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AUGUST EVENTSby Kathy Wolfe

August 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.•WhenthecornerstoneoftheStatueofLiberty

was laid in August of 1884, it was placed on Bedloe’s Island, which previously had been knownasLoveIsland.Thelanddidn’tofficiallybecome Liberty Island until 1956.When theStatueofLibertyarrivedfromFrance, itwasin350individualpiecesthatwereputtogetherandofficiallydedicatedinOctoberof1886.

• The first edition of Sports Illustrated hit the newsstands in August of 1954, featuringMilwaukee Braves player Eddie Mathews on the cover. Inside, readers found a tri-fold of 27 baseball trading cards, including such greats asTedWilliams,WillieMays,GilHodgesandDuke Snider. Although a hit, the magazineshowednoprofitforthenext12years.MichaelJordan has set the record for the number of cover appearances at 56,with theNewYorkYankees the most featured team. Four U.S.Presidents have made the cover — Kennedy, Ford,ReaganandClinton.Everyyear,Sports Illustrated gives its “Sportsman of theYear”award.RogerBannister,thefirstpersontoruna mile in under four minutes, was given that honor during the magazine’s inaugural year.

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AUGUST EVENTS (continued):• In August of 1914, the 48-mile (77-km)PanamaCanalopenedtoshiptraffic,with itsfirstcargoliner,theSS Ancon. It had been under constructionsince1904,andopeningdaywastwo years ahead of schedule. Nearly 27,500people lost their lives during the construction. By passing through the canal, a ship sailing fromNewYorktoSanFranciscosavesabout8,000miles(12,875km)overatriparoundthetipofSouthAmerica’sCapeHorn.Duringthecanal’s early days, about 1,000 ships passedthrough eachyear.Thatfigure today is closeto 15,000 ships making the nine-hour passbetweenthePacificandAtlanticOceans.

•Augustisamonthforstraybaseballs!In1979,SeattleMarinerRuppert Joneshit a foulballin the Kingdome that stuck in the stadium’s loudspeaker above the first base line. ThefollowingAugust,YankeeBobWatsonhadahit off the Kingdome’s center-field speaker.The very next day, Watson did exactly thesamething!Shortlyafterthatfeat,thespeakerswere raised from 102 feet (31m) above thefieldto132feet(40.2m).InAugustof1983,YankeepitcherDaveWinfieldthrewawarm-up ball and accidentally struck and killed a seagull at the Toronto Blue Jays’ stadium. But pitcher Nolan Ryanwas in complete controlduringAugust of 1989 when he became thefirst Major League pitcher to achieve 5,000strikeouts. By the time he retired four years later,hehadstruckout5,714batters.

•It’sbeen34yearsthismonthsincethedeathof Elvis Presley at age 42 at his Gracelandhome.Theofficialcauseofdeathwaslistedascoronary arrhythmia. The King’s funeral was heldathishome,withaprocessionaltoForestHill Cemetery following the service. Morethan80,000peoplelinedtheroute.

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1. Entering 2011, how many times had Jim Thome tallied at least 20 home runs in a season?

2. Name the last interna-tional team before Japan in 2010 to win the Little League World Series.

3. In 1976-77 and 1986-87, the Tampa Bay Bucca-neers had the No. 1 overall draft pick each year. Name three of the four players selected.

4. Tom Izzo is the longest-serving Big Ten men’s bas-ketball head coach, having led Michigan State since 1995. Who is second in Big Ten tenure?

5. Who was the oldest NHL player to get his first hat trick before 40-year-old Nicklas Lidstrom of Detroit did it in 2010?

6. When swimmer Michael Phelps won his 16th career Olympic medal during the 2008 Summer Games, whose record did he break for men’s total medals?

7. In 2011, Rory McIlroy became the youngest golfer (21) to hold at least a share of the lead after the first day of the Masters. Who had held the mark?

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entering 2011.2. Curacao, in 2004.3. Lee Roy Selmon

(1976), Ricky Bell (‘77), Bo Jackson (‘86) and Vinny Testaverde (‘87).

4. Bill Carmody has been the head coach at North-western since 2000.

5. St. Louis’ Scott Mel-lanby was 36 when he got his first hat trick in 2003.

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1. How was Usher discov-ered? How old was he?

