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A farmer was milking his cow. He was just starting to get a good rhythm going when a bug flew into the barn and started circling his head. Suddenly, the bug flew into the cow’s ear. The farmer didn’t think much

about it, until the bug squirted out into his bucket. Seems it went in one ear and out the udder.

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Friday, June 29th Arts in the Park..................................... 5-10pm Beer Garden......................................... 5-12am Burn out competition Registration begins............................ 5:30pm Competition begins ........................... 6:30pmWings Competition ............................... 7:30pm Music by Greg Hanson & the Backroads ........................... 7:30-12am Fireworks.................................................. Dusk

Saturday, June 30th 5K/10K/2 mile fun walk/Kid’s Run Registration ....................................... 7:45am 2 mi fun walk ........................................ 8:45am 5K/10K.................................................. 9:00am Kid’s Run ........................................... After 10K Arts in the Park........................................ 10am Kid’s Tractor Pull (Farley Park).................11am Q-Fest Competition & Side Bet Q-Fest ..................... 12:00pm- Public sampling(4-H grounds if raining) Destination Ride & Bike Show (Top Hat Lanes) .......................... 10am- 5pm Talent Show hosted by Power 106 .... 3 2:00pm CONCERT 5:30pm...................VIP gate opens CONCERT 6:30pm...........Reserved & General CONCERT 7:30pm.................... Concert Starts

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10am-2pm- Show Arts in the Park................................ 10am-3pm Community Church Service hosted by CUM................................ 10:45am Milling at the Grist Mill ............................... 1pm “Wheels” Parade (Pribyl Park) hosted by Golden Living........................ 2pm Grande Parade.......................................... 3pm

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PICKS OF THE WEEK“The Artist” (PG-13) -- Yes, this is the silent one.

A movie that came out last year was made without sound or color, and then it brought home five Oscars, including best picture and best actor. It’s natural to suspect it of being a high-brow snoozefest -- it’s a silent film that came out in 2011, and yet all the critics love it. But there’s nothing inaccessible about it; it’s just

an earnest, old-fashioned movie that entertains.

Set in 1927, George Valentin (Jean DuJardin) is the biggest star on the silent-movie scene just as talkies are about to take off.

While his career loses momentum and starts to fall, young actress Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo) starts her climb to the top.

“Mirror Mirror” (PG) -- The wicked queen (Julia Roberts) is a wildly vain woman who spends her king-dom into financial trouble, apparently by investing all the nation’s wealth on elaborate costume design for her and the court. Snow White (Lilly Collins) is pretty in face and bland of personality, but manages to catch the eye of the wealthy young prince (Armie Hammer.)

Director Tarsem Singh injects every frame with vivid color and elaborate designs. The visual flair isn’t enough to make the story shine, however. But don’t worry, if you still want a visually stunning retelling of Snow White, Hollywood has another one just around the corner.

“21 Jump Street” (R) -- Loosely (very loosely)

based on the ‘80s TV drama of the same name, this film knows it has a dumb premise, and uses that as comedy fuel. A police department that’s run out of original ideas (wink) decides to recycle an old idea by putting two youthful cops undercover in a local high school to

break up a drug ring that’s targeting the kids.Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill play the cops,

Schmidt and Jenko. Hill’s character still has some re-sentment over the way he was treated in high school, and Tatum’s character is surprised to find that in mod-ern-day, upper-middle class schools, the jockish bully isn’t guaranteed instant popularity like they were in the ‘80s (or at least ‘80s teen movies.) It’s an irreverent comedy that keeps up the pace with quick laughs.

“Wrath of the Titans” (PG-13) -- Just like its 2010 predecessor, “Clash of the Titans,” this computer-gen-erated myth movie has a lot of swords and not much of a script. Sam Worthington returns to the role of Perseus, the half-human son of Zeus (Liam Neeson.) Perseus is called back into action when Hades (Ralph Fiennes), Ares (Edgar Ramirez) and Kronos (a CG blob of talking lava) team up to kidnap Zeus and set loose the Titans -- the old gods who are somehow meaner than the ones on Olympus.

