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TIDBITS® DIRECTS YOU TO SOME ODD DOTS ON

THE MAPby Patricia L. Cook When studying maps, whether with an atlas, a fold out map or internet mapping site like Google Maps, some names just kind of jump out at you. Many strange and funny names dot maps around the globe! Tidbits will direct you to a few. •Toponymyis“thestudyofplacenames.”Many places were named for historical events, persons or naturally occurring landmarks. Some have strange names that seem to have come from joking comedians or drunken sailors! • Tostartoffwithalaugh,afunnydoton maps of Quebec is Baie des Ha! Ha! This is a hamlet near the Ha! Ha! River, which has fivedams, allnamedHa!Ha! (numbered1-5).There is also a Pointe des Ha! Ha!, Bridge Lake Ha! Ha!, Park Ha! Ha!, and more! The areas are all interesting and beautiful spots in Quebec. Remember that Canada has both English and French as their national languages. The French meaning of “haha” is “an unexpected obstacleonthepath.”Sortofexplainswherethenamesmust come from. • Another interesting place in easternCanada is Blow Me Down Provincial Park near Deer Lake, Newfoundland. The wind does blow across and over the Blow Me Down Mountains but the park actually has lots of trees to shield vis-itors from the wind. turn the page for more!

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ODD DOTS ON THE MAP (continued): • When the town of Deer Lake wasnamed in the late 1800s, itwas named for themany “deer”whooften crossed the local lake.Those deer were actually caribou. •AwhistleontheroofoftheDeerLakePower Plant was placed there during construc-tion in the early 1920s.An air raid siren thatwas brought to Newfoundland from England, it is still used today. Local residents listen for the whistle to know whether they are on time for work, ready for lunch, or ready to end their work day. It is sounded Monday to Saturday but silent on Sunday. The whistle also is blown in honor of several Canadian holidays. • If you do happen to visit BlowMeDown Park and Deer Lake in Newfoundland youshouldalsoheadsouthwestandseeJerry’sNose. Why? Because a place with a name like that should be interesting! • Heading way south, actually to thesouthern hemisphere, there is a lone rock hill in Queensland,AustraliathatisnamedBangBangJump Up! This may make you wonder if a hunter found a large kangaroo years ago! •HatHeadNationalParkinNewSouthWales Australia boasts sand dunes, wetlands,the clear waters of the Tasman Sea and beauti-ful beaches.As opposed to “bed head,”whichmeans bad hair, this is a place where a hat is needed for protection from the sunshine. It is about seven hours south of the Sunshine Coast ofQueensland,Australia. •Therearemanyoddplacenamesinallcountries, including the United States. The state claiming New York City, one of the most fash-ion forward, sophisticated cities in the world, is alsowhereHoosickandOwl’sHeadarelocated.However, there is also anOwl’sHead,Maine.Additionally,MainehasBaldHeadandSucker-ville on the map.

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EVENT CALENDAR ODD DOTS ON THE MAP (continued): •Speakingofsuckers,ifyou’vedrivenacrosstheU.S.onInterstate40you’veprobablynoticed signs for Toad Suck Park, near Conway, Arkansas.Yearsago,ToadSuckwasasteamboatstopon theArkansasRiver.The legend is thatriverboat crews would visit a local tavern and “suckwhiskeyuntiltheyswelledupliketoads!”The name is still used today for a U.S. Corps of Engineers Lock and Dam, a bridge, and the pop-ular“ToadSuckDaze”festivalheldinConwayeach May. • Bytheway,mostAmericanssaythenameoftheArkansasRiverusingthesamepro-nunciationusedforthestate:Ar-can-saw.PeopleinthestateofKansascallittheAr-Kansas,withemphasis on their state name! •Kansashasasmallunincorporatedtownnamed Canada. David Christie, Speaker of the CanadianSenatefrom1874-1878,senthissonsto purchase land in Kansas and other Canadians followed. •Someplaceshavenamesthathavenoknown reason for their origin. Maybe the answer to those origin questions should be submitted to Why,Arizona!Whyisacommunityaboutthir-tymiles north of theMexicanborder nearOr-gan Pipe Cactus National Monument. The town name originated from the Y intersection of State Routes85and86.Arizonalawrequiredallcitynames to have at least three letters – or it would havesimplybeen“Y.”Bytheway,theintersec-tion has since been changed to a T intersection. • If you are looking forGrit,Noodleor Cut and Shoot, you need to go to the state of Texas. Grit was so-named after the texture ofthe soil. Noodle was named after Noodle Creek, which according to old folk tradition meant “nothing,”meaningthecreekbedwasdry.

