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Pirates!by Rick Dandes

They ruled the seven seas back in the 1600s and 1700s and even today are plundering sea vessels in international waters. They are pirates. From movies and books to real life, pirates fascinate people endlessly and probably always will. Tidbits walks the plank this week, in honor of National Talk Like a Pirate Day observed on September 19.

•Although Hollywood pirates, such as JackSparrow’s friends, like to grumble “arrr” or “arrrrgh” frequently, real pirates were not known to do so. Hollywood actor Robert Newton,whoplayedLongJohnSilverinthe1950s,hada regional accent from the Cotswolds district of England where they like to roll the “r” a bit. However,youraveragerealpiratedidnot.

•Piratesmayhavethrownmenoverboard,butnoone was ever known to have “walked the plank.” Again,thisoneisaHollywoodmyth.

•LadyChingShihofChinabecameoneof themost powerful pirates to have ever sailed the ocean blue. She commanded one of the most formidablepiratefleetsinallofAsiaduringtheearly 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.

•Piratespiercedtheirears,nottolooksuave,butbecause it was believed that piercing the ears with such precious metals as silver and gold improved one’s eyesight. Even relatively respectable seafaring men indulged in the practice.

• “DavyJones’Locker”isarealnauticaltermthatdates back to the 1700s and refers to the bottom of the ocean and a graveyard for drowned sailors.

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The Smithsonian Exhibit is coming to Waynesville. You should, too.

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If you love history, visit “Journey Stories” from Oct. 2- Nov. 13. The Old Stagecoach Stop will be hosting the Smithsonian Exhibit that chronicles our nation’s eastern expansion through first-person accounts from Native Americans, foreign settlers and African slaves. Local companion exhibits will also be on display. Special events planned for each Saturday with a Family Film Series each Monday night.

ALL EVENTS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC• Exhibition located at the Roubidoux Early Childhood Learning Center,

formerly Waynesville Middle School, 399 School Street • Film Series located Parker Fine Arts Bldg. 1001 Historic Rt. 66

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describing a person who brings bad luck to a shipasa“Jonah.”IfamanwasmarkedasaJonah,hewasdoomedtobethrownoverboard.If the trouble persisted, the pirates might suspect they’d thrown the wrong man overboard and would sometimes toss the original accuser into the sea to appease the ghost of the innocent man.

•Every pirate ship had its Code of Conductspecifiedbythepiratecaptain.Whilestealingwas the pirate’s job, stealing amongst shipmates was severely punished. Some boats had a “zero tolerance” policy for internal theft that left you dead or marooned if caught.

•Noonehasactuallyeverfoundarealpirate’sburied treasure map. Never too far from death, most pirates tried to enjoy their money quickly. Atanyrate,therearen’tanymapsaroundtoday,unless some are still cleverly hidden.

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ARIES(March21toApril19)Personalmattersclaim a good deal of the Lamb’s time in the early part of the week. But by midweek, pragmatic considerations(work,school,job-seeking,etc.)begin to take priority.TAURUS(April20toMay20)Theseasonalshift ignites the Bovine’s creative aspects. You could do well if you try to combine your pen-chant for innovation with the more pragmatic demands of the week.GEMINI(May21toJune20)Ideascomeeas-ilytoyouthisweek.Andnevermindthatsomemight suggest they’re unworkable and/or imprac-tical.It’syourvisionthatcounts.Workthemoutand see what turns up.CANCER(June21toJuly22)Personalmatterscontinue to dominate the early part of the week. By midweek, more workaday issues once again begin to emerge. Balance your time to give both the attention they need.LEO(July23toAugust22)Anewcontactcouldprovide an expanded opportunity. But be sure you get all the facts before you consider signing on.Askquestions,andbewaryifyoudon’tgetthe right answers.VIRGO(August23toSeptember22)Anunex-pected development could cause some suppos-edly resolved disagreements to reignite. Deal with the situation before it leads to some really serious problems.LIBRA(September23toOctober22)Aclashofwork-linkedviewpointsneedstobediscussedopenly, honestly and calmly by all concerned before it can impede progress on an ongoing project.SCORPIO(October23toNovember21)TheScorpion’s pragmatic side helps you accept the possibility that a change of plans might be the wise thing to do. Be sure to weigh all your con-siderations carefully.SAGITTARIUS(November22toDecember21)Some people might not take no for an answer. Never mind. Keep your resolve if you’re sure you don’t want to be involved in a potentially sticky situation.CAPRICORN(December22toJanuary19)Allotherfactsandfiguresaside,it’swhatyoulearnabout potential colleagues that can be most help-ful in assessing any decisions you’re likely to make regarding a new project.AQUARIUS(January20toFebruary18)Youmight want to reconsider some of your outside commitments if they continue to demand more time than you can spare. Be honest with yourself when making a decision.PISCES(February19toMarch20)Payattentionto that inner voice of Piscean wisdom counsel-ingyoutoremovethoserose-coloredglassesandtake an honest look at any decisions you might face this week.BORNTHISWEEK:Youhaveapenchantforpersuasionthatwouldmakeyouafinecandidatefor a political career.

