Tidbits vernon 234 aug 7 2015 foodie places online

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August 6 - 13, 2015 Issue 00234

by Patricia L. Cook

Many locations are named after famous people in history, many after natural features or events, and some are named after food, whether directly or indirectly. We’ll take a look this week at some interesting “foodie” places. • If you start off your morning with a hearty

breakfast of bacon and eggs, you should feel welcomed in Bacon, Texas, or Bacon Cove in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Add in Two Egg, Florida, and you have a delicious breakfast combo and some interesting locations!

• Bacon Cove is a part of Conception Harbor, a rocky area of great interest to kayakers, scuba divers and archaeologists. There are many shipwreck sites in the area as well as one of the province’s last whaling wrecks that is partially submerged.

• Two Egg, Florida, was originally named Allison after a family-owned sawmill opened in the area. During the Great Depression, the locals began trading eggs for other needs at the local general store, so the tiny little town changed its name.

• Do you want some toast with breakfast? Toast, North Carolina, is just west of Mount Airy. By the way, North Carolina actually has a state “toast,” but it is not the kind made with bread!

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FOODIE PLACES (continued):

• With all of the grains grown on the prairies in Alberta, Canada, is it any surprise that there is a place named Cereal? It is a small community east of Calgary in the sparsely populated area of Alberta known as the Canadian Badlands.

• In the United States, Battle Creek, Michigan, is known as the “breakfast capital of the world.” In June, they hosted the Cereal Festival and World’s Longest Breakfast Table events. Missed them this year? Watch for them next June.

• Oatmeal, Texas, along with its larger neighbor Bertram, has been holding an annual Oatmeal Festival every Labor Day Weekend since 1978. The water tower in town is painted to look like a cylindrical oatmeal box from National Oats, the maker of 3 Minute Oats, the only oats company that responded to the festival organizers 33 years ago.

• By the way, if you visit the “down-under” land of Australia, go south to the island of Tasmania. There you will find Eggs and Bacon Bay and Eggs and Bacon Beach. Also, there are some local flowers known as “Eggs and Bacon” flowers.

• Since the maple leaf became the centerpiece of the Canadian flag in 1965 and was officially recognized as Canada’s arboreal emblem in 1996, it’s really no surprise that there are lots of places named maple in Canada. A query on “National Resources Canada” website yielded 167 places.

• With the increasing popularity of coffee and coffeehouses in big cities, you may be curious about Hot Coffee, Mississippi. It is a small town that got its name from an innkeeper in the 1800s who put out a sign in the shape of a coffee pot to attract business. Not only did it help the inn’s popularity, the area adopted the name.

• Coldwater, Ontario; Buttermilk, Kansas; and Beer Bottle Crossing, Idaho, all sound like other great places to grab a drink.

• Since the sandwich was discovered, it has been a lunch staple in much of the world. The sandwich got its name in 1762 from John Montagu, who was the 4th Earl of Sandwich, when he asked for his meat to be served between two pieces of bread. Sandwich is a small town in Kent in southeast England. In 2003, the 11th Earl of Sandwich and his son, Orlando, teamed up with Robert Earl (not a British Earl) to start a restaurant named Earl of Sandwich at one of the busiest places in the world – Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. There are now a number of franchises in the United States.

• There are a number of other places around the world named Sandwich. One place originally named after the Earl of Sandwich was the Sandwich Islands, which Captain James Cook named after his sponsor, the Earl of Sandwich, in 1778. The islands are now known as Hawaii.

• There are also towns named Sandwich in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Illinois and Ontario.

• Burnt Corn, Alabama; Greasy Corner, Arkansas; Goobertown, Arkansas; Pumpkin Center, Oklahoma; Conche, Newfoundland; Weiner, Arkansas; and Rice, California. Don’t you want to check them out?

• Red meat eaters may have heard of Angus, Ontario, west of Barrie and about an hour north of Toronto. But the area was not named after angus beef cattle. It honors Angus Warner who discovered the Nottawasaga River.

• Another memorable place in Canada is Cow Head, located in the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland in Gros Morne National Park. It is a beautiful area known for its cod, herring, salmon and lobster fisheries. So, why is it named Cow Head?

• Salmon is considered one of the healthiest fish to eat, offering a high dose of Omega 3s. Salmon Arm is the largest community on Shuswap Lake, located between Calgary and Vancouver in British

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a Hippo in My Tub,” was reissued in 2001.

