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WHETHER SHE’S MOMMY OR MUM,

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SALUTE TO MOM!by Sarah Bates

Celebrating Mom is an international traditionthat spans centuries – and here at Tidbits, welike to celebrate that tradition with some facts,quotes and trivia dedicated to Mom.

• The oldest woman to conceive naturally wasDawn Brooke of Guersney. She gave birth toher son on August 20, 1997 at fifty-nineyears old.

• Gaia, or Terra is the ancient goddess of theearth and is considered by many historians tobe representative of Mother Earth.

• When John F. Kennedy, Jr. dated Madonnaback in the 80s, Jackie would have nothing todo with it. John was quoted as saying, “Idon’t want to string her along if I’m reallyjust rebelling against Mother.”

• “When you are a mother, you are never reallyalone in your thoughts. A mother always hasto think twice, once for herself and once forher child.” - Sophia Loren

• Mother is an energy drink from the land downunder and is put out by the Australiandistributors of Coca-Cola.

• August is the most popular month for womento give birth.

• All of Mr. Rogers’s cardigans were hand-knitby his mother.

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Salute to Mom!

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National Boss Daypages 1-4

Debtors’ Rightspages 5-6

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Front PageIf you leave work late, no one will notice. If you leave work early, you’ll bump

into the boss in the parking lot.

TIDBITS GETS FIRED UP ABOUT

NATIONAL BOSS DAYby Stanley Drummond

Bosses are people, too. (Really!) And every year on October 16, America pays tribute to them.• Actually, National Boss Day was created in

1958 by an Illinois secretary named Patricia Haroski. She chose October 16 because it was her father’s birthday. Her father also happened to be her boss at the time. Nevertheless, she felt that bosses in general were underappreciated, and registered the date with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as an official observance.

• Interestingly enough, a 2005 survey done by an international human resources consulting firm revealed that the majority of employees would not trade places with their boss. The primary reason given was the change that would result between them and their co-workers. They could no longer ignore or laugh at any slackers in their department; they’d be responsible for any poor performers.

• Hallmark started selling Boss Day cards in 1979. While they don’t reveal actual sales figures, they do disclose that the “holiday” is poised to break into the list of top 10 card-send-ing events within the next few years.

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SALUTE TO MOM! (continued):

• Mother’s Day is officially celebrated on May10th in India.

• Mother (1926) is a film about a woman’sstruggle during the Russian revolution.

• A mother is someone who studies moths. It ispronounced moth-er.

• Jayne Bleackly gave birth to her daughterAnnie (3/20/00) 208 days after giving birthto her son, Joseph (9/3/99). This is theshortest interval between births for onemother on record.

• Rhea is the mother of most Greek deities,including Zues.

• A celebration of mothers was practiced inearly Europe on the fourth Sunday in Lent.On this day, Christians celebrated the churchthey were baptized in as their “motherchurch.” In the 1600s, this celebration wasexpanded to include all mothers and wascalled Mothering Day.

• Mothering Day was brought to America withthe Pilgrims.

• The American celebration of Mother’s Daybegan with Julia Ward Howe’s 1870Mother’s Day Proclamation. She called foran international Mother’s Day to celebratepeace and motherhood. Howe was the authorof the Battle Hymn of the Republic.

• In 1908, U.S. Senator Elmer Burkett proposeda National Mother’s Day. The proposal wasdefeated, but by 1909, nearly all the statesheld Mother’s Day services.

• In 1949, Woodrow Wilson declared the secondSunday in May as Mother’s Day.

• Elizabeth Ann Buttle gave birth to her sonJoseph 41 years and 185 days after she gavebirth to her daughter Belinda in 1956. This isthe longest interval between births by onewoman in recorded history.

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SALUTE TO MOM! (continued):

• Jenna Cotton has three children born on thesame date: Ayden 10/02/03, Logan 10/02/06and Kayla 10/02/07. What are the odds? 7.5in every one million births.

• “I looked on child rearing not only as a workof love and duty but as a profession that wasfully as interesting and challenging as anyhonorable profession in the world and onethat demanded the best that I could bring toit.” – Rose Kennedy

• Another film titled Mother (1996) stars AlbertBrooks and Debbie Reynolds. Reynolds’ roleof Mother was originally offered to bothDoris Day and Nancy Reagan.

• Omkari Panwar of India is the oldest recordedwoman to give birth. She was estimated to beabout seventy years old when she gave birthto her twins– it was an estimate due to thefact that she does not have a birth certificate.She conceived through in vitro fertilizationand delivered the children in 2008.

• Although it is currently unverified, a Polishrecord shows Margaret Krasiwa (1655-1763)married for the third time at age ninety-fourand had three children in that marriage.