PIRATES! (continued):•Throughouthistorysomewomenhavepreferred

knives to knitting needles. Two of history’s most famousfemalepiratesareAnneBonny,borninIreland,andMaryRead,borninEngland.Notwanting to live the subservient life expected of women during her day, Bonny won over the respect of her pirate crewmembers with her murderous and capable ways. She eventually became best friends with her fellow fierce,femalepirate,Read.

•As members of Captain “Calico” JackRackham’s crew, Bonny and Read disguisedthemselves as men and earned reputations as tough, fearless fighters.When Rackham andhis crew were captured and sentenced to hang, Bonny, the captain’s girlfriend, reportedly told him:“Hadyoufoughtlikeaman,youneednothave been hanged like a dog.”

•TheexactoriginofJollyRoger,thegenerictermforapirateflag,isunknown.Itmaycomefrom“OldRoger,”anEnglishtermforthedevil,orfromacorruptedversionof theFrench“JolieRouge,” meaning “pretty red.” Pirate ships

Name two of the four players who recorded fewer at-bats than the Nationals’ Adam Dunn (4,145) in reaching 300 career home runs. When was the last time before 2007-09 that the Chicago Cubs had a .500 or better record for at least three consecutive seasons?

True or false: Dan Fouts holds the San Diego Chargers record for most TD passes in a season. How many consecutive regular-season Big 12 titles has Kansas won in men’s basketball? In 2010, the Boston Bruins became the third NHL team to lose a seven-game playoff series after being up 3-0. Name either of the other two teams. Who was the first driver in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series to win three consecutive races at the same track where he also started from the pole. Name the first Italian female tennis player to win a Grand Slam title.

1. Is the Book of Mark in the Old or New Testament or neither?2. From Genesis 32, who was “greatly afraid and distressed” about a reunion with a brother he had wronged? Joseph, Jacob, Cain, Peter3. What city was beat down and sowed with salt? Shechem, Cae-sarea, Gaza, Berea4. From Numbers 20, who died on a mountaintop after being gar-ment stripped? Moses, Abraham, Noah, Aaron

5. Who lost all his horse-drawn chariots in a sea? Ornan, Balaam, Pharaoh, Benaiah6. Where did Abraham meet angels? River, Tent door, Juniper tree, Prison

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didn’tflyJollyRogersatalltimes;instead,they’doftenflyfakeflagsuntiltheirvictimsorenemiescame into view.

•Pirate ships flew Jolly Roger flags featuringmotifs intended to intimidate, including skulls, crossbones, swords, skeletons, bleeding hearts and hourglasses, meant to symbolize that time was running out.

•Port Royal, Jamaica, once known as the“wickedest city on earth” and as a wealthy haven for pirates, was devastated by an earthquake on June 7, 1692. Much of the thriving, denselypopulatedcommunitywasdestroyed.PortRoyalwas rebuilt and served as a British naval station in the 18th and 19th centuries. Today, it is a small fishingtownandtouristdestination.

• “Treasure Island” by Scottish author RobertLouisStevensonwasfirst published serially ina children’s magazine between 1881 and 1882, underthetitle“TheSea-Cook.”Itwaspublishedasabookin1883.Oneofthemaincharacters,the pirate Long John Silver, is nicknamed theSea Cook. Silver, who is missing one leg, was reportedly inspired by a writer-editor friend ofStevenson’s who had lost a leg to disease.

•The “Pirates of theCaribbean” ride opened atDisneyland inAnaheim,California, in 1967. ItwasreportedlythelastattractionthatWaltDisney(1901-1966) had a hand in planningbefore hedied.

