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• James Smithson was an English chemist, mineralogist, and Oxford graduate who devoted his life to science, authoring 27 published papers on mineralogy. Although he had never even visited the United States, upon his death in 1829, he left his entire estate “to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an Establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.”

• Smithson’s bequest was sent to the U.S. in the form of gold sovereigns filling 11 boxes, along with his personal items, scientific papers, minerals, and library. The gold was sent to the U.S. treasury in Philadelphia to be reminted, a total of $508,318.

• Smithson died and was buried in Italy, and the U.S. consulate in Genoa maintained his grave site there until 1903. That year, famous inventor Alexander Graham Bell, who was a regent for the Smithsonian, traveled to Genoa with his wife to have the body exhumed. turn the page for more!

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SMITHSONIAN (continued): • Bell and his wife accompanied Smithson’s body across the ocean to the United States, and in January, 1904, the body was escorted through Washington, D.C. by the U.S. Cavalry to Smithson’s final resting place, a crypt on the first floor of the Smithsonian Castle.

• There are 19 different museums and galleries in the Smithsonian complex, including the Air and Space Museum, National Zoological Park, American History Museum, American Indian Museum, National Portrait Gallery, and Natural History Museum. The American History Museum, with over three million artifacts in its collection, contains everything from a piece of Plymouth Rock to the ruby slippers and scarecrow costume from 1939’s The Wizard of Oz. Lewis and Clark’s compass from their 1803 expedition is housed there as well as a section of the first transatlantic telegraph cable, completed in 1866.

• In 1920, Harry Burt started the Good Humor Ice Cream Company and operated a fleet of 12 trucks complete with freezers and bells.

His salesmen wore crisp white uniforms and were required to tip their hats to all ladies.

The Smithsonian is home to a 1938 Chevrolet Good Humor truck, a valuable piece of American history.

• In February of 1960, four African-American students sat down at a Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth’s lunch counter, filling seats vacated by white customers. After being refused service, they stayed in their seats, initiating a peaceful sit-in against racial inequality, and launching a pivotal phase of the civil rights movement. A section of that lunch counter, along with four stools, is a popular landmark in the American History Museum.

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SMITHSONIAN (continued): • One of the most popular exhibits in the Smithsonian is the Star-Spangled Banner flag, also called the Great Garrison flag, which flew over Baltimore’s Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. This flag was the inspiration for Francis Scott Key, who penned the nowfamous poem “Defense of Fort McHenry,” which was later set to music, becoming the U.S. national anthem. The flag with its 15 stars and 15 stripes was sewn by a Baltimore woman named Mary Pickergill in 1813 for $405.90. After the war, the banner was in the possession of the family of Major George Armistead, the commander of the fort, until 1912, when it was donated to the Smithsonian.

It has undergone several restorations, the first in 1914 and the most recent, a long-term restoration begun in 1999.

• Pieces from the life of George Washington abound in the Smithsonian, including a wisp of his hair, a brick from his childhood home, a letter hand-written by him in 1785, his uniform from the Revolutionary War, and wood from his coffin. There is also a 12-ton marble statue of the nation’s first president, completed in 1841, sitting atop a granite pedestal. Walk over to the National Portrait Gallery and you can see Gilbert Stuart’s famous painting of Washington, the image we see every day on the dollar bill.

• The world of sports is well-represented at the Smithsonian with a pair of 1823 roller skates, Muhammad Ali’s boxing gloves, Bobby Orr’s hockey gloves, Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls jersey, and jockey Steve Cauthen’s horse-racing silks. The speed skates worn by Olympic gold medalist Apolo Ohno at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Arthur Ashe’s tennis racket, Roger Staubach’s football jersey, and Hank Aaron’s baseball jersey are all part of the collection of 6,000 sports items.

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• On Aug. 1, 1498, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sets foot on the American mainland for the first time, in present-day Venezuela. Thinking it was an island, he christened it Isla Santa and claimed it for Spain. Columbus, a deeply religious man, decided that Venezuela was the outer regions of the Garden of Eden.

