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• Armstrong • Coldstream • Falkland • Lavington • Lumby • Spallumcheen • Vernon • Westside Rd •December 11 - 17, 2015 Issue 00252

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HO, HO, HO!by Kathy Wolfe

‘Tis the season, and Tidbits is saying “Ho, Ho, Ho” by bringing you info on a variety of words beginning with Ho-. • One of the most common uses of Hollandaise

sauce is to smother Eggs Benedict, a breakfast dish consisting of two halves of an English mu� n, topped with ham or bacon, poached eggs, and the sauce. Hollandaise’s ingredients are butter, egg yolks, and lemon juice or vinegar. It’s believed that the dish originated at New York City’s Waldorf Hotel in 1894.

• � ere’s a name for that fancy seat or carriage that people ride in on the back of an elephant or camel. It’s a howdah! � e word is derived from the Arabic language meaning “bed carried by a camel.” In the past, it was used most often to transport wealthy folks during hunting or warfare. Depending on the rider’s riches, it could be lavishly decorated with expensive jewels and gems.

• � e word we frequently use for appetizers, hors d’oeuvre, is a French word meaning “outside of the work,” or “apart from the [main] work.” We use it to describe food served before the main course.

• Lots of folks love ham hocks, but what exactly is a hock? It’s the cut of meat from either the front or hind leg just above the foot.

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HO, HO, HO! (continued):• Fans of the 1960s sitcoms “Petticoat Junction”

and “Green Acres” will remember the name of the � ctional location of the programs, Hooterville. � e adventures of “Petticoat Junction,” which ran from 1963 to 1970, revolved around the Shady Rest Hotel, owned and operated by widow Kate Bradley, her lazy Uncle Joe, and her three daughters, Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Betty Jo. Residents of Hooterville included General Store owner Sam Drucker, businessman Mr. Haney, and pig farm owners, the Zi� els. In 1965, a wealthy New York City couple, lawyer Oliver Wendell Douglas and his socialite wife Lisa moved from their Park Avenue penthouse to the community and starred in the spino� “Green Acres.” Hooterville was loosely based on the producer’s wife’s family’s home, Eldon, Missouri. According to Sam Drucker, Hooterville was founded in 1868 by Horace Hooter.

• Hooverville is totally di� erent from Hooterville. In the midst of the Great Depression, thousands of homeowners lost their property when they defaulted on mortgages or taxes. After being evicted from their homes, they sought shelter wherever they could � nd it. Encampments of tents and shacks sprang up across the nation on empty land, usually near free soup kitchens. � ese shanty towns that housed the homeless became known as Hoovervilles, named after President Herbert Hoover, whom many blamed for the economic crisis.

• Alcoholic beverages are often referred to as “hooch.” � e word has its origins in an Alaskan Indian tribe, the Hoochinoos, who

distilled liquor and reportedly sold it illegally in the late 19th century.

• If you’ve sprained your ankle, you might have to hobble along. But the word has another meaning for equestrians. It means the rider has fastened the legs of a horse together to keep it from straying.

• Hollywood hasn’t always been the hub of the American motion picture industry. In 1870, it was just a small community founded by H.J. Whitley, who had already started more than 100 towns throughout the western United States. Whitley started Hollywood with a 500-acre plat he had purchased from E.C. Hurd. � e area was going to be named Figwood, based on the large quantity of � g trees nearby. But Whitley decided on Hollywood, referring to a native plant with bright winter berries that reminded him of holly. Direct D.W. Gri� th shot a 17-minute � lm called In Old California in 1910, the � rst motion picture made in Hollywood. Ironically, at that time, Hollywood had a ban on movie theaters. Only after being annexed into Los Angeles were theaters allowed. Hollywood’s � rst studio was the Nestor Motion Picture Company, who released its � rst movie in October, 1911.

• Situated on Mount Lee in the Hollywood Hills area of the Santa Monica Mountains is the familiar

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* When the holidays come around, we use fresh herbs to make several family recipes, but end up with lots left over. Here is a great tip I found online to stretch the usefulness of fresh herbs: “Store fresh herbs as you would fresh � owers: in a jar of water on your countertop. Pluck o� what you need, change the water daily, and they’ll last two to three times longer than they would in the fridge (from nourishedkitchen.com).”

