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TIDBITS® INVESTIGATESAUGUST EVENTS

by Kathy WolfeAugust has been action-packed over the years. This week, Tidbits brings you some history-making events from the crazy days of summers past and present.• •WhenthecornerstoneoftheStatueof

Liberty was laid in August of 1884, it was placed on Bedloe’s Island, which previously had been known as Love Island. The land didn’tofficiallybecomeLibertyIslanduntil1956.WhentheStatueofLibertyarrivedfrom France, it was in 350 individual pieces thatwereputtogetherandofficiallydedi-cated in October of 1886.

• •ThefirsteditionofSportsIllustratedhitthe newsstands in August of 1954, featuring Milwaukee Braves player Eddie Mathews on the cover. Inside, readers found a tri-fold of 27 baseball trading cards, including such greatsasTedWilliams,WillieMays,GilHodgesandDukeSnider.Althoughahit,themagazineshowednoprofitforthenext12 years. Michael Jordan has set the record for the number of cover appearances at 56, with the New York Yankees the most featuredteam.FourU.S.Presidentshavemade the cover — Kennedy, Ford, Reagan andClinton.Everyyear,SportsIllustratedgivesits“SportsmanoftheYear”award.RogerBannister,thefirstpersontorunamile in under four minutes, was given that honor during the magazine’s inaugural year.

• •InAugustof1914,the48-mile(77-km)PanamaCanalopenedtoshiptraffic,withitsfirstcargoliner,theSSAncon.Ithad been under construction since 1904, and opening day was two years ahead of schedule. Nearly 27,500 people lost their lives during the construction. By passing through the canal, a ship sailing from New YorktoSanFranciscosavesabout8,000miles(12,875km)overatriparoundthetip

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Two friends, one an optimist and the other a pessimist, could never quite agree on any topic of discus-sion. One day the optimist decided he had found a good way to pull his friend out of his continual pessimis-tic thinking. The optimist owned a hunting dog that could walk on water. His plan? Take the pessimist and the dog out duck hunting in a boat. They got out into the middle of the lake, and the optimist brought down a duck. The dog immediately walked out across the water, re-trieved the duck, and walked back to the boat. The optimist looked at his pessimistic friend and said, “What do you think about that?” The pessimist replied, “That dog can’t swim, can he?”

weekend of August, and you can get in ontheTwinsDayFestival.Whenitbeganin 1976, the community hosted 37 sets of twins. Attendance reached a peak of 2,680 sets in 1994 and settled in at 1,700 last year. The Festival doesn’t limit itself just to twins —They happily welcome all multiples to a weekend with featuring s parade, talent shows and musical enter-tainment.

• •We’veallheardoftheCyYoungAward,but how much do we really know about CyYoung?DentonT.(Cy)YoungpitchedhisfirstmajorleaguebaseballgameinAugustof1890fortheClevelandSpiders.Hewasthefirsttopitchaperfectgameand was responsible for many other records, some of which still stand. Young hasthemostcareerwins(511)andthemostinningspitched(7,355)duringhis22-year pro ball career. The Cy Young Award, which honors the season’s best pitcher, was established in 1956, the year after his death.

• •TheUnitedStates’firstofficialcensuscommencedonthefirstMondayinAu-gust of 1790.

• •DuringthefirstweekofAugusteveryyear,thecommunityofSturgis,SouthDakota, population 6,400, hosts the Black Hills Classic Motorcycle Rally. Begun in 1938 with nine bikers in a half-mile race, the event now draws hundreds of thou-sands of participants. Record-setting attendance was at the rally’s 60th anni-versary in 2000, when more than 600,000 bikerscruisedintoSturgis.In1976,theaverage amount spent per person was $50.Todaythatfiguretops$1,000.Thecommunity’s businesses earn 95 percent of their annual revenue during this one week,andthestate’scoffersarefilledwithabout$1millioninsalestaxalone.

ofSouthAmerica’sCapeHorn.Duringthe canal’s early days, about 1,000 ships passedthrougheachyear.Thatfiguretoday is close to 15,000 ships making the nine-hourpassbetweenthePacificandAtlantic Oceans.

