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• Bo Jackson achieved fame as the first athlete to be named an All-Star in two major sports, baseball and football. His birth name was Vincent Edward Jackson, after his mother’s favorite television star, Vince Edwards of “Ben Casey” fame. Jackson achieved his nickname when his family described him as a “wild boar hog” constantly getting into trouble. He signed with baseball’s Kansas City Royals as a left fielder in 1986 and started playing for football’s Los Angeles Raiders as a running back the following year.

• Goldie Hawn has a distinguished ancestor, Edward Rutledge, who was the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence. This famous blonde actress is also an accomplished ballet dancer, having begun lessons at age three. At 11, she debuted in “The Nutcracker,” earning a total of $1.50 for her performance.

• As the only child of famous automaker Henry Ford, Edsel Ford was born in November 1893. He grew up to marry into the Hudson’s department store family and founded the Ford Motor Company’s Mercury division. He also brought us the Lincoln Zephyr and Lincoln Continental. Fourteen years after Edsel’s early death from stomach cancer at age 49, the Ford Motor Company in 1958 introduced its new Edsel brand of cars named after him. Unfortunately, the Edsel was considered a major marketing failure and was discontinued after the 1960 models came off the line.

• If you’ve seen any James Bond movies, you’ve heard the musical work of composer John Barry, who wrote the soundtracks for 11 of the films. The winner of five Academy Awards and four Grammys, he also composed the music for “Out of Africa” and “Dances with Wolves.”

• That bump on November baby Owen Wilson’s nose is the result of having his nose broken twice, once in a high school fracas, the other in a friendly football game. Wilson is no stranger to mischief, having been expelled from high school as a sophomore for cheating on his geometry test. He spent his junior and senior years in military school.

• Back in 1930, 18-year-old Leonard Slye packed up his belongings and moved to California, hoping to make it big as a singer. He played in several groups over the next few years — The Hollywood Hillbillies, Rocky Mountaineers, Texas Outlaws —before forming Sons of the Pioneers in 1934. The following year, he appeared in the first of his 100 movies. Along the way came a name change to Roy Rogers. He acquired his golden palomino Trigger in 1938 and was seen astride that horse in every single movie and television episode thereafter. (Trigger died at the ripe old age of 33 in 1965.) At the height of his career, Roy Rogers received more than 75,000 fan letters a month.

• In 1968, clothing designer Calvin Klein, armed with $10,000 of venture capital, started out with just a small coat shop in the York Hotel in New York City. Gradually expanding over the next several years, he added the original designer jeans in 1974, using Brooke Shields as a model. He sold $200,000 worth during the first week after their introduction.

• Baby boomers will recall the daily farewell message, “And that’s the way it is,” given by CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite as he wrapped up the television evening news. He started his broadcasting career on radio in 1937 and brought bulletins on World War II bombings and the Nuremberg trials. During his 19 years on the evening news, Cronkite reported the momentous events of Americans’ lives, including the death of Martin Luther King Jr., the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, the Iran hostage crisis and most notably, his emotional and tearful delivery of the news of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He was the source for the news of the U.S. space program. Opinion polls named him “the most trusted man in America.”

• It should come as no surprise that movie hunk Matthew McConaughey was listed in his Longview, Texas, yearbook as “most handsome.” But did you know he spent one year of high school as an exchange student in New South Wales, Australia?

• The world’s first set of septuplets to survive infancy, Iowa’s McCaughey children, turn 14 this month. Born nine weeks early, the three girls and four boys consumed 42 bottles and

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● “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” (popularly known by a line from the chorus, “Glory, glory hallelujah” was written by Julia Ward Howe in November of 1861 after the author made a trip to Washington, D.C., and reviewed Union troops near the city. The song was published the following Feb-ruary in The Atlantic Monthly magazine, earning Howe a grand total of $4 for what was destined to become one of the most popular songs of the Civil War and a peren-nial American classic.

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• Two Canadian journalists conceived the idea of the popular game Trivial Pursuit, commercially released in 1981. An 18-year-old artist created the final artwork for the game. In 1984 alone, more than 20 million games were sold.

