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by Patricia L. Cook When islands are mentioned, many people think of Hawaii, the Caribbean islands or even Iceland. In this Tidbits, we’ll explore a few unfamiliar is-lands; some fictional and some that are not even surrounded by water! • Sicily Island, Louisiana is not a tropical island, or surrounded by an ocean, sea or lake. It is sur-rounded by Deer Creek on the north, Bayou Ma-con and Tensas River swamp on the east, Bayou Louah and Lake Lovelace on the south and the Ouachita River to the west. • Three exploring brothers, Richard, Thomas and George Lovelace, settled in the area in the 1760’s. They loved the beautiful scenery and lay of the land and named the area for the Mediter-ranean Island of Sicily. • Popular Catahoula Curs were developed as a canine breed at Sicily Island. The dogs were bred from the Lovelace brothers’ Dalmations and Indian dogs in the area. They were named for Catahoula Parish. • Napoleon Bonaparte, one of the most famous military leaders in history, is credited with the Louisiana Purchase. Due to its French heritage, Louisiana has parishes instead of counties. Na-poleon was exiled twice: to Elba Island in the Mediterranean and later to St. Helena Island in the southern Atlantic. turn the page for more!

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A “tidbit” is defined as “a tasty morsel to be enjoyed before the meal”. And that’s just what Tidbits® is – a non-controversial, weekly paper dedicated to publishing entertaining morsels for the mind, food for thought as it were: trivia, fun facts, amusing stories and oddities.Tidbits is distributed to over 200 locations throughout the area. Tidbits can be found in res-taurants, coffee shops, grocery stores, offices, banks, libraries, hair salons, auto repair shops, motels, hospitals, medical & dental waiting rooms, retail stores, etc.Our weekly readership is 14,800. If you would like to add your event, stories, ad info or any comments, please feel free to e-mail me at [email protected] or call me at 208.755.9120.

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UNUSUAL ISLANDS (continued):• Staten Island, a borough of New York City, is home to what was once the world’s largest land-fill. Freshkills Landfill was established by the City of New York in 1948. The area was main-ly coastal marshland and tidal creeks before it was filled in with garbage. At the peak of use, in 1986-87, the landfill had 680 employees and received up to 29,000 tons (26 million+ kg) of trash per day! • Freshkills Landfill received its last garbage on March 22, 2001 and its transformation into a city park started in 2009. Freshkills Park will be about three times the size of Central Park, with 2,200 acres (890 ha). As the development of the park continues in phases over the next 30 years, future generations will know Staten Island as a beautiful place to play and relax rather than as a place for trash. • A popular television series that ran for seven seasons on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) network was Fantasy Island. From 1978 to 1984, Mr. Roarke (Ricardo Montalban), the handsome, debonair host greeted guests to the island and fulfilled requests for their fantasies. The very popular “little person,” (the acceptable term used by the Little People of America or-ganization), Herve Villechaize, known as “Tat-too” on the show, would rush up the tower of the main cottage to ring the bell when guests arrived. His call, “De plane, De plane!” was heard at the beginning of each show for six seasons. After a salary dispute he left the show and a butler took his place for the final season. • Fantasy Island was not filmed on an island but in various locations in California and Hawaii. The cottage where Tattoo rang the bell is at the Los Angeles Arboretum and Botanical Garden in Arcadia, California.

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August 24th, 2014 at Avondale Golf Course. starting at 1:00pm. Silent auction, raffle, prizes and dinner included. For more information, call

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ber, stroll through beautiful Downtown Coeur d’Alene and enjoy local and nationally acclaimed artists. Visit supporting galleries, shops, restau-rants and businesses with your friends and fam-ily. A family-friendly, free event! Apr 11, May 9, Jun 6, Jul 11, Aug 8, Sep 12, Oct 10, Nov 14,

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August 1 - 3Art on the Green

A marketplace, performance space and a gather-ing place for friends and families, this yearly event is the highlight of the summer in Coeur

d’Alene. Located on the campus of North Idaho College. For more information, call 208-667-

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August 9Coeur d’Alene Triathlon,

Duathlon & Scenic Sprint The traditional Olympic Point on Lake

Coeur d’Alene. All the bike courses follow Co-eur d’Alene Lake Drive. For Olympic distance

triathlon riders and Duathlon riders distance, 1.5k swim, and the Sprint distance, 500 yards swim, both take place at Independence going the full 40k, the race leads to Mullan Trail Road for a

challenging uphill course.The run courses travel north along Northwest Blvd. and the Centennial Trail along the Spokane River, ending at the fin-

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August 16 - 17Wooden Boat Show

Wooden Boat Show at the Coeur d’Alene Resort. Free to the public. Display of Wooden Boats

