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TIDBITS® CELEBRATES APRIL FOOLSby Janet Spencer

This week we’ll be celebrating april Fools day. Come along with Tidbits as we play some pranks!

THE ORIGIN OF APRIL FOOLS• No one is really sure how April Fools Day came about. The traditional explanation is that it started in 1582 when pope Gregory Xiii ordered that the Gregorian calendar replace the old Julian calendar, which moved the first day of the new year to January 1st instead of april 1st. Those who still celebrated the new year on april 1st were ridiculed as fools. The problem with this explanation is that april Fools day was already being celebrated when the calendars were switched over.• Joseph Boskin, a professor of history at Boston University, explained that April Fools

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Easter Fun - April 3 - 9 to 10 a.m. - Kindred Transitional Care and Rehab, 3128 Boxelder Drive - Jump house, treats and the Easter Bunny. egg hunt starts at 9:15 am. State Museum Family Day - April 4 - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Wyoming State Museum - Free - Family days is a free program of the Wyoming state Museum that provides children and their families with fun and educational opportunities to explore Wyoming’s natural and cultural resources. The program is held on the first saturday of the month, september through May, at the Wyoming state Museum. each month’s program has a different theme. all ages are encouraged to attend. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Tartan Day Tea - April 4 - 1 to 3 p.m. - Nagle Warren Mansion - Free - Tea, treats and bagpipe music. hosted by the scottish society of southeast Wyoming. Thankful Thursdays - Every Thursday from 5 to 9 p.m. - Redwood Lounge - a different local charity is featured each week. Come learn more about a local organization, enjoy the fun and enter to win cash and prizes. over $500,000 has been raised so far. Seeking table captains for the Boys & Girls Club’s Back A Kid Breakfast! The big day is May 12. Be a table captain and invite seven friends or family members to join you for breakfast. our keynote speaker is keni Thomas. keni is an author, musician and the inspiration for the movie Black Hawk Down. During 2015, we plan to double the number of kids who attend the Club. each week, new kids are attending the Club so they can be at a safe place with supportive mentors who help them with homework, teach them leadership skills, and how to choose a healthy lifestyle all while having fun. There are so many kids who need your support! Call 778-6674 for information. Tuesday Figure Drawing Class - Tuesday evenings - 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. - Art Corner Co-Op, 1726 Capitol Avenue - sharpen your skills in a fun and supportive group. $15. Learn the Harp - a new community group is being formed for those wanting to learn the harp. sponsored by Niemann Music. For information, call 637-5222.

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began during the reign of Constantine, when a group of court jesters told the roman emperor that they could run the empire better than he could. Constantine allowed a jester to be king for one day. The jester passed an edict calling for absurdity on that day, and the custom became an annual event. The associated press ran this story in many newspapers in 1983. There was only one catch: Boskin made the whole thing up. it took a couple of weeks for the ap to realize that they’d been victims of an april Fools joke themselves.

APRIL FOOLERY• Robert Benchley invited his friend Frank Case to dinner at his house. Frank was the manager of the algonquin hotel at the time. When he was shown to the bathroom, Frank was dismayed to see that all the towels, as well as the soap, came from his hotel. at dinner, the silverware, plates, and napkins also bore the stamp of the Algonquin. Benchley had secretly arranged to “borrow” a truck load of algonquin property for the evening.• James Thurber’s mother was a practical joker. one day she was to meet an old friend that she hadn’t seen in thirty years. By prearrangement, Mrs. Thurber was to wear a red rose so her friend could recognize her at the train station. Mrs. Thurber arrived early, and spotted a very old woman sleeping on a bench. she quietly pinned the rose on the slumbering form and enjoyed the scene when her friend showed up, looked at the sleeping woman incredulously, and woke her up saying, “Why, Mame Thurber, how are you? you’re looking just fine!”• Author Kathleen Norris once saw in a store window that her friend Frank sullivan was coming up behind her. she whirled about suddenly and cried at the top of her lungs, “Not one penny more! you and your family have had all the money you’ll ever get out of me! you’ve


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DOLLARS AND SENSEBy David Uffington

Scammers Grow More Brazen

Scammers would rather have a pipeline right into your home rather than take a chance on mail that might get trashed straight out of the mailbox. Hence the rise in telephone scams.