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Bérénice Bejo in “The Artist”

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: Our town has des-ignated a small park near my home as a place where dogs are allowed. It’s not an official dog park, and because it also has a playground at one corner, many of us who visit have agreed that, if children are present, our dogs will be on leashes so as not to cause a problem. We’ve found the best way to allow our dogs to run free is to show up very early, when kids aren’t present. And we pick up after our dogs so the park remains a pleasant place for all.

But there’s one person who doesn’t respect this agreement. He lets his dog poop wherever and never picks up after it, brings his dog at all hours and lets it run off the leash when kids are around. Is there anything we can do to stop this? -- Naomi in Newton, Mass.

DEAR NAOMI: Have you approached him directly? If he doesn’t know that you and other fellow dog-owners have set up unwritten rules on managing the dogs’ conduct, he won’t know about the leash rule you’ve established. Remind him that it’s good manners and common sense to pick up after his dog, particularly in a park where kids run and play. In many communities, it’s a ticketable offense not to pick up after your dog.

If he ignores the request, make it again. Explain that the rules were put together in order to keep the park open to dogs -- if there are too many complaints, the city could ban pets from the park. If you can’t convince him, your group may have to form a more official club with written rules, in order to negotiate with both the city and boorish dog owners.

Send your questions or tips to [email protected], or write to Paw’s Corner, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. For more pet care-related advice and information, visit www.pawscorner.com.


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A veteran was buried in a cardboard box. I read those words on the Internet news, and my

stomach did a flip-flop.This didn't happen in an emergency in an out-of-the

way place, or as a temporary measure, or as part of a crime. It happened in a National Cemetery.

It never should have happened at all. It only came to light when maintenance workers were realigning the veteran's headstone and discovered the cardboard box just below the surface.

The World War II veteran was a man who had no fam-ily left to make any arrangements. Cemetery officials did part of their job when they gave him an engraved head-stone. The cemetery held a small service. The veteran's name was read in a ceremony that's held a few times a year. But the medical examiner had sent his remains in a cardboard box ... and that's how the veteran was buried, in a shallow grave, in a National Cemetery.

How many others are there like this? Where I live, if there are unclaimed remains of de-

ceased veterans, they go all out. Two veterans without family were recently buried with full honors, with color guard, "Taps" and folded flags, arranged by a group of funeral directors. The cremated remains in small wood caskets arrived by Hearse. A hundred people attended the ceremony to honor two men who had no one else.

A bill now in Congress, "The Dignified Burial of Veterans Act of 2012," will require the Department of Veterans Affairs to furnish a casket or urn to a deceased veteran when there is no next-of-kin or when there isn't enough money available in the veteran's estate.

If ever there was a time to get on the phone to call your senators about supporting a bill, this is it.


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• Save the rubber bands from broccoli. You can put them around the body of a drinking glass so it will be less slippery as water condenses on it.

• “I save the wrappers from my unsalted butter sticks in a baggie in my refrigerator. I use them to grease a pan when baking.” -- M.M. in Wisconsin

• Corn is best cooked within a day or two of being picked, so farm-stand corn is the best. Add a little bit of milk to the cooking water, and it will bring out the natural sweetness.

• Cherries are in season! Much like strawberries, they need to be kept refrigerated but taste best at room temperature. Before eating your cherries, let them sit out for about a half-hour. Mmmmm.

• Dried lentils don’t need to be soaked prior to cooking like other dried beans. And they’re packed with protein.

• “If you lose a contact lens and can’t find it right off, try turning out the lights and shining a flashlight across the ground. The lens might reflect the light and cause a flash. That will make it easier to find.” -- T.L. in Texas


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TIDBITS RIDE GUIDE

Pupil Beats TeacherNot only did the season's 14th race come down to a battle between two

drivers -- Joey Logano and Mark Martin -- separated in age by 31 years, but they are also the Sprint Cup Series' best example of a pupil and a teacher. Martin, 53, was raving about Logano, 22, when the latter was 12.

