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“Whether the weather be fi neOr whether the weather be not,Whether the weather be cold

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EARLY PREDICTIONSFolks have been trying to predict the weather since the beginning of time. Records go as far back as 650 B.C. when the Babylonians used as-tronomy and cloud patterns to make predictions. In 340 B.C., Aristotle wrote “Meterologica” where he discussed his theories on earth science to include earthquakes, weather and the evapora-tion of water. Many would watch the behavior of animals and plants to get clues about the upcom-ing weather. For example, if cows lay down or ants went uphill, it meant rain was coming.

WEATHER LOREBefore modern day technological advances, peo-ple used all kinds of observations and folklore to predict the weather. The western sky was always a clue since trade winds carry weather systems from west to east. Much lore has some truth to it, but most of it is dependent on where you are in the world as to whether it might apply.

“Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning.” A red sky at sunset can signal fair weather. With high pressure, air sinks and holds onto contami-nants in the air making the sky appear redder at sunset. High pressure usually means pleasant weather. And the opposite, a red sky in the east in the morning can mean that the high pressure has already passed and that low pressure with its accompanying clouds and storms can be close on the way.

“Rainbow in the morning gives you fair warn-ing.”Because weather generally moves from the west to east, a rainbow in the west means that rain is on its way.

“Clear moon, frost soon.”We’ve heard this one before. When cloud cover moves away, the earth’s heat radiates away and the earth cools more quickly, which can cause a frost if there is enough moisture available.

“When the stars begin to huddle, the earth will soon become a puddle.”When cloud cover increases at night, the visible stars may appear closer or “huddled” together.

Stars don’t have anything to do with the possible increase in rain, but the clouds certainly do.

METEOROLOGY 101It’s all about the sun and the air surrounding the earth. The sun heats the air and either causes wa-ter evaporation or rising air. As the air rises, the temperature drops, moisture cools and causes small droplets that form clouds. When there are too many droplets of water and the clouds be-come too heavy, the moisture falls in the form of rain. Factor in mountains, oceans and other geo-graphical differences, and therein lies the chal-lenge in prediction.

Many instruments are involved in weather pre-diction including barometers that measure air pressure, thermometers that measure tempera-ture, anemometers that measure wind speed, hygrometers that measure humidity, barometers that measure air pressure, weather vanes for wind direction, as well as radar and satellites.

Once data from these various instruments located all over the country gets to the weather service in Maryland, they are then input into computers which then make weather maps. The maps will show isobars, which are lines separating high and low pressure areas, weather fronts, air mass-es, cloud cover and areas of precipitation. From these, forecasts can be made.

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• Vostok, Antarctica has some of the most no-table temperatures at -129 degrees as the coldest in the world in 1983 and a high of 59 degrees in 1974.

• The highest temperature in the world was 136 degrees in El Azizia, Libya in 1922.

• In North America, the highest was 134 degrees in Death Valley, Calif. In 1913.

• Umiat, Alaska has the coldest average temper-ature in the U.S. of 10.1 degrees.

• The highest temperature ever reported in Colo-rado was in Bennett in 1888 of 118 degrees.

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• There has never been a recorded drop of rain-fall in Atacama Desert, Chile.

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• Silver Lake, Colo. holds the record for the most snow in 24 hours in 1921 of 76 inches.

• Mount Baker, Wash. holds the record for the most snow in one season at 189 inches, also in 1921.

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• Groundhog Day was started by the Germans who thought that if a hi-bernating animal casts a shadow on Feb. 2, then there would be another six months of winter. Feb. 2 is the Christian holiday, Candlemas. Can-dlemas marks the middle of winter – halfway between the fi rst day of winter and the spring equinox. The day was called Candlemas because it was the day that all of the candles that were to be used in the church were brought in and blessed for the year.

• Except for nine years of no records since 1887, the groundhog has seen his shadow a total of 97 times and has not seen it a total of 15 times.

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• Lightening can indeed strike twice in the same place and strike repeatedly. The most on record is 22 strikes in a multiple fl ash.

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• Let’s not forget that lightening isn’t all bad. In 1752, it was Ben-jamin Franklin who experienced a lightening strike while fl ying a kite with a key attached to it that dem-onstrated electricity.

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Remember when you fi rst learned to ride a bike? You knew how it worked because you often

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So you climbed on, pushed down on the pedal, lurched forward a few feet and immediately crashed. What happened? You had not learned how to balance the darn thing. So you got back on and tried again and again, each time increasing the time and distance of your ride without crashing until one day you had it down. Once you learned how to balance yourself on the bike, your mobility and personal happiness dramatically increased.

Now you’re all grown up and probably a reasonably skilled bicyclist, but have you learned the importance of balance in your life?

Is your workload stressing you out? Are you involved in questionable relationships? Are you eating or drinking too much? Is it tough to roll out of bed in the morning? Are you frequently frazzled, frustrated and forlorn? Are you giving the truly important things in life the least amount of time?

If so, you are living out of balance. You’re just like that little child trying to ride a bike but always crashing, sometimes resulting in signifi cant pain.

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First of all, stand on solid ground. If you’re living your life according to your own personally selected moral principles you may be in a sinkhole of sin and indulgence that will never allow you to stand up straight and become the person you were meant to be.

Second, keep getting up again and again. Sure you’ve made some pretty stupid mistakes. You’ve crashed and burned more than once. However, you are still a person of great promise who has within you far more intelligence, wisdom and potential for good than you realize. Be like that child who keeps getting back on the bike. No matter how many times you crash get up again until you return proportionality and balance to your daily life.

Third, get some help. Find someone who lives their life in ways that you fi nd attractive. Find out how they found and maintain their evenness, harmony, proportion and poise and ask them to help you.

Fourth, pray. Balance is stability produced by the even distribution of weights on each side of a vertical axis. There will be balance in your life only when you take on the counter-weight of Almighty God.

“Prepare for the Boom” is a series of columns that will appear over the next several months. A compilation of the series will be made available toward the end of the series. To join Dr. Ross’s e-mailing list please go to www.MileHighMotivator.com and sign up. There is no charge. For feedback email: [email protected].

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• It was Herb Caen, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, who made the following sage observation: “Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything.”

• The oldest man in the United States is George Francis, who was born on June 6, 1896, which means he was already nearly 50 years old when D-Day occurred. In an in-teresting coincidence, the United Kingdom’s oldest man, Henry Allingham, is also 112 years old -- and was born on the exact same day of the exact same year.

• Do you suffer from metathesio-phobia? That’s the scientifi c appel-lation given to the fear of change.

• In 2007, one of the justices serv-ing on the Virginia Supreme Court ordered a plaintiff to drop her pants in court. The purpose was to look at an injury on her leg that was rel-evant to the case at hand; however, the order was deemed inappropri-ate and the offending justice was removed from the bench.

• Every single day, across the globe, there are more than 200 mil-lion Internet searches conducted on Google’s search engine.

• If you are like the average Ameri-can man, over the course of your lifetime you will spend a grand to-tal of fi ve years in the simple act of shaving. No word in the record at hand of how long women spend on the same chore, taking into ac-count the fact that the real estate they cover in their shaving duties is, generally speaking, larger than that covered by men.

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I chose Arts and Culture and was

surprised at the variety of listings. Little did I know that the college here in town needs volunteers to serve as guides for one of its ex-hibits! Then there’s ushering at one of the cultural centers. After I get people to their seats I can stay and watch the program -- for free. Now that’s exciting.

