You can work out details, maximum expenditure, and payment options with your vet before you go.

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The Question of a Second Dog By Matthew Margolis

“A woman called me last week and said, “I have an 8-year-old dog, and I think he’s lonely. Don’t you think he needs a friend?” That depends. If a person is feeling lonely, the holiday season is likely to exacerbate it. But your dog doesn’t know Christmas or New Year’s from the middle of August. For the most part, dogs don’t get lonely, people do. Read between the lines: Her dog is getting older, and she’s anticipating the pain she’ll inevitably feel when he passes. It isn’t uncommon for people to get a second dog to ease that sadness. And isn’t necessarily a bad idea. Necessarily. The good: -- Bringing a puppy into the house can have a rejuvenating effect on the older dog. Puppies are playful and silly, and their exuberance is contagious. -- Young and old dogs can bond, giving the older dog a renewed sense of purpose. -- The dog owner will not have to endure the heartbreaking quiet of a home that used to house a dog. -- Another dog finds a loving and permanent home. The bad? There could be no downside whatsoever. In this case, however, the woman who called wanted a second dog, but her husband didn’t. Neither babies nor dogs make good Band-Aids for a marriage.

When I asked her why her husband didn’t want another dog, she told me it was because they’d never trained the one they have now, who is a bit of a mischief-maker. In fact, he had recently devoured a child’s plastic toy, landing him in a veterinary hospital and saddling them with a surgery bill for $8,000. Hubby has a point. It can be hard enough -- and expensive enough -- to live with one untrained dog. Add a new puppy to the mix and you might as well issue a standing invitation to the Hell’s Angels for drinks at your place. Another factor to consider is that your dog may not want a “friend.” Not all dogs enjoy the company of other canines. They are pack animals, yes. But at the age of 8, this particular pooch’s pack has been established. If he views himself as the pack leader -- which is entirely possible since he was never trained -- he will defend that position when the other animal is brought home. And if the new pup is also of an alpha mindset, well, you’ll find yourself reminiscing on how peaceful your time with the Angels really was. On the other hand, if you bring a new dog into a household where it is deeply entrenched that you, the dog owner, are the pack leader, then there is very little need on either dog’s part to fight over a position that is already filled -- by you. I ended our conversation with one last bit of advice: If you insist on getting a second dog, make sure you don’t end up with two female dogs in the house. “But I don’t like males,” she said. And I couldn’t help but wonder if she meant two- legged or four. Woof! (c) Creators.com

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It was noted 20th-century American poet Hart Crane who made the following sage observation: “One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper patterns at the right moment.”

* 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.

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know, but the truth is that is does. It’s called “left-digit effect.” Retailers count on the “just below price” all the time because they know we’ll fall for it. All the time. Beat ‘em. The best way to win when we go up against retailers--which of course we do every day--is to be aware. Figure it out. Stop being a mindless consumer! Go in with a plan, a list, cash and a strong mind. Make a note of the sounds and smells. Look at the pricing structure. Do a mental, “Ah-ha! I know why you’re doing that!” Then take control of yourself. Don’t give in to those silly ploys. And when you hear the lovely tones of “White Christmas,” take a look at your shopping list. See right there? You wrote it down because Mary told you that the holiday season is the time to load up on loss leaders in the baking aisle. Find that one gigantic display area where all the baking supplies are on sale (for real, not some fake kind of tricky sign) and load up. Enjoy the season, but keep your wits about you and don’t fall for all of the Christmas gifts (have you noticed how supermarkets turn into department stores about Dec. 1?) and other impulse stuff they’ve loaded in, believing that you are weak and mindless. And all of the lovely fragrances? Enjoy them, knowingly. Resist the impulse displays, get what you need -- and then get out of there! That’s the way to nibble at the bait without getting hooked and reeled in.

can subconsciously affect the way we spend. Theaters, bakeries and countless other retailers know this and capitalize on it big time. Many retailers create “rest areas” where they know you will be prompted to stop and just look around. It might be at the checkout or in an area that just screams “cozy place to stop and look around!” Once they have it nailed, they load up the area with impulse buys -- small things, lovely things they know you won’t resist. Mostly they’ll put them at eye level and within easy reach to aid you in your sweet moment of rest. Sneaky tricks. We’ve come to expect that a sale comes with a sign. Most of the time it is a red sign with big black numbers and smaller words that don’t really matter. We’ve seen it so much, now we are like Pavlov’s dogs. We react without thinking about it. And what if the word “Sale!” is replaced by “Hot!” or “Bargain!”? We don’t notice. We grab and go because it’s gotta’ be a great bargain. Retailers capitalize on what they’ve learned from Dr. Pavlov. Numbers. This one is so crazy, I still have trouble wrapping my head around it. Why is it that humans stop short and think about it if the price ends in .00, while thinking that if it ends in .99 or .95 that somehow Copyright Creators.com that is a good price? Why, oh, why? I don’t

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founder of the Nordic Ware Company. 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 as the mold. She was awarded second place in the annual Pillsbury Bake-off Contest, taking home a $5,000 prize. The popularity of the Bundt pan immediately blossomed, and today more than 60 million have been sold worldwide.

Nugget of Knowledge Veterans’ Day is celebrated with speeches and parades across the U.S. The holiday began as Armistice Day on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. In 1926, Congress passed a resolution for an annual observance. In 1938, Nov. 11 became a national holiday. In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation changing the name to Veterans’ Day in order to honor veterans of all American wars.

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November was originally the ninth month of the Roman calendar, at a time when March was the first month of the year. In fact, the word November comes from the Latin novem, meaning “nine.” It became the eleventh month when records were converted to the Julian calendar.