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TIDBITS® SENDS BIRTHDAY WISHES TO
MAY BABIESby Kathy Wolfe
Tidbits is taking a look at some familiar folks born during the month of May. Follow along as we take a brief glimpse into their lives.
• Sally Ride, the first American woman to go up in space, saw an ad in the newspaper seeking applicants for the space program and along with 8,000 others, answered the inquiry. At age 28, this young woman with a Ph.D. in physics joined NASA. In 1983, her first memorable flight was taken aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. A second flight followed in 1984, and she was preparing for her third when the Challenger disaster occurred. She left NASA in 1987 and is currently on leave from her professorship of physics at the University of California and directorship of the California Space Institute.
• May baby Priscilla Beaulieu (born Priscilla Wagner) was just 14 years old in 1959 when she was introduced to Elvis Presley in Germany. Her stepfather, a U.S. Air Force officer, was stationed there, as was Presley, and a young Air Force recruit introduced the pair. Elvis returned to the states the following spring but stayed in contact with Priscilla via phone for the next two years. When she turned 21, he married her at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. Six and a half years later, they were divorced.
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MAY BABIES (continued):• You may remember South African runner Zola
Budd who, at age 17, broke the women’s 5000 meter world record. She was especially noted for the fact that she ran barefoot. While competing at the 1984 Olympics in the 3000-meter race, Budd had three collisions with U.S. runner Mary Decker, with Decker falling, injuring her hip and withdrawing from the race. An international athletic jury found Budd innocent of any wrongdoing in the incident.
• Not too many music fans are familiar with the name Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin, but millions have heard the music of Enya. Enya Brennan is an Anglicized approximation of how this Irish singer’s name is pronounced in her native Donegal dialect. As of 2009, her album sales stood at over 70 million. This multi-talented musician performs all the instruments and vocals in the majority of her songs and has sung in 10 different languages in her recordings. Her vocals are layered up to 80 times during recording to achieve her distinctive sound. If you’ve seen the movie “Fellowship of the Ring,” you’ve heard her composition “May It Be,” the film’s theme, a song for which she received an Oscar nomination. She is Ireland’s second-biggest musical artist.
• If Enya is No. 2 in Ireland, who’s number one? That honor belongs to another May baby, Paul David Hewson, better known as Bono. Rolling Stone has ranked him as the 32nd greatest singer of all time, and his band U2 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. Back in 1978, while still in high school, Hewson answered a note on the school bulletin board seeking musicians for a rock band that was written by drummer Larry Mullin, and U2 was born. As to why he is rarely seen without sunglasses, Bono states that his eyes are very sensitive to light and swell up and turn red. But that’s not the whole story. In his words: “It’s part vanity, it’s part privacy and part sensitivity.”
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Home con-ditions still demand attention. Also, keep an open mind about a sudden question of trust involving a close friend. All the facts are not yet in.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) With sum-mer just around the corner, travel begins to dominate your sign. Make plans care-fully to avoid potential problems in the first half of June.GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A romantic Libra sets a challenge that your “sensible” side might question, but your idealistic self finds the prospect too intriguing to resist. The choice is yours.CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Those tense times in your personal life are just about over. Concentrate on reaffirming relation-ships. Your love of travel opens a surpris-ing new opportunity. LEO (July 23 to August 22) The Big Cat usually loves to be in the center of things. But this week it might be wiser to watch and learn from the sidelines. A Pisces wants to make you purr. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) “New” is your watchword this week. Be open to new ideas, both on the job and in your personal life. A romantic Aries or Sagittarian beckons. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Some difficult family decisions have to be faced, but be sure to get more facts before you act. Be careful not to neglect your health during this trying time. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) You still need to support a loved one through a difficult time. Meanwhile, things continue to work out to your ben-efit in the workplace.SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to Decem-ber 21) Aspects continue to favor expand-ing social opportunities. A Gemini reach-es out to offer a chance for re-establishing a once-close relationship. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) There’s a potential for misunderstand-ing in both your job and your personal life. A full explanation of your intentions helps smooth things over. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) You might be feeling restless on the job, but delay making any major moves until all the facts are in. A Scorpio has a sur-prising revelation.PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Your business sense works to your advantage as you sort through the possibilities that are opening up. A Libra is Cupid’s best bet for your romantic prospects.BORN THIS WEEK: You have a gift for being open-minded about people. This helps you make friends easily. You do very well in public service.
