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by Lori in city park until 6:00 pm. – www.facepainters.biz 2:00 pm – Judging for Linn County Farm Bureau Barbeque Contest in City Park 3:00 pm – American Legion “Blue Banner” Ceremony at Veterans’s Memorial in cemetery located west of town 6:00 pm. - Parade (line-up at 5:15 at Depot) – NEW ROUTE 7:00 pm – Talent Show & Announcement of Contest Winners 9:30 pm - Finals of the Pickle Eating Contest at the Ballpark Dusk - Fireworks at the Ballpark, Lions Club Raffle Drawings

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3. Name the Los Bravos debut song and year.

4. Which artist released “Swingin’ School”?

5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “Mary Lou, poor girl, she pleaded and she begged him not to leave, She said ‘I’ve got a feeling if you ride tonight I’ll grieve.’”

Answers 1. Status Quo (“Pictures of Matchstick Men”). Only one original member, Francis Rossi, remains with the group, which still tours.

2. “Needles and Pins,” originally in 1963. It was only a minor hit until the Searchers version.

3. “Black Is Black,” in 1966. Because

of the similarity in lead voices, many thought it was done by Gene Pitney.

4. Bobby Rydell, in 1960. It did well, but not as well as his “Wild One.” 5. “Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots,” by The Cheers in 1955, one of the first in the teenage tragedy songs genre.

In this one the boyfriend, the “terror of Highway 101,” met his end when “he hit a screamin’ diesel that was Californiabound.” (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

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By Bob Franken

Washington Hot Dogs Forget about the World Cup or World Series or even the Super Bowl. The No. 1 competitive sport is the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating contest at Coney Island, New York. The legendary Joey Chestnut won for the eighth straight time, downing 61 in the allotted 10 minutes. While that’s not his personal best of 69, it’s still pretty impressive, if one would call speed gorging impressive.

By the way, feed racing has its own Title IX. Miki Sudo inhaled 34, finishing ahead of three-time chomp champ Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas. Call that an upset. Call the whole thing an upset.

This competition has been a July Fourth tradition for 98 years, and it’s time we give it the attention it deserves. After all, gross overconsumption by a few is a growing American tradition. The first thing we need to do is change the venue.

I know, I know, there are the traditionalists who will insist that Coney Island provides the perfect tacky backdrop. But if you want tacky, then it’s time to move the entire spectacle to Washington.

Why not the White House South Lawn? With just a few tweaks, it certainly would be appropriate. To please the first lady, obviously the hot dogs would have to go. But that’s not a big deal. Carrots will make a wonderful replacement. And there could be a kiddie competition, with -- you guessed it -baby carrots. That is, unless the food conglomerates have their way and the youngsters get to cram in morsels laden with salt, sugar, fat and other addictive ingredients. True to form, the Obama administration is keeping details secret and will indict any leakers. The event will be shot only by White House cameras.

Nathan’s is probably going to bail, since it’s not as unhealthy as it would like, and that would eliminate many of the usual corporate sponsors, like McDonald’s, Coke and Pepsi. Speaking of soft drinks, Michael Bloomberg can emcee, now that he’s out of work.

This is not as far-out as you might think. Down the street, in the Capitol, they’ve been engaged for years in a food fight. And let’s not limit this to government. Wouldn’t this be a much more civilized way to conduct presidential debates? No longer could the participants be forced to eat their words. In fact, the advantage here is that no one could understand what they were saying.

This could become a regular event during television news ratings periods. Instead of the usual happy talk about how they’re “on your side,” the anchors could simply infotain by stuffing Twinkies in their mouths. On cable news they could only use one side of their mouth, depending on whether it was MSNBC or Fox. At CNN, the food of choice would have to be whatever they were serving on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 when it disappeared.

So get ready, America. Forget Tim Howard. We’re going to have some new heroes to worship. Chestnut, Sudo and the Black Widow are just the beginning. This could be bigger than roller derby, particularly if the competition moves to D.C. It would be something else from Washington that makes us sick.

With the summer travel season upon us, insurance coverage might not be first on your list of ways to save money on vacation -- but it should be, especially if your plans involve renting a car.

Your credit card likely offers car-rental insurance as one of the benefits, and your auto policy might as well.

CardHub released a study showing that 20 percent of consumers purchase supplemental coverage with car rentals. The reason: Confusion about whether their auto insurance covers a rental. According to the study, 62 percent don’t think their auto insurance will cover a rental, and 24 percent don’t think their credit cards automatically cover rentals.

Here are some findings: • American Express, Discover, MasterCard and VISA have a rentalcar insurance policy, but MasterCard doesn’t have it on all its cards. All the cards require that you decline the supplemental insurance (collision damage waivers) the rental company offers.

The entire cost of the rental must be put on the credit card.

