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Norton CEO Hope Alswang announces retirement Alswang, who will step down on March 1, will cap her nearly nine-year tenure at the West Palm Beach art museum with the unveiling of a major expansion on Feb. 9.
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Estimates suggest the number of American Flamingos has never exceeded 500 individuals between 1903 and 2015, according to Zoo Miami’s Dr. Steven Whitfield.
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American Flamingo To help conserve the iconic bird’s population, a petition was recently submitted to the FWC to consider changing its classification to a native species. By HOWARD COHEN The Associated Press
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Dolly Hand to hold auditions for ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Area students can audition to be a part of the Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center’s 25th annual production with the Missoula Children’s Theatre.
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The largest group recorded in Florida since 1902 was a flock of 147 individuals that appeared in Stormwater Treatment Area 2 in Palm Beach County in 2014.
MIAMI — The American Flamingo has been such an iconic image that has been used to represent Florida for so long – from the Greetings From Florida postcards of the last century to the opening credits of “Miami Vice” in the mid-1980s – one might be excused for thinking the birds are classified as native species and protected. But that isn’t the case of the only flamingo species native to the United States. American Flamingos have never been considered as a focal species for conservation, management or monitoring in Florida, according to a group of researchers, including from Zoo Miami, Cape Florida Banding Station and Big Cypress National Preserve. Zoo Miami’s Steven Whitfield led the research. So Zoo Miami has partnered with the Tropical Audubon Society, the Cape Florida Banding Station, the Florida Keys Audubon Society, Brevard Zoo and other organizations and scientists to help protect the bright pink birds. The South Florida researchers submitted a petition to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to consider changing the present classification of the American Flamingo as a “non-native species” to a “native species.” This designation by the FWC would make the American Flamingo
considered a “species of special concern” or “threatened” and lead to their protection and help conserve the population. According to Zoo Miami spokesman Ron Magill, the researchers cited more than 60 published reports and gathered scientific data to indicate that the American Flamingo “did indeed historically nest and reproduce in Florida.” In February, a comprehensive study published in the American Ornithological Society’s journal The Condor finally provided an answer to a century-old debate: Flamingos are likely natives, though their footprint in Florida is as light as their hot pink feathers. The study was written by Antonio Pernas, a botanist for the Big Cypress National Preserve, with Zoo Miami’s Whitfield and Frank Ridgely, Audubon Florida’s Pete Frezza and Jerry Lorenz, and biologists Anne Mauro and Judd Patterson. Before his death in 1851, ornithologist John James Audubon observed the American Flamingo in the Florida Keys. Large flocks foraged in the Keys and Florida Bay and could have numbered in the thousands but were almost wiped out by 1900 as they were hunted for food and for their plumes. Today, estimates suggest the number of American Flamingos has apparently at no time exceeded 500 individuals between 1903 and 2015, according to Whitfield’s research. The largest group of individuals recorded in Florida since 1902 was a flock of 147 individuals that appeared in Stormwater Treatment Area 2 in Palm Beach County in the spring of 2014. The greatest number of individual flamingos in Florida Bay was a flock of 65 observed in January 1998. “Many habitats used by flamingos are remote,” Whitfield’s research noted. Across the Caribbean, the total number of individuals has been estimated between
260,000 and 330,000, with the largest nesting colonies in Cuba and Grand Inagua in the Bahamas, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The largest nesting area in Cuba, at Humedal Rio Maximo Camaguey, had between 22,000 and 51,600 nesting pairs from 1998 to 2008, but Hurricane Ike in September 2008 devastated the nesting site and destroyed its research center. One of the most famous South Florida images of the American Flamingo was taken by Magill during another hurricane 26 years ago. As Hurricane Andrew, a Category 5 storm, barreled toward South Miami-Dade, zookeepers at then-named Miami Metrozoo (now Zoo Miami) herded 54 of the attraction’s flamingos into its bathrooms and kept them safe. Aside from its cameo two-seconds into the “Miami Vice” credits for five seasons, which featured the flamingos at Hialeah Park’s race track, the flamingo has been a cultural staple, serving as the visual mascot for pop singer Christopher Cross on all of his albums since his Grammy-winning debut in 1979. There’s the Flamingo Hotel and Casino Las Vegas, the Flamingo Visitors Center in Homestead, Flamingo Park in South Beach, and the bird’s name and shocking pink coloring is adorned on countless buildings across the country. “As a cultural icon of Florida and an important component of Florida’s natural heritage, we expect there is broad public support for conservation of American Flamingos,” Whitfield and his team of researchers said in its petition to the FWC. “Protection of American Flamingos under Florida’s threatened species laws and inclusion of American Flamingos in monitoring or management plans for native species would lay a strong initial foundation for the conservation of one of Florida’s most iconic birds.”
