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TIDBITS® CROSSES SOMEMOUNTAIN PASSESby Patricia L. Cook

Mountain passes around the world can be high, steep, rocky and just plain challenging to traverse. But they’re worth exploring, so join Tidbits as we look into, over, through and around some famous mountain passes.• So what is a mountain pass? It is the most easily accessible point between mountains where you can “pass” through. The pass is considered the highest point or summit at which you traverse the area. Passes have always been very important finds for pioneers moving across the country, as well as road and rail builders. The definition of a mountain pass is actually: “The location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks.”• Other terms used in North America for a pass are saddle, notch and gap. Pass and saddle are most commonly used in the West, while the East Coast tends to use the terms notch and gap.• Semo La, a pass in central Tibet, at 18,258 feet (5,565 m), is considered to be the highest pass accessible by vehicles. It is a high, isolated place in the Chang Tang region of Tibet. Also in Tibet is the highest mountain pass accessible by train. The Tanggula Pass in the mountains of the same name has a rail station at 16,640 feet (5,072 m). By the way, “La” in Tibetan means pass.

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FAMOUS LANDMARKS OF THE WORLD:

THE TETONS

There are many beautiful mountain ranges in the world but few are as recognizable as the peaks in Grand Teton National Park near Jackson, Wy-oming. Let’s climb high for some Teton Tidbits!

• When Grand Teton National Park was first established in 1929, it only encompassed the mountain peaks and the lakes near the base. It took years of wrangling with local ranchers, resi-dents, sheepherders, politicians and others for the park to be enlarged.• In 1943, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt established Jackson Hole National Monument, combining acreage in the Teton National Forest and other federal properties including Jackson Lake with a generous 35,000-acre (14164-ha) donation by John D. Rockefeller Jr. • After years of arguments, on September 14, 1950, the original 1929 Grand Teton National Park and the 1943 National Monument, including Rockefeller’s donation, were combined to create the present-day boundaries. • During the years of debate, many pushed for the Teton Range of mountains and the valley of Jackson Hole, including the town of Jackson, Wyoming, to be included in Yellowstone National Park.• With the establishment of the Grand Teton Na-tional Park, 97 ranchers endorsed a petition that read: “That this region will find its highest use as a playground…The destiny of Jackson’s Hole is as a playground, typical of the west, for the edu-cation and enjoyment of the Nation, as a whole.”• Even though many refer to the area as the “Grand Tetons,” the Grand Teton is actually the most prominent peak in the Teton Range at an elevation of 13,770 feet (4198 m). The Teton Range is actually 40 miles (65 km) long and 7-9 miles (11-14.5 km) wide. The three most widely known and recognized peaks in the Tetons are the Grand, Middle and South Tetons.

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More Vets Landing Government Jobs

The effort to put more veterans into govern-ment jobs is paying off. John Berry, director of the Office of Personnel Management, recently gave a speech at the Veteran Employment Symposium “boot camp” and gave some of the preliminary statistics for fiscal 2011:--Hiring percentages are at a 20-year high, up 26 percent from last year and 24 per-cent over 2009. (That’s when an Executive Order was issued, creating the Veterans Employment Initiative.)--Out of 24 federal departments, 22 of them hired more veterans than they did in 2009.--Out of those 24 departments, 23 of them hired more disabled veterans than they did in 2009.--Veterans accounted for 29 percent of new hires. That comes to 4.5 percent over 2009 and 2.9 percent over 2010.Not only that, but a pilot program was ap-proved during the meeting to hire formerly homeless veterans, starting soon. The pro-grams will give veterans a chance to work in various departments in the government and match job skills. If you’re unemployed or want a government job, this is good news for you. Go online to www.FedsHireVets.gov and click Veteran, Transitioning Service Member or Family Member, depending on your circumstance. Yes, even some family members (spouse, widow/widower or mother of a veteran) can be meet eligibility criteria. Learn about Veterans’ Preference (this can be confusing, as it’s not the same as prefer-ence for federal civilian employment) and how you qualify for 5 or 10 points in eligibil-ity preference.Be sure to read about Special Hiring Au-thorities for Veterans. Certain other qualifi-cations, such as having a campaign badge or a service medal for a military operation, are extra items in your favor.To see the video of the speech Berry gave, go to www.opm.gov and put “boot camp” in the search box.

