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TIDBITS® CONSIDERS RUBBERby Janet Spencer

on april 29, 1813, Jacob hummel of philadelphia was awarded a patent for an elastic rubber varnish suitable for waterproofing clothing, in one of the world’s first applications of rubber. Come along with Tidbits as we consider rubber!

A NEW SUBSTANCE• Rubber comes from the sap of the Para rubber tree. The sap is called latex (from the French word for milk), and it is refined to form rubber.• In 1755 a paper was presented to the French academy of sciences describing the properties of latex. In 1770, Joseph Priestley found that it was extremely good for rubbing off pencil marks on paper, dubbing the substance with the name “rubber.”

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DONNA’S DAY: CREATIVE FAMILY FUN

By Donna Erickson

Make a Handprint Bloom Card for Mom

Young kids can let Mom know she’s the best, hands down, with this personalized Mother’s Day poster card. Their own handprints will create the blooms for an artful flower that Mom will treasure. Get started now, since Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 10.

Here’s what you’ll need:

* 1 large, 12-inch-by-18-inch sheet of sturdy construction paper or poster board in a light color such as yellow, pink or lavender

* several sheets of construction paper in assorted colors

* colorful tissue paper, cut into thin strips

* white household glue

* empty recycled margarine or deli tub

* paintbrush, pencil and scissors

Here’s the fun:

1. With the pencil, outline your child’s hand with fingers slightly spread apart on a piece of construction paper. Cut out tracings (you’ll need at least three per flower).

2. Pour glue into the tub, and dilute with a few drops of water. Brush glue mixture on the cutout. Wad the tissue strips and press on cutout to decorate. Make and decorate several hand shapes using at least one hand from each child in the family. Glue the cutouts on the top half of the large sheet of construction paper in a circular pattern (with palms at center). Or, arrange three hands with one hand pointing to the right, one to the left and one straight up. The pattern should resemble a flower.

3. Cut and glue on green paper in shapes of a stem and leaves. Add a circle in a contrasting color for the center of the flower.

4. Make a border on the poster card and write a personal greeting, such as “Best Mom, Hands Down!” or “From your little blossoms: Janelle, Mia and Emily.”

Variation: Instead of cutting a hand shape, simply place a child’s hand in poster paint (palm down) and guide the hand on the card. Gently press the hand on the paper, making sure that the palm and five fingers make a print. Repeat with another child’s hand until the flower is complete. Add paper stem, leaves and center.

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Donna Erickson’s award-winning series “Donna’s Day” is airing on public television nationwide. To find more of her creative family recipes and activities, visit www.donnasday.com and link to the NEW Donna’s Day Facebook fan page. Her latest book is “Donna Erickson’s Fabulous Funstuff for Families.”

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The Cornet Chop Suey Band - May 14 - 7:30 p.m. - Central High School - The Cornet Chop suey Band, named after a somewhat obscure louis armstrong composition, will perform a wide variety of styles including traditional jazz, swing, blues and big production numbers. The seven member group brings a high-energy presentation with lots of audience appeal. instruments in the band include a cornet, trumpet, some reed instruments, a trombone. piano and drums. This program is sponsored by the Cheyenne Concert association which is celebrating its 80th year of bringing a variety of professional entertainment to Cheyenne. Tickets are available at the door. adults admission is $20 and $10 for students. For information, call 635-0833 or 634-8606 or check the web site www.cheyenneconcert.com. “I Wanted It ALL: What Was I Thinking!” - May 12 - 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. - Holiday Inn - Christian Women’s Morning Connection with dr. sandra Miskie, a retired vietnam army veteran from lakewood, Colorado, who tells all. also help Celebrate the Wyoming Girl Guard’s 100 anniversary! special music by sandra Miskie. a Free kids Care Camp is available, upon your confirmed reservation! Bring: your Family and Friends from 18-97+years Young, for Music, Food, and Fun, all for $13! please Call linda Whitcomb at 514-1450 or Leslie Vosler at [email protected] by Wednesday, May 6 for more information and to make your reservation today! Thankful Thursdays - Every Thursday from 4:30 to 9 p.m. - Redwood Lounge - a different local charity is featured each week. Come learn more about a local organization, enjoy the fun and enter to win cash and prizes. Over $500,000 has been raised so far. Seeking table captains for the Boys & Girls Club’s Back A Kid Breakfast! The big day is May 12. Be a table captain and invite seven friends or family members to join you for breakfast. our keynote speaker is keni Thomas. keni is an author, musician and the inspiration for the movie Black hawk down. During 2015, we plan to double the number of kids who attend the Club. each week, new kids are attending the Club so they can be at a safe place with supportive mentors who help them with homework, teach them leadership skills, and how to choose a healthy lifestyle all while having fun. There are so many kids who need your support! Call 778-6674 for information. Tuesday Figure Drawing Class - Tuesday evenings - 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. - Art Corner Co-Op, 1726 Capitol Avenue - sharpen your skills in a fun and supportive group. $15. Learn the Harp - a new community group is being formed for those wanting to learn the harp. sponsored by Niemann Music. For information, call 637-5222.