* Empty spice containers can be used to hold dif-ferent hardware in the shop or in your toolbox.

* “My great-nephew and his family came to visit, and his toddler son is quite into opening doors. I had baby-proofed my breakables and such, but I did not think about his being able to turn a door-knob. His very smart mother pulled out a sock and slipped it over the doorknob, then secured it with a wide rubber band. Even I was unable to get a good grip on the doorknob after that!” -- V.R. in North Carolina

* Surprise guests? Here’s how to quick clean your living areas: First, clean the toilet, mirror and vanity in the guest bathroom and leave a fresh towel; grab a laundry basket and remove any clutter from the living room and kitchen; put away or clean dirty dishes and wipe down coun-ters in the kitchen; � nally, give carpets a quick vacuum. � en maybe light a great-smelling can-dle and greet your guests!

* “Fireplaces are wonderful for heat and ambi-ence, but the ashes! When cleaning up, I spritz the ashes with a rosemary water solution. � is keeps them from dusting up and � ying all over, and it smells great. My neighbor puts her damp loose-leaf tea in the � replace for scent as well.” -- C.W. in Iowa

HOLLYWOOD sign. First erected in 1923, it was an advertisement for a new housing development above Hollywood’s Chinatown and originally read Hollywoodland. � e sign was intended to remain in place for a year and half, but soon it became a highly-recognized landmark and was designated as permanent. � e letters are 45 feet (14 m) tall and the sign has a span of 350 feet (110 m).

• Back in the 1940s, Gene Kelly, Ginger Rogers, and Fred Astaire were hoofers. Today, that name applies to Derek Hough, Cheryl Burke, and Karina Smirno� . What are they? A hoofer is the slang term for a professional dancer.

• � ere are several words that might describe a hobo – traveler, vagrant, drifter, tramp, bum, vagabond. However, in actuality, there is a di� erence in these terms. A hobo might be homeless and penniless, but he is a worker, usually a traveling one. A tramp works only when forced to, and a bum does not work at all! � e term hobo most likely had its origins in the expression “hoe-boy” meaning “farmhand.” During the Great Depression, hobos used the term “jungle buzzard” to refer to a fellow hobo or tramp who preyed on his own.

• Back in the days of Attila the Hun, around 450 A.D., when a man had made the choice of a woman for his mate, he merely abducted her and took her into hiding. � e pair remained in hiding until her relatives stopped looking for her, usually about a month, or one schedule of the moon’s phases. During that month, the couple partook of a mead wine made of water and old honey, which had fermented in the sun. Legend had it that if the couple drank the concoction daily during this one-month phase of the moon, they were assured of the birth of sons. � is period of time when the bride and groom came together for � rst time became known as the honeymoon.

• Is there a di� erence between collecting and hoarding? Hoarding is de� ned as “the persistent di� culty discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of their actual value.” Hoarders experience anxiety when trying to


throw items away, and have suspicion of other people touching their things. � ey fear running out of an item in the future and believe that something might be useful or valuable in the future. Hoarders have di� culty categorizing or organizing possessions and often feel overwhelmed or embarrassed by them, whereas a collector takes pride in his possessions, usually keeps them organized, and loves displaying and talking about them.

NOTEWORTHY INVENTORS:

VIRGINIA APGARNew mothers everywhere are familiar with the Apgar test, a way to quickly measure the health of their baby immediately after birth. Check out the story of the brilliant doctor who developed the test.

• Born in New Jersey in 1909, Virginia Apgar was considered gifted as a young child. As part of a musical family, Virginia learned to play the violin at a young age. Her insurance executive father was an amateur inventor and astronomer, and fostered an interest in science in his three children. Virginia made her decision to pursue a medical career while in high school.

• She entered Massachusetts’ Mount Holyoke College at age 16, where she majored in zoology, minoring in physics and chemistry. Virginia was well-known for her high energy, playing on seven sports teams, reporting for the college newspaper, acting in drama productions, and playing violin in the orchestra, all the while working a part-time job and achieving exceptional grades. It was noted by the year book editor, “…frankly, how does she do it?”

