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HISTORY Highlight:In1963, Pope John
XXIII died at age81, ending a relatively brief but highly influential 4~/2-year papacy; he was
succeeded byPopePaul Vl. In1621, the Dutch West India Co. received its charter for a trade monopoly in parts of the Americas and Africa. In1808, Confederate President
Jefferson Davis wasborn in Christian County, Ky. In1888, the poem "Casey at N the Bat, by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was first published in the San Francisco Daily Examiner. In1937, Edward, The Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated
the British throne, married Wallis Warfield Simpson in a
private ceremony in Monts, France. In1943, Los Angeles saw the beginning of its "Zoot Suit Riots" as white servicemen clashed with young Latinos wearing distinctive-looking zoot suits; the violence finally ended when military officials declared the city off limits to enlisted personnel. In1948, the 200-inch reflect-
ing Hale Telescope atthe Palomar Mountain Observatory in California was dedicated. In1962, Air France Flight 007,
a U.s.-bound Boeing 707, crashed while attempting to take off from Orly Airport near Paris; all but two of the 132
people aboard were killed. In1963, a Northwest Orient
Airlines DC-7military charter en route from McChord Air
Force Base inWashington state to Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska crashed off Annette Island with the loss of all
101 people aboard. In1965, astronaut Edward White became the first Ameri-
can to "walk" in spaceduring the flight of Gemini 4. In1972, Sally J. Priesand was
ordained asAmerica's first female rabbi at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute
of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio. In1983, Gordon Kahl, a militant tax protester wanted in the
slayings of two U.S. marshals in North Dakota, was killed in a gun battle with law-enforcement officials near Smithville, Ark. In1989, Iran's spiritual leader,
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, dled.
Ten years ago:World leaders closed out a summit in Evian,
France, by pledging to rebuild Iraq and combat the threat of
nuclear weapons in Iran and North Korea. Five yearsago:Barack Obama claimed the Democratic presidential nomination in a long-
time-coming victory speech. One year ago:A DanaAir MD83 jetliner carrying 153 people crashed on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone
on board and at least10 people on the ground.
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Who needs coffeefor break»05 I fast when you can pour Wired Wyatt's caffeinated maple syrup over your Wired Waffles? Remember Cracker Jack? This year saw the advent of Cracker =::-:Jack'd Power Bites, with as much caffeine per serving as a cup of coffee. Americans, it turns out, are willing to gobble up caffeine in all kinds of foods — from potato wired wyatrs photovia The washington post chips to sunflower seeds to beef The Wired Waffles product has generated about $30,000 in sales since last fall, according to company jerky. Not to mention gummy founder Roger Sullivan, who added that his product is popular with endurance runners, long-haul bears and marshmallows. Entruck drivers and sleep-deprived college students. But the caffeinated food craze was put into timeout ergy-boosting foods r a cked plicitly approved adding caf- by the FDA. up more than $1.6 billion in feine as an ingredient was for domestic retail sales last year, sodas. That was in the 1950s, up nearly 50 percent from five long beforethe agency could people coming up who are not more improbable drinks and Roger Sullivan have continued years ago, according to the mar- have predicted the proliferation exclusive coffee drinkers." snacks, putting children, unsus- with business as usual. ket research firm Euromoni- in caffeinated food products. Abraham Palmer, a research- pecting pregnant women, and Sullivan said he and his wife tor International. The trend, Researchers have said 400 er at the University of Chicago others at risk," the group's ex- dreamed up Wired Waffles afexperts say, reflects a rush by milligrams of caffeine per day who has researched how caf- ecutive director, Michael Jacob- terthe economic crash in 2008 food manufacturersto cater to — roughly 4 to 5 cups of coffee feine affects people differently, son, wrote. "How soon before prompted them to close their consumers' increasingly frenet- — is generally safe for adults. sees little to worry about in the we have caffeinatedburgers, coffee distribution business. ic lives — and to cash in on the There is no set level for children, growth of caffeinated foods. burritos, or breakfast cereals?" Their f l edgling c a ffeinated popularity and profitability of although the American Acad- The food merely acts as a differThe group also wrote to com- waffle company has produced high-caffeine energy drinks. emy of Pediatrics has discour- ent delivery vehicle for the drug, panies such as PepsiCo and about 830,000 in sales since "This is something that's go- aged any caffeineconsump- he said, and it is a lot harder to Kraft, which produces caffein- the fall, mostly online. Sulliing