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UNUSUAL ISLANDS (continued):• Another place named “Island,” is Island Park, Idaho. Called the “Longest Main Street in Amer-ica,” the community extends from the Snake Riv-er north of Ashton, Idaho, to the Montana border. Island Park is popular for fishing, hunting, water sports and snowmobiling. The average snowfall of 9 feet (2.74 m) makes the area a winter won-derland, while famous trout fishing is the biggest draw in warm weather.• Hegura Island, Japan, is known for its female “free divers” (divers who deep sea dive with-out breathing equipment) known as “Ama.” For years the families involved in the business of Ama have rejoiced over the births of baby girls. Females are the ones who learn to dive some-what miraculously as much as 82 feet (25 m) to harvest abalone. Through the years they started using goggles, flippers and wet suits but have never used oxygen tanks. Their “tools” are “vi-sual acuity, lung capacity and hunter instinct.”• Hereditary rights determine who can be a part of the Ama business. Historical records show the claim to dive for abalone was bestowed on “fe-male ancestors by Lord Maeda during the feu-dal Tokugawa era” in Japan from 1603-1867. An Ama interviewed on CBS Sunday Morning on February 9, 2014, was still diving at age 80! • The fishing region of Thousand Islands, that stretches along the St. Lawrence River region of New York and Canada is where Thousand Island salad dressing was created. Clayton, New York is considered the birthplace of the dressing, home of the Thousand Islands Inn. • The origin of the salad dressing has two sto-ries passed down through history, both involving fishing guides in the region. Read about the salad dressing and the Thousand Islands area at www.visit1000islands.com.

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UNUSUAL ISLANDS (continued):• In the far northern part of Canada there is a chain of islands known as the Arctic Archipel-ago. There are 94 islands with Ellesmere Island being the farthest north and the tenth largest is-land in the world.• Ellesmere Island is only 497 miles (800 km) from the North Pole and 15 miles (25 km) from Greenland. It is a polar desert with an average annual precipitation of only 2 ¾ inches (70 mm), making it drier than the Sahara Desert! • On the southern coast of Ellesmere Island, Grise Fiord is the northernmost permanent com-munity in Canada with a hardy but small popula-tion of 148. • An island with a population at the other end of the population spectrum is Java, Indonesia. It is the thirteenth largest island in the world and is home to 136 million people. • Known for its millions of peppers instead of people is Avery Island, Louisiana. The island is one of five salt domes that rise out of the marshes of the Louisiana Gulf Coast. This island is only 163 feet (49.68 m) above sea level. • The McIlhenny Company and their acres of hot peppers and facilities for producing the famous TABASCO® products occupy most of Avery Is-land. The family-owned hot sauce company has been at the site since its founding in 1868. • An island not known for hot peppers, but for beautiful flowers, red soil, shorelines, and a famous novel is Prince Edward Island (PEI). Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908 by Lucy Maud Montgomery, is famous all over the world. Thousands of tourists come to the island off the eastern coast of Canada annually to visit Green Gables Heritage Place and Montgomery’s home, both part of PEI National Park.

STRANGE BUT TRUEby Samantha Weaver

It was English poet Martin Farquhar Tup-per who made the following sage observation: “Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.”

If you’re in the neighborhood of Bessemer, Ala-bama, you might want to stop in its Hall of His-tory. Though the connection to local history isn’t clear, Hitler’s typewriter is on display to curious onlookers.

You may be among those people who think good deeds and selfless acts are on the decline. If so, consider this story: In 2010, an employee at a recycling company came across 23 U.S. savings bonds while sorting through a bin of discarded papers. Instead of trying to cash the $22,000 worth of bonds himself, Mike Rodgers decided to track down the owner. It turned out that the woman who had bought the bonds, Martha Dob-bins, had been dead for almost two decades. Rod-gers didn’t give up, though; he began a search for Robert Roberts, who was also named on the bonds. Though the name is common and Rod-gers hit many dead ends, he eventually located the correct Robert Roberts, the son of Martha Dobbins. Roberts hadn’t even been aware of the bonds’ existence. Rodgers, his good deed finally being done, refused a reward.

The next time you look out the window and see banks of freshly fallen snow, remember that only about 8 percent of that fluffy whiteness is actu-ally water; the remaining 92 percent is air.

During the course of filming all eight Harry Pot-ter movies, actor Daniel Radcliffe went through 160 pairs of glasses and 70 magic wands.