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Tidbits® of Dallas County www.tidbitscda.com Page 4ODD DOTS ON THE MAP (continued): •CutandShootwasnamedwhenare-ligious dispute concerning a visiting preacher arose in theTexas town.Somewanted tohearhim and some didn’t! An eight-year-old said,“I’mscared!I’mgoingtocutaroundthecornerandshootthroughthebushesinaminute!”Hedidcutbutdidn’tshootandhiswordslivedoninthe town name! • While all places have histories, thesmall towns of Remote and Boring in Oregon must not have been as lively as Cut and Shoot. No Name, Colorado also missed out on a lively name. • Hot Coffee,Mississippi got its namefrom an innkeeper who attached a sign shaped like a coffee pot to his building to attract busi-nessinthe1800s.Theinn’sbusinessgrewandthe area adopted the name. •TwoEgg,FloridawasoriginallynamedAllison after a family-owned sawmill. Duringthe Great Depression locals began trading eggs for other needs at the general store. The practice saved the town, and the name Two Egg was ad-opted. Tiny little Two Egg is still on the map! • Many strange names dot the map ofKentucky. Monkey’s Eyebrow, Rabbit Hash,Big Bone Lick, and Possom Trot are some of the peculiar ones. However, you have to go to Mis-souri to get to Peculiar and if you are interested in bigger critters like moose, maybe a visit to Eek,Alaskawouldbefun! • For the longest place name in theworld, head down under to beautiful New Zea-land. Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamatea-pokaiwhenuakitanatahu is a hill where a chief of the native Maori tribe mourned the loss of his brother. It means “the hilltop where Tamateawith big knees, conqueror of mountains, eater of land, traveler over land and sea, played his koauautohisbeloved.”

2014 North Idaho Veteran Stand Down The 2014 North Idaho Veterans StandDownwill takeplace thisyearonMay10thattheKootenaiCounty Fairgrounds from8-2pm.The event is held annually to provide services to homeless and disadvantaged veterans in the Co-eurd’Aleneand thesurroundingcommunities.VeteranscomefromasfarasSeattleandmanylocations in Montana for the one day event. The event issponsoredbySt.VincentdePaul,TheAmericanLegionPost143,TheUnitedWayofKootenaiCountyandTheUSDepartmentofVet-eransAffairs.Theeventprovidesanopportunityfor veterans to receive services fromorganiza-tions who provide medical, dental, counseling, housing, clothing and food assistance. This year we will also have Lakewood AnimalHospitalonsite toprovidefreeexami-nations and pet care. Diana Clark from Organic Stylist will be at the event to do to haircuts and Bob Pearson will be on site as well to perform bike repair and minor tune ups. This will be the 21styearoftheStandDownwhichservesasakickofftoaprogramcreatedbySt.VincentdePaul to assist veterans and their families with needed services throughout the year. Volunteers are still needed; anyone in-terested in volunteering should register online at kootenaiunitedway.org. If interested in donat-ing to the event checks may be made out to the NorthIdahoVeteransStandDownandmailedtoSt.Vincent dePaul. All donations are tax de-ductible and one hundred percent of funds raised help us provide assistance to veterans throughout the year. For more information on the Stand Down or veteran assistance you may call Eric Swan-beck,St.VincentdePaulVeteranServicesCoor-dinatorat(208)704-0548.

