Tidbits Grand Forks - August 18, 2016

tidbitsgf.com

The

Since 1997

Neatest

Little Paper Ever Read®

S PUZZLE • A I • TRIV N FACTS • FU

Of Grand Forks • East Grand Forks

Big savings Issue # 981 Published by: Wick Publications 701-772-8239 wickpub@yahoo.com for TIDBITS EATS Bigsafe savings Mrs. ack says... drivers.

See why for safe VEGETABLES Summer See whytrust millions

by Janet Spencer drivers. millions trust BLOWOUT us for Home

August 18, 2016

®

Sharon Opdahl, Agent 2534 17th Avenue South, Suite F Grand Forks, ND 58201 Bus: 701-746-0495 sharon@sharonopdahl.com Sharon Opdahl, Agent Sharon Opdahl Sharon Opdahl, Agent Sharon Opdahl, Agent 2534 17th Avenue South, Suite F 253417th 17th Avenue South, Suite FF 2534 Avenue South, Suite Agent Grand Forks, NDND 58201 Sharon Opdahl, Agent Grand Forks, 58201 Grand Forks, ND 58201 Bus: 701-746-0495 2534 17th Avenue South, Bus: 701-746-0495 Bus: 701-746-0495 Suite F sharon@sharonopdahl.com Grand Forks, ND 58201 sharon@sharonopdahl.com 2534 17th Ave. S. • Suite sharon@sharonopdahl.com

for Home &usAuto.

Auto.up to 50%.

Get& a discount

I can help lower your premium through Drive Safe & Save™.

I’m here toState help life go lifeup go right ,, Get discount 50%. to help ® . to GetI’m tohere aabetter ™ you time and money byright saving money ,toby saving you here help life right , can help lower yourgopremium GetII’m State Farm. your home when you combine home ™ by saving you time and money time and money when through Drive Safe & Save .

ME TODAY. and auto insurance.

FCALL ® home when combine your . home Get toyou a better State you combine your Bus: 701-746-0495 ME TODAY. and State auto insurance. sharon@sharonopdahl.com Grand Forks, ND 58201 CALL Get Farm. and auto insurance.

CALL ME TODAY. 701-746-0495 CALL ME TODAY. ™™

™

The word “vegetable” comes from the Latin “vegetabilis” meaning growing and flourishing. To grow and flourish, eat your vegetables while digesting these vegetable facts!

IS IT A FRUIT OR A VEGGIE?

• A fruit is the mature ovary of a flower which sharonopdahl.com contains a seed. A vegetable is any part of a plant which is not an ovary, such as a root, tuber, stem, or leaf. That means that tomaState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company 1301900 toes, cucumbers, squashes, melons, peapods, State Farm Indemnity Company, Bloomington, IL avocado, and peppers are all fruits, not vegState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company 1301900 State Farm Indemnity Company, Bloomington, IL etables. If it's got seeds in it, it's a fruit. Even grains such as rice, wheat, and corn are technically fruits. Nuts are a fruit, too. It's only our culture that has deemed anything sweet a Carpet Cleaning fruit and anything not sweet a vegetable.

Services, Inc. • Many plants surround their seeds with a sweet Carpet Cleaning • Carpet Cleaning SPECIAL! flesh in order to encourage animals to eat it, Upholstery thereby spreading the seeds. But plants need $149 •Cleaning to hold onto their roots, leaves, and stems to 5 Rooms, Hallway & 1 Stairway • Water survive, so there's no reason to make those Not valid with any other offer.

Extraction Expires 9-9-16 parts taste especially good.

• Potatoes are the most popular vegetable in the U.S., followed by tomatoes (actually a fruit; see next page) and iceberg lettuce.

701-775-8500 Residential & Commercial • Most Americans eat one or two serving of fruits and veggies per day, whereas the recVacuum ommended amount is five to six per day.

CALL ME TODAY.

1601529 1601529

1601529

StateFarm Farm Mutual Mutual Automobile Automobile Insurance Insurance Company Company State State Farm Farm Indemnity Indemnity Company Company State State Farm Fire and Casualty Casualty Company StateState FarmFarm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Fire and Company StateState FarmFarm General Insurance Company Indemnity Company State Farm General Insurance Company Bloomington, IL Company State FarmBloomington, Fire and Casualty IL State Farm General Insurance Company Bloomington, IL

House of Vacuums

ELITE

Cleaner Tune-Up SPECIAL

19

$

99

WANT TO PUBLISH A TIDBITS IN YOUR AREA? ®

We provide the opportunity for success!

Call 1.800.523.3096

DENTISTRY P.C. Pediatric Dentist:

A dentist with 2 years of additional training beyond dental school to specialize in dental care for infants, children & adolescents.

