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NOT-SO-LOCAL NEWS: At the Dumbville Mall today, passengers were stranded on the escalators for two hours

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TIDBITS IS FOUND GUILTY

AT THE FOOD COURT by Audrey Cunningham

It’s convenient, it’s tasty, and (most important-ly) it’s there when you need it. This week’s edi-tion of Tidbits examines the the history of shop-ping mall restaurants and some of the stories behind food court cuisine.• Sbarro. In their hometown of Naples, Gen-

naro and Carmela Sbarro learned to cook au-thentic, delicious Italian food. The couple left in 1956 and relocated to New York City, where they opened their first salumeria, or Italian delicatessen. Steady business prompt-ed them to open a second store, this one in-side a Brooklyn shopping mall. The constant parade of hungry shoppers looking for a quick bite to eat proved to be a goldmine. From then on, Sbarro limited its expansion to restaurants in shopping malls, at airports, and on college campuses.

• Hot Dog on a Stick. Founder Dave Barham opened a corn dog stand at Muscle Beach in Venice, California. Sunbathers appreciated the convenience of the frank on a stick that could be held in one hand while sipping Bar-ham’s trademark fresh lemonade with the other. Hot Dog on a Stick became a mall staple when Barham bought a space inside Utah’s Fashion Place Mall in 1972.

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At the Food Court pages 1-4

In the Bag pages 5-6

Beaky Buddies pages 7-8

1st Quarter 2009 Week 11

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Michael Evon’s

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Bailey’sOriginal

Irish Cream1.75 ml$31.39

TullamoreDewIrish

750 ml$8.69

LordCalvert

Canadian750 ml$7.89

JamesonIrish

Whiskey750 ml$20.09

Green Beer in our bar

St. Patrick’sDay!

Humadorwith

PremuimCigars

BacardiFlavored

Rum750 ml$12.99

MarchSPECIALS

March 5 - March 11, 2009

4th Quarter 2006Week 41

Oct 8 - Oct 14

TABLE OF CONTENTS

National Boss Daypages 1-4

Debtors’ Rightspages 5-6

Fifty-Two Pick-Uppages 7-8

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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• On March 15, 44 B.C., Julius Caesar, the “dictator for life” of the Roman Empire, is murdered by his own senators at a meeting in a hall next to Pompey’s Theatre. The conspiracy against Caesar encompassed as many as 60 noblemen, including Caesar’s own protege, Marcus Brutus.

• On March 13, 1781, English astronomer William Hershel discovers Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. Herschel’s discovery was the first to be made by use of a telescope, which allowed Herschel to distinguish Uranus as a planet, not a star, as previous astronomers believed.

• On March 12, 1933, eight days after his inauguration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives his first national radio address, or “fireside chat,” broadcast directly from the White House. Roosevelt went on to deliver 30 more of these broadcasts between March 1933 and June 1944.

• On March 9, 1945, U.S. warplanes launch a new bombing offensive against Japan, dropping 2,000 tons of incendiary bombs on Tokyo and igniting the worst single firestorm in recorded history. Almost 16 square miles were incinerated, and between 80,000 and 130,000 Japanese civilians were killed.

• On March 14, 1950, the Federal Bureau of Investigation institutes the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list in an effort to publicize particularly dangerous fugitives. The creation of the program arose out of a wire-service news story in 1949 about the “toughest guys” the FBI wanted to capture.

• On March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to the assassination of civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and is sentenced to 99 years in prison. During the 1990s, King’s widow and children spoke publicly in support of Ray and speculated about an assassination conspiracy involving the U.S. government and military.

• On March 11, 1997, Paul McCartney, a former member of The Beatles, is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his “services to music.” The 54-year-old lad from Liverpool became Sir Paul in a centuries-old ceremony of pomp and solemnity at Buckingham Palace in central London.

(c) 2009 King Features Synd., Inc.

1Q2009 :: Wk 11 :: Mar 08 - Mar 14 :: Pg. 2

AT THE FOOD COURT (continued): • Cinnabon. Rich Komen leased a space in the

food court of Washington state’s Sea-Tac Mall in 1985, planning to open a T.J. Cin-namons franchise. When the deal fell through, he was left with a shop scheduled to open in 120 days, but with no name or prod-uct. Intent on offering cinnamon rolls, Ko-men and four friends sampled cinnamon rolls made from some 200 different recipes over the next month. They finally settled on a rec-ipe that combined moist, pillowy dough with Indonesian cinnamon and cream cheese frosting. Cinnabon was born!