2. Name the oldest artist to ever have a No. 1 hit on the charts. What was the song?

3. What do the following songs have in common? “Grazing in the Grass,” “Telstar” and “A Fifth of Beethoven.”

4. Name the first artist to release “A Million to One.”

5. The Beatles’ “Come Together” was released as a double A-side single. What was on the back of the 1969 record?

6. The Thompson Twins had two No. 1 hits in 1982. What were the songs?

Answers1. Usher competed on

“Star Search” in 1993, when he was 13 years old. He was immediately put under con-tract and within a year had an album out.

2. Louis Armstrong, in 1964, when he was 62. The song was “Hello, Dolly!” from the musical of the same name. The song won a Grammy, as did Armstrong.

3. All are instrumentals that hit the top of the charts.

4. Jimmy Charles, in 1960. The song was written by Phil Medley, who also penned “Twist & Shout.”

5. “Something.”6. “In the Name of Love”

and “Lies.” They scored another No. 1 hit the next year with “Hold Me Now.”


1. Is the Book of Lot in the Old or New Testament or neither?

2. From Judges 3, who was the left-handed Benjamite that killed Eglon? Geshem, Agag, Ehud, Joram

3. How many beasts rising out of the sea did Daniel have a dream about? 4, 7, 13, 20

4. What king wanted to see miracles when the arrested Jesus was before him? Pilate, Shishak, Herod, Solomon

5. From Judges 1:6, what king had his thumbs and toes cut off? David, Adoni-Bezek, Josiah, Herod

6. Whose biblical name meant “messenger”? Aaron, Moses, Samuel, Malachi

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4. HISTORY: What city was the capital of Russia from 1712 to 1918?

5. GENERAL KNOWL-EDGE: When was Al Capone imprisoned for tax evasion?

6. MYTHOLOGY: Where was King Arthur buried, according to the myth?

7. GEOGRAPHY: Where does the Horn of Africa lie?

8. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What kind of poisonous arachnid also is referred to as a “violin” or “brown fiddler” spider?

9. LANGUAGE: What is another way to describe someone who is “perfidi-ous”?

10. MOVIES: What is the last name of “Dirty Harry,” the character played by Clint Eastwood?

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AUGUST EVENTS (continued):•HenryLelandfoundedtheCadillacAutomobileCompanyinAugustof1902,namingitafterhisancestor,FrenchexplorerAntoinedelaMotheCadillac, who founded the city ofDetroit in1701.

•WhenWilliamGray’swifebecameveryillin1888, he was in desperate need of a telephone to call a doctor. There were very few phones in Hartford, Connecticut, and Gray ran to aneighboring factory, begging to use theirs, butwas told itwasnot forpublicuse.Whentheownersfinallygaveintohispleading,thedoctorwasreached,andMrs.Grayrecovered.This incident spurred Gray, a machinist, toinventacoin-operatedtelephone.Hereceivedhis patent in August of 1889, and the firstpayphone was installed at a local bank. By 1902, theUnitedStateswas home to 81,000payphones.

•Thefirstandlastatomicbombings inhistorytook place in August of 1945. The UnitedStates dropped the first nuclear weapon,knownas“LittleBoy,”onHiroshima,Japan,onAugust6andthesecond,called“FatMan,”onNagasakithreedayslater.FatalityestimatesforHiroshimawere90,000to160,000peopleand60,000to80,000forNagasaki.

•On an August morning in 1907, Seattleresidents shopped at the Pike Place Market for the first time. This famous street marketcame into being because citizens were tired of being overcharged for their produce. Avoiding the middleman, farmers brought their wares to thecornerofFirstAvenueandPikeStreet,andweremetbymorethan10,000shoppers.TodaytheMarket’snineacreshousemore than200full-time businesses and 190 craftspeople, aswellas100farmerswhorentspacebytheday.TheMarketisalsohometo300apartments.It’snow one ofWashington state’smost populartouristattractions,drawing10millionvisitorsannually.

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AUGUST EVENTS (continued):•VisitTwinsburg,Ohio,duringthefirstweekend

of August, and you can get in on the Twins Day Festival. When it began in 1976, thecommunity hosted 37 sets of twins. Attendance reachedapeakof2,680setsin1994andsettledinat1,700lastyear.TheFestivaldoesn’tlimititselfjusttotwins—Theyhappilywelcomeallmultiples to a weekend with featuring s parade, talent shows and musical entertainment.