Your child will love coming to see us!

Chad Hoge, DDS, MS

701-746-1400

www.dakotapediatricdentistry.com

70% OFF

FINAL MARKDOWNS

FALL STYLES

NOW ARRIVIN

G!

Grand Forks Grand Cities Mall

(701) 775-JACK

M-F 10-7 • Sat 10-5 • Sun 12-4

GET A YEAR OF

FREE

AIR CONDITIONING! 12 MONTHS - NO PAYMENTS - NO INTEREST* *For a limited time you can enjoy the comfort of 12-Month, No Payment, No Interest Financing. See Store for Details.

FREE ESTIMATES - CALL NOW! onehourair.com

Forks, ND 701-775-5522 When Grand you need us, One Hour® is here to help.

At One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning® We Offer the Following Services: • StraightForward Pricing • We of All Major OService RGANIC • 24-Hour Emergency SALON SPA • Technicians are Drug Background Checked

Dakota Pediatric

Present coupon for special price. Belts, filters, and extended labor extra. Offer expires 9/9/16.

FREE Estimates on all repairs.

UP TO

Hair Loss Hospital

www.tidbitsweekly.com

INCLUDES: • Routine Clean & Lube • Suction Test • Cleaning of Roller Brush • Performance Check

410 N. Washington St., Grand Forks 701-746-9300 • www.vacsgf.com

Turn the page for more!

$ALE!

• Fully Equipped Big

• REPAIR • REFRESH • Latest Technology for Detection, and Repair • RECLAIM • Air Purifying Systems Call to learn Products about • Repair and Maintenance Hair Loss Therapy!

Servicing the

701-739-2403 Mikala Hoge, DDS

2600 DeMers Ave. 205-1157 or v Call (701) Grand Forks, ND www.onehourair.com

Ask about Military and Senior Discoun

Premium Powersports Audio • Fireplaces & Stoves NAME BRANDS LIKE: • Gas, Wood, Electric, • Avalon Pellet & Corn • Fireplace • Inserts • Mantels S! Premium Powersports Audio IMATE Extrordinair • Glass Doors FREE EST PRE-SEASON SPECIAL • Lopi • Fireplace Accessories

Let’s play dirty.

SAVE Let’s play $250 dirty. on Select FIREPLACES

Premium • MUST Powersports SHOW COUPON • Exp.Audio 8-31-16 • Sales & Installation

Let’s play dirty.

701-746-8684

Over a Dozen Burning Displays at: Premium Powersports Audio 4224 Gateway Dr. • Grand Forks

Let's Play Dirty.

TOMATOES AND TAXES

• As the ripened ovary of a seed plant, the tomato is technically a fruit. The Tariff Act of 1883 levied a 10% tax on vegetables being imported while fruits entered the country duty-free. The Port Authority of New York classified tomatoes as vegetables which should be taxed, while a fruit importer argued that tomatoes were fruits, which were not taxed. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court declared that although tomatoes are botanically a fruit, they are more commonly used as a vegetable and should be considered a vegetable by law. The tax remained.

SWEET POTATOES vs YAMS

• Sweet potatoes are a member of the morning glory family, a vine. Potatoes are a member of the ™ nightshade family, which is not a vine. Yams are How we play.

UTV Audio from an African tropical vine that isn’t related to at Sound Decision either the sweet potato or the potato but is related SoundDecisionND.com • 701-738-0713 • 1923 DeMersw Ave., w wwe .Grand jla u dForks i™o . c o m play.

Let’sHow play dirty. to lilies and grasses. Sweet potatoes have orange, Premium Powersports Audio red, or yellow skin and pale yellow flesh. True 4. The name of what vegetable comes from the Anglo-French yams have a black or brown skin that looks like w w w. j l a u d i o . c o m ™ word meaning “one.”

How we play. bark, and either white, purple, or red flesh.

1. What two members of the

Quiz Bits

?

5. Almost half of the produce in the cabbage family are actually U.S. is grown in what two states? unopened flowers?

6.

What root vegetable is the most w w. j l a u d i o . c o m 2. What vegetable is thewimmature widely eaten in the U.S., con™ How we play. flower bud of a plant related to sumed at one-third of all meals? the sunflower?

7. What vegetable is never sold 3. It reportedly takes more calories cooked, canned, or frozen — ww w . j l a u dand io.c o m this to chew, swallow, digest only fresh? veggie than are contained within TRIVIA this veggie. Name it.

SPONSORED BY:

How we play.™ w w w. j l a u d i o . c o m

CARROTS AND EYESIGHT

• It’s true that a vitamin A deficiency can cause blindness and that carrots contain vitamin A. But eating carrots won’t even begin to affect your eyesight unless your eyesight is bad specifically because of a vitamin A deficiency.

