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In honor of the PGA Championship golf tournament coming up this month, Tidbits goes golfing!

We all feel the same Sharon Opdahl GOLF THROUGH HISTORY commitment to care for our Agent families. Helping you meet • The game of golf may have originally start2534 17th Ave. S. • Suite F your insurance needs is part Grand Forks, ND 58201 of my commitment to you. ed as a game played by the Romans called Like a good neighbor, 701-746-0495 State Farm is there. sharonopdahl.com 'paganica.' It was played by hitting a featherCALL ME TODAY. filled leather ball with a crooked stick.

• Modern golf was invented by the Scots, and by the mid-1400s had become so popular that King James II outlawed the game because he felt his subjects were wasting too much time playing it when they should be spending more time doing useful things. Archers were losing their shooting ability because Carpet Cleaning they were spending so much time hitting little Services, Inc. balls around instead practicing their aim.

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GREAT SHOTS • During the 1949 British Open, Harry Bradshaw accidentally drove a ball into a beer bottle which broke the bottle's neck. The ball ended up inside the bottle. To avoid a penalty, Bradshaw played it where it lay. He smashed the bottle with his club.

The bottle traveled about 30 feet. The ball didn't move.

• In 1975 Perry Crowley of Connecticut was playing golf when he hit a ball into the water. However, it skipped off the lake, ricocheted off a rake in the nearby sand trap, then landed on the green and skidded into the cup.

• During a 1938 PGA tournament, Jimmy Hine's chip shot on the 13th hole hit opponent Sam Snead's ball, and they both ended up in the cup.

Both players, who were tied, were awarded a birdie two. Snead eventually beat Hines by one stroke.

• Songwriter Hoagy Carmichael was playing at Pebble Beach, California. He teed up on a parthree hole, chose a club, and smacked the ball.

It bounced once on the green, rolled to the pin, and dropped in the hole for a hole-in-one. Hoagy didn't react at all. He just reached in his pocket, pulled out another ball, teed up again, and said, "I think I've got the idea now."

• Henry "Dads" Miller of Anaheim, California, once shot a 99 on a 5,734-yard course. He was 100 years old at the time, and had not taken up golf until the age of 67.

• Fred Astaire was nearly as good at golfing as he was at dancing. In his 1938 film "Carefree," he danced over tables, down the hallway, out to the terrace, and onto a golf course. There he was to dance over to a golf club and hit, in rhythm and on cue, a dozen golf balls that were lined up on the fairway. When the crew went to retrieve the golf balls, they found all twelve balls within eight feet of each other on the green.

• "Golf Digest" reports that there are an average of about 120 holes-in-ones reported every day.

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FAST FACTS ABOUT GOLF • Stephen Horchler of Scotland invented a golf ball that has a built-in radio transmitter that beeps distress signals so golfers can find it.

• Astronaut Alan Shepard made golf history when he knocked a few golf balls around on the moon.

But he missed the first shot, taking a mulligan.

This earned him a lifetime membership in the U.S. Duffers Association of Newport, Kentucky.

They also awarded him the presidency of their first moon chapter.

• Crows living near the golf course in Bombay, India, have developed a taste for golf balls, picking them up and carrying them back to their nests.

Caddies run after the balls and cover them with a red cloth before the crows can spot them.

• Sign posted on an African golf course: "If the ball comes to rest in dangerous proximity to a crocodile or a hippopotamus, another ball may be dropped."

• On a golf course in Africa, golfers tee off from the flat top of a 15-foot termite mound. A hundred other mounds on the course provide the hazards.

• You need to walk 35 miles to reduce one pound of fat. If you drink two average cocktails during an 18-hole round of golf, you will end up with a net caloric gain.

• In the movie "Diamonds are Forever," James Bond smuggled diamonds inside his Dunlop 65 golf balls.

• Golfer Gene Sarazen was playing in an early world championship match in 1922 against Walter Hagen. At the end of the first day, he was just 2 strokes behind, on account of having missed a couple easy putts due to nerves. That night he complained of stomach pains and was unable to sleep. The next day he went on to win the match.

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FAMOUS PLAYERS • When Laura Baugh started tearing up the golf courses in the early 1970s, she was still too young to play on the women's pro tour according to regulations. So her agent took her to Japan, which did not have a minimum age requirement. The golfhappy Japanese fixated on the curvaceous young blond American. Laura Baugh photos, calendars, photo albums, cosmetics, school supplies, English-language cassettes, sports clothing, and gold accessories became all the rage in Japan. She became the highest paid female golfer even though she had never played in an American tournament.

