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On August 17, 1835, the first wrench was patented by Solyman Merrick of Massachusetts. Come along with Tidbits as we use tools!CAULKING GUN• Canadian Theodore Witte of Chilliwhack, BC,

was pretty good at home repairs but he sure got tired of trying to smooth out putty around win-dows using a putty knife. One day in 1894, he was at the bakery, watching a baker put icing on a cake using a cake decorator’s gun to force the frosting into a smooth, controllable line.

• Why couldn’t putty be that easy? Witte went home and designed what he called a “puttying tool” that allowed putty to be applied in one continuous smooth seam. Unfortunately, the putty industry didn’t pay much attention and Witte never made much money from his invention, today known as the caulking gun.

HAMMER FACTS• The word ‘smith’ comes from the Saxon word

which means ‘to smite.’ In the olden days, a smith was anyone who worked with a hammer, whether he was hammering wood, metal, or stone. Thus there were blacksmiths, clocksmiths, copper-smiths, goldsmiths, gunsmiths, locksmiths, sil-versmiths, and so on. And since all these smiths needed a hammer, there were also hammersmiths.

QUICK QUIRK QUIZ:A NEW SCREW• Henry, a businessman from Portland, Oregon,

noted that sometimes screws and screwdrivers just didn’t work like they should. They were fine for home repairs and general carpentry, but there were problems when it came to assembly lines. In the 1930s, automobile manufacturers were screw-ing millions of screws per minute with power

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FRIDAY, JULY 25Open Class Livestock Entries DueTUESDAY, AUGUST 5— Youth Horse Entry Dead-line(electronic entry closes at 12 midnight)THURSDAY, AUGUST 71:00 P.M. — Animal Health Inspection BeginsFRIDAY, AUGUST 87:30 A.M. — Wyoming Stock Dog Cattle Trials (Ford Grand-stand Arena)9:00 A.M. — Ranch Sorting (Horse Arenas)1:00 P.M. — Begin arrival of Quarter Horses

2:00 P.M. Ft. Fetterman Re-mount Horse Sale Preview (Ford Grandstand Arena)4:00 P.M. Ft. Fetterman Re-mount Horse Sale (Pepsi Equine Center)SATURDAY, AUGUST 9 - FREE ADMISSIONSTALLION OILFIELD SER-VICES DAY5:00 P.M. — CRABTREE

CARNIVAL OPENS7:30 A.M. — Quarter Horse Show (1 & 2) (Horse Arenas)8:00 A.M. — Sheep Dog Trial (Ford Grandstand Arena)9:00 A.M. — ABGA Boer Goat Show (Sheep/Goat Arenas)9:30 A.M. Wyoming State Fid-dle Championships McKibbon Cafeteria10:00 A.M. — Kidz and Kars Fair Parade (Fairgrounds)10:00 A.M. — Entries accepted for Creative and Home Arts to

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6:00 P.M. (Exhibit Buildings)5:00 P.M. — Vendors Open6:00 P.M. — DEMOLITION DERBY (Ford Grandstand Arena)SUNDAY, AUGUST 10 - FREE ADMISSIONWYOMING FARM BUREAU FEDERATION DAY5:00 P.M. — CRABTREE CARNIVAL OPENS7:30 A.M. — Quarter Horse Show (3 & 4) (Horse Arenas)8:00 A.M. — WSF Dairy Goat Show and WDGA Dairy Goat Show (Sheep/Goat Arenas)— Dutch Oven Cookoff (En-ergy Lane)9:30 A.M. Wyoming State Fiddle Cham-pionships McKibbon Cafeteria10:00 A.M. — Cowboy Church (North Stage)— ARBA Rabbit Show (Event Tent)— Sheep Wagon Con-test (Energy Lane)10:00 A.M. Coolest Pickup Contest10:00 A.M. — Entries accepted for Creative and Home Arts to 6:00 P.M. (Exhibit Buildings)11:00 A.M. — Antique Tractor Show and Pull (Ford Grand-stand)11:00 A.M. — Vendors Open1:00 P.M. — Computer entries and all fees for FFA,4-H, and Youth Shows Due1:00 P.M. — Youth Dormito-ries Open— Begin arrival of Youth Live-stock6:00 P.M. — Begin arrival of Youth Show Horses10:30 P.M. — 4-H/FFA CurfewMONDAY, AUGUST 11 - FREE ADMISSIONDOUGLAS HARDWARE HANK DAY5:00 P.M. — CRABTREE CARNIVAL OPENS6:00 P.M.

