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by Kathy WolfeOctober is National Pizza Month! If you’ve eat-en pizza in the past month, you’re part of the 93% of Americans who have done that same thing. In fact, across the nation, about 350 slices are consumed every second, equivalent to about 100 acres of pizza each day. If you’re an average citizen, you’ll eat about 46 slices, equal to 23 lbs. (10.4 kg) every year. Pizza sales generate about $30 billion annually. • It should be no surprise that pepperoni is the nation’s favorite topping, featured on about 36% of all pizzas ordered. That adds up to approxi-mately 251,770,000 lbs. (114,200,951 kg) of this meat every year. Our least favorite topping is anchovies. About 61% of the population likes thin crust best and 14% prefer thick crust. The remainder like very thin crust the best. • There are more than 61,000 pizzerias in the United States. Over 9,000 of those are in New York. About 17% of the restaurants in America are pizzerias. • Pizza evolved in Italy hundreds of years ago as a way to use up leftovers. With no refrigeration or way to preserve perishables, women would roll out dough and put remnants of meals along with fresh produce on the dough to bake. turn the page for more!

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PIZZA (continued):•Tomato sauce base didn’t come about until the late 1600s. Until that time Europeans were sus-picious of tomatoes, believing them to be poi-sonous. Once they overcame that fear, tomatoes became the base for pizzas. • Antica Pizzeria is the first known pizzeria, which opened in Naples, Italy in 1738. In 1830, the Port’Alba restaurant opened in Naples, bak-ing their pies in an oven lined with lava from nearby volcano Mount Vesuvius. America’s first pizzeria was opened by Gennaro Lombardi in 1897 in New York City, and is still in operation just down the street from its original location. • To the Italians, there are two main types of piz-za, the Marinara and the Margherita. Marinara pizza is topped with tomato, oregano, garlic, and olive oil, while the Margherita has a topping of tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, and fresh ba-sil. • Super Bowl Sunday is the highest pizza sales day of the year. Domino’s Pizza alone sells more than 110 million pizza slices on that day, about 80% more than a normal Sunday. Super Bowl Sunday is followed by New Year’s Eve, Halloween, Thanksgiving Eve, and New Year’s Day. But even with all the pizzas sold on those days, pizza still takes second place in the takeout department for the over-50 crowd, edged out by chicken. • In 1958, two brothers from Kansas borrowed $600 from their mother to start up a pizza res-taurant in a 600-square-foot building in Kansas. Frank and Dan Carney opened up the first Pizza Hut near Wichita State University, and just one year later, had their first franchise restaurant in neighboring Topeka. Within 10 years, there were 300 Pizza Huts across the nation. Today there are approximately 12,000 Huts in over 90 countries around the world. In America, this chain is the largest user of cheese, purchasing more than 3% of the country’s supply, an amount that requires 170,000 dairy cows to produce.

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PIZZA (continued):• Pizza Hut’s first ad back in 1965 featured the slogan “Putt Putt to the Pizza Hut.” A man in a business suit driving his 1965 Mustang was the star of the ad. Over the years Donald and Ivana Trump, Ringo Starr, The Monkees, and even for-mer USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev have appeared in Pizza Hut advertisements. • Pizza Hut may be the largest pizza chain with the most restaurants, but it’s not the leader in de-livery. That honor belongs to Domino’s, who has nearly 11,000 stores in more than 70 countries, delivering more than million pizzas every day. Domino’s started out with one store in 1960, when Tom Monaghan and his brother James bor-rowed $900 to buy DomiNick’s, a pizzeria in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The following year, James traded his half of the company for a Volkswagen Beetle. In 1965, Tom renamed his store Domi-no’s Pizza. By 1978, there were 200 restaurants. In 1983, the company opened not only its 1,000th store, but its first international outlet as well, in Winnipeg, Canada. • Less than half of Domino’s pizzerias are located in the U.S., about 5,000 out of 11,000. The U.K. is home to 774, India has 715, Mexico totals 592, and Canada has 380. • Now estimated as the third largest pizza com-pany, Little Caesars Pizza got its start in Garden City, Michigan in 1959. After Detroit Tigers’ shortstop Mike Illitch was injured, he and his wife Marian went into the pizza business. Mike wanted to name the restaurant Pizza Treat, but Marian had a better idea. She thought of Mike as her “little Caesar,” and the name stuck. That original store is still in operation today.