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Local Happenings Countdown 2 Zero adoption event to be held at fairgrounds
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Public invited to attend Genealogical Society meeting The public is invited to the Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County’s next membership meeting to be held Saturday, Sept. 8 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Palm Beach County’s Main Library, 3650 Summit Blvd. in West Palm Beach. Cindy Taylor is the featured speaker and will present the
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American society. There will be lively performances by Wayna: Music of the Andes with music from Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, as well as a Peruvian folkloric dance by the Marinera Kids. Registration for the event is required and can be made by calling 233-2600. The Main Library branch is at 3650 Summit Blvd. in West Palm Beach. For a complete list of Hispanic Heritage Month events at a branch near you, go online to pbclibrary.org.
Kick off Hispanic Heritage Month at PBC’s Main Library The Palm Beach County Library System invites the public to an “Hispanic Heritage Month Kickoff Celebration” at the Main Library branch on Saturday, Sept. 8 at 2 p.m. Come celebrate our community’s cultural diversity, the beautiful traditions of Latin American countries and the contributions Hispanics have made to
WPB to hold memorial to honor victims of 1928 hurricane The public is invited to a special 90th anniversary memorial to remember the victims who lost their lives to Florida’s infamous and tragic Hurricane of 1928 on Saturday, Sept. 15 from 3-6 p.m. at the corner of Tamarind Avenue and 25th Street in West Palm Beach. West Palm Beach Mayor Jeri Muoio, along with city commissioners and coalition members, will lay a wreath at the site to honor the victims, followed by a community gathering with music and beverages. The great storm made landfall in Palm Beach County on Sept. 16, 1928 and caused at least 2,500 area deaths, most of which were migrant, black farm workers who did not receive proper burials at the time.
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The burial site in West Palm Beach recognizes the African American victims of the storm who were laid in a mass grave site at 25th Street and Tamarind Avenue, and is the final resting place for 674 victims. For more information on the event, call (561) 822-1550.
MacArthur Beach State Park to host bluegrass concert
Kick your shoes off, relax and enjoy some foot-stomping, hand-clapping bluegrass music in one of Palm Beach County’s most beautiful settings – John D. MacArthur Beach State Park. The concert takes place Sunday, Sept. 16 from 1 to 3 p.m. and is free with park admission. MacArthur Beach State Park is on Jack Nicklaus Drive on Singer Island between Blue Heron Boulevard and PGA Boulevard in North Palm Beach. For more information on this or other events at MacArthur Beach State Park, go online to macarthurbeach.org.
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production with the Missoula Children’s Theatre. This year’s play is “Alice in Wonderland,” and auditions will be held Monday, Sept. 24 at the Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center in Belle Glade from 4-6 p.m. Those auditioning should arrive by 3:45 p.m. and plan to stay the full two hours. Some of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately following the audition. Approximately 50 roles are available for local students. All students in grades kindergarten through 12th grade are encouraged to audition. No advance preparation is necessary. One performance will be held for area schools on Friday, Sept. 28 at noon. Two more performances will be presented to the public Saturday, Sept. 29 at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. The Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center is located at 1977 College Dr. in Belle Glade. For more information, call (561) 993-1160.