• It’s not surprising that the best-selling board game in the world is the game of Monopoly, with more than 200 million games sold. It’s estimated that 500 million people have played the game since its release during the Great Depression. Monopoly is sold in 103 countries and in 37 languages. In the English version, the highest rent property is “Boardwalk,” but if you live in Spain, it’s Paseo del Pradeo named after

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• A serious illness was the catalyst for the creation of one of the most popular children’s games, Candy Land. Eleanor Abbott was recovering from polio in 1945 and wanted to create something to entertain children afflicted with the disease. She devised a race to find the lost King of Candy Land covering 134 winding colored squares, so that no reading skills were required. Characters encountered along the route included Queen Frostine, Gramma Nutt and Lord Licorice, as players made their way through the Candy Cane Forest and Gum Drop Mountain. The first games sold for a dollar. There have been more than 40 million Candy Land games sold since.

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VA Loans a Great Deal for Veterans We recently celebrated Veterans Day -- and if this story seems familiar, it’s because I have writ-ten several times about the great deal that the Veter-ans Administration mortgage loan program offers to those who have served our country: 3.875 percent, 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages. So instead of starting this week’s column with the traditional question, let me start with some answers. Here are two true stories about people who read my column and contacted VA mortgage expert Daniel Chookaszian about buying or refinancing us-ing the VA loan program. A VA loan not only gives you lower rates and no PMI (private mortgage insur-ance) payment, but it lets you borrow 100 percent of the value of your home and may allow you to with-draw cash, as well. California residents Paul and Jennifer were deep in debt and struggling to pay their traditional 6 percent mortgage. A VA refinance allowed them to take out cash to pay off their credit cards, and it reduced their mortgage payment by $400. Diana, a 35-year-old disabled veteran of the Iraq War, receives monthly VA disability income as well as Social Security Disability for life. She has just closed on her first home using her VA eligibility with no money down and a 15-year fixed-rate at 3.75 percent. Her disability income was used to qualify Diana for the loan. If you or your spouse is a veteran, the VA

loan program may be the answer to your questions about finding an affordable loan. So here are the qualifications you must have to secure a VA loan: You must have been honorably dis-charged from the U.S. military. You must have a Certificate of Eligibility (available from the VA Eligibility Center. Call them at (888) 244-6711). Your credit score must be above 640. You must be able to demonstrate steady income, or a two-year history of self-employment, or a stream of retirement benefits. Spousal income can help you qualify. Your total debt payments cannot be more than 41 percent of your total income. You cannot have any unpaid liens or judg-ments. You must wait until two years after a bankruptcy to apply and cannot have any subse-quent late payments. You can qualify for VA home loan benefits no matter how long ago you were honorably dis-charged. And even if you took out a VA loan many years ago, you remain eligible for another VA loan if the first loan was paid off. The maximum amount of the full VA no-down payment mortgage loan is $417,000. However, if you purchase a more expensive home and need to bor-row money above that amount, you must put down 25 percent of the amount above the $417,000 limit, and pay a slightly higher rate to get the larger mort-gage. The VA loan program is not intended for speculators or investors. The property must be own-er-occupied, although the loan can be used for sin-gle-family homes, condos or one- to four-unit proper-ties. And a VA loan can also cover a jumbo mortgage, making it an attractive alternative for higher-priced homes. There is no age restriction on qualifying for a VA mortgage loan, and you can get a new loan

even if you had one many years ago. The surviving spouses of veterans with benefits also qualify if they have not remarried. To learn more about VA loans, contact Daniel Chookaszian at (312) 376-2215. He is a volunteer chaplain for disabled vets. Or, you can contact the VA Regional Loan Center in St. Paul, Minn., at (800) 827-0611 to speak with a VA loan specialist. The VA loan is not a solution for those who have bad credit or who owe much more than the home is worth. But for those who have served our country and are now looking to buy a home or refi-nance an existing loan, this is one small reward for their service. And that’s The Savage Truth. Terry Savage is a registered investment ad-viser and is on the board of the Chicago Mercantile Ex-change. She appears weekly on WMAQ-Channel 5’s 4:30 p.m . newscast, and can be reached at www.ter-rysavage.com. She is the author of the new book, “The New Savage Number: How Much Money Do You Really Need to Retire?” To find out more about Terry Savage and read her past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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A: All Social Security checks used to be paid on the third of each month. But sending out 50 million government checks all on one day was too much of a burden for both the Social Security Administration and the post office. (This was before the advent of direct deposit. So, many years ago, they decided to stagger the delivery of Social Secu-rity checks. They’re now sent out (or more likely, electronically transferred to banks) on either the second, third or fourth Wednesday of each month, depending on a person’s day of birth. As a general rule, if you were born on the first through the 10th day of the month, you get your checks on the second Wednesday. If you were born on the 11th through the 20th day of the month, it’s the third Wednesday. If you were born on the 21st through the 31st day of the month, it’s the fourth Wednesday. So whichever Wednesday is your delivery day, it’ll obviously change from one month to the next. Looking at my calendar, for example, I see that the second Wednesday of December 2011 will be the 9th, while the second Wednesday of Janu-ary 2012 will be the 11th. But the point is this: Your check will be delivered on the same Wednesday of every month.