Thought for the Day: “Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among

those whom I love, I can: All of them make me laugh.” -- W.H. Auden

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I am amazed at how few people sleep well. These days, I’m more surprised than not when someone says they sleep great! Sleep deprivation has some far reaching ramifications. When you don’t sleep well, you suffer. You drag yourself up, grab for anything that will jolt some life into you (at the risk of other aspects of your health), and muddle through life, hoping against hope that maybe, just maybe, tonight will be different. Usually, it isn’t. When you don’t sleep well, your health suffers. In-somnia sufferers experience more than sleepiness and tiredness, but also, a deep, profound fatigue. They have difficulty with things good sleepers take for granted: the ability to concentrate and remain on task, to be alert when driving, to feel vital and alive. Instead, they feel mental fogginess and poor concentration, decreased alertness and performance, depression, anxiety, worrying, tension and ir-ritability. They frequently suffer difficulty in making decisions, slower reaction times, decreased memory and emotional instability. They are at increased risk of immune challenges, muscle achi-ness and hormonal fluctuations, and are at higher risk for obesity, heart disease and diabetes. When you don’t sleep well, people around you suffer. Typical poor sleepers are irritable, easily frus-trated, angered or moved to tears. Because they suffer energy losses, others have to take up the slack in doing chores and other routine needs. Children and spouses frequently don’t get to do as much as desired because fatigue When you don’t sleep well, your work suffers. Performance isn’t up to par, it may take longer to learn skill sets (thereby frustrating trainers, and costing the company more), increased time loss from work, and increased errors on the job. This could cost a company dearly, or cost the person loss of life or limb.Although chronic sleep deprivation leaves the person energy-challenged, many push through despite the hardships, because they have to. Because their deeper sense of responsibility to their co-workers and their family over-rides how they feel, they trudge on, hoping for relief in the near future.Many sufferers turn to drugs to help, but drugs have their own problems. Most complain of feeling drugged in the morning, clumsiness, drowsiness and dizziness. Bowel, urination and sex drive is-sues are not uncommon. While these drugs are synthetic and can be addictive, there are many natural substances that can be used to improve sleep, without those detriments. Consulting with a practitioner who is well versed in alternatives (including acupuncture, chiropractic, herbal remedies and diet), can be quite helpful. There are many causes of an inability to sleep. Most are within our control, and much can be done to improve sleep, but we just need to be made aware of them. Generally there are multiple reasons that all combine together. Everyone is unique, which is why it is so beneficial to consult with a compe-tent health practitioner.To get you started, stop by Vital Health and ask for our handout, “How Can We Improve Our Sleep?” (It is also available on our website).

HEALH BITS By Dr. Holly Carling

Dr. Holly Carling is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Licensed Acupuncturist, Doctor 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 informative articles. Dr. Carling can be reached at 208-765-1994 and would be happy to answer any questions regarding this topic.

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1. Who sang the duet “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)”?2. Which Cliff Richard song has a crystal ball, a cat and a potion? 3. Name the artist who had hits with “Rhinestone Cowboy,” “Gentle on My Mind” and “By the Time I Get to Phoenix”?4. “Believe It or Not” was the theme song for what television show?5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “Where it began I can’t begin to knowin’, But then I know it’s growing strong, Was in the spring, And spring became the summer, Who’d have believed you’d come along.”Answers1. Aretha Franklin and George Michael, in 1987. The song hit the Top Ten in the U.S. and netted Franklin her only No. 1 in the U.K.2. “Devil Woman,” in 1976. The song went gold in the U.S.3. Glen Campbell. At this point he’s sold 45 mil-lion records, released 70 albums and netted four Grammys.4. “The Greatest American Hero,” which ran from 1981 to 1983.5. “Sweet Caroline,” by Neil Diamond in 1969. Years later, Diamond said the song came to him after seeing a magazine photo of a young Car-oline Kennedy (daughter of President John F. Kennedy).(c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

Study: You Can Delay Al-zheimer’s DiseaseYou can forestall dementia by many years by staying mentally engaged and challenged, ac-cording to a long-term Mayo Clinic study.The study began in 2004 with nearly 2,000 par-ticipants ranging in age from 70 to 89 years old. Most of them had no dementia, and nearly 300 had mild cognitive impairment. The study fo-cused on the role of the subjects’ previous edu-cation, occupation and life enrichment.After a baseline measurement was taken, par-ticipants in the study followed an “intellectual enrichment program” and were periodically re-evaluated for functioning, memory, cognitive skills and language.Lifelong intellectual enrichment was seen as a protective strategy to delay cognitive impair-ment by nearly 9 years. This was true even in those participants who carry the APOE4 gene, which is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease.Specifically, cognitive impairment was delayed 8.7 years in those with high lifetime enrichment. Higher education alone brought a five-year de-lay. For those who carry the APOE4 gene, even beginning cognitive activity late in life brought three years of delay. Late beginning for those without the gene brought seven years of delay.Staying mentally engaged and stretching our brains can even help those of us who didn’t have higher education or challenging occupations, or who carry the APOE4 gene. Here are some suggestions: Take a few art class-es, or try arts and crafts. Did you play a musical instrument as a child? Take lessons again. Read. Dip into authors and topics you haven’t explored before. Play games you enjoy, and learn new ones. Try video games! Do a crossword puzzle every day. Sign up for classes at the senior cen-ter.While there’s no sure-fire cure or treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, these studies show ways we can help ourselves.Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her col-umn whenever possible. Send email to [email protected]. (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.


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PICKS OF THE WEEK - DVD PREVIEWS“Transcendence” (PG-13) -- Could our reliance on technology harm us? What if Johnny Depp became the all-powerful personification of the Internet? These are the questions “Transcendence,” a talk-heavy sci-fi thriller, tries to answer.Dr. Will Caster (Depp) is working to build a computer-thingy that connects to all of mankind’s techno-stuff. Folks call him a lunatic, and some radicals shoot him. His loving, genius wife (Rebecca Hall) puts Dr. Caster’s dying mind into an extra-big computer, making him the all-knowing techno-lord he was working on. This does not go well for mankind. Debut-director Wally Pfister is known for his work as a cinematographer -- crafting intense visual sequences in “Inception” and the new Batman movies. He brings that same visual strength to parts of “Transcendence,” but it doesn’t make a satisfying flick. Depp’s performance is so detached that he’s not much fun to watch or listen to.