• Panda Express. Andrew Cherng came to the U.S. in the early 1970s. In Glendale, Califor-nia, he opened a sit-down Chinese restaurant called the Panda Inn. Among his regular cus-tomers was a group of shopping mall devel-opers. They approached Cherng with the idea of selling freshly-prepared Chinese food in food courts of their malls. Panda Express now has 460 outlets across the country, each offering 20 “core” menu items mandated by the company, and four additional dishes se-lected by the local franchise owner.

• Orange Julius. Julius Freed loved to invent things. His early patents included such di-verse items as an inflatable shrimp trap and a portable pigeon shower. (Yes, really.) In 1926, Freed enjoyed modest success with his own orange juice stand. A friend, real estate broker Bill Hamlin, suggested that he add something to the fresh-squeezed juice to re-duce its acidity. In fact, it was Bill – not Ju-lius – who actually came up with the mixture that creates the frothy drink we know and love today. The secret “powder” added to the crushed ice and syrup is still a trade secret. The name of the new product was coined when customers at the stand’s counter would call out, “Give me an orange, Julius!”

1Q2009 :: Wk 11 :: Mar 08 - Mar 14 :: Pg. 3

AT THE FOOD COURT (continued): • California Pizza Kitchen. Rick Rosenfield

and Larry Flax were successful attorneys who had grown weary of the law world and decided to get into the restaurant business. Neither man had any experience in the field, so they turned to an expert – McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc – and devoured his auto-biography. With Kroc’s basic principles of quality and cleanliness in mind, all they needed was a product. The men found inspi-ration in celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, who had begun dishing out pizzas with fancy top-pings like duck and goat cheese. Rosenfield and Flax took the idea, scaled down the ul-tra-pricy ingredients a bit, and introduced “L.A.-style” pizza to the rest of the nation.

• Chick-Fil-A. Truett Cathy is credited with inventing the boneless breast of chicken sandwich. In 1967, he opened his first Chick-Fil-A restaurant at Greenbriar Mall in Atlan-ta. Even though the menu was limited to only five items, the restaurant became a massive success. Today, Chick-Fil-A is a $1.5 billion empire, with stand-alone outlets as well as the familiar food court stores. And, true to Cathy’s Christian principles, each and every store in the chain is closed on Sunday.

• Auntie Anne’s. As one of eight children born to Amish parents, Anne Beiler had been baking bread as long as she could remember. At the age of 15, she got a job as a truck stop waitress, where she spent the next four years learning all about customer service. Beiler later worked making hot, doughy, Pennsyl-vania Dutch-type pretzels at a local stand. When the owner put the stand up for sale, she bought it. After tweaking the original recipe, she unveiled Auntie Anne’s Pretzels. Thanks to a tasty product and word-of-mouth advertising, Beiler began offering franchises after only one year in business.

1Q2009 :: Wk 11 :: Mar 08 - Mar 14 :: Pg. 4

AT THE FOOD COURT (continued): • Baja Fresh. In 1990, risk-taker Jim Magglos

took out a third mortgage on his house to finance the opening of his first Baja Fresh restaurant. The “fresh-Mex” chain prides it-self on using fresh ingredients, and boasts that there are no microwaves or freezers on the premises of their 300+ outlets

• P.F. Chang’s. The “P.F.” in the restaurant’s name are the initials of its founder, Paul Fleming. He’d previously become the first Ruth’s Chris Steak House franchisee on the West Coast, so Fleming knew a bit about running a restaurant. He loved Chinese food, particularly Beverly Hills’ famous Mandarin. Fleming befriended the Mandarin’s owner, Philip Chiang, and the two men formed a partnership. The first P.F. Chang’s China Bi-stro opened in 1993 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

• Great Steak. When most people think of cheesesteak sandwiches, the first city that comes to mind is Philadelphia. But one of this country’s largest cheesesteak sandwich franchises was founded a bit further south and west, in Dayton, Ohio. Founders Ken Smith and Mark Turner did grow up near Philly, where they learned how to properly make the sandwich by slicing rib-eye steak and topping it with the right combination of provolone cheese, onions, and green peppers. The first retail space they rented was in an Ohio mall, where they opened the Steak Es-cape in 1982. The business proved so suc-cessful that their landlord franchised it as the Great Steak & Potato Company.

