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2. Man and woman came into being on what day of creation? First, Second, Third, Sixth

1. Is the book of Malachi in the Old or New Testament or neither?

3. How many windows were in2. Noah’s Ark?19, Zero, From 1 Kings what 1, prophet experienced an earthquake while 52, 100 standing on a mountaintop? Paul, Ahab, Andrew, Elijah 4. From Proverbs 15, what does a soft answer turneth 3. Who was the first woman to be ashamed away? Wisdom, Scorn, Wrath, Fear of her lack of clothing? Eve, Anna, Pilate’s wife, Miriam

4. Which kingdifferent was stricken with 5. Which apostle was shipwrecked three leprosy because he disobeyed God’s times? Paul, Peter, Philip, James command and burned incense on a holy altar? Uzziah, Solomon, Joab,

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• Superior is so large that all of the other four Great Lakes, plus three more the size of Lake Erie, would fit inside. It contains enough water to submerge all of North and South America in a foot (30.5 cm) of water. Lake Superior alone accounts for 10% of the world’s fresh surface water. An estimated 100 million trout live in Lake Superior. • A large island 45 miles (72 km) long and 9 miles (14 km) wide sits in the middle of Lake Superior. The island, Isle Royale, has several smaller lakes, making them, in essence, lakes on a lake. Isle Royale, along with 450 smaller islands, make up Isle Royale National Park. • The Wyandot Indians, or Hurons, who lived on its shores, lent their name to Lake Huron. Huron, the second-largest Great Lake and the fifth largest lake in the world, has the longest shoreline of any of the Great Lakes, 3,827 miles (6,157 km), which includes its many islands. Huron was the first of the Great Lakes to be discovered by European explorers, French explorers Samuel de Champlain and Etienne Brule, who travelled up the Ottawa and Mattawa rivers in 1615. They called it “La Mer Douce,” meaning the “sweet/fresh-water sea.” • The Ojibwa Indians originally named Lake Michigan “mishigami,” meaning ‘large lake.” The third largest Great Lake, Michigan is the only one located entirely within the United States. • Marathon swimmer Jim Dreyer started his swimming career with a 65-mile (105-km) swim across Lake Michigan in 1998. In 2003, he swam the length of 422 miles (679 km).

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• All of the Great Lakes have had a good amount of shipwrecks. On a frigid December day in 1854, the steamer Westmoreland, loaded with winter provisions for the troops on Mackinac Island, sprung a leak while in the middle of Lake Michigan. Within a short time, the boiler had flooded, the fire went out, and the ship lost its power. With the added weight of a thick coating of ice from the lake’s waves, the ship sank shortly afterward. Half of its 34 crew and passengers perished, with the other half making their way to safety aboard life boats on the rolling waves. It was rumored that the steamer contained $10,000 in gold coins, along with 280 barrels of whiskey. In 2010, over 155 years after the accident, the ship was discovered upright on the bottom, 200 feet (61 m) below the surface in a bay. To date, no discovery of gold has been reported. • Another Lake Michigan disaster occurred in 1860, when a steamer carrying 600 people collided with a boat carrying timber to Chicago. The death toll of this collision was 450. • More than 1,000 shipwrecks have been recorded in Lake Huron, with many still at the lake’s bottom. A particularly severe storm in 1913 produced wind gusts of 90 mph (145 kph), and waves exceeding 35 feet (11 m). This 16-hour storm sank 10 ships, and killed 235 sailors. • Lake Erie’s name comes from the Iroquois language, derived from “erielhonan,” the word for long tail, a description of the lake’s shape. It’s the fourth largest in surface area, but the smallest by water volume. Although Erie is the smallest Great Lake in volume, it’s surrounded by the most industry. Seventeen large metropolitan areas border the Lake Erie basin.

3. Which team ended the NFC’s run of 13 consecutive Super Bowl victories? 4. When was the last time before the 2016-17 season that Valparaiso had a men’s basketball coach who did not have the last name of Drew. 5. Name the last No. 1 seed in the NHL playoffs before Chicago in 2017 to be eliminated in the first round. 6. Who was the last American male boxer before Shakur Stevenson in 2016 to win a gold or silver medal at the Olympics? 7. In 2017, Justin Thomas recorded the lowest-ever score for a 72-hole PGA event (253). Who had held the record for the lowest score? (c) 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.

