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This week, Tidbits has lots of information about the Irish, everything from St. Patrick to Notre Dame. Celebrate St. Paddy’s Day by learning some inter-esting facts about the Emerald Isle.

• The man has a day named after him, but who ex-actly was St. Patrick? Strangely enough, his name wasn’t Patrick, and he wasn’t born in Ireland, but rather in Scotland! Maewyn Succat was born in the late fourth century to a wealthy family, but at the age of 16, he was kidnapped from the fam-ily estate by a group of Irish raiders and sold into slavery. During his six years of captivity, he was a shepherd, and experienced a conversion to Chris-tianity. According to folklore, a voice came to him urging him to escape, which he did, aboard a pi-rate ship. Yet the voice further counseled him to return to Ireland as a missionary to convert the Irish to Christianity.

• After 15 years of study for the priesthood, dur-

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ing which time Succat took on the name Patri-cius, he began his 29-year-long mission in Ire-land. Ancient legend tells of Patrick standing on a hilltop holding up his wooden staff, banishing all the snakes from Ireland. Because there were no snakes in Ireland, it’s believed this was merely symbolic of Patrick driving out the evil and pagan philosophies.

• Patrick wasn’t made a saint until the early 17th century, hundreds of years after his death in the year 461. March 17 is the anniversary of his death and is his religious feast day.

• Although we think of the color green when St. Patrick is men-tioned, blue was the first color to represent the hero. In 1783, The Order of St. Patrick was founded, the senior order of chiv-alry and fellowship of knights. The Order of the Thistle already used green for their uniforms and the Order of the Garter used dark blue, so the Order of St. Patrick used a shade of sky blue. Military uniforms were of “St. Patrick’s Blue” and during the time of King Henry VIII, and the flag of Ireland was a gold harp on a blue background. The harp remains as the coun-try’s national emblem today.

• Between 1846 and 1900, about 2,873,000 people emigrated from Ireland to America, making it the second largest nationality group of immigrants, second only to Germany. The most predominant occupation of those newcomers was that of skilled weaver.

• In 2010, about 34.7 million U.S. residents claimed ancestors from Ireland. What were the most com-mon Irish surnames of these folks? The last names of Murphy, Kelly, and O’Sullivan are considered the top three “most Irish.” Other common Irish surnames include Walsh, O’Brien, Byrne, Ryan, O’Connor, O’Neill, and O’Reilly.

• Ireland has had its influence on geographical lo-cations in the U.S. Seven communities are named Shamrock, including locations in Texas, Oklaho-ma, and West Virginia. Sixteen other towns are named Dublin, sharing the name with Ireland’s capital. North Carolina is home to the commu-nity of Emerald Isle, population 3,655.

• St. Patrick’s Day often brings beer and taverns to mind, but that tradition didn’t start in Ireland. The Irish Parliament declared the day a religious holiday in 1903, meaning that all the pubs were closed. In 1970, that bill was overturned and the day became a national holiday rather than a reli-gious observance.

• The tradition of a St. Patrick’s Day parade began in America, not Ireland. New York City was home to the first parade, held on March 17, 1762. Irish soldiers serving in the British army organized the celebration to honor the Catholic feast day of Ire-

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• Canada’s longest-running parade is in the city of Montreal, where it first took place in 1824..

• The three-color Irish flag – orange, green, and white – was created in 1848, and is symbolic of the country’s politics. The orange stands for the Irish Protestants, green for the Catholics, and white

represents the hope that peace be reached between the two. • Have you ever heard of the trifolium du-bium? That’s the name given to the shamrock by botanists. The early Celts referred to the shamrock as the seam-roy, and considered this three-leafed clo-ver a sacred plant with mystical properties. Legend has it that St. Patrick used the sham-

rock to explain the Holy Trinity to first-century Irish pagans. During the 17th century when the English began seizing Irish land and prohibiting the use of their native language and Catholic religion, many Irish started wearing the shamrock as a symbol of pride in their heritage.