“Sabotage” (R) -- Arnold Schwarzenegger rampages through this hyper-violent criminal action flick. The Big Guy leads nine tough-as-nails DEA agents on a drug raid where they find a big ol’ stack of money. They’re all pretty crooked, so they agree to skim a few million dollars for themselves. Soon, members of the morally corrupt crew turn up viciously murdered. Is it the drug cartel’s revenge, or one of their own? Everyone is a suspect! Everyone also is heavily armed and full of rage. Even fans of shoot’em-up revenge flicks could find this movie too fixated on up-close nastiness and torment. Rent it only if you wish to see Arnold hulk-out once more.

“Make Your Move” (PG-13) -- Donny (Derek Hough of “Dancing with the Stars”) is a street-wise dancer from New Orleans, just making his appearance on the Brooklyn club scene. He has an impromptu and electric dance on top of a bar with Aya (Korean pop-star BoA), a beautiful hip-hop dancer with an overprotective brother. They fall in love and have a series of romantically charged dance sequences. The writing is skimmed from various soap operas, and all of the expected love story tropes are included.

“The Human Race” (R) -- A group of strangers find themselves trapped in an abandoned detention center, when a voice in their heads tells them they are in a deadly race. Straying from the path, step-ping on the grass, or getting lapped twice by another runner all result in instant death via head explo-sion. Among the contestants are two veterans -- one missing a leg -- two friends who are deaf, and a cyclist who’s quick to outdo people in the race against death. This survival-horror movie sprang forth with almost no budget, and has many faults. Still, it can provide some unexpected thrills. (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.


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Vasophil by Integrative TherapeuticsEver heard of Nitric Oxide? We’ve heard of Nitrites, those are additives in processed meat that increase in-flammation. But Nitric Oxide is a very important multifunctional messenger molecule that causes an increase in blood flow. Side effects of increased blood flow: improved cardiovascular function, improved circulation to extremities and to male sexual organs. Increased circulation can prevent or reduce symptoms associated with high blood pressure, ED due to poor circulation and prevention of hardening of the vessels in the feet - commonly seen in diabetes, increasing risk for amputation. Not to mention the increased muscle recovery Nitric Oxide can cause, for those who are working hard to meet their fitness goals. So.. How do we get more Nitric Oxide? Vasophil, by Integrative Therapeutics is a pleasant tasting powder that combines therapeutic doses of free form Arginine and Citruline. These two amino acids create more Nitric oxide and improve the uptake and use. Add Vasophil to 8oz of pomegranate juice daily to increase ben-efits such as improving skin by supporting blood flow to our cellular matrix or preventing vessel wall dam-age, thus decreasing the risk of atherosclerosis. If you have any circulation issues, Vasophil is your answer.

Dr Ashley is board certified in Family Medicine and in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine. She provides a mix of traditional with alternative medicine and specializes in bio-identical hor-mones for both men and women.

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Man's Best Friend Are you ready for the newest technologi-cal break-through? A test that can detect certain cancers with 98% accuracy, and is completely painless? No needles, radiation from CT scans, and no false positives leading to biopsy? Then say hello to the cancer sniffing dog! Dogs noses have four times the olfactory cells as humans, mak-ing them sensitive enough to detect the

volatile organic compounds emitted from tu-mors. To put it in perspective, put one drop of blood in 20 Olympic size pools, and he will be able to detect it. And now, dogs have been suc-cessfully trained to sniff out cancers of the lung, breast, colon, prostate, ovary and melanoma.A nonprofit organization called the InSitu Foun-dation are working and successfully training the dogs, and are looking to gain FDA approval for a canine medical scent detection kit that uses breath samples.The dogs are trained on breath samples from can-cer patients, which are collected in plastic tubes from polypropylene wool inside. The tubes col-lect molecules from inside the human body. The dogs are smelling the cells, gasses, vapors, and many different volatile organic compounds that are found within the breath condensate. Breath is not just air, it's actually a bodily fluid.As soon as the dogs have been introduced to a large body of samples, the people at InSitu be-gin to train them to alert on the correct sample. Some bark at the sample, some paw at it, some lie down. Usually, the dog will begin to paw, bark, or exhibit some kind of signal that he’s found his target odor.

They are so successful that the dogs are even able to detect cancer in situ, or stage zero, cancer. No machine to date can detect cancer at stage zero, but the dogs can! Often, mammograms have difficulty detecting breast cancer in women with fibrocystic breasts or dense breast tissue. Their dogs help clarify a mammogram that is hard to read, and can also be used to screen people in remission.Right now, early detection is the best cure, and the dogs can provide us with that. Within the next five years, you will be seeing breath screenings available for the public. It may be a machine that eventually screens your breath, but remember, the doctors are now studying the dogs, in order to build a machine that can mimic the dogs nose. Bravo, dogs!Dogs have also been used to detect cancer thru not only breath samples, but also urine and blood.Once these dogs become available for use in medical offices, you can believe I will have them available for my patients! In the meantime, how you can help: if you or someone you love has cancer, please donate a breath sample to In Situ Foundation. It’s simple and easy, and it can help save lives. We are always in need of healthy breath, as well. Go to DogsDetectCancer.org to find out how. Or, donate money to this founda-tion. You may save a life!