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Helping a Dog Gain WeightDEARPAW’SCORNER:Recently,anelderlyrelative was moved to a full-time care facil-ity because she was unable to care for herself orhertwodogs.Wegladlytookin“Sadie”and“Tasha,”bothsmall,mixed-breedadultdogs. Ithinkthey’reveryunderweight, though-- theirskin just hangs off of them. What is the best way tohelpthemgainweightquickly?--JerryS.,viae-mailDEAR JERRY: First, take them to the veteri-narian for a complete checkup. While they may very well be underweight, make sure this is the case, as some dog breeds have somewhat loose skin.Thevetalsocandeterminetheirapproxi-mate age, check for any underlying medical con-ditionsandtestforspecificnutritionaldeficien-cies. From there, work with the vet to put to-gether the best diet for the dogs. It likely will in-cludeamixofdryandwetdogfoods,inspecificamounts, for a certain number of feedings each day. I would not be surprised if they need to be given a nutritional supplement. The vet may be able to sell these to you, or recommend where tobuythem.And,ifneeded,theymaybegivenmedication. It’s very important that they takeany prescribed medicines as directed.IfSadieandTashadonothaveup-to-datevac-cination records, the vet will give them the vac-cinations they need. While healthy dogs generally need to return to the vet just once per year, Sadie and Tasha likely will need to be seen more frequent-ly so the vet can monitor their weight gain and health, and adjust their diet if needed. IcommendyouforbecomingSadieandTasha’snew family -- it sounds like theywill bewellcared for.

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FAT: AS AN ENDOCRINE ORGAN For decades, scientists, nutritionists and health care providers have believed that fat cells werejustpassiveblobsthathungoutinplaceswedon'twantitanddidnothingmorethanstoreenergy.Theyalsobelieveditworedownthebodybyplacingaburdenonitwithextraweight.Newresearchforcedthemtoaltertheirviewwhenitwasfoundthatfatisextraordinarilydynamic,verycomplexandinfluencesastaggeringarrayofcrucialbodyfunctions. Fatactuallyhasmultiple roles inhealthymetabolismand isnowclassifiedas the largestendocrineorgan,akintothethyroidandadrenalglands.AccordingtoRogerUnger,anobesityre-searcherattheUniversityofTexasSouthwesternMedicalCenter."[Fatcells]werealwaysthoughtto be poor, dumb sacks of lard. It turns out that they end up being very talented, very versatile, very importantplayers."Fatcellscontinuouslydispatchdozensofpotentchemicalsignalstoavarietyof tissues throughout the body, including the brain, liver, muscles, reproductive organs and immune system, directing and orchestrating a lot of activities. It can support or damp down the immune system, cause blood vessels to constrict and raise blood pressure, directs how, when and where the body'senergysupplyisstoredandhowandwhenitismobilized.Fatcellsalsotellthebodywhenithassufficientstorestoallowforreproduction."Intheolddays,peopleusedtothinkfattissuewasapassiveorgan,"saidRexfordS.Ahima,anendocrinologistattheUniversityofPennsylvania."Nowit'sobviousthatitmakesandsecretesmorehormonesandproteinsthanprobablyanyother.It'satthecenterofaverycomplexsystem.Itcoordinateshowmuchweeat,howmuchenergyweburn,howtheimmunesystemworks,howwereproduce.Thelistgoeson." StephanieSeneff,PhDaSeniorResearchScientistatMITsaysthat"obesityisinmanycasesa consequenceof the excessiveneed for fat cells to store criticalnutrients that are inadequatelysupplied through nutrition. The fat cells themselves release signals that are transmitted through the bloodtotheappetitecontrolcentertocausethepersontoovereat.Oneofthecriticaldeficientnu-trientsisfatitself…"Ofcoursethis"new"discoveryhasthedrugcompanieshopping;lookingforthenextbestdrugtoalterthefunctionofsomeofthechemicalmessengersthatfatisresponsibleforsuch as leptin, adiponectin and resistin, in their goal to reduce obesity. However, there is much we can do personally through a nutrient rich diet and whole food supplements to improve the condition ofourlargestendocrineorgan(fat).Doingthatcouldnotonlyhelpreduceobesity,butalsosupporta healthy immune response, making us more resistant to diseases, reduce cardiovascular disease, improve blood sugar response and many other health challenges.