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It was British Prime Minister Winston Churchill who made the following sage observation: “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.”

Play-Doh was originally marketed as a wallpa-per cleaner. It wasn’t until kids started using it as modeling material that the company saw its potential in the toy market.

Those who study such things say that when bears, squirrels and other mammals hibernate, the flow of oxygen to their brains can drop by as much as 98 percent.

You’ve surely heard of the long-distance bus-es known as Greyhounds, but you might not be aware of the company’s humble origins. In 1914, a car dealer named Carl Eric Wickman ran a car dealership in Minnesota. When business was slow, he used one of the unsold cars to offer rides between the towns of Alice and Hibbing to miners going to work. The idea was so profit-able that Wickman opened long-distance routes within two years. He painted the vehicles gray in order to hide the road dust, prompting a hotel owner along one route to comment that the cars looked like greyhound dogs. Wickman liked the idea so much he started using the slogan “Ride the Greyhounds,” and the rest is business his-tory.

In 1955, just a few weeks before he was killed in a car crash, actor James Dean made a com-mercial aimed at teenagers. The subject? Auto safety. In the ad he says, “Drive safely. The life you save may be mine.”

If you’re like the average American, you drink only one-sixth as much wine as the average French citizen.

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PIZZA (continued):•Available pizza toppings in North America vary according to geographical area, and in some parts of the country, regional favorites are Cajun shrimp, oysters, crayfish, tuna, venison, duck, eggplant, and artichoke hearts. The majority of the population still favors meat toppings (62%), while the remaining 38% prefer vegetarian in-gredients. International toppings include Japan’s favorite squid, eel, bacon, and potato pizza. In India, folks prefer pickled ginger, mutton, and tofu, while a fish pizza is the Russian’s choice, a combination of sardines, tuna, mackerel, herring, and salmon. In the Netherlands, if you order up a Double Dutch, you’ll receive double cheese, double onions, and double beef. • Canada has its own unique taste in pizza. The Poutine has toppings of cheese curds, French fries, gravy, and shaved beef. Also gaining pop-ularity there is the hot dog stuffed crust pizza, which features an Angus beef hot dog cooked inside the stuffed crust. • Mozzarella cheese originated in Italy, produced from the milk of water buffalos. Traditional moz-zarella comes from those buffalo in a very few countries, including Bulgaria and Italy. Because it is not aged like most cheeses, traditional moz-zarella is eaten fresh within a few hours after it is produced. Most mozzarella is made from pas-teurized cow’s milk due to the rarity of the water buffalos. • What about pizza’s caloric content? A pepper-oni personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut is about 625 calories, while one slice of that company’s Supreme pan pizza is 440 calories.

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By Dr. Holly Carling

Dr. Holly Carling is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Licensed Acupuncturist, Doc-tor of Naturopathy, Clinical Nutritionist and Master Herbologist with over 34 years of experience. Dr. Carling is currently accepting new patients and offers natural health care services and whole food nutritional supplements in her Coeur d’ Alene clinic. Visit Dr. Carling’s website at www.vitalhealthandfitness.com to learn more about Dr. Carling, view a list of upcoming health classes and read other informa-tive articles. Dr. Carling can be reached at 208-765-1994 and would be happy to answer any questions regarding this topic.

