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• John Tyler had fi fteen children, the most of any Presi-dent.• President Tyler was the fi rst Vice President to ascend to the Presidency when William Henry Harrison passed away.• William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia after only thir-ty-two days in offi ce.• The fi rst annual White House Thanksgiving celebration was hosted by President James Polk and his wife.• Millard Fillmore was the last President to be born in the 18th Century.• President Franklin Pierce was the fi rst to have a Christ-mas tree in the White House.• James Buchanan was the only President to never marry.• Abraham Lincoln was the fi rst President to wear a beard.• Andrew Johnson was never formally educated. His wife Eliza taught him reading, writing and arithmetic.• Ulysses S. Grant fi nished his memoirs just weeks before his death. The book earned his family $450,000.• Rutherford B. Hayes held the fi rst annual Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn.• James Garfi eld was the last President to be born in a log cabin.• Grover Cleveland was the only President to be married in the White House.• Grover Cleveland also dedicated the Statue of Liberty in 1886.• Benjamin Harrison was the fi rst President to use electric-ity in the White House. He had it installed in 1891.• William McKinley was the fi rst President to ride in an automobile.• President McKinley’s inauguration was the fi rst to ever be fi lmed.• Theodore Roosevelt was the fi rst President to call his home the White House – before it was referred to as the Executive Mansion.• Theodore Roosevelt was the fi rst American to win the Nobel Peace Prize (1906).

• Theodore Roosevelt, at forty-two, was the youngest to assume offi ce after President McKinley was assassinated. The youngest President to be elected was John F. Kennedy at age forty-three.• William Howard Taft was the fi rst President to own a car.• Woodrow Wilson was the fi rst President to earn a Ph.D.• Warren G. Harding was the fi rst President to speak over the radio.• President Harding wore a size fourteen shoe, the largest of any President.• Calvin Coolidge lit the fi rst National Christmas tree on the White House lawn on December 24, 1923.• Herbert Hoover was the fi rst President to be born west of the Mississippi River.• President Hoover approved the “Star-Spangled Banner” as the National Anthem and donated all of his Presidential salary to charity.• Franklin Delano Roosevelt was paralyzed in 1921 at the age of 39 and served his entire Presidency without the use of his legs. He also founded the March of Dimes in 1938.• Harry S. Truman was the fi rst President to give a speech on television.• President Truman used to get up each morning at 5 a.m. to practice the piano for two hours.• Dwight D. Eisenhower was the only President to serve in both WWI and WWII and was the last WWI veteran to serve as President.• John F. Kennedy was the fi rst Roman Catholic to hold the offi ce of President.• Born in 1917, President Kennedy was the fi rst President elected that was born in the 20th Century. Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908 but did not become President until after Kennedy’s assassination.• Lyndon B. Johnson was the fi rst President to name an Africa-American to his cabinet.• President Nixon was the fi rst President to visit all fi fty states.• The longest-lived President was Gerald Ford, who lived to be ninety-three. Reagan was a close second, also nine-ty-three.

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Dear Dave,My wife and I had a bankruptcy discharged about 18 months ago. We’d gotten in over our heads with credit cards and couldn’t keep up the pay-ments or take care of things around the house. Afterwards, a friend told us we needed to re-build our credit score with a low-limit credit card. Since then we’ve missed a few payment, and owe about $400. Should I try to settle for a lower amount?

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The Right Pet FoodDEAR PAW’S CORNER: I read all the time about how the best cat diets are fresh food this, raw food that. I’m all for a healthy pet, but I don’t have time to cook “Jamie” a fresh dinner every night. Is there just a good all-around pet food she can eat instead? -- Margie in Atlanta

DEAR MARGIE. Don’t feel guilty about time im-pacting what you can feed to your cat. The fact that you’re thinking and reading about it means you do care, and you’re trying to give her the best

food you can.Kibble or canned food mixed with fresh on vari-ous days throughout the week will provide a varied and healthy diet. Choose the best dry/canned food possible, based on Jamie’s age and health. Often your cat’s veterinarian will recommend a brand and type. Tell the vet about any fresh foods you plan to feed Jamie, in case there are any foods he or she does not want her to eat.Jamie’s diet can be planned a week in advance, based around your schedule, and some fresh foods can be prepared and stored, covered in the refrigerator, for up to three days. For example, if you work later on one night than another, that is perhaps a good day to feed her dry kibble, which you or a friend can put in her bowl at feeding time



Exercise Won’t Make Arthritis Worse

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have osteoarthritis of the hands, and my fi ngers have bony knobs on the knuckles. They look bad and hurt part of the time. I was a registered nurse and did lots of lifting of patients. Is the arthritis genetic or from the lifting? I go to the gym two to three times a week and have been doing so for two years. Am I making it worse? -- C.S.