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TRIVIA PAGE

- It was 19th-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche who made the following sage observation: One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear.

- Are you an agelast or an abderian? If you never laugh, youre the latter; if you laugh too much, you’re the former.

- There is one species of frog, found in the South-east Asian country of Indonesia, that has no lungs; it breathes entirely through its skin.

- You might be surprised to learn that the largest employer in the United States is the Department of Defense. Wal-Mart is No. 2, followed by the U.S. Postal Service.

- Those who study such things say that as we age, a man’s brain shrinks more rapidly than a woman’s.

- According to Tibetan tradition, a man must get per-mission from his lady love’s maternal uncle before the couple can get married.

- If you’re in Florida and make a trip to the hair salon, keep in mind that in that state, itÕs illegal to fall asleep under a hair dryer. Both the client and the salon can be fined.

- It seems that almost every little girl has a Barbie doll, but have you ever thought about what a life-size Barbie would look like? She would be 7 feet, 2 inches tall, weigh 125 pounds and have bust-waist-hip mea-surements of 40-22-36.

- The white rhinoceros is not actually white. The “white” part of the name comes from the Afrikaans word “wijd,” which means “wide”; it describes the animal’s lips.

Thought for the Day: “We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.Ó -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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1. Name the two famous rockers who died a week apart in the fall of 1970.2. What was most memorable about Mitch Miller’s television show in the early 1960s?3. Which group released “Fortunate Son,” and when?4. Singer James “Shep” Sheppard was a member of what two early groups?5. Which group released “So Far Away” and “Walk of Life,” and when?6. Who snagged a Grammy in 1983 for “You Should Hear How She Talks About You”?

1. Is the Book of Micah in the Old or New Testa-ment or neither?2. From 1 Samuel 2, what mother brought her son a coat every year? Hannah, Elisabeth, Rebekah, Sapphira3. David met Goliath with his sling, and smooth stones to the number of ... ? 2, 3, 4, 5 4. From Exodus 4, whom did God ask, “Who hath made man’s mouth”? Eve, Noah, Moses, Adam5. What is the total amount of chapters in Psalms? 23, 49, 150, 1756. Who was the father of Gideon? Job, Jeremiah, Josiah, Joash

1. COMICS: What is the name of Hi and Lois’ young-est daughter? 2. HISTORY: Which Allied general defeated German field marshal Erwin Rommel in North Africa during World War II?3. POETRY: Who was the Greek creator of pastoral poetry?4. ART: Which Early Renaissance artist painted “The Birth of Venus”?5. TELEVISION: Who were the only witnesses to the shooting of Mr. Burns on “The Simpsons”?6. EXPLORERS: What was the nationality of explorer Edmund Hillary?7. MUSIC: Which actress/singer’s theme song was “Que Sera, Sera”?8. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was the only bachelor to serve as U.S. president?9. FAMOUS QUOTATIONS: What famous 20th-cen-tury leader once said, “If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide”?10. LANGUAGE: What is the meaning of the word “aplomb”?