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• Brazil was the main source of rubber throughout the 1800s. exporting seeds or seedlings was forbidden. In 1876, Henry Wickham smuggled 70,000 Para rubber tree seeds out of Brazil, delivering them to kew Gardens, england. only 2,400 of these survived, after which the seedlings were then sent to india, Ceylon (sri lanka), indonesia, singapore, and Malaysia. Malaysia later became the biggest producer of rubber.

FAST FACTS ABOUT RUBBER• Over 21 million tons of rubber are produced each year, and about 42% is natural rubber, with the rest of it being synthetic rubber made from petrochemicals and coal. Natural rubber offers best elasticity, while synthetic rubber tends to offer better resistance to environmental factors such as oils, temperature, chemicals and ultraviolet light. • Asia is the main source of natural rubber, accounting for about 94% of the world’s supply. The largest producing countries are Thailand, indonesia, and Malaysia, which account for 72% of all rubber production. • It takes six years for a rubber tree to grow to a point at which it’s economical to harvest the sap, and each tree has a productive life of about 35 years. A single tree yields about 19 lbs. (8.6 kg) of rubber each year.• Although natural rubber originated in Brazil, it is not cultivated there due to leaf blight and other natural predators of the rubber tree, which do not exist in asian countries.• The highest quality of latex rubber is used for such things as surgeons’ gloves, condoms, and balloons. Mid-range quality rubber is used in items such as belts, windshield wipers, hoses, tubing, insulators, valves, gaskets, shoes, and pencil erasers.


GOOD HOUSEKEEPING Polynesian Drumsticks

A quick marinade adds a sweet and tangy glaze to grilled skinless drumsticks -- a favorite with everyone in the family.

1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple in unsweetened pineapple juice

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

3 tablespoons soy sauce

1 tablespoon grated, peeled fresh ginger

1 garlic clove, crushed with garlic press

12 chicken drumsticks (about 4 pounds), skin removed

1. In blender, puree pineapple with its juice and remaining ingredients except drumsticks. Spoon 1/2 cup pineapple mixture into large self-sealing plastic bag; reserve remaining pineapple mixture for grilling. Add drumsticks to bag, turning to coat. Let stand at room temperature 15 minutes.

2. Remove drumsticks from bag; discard bag with marinade. Place drumsticks on grill over medium heat and cook 15 minutes, turning over once. Cook drumsticks 10 to 15 minutes longer, or until drumsticks are golden and juices run clear when thickest part is pierced with tip of knife, brushing twice with reserved pineapple mixture and turning occasionally. Makes 4 servings.

* Each serving: About 260 calories, 8g total fat (2g saturated), 38g protein, 8g carbohydrate, 0g fiber, 123mg cholesterol, 385mg sodium.

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DOLLARS AND SENSEBy David Uffington

Are You Ready for Hail?

May is the month when the highest number of hailstorms occur, and your chances of having property damage rises considerably.

