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This Tidbits uncovers some fascinating facts about cranberries, the tart, red berries that show up in vast quantities at stores this time of year. •October isNationalCranberryMonth. Ifyouliveinornearoneofthestateswherethelittlered fruits are grown, you’ve probably seensignsforfestivalsandcelebrations.

• Cranberriesareoneof the fewfruits thatareactually native to North America. (Concordgrapes and blueberries are as well.) NativeAmericansintroducedtheberriestothePilgrimsintheearlycoloniesinthe1600s.Sometribescalled them ibimi and sassamanash, meaning “bitterberry,”whileothersreferredtothemasatoqua,meaning“goodfruit.”Colonistsstartedcallingthem“crane-berry”becausetheplantsresembledtheneck,headandbillofacrane.Thenamewaslatershortenedtocranberry.

• Pilgrims quickly learned from NativeAmericans that cranberries had great healthbenefits.HighlevelsofvitaminCinthefruithelped prevent scurvy, a disease that wasprevalentwithsailors.NativeAmericansmadepemmicana,ahealthysurvivalfood,bymixingdeer meat and mashed cranberries.

• Cranberrieswerealsousedasanaturaldyeforrugs, blankets and clothing and inmedicinalpoulticesforwounds.

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CRANBERRIES (continued):• The first known recipe for cranberry saucewasin“ThePilgrimCookbook”in1633.WildcranberrieswereprobablyonthetableforthefirstThanksgiving in 1621.Cranberries havebeena traditional sidedish forThanksgivingmeals inCanada and theUnitedStates sincetheir discovery so many years ago. By the way, ThanksgivingMonday,thesecondMondayinOctober,iscelebratedthisweekinCanada.IntheUnitedStates,Thanksgiving is the fourthThursdayofNovember.

• Thefirstrecordedcranberrycultivationwasin1816inDennis,Massachusetts,onCapeCod.CommercialharvestingbeganinHarwich,alsoontheCape, in1847.ThecranberryindustryisstillamajorsourceofincomeforCapeCodtoday, totaling over $100 million annually.Ninehundredcranberrybogstakingup14,000acres(5,665.6ha)arelocatedinsoutheasternMassachusetts,withoverhalfofthemonCapeCod.

• So, what exactly is a bog? It is “an area ofwet, marshy ground, largely consisting ofaccumulated decomposing plant material.”Bogs provide a fertile, moist habitat that isperfect for cranberries.

•Many people think cranberries growon topof thewater,but it isonlyatharvest that the“sea of red” is evident, and the berriesfloat.During harvest time, two different methodsare used. For “wet” harvesting, bogs are floodedatnight,andthenextday,waterreels,sometimescalled“eggbeaters,”beatthevinesto loosen the berries. Since the berries arehollow,containingpocketsofair,theyfloattothe surface. The berries are then gathered and loaded into trucks.Thewet-harvestedberriesareusedforsauces,juicesandotherproducts.

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CRANBERRIES (continued):•Approximately 5 percent of cranberries aresoldfresh,whiletheother95percentareusedfor juices, sauces, “Craisins®” and more.Craisins® are sweetened, dried cranberriesmadebyOceanSpray that startedhitting theshelvesin1993.

• Cranberry farms are mostly family ownedoperations that have been handed down for generations. Cranberries are growncommercially in five states: Wisconsin,New Jersey, Massachusetts, Washington andOregon. They are also grown in Chile andseveralCanadianprovinces,includingQuebec,BritishColumbiaandNovaScotia.

•Canada’s oldest commercial cranberry farmis in Hebbville, Nova Scotia. Indian GardenFarm was started in the late 1800s and hasbeen passed down through four generations by thefamilyofWilliamWebb.

•Wisconsinis theleadingcranberry-producingstate in the United States. The cranberry isthe official state fruit; it is the number onefruit crop, both in acres planted and in itscontribution to the state economy. The tart berriesaregrownin18countiesincentralandnorthernWisconsin.

•VisitorstoWisconsincanenjoyfivefestivalsassociated with cranberries. In June, theWisconsinRapidsCranberryBlossomFestivaldisplays the beauty of the cranberry blooms,dressedinpink.ManitowishWatershoststheCranberry Colorama in September, whichincludes harvest tours. Warrens, Stone Lakeand Eagle River host Cranberry Festivals inlateSeptemberorearlyOctober.TheWarrensFestivalisthelargestandoldestofthefestivals.(The festivals are all over for this year, butchecktheInternetfornextyear!)