Trivia Test Answers1. Trixie2. Gen. Bernard Mont-gomery3. Theocritus 4. Botticelli 5. Maggie and Santa’s Little Helper (the dog)6. New Zealand7. Doris Day 8. James Buchanan9. Mohandas Gandhi10. Confidence

Bible Test Answers:1) Old; 2) Hannah; 3) 5; 4) Moses; 5) 150; 6) Joash

Flash Back Answers

1. Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. In both cases it was a drug overdose, likely accidental. Both were 27 years old.2. “Sing Along With Mitch” (1961-1964) was a music program with the lyrics to songs helpfully rolling at the bottom of the screen. (YouTube it for a sample of old-fashioned family entertain-ment.)3. Creedence Clearwater Revival, in 1968. The anti-establishment song has appeared in a number of movies, including “Forrest Gump,” as well as a jeans commercial.4. The Heartbeats (earlier known as the Hearts) and Shep and the Limelites, best known for the 1961 hit “Daddy’s Home.”5. Dire Straits, 1985. The two songs did fairly well, but it was the group’s “Money for Nothing” that got the Grammy that year.6. Melissa Manchester.

? On Jan. 22, 1779, famed Tory outlaw Claudius Smith meets his end on the gallows in Goshen, N.Y. Smith earned the label “Cowboy of the Ramapos” for his use of guerrilla tactics against Patriot civilians. Legend has it that Smith’s skull was filled with mortar and included in the edifice of the Goshen Court House.? On Jan. 19, 1809, poet, author and literary critic Edgar Allan Poe is born in Boston. In 1836, Poe married his 13-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm, and completed his first full-length work of fiction, “Arthur Gordon Pym.” He became known for dark horror stories like “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.”? On Jan. 17, 1893, on the Hawaiian Islands, a group of American sugar planters under Sanford Ballard Dole overthrow Queen Liliuokalani, the Hawaiian mon-arch, and establish a new provincial government with Dole as president. Three hundred U.S. Marines were called to Hawaii, allegedly to protect American lives.? On Jan. 18, 1912, after a two-month ordeal, the ex-pedition of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott arrives at the South Pole, only to find that Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen had preceded them by just more than a month. Caught in a storm on the way back to base camp, Scott and two others perished.? On Jan. 16, 1945, Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany, takes to his underground bunker, where he remains for 105 days until he commits suicide on April 30 in the waning days of World War II. Hitler and his wife swallowed cyanide capsules (which had been tested on his “beloved” dog and her pups). For good measure, he shot himself with his pistol.(c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.


Are Your Medications Right for You?

Are you taking a PIM? That’s a Potentially Inappropriate Medication. New research at Cornell University revealed that 38 percent of seniors getting home health care are taking medications that aren’t effective or safe, or aren’t appropriate for seniors.The study, reported in the Journal of Gen-eral Internal Medicine, says that those who receive home care are three times more likely to be prescribed an inap-propriate medication. Being in a nursing home can result in 50 percent of patients getting at least one PIM.Many of us take multiple medications (the average is 11) prescribed by a number of doctors, and therein can lie the problem if someone isn’t keeping an eye on possible drug interactions. If a patient is taking 15 or more different medications, the risk is five times higher that one of those is inap-propriate.The risk seems to drop the most for those who actually go in to see the doctor.The suggested resolution to the problem is to add a “safety mechanism” in the form of having a medical professional actually come in to check all the medi-cations. (There are 77 medications we shouldn’t take, according to the study.)All of this is a bit mind-boggling. At my local pharmacy, the prescriptions come with a leaflet that tells about possible drug interactions, but before it even gets to the point where patients are handed the bag with their prescription, the phar-macist himself would have piped up and said something. I’ve even seen him place a call to the doctor’s office to verify and warn them of a possible problem.If you’re given a new prescription, ASK about potential interactions with other drugs you take.

Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Write to her in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected].


Stroke: Quick Action Saves Brain Cells

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Six years ago, my father died of a stroke. My mother tried to rouse him from bed, but he re-sponded with confusion and was unable to speak. She called for an ambulance. He was in the hospital only four hours before he died. The doctor said he would have lived if he had gotten treatment sooner. My mother has felt guilty about this ever since.She lives with us now. I don’t want to miss a stroke if she has one. How do you recognize one, and what should be done right away in an emergency? -- T.B.