7:00 A.M. — Youth Horse Show check-in8:00 A.M. — 4-H Dog Show Check-In (Horse Arenas)— Youth Rabbit Show Check-In (Event Tent)8:00 A.M. — Open Culinary judging (Ft. Reno, lower level)— Open Needlework judging (Ag Hall, upper level) (Limited Access due to judging)

8:00 A.M. — Youth Exhibit Buildings open to receive en-tries (Access Limited for the Public: Ft. Reno, to 5:00 P.M. Ft. Steele, Ft. Caspar and Ft. Fetterman)9:00 A.M. — 4-H Dog Shows and Showmanship Contest (Horse Arenas)Youth Rabbit Showmanship followed by Youth Rabbit Show (Event Tent)10:00 A.M. — Crafted Arts judging (Ft. Fetterman)— Open Floriculture judging - (Ft. Reno lower level)— Open Fine Arts judging (Ft. Fetterman)— 4-H Clothing judging be-gins (Ft. Caspar)— FFA Exhibit Building open to receive entries. (Ft. Lara-mie)(Limited Access in all buildings due to judging— Youth Horse Show Halter

Classesfollowed by (Horse Arenas)— Youth Horse Show Perfor-mance (English) followed by (Horse Arenas)— Youth Horse Show Pro-grammed Ride (Horse Arenas)11:00 A.M. — Vendors Open1:00 P.M. — 4-H Foods Judg-ing - (Ft. Caspar)— Open Horticulture Judging (Ft. Reno lower level)3:00 P.M. — Open Photogra-phy Judging (Ft. Fetterman) (Limited Access in all build-ings due to judging)— WY Fed Beef Contest Check-in (Longhorn Pens)4:00 P.M. — OPENING CER-EMONIES - (Flag Pole)5:00 P.M. — All 4-H/FFA exhibits and all Youth Show Livestock must be in place.— 4-H Horticulture Exhibits judging5:00-7:00 P.M.— Youth Dairy Goat and Meat Goat Check-in (Goat Barn)6:00 P.M. — Fed Beef Con-test and Fed Beef Live Evalua-tion Contest (Longhorn Show Ring)7:00 P.M. — PIG ‘N MUD WRESTLING CHAMPION-SHIP(Ford Grandstand Arena)8:00 P.M. — 4-H Chaperone/Agent Meeting (Cafeteria)9:00 P.M. — FFA Member/Ad-visor Meeting (Cafeteria)— Exhibit Buildings Close10:30 P.M. — 4-H/FFA CurfewTUESDAY, AUGUST 12 - 5:00 P.M.—CRABTREE CARNIVAL OPENS7:00-8:00 A.M.—Youth Horse Show Check-in8:00 A.M.—Youth Horse Showmanship, followed by Western perfor-mance (Horse Arenas)8:00 A.M.—4-H Clothing judging


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continues (Ft. Caspar)—4-H Home Ec/Misc. judging begins (Ft. Caspar)—4-H Foods Judging contin-ues (Ft. Caspar)—4-H Exhibits judging begins(Ft. Caspar & Upper Ft. Reno)8:00 A.M.—Process All Youth Market Beef(Ford Livestock Pavilion)—Process all Youth Market Swine(Stallion Oilfield Services Show Center)

9:00 A.M.—Youth Poultry Check-in/In Place (Event Tent)—Youth Meat Goat Showman-ship followed by Youth Breed-ing Meat Goat show followed by Youth Market Goat show (Goat Show Arena)—Hay Show judging (Peabody Ag & NR Center)


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10:00 A.M.—Process all Youth Market Lambs(Ford Pavilion)—Youth Poultry Showmanship fol-lowed by Youth Poultry Show (Event Tent)—WJAA Heifer Show (Ford Pavilion)10:30 A.M.—Weigh-in for Performance Pork Contest (Stallion Oilfield Services Show Center)11:00 A.M.—Vendors Open11:30 A.M.—Weigh-in for Performance Lamb Contest (Ford Pavilion)12 NOON—Exhibit Buildings Open12 NOON—Youth Horse Show Trail (Horse Arenas)—Youth Exhibit Buildings Open (Youth Exhibit Limited access to guests due to judg-ing)1:00 P.M.—FFA Ag Mechanics judging (Ft. Laramie)1:30 P.M.—Performance Lamb Evalua-tion Contest (Ford Pavilion)3:00 P.M.—Youth Beef Fitting Contest (Ford Pavilion)

3:30 P.M.—Performance Pork Evalua-tion Contest (Stallion Oilfield Services Show Center Arena)7:00 P.M.—TRACE ADKINS CON-CERT

- with Chancey Williams & The Younger Brothers Band (Ford Grand-stand)8:30-10:00 P.M.WREA and PEPSI Sponsored 4-H/FFA Exhibitors Dance (Cafeteria Commons)9:00 P.M.—Exhibit Buildings

Close10:30 P.M.—4-H/FFA CurfewWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13ARMED FORCES DAY SPONSORED BY ACCESS MIDSTREAMPEPSI DAY - Free Admisssion with special Pepsi Can

CONVERSE COUNTY DAY WRISTBAND DAY11 A.M. — CRABTREE CAR-NIVAL OPENS-YOUTH DAY7:00-8:00 A.M.— Youth Horse Show Check-in8:30 A.M. — Youth Horse Show Timed Events and Stock Events (Horse Arenas)7:30 A.M. — 4-H Livestock Judging Contest (Sheep/Goat Arenas)8:00 A.M. — Open and Youth Wool Show Judging (Wool Pavilion)— Natural Colored and Spin-ning Wool Judging (Wool Pavilion)— 4-H Cat Show Check-in