Actually, carrots don’t exactly contain vitamin A; they contain carotene, which the liver converts to vitamin A. By the way: Carotene is the chemical which makes carrots orange. If you ingest enough carotene, it will turn your skin a yellow-orange color. Are baby carrots really babies? No, they are really just a thin-stalked variety that is then cut into baby shapes. The first carrots that were grown, native to Afghanistan, were purple in color. Orange carrots later originated in Holland. ...continued

Kelly B’s Hardwoods Professional Installation and Refinishing

701.213.8419

GF

.COM

Of Grand Forks • East Grand Forks

• FREE Estimates • Insured/Bonded Accredited by National Wood Flooring Assoc.

TRUCK ACCESSORIES

• Suspension & Lift Kits • Off Road Tires & Wheels • Bumpers & Winches • Running Boards • Nerf Bars • Access Covers • Bedliners • Snow Plows • Truck Caps • Bedslides • Rancher Grille Guards • Tool Boxes • Westin Accessories • Chrome Stuff

Low-Profile Roll-Up Tonneau Cover

TRUCK BED MAT

AA BATTERY LED LIGHT

OVER 10,000 TRUCK ACCESSORY PARTS

CUSTOMER APPRECIATION DAY! Saturday, August 20 • 12-3 PM

Current & Future Customers are Welcome!

Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Chips & Pop served.

Gift Cards, Koozies, T-Shirts, Hats, and more will given away!

Register to win a drawing for an Access LiteRider Tonneau Cover!

SUPER STORE

6105 Gateway Drive • Grand Forks, ND 701-746-0083 • 800-279-7492 • Hours: M-F 9-6 and Sat. 9-3

www.newvisiontruckaccessories.com

0% Financing for 12 Months

East Grand Forks

Heritage Days August 18-21, 2016

THURSDAY (Aug. 18) 6:30 pm Parade: 4th St. NW, River Rd. ending at Heritage Village 8:00 pm Adult Tractor Fun

SATURDAY (Aug. 20)

7-10:30 am 10:00 am 10 am-3 pm 10 am-4 pm 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 2 & 4 pm

Threshermen’s Breakfast Welcome and Tractor Parade Minnesota Kids I.D. Living Heritage Demonstrations Kid’s Tractor Pedal Pull Kid’s Games Cowboy Action Performers

All Weekend there will be Thrashing, Working Sawmill, Blacksmith Shop, Music, Concessions, Activities & Much More!

Go to our Website for More Details: www.egfheritage.com

SUNDAY (Aug. 21)

FRIDAY (Aug. 19)

5 - 7 pm Classic Car Show 5 pm-12 Food & Beer Garden 8 pm-12 Dance to Downtown Horns

• Admission $5 • Kids 12 & under Free w/Adult • Military are Free with ID

9:00 am 3rd Annual Horse Show 10:00 am Church Service, followed by Chicken Dinner w/ All the Fixings 12 & 3pm Cowboy Action Performers 1:00 pm Classic Tractor Pull

VEGGIE FACTS & FIGURES

• Onions make you cry because they are full of sulfuric chemicals, which irritate your tear ducts. Sulfur is the same gas which is produced by volcanoes when they erupt.

• Yam comes from the African word “njam” meaning “to eat.”

• The old French word “caboche” meaning “head” gave us our head of cabbage. Cabbage is one of the most nutritious vegetables, high in anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds.

• Corn is a member of the grass family. Each ear has an average of 800 kernels.

• Cool as a cucumber? The inside of a cucumber can be 20 degrees cooler than the outside of a cucumber.

• Asparagus spears can grow an inch a day in warm weather.

• California grows 90% of the U.S. avocado crop.

• Ripe red bell peppers contain twice as much vitamin C by weight as citrus fruits.

• A single tomato plant was once documented to have produced 16,897 tomatoes.

• The average American eats about 126 lbs. of potatoes annually.

• The original eggplant had a small white fruit that looked like an egg. The large purple eggplants are in the same family and bear the same name.

• Romaine lettuce has more nutrients than any other kind of lettuce. The darker the leaf, the more nutritious the lettuce.

• Coconut is actually a fruit.

• Before the days of refrigerated trucks, loads of lettuce would be heaped with mounds of ice to preserve them while being shipped, hence the name “iceberg” lettuce. ...continued

aT T e n T i O n M i l i Ta ry M e M b e r s

Ask About Military Discounts

*

Look for this decal.