• Sarku Japan. Founded in 1987, Sarku Japan is the largest Japanese quick-service restau-rant chain in the United States. It’s also the only one to serve Teppanyaki-style cuisine. But don’t bother asking any of your Tokyo pen-pals about the meaning behind the “Sar-ku” name; it’s not really a Japanese word.

1Q2009 :: Wk 11 :: Mar 08 - Mar 14 :: Pg. 3

AT THE FOOD COURT (continued): • California Pizza Kitchen. Rick Rosenfield

and Larry Flax were successful attorneys who had grown weary of the law world and decided to get into the restaurant business. Neither man had any experience in the field, so they turned to an expert – McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc – and devoured his auto-biography. With Kroc’s basic principles of quality and cleanliness in mind, all they needed was a product. The men found inspi-ration in celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, who had begun dishing out pizzas with fancy top-pings like duck and goat cheese. Rosenfield and Flax took the idea, scaled down the ul-tra-pricy ingredients a bit, and introduced “L.A.-style” pizza to the rest of the nation.

• Chick-Fil-A. Truett Cathy is credited with inventing the boneless breast of chicken sandwich. In 1967, he opened his first Chick-Fil-A restaurant at Greenbriar Mall in Atlan-ta. Even though the menu was limited to only five items, the restaurant became a massive success. Today, Chick-Fil-A is a $1.5 billion empire, with stand-alone outlets as well as the familiar food court stores. And, true to Cathy’s Christian principles, each and every store in the chain is closed on Sunday.

• Auntie Anne’s. As one of eight children born to Amish parents, Anne Beiler had been baking bread as long as she could remember. At the age of 15, she got a job as a truck stop waitress, where she spent the next four years learning all about customer service. Beiler later worked making hot, doughy, Pennsyl-vania Dutch-type pretzels at a local stand. When the owner put the stand up for sale, she bought it. After tweaking the original recipe, she unveiled Auntie Anne’s Pretzels. Thanks to a tasty product and word-of-mouth advertising, Beiler began offering franchises after only one year in business.

LAUGHS!

by Kara Kovalchik & Sandy Wood

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WORD POWERANSWER

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NUGGET OFKNOWLEDGE

THISWEEK’SCELEBRITYBIRTHDAYS

A MENTMAZE

QUOTE

Senior Editor:

email:

Kara Kovalchik

[email protected] Director: Sandy Wood

2009.11

NEX

T W

EEK

:

WELC

OM

ES

SP

RIN

G!

1. LAMB

2. GREEN PEPPER

A friend and I were standingin line at a crowded food

court restaurant, waiting toplace our order. There was abig sign posted beside thecash register that stated:

The woman in front of usturned around, pointed tothe sign and remarked,“Believe me, if I

a bill larger than $20, Iwouldn't be eating here!”

“No bills larger than $20will be accepted."

had

1. A traditional gyrosandwich is made fromwhat type of meat?

2. A Philly cheesesteaksandwich is toppedwith onions andwhat othervegetable?

Unscramble this word:

S O K K IThis word means:a free-standingrefreshment stand

K I O S K

“People will eat cottonin a supermarket if

it has a toothpick in it.”

~ Roseanne Conner

FILLER PAGE 11Q09 - WEEK 11

MAR 08 - MAR 14

Micky Dolenz. . . . . . . . 3/8/45

Mickey Gilley. . . . . . . . 3/9/36

Jasmine Guy . . . . . . . 3/10/62

Sam Donaldson. . . . . 3/11/34

Mitt Romney . . . . . . . 3/12/47

Charo . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/13/41

Prince Albert.. . . . . . . 3/14/58

The food court has made its way toAmerican military bases. The U.S.Army’s Fort Campbell, which lieson the Kentucky/Tennessee border,

currently boasts the largest fastfood selection. Hungry folks

stationed there can choose fromBurger King, Charley's Steakery,Anthony's Pizza, Robin Hood,

Frank’s Franks, BaskinRobbins Ice Cream, Einstein

Brothers Bagels,Manchu Wok, andPopeye’s Chicken.