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Want to make that summer at-home pedicure last? Don’t skip the base coat or a UV topcoat. The base coat will allow the color to adhere evenly and better. Then the topcoat will protect the color from the sun while giving it a little ex-tra shine.

Honey has amazing properties, and one of them is its antiseptic powers. You can even use it on pimples. Just a tiny dab will help keep bacteria responsible for breakouts from taking over.

Remove all of the air from a plastic storage bag with a drinking straw. Slip the straw into the bag and close as much as possible. Then suck any air out through the straw, and quickly pull out and close in a single motion. Your leftovers will stay fresh longer, and foods may stack better in the freezer.

Lemon juice can bring out the flavor of mush-rooms. I keep a little spray bottle that I found in the travel section of the drugstore to keep lemon juice accessible in the kitchen. I find it’s good for all kinds of things, like avocadoes and apples. I spray the cut side to keep them from browning. It’s also great for salad greens. -- T.T. in New Jersey

Did you know you can curl your hair with straws? Wind sections of damp hair around a plastic straw and secure the ends with a bobby pin. Dry in the sun, or use a hair dryer on low heat. Remove and spritz with hair spray.

The liners from cereal boxes work really well to store pies in the freezer. They can be stapled shut. -- Y.L. in Indiana

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Protect Paws in Summer, TooDEAR PAW’S CORNER: Last weekend on a vacation at the beach, we were walking our little mutt, “Sasha,” along a pathway. A passerby told us we should pick her up or put booties on her. While I don’t think it was any of her business, why would anyone put booties on a dog in such hot weather? -- Tanya C., via email

DEAR TANYA: It may seem weird, but booties can be just as important in the summertime as they are in win-ter. They’ll protect the sensitive pads on Sasha’s paws, which can burn pretty easily even at the beach on hot sand or wooden boardwalks, or be cut on sharp rocks or other objects.

Dogs both large and small can suffer in hot weather, not just from the heat and sun but from hot pavement. Walk them in the early morning or late evening, when it’s not as hot, and make sure they have plenty of water to drink at all times. Keep them indoors or in a shady, well-ventilated area (but NOT your car) during the heat of the day.

Small dogs can be picked up and carried over rocky areas or hot pavement, but it’s important for them to get their exercise. So look for a set of booties in Sasha’s size. If she doesn’t like wear-ing them, train her to wear them for a minute or two at first and gradually extend the time, giving her lots of praise when she wears them calmly.After every walk, even if she wears booties, check the bottom of her paws for injury. If you notice cuts or burns, or if she is limping or con-stantly licking her footpads, contact Sasha’s vet-erinarian.

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RAYMOND BURRRaymond William Stacy Burr was born on May 21, 1917 in the small community of New West-minster, British Columbia, Canada. He starred in many films and television shows but is most widely known for the roles of Perry Mason and Ironside in a long television career. • Quite the story-teller, Burr apparently told many untruths about his own personal life. He claimed to have been married three times and that he had a son who died young. By all ac-counts at least two of the marriages and the son were fabricated relationships. • What is known as truth about Burr is that he could pretend to be a lawyer and a detective and proved that well in two long-running television shows. • One of the earliest appearances that Burr is known for was in Alfred Hitchcock’s film, “Rear Window.” • He is most widely known for his starring role as the heavy-weight burly attorney, Perry Ma-son, in the show by the same name that was broadcast nine seasons from 1957-66. • The Perry Mason television show was based on the fictional writings of Erle Stanley Gardner, who was a practicing attorney for about 20 years. Gardner created the main character as well as Mason’s secretary, played by Della Street, and the private detective and investigator who made up the main cast of characters for the television series. Gardner wrote the first Perry Mason sto-ries in 1933. The last Perry Mason mystery was published three years after Gardner’s death in 1973. • A year after the original Perry Mason series ended Burr returned to television as Ironside. That series was about a police detective who became confined to a wheelchair in the first epi-sode. It was on the air from 1967-75.

The Devil’s in the DetailThe Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) to pro-vide transitional housing and support services to veterans with special needs. A $5 million grant will go to 25 organizations (if they reapply for funding) in 11 states to provide housing services to veterans who are women, frail elderly, termi-nally ill, chronically mentally ill or who care for minor dependents.Eligible programs must provide up to 24 months of housing or services, such as case manage-ment, crisis intervention, counseling and so on. The goal, quoting from the news release, is to help “homeless veterans achieve residential sta-bility, increase their skill levels and income, and gain greater self-determination.”Sounds great, but the fine print is confusing. A notice in the Federal Register outlines the de-tails. Here are some of the services provided:¥ Frail elderly are to receive services for safety, opportunities to stay mentally and physically agile, walkers or other necessary devices, and monitoring of medications.¥ The terminally ill program will help address end of life issues, provide transition and clo-sure actions, and provide legal counsel and pain management.¥ For the chronically mentally ill, it will help participants engage with the community, facili-tate reintegration and ensure opportunities to re-establish relationships with family.¥ For those who care for minor dependents, the program will provide transportation, offer refer-rals for child care and ensure health needs are met, especially immunizations.¥ For women, it will ensure transportation, espe-cially for health and education, and will address safety and security issues.Doing the math, the $5 million could give $200,000 to each organization, if divided evenly ... except the fine print of the Federal Register notice says that $3.5 million is expected to be made available.Where’s the other $1.5 million?Freddy Groves regrets that he cannot personally answer reader ques-tions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Send email to [email protected].(c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.