• Tiger Woods was only 8 when he got his first hole-in-one. Five-year-old Coby Orr was the youngest golfer to shoot a hole-in-one. He did it in Littleton, Colorado in 1975.

• Henrik Stenson made headlines by stripping down to his underwear when his ball went into a swampy area during the WGC Cadillac Championship in 2009. Wearing nothing but a glove and his jockey shorts, he hit his ball out of the muck and made bogey.

• Jack Nicklaus won the Masters tournament six times.

• Someone asked Muhammed Ali how he was at golf. "I am the greatest!" he replied. "I just haven't played yet!"

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• A club remains in contact with the ball for half of a thousandth of a second and travels with the ball for three quarters of an inch.

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Answer: Garnet Carter invented mini-golf.

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GARNET CARTER

• John 'Garnet' Carter was born in 1883 in Sweetwater, Tennessee. Although he dropped out of school, he later completed a six-month business school which filled his head with ideas.

• In his early years, he bounced around between jobs, working at a grocery store, becoming a travelling candy salesman, and going into business with his brother selling aluminum ware.

• Next he went into business developing real estate on Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga, Tennessee.

There he constructed an inn with a ballroom.

• In 1927, Garnet Carter was looking for an added attraction to entertain his customers. He came up with a successful idea that immediately caught on with the public and became a national craze. His invention provided simple, fun outdoor recreation. It could be installed in a week and cost (at that time) as little as $2,000.

• The first example of Carter's idea was built on Long Island and brought in $362 in its first day of business. At first they were barred from within 50 feet of churches, schools, or hospitals. But one progressive church in New Jersey installed its own and urged everyone to come. The profits paid off the church's debts.

• Three years later, there were 40,000 of these inventions across the country and Garnet Carter was a rich man. The industry took in $225 million in a single year, and employed 200,000 people. The Queen of Belgium got hooked on it, and Al Capone invested in it.

• The steel industry, the pipe industry, and the felt industry were very happy about the new product— and so was Garnet Carter. Can you guess what Garnet Carter's big idea was? (answer at top of next column)

IDA & WILLIAM ROSENTHAL

• Ida and William Rosenthal were Russian immigrants who came to America penniless. Ida was a dressmaker so she and her husband set up a dress shop.

• Ida was constantly dissatisfied with the way dresses fit around natural female curves. The current fashion was for women to wrap themselves with a "bandeau," a strip of cloth that circled the chest, flattening everything.

• In frustration – and also in rebellion against the popular flat-chested look of the flapper – Ida and William invented the first form-fitting bra which had two separate rounded pockets. Since all women are not built equally, Ida invented the cup size. She later designed different models for every stage of a woman's life. This design enhanced rather than downplayed a woman’s natural shape.

They called their company Maidenform.

• They were granted a patent for the ‘uplift brassiere.’ The dresses did indeed fit better.

• At first the brassieres were built into the dresses they made; then they gave away a free bra with every dress sold. The bras started to become very popular, so they gave up the dress shop and started a brassiere company with a capital investment of $4,500 in 1922.

• Four years later, they had 40 machines turning out mass-produced bras. Forty years later, they had 19 factories producing 25 million bras annually.

• During World War II when fabric was in short supply, Maidenform rounded out its line to include vests worn by carrier pigeons in order to help out with the war effort and prevent the company from going bust. Paratroopers would "wear" a bird strapped to their chest when they jumped out of a plane. When they landed, they would attach a message to the bird and release it.

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• On Aug. 10, 1776, news reaches London that the Americans have drafted the Declaration of Independence. Parliament was unwilling to negotiate with the American rebels and hired Hessians, German mercenaries, to help the British army crush the rebellion.

• On Aug. 13, 1903, engineer Felix Wankel, inventor of a rotary engine, is born in Lahr, Germany. Wankel reportedly came up with the basic idea for a new type of internal combustion gasoline engine when he was only 17 years old.

• On Aug. 15, 1914, the American-built Panama Canal, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, is inaugurated with the passage of the U.S. vessel Ancon, a cargo and passenger ship. Engineers moved nearly 240 million cubic yards of earth in constructing the 40-mile-long canal.

• On Aug. 11, 1934, the first group of federal prisoners classified as "most dangerous" arrives at Alcatraz Island, a 22-acre rocky outcrop in San Francisco Bay. The convicts joined military prisoners left over from the island's days as a U.S. military prison.