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• On Aug. 2, 1876, “Wild Bill” Hickok, one of the greatest gunfighters of the American West, is murdered in Deadwood, South Dakota. Hickok was playing cards with his back to the saloon door when a young gunslinger named Jack McCall shot him in the back of the head.

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• On July 31, 1937, Charles Martine, an Apache scout who played an important role in the surrender of Geronimo in 1886, dies on the Mescalero Reservation in New Mexico. After being found, Geronimo agreed to a meeting with Gen. Nelson Miles, during which he gave his unconditional surrender. Martine and Geronimo were exiled, and Martine never did receive his promised reward.

• On July 28, 1945, a United States military plane crashes into the Empire State Building, killing 14 people.

Upon impact, the plane’s jet fuel exploded. One engine from the plane went straight through the building and landed in a penthouse apartment across the street.

•On July 30, 1956, two years after pushing to have the phrase “under God” inserted into the pledge of allegiance, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a law officially declaring “In God We Trust” to be the nation’s official motto and be printed on all U.S. paper currency.

• On Aug. 3, 1965, CBS-TV news shows pictures of men from the First Battalion, Ninth Marines setting fire to huts in the village of Cam Na, Vietnam, despite reports that the Viet Cong had already fled the area. The film report sparked indignation and condemnation of the U.S. policy.

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•The 21 Club is a posh New York restaurant that has been in operation since 1922, though it has undergone some changes since its early days. The eatery's policy prohibiting women from wearing pants to dine didn't change until 1969. That was the year when "LaughIn" actress Judy Carne entered wearing what has been described as a "tunic-topped pants suit." When she was told she wouldn't be allowed to dine, she took off her pants and left them in the coat-check room. The tunic by itself just barely qualified as a micro-mini, but it was enough. The 21 Club changed its policy the next day.

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• During World War I, the opposing armies called a truce to celebrate Christmas 1914. During the truce, a group of German soldiers and a group of British soldiers met in the no-man's land between the opposing trenches to play a soccer match.

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• The green-domed Museum of Natural History opened in 1910, among the first Smithsonian buildings to be constructed. Its area is the size of about 18 football fields and houses fossils, minerals, meteorites, dinosaur skeletons, taxidermy, and sections. The insect exhibit features 30 million creatures pinned into boxes. In the herbarium, 4.5 million plants have been pressed onto sheets of paper.

• The legendary Hope Diamond is a 45.52-carat deep blue diamond, famous for a supposed curse upon its owner, allegedly bringing tragedy to all who own it or wear it. It’s believed that King Louis XIV bought the gem in 1668 for his wife Marie Antoinette.

The pair were guillotined during the French Revolution. After a series of owners, American heiress Evalyn Walsh McLean brought it to America, and following her death, jeweler Harry Winston bought the diamond. In 1958, Winston chose to donate it to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, and put the irreplaceable gem in a plain brown wrapper and sent it by registered first-class mail.

Insured for $250 million, the Hope Diamond is displayed in its own room behind a 3-inchthick (76 mm) bulletproof glass.

• Eugene Cernan was the last man to walk on the moon on Dec. 14, 1972. The National Air and Space Museum is home to Cernan’s spacesuit, garb that weighed about 185 lbs. (84 kg) on Earth. Visitors to this museum can also see a lunar roving vehicle, Saturn V rockets, Charles Lindbergh memorabilia, and the B-29 Superfortress, the Enola Gay.

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• Naismith devised a game using a soccer ball and two peach baskets as goals, with nine players on each team. He named his new game “Basket Ball,” and went on to establish 13 basic rules. Two years later, the peach baskets were replaced with iron hoops and a hammock-style basket. But it was several years before open-ended nets were used. Prior to that, each time a goal was scored, the ball was manually retrieved from the basket.

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NAISMITH (continued): • After five years in Springfield, Naismith moved on, back to his studies, receiving his MD in 1898. He took a teaching position at the University of Kansas, where he founded that institution’s Jayhawks basketball program, and was their coach until 1907. It was not Naismith’s intention to establish their sports program. He had planned to teach physical education and act as the chapel director. To Naismith, basketball was just a game, and he actually preferred wrestling and gymnastics, believing they were better forms of physical activity.