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CRANBERRIES (continued):•Wisconsin is home to the 50-mile (80-km)Cranberry Highway that traversesWisconsinRapidstoWarrensandgoesbetweenPittsvilleandNekoosa. It goes throughCranmoor, thelargestinlandcranberryareaintheworld.The29-mile(47-km)CranberryBikingTrailisalsoin the area.

•The beauty of cranberry bogs and marshescanbeobservedfirst inthebloomsandlater,when the ripe, red berries shine on the vines orfloatastheywaitforharvest.Pinkflowersdevelop in June and July with small, greenfruitdevelopingbehindtheflowers.Thegreenchanges towhitebefore transforming todarkredinAugustandSeptember.

•While much cranberry history and manycommercial operations are in the Northeast,Wisconsin and Eastern Canada, commercialgrowing inWashington State was started inthe late 1800s.A visitor fromMassachusettsnoticed that the area was similar to CapeCod when he found wild berries growing.Entrepreneurs purchased around 1,600 acres(647.5 ha) on the Long Beach,Washington,peninsulabetween1872and1877andbegandeveloping cranberry beds. They used vinesbrought over from theEastCoast, andmanypestscausedproblemsinthenewenvironment.

•In the 1920s, scientist D.J. Crowley helpedto solve the problems faced by cranberryproduction in the Pacific Northwest. TheCranberry Research Station was started andrecommendations helped growers improvetheircrops.Today,thePacificCoastCranberryResearch Foundation continues to supportabout 250growers fromBritishColumbia toOregon.

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• Paige earned the nickname “Satchel” as ayoung boy when he helped passengers withtheirbags(satchels)atrailroadstations.

•Paigestartedhisbaseballcareerin1924,withtheMobile Tigers semi-pro team inMobile,Alabama.Hewentontoplayasthedominantpitcher in theNegroLeague.He also playedwith the Caribbean League in the winter.Alwayswantingtopitch,hekeptbusyplayingthe game.

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“SATCHEL” PAIGE (continued):•At the end of his career, his major leaguerecordwasmodest, at28winsand31 losseswitha3.29ERA(earnedrunaverage).Paigeisalsoknownfornotcommittingasingleerrorin179MajorLeaguegames.HecoachedfortheAtlantaBravesin1968.

• Paigewasfuntowatchthankstonotonlyhisgreatpitchingbuthis“showboating”aswell.Healwaysentertainedthecrowds.Hisquotesinclude this gem: “I never threw an illegalpitch.Thetroubleis,onceinawhileItossonethatain’tneverbeenseenbythisgeneration!”

•Paige retired in 1953. He came back for aspecialappearance in1965andpitched threeshutoutinningsfortheKansasCityAthletics.This action at age 60 made him the oldestplayerintheMajorLeagues.

•Leroy“Satchel”Paigewaselectedtojointhebestinbaseballhistorywhenhewasinductedinto the National Baseball Hall of Fame in1971.AccordingtotheHallofFamewebsite,onAugust20,1948,whenPaigewas42yearsold,hepitchedtheClevelandIndianstoa“1-0victoryovertheWhiteSoxinfrontof78,382fans,anight-gameattendancerecordthatstillstands.”

•A statue of Satchel Paige was unveiled inCooperPark,Cooperstown,NewYork,onJuly28, 2006, representing the contributions thattheNegroLeaguesmadetobaseball.Wordsonthestatuesay:“InhonoroftheNegroLeagues’most celebrated pitcher and dedicated to allof those whose contributions to the nationalpastime were too long diminished simplybecauseofthecoloroftheirskin.”

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He was the same man that intervened when I clearly had an affair with the Mets in 1986 and flirted with Ken O’Brien and the Jets in ‘85. No way he was raising a kid who didn’t root for the Yan-kees and Giants.

Nowadays when I visit the folks, I know the old man is still into Mom and Elvis is still the presumed “King,” but the only time I hear Sinatra played in their home is when the Yankees win a ballgame and their 55 mil-lion-inch flat screen with surround, seek-and-destroy sound blares the game’s best anthem (that’d be “New York, New York” for the uninitiated or the 135-year-olds among us who still cling to their peanuts and Crackerjack or “Casey at Bat.”)