USA.gov has a section on phone scams and fraud that covers a number of the common ones, such as these:

• Slamming is when a phone company changes your service without your permission. If you find charges for this on your phone bill, call to insist you be switched back.

• Caller ID spoofing makes a phone number show up on your Caller ID that might encourage you to take the call. For example, it might appear that your bank or credit-card company is calling you, and you might be tempted to go ahead and give the personal information the caller asks for.

• Cramming is adding charges to your phone bill, likely small ones that you might not notice.

Consumer.ftc.gov has an extensive section on phone scams, including handling pre-recorded calls, unexpected sales calls and, especially, knowing the signs of a scam. The sooner you can identify clues that you’re about to be scammed, the sooner you can just hang up without giving out any information.

Your cellphone isn’t immune to phone scams. If you enable the GPS on your apps, you’re essentially letting people know where you are, which makes you vulnerable. Disable the GPS feature.

Upgrade plans can be a source of trouble if you don’t ask about future upgrade fees when you buy a new phone. Ask lots of questions about frequency of upgrade, potential down payment and phone condition, and read the contract carefully.

One-ring scams are one of new ones. Here’s how it works: Your cellphone rings once. The calling area code appears to be a domestic one, and the temptation is to call back to see who it was. The problem: The return call actually goes to a pay-per-call international number that might incur fees just for connecting, and more fees every minute.

Be sure you’re familiar with international area codes that are often tied to scams, such as 809 (Dominican Republic), 284 (British Virgin Islands), 473 (Grenada) and 876 (Jamaica). Don’t return any calls unless you know who it is.

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bled me white!” a crowd started to gather. her voice grew louder. “you’ve spent it all on drink rather than on your sick wife! i’ve given you everything i have— and still you hound me for more!” sullivan fled.• At the Walt Disney studios, one artist boasted without ceasing about his new custom-built car and insisted everyone come out to admire it. later, while he was working, his cohorts dismantled a wheelbarrow and reassembled it in his back seat, then filled it with water. it took the guy two hours just to dip the water out without wetting his fine upholstery.

JOLLY JOKES• Newspaper humorist John Medbury and his wife liked to throw extraordinary dinner parties. at one, half of the invitations said the dinner was to be very formal, and half said dress was to be informal. half the guests showed up wearing tuxes and gowns and the other half arrived wearing t-shirts and shorts. • Ben Franklin once entered an inn and found every seat next to the fire already occupied. he asked the innkeeper if he had any oysters, and the reply was yes. “Take a bucket of them out to the stable and feed them to my horse,” Franklin said. everyone seated at the fire went out to see a horse eat oysters. When they came back in to say the horse refused to eat oysters, they found Ben seated at the prime position next to the flames. “Then bring the oysters in here and roast them for my supper!” he said. • Sportswriter Bill Hanna was walking down the street when he ran into fellow reporter Bill phelon. hanna remarked on how nice it was to run into his old friend, but mentioned he was looking ill. They parted company. hanna walked a half a block farther when phelon again

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English High Tea at the Nagle Warren Mansion every Friday and saturday, seating at 1:30 and 3:40 p.m. For reservations call 637-3333.

Municipal Pool and Spray Park - Daily - Hours vary between 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. - visit CheyenneCity.org or call 637-6455 for information.

Cheyenne Botanic Gardens - Monday through Friday - 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., saturday and sunday - 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Call 637-6458.

Cheyenne Ice & Events Center - ice skating, laser tag and video games. Monday to Thursday - 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and saturday - 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., sunday - Noon to 8 p.m. - 1530 W. lincolnway. visit CheyenneCity.org or call 433-0024 for information. Bingoam. legion 635-7213Bingo AMVETS 632-2999Grandma’s pickle parlor 637-3614

Movie TheatersFrontier Nine 634-9499lincoln palace 637-7469Capitol 12 638-shoW

Country Western Dancingredwood lounge 635-9096outlaw saloon 635-7552 Top 40 MusicCrown underground 778-9202

Governor’s Residence Tours - Free - 5001 Central avenue - Tuesday through Thursday - 9 a.m. to Noon. Call 777-7398.

Visit the Famous Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum - Monday through Friday - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. saturday and sunday - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 778-7290.