The good news is that hail damage is generally included in your homeowner policy as an Act of God, as are tornadoes and hurricanes. That means an insurance company can’t single you out and raise your premiums if you file a claim. They would have to raise the rates for everyone in your area.

Damage from hail can be anywhere it touches: your car, roof, windows, shingles, outdoor HVAC units and siding. Even your trees can suffer from hail damage. (Some hail can hit speeds as high as 120 mph, according to stormdamagecenter.org.)

There are steps you can take to ensure that all your losses are covered by your insurance company. Take pictures in advance, lots of them, ideally digital, and store those either in a bank box or by emailing them to yourself. Do an inventory as well and keep the list in a safe place.

The biggest problem with hail damage is being able to identify it. Broken windows and the windshield in your vehicle will be obvious. Shingles on your roof can take the brunt of the damage, and you might not even know it if your roof isn’t inspected by an expert after especially bad storms. Damaged shingles can leak, causing even more problems when water gets down into your home. The damage to skylights might not initially be obvious if it’s the gaskets that are cracked.

Damage to your trees and landscaping might not be obvious if the root systems are injured and if water then saturates the roots.

Remember: If you wait too long to get an inspection and to file a claim, you won’t be able to tie it to the hailstorm and your claim might be denied. Don’t make the repairs yourself, as this might void your policy.

When it comes to setting your insurance deductible, find a balance between what you can afford to pay on a monthly basis versus what you’ll be forced to pay as a deductible should you have a claim. The higher the deductible, the lower the monthly premium.

Check stormdamagecenter.org for more information. Must see: how to avoid contractor scams.

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• When electricity was invented, demand for rubber skyrocketed because it was such an effective insulator for wires. With the invention of automobiles, demand once again jumped because every car needed rubber tires that wore out at a regular rate. About 70% of rubber produced today is used for tires. • Foam rubber is made by beating air into the latex before pouring it into a vulcanizing mold, which heats it under pressure. rubber sponges are made by adding a powder to the latex which forms gas during vulcanization. FORDLANDIA• In 1926 Henry Ford set up the Ford industrial Company of Brazil. he wanted to build a rubber plantation to provide rubber for his tires. Ford wanted not only to build the cars, but also to control all the resources it took to build the cars. in exchange for employing Brazilian workers, the government of Brazil gave him free use of 2.5 million acres of jungle tax-free for 50 years. • The community was dubbed Fordlandia. 4,000 workers cleared the land of the native hardwoods. Then they planted nearly half a million rubber trees on 7,000 acres. By 1936 the first rubber plants were ready to be tapped. also by 1936, the hilly deforested slopes that had been cleared of their hardwood trees were so eroded that the soil ran down gullies and rainwater flooded the community. Then came the leaf blight which devastated the rubber plantation.• Ford abandoned Fordlandia and moved the project to a new site, ten times bigger than the old one. Called Belterra, the area was healthy and well drained. Ford ordered

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Municipal Pool and Spray Park - Daily - Hours vary between 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. - visit CheyenneCity.org or call 637-6455 for information.

Cheyenne Botanic Gardens - Monday through Friday - 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., saturday and sunday - 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Call 637-6458.

Cheyenne Ice & Events Center - ice skating, laser tag and video games. Monday to Thursday - 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and saturday - 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., sunday - Noon to 8 p.m. - 1530 W. Lincolnway. Visit CheyenneCity.org or call 433-0024 for information. BingoAm. Legion 635-7213Bingo aMveTs 632-2999Grandma’s pickle parlor 637-3614

Movie TheatersFrontier Nine 634-9499Lincoln Palace 637-7469Capitol 12 638-shoW

Country Western DancingRedwood Lounge 635-9096Outlaw Saloon 635-7552 Top 40 MusicCrown underground 778-9202

Governor’s Residence Tours - Free - 5001 Central Avenue - Tuesday through Thursday - 9 a.m. to Noon. Call 777-7398.

Visit the Famous Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum - Monday through Friday - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 778-7290.

