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SUGARby Janet Spencer

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Sugar is everywhere. It forms the building blocks of carbohydrates, the most abundant type of organic molecules in living things. Come along with Tidbits as we swallow a spoonful of sugar!

SUGAR FACTS• Researchers note that sugar is not necessarily a health

problem, but the amount of sugar we consume is. Americans consume about 160 lbs (72 kg) of various sweeteners annually. That’s around 50 teaspoons of sugar per day, including sugar from sugar cane, sugar beets, and high fructose corn syrup, with a little bit of honey and maple syrup on the side. It’s recommended by the American Heart Association that adults do not take in more than 5 to 9 teaspoons of sugar per day.

• Sugarprovideswhatarecalled‘emptycalories’becauseit has no vitamins, no minerals, no enzymes, no fat, andnofiber. It’sasourceof instantenergy,which isnot necessarily a healthy thing.

• About two thirds of the sugar consumed in a typical American diet comes from processed foods. One half a cup of prepackaged spaghetti sauce can contain as much sugar as two Oreo cookies (and also has one third of the daily recommended amount of salt.) Heinz ketchup contains up to one teaspoon of sugar in each one tablespoon serving.

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We have a 20 ft trailer full of Darrell’s household antiques, collectibles, furniture and miscellaneous. - LOTS OF NICE ITEMS. TOO NUMEROUS TOO MENTION. Also, we have a Murray Dual Stage 8.00/24 Snowblower with Comfort Cover (All Like New). Boat motor, older ice auger, 2 old guns (single 12 ga. and single .22). Over 300 Shad Raps, rods and reels, like new impact wrench power tools and many miscellaneous wrenchs with large tool box. Large collection of die cast collector cars, lots of race car drivers including Dale Earnhardt. PLUS LOTS MORE! JUST A PARTIAL LISTINg!!

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Our March sale was really good - This is even better! Don’t miss this sale!!

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April 1 - 9:30am Book Sharing at St. Paul's Lutheran Church. The book "Leaving Tinkertown" written by Tanya Ward Good-man, will be featured in the Fireside Room.April 2 - 10:30am Highland Lutheran Church in Brandt is hav-ing their Soup Day and Country Store

March 30 - 11:30am Red Cross Blood DriveMarch 31 - FFA CDE (Lennox)March 31 - 7pm Post Prom MeetingApril 1 - FFA Little I (SDSU) BrookingsApril 3-5 - State Student Council Conv (Pierre)

March 29 - Track Team Pictures

March 29 - BBB Awards Night 7pm

March 31-April 2 - All State Band /Aberdeen

March 31-April 1 - All School Play

April 4 - SDSU Indoor Track Meet

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April 4 - Yearbook Sales 8am-3pm

April 6 - Yearbook Sales 8am-3pm

Estelline, SDApril 1 - 7pm School PlayApril 5 - 4pm Track @ HamlinApril 7 - 3pm Track vs Deuel & Clark/Willow LakeApril 8 - 12:15pm dismissal - InserviceApril 12 - BookmobileApril 12 - 3pm Track Pork Chop Relays @ Clear Lake-Cardinal Field

• Sugar cane is a member of the grass family and there are six different species, all of which look very similar to bamboo. None of the species can tolerate freezing temperatures. Sugar cane is usually grown in large plantations. It can yield up to 44 pounds (20 kg) of sugar for every 11 square feet (1 square m) of land.

• Ittakesbetween12and18monthsforacanestalkto mature to the point where it can be harvested. It is a perennial plant meaning it can regrow from the roots over and over, but each time it yields less sugary sap than before until it becomes more economical to plant a fresh new crop. The stalk of the plant is boiled and refined intomolasses andsugar.Thesugarcanemustberefinedwithindaysof being harvested.

• It takesonetonofwater togrowenoughcanetoyield one pound (.45 kg) of sugar.

• SugarcanewasfirstdomesticatedinNewGuineaand areas of Indonesia, and people in India were the firsttorefineit.Oneofthefirstrecordedreferencesto sugar dates back to the year 325 BC.

• ChristopherColumbusbroughtsugarcanewithhimon his second voyage to the New World in 1493 and planted it in Santo Domingo. By the year 1516, sugar was being shipped to Europe from there.

• ThefirstsugarcaneintheUnitedStateswasplantedin Louisiana in the mid-1700s.

• Atfirst,sugarwasrareandexpensive.Slaveryonsugar plantations caused social upheaval. Jungles were torn down to make room for more sugar cane.

• Assugarbecamemorewidelyavailable,thepricedropped so that more people could afford it.

• Braziliscurrentlytheworld’slargestproducerofsugar.

TWO KINDS OF SUGAR• Sugar is a combination of carbon, hydrogen, and

oxygen. Mankind is unable to produce sugar using chemical processes. Only plants can manufacture sugar. Our table sugar comes from two different plants: sugar cane, and sugar beets. They are chemically identical.