In a sense, Logano nudged his biggest fan out of the way. He won at Pocono Raceway by what Martin himself referred to as the old "bump and run."

"It has been acceptable in this racing for a long time," Martin said. "It's not how I would have done it, but certainly, if I'd have had a fast-enough car, he would have gotten a return. But I couldn't quite keep up with him." As Charlie Robison sang, "These are desperate times." The general perception in the sport is that Logano -- and in a sense, this seems ridiculous given his still-tender age -- is under some pressure to keep his ride once the season ends.

Whether that's true or not -- or whether winning remedies whatever the situation truly is -- a victory has to help. Beforehand, the worry was whether or not Logano could remain at Joe Gibbs Racing. Afterward, talk drifted ever so slightly in the direction of whether or not Logano wants to stay there. All of a sudden, he's the one with options.

"No, I haven't been informed on where I stand for next year yet, so it's all up in the air," Logano said. "Obviously, winning a race means a lot and it helps that out a ton. For sure, right now, my future is not set with anybody. You

need to go out there and win races, not like we always do, but to get this win means a lot."It's at a perfect time, and I think us teaming up with Jason (Ratcliff, his crew chief) this year

has been a really big help for me, and able to make our whole team really work together really well, and it's paying off. My hope is to obviously stay with what I've got and keep working with Jason, but you never know. Those things go back and forth and switch around a lot, and all I can do is stay focused on my job, and that's driving the race car."

Now the ball's back in team president J.D. Gibbs' court, and it might not be a bad idea to come up with a new contract offer. The price tag may be rising.

***Monte Dutton covers motorsports for The Gaston (N.C.) Gazette. E-mail

Monte at [email protected].


Joey Logano passed Mark Martin with a late "bump and run" to capture the Pocono 400, improving his chances to remain with Joe Gibbs Racing next season, and perhaps beyond. (John Clark/NASCAR This Week photo)

Q: When will my favorite show, “Leverage,” be back with new episodes? -- Paul T., via e-mail

A: The premiere of season five of the hit TNT show will be Sunday, July 15, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. This year brings 10 all-new episodes starring your favorite gang of thieves, grifters and con artists led by Academy Award-winner Timothy Hutton, along with Gina Bell-man, Christian Kane, Beth Riesgraf and Aldis Hodge. This season promises to deliver high action and intrigue -- and maybe some more romance -- as well as big-name guest stars, such as Cary Elwes and Treat Williams.

• • •Q: What’s next for the beautiful Andie

MacDowell? It seems I see her only on hair color/make-up commercials anymore, and I really miss seeing her in movies. -- Britta, Fairview, Mich.

A: Andie just started production in mid-June on the new Hallmark Channel original series “Cedar Cove,” which is based on the best-selling book series of the same name by Debbie Macomber. Andie will star as Judge Olivia Lockhart, whose Cedar Cove Municipal Court is the professional milieu and social microcosm of issues the judge will face in her own day-to-day life with family and friends. The series kicks off with a two-hour pilot,

scheduled to air at the end of the year, with a weekly one-hour series to follow in early 2013.

• • •Readers: For your summertime reading pleasure,

I want to give one lucky reader a copy of Rebecca Bloom’s “Eat, Drink and Be Married.” Simply e-mail me at [email protected] or send a letter to Cindy Elavsky, King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475 by July 31, and tell me your favorite beach read. This contest isn’t just for the ladies, although many beach books are classified as “chick lit.”

I asked Rebecca if it bothered her to have books pigeonholed as “chick lit.” She told me: “I was offended by it before, but because I thought, ‘Why does it have to be classi-fied?’ But now I’m much more of a realist than when I started writing, and you have to do whatever you can to market your book. It’s a way to classify and sell, and ultimately, that’s what any writer should want. So, I’m not as against it. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with celebrating women with your writing. ‘The Help’ was awesome, and that was a chick flick and chick lit, so if my book is classified as chick lit, that’s fine with me.”