• We’ve all heard of the Cy Young Award,but howmuch do we really know about CyYoung?DentonT.(Cy)YoungpitchedhisfirstmajorleaguebaseballgameinAugustof1890fortheClevelandSpiders.Hewasthefirsttopitch a perfect game and was responsible for many other records, some of which still stand. Younghasthemostcareerwins(511)andthemost innings pitched (7,355) during his 22-year pro ball career. The Cy YoungAward,which honors the season’s best pitcher, was establishedin1956,theyearafterhisdeath.

• The United States’ first official censuscommencedonthefirstMondayinAugustof1790.

• During thefirstweek ofAugust every year,the community of Sturgis, South Dakota,population6,400,hoststheBlackHillsClassicMotorcycle Rally. Begun in 1938 with ninebikers in a half-mile race, the event now draws hundreds of thousands of participants. Record-setting attendance was at the rally’s60th anniversary in 2000, when more than600,000 bikers cruised intoSturgis. In 1976,theaverageamountspentperpersonwas$50.Todaythatfiguretops$1,000.Thecommunity’sbusinesses earn 95 percent of their annualrevenue during this one week, and the state’s coffersarefilledwithabout$1millioninsalestaxalone.

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Just Play Ball!No matter what side you

fell on — owners or play-ers — every fan of Ameri-can football agreed on one thing: Just get your act together and get back on the playing field.

A lot of attention was paid in the media to the so-called little guy — you know, the pipe fitter who scrimped and saved for his season tickets. Was he concerned about paying players mil-lions of dollars to play a game? Or was he union all the way? After all, wasn’t he in a union, too?

“Just play ball” was the answer.

But in conversations with friends, we all came to another conclusion, namely that we had no clue what the NFL lockout was about in the first place.

“Um ... player contracts ... and, um ... the owners’ mon-ey,” was the usual insight-ful answer offered from the peanut gallery.

According to NFL Com-missioner Roger Goodell’s op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal, here’s what was at stake:

1. No draft. “Why should there even be a draft?” said player agent Brian Ayrault. “Players should be able to choose who they work for. Markets should determine the value of all contracts.”

2. No minimum team pay-roll. Some teams could have $200 million payrolls while others spend $50 million or less.

3. No minimum player salary.

4. No standard guarantee to compensate players who suffer season- or career-end-ing injuries. Players would instead negotiate whatever

compensation they could.5. No leaguewide agree-

ments on benefits. 6. No limits on free

agency. Players and agents would team up to direct top players to a handful of elite teams. Other teams, perpet-ually out of the running for the playoffs, would serve essentially as farm teams for the elites.

7. No leaguewide rule lim-iting the length of training camp or required off-season workout obligations. Each club would have its own policies.

8. No leaguewide testing program for drugs of abuse or performance-enhancing substances. Each club could have its own program—or not.

In the end, the owners pret-ty much got their way, with the exception of a rookie wage scale and denial of an 18-game regular sea-son. But most importantly — and as anti-capitalist as it may be — the $9 billion of annual revenue will contin-ue to be put into one pot for the next 10 years. That deal will likely ensure the parity that NFL fans in small- and large-market teams like, the parity that turned the NFL into America’s favorite sport.

Players like Cincinnati Bengals offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth agreed, too.

“We were trying to make the game better for those guys that played it in the past, in the present and in the future,” Whitworth said. “We got this thing done. Now let’s play some ball.”

Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter and publisher of The Kansas City Lumi-nary.


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OVERCOMING THE ODDS:JESSE OWENS

Track and field Olympic gold medalist JesseOwens set record after record, but notwithouthaving to hurdle over many obstacles along the way. This collection of facts will help you learn more about this amazing champion. • James Cleveland Owens was the son of a

sharecropper farmer and the grandson of a slave. His familymigrated fromAlabama in1922whenhewasnineyearsold,joining1.5million other African Americans moving north outofthesegregatedSouth.TheOwensfamilysettled in Cleveland, Ohio, where Owensreceived his lifelong nickname from a teacher who had difficulty with his Southern drawl.Called“J.C.”byhisfamily,whenhetoldtheteacherhisname,sheinterpreteditas“Jesse,”and the name stuck.

•Asayoungboy,Owenstookoddjobstohelphis family — delivering groceries, loading freight cars and working at the local shoe repairshop.HisrunningcareerstartedduringjuniorhighundertheencouragementofcoachCharles Riley, who allowed him to practiceearly in the morning in order to make it to his after-schooljob.