OUR ASK ABOUT

tion ia c e r p p A y r a t i Mil Discounts *

r service Thank you for you

Credit Union to erce and Service Chamber of Comm e Credit Union. /East Grand Forks

by Servic the Grand Forks The Chamber or a partnership of ty is assumed by liabili No d. *This progr am is active duty and retire personnel, both

Grama Butterwick’s Family Restaurant

Homestyle Cooking

Large Breakfast Menu

Hours: M-F 7-4 • Sat. 8-4 • Sun. 8-3

promote voluntary

discounts for Arme

d Forces

Grand Forks area businesses with this decal in their window offer special discounts to military members. The Military Discount Program is sponsored by The Chamber of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks and Service Credit Union.

Thank you for your service and dedication to our great nation.

1421 S. Washington St. • Grand Forks

PLEASE TELL OUR ADVERTISERS YOU SAW THEIR AD IN TIDBITS!

SPORTS QUIZ 1. Who were the first two pitchers from the Dominican Republic to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?

2. Which two men’s basketball coaches share the record for most appearances in the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four?

3. What team did the Vikings trade Daunte Culpepper to?

4. When was the last time before 2015 that the U.S. women’s soccer team lost a match on their home soil?

5. Prior to losing to Sweden in the 2016 Olympics, who was the last team to beat the U.S. women’s team in Olympic play? (hint: 2008) 6. What year did the Vikings draft Adrian Peterson, and what number pick was he overall?

Show your Military ID to redeem offers.

Live person service 24/7 • 800.936.7730 • servicecu.org federally insured by ncua

*A valid Military ID card must be shown to redeem special offers. Offers valid in-store only. The Chamber of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks and Service Credit Union assume no liability for any offer.

EAST GRAND FORKS

A-00456-003

AMERICAN LEGION • POST 157 •

Book Our BALLROOM:

• Weddings • Graduation • Parties • Meetings • & More

DAILY DRINK SPECIALS

FRIDAY SPECIAL

3

$ 00 Thursdays: 7:00 pm Sundays: 1:30 pm 1009 CENTRAL AVE. • EAST GRAND FORKS • 218-773-1129 U-CALL ITS

VEGGIE FACTS & FIGURES

• Sweet potatoes have more vitamin A than any other vegetable. The cantaloupe is higher in vitamin A than any other fruit.

• In the 1960s at Chicago’s Ambassador East Hotel, a major bash was held, during which one of the local celebrities was served a Bloody Mary with no swizzle stick to stir it with. He grabbed a celery stick from a vegetable tray and used that to stir his drink instead, leading to a new fad.

• Jello introduced a new line of flavors intended for salads: mixed vegetable, tomato, and celery. No one bought.

• It would take over 300 celery sticks to equal the average human’s daily ration of calories.

• Artichokes are one of the oldest foods known to humans. Marilyn Monroe was the first official California Artichoke Queen in 1947.

• Dietary fiber found in whole grains, fruits, and vegetables is not found in animal products.

SPINACH MYTH

*Answer located on Super Crossword Page.

Going Fishing?

• In the 1930s a scientist studying the mineral properties of spinach accidentally misplaced a decimal point, leading researchers to believe that there was ten times as much iron in spinach as there actually is. The myth that spinach is extraordinarily high in iron still survives. Spinach has iron, but many foods, including soy beans, peas, beets, lima beans, lentils, liver, molasses, oysters, apricots, walnuts, and sunflower seeds have more. In order to get your requirement of iron from spinach alone, you'd have to eat twice your body weight of the stuff yearly. This would be a bad idea because spinach also contains oxalic acid, and ingesting that much oxalic acid could cause kidney stones. Boiling spinach will reduce the level of oxalic acid. Still, when Popeye started eating spinach, sales soared.

WE CARRY

LIVE BAIT • Night Crawlers • Minnows • Leaches

Tidbits is Available at:

All Grand Forks, East Grand Forks & Crookston locations of: Lo

cated on publicatio the racks nea n r th Exit doors e !

Hwy. 81 North • Grand Forks, ND • Hours: M-F 8-8 • Sat. 8-6 • Sun. 12-6

/tidbitsgf

@tidbitsgf

and Grand Forks

KING C R O S S W O R D

Available at Valley Dairy:

Find us on Facebook

www.valleydairy.com

es

d Cities Gam n ra G 120 N. Wash. St. Grand Forks

701-775-8602

BUY 2 BOARD GAMES GET 1 FREE

Free Board Game must be equal or lesser value of 2 purchased. Exp. 9-9-16

• Comics • Trading Cards • Warhammer • Board Games • RPGs • Dice • Gaming Rooms

HURRY!!

NOW OPEN!

This Ad Space Could Be Yours!