IS THE ONLYTOOL YOU NEED

TO REACHCUSTOMERS!

1Q2009 :: Wk 11 :: Mar 08 - Mar 14 :: Pg. 3

AT THE FOOD COURT (continued): • California Pizza Kitchen. Rick Rosenfield

and Larry Flax were successful attorneys who had grown weary of the law world and decided to get into the restaurant business. Neither man had any experience in the field, so they turned to an expert – McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc – and devoured his auto-biography. With Kroc’s basic principles of quality and cleanliness in mind, all they needed was a product. The men found inspi-ration in celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, who had begun dishing out pizzas with fancy top-pings like duck and goat cheese. Rosenfield and Flax took the idea, scaled down the ul-tra-pricy ingredients a bit, and introduced “L.A.-style” pizza to the rest of the nation.

• Chick-Fil-A. Truett Cathy is credited with inventing the boneless breast of chicken sandwich. In 1967, he opened his first Chick-Fil-A restaurant at Greenbriar Mall in Atlan-ta. Even though the menu was limited to only five items, the restaurant became a massive success. Today, Chick-Fil-A is a $1.5 billion empire, with stand-alone outlets as well as the familiar food court stores. And, true to Cathy’s Christian principles, each and every store in the chain is closed on Sunday.

• Auntie Anne’s. As one of eight children born to Amish parents, Anne Beiler had been baking bread as long as she could remember. At the age of 15, she got a job as a truck stop waitress, where she spent the next four years learning all about customer service. Beiler later worked making hot, doughy, Pennsyl-vania Dutch-type pretzels at a local stand. When the owner put the stand up for sale, she bought it. After tweaking the original recipe, she unveiled Auntie Anne’s Pretzels. Thanks to a tasty product and word-of-mouth advertising, Beiler began offering franchises after only one year in business.

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WORD POWER

WORD POWERANSWER

by Kara Kovalchik & Sandy Wood

NUGGET OFKNOWLEDGE

THISWEEK’SCELEBRITYBIRTHDAYS

A MENTMAZE

QUOTE

Senior Editor:

email:

Kara Kovalchik

[email protected] Director: Sandy Wood

2009.11

NEX

T W

EEK

:

WELC

OM

ES

SP

RIN

G!

1. LAMB

2. GREEN PEPPER

A friend and I were standingin line at a crowded food

court restaurant, waiting toplace our order. There was abig sign posted beside thecash register that stated:

The woman in front of usturned around, pointed tothe sign and remarked,“Believe me, if I

a bill larger than $20, Iwouldn't be eating here!”

“No bills larger than $20will be accepted."

had

1. A traditional gyrosandwich is made fromwhat type of meat?

2. A Philly cheesesteaksandwich is toppedwith onions andwhat othervegetable?

Unscramble this word:

S O K K IThis word means:a free-standingrefreshment stand

K I O S K

“People will eat cottonin a supermarket if

it has a toothpick in it.”

~ Roseanne Conner

FILLER PAGE 11Q09 - WEEK 11

MAR 08 - MAR 14

Micky Dolenz. . . . . . . . 3/8/45

Mickey Gilley. . . . . . . . 3/9/36

Jasmine Guy . . . . . . . 3/10/62

Sam Donaldson. . . . . 3/11/34

Mitt Romney . . . . . . . 3/12/47

Charo . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/13/41

Prince Albert.. . . . . . . 3/14/58

The food court has made its way toAmerican military bases. The U.S.Army’s Fort Campbell, which lieson the Kentucky/Tennessee border,

currently boasts the largest fastfood selection. Hungry folks

stationed there can choose fromBurger King, Charley's Steakery,Anthony's Pizza, Robin Hood,

Frank’s Franks, BaskinRobbins Ice Cream, Einstein

Brothers Bagels,Manchu Wok, andPopeye’s Chicken.

IS THE ONLYTOOL YOU NEED

TO REACHCUSTOMERS!1Q2009 :: Wk 11 :: Mar 08 - Mar 14 :: Pg. 5

IN THE BAG • Until the mid-19th century, American shop-

pers brought their own hand baskets to retail stores to haul their purchases home. A few savvy retailers wrapped certain items in pa-per bundles for easier carrying.