•DuringhisyearsatCleveland’sEastTechnicalHighSchool,Owensmatchedtheworldrecordin the 100-yard (91-m) dash of 9.4 seconds.Itwason toOhioStateUniversity,wherehebecame known as the “Buckeye Bullet.”At1935’s NCAA Big Ten meet in Ann Arbor,Owens set three world records and tied afourth,a feataccomplishedovera45-minutespan. His long jump record of 26 feet, 8.25inches(8.13m)wastoendurefor25years.Hiscollege career boasted a record eight individual NCAAchampionships.

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JESSE OWENS (continued):•Yet for all his success, Owens was made to

live off campus, as were all African American athletes. When traveling with the team, hewas forced to eat at blacks-only restaurants and overnight at blacks-only hotels, separate from the rest of the team. He received noscholarships for his athletic prowess, having topayforhisschoolingthroughpart-timejobsas a waiter, night elevator operator and gas station attendant.

•Owenstraveledtothe1936SummerOlympicsin Berlin under a cloud of racial prejudice.AdolfHitler, hoping forGerman dominationat the Games, was promoting “Aryan racialsuperiority,” and Nazi propaganda portrayedAfricans as inferior. Owens took the worldbysurprisewhenhetookthegoldinthe100meters, the 200 meters, the long jump and,as a member of the relay team, became the firstAmerican track and field athlete to winfour gold medals in a single Olympiad. Onthe first day of competition, Hitler shookhands with German winners only, leavingthe stadium immediately afterward. WhenOlympicofficialswereadamantthatheeithercongratulate every medalist or greet none, Hitlerdeclinedtoattendtheremainingmedalpresentations.

• The racial prejudice continued on the homefront when Owens had to ride the freightelevator atNewYorkCity’sWaldorf-AstoriaHotel to a reception following a ticker-tapeparade honoring his victories. He later saidthat Franklin Roosevelt, “snubbed me. ThePresident didn’t even send me a telegram.”Yetthatdidn’thinderOwensfrombecomingasought-after inspirational speaker and serving underprivileged youth. Surprisingly, this fineathletewasacigarettesmokerfor35yearsandsuccumbedtolungcanceratage66.

By Samantha Mazzotta

Composting tips

Q: I really enjoy your column, it’s infor-

mative and helpful. We have many trees on our property, and leaves are a constant cleaning chore. We place the leaves in a barrel and let them decompose. When they’ve broken down, we use that compost in our flower beds and special gardens, like our volcano mountain waterfall garden. In the decomposing barrel, we add a little lime to sweeten the soil.

The best way to main-tain home value is to keep the home looking appeal-ing. — Mr. & Mrs. Harry & Janice K., St. Cloud, Fla.

A: Good advice. Creat-ing a compost heap is

a very budget-friendly way to keep garden plants flour-ishing. If you have a well-treed property and aren’t taking advantage of all the free leaves, I highly recom-mend doing so. There are a number of composting methods, from creating a simple heap in a corner of the yard to purchasing a rotating composting system (usually a heavy-duty bar-rel on a stand that allows you to rotate the barrel eas-ily to turn the compost). It’s up to you how you want to compost.

Leaves can be a very rich

source of minerals that when broken down do a great job of building up the soil for decorative plants as well as vegetable gardens.

Adding lime to compost is a topic of some debate. Lime typically slows down decomposition, and it reduces the acidity of the compost. So it’s a good idea to know why and when lime needs to be added. If, for example, your compost is largely made up of oak leaves, pine needles or fruit pulp, adding a small amount of lime (about 1 cup for every 25 cubic feet of com-post) can balance out the pH of the compost by lowering the acidity.

To speed decomposition and ensure even breakdown, turn your compost every three weeks. Shredding the leaves before adding them to the pile will also help the compost develop faster. This is where a mulching attachment on the lawn-mower comes in handy. If it’s too much trouble, how-ever, just chuck the leaves onto the pile and remember to turn regularly.

Send your questions or comments to [email protected], or write This Is a Hammer, c/o King Fea-tures Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.


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Comparing Hospitals

Since last year we’ve been able to check out the qual-ity of care at VA Medical Centers on the Department of Veterans Affairs website. Now the VA has added its information to the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services Hospital Com-pare website. The VA site was limited to medical and surgical statistics, but now we’re able to compare local non-VA hospitals with the VA hospitals in additional areas such as heart issues and pneumonia.