Call 701-772-8239 GOLF CLUB

whisperingoaksgolfclub.com

by Linda Thistle

S U D O K U

MANVEL, ND 701-696-1005

Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column down and each small 9-box square contains all of the numbers from one to nine.

• REMODELED CLUB HOUSE! • NEW SUPERINTENDENT! • NEW OUTDOOR PATIO! • NEW GOLF CARTS! Tuesdays & Thursdays

DIFFICULTY THIS WEEK: Moderate

Challenging HOO BOY!

© 2016 King Features Synd., Inc. World rights reserved.

GOLF ALL DAY w/ CART $35 Must have a valid driver’s license to rent cart. Must present coupon.

Check website for available tee times. Expires 9-8-16

• UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP •

Walk a Mile in My Shoes

by Samantha Weaver

2016 Third Street Clinic “Walk a Mile in My Shoes” September Walk-a-Thon.

Registration begins August 15th.

Walk All September at your own pace, in your own place! $10 Registration for individuals. $25 for teams of 4+ All proceeds go to help provide medication to those in need.

Go to our website for details:

www.ThirdStreetClinicWalk.myevent.com

Join us on Facebook

One of the Finest Shooting Facilities in the Upper Midwest Join us for Open Trapshooting On Wednesdays at 6:30 pm

Fun for the Whole Family!

info@egfgunclub.org • 701-732-0486

www.egfgunclub.org

Everyone Welcome!

• It was English Victorian author Samuel Butler who made the following sage observation: "Words are like money; there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use."

• Martha Jane Canary -- better known as Calamity Jane -- was a noted frontierswoman in the late 19th century. She defied expectations of women by refusing to wear dresses, becoming a scout and fighting against Indians in the West. As one contemporary commenter observed, "She swore, she drank, she wore men's clothing. She was 50 years ahead of her time."

• Those who study such things say that twothirds of a shark's brain is dedicated to detecting and sorting out odors.

• In his 1510 book "The Adventures of Esplandian," Spanish author Garci Rodriguez de Montalvo wrote of an island peopled entirely

by Amazon-like women, and he called it California. When Spaniard Francisco de Ulloa was exploring the west coast of North America, his initial surveys of the Baja Peninsula led him to believe the land was an island, so the region was given the name of the mythical place: California.

• In Mongolia, it's common to put salt in one's tea before drinking it.

• If you're a fan of nature documentaries, you've doubtless seen footage of Africa's Serengeti, site of the world's largest terrestrial mammal migration. If you've see images of the place, you won't be surprised to learn that in Maasai, the word "Serengeti" means "the place where the land runs on forever."

• You've probably heard of John Steinbeck's celebrated novel "Of Mice and Men," but you probably didn't know that it was almost titled "Something That Happened." *** Thought for the Day: "Do you wish the world were happy? / Then remember day by day, / Just to scatter seeds of kindness / As you pass along the way." -- Ella Wheeler Wilcox © 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

FOOTBALL SUNDAYS! Starting September 11th Come watch your favorite football team this season at TJ’s!

TIDBITSGF

.COM

Doors Open at 11:00 am with Specials All Day Long!

• 11-Noon: $1 Domestic pints & Rail Mix Drinks • 11-2: $2.50 Bloody Marys & Caesars • Noon-Close: $5 Domestic & $6 Premium Pitchers • 11:30-6: $3 Taco Bar • 6-10 pm: $4 Grinders

www.TJs-SportsBar.com 1210 S. Washington St. • Grand Forks • 757-2030 Located in the strip mall just north of Mexican Village restaurant

WINDOW TINTING m harmful UV rays. r vehicle’s interior fro • Protect you & you strain. eye ul glare and painf • Reduce blinding of your vehicle. e nc ara pe ap d an • Enhance the style

We Now Offer:

Full UPHOLSTERY

by Oscar Ortiz

• Automotive • Marine • Motorcycle • Snowmobile • Powersports • Furniture • Custom • REMOTE STARTS • WINDOW TINT • CAR STEREO/VIDEO • TRUCK ACCESSORIES • LIFT KITS • SUSPENSION • PERFORMANCE • PAINT PROTECTION www.TriixCustoms.com

35 Years Combined Experience

1600 47th Ave. S. - Suite C • Grand Forks • 701-757-3075

Amazing Animals:

HORSES

• A horse can sleep either laying down or standing up.

• Horses have larger eyes than any other land mammal. Because the eyes are located on the sides of their heads, they can see in nearly a full circle.

• Horses can gallop at about 27 mph but the fastest recorded horse sprinted at 55 mph.

• A horse cannot vomit.

• The teeth of a horse show the animal’s age. When the owner of a horse for sale says it’s a young animal, the buyer is wise to inspect the teeth in order to get that information “straight from the horse’s mouth.”