(Event Tent)— Judging of 4-H Exhibits (if needed) (Ft. Caspar)— FFA Agronomy, Classroom judging (Ft. Laramie)— 4-H and FFA Dairy Goat Showmanship Contest fol-lowed by Youth Dairy Goat Show (Goat Arenas)9:00 A.M. — 4-H Cat Show and Showmanship Contest (Event Tent)11:00 A.M. — Vendors Open12 NOON — Open and Youth Exhibit Buildings Open12:30 P.M. — 4-H Livestock Judging Reasons (Ruthe James Williams Building)1:00 P.M. — All Other Breeds Cattle (AOB) Show followedby Wyoming Maine-Anjou Market Beef Show (Ford Pa-vilion)2:30-4:30 P.M. — Miss Ro-deo Wyoming Horsemanship (Equine Arena)3:00 P.M. — Shorthorn Cattle Show followed by ShorthornSteer Show (Ford Pavilion)— 4-H Livestock Judging Awards (Ft. Reno Stage)3:30 P.M. — Natural Fiber Arts Judging (Wool Pavilion)4:00 P.M. — 4-H Swine Show-manship followed by Youth Breeding Swine Show fol-lowed by Champion of Cham-pions Market Swine Show followed by Pen of 5 Market Swine (Stallion Oil Field Ser-vices Show Center)— Champion of Champions Market Lamb Challenge fol-lowed by Pen of 5 Market Lambs followed by WVATA Youth Jackpot Market Lamb Show (Sheep/Goat Arenas)5:30 P.M. — Wyoming Live-stock Roundup & Farm CreditServices Gathering - City Park7:00 P.M. — BUILDING 429 CONCERT with for King & County (Ford Grandstand)9:00 P.M. — Exhibit Buildings



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Close10:30 P.M. — 4-H/FFA CurfewTHURSDAY, AUGUST 14WYOMING PIONEER DAY1:00 P.M.—CRABTREE CARNIVAL OPENS8:00 A.M.—4-H Sheep Showmanship (Breeding) followed by Youth Breeding Sheep Show (Sheep/Goat Arenas)

9:00 A.M.—4-H Fashion Revue judging-Douglas High School—WVATA Youth Jackpot Mar-ket Goat Show followed by Champion of Champions Mar-ket Goat Show (Goat Arenas)—Youth Alpaca Show (Horse Arenas)10:00 A.M.—Hereford Cattle Show (Ford Pavilion) followed by Pen of 3 Bulls andWyoming Hereford Steer Show10:00 A.M.—Wyoming Pioneer Assn. Meeting(Ruthe James Williams Build-ing)—Wyoming Ropefest 2014 (Silver Arena)11:00 A.M.—Vendors Open12 NOON—Open and Youth Exhibit Buildings Open—Wyoming Pioneer Assn. Luncheon (Ruthe James Wil-liams Building)

1:00 P.M.—PRCA Slack—WAE4HA Jackpot Goat Showmanship (Dairy, Meat)1:30 P.M.—Ag Extension Retirees Re-ception (Cafeteria)2:00 P.M.—Angus Cattle Show followed by Wyoming Angus Steer Show(Ford Pavilion)3:00 P.M.—FFA Swine Showmanship followed by Youth Market Swine Show(Stallion Oilfield Services Show Center)5:00 P.M.—Champion of Champions Market Beef Showfollowed by Wyo Mkt Steer Futurity, fol-lowed by WVATA Youth Jack-pot Beef Show(Ford Pavilion) Supreme Champion Beef Bull and Female Selec-tion (following Angus Show)6:00 P.M.—Performance Pork Awards(Stallion Oilfield Services Show Center) MRW Autograph signing (North Stage)7:00 P.M.—PRCA Rodeo (Ford Grandstand Arena)— PRCA Steer Roping (Ford Grandstand Arena)9:00 P.M.—Exhibit Buildings Close10:30 P.M.—4-H/FFA CurfewFRIDAY, AUGUST 15WYO. DEPT. OF HEALTH - QUIT TOBACCO PROGRAM DAY1:00 P.M. — CRABTREE CARNIVAL OPENS7:30 A.M. — Miss Rodeo Wyo-ming Horsemanship (Horse Arenas)7:30 A.M. — FFA Sheep Show-

manship followed by 4H Sheep Showmanship (Mkt) followed by YouthMarket Lamb Show (Sheep/Goat Arenas)8:00 A.M. — Draft Horse Competition (Silver Arena)— Weigh-in for Open Prospect Calves (Ford Pavilion)8:30 A.M. — Wyoming Mus-tang Days In Hand and Perfor-mance (Horse Arenas)9:00 A.M. — Youth Breeding Beef Show followed Youth Pen of 5 Breeding Heifer Show fol-lowed by N.I.L.E. Merit Heifer Showcase, followed by Open Prospect Calf Show and WAE-4HA Jackpot Beef Showman-ship (Ford Pavilion)10:00 A.M. — PRCA Steer Roping (Ford Grandstand Are-na)— Commercial Heifer Show(Beef Show Ring Area)

