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of Pulaski CountyIssue 46April 6, 2011

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SCOOTING AROUNDby Patricia L. Cook

Now that the weather is warming, and spring is officially here, you probably have noticed more two-wheeled vehicles on the streets. Let’s explore the popular rides called “scooters.” Most of them don’t go very fast, but they sure go a long way on one tank of gas!

• The first powered two-wheeled vehicles that were the predecessors to motor scooters and motorcycles were patented in Munich, Germany, in 1894. Hildebrand & Wolfmueller used a twin cylinder water-cooled engine and a step-through frame.

• Some of the first scooters in North America were made by Cushman in Nebraska. They were used by the Army, Navy and Air Force in World War II and included an airborne model made to be dropped by parachute. Cushman manufactured motor scooters from 1936 until 1965.

• Another scooter introduced in 1936 was the Salisbury Motor Glide. Built in Pomona, California, it was fully equipped with a horn, lights and collapsible handlebars. The 1938 models had the first automatic transmissions. From 1947-1950, Salisbury sold the very popular model 85 Super Scooter, believed to be the world’s first maxi scooter. The sleek model could reach 50 miles per hour (80.5 kph) and is a sought after collectible today.

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• During and shortly after World War II, the Cushman Scooter Company was the main manufacturer of scooters, and they were producing about 300 scooters a day. In the post-war world, scooters were very popular because they were economical. Japan, France and Italy started making their own models.

• The U.S. Department of Transportation definition for a scooter is a motorcycle that has “a platform for the operator’s feet or has integrated footrests,” and has a “step-through architecture.”

• Scooter owners and admirers sometimes refer to scooters as “putt-putts!” In countries where cars and gas are very expensive and in cities where parking is a problem, scooters are all over the place.

• Problems with scooters in the early years discouraged some buyers: They had loud two-stroke engines, they were known to have parts fall off, and they didn’t last very long. In spite of these problems, the companies did a good job selling them with advertising that made them look like must-haves for “cool” people. Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck fell in love while riding a Vespa in the movie “Roman Holiday.” Scooters were romanticized as much as horse-drawn carriages.

• Vespa is the brand name for scooters built by the Piaggio Company in Italy whose production started in 1946. They produced 2,484 Vespas in their first year; the second year production jumped to 10,535, and almost 50 years later, in

It boggles the mind, but ... a church in Kansas is against gays, and so they take it out on parents and families who are gathered at the funerals of veterans. And the Supreme Court votes 8-to-1 to call those pro-tests and funeral disruptions “free speech.”The recent Supreme Court verdict was the last stop for a lawsuit that had its origins in 2006 at the funeral of a young Marine. The veteran’s father filed suit against the church for the disruption of his son’s funeral and the accompanying anguish. With their decision, the Supremes have given the church a free hand to con-tinue.Former President George Bush signed a law prohib-iting protests within 300 feet of the entrance of any National Cemetery. That doesn’t cover private cem-eteries.Since this is happening everywhere, states are writing laws, some stronger than others. At last count, some 40 states have a law of some kind against protesting or disrupting a funeral. They have varying distances that protesters have to stay away. Some call it a misde-meanor, some a felony.Now, here’s where you come in. There’s thought that the church’s attorney is set to challenge the state laws and try to dismantle them one by one.Find out what your state’s laws are about disrupting funerals. Is it a misdemeanor or a felony? What is the penalty in terms of money and time in jail? Then, take your pen in hand and start writing letters to your state’s members of congress, or making calls. Let them know how you feel. Push for stronger laws: 1,000 feet or more, with a felony for the first conviction. If enough of us bombard our senators and representatives with mail and calls, they’ll have to take notice. Make it clear you want strong laws with no wiggle room.Consider: Members of that church may be coming to your town, too.

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1994, Piaggio built over 10 million of the fun machines. So, where did they get the name? Vespas make a buzzing sound like a wasp — the Italian word for wasp is “vespa.” Many people tend to call all scooters Vespas.