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Navigating the legal system can be overwhelming, especially if you’re representing yourself in court. The Palm Beach County Clerk & Comptroller’s office offers free Do-It-Yourself workshops on a variety of topics to help residents understand and maneuver through the county’s legal process. Workshops are held the first Wednesday every month at the Main Courthouse in downtown West Palm Beach and at various branch courthouse locations. They cover a number of legal subjects including divorce, small claims, homeowner and condo association laws, landlord/tenant disputes and evictions, and child support payments. Upcoming workshops can be found online at mypalmbeachclerk.com/selfservicecenter. For those unable to attend, videos from past workshops are available at youtube.com/ clerkpbc. Free assistance with preparing certain court documents also is available at the Clerk’s self-service centers throughout the county. Employees at these locations serve as navigators, assisting with completing court documents and providing procedural information for most family law and county civil actions. To schedule an
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Area students complete prestigious summer internship Seventeen-year-old Seoyoung Kwon has studied about neuroscience in her science classes at Dreyfoos School of the Arts, but a special summer internship opportunity allowed her to get up close and personal with what makes
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opening for Kwon. “I never knew there were that many types of neurons – they all look nothing like what’s in the textbooks that you see!” The internship program ended July 20 with students giving presentations on their scientific projects, which included neuroscience, scientific programming and mechanical engineering. Other students in the summer program included Nikita Thomas from Suncoast Community High School; William
Palm Beach State College will offer an online 62-credit-hour associate’s degree in business starting this fall. This will be PBSC’s first fully online A.A. degree program. It will begin with one to two groups of students who will take all the courses together, allowing them the opportunity to encourage one another and form study groups. Openings are still available. Students who are interested in enrolling may contact the college at (561) 967-7222 for more information. The program requires students to complete 20 online courses, including two fourcredit-hour classes, organized into six terms over the next two years. There are four courses in both the fall and spring terms and two courses each summer. The degree provides students with a solid foundation to continue at a university to study accounting, management, marketing, finance or management information systems.
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Grandview Public Market finds home in Warehouse District A full page ad ran in the Palm Beach Post on Saturday, Oct. 8, 1927 for “Fair Week” at the Municipal Market at Lake Avenue and Park Street. “Just the regular display of Delicious Fruits and Vegetables, just in fresh, today, from our own Palm Beach County farms,” the title yelled out, continuing, “where the public is offered a large variety of the very choicest quality meats and fancy poultry. Regardless of what your meat needs may be – the Municipal Market is ready to serve you. Remember, fresh poultry killed daily and dressed right here.” The Municipal Market had opened in March 1927 on the property that is currently the Armory Art Center. Farmers who tended the rich soil surrounding Lake Okeechobee brought their produce to West Palm Beach on barges. They navigated through the canals along what is now Southern Boulevard, turned onto the Stub Canal along Parker Avenue and unloaded their fresh goods.
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afternoon in the middle of summer, the place was packed. What pleases Vila the most? “Seeing all the entrepreneurs who are creating something here. Everyone is doing very well and there’s a sense of community amongst the vendors.” My favorite part of the market is Clare’s Chicken and Wine, which boasts an extensive menu of toasts, sandwiches and fried chicken. And unlike the Municipal Market, Clare’s poultry isn’t “killed daily and dressed right here” – their chickens are “humanely raised on a farm in Pennsylvania.” Photo by Jeff Herron Photography
Visitors stroll through Grandview Public Market in West Palm Beach’s Warehouse District. The urban marketplace is home to creative food vendors serving up everything from Detroit-style pizza to organic breakfast bowls, killer tacos, sandwiches, Cuban food, burgers and craft cocktails. The market is located at 1401 Clare Ave.