• The Irish word lobaircin means “small-bodied fellow,” and has been modified a bit to the Eng-lish word “leprechaun.” These little imps date back to the early Celtic beliefs in fairies, those tiny men and women with magical powers, who used those powers for either good or evil. Lep-rechauns were seen as grumpy little men, whose duties were to mend the shoes of the other fairies. We’ve all heard of the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Folklore claims that the little men have great treasures stored in crocks, and use trickery to protect it from others. If a leprechaun is cap-tured by a human, he has the magical power to grant three wishes in exchange for his release. In 1959, Walt Disney Studios released the film Dar-by O’Gill and the Little People, which gave us the image of cheerful and friendly leprechauns, but in Irish folklore, they are cantankerous and mis-chievous.

• Indiana’s University of Notre Dame is home to the Fighting Irish, a team that played its inaugu-ral game in November of 1887. In 1918, Knute Rockne took over as head coach and his record of the highest winning percentage (.881) in foot-ball history, either college or professional, still stands. Notre Dame has produced the second largest number of players drafted into the NFL, the greatest number of Heisman Trophy winners, and ten former Irish have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Every home game has been sold out since 1966, with the exception of one Thanksgiving Day contest against the Air Force in 1973, when the students had gone home for the holiday.

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The most popular child star of all time, Shirley Temple, brought a ray of sunshine to the troubled folks of the Great Depression era. How much do you know about this bright and talented individ-ual who was a success not only on the screen but in public service as well? Follow along as see!

• Born in 1928, Shirley was the daughter of a bank employee father and a homemaker mother, who enrolled her in dance school at age three. When a talent search was conducted at the school, Shirley was signed by Educational Pictures and appeared in a number of movie shorts, as well as modeling for cereal ads. The 1932 movie Red-Haired Alibi brought Shirley her first feature film role.

• The first feature film created specifically for Shirley was 1934’s Bright Eyes, which featured her famous number “On the Good Ship Lollipop.” Over 500,000 copies of the sheet music were sold following the movie’s release. At the age of six, she received a miniature Juvenile Oscar for her 1934 accomplishments, and her feet and hand prints were added to the concrete forecourt of Grau-man’s Chinese Theater.

• By the time she was six, Shirley had already starred in 20 movies. The Shirley Temple doll was intro-duced, wearing a polka-dot dress modeled after the one she wore in 1934’s Stand Up and Cheer! By 1941, sales on the doll had topped $45 million. The sizable list of her other products included a line of clothing, soap, dishes, and books. Shirley also endorsed Quaker Puffed Wheat, General Electric, and Packard, among others. At age sev-en, her merchandise royalties were double the in-come from her movies.

• Following the huge success of Heidi, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, and The Little Princess, Shirley performed in her last film as a child ac-tress in 1940 at age 12. The film was The Blue Bird and was her 44th movie. Her popularity declined as she entered adolescence, and she made just a few films as a teen and young adult. When she was 15, Shirley met an Army Air Corps sergeant named John Agar, and at age 17, she married him. Their daughter was born when Shirley was 19, but the marriage was over after four years.

• December, 1950 was the time of two momen-tous occasions in Shirley’s life – she announced her retirement from the film industry at age 22, and she married wealthy California businessman Charles Black. This union would endure 54 years until his death. She entered the political arena in 1969, when Richard Nixon appointed her as the U.S. Representative to the United Nations. Under Gerald Ford, Shirley served as Ambassador to Ghana and White House Chief of Protocol. Her assignment under Ronald Reagan was that of a foreign affairs officer with the State Department. During the George H.W. Bush administration, she was the Ambassador to Czechoslovakia. She became a best-selling author in 1988 with the re-lease of her autobiography Child Star.

