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GONE FISHINGby Rick Dandes

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

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

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

• What may be the largest fish ever hooked and landed in America is described in a book, “Fishes and Fishing in Louisiana,” by James Gowanloch (1933). Gowanloch tells how Captain Jay Gould captured a manta ray that measured 19 feet, 9 inches (6 meters) from wing-tip to wing-tip. Even more amazing: The manta ray’s weight was estimated at a hefty 5,500 pounds (2,395 kilograms).

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Tidbits® of Jefferson CountyGONE FISHING (continued):• Bet you were upset the last time you snagged

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

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

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

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

• King salmon, or Chinook salmon, are the largest of the Alaska salmon, typically 25-50 lbs. (11.3-22.7 kg). The world-record King salmon was caught on the Kenai River, in Alaska. It weighed 97 lbs. 4 oz (44.1 kg).

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

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

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

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

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

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

• The blue whale is the largest animal on our planet (exceeding the size of the greatest known dinosaurs) and has a heart the size of a Volkswagen. But it is not a fish; it’s a mammal.

• The oarfish is the longest bony fish in the world. It has a snake-like body sporting a magnificent red fin along its length, a horse-like face and blue gills, and accounts for many sea-serpent sightings.

• A buck tail jig is a very simple lure that re-sembles a small minnow. They are often car-ried in survival packs, similar to the ones pilots have with them, because they are so effective. As the name implies, they are jigs tied with the hair of a buck deer’s tail.

• Famous fish? Benson the carp was found floating in Bluebell Lakes near Peterborough, England. Benson was famous as England’s biggest fish and had been caught at least 60 times.

• The biggest saltwater fish ever documented for an International Game Fish Association (IGFA) world fishing record was caught in 1959 by Alfred Dean of Irymple, Victoria, Australia. The white shark he snagged off Ceduna, South Australia, weighed 2,664 lbs. (1,208 kg). It was an IGFA all-tackle record and a 130 lb. (59 kg) line class record.

• Catfish are the only animals that naturally have an odd number of whiskers.

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

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

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

• In the 19th century, ice accounted for more shipping than any other commodity except cotton.

• William Howard Taft, the 18th president of the United States, was a large man. Quite a large man. In fact, he was so large that his 300-pound bulk got stuck in a White House bathtub, and he had to summon help to extri-cate himself. • The French town of Versailles was origi-nally built solely to house the staff of the extravagant palace.***Thought for the Day: “The telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful.” -- Kurt Vonnegut

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JAMES BONDJames Bond, the debonair secret agent created by writer Ian Fleming, has remained popular for decades. The 23 (so far) movies featuring the character have garnered a total box office gross of over $4.7 billion (U.S.)

• On May 8, 1963, the first Bond movie, “Dr. No,” was released. It featured a then rela-tively unknown Scottish actor, Sean Con-nery, as 007. The movie was an immediate hit, and Connery went on to superstardom. Connery made six more Bond films after that initial portrayal.

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• Previous attempts to adapt the James Bond novels resulted in a 1954 television episode of “Climax Mystery Theatre,” based on the first novel, “Casino Royale.” The short-lived TV Bond starred American actor Barry Nel-son as “Jimmy Bond.”

• “You Only Live Twice” is the very first James Bond film to jettison the plot premise of the Fleming source material. Like the book, the movie sets the plot entirely in Ja-pan, uses Blofeld as the main villain and features the Bond girl, Kissy Suzuki. The plot however, was entirely the screenwriter’s imagination.

• From Jaws to Bond? In the late 1970s, Ste-ven Spielberg wanted to direct a James Bond film, but was rejected since he wanted a per-centage of the profits, which directors of Bond films usually do not get.

• The reason James Bond always wants his vodka martinis shaken, not stirred, is that shaking makes the drink colder in less time. It also puts more air into the mixture making the flavor stronger.

• The real James Bond was an ornithologist (a person who studies and classifies birds) from Jamaica who was most famous for his book, “The Birds of the West Indies.” In exchange for the use of his name, ornithologist James Bond used Fleming’s name to classify a rare species of Jamaican birds.