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ANSWER: You’re the first writer ever to use the word “autogenesis.” If a starfish loses an arm, it grows another -- autogenesis. Humans have the same ability when it comes to blood vessels. They can grow new ones, and do so in many instances. Heart-attack victims often can sprout new arteries. It’s a long process. It doesn’t happen overnight. And it doesn’t happen to all people. Count yourself lucky. The booklet on CAD -- coronary artery dis-ease -- discusses how vessels become plugged and how they are treated. To order a copy, write: Dr. Donohue -- No. 101W, 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. *** DEAR DR. DONOHUE: You are familiar with energy drinks, aren’t you? Well, my teenage son has gotten in the habit of drinking them, at least in my opinion, far too often. He says they really do increase his energy and keep him alert even after having very little sleep. I’m worried that he is becoming dependent on them and that they might be dangerous to his health. Will you please provide some information and comments on this? I would like your opinion. -- B.B.

ANSWER: One kind of energy drink is a mix-ture of caffeine and alcohol. In November 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declared such combinations to be unsafe. I’m sure your son isn’t using this sort of energy drink. Others are. Your boy is likely drinking caffeinated bever-ages. The amount of caffeine in these drinks ranges from 50 to 505 mg of caffeine per can. A 6-ounce cup of coffee contains 77 to 150 mg of caffeine. Adolescents drinking such large amounts of caffeine can suffer sleep disturbance, shaking hands and possibly a rise in blood pressure. One school district has banned these drinks at all prac-tices and games. I think that’s a good policy.

*** DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I had my gallblad-der removed a year ago. I now have diarrhea, and the doctor says it’s from not having a gall-bladder. My doctor prescribed cholestyramine. It causes severe constipation. I now take half the dose, but still I have to be careful about what I eat or drink. Do you have a suggestion? -- E.J.

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GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN

by Pat Wilhite(aka: MsGoGetter)

I’m sitting at my kitchen desk in my new home at Sun City Shadow Hills in Indio, looking out the window at women walking their dogs, riding bikes, power walking, and a couple in their driveway chatting away. The men are out there too, only not in the same number.

I wish I could join them but I’m showing property this afternoon and I need to set up appointments and finish my research on the MLS. The folks I’m meeting qualify age wise to live in a 55+community but they are against the idea. “We don’t want to live with a bunch of old folks” they say.

What a pity, I think. While the husband likes the idea of living in a golf community, the wife doesn’t play and wonders what she will do while he’s out having a good time.

Gads, there isn’t enough space on this page to cover the opportunities open to both of them. Forget the obvious; tennis, card playing, pool activities, fitness center, bicycle trips, and tennis. Think outside the box: A number of women I know who live at Sun City Shadow Hills and Heritage Palms C.C. volunteer at the schools in Coachella, or find time to assist at homeless shelters, or act as spokespeople for children in the Foster Care system. They love their work and “yes,” I believe they would say they are having fun.

