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TIDBITS® LOOKS AT MORE FAMOUS RETAILERS PT. TWO

by Kathy Wolfe

This week, Tidbits continues its examination of the history of some famous retailers.

• Missouri native James Cash Penney moved to the drier climate of Colorado on his doctor’s advice, as he was susceptible to tuberculosis. in 1898, he found work in a dry goods store called Golden rule, and proved his worth in a short time. The owners asked penney to partner with them in opening a new store in kemmerer, Wyoming, and J.C. Penney opened the store in 1902. he bought out his partners in 1907, and in 1913, changed the chain to the J.C. Penney Company. Just four short years later, there were 175 penney’s in 22 states.

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DONNA’S DAY: CREATIVE FAMILY FUN

By Donna Erickson

Repurpose Bottles for Earth Day Fun

This spring, as we near Earth Day on April 22, the thought hits me how I’m actually very grateful for recycling and the way my family, the neighborhood and our city has embraced it. It was so difficult when we started out, wasn’t it? But now, we do it as second nature.

I’m not sure if the world turns a little easier because I no longer toss soup cans, pickle jars and newspapers into the garbage bin. But the idea of recycling makes sense, because it causes each of us, as members of families and the larger community, to be responsible for what we consume.

When we’re not sorting the recycled items for curbside pickup, we’re scrubbing them out to be reused and repurposed. If it’s a plastic deli tub, it may end up in a lunch bag as a veggie container. A half-gallon milk carton is easily transformed into a bird feeder, and cardboard egg cups are perfect compartments for growing seedlings that will be transplanted into the summer garden.

And then there are all those clear plastic bottles that juice, peanuts and flavored waters come in. Peel off the labels, wash them inside and out, and make some fun! Here are some quick magnetic attractions that will captivate your preschoolers.

FIREWORKS

Cut up brightly colored pipe cleaners into 1- or 2-inch pieces and drop them inside a bottle. Twist and glue the cap on tightly. Find a magnet in your toolbox (or pick one up at your local hardware store) and let your child discover the fun of moving the inside pieces around with a magnet from the outside of the bottle. Sometimes the pipe cleaner bits connect in clusters that burst out like fireworks.

HIDE AND SEEK

Fill a bottle two-thirds with uncooked rice. Toss in several metal paper clips. Twist and glue the cap on tightly. Shake so that the paper clips hide within the rice. Move a magnet around the outside of the bottle, twisting and turning it slightly. The paper clips will come out of the rice as they are attracted to the magnet. Drag the magnet this way and that, and challenge your child to collect them all.

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Donna Erickson’s award-winning series “Donna’s Day” is airing on public television nationwide. To find more of her creative family recipes and activities, visit www.donnasday.com and link to the NEW Donna’s Day Facebook fan page. Her latest book is “Donna Erickson’s Fabulous Funstuff for Families.”

(c) 2015 Donna Erickson

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Cheyenne Audubon Field Trip - April 25 - 8 a.m. - Pawnee Buttes - Members of the Cheyenne - high plains audubon society will lead a free birdwatching field trip to pawnee Buttes National Grasslands. participants will leave at 8 a.m. from the parking lot in lions Park, south of the Children’s Village, by the old Community House and Beach House. Carpooling may be available. The grasslands are about 1.5 hours southeast of Cheyenne. The trip is open-ended so participants with their own transportation may return at any time. Bring water, lunch, binoculars and clothing for a wide range of spring weather. Call Elizabeth Thums, 649-2477 for questions or to be on the contact list for notification of any changes in plans due to weather. Thankful Thursdays - Every Thursday from 4:30 to 9 p.m. - Redwood Lounge - a different local charity is featured each week. Come learn more about a local organization, enjoy the fun and enter to win cash and prizes. Over $500,000 has been raised so far. Seeking table captains for the Boys & Girls Club’s Back A Kid Breakfast! The big day is May 12. Be a table captain and invite seven friends or family members to join you for breakfast. our keynote speaker is keni Thomas. keni is an author, musician and the inspiration for the movie Black hawk down. during 2015, we plan to double the number of kids who attend the Club. Each week, new kids are attending the Club so they can be at a safe place with supportive mentors who help them with homework, teach them leadership skills, and how to choose a healthy lifestyle all while having fun. There are so many kids who need your support! Call 778-6674 for information. Tuesday Figure Drawing Class - Tuesday evenings - 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. - Art Corner Co-Op, 1726 Capitol Avenue - sharpen your skills in a fun and supportive group. $15. Learn the Harp - a new community group is being formed for those wanting to learn the harp. sponsored by Niemann Music. For information, call 637-5222.