WHAT NOT TO DO WHEN SICK – PART II

It makes sense then why our bones get so achy when we have a fever. Calcium creates a kind of “gateway” to allow the immune factors to attack the pathogen. Taking a bunch of calcium lactate frequently stops the fever, without the need for drugs.Few people realize that Chinese Medicine (acu-puncture and herbal medicine) can be highly effective in treating respiratory tract infections. In many cases, it can be cured in 24-72 hours instead of 1-2 weeks.Acupuncturists and other alternative health practitioners frequently question “why?” “Why is it that when two or more people are exposed to the same virus, only 1 or 2 of them get sick?” “Why don’t the others”. The answer lies in the condition of the immune system to start with. The stronger the immune system, the less likely they will get sick.How do we strengthen the immune system? We need to know that certain foods weaken immune function, and the more we consume them, or the more we avoid the good foods, the less likely we are to have healthy immune behavior. Good foods include fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains in modest amounts, fresh proteins (meat, fish, eggs, poultry), and fresh dairy products. Avoid fried, processed, junk foods, and fast foods. Make sugar the rare treat instead of a regular habit.The same things needed to cure our URTI, are the same things needed to support a healthy im-mune system. Regular, consistent exercise, of any type is helpful. Rest and relaxation is pretty important too. Since stress has an immune-sup-pressive effect, anything we can do to mitigate our stress is helpful. Have fun once in a while!

When people get a cold, an upper respiratory tract infection, they take much too long to recover. It shouldn’t take 1-2 weeks. It should take only a day or two. In PART I of this article we discussed a few mistakes people make that inhibits their healing process (e-mail [email protected] if you missed Part I).The other mistake people make when ill is to continue going about their usual day. If you take the time off to heal, you heal much quicker. Rest during the day, and get extra sleep during the night. Take it easy, don’t use up extra energy on superfluous “stuff”.Exercise is important when sick, yet it uses up extra energy. The secret is in the balance. Move-ment is an important component in preventing an upper respiratory infection from going deeper into the lungs. But too much exhausts. Jumping on a mini-trampoline, taking a 15-20 minute walk, or running in place keeps the lymphatic system moving the waste (which includes dead viruses) along, and keeps the mucus in the respiratory system moving. This is important. Be careful not to exhaust yourself, because we want enough energy left over for healing!Baths can be helpful. Not only are they relaxing, but you can stimulate diaphoresis (sweating), which can speed recovery. Take a nice hot bath for 20-30 minutes (be cautious if very ill that it’s not too hot, or you could faint). Then jump un-der extra blankets on your Taking calcium can be

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Bracing for WinterAccording to the Old Farmer's Almanac, predic-tions for this winter range from mild and dry, to cold and dry, to cold and snowy, to cold and wet, depending where you live. Some areas will get above-normal snowfall and others above normal rain. The other almanac, Farmers' Almanac, uses terms like Frigid and Flakey, and Crisp and Very Stormy. In other words, it's going to be cold in most places.Before true winter arrives, take the time to get ready. There are quite a few steps you can take to be safe and warm this winter.Your Car:Get a maintenance inspection that includes oil change, fluids top-off and tire and brake check, as well as a new set of windshield wipers.¥ If you live in cold country where you're due to have lots of snow or possibly flooding from extra rain, fill a box with winter gear in case you're stranded on the road, and keep it in your car: flashlight with beacon, mylar emergency blan-kets and rain ponchos (one for each person you're likely to have in your car), a collapsible snow shovel, high-carb and protein snacks, bottles of water, waterproof matches, a wind-up radio that also charges cellphones, extra gloves and hats, and if you have room, a quilt.Your Home:Before it gets too cold, apply caulking to the ex-terior of windows to block drafts. Add clear plas-tic sheeting to the inside of windows (the kind you shrink with a hair dryer) to block the cold that radiates in from the glass. Check for drafts in front of outlets and block with plastic plugs or outlet insulation.If power goes out, it might be out for days. Bot-tled water will allow you to fix soups and hot cereals if you have a small camp stove to heat water outside. Add some canned food to your supply, and make sure you have a manual can opener. Load up on batteries for the flashlights, and make sure each person has one. If you have pets, babies or seniors in your home, consider any special needs they might have.¥ If you can, send extra money to your utilities each month so you're not hit with high bills dur-ing the coldest months.For more ideas on how to prepare for winter, go online to www.ready.gov/winter-weather For information about what to expect in your area of the country, go online to farmersalmanac.com and www.almanac.com.