Are you familiar with building sup-plies? ReStore, which is part of Habitat for Humanity, needs volun-teers to man the retail stores in four-hour shifts. ReStores sell low-cost building and repair materials, with the proceeds going to help build houses for Habitat for Humanity. They’re in all states. You might also fi nd volunteer listings for a handy-man at non-profi t agencies.

Like animals? Perhaps you can raise a puppy that’s destined to go to guide dog school or be a pet so-cializer at the animal shelter.

Interested in genealogy? Look for opportunities at local colleges and historical societies to help catalog the collection, transcribe diaries

and scan the photo archives.

When I clicked the link on the Se-nior Corps site, I never imagined I’d fi nd so much good information in one place, and I’m glad it’s there. Maybe you’ll fi nd something inter-esting there, too.

I understand now why many organi-zations don’t advertise in the news-paper for volunteers -- they can’t afford it.

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I recently was in a city reading a newspaper about a child that had died the week before, a two-year-old child. I have a grandchild that is nearing two years of age and thinking about the feelings, the emotions that I was having just reading this article, thinking that could have been prevented, it made me think about, how would I have felt if I had been the one who sold that window covering and didn’t explain that this could have been prevented. This is a very serious issue and there are ways to eliminate it. Another option is the Light Rise and it’s a wonderful way of operating your window coverings that eliminates the cord. For those of you men out there that love the remote control, we have one that can be used to operate many of our window coverings. It’s not just for somebody who likes the technical side and having one more remote control. It’s also great if you have two-story windows, like in a foyer, that has a window up above and you’ve got a staircase where you run across in your underwear hoping nobody’s looking. We can cover that window and actually make it operable. So having two story windows is not a problem.

If you have the latest in bathrooms, where you have this great big, raised but sunken tub with all these beautiful panes of glass behind it and you didn’t realize until you moved in that in order to operate that window covering, you have to get into your tub to raise or lower the window covering. In this case, the remote control is perfect.

Another question you need to ask yourself is what’s more important to you for your window, decoration or function? For many rooms, function will obviously come fi rst, but there are some rooms, like the living room, that we want to do something really special and knock somebody’s socks off when they come in the door.

So, which is more important, decoration or function, or are they equally important? Your answer to that will change how I might design your window covering. If you’re looking for function, you’re probably going to look at one layer for your window, whereas decoration - “Oh my gosh, could we have fun!” We’ve got layers; we’ve got fringes; we’ve got valances. We could do so much to that window and make it the window of your dream.

The last question I want you to ask yourself is, “What’s my budget?”

Budget doesn’t have to be an ugly word. I think we all think it is, but we all have budgets one of the nice things is that there are different products

in different price categories that will give you somewhat the same look.

For example, I love the plantation shutters; I love our country woods. My favorite is called Bella Royale. They’re beautiful fi nished wood blinds. Maybe you have some rooms that you would like a wood blind look, but maybe your budget doesn’t allow the best of the best.

There are options with several different layers of wood blinds. One is called Everwoods that is one of my favorites when someone is on a budget because it’s not just plastic, as some of them are. It’s made with wood fl our. It looks and feels like wood when you touch it. It’s also perfect for the kitchen because you can wipe it off with a damp rag, or in the bathroom where you’ve got the shower and you like to steam it up in that bathroom.

There are products that look similar, but are at different price points. You can put your best in the rooms that you want people to see and maybe in some of the other less-functioning rooms that you don’t use as often. You can put something in that gives you the same look, but also saves on your budget.

There are a couple of other things to consider, too. When thinking about your window coverings, think about how things look on the outside of your house say. You’ve just bought a gorgeous home. Do you want to see colors like orange, yellow, blue, green, purple, red, from the outside of the house? I know I don’t. I want my home to have what is called curb appeal. So I look for window coverings that are fairly neutral on the outside. If it’s a drapery, I want to make sure it’s lined. If it is a window covering that I want to have color on the room-side, I might look to a product called Duet because it’s always white on the outside no matter what color it is on the room side. You can add fun color to a room, but from the outside it’s still going to be neutral.

Also think about the lines of your window coverings from the outside. For example, I like to see either horizontal or vertical lines, but not mixed. On the front of the house, I might put something like a Silhouette in the living room. It has a horizontal orientation to it which actually creates an optical illusion. From the inside of my room, that window looks even bigger.

See, you can take a short, narrow window and put a horizontal product on it, such as the Silhouette, a wood blind, a mini-blind, and make it look bigger. So I can create an illusion. Also consider with wood blinds that the wider the wood slat, the wider the view.

Let’s say you have a two-story home. On the front you don’t want to put something like a vertical in that window up above because then that will detract from the look. The front of the house is the most important unless you’re on a corner or have a couple of sides. Make sure your window coverings are not only neutral, but that they are of the same horizontal orientation. That will give your home a more fi nished look and more curbside appeal.

The last thing I want to mention is when you’re looking at your window coverings, if you like a big view, but you need your privacy and you have a dual option window covering, choose a wider slate for more view. If you were to compare a 1- a 1-inch to a 3-inch wood blind, you will have such a big view with the 3-inch because the slats are further apart. So, if you have a great view and you want to see more of it from your room, go to a wider slat, regardless if it is horizontal or vertical; the wider the slat, the bigger the view.

There’s so much to think about when you are dealing with window coverings. Remember, to keep things simple, consider the function of the window fi rst and the decoration second.

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• On Feb. 19, 1847, the fi rst rescuers reach surviving members of the Donner Party, a group of California-bound emigrants stranded by snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Three more rescue parties ar-rived to help, but of the 89 original mem-bers of the group, only 45 reached Califor-nia.

• On Feb. 16, 1923, in Thebes, Egypt, Eng-lish archaeologist Howard Carter enters the sealed burial chamber of the ancient Egyptian ruler King Tutankhamen. King Tut lived around 1400 B.C. and died when he was still a teenager.

• On Feb. 18, 1930, the planet Pluto is discovered by the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz. In August 2006, how-ever, the International Astronomical Union announced that Pluto would no longer be considered a planet as Pluto’s oblong orbit

overlaps that of Neptune.

• On Feb. 22, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders Gen. Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines, as the American de-fense of the islands collapses. MacArthur at fi rst balked -- he was fully prepared to fi ght alongside his men to the death if nec-essary -- but fi nally obeyed the president’s order in March.

• On Feb. 21, 1952, Elizabeth Taylor, 20, marries Michael Wilding. It was Taylor’s second marriage: At age 18, she had mar-

ried hotelier Nicky Hilton, less than two weeks before the debut of her 1950 movie “Father of the Bride.” She would be mar-ried six more times, twice to Richard Bur-ton.

• On Feb. 17, 1979, Garrison Keillor’s popular radio variety show “Prairie Home Companion” is fi rst broadcast nationally as part of National Public Radio’s Folk Fes-tival America. The show, which had been running locally on Minnesota Public Radio

since 1974, is still on the air today.

• On Feb. 20, 1986, France and Britain announce that a tunnel under the English Channel between the two countries would soon become a reality. Trains, cars and bus-es would be able to speed through the tun-nel in less than half an hour. Construction began in December 1987, and the “Chun-nel” was fi nally completed in 1994.


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By Sam Mazzotta

VACATION HOME OR KENNEL?

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: When I’m staying in a rental home at the coast, where is the best place for my dog, “Ri-ley,” to stay: the rental home or a kennel close by? -- Todd Y., Neotsu, Ore.