at 1500 Elizabeth Ave., is the Grandview Public Market – 13,000 square feet meticulously renovated from a frozen produce distribution center. The new market bills itself as “more than a market, a home for chefs, artists, and entrepreneurs.” There, you can experience Zipitios serving up “killer” tacos and The Corner offering delicious Detroit-style pizza. Aromatic coffee is served by our friends at Rabbit Coffee Roasting Company. Other tempting choices include Ramen Lab Eatery, Poké Lab Eatery and Crema, preparing fresh, all-natural Thai rolled ice cream while you wait. On the healthier side, try one of the açaí organic breakfast bowls at Celis Produce. While you’re at it, check out their fresh take on smoothies and sandwiches – especially their grilled cheese sandwich made with Brie, apples, fig preserves, arugula and local sourdough! This is just some of the innovative eateries setting up shop at Grandview, with more on the way, including Cuban restaurant El Cochinito opening Sept. 1. Also new to the Warehouse District is Steam Horse Brewing, which just held its grand opening. It’s from the owners of Tequesta Brewing Company
in Jupiter and Twisted Trunk Brewing in Palm Beach Gardens. Grandview Market owner Chris Vila has been enthusiastic about business so far. “It has been great to see the outpouring of support from the locals,” Vila said. “We are excit-
ed for season to start but we are very thankful for the locals who have supported us.” I can certainly speak to the popularity of the market. As I sat at the outside tables in the shaded and dog-friendly “loading dock” on a recent Thursday
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Norton Museum CEO to retire in March The Norton Museum of Art has announced that Executive Director and CEO Hope Alswang will retire on March 1. Alswang will cap her nearly nine-year tenure at the West Palm Beach museum with the opening on Feb. 9 of a major expansion and enhancement designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Lord Norman Foster. Under Alswang’s leadership, the museum is in the final phase of a $100 million capital campaign for The New Norton. Throughout her tenure, the museum has significantly expanded its collection, receiving donations of more than 875 artworks and acquiring more than 700, which notably increased its collections in con-
temporary art and photography. With these additions, the Norton grew its representation of works by women artists and artists of color by more than 150. “Hope has had an electrifying effect on the Norton Museum of Art during her tenure,” said Harry Howell, chairman of the Board of Trustees. “In supporting our curators to develop groundbreaking exhibitions and significantly expand the permanent collection, she has brought the museum global attention.” The capstone to Alswang’s leadership at the Norton has been leading The New Norton project, the largest capital campaign and building transformation in the institution’s history. The Foster + Partners-
designed project is dramatically re-orienting the museum entrance, adding 35 percent more gallery space, a new state-of-the-art auditorium, a new dining pavilion and twice the education space. The museum will reopen to the public on Feb. 9. Before joining the Norton in 2010, Alswang was director of The Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design. She also served as consultant to a number of museums and historical societies, including the Smithsonian Institution. Alswang and her husband, Henry Joyce, have two grown children. Howell said the trustees have formed a search committee to find a new director.
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THE VILLAGE IDIOT by Jim Mullen
If memories last a lifetime, why can’t we find our keys? Where are my keys? This is the second time in a year I’ve lost them. The first time was at the Wasting Another Day Golf Course, where all the retired guys play. I was the designated driver that day, and the four of us ended up standing outside my car with our clubs – waiting for me to dig my keys out of my bag, open the car and turn on the air conditioning. Except my keys were no longer in my bag. I had answered a very important phone call on the 15th hole, and must have pulled out my keys at the same time and dropped them. The 15th hole is, naturally, the farthest hole from the clubhouse. Harvey and Andy grabbed a cart and went off on a search. Twenty minutes later, they came back emptyhanded. “What was so important that you had to answer the phone?” “It was from my doctor’s office.” “Scheduling a brain transplant?” “Are you kidding?” jumped in Andy. “A brain would reject him.” “Are you two finished?” “We’re just getting started. We’re not the ones that lost our keys.” “That’s right, I forgot. While I was losing my keys, you guys were losing golf balls. There
was that one in the marsh on four, the other one on …” “That’s not the same thing at all.” “… twelve, and two on 14. Funny, my memory seems perfect now.” I called Sue to see if she’d drive out to the golf course with my extra set of keys. She was no happier than Harvey and Andy were about it. “How is it possible to lose all your keys? Your key-ring is the size of a softball. You’d think you’d notice if something like that went missing. Why don’t you just wait there for
someone to find them and turn them in?” “I’m sure they will. Sometime next week, maybe. What are you doing that’s so important you can’t drive out here with my extra keys?” “I was enjoying some ‘me’ time.” “Without me? How is that possible?” “It’s a puzzlement.” “So when can you get here?” “I’m thinking Thursday.” This was a Tuesday. “I know it’s an imposition, but remember, ‘For better or worse.’”