• None of the cards will cover trucks, off-road vehicles, antique cars or vehicles with open beds. Additionally VISA won’t cover accidents on dirt or gravel roads.

MasterCard is picky: It will cover an accident on a dirt or gravel road if the road is regularly maintained.

• American Express won’t cover certain vehicles, such as big SUVs. Your best bet is to make calls before your trip and get all your facts in advance. (c) 2014 Bob Franken Distributed by King Features Synd.

Ask your auto-insurance company whether your policy covers rental vehicles. If not, find out if you can buy a temporary rider to cover your vacation period. Ask about other drivers if you won’t be the designated driver for the whole trip.

Consider renting a vehicle similar to your own. If you’re going to rent one that’s significantly more expensive, ask whether it will be covered. Be sure to ask if there’s a time limit for coverage on your trip.

Then ask your credit-card company about rental coverage, and whether there are any restrictions, such as the ones above. If you don’t have a copy of the card’s benefits and rights disclosure, ask for it in advance of your trip so you’ll have it in hand. You might want it if the car-rental agency questions turning down its offered insurance.

To see the full report, go online to www.cardhub.com, and search for 2014 Credit Card Auto Rental Insurance Report.

David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Send email to columnreply3@gmail.com. (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

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by Freddy Groves

VA Awaits New Leader Department of Veterans Affairs chief Eric Shinseki is gone. He resigned after getting caught by the whiplash of the revelation that there were serious problems down the line in the VA, mostly having to do with medical appointments being manipulated, deleted, fudged, canceled, hidden in desk drawers (pick a word), and that veterans died while waiting.

No matter how it turned out, Shinseki was always in our corner.

We can never doubt that. If he had a failing, it was that he trusted those down the chain of command to do their jobs well.

We have a new secretary of the VA nominee, who surely will be approved by Congress.

Let’s look at who he is. Robert “Bob” McDonald, age 61, West Point grad, former Army captain, 82nd Airborne, son of a World War II veteran, 33 years with Procter and Gamble, the soap company. His years at P&G weren’t all rosy, but that’s to be expected with a responsibility that large (the company has over 100,000 employees), especially with a recession tightening all our wallets.

A few things come up as red flags: Fact 1: In the end he was run out, forced to “step down” from P&G after four years as head of the company.

Fact 2: From 1989 to 2004, he climbed P&G’s global corporate ladder in Toronto, the Philippines, Japan and Brussels. Which means he didn’t have his finger on the pulse of American veterans, or even Americans for all those years.

Fact 3: No health-care experience.

McDonald might have a rough start. Still, Acting VA Secretary Sloan Gibson is paving the way by meeting with the Special Counsel about whistleblower protection and directing all VA medical center leadership to meet monthly with local medical partners and Veterans Service Organizations.

Freddy Groves regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Send email to columnreply2@ gmail.com. (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

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“As cool as a cucumber” is a much-used phrase, referring to a state of mind rather than the clean crunch of the pale-green flesh of a cucurbit, but it is true.

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Cucumbers are a member of a Kids meal of hot dog or hamburger and chips. Advance tickets available large, diverse family of summer from McCright Agency, Sherbon’s Market & Walker State Bank. ripening crops, including melons and squash. So it begs the question: Is it a fruit or vegetable? Because botanists define food that develops from the flower of a plant as fruit, cucumbers -- like tomatoes and many other surprising foods such as avocados, corn, beans and peas -- are, scientifically speaking, classified as fruit. With its unassuming flavor, cucumbers are versatile in ways that other fruits and vegetables aren’t.

Cucumbers possess beneficial antioxidant compounds and are low in calories, and also offer these health benefits: Immediately following the Parade • Fight heat, both inside and out.

Lions Club Dinner, Knights of Columbus Lemonade Stand, Sacred Heart Eat cucumber, and your body Church Food Stand Laby Bug Concessions (sponsored by WBC) – gets relief from heartburn. Apply Featuring Fried Pickles, Popcorn, Drinks Bingo by Walker Lions Club and cucumber to your skin, and you Knights of Columbus get relief from sunburn.

H & H Fun Rides – Castle Bouncer, Swings, Train, Rock Wall, Boxing & • Flush out toxins. All that water Slide, Kids Games by Walker Lions Club and Knights of Columbus in cucumber acts as a virtual broom, sweeping waste products the taste, but because they are about the size of a out of your system. With regular use, cucumber is lemon and yellow-colored when ripe. When at their known to help to dissolve kidney stones. best, cucumbers of all kinds can bring a whole new • Contain skin-friendly vitamins and minerals: type of cool to your summertime meals.