DEAR TODD: If you’re bringing your dog on vacation with you (which is fan-tastic, by the way), he should stay with you if at all possible. A kennel tends to be a stressful place for dogs, even if you come to pick him up every day. If you’re vacationing in an unfamiliar place, you may not know how well the kennel is run, if the dogs that stay there are kept healthy and happy, and if illnesses like kennel cough are kept to a minimum.

Riley will benefi t from his owner being with him in an unfamiliar place, particu-larly at night. So, Riley should stay with you. If you’re bringing him on vacation, he should experience the vacation with

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you.A caveat, however: always get clearance from the rental home’s owner before bringing a pet. Vacation-rental agreements of-ten stipulate that no pets are al-

lowed in the house. This happens, sadly, because not all pet owners control their pets, and damage can be done to the rent-al property.

Many rentals that allow pets will charge an extra fee, sometimes per pet, to cover any potential damages. The fee is usually nonrefundable -- but in my experience it’s much cheaper than the cost of keep-ing your pet in a reputable kennel.

If the vacation rental you’re consider-ing does not allow pets, look for another house in the area. Several sites on the In-ternet list pet-friendly rentals, including Oregon.com (http://www.oregon.com/lodging/pet_friendly.cfm); HomeAway.com (http://www.homeaway.com/index.cfm/tgt/oregon-pet-friendly-vacation-rentals); and DogFriendly.com (http://www.dogfriendly.com/server/travel/guides/us/usstateOR.shtml).

Send your tips, questions and comments to Paws Corner, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Or-lando, FL 32853-6475, or e-mail them to [email protected].


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Black Lab in her. She is a shy girl but will come to greet you. She will need lots and lots of love and attention. She came to us from a place with many dogs and never had any one on one attention. She has been with us for a short while and is coming out of her shell, but slowly. She’s pretty lively with her litter mates! Little Girl is mostly black but has some white on her chest and some of her toes.

We are not sure how large she will or will not get. With patience, love and attention Little Girl will make someone a very good best friend. If you are interested in adopting Little Girl into your heart and home please call SAINT Animal Rescue located in Calhan. Our phone number is 541-3099 but you

might need to use the 719 area code.

It is always a challenge when adopting a new pet. SAINT Animal Rescue asks the adopter to give the animal a reasonable amount of time to adjust to it’s new family and environment. This is so very important to your new family member as well as your existing family members.

Please visit our website at saintanimalrescue.org and as always thank you for caring.

Through eye contact and body language, humans and dogs can understand each

almost perfectly.

Join the Palmer Lake Historical Society on Thursday, February 19, 2009, at 7:00 pm at the Palmer Lake Town Hall for

an informative and fun evening. Mr. David Carroll, Director of the Western Museum of Mining and Industry, will discuss the history and future plans of the museum, and provide facts about the colorful history of mining. Free refreshments will be provided. For more information, view our website at www.ci.palmer-lake.co.us.

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Celebrate Library’sBook Release,

Legends, Labors, And LovesOn March 13

Special Collections at Pikes Peak Li-brary District invites you to an event marking the release of its newest

book, Legends, Labors, and Loves: Wil-liam Jackson Palmer, 1836-1909 on Fri., March 13.

The event also commemorates the open-ing of the 1905 Carnegie Library on March 13, 1905, and the passing of Colorado Springs Founder William Jackson Palmer on March 13, 1909. The free program will be held from 1-2 p.m. at Penrose Library, 20 N. Cascade Ave.

Enjoy a performance by playwright Ray-mond Purl as William J. Palmer. Author Lynn A. Gilfi llan-Morton will present “General Palmer’s Riding Accident and Last Years.”

This “unauthorized biography” of a truly remarkable and modest man will open every reader’s eyes to a new view of Wil-liam Jackson Palmer. Contributors in-

clude Katherine Scott Sturdevant, Joyce B. Lohse, Leah Davis Witherow, Mark L. Gardner, Barbara Gately, Chris Nicholl, Delores Gustafson, William A. Bell, E.M. “Mel” McFarland, Matt Mayberry, Donald McGilchrist, George L. Anderson, Lynn A. Gilfi llan-Morton, Mary G. Slocum, Ste-phen Collins, Judith Rice-Jones, and Vic-tor J. Stone.

Books will be available for purchase, and light refreshments will be served. For more information call 531-6333, x2253.

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egg whites and may contain corn, soy, or milk products.

Make sure you check the Nutrition Facts panel, as nutrition content may vary. In general, to be appropriate for your Diet Center program, a ¼ cup serving of egg substitute could provide up to 55 calories, 7 grams of fat, and 3 grams of fat. This ¼ cup serving counts as 1 protein in your Diet Center pro-gram. You can enjoy egg substitutes as a protein choice used for omelets and recipes that call for beaten eggs (such as casseroles, baked goods, and meat-loaves). If you’re an egg lover and wish you could consume more than 4 eggs per week; try experimenting with this low-fat, low-cal protein choice as an alternate to regular eggs!

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Users of the ION SPA can either submerge their feet or hands into the tub. We suggest the feet. Salt is added to the water to increase the conductivity. This allows for the ionization process and ultimately the ion conversion.

There is no better way to detoxify, alkalize or rebalance your body’s energy than by regular use of the ION SPA.

• Improves the symptoms of most acid based diseases within a few treatments, including Rheumatoid Arthritis, Gout and many other Arthritic conditions.

• Improves acne and various other skin conditions including Eczema, Psoriasis, and Athletes Foot while enhancing facial tone, smoothness and skin elasticity.

• Promotes faster healing, deeper sleep and a better sense of well-being.

• Anti-aging effects such as increasing the user’s energy level and metabolism (promotes weight loss), helping to regulate blood sugar, and reducing the acidity level (pH balance) within the entire body.

• Improves hormonal disorders, ADHD, stress related conditions, panic and nervous disorders (with improved concentration

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• Activates cell tissue throughout the body, strengthens immune function and helps relieve tension, pain and muscle aches.

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• Enhances natural detoxifi cation and nutrient absorption.

• Helps eliminate heavy metals and environmental toxins.

• Strengthens the body’s ability to resist oxidation.

There are water color charts that try to distinguish and explain the water color changes and debris formation. These colors or organ colors are known to those who practice Traditional Chinese Medicine. However, there is no medical technique available to prove these claims.

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SYMPTOMS APPEARDEAR DR. DONOHUE: What are the symptoms of colon cancer? Are there any? -- B.P.

ANSWER: The colon is about 5 feet long. It begins in the lower-right side of the abdomen, ascends on the right to just below the liver, crosses over the abdomen to the left

side and then descends to the rec-tum.

Symptoms of colon cancer depend where the cancer is located. Can-cers on the right side often cause open sores that bleed. Since it takes a while for undigested food to reach the rectum from the right side of the colon, the blood often is seen as tarry, black stool. Cancers of the section of colon that spans the up-per part of the abdomen from the right to the left sides can cause ob-struction of the bowel. Cancers of the left side of the colon, the most common site for colon cancer, can lead to narrow stools, cause stom-ach cramps and discharge bright-red blood into the stool. Weight loss is a sign of colon cancer, regardless of its site.

Don’t wait for symptoms to check for colon cancer. This cancer has a number of excellent screening tests, and it can be detected early, when it’s treatable and curable. Everyone at age 50 should have a colonoscop-ic exam, a scope exam of the colon.

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An insightful lookat Health

Chances are you may have heard this concern voiced by those who don’t fully un-

derstand how chiropractic works, or what chiropractic adjustments actu-ally do.