“When does the ‘better’ part start?” For all that, she showed up a half-hour later with the extra keys. She threw them at me through the open window of her moving car. “At least she slowed down a little,” said Andy. “That’s always a good sign.” And then I lost them again last week. I have no idea where my keys are. I didn’t play golf this week, so I knew where they weren’t. If I don’t find them soon, I’ll have to get them replaced, which doesn’t come cheap. The car key alone will
cost $330 at the dealer’s. When you get to be my age and you forget something, you automatically wonder if something’s wrong. A teenager who “forgets” to do his homework five times out of 10 never thinks he’s losing his memory. It’s only after you get to be a certain age that you wonder, “Is this the first step? How long before I forget where I live?” We all forget things; it’s just that we add a layer of meaning to it with age. I could never remember poems or phone numbers when I was young, so why do I think I should be able to do it now? Besides, my cellphone does all that for me. There’s even a thing you can attach to your keys, and the cellphone will tell you where they are. But I forgot to buy it. Jim Mullen is the author of “It Takes a Village Idiot: A Memoir of Life After the City,” a comic memoir about his move from New York City’s Greenwich Village to a former dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains. His freelance work has appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine and The Village Voice.
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Late-life high blood pressure may harm the brain, study says By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer
Decades ago, hundreds of nuns and priests made an extraordinary decision: They agreed to donate their brains upon death to science, hoping to help solve mysteries about Alzheimer’s and other diseases. Now, a study that used their gifts is giving some clues. It reveals that high blood pressure late in life might harm the brain. Autopsies on nearly 1,300 older people, including about 640 clergy members, found more signs of damage and one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease in the brains of those with higher blood pressure than among those with pressure closer to normal, researchers reported in July. The study does not prove cause and effect, and it does not yet provide a comparison of rates of dementia or its most common form, Alzheimer’s – those results will take longer to parse. But it challenges a theory that high pressure is not as harmful in old age as it is when people are younger. “We can’t be alarmist. This is preliminary data” that needs to be validated by others, said the study leader, Dr. Zoe Arvanitakis of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. “It’s far too soon to make recommendations about blood pressure in older people
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Margaret Graham, 74, has her blood pressure checked while visiting the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in WinstonSalem, N.C. in July. She had participated in a multi-year study, published July 25, investigating a connection between high blood pressure and the risk of mental decline.
based on this study.’’ The research began in 1994 and combined people from three studies of aging who agreed to donate their brains for autopsy upon their death, including the Religious Orders Study of Catholic clergy throughout the United States. All were over 65 and without known dementia at the start and were followed until they died – at an average age of 89 and after an average of eight years in the study.