Magnesium, potassium, silicon and vitamins A, B Cucumbers are the perfect addition to salads, slaws and C, which boost immunity, give you energy and and other cold dishes. They add a fresh crispness keep you radiant. Give it more power by juicing to cool soups, which are especially good for warm cucumber with carrot and spinach. season meals. Cucumbers can be shaped into • Cut cancer. Studies show that cucumber helps interesting edible containers to hold more strongly to reduce your risk of several different types of flavored dips and stuffings. cancers.

Cucumbers of all varieties are loved for their • Stabilize blood pressure. Patients, with both texture as much as their taste. Since cucumbers high and low blood pressure, often find that eating are approximately 95 percent water, they could cucumber brings relief. be considered a fibrous, pleasantly flavored • Refresh the mouth. Cucumber juice refreshes and thirst quencher. My simple recipe for Cucumber heals diseased gums, leaving your mouth smelling Lemonade is the perfect way to use cucumbers good.

• Smooth hair and nails. Silica, the wonder mineral to refresh and rehydrate during the dog days of summer. in cucumber, makes your hair and nails stronger and shinier.

CUCUMBER LEMONADE • Soothe muscle and joint pain. All those vitamins and minerals make cucumber a powerful enemy of If you don’t want to blend and strain your muscle and joint pain.

• Keep kidneys in shape. Cucumber lowers uric-acid ingredients, slice the organic cucumber and lemon, combine them with the water and sugar and levels in your system, keeping the kidneys happy. refrigerate for at least 4 hours to flavor the water.

• Good for diabetics, who can enjoy cucumber while reaping its health benefits: Cucumber contains 5 cups cold water a hormone needed by the cells of the pancreas to 1 large organic cucumber (peeled and cubed)Ê produce insulin.

Juice of 1 large lemon • Reduces cholesterol. A compound called sterols in 1/2 tablespoon stevia, honey or sugar, as desired cucumber helps reduce bad cholesterol.

For all their wonderful qualities, cucumbers can, at times, be slightly bitter, and it’s important when Using a blender, juicer or food processor, combine choosing them at the market to select smaller fruit. water and cucumber until mixture is smooth.

Strain mixture over a pitcher or large bowl using Cucumbers often are sprayed with pesticides, so a fine mesh strainer, and discarding the solids use organic cucumbers as much as possible. Young (you won’t have to do this step if using a juicer). cucumbers likely will have smaller seeds and are Combine cucumber mixture with lemon juice and usually sweeter. English or hot house cucumbers stevia, honey or sugar. Pour over ice cubes, and are longer than most other varieties and have serve immediately. Makes 2 large servings. a thin, tender skin, so they are great to leave *** unpeeled.

Angela Shelf Medearis is an award-winning children’s author, culinary historian and the author of seven cookbooks. Her new cookbook is “The Kitchen Diva’s Diabetic Cookbook.” Her When choosing cucumbers for pickling, look for website is www.divapro.com. To see how-to videos, recipes and much, much more, Like Angela the nubby, small cucumbers (often called “pickling Shelf Medearis, The Kitchen Diva! on Facebook and go to Hulu.com. Read Gina Harlow’s Blog about food and gardening at www.peachesandprosciutto.com. Recipes may not be reprinted cucumbers”) for the best results. There also is without permission from Angela Shelf Medearis. (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc., and Angela Shelf Medearis an interesting type of cucumber called lemon cucumbers. They’re called “lemon” not because of

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BOOKS -Recommended Reading “The Girls at the Kingfisher Club”

by Genevieve Valentine (Atria Books, $18) Reviewed by Ealish Waddell Once upon a time, in an era known as the Jazz Age, there were 12 lovely young women who had the temerity not to be born boys. Their father, a cold and strict man, shuts his embarrassing excess of daughters away in their rich mansion, an ivory tower that doubles as gilded cage. By day, they go nowhere and see no one. But at night, the girls secretly sneak out of their prison and escape into the speakeasies of 1920s New York City, a glittering, romantic world where they can dance until dawn.

But now, even that fleeting freedom is coming to an end, for their father has begun to suspect their duplicity and is determined to get his daughters all quickly and respectably ensconced with husbands. The girls understandably fear the kind of men who would want a sheltered bride with no knowledge of the outside world, and dread simply exchanging one captivity for another.

Jo, the eldest sister, has charged herself from the first with the responsibility of keeping them all safe and secret on their covert nighttime excursions, and she’s determined to save her sisters from this insidious new threat, even if it means sacrificing her own chances at happiness.

“The Girls at the Kingfisher Club” is an innovative retelling of a European fairy tale transferred to a particularly exciting time in American history, when social consciousness was rising with the hemlines.

The old-fashioned world their father embodies contrasts strongly with the racially and economically diverse kaleidoscope of the underground dance clubs where the girls hone their hard-won autonomy through everything from broken hearts to police raids.