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occursat5-6monthsold,nearlyeliminatestheriskofbreastcancerand totally prevents uterine infections and uterine cancer. The cancer risk increases with each heat cycle. Neuteringmalesprevents99%ofreproductivesystemprob-lems.Andundesirablemalebehaviorssuchasurinemarking,hump-ing,aggressionandtheurgetoroamarealsoreduced.Thesebenefitsare greatest when the procedures are done on youngsters. Fights, wounds and infections are otherwise inevitable. Spay a dog or cat and eliminate the constant crying and ner-vous pacing of a female in heat, and the messiness of the heat cycle. If you have more than one pet in your household, all the pets willgenerallygetalongbetteriftheyarefixed.

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•ItwasDemocraticgovernorandpresi-dentialhopefulAdlaiStevensonwhomade thefollowingsageobservation:"Afreesocietyisaplacewhereit'ssafetobeunpopular."

•Thosewhostudysuchthingsclaimthat75percentofpeoplewhodeliberatelychoosetobuy a kosher product are not, in fact, Jewish.

• Smart idea: Some fitness centers arenowusingtheenergythatclientsexpendonitsexercisebikestopowerthebuilding'slighting.

•YoumightnothaveheardofAmericaninventor Walter Hunt, but he came up with the ideas for an ice plough, a streetcar bell, an early versionoftherepeatingrifle,artificialstone,thelockstitch sewing machine and a nail-makingmachine, among other things. One of his small-est and most useful inventions was the safety pin.Inthemid-1800s,Huntowedafriend$15.In order to come up with the cash to settle the debt, he decided to invent something. He picked upan8-inchpieceofbrasswirehehadonhandand made a coil in the middle of it, creating the spring action to open it. He then devised a clasp at one end to shield the user from the sharp point. Afterthedevicewaspatentedin1849,HuntsoldthepatenttoW.R.GraceandCompanyfor$400,leavinghimselfwith$385afterhepaidtheini-tial$15debt.Incidentally,W.R.GraceandCom-pany made millions of dollars from sales of the safety pin.

•Areyouafraidofrattlesnakes?Keepinmind that the venom of a black widow spider is 15timesmoredeadlythanthatoftherattler.