RAYMOND BURR (continued):• It is sometimes reported (inaccurately) that Perry Mason never lost a case. However, Perry Mason did lose two cases: The Case of the Terri-fied Typist and The Case of the Deadly Verdict. • Canada honored Raymond Burr, aka Perry Ma-son, with a postage stamp in 2008. He was one of four Canadians the postal service chose to honor for their achievements in Hollywood.

• The U.S. Postal Service also had a Perry Mason stamp. It was part of a series of stamps called “Early TV Memories,” issued on August 11, 2009.

• Collectors of Raymond Burr memorabilia seek out the stamps for their collections but also look for vintage copies of TV Guide. He was on the cover 14 times!

• Burr starred in numerous reprisals of his role as Perry Mason after the original series ended. There was The New Perry Mason series in 1973; a television movie, Perry Mason Returns in 1985; and more than 25 other Perry Mason ap-pearances for Burr. The movie in the 1985-86 season was the second-highest rated television movie that year. One of the funniest appearances by Raymond Burr was in a spoof of his Perry Mason role on Airplane II, the Sequel in 1982. • Burr had a great interest in two horticultural beauties: orchids and his favorite wine grape, Cabernet Sauvignon. One of his last ventures was the establishment of the Raymond Burr Vineyards in Sonoma County, California.

• Burr died on September 12, 1993 at his home in Sonoma, California after a battle with cancer.

Pawn Shops: Lender of Last ResortThe best reason to have emergency savings can be summed up in two words: pawn shops. If something happens and you have savings, you dip into it to solve your problem, and later build it up again. But if you don’t have savings and can’t arrange a bank loan to get you through the emergency, you may be forced to go to an alter-nate money source -- like a pawn shop.A pawn shop is a place where you hand over something you own -- such as jewelry, a musical instrument, electronics, TV, gun or power tools -- in exchange for cash. When you pay the mon-ey back, you get your possession back. It’s in the paying it back that problems can arise.Pawn shops have exorbitant interest rates. There are state and federal laws, but the rates are still high. Do the math. If the interest rate is 15 per-cent per month, multiply that by 12 to get your true annual interest rate. (Compare bank rates online.) Even if the rate is much lower (in states where the rate is capped), you can be dinged for “monthly service charges” that add up to nearly the same amount. You also might be charged for insurance on your possession, depending on its value.You’ll only get a portion (maybe half) of your item’s true worth when you get a loan. The pawn shop owner wants to make sure he can sell it and make a profit if you never come back. You will have let your possession go for a lot less than you might have gotten selling through a newspa-per ad or online.You’ll be given a time limit (usually 30-60-90 days) to reclaim your possession and repay the loan. If you need a time extension, no problem -- but you’ll pay extra interest, storage fees and more. One person in four never reclaims their property.If you’re in a position where you must have fast cash and need to deal with a pawn shop, read the fine print on your claim ticket. It should have all your information, plus the specifics of the loan. Like a bank loan or a mortgage, your ticket has to spell out the terms, how much you owe, how much the interest is and when the “note” is due, as well as your identification.If you deal with a pawn shop, do your home-work. Call the local Better Business Bureau for complaints. And do NOT lose your claim ticket.

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

Water-Damaged Carpet Needs Quick AttentionQ: My apartment’s window air-conditioning unit dripped water from the front left corner for several days before I realized it, and the carpet underneath is soaking wet. How can I dry it quickly? -- Chase T., Concord, N.H.A: First off, since you live in an apartment, con-tact the landlord or management office right away. They should be informed of any damage that has occurred, as soon as it happens. If the leaky air-conditioning unit belongs to the landlord or management company, then respon-sibility for the cost of the repair may belong to them. Many communities will send out a main-tenance person or repair contractor to fix or re-place both the leaky A/C unit and the damaged section of carpet. If the A/C unit belongs to you, then you may be responsible for some or all of the repair cost. Some communities will make the repair anyway, so that the apartment meets their standards, and you’ll have to negotiate with them about the cost or forfeit some of your security deposit.You also can offer to do the repair yourself or hire a repair contractor yourself, at your cost. The landlord or management will want to check on the final result.So, what needs to be repaired? You’ll need to stop the A/C unit from leaking immediately. Shut it off, take it out of the window if possible (have a helper assist you with the lift) and set in a plastic tub to let the condensed water drain out. Remove and clean the air filter and look for an external drain hose, if the unit has one, that might have come loose. Check the window for any swelling or damage to the wood, which can occur if a leak continues for some time.If the unit cools well, the problem may simply be that it is tilted too far forward, so that conden-sation runs inside along the bottom of the unit rather than dripping outside. Try placing the unit back into the window so that it has a slight tilt -- about 5 degrees -- up and out. Put a catch bucket underneath the leak area and turn the unit on for an hour or so, checking to see if condensation still comes inside. If this doesn’t fix it, you may need to repair or replace the unit.Next, the carpet. Blot the area with towels as soon as possible to remove excess water.Since it’s been soaking for several days, you (or the repair person) need to dry the area all the way down to the underlayment and flooring. Re-move furniture from the area -- clear that half of the room completely, or the whole room if possible.Starting at the nearest corner, pull back the car-pet, followed by the padding. Note where the water stains have reached. If the flooring under-neath is wet, you need to dry that immediately.The repair or maintenance person will deter-mine if the carpet is salvageable. Cost-conscious apartments will try to dry the carpet and floor-ing and at most replace the padding. If this is the direction taken, check the carpet frequently after the repair and make sure you don’t smell mildew or mold. If mold sets in, the entire carpet will probably need to be replaced.Send your questions or home tips to [email protected].