ANSWER: Osteoarthritis is the most common kind of arthritis. At age 65, one-third of people have evidence of knee osteoar-thritis, and close to 100 percent of women have evidence of osteoarthritis of their hands and fi ngers. Not all these people have symptoms. The tiny bumps on the knuckle below the fi ngernail are part of the arthritis picture. Genes are involved. Age, misalignment of bones and injury are other contributors. Exercise is not responsible. Continue your exercise program. Strong muscles protect joints, and exercise keeps them lim-ber. Only if an exercise is painful should you stop it. A joint is the place where two bone ends meet. The ends are covered with cartilage, and the entire joint is surrounded by a tough covering called the joint capsule. Cartilage makes it possible for one bone end to move over the other painlessly. Joint fl uid, contained in the joint by the joint capsule, oils the joint and also keeps it operating without friction. In osteoar-thritis, the joint cartilage begins to fray and crumble, and the joint fl uid thins.There is no cure for osteoarthritis; there are treatments. Tylenol is one of the best and safest drugs. Aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-infl ammatory medicines (Aleve, Advil, Motrin, etc.) are widely prescribed. They can cause ulcers, so they have to be

used in moderation. Voltaren gel is an anti-infl ammatory ap-plied to the skin over an affected joint. Less is absorbed this way, so it has fewer side effects. The doctor can inject a bothersome joint with cortisone. Artifi cial joints are always worth consideration when arthritis severely limits motion and is quite painful. The joint at the base of the thumb is often bothersome in women. An opera-tion that inserts a small piece of cartilage or other synthetic material can cushion that joint and bring great relief.The arthritis booklet discusses osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. Readers can obtain 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 ad-dress. Please allow four weeks for delivery.***DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Have clubfeet disappeared? When I was a child, I knew several children who were born with them. Now I never hear about it. I am 92. -- R.T.

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PHOTO: Carl Edwards fl ies into the catch fence just before the fi nish line at the conclusion of the Aaron’s 499 on April 26. (photo: Associated Press)

NASCAR must learn from its

Talladega scareTALLADEGA, Ala. - On the morn-ing of the Aaron’s 499 in Talla-dega, after spending a couple of hours in the infi eld, I found to my disappointment that the gate in

front of the Talladega Superspeedway press box had been locked. As a result, I had to walk down to the start-fi nish line -- it’s near the entrance to turn one, not in the center of the trioval as at most tracks -- and cross the track there. I then walked for a half mile or so along the paved pathway at the foot of the grandstands. I looked at the so-called “catch fencing” and thought to myself that it looked neither as new nor as sturdy as at other tracks. This, of course, seemed odd, since a 1988 accident at this track is the very reason such fencing is sturdier than it once was. This was about an hour before the Aaron’s 499 began and about four and a half before that very fencing would be test-ed. Whether it kept Carl Edwards’ car out of the grandstands by design or good fortune is debatable. Edwards’ whirling mass of twisted metal tore holes in it. His car rose above the

top of the fence, where presumably it could have toppled into a crowd of fans.

As was also the case in Bobby Allison’s 1988 accident here, the fence held and did its job. As was also the case 21 years earlier, luck was involved. The day won’t live in infamy. Edwards’ car didn’t tumble into the grandstands. A few fans suffered broken bones from sharp, fl ying debris. Suffi ce it to say that the incident caused shivers to go down the spines of everyone who saw it, even those who were a bit occupied trying to get their race cars across the fi nish line.

It will be open season on NASCAR for a while. Men and women who don’t particularly care for automobile racing in the fi rst place will treat this almost-disaster as if it were one.

The good news is that what could’ve happened didn’t. Ed-wards emerged uninjured. A few fans, unlucky to be in the wrong place but lucky not to be hurt worse, suffered broken bones, welts and lacerations. There was blood on the scene but not in profusion.

Disaster, far worse than declining attendance and TV ratings, was thankfully averted. Now it’s time for NASCAR offi cials to ensure that, next time, the crucial factor isn’t good luck.

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Monte Dutton has covered motorsports for The Gaston (N.C.) Gazette since 1993. He was named writer of the year by the National Motorsports Press Association in 2008. His blog NASCAR This Week (http://nascar.rbma.com) features all of his reporting on racing, roots music and life on the road. E-mail Monte at [email protected].


GoinG to the Post office?…noW there is a better alternative!

Local Business~Matters~Spokane County, WA

In this edition of “Local Business Matters” we will look at a locally owned and operated business that is an integral part of the Spokane community. If you are anything like me, I rarely look forward to making a trip to my neighborhood post office. The wait is usually a very long one, the staff is sometimes friendly, and they never have all the services I need in one building, so I end up making an additional two or three stops to complete the project I’m working on. Then I discovered and began to give my business to “The UPS Store.”

As a small business owner, I have come to appreciate the value-added business services that The UPS Store offers me, as well as all my other personal business needs. I also greatly appreciate the fact that they are locally owned and operated, and I can feel good about supporting their business while operating mine.

Late last year, I had the pleasure of meeting the owners of three local UPS Stores, Dave and Dennis Haider. Dave and Dennis started their first store two-years ago in the Valley and then opened an additional two stores in Airway Heights and Indian Trails. This team of brothers have a wealth of experience that help them serve their customers and community very well. Starting with Dave’s Air Force background as an air cargo/packing specialist to Dennis’ background as an Office Depot manager.

In addition to Dave and Dennis’ staff and expertise in value-added home/business services, The UPS Store also offers many other services that I find especially valuable. For instance, I can email just about anything I needprinted so that when I arrive the prints are done and I am on my way. They also offer notary services, copying, packaging, rubber stamps, public ac-cess computer, and best of all mailboxes. Their mailboxes are one of the most convenient services because they allow 24-hour access, they conveniently accept large packages, and they can sign for mail with complete anonymity. I can also call ahead and ask them to check my box for specific mail, and perhaps best of all I can have a personal mailbox, called a “PMB” with a physical address and receive delivery priority from the post office over a typical neighborhood box. I must admit this is especially helpful with the past winters we have had here in Eastern Washington.

So, if you are looking for a convenient alternative with a great deal more to offer in value-added services then give one of Dave and Dennis’ UPS Stores a try.

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