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•PrinceHarry,theyoungersonofCharlesandDiana born in September 1984, isn’t reallyHarry at all, but ratherHenryCharlesAlbertDavid.The27-year-oldpilotintrainingisthirdinlinetotheBritishthrone.

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SEPTEMBER BABIES (continued):• Two great football coaches shared the same birthday, Septem-ber 11, although 11 years apart. Paul “Bear” Bryant, longtime coach of the University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide, led his charges to six national champi-onships during his 25 years at the post. Tom Landry guided his Dallas Cow-boys to two Super Bowl victories and fi ve NFC titles during his 29 seasons with the team. He holds the NFL re-cord for the most consecutive winning seasons with 20, from 1966 to 1985. • Tommy Lee Jones, of “The Fugitive” and “Men in Black” fame, is an hon-

ors graduate of Harvard with a degree in English. While at Harvard, he was the football team’s offensive tackle during their undefeated 1968 season and was named to the fi rst-team All-Ivy League roster. His college room-mate also went on to great things. That person was Al Gore, later to be-come vice president under President Bill Clinton. In his free time, Jones is a San Antonio Spurs fan. Of Cherokee ancestry, he also is fl uent in Spanish. • Country singer Patsy Cline ac-complished much in her short fi ve-and-a-half year career. Born Virginia Patterson Hensley, she was a Grand

Ole Opry star at age 26 and the No. 1 female artist at 29. Her recording of “I Fall to Pieces” was Song of the Year for 1962. She initially disliked what has become her signature song, “Crazy,” written by fellow country artist Wil-lie Nelson. Cline was nearly killed in a head-on collision in 1961 and cheated death for just one more year. At age 30, she was killed in a plane crash in a Tennessee forest. “Patsy Cline’s Greatest Hits” was released four years after her death and has sold 10 mil-lion copies worldwide. She’s number 46 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of “100 Greatest Singers of All Time.”

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The non-sibling with whom you share a grandparent is your first cousin, If you share a great-grandparent, but not a grandparent or parent, it’s your second cousin. The child of your first cousin is your first cousin “once removed,” indicating the number of generations separating you from each other. “First cousin once removed” and “second cousin” are not the same thing!

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¥ On Sept. 7, 1813, the United States gets its nickname when a New York newspaper refers to “Uncle Sam.” The name is linked to meat packer Samuel Wilson, who supplied barrels of beef to the United States Army during the War of 1812. Wilson stamped the barrels with “U.S.” for United States, but soldiers began refer-ring to the grub as “Uncle Sam’s.”

¥ On Sept. 6, 1847, writer Henry David Thoreau moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson in Concord, Mass., af-ter living for two years in a shack he built himself on Walden Pond. In 1854, his collecti on of essays, “Walden, or Life in the Woods,” is published.

¥ On Sept. 10, 1919, almost a year aft er the end of the First World War, New York City holds a parade to welcome home Gen. John J. Pershing, commander in chief of the American Expediti onary Force, and some 25,000 soldiers who had served on the Western Front.

¥ On Sept. 11, 1930, Katherine Anne Porter’s fi rst collecti on of short stories, “Flowering Judas,” is pub-lished. During her lifeti me, she published 25 stories and one novel, “Ship of Fools,” which took her more than two decades to complete.

¥ On Sept. 5, 1958, Boris Pasternak’s romanti c novel “Dr. Zhivago” is published in the United States. The book infuriated Soviet offi cials, but admirers of Pas-ternak’s work began to smuggle the manuscript out of Russia piece by piece. The book won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958.

¥ On Sept. 9, 1965, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax hurls the eighth perfect game in major-league history, leading the Dodgers to a 1-0 win over the Chi-cago Cubs at Dodger Stadium. Koufax reti red aft er the 1966 season at just 30 years old because of arthriti s in his elbow.