ANSWER: Nearly 900,000 strokes oc-cur yearly in the United States, and of those victims, 200,000 die. Many of the survivors are left with great disabilities. Strokes come in two types: One is an ischemic (is-KEY-mick) stroke, and the other is a hemorrhagic stroke. “Ischemic” means “deprived of blood.” It’s the more common kind of stroke, accounting for 80 percent of all strokes. The flow of blood to part of the brain is blocked by a clot in an artery. It’s the brain’s equivalent of a heart attack. The other 20 percent comes from bleeding in the brain, a hemorrhagic stroke. Signs of either kind of stroke include slurred speech, sudden confusion, numb-ness of the face, arm or leg, trouble seeing, dizziness and severe headache. Many advocate testing the person to decide if a stroke has occurred. Asking the affected person to stick out his or her tongue and seeing if it deviates to the side is one of those tests. Don’t waste time doing tests. Immediately call 911.I’m limiting what I say about treatment to strokes resulting from the obstruction of blood flow. Brain cells begin to die within minutes.

However, there’s a three-hour window during which clot-dissolving medicines can be given. They almost always lead to a full recovery of function. Now the window has been opened wider, to 4 1/2 hours. That doesn’t detract from the important message that the earlier the treatment, the better the result.The booklet on strokes tells their signs and their treatments. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue -- No. 902W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow two weeks for delivery.***

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My husband is very nearsighted and has to wear thick glasses. I’m not. I don’t wear glasses at age 50. We have four children. What are their chances of having to wear glasses? -- E.P.

ANSWER: Nearsightedness (myopia) indi-cates that the eyes can see things that are near. Nearsighted eyes don’t see distant objects clearly. It’s a common eye condi-tion, and genetic involvement in it is high.If one parent is nearsighted, the children have a 24 percent chance of also being nearsighted. If both parents are near-sighted, the children’s risk increases to 48 percent.If neither parent is affected, the children have an 8 percent chance of develop-ing nearsightedness. Factors other than genes have to be at work. (Don’t believe these percentages with unquestioning ac-ceptance. I don’t.)

Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.(c) 2011 North America Synd., Inc.All Rights Reserved


- To make a nice ice pack, enclose several ice cubes in a sealable plastic baggie, then wrap in a bandana. You can tie the ends together to keep the cover from slipping. When you want to refreeze, put the baggie in the freezer, and hang the bandana to dry. It will dry very quickly and can be reused soon.- Want to get the most bang for your buck at the takeaway salad bar? Load up on bacon, walnuts, cheese, meats and dried fruits; go light on green beans, cucumbers, hard-boiled eggs, celery, radishes and chickpeas, which are marked up 200 percent to 300 percent.- “When you clean out your fish tank, recycle the used water by pouring it on your house or garden plants. I don’t know what it is in the water, but it makes shrubs and flowers grow like crazy.” -- Patti in Orlando, Fla.- “The all-time best remedy for a runny nose or sore throat doesn’t cost hardly a thing: It’s plain old salt water. Mix a half-teaspoon into a cup of hot water and gargle two to three times a day. If the taste is off-putting, try swishing a bit of mouthwash in your mouth just before you gargle with the salt water. This works really well, and even my doctor thinks it’s a great idea.” -- F.L. in Michigan- Use salt to clean out your garbage disposal. Kosher salt has larger grains that work very well. Dump a half-cup in the disposal, run the cold water and hit the switch. The grains scour the inside, leav-ing a better-smelling drain.- “Here’s a great after-workout drink that I just found out about: chocolate milk. The trainer at my gym prefers it over the fancy and costly ‘post-workout’ drinks at the gym’s smoothie bar.” -- I.E. in Oregon

Send your tips to Now Here’s a Tip, c/o King Features Weekly Ser-vice, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475 or e-mail JoAnn at [email protected].(c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Madonna? Give Me a Break!

