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TIDBITS® INVESTIGATES SOME OF

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The unexplained…the unresolved…the unanswered. This week, Tidbits investigates some baffling happenings whose endings haven’t yet been written. • On June 1, 1937, aviatrix Amelia Earhart and her

navigator Fred Noonan departed Miami on a 29,000 mile (46,671 km) journey, attempting to circumnavigate the globe. Their last contact was on July 2 from the vicinity of Howland Island in the central Pacific Ocean, just 7,000 miles (11,265 km) from completing their goal. Earhart stated in her last radio transmission that the plane was low on gas. Within an hour of that contact, searches had begun, including 60 planes launched from an aircraft carrier that stayed in the area until July 18. The plane had disappeared without a single trace. The official version of her disappearance is that she crashed and sank in the 18,000-foot-deep (5,486 m) ocean. Another version claimed that the

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March 26 - 1:30pm Annual Hospital & Home Auxiliary Easter Egg Hunt, Deuel County Good Samaritan Center. Children in grades 2nd and under are encouraged to participate. Filled eggs and prizes for every child. Feel free to bring your cam-era and take your child's picture with the Easter Bunny!

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plane went down in the Marshall Islands and the pair were picked up by the Japanese, imprisoned in Saipan, and executed there. Yet another theory states that they remained castaways and lived out their lives on a Pacific island. Scores of searches have been launched over the years, including the most recent in June, 2015, when a 14-member team scoured the uninhabited South Pacific island of Nikumaroro with no results.

• In November of 1971, Dan Cooper, having paid $18.52 for a ticket, boarded a Boeing 727 on Northwest Airlines Flight 305 in Portland, Oregon, along with 36 others, bound for Seattle. (A press communication later mislabeled the man as “D.B. Cooper.”) Shortly into the flight, Cooper passed a note to the flight attendant, advising her that his briefcase contained a bomb. Thinking he was giving her his phone number, she stuck the unopened note into her pocket. Her indifference caused Cooper to speak to her, “Miss, you’d better look at that note. I have a bomb.” The note listed a demand for $200,000 in unmarked $20 bills and four parachutes. He received his cash and parachutes when the plane landed in Seattle, he set the passengers free, and commanded the pilot to fly him to Mexico, flying “low and slow” and leaving the back door unlocked. Five Air Force fighter planes tailed the jet, but not a soul witnessed Cooper’s jump into the rainy night somewhere between Seattle and Reno, Nevada. And D.B. Cooper has never been seen again. Nine years later, a family vacation led to the discovery of some of D.B. Cooper’s ransom money. An eight-year-old boy was looking for firewood near the border between Washington and Oregon discovered $5,800 in decaying $20 bills along the banks of the Columbia River. The serial numbers confirmed it was the hijacker’s money. No other money has ever been found, and considering the rugged wilderness, the FBI has always maintained that Cooper could not have survived his caper.

• In 1587, Englishman John White led 120 colonists to establish a settlement on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. Just a few weeks later, his daughter gave birth to the first English child born in the New World. Shortly afterward, a shortage of supplies sent White back to England. His return to North Carolina was drastically delayed for three years by a naval war with Spain. When White finally landed on Roanoke in 1590, the settlers had vanished without a trace. The buildings had collapsed and houses were dismantled. The only clue left to their whereabouts was the word “Croatoan” carved on a fence post and “CRO” on a tree. Some believe this referred to Croatoan Island (Hatteras Island today), 50 miles (80 km) south. It was also the name of a small group of Native Americans in the area. Searches turned up no survivors, but it may well be that the settlers sought help from the tribes and were gradually assimilated. A 1709 publication quoted Croatans who claimed to have white ancestors, and early colonists reported encounters with gray-eyed Native Americans.

• Experts have long debated whether the Lost City of Atlantis was real or fictional. Described in Plato’s dialogues written about 330 B.C., Plato described it as a powerful and advanced kingdom that fell from the gods’ favor and sank into the ocean around 9600 B.C. “in a single day and night of misfortune.” Supposedly, the kingdom was on an island larger than “Libya and Asia Minor put together,” located in the Atlantic just beyond the Pillars of Hercules, which is believed to be the Strait of Gibraltar. The location has been linked with the Greek island of Santorini, which was destroyed by a volcano around 1600 B.C. The philosopher Aristotle joked about “Plato’s ability to conjure nations out of thin air and then destroy them,” but the legend of the long-lost utopia still fascinates today. No trace of the city has ever been found.