11:00 A.M. — Vendors Open— Texas Longhorn Cattle Show (Long-horn Ring)12 NOON — Open and Youth Exhibit Buildings Open1:00 P.M. — Ranch Horse Show (Silver Arena, Yellow Arena)2:00 P.M. — Draft Horse Show (Ford

Grandstand)3:00 P.M. — Sheep Lead Con-test (Event Tent)4:00 P.M. — WDA Awards Re-ception (Ruthe James Williams Building)4:30 P.M. — Kidz-n-Motion (Carnival Area)6:00 P.M. — Youth Sheep Fit-ting Contest (Sheep/Goat Are-nas)6:30 P.M. — WVATA Youth Jackpot Market Swine Show (Stallion Oil Field Services Swine Show Center)7:00 P.M. — PRCA RODEO


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(Grandstand Arena)— CROWNING OF MISS RODEO WYOMING2015 (Ford Grandstand Stage)— 4-H Fashion Revue - (Douglas High School Aud.)

8:30-10:00 P.M.—WREA and PEPSI Sponsored 4-H/FFAExhibitors Dance (Cafeteria Commons)9:00 P.M. — Exhibit Buildings Close10:30 P.M. — 4-H/FFA Cur-few

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16STATE FAIR PA-RADE DAYFORD WELCOMES WSF PATRONS11 A.M. — CRAB-TREE CARNIVAL OPENS7:30 A.M. — Appa-loosa Show (Horse Arenas)8:00 A.M. — 4-H Beef Showmanship Contest followed by FFA Beef Show-manship followed by Youth Market Beef Show followed by Pen of 5 Market Beef Show, followed by Bred, Fed and Owned show (Ford Pavilion)— Open Class Sheep Show and Natural Colored Sheep Show (Sheep/Goat Arenas)10:00 A.M. — WYOMING STATE FAIR PARADE Downtown Douglas

11:00 A.M. — Lamb Evalua-tion Contest Awards (Sheep/Goat Arenas)— WAE4HA Jackpot Swine Showmanship— Wyoming Farmer’s Market (Event Tent)12 NOON — Vendors Open— Exhibit Buildings Open— Fed Beef Contest Awards Presentations held during Youth Mkt. Beef Show (Ford Pavilion)


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1:00 P.M. — Wyoming State Finals Ranch Rodeo (Ford Grandstand Arena)

— Cornhole Tournament Fi-nals— WAE4HA Jackpot Sheep Showmanships (Breeding and Market)— Cowboy Joe Handler’s Re-union - Upper Ft. Steele1:30 P.M. — Sheep Shearing

Demonstrations (Wool Pavil-ion)2:00 P.M. — Bonsai Demon-stration (Lower Ft. Reno)— Wyoming Mustang Days Activities (Horse Arenas)3:00 P.M. — FFA Round Robin Showmanship fol-lowed by 4-H Round Robin Showmanship(Sheep/Goat Arenas)5:00 P.M. — Jills Dance (Ft. Reno Stage)8:00 P.M. — CHRIS CAGLE CONCERT (Ford Grand-

stand))9:00 P.M. — Exhibit Buildings Close10:30 P.M. — 4-H/FFA Cur-few11:00 P.M. — Vendors Close12 MIDNIGHT Carnival Closes

SUNDAY, AUGUST 175:30 A.M. — McKibben Caf-eteria Open for Breakfast6:00 A.M. — Livestock Exhib-its Released7:00 A.M. — Release of Home Arts Exhibits to 1:00 P.M.7:30 A.M. — Appaloosa Show (Pepsi Equine Center)



• A newspaper reporter once asked General Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French Forces during World War II and later president of the French Fifth Republic, if he was happy. De Gaulle re-plied, “What do you take me for, an idiot?”

• If you’re like a million other Americans, you admit to

drinking Coke for break-fast.•The next time you’re planning a trip to Indiana, keep in mind that in that state it is illegal to talk be-hind a person’s back or en-gage in “spiteful gossiping.”• It’s been claimed that prodigy William James Sidis had the highest IQ ever recorded (though any

record of the test has been lost). At the age of 18 months, he was reading The New York Times; by the time he was 8, he had taught himself Latin, Greek, French, Rus-sian, German, He-brew, Turkish and Armenian and had invented his own lan-guage he called Vendergood. At the age of 11 he became the youngest person to enroll in Harvard University, and when he was 12 he lectured the Harvard Mathematical Club on four-dimensional bodies. He graduated cum laude at 16.• If you wanted to circle the equator with one-dollar bills, it would take 257,588,120 of them.

• In 1889, a magazine called The Literary Digest made the following prediction: “The ordinary ‘horseless carriage’ is at present a luxury for the wealthy, and although its price will probably fall in the future, it will never, of course, come into as common use as the bicy-cle.”