• •Augustisamonthforstraybaseballs!In1979,SeattleMarinerRuppertJoneshit a foul ball in the Kingdome that stuck in the stadium’s loudspeaker above the firstbaseline.ThefollowingAugust,YankeeBobWatsonhadahitofftheKingdome’scenter-fieldspeaker.Theverynextday,Watsondidexactlythesamething!Shortlyafterthatfeat,thespeakerswereraisedfrom102feet(31m)abovethefieldto132feet(40.2m).In August of 1983, Yankee pitcher Dave Winfieldthrewawarm-upballandacci-dentally struck and killed a seagull at the Toronto Blue Jays’ stadium. But pitcher Nolan Ryan was in complete control during August of 1989 when he became thefirstMajorLeaguepitchertoachieve5,000 strikeouts. By the time he retired four years later, he had struck out 5,714 batters.

• •It’sbeen34yearsthismonthsincethedeathofElvisPresleyatage42athisGracelandhome.Theofficialcauseofdeath was listed as coronary arrhythmia. The King’s funeral was held at his home, with a processional to Forest Hill Cem-etery following the service. More than 80,000 people lined the route.

• •HenryLelandfoundedtheCadillacAutomobile Company in August of 1902, namingitafterhisancestor,Frenchex-plorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who founded the city of Detroit in 1701.

• •WhenWilliamGray’swifebecameveryill in 1888, he was in desperate need of a telephone to call a doctor. There were very few phones in Hartford, Connecti-cut,andGrayrantoaneighboringfac-tory, begging to use theirs, but was told it wasnotforpublicuse.Whentheownersfinallygaveintohispleading,thedoctorwasreached,andMrs.Grayrecovered.ThisincidentspurredGray,amachinist,to invent a coin-operated telephone. He received his patent in August of 1889, andthefirstpayphonewasinstalledatalocalbank.By1902,theUnitedStateswas home to 81,000 payphones.

• •Thefirstandlastatomicbombingsinhistory took place in August of 1945. The UnitedStatesdroppedthefirstnuclearweapon,knownas“LittleBoy,”onHiro-shima, Japan, on August 6 and the sec-ond,called“FatMan,”onNagasakithreedays later. Fatality estimates for Hiroshi-ma were 90,000 to 160,000 people and 60,000 to 80,000 for Nagasaki.

• •OnanAugustmorningin1907,SeattleresidentsshoppedatthePikePlaceMar-ketforthefirsttime.Thisfamousstreetmarket came into being because citizens were tired of being overcharged for their produce. Avoiding the middleman, farm-ers brought their wares to the corner of FirstAvenueandPikeStreet,andweremet by more than 10,000 shoppers. To-day the Market’s nine acres house more than 200 full-time businesses and 190 craftspeople, as well as 100 farmers who rent space by the day. The Market is also home to 300 apartments. It’s now one of Washingtonstate’smostpopulartour-ist attractions, drawing 10 million visitors annually.

• •VisitTwinsburg,Ohio,duringthefirst

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A friend of mine told me that his relative had her purse stolen. It was at a party. It seemedunfortunate.Shedidthenormalthings. Canceled the cards, got a new license, etc. The same things you and I would do. It was a pain. But it was done…and over…..or so she thought.

A couple of months later, she received a letter from a casino saying that due to her recent illegal activity at that casino, she was no longer permitted to go to that casino. “If you step into the casino, you willbearrested….onthespot.”Shecalledand said that she had never been to the casinoandtherehadbeensomemixup.They said, “come and turn yourself in and wewillseewhatisandisnottrue.”

What would you do?My friend just didn’t want the headache and never tried to clear her name. I hope thatshewon’thavefutureproblems!ThisisyetanotherexampleofIdentityTheft.Someonestealsyouridentityandcommits fraud or other crimes and YOU getcharged.Itisawful!Andithappensmorethanyouthink!Everydaypeoplehave their identities stolen. They are used for all sorts of illegal activity. You can have yours stolen and never know that crimes arebeingcommittedinyourgoodname!Itis a hideous crime and impossible to stop.Thequestioniswhatareyougoingtodoto protect yourself. The Federal Trade Commission continues to issue reports abouthowbadIdentityTheftisintheUSA.They make a number of suggestions.“Whiletherearenoguaranteesaboutavoiding identity theft, it’s important for youtoknowhowto:•Deteridentitythievesbysafeguardingyour personal information.•Detectsuspiciousactivitybyroutinelymonitoringyourfinancialaccountsandbill-ing statements.•Defendagainstidentitytheftassoonasyoususpectaproblem.”….saystheFTC.