Terry Bison Ranch - daily tours to the bison herd and horseback rides. sunday lunch train includes meal on old-fashioned dining car (reservations needed). Call for departure times: 634-4171. Cheyenne Depot Museum - a National landmark with railroad history exhibits and gift shop. Monday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday - 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 638-6338.

Big Boy Steam Engine 4004 - Worlds largest steam locomotive. located in holliday park.

Wyoming State Museum - Monday through saturday - 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Free exhibit of Wyoming history. Call 777-7022.

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Southern Wyoming Home & Garden Show - May 1, 2 and 3 - Friday: Noon to 6 p.m., Saturday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Frontier Park Exhibit Hall - over 90 exhibitors with tips, products and services. Free. Doubt, A Parable By John Patrick Shanley - May 1 and 2 - 7:30 p.m. - LCCC - Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play, this powerful drama follows sister aloysius, a Bronx school principal, who takes matters into her own hands when she suspects the young Father Flynn of improper relations with one of the male students. produced through special arrangement with dramatists play service. The cost is $10 for general admissions and $5 for students and seniors. Contact the Box office to purchase tickets at 432-1626. Live Music Benefit For K9s 4 Mobility - May 2 - 6:45 p.m. - The Atlas Theater - strange remedy, a local band made up of physicians will play. Cost for tickets is $10 and additional donations will be accepted. k9s 4 Mobility trains Guide dogs that assist a person who is blind or visually impaired, service dogs that perform skill tasks for a person with a physical disability and social service dogs that work with a professional in the field of occupational therapy, physical therapy, education and other specialties. For more information: www.k9s4mobility.org. Free Comic Book Day - May 2 - 10 a.m. to Noon - Laramie County Library - Free comics for all ages while supplies last! Come dressed in costume to receive one free movie or game rental, then dare to complete our mini-obstacle course and prove you’re a true superhero. special thanks to our partner, The loft Collectibles, Comics and Games. National Issues Forums: Immigration - May 5 - 6 to 7:30 p.m. - Laramie County Library - please sign up! Tired of just talk? here is a structured way to deliberate problems that face us all today, in a small setting where everyone gets a voice. This session focuses on immigration, moderated by Bill Mcilvain.

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• On May 13, 1607, some 100 English colonists arrive in Virginia to found Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. The first colonial council was held by seven settlers whose names had been chosen and placed in a sealed box by King James I.

• On May 14, 1904, the Third Olympiad of the modern era opens in St. Louis, Missouri. Like the Second Olympiad, held in Paris in 1900, the St. Louis Games were poorly organized. There were few entrants other than Americans in the various events, and, expectedly, U.S. athletes won a majority of the competitions.

• On May 16, 1849, the New York City Board of Health is finally able to establish a hospital to deal with a cholera epidemic that would kill more than 5,000 people. The disease took hold on Dec. 1, 1848, when a ship arrived from France carrying the bodies of seven passengers who had died from cholera.

• On May 15, 1937, Madeleine Albright, America’s first female secretary of state, is born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). After immigrating to the United States in 1948, her father, Josef Korbel, became dean at the University of Denver, where he would later train another female secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice.

• On May 12, 1957, race-car driver A.J. Foyt scores his first professional victory, in a U.S. Automobile Club midget car race in Kansas City, Missouri. Foyt raced midgets and stock cars before moving up to bigger things in 1958, when he entered his first Indianapolis 500 race.

• On May 17, 1970, Norwegian ethnologist Thor Heyerdahl and a multinational crew set out from Morocco across the Atlantic Ocean in Ra II, a papyrus sailing craft modeled after ancient Egyptian sailing vessels. The Ra II crossed the 4,000 miles of ocean to Barbados in 57 days.

• On May 11, 1985, 50 people die in a fire in the grandstand at a soccer stadium in Bradford, England. The wooden roof, which burned in just four minutes, was scheduled to be replaced by a steel roof later that same week.