But I’m not a dinosaur yet. I’ve known for quite some time that Eminem was among the recognized lead-ers of the rap world, and the first time I saw Jay-Z on the charts and learned he was from Brooklyn, I got it ... it was a reference to the J and Z line on the subway. But it took me a few deadlines and the near constant rotation of the two off the hipster sec-tion’s iPod’s before I under-stood the intelligence that Jay-Z had and why audio-philes considered Em’s work touchstones of his era.

I’m a Beatles fan. They were the first “stadium” band, and their concerts at Shea and Candlestick are

the stuff of legend. And just like Ali shocked the world with the rope-a-dope, John Lennon played a joke on everybody at those concerts, singing “Help!” and “I’m a Loser (and I’m not what I appear to be)” in front of fans who weren’t listening. Well, pay attention, folks.

Jay-Z says he’s the new Sinatra, that he sells more Yankee caps than a Yankee can. I can’t say I disagree. But Sinatra didn’t buy the Nets and move them to Brooklyn. Add Rhianna to the bridge, and suddenly Brooklyn is New York, New York. And say what you will ... but that Eminem commercial aired during the Super Bowl, you know, the one where he drives down 8-mile in a Chrysler? Ever since then, Detroit has been lights out. The Tigers won their division and have the best pitcher in the game wearing their chain. The Lions look like Super Bowl contenders.

Both hooked up for sta-dium shows in each other’s city last year. As I write this, the Yankees and Tigers are heading into a fifth game, deciding playoff show-down. The “Big Three” are in the black, a new sky-scraper is steadily rising from Ground Zero. The synergy between both cities is suddenly clear.

Boston and Chicago may be the preferred rivals of each town, but as my dad and ol’ Blue Eyes would surely agree, and as empha-sized by the two biggest pop stars in a generation for Brooklyn and Detroit, sur-prisingly, it’s very clear ... the best is yet to come.

Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in Kansas City.

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Asthma Not Only for Children

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: What gives? When I was a kid, I had asthma. Then it went away completely. Now, at age 37, it’s come back. As a child, I took only one medicine, and did well. Now I have a number of medicines and inhalers, and I’m confused. Will you simplify asthma for me? It isn’t the same as it used to be. Do you think I have developed aller-gies that brought it back? — H.F.

ANSWER: In the more developed countries of the world, around 15 percent of children and 12 percent of adults suffer from asthma. Asthma resolves for many children as they reach ado-lescence, but it can come back. Adults also can devel-op asthma for the first time. It’s not strictly a childhood problem.

Cough, wheezing and shortness of breath are the signs of an asthma attack. Asthma comes in attacks separated by periods when the asthmatic is well. The goal of treatment is to extend the well periods and shorten any attacks, some-thing that wasn’t all that possible when you had only one medicine as a child.

The basis of an attack is constriction of the breath-ing tubes, the airways, the bronchi. Along with nar-rowed airways, inflamma-tion strikes them, and they fill with thick mucus. The

combination makes it diffi-cult to get air into and out of the lungs. Exhaling is par-ticularly difficult.

Triggers for asthma attacks include cold air, exercise, viral infections like the common cold and allergens. If your doctor believes that allergens are leading to your asthma attacks, then testing for them is worthwhile. For many, allergy doesn’t lead to bouts of asthma.

Exercise as a trigger needs some clarification. Every-one gets short of breath when exercising, but recov-ery is quick, within five minutes. Breathlessness brought on by an exercise-induced asthma attack lasts much longer, 30 to 60 min-utes.

An attack of asthma often can be stopped in its tracks with an inhaler medicine like albuterol (Ventolin and Proventil). For =longer control, cortisone inhalers or inhalers containing corti-sone and a long-acting drug that expands airways keeps a person attack-free. Advair is an example.

The booklet on asthma has a more detailed explanation of the common illness and its treatments. To obtain a copy, write: Dr. Donohue — No. 602W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.

***Dr. Donohue regrets that

he is unable to answer indi-vidual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newslet-ters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

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National Memory Screening Day

Mark your calendar: Nov. 15, a Tuesday, is National Memory Screening Day, put on by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America.

A news release issued by Alzheimer’s Disease Inter-national says that there could be 28 million people in the world with dementia — but no diagnosis yet. The screening events provide free memory screenings using tasks and questions that can detect problems early. Tests will check mem-ory, thinking and language skills. While the tests don’t give a true diagnosis, they can provide indications that a medical exam is needed.