• Before Charlton Heston became a famous actor, he earned cash by serving as

an artists’ model — and posed in the nude.***

Thought for the Day: “When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I’ve never tried before.” — Mae West

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screwdrivers. With power tools, not only was it difficult to fit the screwdriver into the slot of a standard screw, but centrifugal force tended to force the screw-driver to slide out of the slot. Once the standard screw was screwed in all the way, the power screwdriver continued to spin, which either stripped the screw, stalled the screwdriver, or dam-aged the part.

• Henry invented a screw with a cross-shaped slot that could be driven with more torque and would hold tighter than regular slotted screws. He named it after himself. His new screwdriver, with its pointed tip, engaged the screw much more easily and did not slip out. The indentation in the screw was so shallow that when the screw was finished screwing, the screwdriver tip simply popped out.

• The new screw was first used in building the 1936 Cadillac and proved so effective that within two years all car manufacturers had switched. In 1936 Henry received patents for both the screw and the screwdriver, but it was so widely copied that he lost the patent in 1949. Henry died in 1958 at age 68 after seeing his screw- named after his last name- become an industry standard. What was his name? Henry Phillips invented the Phillips screwdriver.

BLACK & DECKER• In 1910, Duncan Black and Alonzo G. Decker

set up a small machine shop in Baltimore. In 1917 they invented a portable handheld drill which led to them becoming one of the most successful tool companies in the U.S.

RACHET WRENCH• Before 1964, there were socket sets but the

old-fashioned socket wrench that went with the set had to be twisted endlessly. In 1964, an 18-year-old kid named Peter Roberts was tinkering around in his dad’s garage. His father repaired lawn mowers in his spare time and sometimes Peter helped him out.

• One day Peter decided that repairing lawn mowers would be a lot easier if only the socket wrench had a button that would release the socket from the grip of the wrench. He made one up himself, and it worked. The ratchet wrench was born.

• Peter, who was a junior in high school, worked part-time at the local Sears store. He took the new wrench to show his boss, who showed it to his boss, who showed it to all the company executives at headquarters in Chicago. Nearly a year went by and Peter assumed no one was interested in his invention. Then a lawyer came to visit Peter.

• He informed the youth that Sears was pre-pared to offer him two cents for every one of his ratchet wrenches they sold- with the stipu-lation that they would not owe him any further royalties after $10,000. He said it might take Peter years to collect the maximum amount of the royalties owed him. Peter signed the pat-ent over to Sears. A year later he was amazed to receive the entire $10,000 in a single check.

• Suspecting that he had been taken, Peter went to court. His lawyer argued that Sears was guilty of fraud by leading Peter to believe that they would only be able to sell a few wrenches per year when in reality they had sold over a million. He also pointed out that Peter had been a minor when he signed the contract. The judge agreed. Not only did he award Peter Roberts damages of around a million bucks, but he also gave Peter the patent back.

QUICK QUIRK QUIZ:A FLASHLIGHT BATTERY• Russian immigrant Akiba Horowitz changed

his name to Conrad Hubert when he came to America in 1891. He was fascinated by the in-vention of electricity. Hubert began to tinker. He invented a number of electrical novelties, such as a portable fan and an illuminated flow-er pot. He named his business the American

Electrical Novelty and Manufacturing Com-pany.• Then he hired an inventor name Da-vid Misell, who had in-vented the bicycle light. While working for Hu-bert, Misell invented the flashlight, assigning the patent to Hubert. It was called the flash-light because at first it would only light up for a moment or two before going out. Hubert tink-ered with the invention, improved it, patented it in 1903, and handed out samples to New York City cops, who gave him rave reviews. Within a few years Hubert was a millionaire.

• In 1914 the National Carbon Company (which supplied Hubert with his materials) bought half interest in the company, and the name of the firm was changed. Production of the bat-teries used in flashlights overtook production of flashlights. During the Great Depression, advertisements for the company consistently depicted a child, a pet, and a flashlight in vari-ous Norman Rockwell-like situations. One such ad showed a young girl checking on a litter of nine kittens using her flashlight. This image became so popular that thousands of posters were sold, giving the company a new icon: a cat with nine lives. What is the name of the company? Answer: Eveready, now owned by Energizer

IT’S A FACT• When Commander Alan Bean walked on the

moon, he tried to fix a TV camera that was not working by hitting it with a hammer. He failed.

Famous CanadiansNORMAN BREAKEY• Norman James Breakey was born Febru-

ary 25th, 1891 in Pierson, Manitoba. Around 1940, he came up with an idea that would make painting large areas much easier.

• At the time, the standard paint brush was the only method available, and the labor was dif-ficult: “Take a paint brush in your right hand, or your left hand if you are left handed, or both hands if it is a big brush. Dip the brush into a can of paint and raise it above your head, being careful not to let the paint roll down your arm. Dab it on the ceiling, repeat the process hun-dreds of times. Then—take a bath.” Norman Breakey devised a cylinder covered in fabric that picked up more paint than a brush. It was the pre-curser to the modern paint roller.