• In Yugoslovia, Children’s Day is celebratedthree days before Christmas. Mother’s Day isthe following Sunday and Father’s Day is theSunday after that.

• Rosinete Palmeira Serrao volunteered to bethe surrogate mother for her daughter,Claudia de Brito, who could not havechildren. Rosinete gave birth to her owngrandchildren on September 20, 2007.

• Liza Minelli and Lorna Luft both come bytheir talent honestly as the daughters of JudyGarland - but did you know that Garland wasthe daughter of the vaudevillians Frank andEthel Gumm?

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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTHBy Paul G. Donohue, M.D.

The Best Way to Treat Sunburn

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: What’s the best way to treat sunburn? I get one ev-ery year. I know it will happen this year too, and I want to be prepared. -- D.J.

ANSWER: The best way to treat sunburn is not to get one.What makes you think you’ll get one this year? You’re doing something wrong. I have to repeat things that should be common knowledge, so bear with me.Don’t go out into the sun during the hours of its greatest intensity -- 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. I have a feeling this is a rule observed more in its breach.Always wear sunscreen with an SPF -- sun protection factor -- of 15. If you are very sen-sitive to sunlight, use one with an SPF of 30. Apply it 15 to 30 minutes before going outside, and reapply it at least every two hours. Each application requires about 1 ounce. If you go into the water or are sweating heavily, apply the sunscreen more frequently.With a sunburn, in about three hours after ex-posure, the skin reddens and becomes painful and hot. Taking aspirin relieves pain and can lessen the damage done to the skin. Don’t give aspirin to young children -- they can take Ty-lenol. Cool baths or cool compresses make a person more comfortable. Apply a skin mois-turizer, but don’t use butter or petrolatum. If blisters form, don’t break them. If they’re ex-tensive, see a doctor.***DEAR DR. DONOHUE: For the past six months, I have had no energy. I teach third grade. My doctor checked my thyroid gland, and it turns out it’s not working well. I am now taking re-

placement thyroid hormone. How long does it take for me to recover my for-mer energy? Also, my cholesterol was high. Is that part of this deal? -- M.O.

ANSWER: It can take three to six months for your hormone level to reach a normal pla-teau. That’s when you’ll feel like your old self again.A person with low thyroid hormone often has a rise in blood cholesterol. The level will fall as soon as the replacement hormone is work-ing.The booklet on thyroid problems discusses both under- and overactive thyroid glands. Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue -- No. 401W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money or-der (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Can. with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.***DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 83, and follow-ing hip surgery I developed a dropped foot. All I hear is that it is something I have to live with. Is there another answer? -- D.K.

ANSWER: It takes a long time for an injured nerve to heal. Sometimes it never does. How-ever, that doesn’t mean something can’t be done for a dropped foot.Any number of braces can make walking much easier for a person with a dropped foot. I’d see about that now and bide my time, hop-ing the nerve will regenerate.***Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to an-swer individual letters, but he will incorpo-rate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

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URUGUAYThis week Tidbits hops back across to our sideof the Atlantic Ocean and takes you on a littletrip down the eastern coast of South America tothe Latin American country of Uruguay.

• Uruguay is officially titled La RepúblicaOriental del Uruguay.

• Oriental means Eastern in Spanish.

• Uruguay is home to 3.46 million people, 1.7million of whom live in the capital ofMontevideo.

• Uruguay is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean,Brazil, the Uruguay River and the estuary ofRío de la Plata. Argentina is to the SouthWest and can be reached by a short boat tripacross either of these two waters.

• Europeans arrived in Uruguay in 1516 and amajority of modern Uruguayans are ofEuropean descent.

• Uruguay hosted the first FIFA World Cup in1930 and won, 4-2, against Argentina.

• Prior to European settlement, Uruguay wasinhabited by the indigenous Charrúa people.

• Uruguay declared its independence fromBrazil on August 25, 1825.

• Uruguay is slightly smaller than the state ofWashington.

• The highest point in Uruguay, a country withno mountain ranges, is Cerra Catherdral at1,686 ft (514 m).

• ¡Garca! is slang in Uruguay for disgusting.

• 1 U.S. Dollar = 20.438 Uruguayan Pesos.

• Uruguay has a population density of 50 persquare mile, or 20 per square kilometer.

• Uruguay is a word from the Native AmericanGuaraní language that means “river ofpainted birds.”

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URUGUAY (continued):

• Colónia del Sacramento is a coastal city inUruguay that is 329 years old. It was foundedby the Portuguese in 1680.

• Colónia del Sacramento’s Barrio Historíca,(historic district) is a World Heritage site andto this day retains many of its 17th centurycobblestone streets.