Most spinal problems come in pairs. Usually there’s an area of the spine that is stuck, fi xated and not mov-ing adequately. And this is often accompanied by one or more areas somewhere else in the spine that compensate by moving too much. Sometimes these areas are imme-diately adjacent to stuck areas and sometimes they can be at the oppo-site end of the spine!

We call these compensation reac-tions.

Your body is constantly dealing with the force of gravity. Like a tightrope walker trying to maintain his bal-ance, when one area of your spine malfunctions, an equal and opposite reaction can appear elsewhere. This

is why patients are often surprised that we examine their lower back when their primary complaint is in their upper neck or vice versa.

Our goal is to avoid the compen-sations and focus our attention on the primary subluxation. The spi-nal joints that move too much are avoided so muscles and ligaments can heal and stabilize. When we add motion to stuck spinal joints, areas that are too loose can also properly heal.

The information in this article is provided solely for educational pur-poses and not as medical advice. Please consult a medical or health professional if you have questions about your health. No liability is accepted should you decide to self-treat or self-prescribe.

To set up an appointmentcall Dr. Christy at

719 • 488 • 8789

The examining doctor sees every inch of the colon and spots any can-cer or any polyps, the precursors of colon cancer. X-rays called double-contrast barium enemas are another way of detecting colon cancer.

The booklet on colon cancer deals with its detection and treatment. Readers can order a copy by writ-ing: Dr. Donohue -- No. 505W, 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 ad-dress. Please allow four weeks for delivery.

***DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have a serious problem. I say “serious” be-cause I have had a doctor laugh at me for asking the following ques-tion, for which, incidentally, I paid $25. For about six years, I can hear my heartbeat loudly in my left ear. No one can tell me why. I hear it 24/7. I am about to lose my sanity. I pray you can help. -- D.M.

ANSWER: Lots of people hear their heartbeat in one or both ears. The condition is called pulsatile tin-nitus. One of the biggest causes for it is artery hardening, something that comes with age. Blood fl owing

through less fl exible arteries near the ear becomes noisy. People hear their own heartbeat.

Caffeinated beverages make the beating louder. Put a radio at your bedside and tune it to soothing mu-sic at night. The music can often muffl e the heartbeat sound. If mu-sic doesn’t work, then turn the radio to a location where you hear static. Static often gets rid of the heart-beat noise. Sometimes changing the head position abolishes the beating sound.

A few rare conditions produce pul-satile tinnitus -- a narrowed neck artery, an artery-vein malformation, a damaged aortic heart valve and high blood pressure are examples. I would guess these conditions would have been discovered in the six years you have had the problem.

***Dr. Donohue regrets that he is un-able to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

(c) 2009 North America Synd., Inc.All Rights Reserved

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Friday Night Jam is a new series featuring local bands playing for the audiences listening and dancing pleasure at the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts. Our fi rst Friday Night Jam band is “Outta The Garage”, a Tri-Lakes area dance band kicking it up

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3. Serve cold with warm pita bread.

This dip is a traditional Greek dish that is often served along side baba ganoush and hummus with pita

bread. It is one of my favorites. Of course it has two of my favorite ingredients, garlic and potatoes. What’s not to like? Some of the recipes I have seen for skordalia have bread in them but I prefer it without. I have also seen it with just bread. I found some pita chips and used them in place of the pita bread.

Be creative, have fun and enjoy!!!

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SNIPPETZ® BUSINESS AND FINANCE

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FINANCIAL FOCUS

THINK TWICE

BEFORE TAKING

OUT 401(k) LOAN

Provided by Adam Graysonof EdwardJones Investments

Your car could break down. You might need a new furnace. You have to pay

for one last term of college for your child. Whatever the reason, you may someday need a large sum of money in a hurry. And as you look around for a source of funds, your eyes might come to rest on your 401(k) plan. It’s there, it’s yours — why not tap into it?

Actually, there are some pretty good reasons for not dipping into your 401(k). But before we get to those, let’s see how you might access the money in your plan.

Some employers allow 401(k) loans only in cases of fi nancial hardship, although the defi nition of “hardship” can be fl exible. But many employers allow these loans for just about any purpose. To learn the borrowing requirements for your particular plan, you’ll need to contact your plan administrator.

Generally, you can borrow up to $50,000, or one-half of your vested plan benefi ts, whichever is less. You’ve got up to fi ve years to repay your loan, although the repayment period can be longer if you use the funds to buy a primary residence.

So you’ve got some time to repay the loan, you’re paying yourself back with interest, and the repayments are probably just deducted from your paycheck.

Sounds pretty good, right? What

could be the problem with taking out a 401(k) loan?

Since you asked, here are a few of them:

You’ll likely reduce your retirement savings. Your 401(k) plan is designed to help you build funds for one purpose: retirement. To encourage you to take advantage of your 401(k), the government defers taxes on your earnings and allows you to make contributions with pre-tax dollars. But when you take out a loan from your 401(k), you are removing resources earmarked for your retirement. And even though you’ll repay the loan, you can never get that time back when your money could have potentially grown.

You’ll be taxed twice on the loan amount. As mentioned, you typically contribute pre-tax dollars to your 401(k). But when you repay the loan, you’re doing so with after-tax dollars. When you withdraw the money at retirement, it will be taxed again.

You’ll have to quickly repay the loan if you leave your job. If you leave your job, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, you’ll generally be required to repay the loan in full within 60 days. If you don’t repay it by then, the outstanding balance will be taxable — and if you’re under 59-1/2, you’ll also have to pay a 10 percent penalty tax.

To avoid putting yourself in the position of having to someday borrow from your 401(k), try to build an emergency fund containing six to 12 months’ worth of living expenses. Keep the money in a liquid account so that you can tap into it quickly.

It can be tempting to borrow from your 401(k) today — but if you can resist this temptation, you’ll almost certainly be glad tomorrow.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

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Colorado Springs, Colo. (Febru-ary 5, 2009) – Pikes Peak Library District’s 3rd annual Mountain of Authors event showcasing local au-thors will feature New York Times best-selling author Beverly Lewis as the keynote speaker on March 28.

Lewis is the best-selling author of more than 80 books for adults and children, including the popular trilogy The Heritage of Lancaster County. Known for her stirring Amish sagas, Lewis has captured the curiosity of readers everywhere with her insight into the world of the Plain people. Her novel, The Parting was on the New York Times bestseller list for nine weeks.

At two panel discussions, book lovers and writers of all experience levels will fi nd tips and inspiration from a wide range of speakers, in-cluding a local illustrator, a photog-rapher, published writers, publish-ers, and editors. Local authors will be available for one-on-one discus-sion and book signings during the author spotlight and showcase.

The free program will be held on March 28 from 1-8 p.m. at East Li-brary, 5550 N. Union Blvd. No reg-istration is required. For more infor-mation about the event, call Krista Federico at 531-6333, x1315. Pho-tos are available upon request; email [email protected].

Schedule:1 - 2 p.m. Panel 1 - Publishers 2 - 2:30 p.m. Break2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Panel 2 - Words & Pictures 3:30 - 4 p.m. Break4 - 5 p.m. Author Showcase Spot-light5 - 6 p.m. Author Showcase (Book Signings)6 - 7 p.m. Keynote Speaker – Bev-erly Lewis7 - 8 p.m. Beverly Lewis Book Sign-ing, Reception

AboutBeverly Lewis

A member of the National League of American Pen Women, as well as a Distinguished Alumnus of Evan-gel University, Lewis has written over 80 books for children, youth, and adults, many of them award-winning. She and her husband, David, make their home in Colo-

rado Springs, where they enjoy hik-ing, biking, and playing with their three grandchildren. They are also avid musicians and fi ction “book worms.”