• Itusedtobethoughtthatsugarcouldonlybemadefrom sugar cane. One scientist named Achard was viewed as a crackpot because he kept trying to get sugar from beets, which were easy to grow in cold climates. In 1806 Napoleon ordered all Frenchports closed to English products because a war had broken out between the two countries. This cut off the supply of sugar, which England got from its Caribbean colonies. When Napoleon heard of a man that could turn beets into sugar, he visited him and was so impressed that he took the Legion of Honor medal from his own chest and pinned it on him. Two years later there were 40 sugar beet factoriesinFrance.Whenthewarended,thepriceof sugar bottomed out and the beet factories closed.

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FOR SALE: Ash Firewood. Split or Unsplit, You Haul. Call 605-268-1023. Summit area. 0321

FOR SALE: Campbell Air Compressor, 26 gal. 1hp, oil-less pump. $200. Campbell 4 gal twin tanks, 1hp with regulator. $125. GPX Graphics Karaoke Player with 1 mic. 320-226-3626. 0404

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March 29 - 7pm State of School MeetingMarch 30 - 8am FCA, FACS RoomMarch 30 - 9:30am Roberts County Government Day @ Sisseton, bus leaves @ 8:45amMarch 31 - Northern State Science Fair @ Aberdeen, bus leaves @ 8amApril 1 - Little I @ BrookingsApril 3-5 - State Student Council Convention @ Sioux FallsApril 5 - 1st Track Meet @ Milbank

WEBSTER, SD• April 2 - Key Club Fundraiser @ St. John's Lutheran Church• April 3 - 5:30pm Girls Basketball Awards/Supper @ the El-ementary Commons AreaEmployees of the YearThe Support Staff Member of the Year is Mrs. Jodi Schlotte who works in the elementary library. The Teacher of the Year is Mr. Jared Vergeldt who teaches 3rd grade. Congratulations to both!

Free Tdap VaccinationsThe SD Department of Health will be offering a FREE Tdap vaccine to children ages 11-14, who have not been previously vaccinated on Monday April 11, at 1:30 at the school elementary conference room. Please call the Day County Health Office to verify whether your child has received this vaccine or not at 345-3882. Vaccination forms can be found at the Elementary office or can be downloaded from the school's website under District - School Health. The completed and signed form will need to be returned to the school by Wednesday, April 6th.

• Monday, March 28th – No school, no NTHS multi. • Tuesday, March 29th- NSU Track and Field Meet in Aberdeen, meet start and departure time TBA. golf practice starts. • Wednesday, March 30th- Jump Rope for Heart Event at the hall, the schedule will be as follows: 7th-8thgrade 10:00 to 11:15 am, K-2nd grade 12:45 to 2:00 pm and 3rd-6th grade 2:15 - 3:30 pm. SAEG meeting at 7:00 pm at the fire hall. • Thursday, March 31st- State Science Fair for 6th graders at NSU. • Friday, April 1st- Staff day. • Saturday, April 2nd- Pinochle Tourney at the hall. Benefit for family of Trent Smith at the Fire hall. 3:00 pm-7:00 pm• Sunday, April 3rd- State Student Council in SF. 9:15 am Sunday school, 9:30 am Coffee, 10:30 am Worship at Hope Lutheran. All are welcome.

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Tuesday 03/29: Polish sausage w/sauerkraut & fried potatoesWednesday 03/30: Tator tot hotdishThursday 03/31: grilled ham and cheese with soupFriday 04/01: Hot hamburger comboThursday 04/02: Western burger and friesSunday 04/03: 2 piece fried chicken and potatoMonday 04/04: GoulashTuesday 04/05: beef stroganoff

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Today, two-thirds of the world’s sugar comes from sugar cane, and one-third from beets.

IT’S A FACT• Sugar was rationed in World War II because it

was needed to make the ethyl alcohol which is a component of smokeless gunpowder. It took an entire acre of sugar cane to make enough gunpowderforfiveshotsfroma16-inchgun.

PRESENT FROM BIRTH• Children develop a taste for salty things by the time theyarefourorfiveyearsold,buttheappreciationof sweet things is present from the moment of birth. In an experiment, babies had one of their hands placed in a bowl of uncomfortably cold water. Researchers found that babies would leave their hand in that cold water longer if they were

distracted by being given something sweet.

CORN SYRUP• In the 1970s sugar’s rising price led to the

development of high fructose corn syrup which then became the sweetener of choice used in soft drinks and processed foods. Over the next three decades, consumption of soda pop more than doubled in theU.S., eventually reachingover50gallons (189 l) a year per person.Between1970and 1990 consumption of high fructose corn syrup intheU.S.increasedtenfold.By1999everypersonin America was averaging 215 calories per day from high fructose corn syrup alone.

IT’S A FACT• In a study, rats were taught that they would receive

an electrical shock if they ate cheesecake. They

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Kim's Kreations/"It Only Takes a Spark" Cancer Walk Cupcake Donation Dates:

April 8 - Lantern Inn • April 28 - RunningsBe watching for more dates!