Two-thirds had high blood pressure, defined as a top reading of 140 or more when the study began (it’s now 130 under new guidelines adopted last fall). Their pressures were measured once a year during the study – a strength of this work over some previous research that just relied on people to say whether they had high pressure or not. After each participant died, researchers examined their brains for areas of dead tissue
caused by lack of blood supply. These blighted areas can be tiny and cause no symptoms, so they’re sometimes called evidence of “silent strokes.” About half of the study participants had one or more of these, and the risk was greater for those with higher blood pressure. For example, people with an average top reading of 147 had a 46 percent greater risk of having one or more of the bad spots than those with an average top reading of
134. People with higher bottom blood pressure readings also had a greater risk for this problem. Researchers also found a link between higher pressure and one of the signs of Alzheimer’s – tangles of a protein called tau – but not another Alzheimer’s hallmark, amyloid plaques. This needs further research to understand the implications, Arvanitakis said. “It’s a pretty strong study,” said James Hendrix, director of global science initiatives at the Alzheimer’s Association. “Autopsy data is really powerful” and has been the gold standard for diagnosing Alzheimer’s for many years, he said. With Alzheimer’s, changes in the brain occur a decade or more before symptoms do, so high blood pressure may have been doing damage well before the age when these people enrolled in the study, he said. How might high pressure do harm? “Lower blood pressure reduces the risk of those blood vessel blockages” that can cause a silent stroke, said another independent expert, the Mayo Clinic’s Dr. David Knopman. The work shows that “treating blood pressure throughout the lifespan is important.” Knopman is a spokesman for the American Academy of Neurology, whose journal, Neurology, published the study. Federal grants paid for the work.
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Pawn shop buys violin for $50, finds out it’s worth $250,000
SOMERVILLE, Mass. — A violin bought by a Massachusetts pawn shop for $50 has ended up being worth about 5,000 times that. WFXT-TV reports a new employee at the LBC Boutique and Loan in Somerville had no idea what he was buying when he paid for the Ferdinando Gagliano violin, which was handcrafted in 1759 and is worth $250,000. Store manager Dylan McDermitt says the bows alone are worth $16,000 to $18,000. Police say the violin was stolen during a house break-in and has since been returned to its rightful owner. They say the seller had no criminal record and they’re still investigating. McDermitt says in the future shop employees are going to ask people who bring in violins to play them so they know the instruments are theirs.
Trapped tourists call wrong Lisbon police for help
LISBON, Maine — Two tourists who became trapped in an elevator accidently called the wrong Lisbon police department for help. Dispatcher Cathy Roy told WCSH-TV she was working at the Lisbon Police Department
in Maine in July when she received a call from the trapped tourists. The only problem was they were in Lisbon, Portugal. Roy says the two women pressed the elevators’ emergency button for help. No one answered, so the women searched online for “Lisbon Police” and called the first number listed. Roy says she stayed on the phone with the women and found the right Lisbon police department to call. Despite the language barrier, Roy says she was able to direct emergency crews to the women and help them escape.
Judge orders man who knocked over toilet to shovel manure
PAINESVILLE, Ohio — A judge known for unique sentences has ordered a man who knocked over a port-a-potty to clean manure out of animal pens at a county fairgrounds in Ohio. Judge Michael Cicconetti recently suspended most of a 120-day jail sentence for 18-year-old Bayley Toth, who pleaded guilty and was convicted of criminal mischief, in favor of the creative punishment of cleaning up waste from animals at Lake County’s fairgrounds. The Municipal Court judge compared Toth’s actions to those of an animal, saying “you act like an animal, you’re going to take care of animals.”
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Authorities say the Painesville man spent a night with friends knocking over objects, including a port-a-potty, at a park.
Injured Chicago Cubs fan ‘lucky to be alive’
CHICAGO — A man, who was wearing a plastic bucket on his head when a large metal pin fell from Wrigley Field’s centerfield scoreboard during a Chicago Cubs game, said he feels lucky to be alive. Kyle McAleer was sitting with his family and friends under the manual scoreboard when he was hit by a 6- to 8-inch pin during a recent game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The 20-year-old Iowa man said he began wearing the bucket with his family as a “rally cap” after he saw former Cubs player Starlin Castro wear one a few years ago. McAleer said he put the bucket on his head about a half-inning before his injury. He said he believes he might have been killed without it. “It might have fractured my skull. It definitely could have been fatal. I am extremely lucky,’’ McAleer said. Cubs spokesman Julian Green said the incident occurred when a loose pin that rolled out of the scoreboard when a tile was being changed. The scoreboard is now secure, Green said. The Cubs have sent McAleer some gifts, including a jersey. McAleer praised the team for
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their quick response, but said no decision has been about legal action.