• “From Russia With Love” was made into a movie only because it was President John F. Kennedy’s favorite book.

• Christopher Lee, who played the evil Scara-manga in “The Man With The Golden Gun,” was Ian Fleming’s cousin.

• Amazing but true: Burt Reynolds and Adam West were the first choices to take Sean Connery’s place as James Bond.

• George Lazenby, who succeeded Sean Con-nery as James Bond, only appeared in one film as 007. Even before the release of “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” (1969), Lazenby announced he would not reprise the role. After Lazenby, Roger Moore took over. He played Bond for 12 years.

• Six actors have played Bond through the years: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig.

• It is only with the advent of the Craig era that film directors outside of Great Britain have been used for Bond movies. In fact, all were from the Commonwealth until 2008’s “Quantum of Solace,” which is the first Bond film by a non-United Kingdom director. That director, Marc Foster, is German-Swiss.

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

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

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I’m beginning to get little knobs on my finger joints. I believe this is arthritis, and I have seen it in the advanced stages. What can I do to prevent it from getting worse? -- Anon.

ANSWER: The knobs on the finger joints below the fingernail are Heberden’s nodes, named after an English doctor who died at the start of the 19th century. Knobs on the middle finger joints are Bouchard’s nodes, named after a French doctor who died in the early years of the 20th century. Both of these knobs are signs of osteoarthritis -- the common kind of arthritis, the kind that most seniors have at least a touch of. They’re similar to bone spurs seen on back-bones and other bones, another consequence of osteoarthritis.Osteoarthritis comes from fraying of the cush-ioning cartilage inside joints. How extensive or how incapacitating it will be is unpredictable. Most people manage to get along in spite of it. However, it can be a great burden to others.There is no preventive medicine to stop osteo-arthritis in its tracks. It has a predilection for the fingers, hips, knees and spine. Should it strike larger joints like hips, knees and backbones, muscle strengthening will serve you well. Strong muscles protect joints. The exercise should not be so vigorous that it causes pain, but it should be vigorous enough to encourage strength building. Being overweight increases the stress on knees and hips, so you should

strive to stay on the lean side.Many people swear to the effectiveness of chondroitin and glucosamine, both of which are available without a prescription, and often they come in combination. Not a lot of evidence ex-ists to endorse them wholeheartedly, but if you want to give them a try, they won’t hurt you.The arthritis booklet deals with osteoarthritis, also called degenerative arthritis. Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue -- No. 301W, 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 four weeks for delivery.***DEAR DR. DONOHUE: For quite some time, my right shoulder has hurt. I saw an orthopedic doctor, who says I have a tear of my rotator cuff. He suggested surgery. What do you think of surgery for this? I am scared that I could be worse off after the operation than I am now. I am only 44 and am quite active. -- K.M.

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JILL JACKSON’S HOLLYWOOD By Jill Jackson

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) The Lamb is usually excited about taking on a new challenge. But if that’s a touch of doubt you’re feeling, maybe it’s you telling yourself to go slow on this until you learn more about it.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Accepting new commitments when you haven’t yet finished the batch on hand could be a bit rash. Better to ease up on the new ones until you get further along with your current lot.GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Reward yourself for what’s sure to be a dynamic week with a get-away to someplace wonderful, hopefully with a wonderful someone. You’ll return refreshed and ready for what’s ahead.CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Some people might be anxious about your plans. So you need to take time to explain what you expect to do and how you expect do it. And don’t forget to ask for suggestions.LEO (July 23 to August 22) Dealing with an unfamiliar problem can be difficult. The wisest course you can take is to ask for advice from those who have been where you are and have come through it. Good luck.VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Tackle a frustrating job problem by considering possibili-ties you might have ignored before. This reas-sures colleagues you’re serious about finding a solution, even if it’s not totally yours.LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Your bal-anced approach to life proves to be helpful this week when someone you care for needs your spiritual comfort, while someone else benefits from your tough-love practicality.SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Once again, you’re likely to be asked to keep a secret for someone. But do you really want to do so? Be honest with yourself and with your needs before you make any such commitment.SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Taking a more direct approach from the more diplomatic one you’ve used before could make a difference in finally resolving a too-long-held disagreement. Try it.CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Being asked for advice is flattering to the Sea Goat, who has a habit of saying the right thing. This time, expect someone to be especially im-pressed and to act on that sentiment.AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) With a number of pressures easing, your project could be making a lot more progress than you expect-ed by this time. That’s great news. But don’t let yourself be distracted; stay with it.PISCES (February 19 to March 20) An interest-ing challenge looms that could be exactly what you’ve been looking for. Discuss this with col-leagues who could have much to contribute and who might want to join with you.