• April 2 - 5pm A Knight for a Princess, Speedway Event Center• April 6 - 11am Dakotafire Cafe' discusses Milbank Housing, Visitors Center

All City Rummage Sales will be May 6 & 7, followed by city wide clean-up the following weekend

SchoolsMarch 29 - 3:15 pm - Milbank CongressMarch 29 - MS Track and Field StartsMarch 31 - CDE @ LennoxMarch 31 - Whestone Electric Coop Meeting/Armory/LobbyMarch 31 - SD HS All State Band @ WatertownApril 1 - CDE @ Brookings (Little I)April 1-2 - SD HS All State Band @ WatertownApril 1 - East River Student Congress-Aberdeen CentralApril 3-4 - Senior Trip to ChadhassenApril 4 - Girls Golf StartsApril 5 - 4 pm - JV-V- BTennis Here w/ Pipestone AreaApril 5 - 3:30 pm-V-Track Here- Whetstone Invt.

ate cheesecake anyway and suffered the electrical shocks rather than go without cheesecake.

CONSEQUENCES• Medical studies have shown that high intake of

sugar has a negative effect on the survival rates of people suffering from colon cancer and breast cancer.

• Regular consumption of refined sugar can causedeficienciesoftheBvitamins.

• Sugaracceleratestheagingofcellsinthehumanbody and also increases the amount of skin wrinkles because excess blood sugar binds to collagen in the skin and makes it less elastic.

• Drinkingasingle12-ouncecanofsodapopdailyadds enough sugar to the diet to boost the chance of getting heart disease by a third.

• Americans consume themost sugar through softdrinks (33%), followed by candy (16%); cakes, cookies, and pies (13%); fruit drinks (10%); dairy desserts and milk (9%); and other things (6%). In the American diet, added sugar accounts for nearly 500 calories every day. This is calorically equivalent to eating 10 strips of bacon every day.

Amazing Animals

WASPS• In the 1980s, a caterpillar epidemic began

devastatingthecottoncropinthesouthernUnitedStates. Farmers turned toentomologists for help. These bug scientists knew that every female wasp lays an egg on the back of a caterpillar. When the egg hatches, the wasp maggots will eat the caterpillar from the inside out, killing it. So

the entomologists began breeding and releasing waspsintothecottonfields.Itdidn’tdoabitofgood.Moreentomologistswerecalledintofindout why.

• Firsttheystudiedhowawaspfindsacaterpillartobegin with. They discovered it was not by sight. When a wasp and a caterpillar were placed in the same box, the wasp paid no attention to the caterpillar. They thought it might be by smell but once again, when a wasp was close to a caterpillar, there was no recognition at all. Next they tried putting a caterpillar on a plant and releasing the wasp, with no change. But when they put a wasp in a box that contained a partially eaten plant that had been munched by the caterpillar, the wasp showed particular interest in the plant, and then zeroed in on the caterpillar.

• Researchers concluded that the damaged plantwas giving off an odor that attracted the wasp.

Giventhechoice,thewaspwouldalwaysbemoreattracted to a half-eaten plant without a caterpillar on it than to an undamaged plant that had a caterpillar on it.

• Theentomologistsbeganbreedingwaspsthatwerebeing hatched inside caterpillars that had been fed corn, beans, and soy. When these wasps were released into the cotton fields, they completelyfailedtofindthecaterpillarsthatwereraidingthecotton crop. So it was back to the drawing board for the entomologists.

• Researchersdiscoveredthatwaspmaggots,whenfeeding on a caterpillar, will become sensitized to whatever that caterpillar had been eating. The waspwillthenbecomeattractedtothosespecific


“Gunsmoke” Comics

A: The Tops Record Company was a dime-store label , not that there’s anything wrong with that, as Jerry Seinfeld would say. The problem is that most of the artists that recorded for Tops are unknown, the arrangements lackluster and the discs of little or no interest to col-lectors. According to two dealers I contacted, Tops generally sell for less than 25 cents each, even in mint condition. Since the records are worth only a fraction of what you paid, selling this collection and recovering the $2,000 you invested will be virtually impossible.

• • •Q I have several dozen older books, and live in an

area where my nearest book dealer is several hundred miles away. How can I find out how much my books are worth? -- Connie, Roundup, Montana

A: One of the best resources for you is a nifty web-site, www.abe.com. Type in the name of your book and the author, and it will reveal where the book is being offered for sale and how much. Pay close atten-tion to both the condition and edition, since prices will vary a great deal based on these two factors.

Write to Larry Cox in care of KFWS, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803, or send e-mail to [email protected]. Due to the large volume of mail he receives, Mr. Cox cannot personally answer all reader questions, nor does he do appraisals. Do not send any materials requiring return mail.

