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February 14 - 20

TABLE OF CONTENTSISSUE 2010.08

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MAGNIFICENT WATERFALLSby Patricia L. Cook

Two requirements for waterfalls to occur are water and an elevation gradient. Numerous wa-terfalls are considered natural wonders and are sought out as vacation destinations. Height and water volume produce the most spectacular falls. Let’s explore a few.•NiagaraFalls isactuallyacollectionof three

falls that occur on the Niagara River and are sharedbyCanadaandtheUnitedStates.Thelargestofthefalls,HorseshoeFalls,isontheCanadian side. The other two areAmericanFallsandthesmallerBridalVeilFalls.

•Now, Bridal Veil is a popular name forwaterfalls.Ifyoudesiretotakeahoneymoonoranniversarytriptoawaterfall,consideroneso-named. There are at least 16 in the U.S.,threeinCanada,andatleastoneeachinSouthAfrica, Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand,NorwayandthePhilippines!

• Back toNiagaraFalls. It is oneof themanyfalls that has been tapped for electric power. Both Canada and the U.S. use the falls forpower generation, drinking water, fishing,tourismandagriculture.CitiesnamedNiagaraFallsareinOntarioandNewYork.

•DaredevilshaveventuredtoNiagaraFallsforyears.Fifteenpeoplehavegoneoverthefallsinbarrels,kayaksandmore.Tensurvived.

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Turning Prices upside down!!GONE FISHING

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There is an old and wise Chinese proverb that says, “If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fish-ing.” For anglers, nothing more need be said. This week, Tidbits casts a long look at one of life’s great pleasures: fishing.

• It’s one of the best fishing spots in the world: Port Loring in the Almaguin Highlands in Ontario, Canada. If you go there, expect to find species like small mouth bass, large mouth bass and northern pike. There is a series of lakes giving fishermen 100 miles of shoreline with great fishing spots.

• Fishing for small mouth bass? Most experts advise that if possible, always cast up-stream. This gives the bait a natural appear-ance, plus it will come from a direction that the bass are expecting. When you bring your lure by a fallen tree or a little pocket on the down side of a rock, you’ve put “food” ex-actly where the fish are waiting for a meal. In most cases, they’ll grab it before it gets by them.

• What may be the largest fish ever hooked and landed in America is described in a book, “Fishes and Fishing in Louisiana,” by James Gowanloch (1933). Gowanloch tells how Captain Jay Gould captured a manta ray that measured 19 feet, 9 inches (6 meters) from

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) The Lamb is usually excited about taking on a new challenge. But if that’s a touch of doubt you’re feeling, maybe it’s you telling yourself to go slow on this until you learn more about it.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Accepting new commitments when you haven’t yet finished the batch on hand could be a bit rash. Better to ease up on the new ones until you get further along with your current lot.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Reward yourself for what’s sure to be a dynam-ic week with a getaway to someplace wonder-ful, hopefully with a wonderful someone. You’ll return refreshed and ready for what’s ahead.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Some people might be anxious about your plans. So you need to take time to explain what you expect to do and how you expect do it. And don’t forget to ask for suggestions.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Dealing with an unfamiliar problem can be dif-ficult. The wisest course you can take is to ask for advice from those who have been where you are and have come through it. Good luck.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Tackle a frustrating job problem by considering possibilities you might have ignored before. This reassures colleagues you’re serious about finding a solution, even if it’s not totally yours.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Your balanced approach to life proves to be helpful this week when someone you care for needs your spiritual comfort, while someone else benefits from your tough-love practicality.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Once again, you’re likely to be asked to keep a secret for someone. But do you really want to do so? Be honest with yourself and with your needs before you make any such commitment.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Taking a more direct approach from the more diplomatic one you’ve used before could make a difference in finally resolving a too-long-held disagreement. Try it.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Being asked for advice is flattering to the Sea Goat, who has a habit of saying the right thing. This time, expect someone to be especially impressed and to act on that sentiment.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) With a number of pressures easing, your proj-ect could be making a lot more progress than you expected by this time. That’s great news. But don’t let yourself be distracted; stay with it.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) An interesting challenge looms that could be exactly what you’ve been looking for. Discuss this with colleagues who could have much to contribute and who might want to join with you.

BORN THIS WEEK: Your heart is always open to offer loving concern for others. And they, in turn, reach out to complete the circle.

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GONE FISHING (continued): wing-tip to wing-tip. Even more amazing: The manta

ray’s weight was estimated at a hefty 5,500 pounds (2,395 kilograms).

• Bet you were upset the last time you snagged and lost a $5 or $10 fishing lure. Imagine then how you might feel if you used a Million Dollar Lure from MacDaddy Fishing Lures. This 12-inch (30.5 centime-ters) trolling lure, designed to catch marlin, is crafted with just over 3 pounds (1.4 kg) of glimmering gold and platinum and encrusted with 100 carats of diamonds and rubies (4,753 stones to be exact). Cost? Just as the name says — a cool $1 million (U.S.).