• When horses are “rough-shod” they have shoes which have the ends of the nails sticking out. This gives the horse more traction, but it tears up the ground the animal travels over. When someone “rides rough-shod” over another person, they are trampling the ground beneath them without caring.

• When a jockey is so far ahead of the rest of the horses in a race that he doesn’t even have to lift the reins anymore, he rises from his crouch over the horse’s withers and puts his hand on the pommel of the saddle, thereby winning the race “hands down.”

• Nervous race horses are sometimes given goats as companions in their stalls, which helps calm them down. Gamblers sometimes steal the goat of a horse that they want to do badly in a race. Today we bother other people when we “get their goat.”

• When early day pioneers reached the Palouse River in Idaho, they found the Indians there riding a particular type of spotted horse. They called them “Palousez” horses, which are now known as Appaloosa.

• Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, was friends with Sir Charles Bunbury. Both fellows enjoyed breeding horses. Together the two gentlemen founded a new horse race- a one mile springtime test of 3-year-old Thoroughbreds. However, before the first race could be held, it needed to be named. Which founder should the race be named after? There was only one way to settle the dispute. They flipped a coin, and that is why every spring we enjoy a derby instead of a bunbury. As consolation, Bunbury's horse won the first derby.

• The famous racehorse Man o' War was the first animal whose obituary and biography appeared in the list of celebrities compiled by major press associations.

• Moifaa was a well-known racehorse in the early part of this century. In 1904 the ship that was bringing him from New Zealand to England was sunk in a storm. Moifaa nearly drowned, but washed up still alive on an island. He wandered around the island for two weeks before he was rescued. He was sent to England and entered in the Grand National Steeplechase against 25 other horses. He won.

• Bing Aman and Mart Jordan were two race horses who finished in a dead heat at the Gravesend Race Track in New York in 1873. So they ran the race again, and again they ended in a dead heat. The third time they tied as well, and the fourth race was as close as could be, but the judges ruled in favor of Bing Aman by a nose. The crowd didn't agree. They rioted and destroyed a good deal of the track.

• Gardening columnist Mike Klingman decided to see whose fertilizer was the best for tomatoes. He collected manure from all horses that finished on top in the Preakness Stakes and planted seedlings in the individually fertilized soil. The biggest tomatoes were grown in soil fertilized by a local nag who had never even seen the racetrack.

Answer

Weekly SUDOKU

Answer

King CROSSWORD

Thanks for Reading Tidbits!

WEST NILE VIRUS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED 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.

The mosquito most common for transmitting this disease generally stays close to the site it hatched from. Don’t let it be a container or rain gutter from your own property.

If you have any questions or concerns relating to mosquito control visit our website at www.gfmosquito.com

The Spats

by Jeff Pickering

Short-Term Care & Rehabilitation • Recuperate • Get Strong • Get Back to Everyday Life We offer specialized services in:

Physical, Occupational, Speech & Massage Therapy, along with Skilled Nursing Services To learn more about rehabilitation and other services we offer please contact us.

VILLASTVINCENT.ORG

(218) 281-3424 • 516 Walsh Street. • Crookston, MN

• On Aug. 24, 79 A.D., Mount Vesuvius erupts in southern Italy, devastating the prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, and entombing thousands under a thick layer of volcanic material and mud. In the 18th century, the cities were rediscovered and excavated.

• On Aug. 22, 1864, the International Red Cross is founded in Geneva after being advocated by Swiss humanitarian Jean-Henri Dunant. The international emblem, a red cross on a white background, is the Swiss flag in reverse.

• On Aug. 25, 1875, Matthew Webb, a 27-yearold merchant navy captain, becomes the first known person to successfully swim the English Channel. Webb accomplished the 21-mile crossing, which really entailed 39 miles of swimming because of tidal currents, in just under 22 hours.

• On Aug. 27, 1883, the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history occurs on Krakatau, a small volcanic island in Indonesia. Heard 3,000 miles away, the explosions threw 5 cubic miles of earth 50 miles into the air, created 120foot tsunamis and killed 36,000 people.

• On Aug. 23, 1926, the death of silent-screen idol Rudolph Valentino at age 31 sends his fans into a hysterical state of mass mourning. Some 100,000 mourners lined the streets outside the New York City church where funeral services were held.

• On Aug. 26, 1957, the Soviet Union announces that it has successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of being fired "into any part of the world." Following his election in 1960, President John F. Kennedy made missile development and the space program priorities.

• On Aug. 28, 1968, at the Democratic National Convention, tens of thousands of protesters against the Vietnam War battle thousands of police in the streets of Chicago. Fights also broke out on the convention floor, and delegates and reporters were beaten and knocked to the ground. © 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

King Features Weekly Service

© 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

Please tell our Advertisers You Saw Their Ad in Tidbits!