• It would be logical to think that a team coached by the inventor of basketball would have an outstanding record. But Naismith was not a competitive type, and he felt the game should be played “for fun and health.” He rarely attended the team’s practices, and his record of 55-60 reflected his lack of interest. He remains the only losing coach in the history of the Kansas basketball team.

• Yet Naismith saw his invention thrive as basketball became an Olympic demonstration sport in 1904 in St. Louis. It was made an official event at Berlin’s 1936 Summer Olympics, and the 74-year-old Naismith himself handed out the gold medal to the United States’ team, the silver to Canada, and the bronze medal to Mexico. He remarked that seeing the game played by so many nations was the greatest reward he could have received. Little did he know that the game would go on to be played by 300 million people worldwide today.

• Naismith authored two books, A Modern College in 1911 and Essence of a Healthy Life in 1910. He also served for a short time during World War I. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame (officially the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame) in 1959. The facility is located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the site of the game’s invention.

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• Root beer was originally a concoction invented by early native Americans using various plant roots, herbs, and berries, with sassafras as the main ingredient. Depending on the formula, a recipe might include flavors of vanilla, licorice root, sarsaparilla root, nutmeg, ginger, maple, acacia, anise, molasses, cinnamon, clove, and honey. In 1960, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration prohibited the use of sassafras oil after determining it has caused cancer and liver damage in laboratory rats. Root beer producers then switched to artificial sassafras flavorings.

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In 1876, Philadelphia pharmacist Charles Hires launched the brewing of root beer as a commercial venture. Hires was on his honeymoon in a New Jersey hotel when the owner served up an herbal “root tea” to which Hires took an immediate liking. He persuaded his hostess to share her recipe of 16 wild roots, which included juniper, wintergreen, sarsaparilla, hops, and pipsissewa. Back in his pharmacy, Hires blended his own formula, offering a 25-cent packet of powder that customers would mix with water, sugar, and yeast, yielding five gallons of root beer. Shortly afterward, he began bottling extract and syrup concentrate for sale to soda fountains, as well as shipping out the beverage in kegs.

• Hires introduced his beverage to the public at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, giving away free samples. In his first year of production, he sold 864 bottles of extract. By 1891, that number was two million. He began selling bottled carbonated root beer two years later.

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ROOT BEER (continued): Many pharmacists of Hires’ day believed that root beer had health benefits, and Hires himself claimed that it purified the blood and made for rosy cheeks.

Hires believed in widely and aggressively advertising his product, stating, “Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does!”

In 1919, when soldiers were returning home from World War I, a California entrepreneur named Roy Allen was looking for a way to honor them. He mixed up a formula for root beer he had purchased from an Arizona pharmacist and sold it on a street corner for a nickel a mug. The beverage was so popular that before long, Allen had expanded to four sites, which eventually evolved into driveins. In 1925, he took on one of his employees Frank Wright as a partner and the pair began offering franchises under the name A&W. Eight years later there were 170 drive-ins. The company is the oldest franchise restaurant in the country and currently has over 1,100 locations in 10 countries.

A&W continues to honor soldiers on Root Beer Float Day by giving away thousands of floats. The company requests donations on that day for the treats, with all proceeds given to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project for injured service members. Donations topped $100,000 in 2013.

Ely Klapman and Barney Berns teamed up in 1937 in Klapman’s Chicago basement to create Dad’s Old Fashioned Root Beer, named in honor of Klapman’s father. Dad’s, still in production today, was the first product to offer a six-pack packaging and the halfgallon bottle.

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Q: My son was a comic-book collector, and he was especially interested in vintage publications from the 1940s and ‘50s. He died last year, and I have inherited his incredible collection, which has hundreds of rarities. I do not want to post them on eBay and wonder if you have another idea of how I can sell them. -- Betty, Walnut Cree, Calif.