David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally an-swer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Send email to [email protected].(c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

Tech Info for SeniorsA benefit of being a senior is that we have more free time to learn new things. One of the fast-est-growing areas on our list of interests are all things technological -- computers, e-readers and smartphones.The BDM Essential Guide Series has a large se-lection of magazine manuals aimed at seniors and beginners who want to expand their knowledge of electronic devices, or who are considering the purchase of electronic gear and want to learn in advance how they’re operated. BDM’s manuals are a combination of step-by-step tutorial and user guides. Here are a few of the publications it offers: Laptops for Seniors, iPhones for Seniors, Tablets for Seniors, Mac for Seniors, Google: A Guide for Beginners and The Ultimate Begin-ners’ Guide to Android.Another good source, in spite of its name, is the Dummy series. Each manual is loaded with graphics, bold text and icons to bring your at-tention to especially important information. On Dummies.com don’t miss the “Computers for Seniors” and “Software for Seniors” sections. These are basic articles ranging from how to fix your printer to how to use a mouse.If you’re not a beginner, check the whole list of Dummy books. You’ll be surprised at the vari-ety of topics. Read “Blogging for Dummies” if you want to have a platform for a topic near and dear to your heart, or “Building a Web Site for Dummies” if you want an Internet presence. Or how about “eBay for Seniors for Dummies” as a way to build an online store and make a profit on items you want to sell? If you’re part of a senior center that gives classes on computer use, ask if it would consider buy-ing some of these materials to have on hand. Or check your local bookstore or at the library.

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annual mammograms starting at age 40, while the US Preventative Services Task Force recom-mends them starting at age 50. Mammograms have radiation and the effects of the radiation are cumulative; breast tissue is also very radiation sensitive.Then, in February of this year, the Swiss Medi-cal Board made the recommendation: no more systematic mammography! After years of re-viewing the evidence, the Swiss Medical Board about the evidence they were finding. This "evi-dence" did not back up the recommendations stating that mammograms were safe and capable of saving lives.On the contrary, mammograms appear to be preventing only one death for every 1000 women screened, while causing harm to many more. They have recommended that no new systematic mammography screening programs be introduced, and that a time limit should be placed on existing programs. They also advised that screening should be evaluated and women should be informed, in a "clear and balanced" way, about the benefits and harms of screening.However, does this happen at most doctor office visits? Most women are still unaware about the science and review of mammograms, and are be-ing guilt tripped into thinking that skipping their yearly mammogram is the height of medical ir-responsibility. Mammograms are big business!Next week we'll cover 5 facts about mammo-grams that every woman should know, and al-ternatives to mammograms.

Breast Cancer 1 of 3 Since this is breast cancer awareness month, the next 3 articles will discuss breast cancer, preven-tion, and the controversial issues concerning de-tection.This year one of the largest and longest stud-ies to date on mammograms was completed, on 90,000 women followed for 25 years. It found that mammograms have no impact on breast can-cer mortality. The death rate from breast cancer was virtually identical between those who had annual mammograms and those who did not. The study concluded that "the data suggest that the value of mammography screening should be reassessed". At the same time, 22% of screen-detected invasive breast cancers were over-diag-nosed, leading to unnecessary treatment.A Cochrane Collaboration review also found no evidence that mammography affects overall mortality.Public health agencies are of course very slow to update their recommendations. The American Cancer Society still recommends

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“Microwave cleaning and sponge cleaning at the same time? Yes, please. Soak a sponge in a shal-low dish, and squirt it with lemon juice. Micro-wave for 30-45 seconds, and then use to scrub the interior of your microwave. If you have clinging stink, fill a glass bowl with 2 cups of water and add a half cup of baking soda. Microwave to a rolling boil, 3-5 minutes. Allow it to steam for 5 minutes and wipe out.” -- K.F in Connecticut

Fresh versus frozen in the seafood aisle: Unless you’re at the docks, most seafood in the grocer’s fresh fish case is thawed from frozen. Always ask. It’s much cheaper to buy frozen and thaw it yourself.