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1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the international radio Lake Erie is reportedly home toA BRIDGE a PLAYER’S NIGHT-code word wrong! for the letter “W”? Fishbein had a somewhat similar 40-foot-long (12.2-m) snakelikeMARE sea 2. LITERATURE: experience when heWhat held thefamous South cardsnovelist in today’s deal and his partner mystery sometimes monster named Bessie. First sighted in bid and rebid hearts opposite his void. wrote Fishbein undertried thethree pseudonym Mary 1. HISTORY: The Hellenistic Age spades next, hop1793, more recent sightings have been began after the death of which world ing partner would either bid three Westmacott? leader? notrump or raise clubs. reported in 1960, 1969, four times in the 2. ART: For what type of art was North next cuebid the ace of dia-was the 3. U.S.But PRESIDENTS: Who tallestBrooks of the U.S. Gwendolyn best known? monds, and Fishbein was reluctantly 1980s, and again in 1990 by two Huron 3. MUSIC: What is the last name of presidents? obliged to bid four hearts, despite the the parson mentioned in the lyrics of void, reliving the story he had told so firefighters. An Ohio marine biologist 4. LANGUAGE: What is a gerund?the holiday song “Winter Wonderoften. land”? Fortunately, matters took a turn for 4.group PERSONALITIES: Who said, “a says Bessie might be a large specimen 5. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is anickel of raccoons the better when his partner belatedly ain’t worth a dime anymore”? showed club support, prompting Fishcalled? 5. MOVIES: What band wrote the of a lake sturgeon, which can live to bein to bid six clubs. He then proceedtheme song for the James Bond movie ed to make theThe slam by careful play. 6. HISTORY: United States purchased Alaska from “Live and Let Die”? age 150 and reach lengths in excess of Fishbein won the spade lead with the 6. POLITICS: What was the eventual whichace, country played a in club1867? to the queen and name of the U.S. political party 7 feet (2.1 m) and weights of 300 lbs. discarded the 10-5 of spades on the A“the Know-Nothings”? 7. MEDICAL: What happens someone experiences K of hearts. Now, instead of drawing whendubbed 7. ROYALS: What is the name of (136 kg), with a somewhat prehistoric trumps, as many players might have obdormition? Queen Elizabeth II’s youngest son? done, he ruffed a heart before cashing 8. TELEVISION: Which TV show appearance. During the 1800s, the A-K of clubs. 8. U.S.theHeSTATES: Which is the largest U.S.thestate area? spawned spinoffbyseries called Harry Fishbein, one of New York’s then led a diamond, losing the “Benson”? Sandusky, Ohio area was known as early experts, liked to tell the story nine to East’s king, ruffed the spade 9. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: 9.was GAMES: tiles are involved in the game ofWho about the unfortunate player who return andHow tried a many second diamond wrote the comic opera “Babes in Toythe caviar capital of North America, dealt sevenas diamonds and six mahjong? clubs finesse. When the jack held, Fishbein land”? and, naturally, found his partner with was home. He ruffed a heart to estab10. ENTERTAINMENT: Joseph the source of caviar is sturgeonthe eggs. same distribution, but in the 10. majorFAMOUS lish the suit, and in that way overcame QUOTES: What 20th-century Grimaldi was oneplaywright of the first performsuits. the 4-2 diamond division. Had he ing clowns to do what? “Itolike when they are More than 5 million lbs. (2,267,962 kg) The bidding zoomed merrily once along said, neglected ruff along heart atwalks, trick five especially Answers until the seven level was reached, at before drawing trumps, would have taken by people whoheannoy me”? 1. Alexander the Great of sturgeon were pulled from Lake Erie which point the unfortunate player gone down.

2. Poetry to choose which of his partner’s (c) 2017 King Features Synd., Inc. in 1885 for commercial harvest.had to — and he guessed 3. Parson Brown twoDue suits to support 4. Yogi Berra years of overharvesting, the sturgeon 5. Paul McCartney and Wings 6. American Party population experienced a dramatic 7. Edward 8. “Soap” 9. Victor Herbert decline, but is now making a comeback. 10. Paint his face A 7’4” (2.2 m), 250-lb. (113- kg) sturgeon was snagged from Lake Erie in 1998. • Lake Ontario takes its name from another Huron Indian word, meaning “lake of shining water.” The lake was not named after the Canadian province Ontario, rather it was the other way around with the province named after the lake. • Lake Ontario is the easternmost and the smallest of the five Great Lakes. Although smaller than Lake Erie, it’s Milton-Freewater much deeper and holds four times the Farmers Market volume of water. It’s located east of Lake Erie, and is at the base of Niagara Every Wednesday Falls. 4-7pm • Baseball great Babe Ruth hit his first June thru September professional home run in Toronto Island’s Hanlan’s Point Stadium. Orchard Park Hanlan’s Point was the biggest ballpark (Bottom of Milton Hill) in the minor leagues, a 17,000-seat facility that was the home of the Toronto mffarmersmarket.org Maple Leafs. In September of 1914, the Babe slammed the home run right into The following businesses invite you to the Of The Mountain Lake Ontario. It’s Blue believed the ballRegion still Farmers Market in Milton-Freewater: rests at the bottom. Marv’s Glass Shop • Baker Boyer Bank Widner Electric • Seaquist Real Estate Read the paper online at: Broadway Family Dental Saager’s Shoe Shop Mike Swinnerton, State Farm Agent Milton-Freewater School District © 2005 King Features Synd., Inc.