•TheCaribbeanSeagetsitsnamefromtheCaribs,oneofthemainNativeAmericanIndiangroupsin the region when Spanish explorers arrived inthe15thcentury.TheCaribswereknownasfiercefighters and practitioners of cannibalism.Although largely eliminated by the Europeansin the 17th century, some Caribs survive today in Guatemala and Dominica.

•ThepirateBlackbeardcultivatedanintimidatingimage and put cannon fuses under his hat to scare people. Blackbeard died in a battle with British navy lieutenantRobertMaynard off theNorthCarolina coast in 1718.

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ANSWER: You’re in a boat with 5 million other Americans who have chronic heart failure. Heart failure means the heart doesn’t pump enough blood with each beat to supply the body with oxygen. Shortness of breath on slight exertion is a principal sign.Rest used to be the rule for heart-failure patients. Too much rest, however, deconditions the body and makes it even more difficult for a heart-failure patient to do things that are part of everyday life, like walking and a few household chores.You have to ask your doctor what limits you should be bound by. If there’s a supervised exercise program for heart-failure patients in your area, join it. Many hospitals sponsor such programs. I encourage you to become active. You’ll find that regular exercise permits you to do more than you believed you could do. Congestive heart failure -- a common consequence of heart disease -- is discussed at length in the pamphlet

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ANSWER: Your concern is justified. Between 1995 and 2007, 25 high-school students and five college students died from heatstroke while practicing football. These fatalities occurred in the first week of practice. It takes a good two weeks for people to acclimatize to heat. My best advice is to consult these Web sites for definitive tips: www.nata.org (NATA is the National Athletic Trainers Association) and www.acsm.org (the American College of Sports Medicine). I’m positive your school has a computer. ***DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My son is married to a woman who has thyroid problems for which she takes medication. I think it is the type where not enough thyroid hormone is produced. He is 32, and she is 34. They have been married for four years. They both want children. Is the thyroid problem preventing them from having children? -- J.J.ANSWER: It shouldn’t. If you are correct and your daughter-in-law takes thyroid hormone in pill form to correct the hormone deficit, then the problem -- hypothyroidism -- is taken care of. It shouldn’t affect her fertility.Many other thyroid problems exist, so I can’t say this with absolute assurance. It depends on her thyroid condition and what kind of medicine she’s taking.

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used to express strong feelings or surprise.•Thetermbuccaneerisderivedfrom“boucanier”

and “boucan,” a French term for the smoking process used by hunters on the island of Hispaniolatopreparemeat.DrivenoutbytheSpanish, these buccaneers joined others who had an axe to grind with the Spaniards and attacked their ships. By the 17th century, the term was used generically to refer to pirates and privateersthroughouttheWestIndies.

•WelshbuccaneerSirHenryMorganservedastheinspirationfornovelistJohnSteinbeck’sfirstnovel,“CupofGold.”Whenitwasoriginallypublished in 1929, the book attracted little attention. Ten years later, Steinbeck published “TheGrapesofWrath,”whichwonthePulitzerPrize.

Music Legends: Johnny Cash

AmericansingerandsongwriterJohnnyCashwas born in rural, south-centralArkansas onFebruary26,1932.Thankstohissignaturedeepbass voice and his songs full of dark themes, Cashisoftencalledoneofthemostinfluentialmusicians of the 20th century.

•ThefamilymovedtoDyess,Arkansas,whenhewasthree.HisfatherRayCash,wasafarmer,hobo and odd job laborer.

• JohnnyCash’srealnamewasJohnR.CashbuttheycalledhimJ.R.whilehewasgrowingup.Tommywashisyoungerbrother.Roywashisolder brother’s name.

•Cash’sbirthplaceisalmostdirectlyacross theMississippi River from Lake County whereCarl Perkins was born six weeks later.

•Cash’sfatherRaywastheleadforthecountrybandDixieRhythmRamblers.