to continue to grow," said tion for young people, citing scarf down half a dozen Wired ated MiO Energy water-flavor- van said he supports more deRoger Sullivan, founder of concerns about"it s effects on Waffles than it is to drink sev- ing drops, arguing that caffeine tailed labeling requirements. "is totally inappropriate to be Wired Waffles, based in Marys- the developing neurologic and eralcups ofStarbucks coffee. Still, Sullivan has no plans "Caffeine is a well under- included in foods consumed by to stop selling. "That's not goville, Wash. He says his prod- cardiovascularsystems and the uct is popular with endurance risk of physical dependence and stood drug; billions of people children." ing to happen," he said. "If we runners, long-haul truck drivaddiction." around the world use it," Palmer The nonprofit center ac- waited on the government to ers and sleep-deprived college Manufacturers must include said. "It's hard for me to under- knowledged that the compa- figure things out, we'd be out students. "It's definitely a mar- caffeine on their lists of ingre- stand why these newer formu- nies had not marketed products of business." ket where I think a lot of large dients, but they are not required lations are causing such alarm. such as Cracker Jack'd directly companies are figuring out how to say how much. ... I fear that maybe this is much to kids but said that "it's hard to to jump in." The FDA's move to halt the ado about nothing." imagine that the products will But is the party over? increase of foods with added Still, he agreed with Griffiths not be attractive to children." The Food and Drug Admin- caffeine comes on the heels of that companies should, at a With the big food companies 541-548-2066 istration threw a wet blanket other efforts to investigate the minimum, disclose the amount attracting most of the attention, Adjustable on th e c a ffeine-laced food safety ofbeveragesloadedwith of caffeine in their products. small-timepurveyors such as Bedscraze recentlywhen it asked the stimulant. The Grocery Manufacturers foodmakers to take a timeout. In late 2010, the agency es- Association, which represents Concerned about the potential sentially forced caffeinated al- the largest food and beverage I health effects on children, as coholic drinks off the market. companies, has said it intends HIGH DESERT BANK well as Americans' cumulative More recently, the agency has to work with the FDA to make caffeine intake, officials said been investigating the safety of sure the products on grocery they want to investigate wheth- caffeinated energy drinks. shelvesare "safe, wholesome, G allery- B e n d er new rules are needed to govTaylor said he is not espe- quality products." But the group I II • • 541-330-5084 ern caffeine in foods. cially concerned about an indi- is not making any anti-caffeine "It'sa trend that raises real vidual food product but rather promises. concerns,"Michael Taylor, the about the cumulative amount of Caffeine has been a part of FDA's top food safety official, caffeinesome people consume, the human diet for centuries. said in an interview. "We're not particularly children, given the It is a naturally occurring sub'Q,ttiA N N U'A L' here to say that these products ever-wideninguniverse of caf- stance found in leaves, seeds are inherently unsafe.... We feinated products. or fruits of more than 60 plants, have to figure out, what are the And why, exactly, has that many of which are staples in right ways to approach this?" universe been growing in re- our diets," the group said in a T he agency, w h ich h a s cent years? statement. watched the proliferation of cafRoland Griffiths, a behavThe nonprofit Center for feinated foods with increasing ioral biology professor at Johns Science in the Public Interest alarm, took action after Wrig- Hopkins University who has urged the FDA in November leylaunched a caffeinated gum, studied the effects of caffeine to crack down on caffei nated Alert Energy, in late April with for decades,said the caffein- snack foods, saying they could full-page newspaper ads, a pro- ated food trend may be part of lead to "troublesome or serious motion at 7-Eleven stores and a larger cultural shift in how health problems," especially if a NASCAR car plastered with peopleconsume caff eine."Cof- consumed along with more traSINCE 1940 the gum's logo. Each stick con- fee used to be the primary de- ditional caffeine products. "THE BIGGESTLITTLESHOW IN THE WORLD" "I fear that we'll see caffeine, tains the caffeine of half a cup livery system," he said, but "we of coffee. have a whole new generation of or coffee,being added to ever "When you start putting caffeine in these different products and forms, do we really understand the effects?" Taylor said, describing the concerns he and Bring a friend 5 PRC A R D DEo PERFQRMANcEs others shared with Wrigley exand receive a ecutives who met with FDA of$50 Gift WEDNESDAYt JUNE 5 SATURDAY, jUNE 8 ficials shortly after the rollout of Certificate* Bulldog Jackpot at Noon Rodeo Parade 9:30 am Alert gum. "Isn't it time to pause Xtreme Bulls 6:30 pm Rodeo 1 pm and exercisesome restraint?" 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