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Godfather’s Pizza - Thursdays - 6:30 p.m. - All Skill levels - Call 634-5222

The Bunkhouse - Friday and Saturday - 7 to 10 p.m. Drunken Skunk - Friday and saturday - 9 p.m. The Crown Bar - Friday - 7 p.m. Outlaw Saloon - Nightly - 8 p.m. The Paramount Cafe - Saturday - 7 p.m.

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Scooter’s Scoreboard - Friday - 9 p.m. Cadillac Ranch - Friday and saturday - 9 p.m. Tuskers - saturday - 8 p.m.The Crown Underground - daily - 9 p.m.

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• It was noted 20th-century British playwright Tom Stoppard who made the following sage observation: “It is better to be quotable than to be honest.”

• You’ve probably seen ventriloquists perform, but you may not realize that it’s a skill not limited to humans. The crested bellbird, which can be found in the wetlands of Australia and Venezuela, throws its voice in order to misdirect predators.

• Bibliophiles beware: Using a public library can carry hidden risks, as a 20-year-old woman in Wisconsin discovered when she checked out “White Oleander” and “Angels and Demons.” Heidi Dalibor never returned the books, and she didn’t respond to letters or phone calls requesting that she return the books and pay the overdue fine. Eventually, Dalibor was arrested by local police, who handcuffed and fingerprinted her, and she wasn’t released until her bail was paid.

• We’ve all heard the childhood tale of George Washington chopping down a cherry tree, then ‘fessing up because he could not tell a lie. Most history books don’t mention other aspects of his childhood, though; for instance, did you know that our first president, when he was 10 years old, was a champion wrestler and long jumper?

• If you were a member of the middle class in Victorian England, you might have spent an enjoyable afternoon with friends on a boat, searching for bizarre sea creatures. This popular pastime was known as “monster spotting.”

• Those who study such things say that the smallest vertebrate in the world is a type of carp: The Paedocypris progenetica grows to be less than half an inch long.

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Thought for the Day: “A husband is what is left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted.” -- Helen Rowland


workers to clear the land and plant three million rubber trees. This time they planted a grafted hybrid designed to resist disease. The process of grafting and planting was extremely tedious. Workers grew dissatisfied and left in droves. By 1941, Ford had only 2,700 of the 11,000 workers he needed. and then the leaf blight returned. plagued by high costs, labor shortages, and blight, Belterra also ended in failure. • In 1945 Henry Ford’s son sold the whole thing to the Brazilian government for a mere half a million dollars. over $9 million had been pumped into the project over 19 years, and Ford had failed to produce enough rubber to make a pencil eraser. AN OVERSHOE• In the Middle Ages, the Roman name for the area that is now France was Gaul. When they invaded, they found the Gauls wearing unusual shoes. They wore the normal sandal, but tied over the top of the sandal was an upper leather casing which covered the top of the foot, the ankle, and sandal. This was to protect the feet and the sandal during wet and cold weather. The romans called this new style ‘Gaulish shoes’ or, in latin, ‘gallicae.’ • The fashion quickly spread, since it made sense to wear an overshoe to protect the inner shoe during bad weather. • Centuries later, legend has it that an English man named radley improved upon the idea. he suffered from rheumatism and wanted to keep his feet dry in the rainy weather, so he invented cloth overshoes that were reinforced with rubber to keep the feet dry. • Then in 1823, Scottish chemist Charles Macintosh discovered that liquid latex rubber would dissolve in coal-tar naphtha. When he spread this solution over a marble slab and allowed the naphtha to evaporate, he was left with a thin film of rubber, which could then be glued and sewn to fabric for waterproofing. Thereafter, in england a raincoat came to be known as a mackintosh. Charles Macintosh set up a factory to mass-produce this waterproof fabric.• The process worked for waterproof boots as well, but latex rubber turned out to be brittle when cold and sticky when hot. Not until Charles Goodyear invented vulcanized rubber (by heating rubber under pressure) did the art of the waterproof rain boot get a boost. an inventor named alvin longo rickman received a patent for a rubberized overshoe in 1898. What are these waterproof overshoes called today?

answer: The rubber overshoes are galoshes.

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