It was existential psychologist Rollo May who made the following sage observation: “It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.” Two countries are tied for the nation encompassing the most time zones. It’s no surprise that Russia is one of them, but it seems odd that the other would be France. It’s true, though; once you take a look at a map of French territories around the world, you’ll see. There are French Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean, the island of Reunion off the east coast of Africa, various holdings in the Caribbean, and New Caledonia off the east coast of Australia, among others. If you had to choose, would you rather be

bitten by a skunk or sprayed by one? The creatures can’t do both things at once. Yes, there’s a word for it: The plastic tips you find on shoelaces are known as aglets. If you’re a professional flute player, it’s likely that your instrument is made from sterling silver, 14-carat gold or platinum. A snail’s teeth are located in rows along its tongue. It’s a commonly held belief that the Coriolis effect causes water to drain out of sinks and toilets in one direction in the Northern Hemisphere, while it drains in the opposite direction in the Southern Hemisphere. As it turns out, this isn’t true. Drains are so small that the Coriolis effect has no measurable influence at all. It’s the shape of the sink and whether or not it’s level that determines the direction of the drainage.Thought for the Day: “Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons, that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been drinking.” -- Dave Barry

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JOHNNY CASH (continued):•Cash’smotherhadhimtakevocallessonsattheageof13.Butafteronlythreelessons,theteacher told him to never take another lesson and never change his natural singing voice. Whatawiseteacher!

•Beforeturningtomusicasafull-timeprofession,Cash sold home appliances door to door.

•Whenhewas older,Cash left home toworkinPontiac,Michigan.ThejoblastedonlytwoweeksbeforehereturnedhometoArkansas.OnJuly7,1950,heenlistedintheAirForce.Whilehe was stationed in Germany, Cash bought his firstguitar.

•The scaron the right sideofCash’s jawwasthe result of a botched attempt to remove a cyst whilehewasinGermany,notfromafight.

•Tryingtobreakintothemusicbusiness,Cashauditioned for a job as a radio announcer at a stationinCorinth,Mississippi,butwasturneddown because lack of experience. Using hisG.I.benefits,CashthenenrolledattheKeeganSchoolofBroadcastinginMemphis.

•During his early shows with his band TheTennessee Two, Cash would frequently make jokes when introducing his band mates. Hewould introduce guitarist Luther Perkins, who was secretly terrifiedofperforming inpublic,and add either that he was in “rigor mortis” or that his pulse had been checked beforehand to make sure he was still alive. Then he would introduce bassistMarshall Grant, whowouldusually hop around and dance with great energy as he chewed gum, as “playing the chewing gum.”

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• “Use a lightly dampened washcloth to remove pet hair from upholstery. You can even spritz it using a spray bottle of water to which you’ve added a couple of drops of essential oil -- then it will remove the pet hair and make it smell good, too. Be sure you check to see if the fabric allows contact with water.” -- G.S. in Wisconsin

• Use pretty photo albums for holding recipes. The reci-pes will be protected in the kitchen, and these books prop open for viewing better than most books do.

• “I store my sleeping bags in the garage with my tent. The tent is in a bag to keep all the pieces together, but the sleeping bags are just rolled up and secured. To keep them dust-free, I store them in pillowcases, which allow the material to breathe so it won’t get musty, but it keeps them clean and ready to use.” -- C.A. in Florida

• Use the plastic lids from large coffee cans under-neath bottles of cooking oil or syrup in kitchen cabinets. This way, anything that drips down the side goes on the lid, not on the cabinet.

• Too much soap in the washer? Sprinkle suds with salt to disperse, and then rewash.

• If you live in an area where it is humid and your out-door light bulbs are susceptible to rusting, give the bulb threads a light coat of petroleum jelly before screw-ing the bulb in. It will keep the metal from rusting and will make it easier to remove the bulb when the time comes to change it.

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for FREE in Tidbits please email: [email protected] 1, 12:30 - 2pmTown hall meeting to address healthcare access for people with disabilities at the Phelps County Courthouse. Please RSVP to Lisa Garrett at (314) 497-4562.October 2, 12 - 4pmOld Stagecoach Stop annual appreciation dayOctober 2 - Nov. 13Smithsonian traveling exhibit - Journey storiesOctober 7, 12pmPulaski County Historical Society Meeting, 415 Hist. Rt. 66October 9, 1pmFrog Fest - Waynesville City ParkOctober 21, 5 - 9pm3rd Thursday - Downtown WaynesvilleCome out to enjoy food, fun, shopping, music, children’s activities and much much more! November 5, 5 - 9pm“It’s All Here!” Shop local event