Lewis is writing her new series, Sea-sons of Grace, set in Bird-in-Hand, Pa. Book One: The Secret is due out April 2009.

Words & Pictures Panel:

Todd Caudle has been photograph-ing the natural world since 1979. His work has appeared in a variety of national publications, includ-ing Backpacker, Rolling Stone, View Camera, Shutterbug, 5280, the Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, Colorado Springs Gazette and the Pueblo Chieftain. Through Skyline Press, the publishing com-pany he founded in 1992, he is also the photographer of six books and dozens of calendars featuring his home state of Colorado, including the Colorado Book Award-winning coffee table book, 14,000 Feet – A Celebration of Colorado’s Highest Mountains (Skyline Press, 2005). Todd lives in Pueblo with his wife, Barb, and their two dogs, Sierra and Rascal.

Michael Hague is one of America’s foremost illustrators. He is perhaps best known for his series of chil-dren’s classics, which includes such favorites as The Wind in the Wil-lows, The Velveteen Rabbit, Moth-er Goose, The Secret Garden, and Peter Pan. He has also collaborated with his wife, Kathleen Hague, on several best-selling books includ-ing Alphabears, An ABC Book and Numbears, A Counting Book. In addition to his work as an illustra-tor, Michael Hague has done greet-ing cards, posters, and some adver-tising work.

Maria Faulconer, a San Francisco native, loves foggy days and cable cars. She’s published in newspa-pers, magazines, journals, and an-thologies for children and adults. Her children’s book, Arianna and the Strawberry Tea, was selected as a self-talker for Barnes and Noble and promoted on the Live! With Re-gis Show. She currently writes for Colorado Springs Style Magazine, and her next children’s book, A Mom for Umande, will be released by Dutton Children’s Books in May 2011. Her biggest inspiration is her

Pomeranian-Maltese puppy, Pranc-er, who sits on her lap while she’s writing.

Publishers Panel:Doris Baker is publisher at Filter Press. She has owned the company since 1996 and brought scores of books to print and to the attention of the public. Filter Press publishes middle grade and YA historical fi c-tion and biographies of the heroes of the West. Filter Press books have won numerous awards including the WILLA Award from Women Writing the West and the Colorado Book Award. She is the immediate past president of the Colorado Inde-pendent Publishers Association.

Lisa Gilman is Communications Manager for the Small Publish-ers Association of North America (SPAN), an international trade as-sociation (www.spannet.org). She also is Communications Manager for About Books, Inc., which of-fers professional book consulting and production services to authors and small publishers (www.about-books.com). Using her 10 years of marketing experience, Lisa assists authors and small publishers in cre-atively promoting their books and improving their businesses. Her marketing efforts for small publish-ers have resulted in their books gar-nering reviews in national publica-tions including Library Journal and ForeWord magazine as well as by Midwest Book Review and Reader Views.

Lisa has been writing and editing for newspapers, magazines and newsletters for more than 10 years. She has published more than 200 articles and has a screenplay and a fi ction novel in the works.

Michael “Mick” Silva is a writer and editor for WaterBrook Mult-nomah Publishing Group with more than 10 years’ experience in shaping, acquiring, and develop-ing books for the spiritual/religious market. A contributor to several national publications including Re-lief Journal and The New Writer’s Handbook (Scarletta Press, 2007), and independent editor for Wind-blown Media, publishers of The Shack, he maintains a blog on writ-ing for the spiritual market (www.yourwritersgroup.com), and lives with his wife and two daughters in Colorado Springs.

MEET LOCAL AUTHORS AND NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHORBEVERLY LEWIS AT PPLD’S 3RD ANNUAL MOUNTAIN OF AUTHORS

Pikes Peak Library District was founded in 1903. It serves a popu-lation of 530,000 with two main libraries, 10 branches and mobile library service. PPLD has 425 em-ployees and a collection of 1.3 mil-lion items. PPLD was ranked 9th in the nation among libraries of its size by HAPLR (Hennen’s Ameri-can Public Library Ratings).

TEENS INVITED TO MEETINTERNATIONAL LEADERSIN “MORNING MISSIONS”

AT THE LIBRARY

Free program is presented by PPLD and Colorado Springs World Affairs Council

Pikes Peak Library District and the Colorado Springs World Affairs Council invite teens to attend a free presentation at the library tomorrow about Middle Eastern politics.

The event is the third Morning Mis-sions with the World Affairs Coun-cil, featuring world class present-ers on topical global issues. It will begin at 8 a.m. Tuesday in the East Teen Center, 5550 N. Union Blvd. The programs will also be simulcast on PPLD.TV, the Library Channel, and instant messaging with a teen librarian and the speaker will be available.

The presenter is Efraim Inbar, the Director of Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, and a Pro-fessor of Political Studies. His area of specialization is Middle Eastern strategic issues with a special inter-est in the politics and strategy of Is-raeli national security. He will talk about current and historic struggles over Gaza, and life in the affl icted region.

He has written over 60 articles in professional journals. His books include: Outcast Countries in the World Community (1985), Rabin and Israel’s National Security (1999), The Israeli-Turkish Entente (2001), and Israel’s National Secu-rity: Issues and Challenges since the Yom Kippur War. He has also edited eleven collections of articles.

These presentations are offered free to young people. They begin at 8 a.m. and include breakfast and a chance to interact with superb speakers brought to the area by the World Affairs Council. The next presentation will be held in May 2009.

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MODERN-DAY THIEVES TARGET YOUR COMPUTER

Scammers are becoming more creative, but one of their biggest theft tools is still the computer.

If you don’t know the differences between a virus, Trojan horse, worm and rootkit, then your computer, your personal information and your money could be at risk.

Beef up your computer’s security and set it to auto-matically update every day. That’s how often new vi-ruses come out. Even one virus program might not be enough. Consider also installing spyware or malware programs. Keep your computer’s operating system current by getting the updates.

Make sure anyone in your house who uses your com-puter (the kids really should have their own) can rec-ognize suspicious activity and know not to give out personal information. For young children, set their e-mail to not accept attachments and keep an eye on what they do online.

Be careful where you click. Go to the wrong Web site and you could inadvertently let a Trojan horse into your computer and end up giving control of it to thieves. Investigate programs that will scan links before you open them. AVG, a free virus-protection software, has Link Scanner, which will put a green check beside all links that are safe.

Minimize the number of occasions you check your accounts from your home computer, or call the bank’s automated teller instead. Don’t sign up for any e-mail correspondence from your bank or credit-card com-panies. That way if you get e-mail from one of them, you’ll automatically know it’s a scam.

Take a close look through your computer’s hard drive (especially if you’ve had it for a few years) to make sure you haven’t stored any passwords or account numbers.

If you have a friend who loves to pass along jokes or funny links in e-mail, ask him or her to stop. You’ve no doubt already heard them, and passing along a not-so-funny bug is entirely possible. Worse is if the friend likes to paste whole Web pages into your e-mail. Your computer can be at risk of any malicious code on that page.

Best bet: Use an older computer that’s no longer hooked up to the Internet for your checking software and to store your personal information.

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


SOCIAL SECURITY STATEMENT HELPS AMERICANS SAVE

By Rose FortuneSocial Security Public Affairs Specialist

in Colorado Springs

More than 100 national groups and hundreds of local organizations are participating in America Saves Week, which takes place from February

22 to March 1, 2009. Social Security is proud to be one of them.