• Many honors have been bestowed on Murray, including three honorary doctorates from the University of New Brunswick, Saint Mary’s University and the University of Prince Edward Island. She graduated from the University of New Brunswick with a physical education degree and taught high school in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, before her singing career took off.

• On June 29, 2007, Murray was honored yet again when Canada Post issued a limited edition Anne

MUSIC LEGEND:

ANNE MURRAYShe’s been called Canada’s “Songbird” for many

years. When the 2010 Olympic Ceremony in Vancouver featured famous Canadians in the opening ceremony, it was no surprise that Anne Murray was among them.

• Morna Anne Murray grew up with five brothers in Springhill, Nova Scotia. She was born in 1945, the fourth child and only daughter to James and Marion Murray. She was a tomboy, and in her own words, “the reason I became a successful singer was that, as a kid, I could never do anything as well as my brothers. I wanted to do something better than they did.” She started singing as a child, took voice lessons as a teen, and hasn’t stopped singing yet.

• Murray’s 40-plus-year career has yielded her 20 No. 1 hits, and she has sold more than 54 million albums.

• Murray’s first paid music job was while she was studying at the University of New Brunswick. She was hired to sing at the Curling Club at Fredericton.

• When the snow flies and winter sets in for the northern United States and Canada, many people become snowbirds and head south. Murray’s fans are also often called snowbirds since “Snowbird” became her first big hit. It was the second song ever written by Canadian songwriter Gene MacLellan and put Murray in the international spotlight. “Snowbird” sold a million copies in 1970, and for the first time in history, an American gold record was awarded to a solo Canadian female. She became a regular on the “Glenn Campbell Goodtime Hour,” which was a hit show at the time, endearing her even more to the American audience.

• Murray’s music hit the charts in country, pop and even children’s genres. Her songs “You Needed Me,” “Could I Have This Dance” and “A Love Song” are songs still requested today. The children’s album she recorded in 1978, “There’s

Columbia. With its gorgeous lake and mountain setting, the area grew 25 percent between 1991 and 2001 to a population of around 15,000.

• Salmon, Idaho, is a small town of about 3,000 in central Idaho known for the Salmon River, also known as “The River of No Return.” The wilderness area surrounding it was explored by Lewis and Clark on their journey to the Pacific Ocean in the early 1800s. It is the birthplace of Sacajawea, the Shoshone Indian woman who was a tremendous help on their expedition.

• Chicken, Alaska, is a small town of about six people in the winter and 50 or so in the summer. A mining town founded in the late 1880s, Chicken became the name when the townspeople decided Ptarmigan was too hard to spell. Ptarmigan are the small grouse-like birds that miners hunted for food.

• Explore the library or internet to find more places with food names. We’ve surely not covered them all. To end this “foodie” exploration there are a couple of other places worth mentioning: Belcher, Louisiana, and Belchertown, Massachusetts. Don’t you wonder who named these towns?


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and even coutries have undergone name changes for a wide variety of reasons.

• In 1950, when preparing for the 10th Anniversary of the radio show “Truth or Consequences,” producer Ralph Edwards commented in a meeting that he wished, “some town in the United States liked and respected our show so much that it would like to change its name to ‘Truth or Consequences.’” The New Mexico State Tourist Bureau passed the news on to the Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce, and they jumped at the chance! There are many towns named Hot Springs, but only one Truth or Consequences. Edwards and his crew aired the first live, coast-to-coast broadcast of the show in its namesake city in 1950. He visited on the anniversary every year for 50 years. The townspeople have voted many times to retain the name.

• With an estimated population of 180, Clark, Texas, had only been incorporated for five years when it changed its name to DISH. Yes, all capital letters, like the satellite television company. DISH Network agreed to give residents of the town 10 years of free basic service, including a DVR (digital video recorder) in exchange for the name change. The official renaming was on November 16, 2005. Let’s see if they keep the name after the free TV runs out!

• When Google announced plans to “develop a trial network in one or more communities that reaches at least 50,000 people” for faster and better internet, Topeka, Kansas, renamed itself “Google” for the month of March 2010.

• Another temporary name change with a longer history is Dr. Pepper, Texas. Dublin, Texas, is home of the oldest Dr. Pepper bottling plant in the world, started in 1891. Dublin becomes

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• If you want to see a list of the many honors and awards that Murray has received through the years, pick up a copy of her autobiography, “All of Me,” which was released in the fall of 2009. She has won a long list of Canadian Juno Awards, and she also has won four Grammy Awards, a Country Music Association of Great Britain Award, and the list goes on and on.