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• On Sept. 1, 1864, Union Army Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman lays siege to Atlanta, a critical Confederate hub, shelling civilians and cutting off supply lines. On Nov. 15, Sherman ordered that Atlanta’s military resources, including munitions factories, clothing mills and railway yards, be burned. The fire got out of control and left Atlanta in ruins. • On Aug. 31, 1886, an earthquake near Charleston, South Carolina, leaves more than 100 people dead and destroys hundreds of buildings. It was the largest recorded earthquake in the history of the southeastern U.S. • On Sept. 3, 1935, Britain’s Sir Malcolm Campbell sets a new land-speed record on the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah. With its low-slung, aerodynamic body and 2,500-horsepower engine, the Bluebird averaged 301 mph in two runs over a 1-mile course. Today, the land-speed record stands at 763 mph. • On Aug. 29, 1958, pop sensation Michael Jackson is born in Gary, Indiana. Jackson began performing at age 7 with his four brothers in the pop group the Jackson 5, which scored its first No. 1 single in 1969 with “I Want You Back.” • On Aug. 30, 1963, at the height of the Cold War, a 24-hour-a-day “hot line” between Moscow and Washington begins operation. The hot line was designed to speed communication between the U.S. president and Soviet premier and help prevent an —12— accidental nuclear war. • On Sept. 2, 1973, J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the best-selling fantasy novels “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” -- the source of the award-winning blockbuster movie trilogy -- dies at the age of 81 in England. • On Aug. 28, 1988, with 100,000 spectators on hand, an air show at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany turns tragic when three Italian fighter jets collide in mid-air and fall into the crowd. Sixty-nine spectators were killed and hundreds more injured. (c) 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.

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August 22, 2017

HOLLYWOOD -- Anne Hathaway, Oscar winner for “Les Miserables” (2012), who impressed with “Ella Enchanted” (2004), “Brokeback Mountain” and “The Dark Knight” (2012), is taking on the role of her career -- she will be playing “Barbie.” Yes, that Barbie, who’s been kicked out of Barbieland for not being perfect enough. Hathaway’s girl power continues to rule with the female reboot of “Ocean’s Eleven,” called “Ocean’s Eight,” with Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett and Rihanna, opening June 8, 2018, followed by “Nasty Women,” with Rebel Wilson. It’s the female reboot of the 1988 Michael Caine/Steve Martin comedy, “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.” *** First came Chris Hemsworth (age 33) as Thor, and Luke Hemsworth Liam Hemsworth (27) in “The Hunger Games,” and Photo credit: Depositphotos now the third brother, 36-year-old Luke Hemsworth (currently playing Ashley Stubbs, in HBO’s “Westworld”) had his first starring film. “Hickok” (as in Wild Bill Hickok), with Kris Kristofferson, Bruce Dern and Trace Adkins, hit big screens in July. The Hollywood Reporter observed in its review, “The innate superiority of the Hemsworth family gene pool is demonstrated by the low-budget oater.” The film will be available Aug. 17 on DVD. Luke’s next film, the sci-fi thriller “Encounter,” with Tom Atkins (of the 1980 classic “The Fog”), will arrive Nov. 1. Chris Hemsworth has three Thor films in his future: “Ragnarok” (in theaters Nov. 3), “Avengers: Infinity War” (out May 4) and an untitled “Avengers” film (due May 3, 2019). He’s also starring for Jerry Bruckheimer in his war drama “Horse Soldiers,” in which he, Michael Shannon and Michael Pena are CIA agents in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban. Youngest Hemsworth, Liam, engaged to Miley Cyrus, currently is filming “Isn’t It Romantic,” with Rebel Wilson, Adam DeVine and Priyanka Chopra, for a Valentine’s Day opening. *** Dame Helen Mirren, who won an Oscar for “The Queen” (2006) and appeared most recently in “The Fate of the Furious,” stars in “Ella & John,” with Donald Sutherland, opening Jan. 19, about a senior couple taking a road trip from Boston to Florida in a vintage Winnebago. Next up is “Winchester” (out Feb. 23) as Sarah Winchester, whose husband, William Winchester, treasurer of The Winchester Repeating Arms Co., and daughter died suddenly, three weeks apart, in 1881. She believed she was cursed, and that if she stopped building their house in San Jose, California, she would die. For nearly 40 years, she built rooms and staircases that led nowhere, until she became ill and the work stopped, at which time she died. In addition, she’s co-starring with Keira Knightly and Morgan Freeman in Disney’s live-action film, “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms,” due Nov. 2, 2018. It’s a hot week when we can write about Barbie, girl power, three hunks and a dame. Oh well, three out of four isn’t bad!