Meanwhile, there is a pos-sible Alzheimer’s vaccine on the horizon. In the dis-ease, the amyloid protein stays in the brain and turns into plaque, which causes problems with the nerves that transport information through the brain. Research-ers are looking at a way to stop the body from produc-ing too much of the amyloid by targeting the receptors that move it into the brain.

At this point only small animals have been used in

the research, but the results are promising enough that the next step is to move into large-animal research.

To learn more about next month’s free memory screenings, go online to www.na t i ona lmemor y screening.org, or call 866-AFA-8484. Online you just need to click on your state and a list of locations will appear. You’ll need to sign up in advance to ensure a spot.

If you’ve been experienc-ing memory problems or if it runs in the family, be sure to tell your doctor. Or if you just want a baseline test for future reference, the screen-ing can help with that, too. Remember, a memory problem might not be Alzheimer’s. It could easily be something as simple as a vitamin deficiency.

Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Write to her in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to column [email protected].

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•Porcupinesaresmall,withfull-grownadultsweighing 12-35 pounds (5-16 kg). They areabout25-30-inches(60-90-cm)longwithtailsabout8-10-inches(20-25-cm)long.

• Babyporcupinesarecalledporcupettes.Theyareusuallybornoneatatime,withsoftquillsthat become hard and sharp a few days after birth.When theyareabout10daysold, theyarereadytoeatsolidsandclimbtreeswiththeirmothers. Porcupettes staywith theirmothersuntil theyareabouttwomonthsoldandthengoouttoliveontheirown.

•Porcupinesmoveslowlyonlandbutareverygood swimmers. They have a great floatingabilitythankstotheirhollowquills.

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A.J. Allmendinger Has ‘Kingly’ Goals

A.J. Allmendinger earns the interest of thousands of fans just on the basis of the No. 43 on the side of his Ford Fusion.

“43” is the number made famous by Richard Petty, the owner. Petty won a record 200 races carrying that number. No one else ever come close to that total, and it’s almost unthinkable that anyone will ever approach it. It’s among many reasons why Petty is uniformly regarded as NASCAR’s King Richard.

Allmendinger, 29, came reasonably close to mak-ing the Chase for the Sprint Cup. He moved up from 15th to 14th in Sprint Cup points after finishing sev-enth at Dover International Speedway in the AAA 400. To date, the Los Gatos,

Calif., native has collected one top-five and seven top-10 finishes during the cur-rent season.

The one-time Rookie of the Year in the ChampCar World Series (2004) began competing regularly in NASCAR in 2007. He fin-ished third in the 2009 Day-tona 500.

Allmendinger’s goal, obviously, is to restore Richard Petty Motorsports to the position of royalty enjoyed by Petty. Teammate Marcos Ambrose picked up a victory earlier this year at Watkins Glen, N.Y.

“The Chase doesn’t define our season,” Allmendinger said. “If we get to Home-stead (Fla., site of the final race) and are a lot better than we were last year, I’ll be happy with that.”

Regarding his performance at Dover, he said, “You just want to put yourself in that position, but we weren’t quite good enough to win. Depending on what call and where you restarted, I think we might have been top-five there at the end.”

The race began disastrous-ly but also spectacularly. After his Ford was bumped

from behind by Denny Hamlin’s Toyota, Allmend-inger made a spectacular save, keeping the car out the Dover walls and recover-ing.

“Denny had a nose right there, but it was lap four,” Allmendinger said. “Those guys would expect you to give them some room, but he just stuffed it down in there and jacked me side-ways. It was no surprise, and as I started spinning toward the wall, I just ham-mered the throttle. I didn’t think it was going to hit the wall, but then I was afraid that everybody behind me would come piling in.

“I’d like to say it was all driver, but luckily, I tapped the brake and kept it on the throttle, it straightened back up to where I didn’t stop in front of anybody and, thank God, everybody behind us was alert and kind of got it slowed down. I’d say it was 60 percent driver and 40 per-cent luck. I’ll give myself a little bit of credit.”

Monte Dutton covers motorsports for The Gas-ton (N.C.) Gazette. E-mail Monte at [email protected].

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A.J. Allmendinger has one top-five and seven top-10 finishes this season and came close to making the Chase. (John Clark NASCAR This Week photo)

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