A great idea for mini ice packs: Freeze ketchup packets you get from takeout food. They are great for icing small bumps or bug bites.

Kids always breaking crayons? For rough little artists, here’s a quick fix: Cut short lengths of plastic straws to fit over the crayon. Slip over and tape closed. It gives the crayon a little more structure and protects it from breaking when a child presses down to color with a flourish!

“If you need to keep your 1-year-old corralled in the bath, try using a laundry basket. The water flows in, but she has only so much room to roam. And it lessens the odds she could slip away from you to the other side of the tub. Always stay with baby from the first drop to the last!” -- W.H. in Texas

Just after painting, I found that I had small dots of paint on my hands from the roller brush. I grabbed a bottle of olive oil that was on the counter and rubbed a generous amount in my hands. The paint drops came right off with a washcloth.” -- I.L. in Oregon

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Make Time for Walk in Woods This FallDEAR PAW’S CORNER:I’m a bit leery about taking my year-old Lab “Trip” anywhere besides the dog park. But my girlfriend prefers hiking in some of the nearby state parks and keeps inviting me and the dog along. What’s your take? -- Chuck in Cleveland

DEAR CHUCK: My take? Grab Trip’s leash and go! As long as there are no outright prohibitions on bringing dogs into parks and forest reserves, take advan-tage of the opportunity to introduce your dog to a new environment.Go to the park’s website before the hike to re-view any rules regarding dogs. Most of the time you’ll be required to keep Trip on his leash while on a trail. Use your discretion in other areas, and make sure Trip is trained well enough to respond to your verbal commands when he’s off-leash.With any hike, but especially in fall, check the weather forecast. A chilly day may mean putting a pet sweater on Trip, and of course if it’s rain-ing you may want to reschedule. Bring water for you and for him, and a disposable or fold-ing bowl (available at camping stores) for him to drink from.After the hike, brush Trip’s coat before he gets into the car, and check his paws for burrs, de-bris or injuries. Once you’re back home, give his coat a thorough check for ticks, and remove them immediately. The sooner ticks are removed, the less likely he is to contract an infection from a bite.Finally, consider yourself lucky: You’ve got a girlfriend who likes you and your dog, and wants both of you to experience the great out-doors with her.

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FAMOUS CANADIANS:JONI MITCHELL Back in the 1960s and 1970s, she was one of the leading folk performers, racking up Grammy after Grammy. Let’s examine the facts on the tal-ented Canadian native, Joni Mitchell. • We know her as Joni Mitchell, but she was born Roberta Joan Anderson. Her father, a Royal Ca-nadian Air Force flight lieutenant, was stationed in Fort Macleod, Alberta, during World War II, instructing pilots, and it was here that Roberta was born in 1943. • As a child, Joni developed an interest in clas-sical piano when several of her friends were taking music lessons, and she developed a love for Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Beethoven, and De-bussy. She herself began piano lessons at age 6. But when she was 8, calamity struck in the form of polio. It was 1951, before Jonas Salk’s po-lio vaccine was in use, and an epidemic swept through the area. Joni was bedridden for weeks, and during her confinement, she became inter-ested in singing, frequently practicing on her fel-low patients. •Physical weakness following her recovery forced Joni to leave behind any athletic interests she may have had, causing her to fully pursue the arts. Singing, poetry, and painting became her loves. As a teen, she began singing in small nightclubs in western Canada, as well as add-ing songwriting to her list of accomplishments. Her playing and songwriting took on a different sound due to a weakness in her left hand as a re-sult of the polio. This made it impossible for her to play certain chords, so she created a different sound with alternative chords she could manage, chords that Mitchell herself calls “Joni’s weird chords.”