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PENCILSBefore pencils, ancient Romans used a writing instrument called a stylus to make light marks on papyrus, an early form of paper. When graphite was discovered in Borrowdale, England in 1564, darker marks were made possible leading to what is still called a pencil. • The term “lead” pencil has been used through-out history but was actually never accurate. Lead has never been used as the marking material in-side pencils. However, lead was used in the exte-rior paint of pencils and caused health problems when pencils were chewed or put in the mouth.• In the early discovery years, pencils were not covered with wood. People would use cloth or some other covering to hold the graphite to write. When just held by hand, graphite turns hands and fingers black.• The birthplace of mass-produced pencils was Nuremberg, Germany. One of the earliest known makers of pencils was Kaspar Faber, a cabinet-maker in Nuremberg, in 1761. He glued narrow sticks of graphite between small, smooth pieces of wood. He started the Faber-Castell Company.• Faber’s grandson, Lothar, used water and then steam power to increase production and consis-tency in making pencils. He created standards for pencil size and hardness grades in 1839. Lothar is credited with the invention of hexagonal pen-cils and the first brand-name writing instruments, marked A.W. Faber. The Faber-Casteel Group is, still today, the world’s largest pencil manufac-turer, producing approximately 1.8 billion wood-cased pencils annually. • The first factory that produced pencils was in Keswick, Cumberland, United Kingdom in 1832. The Pencil Museum in Keswick is the home of the “world’s first pencil.”

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PENCILS (continued):• Nicholas Jacques Conté of France is credited with the invention of pencil “lead.” He mixed graphite with clay to create pencils with vary-ing degrees of hardness. The rods of graphite and clay were fired in a kiln to prepare them for use. He received a patent for this process in 1795.• With the pencil’s origins in Germany and the United Kingdom, Americans imported pencils for years. Early settlers in North America de-pended on the imports until the supply was cut off during the Revolutionary War. Seeing the need for pencils, William Monroe, a cabinet-maker in Concord, Massachusetts, became known as the first pencil maker in America. • James Musgrave was also involved in the ear-ly years of the pencil industry in America. The owner of a sawmill in Shelbyville, Tennessee, his main business was cutting worn cedar fence posts into small slats of wood to ship to German pencil companies. Musgrave bartered with farm-ers to replace their fences with wire and pole fencing in order to have the cedar to ship. • When the United States entered World War I, the company could no longer send wood to Germany. At that time, Musgrave started the Musgrave Pencil Company. His success led to other pencil companies opening in the area. In the 1950s, Tennessee Governor Buford Ellington named Shelbyville, “Pencil City, USA.”

1. TELEVISION: What was the name of FredÕs boss on ÒThe FlintstonesÓ?2. U.S. STATES: What state lies directly north of Wyoming?3. LITERATURE: Who was Sherlock HolmesÕ archenemy?4. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the tradi-tional birthstone for July?5. PSYCHOLOGY: What is the fear represented by ÒmonophobiaÓ?6. MUSIC: What music video of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers featured the characters of Alice and The Mad Hatter?7. GEOGRAPHY: What is the longest suspension bridge in the United States?8. FAMOUS QUOTATIONS: Which 20th-century American journalist said, ÒLove doesnÕt make the world go Õround. Love is what makes the ride worthwhileÓ?9. MOVIES: Who won the best actor Oscar for the 1978 movie ÒComing HomeÓ?10. SCIENCE: What is the symbol for the element phosphorus?Answers:1. Mr. Slate2. Montana3. Professor James Moriarty4. Ruby5. Fear of being alone6. ÒDonÕt Come Around Here No MoreÓ7. Verrazano-Narrows in New York (4,260 feet)8. Franklin P. Jones9. Jon Voight10. P


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I heard an interesting story the other day that I wanted to share. It seems that this couple adopted 2 dogs - a mother and her female puppy, who are both blind because of a genetic con-dition. In the home there is another older dog. The puppy loved to nip at the older dogs feet and ears but then it started bothering the dogs neck - sniffing it and pawing at it and licking it to the point that it wouldn’t stop. The older dog started showing signs of illness - bad breath and lethar-gic, etc. When the owners took him to the Vet she discovered a cancerous growth in the exact area that the puppy was attracted to. My friend who told me the story swears that dogs can de-tect cancer. Is she just blowing smoke up my butt or is there some truth to this?Curious in Coeur d’Alene