• Breakey approached Tom Hamilton, an execu-tive for A.B. Caya Fabrics, for advice on what type of fabric to use to cover his roller. Years later, Hamilton recalled: “He wanted my opin-ion on the best kind of fabric that offered a stiff bristly nap. I asked for what purpose, and he said ‘For rolling paint.’ I scratched my head at that but he resolutely went on and described to me something with a handle shaped like a ‘7’ that would hold a cardboard, fabric-covered cylinder. ‘If my theory is right this thing will revolutionize painting in Canada,’ he said. Well, the best thing I could think of was that bristly green mohair velour that was used to cover railway touring coaches in those days. So

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Adult Dog ForgetsIts HousetrainingDEAR PAW’S CORNER: My border collie mix, “Rex,” was difficult to housetrain when he was a puppy, but things smoothed out for several years. Now suddenly he’s pooping all over the house again. I scold him, he looks ashamed and whines, but then it happens again. How do a retrain an old, stubborn dog? — Clark in Kansas CityDEAR CLARK: Take Rex straight to the vet. When an adult dog that had no issues

with housetraining for several years suddenly develops issues, it’s not a problem of stub-bornness. Something else is going on. Incon-tinence is a somewhat common problem in senior dogs, as they develop various physical problems with bladder, kidneys or muscles. In adult dogs that haven’t reached their expected senior age, eliminating in the house can signal an infection or other disease. In both cases, pets need to be evaluated by a veterinarian.Working out an appropriate treatment may

take additional testing and, depending on Rex’s diagnosis, a bit of time to work out the right medications to give, if any. You’ll also need to accommodate his problem, hopefully on a temporary basis, by setting up disposable pee pads appropriate to his size in each room he frequents.A side anecdote: When my mother’s aging German shepherd became incontinent, she rolled out spare carpet strips wherever he walked or rested.These she could clean or dispose of when he had an accident. Train Rex to use the pads similar to his original housetraining outdoors. It’s important to keep up his routine as much as possible: Take him for his walks at the same time as usual and feed him at the same time (unless otherwise directed by the vet).Send your questions or comments to [email protected].



I sold him a bolt of that, told him how to cut it on the bias, suggested some glues and away he went, beaming out the door. Later he came by and thanked me for my advice. He gave me one of his original rollers and a tray that had been hammered out by a local tinsmith. Neither of us knew then how big his invention would get to be.”

• Unfortunately, Breakey lacked the money to produce a significant supply of rollers on his own. Attempts to persuade investors to back him failed. Meanwhile, people started tinker-ing with the design, altering it just enough to that they were able to apply for their own pat-ents.

• When hogs’ hair bristles became scarce dur-ing World War II, an inventor named Richard Croxton Adams working for Sherwin-Wil-liams in Cleveland, Ohio, made a paint roller called a “Roller-Koater” that did not use bris-tles. Adams became the first U.S. patent holder for a paint roller.

• At least one account claims Breakey died poor and unknown not long after he came up with his invention. He went without public notice until 1967, when he was listed in both the inventors volume of McClelland & Stewart’s Canadian Centennial Library and a Maclean’s feature called “Who’s Who of Canadian What’s His Names.” Breakey may have been under-heralded in life, but his work has aided gen-erations of painters.

• Here are some tips for the next time you use one of Norman Breakey’s rollers: Use a lint roller on your paint roller to get loose bits of fuzz off it prior to painting. Use a Swiffer on your walls to collect dust be-fore painting. Line your paint tray with a plastic bag so you won’t have to clean it, then put the paint tray inside a card-board box tray, such as the ones that come underneath a flat of water bottles. Paint large surfaces using a pattern of large ‘Ws’ across the wall, back and forth. Cover places like hinges and door knobs with Vasoline to prevent paint from sticking. If the painter’s tape won’t peel, put it in a microwave for 10 seconds. Alcohol wipes such as those found in first aid kits will wipe up paint drips, and Q-tips will touch up tiny spots. Store the paint roller in a Ziplok baggie in a Pring-les can to keep it fresh over night.

PAINTQUICK QUIRK QUIZ: TWO INNOVATORS• In 1866 Henry bought an Ohio paint manu-

facturing company for $2,000. Four years

later, he became a partner with a man named Edward. Back then, painting was a tricky, dif-ficult business, and only professionals did it. The paint had to be hand mixed, stirred often, and used before it dried in the container. Hen-ry and Edward wanted to be able to sell paint directly to the people, so they knew they had to make it easy.

• First they developed pre-mixed paint, then they invented the re-sealable paint can. They created different paints for different surfaces, since metal, wood, and brick all react differ-ently to paint. They perfected interior and ex-terior paints. They even developed different paints for different climates.

• Because there had been so many shoddy paint companies selling such poor quality paint for so long, paint had a very negative stigma which needed to be overcome. Henry and Ed-

• Line your pots and pans with plain paper coffee filters to reduce scratches. Replace as needed.