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Your liver is a pow-erful organ that is involved in many critical life pre-serving measures. These include regulating blood sugar,clearinganddetoxingchemicalsandtoxins,makingproteins,enzymesand hormones, and hundreds of other essential tasks. That'swhy it is so important toprotectyour liver! And themost common poisons toour liver are alcohol and Tylenol. TheFDAhasfinallydonesomethingbyrequiring the amount of Tylenol in pain meds to bereducedfrom500mgto325mg.Buttheyhavedone nothing to the over the counter acetamino-phen,wherepeoplestillbuy"extrastrength"Ty-lenolat500mg,amarketinggimmickdesignedsolely to salemore product but has no benefitover325mg. Tylenol can be deadly to the liver, es-pecially if taken daily. Chronic intake of acet-aminophen causes a decrease in production of thestrongestanti-oxidant,glutathione,whichismade by the liver. Glutathione is a powerful an-ti-oxidantthatprotectsusfromcancerandinfec-tions,andifit'slevelsarelow,youputyourselfat greater risk of disease. The more Tylenol a pregnant woman takes,thehigherherbaby'sriskofasthma,andthe more Tylenol a child takes under age 2, again the higher the risk of asthma. This is thought to be due to the suppression of glutathione.If I have patients on daily pain meds, such as vicodin, lortab or Percocet, I attempt to get the Tylenol component out of the med since it is helping minimally with pain, but putting the pa-tient at risk of liver disease. If you have an ache or pains, or a fever, takeibuprofeninstead-assumingyourkidneysarehealthy. Itdoesn'thavethesameeffectontheliver.Andremember,achilddoesnotneedTylenol for a common cold, as it does nothing to help kill the virus, and only stresses the liver. Alowgradefever,<101,actuallyhelpskillthevirus,sodon'ttreatafeverunlessitgets>101-then use ibuprofen. To protect your liver, take NAC daily.NAC,orN-acetylcysteine,isanantioxidantthatstimulates the production of glutathione and canhelpprotectagainstTylenoltoxicity. Take500mgtwicedaily. Asanaddedbonus,itwillreduce risk of gum disease, and in patients with COPD or emphysema, helps repair lung func-tion.`Anotherwordabouttheliver-alcohol.Alcoholisverytoxictotheliver,andasweage,ittoler-ates even less. Women should not chronically drink more than a half glass of wine daily, and men more than one beer or wine/day. It places too much stress on the liver to chronically con-sume more. If you have liver disease, such as hepatitis,yourconsumptionshouldbezero.

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The Four Chaplains Where were you on Feb. 3? Were you at a ceremony honoring and remembering The Four Chaplains? If so, you were likely in the mi-nority. In1988,Feb.3ofeachyearwasdeclaredto be Four Chaplains Day, yet most people have neverheardofTheFourChaplains.It’snotoncalendars,kidsaren’t taughtabout it in schooland only a few communities have remembrance ceremoniesandlowertheirflagstohalf-staff.Here’sthestory: On Feb. 3, 1943, the troop shipDorchester, cruising from Newfoundland to Greenlandwith900soldiersaboard,wastorpe-doed on the starboard side below the water line by a German submarine. Panic ensued in the dark and disabled sinking ship. The Chaplains quickly fanned out to try to bring calm to the chaos and fear. The ChaplainswereRev.George Fox (fromPenn-sylvania),RabbiAlexanderGoode (fromNewYork), Father John P.Washington (from NewJersey)andRev.ClarkV.Poling(fromOhio).Storiesof the survivors recount theChaplains’efforts to save others, tending to those injured and getting them above decks, helping soldiers intolifeboats,distributinglifevests--andevenhanding over their own life vests and gloves, knowing theyweren’t going to leave the ship.Thosewhosurvived,floatingintheicywaters,heard the chaplains’ prayers in multiple lan-guages coming across the water. In 20 minutes, the Dorchester was gone. The Purple Heart and Distinguished Ser-vice Cross were awarded posthumously in De-cember1944. Ifyou’reamemberofaveteransservicegroup or a civilian group that wishes to honor veterans,youhaveuntilFebruary2015toorga-nizeaceremonyofremembranceinyourcom-munity.For a fast education about The Four Chaplains, goonlinetowikipedia.org,orlookforthe2004documentarycalled“TheFourChaplains:Sac-rificeatSea.”

Freddy Groves regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Send email to [email protected].

Consumer confidence is evident latelywith the vast amount of buyers entering the mar-ket and the number of sellers putting their prop-erties up for sale. This last week I have witnessed homes listed and receiving multiple showing appoint-ments within hours of hitting the market. Homes that are priced well are selling as fast as they are being listed for sale. Those that are waiting for spring will quickly realize that they are amongmany andthecompetitionwillbefierce. Tax returns provide great incentive tobuyers as the opportunity to have money for closing costs and fun payments as well as to help covermovingexpenses. Local mortgage companies report cur-rent rates to be:

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