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Q: I was a big fan of the television show “Gun-smoke.” I purchased the first three comics released by Dell in 1956. They are in almost mint condition. Although I have no plans to sell them, I have always been curious about how much they might be worth. -- Steve, Casper, Wyoming

A: I found your three comics listed in the “Standard Guide to Golden Age Comics” by Alex G. Malloy and Stuart W. Wells, and published by Krause Books. According to this reference, issue No. 1 is valued at $300, No. 2 and No. 3 at $175 each. Your comics were released in 1956 and are not to be confused with “Gunsmoke” issued by Western Comics in April and May of 1949.

• • •Q: I purchased a collection of 1,750 78-rpm record-

ings from an estate sale. The records are all songs issued on the Tops label and originally belonged to a distributor. They are still in their cardboard mailing cartons from the 1950s. I paid $2,000 for the entire collection and wonder where I can re-sell them. -- Carlie, Temple, Texas

There’s so much we can do with the new smart-phones. But just because we can doesn’t mean we should.

A study from the Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law revealed that a great many mobile health apps were sharing private medical information with third parties without the user being aware.

Granted, for those of us with health conditions to monitor, a phone app can be handy to keep us on track. Sometimes our physicians recommend it. Some apps are even approved as prescriptions by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Specifically the study focused on Android diabetes apps and looked at whether there was indication that private information was being disclosed to third par-ties. (Android has the biggest market share of phone operating systems.) Researchers found over 270 diabetes apps and chose 75 of them to monitor for transmission analysis.

Within six months, 60 of those apps were no longer available. Of the group remaining, 81 percent didn’t even have a privacy policy. Of the ones that had pri-

vacy policies, only four would even ask if information could be shared.

Of the 75 chosen for transmission analysis, there was a wide variety of information sent off to third parties: 86 percent placed tracker cookies in the app, and most of them shared information whether they had a privacy policy or not.

Of the apps that actually had privacy policies, only 12 asked for the user’s permission before sending off their data to others. Ten shared the information with business partners, and 16 used the information for ads.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act bars medical staff from disclosing your private in-formation to others, but it doesn’t cover phone apps.


Beware: Medical Apps for Smartphones

South Seas Chicken Over Rice

Dinner for two and no leftovers! 8 ounces skinned and boned uncooked chicken breast, cut into 12 pieces 1/2 cup chopped onion 1/2 cup unsweetened orange juice 1 tablespoon orange marma lade spreadable fruit 1½ cups frozen sliced carrots, thawed 2 teaspoons I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Light Margarine 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary 1 cup hot cooked rice

1. In a large skillet sprayed with butter-flavored cooking spray, brown chicken and onion for 5 minutes on each side. Stir in orange juice, spread-able fruit, carrots, margarine and rose-mary. Lower heat and simmer for 10 minutes or until chicken and carrots are tender, stirring often.

2. For each serving, place 1/2 cup rice on a plate and spoon about 1 cup chicken mixture over top. Serves 2.

HINTS: 1) Thaw carrots by placing in a colander and rinsing under hot water for one minute. 2) Usually 2/3 cup uncooked instant rice cooks to about 1 cup.

• Each serving equals: 301 calo-ries, 5g fat, 26g protein, 38g carb., 161mg sodium, 66mg calcium, 4g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 3 Meat, 2 Vegetable, 1 Starch, 1 Fruit, 1/2 Fat; Carb Choices: 2 1/2.


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South Seas Chicken Over Rice

Dinner for two and no leftovers! 8 ounces skinned and boned uncooked chicken breast, cut into 12 pieces 1/2 cup chopped onion 1/2 cup unsweetened orange juice 1 tablespoon orange marma lade spreadable fruit 1½ cups frozen sliced carrots, thawed 2 teaspoons I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Light Margarine 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary 1 cup hot cooked rice

1. In a large skillet sprayed with butter-flavored cooking spray, brown chicken and onion for 5 minutes on each side. Stir in orange juice, spread-able fruit, carrots, margarine and rose-mary. Lower heat and simmer for 10 minutes or until chicken and carrots are tender, stirring often.

2. For each serving, place 1/2 cup rice on a plate and spoon about 1 cup chicken mixture over top. Serves 2.

HINTS: 1) Thaw carrots by placing in a colander and rinsing under hot water for one minute. 2) Usually 2/3 cup uncooked instant rice cooks to about 1 cup.

• Each serving equals: 301 calo-ries, 5g fat, 26g protein, 38g carb., 161mg sodium, 66mg calcium, 4g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 3 Meat, 2 Vegetable, 1 Starch, 1 Fruit, 1/2 Fat; Carb Choices: 2 1/2.



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At the Big Stone City SchoolApril 4th: Kindergarten Open House, 4:00 pmApril 7th: Spring Music Concert, 2pm & 7pmApril 11th-22nd: Testing WeeksApril 18th: Q4 MidtermMay 24th: End Q4, Last Day of School; 12:30 dismissal

At the Big Stone City Library400 Washington Street, Suite 102For library info contact: Janelle Kelly at [email protected] Hours: Wednesday 1-7pm & Saturdays 9am-1pmApril 9 - 10am-12pm Spring Fling for Preschool and Elementary children. Lego Fun Corner, Craft Station, Cookie Frosting Station.