Dear Curious,What a great story. And, your friend is correct. We’ve all heard about search and rescue dogs being able to sniff out bombs, bodies, drugs, etc., and the gift Service Dogs are for people with disabilities, but that seems to be just the begin-ning of how dogs can serve us. Dogs 4 Diabet-ics trains dogs for early detection of plummet-ing blood sugar levels in insulin using diabetics. Rapid changes in the blood chemistry can be detected in our breath and skin 15 - 30 minutes prior to it registering on a glucose meter. Dogs are being trained to notice this change and alert their owner. The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine is studying the use of canines in early detection of ovarian can-cer as a dog’s olfactory system (sense of smell) is better than any chemical test currently avail-able. They have a dog who is 90% accurate in detecting ovarian cancer. In Italy dogs are being trained to sniff out prostate cancer with great re-sults. In CA a nationally recognized dog trainer, Dina Zaphiris, has founded a non-profit - In Situ Foundation.org, that is training dogs and doing trial studies with dogs to sniff out lung, breast, and ovarian cancer. Their next study will be on early stage pancreatic and stomach cancer which have no screening tests and are often found too late. They have also trained dogs to sniff out e.coli in urine which can early detect urinary tract infections. In Situ has developed a breath test kit and is awaiting FDA approval. Fascinat-ing! Makes that famous line by Ogden Nash, “A dog is man’s best friend” more true than ever imagined.

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Dear Members of the Community,For the past several years, the Diamond Cup Committee has worked tirelessly to create a positive community-wide event by bringing the Diamond Cup back to Lake Coeur d'Alene. Our goals from the outset have been to shine a positive light on Coeur d’Alene, to attract new investment in our local economy, and to broadly promote our scenic region. For example, this year’s Diamond Cup is under contract to be covered by CBS Sports Network, streaming live to 110 countries around the globe and bringing positive and priceless exposure to the City by the Lake and its businesses. In preparation for this year’s race, the Committee has:1. Worked collaboratively with Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation Permit to secure their approval. This IDPR permit is now in the possession of Diamond Cup LLC.2. Submitted a completed engineered traffic plan and application to the Idaho Transportation Dept., with the issuance of their permit expected within a week.3. Designed and engineered a new race course buoy system to address the requirements of the Idaho Dept. of Lands and the concerns of the region’s fishermen (who have now offered their support for our event). 4. Completed the permitting application process with the Idaho Dept. of Lands, with a decision on the application expected by July 10.5. Completed a Biological Assessment for the Army Corps. of Engineers as well as their required permitting approvals, with permit issuance expected in the next two weeks. 6. Participated in a required public hearing in front of the Kootenai County Planning and Zoning Commission for a new Special Events Permit in the “agricultural suburban zone” given that the event will attract more than 500 people. This requirement was first communicated to the Committee in May. Please note that the requirement was not applied to the Ironman event or any other events in the same zone. 7. Assembled all information for submission to the policy underwriter who will insure the race. The policy will be written one month before the event consistent with the underwriter’s conditions. Issuance can’t be accelerated.8. Reached agreement on a payment plan with Kootenai Fire & Rescue to eliminate the outstanding debt from the 2013 race and to ensure payment of the fee for the 2014 race.As you can see from this non-exhaustive list, the Committee has been working hard on this event and making progress towards meeting all permitting requirements in advance of the deadline as established by Idaho Code (30 days prior to the event). Like many community members, we were stunned by the Kootenai County Sheriff Dept.’s announcement that they were declining to issue us a permit from their agency based upon artificial deadlines that were impossible to meet. For example, last year, the Committee did not receive its final permit from the Idaho Dept. of Lands until August 8th, and we were able to have a race with 50,000 people with NO insurance claims. Still, this year the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office required that all other agency permits be issued two months before the race (a month earlier than what Idaho law requires), and imposed requirements not imposed on other community events of this scope. Unfortunately, Kootenai County’s Sheriff’s Office would not allow the Committee to start the permitting process until early 2014, thereby shortening the amount of time we had within which to meet an incredibly long list of permitting requirements.We have cooperatively worked with other agencies to satisfy their requirements for the 2014 event. Where mistakes were made in operations last year (our first attempt), we have modified our plans to the satisfaction of the requesting agencies.At the end of the day, the Diamond Cup will create jobs and promote tourism in a tourist-based community. It wasn’t too long ago when economic conditions were such that the community was in need of positive exposure such as an event of this scope and magnitude. Many of you have likely not forgotten that fact. Please let the Sheriff’s Dept. know your thoughts and why they should extend the compliance date for the 2014 Veteran's* Diamond Cup. They need to know that there is a broad base of support for the event and that their decision was not in the best interests of our community. The contact e-mail for the Sheriff’s Office is [email protected].

Thank you.Doug Miller, President Diamond Cup LLC

*Note: The new “Veteran’s Diamond Cup” title reflects a recent partnership agreement between the Diamond Cup LLC and the Diamond Cup Hydromaniacs of Coeur d’Alene. The two groups are encouraging your support in keeping the effort for a 2014 race moving forward through the purchase of passes that will then be redistributed to veterans that are in need. After seeing the National issues affecting our veterans and their care, it is the least that the Hydromaniacs and Diamond Cup committee can do to honor their heroic service to our country by allowing them free access to the excitement of the Diamond Cup.

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