• On Aug. 12, 1973, golfer Jack Nicklaus wins the PGA Championship for his 14th major title, surpassing Bobby Jones' 43-year-old record.

• On Aug. 16, 1984, John DeLorean, founder of the DeLorean Motor Company, is found not guilty due to entrapment after being charged with smuggling drugs in an effort to raise money for his struggling automobile company.

• On Aug. 14, 1994, Illich Ramirez Sanchez, the terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal, is captured in Sudan by French intelligence agents. In 1975, Sanchez and his men took 70 OPEC officials hostage at a Vienna conference, escaping with up to $50 million in ransom after killing three hostages.

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• The average resident of North America consumes about 600 sodas every year.

• Another good reason to recycle: The energy saved by recycling one glass jar is enough to watch TV for three hours.

• There are many laws that have been passed during our nation's history that make you think that some of our legislators have a bit too much time on their hands. For example, in Alaska it is illegal to look at a moose from an airplane; an Illinois law states that a car must be driven with the steering wheel; in West Virginia, you can be imprisoned for cooking sauerkraut or cabbage, due to the offensive odor; and a California law of 1925 made it illegal to wiggle while dancing.

• The same man who discovered the planet Uranus also invented contact lenses.

• A giraffe can use its tongue to clean its ears -- not too difficult a task, I suppose, if your tongue is 21 inches long.

• Everyone has seen bonsai -- those tiny trees that are pruned into aesthetically pleasing shapes.

Many people don't realize, though, that even trees that grow to be giants of the plant world, such as redwoods and giant sequoias, can be used to create these miniatures.

• The United States once issued a bill of currency that was worth 5 cents.

• The name of the popular Japanese dish teriyaki literally means "shiny and broiled."

• There is only one bird that can swim but not fly: the penguin, of course. *** Thought for the Day: "A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others." -- La Bruyere

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• I have a pair of pants I wear while gardening. The knees wore out, naturally, and I went to sew patches on the knees. I left the top of the patch open, and when needed, I slip in a piece of foam rubber. Magical knee pads! — R.E. in Oregon • Are you great behind the lens of your camera and love animals? Consider donating your time to your local animal shelter as a pet photographer.

Showing Mittens and Fido off to their best advantage can mean the difference in their finding a forever home.

Check with your local rescue organizations, too!

• To clean your tarnished silver jewelry, simply line a tray or shallow bowl with aluminum foil, lay the pieces on the foil and fill with a hot water and detergent solution (NOT bleach-containing). You also can use baking soda and hot water. Swish and allow the tarnish to transfer to the foil.

Use a soft cloth to dry.

• If your car’s windshield or back window fogs over, try this trick, borrowed from the bathroom: Spread regular shaving cream over the window and wipe clean with a cloth. Buff off any streaks with newspaper. This will last a good while! — P.P. in South Carolina • Now is the time to tighten your cane-bottomed chairs. Flip the chair over, then soak the cane with hot water and allow it to dry fully in the sun.

• If your plastic wrap gets sticky, place it in the refrigerator. You even can store it there to keep it easy to unroll. — L.K. in Arizona Send your tips to Now Here’s a Tip, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. © 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

WEST NILE VIRUS HAS BEEN INDENTIFIED IN GRAND FORKS West Nile virus (WNV) is an infection transmitted by mosquitoes. The mosquito most common for transmitting this virus is one that is widespread throughout the Grand Forks region. This mosquito does not discriminate. People of all ages are susceptible to WNV infection, but the elderly are at higher risk for developing the more severe form of this disease (neuroinvasive illness). Children infected with WNV generally show no symptoms or may have a mild fever.

WEST NILE VIRUS WARNING

Risk factors for West Nile virus: • Time of year – The majority of WNV cases occur from July – September.

• Geographic region – The Dakotas have reported some of the highest cases per capita in the United States.

• Time spent outdoors not wearing protective clothing and mosquito repellent – If you work or spend a lot of time outdoors (golfing, gardening, hunting, etc.), you’re at a higher risk of being bitten by mosquitoes.

• Proximity – If you live in an area where WNV has already been identified or near mosquito larval habitat.

• If you have a weakened immune system.

The best way to prevent West Nile virus infection is to avoid mosquito bites.

• Use mosquito-repellant products containing DEET. • Wear long sleeves and pants.

• Eliminate any standing water from your property, such as trash bins, plant saucers, rain gutters, buckets, etc.