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


HOLLYWOOD ... Now that the bunny has hopped through Hollywood, and the ladies have paraded their loveliest -- dresses, hairdos, jewelry, etc. -- and most of the award shows are over, the summer season is on. The tourists are running about looking for stars, and it’s the same old every year. However, those nasty little tremblors we get are pretty scary. Let’s hope we don’t feel one again soon. Let’s more than hope. A little prayer or two might help.Reports around that Charlie Sheen wants to leave “Two and a Half Men.” Maybe by the time you read this, young Sheen “will or won’t be there.” We’ll wait and see. At the moment there’s a lot of “jigglin’” and “dancing” in and out of series, new castings and etc. Never fear. Things will settle in soon.Aside to Carrie G. of San Diego. I would find it hard to name the “Biggest Female Star” of all time. There’s Greta Garbo, Mary Pickford, Eliz-abeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Shirley Temple and possibly others. Maybe some of you would like to express yourselves. So let me hear from you. We’ll print it. Been a bit rainy around here (thank heaven), so we haven’t seen the likes of George and Leo

or Paris and Lindsay scampering up and down Sunset and Hollywood boulevards. But if you are here, try going inside one or two nightclubs. SOMEBODY is sure to be there.I think I’ve answered a question like this be-fore, but it’s been so long ago that we’ll do it again. Joseph H. of Brooklyn, N.Y. says he thinks he saw my name in the cast of “Airport.” And if so, to please tell him about Helen Hayes. Yes, I was a “passenger” on the plane seated several rows in front of Miss Hayes. We worked in that movie for six weeks and sat in that plane every day, all day. Let me tell you, it was quite an experience. Some days we spent most of the time sitting in the “crouch” position. That’s how one sits when there is about to be a crash. (Try it sometime. You won’t like it!). I got to know the great lady, who won an Oscar for her role in “Airport.” She loved to knit. She was never without her needles going, and some kind of wool thing hanging from them. She was gentle, polite and fun, and one of the greatest in her profession. Me? I was just there to do a story, and to this day I can’t find myself either in the terminal, where I bought a ticket, or in my seat on the plane. Aside to Georgette R. of Hyde Park, N.Y.: I would say Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep are the three top actresses in Hollywood today. If any of you out there don’t agree, holler. We’ll hear you.***BITS ‘N’ PIECES: Marlon Brando, believe it or not, did not want to be known as an actor. Many times he listed his occupation as “shepherd”! ... Jay Leno once said, “Marriage is grand. Di-vorce is Twenty Grand.” ... And that other late-show host now admits to being a married man. That’s Dave, of course. ... No new news on “The divine Chris Pine,” although lots of ladies are saying “please be mine” -- me, too!