Madonna is going to play the halftime show at the Super Bowl, and while everyone I’ve talked to has either shaken their head in silent consterna-tion or flat out said something along the lines of, “That is so (annoying to ponder).” The way I see it (and haven’t we all seen Madonna? I mean, really seen her by now?), who really cares? After Justin Timberlake exposed Janet Jackson’s nipple jew-elry almost a decade ago, we’ve all had to sit and watch the halftime show because most of us are old and care about bands like The Who, The Roll-ing Stones, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. See? This is a problem. For one -- these bands typically do ter-rible jobs at whatever they’re supposed to be do-ing at a halftime show. McCartney -- who was the first post-Timberlake halftime act -- seemed to be pretty game, but that’s probably because he plays a stadium every other freaking day of his life. Can’t really say the same for the other acts. Roger Dal-trey looked like he wanted to punch Pete Town-shend for making him sing a medley at his Super Bowl turn. Keith Richards looked like he wanted to smash his guitar Pete Townshend-style on Mick Jagger during their turn because Jagger was clear-ly enjoying the attention too much.Anyway, back to the problem at hand. We don’t want to have a halftime act -- at least not a good one. Halftime is when you check on the chicken or steaks. It’s when you hit the restroom. It’s when you go outside and have a smoke or comment on the weather. It’s when the younger kids, who in all likelihood are bored of the game after 10 minutes anyway, go and play their video games (to date myself, we played Atari and Intellivision).But now, it’s like, nooooo ... gotta see the leg-endary Prince sing “Purple Rain” and burn the Stouffer’s lasagna because ... I don’t know, be-cause it’s Prince and we’re supposed to watch him because the NFL deemed it to be so. But it used to really deem a lot of other stuff suitable for the view-ing audience. Did you know that Carol Channing performed not one, but two Super Bowl halftimes? That’s two more than Lady Gaga, two more than Madonna until this year. See, it used to be march-ing bands. That was until corporate sponsors said, wait a minute! There’s a minute not being spon-sored by a corporation! Let’s fix that! This started in the mid-’80s, when those happening fellas George Burns and Mickey Rooney hit the stage a year be-fore Bob Costas introduced “Elvis Presto” to the world (in 3-D, no less).But nobody ever watched that stuff. We wouldn’t have even seen Janet Jackson’s nipple if the FDA or FCC or ESPN -- pick your acronym -- hadn’t told us about it over and over again. Some of us were making the next batch of nachos, you know? Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in Kansas City.


SPORTS OF SORTS

NASCAR THIS WEEKBy Monte Dutton

A.J.’s Coup

When last we checked in on A.J. Allmendinger, it was rumored that he might lose his ride at Richard Petty Motorsports.As it turned out, that was the bad news. The good news was that Allmendinger was en route to replacing Kurt Busch in the No. 22 Dodge of Penske Racing.Allmendinger, 30, originally from Los Gatos, Calif., has competed in 152 Sprint Cup races. He hasn’t won, but he’s collected a pole (Phoenix, April 2010), four top-five finishes and 26 top 10s. His career best was a third in the 2009 Daytona 500.Noting the history of Roger Penske’s teams in most forms of American auto racing, Allmendinger said, “It’s the pinnacle.“It’s something I’ve always dreamed of, and I just feel like the way he (Penske) runs his organization, the way he takes care of his people, is first-class and top-notch. That’s something I wanted to be a part of.”When the new season begins, Allmendinger will have Brad Keselowski, the fifth-place finisher in NASCAR’s 2011 Chase, as a teammate. He succeeds Busch, who finished 11th in the final standings as both Pen-ske entries qualified for the “race-offs.”“Over the past five years, I feel like I’ve made good progress throughout each year, and that is hopefully going to allow me to take the next step of my career and really contend for race wins and try to make the Chase,” Allmendinger said. “The championship is the ultimate goal. ... To get this chance has just been amazing. It’s been quick. It’s happened real fast, but I’m ready to go.”Todd Gordon will be the crew chief. He replaced Kurt Busch’s crew chief, Steve Addington, who moved to the same position with the new champion, Tony Stew-art.“One of the biggest things that I’ve wanted in a race team is stability,” Allmendinger said. “Knowing this (Penske) is a great place made the decision a little bit easier.”