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A: Tell them that the good health they cur-rently enjoy can likely be attributed in large part to the regular exercise they once had. Ask them how well their non-exercising peers are doing. Seniors realize as they grow older that they tend to lose some of their sense of balance and be-gin to feel more vulnerable to falling down. They are also aware as they age that they have lost the muscle mass, stamina and energy that they once had. As a result, some tend to be overly cautious and let the fear injuring themselves cause them to avoid exer-cise altogether. Choosing a sedentary lifestyle causes mus-cles to atrophy and makes us weaker than we should be. Inactivity can also lead to boredom, depression and undue stress. In fact, opting out of exercise alto-gether can actually lead to serious health issues. As seniors age they gradually come to the realization that they are becoming more dependent on others for medical care, general caretaking, med-ications, transportation and finances. They become more thankful for the ongoing love and attention they receive from their families and friends. So why not keep going as long as possible by exercising regularly? Some individuals, especially, after retirement, choose a laid-back “less is more” attitude and procrastinate about doing things that need to be done, even to their own detriment. Going to a senior center or for a walk around the mall boosts our heart rate, blood flow to the brain, and helps our memory and thinking process. Staying active lifts our morale, keeps us socializing, teaches us something new, and keeps us in touch and in balance. I recommend exercising on Monday, if pos-sible, and preferably in the morning. Once you put on your sweats and shoes, you have it made. Re-member, you’re not in training for the Olympics, so set your goals to your own needs. Even a 10 minute daily walk has been proven to be highly beneficial. A dog can become a great incentive for walk-ing. Sometimes this means wearing your raincoat! When you take your dog for a walk, you meet other owners, new friends, neighborhood parents and their children. The bonus is stopping to enjoy a few minutes to rest and to distract yourself from your routine. If you tire, park benches are usually avail-able. Also, in most areas, there are senior centers and YMCAs that offer both exercising facilities for enjoyment and socialization. Keep telling your parents that age is more defined by the amount of energy they have, not a by a number! It is never too late to restart their routine. Walking is the gold standard. Other major benefits

include: keeping your muscles stronger, increasing your energy, weight control, circulation increase and the stimulation of your heart. Exercise enhances your positive outlook on life. We all do our best to live independently, and a routine of exercising is one of the best reasons to get going in the morning! “Not exercising is like taking a depressant,” says to Dr. Michael Mantel author of “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff. /P.S. It’s All Small Stuff.” It really is as simple as that!

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▄ On Dec. 4, 1928, “Dapper Dan” Ho-gan, a St. Paul, Minn., saloonkeeper and mob boss, is killed when someone plants a car bomb under the floorboards of his new Paige coupe. The first car bomb was a horse-drawn-wagon bomb that exploded in 1920 outside the J.P. Morgan Company’s offices in New York City.

▄ On Nov. 29, 1942, coffee joins the list of items rationed in the United States. Ration-ing was generally employed to guarantee a fair distribution to all citizens and to give pri-ority to military use in World War II.

▄ On Dec. 2, 1959, the Malpasset Dam in France collapses after a week-long rain storm, and the resulting flood kills more than 400 people. The city of Frejus, built by Roman Emperor Julius Caesar as a port city on the French Riviera, was devastated by the massive flood.

▄ On Dec. 3, 1979, 11 people are killed in a stampede outside a Who concert in Cin-cinnati when a crowd of general-admission ticket-holders surges forward through shat-tered doors in an attempt to secure prime unreserved seats inside. After the crowd cleared, 11 concert-goers were found on the ground, dead from asphyxiation.

▄ On Nov. 30, 1989, Aileen Wuornos, America’s first female serial killer, picks up her first victim in Palm Harbor, Fla. She would kill a total of seven men in the next year. When caught, Wuornos confessed but claimed that they had all been killed in self-defense.

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A: Carl Sorensen’s metalwork is definitely not “Junque;” they are museum quality pieces. So-rensen was an artist from Pennsylvania who made hand-hammered bronze and copper pieces in the early 1900s. Most of his work was inspired by the Arts and Crafts Era. Although it is not confirmed, it is thought he may have worked for both the Roycroft-er’s and Tiffany. His vases and bowls were copper and bronze with a verdigris patina. Your circa 1900, antique, trumpet-shaped vases with copper bands have been seen for sale on the Internet in the wide range of $195 to $495 each. The covered dish has been seen as high as $795, and the bowl with concentric circles of copper around $250 to $400.

Q: This mark is on the bottom of a por-celain covered cheese dish. The dish is octagon shaped, hand painted and decorated in green and gold. There are two small holes near the handle. It was given to us around 1950 and is still in excellent condition. Can you tell me something more about it?

A: The “M” in a wreath mark was used by the Morimura Brothers. They were New York importers of porcelain from Japan. “Nippon” is the Japanese word for Japan. As a rule, dishes with lids that have vent holes near the handles were used to serve warm objects. Chances are your dish is a pancake server. Your covered dish was made in the early

1900s and would probably be worth $125 to $150.