A: Heritage Comics Auctions is one of the better solutions, with offices in several major American cities, including Heritage Comics, 445 Park Ave.,

New York, NY 10022, 212-486-3500; and Heritage Comics, 478 Jackson St., San Francisco, CA 94111, 800-872-6467. Check out the informative website at www.heritagecomics.com.

Although there are several price guides available, a personal favorite is The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide by Robert M. Overstreet, published by House of Collectibles. It features up-to-date prices that I think accurately reflect the marketplace.

Q: I have collected older cameras for about 40 years and have reached the time in my life where I need to downsize and liquidate my various collections. How do you suggest I sell my cameras? -- Stan, Wheaton, Ill. A: Camera Shopper is a national publication that helps consumers buy, sell and trade vintage and collectible cameras. The paper publishes 10 issues annually; classified ads are 20 cents per word with a paid subscription of $15. This might be a good way for you to sell your cameras. Contact is 123 Harbor Drive, Unit 310, Stamford, CT 06902; editor@camera-shopper. com; www.camera-shopper.com; and 203-322-8502.

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3. Who holds the record for most rushing yards in a Rose Bowl game?

4. In 2012-13, the Hornets’ Ryan Anderson became the fourth NBA player to have 500 rebounds and 200 3-pointers made in a season. Name two of the others.

5. Colorado Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov, in 2014, became the fourth Russian-born goalie to have 100 wins in the NHL. Name two of the first three.

6. In 2014, Kurt Busch tied for the best finish (sixth) at the Indianapolis 500 for a driver also racing in the Coca-Cola 600 the same day. Whom did he tie?

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With the summer travel season upon us, insurance coverage might not be first on your list of ways to save money on vacation -- but it should be, especially if your plans involve renting a car. Your credit card likely offers car-rental insurance as one of the benefits, and your auto policy might as well.

CardHub released a study showing that 20 percent of consumers purchase supplemental coverage with car rentals.

The reason: Confusion about whether their auto insurance covers a rental. According to the study, 62 percent don’t think their auto insurance will cover a rental, and 24 percent don’t think their credit cards automatically cover rentals.

Here are some findings: • American Express, Discover, MasterCard and VISA have a rental-car insurance policy, but MasterCard doesn’t have it on all its cards. All the cards require that you decline the supplemental insurance (collision damage waivers) the rental company offers.

The entire cost of the rental must be put on the credit card.

• None of the cards will cover trucks, offroad vehicles, antique cars or vehicles with open beds. Additionally VISA won’t cover accidents on dirt or gravel roads. MasterCard is picky: It will cover an accident on a dirt or gravel road if the road is regularly maintained.

• American Express won’t cover certain vehicles, such as big SUVs. Your best bet is to make calls before your trip and get all your facts in advance.

Ask your auto-insurance company whether your policy covers rental vehicles. If not, find out if you can buy a temporary rider to cover your vacation period. Ask about other drivers if you won’t be the designated driver for the whole trip. Consider renting a vehicle similar to your own. If you’re going to rent one that’s significantly more expensive, ask whether it will be covered. Be sure to ask if there’s a time limit for coverage on your trip.

Then ask your credit-card company about rental coverage, and whether there are any restrictions, such as the ones above. If you don’t have a copy of the card’s benefits and rights disclosure, ask for it in advance of your trip so you’ll have it in hand. You might want it if the car-rental agency questions turning down its offered insurance.

To see the full report, go online to www. cardhub.com, and search for 2014 Credit Card Auto Rental Insurance Report.

David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Send email to columnreply3@ gmail.com. (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

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By Keith Roach, M. D, DEAR DR. ROACH: I have had high blood pressure at times, and my doctor said I have white coat syndrome. I am on metoprolol and ramipril. My blood pressure spikes at times.

Recently I didn’t feel right. My blood pressure was reading 200/120, more or less, over 12 hours.

I went to my doctor, who gave me something that would bring it down and told me to double up on metoprolol. I took readings at home, and for the next three days it was better but still on the high side. The average over 12 hours was 145/90.

I went to a specialist and took along my readings.