(Answers located on next page)

August 8, 2016

• “I find that if I rinse out my Styrofoam to-go cups from coffee shops or convenience stores, I can re-use them at least a couple of times. The cup and lid are really convenient, and I save money by bringing coffee from home.” — F.C. in Colorado • Eggs for breakfast at the campsite?

Do yourself a favor: Pre-crack and scramble them, then store in an empty water bottle. You’ll never have to worry about accidentally smashing the carton of eggs.

• Asparagus can be kept longer in the fridge if you trim the ends and place the stalks upright into a wide-mouth glass with a little bit of water in the bottom. You can get an extra few days of storage with this trick.

• “If your stainless steel sink gets dull, spray it with club soda.” — J.S. in Washington • “Need an emergency bootsaver? Stick a rolled newspaper down into the boot to keep it from flopping over.” — C.R. in Pennsylvania • To help coats and jackets last longer, give them a coating of waterproofing spray.

Send your tips to Now Here’s a Tip, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.

FRUIT FACTS

Hurry In For Sale Prices Good Through August 28, 2016

Home Owned & Operated Since 1939! • 701-772-6611

NATURE’S CRYSTAL 24-pk Bottled Water (35-4390)

2

$ 99

1

$ 97

97

LED ¢ 9Rubber

each

Flashlight

28-LED Worklight w/Hook #G-9RUBR-FB24 (6482-0019) Reg. $2.97

#G-28WKLT-DB12 (6482-006) Reg. $4.97 More colors available

Hwy. 81 North • Grand Forks, ND • Hours: M-F 8-8 • Sat. 8-6 • Sun. 12-6

NUGGET OF KNOWLEDGE There is no botanical difference between green bell peppers, yellow ones, and red ones. The only difference is their age.

They start out green and turn yellow, and then red, purple and brown as they mature on the vine, becoming progressively sweeter before spoiling.

Q. Why did the tomato blush?

A. Because he saw the salad dressing.

-----------------------Q: What did the lettuce say to the celery?

A: "Quit stalking me!"

--------------------------

SPACE FOR LEASE

1401 Central Ave. NW • East Grand Forks, MN

Call 701-215-1949

(Solution on Next Page)

Prime Location off 220 N. Paved Parking Lot behind Small, Medium and Large Offices Available

• Three-quarters of all raisins consumed in the U.S. are eaten at breakfast.

• Avocados are one of the few fruits that contain fat.

An avocado has about 300 calories and 30 grams of fat, making it 22% fat. A banana has only 0.6 grams of fat.

• Olives are another fatty fruit. Ten black olives have about 50 calories and 4 grams of fat.

• Oranges will not ripen after being picked, but lemons will.

• True cantaloupes only grow in Europe. The American version is actually a muskmelon. Same family, same genus, different species. Cantaloupe were named after the town which was named after the Cantaluppi Castle in Italy. Cantaloupes are rarely exported and very difficult to find in the U.S. • Papayas contain an enzyme called papain which is commonly used in meat tenderizers.

• Dates are not a dried fruit; they look that way when they're fresh.

• The most popular berry in the U.S. is the strawberry. Blueberry comes in second.

• Cranberries only grow in swampy bogs. Some cranberry beds will produce fruit for more than a century.

• Every raspberry is really a conglomeration of hundreds of tiny individual fruits, each one containing a seed.

• Blueberries contain more antioxidants per serving than any other fruit or vegetable, according to the USDA. More blueberries are grown in the state of Maine than anywhere else in the world. Blueberries are one of the few foods that are naturally blue in color.

• Grapes are one of the oldest cultivated fruits and there are more varieties of grape produced in the world than any other fruit.

• Pound for pound, the cherry contains the highest concentration of sugars.

DIFFERENCES: 1. Frying pan is missing. 2. Tent is missing. 3. Sun is lower.

4. Radio is missing. 5. Tent flap is different. 6. Towel is missing. © 2016 King Features Synd., All rights reserved.

• Worldwide, mangoes are the most popular fruit. In the U.S., bananas are top, followed by apples, watermelon, and oranges.

Answer: Dell.

• Until the mid-1800s the most popular, cheapA VERY LARGE NUMBER est, and most widely available beverage (be•sides Edward Kasner mathematician. In 1938 water) was was applea cider. he was asked to come up with a name for a • Today the most popular juice is orange juice. very large number: the numeral one, followed by a hundredarezeros.

He asked hisrose two family. young • Strawberries a member of the nephews what name they Americans eat about five would poundssuggest. per year on •average.