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Operation Gratitude Still Go-ing StrongIn just 30 days, Operation Gratitude recently sent 16,000 care packages to service person-nel in harm’s way. It started with a request for 7,000 packages. A week later OpGrat received a request for another 2,200 packages. Almost im-mediately another request came in, this time for 7,000 more packages. It took hundreds of volun-teers, but those packages went out quickly. The non-profit group has sent out more than 1 million care packages over the years.Operation Gratitude’s mission is to lift morale, bring smiles to the faces of service personnel and express our appreciation. Each box is load-ed with goodies, many of them expensive and (thankfully) donated by corporations, as well as snacks and homemade items -- and letters. The personal letters are one of the most appreciated items in the packages. Check the website for more information.One big problem is the cost of mailing the pack-ages. Each one costs $15, and the group doesn’t get any discounts from the U.S. Postal Service. That’s one area where you can help, especially if you don’t live in California and can’t assist with packing and the many other details. The mass mailing in that one month cited above cost $240,000 for shipping alone. To make a dona-tion, go online to www.OperationGratitude.com and scroll to the Donate button.Explore the website to find other ways you can help: Donate a phone, and it nets OpGrat $30. Shop at AmazonSmile. Buy an item on the Op-eration Gratitude wish list on Amazon.com to be shipped to them. Sew scarves and hats for the boxes. Create Paracord Survival Bracelets (see website for instructions).To send checks (but no other items):Operation GratitudeP.O. Box 260257Encino, CA 91426-0257

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JONI MITCHELL (continued):• Joni played gigs in local coffeehouses in Cal-gary, saving up money to fund her real desire – art school. She enrolled in Calgary’s Alberta College of Art and Design to pursue painting, but dropped out after a year. It was in a Toronto folk club that she met a Michigan folk singer, Chuck Mitchell. Within a week, the pair were married, followed by an immediate move to the United States, where they began playing music together. • The marriage didn’t last but her music did, and in 1968, when she was 25, Joni Mitchell record-ed her debut album, produced by David Crosby. It was followed closely by her second album “Clouds,” which featured her famous compo-sition “Both Sides Now” and earned Mitchell her first Grammy. She wrote and recorded “Big Yellow Taxi” in 1970, with its well-known line, “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” One of the biggest hits for the group Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, “Woodstock,” was com-posed by Mitchell. • She began her move from folk songs to jazz and blues in 1974 with the album “Court and Sparks,” which is now her most successful al-bum. Rolling Stone magazine ranks it as #111 on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. • Joni Mitchell has received eight Grammy Awards, most recently in 2008. In 2002, she was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, which described her as “one of the most important female recording artists of the rock era.” She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, and into the Canadian songwriters Hall of Fame in 2007. • Today, Mitchell is retired with numerous health problems. She began smoking at age 9, and it has been her lifelong habit.

On Oct. 13, 1792, the cornerstone is laid for a presidential residence in the capital city of Wash-ington. In 1800, President John Adams became the first president to reside in the executive man-sion, which soon became known as the White House.

On Oct. 15, 1863, during the Civil War, the sub-marine C.S.S. Hunley sinks during a test run in Charleston Harbor, killing its inventor and seven crewmembers. The Hunley, propelled by a hand crank that drove the ship's propeller, would later become the first combat submarine to sink an en-emy warship.

On Oct. 16, 1916, Pvt. Henry Farr of the British Expeditionary Force is executed for cowardice after he refuses to go into the frontline trenches. Farr was one of 306 British soldiers who were executed for cowardice. They likely suffered from severe shellshock.

On Oct. 14, 1939, designer Ralph Lauren is born in New York. Lauren created the "Chaps" stone-washed jeans and faded work shirts designed to appear as if they were from the well-worn ward-robe of a hardworking Western rancher.

On Oct. 19, 1958, in Brussels, Belgium, the World's Fair closes after visits by 42 million people. The U.S. and Soviet exhibition halls were directly across from one another. While the Soviet exhibit centered on the technologi-cal accomplishments, the U.S. focused on voting booths, fashions and home furnishings. Both lost to Czechoslovakia for best exhibit.

On Oct. 17, 1974, President Gerald Ford explains to Congress that he gave Richard Nixon a full pardon for all offenses against the United States in order to put the tragic and disruptive scandal behind all concerned. Ford’s decision was con-demned and is thought to have contributed to his failure to win the 1976 presidential election.