1. GOVERNMENT: What do FICA taxes pay for?2. LANGUAGE: What is a wunderkind?3. HISTORY: To what royal house did England’s King Henry VIII belong?4. U.S. STATES: What is Hawaii’s state flower?5. ANATOMY: In what part of the body is the sternum located?6. MEASUREMENTS: On what type of scale are wind forces measured?7. ROYAL TITLES: How should one ad-dress a duke in greeting?8. GEOGRAPHY: What U.S. city is known as the “City of Brotherly Love”?9. LITERATURE: What is doggerel?10. MEDICINE: Who is credited with dis-covering the polio vaccine?
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Q: I have a pre-World War II Union stove that is in excellent shape. Unfortunately, I do not have room for it and would like to sell it. My stove is unique be-cause it is black, white and turquoise in color, which I think must have been a special order. Can you help me determine how much it is worth? -- Jan, Bosque Farms, N.M.A: The value of an antique stove is generally based on two criteria: condition and rarity. White stoves are not as desirable, for example, as ones that were manufactured in colors and with such features as water reservoirs, nickel-plated trim and embossed ornamentation. The utility and decorative merit of stoves also can determine whether one is ordinary or extremely collectible. Your stove might just be in the desirable category.Clifford Boram is extremely knowledgeable about vintage stoves and is the author of “How to Get Parts Cast for Your Antique Stove.” He offers a free
consultation by telephone, and this might be a good first step to take. His contact information is c/o The Antique Information Clearing House, 421 North Main St., Monticello, MN 47960; and 574-583-6465. Other helpful sources include Richard Richardson, Good Time Stove Company, P.O. Box 306, Goshen, MA 01032; and Erickson Antique Stoves, P.O. Box 2275, At the Depot, Littleton, MA 01460.When contacting a person or a business mentioned in this column, it is always a good idea to enclosed a SASE and be patient. Many of the recommended sources receive a great deal of mail and an answer often can take several months.***Q: I bought a picture at a garage sale by Joseph Wal-lace King and would like to know more about the artist. -- Carmela, Elburn, Ill.A: Joseph Wallace King was born in 1911, served in the North Carolina legislature and occasionally paint-ed portraits and pictures with a religious bent. He also was known as a prankster and eccentric. For example, he once hired a woman to ride a horse while wearing a flesh-colored body suit to re-create the famous ride of Lady Godiva, an event he staged to protest prop-erty taxes in Winston-Salem. His portraits included ones of Richard Nixon, Queen Elizabeth and mem-bers of the Royal Saudi family.
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MAY BABIES (continued): • Who hasn’t heard Bing Crosby croon
“White Christmas” in his distinctive bass-baritone voice? Born in May, 1903, Crosby was a descendant of Mayflower passenger and Pilgrim spiritual leader William Brewster. At age six, Harry Lillis Crosby became a fan of “The Bingville Bugle,” a column in the Sunday edition of Spokane, Washington’s Spokesman-Review. A 15-year-old neighbor and fellow fan began calling him Bing and the nickname stuck. Crosby had his first No. 1 hit at age 25. His success continued as 10 of 1931’s top 50 songs featured his voice, either solo or with others. He made 1,700 recordings, and 383 made the Top 30, and 41 were No. 1 on the charts. Known as an avid golfer, he was also part owner of baseball’s Pittsburgh Pirates.
• Little did Ken Jennings know when he stepped onto the set of the game show “Jeopardy!” on June 2, 2004, that he would be appearing in 75 episodes and set a record for the longest winning streak on the popular program. During his tenure as champion, the Utah software engineer earned $2,520,700, plus $2,000 for second place on the day of his defeat and another $500,000 prize during the program’s Ultimate Tournament of Champions. Barbara Walters featured Jennings on her 2004 ABC News Special “The Ten Most Fascinating People of 2004.” In addition, Jennings chronicled his success in a 2006 book “Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs.”
DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My 10-year-old son Randy really wants a dog as a pet. He’s been very responsible with smaller pets, caring for two goldfish and a small turtle. However, I suffer from asthma and have al-lergic symptoms around furry animals like dogs and cats. I don’t know that it’s possible to keep a dog. Do you have any advice? -- Dorothy K., via email
DEAR DOROTHY: Allergies to pet dander (the fine undercoat most dogs and cats have beneath their fur) can range from annoying to life-threatening, so you’re right to be con-cerned about owning a dog.If you’re interested in the possibility of be-ing able to keep a dog, study up on different breeds first. There are a few breeds of dog that have much less of an undercoat and generate less dander, including many types
of terriers and the Irish Water Spaniel.Next, find out if keeping a dog is possible by borrowing a friend’s dog for a few days -- whether keeping the dog at your house or having your friend bring the dog over for several “play dates” that last a few hours.If you decide that, yes, Randy can have a dog, make some changes around the house to reduce the amount of allergens (dander, dust, pollen, etc.) that collect. Having smooth wood or tile floors that can be quickly dust-mopped daily helps. Choosing leather or vinyl-upholstered furniture rather than cloth will deter al-lergens from collecting on them. Randy will need to brush his pet daily to further reduce dander, and he should do that outside.Should your pet trial not work out -- your allergies just become too severe in too short a time -- work out an option for Randy to continue caring for or playing with a neighbor or friend’s dog on a regu-lar basis, over at their house.
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Researchers are moving ahead in their quest for a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. For the first time since 1984, they’ve come out with a new set of guidelines.It used to be that there was no diagnosis of Al-zheimer’s until the patient experienced complete dementia. Two years ago, researchers from around the world came together to pool all their informa-tion and to rethink how they’ve approached the care of those with Alzheimer’s, as well as learn new ways to diagnose it sooner.From those efforts, researchers have been able to identify three specific stages of the disease: preclinical (brain changes that can show up as much as 10 years in advance), mild cognitive impairment (some mental declines that the patient and others can notice) and Alzheimer’s dementia. Mild cognitive impairment doesn’t always become
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Alzheimer’s.The new guidelines allow for a diagnosis much earlier, before there are even symptoms, when treatment might still be effective. The earlier diagnoses can make use of physical changes (biomarkers) seen in brain scans, spinal fluids and blood proteins.This doesn’t mean they’ve found a cure for Alzheimer’s, but it does mean that researchers can use the new in-formation to help find a cure, or at least a treatment. At this point, researchers will focus, in clinical trials, on the “preclinical” biomarkers to try to determine which are specific to the development of Alzheimer’s and how they change.By learning just how early the first steps of Alzheimer’s show up, researchers can develop drugs that will slow the progress of the disease at a much earlier point.For more information on Alzheimer’s disease and a close look at the new guidelines, go to the Alzheimer’s Association website at www.alz.org or call them at 800-272-3900.
MAY BABIES (continued):• At age 24, Tina Fey became a writer at
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” and by 29, she was the head writer. The next year she joined the cast, where she remained six years until 2006. She is the creator of the TV series “30 Rock” and is the winner of seven Emmy Awards and three Golden Globes. Her daughter was born in 2005, and she returned to work just one month later, saying, “NBC has me under contract. The baby and I only have a verbal agreement.”
• Clint Eastwood turns 81 this May and seems to have no intention or retiring. He spent his early years in a series of jobs, including lifeguard, grocery clerk, forest firefighter and golf caddy. He was almost 30 before the turn in his career came along with the role of Rowdy Yates in television’s “Rawhide,” a character he would play for the next six years. After starring in a string of Western movies, he moved on to the “Dirty Harry” films. When Sean Connery left the role of James Bond, it was offered to Eastwood, but he declined, stating that Bond should be played by a British actor. Eastwood has had a lifelong love of music and the piano and has composed the music for many of his films.