• Murray’s hometown of Springhill, Nova Scotia, is home to The Anne Murray Centre. Since opening in July 1989, over 250,000 visitors from around the world have journeyed to the center to explore the memorabilia of this world-class singer.

NAME CHANGESHollywood stars often change their names to

help advance their careers, but most ordinary citizens keep the names bestowed on them at birth. Still, name changes are not uncommon in many arenas. Throughout history, towns, cities


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• Many changes in China in recent years have opened the country for tourism. Realizing the importance of attracting tourists for monetary purposes, Zhongdian was changed to Shangri La in 2002. Shangri La was the name of the paradise in James Hilton’s 1933 novel, “Lost Horizon.” Located in Yunnan Province near Tibet, Shangri La is home to Potatso National Park, China’s first national park, opened in 2007.

• The most recent big name change in China was in January 2010, after the great success of the movie “Avatar.” The movie has become the most popular movie ever in China and has made over $102 million in that country alone. A strange-looking craggy peak in Zhangjiajie in Hunan Province that was known as “Southern Sky Column” was renamed “Avatar Hallelujah Mountain.”

• Have you heard of Pile O’ Bones in Canada? Hunting bison for food, clothing and shelter in the 1800s in Saskatchewan was a way of life. When finished with the bison parts, piles of bones remained, hence the unique name. When the railroad was built across Canada in the late 1880s, the community was renamed Regina in honor of Queen Victoria. (Regina means “queen.”) It became the capital when the province of Saskatchewan was formed in 1905.

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* Christmas lights aren’t just for Christmas these days. I see them hanging along the eaves of back porches and decorating the landscape to light up garden parties at dusk. Here’s a great idea for a hanging lantern, using lights I picked up at my local thrift shop: I basically piled strings of lights in the sections of a three-tier wire hanging bas-ket, connected them together and plugged them in. They look magical. Ð JoAnn

* When your bananas hit your desired level of ripeness, put them in the refrigerator. The skin will darken, but the inside will remain white, al-lowing you to wait a day or two to eat it.

* Use pretty coffee mugs to plant some fresh herbs in your windowsill in the kitchen. -- E.L. in Montana

* One way to remove fuzz from between the keys of your keyboard is with a self-stick note. Peel off and run the sticky side of the note between the keys for a quick clean.

* Love books? Remember that bookshelves need to be dusted regularly in order to keep books in good shape. They also need air to circulate, so be sure your shelves are not too crowded.

* Great gifts and goodies for a nursing home resident: note cards with stamped envelopes, hand and face lotion, small blankets, news from home, large-print books, flowers in a pretty vase, a large clock with an easy-to-read face, maga-zine subscriptions, puzzle books, shampoos and conditioners, photo books and perhaps most importantly, YOU. -- M.W. in Florida

Send your tips to Now Here’s a Tip, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803, or e-mail JoAnn at [email protected].(c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.


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DEAR KERRIE: First, great job in always asking permission before petting a dog that isn’t yours. And, if an owner says no, just say “thank you,” and respect his or her wish. Why would a person who takes his or her dog out in public not want people to pet it? There could be any number of reasons. Maybe the dog is fine when left alone, but snaps at strangers who try to pet it. Maybe it’s fearful and gets stressed out when strangers approach -- making it much harder to help it wwwdogs. You might notice an uncomfortable dog cowering and tucking its tail, giving a low growl or other stressed-out signs.Or, maybe the dog has an injury, like a cut or recent surgery, and the owner doesn’t want people to accidentally touch the area, which could be painful for the dog.In any case, don’t be hurt by the owner’s refusal. The reason has to do with the comfort and safety of the dog. When you are respectful of that, you’re helping out, even in a small way.As an added note, be sure to teach your friends and siblings about asking permission. And remind them not to pet any strange dog that’s unattended -- whether on a leash or running loose. Don’t run away, but carefully avoid the dog and alert your parents, a park ranger or police officer.Send your questions or tips to [email protected]. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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* It was noted 20th-century British dystopian author George Orwell who made the following sage observation: “The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.”

* If you’re like the average 75-year-old American man, you’ve spent a total of 37.5 days in the act of shaving.

* According to the World Health Organization, the United States ranks 48th in the world in alcohol consumption per capita, with the average adult drinking the equivalent nearly 2.5 gallons of pure, undiluted alcohol per year. You might be surprised to learn that Russia didn’t top the list; Moldova and Lithuania beat out the Russians, and Belarus scored the world’s biggest drinkers, with the average adult consuming a whopping 4.6 gallons annually.

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