Valentine admirably manages to portray each of the dozen sisters as a recognizable individual, with her own personality and desires, while still making them feel like a real and loving family. (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

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By Tony Rizzo PHOTO: Alexander Skarsgard HOLLYWOOD -- Alexander Skarsgard segues from vampire Eric Northman in “True Blood” to Tarzan, the king of the jungle. Before we see him swinging on any vines, though, he’ll be seen in “The Giver” with Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Katie Holmes and Taylor Swift, out Aug. 15; and “Diary of a Teenage Girl” with Kristen Wiig and Christopher Meloni. This Tarzan will return to Africa after living in London. Filmed in 3D, “Tarzan” will co-star Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz and Djimon Hounsou. Even though it began shooting in April, it won’t be released until July 1, 2016. Apparently, the sexy Swede is anything but shy ... they’re having a hard time getting Skarsgard to keep his loincloth on while shooting.

Tarzan has been a cinema favorite for many years. In 1918, Elmo Lincoln made three silent films as Tarzan. From 1932-1948, Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller was MGM’s Tarzan, though Buster Crabbe (1933), better known as “Flash Gordon,” Bruce Bennett (1935) and Glenn Morris (1938) played him for other producers. In 1952, Tarzan was played by Lex Barker, followed by Gordon Scott (1955-60), Denny Miller (1959), Jock Mahoney (Sally Fields’ father) (1962/63), football player Mike Henry (1966/67), Miles O’Keeffe, with Bo Derek as Jane and Christopher Lambert (1984).

In 1998 Casper Van Dien, fresh off the success of “Starship Troopers,” played Tarzan in “Tarzan and the Lost City,” which cost $20 million to make and only took in $2.8 million domestically. TV has given us four Tarzans: Ron Ely (1967-71), Joe Lara (1989), Wolf Larson (1991-94) and Travis Fimmell (2003).

By the way, Alexander Skarsgard is 37 years old and not married. He was rumored to be dating Ellen Page, who came out recently as a gay woman. He’s also been linked to 25-year-old Swedish actress Alicia Vikander on and off for the past year. It looks like this Tarzan hasn’t found his Jane yet. *** There was a Tarzan movie starring Kellen Lutz in the title role, which was released May 9. Even though it was filmed in 3D, it wasn’t well-received and quickly disappeared. Kellen didn’t have much luck with his “Legend of Hercules” either, which cost $70 million to make and only earned $61 million. Luckily, he’s not carrying his next film, “Expendables 3,” out Aug. 15. He’s in great company with Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Antonio Banderas, Jet Li, Wesley Snipes, Dolph Lungren, Terry Crews, Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford and Arnold Schwarzenegger. With so many action heroes in one film, there’s no way it can fail. If producers will just give this fine young actor another chance to carry a film, hopefully he’ll have better Lutz next time! (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Kids can splash it, squirt it, sprinkle it, stir it, pour it or spray it. In fact, practically the only thing kids can’t do with water is break it! That’s why playing with water is so much fun, especially when the temperatures soar and the whole family needs to cool down.

You don’t have to live near a lake, community pool or ocean to let your kids explore the wonders of the wet. Here are some ideas for both entertaining and educational water fun at home using a wading pool or sprinkler. ¥ Wading pools are like outdoor tubs, so it’s fine for kids to bring favorite bath toys into the pool. Don’t miss out on sharing some great water experiments with your kids and their friends by taking along items found in the kitchen, too. Bring a clean sponge for dipping, squeezing and sprinkling water on arms and legs. ¥ Plastic containers or measuring cups are perfect to show kids the concepts of volume, quantity and measurement.

Let them explore how water “changes shape” by pouring from one container into another. They can use a plastic funnel for the filling and the spilling. Plastic squeegee or pump spray bottles from dish detergent or window cleaner -- emptied and cleaned, of course -- make great outdoor water squirters.

¥ For older kids, some landlubber games can become water games with the help of the sprinkler. Kids can play follow the leader by jumping through it. For extra fun, an adult can play a CD from a porch or deck for a variation on “musical chairs.”

When the music stops, whoever is under the sprinkler at the time is out.

It’s a water world.

Letting kids make friends with water indoors and out gives them a chance to explore, learn and play. It also helps them gain a sense of control and confidence around water that will later prepare them for dips in big pools, lakes, rivers and oceans.

NOTE: For safety’s sake, adult supervision is the rule when kids play in and with water. *** Donna Erickson’s award-winning series “Donna’s Day” is airing on public

television nationwide. To find more of her creative family recipes and activities, visit www.donnasday.com and link to the NEW Donna’s Day Facebook fan page. Her latest book is “Donna Erickson’s Fabulous Funstuff for Families.” (c) 2014 Donna Erickson Distributed by King Features Synd.