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Milton-Freewater Farmers Market

08/24

Take Off Pounds Sensibly (T.O.P.S.)

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Arts Portal Gallery

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Jewelry Workshops

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Vineyard Voices Toastmasters

6-7 pm; 109 NE 5th Street, Milton-Freewater. The group meets every Tuesday. All are welcome! For more info: Call Jennifer Zerba 307-258-0572

08/23

••••• Walla Walla ••••• Prayer Meeting

6:30 pm; City Church, 2133 South Howard, Walla Walla, Every Wednesday. In the Crosswise Classroom.

08/25

Celebrate Recovery

08/28

Blue Mountain Toastmasters

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Celebrate World Daffodil Day on August 25 by plucking a few facts about this cheery blossom. • Daffodils are also known as paperwhite, jonquil, and narcissus, and are members of the amaryllis family. The word “narcissus” has its origins in the Greek language for “to benumb,” referring to the narcotic properties of this plant. In Greek mythology, Narcissus was a beautiful youth who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool, and pined away, unable to leave the beauty of his reflection. According to the myth, the gods turned him into a flower. Narcissus lent his name to the word “narcissism,” a fixation with one’s own physical appearance and abilities. • Although there are close to 60 different species of wild daffodils, at least 13,000 types have been created through selective breeding, with more being created every year. • The plant has a leafless stem that will have one to 20 trumpet-shaped blossoms on top. Although the most familiar color is yellow, other varieties can be found in white, orange, green, and pink. The plant varies in height from 6 inches to 20 inches (15 to 51 cm). • Daffodils bulbs store all the nutrients necessary to develop the stem and blooms. Bulbs planted in the Autumn will blossom in the Spring, sometimes pushing their way through the snow. Daffodils can also be grown from seeds, which are round and black with a hard protecting coating. • The stem and bulb of a daffodil contain a toxic alkaloid designed to keep predators at a distance. Squirrels know better than to eat daffodil bulbs because of the poisonous crystals, but the bulbs shouldn’t be planted if you have a dog who likes to dig.

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• “If you are going on vacation, leave a plastic baggie filled with ice cubes in your freezer. When you return, if the baggie is filled with a single chunk of ice, you’ll know your power was interrupted long enough to spoil your food while you were away.” -- G.L. in Missouri • Here’s another moving tip: Bundle clothing on hangers with a rubber band. Slip the whole lot into a trash bag. The items will be ready to hang in the new closet with hardly any fuss. • Ants in your pet’s food bowl? Set cat or dog food bowls in a pie plate or other shallow dish filled with water. Ants and bugs can’t cross the water to get to the food, so it’s safe from pests. • “Use charcoal in the bathroom to prevent humidity from turning into mildew. Put a few charcoal bricks into a small open container, like a bowl. Then just tuck it behind the toilet. It traps excess moisture. Use only plain charcoal, not the kind that has lighter fluid in it!” -- W.K. in Ohio • “If you have a magnetic closure on a kitchen cabinet that is too strong (you have to really pull the door to get it open), try this simple fix: Put a small piece of clear tape over the magnet. It reduces the magnet’s pull just enough that it doesn’t take as much effort. We did this at my grandma’s house when she got new kitchen cabinets, and she’s much happier now!” -- Y.L.S. in Alabama • Have a terrific-smelling candle that’s burned down to bits? Scrape them out, and place in a small mason jar. Poke holes in the lid, and cap the jar. Then keep the jar in your car’s cup holder. When the car warms in the sun, it’ll smell wonderful, and there’s no need for a flame. Send your tips to Now Here’s a Tip, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. (c) 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.