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March 21 - Track Practice StartsMarch 21 - Whetstone Choral Festival in SissetonMarch 23 - Regional History Day in AberdeenMarch 24 - Community Day at the School. Everyone is invited to school to visit from 8:30am – 3:15pm.March 24 - Community Day/National Honor Society Blood Drive 8:30am – 3pm, GymMarch 25-28 - NO SCHOOL!!! Easter Break!!March 29 - State of School Meeting 7pm

WEBSTER, SDMarch 22 - High School Cabaret, Armory 6pm. Meal and concert for $15 for adults or $10 for grades K-8. Concert-only tickets will be available at the door for $5. Dinner will begin at 6 PM, followed by the concert at 7 PM. Contact Karen (605-345-4651) for tickets.March 23 - Hot Yoga Class, HS Wrestling Room, 6:30pm, call JuliAnna Stern at 605-265-0835 for more info.March 23 - "The Power of One Voice" by Hayden Loven, a speaker, actor and entertainer, Armory, 7pm.March 25 - Webster Lenten Fish Fry, The Cattail 5pm. Proceeds will benefit Girl Scouts.March 27 - Open Archery, Izaak Walton Building 2pmMarch 29-31 - Northside Implement open house, including lunch served on March 31 from 11:30am to 1:30pm.March 29 - Sip Swirl + Shop 2016 Planning Team, Business Center (former Vo-Tech), 5:30pm, call JuliAnna Stern at 605-265-0835 for more info.

• Monday, March 21st- Play practice starts. Whetstone Music Festival in Sisseton, practice at 10:00, concert at 7:00 pm. Juniors and seniors will be attending Career Day at WSS School from 1:00 to 3:30 pm. • Wednesday, March 23rd- Region History Day Competition in Ab-erdeen, they will depart at 6:15 am and hope to return by 3:41 pm. • Thursday, March 24-7:00 pm Maundy Thursday Worship with Communion at Hope Lutheran.• Friday, March 25th- Good Friday. No NTHS multi. No staff day. 7:00 pm Worship at Hope Lutheran.• Sunday, March 27th- Easter Sunday. No Sunday school. Easter Breakfast 8:30-9:30, Worship with Communion-10:00 am at Hope Lutheran. • Monday, March 28-Easter Monday-No school

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• UFO or government cover-up? In the summer of 1947, 75 miles (121 km) from Roswell, New Mexico, a sheep rancher discovered some unusual debris in his pasture – metal sticks, chunks of plastic, foil reflectors, and heavy paper-like material. It wasn’t long after the rancher contacted the authorities that soldiers invaded his property and quickly scooped the pieces into armored trucks. While the U.S. military assured the public that it was a crashed weather balloon, the pieces didn’t resemble that at all. Many insisted that the debris was a crashed extraterrestrial spacecraft, complete with alien passengers. The UFO supporters claimed that the craft and its occupants had been captured and covered up by the military. Fifty years later, the military issued a report declaring that the mysterious wreckage was part of a top-secret atomic espionage project called Project Mogul.

The report stated that the fragments really were a weather balloon, but one whose real purpose was to carry classified information. Yet there are still those who subscribe to the UFO theory, as demonstrated by the hundreds of thousands of annual visitors to the Roswell site.

• In November of 1872 the ship Mary Celeste left New York harbor with Captain Briggs, his wife, daughter, and eight crew members, with a destination of Italy. A month later, the ship was discovered floating in the Atlantic with no one aboard. The captain’s log and the life boat were missing; otherwise, the undamaged ship was intact. None of the travelers were ever seen again. The ship had been renamed after numerous other mishaps had befallen the craft, including three captains dying aboard the ship and the breakout of supposedly accidental fires.

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BATSTidbits has bats in the belfry! We’re taking the time this week to examine this large group of nocturnal mammals.• There are more than 1,200 species of bats, and they

comprise nearly a quarter of all mammal species on earth. More than half of all bats in the U.S. are either endangered or their population is declining.

