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TOM MIX VS LEOPARD • Tom Mix was a rodeo champion in the early 1900s. One day a rodeo organizer showed him a cable from a film company looking for cowboys willing to do stunt work for a movie they were making. Mix signed up and that’s how he got started in films. • In 1914 Mix was acting as safety man during the filming of “Lost in the Jungle.” Heroine Kathryn Williams was to cower between two logs while a leopard menaced her. The leopard had been trained to catch and kill chickens, and a chicken was tied directly behind the actress out of camera range. Mix stood by with a shotgun just in case. • As the leopard stalked the chicken, the breeze kicked up, ruffling Kathryn’s hair which flew up into a feathery halo. The confused leopard leapt at the actress instead of the chicken, sinking its claws into her head. Mix, unable to shoot the animal without endangering the actress, grabbed the leopard by the tail and dragged it off. • The director saw the potential in this heroic act and Tom Mix’s career as an actor and stuntman was launched. He went on to make 70 Westerns for the studio, performing all his own stunts. He ended up breaking each leg four times as well as fracturing ribs, ankles, and hands. His popularity soared until he was one of Hollywood’s top stars, earning $17,000 per week. He died in 1940 in a car crash at the age of 60. A BUSY GUY • Guinness Book of World Records awarded Jackie Chan the record for the most film credits for his work in movie “Chinese Zodiac” where he was not only the lead actor performing all his stunts, but also the writer, director, producer, cinematographer, art director, production manager, prop man, gaffer, composer, theme song vocalist, and catering coordinator.

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Online at www.lovemytidbits.com WILLIAM DUNCAN’S DROWNING • William Duncan, a Scottish actor, insisted on doing his own stunts. In 1915 he plunged off an 80-foot (24 m) cliff into the sea, but the cameras on the boats were rocked so violently by the waves that they were unable to get any close-up shots of Duncan supposedly drowning. So they moved to a 10-foot deep (3 m) indoor tank in a studio. • In the script, Duncan’s character plunges off the cliff to avoid capture by pursuing guards, who then shoot at him in the water. To simulate rifle shots hitting the water, production assistants were armed with heavy iron nuts and instructed to hurl them at Duncan’s head as he was going under. • To ensure a life-like drowning, Duncan was tied to a rope which ran through an iron ring on the bottom of the tank and over to several men on the opposite side who were to pull on the rope to drag Duncan under. Duncan was then supposed to release himself from the rope and swim to the surface. • Just as Duncan was being pulled under, one of the nuts hit him in the head, knocking him senseless. He suddenly found himself underwater, tied to a rope with no recollection of what he was supposed to do. He nearly drowned before the details of how to release himself from the rope came back to him. Meanwhile, the assistants were standing around the tank thinking, “Gee, he sure can stay under water a long time.” CONNIE TILTON SAVES THE DAY • Connie Tilton was stunt double for Hayley Mills in the 1959 movie “Tiger Bay.” She was to jump from a ship into a choppy sea, and a stuntman was to dive in to dramatically rescue her for the cameras. The stuntman panicked in the high waves and nearly drowned them both. Tilton smacked him, knocking him unconscious. She then swam back to the ship towing him behind her.

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THE ISLAND OF SURTSEY • Surtsey is an island off the coast of Iceland that was born from a volcanic eruption that started in 1963 and continued until 1967. • In 1963, men on a fishing trawler off the coast of Iceland saw a column of smoke and thought it was a ship on fire. When they investigated, they found that it was instead an underwater volcanic eruption. By the end of the week, the volcano had broken the surface of the sea and an island began to form. • After the eruption ceased, the island was measured at one square mile in area (2.7 km2) but in the years since, wave action has eroded the island and it is now half the size that it once was. Though erosion continues, it’s unlikely the island will ever completely disappear because the waves now beat against the hard volcanic shores instead of the loose volcanic fragments. • The island is 20 miles (32 km) south of the southern coast of Iceland. The name is Icelandic meaning “Surtr’s Island” named for the mythological Norse giant Surtur, who is charged with the responsibility of setting fire to the world after the Last Judgement. • The formation and development of this island has been closely studied by scientists who want to understand more about how a sterile environment is colonized. Access to the island has been controlled since its birth. • When the island was only one month old, microbes hovered in the air over the island. The first flies and butterflies appeared on the barren island a few months later. • By 1967 when the volcanic eruption finally ceased, there were 63 species of insects found there. By 1970 the list of insect species found on the island had grown to 136. Most of the insects found had been blown there and did not survive. However, by 1970 there were breeding populations of both springtails and midges. (Continued next page)