• In 1852, a Pennsylvanian named Francis Wolle invented a device capable of mass-producing paper bags. This event revolutio-nized the retail shopping industry. Wolle’s machine could spit out 1,000 bags per day in different sizes. Oddly, his most popular bag was a smaller one that allowed women to buy a variety of needles, thread, ribbon and other notions at one time without worrying about losing them. (Such tiny items were no-torious for becoming lost after slipping through the weave of hand baskets.)

• These early grocery bags were glued at the base like an envelope, so they didn’t expand very much. Margaret Knight of York, Maine, decided that there was a better solution. In 1868, she patented a new machine that cut and glued “box bottom” bags, similar to those still used in many grocery stores today.

• Sleeping bundles have certainly been around much longer, but historical documents point to Freydís Eiríksdóttir as the inventor of the “modern” sleeping bag. An able explorer, she was the daughter of Eric the Red, who discovered Greenland. While aboard ship on an expedition in the year 1004, Freydis wrapped traditional bedding inside one of the ship’s spare, unused sails, forming a protec-tive cocoon that deflected wind and rain.

• Before synthetic materials were developed, the “bag” part of a bagpipe was made of an-imal skin (usually goat or cow). The part that the player blows into is called a “blowpipe,” and the pipe below the bag that he fingers like a flute is called the “chanter.”

1Q2009 :: Wk 11 :: Mar 08 - Mar 14 :: Pg. 6

IN THE BAG (continued): • U.S. government vehicles experimented with

automotive airbags years earlier, but the first commercially-available car to offer both driver and passenger side airbags as an op-tion might be older than you think: It was the 1973 Oldsmobile Toronado. By 1998, driv-er’s-side airbags had become mandatory equipment in all automobiles manufactured domestically.

• The custom of asking for a “doggie bag” dates back to ancient Rome, when hosts of dinner parties were expected to package lef-tovers for guests to take home. If you’re un-able to finish your meal, Miss Manners (eti-quette expert Judith Martin) claims that it is perfectly acceptable to ask for a doggie bag in any restaurant, whether it’s a dive or a five-star establishment. The exception is at all-you-can-eat restaurants. Owners frown on already-full diners who try to “cheat” by loading up their plates with unwanted food at the last minute just so they can carry it home.

• The warning labels on plastic bags for dry cleaning vary from state to state; no federal law mandates them. The inherent danger of dry cleaning bags came to light in 1959 when several infants suffocated after their parents used dry-cleaning bags as sheet protectors in their children’s cribs. It goes without saying that all plastic bags should be kept out of the reach of infants and toddlers.

• If you’ve ever experienced a queasy stomach while onboard an aircraft, you might want to give a quick tip of the hat to Gilmore Schjel-dahl. This plastics and adhesives expert, known as Shelly to his colleagues, devised the plastic-lined airsickness bag back in 1949. Northwest Orient was the first airline to install the bags as standard equipment in the seatback pockets of its airliners.

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IN THE BAG (continued): • U.S. government vehicles experimented with

automotive airbags years earlier, but the first commercially-available car to offer both driver and passenger side airbags as an op-tion might be older than you think: It was the 1973 Oldsmobile Toronado. By 1998, driv-er’s-side airbags had become mandatory equipment in all automobiles manufactured domestically.

• The custom of asking for a “doggie bag” dates back to ancient Rome, when hosts of dinner parties were expected to package lef-tovers for guests to take home. If you’re un-able to finish your meal, Miss Manners (eti-quette expert Judith Martin) claims that it is perfectly acceptable to ask for a doggie bag in any restaurant, whether it’s a dive or a five-star establishment. The exception is at all-you-can-eat restaurants. Owners frown on already-full diners who try to “cheat” by loading up their plates with unwanted food at the last minute just so they can carry it home.

• The warning labels on plastic bags for dry cleaning vary from state to state; no federal law mandates them. The inherent danger of dry cleaning bags came to light in 1959 when several infants suffocated after their parents used dry-cleaning bags as sheet protectors in their children’s cribs. It goes without saying that all plastic bags should be kept out of the reach of infants and toddlers.