For years, Social Security has been encouraging Ameri-cans to plan and save for their retirement through the So-cial Security Statement. Social Security began mailing Statements to people who requested them in August 1988. About ten years ago — in October 1999 — Social Se-curity began mailing annual, individualized Statements to all workers 25 and older and not receiving Social Security benefi ts based on their own earnings. In 2008, more than 148 million people received a Social Security Statement by mail.

You probably get one yourself, every year about two to three months before your birthday. But do you take the time to review it? You should. Here’s what it will give you:

• An estimate of the monthly retirement benefi t you could receive at age 62, full retirement age and age 70;

• An estimate of the monthly benefi t you could be entitled to if you become disabled;

• An estimate of the monthly benefi t your family could receive if you die.

That’s valuable information when it comes to planning your fi nancial future. The Statement also gives you the opportunity to review your earnings to make sure they’ve been reported correctly to the IRS.

But you don’t have to rely on the Statement alone to make your future retirement plans. Social Security’s Retirement Estimator is an online tool that allows you to try out dif-ferent retirement scenarios. Just plug in some quick in-formation and you’ll get estimates of your future benefi ts based on your personal earnings record. Try it out at www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator.

To learn more about Your Social Security Statement, go to www.socialsecurity.gov/mystatement.

To join us in celebrating America Saves Week,visit the America Saves website at

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DIVORCED? YOU’RE NOT SEPARATEDFROM SOCIAL SECURITY

By Rose FortuneSocial Security Public Affairs Specialist

in Colorado Springs

If you are divorced, there are several things you should know about Social Security.

A divorced spouse may be eligible for benefi ts on more than one work record — such as one’s own record and an ex-spouse’s record. This applies to both divorced men and women. If you have never asked Social Security about receiving benefi ts based on your ex-spouse’s work, you should consider it.

Some divorced people may get a higher benefi t based on their ex’s work.

If your ex-spouse is living, you can receive benefi ts based on his or her work if —

• Your marriage lasted 10 years or longer;

• You are unmarried;

• You are age 62 or older;

• The benefi t you are entitled to receive based on your own work is less than the benefi ts you would receive on your ex’s work; and

• Your ex is entitled to Social Security retirement or disability benefi ts. If your ex-spouse is deceased, you can receive benefi ts —

• At age 60, or age 50 if you are disabled, if your marriage lasted at least 10 years, and you are not entitled to a higher benefi t on your own record; or

• At any age if you are caring for your ex-spouse’s child who also is your natural or legally adopted child and younger than 16 or disabled and entitled to benefi ts. Your benefi ts will continue until the child reaches age 16 or is no longer disabled. In this case, you can receive this benefi t even though you were not married to your ex-spouse for 10 years.

When you apply, you will need to give your ex’s Social Security number. If you do not know his or her number, you will need to provide your ex’s date and place of birth, and parents’ names. When you apply for benefi ts, Social Security will be happy to fi gure out if you are due a higher amount based on your ex-spouse’s record.

Once again, these same rules apply for both ex-husbands and ex-wives.

For more information, visit our website at www.socialsecurity.gov. You may want to take a look at our online Retirement Planner at www.socialsecurity.gov/retire2.

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2009 MVEA Board Nominations Now Open

Three directors will be elected to Mountain View Electric Association’s (MVEA) Board of Directors this year from the following districts:

• District 1 Limon, Karval, Genoa and surrounding areas (incumbent Joe Martin)• District 4 Calhan, Peyton, a portion of Black Forest and surrounding areas (incumbent Milt Mathis)• District 6 Falcon, Cimmaron Hills, a portion of Black Forest and surrounding areas (incumbent Barry Springer)

If you, or someone you know, is interested in being a candidate, please contact a member of the nominating committee. A candidate must be an MVEA member and reside in the district where there is a vacancy. Before applying, please contact either MVEA of ce at 719-775-2861 or 719-495-2283 to verify your district. Candidate information must be turned into the committee by 5:30 p.m., Monday, April 20, 2009. A member may also petition for nomination. Petitions are available at either MVEA of ce or online at www.mvea.coop. Petitions must be signed by 15 members of MVEA residing in the district where there is a vacancy. It must be returned to either MVEA of ce by 5:30 p.m., Mon-day, April 27, 2009. An application must also be completed for either the verbal nomina-tion or petition. The application can also be found on MVEA’s web site or you may pick one up at either of ce. If you have questions, please contact a member of the nominating committee.

Nominating Committee:

District 1 District 4 District 6Michael Bass Byrel Woolsey Timothy TroxelPO Box 86 PO Box 126 12015 Sylvan Meadows Dr.Limon, CO 80828 Calhan, CO 80808 Colo. Spgs., CO 80908719-775-2683 719-347-2750 719-495-2853

VISIT YOUR LIBRARY FOR SPECIAL SPRING BREAK

PROGRAMS MARCH 23-28For more program information visit ppld.org.

Interpretation for the hearing impaired is available upon request.

Hello Earth! A Puppet Showwith Patti Smithsonian

Little Red Riding Hood learns from the Wolf about recycling paper instead of chopping down forests. The Three Little Pigs learn about wasting disposable goods and their impact on the environment. The Ant and the Grasshopper remind us to enjoy life. This engaging ‘fairytale with a twist’ puppet show introduces ideas around the important topic of environmental stewardship.

Mon., March 23 at 10:30 a.m. – Monument BranchTues., March 24 at 10:30 a.m. – Fountain BranchWed., March 25 at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. – East LibraryWed., March 25 at 2 p.m. – Ruth Holley BranchThurs., March 26 at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. – Penrose LibraryFri., March 23 at 10:30 a.m. – Rockrimmon BranchSat. March 28 at 10:30 a.m.– Ute Pass Branch

Puppet Variations with Bob Aiken

Try a lighthearted piece of Puppet Theater that the whole family can enjoy together. Four pup-pet styles and four performing techniques form a visual smorgasbord. Its simple approach and positive attitude has touched and brought smiles to folks across the country, at venues ranging from birthday parties to art festivals. Seeing is believing.

Tues., March 24 at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. – East LibraryTues., March 24 at 6:30 p.m. – Old Colorado City BranchWed., March 25 at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. – Sand Creek BranchWed., March 25 at 2 p.m. – Fountain BranchThurs., March 26 at 10:30 a.m. – Cheyenne Mountain BranchThurs., March 26 at 2 p.m. – Monument Branch

Rhythm Fun and More With Helen Trencher, “The Percussion Lady”

Spark your imagination and ignite your cre-ativity! Participants will experience a magical time fi lled with song, story, and rhythm. This interactive program is great for the entire fam-ily – ages 2 through 92! Come ready to let your imagination run wild through the joy of rhyth-mic expression.

Tues., March 24 at 10:30 a.m. – Monument Branch Tues., March 24 at 2 p.m. – Rockrimmon Branch Wed., March 25 at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. – Penrose Library Wed., March 25 at 2 p.m. – Cheyenne Mountain Branch Thurs., March 26 at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. – East LibraryThurs., March 26 at 2 p.m. – Briargate Branch

Alphabet Songs! A children’s concert with Steve Weeks

Join in this fun, interactive show fi lled with music, stories and humor for the whole family! Learning your letters has never been so much fun! Steve is a USA Songwriting Competition winner, and included Parents’ Choice and Nap-pa Honors Winner.