September 22, 12:30 - 1:30pmPreschool Story Time at the Bruce C. Clarke Library, Ft. Leonard Wood for children ages 2 - 6 yearsSeptember 25, 8am - 12pmPulaski County Farmers MarketSeptember 24, 7 - 10pmChamber of commerce trivia nightSeptember 24, 7:30pm & September 26, 2:30pmPFAA Fall Production: “LITTLE WOMEN”September 25, 8 - 10amFree community breakfast at the Waynesville United Meth-odist Church, located at 301 Highway T, in WaynesvilleSeptember 25, 10am - 6pm4th Annual Cruising for Christ Motorcycle Run & Car Show September 25, 12 - 8pmATV Rodeo at Shady Dell ParkSeptember 29, 12 - 6pmCharity Golf Tournament at Piney Valley Golf Course Fort Leonard Wood

• On Sept. 25, 1789, the first Congress of theUnited States approves 12 amendments to theU.S.Constitution,andsends themto thestatesforratification.Theamendments,knownastheBill ofRights,were influenced by theEnglishBillofRightsof1689.

•OnSept.23,1846,attheBerlinObservatory,GermanastronomerJohannGottfriedGalledis-covers the planet Neptune. The blue gas giant, which has a diameter four times that of Earth, wasnamedfortheRomangodofthesea.Itcom-pletesanorbitoftheSunonceevery165years.

•OnSept.21,1938,withoutwarning,apower-fulCategory3hurricaneslamsintoLongIslandandsouthernNewEngland.Alltold,700peoplewere killed by the hurricane, nearly 9,000 homes andbuildingsweredestroyedandnearly3,000ships were sunk or wrecked.

•OnSept.26,1945,Lt.Col.PeterDewey,aU.S.ArmyofficerwiththeOfficeofStrategicServic-es (OSS) inVietnam, isshotandkilled inSai-gon.Deweywastheheadofaseven-manteamsenttoVietnamtosearchformissingAmericanpilots.Hewasthefirstofnearly59,000Ameri-cans killed in Vietnam.

• On Sept. 22, 1953, the first four-level (or“stack”) interchange in theworldopens inLosAngeles,attheintersectionoftheHarbor,Hol-lywood, Pasadena and SantaAna freeways. Itconsistedof32lanesoftrafficweavingineightdirections at once. Today, the interchange’s cost of $5.5millionwould pay for just 250 feet ofurban freeway.

•On Sept. 24, 1969, the trial of the “ChicagoSeven”begins.Attheheightoftheantiwarandcivil-rightsmovements,youngleftistshadorga-nized protest marches at the 1968 Democratic National Convention and were thus accused of conspiring to incite a riot. In 1970, the convic-tions and contempt charges were overturned on appeal.

• On Sept. 20, 1973, Billie Jean King defeatsBobbyRiggs, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, in awidelypubli-cized exhibition tennis match dubbed the “Battle of the Sexes.” The match was set up after the 55-year-oldRiggsroutedAustralianstarMarga-retCourtfourmonths’earlieronMother’sDay.

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Q: Do you have any suggestions for faster, easier cleaning of brushes and tools after painting? -- Tim H., Austin, Texas

A:Therearequiteafewwaystocleanpaintingtoolsmore efficiently and well enough to keep them inshape between paint jobs. It will always be somewhat of a chore, though.

Whenyou’rejuststoppingforafewhoursorover-night on a paint job, some maintenance of the tools is necessary, although a complete cleanup isn’t. If you’re going out to lunch, for example, just immerse the tips of the paintbrush bristles in cleaning solution (plainwaterwhenusing latex paints; solventwhenusingoil-basedpaints).Andifyou’rebreakingover-night, wrap paint rollers in something that will keep themfromdryingout -- likeplasticwraporalumi-numfoil--andstoreintherefrigerator(awayfromfooditemsoroutofchildren’sreach,please).

To fully clean brushes after a job, squeeze as much paint as you can out of the bristles (wear a plasticgloveoruseasheetofpaperasabarrier).Thenstrokethe brush back and forth across spare newspaper sheets until no more paint transfers onto the surface.Next, start deeper cleaning. If the paints used were latex, wash the brush in warm, soapy water and rinse withclearwateruntil thewaterstaysclear.Foroil-based paints, pour solvent into a paint tray and stroke the brush through the solvent until the solvent drip-ping off of the bristles remains clear. Shake the brush-es well to clear them. You also can try using some-thing called a “spinner tool,” which centrifuges liquid off of brushes and rollers, available at paint stores. Finally, comb through the clean bristles with your fingersorwiththespikysideofacleanertool(alsoavailableatpaintstores)tostraightenthem.