• If you’ve ever experienced a queasy stomach while onboard an aircraft, you might want to give a quick tip of the hat to Gilmore Schjel-dahl. This plastics and adhesives expert, known as Shelly to his colleagues, devised the plastic-lined airsickness bag back in 1949. Northwest Orient was the first airline to install the bags as standard equipment in the seatback pockets of its airliners.

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have gout in my big toe, and it’s very, very painful. I have to walk in my socks. Are there any pills for gout? What food causes the pain? -- L.K.

ANSWER: Gout results from too much uric acid in the blood. Uric acid is a byproduct of daily cell chemistry. When the uric-acid level rises, crystals of it penetrate the joint. The joint swells, the skin over it turns red, and the joint feels warm. It hurts beyond words. Early on, gout comes in attacks, with the in-tervals between attacks being free of pain. As time passes, the joint can hurt all the time. The joint at the base of the big toe is often the first joint affected, but it might not be the only joint. The heel, ankle, knee, fingers, wrists and elbows also can be targets.Doctors make the diagnosis of gout by ex-amining the affected joint and finding a high blood uric acid. The most telling evidence lies in looking at joint fluid through a microscope and seeing uric-acid crystals.Are you positive it is gout that you have? Many conditions cause swollen, painful joints.For acute gout attacks, nonsteroidal anti-in-flammatory medicines like Indocin work well. Another time-honored gout medicine is col-chicine. If neither of these works, cortisone drugs come to the rescue.Zyloprim (allopurinol) turns off the produc-tion of uric acid and prevents gout attacks. Benemid (probenecid) facilitates the excretion of uric acid into the urine. It, too, prevents at-tacks.Diet was the sole treatment of gout in the bad old days. Organ meats -- liver, brain, sweet-breads and kidneys -- are foods to avoid. Gra-vies are not good for those with gout. Beer should be restricted. Bing cherries can bring the blood level of uric acid down.The gout pamphlet deals with this topic in greater detail. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue, No. 302W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.***DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have wax buildup in my ear. The doctor told me that. He didn’t tell me what to do for it. Will you? -- A.C.ANSWER: Warm some baby oil or mineral oil. Put one or two drops in one ear and let it remain there for 10 minutes. This will soften the wax. Next, using a rubber-bulb syringe found in drugstores, gently flush the ear with warm water. Tilt the head to drain the water out of the ear, and the wax should come out

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BEAKY BUDDIES In the United States, birds rank behind cats, dogs, and fish in the list of most popular pets. Don’t let that fourth-place finish fool you, though. With 12 million of them currently kept as pets, birds like canaries, parakeets, finches, and parrots are part of many American homes. • Birds require at least as much care as a four-

footed pet. If you don’t have time to care for a dog or cat, you don’t have time to care for a bird, either. If you do decide to bring home a feathered friend, please spend time doing some detailed research first to determine what type of bird is best, both for your per-sonality and for your living situation.

• Canaries make good starter pets for those just starting in the world of birding; they’re hardy and don’t need a lot of companionship. Their beautiful voices have long made cana-ries popular pets. In pre-radio days when houses were quieter places, people would carry a canary cage from room to room to enjoy some “portable music.”

• Canaries are not usually hand-trained; they’re meant to be seen and heard, not han-dled. They do like to fly, so they’re best kept in a rectangular flight cage measuring at least two feet in length. Canary seed and an occa-sional serving of greens is the basic diet, along with fresh water. Males sing more than females, and a solitary bird will vocalize more often than one who has a cage mate.

• Unlike canaries, parakeets are very social birds and tend to bond with their owners. It takes a bit of time and patience to hand-train a new ’keet, but once he gets to know you, you’ll become part of his flock. When you walk into the room, he might strut and preen to try to get your attention. A particularly close parakeet will chirp delightedly when you come home from work each day.

1Q2009 :: Wk 11 :: Mar 08 - Mar 14 :: Pg. 8

BEAKY BUDDIES (continued): • Parakeets like to hear conversation, whether

it’s live or on the radio or TV. That’s how they begin to learn to mimic our language. The diet of a parakeet is a mixture of canary grass seed, pats, millet, and groats. Fresh wa-ter is a must, as are occasional servings of fresh veggies or leafy greens. When properly cared for, a ’keet may live well into its teens or even reach its 20th birthday.