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Super Spring SaladsSalads are in need of a new image

beyond the iceberg lettuce and ranch dressing that we commonly think of. A salad can be so much more than a plain and boring “healthy” dish.

These days, every-one is putting a twist on salads. There are many ways to incor-porate the numerous varieties of spring veg-etables into a “super” salad by adding a com-bination of flavorful ingredients and simple preparation methods. Here are a few tips to make a salad that will appeal to even the pickiest eater:

Make it colorful! Skip the iceberg and opt for spinach or another dark leafy green. Dark leafy greens supply a tremendous amount of nutrients, including vitamins A, C and K, iron, calcium, fiber. Add in some carrots, red bell peppers, tomatoes, blanched asparagus, beets or any other veg-etable to add color, and you’ll get additional nutrients critical for main-taining eyesight, bone health and digestive health.Salad isn’t just for vegetables anymore! Try adding apples, cit-rus segments, grapes, strawberries or blueberries to your plate of colorful vegetables. Like many vegetables, fruits contain antioxidants that can help protect against certain forms of cancer as well as reduce levels of LDL, or bad cholesterol. Try to avoid or limit the amount of dried fruits you use, such as dried cranberries or blueberries. These often have added sugars that can up the calorie content.Add a healthy crunch! A few toast-ed walnuts or almonds, spicy baked garbanzo beans and quick pickled vegetables are a great addition to any salad.

Add some protein! Protein takes lon-ger to digest, so it keeps us full longer. Protein also is needed for healthy muscles. Eggs, lean meat, beans and cheese (in limited quantities) are easy ways to add protein.Find a healthier dressing! There now are quite a variety of light dress-ings and vinaigrettes to choose from. Vinegar-based dressings typically have less fat and calories than creamy dressings. Oil and vinegar is a healthy choice in limited amounts — the healthy fat from the oil helps your body to absorb some of the vitamins from the salad. Find one of these dressings that works for you.

Creating a healthy salad can be a simple way to satisfy recommenda-tions for fruit and vegetable intake. Try my recipe for super salad with zesty pickled vegetables and create a new way to eat well this spring!

SUPER SALAD WITH ZESTY PICKLED VEGETABLES

You can prepare the pickled vegeta-bles and the salad dressing up to three days ahead. Just shake the dressing to recombine. Prewashed and packaged dressings and sliced deli meats make this flavorful salad into a delicious meal in record time.To quickly pickle vegetables: 1 cup unseasoned rice vinegar 3 tablespoons sugar or stevia 1 tablespoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon onion powder 1/4 teaspoon hot sauce 8 ounces vegetables (small carrots, baby turnips, beets, cucumbers, sweet onions, red bell pepper, okra, zucchini or summer squash) sliced thinly or shaved on a mando-

lin (about 2 cups) 3 sprigs of herbs — dill, mint or basil 3–4 black peppercorns

In a small saucepan, bring vinegar, sugar, salt, garlic powder, onion pow-der and hot sauce to a boil. Remove from heat and add vegetables, herbs and peppercorns; let sit until just tender, about 10 minutes. Drain liquid and discard peppercorns. Set aside for the salad.For the salad dressing: 1/3 cup olive oil 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1 tablespoon unseasoned rice vinegar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon lemon pepper 9 cups mixed tender greens (such as mizuna, tatsoi, aru- gula, dandelion greens and/ or sorrel) 3 cups romaine hearts cut into bite-sized pieces 2 apples (Gala, Fuji or other sweet, crisp apples) or 2 pears (Green Anjou or Bartlett) sliced thinly or chopped into bite-sized pieces, 1 large orange, peeled and segmented or 3/4 cup of berries 6 ounces deli sliced roast turkey, roast chicken breast or roast beef, cut into bite-sized pieces 1 large Haas avocado, peeled, seeded and cut into bite-sized chunks 1/2 cup slivered almonds or wal- nut halves, toasted

Whisk oil, lemon juice and vinegar in a small bowl; season vinaigrette with salt, lemon pepper. Toss vin-aigrette, greens, romaine, fruit, deli meat and avocado in a large bowl. Add pickled vegetables to salad. Toss to combine. Sprinkle with nuts. Makes 6 servings.

***Angela Shelf Medearis is an

award-winning children’s author, culinary historian and the author of seven cookbooks. Her new cookbook is “The Kitchen Diva’s Diabetic Cookbook.” Her website is www.divapro.com. To see how-to videos, recipes and much, much more, Like Angela Shelf Medearis, The Kitchen Diva! on Facebook. Recipes may not be reprinted without permission from Angela Shelf Medearis.

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superior knowledge is as great a vulgarity as display of superior wealth -- greater, indeed, inasmuch as knowledge should tend more definitely than wealth towards discretion and good manners.”

• In 2007, a British woman named Susie Hewer com-pleted a marathon in less than six hours -- while knitting a scarf.