• To keep clothing on the hanger in your closet, try the thin, velvet-lined ones. If you can’t find them, add strips of rubber shelf liner to the tops of your hangers, secured with a little duct tape or safety pins.

• If you have solar lights that stick in the ground, you’re going to love this: Grab one right out of the ground and flip a flower-pot over, stick it into the hole in the bottom of the pot, and you’ve got a nice little table lamp. Great if the power goes out!

• Here’s an easy and healthy way to add moisture and fiber to your burgers or meatballs: oatmeal. Add instead of package bread crumbs, which can include way too much unnecessary sugar or oils. The oats keep the meat nice and moist.

• Fruit salad can be frozen in small portions in the wells of a muffin tin. Press down and include juices. When frozen, it can be re-moved and the resulting frozen cups put in a freezer safe bag for use in smoothies later.

• Tank tops or scarves can be stored on a hanger to which you’ve attached plastic shower rings. Simply thread the scarf or the tank straps through the ring. They make a nice presentation, and you can fit many on the same hanger.

Send your tips to Now Here’s a Tip, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Or-lando, FL 32853-6475 or e-mail JoAnn at [email protected].



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ward decided to offer people a ‘money-back

guarantee’ stating that their money would be cheerfully refunded if they were not complete-ly satisfied. This was the first company ever to offer a money-back guarantee, and it gained the public’s confidence.

• When the partners discovered that automo-bile paint took 21 days to dry, they developed a quickdry paint that would dry in a matter of hours. They supplied the Army with cam-ouflage paint during the war. Their company transformed the industry from something that was difficult even for professionals to ac-complish to something that was entirely user-friendly. The company is named after Henry and Edward’s last names. What’s the company called? Answer: Sherwin-Williams.

QUICK QUIRK QUIZ: FISH OIL PAINT• Robert Fergusson ran away from his home in

Scotland at the age of 12, and went to seek ad-venture on the sea. His duties included swab-bing and re-painting the rusty metal deck, a tedious chore. One day he lunged for an open container of raw fish oil trying to catch it be-

fore it spilled, but failed. It spread all over the deck. In the days following the spill, he noticed that the rust that had been relentlessly creep-ing across the deck stopped where the fish oil had spilled. He remembered this fact through-out his long career as a sea captain.

• After settling in New Orleans, he frequently experimented with fish oil-based paints. The problem was that they smelled terrible and took forever to dry. When Fergusson was 42 years old, he was put in charge of a fleet of ships during World War I. Taking the oppor-tunity to do further experiments with fish oil, he finally hit on a formula that smelled better, dried fast, and stopped rust overnight.

• After the war, he founded a paint company in 1921, which did quite well. Today it’s a world-wide leader in protective paints and coatings for both home and industry, and still offers the famous rust-fighting formula that started it all back in 1921. The company’s motto, ‘Rust Never Sleeps’, was created by the members of the rock group Devo when they worked for an Ohio advertising agency prior to becoming fa-mous. What’s the name of the company? Rust-Oleum.

DÉCOR BY ABE• When Abe Lincoln was a boy, he saw some

boys wading in a mud puddle near the house. He called them over and one by one he held them upsidedown and had them “walk” their muddy feet up the walls and across the white-washed ceiling. As soon as his stepmother quit laughing, she made Abe re-paint.



August 14th - 20thTidbits of Glenrock, Douglas and Wheatland

1. Buyers are going to do an inspection, and the inspector will be able to identify all the issues and suggest needed repairs. So, really, there’s no avoiding it. You WILL have to fix any problems, credit money back to the buyer, or drop your price to compen-sate.

2. So many of the most common re-pairs are easy to solve, usually inexpensive, and can be done – by you – in a weekend. They’re likely to be the things that were already on your own list of weekend pro-jects for the past year, and if they bother you, they’ll also bother a buyer. Leaky fau-cets, ripped window screens, ceiling stains, cracks in the plaster: they may seem like minor issues, and each one by itself is, but when you’ve got a whole house full of problems like this, they add up to one big seller headache.

3. Eliminating distracting drawbacks will allow buyers to have a positive experience as they tour your home. That means open house visitors will be able to focus on your home’s positive, not negative, features.

4. Getting your home com-pletely prepped and ready will increase its perceived value be-cause you’re showing buyers that your property is well-main-tained.

5. You won’t have to do a price reduction to reflect the

estimated (and often over-in-flated) cost of repairs!

6. Last min-ute repairs done on a tight time-line are almost always more costly since you don’t have time to shop around for a less expen-sive estimate. Plus, your time crunch begs

for tradesman to charge higher rush fees for squeezing the work into their schedule.7. Your actual cost to fix items will always be less than a buyer’s estimate after their in-spection.8. You’ll avoid credits back to the buyer for problems identified during the inspection and haggling that drags on and on over minor issues, possibly costing you the deal. (You’d be surprised how ugly things can get when you’re down to the wire negotiating the added cost of repairs the cracks in the chimney.)9. Your real estate agent will love showing off an impec-

cable home and buyer’s agents will be dying to get their clients in the front door. That brings in more potential buyers – which equates to more chances of finding the right one willing to pay your sale price.