To get the information you need, however, you might have to check both sites, as the information isn’t posted on the same schedule. Nei-ther site is intuitive for navi-gation, so instructions are below:

The Centers for Medic-aid and Medicare Services Hospital Compare [www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov] has results for a number of categories of patient care issues, including death rates and patient experiences. Put in your ZIP code and select either General, Medical Conditions or Surgical Pro-cedures. Click on Find Hos-pitals. You’ll be given a list

of medical facilities within 50 miles. Check the boxes down the left side for facili-ties you want to compare. If your closest VA Medi-cal Center isn’t within that 50 miles, it won’t show up. Instead use the ZIP code of the Medical Center. You’ll find that a lot of categories don’t show any VA informa-tion at all.

The VA site [www.hospi-talcompare.va.gov] com-pares information between VA hospitals only. It tracks heart problems and pneu-monia, as well as infection, respiratory issues and more. Pick a link on the left (Med-ical or Surgical), select your state from the drop-down menu and scroll down to click on an issue. The next screen will be a full expla-nation of the quality mea-sure and what it means. If there are multiple centers in your state, you’ll see the results for all of them.

Your best bet is to gather the information from both sites and combine it.

Write to Freddy Groves in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected].


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HOLLYWOOD — Jerry Lewis, who created the Muscular Dystrophy Tele-thon 60 years ago and has raised $2.5 billion for the Muscular Dystrophy Asso-ciation, announced he’d retire as goodwill ambas-sador for MDA next year. MDA, however, made a point to cut him loose BEFORE this year’s fund-raiser. While Lewis can be difficult and was being paid a bundle to represent MDA, there’s no denying he got the job done. Who can for-get when Frank Sinatra got Lewis and Dean Mar-tin back together on the telethon after they hadn’t spoken for decades, or Liza Minnelli doing “New York, New York” with Sinatra, a song they both made a solo hit.

MDA is gambling on a new demographic with hosts Nancy O’Dell, Jann Carl, Alison Sweeney and “American Idol” producer Nigel Lythgoe. Now called the MDA Labor Day Tele-thon, the six-hour fundrais-er (cut down from 21 hours) airs Sunday, Sept. 4, starting at 6 p.m. Darius Rucker, Martina McBride and Lady Antebellum also are set to appear. Hope MDA didn’t spit into the wind and that Jerry’s Kids don’t suf-fer because of someone’s

poor judgment!

Where are the teen stars of the 1960s now? Fabi-an (Forte), now 70, had “Tiger,” “Turn Me Loose” and “Hound Dog Man” mega hits, made the ‘60s films “High Time” with Bing Crosby and Rich-ard Beymer and “North to

Alaska” with John Wayne, as well as “Ride the Wild Surf” with Tab Hunter and “The Longest Day,” to name just a few of his 30 films. Fabian and Frankie Avalon inspired the 1980 film “The Idolmaker.” His last film was “Up Close and Personal” (1996), with Rob-ert Redford and Michele Pfeiffer. Fabian now lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, Andrea Patrick, and has toured clubs and Vegas since 1985 with Frankie Avalon and Bobby Rydell.

“The Monkey Wrench Gang,” which he co-wrote, is due out in 2013.

Frankie Avalon, now 70, had the hit single “Venus,” did the “Beach Party” mov-ies with Annette Funicello and played Teen Angel in “Grease” (1978). He sang on “American Idol” in 2009. He’s still married to Kathryn Diebel, and they have eight children and 10 grandkids.

Former Mouseketeer Annette Funicello, now 68, starred in “Babes in Toy-land” (1961) and the “Beach Party” movies, among oth-ers. She was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in ‘92, but still managed to play herself in the final scene of “A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story”(1995). She and current husband Glen Holt made headlines last March when their Encino, Calif., home caught fire.

Next week we’ll catch up with Tab Hunter, Chad Everett, Connie Stevens, Ann-Margret, Bobby Rydell, Shelley Faberes and Richard Beymer. Think Justin Bieber can last as long as they did?

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By Samantha Mazzotta

Composting tips

Q: I really enjoy your column, it’s infor-

mative and helpful. We have many trees on our property, and leaves are a constant cleaning chore. We place the leaves in a barrel and let them decompose. When they’ve broken down, we use that compost in our flower beds and special gardens, like our volcano mountain waterfall garden. In the decomposing barrel, we add a little lime to sweeten the soil.