• Someday, Saturn might not be the only planet in our solar system that has rings. Those who study such things say that Mars’ gravitational pull on its largest moon, Pho-bos, could cause a catastrophic breakup, with the moon’s debris forming a ring around the planet -- in 20 million to 40 million years.

• It’s been reported that before Japan came into contact with the West, people in that country did not kiss.

• When the mantis shrimp attacks its prey, the swing of its claw is so powerful that even if it misses, the resulting shock wave can be enough to stun or kill its prey.

• Coral snakes found in North America are relatively small, quite reclusive ... and deadly. You’re unlikely to be bitten by one (due in part to the species’ extreme avoid-ance of confrontation, coral snakes account for less than 1 percent of all snakebites in the U.S.), but if you are, the snake’s neurotoxic venom can cause severe pain and death. However, snake-bite experts say that in some cases, a bite will result in no symptoms at all for 12 hours -- at which point the victim dies from sudden respiratory failure.


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plants. Scientists found that if they wanted the wasps to zero in on caterpillars that were eating the cotton plants, they needed to raise wasp maggots on caterpillars that had eaten cotton plants. The adult wasp will then be highly sensitive to the odor of a damaged cotton plant. The wasp will ignore damaged tobacco plants and the tobacco budworms, and will likewise ignore damaged corn plants and the corn earworm.

• Further studies showed that the chemical odor

that attracts a wasp to a damaged plant is the same odor that gives freshly cut grass its characteristic smell. Wasps are able to tell the difference between freshly cut Bermuda grass and freshly cut Kentucky bluegrass. Knowing this, the researchers were able to save the cotton crop.

• Whereasabeecanstingonlyoncebeforedying,awasp can sting an unlimited number of times and never dies.

• Bees are strictly herbivores, eating only nectar and pollen, but wasps eat other insects. Wasps may also eat nectar but they do not collect it like bees do.

• Bees create their hives from wax they secretethemselves but wasps create their nests from wood pulp that they scrape from trees and chew up.

• A typical wasp colony will have about 5,000individuals, all of which die off over the winter except for a fertilized larval queen. She survives in a warm spot until she can hatch in the spring and begin laying eggs to start a new colony.

• NearlyeverypestinsectonEarthispreyeduponby a wasp species, either for food or as a host for its parasitic larvae.

Per the Department of Veterans Affairs, a Blue Wa-ter Sailor seeking disability for Agent Orange expo-sure only has to approximate when and where he or she was, and the VA will do the rest, helpfully hunting up the ship’s records for the veteran’s claim. But this takes time, which a lot of ill veterans don’t have. And you really can’t expect the VA to put a rush on dig-ging through archives.

The VA also throws up some silly roadblocks. For example, it has temporarily pulled the list of eligible ships off its website. There’s a little note: “The list of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships associated with military service in Vietnam and possible exposure to Agent Orange is currently being updated.”

However, all across the country, sailors are band-

ing together and swapping ship information. There’s a good chance that if just one sailor is approved for a certain ship in a certain location at a certain time, others on that ship will be as well.

Here’s how you can help, even if you’re not work-ing on a claim. If you have any old logs, dig them out. If you kept a journal or made notes on a calendar and noted where you were and when, find it. If you’re online, look around for Blue Water Sailor websites and share your ship location information. Find your ship’s website and read the posts. Is anybody looking for specific locations and dates in order to complete a VA claim? If you don’t have online skills, find some-one who does. It’s that important.

Go online to bluewaternavy.org and scroll to Update Logs. Click and look all around. See the NARA On-Line Deck Logs of Vietnam Era Ships spreadsheet. The National Archives and Records Administration has ships logs in archives as it gets them scanned, or call the NARA at 866-272-6272.


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Craft a Thank-You Card With Eggshell Art

It’s the excitement of finding jelly beans, Peeps and a chocolate bunny in a festive basket on Easter morning, dressing up in one’s Sunday best, the lively backyard egg hunt and the deli-cious brunch at Grandma’s house that are just a few of many happy events that make Easter Sunday special.

Then comes Mon-day, when all of the activity is but a memory of tradi-tions, play, family and friends. Before the week flies by, take time to hang out with your kids and recall the expe-riences you shared by telling stories and looking at pho-tos. While you are at it, teach them the important courtesy of saying “Thank you” to the hosts of the gathering with a homemade card that is as fun to make as it is special to give.

For this crafty idea, start saving the colored eggshells from the remaining decorated hard-boiled eggs in your refrigerator, because you’ll be using them in the cover design.

Here are the basic steps for making a card using those dyed eggshells. Let your imagination soar as you create your own variations along the way:

1. On a newspaper-covered table, place dyed eggshells in a variety of colors in a zipper-style plastic bag. Let your kids smash the shells lightly with their fists.

2. Mix white household glue with a few drops of water in a small bowl.

3. Fold an 8-1/2-inch-by-11-inch sheet of construction paper or card-stock in half to create a card. Trim off a side to form a square shape, if you wish.