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Online at www.lovemytidbits.com SURTSEY (cont’d) • The birds found Surtsey quickly as well. Only two weeks after the island had been formed, sea gulls were landing there to rest. In 1967, 14 species of birds stopped by the island regularly. By 1970 three different species of birds were nesting on Surtsey while 16 other species stopped by occasionally to rest. • Plants also arrived in short order. A sea rocket was the first plant to set down roots there, in 1965. Sea rockets are members of the cabbage family that grow well in salty and sandy conditions. • By 1969 there were four additional species of plants on Surtsey. Many of these plants grew around a barrel scientists had placed on the island to collect rainwater. Birds perched on the edge of the barrel to drink. Their droppings, containing seeds of plants they had eaten, fell on the ground and sprouted. • Mosses also grew well, but scientists suspected they had brought in the moss spores on the bottoms of their shoes. • Another item brought in unintentionally by a scientist included a tomato plant that was found growing on the island in 1969. Researchers were confused at how it arrived, until they concluded that someone had defecated and the tomato seed had sprouted after passing through the human digestive system. The tomato plant was pulled up, lest it contaminate the natural order of things. • When a large, grass-covered tussock washed ashore in 1974, scientists found it harbored 663 land invertebrates, most of which survived the sea crossing. By 1983, seals were breeding on the island. Today about 60 species of plants grow on the island regularly. • Today there is a webcam, a weather station, and a hut to shelter scientists on the island. Only about 100 people have set foot on the island since it formed.

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* On Feb. 26, 1919, the Grand Canyon is established as a national park. American geologist John Wesley Powell, who popularized the term “Grand Canyon” in the 1870s, was the first person to travel the entire length of the gorge in 1869. The harrowing voyage was made in four rowboats. * On Feb. 25, 1938, the city of Miami gets its first drive-in movie theater. At their peak in the late 1950s and early 1960s, there were some 4,000 drive-ins across America. * On Feb. 23, 1945, during the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines take the crest of Mount Suribachi. The iconic image of six Marines raising the American flag on the peak was taken by photographer Joe Rosenthal. * On Feb. 22, 1959, Lee Petty defeats Johnny Beauchamp in a photo finish at the just-opened Daytona International Speedway in Florida to win the first Daytona 500. The race was so close that Beauchamp was initially declared the winner. * On Feb. 21, 1965, in New York City, Malcolm X, a black nationalist and religious leader, is assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization of AfroAmerican Unity in Washington Heights. * On Feb. 20, 1985, in a highly controversial vote, the Irish government defies the powerful Catholic Church and approves the sale of contraceptives, a major turning point in Irish history. Up until 1979, Irish law prohibited the importation and sale of contraceptives. * On Feb. 24, 1991, after six weeks of intensive bombing against Iraq and its armed forces, U.S.-led coalition forces launch a ground invasion of Kuwait and Iraq. By the end of the day, the Iraqi army had effectively folded, 10,000 of its troops were held as prisoners and a U.S. air base had been established deep inside Iraq. (c) 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.