He didn’t seem alarmed that I had several spikes of 190/105. He told me it’s normal to have high blood pressure readings, everyone has them. I can understand occasional spikes, but mine goes up and stays up for hours. -- G. ANSWER: Let’s first define white-coat hypertension, also called reactive hypertension. It’s a condition where blood pressure in the doctor’s office is much higher than blood pressure at home.

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Department of Veterans Affairs chief Eric Shinseki is gone. He resigned after getting caught by the whiplash of the revelation that there were serious problems down the line in the VA, mostly having to do with medical appointments being manipulated, deleted, fudged, canceled, hidden in desk drawers (pick a word), and that veterans died while waiting.

No matter how it turned out, Shinseki was always in our corner. We can never doubt that. If he had a failing, it was that he trusted those down the chain of command to do their jobs well.

We have a new secretary of the VA nominee, who surely will be approved by Congress.

Let’s look at who he is. Robert “Bob” McDonald, age 61, West Point grad, former Army captain, 82nd Airborne, son of a World War II veteran, 33 years with Procter and Gamble, the soap company. His years at P&G weren’t all rosy, but that’s to be expected with a responsibility that large (the company has over 100,000 employees), especially with a recession tightening all our wallets.

A few things come up as red flags: Fact 1: In the end he was run out, forced to “step down” from P&G after four years as head of the company.

Fact 2: From 1989 to 2004, he climbed P&G’s global corporate ladder in Toronto, the Philippines, Japan and Brussels. Which means he didn’t have his finger on the pulse of American veterans, or even Americans for all those years.

Fact 3: No health-care experience.

McDonald might have a rough start. Still, Acting VA Secretary Sloan Gibson is paving the way by meeting with the Special Counsel about whistleblower protection and directing all VA medical center leadership to meet monthly with local medical partners and Veterans Service Organizations.

Freddy Groves regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Send email to columnreply2@gmail.com. (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

marker of overall blood pressure. At first glance, that doesn’t seem to be what you have. You have high blood pressure consistently, at least recently.

Even people with whose blood pressure generally is well-controlled -- either naturally or because they take medication -- will have some readings that are higher than others. However, readings of 195/105 are too high. Even your relatively better average of 145/90 is too high.

One test that is often done is called an ambulatory blood pressure measurement. A blood pressure monitor is worn for 24 hours and takes your blood pressure every 15-20 minutes during the day and 30-60 minutes during sleep. It’s possible that your blood pressure is normally in the good range but spikes every time you or your doctor take it -- I have seen a few cases of this.

An echocardiogram also can detect changes in the heart, most commonly enlargement of the left ventricle, which may show damage from high blood pressure. I suspect you may need additional treatment.

This is usually medication, but salt restriction and stress management can reduce blood pressure in most people.

High blood pressure is one of our most common ailments. The booklet on it describes what it does and how it’s treated. Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Roach -- No. 104W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.

DEAR DR. ROACH: Some time ago, I had a lot of noise coming from my stomach, a kind of growling sound. It went away, but now it comes on again once in a while. No pain, just the noise.

-- T. ANSWER: These noises go by the officialsounding name of borborygmi (BOR-boh-RIGmee), and are both common and normal the vast majority of the time. They reflect the movement of the stomach and the intestines. Since there is no pain, you don’t have to do anything about them.

Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell. edu. To view and order health pamphlets, visit www.rbmamall.com, or write to P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. (c) 2014 North America Synd., Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Fixing a Damaged Roof Shingle Q: While doing a quick visual scan of the roof, I noticed a couple of areas where the asphalt shingles were chipped or even lifted a little. I didn’t find any leaks in the attic. Do I need to completely replace these shingles? -- Don C., via email A: If a shingle is chipped but mostly intact, and the surrounding shingles are OK, you can get away with patching it. The repair may last only a couple of seasons, but it can protect your roof in the short term.

To patch a shingle, take a spare shingle of the same material and cut it to the size of the damaged area. Remove any dangling or jutting pieces from the damaged section. Tack the new piece of shingle into place using roofing cement.