4. Cut a 2-1/2-inch-by-4-inch egg shape out of heavy construction paper. Cut it in half in zigzags to resemble a cracked egg. Brush glue on the top of the paper egg halves, then sprinkle the shells on the glue in a single layer. Press lightly.

5. Glue the decorated halves on the bottom of the card, with zigzags tilted toward each other. Tuck in some Eas-ter-basket grass along the jagged edg-es before the glue dries.

6. Write “THANK YOU” at the top of the card in big letters, or glue-on cutout alphabet letters from a maga-zine. When the glue is dry, write a note

inside. Tuck in a large envelope, such as a manila office envelope. Hand deliver or mail.

***Donna Erickson’s award-winning

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1. Which musician broke all the rules at the Newport Folk Festival in 1963 and used an electric guitar?

2. What was John Lennon thinking about when he wrote “I Am the Wal-rus”?

3. Which group had a 1967 hit with “I Second That Emotion”?

4. Who released a disco version of “MacArthur Park”?

5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “Stars fading but I linger on, dear, Still craving your kiss, I’m long-ing to linger till dawn dear, Just saying this ...”

Answers1. Bob Dylan. He objected to snarly

comments made by a member of fes-tival staff, and decided to bring out an amplified band the next night.

2. He was referring to the walrus in the Lewis Carroll “The Walrus and the Carpenter” poem.

3. Smokey Robinson and the Mira-cles.

4. Donna Summer, 1978. Her album version was over eight minutes long.

5. “Dream A Little Dream of Me,” by The Mamas & the Papas in 1968. The song was written in 1931 and recorded by many over the years, but it was Cass Elliot’s version that made the song a hit around the world.


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1. Which musician broke all the rules at the Newport Folk Festival in 1963 and used an electric guitar?

2. What was John Lennon thinking about when he wrote “I Am the Wal-rus”?

3. Which group had a 1967 hit with “I Second That Emotion”?

4. Who released a disco version of “MacArthur Park”?

5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “Stars fading but I linger on, dear, Still craving your kiss, I’m long-ing to linger till dawn dear, Just saying this ...”

Answers1. Bob Dylan. He objected to snarly

comments made by a member of fes-tival staff, and decided to bring out an amplified band the next night.

2. He was referring to the walrus in the Lewis Carroll “The Walrus and the Carpenter” poem.

3. Smokey Robinson and the Mira-cles.

4. Donna Summer, 1978. Her album version was over eight minutes long.

5. “Dream A Little Dream of Me,” by The Mamas & the Papas in 1968. The song was written in 1931 and recorded by many over the years, but it was Cass Elliot’s version that made the song a hit around the world.


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3. At what city’s public bonfire were books worth 50,000 pieces of silver burned? Ephesus, Derbe, Perga, Lys-tra

4. From Acts 5, who fell dead after lying about a property deal? Nehemi-ah, Shimei, Levi, Ananias

5. Who lost all his horse-drawn chariots in a sea? Ornan, Balaam, Pharaoh, Benaiah

6. Where did Lot meet angels? City gate, Field, Temple, Oak tree

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HOLLYWOOD — The day this year’s Oscar nominations were announced, Jan. 14, was when nomi-nees began negotiating their next film projects. Leonardo Di Caprio, best actor for “The Revenant,” has one of its writers, Mark L. Smith, penning the screenplay for the film “Conquest” as he zeros in on a movie about Beat writer Jack Kerouac. In his speech, Di Caprio talked about climate change and is preparing to produce the film “The Sandcastle Empire,” also for Paramount, to illustrate the point. Meanwhile, he and Martin Scorsese are readying their sixth collaboration with “The Devil in the White City,” which is supposed to be even more violent than “The Revenant.”

Brie Larson, winner for best actress, already has completed three films: the romantic musical comedy “Basma-ti Blues” (with Scott Bakula, Tyne Daly and Donald Sutherland), “Free Fire” (with Sharlto Coply and Armie Hammer) and the $190 million pro-duction of “Kong: Skull Island” (with Tom Wilkinson, Tom Hiddleston, John C, Reilly, John Goodman and Samuel L. Jackson) for March 2017 release. She’s currently preparing to shoot “Glass Castle” with Woody Harrelson.

Best supporting actress Alicia Vikander’s next is “Jason Bourne,” with Matt Damon, due July 29, and “The Light Between Oceans,” with Michael Fassbender, coming Sept. 2.

Best supporting actor winner Mark Rylance is filming director Christo-pher Nolan’s “Dunkirk” with fellow supporting actor nominee Tom Har-dy. He’ll work again with “Bridge of Spies” director Steven Spielberg, playing the title role of “BFG,” a giant who sets out with a 12-year-old girl to capture man-eating giants invading their human world. The Disney film is based on a book by Roald Dahl, who gave us “James and the Giant Peach,” “The Fantastic Mr. Fox,” “Matilda” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Facto-ry.” The late Melissa Mathison, who

wrote “E.T.,” wrote the screenplay for “BFG.” She was married to Harrison Ford from 1983-2004.

Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, who has won three consec-utive Oscars for “Gravity,” “Bird-man” and “The Revenant,” has three films upcoming: “Knight of Cups,” with Christian Bale, Cate Blanch-ett and Natalie Portman, due March 4; “Last Days in the Desert,” with Ewan McGregor, out in May; and “Weightless,” with Ryan Gosling, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. Alejandro Inarritu, who won back-to-back Oscars for directing “Bird-man” and “The Revenant,” has not announced his next project,

Meanwhile, producer Harvey Wein-stein has landed six-time “Dancing With the Stars” mirror-ball winner Derek Hough to embody the Gene Kelly role in “Singing in the Rain” (considered by critics to be the best movie musical ever made), coming to Broadway later this year. With the kind of winters they have in New York, maybe it should be called “Singing in the Snow”!


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HOLLYWOOD — The day this year’s Oscar nominations were announced, Jan. 14, was when nomi-nees began negotiating their next film projects. Leonardo Di Caprio, best actor for “The Revenant,” has one of its writers, Mark L. Smith, penning the screenplay for the film “Conquest” as he zeros in on a movie about Beat writer Jack Kerouac. In his speech, Di Caprio talked about climate change and is preparing to produce the film “The Sandcastle Empire,” also for Paramount, to illustrate the point. Meanwhile, he and Martin Scorsese are readying their sixth collaboration with “The Devil in the White City,” which is supposed to be even more violent than “The Revenant.”

Brie Larson, winner for best actress, already has completed three films: the romantic musical comedy “Basma-ti Blues” (with Scott Bakula, Tyne Daly and Donald Sutherland), “Free Fire” (with Sharlto Coply and Armie Hammer) and the $190 million pro-duction of “Kong: Skull Island” (with Tom Wilkinson, Tom Hiddleston, John C, Reilly, John Goodman and Samuel L. Jackson) for March 2017 release. She’s currently preparing to shoot “Glass Castle” with Woody Harrelson.

Best supporting actress Alicia Vikander’s next is “Jason Bourne,” with Matt Damon, due July 29, and “The Light Between Oceans,” with Michael Fassbender, coming Sept. 2.

Best supporting actor winner Mark Rylance is filming director Christo-pher Nolan’s “Dunkirk” with fellow supporting actor nominee Tom Har-dy. He’ll work again with “Bridge of Spies” director Steven Spielberg, playing the title role of “BFG,” a giant who sets out with a 12-year-old girl to capture man-eating giants invading their human world. The Disney film is based on a book by Roald Dahl, who gave us “James and the Giant Peach,” “The Fantastic Mr. Fox,” “Matilda” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Facto-ry.” The late Melissa Mathison, who

wrote “E.T.,” wrote the screenplay for “BFG.” She was married to Harrison Ford from 1983-2004.

Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, who has won three consec-utive Oscars for “Gravity,” “Bird-man” and “The Revenant,” has three films upcoming: “Knight of Cups,” with Christian Bale, Cate Blanch-ett and Natalie Portman, due March 4; “Last Days in the Desert,” with Ewan McGregor, out in May; and “Weightless,” with Ryan Gosling, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. Alejandro Inarritu, who won back-to-back Oscars for directing “Bird-man” and “The Revenant,” has not announced his next project,

Meanwhile, producer Harvey Wein-stein has landed six-time “Dancing With the Stars” mirror-ball winner Derek Hough to embody the Gene Kelly role in “Singing in the Rain” (considered by critics to be the best movie musical ever made), coming to Broadway later this year. With the kind of winters they have in New York, maybe it should be called “Singing in the Snow”!


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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: We adopted a friend’s cat sight unseen. “Tara” is a beautiful young tiger-striped cat, but she claws at every furniture leg in the house. My sofa, for example, is pretty much ruined. How can I get this behavior to stop? -- Patricia, via email

DEAR PATRICIA: Almost all cats claw at handy chair legs, and often prefer the corners of sofas -- the more expensive, the better, it seems. However, you shouldn’t have to sacrifice your furniture for a friend’s cat.

There are a few things you can do to minimize the scratching. I can’t guarantee that it will go away, but you should be able to save future sofas from the same fate.

First, protect your furniture legs (specifically the fur-niture that Tara is targeting the most) by wrapping thick cloth or even multiple layers of newspaper around them, and taping in place with masking tape. (Duct tape could

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leave behind residue.) To discourage Tara from clawing at the protective layer, cover it with plastic wrap or tape -- when she sinks her claws into the tape, the uncomfort-able sensation will stop the clawing.

Next, give Tara some things that she CAN claw, and that she can spend her time with: multiple scratching posts and toys.

Third, spent more time with Tara, playing, petting or just being in the same room. Help her work off extra energy and assure her that despite the change in homes, she has nothing to worry about -- and much of the anxiety

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