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This week’s game of the week was the first round of the 4A state playoffs for both the Glenwood Springs Demons and the Greeley Central Wildcats. This game looked to be a favorable matchup for the Wildcats but Coach Graefe knew that once in the tournament, anything can happen. Keep-ing his team focused on the Demons instead of looking to the second round was the most important task.

As Greeley Central feared, Glenwood Springs kept pace from tip-off to the end of the third period. If the Wildcats wanted to insure themselves a trip to play Frederick in the sec-ond round, they would have to get it going in the 4th.

Thanks in part to this week’s Loveland Ford Player of the week, Matt Garcia, the Wildcats

went on a scoring frenzy in the last period of play; outscoring the Demons 25-10. Gar-cia finished with 24 points and three steals while Greeley Central won 63-44. That win

gave them a second round matchup with the Frederick Warriors the following Fri-day. Greeley Central took that game as well; 62-55.

Later on in the weekend, Greeley Central played Wasson in the Sweet 16 but ended up losing 78-61.

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This edition of Tidbits marks a significant change in the printing and distribution schedule of the paper. For over 20 years Tidbits readers have seen several changes, however, the changes announced last week on this page represent the most dramatic change ever made.The edition you are reading represents the first time the print edition of Tidbits will be on dis-play for TWO WEEKS instead of only one week. However, you can read a fresh edition of Tidbits EVERY WEEK on-line at www.TrustTidbits.com, simply click on the “Read Tidbits On-Line” link.Put simply, the Tidbits print edition has gone from a once-a-week sched-ule to an every-other-week schedule but EVERY EDITION OF Tidbits will be available on-line. So the week there is not a fresh print edition, you can read that week’s paper on-line, understand?This change will no doubt inconvenience some of our readers, and for that we sin-cerely apologize. The change is driven by two realities: increasing print and distribu-tion costs, and the increasing use of iPhones, Smartphones, iPads, tablet computers, and other mobile devices. We urge all Tidbits readers who use such devices to visit our on-line edition where you can read every word with great ease and in brilliant digital color. For comments on these changes, call 970.475.4829 or email [email protected].

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• It was Robert Kennedy who made the following sage observation: “One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.”

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• When World War I started, the U.S. Air Force had a grand total of 50 soldiers.

• The frigid island nation of Iceland is, by all ac-counts, a peaceful place. In the entire history of the country, there has been only one armed rob-bery.

• When Albert Einstein was 9 years old, he still wasn’t able to speak fluently. His parents worried that he might be retarded.

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• On March 17, 1762, in New York City, the first parade honoring the feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is held by Irish soldiers serving in the British army. Early Irish settlers to the American colonies, many of whom were in-dentured servants, brought the Irish tradition of celebrating St. Patrick’s feast day to America.

• On March 11, 1818, “Frankenstein: or, The Mod-ern Prometheus,” is published. The book, by 21-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, is frequent-ly called the world’s first science-fiction novel.

• On March 12, 1933, eight days after his inaugu-ration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives his first national radio address, or “fireside chat,” broadcast from the White House. Roosevelt made sure each address was understandable to ordinary Americans.

• On March 13, 1944, Britain announces that all travel between Ireland and the United Kingdom is suspended, the result of the Irish government’s refusal to expel Axis-power diplomats within its borders. Ireland stood its ground.

• On March 14, 1950, the Federal Bureau of Inves-tigation institutes the “Ten Most Wanted” list in an effort to publicize particularly dangerous fugi-tives. The creation of the program arose out of a news story in 1949 about the “toughest guys” the FBI wanted to capture.

• On March 15, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson addressed a joint session of Congress to urge the passage of legislation guaranteeing voting rights for all. On Aug. 6, 1965, J o h n s o n signed the Voting Rights Act.

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• On March 16, 1985, in Beirut, Lebanon, Islamic militants kidnap American journalist Terry An-derson. On Dec. 4, 1991, Anderson’s captors fi-nally released him after 2,455 days. Anderson spent his entire captivity blindfolded.

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