• For single adults and apartment dwellers, finches make great pets. They’re quiet, so they won’t annoy your neighbors. They don’t seem to mind being left alone, and they won’t chew your furniture when you’re away. Finches are not well-suited, however, for homes with smokers or small children.

• Finches are not solitary birds; owners should keep two or more. They’re energetic and playful, so their cages should be large enough to house a variety of perches and hanging toys to keep them amused. Once an area has been “bird-proofed” – windows closed, ceiling fans turned off – finches en-joy being released from their cages for some serious around-the-room wing-stretching.

• While larger parrots such as Macaws, Ama-zons, and Cockatoos can be playful, loving pets, they require more care and commitment than their smaller cousins. First of all, large birds need large cages, which are expensive and messy. Sweeping is a daily duty, since half of the bird’s food and droppings will land on the floor. And parrots don’t tweet or chirp, they squawk and scream. Very loudly.

• Parrots can live to be 100 years old, so they outlive their human owners in many cases. These birds tend to form strong bonds with their owners, and will grieve if they become separated from their “family members” for an extended period of time.

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BEAKY BUDDIES In the United States, birds rank behind cats, dogs, and fish in the list of most popular pets. Don’t let that fourth-place finish fool you, though. With 12 million of them currently kept as pets, birds like canaries, parakeets, finches, and parrots are part of many American homes. • Birds require at least as much care as a four-

footed pet. If you don’t have time to care for a dog or cat, you don’t have time to care for a bird, either. If you do decide to bring home a feathered friend, please spend time doing some detailed research first to determine what type of bird is best, both for your per-sonality and for your living situation.

• Canaries make good starter pets for those just starting in the world of birding; they’re hardy and don’t need a lot of companionship. Their beautiful voices have long made cana-ries popular pets. In pre-radio days when houses were quieter places, people would carry a canary cage from room to room to enjoy some “portable music.”

• Canaries are not usually hand-trained; they’re meant to be seen and heard, not han-dled. They do like to fly, so they’re best kept in a rectangular flight cage measuring at least two feet in length. Canary seed and an occa-sional serving of greens is the basic diet, along with fresh water. Males sing more than females, and a solitary bird will vocalize more often than one who has a cage mate.

• Unlike canaries, parakeets are very social birds and tend to bond with their owners. It takes a bit of time and patience to hand-train a new ’keet, but once he gets to know you, you’ll become part of his flock. When you walk into the room, he might strut and preen to try to get your attention. A particularly close parakeet will chirp delightedly when you come home from work each day.

1Q2009 :: Wk 11 :: Mar 08 - Mar 14 :: Pg. 8

BEAKY BUDDIES (continued): • Parakeets like to hear conversation, whether

it’s live or on the radio or TV. That’s how they begin to learn to mimic our language. The diet of a parakeet is a mixture of canary grass seed, pats, millet, and groats. Fresh wa-ter is a must, as are occasional servings of fresh veggies or leafy greens. When properly cared for, a ’keet may live well into its teens or even reach its 20th birthday.

• For single adults and apartment dwellers, finches make great pets. They’re quiet, so they won’t annoy your neighbors. They don’t seem to mind being left alone, and they won’t chew your furniture when you’re away. Finches are not well-suited, however, for homes with smokers or small children.

• Finches are not solitary birds; owners should keep two or more. They’re energetic and playful, so their cages should be large enough to house a variety of perches and hanging toys to keep them amused. Once an area has been “bird-proofed” – windows closed, ceiling fans turned off – finches en-joy being released from their cages for some serious around-the-room wing-stretching.

• While larger parrots such as Macaws, Ama-zons, and Cockatoos can be playful, loving pets, they require more care and commitment than their smaller cousins. First of all, large birds need large cages, which are expensive and messy. Sweeping is a daily duty, since half of the bird’s food and droppings will land on the floor. And parrots don’t tweet or chirp, they squawk and scream. Very loudly.

• Parrots can live to be 100 years old, so they outlive their human owners in many cases. These birds tend to form strong bonds with their owners, and will grieve if they become separated from their “family members” for an extended period of time.