Maryland mom tested positive for opiates after eating bagel TOWSON, Md. — A Maryland woman has discovered that eating a poppy seed bagel before giving birth carries serious consequences. Elizabeth Eden told WBAL-TV in Baltimore she was in labor in April when a doctor told her she had tested positive for opiates and she had been reported to the state. The test result meant Eden’s daughter had to stay in the hospital for five days while her mother was assigned a case worker. Eden said she had learned in a school health class that eating poppy seeds could cause a false positive. After acknowledging the bagel defense, the case worker closed Eden’s file. The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment writes that until food manufacturers reduce the morphine levels in poppy seeds, it advises against excessive consumption, particularly during pregnancy.
Mexico City restaurant busted over protected tarantula tacos
MEXICO CITY — Fancy a tarantula taco for a cool $27? Not so fast, Mexican authorities say. A Mexico City market restaurant recently put the scary, hairy-looking arachnids on its menu and posted a video on Facebook showing a chef torching one until blackened. The only problem: The Mexican red rump tarantula is a protected species. The federal environmental protection agency said it was alerted to the situation via social media and seized four tarantula corpses that were ready to be served up on tortillas. The tarantula tacos were apparently on offer for 500 pesos, or 50 times the price of a basic street taco. The restaurant’s menu also features other creepycrawlies such as grasshoppers, worms and ant eggs, which have a long tradition in Mexican cuisine, and scorpions, which are less common.
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JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT
This Month in History Sept. 9, 1776: The second Continental Congress made the term “United States” official, replacing “United Colonies.” Sept. 23, 1779: During the Revolutionary War, the American warship Bon Homme Richard defeated the HMS Serapis after the American commander, John Paul Jones, is said to have declared: “I have not yet begun to fight!” Sept. 30, 1846: Dentist William Morton used ether as an anesthetic for the first time on a patient in his Boston office. Sept. 4, 1888: George Eastman received a patent for his roll-film box camera, and registered his trademark: “Kodak.” Sept. 2, 1901: Vice President Theodore Roosevelt offered the advice, “Speak softly and carry a big stick”
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( This issue’s clue: C=M) Last month’s quote: “He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.” – Harold Wilson
UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD Edited by Timothy E. Parker
“STEER CLEAR” by Ron Halverson ACROSS 1 One of the Ponderosa boys 5 Acapulco abode 9 Poor fellow? 13 Astral flareup 14 Of interest to John Paul 15 Cicero’s garb 16 Wrinkle one’s brow 17 Collectively 18 Surrounding atmosphere 19 Be in the driver’s seat 22 BO advisory 23 Add the audio 24 Do an impression of 27 Quantum theory subject 30 Dish for serving soup 35 “to thine own ___ be true” 37 Golden and Bronze, e.g. 39 Postpone, as legislation 40 Be in the driver’s seat 43 Pout’s place
44 Ireland, in verse 45 Vending machine feature 46 It features fast service 48 Words with equal basis or upswing 50 Part of Q&A 51 Vivacious actress West 53 Exec.’s degree, perhaps 55 Be in the driver’s seat 64 It may be restricted 65 “___ and his money” 66 Weather forecast, perhaps 67 Uglify 68 Paper producers 69 European volcano 70 Sibilant summons 71 Nickname of a cinematic Jones 72 Make judgments DOWN 1 Egyptian life symbol 2 Spanish woman’s title 3 Tel ___ 4 They’re well-matched 5 Sugar source
6 On ___ with (about the same as) 7 Type of plate, bar or fork 8 Nearly 9 One who shines 10 Look sullen 11 Fairy-tale monster 12 False god mentioned in Judges 14 Crucial 20 “man ___ mouse?” 21 Shares a border with 24 Broad necktie 25 Treaty goal 26 “Sea of Love” star Barkin 28 Come-hither stare 29 Paris underground 31 Sideline cheers 32 Deadly African virus 33 Bernie’s partner in songwriting 34 They’re for the birds 36 Custard-filled tart 38 Splint’s locale, p erhaps 41 Not persona 42 Canine coats