• By age 24, Virginia had graduated from Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, and completed her residency as a surgeon by 28. Instead of practicing surgery, she turned to

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anesthesiology and became professor of the subject at Columbia. She also did clinical and research work at the same time at the Sloane Hospital for Women.

• In 1953, Virginia invented the Apgar score as a method of evaluating a newborn’s health within minutes after birth. � e test developed out of her great concern about the e� ects of anesthesia on babies.

• � e Apgar test is based on � ve criteria using a scale from zero to two. Virginia used the acronym APGAR for the scoring device to remind health care workers of each item: Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration. � e test is � rst conducted at one minute, and again at � ve minutes.

• Appearance is based on skin color, Pulse on pulse rate of 100 beats per minute, Grimace on whether a baby cries upon stimulation, Activity on � exing of arms and legs, and Respiration on whether the cry is weak and irregular or strong. Each item is scored 0, 1, or 2. A score of 7 is considered healthy. A reduction in the infant mortality rate was quickly reached with the use of the Apgar test.

• After having attended more than 17,000 births by the late 1950s, Apgar had witnessed hundreds of cases of birth defects. She was interested in trying to correlate these with the Apgar scores. Leaving Columbia University, she enrolled in Johns Hopkins to obtain a Master of Public Health degree, with her focus in the � eld of teratology (the study of birth defects). In 1959, she began working at the March of Dimes Foundation, directing its research program for the prevention of birth defects.

• Virginia Apgar published 60 scienti� c articles and many other shorter essays, as well as writing a book Is My Baby All Right? As if her work didn’t keep her busy enough, Apgar took time to play in amateur chamber quartets and even tried her hand at making instruments, completing two violins, a viola, and a cello. She loved gardening, � y-� shing, gol� ng, and enjoyed collecting stamps. In her 50s, Virginia started taking � ying lessons. She passed away in 1974 from liver disease.

CHRISTMAS SEALSMost of us have licked a Christmas seal and attached it to our holiday greetings at some point over the years. � is week, Tidbits brings you the history of this little stamp.

• In the early 1900s, tuberculosis, or consumption as it was frequently called, was the leading cause of death in the United States, killing about 110,000 every year. � is

infectious disease, which attacks the lungs, was being spread through coughs and sneezes and any other respiratory � uids found in the air.

• � e � rst signs of success with the disease were achieved by isolating patients in sanatoriums. In 1907, a small sanatorium in Delaware was experiencing an extreme � nancial shortfall and would have to shut down if $300 could not be raised to save it. A doctor at the facility explained the dilemma to his cousin, Emily Bissell, who regularly volunteered there.

• Emily, who was an experienced fundraiser, had recently heard about an e� ort in Denmark that raised money for children with TB. A Danish journalist who had lost six brothers to the disease had written an article about the idea of selling small stamps during the Christmas season. Four million seals were sold in Denmark that � rst year, 1904. � e idea seemed perfect as a fundraiser for the tiny Delaware sanatorium.

• Emily sketched a few designs, � nally settling on a cross centered in a half-wreath of holly above the words “Merry Christmas.” She borrowed $40 to have 50,000 seals printed and campaigned vigorously for the cause, using the slogan “Stamp Out Tuberculosis!”, even winning the endorsement of President � eodore Roosevelt.

• On December 7, 1907, a table was set up in the Wilmington, Delaware post o� ce. � e seals were also o� ered with newspapers. Another printing was necessary when the � rst one ran out. Selling the seals for a penny each raised over $3,000 during that holiday season.

• By the following year, Emily’s Christmas seals had grown to a national program directed by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and the American Red Cross. Norway, Sweden, and Iceland quickly followed Denmark’s example as well,

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and in the years following, the Seals had spread throughout every major country in Europe, followed by Canada, Asia, Africa, South America, and Australia. � e seals began including the international symbol against TB, the double-barred cross of Lorraine in 1919, a symbol still in use on current seals. Today, there are nearly 100 lung associations around the world that issue Christmas Seals.

• Christmas Seals are a type of “Cinderella stamp,” a term applied to “anything resembling a postage stamp, but not issued for postal purposes by a government postal administration.” A Cinderella stamp cannot “carry the mail.”