• The Piaggio Company was one of several former military aircraft companies that started producing scooters after World War II. Its Vespa was ahead of its time with many new features. It had easy-to-change tires, a hidden engine that cut down on noise and messiness, and its parts were better protected from the elements. These machines were seen as more durable and desirable. By 1960, Vespas were being manufactured in Germany, Great Britain, Belgium, France, Spain and still in Italy as well.

• Another early scooter in Europe that came about after the Vespa was the Lambretta. It was built by plumber Ferdinando Innocenti with its frame made out of pipes. He wanted to build a more affordable scooter. The name Lambretta came from the Lambro River, which was the site of the factory, near Milan, Italy.

• The Rabbit and the Pigeon were two of the first scooters built in Japan, by Fuji and Mitsubishi, respectively. These filled a need for cheap transportation in the far-eastern market from the late 1940s to the 1960s.

• With Cushman and Vespa selling scooters in the United States at a very fast pace, Harley-Davidson, the only made-in-America motorcycle company in 1959, decided to manufacture some of the popular small machines. Their ads said, “Tops them all in beauty! Tops them all in performance!” However, it’s estimated that only about 3,000 sold in the five years they were made. A nice 1960 model is on display at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio.

• By the late 1960s and early 1970s, scooter popularity faded in America. People were more interested in sports cars and saw scooters as a last-resort ride.

• Crowded countries like India, Japan and Taiwan still had a need for cheap transportation and vehicles that didn’t take up a lot of parking space. Today, for example, the population in Taiwan exceeds 23 million. There are more than 11 million registered motor scooters in that country alone, with Kymco motor scooters probably the most popular.

Cat Washes Paws in Water BowlBy Samantha Mazzotta

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I have an 11-year-old black cat, “Andie,” who uses her litter box and then right afterward goes over to her water bowl and puts her paws into it. I scold her when she does it, but it doesn’t help. I have to change her water several times a day. How can I get her to stop doing this? -- Betty, via e-mail

DEAR BETTY: Scolding won’t help, unfortunately, because Andie either finds this act to be pleasurable or a relief from discomfort.

First, there are a few breeds of cat that actually like (or at least tolerate) being around and in water -- including swimming. Andie might have this trait, or she might not. She may just like doing it and has developed a habit of standing in the water bowl immediately after litter box use. If this is the case,

you can try placing a tray or bowl of water near the litter box and guide Andie over to that after her toilet, then empty the water until the next time. Or, as soon as Andie gets into her drinking bowl, gently lift her out -- no scolding -- and take the bowl away for a while. From there on, pick up Andie just before she gets into the bowl, put her down gently, and feed her a treat. Do this enough times and she just may “get it.”

Another issue that’s just as likely is that Andie’s paws are uncomfortable after litter box use. Check her paws, especially between the pads; are there nicks or irritated areas? Is litter embedded between the pads? Whether you see any problems or not, try a couple of different litter brands to see if it makes a difference. Also, talk to Andie’s vet about her behavior.

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• A small company that came along with its first scooter in 1954 was Honda — not so small today. Honda’s scooter history in Japan has been progressing since then, but they didn’t enter the North American market until 1983. Honda has marketed numerous scooter models, from two-strokes to the more environmentally friendly four-stroke models.

• Honda’s most popular scooter in North America is called the Metropolitan in the United States and the Jazz in Canada. The same scooter model is known as the Crea and Scoopy overseas. Cool names for cool little scooters, wherever you ride!

• The last decade has been a good one for Hondas, Vespas and many other brands of scooters in the United States. Thanks to higher gas prices, scooter sales have been brisk. The best year yet for Honda’s small scooters was 2008. Every dealership in the United States sold out by the middle of the summer. In 2009, Honda ramped up production and ended up with too many, but those had sold too by 2010.

• You can’t haul children to soccer and baseball practice or drive the family on a cross-country vacation, but commuting to work on a scooter may become the norm, even in prosperous North America in the coming years. Will we become more “scooter-driven” like Paris, Milan, Tokyo and Beijing in our new economy?

**************************************LITTLE RED WAGONS

Little red wagons have been a favorite toy for girls and boys for many years. The first were wooden, then metal, and now many are plastic. They continue to amuse the smallest tots and the adults who pull them for rides!