Q: I have my grandmother’s carnival glass bowl and would like to know more about it. It is green, around 8 inches in diameter and has a ruffled edge. The outside of the bowl is deco-rated with small flowers and beads. The inside is smooth and has no pattern. Signed on the bot-tom is an “N” in a circle.

A: Your bowl was made by Northwood Glass Co. The mark you described was used from 1905 to 1915. The pattern is “Beads.” Your bowl would probably be worth $50 to $75.

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The idea of Go Figure is toarrive at the figures given atthe bottom and right-handcolumns of the diagram by fol-lowing the arithmetic signs inthe order they are given (thatis, from left to right and top tobottom). Use only the numbersbelow the diagram to completeits blank squares and use eachof the nine numbers only once.


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1. MUSIC: Who had a hit single in 1972 with a song called “First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”?

2. ADVERTISEMENTS: What was the name of the pudgy Michelin tire character?

3. ANATOMY: What’s the more common name for the patella?

4. LITERATURE: What was the name of Tom Sawyer’s aunt in the Mark Twain novel?

5. RELIGION: When does Ramadan take place?

6. ANCIENT WORLD: What animal was once worshipped by the ancient Egyptians?

7. THEATER: How many years did the show “A Chorus Line” run on Broadway?

8. TELEVISION: Which state was the main setting for the series “Knot’s Landing”?

9. MATH: What is the Arabic equiv-alent of the Roman numerals DIV?

10. HISTORY: When was Prohibi-tion imposed in the United States?

Answers1. Roberta Flack2. Bibendum, or the Michelin Man3. Kneecap4. Polly5. Ninth month of the Islamic calenar6. Kaffir cat 7. 15 years (1975-90 for 6,137

shows) 8. California9. 504 10. 1920


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1. In how many of his 17 major-league seasons has New York Yan-kees shortstop Derek Jeter hit at least .300 or better?

2. Who had the biggest single-sea-son jump in home runs in major-league history before Toronto’s Jose Bautista went from 13 in 2009 to 54 in 2010?

3. Name the last player before Detroit’s Jahvid Best in 2010 to score his team’s first five TDs in a season.

4. Who has had more Final Four men’s basketball appearances — North Carolina or UCLA?

5. In the 1980-81 season, the New York Islanders’ Mike Bossy became the second player in NHL history to tally 50 goals in the first 50 games of the season. Who was the first?

6. In 2011, David Toms tied a PGA record for lowest score after two rounds (124). Whose mark did he tie?

7. In what year did the U.S. win its first men’s Olympic Alpine skiing medals?

Answers1. Eleven.2. Davey Johnson went from five

home runs for Baltimore in 1972 to 43 for Atlanta in 1973 — a gain of 38.

3. Dutch Sternaman of the Decatur Staleys (later the Chicago Bears) did it in 1920.

4. They are tied with 18 appear-ances apiece.

5. Montreal’s Maurice Richard did it in the 1944-45 season.

6. Pat Perez did it in 2009.7. In 1964, Billy Kidd won a silver

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1. In 1964, the Shangri-Las had a No. 1 hit with which song?

2. Who was the Silver Convention?3. Name the singer responsible for

“The Monkey Time” and “Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um.”

4. Has Lynyrd Skynyrd ever had a No. 1 U.S. single?

5. Which artist wrote and released “Pink Cadillac”?

6. Which Eagles album contained “Hole In the World” and “Please Come Home for Christmas”?

Answers1. “Leader of the Pack.” For years

it was claimed that a motorcycle was driven into the studio to get the right sound effects.

2. This studio group had a big hit in 1975 with “Fly, Robin, Fly,” which created a problem because producers had to round up actual entertainment musicians for the public to see.

3. Major Lance (his real name), in 1963 and 1964, respectively. R&B legend Curtis Mayfield wrote both tunes.

4. No. “Smokestack Lightning” at No. 2 on the charts in 1991 was as close as they got.

5. Bruce Springsteen, in 1982. The song has been covered by many, including Bette Midler and Aretha Franklin.

6. The two songs appears on “Long Road Out of Eden, Deluxe Collectors Edition” (2007), along with a special booklet.


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