• The family of Henry Kissinger fled the persecution of Nazi Germany in 1938 and moved to New York when he was 15. After serving in the U.S. Army for three years (where he was a Bronze Star recipient), he went on to Harvard University, receiving his Ph.D. in 1954. For the next 15 years, he was a member of Harvard’s faculty before entering the political world, serving as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Nixon and Ford.
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It’s hard to say where Edward P. Jones would be today if he hadn’t been fired from his job. He devoted his “down time” to writing a novel, a decision that changed his life. Tidbits gives you a glimpse into the timeline of this award-winning author.
• It’s ironic that a New York Times bestselling author would be raised by a single mother who couldn’t read or write. His father, a kitchen worker, abandoned the family when Jones was a preschooler. Growing up in poverty in Washington, D.C., he read a steady stream of comic books until he was 13, when he discovered novels. A good student, Jones spent much of his time in libraries and earned a scholarship to Massachusetts’ Holy Cross College.
• Following his college graduation, Jones began writing a few short stories depicting life as he knew it in the D.C. area in the 1950s and 1960s. He was living with his terminally ill mother, and following her death, he was unemployed, suffering from depression and living in one of the city’s rescue missions.
• Jones took a job as a proofreader and columnist for Tax Notes, a journal publication for tax professionals. On his days off, he continued to write. His collection of short stories about Washington was finally published in 1992, and “Lost in the City” was nominated for a National Book Award. But it was a full 10 years later before he began writing a novel in earnest.
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1. Who is the only major-league player to catch two perfect games?2. Name the two players other than Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire to hit 40-plus homers in a
season for the Oakland Athletics. 3. How many national titles has the Univer-sity of Miami, Fla., football team won?4. Who holds the New Orleans Hornets franchise record for most career coaching wins? 5. The Philadelphia Flyers lost 8-7 to Tampa Bay in an NHL game in 2010. Against what other team in franchise history did the Fly-ers lose despite scoring seven goals? 6. Name the last Alaskan Native champion of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race before John Baker in 2011. 7. Who was the last American golfer to be named LPGA Player of the Year?
EDWARD JONES (continued):• Jones, an African-American, had a
great interest in the history of slavery and began researching the subject. It especially fascinated him that there were free blacks who became slave owners during the time of the Civil War. He started a short story about it during his Tax Notes employment, but it was shelved for years, although he continued to ponder the idea.
• In 2002, the staff at the tax journal was reduced, and after 19 years there, Jones was fired. He dug out the 12 pages of the slavery story he had begun and set a goal of writing five pages per day. With only a small savings account, two months’ severance pay and a plan, he started putting on paper the plot he had been pondering for a decade. It took him just two-and-a-half months to complete it. He entitled it “The Known World” and dedicated it to his late mother.
• In “The Known World,” published in 2003, Jones penned the story of a former Virginia slave who purchased freedom and became the owner of 33 slaves and landowner of 50 acres. The novel was declared the winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for fiction and became one of the choices for “The Today Show’s” Book Club series. Oprah Winfrey declared it “the best book I have read in 10 years.”
• Edward Jones followed up his Pulitzer winner with a second collection of short stories, which also was nominated for various awards. Overcoming the odds, he has progressed from proofreader at Tax Notes to Pulitzer winner and an instructor of fiction writing at several universities, including George Washington University and Princeton.
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¥ On May 23, 1701, at London’s Execution Dock, British privateer William Kidd, popu-larly known as Captain Kidd, is hanged for five charges of piracy and one charge of mur-dering a crewman. A colorful Kidd legend included reports of lost buried treasure that fortune seekers have pursued for centuries.
¥ On May 24, 1883, after 14 years and 27 deaths while being constructed, the Brooklyn Bridge in New York is opened, the largest suspension bridge ever built to that date.