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• Because August 5th is National Underwear Day (we're not kidding!) enjoy some facts about underwear!

• Abram Nathaniel Spanel was an inventor with over 2,000 patents. He became rich after he invented a garment bag designed so a vacuum cleaner could be hooked up to it in order to suck out any moths that might be inside the bag. Spanel founded the International Latex Corporation in Rochester, New York in 1932 to make items out of latex such as bathing caps, aprons, hot pads, slippers, baby clothing, girdles, and bras. Later the name of the company was changed, taking "latex" and adding it to "play" in order to create Playtex.

• The Playtex Company was very forward with their advertising. In 1940- an era when underwear was sold primarily through discreet line drawings in print publications- Playtex placed a full page ad in "Life" magazine showing several photos of models wearing Playtex undies along with a mailin coupon. Life claims that some 200,000 sales were made because of that ad. In 1954 Playtex became the first company ever to advertise bras and girdles on TV. In 1965 Playtex introduced the Cross Your Heart bra. Today it remains one of the best known brands in the U.S. and is the second best-selling brand of bra Playtex offers, with the 18-Hour Bra filling out the top spot. Today, new models are constantly being shaped up as the industry keeps abreast of the trends.

• Most Historical Bras: If you're in Los Angeles, you can visit the Frederick's of Hollywood "Bra Museum" where they have displayed such items as Madonna's famous bustier; a girdle worn by Ethel Merman in "There's No Business Like Show Business"; the bra Tony Curtis wore in "Some Like It Hot"; the bra Milton Berle wore on his TV show; and Phyllis Diller's training bra, marked "This side up."

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UNDERWEAR (continued): • Howard Hughes also had his hand in the bra business. In 1941 he and his engineering buddies invented a special bra to flaunt the bust Answer: Dell. Jane Russell in the film "The of 19-year-old VERY LARGE NUMBER Outlaw."ACensors had a fit.

20th Century-Fox the release to the controversy.

•cancelled Edward Kasner was a due mathematician.

In 1938 he was asked come Millions stood to be lost.up with a name for a very large number: the managers numeral one, followed • So, Hughes set all of his to work phonby a hundred zeros. He asked his two young ing ministers, women's clubs, and housewives to nephews what name they would suggest. tell them exactly how scandalous this film was.

•This Nine-year-old Milton suggested name prompted wild protests as crowds aof people out of the funnies. A cartoon strip character insisted the film be banned. The publicity manamed Barney was very popular. Milton chose chine launched into full gearnumber. and the film, when Barney’s last name for the it was finally released, was a guaranteed hit. It •was Kasner name for the big billedannounced as "the brathe thatnew saved Hollywood." number in his next book, altering the spelling.

• On opening night, skywriters were hired to • Sixty years later, Larry Page and Sergey Brin decorate thea new California a pair of developed internetskies searchwith engine.

Other large circles withsearched dots in their search engines eachcenters. webpage and ranked them an according tobefore how many timeshad a • Jane Russell, unknown this film, specific term appeared on them, but Page and her career boosted to incredible heights. She Brinbecame designed search engine to searchafor later thetheir spokesperson for Playtex, job the held specific andYears then later find she out revealed how many she untilterm 1986. in links there were that led back to that page, her autobiography that she had found the bra so which resulted that in a better search uncomfortable she had onlyengine. worn it once •inThey decided they needed a that the privacy of her dressing room.name Thereafter, reflected how many websites the search she shored up her own bra and wore it instead. engine was searching. They took the name No one knew. of Edward Kasner’s very large number, only • Biggest Bra: Theit slightly, Franksville Comthey misspelled so itSpecialty ended up being pany in the town of Conover, Wisconsin manuspelled exactly the same way the cartoon factures bras for cows in order prevent them character Barney spelled his lasttoname.

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(Answer bottom of page) from tripping overat their udders, which can weigh up toCOMPUTER 80 pounds when full. They come FACTS in four sizes and are available one col• In 1981 Bill Gates said, “640inkbonly of memory or: barnyard brown.

They are also designed to ought to be enough for anybody.” keep the udder warm.

• Moore’s Law states that computer performance • Imelda wore and a bullet-proof doublesMarcos every 18reputedly to 24 months, ever since bra when opinion 1971, thispublic has been true. turned against her.

• The owns were six bras.

• HP, average Google,American Microsoft,woman and Apple all started in garages.

Out of those six, one of them is a strapless bra and oneGoogle, is a color other than white.

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