• The original red wagons were built and sold directly to stores by Antonio Pasin, an Italian immigrant who came to America (Chicago) as a 16-year-old cabinet maker in the early 1900s. Pasin had a hard time finding work but managed to take enough odd jobs to save money for a workshop by 1917. In that workshop he built wagons at night and sold them directly to stores himself. By 1923, he had several employees and named his company the Liberty Coaster Company, after the Statue of Liberty.

• It was venerable American newscaster David Brinkley who made the following sage observation: “The one function TV news performs very well is that when there is no news, we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were.” • According to Guinness World Records, the oldest cat in the world was named Crème Puff and lived to the ripe old age of 38 years and three days. • If you do much printing, you might not be surprised to learn that if you figure out the cost by volume, the average ink cartridge for a printer costs seven times more than Dom Perignon champagne. • On an average day in the United States, 90 million cans of beer will be consumed. • If you’re planning a summer jaunt to Atlantic City, N.J., this year, you might want

to stop by Margate City, just a couple of miles south of the gambling mecca. While you’re there you can see the oldest zoomorphic structure in the United States. Lucy the Elephant, built in 1882 by James V. Lafferty, is 65 feet tall and has served at various times as a cottage, a business office, a restaurant and a tavern. In 1976 it was designated a National Historic Landmark. • It was United Airlines that hired the first stewardesses for its flights, back in 1930. In addition to being attractive and charming, stewardesses had to be registered nurses. • Those who study such things say that in ancient Mesopotamia, it was not unusual for those of the wealthy classes to crush semiprecious stones and adhere the powder to their lips.

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Tidbits® of Pulaski County Page 6LITTLE RED WAGONS (continued):

• By 1930, during the Great Depression, parents everywhere wanted little red wagons for their children, and Pasin’s company was the largest producer of the toys. It was in 1930 that the name of the company was changed to Radio Steel & Manufacturing Company. The name of the company’s wagon was changed to Radio Flyer because Pasin was fascinated with the invention of the radio by a fellow Italian and also interested in flying.

• Chicago hosted the 1933 World’s Fair, and Pasin’s company was asked to participate in the celebration. This provided a huge boost to the popularity of the “little red wagons.” A 45-foot-tall (13.7 m) “Coaster Boy” standing in the front of a large wagon was the most popular exhibit, and miniatures were sold for 25 cents. If you happen to come across one of these historic collectibles, it is probably worth more than a quarter now!

• Antonio Pasin died in 1990 after many years of wagon making. He was the 44th toy innovator inducted into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame in 2003. His grandsons Robert and Paul run the company now.

• In 1992, a film titled, “Radio Flyer” used the fun red wagon to show how wagons have “powered the imagination” of children everywhere.

• In 1997, to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the company, Radio Flyer put the “World’s Largest Wagon™” on display at its headquarters in Chicago. It is 27 feet long (8.2 m), 13 feet wide (4 m) and weighs 15,000 pounds (6,804 kg).

• Another larger-than-life wagon that bears the Radio Flyer name is at Riverfront Park in Spokane, Washington. It was created for the Centennial Celebration of Children by the Junior League of Spokane in 1990. A great addition to the park, the handle of the wagon is a slide, big enough for adults! Dedicated to children, it is “a reflection of the past, created in the present, to last into the future.”

• The Radio Flyer brand is a top brand for toys 97 years after its founder started the company. The company still makes little red wagons and a lot more. They are the No. 1 maker of toy wagons and tricycles today. With some operations in China, Radio Flyer is still headquartered in Chicago. The employees are called “Flyers,” and new employees receive a “welcome wagon” when hired — a wagon of their own to enjoy!

• Whether you are a grandparent, child or parent, we at Tidbits hope you enjoy the simple pleasures of life, including little red wagons.

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Some of us only receive photos of grandkids once a year -- when school photos come out. Vacation shots our computer-savvy friends have taken sit in our computer unviewed, as do digital photos of our grandchildren. The reason: We don’t know how to open those files.