Store your paintbrushes by wrapping brown paper around the bristles and holding in place with a rubber bandsecuredaroundthemetalferrule.Hangthemupso thebristles facedownward; thisway they’ll dryproperly and won’t bend.

Paintrollersshouldbecleanedbyfirstrollingthemacross spare newspaper sheets until the excess paint no longer transfers to the paper. Next, use the curved side of a cleaner tool to squeegee remaining paint out oftheroller.Washinsoapywater(orinsolventifyouusedoil-basedpaint) and rinseuntil thewater runsclear. Shake or spin to remove excess water and open up the roller bristles. Store standing upright so the roller keeps its shape.

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JOHNNY CASH (continued):•SignedtoSunRecordsasJohnnyCashandtheTennesseeTwo,thegroup’sfirstreleasedsingle,“Cry, Cry, Cry,” became a moderate country hit. After the two-sided smash “So DoggoneLonesome” backed with “Folsom Prison Blues,” thegrouphad theirfirstmajorpop/countryhitwithCash’sown“IWalktheLine”in1956.

• IfyousawthemoviebasedonCash’slife,youknowit’strue:CashproposedtohiswifeJuneCarterover30timesbeforesheaccepted.

•Cash recorded entire “live” albums at bothFolsomandSanQuentinPrisons in frontof areceptive audience full of very rowdy and loud inmates.

•CashwastheyoungestpersoneverchosenfortheCountryMusicHallofFameandthefirstpersonever selected for both the Country and RockMusicHallofFame.TheGreatHankWilliamsshares this unique honor, as does Elvis Presley. In 1998, Presleywas finally inducted into theCountryMusicHallofFame.HewasalreadyintheRockMusicHallofFame.

1. Babe Ruth (3,830 at-bats), Mark McGwire (3,837), Ralph Kiner (3,883) and Harmon Killebrew (3,928).2. It was 1967-72.3. False. Philip Rivers tossed 34 TD passes in 2008. Fouts’ high was 33 in 1981.4. Six consecutive titles either won or shared (2005-10).5. The 1942 Detroit Red Wings and the 1975 Pittsburgh Penguins.6. Joey Logano completed the feat in 2008-10 at Kentucky Speedway.7. Francesca Schiavone won the 2010 French Open.

ANSWERS: 1) New; 2) Jacob; 3) Shechem; 4) Aaron; 5) Pharaoh;

6) Tent door

1. Winston Churchill2. Freestyle swimming, cross-country running, show jumping on horseback, pistol shooting and épée fencing3. City of London4. Eight5. Five -- two compound eyes and three simple eyes6. “Midnight Cowboy”7. Cousin Bessie8. Susan B. Anthony9. 1110. Seven

A common drug for high blood pressurecan help build muscles in seniors, according to researchersattheUniversityofTexasMedicalBranch at Galveston. I saw one quote from a researcher that indicated a 70-year-old couldend up with the muscle building power of a 30-year-old.

Here’showitworks:Inthosewhoareyoung,eating a meal releases insulin, which then opens blood vessels, which then make amino acids available for muscle building. In seniors, that dilation doesn’t happen -- and often there ismuscle loss because the right nutrients aren’t getting to the muscles. Muscle loss equalsweakness,andweknowwhatthatmeans:lossof mobility, loss of balance and the resulting falls that can lead to broken limbs.

While Iwouldn’twant to have been a testsubject in this particular bit of research, I do like the conclusions they’ve come to.

Dilation of the blood vessels, along with the potential for increased muscle building, occurred in the study because of the high blood pressuredrugthatwasgiven.Thedrug--sodiumnitroprusside -- causes dilation of the bloodvessels, which sends nutrients to the muscles.

Participants in the study had to be dedicated to get through the research. They had to endure catheters being inserted into leg muscles so that insulin could be dripped in, mimicking the insulin increase that would normally take place after eating. The test subjects who were also given the blood pressure medicine along with the insulin ended up with increased muscle-building protein.

Additional studies are needed, of course,to check their results. I hope they hurry up. Imaginehowbeneficialthiswouldbe.Nomorestruggling to climb stairs, no more balance difficulties.

Blood Pressure Drug Helps Build Muscles

Back in 2008, someone high up the chain of command in theVeteransofForeignWarswasquotedassayingtheclaims-shreddingdebacleattheDepartmentofVeteransAffairswas“adis-graceful management failure.”