• Although initially designed for fund-raising for tuberculosis, in the mid-20th century, the mission was expanded to include research into all respiratory diseases, including lung cancer and asthma. Tuberculosis is responsible for more deaths in the past 200 years than any other disease. more deaths in the past 200 years than any other

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Answers1. Alaska2. 19753. � e plantain4. Feb. 29, 20165. “� e African Queen” (Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn)6. Johnny Mathis7. Roger Moore8. Nitrogen. � e air is made up of about 78 percent ni-trogen, 21 percent oxygen and 1 percent other gasses.9. One who makes or repairs wagons10. A calf(c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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1. Heat oven to 350 F. Spray a 9-by-13-inch cake pan with butter-� avored cooking spray.2. In a large bowl, combine � our, sugar substitute, cocoa, baking soda and baking powder. In a me-dium bowl, combine yogurt, mayonnaise, vanilla extract and water. Add liquid mixture to dry mix-ture. Mix gently just to combine.3. Spread batter evenly into prepared cake pan. Bake for 15 minutes. Evenly sprinkle marshmal-lows over top of partially baked brownies.4. In a small bowl, combine cracker crumbs and chocolate chips. Sprinkle crumb mixture evenly over top. Continue baking for 10 to 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.5. Place cake pan on a wire rack and let set for at least 10 minutes. Cut into 16 brownies. Makes 8 (2 each) servings.

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Beware Holiday Foods, Ornaments, Plants

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: Please remind your readers of how important it is to keep their pets away from holiday foods. Some foods, like choc-olate, can be deadly poisonous to dogs, while rich foods and ingredients like onions or raisins can be dangerous for cats and dogs. -- Jessica L. in Camden, New Jersey

DEAR JESSICA: You told them, and thank you! � e holiday season, with plenty of parties, fam-ily and food, can be hectic for everyone, but it’s important to monitor pets and make sure they’re kept away from potentially harmful items.Many foods, not just chocolate but onions, grapes and raisins, nuts, avocados and other common holiday foods can cause house pets great harm. Store them well out of reach and keep pets out of the kitchen when cooking, and away from serving tables. A more extensive list is available from the Humane Society of the Unit-ed States.Christmas tree ornaments can potentially be harmful. Cats love knocking down glass orna-ments and also may accidentally ingest tinsel or other shiny strands. Dogs may gnaw on interest-ing packages or break into gift boxes of candy or fruit.Even plants need to be kept out of reach: poin-settias, for example, are toxic to cats. To minimize risk, place breakable ornaments higher in the tree and put plants well out of reach. During parties or dinners, place your pets in a separate area of the house with bedding, food and water, and check on them occasion-ally. (� is also is helpful in keeping pets’ stress levels down.)

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* It was beloved American singer, songwriter and musician Ray Charles who made the following sage observation: “Marriage is like college; as great as it is, it ain’t for everybody.”

* � ose who study such things say that when a lla-ma is humming, that means it’s content.

* If you think life in the Big Apple is tough these days, consider this: In the 1930s, landlords evicted about 17,000 tenants every month.

* It’s the little details that can make or break a plan. A pair of aspiring bank robbers in Daytona Beach, Florida, walked into a bank, pulled out guns, de-manded that a teller hand over the loot, and even made it out of the building. � e problem came when they got in their getaway car; the engine sput-tered and died almost immediately. It seems some-one had forgotten to � ll up the gas tank.

* � e gray squirrel isn’t always gray; these arboreal rodents also come in both black and white variet-ies.

* Sharks have been known to attack boats before, but they rarely, if ever, try for a second bite -- regardless of what Hollywood would have you believe. When a shark goes for a boat, it’s a case of mistaken iden-tity: electrical impulses from the metal of a ship’s hull make the shark think that the boat is another animal (that is to say: dinner).

* If you’re fond of fancy cocktails, you probably won’t be surprised to learn that the words “mai tai” are actually Tahitian for “the very best.”***� ought for the Day: “I would rather try to per-suade a man to go along, because once I have per-suaded him he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.” -- Dwight D. Eisenhower(c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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