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Know Your Investment Risks - and How to Respond

When you invest, you take some risks. While you can’t totally avoid these risks, you can take steps to help reduce their impact and increase your comfort level. And the more comfortable you are with your investments, the easier it will be to follow a long-term strat-egy that can help you meet your goals.

Let’s look at the most common types of risk re-lated to investing, along with some suggestions on helping to reduce these risks:

Losing principal — This type of risk is most closely associated with investing. For example, when you purchase a stock, you know that its value could go up or down. If it drops below your purchase price, and you then sell your shares, you will lose some of your principal. Your response — You can’t eliminate the risk of losing principal, but by owning a mix of stocks, bonds, government securities and other types of investments, you can help reduce the impact of volatility on your portfolio. Keep in mind, though, that diversification, by itself, can’t guarantee a profit or protect against loss. Losing value when interest rates change — This type of risk primarily affects fixed-income investments, such as bonds. If you purchase a bond that pays, say, a 4% interest rate, and the market rate goes up to 5%, then the value of your bond will drop because no one will be willing to pay you the full price for it when newer, higher-yielding bonds are available. Your response — You can combat, or even ignore, interest rate risk by holding your bonds until they mature. By doing so, you’ll get your full principal back, provided the issuer doesn’t default, and you’ll continue to receive regular interest payments unless the bonds are “called,” or repurchased by the issuer. (You can help pro-tect against this by purchasing bonds that have some degree of “call protection” and by owning bonds with different maturities.) Losing purchasing power — This risk largely applies to fixed-rate investments such as cer-tificates of deposit (CDs). To illustrate: If you purchase a CD that pays 2%, and the inflation rate is 3%, you are actually losing purchasing power. Your response — Despite their vulnerability to inflation, CDs can offer you some valuable ben-efits, such as preservation of principal. Yet if you are concerned about fighting inflation, you may want to look for investments than have the potential to offer rising income, such as divi-dend-paying stocks. In fact, you can find stocks that have increased their dividends for many consecutive years. (Be aware, though, that com-panies can reduce or eliminate dividends at any

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time. Also, an investment in stocks fluctuates, and you could lose your principal.) Apart from these individual techniques to re-duce investment-related risk, you should also save early and save often — because the more money you accumulate, the greater your abil-ity to follow a long-term strategy that reflects your personal risk tolerance. That’s why it’s a good idea to contribute as much as possible over the years to your IRA and 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plan.

By understanding the different types of invest-ment risk, and by acting to help lessen them, you can reduce much of the stress sometimes associated with investing — while you in-crease your prospects for achieving your objectives.

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ANSWER: I have no misgivings about trying acupuncture for pain relief. The Chinese have used it for centuries. Any treatment that lasts that long must have some value. Fine needles are inserted into the skin at specific points and are left in place for 15 to 30 minutes. From time to time, the acupuncturist stimulates the needles. The American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society endorse acupuncture. A recent review article in the New England Journal of Medicine, a premier medical journal, also endorsed it. Who am I not to follow suit? Back pain strikes almost everyone at some point in life. The booklet on it discusses its causes and treatments. Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue -- No. 303W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery. ***DEAR DR. DONOHUE: It’s that time of year again -- the no-see-um season. I can feel a sharp sting when bitten. It goes away and then returns as a large swelling with incessant itching. What can I do to prevent this reaction? Others don’t react this bad. I also use DEET to deter these diabolical pests. Should I wash it off as soon as I get indoors? -- C.R.

ANSWERS: No-see-ums got that name because they’re barely visible, only 1/16th of an inch. Dawn and dusk are their busiest hours. Avoidance is the best protection. The red welt you describe arises about 12 or more hours after the bite and can be as large as an inch in diameter. It does itch.DEET is the best repellent, but it’s not a 100 percent barrier for all users. Have you tried a higher concen-tration? Are you following label directions regarding when to reapply it? When you get back home, wash treated skin with soap and water. Also, you can spray your clothes with permethrin. It will give you addi-tional protection. Wear long slacks tucked into your socks and long-sleeved tops.As for the itch, antihistamines are suggested. I admit they don’t work for everyone. ***Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his col-umn 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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