Monte Dutton covers motorsports for The Gaston (N.C.) Gazette. E-mail Monte at [email protected]. (c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.

1. Who has hit the most career home runs in Detroit Tigers history?2. Name the most recent Yankees starting pitcher to be elected to the Hall of Fame.3. When was the last time the University of South Carolina won a conference championship in football?4. Name the three NBA players who have fin-ished a season shooting at least 50 percent from the field, 50 percent from the 3-point line and 80 percent from the free-throw line. 5. Entering the 2011-12 NHL campaign, how many consecutive seasons had the San Jose Sharks won the Pacific Division?6. In 2011, 21-year-old Austin Dillon became the youngest driver to win a season championship in NASCAR Truck Series history. Who had been the youngest?7. True or false: During his career, Jim Courier played in the men’s singles final in all four of ten-nis’ Grand Slam events.

Answers1. Al Kaline, with 399 home runs.2. Phil Niekro, who pitched for the Yankees in 1984-85.3. It was 1969, as a member of the ACC.4. Steve Kerr (1995-96), Tim Legler (1995-96) and Detlef Schrempf (1994-95).5. Four consecutive seasons.6. Travis Kvapil was 27 when he won it in 2003.7. True. He won two Australian Opens and two French Opens, and lost in the finals


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• At 7,239 feet (2,206 m), the highest pass with a paved road in Canada is Highwood Pass in Kananaskis Country, a multi-use park area in the Canadian Rockies of Al-berta, west of Calgary. You can’t get there during the winter as the road is closed from mid-December to mid-June due to heavy snowfall. It is a spectacular drive and a great place to take photographs during the summer. • The Beartooth Pass on U.S. Highway 212, also known as the Beartooth High-way, is the highest point on the 68-mile (109-km) road that begins at the northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park near Silver Gate, Montana. The road goes in a northeastern direction mostly through Wyoming, ending in Red Lodge, Montana. The highway was built in the 1930s and is still considered a great engineering feat. It hugs mountains along curvy switchbacks up, across and back down through the alpine plateau. The pass is 10,947 feet (3,337 m) above sea level, and the road is one of the highest elevation roads in the United States. The highway was named for a distinct peak that looks like a bear tooth.

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Continued from page 2:• The Tetons sit on a massive fault line where earth movement caused the mountains to rise and the valley to be lowered. An interesting thing about these mountains is that there are no foot-hills, which allows gorgeous photos to be taken with the mountains mirrored in lakes at the valley floor. There are actually seven morainal (created by glaciers) lakes at the base of the range with Jackson Lake being the largest. The elevation of Jackson Lake is 6,750 feet (2,057 m), with the Tetons towering above. • During the winter months in the area, snow ac-cumulates an average of 191 inches (490 cm). Of course, this makes for excellent skiing at Jack-son Hole and Grand Targhee Resorts, the local ski “hills.” • The melting snow flows into the Snake River, which starts in Yellowstone, just north of the Tetons. The Snake “snakes” its way through the park into Idaho, Oregon and Washington before it flows into the Columbia River in southern Wash-ington and heads for the Pacific Ocean. • Mountain climbers come from all over the world to climb “The Grand” and other mountains in the Tetons. If you plan to visit, you don’t have to be a climber or a skier. There are approximately 100 miles of paved roads and nearly 200 miles of hik-ing trails in the park.