Terry Bison Ranch - daily tours to the bison herd and horseback rides. sunday lunch train includes meal on old-fashioned dining car (reservations needed). Call for departure times: 634-4171. Cheyenne Depot Museum - a National landmark with railroad history exhibits and gift shop. Monday through saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., sunday - 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 638-6338.

Big Boy Steam Engine 4004 - Worlds largest steam locomotive. located in holliday park.

Wyoming State Museum - Monday through saturday - 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Free exhibit of Wyoming history. Call 777-7022.

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Historic Governors’ Mansion Easter Egg Hunt - April 4 9 a.m. - Historic Governor’s Mansion - Free - Children ages 2-4 years of age are invited. More than 1,400 eggs will be “hidden” on the grounds of the Mansion for children to gather. each egg is stuffed with a fun educational fact about the history of the Mansion and Wyoming’s First Families, as well as treats galore! Get here early as the eggs go fast. held on the grounds of the Mansion, ribbons cut at 9 a.m. sharp weather permitting. Easter Egg Hunt - April 4 - 10 a.m. - Holliday Park - Free - Children will be divided by age. plastic eggs with candy will be scattered. Bring your own basket. (If weather is bad, egg giveaway will be at 10 a.m. at the youth activity and Community Center at 1317 parsley Blvd.) Ages 2-6. EGGstravaganza!- April 4 - 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - Laramie County Library - Free - hunt for easter eggs, do fun crafts, and practice an egg drop off the balcony! Come have an eggcellent time with us. Easter Egg Hunt And Ice Cream - April 4 - 11 a.m. to Noon - Lions Park Amphitheater - Free - 2000 candy-filled eggs, give-aways and door prizes. The Cheyenne 8 and Under Stars Baseball team will serve ice cream for donations. For ages 10 and younger. hosted by Great Clips.

Doggie Eggstravaganza - April 4 - 2 p.m. - Cheyenne Animal Shelter Dog Park - Free - Join red ruff inn for a fun and exciting egg hunt complete with over 1,000 eggs filled with treats for pups and their parents! all dogs must be vaccinated, well behaved and on-leash at all times! Underwater Easter Egg Hunt - April 4 - 5 to 7 p.m. - Cheyenne Aquatics Center - Tickets are limited, purchase in advance at 637-6423 - start times: 2-3 year olds at 5 p.m., 4-5 year olds at 5:30 p.m., 6-7 year olds at 6 p.m., 8-10 year olds at 6:30 p.m. at the Cheyenne aquatics Center, 931 Martin esquibel dr. kids can gather plastic eggs, floated and sunk around the pool, and turn them in for a goodie bag.

Annual Easter Art Show Reception - April 5 - 1 to 3 p.m. - Van Tassell Carriage House - local art on display the entire month of april. hours are Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. and saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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• On April 13, 1360, an Easter Monday hailstorm kills an estimated 1,000 English soldiers in Chartres, France. Lightning struck down several leaders, and hailstones began pelting the soldiers, scattering the horses. Hail typically falls at about 100 mph.

• On April 17, 1885, Karen Dinesen, better known by her pen name Isak Dinesen, is born in Denmark. Dinesen’s memoir, “Out of Africa” (1937), helped demystify the Dark Continent for millions of readers. She published several other story collections before her death in 1962.

• On April 19, 1897, John J. McDermott of New York won the first Boston Marathon in a time of 2:55:10. Various routes had been considered before a measured distance of 24.5 miles from the Irvington Oval in Boston to Metcalf ’s Mill in Ashland was selected. The marathon’s distance was changed in 1908 to its current length of 26 miles 385 yards.

• On April 14, 1918, six days after being assigned to the Western front, pilot Douglas Campbell from the U.S. First Aero Squadron engages in America’s first aerial dogfight with enemy aircraft. By the end of May, Campbell had shot down five enemy planes, making him the first American to qualify as a “flying ace” in World War I.

• On April 16, 1943, Albert Hoffman, a Swiss chemist working at the Sandoz pharmaceutical research laboratory, accidentally consumes LSD-25, resulting in unusual sensations and hallucinations. Widespread use of the so-called mind-expanding drug began in the 1960s.

• On April 15, 1967, a massive parade to protest Vietnam War policy is held in New York. Police estimated that 100,000 to 125,000 people listened to speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dr. Benjamin Spock. Prior to the march, youths burned nearly 200 draft cards in Central Park.