• Uruguay as a 98% literacy rate.

• 88% of Uruguayans are European (mostlySpanish and Italian), 8% are mestizo and 4%are black.

• Over half of Uruguayans classify themselvesas Roman Catholics.

• The motto of Uruguay is “¡Libertad o muerte!”which means “Freedom or death!”

• Artiga Mausoleum is the final resting placeand monument of José Artigas, a Uruguayanhero often called “the father of UruguayanIndependence.” The mausoleum is in PlazaIndependicia in the capital of Montevideo.

• Artigas’s birthday, June 19th, is a nationalUruguayan holiday.

• Uruguay is the second-smallest SouthAmerican country after Suriname.

• There are three branches of the UruguayanArmed Forces: Ejercito (Army), ArmadoNacional (Navy) and Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya(Air Force).

• Uruguay only recognizes Spanish as its officiallanguage, but many Uruguayans also speakPortuñol (or Brazilero), which is aPortuguese-Spanish mix.

• The average temperature in Uruguay is 54º F(12º C) in the winter, the coolest month beingJune, and is 75º F ( 24º C) in the summer,with the warmest month being January.

• The standard work week in Uruguay is forty-four to forty-eight hours.

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TIDBITS ALL OVER THE WORLD:

URUGUAYThis week Tidbits hops back across to our sideof the Atlantic Ocean and takes you on a littletrip down the eastern coast of South America tothe Latin American country of Uruguay.

• Uruguay is officially titled La RepúblicaOriental del Uruguay.

• Oriental means Eastern in Spanish.

• Uruguay is home to 3.46 million people, 1.7million of whom live in the capital ofMontevideo.

• Uruguay is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean,Brazil, the Uruguay River and the estuary ofRío de la Plata. Argentina is to the SouthWest and can be reached by a short boat tripacross either of these two waters.

• Europeans arrived in Uruguay in 1516 and amajority of modern Uruguayans are ofEuropean descent.

• Uruguay hosted the first FIFA World Cup in1930 and won, 4-2, against Argentina.

• Prior to European settlement, Uruguay wasinhabited by the indigenous Charrúa people.

• Uruguay declared its independence fromBrazil on August 25, 1825.

• Uruguay is slightly smaller than the state ofWashington.

• The highest point in Uruguay, a country withno mountain ranges, is Cerra Catherdral at1,686 ft (514 m).

• ¡Garca! is slang in Uruguay for disgusting.

• 1 U.S. Dollar = 20.438 Uruguayan Pesos.

• Uruguay has a population density of 50 persquare mile, or 20 per square kilometer.

• Uruguay is a word from the Native AmericanGuaraní language that means “river ofpainted birds.”

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Relaxing By the fireBy Tresa Erickson

You love spending time in the great outdoors, especially camping out. You’ve spent many a summer’s day camped out in the woods, hiking on the numerous trails and relaxing at night by the fire. You can’t go camp-ing every day, of course, but you can still enjoy evenings around the fire in your own backyard.

There are a number of avenues you can take to create a source of fire in your backyard. The simplest is to buy a chiminea or a portable mesh fire bowl. All you need to do is set up the structure in a safe area in your yard away from all flammable materials and you’re ready to go.

If you would rather have something more permanent, you can build an outdoor fireplace in your backyard. Be aware, though, that this project will take time and money and may even require the help of a professional.

If time and money is tight, you may want to consider building a fire pit in your backyard. You can hire a profes-sional to install the fire pit for you, or you can tackle the job yourself. If you take this route, your first step is to select an appropriate site for the fire pit. For the best results, it should be several feet away from all plants, trees and structures. This will reduce the risk of fire and soot and ash dam-age.

Depending upon the laws in your area, you may need to get approval from the city and perhaps even a building per-mit. Contact local officials for guide-lines, and if you need to move gas or power lines, you will most definitely want to consult the appropriate pro-fessionals for that.

Next, you will want to prep the area. Start by marking the outline of the fire pit, making sure it is large enough to hold a fireplace grate in the cen-ter with a couple of feet on each side. Remove all vegetation within the out-line and trim any overhanging tree branches. Dig out six inches of soil from the pit and rake the remaining soil smooth. Line the outer edge of the pit with moss rock, firebrick or some other type of fireproof edging.

If drainage is a concern, you may in-stall a drainpipe. If not, go ahead and line the bottom of the fire pit with an inch or two of gravel or sand to pre-vent it from becoming muddy when it rains. Insert the fireplace grate in the center of the pit. This will hold the wood in place. Add some decorative cover to the pit, such as lava rock. Just make sure it is heat resistant.