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BEAKY BUDDIES (continued): • Parakeets like to hear conversation, whether

it’s live or on the radio or TV. That’s how they begin to learn to mimic our language. The diet of a parakeet is a mixture of canary grass seed, pats, millet, and groats. Fresh wa-ter is a must, as are occasional servings of fresh veggies or leafy greens. When properly cared for, a ’keet may live well into its teens or even reach its 20th birthday.

• For single adults and apartment dwellers, finches make great pets. They’re quiet, so they won’t annoy your neighbors. They don’t seem to mind being left alone, and they won’t chew your furniture when you’re away. Finches are not well-suited, however, for homes with smokers or small children.

• Finches are not solitary birds; owners should keep two or more. They’re energetic and playful, so their cages should be large enough to house a variety of perches and hanging toys to keep them amused. Once an area has been “bird-proofed” – windows closed, ceiling fans turned off – finches en-joy being released from their cages for some serious around-the-room wing-stretching.

• While larger parrots such as Macaws, Ama-zons, and Cockatoos can be playful, loving pets, they require more care and commitment than their smaller cousins. First of all, large birds need large cages, which are expensive and messy. Sweeping is a daily duty, since half of the bird’s food and droppings will land on the floor. And parrots don’t tweet or chirp, they squawk and scream. Very loudly.

• Parrots can live to be 100 years old, so they outlive their human owners in many cases. These birds tend to form strong bonds with their owners, and will grieve if they become separated from their “family members” for an extended period of time.

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by Kara Kovalchik & Sandy Wood

NUGGET OFKNOWLEDGE

Who in the world rings inthe New Year first? Thathonor goes to ChristmasIsland, off the coast ofAustralia. It lies on theInternational Date Line,so while it’s still 5AM inNew York City, the

champagne is beinguncorked in theSouth Pacific.

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PAW’S CORNERBy Sam Mazzotta

Foreclosures Take Toll on Owners and Pets

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I have a cousin who needs help finding a good home for her three dogs. Her house is being foreclosed on, and she is struggling to find a place to live on a limited in-come. She has no car, her tele-phone will only call locally and her computer is on the blink. We contacted the no-kill shelters in our area, but none of them has ever responded. Where else can we find help? -- Desperate in Desert Hot Springs, Calif.

DEAR DESPERATE: The fore-closure crisis has created anoth-er crisis in its wake: pets being abandoned by owners who are no longer able to care for them due to financial difficulties, be-cause pets are not allowed in the residences they must rent or other factors.Shelters are near or at capacity in the best of times, and these times are certainly not the best. However, you should continue to try and contact local no-kill shelters. If you can call beyond the local area, become your cousin’s advocate and call shel-ters for her daily until someone responds.Another avenue is to advertise

in the local circular that the dogs are available. However, do not say that the dogs are free to a good home. There are reasons for this, which unfortu-nately I don’t have room to list in today’s column. Instead, ask for an amount that will cover veterinary and transportation costs for each dog. Insist upon meeting the potential owners. More information on giving up a pet can be found at: http://www.northbay-canine.org/last-resort2-txt.htm.Because these solutions are iffy at best, your cousin must try and keep the dogs if at all pos-sible. Can you or a family mem-ber take in one or more of the dogs? Can you help your cousin find affordable housing that also takes pets? Helping a family member through this sort of crisis isn’t easy, and you’re a champ for stepping up. Don’t give up on finding either a good home for the dogs or a place where your cousin can keep them.

Send your tips, questions and comments 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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1. What is the first name of the founder and name-sake of Mrs. Fields Cookies?

2. A&W is famous for its popular rendition ofwhat soft drink flavor?

3. What is the primary menu item at Au Bon Pain?

4. Who became a Subway spokesperson after losingover 100 lbs. while eating their sandwiches?

5. What product is the primary focus of Cold StoneCreamery?

1. Debi

2. root beer

3. bread

4. Jared Fogle

5. ice cream

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The unique and colorful uniform worn by Hot Dog on a Stick employees was adopted during the 1960s whenjockey caps and hot pants were actually fashionable. Today, the uniform helps the company to attract

the “right type” of employees; anyone embarrassed by the whimsical attire probably won’t fit in at HDOAS.

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