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horsepower gasoline engine. It had room for only one person and could not go in reverse.● On Oct. 10, 1957, the Milwaukee Braves defeat the New York Yankees in seven games to win their fi rst World Series since 1914. No one expected the Braves to win, as the New York team had already won the championship 21 times.● On Oct. 15, 1965, David Miller, a young Catholic pacifi st, becomes the fi rst U.S. war protestor to burn his draft card in direct violation of a law forbidding such acts. He was later arrested, tried, found guilty and sentenced to two years imprisonment.● On Oct. 13, 1975, singer Charlie Rich protests John Denver’s big win at the Country Music Association Awards. Standing onstage to announce that year’s winner, Rich opened the envelope, saw Denver’s name written inside, reached into his pocket for a cigarette lighter and set the envelope on fi re.

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estimated 30 terrorist incidents by the end of the year.● On Oct. 17, 1968, Olympic gold medalist Tommie Smith and bronze medalist John Carlos are forced to return their awards because they raised their fi sts in a Black Power salute during the medal ceremony in Mexico City.● On Oct. 18, 1977, in the sixth game of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees outfi elder Reggie Jackson hits three home runs in a row off of three consecutive pitches from three different pitchers. When the game ended, the fi eld fl ooded with fans. They had a new hero: Reggie Jackson, now known as “Mr. October.”● On Oct. 21, 1988, “Mystic Pizza,” a romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts, Annabeth Gish and Lili Taylor as three young women who work at a pizza parlor in Mystic, Conn., opens in theaters. Matt Damon, then 18, also made his big-screen debut in the fi lm.(c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.


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• The fi rst known recipe for cranberry sauce was in “The Pilgrim Cookbook” in 1633. Wild cranberries were probably on the table for the fi rst Thanksgiving in 1621. Cranberries have been a traditional side dish for Thanksgiving meals in Canada and the United States since their discovery so many years ago. By the way, Thanksgiving Monday, the second Monday in October, is celebrated this week in Canada. In the United States, Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November.• The fi rst recorded cranberry cultivation was in 1816 in Dennis, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. Commercial harvesting began in Harwich, also on the Cape, in 1847. The cranberry industry is still a major source of income for Cape Cod today, totaling over $100 million annually. Nine hundred cranberry bogs taking up 14,000 acres (5,665.6 ha) are located in southeastern Massachusetts, with over half of them on Cape Cod.• So, what exactly is a bog? It is “an area of wet, marshy ground, largely consisting of accumulated decomposing plant material.” Bogs provide a fertile, moist habitat that is perfect for cranberries. • Many people think cranberries grow on top of the water, but it is only at harvest that the “sea of red” is evident, and the berries fl oat. During harvest time, two different methods are used. For “wet” harvesting, bogs are fl ooded at night, and the next day, water reels, sometimes called “egg beaters,” beat the vines to loosen the berries. Since the berries are hollow, containing pockets of air, they fl oat to the surface. The berries are then gathered and loaded into trucks. The wet-harvested berries are used for sauces, juices and other products. • Dry harvesting is used for berries sold fresh. For this type of harvest, the berries are combed off the vines by mechanical pickers and bagged carefully to prevent damage. • Approximately 5 percent of cranberries are sold fresh, while the other 95 percent are used for juices, sauces, “Craisins®” and more. Craisins® are sweetened, dried cranberries made by Ocean Spray that started hitting the shelves in 1993.• Cranberry farms are mostly family owned operations that have been handed down for generations. Cranberries are grown commercially in fi ve states: Wisconsin, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Washington and Oregon. They are also grown in Chile and several Canadian provinces, including Quebec, British Columbia and Nova Scotia. • Canada’s oldest commercial cranberry farm is in Hebbville, Nova Scotia. Indian Garden Farm was started in the late 1800s and has been passed

down through four generations by the family of William Webb. • Wisconsin is the leading cranberry-producing state in the United States. The cranberry is the offi cial state fruit; it is the number one fruit crop, both in acres planted and in its contribution to the state economy. The tart berries are grown in 18 counties in central and northern Wisconsin. • Visitors to Wisconsin can enjoy fi ve festivals associated with cranberries. In June, the Wisconsin Rapids Cranberry Blossom Festival displays the beauty of the cranberry blooms, dressed in pink. Manitowish Waters hosts the Cranberry Colorama in September, which includes harvest tours. Warrens, Stone Lake and Eagle River host Cranberry Festivals in late September or early October. The Warrens Festival is the largest and oldest of the festivals. (The festivals are all over for this year, but check the Internet for next year!) • Wisconsin is home to the 50-mile (80-km) Cranberry Highway that traverses Wisconsin Rapids to Warrens and goes between Pittsville and Nekoosa. It goes through Cranmoor, the largest inland cranberry area in the world. The 29-mile (47-km) Cranberry Biking Trail is also in the area. • The beauty of cranberry bogs and marshes can be observed fi rst in the blooms and later, when the ripe, red berries shine on the vines or fl oat as they wait for harvest. Pink fl owers develop in June and July with small, green fruit developing behind the fl owers. The green changes to white before transforming to dark red in August and September. • While much cranberry history and many commercial operations are in the Northeast, Wisconsin and Eastern Canada, commercial growing in Washington State was started in the late 1800s. A visitor from Massachusetts noticed that the area was similar to Cape Cod when he found wild berries growing. Entrepreneurs purchased around 1,600 acres (647.5 ha) on the Long Beach, Washington, peninsula between 1872 and 1877 and began developing cranberry beds. They used vines brought over from the East Coast, and many pests caused problems in the new environment.• In the 1920s, scientist D.J. Crowley helped to solve the problems faced by cranberry production in the Pacifi c Northwest. The Cranberry Research Station was started and recommendations helped growers improve their crops. Today, the Pacifi c Coast Cranberry Research Foundation continues to support about 250 growers from British Columbia to Oregon. • Native Americans knew it many years ago, and now, research has proven that cranberries have many health benefi ts. They are a tasty, nutritious fruit that should be enjoyed year round.

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Phone readings are no more diffi cult to do than an in-person reading. Your psychic will open up the same way he or she does if you’re sitting across from them and the information will come in the same way. Most psychics don’t need to be in the same room with you or need to touch you. They just have to open up and be the channel for information to fl ow from your guide to you, or in the case of a Medium, from your loved ones who have crossed over.

I’ve had people who were very surprised that I could do a reading on someone in another state. They almost couldn’t believe that I could read someone in a different country. The paranormal world doesn’t have the same boundaries that we do. Space and distance are no barrier to information getting through.

Before you begin your reading, be sure to make a list of items to ask about. It’s also a good idea to relax before your reading. Settle your mind and physical body so that you are open to the psychic “reading” you.If you’re tense or nervous about having

a reading, it could make it diffi cult for you to have a good experience. When we are tense or nervous we automatically put up protective walls. It’s simply how we keep ourselves from getting hurt emotionally. Just like in real life though, with a wall, you have to fi nd a way to get in, even if you have to go over it, and that can take some time for the person attempting to read you.

Psychics have a reputation of “fi shing” for information. If you experience this, what could be happening is that the psychic is attempting to get through your wall by asking you general questions about yourself. When we begin to talk about ourselves we tend to relax. If you are relaxed before your reading, everything should move along easily.

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