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• J.C. Penney lost nearly all his personal wealth in the 1929 stock market crash, but borrowed against his life insurance policies to make payroll until he could recover the company. By 1941, there were 1,600 stores in all 48 states. penney’s introduced their own credit card in 1959. at their peak in 1973, the company operated 2,053 stores. Today, that number is 1,107. The original “mother store” in kemmerer is still in operation, and has been declared a National historic landmark.• The J.C. Penney Company motto was, “Honor, Confidence, Service, and Cooperation.”• J.C. Penney built Anchorage, Alaska’s first public parking garage in 1968, following the destruction of their store in the 1964 earthquake there.• Nordstrom’s started out as a small shoe store in Seattle, Washington, in 1901. John Nordstrom had emigrated to the united states from sweden in 1887 at age 16, arriving with $5 in his pocket. although he didn’t know a single word of english, he managed to work his way to seattle. in 1897, he headed north to alaska to search for gold. Two years later, Nordstrom returned to seattle, $13,000 richer. he partnered up with a shoemaker he had met in the klondike, and the pair opened Wallin & Nordstrom in 1901, with first day sales of $12.50. Within four years, annual sales had increased to $80,000. in 1923, they opened a second seattle store. By 1929, both Wallin and Nordstrom had retired and sold their shares to Nordstrom’s sons. • By 1960, Seattle’s downtown Nordstrom’s shoe store was the largest shoe store in america, and there were eight locations

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GOOD HOUSEKEEPINGChocolate Chunk Cookies

A cookie jar just isn’t well-stocked unless there’s something chocolate in it. This one’s for people who like a little decadence in their afternoon snack.

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour1 teaspoon baking soda1/2 teaspoon salt1 cup butter or margarine (2 sticks), softened1 cup packed brown sugar1/2 cup granulated sugar2 teaspoons vanilla extract2 large eggs8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, cut into 1/2-inch chunks1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped

1. Preheat oven to 375 F. Grease large cookie sheet.2. On waxed paper, combine flour, baking soda and salt.3. In large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat butter and sugars until creamy, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula. Beat in vanilla, then eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. At low speed, gradually add flour mixture; beat just until blended, occasionally scraping bowl. With spoon, stir in chocolate and walnuts.4. Drop cookies by heaping measuring tablespoons, 2 inches apart, onto prepared cookie sheet. Bake cookies 10 to 11 minutes or until lightly browned. Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool. Repeat with remaining dough. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

* Each cookie: About 170 calorie, 10g total fat (5g saturated), 3g protein, 19g carbohydrate, 1g fiber, 26mg cholesterol, 130mg sodium.

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DOLLARS AND SENSEBy David Uffington

“Promposals” Don’t Come Cheap

Not long ago, a high-school kid would ask his favorite girl to the prom. She’d say yes, then the expensive parts would start ... limo, dinner, flowers, tickets, tux or dress, pictures, after-party. Now the simple act of inviting has risen to the level of a marriage proposal, complete with all the hoopla and expense. Visa’s annual survey says that just asking someone to the prom will average $324 this year, approximately one-third of the $919 total cost. A Google search for “promposals” reveals 447,000 results. On Twitter, @ThePromposal has over 24,000 followers, many of whom have attached a photo or video showing how they did it. Sometimes the request is written inside the lid of a pizza box. Others are as simple as a cake with “Prom?” in the icing. More expensive proposals include rented restaurant signs, highway billboards, even Jumbotrons. Spending on a promposal and the prom isn’t equal across the country. In the South, promposals will average $305, with the prom itself costing $544, totaling $937.In the Midwest, those figures are $218 and $515, for a total of $733. In the Northeast, promposal will average $431, with prom costing $738, for a total of $1,169. Out West, they’re looking at $342 and $596, for a total of $937. Most disturbing, however, is the incomes of families handing over these amounts. In a family with an income under $50,000, cost of prom and promposal will average $1,109. Under $25,000, and the family will spend an extreme $1,393. But those making over $50,000 will spend only $799. With parents expecting to pay 73 percent of the costs, teens don’t have much incentive to cut expenses. The free Plan’it Prom app helps students and parents make and stick to a budget for the prom (or any other event) by tracking spending as they shop. Look for it on iTunes, Google Play store or www.practicalmoneyskills.com/prom. The app has timeline, budget and cost-cutting tips. It’s worth considering.