¥ On Sept. 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford pardons his disgraced predecessor Richard Nixon for any crimes he may have committ ed or parti cipated in while in offi ce. The Watergate scandal erupted aft er it was revealed that Nixon and his aides had engaged in illegal acti vi-ti es. With impeachment proceedings under way, Nixon became the fi rst American president to resign.

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Memory Lane

Let’s take a walk down memory lane, shall we? We seniors have seen a lot of changes in the world since we were born.

In 1941, gas was 19 cents a gallon, which equates to $2.95 in today’s money. Bread was 8 cents ($1.24 today) and milk was 34 cents ($5.29 today). The very next year the producti on of autos was halted.

A car cost around $800 ($12,000 today) but aft er we were att acked at Pearl Harbor, rati oning went into eff ect and car owners were limited to fi ve ti res. Other things were quickly added to the rati oning list: bicycles, stoves, gas, coff ee, butt er and sugar. Most homes had “Victory” gardens in the yard.

In 1946, rati oning fi nally ended, and the use of the car increased. The fi rst drive-in bank teller opened. We had punchboards instead of lott ery ti ckets, and Slinkys and Tinkertoys, as well as Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls. If we had a phone, it was probably on a party line, and we had a number like SYcamore 4-0160 or 0551-J1.

The fi rst computer (ENIAC) was built. It weighed 30 tons and took up 1,800 square feet. The fi rst Roosevelt dime was issued (worth $1.20 today), and only 6,000 families owned television sets.

By 1952, nearly 17 million families owned televisions and we were introduced to TV dinners. We watched the debuts of “Dragnet” and “The Today Show,” and “The African Queen” and “It’s a Wonderful Life” at the movies. The Roosevelt dime’s buying power went down to 83 cents.

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Loud Snoring Can Signal Sleep ApneaDEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have sleep apnea. Before being treated by a sleep specialist, I was very sleepy during the day and had no energy. My specialist prescribed a mask that pumps air into my nose. It helps somewhat. Later a friend told me about Provigil. It makes me feel much better, but I am not 100 percent. What else could help me? -- J.K.

ANSWER: “Apnea” is Greek for “no breathing.” Sleep apnea is periods during sleep when a person stops breathing for 10 or more seconds. There can be fi ve to 30 or more such spells every hour. Quite often, an apneic period is preceded by snoring that gets progressively louder and louder. At the end of the no-breathing episode, the person grunts and half-wakens and then starts breathing again. This fragments sleep and leaves the person sleepy and without energy the next day.The problem lies in a narrowed passageway for air as it travels through the throat en route to the lungs. Redundant throat tissue blocks the natural airfl ow.Weight loss is one way to get rid of excess throat tissue, if one is overweight. Don’t drink

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SEPTEMBER BABIES (continued):faced by parents, including teaching children about strangers, tantrums in public places, visiting the dentist and homework hassles. Stan got his start drawing cartoons for magazines and progressed into children’s lit-erature after the birth of his son Leo. • We know Alison Sweeney as the lovely host of television’s “The Big-gest Loser,” a position she’s held since 2007. But her longest-running role is that of Samantha Brady on the day-time drama “Days of our Lives,” a role she has had since the age of 16, one that has earned her four Soap Opera Digest awards. Her fi rst gig was in a Kodak ad at the age of fi ve. She’s married to a California highway patrol offi cer who once had a guest spot on “Days.” • Mike Post has made his living composing music for several television programs. If you’ve ever watched “The Rockford Files,” “Hill Street Blues,” “L.A. Law,” “Law and Order,” “Mag-num P.I.” or “NYPD Blue,” you’ve heard this September baby’s work.

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¥ Its almost ti me for Scouts to start up again. I have been washing uniforms and sashes, and fi nd this trick to be helpful when it comes ti me to sti tch on badges. Put a bit of plain school glue on the back of your badge, place it where you want it on the sash, then let it dry. It will stay in place long enough to sti tch the edges.

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