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CELEBRITY EXTRABy Cindy ElavskyQ: I thought Conan O’Brien was going to be heading to Fox with his late-night talk show, but now I hear he is going to TBS. Is this true? And is he taking over George Lopez’s timeslot? -- Trista W., SeattleA: Conan recently announced that he will in-deed be bringing his late-night-hosting duties to TBS. His show will air at 11 p.m., with George Lopez taking on the midnight timeslot with “Lopez Tonight.” However, make no mistake: There is no animosity in this timeslot switcha-roo. George is the one who actively courted and pursued Conan to sign with TBS, and he couldn’t be happier that Conan accepted.“I can’t think of anything better than doing my show with Conan as my lead-in,” George said. “It’s the beginning of a new era in late-night comedy.” With a reported eight-figure deal, as well as allowing Conan to own his own show (which he would not have been able to at Fox), the move to TBS was the most profitable, creativity-wise and monetary-wise.***Q: I was very upset to hear that Dixie Carter had passed away. She was the epitome of grace, beauty and talent. How are her friends and fam-ily doing? -- Edith D., via e-mail

A: Not surprisingly, Dixie’s family is heartbro-ken by her passing on April 10 from complica-tions of endometrial cancer at the age of 70. Husband Hal Holbrook released this statement: “This has been a terrible blow to our family. We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy.”Friend and former “Designing Women” co-star Annie Potts told People magazine: “Dixie Carter was a Goddess. The kind of wife and mother that every mother hopes their daughter will become, and the kind of friend that is abso-lutely irreplaceable. She loved fiercely and was adored in return.”(c) 2010 King Features Synd., Inc.


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MOMENTS IN TIMEThe History Channel

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


There are those who say that interest-only mortgages are the main reason for the hous-ing market’s problems in recent years. Loans were given fast and loose, with many pur-chasers barely qualifying for the interest portion, never mind the principal when it was added in. Still, interest-only mortgage loans are still out there, and purchasers will sign up for them. On paper, an interest-only mortgage looks enticing: The first years offer a signifi-cantly lower monthly payment, especially if you’re only going to keep your home for a few years.But Freddie Mac might think there are clouds on the horizon.Freddie Mac (the Federal Home Loan Mort-gage Corporation) was charted by Congress in 1970 as a means of providing stability in residential mortgage markets, especially for low- and moderate-income buyers. It props up the market by providing capital to lenders.It can be taken as something of a warning that Freddie Mac recently announced that later this year, in September, it will stop purchasing interest-only mortgages. Not only will there be fewer choices in obtaining a mortgage, the message itself is rather grim. Part of the decision, it seems, is that while Freddie Mac saw an increase in defaulted and delinquent mortgages during the past few years, the decision to end those mortgag-

es completely seems to say that it doesn’t see a light at the end of the tunnel -- and is bailing out completely.That’s not to say buyers won’t be able to get an interest-only loan, just that it will be tougher to find. Getting a loan is likely to be difficult, but not impossible, with borrowers needing to qualify at the full (interest plus principal) mortgage amount.There are other types of mortgages to con-sider:• Fixed-rate mortgage. These are the safest mortgages because your monthly payment will be stable for the life of the loan. The only things that could go up are the insurance and property-tax portions. With insurance, you have the opportunity to shop around.• Biweekly mortgages. You make half of your mortgage payment every two weeks. At the end of the year, you will have made 13 months’ of payments instead of 12. The mort-gage gets paid off earlier because of the extra payment each year.Before you decide on an interest-only mort-gage, run the numbers and see what they look like at www.mortgagecalculator.org.

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


PICKS OF THE WEEK“Dirty Dancing: Limited Keepsake Edition” (PG-13) -- This release of “Dirty Danc-ing” is so packed with special features, there’s no way you’ll put this “baby in a corner” ... of your bookshelf. ...Sorry about that. Anyhoo, this two-disc set contains not only the newly remastered film, but also every special feature that’s been included in previous releases, plus more than an hour’s worth of bonus material. Extras include a fan reel created by Facebook fans, a tribute to Patrick Swayze, an interview with Swayze about the dancing in the film, a hardcover 52-page book and a coupon for $50 off a stay at the Mountain Lake Hotel in Virginia, which was used as the Kellerman’s Resort in the film. Seriously, with so much stuff in this Keepsake Edition, how could you NOT have “the time of your life”? Aw man, I did it again.

Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze star in “Dirty Dancing.”

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