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in Washington and oregon. in 1963, the company branched out into the women’s clothing business. Today, the fourth generation of the Nordstrom family heads up the company. From its humble beginnings of one small shoe store, Nordstrom’s operates 289 stores in 38 u.s. states and one in Canada, with annual sales exceeding $12 billion. • Kohl’s didn’t start out as a department store. The first kohl’s was a Wisconsin supermarket, founded by Maxwell kohl in 1946. in 1962, his chain was the largest of its kind in the Milwaukee area, and kohl branched out, opening his first department store in Brookfield, Wisconsin, in 1962. it is now america’s largest department store chain, (having surpassed J.C. Penney in 2012), operating stores in 49 states. • Aaron Montgomery Ward launched the nation’s first mail order business with a catalog of 163 items in 1872, a full 16 years before the sears catalog appeared. By 1904, Ward was mailing a 4-lb. (1.8-kg) catalog to three million customers. he started his business in the loft of a Chicago livery stable, with $1,600 he and two partners had saved. • Sears represented serious competition, and overtook Ward’s sales in 1900 with $10 million in sales compared to Ward’s $8.7 million. sales had dramatically slipped by the 1960s and 1970s, and in 1985, after 113 years, the catalog division was closed. Today the Montgomery Ward brand is owned by Swiss Colony, Inc.• A Montgomery Ward’s staff copywriter was responsible for the creation of rudolph,

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English High Tea at the Nagle Warren Mansion every Friday and saturday, seating at 1:30 and 3:40 p.m. For reservations call 637-3333.

Municipal Pool and Spray Park - Daily - Hours vary between 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. - Visit CheyenneCity.org or call 637-6455 for information.

Cheyenne Botanic Gardens - Monday through Friday - 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., saturday and sunday - 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Call 637-6458.

Cheyenne Ice & Events Center - ice skating, laser tag and video games. Monday to Thursday - 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and saturday - 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., sunday - Noon to 8 p.m. - 1530 W. Lincolnway. Visit CheyenneCity.org or call 433-0024 for information. Bingoam. legion 635-7213Bingo aMveTs 632-2999Grandma’s pickle parlor 637-3614

Movie TheatersFrontier Nine 634-9499lincoln palace 637-7469Capitol 12 638-SHOW

Country Western Dancingredwood lounge 635-9096outlaw saloon 635-7552 Top 40 MusicCrown Underground 778-9202

Governor’s Residence Tours - Free - 5001 Central Avenue - Tuesday through Thursday - 9 a.m. to Noon. Call 777-7398.

Visit the Famous Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum - Monday through Friday - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 778-7290.

Terry Bison Ranch - daily tours to the bison herd and horseback rides. sunday lunch train includes meal on old-fashioned dining car (reservations needed). Call for departure times: 634-4171. Cheyenne Depot Museum - a National landmark with railroad history exhibits and gift shop. Monday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday - 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 638-6338.

Big Boy Steam Engine 4004 - Worlds largest steam locomotive. located in holliday park.

Wyoming State Museum - Monday through saturday - 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Free exhibit of Wyoming history. Call 777-7022.

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Million Dollar Quartet - April 15 - 7:30 p.m. - Cheyenne Civic Center - This musical is inspired by the famed recording session that brought together rock ‘n’ roll icons elvis presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins for the first and only time. For information, contact cheyenneciviccenter.org or 637-6363.

Thankful Thursday: Grace For 2 Brothers - April 16 - 4:30 to 7 p.m. - Redwood Lounge - Join the fun and raise money for wonderful causes! also, leave each event a winner. Giveaways, drinks and a good time every Thursday! This week’s Thankful Thursday will be raising money for the Grace for 2 Brothers. An educational organization, dedicated to the advocacy of suicide prevention through awareness and education.

Chocolate Indulgence - April 17 - 6 to 9 p.m. - Little America - Attendees will judge the nine competitors’ chocolate samplings and will be treated to other chocolate offerings. silent auction and live entertainment throughout the evening. proceeds of the event benefitting numerous youth programs in Cheyenne. Tickets are available Niemann Music, Bouquets unlimited, Wyoming Trophy & engraving and the Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce. $15. Western Spirit Art Show and Sale - Through April 19 - Old West Museum - over 100 artists from across the Western u.s. with 300 pieces of original Western art, including oil, bronze, pastel, watercolor, ceramic, photography, printmaking, mixed media and pencil pieces. art sales support year-round arts and education programs at the CFD Old West Museum.

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• On April 29, 1429, 17-year-old French peasant Joan of Arc leads a French force in relieving the city of Orleans, besieged by the English. At the age of 16, “voices” of Christian saints told Joan to aid Charles, the French dauphin, in expelling the English from France.

• On April 27, 1805, in North Africa, a small force of U.S. Marines marches against Tripoli’s port city of Derna to depose the ruling pasha. The phrase “to the shores of Tripoli,” from the official song of the U.S. Marine Corps, has its origins in the Derna campaign.

• On April 28, 1916, Ferruccio Lamborghini, the founder of the company that bears his name, is born in Italy. After experiencing mechanical difficulties with a Ferrari, Lamborghini decided to start his own rival sports-car company, even hiring a former Ferrari engineer.

• On May 3, 1933, James Brown is born. Known as “The Godfather of Soul,” Brown honed his musical talents in prison, where he was to serve 8-16 years for stealing at the age of 15. The Georgia parole board was impressed enough to release him after only three years.

• On April 30, 1945, holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. Soon after, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces.