Nine-year-old Milton suggested a name out only of the funnies.

A cartoon • The fruit with green flesh? strip Kiwi character fruit. named Barney was very popular. Milton chose • Nectarines arename a member the rose family.

Barney’s last for the of number.

Only one gene separates a nectarine from a • Kasner announced the new name for the big peach: theinfuzziness gene.altering the spelling. number his next book, • •One type of Mexican papaya can Sergey weigh up to Sixty years later, Larry Page and Brin ten pounds. developed a new internet search engine. Other search engines eachenergy webpage • On an apple tree,searched it takes the fromand 50 ranked them according to how many times a leaves to support the production of a single specific term appeared on them, but Page and apple.

Brin designed their search engine to search for • Watermelon 97% the specific flesh term is and thenwater. find out how many links there were that led back to that page, WORD ORIGINS which resulted a better search • Tangerines wereinnamed after the engine. city of Tangi•ers, They decidedwhich they was needed a nameforthat Morocco, well known the reflected how many websites the search fruit. engine was searching. They took the name • The SanskritKasner’s word “naranga” of Edward very largemeaning number, “fraonly grant” is the origin of the word orange. they misspelled it slightly, so it ended up being spelled explorers exactly the same atway the cartoon • Spanish looked pineapples and characterthey Barney spelled last name. What’s thought looked likehispinecones, giving it called? them their (Answer name. at bottom of page) COMPUTER FACTS • When Christian missionaries first encountered •a In 1981 Bill Gates said, “640 memory new plant in South America, kb theyoflooked at ought to be enough for anybody.” the flower and saw Christ’s crown of thorns init. SoLaw theystates named it computer the passion fruit.

•side Moore’s that performance doubles every 18 to 24 months, and ever • Grapefruit grow in clusters like grapes. since 1971, this has been true.

• Avocados, originally grown in Central and • HP, Google, Microsoft, and Apple were all South America, were called by the Spanish started in garages. word “ahuacatl” meaning “testicle” because of Answer: from googol. the shapeGoogle, of the fruit.

Your destination in East Grand Forks for Cold Beer and Hot Pizza

Corporate or Birthday Parties

or just a night of fun...

1st...Quarter 2015

Call us: 218 - 773 3477

Week 2 Jan 4 - Jan. 10

Cosmic Bowling

218-779-2288 www.homesweethomeinspections.net

FRUIT FACTS (cont'd)

Food and Drinks

Professional Home Inspection Service

Page 8

Quiz Answers

5. California & Arizona.

6. Potatoes 7. Lettuce

1. Broccoli & cauliflower.

2. Artichokes 3. Celery 4. Onion

We Fix iPad SCREENS! We replace screens on: • iPads • iPods • iPhones • Smartphones • Tablets See store for details

(701)

757-1899 See store for details

1003 S. Washington St. Grand Forks, ND (across from Gerrells)

Sports Answers 1. Juan Marichal (1983), & Pedro Martinez (2015) 2. Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski & UCLA’s John Wooden - 12 ea.

3. Miami Dolphins, 2006 4. 2004 5. Norway won 2-0.

6. 2007, #7 pick overall.

answer

SEWER-DRAIN SERVICE

24HR EMERGENCY SERVICE

13

• Residential • Commercial • Industrial

• Mobile Home Parks

(701) 746-8947 1-800-438-7686 • www.rotorootergf.com

Toll Free

Accessories

(855) 474-7958

WE INSTALL: • Lift Kits • Remote Starts • Truck Bedliners • Bed Rails • Running Boards / Nerf Bars • Rims & Tires • Grille Guards SAVE • Tonneau Covers • Hitches • Chrome Accessories • WeatherTech Floor Liners • Window Tinting • DVD Headrests • Tommy Gate • Fuel Tanks • Tool Boxes

SPRAY-IN SPECIAL!

$39900

Installed Reg. $499.99 *Most Makes & Models Add $50 for Over-the-Rail

• Truckbed Protection from Scratches, Dents & Rust • Permanent Bond

Diamond Dealer

Floor Liners

• Available in Black, Tan, or Grey • Large Inventory on Hand

• Most advanced floor protection available today.

• DigitalFit® laser measured for a perfect fit.

• Rigid core for strength.

• Surface friction to the carpet.

• Lower reservoir that channels fluids and debris away from shoes and clothing.

• Available for most makes & models.

Reduce Glare, Heat, and Block Harmful UV Rays from damaging your vehicle.

For a Limited Time

WINDOW TINTING

Accessories Dept.: Matt Paschke 701-792-2820 or Jason Kowalski 701-757-5912

cars.com

2700 South Washington, Grand Forks | Toll TollFree Free ((855) 855)277-8959 474-7958