Tues., March 24 at 10:30 a.m. – Ruth Holley Branch (sound)

Tues., March 24 at 1 p.m. – Cheyenne Mountain Branch Tues., March 24 at 4 p.m. – Sand Creek Branch Wed., March 25 at 2 p.m. – Briargate BranchWed., March 25 at 7 p.m. – East Library (sound)

A Patchwork Quilt of Rhythm, Rhyme, Story and Song

Bonnie Phipps tickles your imagination with a diverse repertoire of participatory songs and stories using her unusual instruments to height-en the action in her tales. Bonnie is a Parent’s Choice Awards winner, a published author, re-cording artist, a national Autoharp Champion, a contemporary folk singer, a spoons, paper bag, limber-jack, and jaw harp player, a storyteller, a former kindergarten teacher, and an undeniable hit with children! She is fun, funny, fabulous!

Tues., March 24 at 10 and 11 a.m. – Briargate BranchWed., March 25 at 10:20 a.m. – Palmer Lake BranchWed., March 25 at 2 p.m. – Rockrimmon BranchThurs., March 26 at 10:30 a.m. – Old Colorado City BranchThurs., March 26 at 2 p.m. – Sand Creek Branch

Origami with a Twist!

Join storyteller Denise Gard, as she tells stories using the ancient art of Origami. Learn the techniques and create a Samurai Helmet. Recommended for ages 8 and older. Registration required.

Mon., March 23 at 2 p.m. – Fountain BranchWed., March 25 at 10:30 a.m. – Old Colorado City BranchWed., March 25 at 2 p.m. – Monument BranchThurs., March 26 at 2 p.m. – Rockrimmon BranchFri., March 27 at 10:30 a.m. – Penrose LibraryFri., March 27 at 2 p.m. – East Library

Funky Fairytales 19 presents “Snoring Beauties and Other

Strange Stuff”

Now in their 19th year of performing, Pikes Peak Library District’s favorite acting troupe presents Bruce Hale’s “Snoring Beauty” and other frankly funny tales to tickle your fancy! Recommended for ages 4 and older.

Tues., March 24 at 10:30 a.m. – Rockrimmon BranchTues., March 24 at 2 p.m. – Penrose LibraryFri., March 27 at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. – East LibraryFri., March 27 at 2 p.m. – Ruth Holley BranchFri., March 27 at 4 p.m. – Sand Creek Branch

Dream City

Just imagine a city far, far into the future. Design your vision of what that city would look like in this creative hands-on workshop. Register at your library. Recommended for ages 8 and older.

Mon., March 23 at 2 p.m. – Cheyenne BranchMon., March 23 at 2 :30 p.m. – Sand Creek Branch Thurs., March 26 at 10:30 a.m. – Ruth Holley BranchThurs., March 26 at 2 p.m. – East LibraryThurs., March 26 at 2 p.m. – Fountain BranchFri., March 27 at 2 p.m. – Briargate Branch

Get Creative @ Your Library

Kids can fi ll summer with a burst of creativity and reading fun in the Pikes Peak Library Summer Reading program. It’s free, easy and builds reading success! June 1 to July 31 at all Pikes Peak Library District locations.

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Trivia Test ByMarge Svenson Sports Quiz By

Chris Richcreek

1. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the Bay of Fundy?2. SCIENCE: How much faster does sound travel in water than in air?3. MATH: What is the origin of the word “zero”?4. ENTERTAINERS: Which fa-mous comedian once trained as a boxer?5. ANATOMY: What part of the human anatomy contains a re-gion called the macula?6. LANGUAGE: What is a “beau geste”?7. MEASUREMENTS: What does a gill measure?8. INVENTIONS: What was the yo-yo’s use for hundreds of years before it became a toy?9. AD SLOGANS: Which com-pany urged customers to “run for the border”?10. TELEVISION: Which tele-vision sitcom was set in the Stratford Inn?

1. Who was the fi rst player to hit three home runs on Opening Day?2. Name the last skipper before Bobby Cox and Joe Torre to win 1,000-plus games with one fran-chise.3. In 2008, Purdue’s Curtis Painter became the fourth Big Ten quar-terback to surpass 10,000 pass-ing yards for a career. Name two of the other three.4. Who had more NBA scoring ti-tles -- George Gervin or Bob McA-doo?5. Who has tallied the most goals in NHL history among Russian-born players?6. When was the last time before 2008 (Maryland vs. North Caro-lina) that two ACC teams met in the College Cup fi nals for men’s soccer?7. Thoroughbred trainer Steve As-mussen set a North American single-year record in 2008 for most races won. How many did he win?


SNIPPETZ® PUZZLES AND TRIVIA

1. How many minutes long was Iron Butterfl y’s 1968 “In-A-Gad-da-Da-Vida” and what was the original title?

2. It was rumored that Michael Jackson wrote the 1972 hit song “Ben” for his pet rat. Is this true?

3. Who sang “When a Man Loves a Woman” long before Michael Bolton made it a hit in 1991?

4. How old is the lead vocalist of the Rolling Stones?

5. What was Ike and Tina Turner’s fi rst hit?

6. Otis Redding never heard his hit “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” played on the radio. Why?

New DVD Releases forWeek of Feb. 16, 2009

PICK OF THE WEEK

“Changeling” -- Angelina Jolie gives an award-winning performance as Christine Collins, a single mother living in 1920s Los Angeles who challenges a corrupt police department and is brutalized as a result.Based on an actual case, the story re-

volves around the disappearance of Col-lins’ 9-year-old son. She fi les a report with the LAPD and for fi ve months noth-ing is done. After some public pressure is put on the department, the LAPD picks up a kid found in Indiana and tries to pass the child off as Christine’s son -- de-spite the fact that the boy’s dental records don’t match, he’s shorter, uncircumcised and all of the kid’s teachers say “It’s not the boy.”Collins confronts the LAPD, who re-spond by saying that she has become mentally unstable due to the abduction of her child and should be placed in a men-tal institution. So, they throw her in the looney bin, where she undergoes some pretty horrible treatment.Although this isn’t Clint Eastwood’s best directorial effort (“Unforgiven” still holds that spot in my book), “Changeling” is a

compelling and heart-wrenching motion picture.

ALSO

“Religulous” -- Comedian Bill Maher stars in this documentary about his jour-ney around the world, where he confronts and questions leaders and followers of the major religions about the tenets of their faith. Telling people their religion is a joke and that their god doesn’t ex-ist is a touchy and awkward subject for a fi lm. Maher’s smugness doesn’t really help the situation, which made the fi lm for me, at times, unwatchable. That said, I know a lot of people who have seen the fi lm and say they enjoyed it quite a lot, so I’ll leave it up to you.

KIDS AND FAMILY

“High School Musical 3: Senior Year” --

I have not seen this movie. I will never see this movie. That’s because I am nei-ther a 10-year-old girl nor gay. But, I know it’s going to sell a bajillion copies, and all you parents out there will have to go out and buy it for your kids, so I’m letting you know that it’ll be out on Feb. 17. There. I’ve done my part. You have my sympathies.

TV SERIES

“Murder, She Wrote” The Complete Ninth Season“Sabrina the Teenage Witch” The Fifth Season “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” The Eighth Year

“Dead Like Me” Complete Series“The Beverly Hillbillies” The Offi cial Third Season

“The F Word” Series One“The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest” Season 1, Vol. 1

“Ragnarok” Complete Box Set“Smurfs” Vol. 1


In order to keep everyone honest (you know who you are,) we have moved the answers and solutions to the trivia and puzzles to the next page (21).