• On May 1, 1958, President Dwight Eisenhower proclaims Law Day to honor the role of law in the creation of the United States of America, followed by Congress passing a joint resolution establishing May 1 as Law Day. The idea of a Law Day had first been proposed in 1957 by the American Bar Association.

• On May 2, 1972, after nearly five decades as director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover dies. By 1921, the former librarian had amassed a list of 450,000 radical leaders, organizations and publications in the United States. By 1969, Congress had grown suspicious that the FBI might be abusing its authority and passed laws limiting the tenure of future FBI directors to 10 years.


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Laramie County Library - Wednesdays - 4:15 p.m. - All skill levels - Call 634-3561

Godfather’s Pizza - Thursdays - 6:30 p.m. - All Skill levels - Call 634-5222

The Bunkhouse - Friday and saturday - 7 to 10 p.m. Drunken Skunk - Friday and saturday - 9 p.m. The Crown Bar - Friday - 7 p.m. Outlaw Saloon - Nightly - 8 p.m. The Paramount Cafe - saturday - 7 p.m.

DJ Music

Scooter’s Scoreboard - Friday - 9 p.m. Cadillac Ranch - Friday and saturday - 9 p.m. Tuskers - saturday - 8 p.m.The Crown Underground - daily - 9 p.m.

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• It was 20th-century American author and motivational speaker Leo Buscaglia who made the following sage observation: “Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.”

• If you’re planning a visit to the Netherlands, try to make time for a stop in Giethoorn. This village has no roads; its buildings are connected entirely by footbridges and canals.

• According to the Global Language Monitor, every 98 minutes a new word is created somewhere in the world.

• You could be forgiven if you’ve never heard of Pope Formosus, but the details of his career are fascinating. In 872, while serving as Cardinal Bishop of Portus, he was a candidate for the papacy, but due to some political issues, he left Rome later that year. Pope John VIII ordered Formosus’ excommunication for, among other things, deserting his diocese without papal permission, despoiling the cloisters in Rome and conspiring with “certain iniquitous men and women for the destruction of the papal see.” The excommunication was lifted in 878, but Formosus had to agree never to return to Rome or exercise his priestly functions. This would seem to be a career-killer, but in 883, Pope Marinus I restored the disgraced cardinal to his diocese. Finally, in 891, Formosus’ rehabilitation was complete, when he was unanimously elected to succeed Pope Stephen V.

• Neil Armstrong may have been the first human to walk on the moon, but Buzz Aldrin was the first to urinate there (using the system built into his space suit, of course).

• Most people, upon seeing a bunch of deer together, would call it a herd; however, you also could call the group a bunch, a mob, a parcel or a rangale.

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Thought for the Day: “All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.” -- Adlai Stevenson


the red-Nosed reindeer. each year at Christmas, the chain gave away children’s coloring books to customers. in 1939, they wanted something new, an original Christmas storybook. Copywriter Robert May was asked to come up with a story, and “rudolph” was the result. Two million copies were given to Ward’s customers that year. it wasn’t until 10 years later that May’s brother-in-law Johnny Marks set the story to music. in 1949, singing cowboy Gene autry, made it the second most popular Christmas song in history, second only to “White Christmas.” • Barney Pressman opened his first store in Manhattan with $500 he received from pawning his wife’s engagement ring. The pressman family retained a small percentage of the luxury store Barney’s until 2004, when, $500 million in debt, they sold out to a dubai-based company• It should be no surprise that Walmart is the #1 retailer in america. oklahoma-born sam Walton went to work at a des Moines, Iowa J.C. Penney store as a management trainee at age 22, just three days after his college graduation. earning $75 a month, Walton stayed about 18 months before his World War ii military service. after the war, he borrowed $20,000 from his father-in-law and purchased a Ben Franklin variety store in Newport, arkansas. By the early 1960s, Walton and his brother owned 15 Ben Franklin stores. in 1962, Walton opened his first Walmart store in rogers, arkansas. Five years later, the family owned 24 stores, with $12.7 million in annual sales. Five years after that, there were 51 stores, with sales of $78 million. in 1980, there were 276 stores, and in 1989, Walmart became the nation’s #1 retailer. Today, the company employs 2.2 million people worldwide, ringing up more than 200 million customers each week in 11,000 stores in 27 countries. • Sebastian Kresge was working as a traveling salesman, peddling to all 19 Woolworth’s stores in the late 1800s. he made the decision to open his own store and invested $8,000 (about $227,000 in today’s dollars) to open a five-and-dime in Memphis, Tennessee. By 1912, there were 85 stores, and by 1924, kresge was worth about $375,000,000, which translates to nearly $5.2 billion today. in 1962, kresge opened his first K-Mart store in Garden City, Michigan, a store still in operation today. in 2005, the K-Mart Corporation purchased sears for $11 billion.

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