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The word shovel can be a noun or a verb. This Tidbits will explore the noun, which is defined as “an instrument for lifting or scooping loose material, such as earth, coal, etc., consisting of a curved blade or a scoop attached to a handle.”• Shovels have been around for thousands of years. The first shovels were probably the ones made from the shoulder blades of oxen. When people needed a tool, they learned to invent from what was available.• The Romans were the first to use heat to get iron to its malleable point (the point at which it could be bent and shaped). Since that time, shovel manufacturers have emerged to fill the need for shovels for gardening, road and rail building, home construction and much more. • In colonial America, many blacksmiths made the tools families needed to plant their food crops. The tools were very valuable and nec-essary for survival. Many blacksmiths made as many tools as they did horseshoes. • Captain John Ames was an early blacksmith who began making America’s first metal shov-els in 1774. As the colonists began building the country in its early years, quality tools were needed for many endeavors that built the Unit-ed States. Used for farming, railroad building, mining and road building as well as home and business construction, Ames shovels were an important invention. • While there are many companies that build shovels today, Ames shovels were used in most major events in the early years of the United States. In the 1870s Ames was produc-ing 60 percent of the world’s metal shovels, approximately 5,000 shovels per day! Many Ames shovels have been used in both peace and war times by the military. • All of these events included the use of Ames shovels: the groundbreaking for the B&O Rail-road in Baltimore; the building of the transcon-tinental railroad; the California and Australia gold rushes; the installation of the Statue of Liberty; exploration of Antarctica by Admiral Byrd; building the Hoover Dam and Mount Rushmore; and the construction of the inter-state highways. • For more about the history of Ames and oth-er shovels, visit the Stonehill Industrial History Center, located at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts. Known by most as the “shovel museum,” the center has 755 shovels from Ames on display. • During the winter months, the shovels that are usually in use are not for digging but for shoveling snow. More than 100 patents for snow shovels have been awarded to inventors since 1870. One of the first patents was given to Lydia Fairweather (yes, her real name!) in 1889. • Snow shovels are great for clearing snow, as long as you shovel correctly. Using your legs and not straining your back are important points to remember.


ShowBiz Weekly

Top 10 Box Office1. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law2. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) animated3. Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol (PG-13) Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner4. New Year’s Eve (PG-13) Michelle Pfeiffer, Zac Efron5. The Sitter (R) Jonah Hill, Ari Graynor6. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1 (PG-13) Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson7. Young Adult (R) Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt8. Hugo (PG) Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace Moretz9. Arthur Christmas (PG) animated10. The Muppets (PG) Jason Segel, Amy Adams

Top 10 Video Rentals1. Cowboys and Aliens (PG-13) Daniel Craig2. The Hangover Part II (R) Bradley Cooper3. The Help (PG-13) Viola Davis4. Mr. Popper’s Penguins (PG) Jim Carrey5. Super 8 (PG-13) Kyle Chandler6. Friends With Benefits (R) Mila Kunis7. The Smurfs (PG) Neil Patrick Harris8. 30 Minutes or Less (R) Jesse Eisenberg9. The Debt (R) Helen Mirren10. Our Idiot Brother (R) Paul Rudd

Top 10 DVD Sales1. The Hangover Part II (R) (Warner) 2. The Help (PG-13) (Buena Vista)3. Cowboys and Aliens (PG-13) (Universal)4. The Smurfs (PG) (Sony)5. Mr. Popper’s Penguins (PG) (Fox)6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (PG-13) (Warner)7. Cars 2 (G) (Buena Vista)8. Friends with Benefits (R)(Sony)9. Harry Potter: Complete 8-Film Collection (PG-13) (Warner)10. Star Wars: The Complete Saga (PG-13) (Fox)