• Casting call: In July 1999, Brent Olgers of Macon, Ga., established a world record for the longest period of consecutive casting. Using a Zebco 33 Classic reel, Olgers cast 6,501 times in just over 24 hours, averaging 270 casts per hour. Each cast had to be at least 45 feet (13.7 m) in length.

• Best prize for a record fish happened in March 2006, during the Texas Carp Chal-lenge. That’s when angler Al St. Cyr landed a 43.13-pound (19.6 kilogram), state-record common carp in Austin’s Town Lake. That fish earned St. Cyr a $250,000 (U.S.) payday from the American Carp Society, the largest prize ever for a carp fisherman in the United States.

• The eyes have it: Why do bass often strike a lure right after being released and not re-member it? Because a bass has two memory centers, one for each eye. For example, the first time a bass hits your lure he sees it with his right eye; if he hits it again right away, more than likely he saw it with the left eye.

• King salmon, or Chinook salmon, are the largest of the Alaska salmon, typically 25-50 lbs. (11.3-22.7 kg). The world-record King salmon was caught on the

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GONE FISHING (continued): Kenai River, in Alaska. It weighed 97 lbs. 4

oz (44.1 kg). • Man’s interest in the yellowfin tuna is an an-

cient one. Research on the tuna’s migration, feeding and spawning practices began in the sixth century B.C. by Greek fishermen who prized their delicate flesh.

• The oldest known painting of a fisherman using a rod is from Egypt and dated at about 2000 B.C. Claudius Aelian (170-235 AD), a Roman author and teacher, mentions trout fishing with artificial flies with hooks in Ma-cedonia. Fly-fishing has been around for more than 2,000 years. There is even evi-dence of the use of flies tied on bone hooks as early as 1400 B.C. in Egypt.

• Shark fishermen beware: Sharks attack about 50 to 75 people each year worldwide, with perhaps 8 to 12 fatalities, according to data compiled in the International Shark Attack File. Although shark attacks get a lot of at-tention, this is far less than the number of people killed each year by elephants, bees, crocodiles, lightning or many other natural dangers.

• Ice fishing is one of the only sectors of fish-ing that continues to grow rapidly, at a pace of 10 to 15 percent a year.

• More than 90 percent of the rainbow trout sold in the United States is farm raised.

• The largest brown trout weighed over 40 pounds (18.1 kg) and was caught in Arkansas on May 9, 1992.

• The blue whale is the largest animal on our planet (exceeding the size of the greatest


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1. Which famous London recording studio nearly fell to developers last year?

2. Of all the songs done by the Beach Boys over the years, how many made it to the top of the

charts?

3. Guitarist Jimmy Page has been part of what two groups?

4. Name the sisters in the rock band Heart?

5. Which duo did “Hold On, I’m Comin’,” “Soul Man,” “I Thank You”? Bonus for knowing the

years.

6. Name the country/pop crossover tune that in-quires, “Will they have Mogen David in heaven?”


Top 10 Pop Singles1. Rihanna “Rude Boy”

(SRP/Def Jam)2. B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars “Nothin’ On You”

(RebelRock/Grand Hustle)3. Train “Hey, Soul Sister”

(Columbia)4. Taio Cruz feat. Ludacris “Break Your Heart”

(Mercury)5. Jason Derulo “In My Head”

(Beluga Heights)6. Lady Antebellum “Need You Now”

(Capitol Nashville)7. Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce “Telephone”

(Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree)8. The Black Eyed Peas “Imma Be”

(Interscope)9. Justin Bieber feat. Ludacris “Baby” (SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun/Island)

10. Usher feat. will.i.am “OMG” (LaFace)

Top 10 Albums1. Justin Bieber “My World 2.0”

(SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun/Island)2. Usher “Raymond V Raymond”

(LaFace/Jive)3. Slash “Slash”

(Dik Hayd)4. Lady Antebellum “Need You Now”

(Capitol Nashville)5. Various Artists “NOW 33” (Universal/EMI/Sony Music)

6. Monica “Still Standing” (RMG)

7. Lady Gaga “The Fame” (Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope)

8. Justin Bieber “My World (EP)” (SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun/Island)

9. Erykah Badu “NEW AMERYKAH: Part Two: Return of the Ankh”

(Control Freaq/Universal Motown)10. Madonna “Sticky & Sweet Tour”

(Warner Bros.)