• Although to many, bats seem scary and creepy, they are vital to the ecosystem in controlling pests and participating in pollination. Seventy percent of bats consume insects, contributing to a large part of natural pest control. One brown bat can eat up to 1,000 mosquitoes in one hour! Nearly 30% of the other species have a diet of various fruits. A very small percentage dine on fish, mice, and frogs.

• There are only three species of what we call vampire bats, those that feed on the blood of animals, and all of those are native only to Latin America. Many of us fear these blood drinkers, but they can be very beneficial to humans. Their saliva contains an enzyme that dissolves blood clots, which can be used to treat stroke victims. An Animal Planet poll revealed that vampire bats are the third-most feared animal in the world. Wolves and gorillas are the only ones ahead.

• The bumblebee bat, native to Thailand, is the world’s smallest mammal, only about 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) long, and weighing less than a penny. The largest bat is the Giant Golden Crowned Flying Fox that lives on islands in the South Pacific. This species weighs about 3 lbs. (1.3 kg) and has a wingspan of up to 6 feet (1.8 m).

• Many people associate bats with rabies, but in the U.S., an average of only two people die per year from rabies from a bat. Bats can also spread histoplasmosis, or “cave disease,” a fungus found in bat droppings. Those who breathe in the

infected spores can experience chills, muscle and joint pain, chest discomfort, and a rash.

• Bat dung, called guano, is one of the richest fertilizers available, with high levels of phosphorus, potassium, and nitrogen. During the U.S. Civil War, guano was used to make gunpowder.

• As nocturnal animals, bats sleep during the day, hanging upside down from trees or from the roofs of caves, gripping with their sharp claws. On the hunt at night, they might fly 30 miles (48 km) to locate food, which they can locate in total darkness. They find insects by emitting high-pitched sounds, 10 to 20 beeps per second and listening for echoes. The bat has a very long tongue for feeding, which it wraps around its rib cage when not in use.

• While some mammals might glide, the bat is the only mammal capable of continued flight. The wing membranes make up about 95% of the bat’s body surface area.

• Many bats have a long life span, including the brown bat that can live nearly 40 years.

• A colony of bats usually varies in size from 100 to 1,000 bats. The world’s largest known bat colony in the world is in Texas’ Bracken Bat Cave, where more than 20 million bats live. When groups exit the cave, the mass is so large, it resembles a gigantic storm on radar.

WHODUNIT?Some of history’s mysteries include crimes that were never solved. Tidbits checks out some unsolved mysteries that have not been explained.• There’s been no sign of Teamsters’ Union president

Jimmy Hoffa since July 30, 1975. That’s the day he told his wife he was meeting two men (reportedly Mafia leaders) at Detroit’s Red Fox Restaurant for lunch. Hoffa had been involved with organized crime for many years during his union work. He

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Q: I bought a player and box of eight-track tapes at a ga-rage sale. Are they worth keeping? I paid $15 for the entire shebang. -- Art, Garden City, Kansas

A: Eight-track tapes are an oddity in that the music is inter-rupted periodically as the tracks switch during the recorded performance. There also is a tendency for the tracks to bleed over each other, so that occasionally you hear two tracks playing at the same time. I suspect you paid about what the machine and tapes are worth. There seems to be little demand for eight-track tapes, and they are difficult to sell.

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I discovered an R.C. Allen six-row keyboard adding machine from the 1930s. Since it was surplus, I managed to buy it for $20. Can you recommend someone who can clean it and may-be give me an idea of its value? -- Ken, Arvada, Colorado

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: Lately, two of my three cats seem to be “missing” the litter-box on their visits to it. I mean, they’ll use the box, but they spray the wall it backs up to or go on the edge. My third cat has no problem. How can I stop the other two? -- Amy, via email

DEAR AMY: In my experience, many litter box problems occur in homes with more than one cat. These problems include spraying or defecating outside the box, even when the cat are standing inside of it. Some cats also eliminate away from the litter box.

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• It was British art critic and social reformer John Ruskin who made the following observation: “Sunshine is delicious, rain is re-

freshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.”

• After the events of this past winter, you may not be surprised to learn that sales of cakes, cookies and candy spike when a blizzard is in the weather forecast.