Write to Cindy at King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475; or e-mail her at [email protected].


Timothy Hutton

Publisher's Corner

Hello Everyone, There is a lot of fun stuff happening with Tidbits that we wanted to share in this issue, but Mother Nature had a different plan. As we were getting this one ready for the printer things went sideways - literally. Straight-line winds and some tornadic activity made a mess of our part of town in Big Stone City. Thankfully, no one was injured, even though a huge tree went through the dog kennel. We worked into the night with a generator running our computers, and, if you are reading this, we got the paper out. Here's a few pictures....

2 blocks from our home.

Neighbor's yard across the street

from us.

Power line and cable under the tree.

What's left of the dog kennel.

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• It was revered Chinese philosopher Confucius who made the following sage observation: "He who learns but does not think is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger."

• If you ever have occasion to refer to an item that pertains to walnuts, it will be useful to have the word juglandaceous at your disposal.

• It's well-known that the United States is a melting pot of nationalities. At the end of the 1800s, New York City was so diverse that it had more Irish than any city except Dublin, and a larger Russian population than was to be found at that time in the city of Kiev. The only two cities in the world that had more German speakers were Vienna and Berlin, and Milan and Naples had fewer Italians than New York.

• If you're like the average American, you will eat 1.5 tons of food this year.

• Beeswax candles are valued largely because they don't drip as other candles do, but they're also very durable. Archaeologists have found still-pliable beeswax candles in Egyptian tombs, and some have been recovered in good condition from sunken ships.


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Whether by personal choice or circumstances be-yond one’s control, changing jobs requires making wise retirement decisions. Working for multiple employers often means dealing with multiple retirement plans. Unfortunately, those who change employers often fail to continue monitoring their retirement plans closely.

Cashing in an employer-sponsored retirement, profit-sharing, stock-bonus, 401(k), 403(b) or 457 de-ferred-compensation plan can be tempting, but negative consequences are likely to result. For example:

* Taking cash from a retirement plan can reduce the value of an investment by up to 40 percent. Federal income taxes, state and local taxes, and penalties may all apply at the time of withdrawal.

* If younger than age 591/2, or if younger than age 55 when employment is terminated, employees have to pay a 10 percent federal penalty on the taxable portion of the distribution unless an exception applies (such as death, disability, eligible medical costs, or a qualified first-home purchase). A tax professional can provide specific information about distribution exceptions.

* For most people, Social Security will not, by itself, provide enough income to live in retirement. Pensions, if still available, typically only provide 17 percent of one’s needed income. This means that one will need to accumulate assets to maintain one’s standard of living in retirement.

People changing jobs should consider rolling their employer-sponsored plan directly into an IRA (indi-vidual retirement account). In doing so, their retire-ment funds keep growing tax-deferred and potential tax penalties are avoided.

Consolidating multiple retirement plans under “one roof” can help one simplify life and gain control over qualified plan assets. For example, consolidating IRA and 401(k) assets with one institution may save both time and money. Assets can be transferred from one IRA provider to another without taxes or penalties.

Note that funds paid to an individual directly from an employer’s retirement plan or another IRA must be reinvested within 60 days of receipt. This portability feature-moving money from one qualified retirement plan to another without IRS tax penalty-is a great benefit enabling investors to make the most of their money.

In today’s economy, change is a part of life. Care-ful planning can ensure that change doesn’t hamper the comfortable retirement one deserves. A financial professional can help analyze financial needs and find an appropriate solution to meet those needs.

Courtney Livingston, LUTCF, FIC, is a Financial Associate with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans in Watertown. He can be reached at (605) 882-3591. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is a Fortune 500 financial services membership organization helping nearly 3 million members achieve their financial goals and give back to their communities. This column was prepared by Thrivent Financial for use by this representative.

For more information, visit www.thrivent.com or call 800-THRIVENT (800-847-4836).

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and its respective associates and employees cannot provide legal, accounting, or tax advice or services. For complete details, work with your team of professionals, including your financial representative, and your attorney or tax professional.

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