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1. Oakland won 20 in a row in 2002. 2. Tom Phoebus, in 1966. 3. Denver, in Super Bowl XXXII after the 1997 NFL season. 4. It was the 1987-88 season. 5. The Vancouver Canucks, in 2012. 6. Andre Ward won a gold medal in 2004. 7. Tommy Armour III shot 254 in a tournament in 2003.

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DAFFODILS (continued):

• Because of the toxic sap in the stem, daffodils shouldn’t be arranged in a vase with other flowers unless the daffodils have been soaked in water for 24 hours. Re-cutting the stems will cause a rerelease of the toxin. Florists often have an allergic reaction to the flower called “daffodil itch.” • It’s odd that although the stem and bulb are toxic, another substance found in the bulb called narciclasine has been shown to have potential to treat breast cancer. In addition, an alkaloid known as galantamine found in daffodils is proving effective against the symptoms of Alzheimers Disease. Even the ancient Romans cultivated daffodils for the sap they believed had healing properties. Ancient Egyptians used the juice of the wild daffodil as a cure for baldness. It’s not known whether or not it worked! • Although daffodils have been cultivated since ancient times, the name was not recorded in print until 1538. In 1623, William Shakespeare mentioned daffodils twice in Act 4 of his play “The Winter’s Tale.” • The daffodil is the national flower of the country of Wales, and the Welsh people wear a blossom on Saint David’s Day, March 1. Welsh legend claims that if you spy the first daffodil of the season, the coming 12 months will be filled with wealth. To these folks, it symbolizes new beginnings. The wedding cake of Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton featured 17 different kinds of flowers, one of which was the daffodil. • During Victorian times, the flowers were a symbol of chivalry. If you receive a bouquet of daffodils, it’s a symbol and happiness, good fortune, and hope. However, a gift of a single daffodil is said to predict misfortune.

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BUTTERFLIES

‘Tis the season for butterflies, and Tidbits is fixing its attention on these members of the order Lepidoptera. • The word Lepidoptera has its origins in the Greek language, with Lepidos translating “scales” and ptera meaning “wings.” The four wings of a butterfly are covered with millions of overlapping, shingle-like rows of tiny scales, which give the wings their color. The wings are actually clear, and it’s the reflection of light off the scales that produces the colors and patterns we see. If the scales were removed from a butterfly’s wings, it would still be able to fly, it just wouldn’t have any color. • There are about 24,000 species of butterflies around the world. Adding moths (which are also part of Lepidoptera) increases that number to nearly 165,000. Every continent except Antarctica is home to butterflies. • Although some butterflies can fly up to 30 mph (48 km/hr), most fly at 5 to 12 mph (8 to 19 km/hr). They can’t fly at all if their body temperature is less than 86 degrees F (30 C). • The lifespan of the butterfly varies from two days up to 11 months. Its life cycle consists of four parts, with each physical transformation a part of what is known as metamorphosis, a word with Latin origins meaning “changing shape.” A female butterfly lays her eggs on a plant, attaching them with a special natural glue. Those eggs might hatch within a few days, although some take months or even years, depending on the conditions. Once the egg hatches, a tiny caterpillar crawls out and has its first meal – its own eggshell. It then starts munching on its host plant.

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• This caterpillar state, known as larva, is when most of the eating and growing occurs. As it grows, the covering splits and the caterpillar sheds its skin, a process that occurs five times before it changes into the pupa, or chrysalis, a stage in which a hard casing forms around the body. Inside the chrysalis, the butterfly’s six legs, proboscis, antennae, and wings are growing. In about 10 to 15 days, the pupa breaks open, and out comes the butterfly! Its wings emerge wet and crinkly, and it takes about an hour for them to be straight, dry, and strong enough for the butterfly to fly away. • The butterfly’s long flexible tongue, through which it sips its liquid food, is known as a proboscis. This tubelike tongue uncoils when it’s time to sip nectar, then coils up again into a spiral when not in use. The butterfly doesn’t sip only nectar from flowers – nourishment also comes from pollen, tree sap, rotting fruit, dissolved minerals in puddles or wet sand, or even an animal’s open wound. • A butterfly can’t hear, but its eyes have 6,000 lenses that can see ultraviolet light, as well as the colors red, green, and yellow. They taste with their feet and they smell with their antennae. • The largest butterfly is the Queen Alexandra’s birdwing, found on the island of New Guinea. Its wingspan can reach 10.5 inches (27 cm). The species was discovered in 1906 by a collector. • It should come as no surprise that a group of butterflies is sometimes referred to as a flutter!

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