• You’ve almost certainly heard of “M•A•S•H,” one of the most popular TV series of all time. One of the main characters on the show, which ran from 1972 to 1983, was Corporal Klinger, played by Jamie Farr. It’s interesting to note that in the 1950s, Farr actually served as an enlisted man in the U.S. Army in Korea -- and the dog tags he wore on the show were the same ones he wore during his service.

• For reasons that are not quite clear, inventors have created a robot that can solve a Rubik’s cube in slightly more than one second.

• In 18th-century France, there was a Parisian printer who employed several apprentices, all of whom lived in the home of the printer’s family. The printer’s wife was, evidently, a lover of cats -- and her cats begged for scraps and screeched at all hours of the night. Finally fed up with the felines, the apprentices took matters into their own hands: While the family was out of town, they held a formal trial, complete with guards, a confessor and a public executioner. After they were pronounced guilty, the accused felines were strung up on cat-sized gallows.


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had been convicted of attempted bribery of a grand juror and fraud, and was sentenced to eight years, of which he served less than five. Shortly after his release from prison, he received a $1.7 million lump sum pension from the Teamsters. On the day of his disappearance, bystanders claim they saw Hoffa taken away in the back seat of a car. The mobsters denied having any scheduled meeting with Hoffa. Although several individuals have claimed responsibility for Hoffa’s death, no human remains have ever been found and the case remains open. One theory is that his body was buried under New Jersey’s Meadowlands stadium. Another is that it is in a Michigan gravel pit. Most theories involve his body being encased in cement.

• Was Massachusetts Sunday School teacher Lizzie Borden really an ax murderer? Although she was acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother, since 1892, she has remained the prime suspect, and no one else was ever charged. A hatchet was discovered in the basement of the family home, but the handle was broken off and the blade was clean. Lizzie’s father was extremely wealthy (almost $10 million in today’s money) and was very unpopular, having made many enemies through shady business dealings. However, Lizzie had frequently exhibited signs of mental instability and hostility toward her stepmother.

• Although Bruno Hauptmann was executed in

1936 for the kidnapping and murder of the son of aviator Charles Lindbergh, there are many who believed Hauptmann was framed for the crime. He denied all accusations and claimed he had been beaten by the police. The 20-month-old child was taken from his bed in March of 1932 and a massive investigation was launched within less than an hour. A ransom note asking for $50,000 was found in the nursery, but after it was paid, the location given as to where the baby could be found proved false. Seventy-two days later, the body was found in the woods near the Lindbergh house. Money with serial numbers matching the ransom was found in the home of Hauptmann, who claimed he was keeping it for a friend, who had since died. He maintained his innocence to the end, and his final words included the statement, “I protest my innocence of the crime for which I was convicted.” Trial discrepancies and new evidence discovered in recent years have raised doubts about Hauptmann’s guilt.

• More than 125 years after five London women were murdered in a killing spree, Jack the Ripper remains a mystery. Over 100 suspects have been named as the possible serial killer, including a mentally disturbed surgeon, a barber, a butcher, a bootmaker, and a poet. In 1992, the diary of a Liverpool cotton merchant named James Maybrick was discovered, containing descriptions of the crime only the killer could have known. However, the man who had uncovered the diary admitted to its forgery three years later.


At the Big Stone City SchoolMarch 21st & 22nd: Parent/Teacher Conferences, 4:00-6:30pmMarch 21st, 22nd & 23rd: Scholastic Book FairMarch 24th-28th: Spring BreakApril 4th: Kindergarten Open House, 4:00 pmApril 7th: Spring Music Concert, 2pm & 7pmApril 11th-22nd: Testing WeeksApril 18th: Q4 MidtermMay 24th: End Q4, Last Day of School; 12:30 dismissal

March 21-March 23 - Scholastic Book Fair, Monday & Tuesday 1-7pm, Wednesday 1-4pm, Big Stone City School, Lunchroom hallway. Proceeds Benefit the school.Online shopping is March 18-March 25. http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/bigstonecityelemen-tarysch

At the Big Stone City Library400 Washington Street, Suite 102For informationt: Janelle Kelly at [email protected]: Wednesday 1-7pm & Saturdays 9am-1pm• April 9 - 10am-12pm Spring Fling for Preschool and Elementary children. Lego Fun Corner, Craft Station, Cookie Frosting Station.