Well,nowtheVFWhasitsownshreddingissues.The VFW has long been authorized to handlesubmissionofveterans’claims.Amongitsmanyservices, the VFW helps with original claims,reopened claims, follow ups, claim denials, for-wardingdocumentstotheVAandmore.Inotherwords, it’s trusted with a lot of paperwork.

Now it seems thatoneVFWemployeedoesn’tunderstand the phrase “going paperless” ... and thought it meant he should shred all the docu-mentsinhiscustody.Whichhedid.

How many thousands of documents are goneis impossible to tell. One veteran with serious medicalissuesfirstlearnedoftheproblemwhenhewenttotheVAandlookedathisownfile.Atleastahundreddifferentdocuments--sentbytheVFW--weremissing.

TheVFWclaimstheVAmusthavelostthem.WhetheryouuseaVeteransServiceOfficer,theVFWoranyotherpersontohelpfileyourclaims,take responsibility. Keep a copy of each piece of paper for yourself. If your home situation isn’t necessarilythebest,rentabankbox.Youcanfita couple hundred documents or more into even the smallest box available. That’s where the orig-inalsofyourDD-214andbirthcertificateshouldlive anyway, as well as any marriage and divorce documents, birth records of any children, and any other original piece of paper that’s important in your life -- including copies of your claimsforms.

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The earliest residents of Pulaski CountywereprobablynativeAmeri-cans of the Osage, Kickapoo, and Delaware tribes who were populat-ed throughout the Ozarks. The ear-liest Europeans were probably 18th century French traders and trappers. Oneofthem,JosephRoubidoux,lefthis name with the smallest of the three streams dissecting the county. Little else is known of the man. Set-tlement of the land was slow. One story is that the first homestead-ers were the Josiah Turpin familyin 1815 or 1816. They settled atthemouthof theRoubidouxon theGasconade. Because of the rather poor soil, Pulaski County’s popula-tion density was only about seven people per square mile 45 yearslater. Those who did arrive to make it their home were most often from Virginia, North and South Carolina, Kentucky,andTennessee.Manyofthe early settlers were lumbermen.

Pulaski County History NotesBy Nelson Morgan AsMissourigrew,countiesbecame

organized and Pulaski County was set upinJanuary1833.ItwasnamedforPolish Count Casimir Pulaski, who had served with the Americans intheRevolutionaryWar.WaynesvillewasnamedforalikeRevolutionaryWar hero, General “Mad”AnthonyWayne.Thefirstpostofficewassetup inWaynesville in 1826, and in1843landwasdonatedinthattownfor a courthouse. It was the only sizeable community in the county.

Because so many Pulaski County residents had arrived from other Southern states, they brought with themSouthernstandards.Attheout-breakoftheCivilWar,onlyabout20familiesownedatotalof56slaves,but many more believed in the right todoso.AbrahamLincolnreceivedonly sevenof457votes cast in the1860 presidential election. Pulaski Countywasdefinitelyhost tomanyrebel sympathizers. The Confederate

StarsandBarsflewfromthecourt-house flagpole until Union troopstookitdown.WhentheWarbrokeout, many Pulaski Countians headed to Illinois, regardless of their poli-ticstoavoidthefighting.About250county men would ultimately fightfor the Union and another 150 forthe Confederacy. Many others fa-vored the Confederacy and became Bushwackers and guerrillas. It was their reign of terror that threatened Union control of the road betweenSt. Louis and Springfield, knownas theOldWireRoad, for the tele-graph that followed it. On June 7,1862,Unionforcesofthe13thMis-souri StateMilitia under commandofColonelAlbertSigelmarchedintoWaynesvilletosecurethetown,thecounty, the neighboring counties, andtheroad.Astockadefort,knownasPostWaynesville,wasestablishedon the hill overlooking the town and itsfreshwaterspring.PostWaynes-ville was apparently not considered to be good duty. One Illinois soldier wrote home that Waynesville wasa “miserable apology for a village” anda“sorrylookingplace.”Howev-er;shortlybeforethewar,Mr.W.W.McDonaldhadbuiltadoublepenlogcabin on the east side of the square. It was soon enclosed and expanded, becoming a stagecoach stop, an inn, and a tavern. During the war, Colo-nel Sigel took control of it for a hos-pital for his men. Today it still stands as the county’s oldest remaining building...the Old Stagecoach Stop.

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