¥ On May 27, 1894, Dashiell Hammett, author of “The Maltese Falcon,” is born in Maryland. He worked as a Pinkerton detec-tive for eight years and turned his experi-ences into fiction. The novel was filmed three times: once in 1931; again in 1936 under the title “Satan Met a Lady,” starring Bette Davis; and finally in 1941, starring Humphrey Bog-art.
¥ On May 26, 1927, the final and 15 millionth Model T Ford rolls out of the factory, on the official last day of production. Introduced in October 1908, the Model T -- also known as the “Tin Lizzie” -- got about 13 to 21 miles per gallon of gasoline and could travel up to 45 mph.
¥ On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa of Nepal, become the first explorers to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the highest point on earth. At 29,035 feet above sea level, the low-oxygen summit of Everest reaches two-thirds of the way through the air of earth’s atmosphere -- at about the cruising altitude of jet airliners.
¥ On May 25, 1977, George Lucas’ blockbust-er movie “Star Wars” opens in American the-aters. With its groundbreaking special effects, “Star Wars” was soon a bona-fide pop culture phenomenon, spawning five more feature films, five TV series and an entire industry’s worth of comic books, toys and video games.
¥ On May 28, 1983, Irene Cara’s song “Flash-dance (What a Feeling)”, from the “Flash-dance” movie soundtrack, goes to the top of the U.S. pop charts. The song helped propel the relatively low-budget film to the No. 3 spot on the total box-office revenue list for the year.
MAYS AND BERRATwo of Major League Baseball’s greats claim
May as their birth month. Willie Mays turns 80 this month, and Yogi Berra will celebrate his 86th birthday. Let’s take a short look at each of their lives and careers.
• The professional baseball career of Willie Mays, the “Say Hey Kid,” began while he was still in high school. He started playing on Tennessee’s minor league Chattanooga Choo-Choos during his summer break in 1947. After a stint in the Negro American League, he joined the New York Giants’ Class B team in 1950. He missed 266 games when he was drafted during the Korean War but was back in the game for the 1954 season. The Giants moved to San Francisco in 1958.
• Many consider Mays to be the greatest all-around player of all time. He played in 24 All-Star games and had a lifetime batting average of .302. He ranks fourth on the list of career home runs with 660 and had 3,283 hits. During two seasons, he blasted 50 or more home runs, and he was named “Player of the Decade” for the 1960s.
• One of Mays’ best friends on the Giants was right fielder Bobby Bonds. When Bobby’s son Barry was born in 1964, Mays was asked to be his godfather, and he has remained close to the younger slugger his entire life. (Bobby himself was no slouch in the home run department, having hit 332 during his career.)
• After 17 years with the Giants, Mays was traded to the New York Mets at age 41. The Giants were in financial trouble, and Mays couldn’t be guaranteed an income after he retired, whereas the Mets had offered him a coaching position upon retirement.
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MAYS AND BERRA (continued):• At his induction into the Hall of Fame
in 1979, reporters asked Mays who was the best ball player he had seen over the course of his career. His reply? “I don’t mean to be bashful, but I was.” And in the words of baseball great Ted Williams, “They invented the All-Star Game for Willie Mays.”
• Lawrence Peter Berra’s famous nickname Yogi has nothing to do with a bear. His friend told him he looked like a Hindu holy man, or “yogi,” because he always sat with his arms and legs crossed as he waited for his turn at bat. Berra’s parents came to America from Italy, arriving at Ellis Island in 1909 and later settling in St. Louis.
• Berra lost a spot on the St. Louis Cardinals to his best friend Joe Garagiola in 1942. Instead, he played Class B ball until he entered the Navy during World War II, where he served as a Gunner’s Mate during the D-Day invasion.
• Berra has been called the greatest catcher in baseball history. His career with the New York Yankees began in 1946. He played in the All-Star game 15 times, was the league’s MVP three times and appeared in 14 World Series. His lifetime batting average was .285, and he slugged 358 home runs.
• Berra is noted for many memorable quotes, perhaps the most famous being, “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over.” Other wise advice was, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” His reason as to why the Yankees lost the 1960 World Series to the Pirates was, “We made too many wrong mistakes.”
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