Your fire pit is now complete. If need-ed, you may dress up the area sur-rounding it with plants. Just make sure there is nothing too close to the fire.

Just think. With a fire pit, you can enjoy a fire outdoors on any day of the week. You can even pitch a tent if you want to recreate the camping experience.

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FORWARD MARCH!Armed Forces Day honors military forces overtwenty-five countries around the world. It iscelebrated on May 16th in the U.S. this year, andon the first Sunday of June in Canada. Here aresome more military facts!

• President Truman first proclaimed ArmedForces Day on May 20, 1950.

• Originally, the height and width of Americanbattleships was determined this way: theyhad to be able to sail beneath the BrooklynBridge and through the Panama Canal.

• In WWII, the Comanche Indian code forHitler was posah-tai-vo, or crazy white man.

• Did you know that the first U.S. ServiceAcademy to admit women was the UnitedStates Coast Guard in July of 1976?

• Navy uniform shoelaces are laced from theinside out, through all eyelets and tied.

• The first and only woman to receive theMedal of Honor was Dr. Mary E. Walker, asurgeon during the Civil War.

• The first woman to receive a Purple Heart wasAnnie G. Fox in 1941.

• William Carney was the first African-American to earn the Medal of Honor,though he did not receive the medal until1900, thirty-six years later. Robert Blake wasthe first to receive the medal in 1864.

• On June 11, 1970, Anna Mae Hayes becamethe first woman to obtain the status ofgeneral in the Army.

• In 1855, Congress voted to appropriate$33,000 to the War Department to fund theimport of camels in hopes of better supplyingtheir troops in the American West. Thirty-three camels were acquired originally,followed by forty-two more. The WarDepartment spent less than $8,000 on thecamels and returned the rest of the money.

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PAW’S CORNERBy Sam Mazzotta

Adopting a Cat

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I am planning to adopt a cat, and I have decided that the local shelter is the best place to do so -- not clas-sified ads or a cat breeder. Do you have any advice on things to look for? -- Sally in Branson, Mo.

DEAR SALLY: First, congratula-tions on your decision. I agree that the local shelter is often the best place to look for a new cat. Shel-ters always have many pets look-ing for a home, but besides that, many of them offer pet ownership classes and discounts or rebates for medical procedures such as spaying/neutering.You likely will be asked a few questions by the shelter personnel before you can even go and look at a pet. They need to make sure you are able to care for a cat through-out its life. Shelters do not allow college students or vacationers to adopt. They also will explain any fees or addi-tional requirements for adoption.When it’s time to find your new cat, look over each prospect closely and ask plenty of questions. How old is the cat? Is it al-ready sterilized? What is its general temperament (sometimes hard to tell in a stressed environment)?

Does it have any known health is-sues? Shelter personnel will give you as much information as they can about each cat. Give prospects a visual once-over from nose to tail. Healthy cats have a clean nose with no wheezing, white teeth and pink gums, clear and lively eyes, and clean ears. Lift the tail and check for signs of di-arrhea or distress such as swelling. The fur should be fluffy and clean with no bare patches, and not rat-ty- or spiky-looking. Watch how it moves, runs and plays.Once you’ve adopted a new com-panion, schedule a veterinary ap-pointment as soon as possible for a physical checkup to make sure your cat is as healthy as possible.

Send your tips, questions and com-ments to Paw’s Corner, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or e-mail them to [email protected].

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FORWARD MARCH! (continued):

• In 1857, the Secretary of War ordered theformation of the First US Army CamelCorps. The project of importing camels hadbeen considered a wide success and therewere plans to secure 1,000 more camels, butthe onset of the Civil War shelved the projectand it was ultimately forgotten.

• The Confederate theme “Dixie” was composedin New York, New York.

• Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women,

was a nurse for the Union.

• A band played “Auld Lang Syne” after thesurrender at Appomattox.

• Seven US Presidents served as officers in theCivil War: Andrew Jackson, Ulysses S.Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield,Chester Alan Arthur, Benjamin Harrison andWilliam McKinley.

• The first American submarine was used in1776 and was called the Turtle . It wassupposed to drill into British ships and plantexplosives, but on its first mission they foundthe drill wasn’t sharp enough. It never got asecond chance, as it was lost when the shiptransporting it sunk.

• The Battle of Bunker Hill wasn’t fought onBunker Hill. It was actually fought onBreed’s Hill.

• Mary Hays McCauly of New Jersey wasdelivering water to the Continental troopswhen she saw her husband get shot. Insteadof panicking, she took up her husbandsposition at the cannons and was later madean honorary officer by General Washington.

• The gas mask was first introduced duringWorld War I. James Garner, an Americanchemist, invented it in 1915.

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