Shingles that are torn or buckled, missing, or areas with several damaged shingles will benefit more from replacement than patching. Purchase replacement shingles at the home-improvement store, along with repair tools and supplies including roofing cement, tack hammer or roofing-nail gun, pry bar and spare roofing nails.

Check out the YouTube video titled “Replacing a Damaged Roof Shingle” for a quickand-dirty primer on replacing shingles.

As you can see, the shingles above the damaged area need to be lifted slightly (be careful not to break them) so the roofing nails holding the damaged shingle in place can be removed. Once the nails are removed, loosen and slide the damaged shingle downward and out.

Slide the replacement shingle into the same spot. If holding the shingle in place is difficult, put a couple dots of roofing cement on the underside just to hold it in place while you secure it.

Work your way back up, putting new roofing nails near the same spots that you removed the old ones from. Re-secure the loosened shingles above with new nails.

As always, remember that safety comes first when working up on the roof. Always have a partner helping to steady the ladder, and use a safety line. Move along the roof in a crouch, rather than standing up, which could cause you to lose your balance. If you don’t feel confident in working at that height, contact a professional roofer to handle the repair. The National Roofing Contractors Association can provide advice and guidance in finding a contractor.

HOME TIP: Check the weather forecast before starting roofing repairs: The materials need several days of dry, warm weather to cure completely.

Send your questions or home tips to ask@ thisisahammer.com. (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

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PROPERTY FOR SALE Along State Rt. & Below former Holiday Inn in Kanauga 1 acre with Car Lot office 2 Pole Barns 8 ft. x 30 ft.

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• Where we are: As of 2010, more seniors were living in Florida, West Virginia, Maine and Pennsylvania (more than 15 percent of the population) than anywhere else. Eleven states have more than 1 million seniors age 65 and older. When it comes to growth, however, the South and West experienced a higher rate.

• Over 38 percent of us have one or more disabilities. Most common difficulties are walking, climbing stairs and doing errands alone.

• Our computer use is up 31 percent.

• While the percent of seniors in nursing facilities has declined, the percentage in long-term care facilities has risen.

• Women outnumber men (this we know!) and it started at age 35 when the male/ female balance shifted. By age 65, there are one hundred women to every eighty-nine men.

• Seniors are the only group to have an increase in voter participation.

• Our workforce levels have risen, up to 22 percent for men and 13 percent for women.

(The rate for those ages 25 to 34 fell.) Age 65 and older is the only group not to have a decline in employment rate.

•While the rate of home ownership fell for those under age 65, seniors stayed the same.

Our rate of 81 percent puts us above all the other age groups.

To read the whole report, go online to www.census.gov and put this in the search box: 65+ in the United States: 2010. At 192 pages, this document is packed with information.

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By Chris Richcreek 1. Harold Baines, with 1,688 hits.

2. Bob Turley (1958), Whitey Ford (‘61), Sparky Lyle (‘77) and Ron Guidry (‘78).

3. Charles White ran for 247 yards for Southern Cal in 1980.

4. Peja Stojakovic, Antoine Walker and Paul Pierce.

5. Evgeni Nabokov (350 victories), Nikolai Khabibulin (333) and Ilya Bryzgalov (220).

6. Robby Gordon and Tony Stewart.

7. Roger Federer, in 2005-06.

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Answers 1. Reno, Nevada 2. A wake 3. Figure skating 4. Blue 5. Baby carriage 6. Papa 7. Joad 8. Robert Duvall 9. 37 C 10. Night or darkness

1. Status Quo (“Pictures of Matchstick Men”). Only one original member, Francis Rossi, remains with the group, which still tours.

2. “Needles and Pins,” originally in 1963. It was only a minor hit until the Searchers version.

3. “Black Is Black,” in 1966. Because of the similarity in lead voices, many thought it was done by Gene Pitney.

4. Bobby Rydell, in 1960. It did well, but not as well as his “Wild One.” 5. “Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots,” by The Cheers in 1955, one of the first in the teenage tragedy songs genre. In this one the boyfriend, the “terror of Highway 101,” met his end when “he hit a screamin’ diesel that was California-bound.”