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All across the nation there are city names that include the word “San.” Travel along as Tidbits visits several and discovers the meanings of their names.

• In the Spanish language, the word “San” translates “Saint.” The city of San Diego is named in tribute of Saint Didacus, a Spanish 15thcentury Franciscan missionary, born Diego de San Nicolas. In 1542, Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and his crew sailed along the coast of what is now California, where they discovered a large bay, claimed the area for Spain, and named it San Miguel. In 1602, another Spanish explorer, Sebastian Vizcaino, renamed the area San Diego, in honor of St. Didacus. In 1769, a fort and mission were established there, the first permanent European settlement in California. The community remained small until the 1880s, when several military facilities were established there. San Diego is now home to the largest naval fleet in the world, and is the eighth largest city in the U.S. The city has hosted two World’s Fairs, in 1915-1916 and 1935-1936. The 1915 fair’s preserved buildings can be found in Balboa Park. That Fair also provided the beginnings of the legendary San Diego Zoo when a menagerie of exotic animals, including kangaroos,

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2. What U.S. city is named in honor of Joseph, the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus?

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buffalo, leopards, lions, baboons, monkeys, and parrots were borrowed from the Wonderland Amusement Park to exhibit. By the time the fair closed in 1916, Wonderland had closed, and the animals were kept as the zoo’s beginning. Today, the zoo experiences more than 5 million visitors a year.

• When the Spanish Franciscan priest Father Junipero Serra founded the San Juan Capistrano Mission in 1776, he named it in honor of Saint John of Capistrano, Italy, a theologian who led a crusade against Ottoman Empire invaders in 1456 at 70 years of age. By 1806, the mission sheltered 1,000+ people, 10,000 head of cattle, and an ornate mission church. Every year on March 19, the “Miracle of the Swallows” occurs when migratory American cliff swallows finish a 6,000-mile flight from their winter home Goya, Argentina. The tiny birds, measuring just 5.1 inches in length, depart Goya every February 18 and arrive in California on what is now called St. Joseph’s Day. Every year on October 23rd, the swallows circle the city and begin their 31-day flight back to Argentina.

• Yet another Franciscan missionary lent his name to a California City, Bernardino of Siena, an Italian priest who died in 1444. San Bernardino is a city of firsts – the world’s first McDonald’s restaurant opened there in 1940, when brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald founded the chain. The Rolling Stones played their first-ever U.S. concert there in 1966 at the Swing Auditorium, an establishment that was destroyed by an airplane crash on September 11, 1981. The late president Lyndon B. Johnson worked as an elevator doorman at the city’s Platt Building in 1925. The motorcycle club known as the “Hell’s Angels” got their start in San Bernardino in 1948. ...continued

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• When a Spanish explorer sailed into the channel near present-day Santa Barbara in 1602, it happened to be on Saint Barbara’s feast day, a day honoring a Christian martyr who was beheaded by her father in 342 AD for refusing to renounce Christianity. Sebastian Vizcaino named the area Santa Barbara in commemoration. The city’s nickname is “Hollywood of the North,” as hundreds of movies have been filmed there, and it was home to the world’s largest movie studio, Flying A Studios, between 1910 and 1922. Ironically, the soap opera “Santa Barbara” was not filmed there, but rather 89 miles east in Burbank. Santa Barbara is also noteworthy as the city where the Motel 6 chain was founded in 1962, offering rooms at $6 per night.

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• The honor of the oldest state capital in the United States belongs to Santa Fe, New Mexico, a city founded in 1610. It’s also the capital with the highest elevation at 7,199 feet above sea level, and home to the oldest surviving church, San Miguel Mission, built in the early 1600s. Before the Europeans came to North America, the natives called the area “White Shell Water Place.” The Spaniards gave it the name of “La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asis”, which translates the “Royal Town of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of Assisi.” In fact, that remains the official full name of the city, and appears on the seal and flag of Santa Fe. The shortened “Santa Fe,” simply means “Holy Faith.” The local museum is housed in the historic adobe Place of the Governors, the oldest government building in the U.S., built in 1610. ...continued