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Buy a 4mg (pronounced “four meg”) flash drive at any store with an electronics department: Walmart, Radio Shack and so on. Don’t pay more than $15. If your senior center has a class in computers but hasn’t covered digital photographs, contact the instructor and get step-by-step instructions on how to get the photos out of your computer and into the little flash drive. (This will no doubt involve inserting the flash drive into the appropriate space on your computer, navigating to the folder where the file is and copying it onto the flash drive.)

From there you take the flash drive to a photo store. They can download those files and create actual photos for you, or with a little help you can do it yourself. As a pricing example, if you want to print out 4-by-6-inch photos, you can do it for about 30 cents each at the Walmart photo lab kiosk. Or, they’ll help you.

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Regarding your upcoming challenges, the Aries Lamb should very quickly size things up and allow you to make the best possible use of whatever resources you have on hand. Good luck.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You rarely blame others for missteps that worked against you. But this time you need to lay out all the facts and insist that everyone acknowledge his or her share of the mistakes. Then start again.GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You might want to start making vacation plans. And don’t be surprised by unexpected family demands. Maintain control. Be open to suggestions, but don’t get bogged down by them.CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Work with both your Moon Child and Crab aspects this week to keep both your creative and your practical sides bal-anced. Your intuition sharpens, giving you greater insight by the middle of the week.LEO (July 23 to August 22) The Big Cat finally should have all the information needed to move on with a project. If not, maybe you’ll want to give everything a new and more thorough check before trying to move on.VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Too much emotional pain caused by someone you can’t win over as a friend? Then stop trying to do so. You have other things you need to work on this week. Go to it, and good luck.LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) It’s a good time to reassess where and how your strengths can help you build, and where your weaknesses can hinder you. Remember to build on your strongest foundation.SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) That per-sonal matter that seemed so hard to deal with should be less confusing now. Don’t rush. Let things hap-pen easily, without the risk of creating even more puzzlement. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Change continues to be a strong factor in many im-portant areas. Keep on top of them, and you won’t have to worry about losing control. A personal situ-ation takes on a new look.CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) A busi-ness offer sounds intriguing. But if you don’t check it out thoroughly, you could have problems. Take a set of questions with you when you attend your next meeting.AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Your self-confidence should be coming back. That’s good news. But it might be a bit over the top right now, so best to let it settle down before you start making expensive decisions.PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Your life, your decisions. Good enough. But be sure you have all the facts you need to put into the decision-maker mixing bowl and hope it will come out as it should. BORN THIS WEEK: You find much of your cre-ativity with new people who give you much to think about.

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Todd Bodine is the reigning champion of the Camping World Truck Series. In the past six sea-sons, he has won

two championships and never fin-ished lower than fourth in the season standings. Though he is coming off a third-place finish at Darlington Raceway on March 12, Bodine faces challeng-es in defending his 2010 champion-ship. It remains a struggle to secure enough sponsorship for his Germain Racing Toyota. “We’re not even close to set,” said Bodine. “Tire Kingdom ... I think they’re going to do four more (races). Valvoline’s going to do a couple, and now we have one with Georgia Boot.

We’ve still got a lot of races that we need to get sponsorship for. “It’s going to get better. I keep saying that since the end of last year, but it’s going to get better. I think, by the end of the season, you’re going to see a lot of things happening with sponsors, and a lot of these corpora-tions are going to start cutting loose with some of their marketing money and swinging it our way.” Bodine, 47, is the youngest of three racing brothers. Unlike Geoff and Brett, Todd has never won at the Sprint Cup level, though he has fin-ished in the top five seven times. With 21 career Truck victories, Bodine ranks fifth all-time. “So far, our luck has just been horrible,” said Bodine of the cur-rent season to date. “Our philoso-phy is to go every week, do the best

we can and what happens, happens. You can’t control everything. We’re pleased with our performance. “The state of the series is pretty obvious. We’ve got probably the best field of trucks that we’ve ever seen in the history of the series, and we have a lot of younger kids coming in. The experience level may be down a little bit, but we’ve got a lot of kids who have a lot of talent and a lot of future and a lot of promise. The state of the series is strong ... really strong.” The winners of the season’s first three races -- Michael Waltrip, Kyle Busch and Kasey Kahne -- do not compete for the championship. Bodine takes little consolation in that. “We’re here to win, not to finish second,” he said.

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