47 Feature of some heroes 49 Major broadcaster 52 Small and delicate 54 Oohed and ___ 55 Barn door fastener 56 Tolkien monsters 57 Pastoral expanses 58 It has feathers and flies 59 Blabbed 60 Sacrosanct 61 Have status 62 Chow down with class 63 Put down harshly
CROSSWORD ANSWERS
Horoscope by Madame Hughes Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County is asking for the public’s assistance in finding Palm Beach County’s wanted fugitives. Frantz Kendrix is a black male born 6-30-75. He is 6-feet, 1-inch tall and weighs 185 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. He has multiple tattoos. His last known address is Division Avenue in West Palm Beach. The suspect is wanted on Felony Charges of Failure to Appear: Grand Theft and Operating While Drivers License Suspended/Canceled/ Frantz Kendrix Revoked (2 Counts). Ivan Lopez is a white male born 12-2571. He is 5-feet, 9-inches tall and weighs 160 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. His last known address is Coquina Winds Way in Greenacres. His occupation is truck driver. The suspect is wanted on a Felony charge of Trafficking in Cocaine. Warrants checked on 8-21-2018. Remain anonymous (don’t give your name) and you may be eligible for up to $1,000 reward. Ivan Lopez
Call CrimeStoppers at (800) 458-TIPS (8477) or you can log on to www.crimestopperspbc.com.
Aries (March 21 – April 20) It’s time for a good blowup. Getting things out in the open will clear the air and rearrange your perspective. Once you see how senseless it was to keep silent, it’ll make you wish you opened your mouth long ago. Taurus (April 21 – May 21) Your problems appear bigger than they really are. None of this would be difficult if you could lose the need to do it all. Think about delegating. Gemini (May 22 – June 21) You aren’t sure where you stand with people. Getting the cold shoulder implies that something’s not quite right. The best strategy would be to back off. It looks like someone feels cramped by your desire to get too close. Cancer (June 22 – July 23) One thing after another keeps showing you that you can’t continue like this. All the things you thought were real and have turned out not to be have taught you that it’s not worth hanging on to something that isn’t working. Leo (July 24 – Aug. 23) The signs
are everywhere. If you can’t see them you are blind. Carrying on as if life is just a bowl of cherries denies the fact that it’s far from that. Get real. There’s no way to ignore what’s right in front of you. Virgo (Aug. 24 – Sept. 23) Don’t expect others to be totally okay with your way of doing things. You may have the right idea but they seem to have all the power. If you keep pressing, it’ll wear you out. This is their mistake. Let them make it. Libra (Sept. 24 – Oct. 23) What you think is so perfectly managed is really a mess. You need to get back to basics. If you don’t, others will have to pick up the slack when things spin out of control. Starting over may be the only way to salvage anything. Scorpio (Oct. 24 – Nov. 22) Your partner is too self-absorbed to reciprocate. You’ve got nothing to lose by taking off. Absence usually makes the heart grow fonder. They’ll take notice if you disappear for a while. Sagittarius (Nov. 23 – Dec. 21) The confusion about your career
goals is affecting your love life. This decision is simpler than it looks. Both of you will grow if you make the next step. Your partner may be afraid of change but they need it more than you do. Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 20) What you’re willing to put up with now could save you trouble in the long run. Be prepared to switch to plan B. It’s always wise to have more than one ace in the hole. Diversify your options. Aquarius (Jan. 21 – Feb. 19) Stop obsessing about what you could have done. The future won’t look much different than the past if you keep those old pictures alive. Your worn-out visions have you stuck in a situation that could change overnight if you let them go. Pisces (Feb. 20 – March 20) Persistence doesn’t always pay off. Your stubbornness comes from the fear that if you change your MO you’ll lose everything. What if the exact opposite is true? Don’t make life harder for yourself. Starting over is no sign of failure.
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