• On April 18, 1983, the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, is almost completely destroyed by a car-bomb explosion that kills 63 people, including the suicide bomber and 17 Americans. The terrorist attack was carried out in protest of the U.S. military presence in Lebanon.


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Laramie County Library - Wednesdays - 4:15 p.m. - all skill levels - Call 634-3561

Godfather’s Pizza - Thursdays - 6:30 p.m. - all skill levels - Call 634-5222

The Bunkhouse - Friday and saturday - 7 to 10 p.m. Drunken Skunk - Friday and saturday - 9 p.m. The Crown Bar - Friday - 7 p.m. Outlaw Saloon - Nightly - 8 p.m. The Paramount Cafe - saturday - 7 p.m.

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• It was Senator Eugene McCarthy who made the following sage observation: “Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it’s important.”

• In 1916, the town of Erwin, Tennessee, used a train’s derrick car to hang an elephant for the crime of murder.

• Your hands and feet have more sweat glands than any other part of your body.

• You might be surprised to learn that Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, didn’t vote in a single presidential election until his own name was on the ballot.

• If you leave a faucet running for a single minute, approximately 3 to 5 gallons of water will be washed down the drain.

• It was the spring of 1936, and John Steinbeck was working on his novel “Of Mice and Men.” He was also working on training his new puppy, Toby. The training evidently wasn’t going well; one day, Toby chewed up half of Steinbeck’s handwritten manuscript -- the only copy. The author took the setback pretty well, it seems: A few days after the incident, he wrote to a friend, “I was pretty mad but the poor little fellow may have been acting critically. I didn’t want to ruin a good dog on a [manuscript] I’m not sure is good at all. He only got an ordinary spanking with his punishment flyswatter.”

• It’s been reported that Elvis Presley knew by heart every word spoken in the film “Patton.”

• If you’re like 7 percent of American workers, you had a job at McDonald’s at some point in your life.

• According to ancient Chinese medical practice, doctors only got paid once their patients became healthy again.

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approached him with surprise, saying how long it had been since they’d seen each other and how ill Hanna was looking. “But I just ran into you a moment ago,” cried hanna. “impossible!” replied phelon and wandered off. a block further, here came phelon, rushing to hanna to pump his hand and mention how ill he was looking. “please tell me you just saw me a few minutes ago!” hollered hanna, which of course was denied by phelon. hanna hailed a taxi and took himself to the hospital. • On April Fools’ Day shortly before Mt. St. helens erupted, a Massachusetts Tv producer thought it would be funny to air the report that a local non-volcanic ski mountain was also erupting. police were swamped with calls. The station apologized for the prank and the producer was fired. (More pranks next page) PERFECT PRANKS• A newspaper called “The Realist” once printed a prominently placed correction in its paper reading, “our thanks to Jean raymond for pointing out an error in last month’s issue in the article on ways to differentiate between mushrooms and toadstools. The two headings unfortunately got transposed. The heading ‘edible Mushrooms’ should have read ‘poisonous Toadstools’ and the heading ‘poisonous Toadstools’ should have read ‘edible Mushrooms.’ We apologize to our readers for any confusion this may have caused.” • A new plaque was to be unveiled at City Hall in St. George, British Columbia. Photographer peter duffy was to cover the event, which bored him. To liven things up, he snuck to the scene early and taped a large poster of a nude over the veiled plaque. When it was unveiled, the crowd was stunned, the mayor was apoplectic, and the photographer was fired.• When it comes to college pranks, Caltech holds all honors. one night students went into the faculty parking lot and painted over all the parking stripes as well as the names designating ownership of each space. Then they repainted them, making each space just a little larger, carefully arranged to totally erase the private parking space of an unpopular administrator.• When Caltech freshman Chuck Conner left for a weekend, his dorm mates plastered over the door to his room and even moved a light fixture to the blank wall. When he returned and asked his friends what happened to his room, they all pretended not to recognize him.• College students irritated with Dean William Bush Baer at New York University submitted his obituary to the New york Times and it was run on May 9, 1942. Baer arrived at work the next day to find the flags at half-staff and the choir singing dirges in the chapel. a retraction was in the paper the following day.

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