On Oct. 18, 1988, “Roseanne,” a television sit-com about a blue-collar American family starring the comedian Roseanne Barr, premieres on ABC. Barr’s portrayal of the loud, abrasive, overweight Roseanne Conner was a sharp contrast to the ste-reotypical TV housewife in the mold of “Leave It to BeaverÕs” June Cleaver.


www.tidbitscda.comTIDBITS of Kootenai County, Idaho Issue #42 Oct. 13th LAUNDRYIt’s time to air the dirty laundry about dirty laun-dry! Here’s the dirt on everybody’s not-so-favor-ite chore. • The word “laundry” has is origins in the Latin word Lavanda, which translates “things to be washed.” We also get our word “lavatory” from the same root, which meant “a place to do wash-ing.” • The average family does 8 to 10 loads of laundry weekly, about 50 lbs. (22.7 kg) worth. Each load contains about 16 items, with an average time for completion from start to finish of one hour and 27 minutes. • Where do people do their laundry these days? Back in 1992, just 17% of homes had a separate laundry room. Today that figure is nearing 60%. The dark and dreary basement laundry room is also becoming a thing of the past, as over 60% of new laundry rooms are being built on upper floors. • The first hand-operated washing machine came along in the mid-1800s. It consisted of a revolv-ing wooden drum turned by hand. It was later up-dated to include pegs and gears to push clothes through soapy water. The invention of the internal combustion engine and electric motor in the early 1900s revolutionized doing the laundry. In 1908, Chicago’s Hurley Company introduced a gal-vanized tub and wringer powered by an electric motor. Unfortunately, there was no on-off switch and there was a danger of the user’s hands getting caught in it. Washers became automatic in 1937 when the Bendix Corporation was issued the first patent that eliminated the dangerous wringer. By the 1940s, nearly 60% of American homes had an electric washing machine.

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Why Weather Stripping?Q: What’s the point of adding weather stripping around doors and windows? Today’s homes are pretty well built already. -- Jake in Denver

A: It’s true that good quality, sturdy doors and windows are available these days, but not all homes have them installed: Maybe the builder went with cheaper materials or the home is just older. And even when a house has double-paned windows and solid doors, continuing changes in the building, such as expansion and contraction, the foundation settling and so on, can create small gaps between the frame and the walls, or slightly misalign the door frame.Still, you don’t always know whether drafts are getting in or heat is escaping. Before adding weather stripping, consider getting an energy or heat audit. Some electric utilities offer free or low-cost audit kits, or there are contractors who can perform a whole-house audit. Some are even using infrared technologies to pinpoint where heat is exiting the home.Learning where a problem is developing allows you to better address the issue. For drafty doors and windows, weather stripping is an affordable solution in most cases.Types of weather stripping vary: You can choose easy-to-install foam strips that have a glue back-ing, or more permanent, tight-fitting metal strips that provide an effective cushion between win-dows and their frames while allowing the win-dows to open and close normally.Either one works well, particularly for windows, and is a far better option than covering windows with plastic.Along with weather stripping, you can take some practical and cost-effective measures against drafts. Check the corners of the window and doorframes for cracks through which air can enter, and seal with caulk or putty. Put up heavy curtains to lessen the effects of window drafts. A door snake can keep drafts from blowing in under your door.

HOME TIP: To make sure a room is being heat-ed efficiently, shift furniture so that it doesn’t block furnace vents.