Top 10 Hot Country Singles1. Lady Antebellum “American Honey”

(Capitol Nashville)2. Zac Brown Band “Highway 20 Ride”

(Home Grown/Atlantic)3. Keith Urban “’Til Summer Comes Around”

(Capitol Nashville)4. Kenny Chesney “Ain’t Back Yet”

(BNA)5. Joe Nichols “Gimmie That Girl”

(Show Dog-Universal)6. Chris Young “The Man I Want To Be”

(RCA)7. Easton Corbin “A Little More Country Than

That” (Mercury)

8. Carrie Underwood “Temporary Home” (Arista Nashville)

9. George Strait “I Gotta Get To You” (MCA Nashville)

10. Steel Magnolia “Keep On Lovin’ You” (Big Machine)


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DON’T GET WET! (continued):

• The world’s wettest spot, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey, is Mt. Waialeale, Hawaii, where an average of 451 inches (1,146 cm) of rain falls each year. More than 642 inches (1631 cm) fell from July 1947 to July 1948!

• If you live in the continental U. S. and see rain outside your window at this moment, maybe you live in the vicinity of the nine major weather stations with over 60 inches (152.4 cm) of precipitation annually. Mt. Washington, NH, 101.9 in. (258.8 cm) and Quillayute, WA, 101.7 in. (258.3 cm) lead the pack; and the others are: Astoria, OR; Mobile, AL; Pensacola, FL; New Orleans, LA; Tallahassee, FL; Baton Rouge, LA; and West Palm Beach, FL.

• While the wettest areas in the continental U.S. are scattered across the country, Canada’s wettest areas are all in British Columbia. The fish hatchery at Henderson Lake received 908.2 centimeters (nearly 30 ft.) of precipitation in 1997! Hartley Bay measures an annual average of 454.9 centimeters (nearly 15 feet).

• If you live in a high desert climate, you are probably familiar with “wet snow” and “dry snow.” The average snow-to-water ratio is 10:1; so that ten inches of melted snow equals one inch of water. Wet snow can have a ratio of 5:1 and dry snow can be extreme with a ratio at or exceeding 30:1. If you want to make a snowman or have a snowball fight, wet snow is best!

• Tidbits hopes you are having a great winter; with wet, dry or even no snow!

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: We have a lot of nature and wildlife surrounding our property, and much of that wildlife crosses through our yard and leaves “pellets” behind -- deer, skunk, fox, coyote and so on. Our 7-month-old bearded Collie, “Jesse,” is un-controllably attracted to these pellets and eats them. How do I stop this behavior? -- Cindy K., Clinton Township, Mich.

DEAR CINDY: Stopping Jessie from eating those wildlife pellets (droppings, really) is indeed difficult. Dogs instinctively seek out unusual odors and often lick or eat other animals’ droppings as part of this be-havior -- after all, droppings can smell quite strong. The most effective way to control Jesse’s behavior is to remove the source of the problem -- that is, the droppings themselves. This means combing through the property prior to letting Jesse out, and picking up and disposing of all droppings. That can be pretty labor-intensive, not to mention having Jesse go nuts watching you walk around the yard while he’s stuck inside. Another option is to

fence off a portion of the yard big enough for Jesse to run around, while keeping wildlife out. A third option is to put Jesse on a leash when you take him out, so you can keep him away from the wildlife droppings.You may be able to combine a couple of methods. In addition to regularly cleaning up the droppings, take Jesse out on a leash and have him “go” in roughly the same area every day. He’ll soon as-sociate this area as his elimination spot. Afterward, spend some time with him on basic obedience (sit, stay, heel) and walk him around the yard on his leash. When he darts out to sniff a dropping or other spot, give him a firm “come!” or “heel!” and, when he returns to your side, a small treat. In short, make obeying you more rewarding than exploring droppings.

Send your pet questions to Sam Mazzotta at [email protected], or write to Paw’s Corner, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Find more pet resources at www.

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6. In 2010, Lance Mackey became the first musher to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race four consecutive times. How many others won

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“To keep a pet from chewing on an electrical cord, rub the length of the cord lightly with a

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Sunday May 9th- White Lake Volunteer Fire Dept. holds its 29th Annual Mothers Day Pancake Break-fast. 8:00am to 11:00am. At White Lake Comm. Hall 3617 Parri Road. Winner of the 2010 “Ice off Guess” is G. Mountain of Vancouver. Good luck next year


On May 7, 1902, Mount Pele on the French Caribbean island of Martinique begins the deadliest volcanic eruption of the 20th century. The city of Saint Pierre was buried and 30,000 people died when a cloud of gas with a temper-ature of more than 3,000 F sent an avalanche of boiling ash down the side of the mountain.

On May 9, 1926, according to their claims, polar explorer Richard E. Byrd and co-pilot Floyd Bennett fly over the North Pole. The discovery in 1996 of the diary that Byrd had kept on his famous flight seemed to suggest that he and Bennett may have turned back 150 miles short of the pole because of an oil leak.