CELEBRITY EXTRABy Cindy Elavsky

PHOTO: Kali Hawk

Q: I know how much you love Fox’s “New Girl,” so do you have any scoop on what will happen in the new year? -- Jennifer S., in CaliforniaA: I recently spoke with Kali Hawk -- who’s co-starred in such movies as “Couples Retreat,” “Get Him to the Greek” and “Bridesmaids” -- and she will be appearing in a multi-episode arc in January and February. Kali told me: “It was one of those things where everything lined up. I’m good friends with one of the series regu-lars, Jake Johnson, who plays Nick on that show. For my episodes, I play a love interest for Winston, played by Lamorne Morris. I’m someone from his past who resurfaces. It’s very interesting to see how that goes because as we all know, sometimes when you reach back, it’s not exactly the same as it once was.” You can read the rest of the interview at celebrityextraonline.com and learn about her experiences on all of her different movies, including the upcoming Tyler Perry movie “We the Peeples.” Q: I read in your column that Ricky Gervais is hosting the Golden Globes this year, which I am excited for. Is he currently in a TV series or movie that I can catch him in? -- Delilah F., via e-mail. A: Ricky’s hit BBC Two show, “Life’s Too Short,” will debut Sunday, Feb. 19, on HBO. It also stars Stephen Merchant and Warwick Davis, and centers on Warwick, who plays a fictional-ized version of himself, and his day-to-day life. The series boasts A-list guest stars such as Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson, Steve Carell, Sting and many more. Q: Will Luke Perry be making a sequel to last year’s “Goodnight for Justice” for the Hallmark Channel? I really enjoyed it. -- Jonathan P., via e-mail. A: It just so happens that Luke will indeed star in another “Goodnight” movie, this one called “Goodnight for Justice: The Measure of a Man,” which premieres Saturday, Jan. 28, at 8/7c. Luke returns as traveling circuit-court judge John Goodnight. I asked Luke how he felt when he learned the original movie became the highest-rated film in the history of the Hallmark Chan-nel. He told me: “I was just hoping to get the chance to do another one. I don’t go into it with any expectation other than I try to make the best movie every time. I feel the pressure to do all I can to promote the film, but I’ve been doing this long enough to know that audi-ences are fickle and different things happen, so you make the film and control what you can, which is your part of the process.”

Write to Cindy at King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475; or e-mail her at [email protected]. (c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.

JILL JACKSON’S HOLLYWOODBy Tony Rizzo

PHOTO: Lady Gaga

HOLLYWOOD -- It’s time again to make resolutions for the new year. We thought it would be great fun to nudge a few of our favorite celebrities in the right direction.Ashton Kutcher: Shave your fuzzy face and stop hiding your light under a bushel -- of hair.Robert Pattinson, Kristin Stewart and Taylor Lautner: Find something -- anything -- away from “The Twilight Saga” to make us cheer for you!Donald Trump: Get a new barber and hairstyle before America says, “You’re fired!”The Republican Party: Find a candidate you can actually run against President Obama. “Dancing With the Stars”: How about just one season with at least one top-notch celebrity to put the “star” back in your name! Hey, Michael Buble, what do you say? Push that plate of pasta away and return to the swooner-crooner of yesterday.Miley Cyrus: Find something besides sexy photos, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll to make headlines.Justin Bieber: Go for quality and not quantity in your public appearances, and stay home with your family and friends a few nights.The Kardashians: Find a talent -- any talent -- to be known for other than your bums!Tom Welling: (Bet you don’t know who he is!) Use the superpowers you acquired as Superboy (the past 10 years on “Smallville”) to get people to know who the heck you are.Jennifer Lopez: Is this the year you finally learn from past mistakes? Your first husband, Ojoni Noa, was a waiter in Miami; your second husband, a backup dancer, Cris Judd (which didn’t turn out too well); and now you’re running around with 23-year-old backup dancer and choreographer Casper Smart ... not very smart consider-ing the ugly custody battle husband No. 3 Marc Anthony is about to wage.Oprah Winfrey: Now that you own your OWN Network, figure out how to own it like you did at ABC!Lady Gaga: You are such a talented singer/songwriter, let us see more of that great talent and less of the over-the-top costumes and props.Send letters to Tony Rizzo’s Hollywood, 8306 Wilshire Blvd., No. 362, Beverly Hills,


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