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• The city of San Antonio, Texas, the seventh-most populous city in the nation, is named after Saint Anthony of Lisbon, a Portuguese Catholic priest who died in 1231. It was founded in 1718 as a Spanish mission and fort by Catholic missionaries. San Antonio became the first chartered settlement in what is now Texas in 1731. The city still contains five 18th-century missions within its boundaries, one of which is the Alamo. Although we think of the Alamo as a military fortress, it was first a mission established in 1718 as Mission San Antonio de Valero for education of the nearby native population. In 1793, the church gave over control of the mission, and the area, including some 30 adobe buildings became a self-governing community. It was occupied by the military in the early 1800s, who renamed it The Alamo, probably because of a nearby grove of cottonwood trees, known in Spanish as “alamo.” In 1836, it was the site of the Battle of the Alamo in the midst of the Texas fight for independence. Mexican general Santa Anna marched 1,500 troops into the area to reclaim Texas and a 10-day battle ensued against about 100 Texans. The 100 soldiers were completely wiped out, including Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie. Before falling into great disrepair, the chapel served as a grocery store. In 1905, the state of Texas purchased what was left of the compound and began preservation. The site receives about 2.5 million visitors annually.

• The city of San Fernando, California is completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. Other cities in the San Fernando Valley agreed to be annexed by Los Angeles in the 1910s to receive access to L.A.’s abundant water supply created by a new aqueduct. San Fernando was able to reject the annexation because of their own plentiful groundwater supply. The city is named for the nearby mission that in turn was named for Saint Ferdinand of Spain, who was the King of Spain in the 13th century. © 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.

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The first customer to purchase one of the tiny homes was a town police officer who'd been sent to investigate a complaint about the parking lot being full of construction materials.

"I own the lot," said Sarge.

The officer nodded. "Then do what you want."

He stepped over to the first tiny home and peeked in.

Within a half hour, the officer had chosen his flooring and exterior cladding, signed a purchase agreement and put down a cash deposit, the $17 he had in his pocket.

David, the homeless veteran foreman of the Veterans Village project, stood gripping the $17 after the officer left.

"I've just sold my first tiny home," he said to Sarge, amazed and stunned. "He'll be back tomorrow with a cashier's check for the whole thing."

Sarge patted him on the shoulder and headed into the coffee shop, where he pulled out his phone and punched in some numbers.

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By 10 o'clock the next morning, the second tiny home was also sold, full of custom extras.

By noon, David was at the counter in the coffee shop, Sarge at his elbow, while he tapped frantically at a calculator and consulted a notebook of costs.

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Sarge checked the math, tapping the calculator: sales prices minus cost of materials, minus carpenter wages, minus, minus, minus, until he hit grand total.

"That's right."

David slumped onto a stool. "Sell two more tiny homes and I'll be able to put something down on that land," he said, "before it's gone."

Sarge ran a hand down his jaw, considering the secret he'd been keeping. Then he pulled a much-folded savings bank statement from his back pocket and handed it to David.

"This is from the old vets here," Sarge said, "plus their families, plus many others, plus a state grant, to help you get Veterans Village started. For you to buy the land and pay cash. You'll own it outright."

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• Many medical terms are formed from a prefix, root word, and suffix, Greek or Latin in origin. A prefix, such as “endo” (within), “trans” (across), or “peri” (surrounding) is linked to the root word, for example, “cardio” (heart), “brachi” (arm), or “steth,” (chest), with the addition of a suffix such as “itis” (inflammation), “megaly” (enlargement), or “oma” (tumor). “Pericarditis” means “inflammation of the • An MRI also provides images of the inside of the body, but by means of a magnetic field and computer-generated outer layer of the heart.” radio waves. Magnetic Resonance Imaging realigns the • A gastroenterologist is a doctor who specializes body’s water molecules, which radio waves stimulate to in treating the stomach (gastro) and intestines (en- produce signals that are used to create cross-sectional imtero). ages. It’s different from a CT scan, because it doesn’t use • The term encephalitis combines the prefix “en- X-rays or radiation. MRI’s are frequently used to diagcephalo” and “itis” to describe inflammation of the nose brain and spinal cord ailments, but can also detect brain. multiple sclerosis, stroke, tumors, abnormalities of the • The suffix –otomy or –tomy indicates a surgical organs, and problems with bones and joints. procedure that has an incision, from the Greek word • An EEG and an EKG both measure electrical impulses in “tomia,” which means “to cut.” For example, a cra- the body, but they measure the activity of different body niotomy requires the surgical cutting of the skull. A parts. An Electroencephalogram, or EEG, detects the actracheotomy is an incision made into the trachea, or tivity in the brain, while the Electrocardiogram, EKG, windpipe, in order to insert a tube to allow airflow measures the activity of the heart. An EEG is one of the to the lungs. When a muscle is cut, it’s known as a main tests used to diagnose epilepsy or other brain disormyotomy, while a thoracotomy is an incision into der, while an EKG can indicate if parts of the heart are too the chest. large or are overworked.