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SNIPPETZ® COMICS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Answers & Solutions

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Some un-settling facts about a past situation could come to light. And while you’d love to deal with it immediately, it’s best to get more information to support your case.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) A straight-forward approach to a baffl ing situation is best. Don’t allow yourself to be drawn into an already messy mass of tangles and lies. Deal with it and move on.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Don’t be discouraged or deterred by a colleague’s negative opinion about your ideas. It could actually prove to be helpful when you fi -nally get around to fi nalizing your plan.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Ignore that sudden attack of “modesty,” and step up to claim the credit you’ve so rightly earned. Remember: A lot of people are proud of you and want to share in your achieve-ment.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) A fi nancial “deal” that seems to be just right for you Leos and Leonas could be grounded more in gossamer than substance. Get an expert’s advice to help you check it out.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Don’t ignore that suddenly cool or even rude attitude from someone close to you. Asking for an explanation could reveal a misunderstanding you were completely unaware of.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Un-less you have sound knowledge, and not just an opinion, it’s best not to step into a family dispute involving a legal matter, re-gardless of whom you support. Leave that to the lawyers.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) An awkward situation presents the usually socially savvy Scorpian with a problem. But a courteous and considerate approach soon helps clear the air and ease commu-nication.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to Decem-ber 21) A calmer, less-tense atmosphere prevails through much of the week, allow-ing you to restore your energy levels be-fore tackling a new challenge coming up by week’s end.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to Janu-ary 19) Your approach to helping with a friend or family member’s problem could boomerang unless you take time to explain your method and how and why it (usually!) works.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Someone who gave you a lot of grief might ask for a chance for the two of you to make a fresh start. You need to weigh the sincer-ity of the request carefully before giving your answer.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Too much fantasizing about an upcoming de-cision could affect your judgment. Better to make your choices based on what you know now rather than on what you might learn later.

BORN THIS WEEK: You have a way of seeing the best in people and helping them live up to their potential.


FEBRUARY 16, 2009

TRIVIA TEST ANSWERS

SPORTS QUIZ ANSWERS

FLASH BACK ANSWERS1. The song played live was 17 minutes. The original title, which was written down wrong, was “In the Garden of Eden.”2. No. Jackson didn’t even write the song. It was written by Don Black and Walter Scharf for a movie about a rat named Ben.3. The song went to the top of the R&B and pop charts in 1966 when it was covered by Percy Sledge.4. Mick Jagger is 65 years old. He was knighted in 2003, making him Sir Michael Philip Jagger.5. They hit the No. 3 spot on the R&B charts in 1960 with “Fool in Love.”6. The song was recorded in late November 1967 and was released in January 1968. Red-ding died in a plane crash that December.

1. Between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia

2. Four times faster3. Arabic, from the word “sifr,” which means empty

4. Bob Hope5. The eye

6. A magnanimous gesture7. Liquid, usually one-half cup or one-quarter of a pint

8. A weapon. Pedro Flores, a Philippine immigrant, invented the yo-yo toy in the 1920s.

9. Taco Bell10. “Newhart”

1. Toronto’s George Bell in 1988.2. Tom Lasorda won 1,599 games for the Los Ange-les Dodgers between 1976 and 1996.3. Drew Brees (Purdue), Brett Basanez (Northwest-ern) and Chuck Long (Iowa).4. Gervin won four, and McAdoo three.5. Sergei Fedorov, who surpassed Alexander Mogil-ny’s 473 goals in 2008.6. The 2008 matchup was the fi rst time it happened.7. Asmussen won 623 races.

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Remove the entire sprayer head and hose assembly. You may be able to get a small open-end wrench up to the sprayer hose nipple, but space is very tight. If there isn’t enough room to turn the wrench, you’ll have to purchase a basin wrench ($15 to $25 at home centers and hardware stores). If your sprayer hose is in good condition, simply unscrew the

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Elegant Home in Wagon TrailsN/E This 3BR, 2.5BA, 3CAR home includes stuc-co exterior, central air, master suite and more. Access to community pool and tennis! MLS #527855 $264,900

Constitution HillsClean and well maintained 2,562 sf home. 3 bed-rooms on the main level including master bedroom w/ private bath. Great open living & dining areas w/ vaulted ceiling and gas fp. Fantastic tiered and landscaped back yard w/ patios. Finished base-ment w/ large rec rm. and additional bedroom & full bath for guests. Great location close to all! MLS #470296 $207,000

Fantastic Find in Palmer Lake!4 bedroom / 2 bathroom / 1,505 sq ft Great rancher situated on a nice level lot with mountain views. Bright and open with vaulted ceilings, vinyl windows and a deck off the master bedroom. Fully fenced back yard and a covered front porch make this home one worth seeing MLS #423842 $199,900 (Rent for $1,000/mo.)

Lots of Custom Tile Work5BR, 3BA home in Village Seven area features a kitchen with granite tile counters, travertine back-splash, hickory cabinetry, wood fl ooring and more. Lots of custom tile work throughout. The yard is a gardeners delight with covered deck covered, grape vines and shed. Great location walking dist to trails, parks and community pool! MLS #504552 $229,000

Large Lot With Lots of PossibilitiesCharming 4BR, 2BA Bi-level home with a large fenced-in yard. Home includes renovated bath-room with marble-like tub suround, new sink and faucets. large family room. Kitchen walks out to wood deck. All appliances stay including washer, dryer and stainless refrigerator. MLS #467930 $189,500

Black ForestCustom built quality 2X6 construction. Lots of natural light in this home! Located in quiet treed neighborhood within cul de sac. Area features rid-ing trails & ponds. and 2.5 acres of serenity in the trees ready for your horses! MLS #570532 $370,000

Great Turn of the Century HomeWith tons of ambiance. Desirable downtown area walking distance to trails & park. Completely ren-ovated kitchen w/ all new stainless appliances. Hardwood fl oors on main fl oor and upper level. MLS #507572 $179,000

5 Acres Homesite in Hawk RidgeWith unobstructed Pikes Peak and front range VIEWS! Perfect lot for walk out lower level. Soil and Perc tests available. MLS #435721 $199,000

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SHORT SALE!!! INCREDIBLE!3B, 3B, 2C South Co. Springs$168,000 www.3582Venice.info

RobynGrahamCDPE, ABR, GRI, QSC, CLHMS

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Condo in Southeast - Great Rental !2 Bed, 2 Bath, 2 Pk Spc Co. Spr.

$77,000 www.2322Lexington.com

‘98 Parade of Homes Winner !5B, 5B, 3C, 3 Acres N. Blk Forest

$829,900 www.20175Wissler.com

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514 So. Weber St. (at Cimmaron)Zoned C6, Duplex, 4 Bdrm, 2 Bath

Needs Cosmetic Work $247,000

522 So. Weber St. (at Cimmaron)Lot Zoned C6 (current lease) $237,120

518 So. Weber St. (at Cimmaron)Zoned C6, Possible Retail orOffices w/ 3 Bdrm Upstairs

Needs Rehab Work $256,880

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Springs Ranch 2-Story $225,000Immaculate 4/3/2, 2,483 sq ft, New paint,

fl ooring, basement fi nish

Rockrimmon 2-Story $217,900

3/3/2, 2,104 sq ft, Finished LL Rec Room, nice yard

Briargate 2-Story $306,000 5/4/2, 3,072 sq ft,

Great fl oorplan, location!

Palmer Lake Townhome $157,5003/3/1, 1,683 sq ft, Nice Paint, Views!!

Woodmoor Bi-Level Gem$357,900

4/3/2 , 3,124 sq. ft.,Redone & Immaculate

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