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* To make a deliciously flaky pie crust, use a normal cheese grater to grate butter in to the flour mix. The butter will stay cold, and it will come out tender and flaky. * “I like to make a big presentation, so I use sliced fruit, nuts and fresh herbs for garnishes. I prepare them ahead of time and store them in the fridge to take dishes from stove to table quickly. I have found that if you use a little lemon juice on apple slices, they won’t discol-

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or and you can cut them up ahead of time, too.” -- T.C. in California * Because fabric softeners can leave residue on the dryer’s lint trap, clean yours out at least every other month. Just scrub with plain old soap and water. * Create your own nonslip hangers for your closet with your glue gun. Run a thin bead along the top sides of your hanger. Allow to dry thoroughly and you will be able to hang the flimsiest of tops on the hanger without them falling off. No glue gun? Try wrapping a pipe cleaner tightly around each side; this works well for tank tops!

* “Print out recipes and tape them to your kitchen cabinets, or hang from a door pull with a pants hanger. You could even stack a week’s worth of recipes on a clipboard and add a dedicated hook for them in your kitchen.” -- T.Y. in North Carolina * To save time making potatoes, try microwaving instead of boiling. Follow the manufacturer’s directions on your microwave. 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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Three-Cheese Baked Penne This comforting, vegetarian pasta bake combines three kinds of cheese for a gooey, creamy main dish that’s still packed with protein and other healthy nutrients. 15 ounces part-skim ricotta cheese 4 ounces shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese 1 ounces Parmesan cheese 1 teaspoon olive oil 3 cloves garlic 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper 1 can crushed tomatoes 2 sprigs basil Salt 1 box whole-wheat penne 1 pound green beans 1/4 cup finely chopped basil leaves Pepper 1. Heat oven to 400 F. In bowl, combine cheeses. 2. In 12-inch skillet, heat oil on medium. Add garlic and red pepper; cook 30 seconds. Stir in tomatoes, basil sprigs and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Heat to boiling, then reduce heat to simmer 20 minutes. Discard basil sprigs. 3. Meanwhile, heat covered 6-quart pot of water to boiling on high. Add 2 teaspoons salt and pasta; cook 5 minutes less than minimum time that label directs, stirring. Add beans; cook 4 minutes. 4. Reserve 1/2 cup pasta water. Drain pasta and beans; return to pot. If tomato sauce is too thick, stir in reserved pasta water. To pasta in pot, stir in tomato sauce, chopped basil and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and black pepper. 5. Spoon half of pasta mixture into 3-quart shallow baking dish. Dollop with half of cheese mixture. Repeat. Cover with foil; bake 10 minutes. Uncover; bake 10 minutes or until cheese has melted. Serves 6. For thousands of triple-tested recipes, visit our website at www.goodhousekeeping.com/ recipes/. (c) 2017 Hearst Communications, Inc. All rights reserved


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Retirement Community: Is One Right for You? Many seniors get to a point in life where a big house is too much to manage. Maybe the weather is no longer tolerable. It’s then that the idea of a retirement community begins to look inviting. However, a new place to live might not be all you imagined. Before you pack up and move into a retirement community, consider the following: * Will you have control of when and how you leave the community? If your health fails, does the fine print say that someone else gets to decide when you need a place with more care? Look carefully at the details of continuing-care communities and learn what they actually provide, versus independent-living communities. Find out what’s available at the closest hospital, just in case. * If you already have a helper who does your shopping or cleaning, will that person be allowed to continue? * Will your new home have a kitchen? If it doesn’t, you’ll be stuck with adhering to the eating schedules already established in the dining room. Is there a fee to bring your meals to you? * You won’t automatically make new friends, or even be accepted by people. The groups have already formed before you arrive. Find out the ages, genders and single/ couple ratios. * What is the rate of staff turnover at any community you consider? High turnover can indicate unhappiness among the staff. * Are your hobbies supported? If the slick brochures advertise pottery classes, do those actually take place? * Are you allowed to sell your home to anyone, or does management have a say? What is the annual rate of increase of any monthly fees? If you make a large lump-sum payment when you move in, is the entrance fee refundable?

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