On May 3, 1933, James Brown, the God-father of Soul, is born. Brown did his first gospel singing while in prison, and he im-pressed the warden and the Georgia State Parole Board with his seriousness of pur-pose enough to win his release after only three years of an 8-to-16-year sentence.

On May 5, 1944, Bertha Benz, the wife of auto pioneer Karl Benz, dies in Germany. In 1888, Bertha drove an experimental three-wheel model on a surprise visit to her mother 65 miles away, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over a long distance. During the journey, she unclogged the car’s fuel line using one of her hairpins. She also used the garter on her stocking to fix a broken ignition.

On May 6, 1954, in Oxford, England, medi-cal student Roger Bannister cracks track and field’s most notorious barrier: the four-minute mile. Bannister won the mile race with a time of 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds.

On May 8, 1963, Sean Connery stars in his first Bond movie, “Dr. No.” The film established many signature elements of the Bond series, including its distinctive theme song, fast-paced action, “Bond girls” and Bond’s fond-ness for vodka martinis “shaken, not stirred.”

On May 4, 1970, in Kent, Ohio, National Guardsmen fire their weapons at a group of antiwar demonstrators on the Kent State Uni-versity campus, killing four people, wound-ing eight and permanently paralyzing another. In 1974, a federal court dropped all charges levied against the Ohio National Guardsmen.


It was beloved American comedian and actor Bob Hope who made the following extremely sage obser-vation: “People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.”

Next time you’re in Tinseltown, remem-ber that it is unlawful to herd more than 3,000 sheep at a time down Hollywood Boulevard.

In the naming of American states, there a quite a few that never quite made it. It’s interesting to speculate about the possibilities, though. For instance, if you currently reside in the state of Kentucky or parts of Tennessee, but for the whimsy of fate you could be a Transylvanian. Some people once wanted to take parts of Texas and Oklahoma to create the great state of Texlahoma (perhaps displaying a slight lack of imagination). When the Mormon church settled out west, Brigham Young petitioned to have the state of Deseret created, and the land he suggested make up the state included present-day Utah, almost all of Nevada and Arizona, a sizable chunk of Califor-nia and bits of five other states. Long Island, in New York, even had designs on statehood at one time.

In the 19th century, ice accounted for more ship-ping than any other commodity except cotton.

William Howard Taft, the 18th president of the United States, was a large man. Quite a large man. In fact, he was so large that his 300-pound bulk got stuck in a White House bathtub, and he had to summon help to extricate himself. The French town of Versailles was originally built solely to house the staff of the extravagant palace.

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PICKS OF THE WEEK“Dirty Dancing: Limited Keepsake Edition” (PG-13) -- This release of “Dirty Dancing” is so packed with special features, there’s no way you’ll put this “baby in a corner” ... of your book-shelf. ...Sorry about that. Anyhoo, this two-disc set contains not only the newly remastered film, but also every special feature that’s been in-cluded in previous releases, plus more than an hour’s worth of bonus material. Extras include

a fan reel created by Facebook fans, a tribute to Patrick Swayze, an interview with Swayze about the dancing in the film, a hardcover 52-page book and a coupon for $50 off a stay at the Mountain Lake Hotel in Virginia, which was used as the Kellerman’s Resort in the film. Seriously, with so much stuff in this Keepsake Edition, how could you NOT have “the time of your life”? Aw man, I did it again.

“Doctor Zhivago Anniversary Edition” (PG-13) -- Director David Lean’s follow up to “Law-rence of Arabia” is another epic adventure that garnered five Academy Awards. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie star in this majestic love story set during the Russian Revolution. Sharif plays the titular doctor, who also is a poet. Christie is Lara, a married woman who becomes his muse. Zhivago is married and loves his wife, but also has feelings for the beautiful Lara. Torn by his love for two women, the poet must make a choice while their world erupts in turbulent conflict.

“Hamlet” (Unrated) -- David Tennant (“Doctor Who”) stars as the Melancholy Dane in this critically acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Com-pany production of the Bard’s tale of madness, murder and political intrigue. Co-starring in a riveting double-performance is Patrick Stew-art (Capt. Jean-Luc Picard from “Star Trek”),

who plays both Hamlet’s uncle Claudius, and the ghost of Hamlet’s murdered father. Ten-nant’s performance is both exhilarating and heart-wrenching -- which will probably come as a surprise to many who only know the Scot-tish actor from his light-hearted portrayal as the time-traveling hero from “Doctor Who.”

“Rock ‘N’ Roll High School” (Rated R) -- Directed by B-movie king Roger Corman and starring The Ramones and P.J. Soles, “Rock ‘N’ Roll High School” is a punk-rock classic. When a fas-cist principal (Mary Woronov) takes over Vince Lombardi High School, The Ramones and the students fight back using the Power of Rock! And explosives.

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Volkswagen. But it is not a fish; it’s a mammal.• The oarfish is the longest bony fish in the world.

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