10. You’ll sell faster. And for a higher price. Cha-ching.

Here are 10 reasons you’ll want to make repairs before you put your house on the market:

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DEAR DR. ROACH: For the past eight months, I have had a twitch in the inside of my right ear. I canhear it twitching, and I can feel it. It seems to get

worse when I talk on the phone (it’s my phone ear),but sometimes I wake up with it twitching. It feels like when your eye twitches, only it’s inside my ear.

I could liken the move-ment to a snapping of fingers. It’s more a vi-bration than a crunch. I do hear a sound when it happens, similar to when you get water plugging up your ear. So it plugs/unplugs with each twitch.I have gone to my gen-eral practitioner for help. He referred me to an ear specialist. They did a hearingtest, which I passed with flying colors. Oth-er than that, they didn’t have any solution to my problem. It is very both-ersome and seems to be getting worse. I think it may be stress-related, but I don’t know what to do to make it stop. Can you help me? — P.C.ANSWER: This sounds like a spasm of one of the muscles that con-trol the tension of the eardrum, the tensor tympani and stapedius muscles. These mus-cles protect our ears, to some extent, from loud noises. Just like you can have a spasm or twitch in your eye muscles — or indeed any muscle —these muscles cause a unique sound sensation in the ear when they repeatedly twitch with high frequency. The plugging/unplugging sensation is likely the Eustachian tube, which controls the pressure in the ear, opening and closing.The bad news is that I don’t know of anything

to make it stop. The good news is that it won’t af-fect your hearing. Very rarely, it can be a sign of a nerve or muscle disease, but it is likely a normal phenomenon that many people have but few notice and articulate it as well as you have.

***DEAR DR. ROACH: My mother, 88 years old, recently switched her medicine for hypertension from timed release, which she has been taking for 10 years, to one that is not timed release, because the timed release was too expensive. I’m worried.Has she compromised her health by doing this? Her cardiologist gave her the go-ahead. — J.R.ANSWER: In my opinion, timedrelease versions for high blood pressure are preferable to non-time-drelease because the level of the medication in the blood can go up and down to a greater degree with the regular- release formulation. However, it does depend on the medication, and her cardiologist knows more than I do about her particular situa-tion.

***DEAR DR. ROACH: Because of my knee replace-ment, I am recommendedto have four amoxicillin 500-mg tablets before a dental procedure. I am concerned about taking 2,000 mg every time. Is it too much? — C.C.H.ANSWER: Amoxicillin is a very safe medication, and a single dose of 2,000 mg is standard for people who require treatment to prevent infection. The major concern is allergy, so anyone with a docu-mented history of reaction to penicillin-like drugsshould get an alternate medication.

***Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer indi-vidual letters, but will incorporate them in the col-umn whenever possible. Readers may email ques-tions to [email protected]. To view and order health pamphlets, visit www.rb-mamall.com, or write to P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

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Ear Twitch Won’t Affect Hearing

August 14th - 20thTidbits of Glenrock, Douglas and Wheatland

• On Aug. 31, 1888, Mary Ann Nichols, the first victim of London serial killer “Jack the Ripper,” is found murdered. The police were at a complete loss for suspects. However, two letters alluded to facts known only to the po-lice and the killer. These letters, signed “Jack the Ripper,” gave rise to the serial killer’s nick-name.

• On Aug. 27, 1937, George E.T. Eyston breaks his own auto-mobile land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, raising the mark to 345.49 mph. Eyston described his built-for-

speed Thunderbolt as having two 2,000-horse-power Rolls Royce motors geared together.

• On Aug. 26, 1944, French Gen. Charles de Gaulle enters Paris, which had been formally liberated from the Germans the day before. As he entered the Place de l’Hotel, French col-laborationists took a few sniper shots at him.

• On Aug. 28, 1955, while visiting family in Money, Mississippi, 14- year-old Emmett Till, a black from Chicago, is murdered for flirting with a white woman. His assailants — the woman’s husband and her brother — were found “not guilty” by an allwhite jury that deliberated for less than an hour.

• On Aug. 29, 1962, Robert Frost leaves for the Soviet Union on a goodwill tour sponsored by the U.S. State Department in an effort to thaw Cold War relations. Frost’s poetry has estab-

lished his international reputation as Ameri-can’s unofficial poet laureate.

• On Aug. 30, 1974, a train entering a Zagreb, Yugoslavia, station derails, killing 153 people. The train should have slowed to 30 mph as it approached the station; however, the engi-neers not only failed to slow the train, but went through a red signal at about 60 mph.

• On Aug. 25, 1985, Samantha Smith, the 13-year-old “ambassador” to the Soviet Union, dies in a plane crash. Smith was best known for writing to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov, who invited her to visit the Soviet Union. The Russian government responded to her death by issuing a stamp in her honor and naming a mountain after her.


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