• Ancient physicians thought that the arteries served • If you’re trying to understand the instructions on a preas air ducts in the body rather than as conveyors of scription, the abbreviation b.i.d. means “twice a day,” blood. As a result, they assigned the Greek word from the Latin “bis in die.” If the scrip reads q.d., that’s “arteria,” meaning “air holder,” to these vessels. short for “once a day,” translated from the Latin “quaque • When the medical team says “STAT,” they mean die.” If you are to take the medication three times a day, “act urgently or rush.” This term comes from the the abbreviation is t.i.d., (Latin “ter in die”), and four times Latin word “statum,” which means “immediately.” a day will be written as q.i.d., (Latin “quater in die.”).

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• Christopher Havens, a high school dropout and convicted murderer, taught himself advanced mathematics and solved a decades-old math puzzle involving "continued fractions" while in prison. He then published his findings in an international advanced math journal in January 2020.

• The Grand Canyon is so big that it creates its own weather.

• In August 1971, the Pittsburgh Pirates became the first professional team to have all nine players in the lineup be of Black or Latino descent.

• World War II German interrogator Hanns Scharff's unusual techniques for extracting information -which included sharing his wife's homemade baked goods, cracking jokes, unsupervised nature walks and afternoon tea -- were so successful that the U.S. military later incorporated them into their own interrogation schools.

• The blood in that infamous "Psycho" shower scene was actually chocolate syrup.

• Because it turns yellow when fully ripe, the Persian lime is not commonly found in markets, as it gets confused for lemons, but is used for most commercial purposes.

• Hungarian composer Franz Liszt received so many requests for locks of his hair that he bought a dog and sent fur clippings instead.

• The Bible is the most commonly stolen book in the world.

• Pill bugs, also known as roly-polys, are not insects but rather crustaceans. They breathe through gills and are more closely related to shrimp and lobsters than other bugs.

• The moon is not round, but shaped like an egg.

• Brunettes are more likely than anyone else to become hooked on nicotine. The high levels of the pigment melanin in their hair also make it difficult for the liver to metabolize the nicotine, keeping it in the system longer and making it easier to become addicted. *** Thought for the Day: "The vacation we often need is freedom from our own mind." -- Jack Adam Weber

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Achieving a successful spray for mosquitoes in September can be very difficult. Mosquitoes function best around 80° F, they become lethargic around 60° F and cannot function below 50° F. As we get into September, once the sun goes down the temperature usually drops rapidly and mosquito activity decrease significantly. Spraying for mosquitoes when there is little natural activity results in few mosquitoes killed and expensive chemicals needlessly sprayed. We know it is frustrating when you’re getting bit up from these pests but it isn’t that we don’t want to spray, or don’t have the staff or resources, it comes down to whether or not spraying would be effective. We need to have the right meteorological conditions when spraying mosquitoes.

The best solution to this problem is to wear protective clothing and apply insect repellants that contain DEET. Please be patient, when the conditions improve for spraying, we’ll get out there as soon as we can. We want to do the best job we can to reduce the mosquito population, but we must follow the label directions for the chemicals we use and we will not be reckless with the products we use to control mosquitoes in our community.

Grand Forks Mosquito Control has identified mosquitoes that were positive for West Nile virus this summer. The State Health Dept. has also reported human WNV from Grand Forks County. The cities of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks urge citizens to take extra precautions to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes.

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• For a little extra visibility in the basement, try applying glow-in-thedark or reflective tape on the edges of the stairs.

• This tip will change your life when peeling eggs: After you have hardboiled your eggs, drain and submerge in ice water. Put them back in the pot, put the lid on and shake. Shake in all directions for up to a minute. The eggs practically slip right out of their shells.

Just rinse and prep. — JoAnn • “To distinguish your keys, especially house keys that have similar stamps, simply paint the key head with different colors of nail polish.

You could even add a very subtle dot of the matching polish on the key lock.

Reapply as needed.” — S.L. in Oregon • If you keep birds, here’s a reminder: Never preheat pans on high heat — especially nonstick pans. They can let off a chemical that you or I cannot detect but can be a health hazard if your bird friend is in the kitchen area. Don’t keep birds in the kitchen when cooking.

• “To mark the end on a roll of tape, save your bread tabs. Stick one on the tape end and it will be ready and easy to start the next time. If it’s a thick tape, you can use two clips — one at either side of the tape. This way, it won’t split on you.” — M.E. in Maryland • Use a flat iron to iron your collar if it’s rumpled. This also works to straighten out buttonholes that have crimped.