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Easter Traditions, Naturally

For millennia, eggs have been symbolic of spring, rebirth and new life. For Christians, the Easter egg is emblematic of the death, buri-al and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Traditionally, eggs were dyed red to represent the blood that Christ shed on the cross. The practice fit well with the spring holiday of Easter, as it is the celebration of Jesus’ resurrec-tion. Early Christians in Mesopotamia adopted the tradition of decorating eggs to give as gifts and included the tradition in their Easter celebrations.Hard Cooking Eggs

A key to preparing eggs for dyeing, particularly when using eggs from the grocery store, is to wash them with soap and water. This removes the thin coat of wax that helps to keep eggs fresh. Then, hard-cook the eggs by simmering (not boiling) the water with the eggs for 15 to 20 minutes, depending on the size of the egg.Traditional Dyes

While dye packages have become popular, you can create your own brilliant hues with food coloring and vinegar. Here’s how:

In 3/4 cup hot water, mix 1 table-spoon white vinegar and several drops of food coloring. Mixing the primary colors yields various colors of the rainbow.Natural Dyes

If muted, pastel colors are your goal, try using some natural egg dyes. One method is to place a hard-cooked egg in a plastic sandwich bag with some dye material (see list below for ideas) and a small amount of water. Tie bag closed. (Press and seal bags are not

recommended, as the seal may pop during cooking.) Simmer 10 minutes in hot water, and then place in cool water. When cooled, remove the bag, untie and remove the egg. Different colors will be left on the egg from the natural materials.

There are a number of fruits and plants that make good dyes, but those listed below are available at this time of year. As mentioned, most of these will be pale colors, unless you refrig-erate them in the bag with the dye for at least 6 to 12 hours. Red: Pomegranate or cherry juice, concentrate or canned cherries and syrupYellow: Dandelion flowers or rootsLight Brown: Yellow onion skinsRed-Brown: Red onion skinsLight Green: Parsley leavesGrey Gold to Pink: Spinach leavesBeige: Fresh oregano or mint leavesBlue: Red cabbage leavesBrown: Coffee grounds or strong brewLavender: Yellow Delicious apples

Drawing On EggsAnother simple method to decorate

Easter eggs is to draw on them with wax crayons before dyeing or paint-ing. The areas covered with crayon wax will resist the dye and create wonderful patterns.

White crayon is usually used for crayon-resist art. The seemingly invisible white outlines that are cre-ated as you draw on a white surface such as on paper or an eggshell are later “magically” revealed after dye-ing or painting over these white out-lines. You can think of the egg as a

blank canvas that can be drawn on as desired. Colored crayons are perfectly fine to use and are great for making a pictorial design.

Here’s what you’ll need:Hard-boiled eggsWax crayonsPaper cup or bowl

1. Pat the hard-boiled eggs dry to remove any moisture on the surface.

2. To decorate the eggs, draw lines and basic shapes, or you can do more complex images.

3. Color the eggs by dipping the entire egg into a dye bath. Make an egg dye by mixing 3/4 cup warm water, 1 tablespoon white vinegar and 10 drops of food coloring, or by using the natural dye methods suggested above.

4. Place the egg into the dye so that it is entirely submerged. Let the egg sit for at least 5 minutes. The longer it stays in the dye bath, the deeper the color will be.

5. When the egg is removed from the dye, you’ll notice that the areas

with wax resist the dye and form a neat design on the egg. Place the egg on top of a bottle cap, egg cup or similar object to air dry.

TIP: Use warm water, not hot water, for kids to safely mix and handle the egg dye.

Happy Easter, and make memories with your children!

***Angela Shelf Medearis is an

award-winning children’s author, culinary historian and the author of seven cookbooks. Her new cook-book is “The Kitchen Diva’s Diabetic Cookbook.” Her website is www.divapro.com. To see how-to videos, recipes and much, much more, Like Angela Shelf Medearis, The Kitchen Diva! on Facebook. Recipes may not be reprinted without permission from Angela Shelf Medearis.

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