Send your questions or home tips to [email protected]. (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

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LAUNDRY (continued):• The first clothes dryer was invented in 1935 by a North Dakota man who didn’t like seeing his mother hanging her laundry outside during the cold winters. He constructed an oil-heated drum capable of running on gas or electricity. Unfor-tunately, due to financial difficulties, he had to sell his design to the Hamilton Manufacturing Company the next year, forfeiting the potential earnings of his invention. • Procter & Gamble created Tide detergent in the 1920s, but didn’t mass produce it until 1943. It was the first synthetic detergent, and used no soap ingredients. Lots of folks think that laun-dry detergent is soap, but it just isn’t so. Its main ingredients are chemicals derived from petro-leum. Tide is sodium tripolyphosphate and alkyl sulfate. University studies show that detergents actual leave chemical residue on fabrics, up to a full scoop after 10 washings. • Fabric softeners that prevent static cling and make fabrics softer were first developed in the early 1900s. The early blends consisted of water, soap, and olive, corn, or tallow oil. Those early softeners have been replaced by chemical com-pounds that coat the surface of the fabric and re-main on it to make it feel smoother and softer. If fabric softener is always used on household items that are meant to absorb liquid, such as towels and cleaning clothes, the layer of buildup will eventually prevent those items from absorb-ing and they will in fact repel liquid. • Only 10-20% of Americans use a clothesline, while only about 4% of homes in Italy even own a dryer. Despite the financial savings and ben-efit to the environment provided by clotheslines, there are about 300,000 areas in America, in-cluding mobile home parks, gated communities, condominiums, and retirement communities that actually ban the use of clotheslines.

1. LANGUAGE: What is the most commonly used letter in the alphabet?

2. GEOGRAPHY: In what body of water can the island of Santorini be found?

3. ACRONYMS: To an engineer, what does the acronym CAD stand for?

4. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is a shil-lelagh?

5. POLITICS: What was the emblem of the Pro-gressive Party of 1912?

6. ANATOMY: What is the glabella?

7. ACADEMIA: What does a vexillologist study?

8. MOVIES: What was the title of the movie that featured the line, “Love means never having to say you’re sorry?”

9. TELEVISION: What was the name of the town that was the setting for “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman”?

10. GAMES: How many playing pieces do you have to remove from a body in the game “Opera-tion”?

Answers1. E2. Aegean Sea3. Computer-aided design4. A cudgel that can be used as walking stick or a weapon5. Bull Moose6. The skin between the eyebrows and above the nose7. Flags8. “Love Story” (1970)9. Fernwood, Ohio10. Twelve(c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.


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My problem is my hus-band’s snoring. He snorts, he whistles, he blows and sometimes he seems to stop breathing altogether. That one really gets to me. I’ve tried everything to get him to stop but nothing helps. Just as I’m about to doze off he’s back to snoring. He’s very apologetic but I’m a wreck from not sleeping. His dad snores, too, and his mother sleeps in a different bedroom. Works for them but I’m not ready to give up my marital bed. After all, I do love him, just not his snoring. He usually has a couple of beers or I’d try to knock him out with alcohol. I want him to go to the Doctor but he insists it’s just that he’s tired but he’s tired when he wakes up, too. We’re both exhausted! Any ideas before I just get a two-by-four and knock him out? Sleepless in the Silver Valley

Dear Sleepless,Isn’t this what dog houses are for? Just kidding. Before you go into sleep deprivation there are a few things to know. There are many causes and types of snoring. Nasal Snoring can be caused by an allergy, a sinus problem, a deviated sep-tum or nasal polyps. This is your Darth Vader snore. Tongue Snoring is high-pitched short bursts which stop when the person rolls over on their side. Alcohol before bed, sleeping pills and other medications can exacerbate tongue snor-ing. Mouth Snoring, a low frequency rumbling, is more like Nasal Snoring but happens on your back and your side. Sleep Apnea is a loud cre-scendo of snoring followed by 2 to 20 seconds of silence and then a gasping, choking, or sput-tering. Airway muscles are relaxing too much and blocking the air passage. Snoring is caused by a partial blockage while sleep apnea is from a total blockage. When air is cut off the brain sends an emergency message to relax the airway muscles. When the muscles relax you take in a big gulp of air. The process then repeats itself all night. This sounds like what is happening with your husband. While lifestyle changes may help (weight loss, diet, exercise, no alcohol or smok-ing) Sleep Apnea left untreated can increase the risk of high blood pressure, stroke and diabetes. Get the man to a doctor, pronto, and get yourself some well-deserved rest.


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