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• On Sept. 22, 1598, 26-year-old playwright Ben Jonson is indicted for manslaughter after a duel. He was very nearly hanged, but his ability to read and write saved him. He claimed "benefit of clergy," which allowed him to be sentenced by the lenient ecclesiastical courts. In his time, Jonson was as famous as Shakespeare.

• On Sept. 25, 1789, the first Congress of the United States proposes 12 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, and sends them to the states for ratification. Ten were ratified and are known as the Bill of Rights.

• On Sept. 21, 1866, H.G. Wells, pioneer of science fiction, is born in Bromley, England. In 1895, he published his classic novel "The Time Machine" about a man who journeys to the future. The book was a success, as was "The War of the Worlds" (1898).

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• On Sept. 20, 1881, Chester Arthur is inaugurated, becoming the third person to serve as president in that year. In March, President Rutherford Hayes turned over the reins of government to James Garfield, who was assassinated July 2 by a crazed gunman. Arthur, the vice president, was sworn in the next day.

• On Sept. 26, 1928, work begins at Chicago's new Galvin Manufacturing Corporation. In 1930, Galvin would introduce the Motorola radio, the first massproduced car radio. (The name had two parts: "motor," evoking cars, and "ola" derived from "Victrola" record players.)

• On Sept. 24, 1968, CBS airs the first episode of the pioneer newsmagazine show "60 Minutes," which would become the longest-running prime-time show in American television history. The first episode featured coverage of the Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey presidential campaigns.

• On Sept. 23, 1992, Manon Rheaume becomes the first woman to play in men's North American pro sports leagues when she takes the ice for the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning in a preseason game.

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• The name of the city of San Francisco is a tribute to Giovanni di Bernardone, better known as the Italian Catholic friar Saint Francis of Assisi. The Bay there was discovered in 1769, but a fort wasn’t built until 1776, followed by a mission in 1797. An official settlement wasn’t founded until 1835, but it wasn’t called San Francisco then, but rather Yerba Buena, named for a native herb found in abundance in the area.

It remained Yerba Buena until 1847, when the population was about 800. When gold was discovered in the area in 1848, people flocked to San Francisco by the thousands, and by 1849, the population had reached 25,000.

• The discovery of silver in 1859 increased the appeal of the area, along with the completion of the trans-continental railroad in 1869.

• The first of San Francisco’s cable cars went into service in 1873 on Clay Street. By this time, nearly 150,000 residents called the city home, and by 1900, that number had doubled.

• One of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history occurred early on the morning of April 18, 1906, when an earthquake measuring 8.25 on the Richter scale struck San Francisco. Although the earthquake caused widespread destruction, the fires that came afterward were worse. With the tremors destroying the city’s water mains, firefighters had no way to battle the blazes throughout the city. By the end of three days of out-of-control fires, 3,000 people had lost their lives, and 250,000 of the city’s 400,000 residents were homeless. More than 28,000 buildings covering nearly 500 city blocks were destroyed, with damages estimated at $500 million in 1906 dollars.

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• San Francisco suffered two outbreaks of bubonic plague in the early 1900s, with the first claiming 122 lives between 1900 and 1904, and another 190 between 1907 and 1909. The 1906 earthquake not only rendered people homeless, but thousands of rats as well, which led to rat infestations in refugee camps established for the homeless, contributing to the spread of the plague.

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• Construction on the iconic Golden Gate Bridge began in 1933, when 3.25 million cubic feet of dirt were excavated to seat the bridge’s 12-story-tall anchorages. The structure spans 1.7 miles across the narrow strait where San Francisco Bay opens up to the Pacific Ocean. Engineers suspended a safety net under the bridge during construction, 10 feet wider than the bridge, an action that saved the lives of 19 men who fell off the bridge while building trusses.

However, even with the safety precaution, 11 men were killed during the construction while moving a catwalk. The bridge was originally to be painted in blue and yellow stripes, but when the architect saw the steel pieces primered in an orange color, the decision was changed to what is officially called “international orange.” In the 1930s, long before the danger of lead-based paint was known, the bridge was coated with it.

In 1965, the colossal task of removing all the lead-based paint began, a project that would take 30 years.

• The Presidio of San Francisco was built in 1776 as a Spanish fort, but was taken over by the U.S. military in 1846 at the start of the Mexican-American War. It remained an American military fortress until 1994. Now a National Historic landmark, the site is home to 350 historically-significant buildings.

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