The best way to main-tain home value is to keep the home looking appeal-ing. — Mr. & Mrs. Harry & Janice K., St. Cloud, Fla.

A: Good advice. Creat-ing a compost heap is

a very budget-friendly way to keep garden plants flour-ishing. If you have a well-treed property and aren’t taking advantage of all the free leaves, I highly recom-mend doing so. There are a number of composting methods, from creating a simple heap in a corner of the yard to purchasing a rotating composting system (usually a heavy-duty bar-rel on a stand that allows you to rotate the barrel eas-ily to turn the compost). It’s up to you how you want to compost.

Leaves can be a very rich

source of minerals that when broken down do a great job of building up the soil for decorative plants as well as vegetable gardens.

Adding lime to compost is a topic of some debate. Lime typically slows down decomposition, and it reduces the acidity of the compost. So it’s a good idea to know why and when lime needs to be added. If, for example, your compost is largely made up of oak leaves, pine needles or fruit pulp, adding a small amount of lime (about 1 cup for every 25 cubic feet of com-post) can balance out the pH of the compost by lowering the acidity.

To speed decomposition and ensure even breakdown, turn your compost every three weeks. Shredding the leaves before adding them to the pile will also help the compost develop faster. This is where a mulching attachment on the lawn-mower comes in handy. If it’s too much trouble, how-ever, just chuck the leaves onto the pile and remember to turn regularly.

Send your questions or comments to [email protected], or write This Is a Hammer, c/o King Fea-tures Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.


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Comparing Hospitals

Since last year we’ve been able to check out the qual-ity of care at VA Medical Centers on the Department of Veterans Affairs website. Now the VA has added its information to the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services Hospital Com-pare website. The VA site was limited to medical and surgical statistics, but now we’re able to compare local non-VA hospitals with the VA hospitals in additional areas such as heart issues and pneumonia.

To get the information you need, however, you might have to check both sites, as the information isn’t posted on the same schedule. Nei-ther site is intuitive for navi-gation, so instructions are below:

The Centers for Medic-aid and Medicare Services Hospital Compare [www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov] has results for a number of categories of patient care issues, including death rates and patient experiences. Put in your ZIP code and select either General, Medical Conditions or Surgical Pro-cedures. Click on Find Hos-pitals. You’ll be given a list

of medical facilities within 50 miles. Check the boxes down the left side for facili-ties you want to compare. If your closest VA Medi-cal Center isn’t within that 50 miles, it won’t show up. Instead use the ZIP code of the Medical Center. You’ll find that a lot of categories don’t show any VA informa-tion at all.

The VA site [www.hospi-talcompare.va.gov] com-pares information between VA hospitals only. It tracks heart problems and pneu-monia, as well as infection, respiratory issues and more. Pick a link on the left (Med-ical or Surgical), select your state from the drop-down menu and scroll down to click on an issue. The next screen will be a full expla-nation of the quality mea-sure and what it means. If there are multiple centers in your state, you’ll see the results for all of them.

Your best bet is to gather the information from both sites and combine it.

Write to Freddy Groves in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected].


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Hunt ScamsHunting for a job shouldn’t

have to include protect-ing yourself from possible scams, but the reality is that you must if you’re doing your job search online.

Fake job listings are every-where: online job boards, email and phony company websites. Some are very creative and look authentic.

Here are some keywords that are indicative of likely scams: Internet business development or coaching, business opportunity, work at home, refundable fee, guaranteed income, undis-closed federal jobs, guar-anteed job, consultant and easy work.

In spite of the ease of com-municating via the Internet, if you’ve received an email offer or see an online posting and don’t know if it’s genu-ine, ask for a phone number to call and speak to a human. Check out the phone number before you call. Try www.anywho.com and click on Reverse Lookup, which also will give you the address. Do a Google search for the address, too.

Learn how to tell the true address of an online link by putting your cursor over it and seeing if it matches the words before you click. Beware especially of any Internet address that con-sists mostly of numbers with a pattern like this: xxx.

xx.xxxx. That’s an indi-cation of a new Internet address.

If you get anonymous email and someone claims to want to hire you for a job you don’t even remember applying for (quite possible if you’re sending out lots of resumes), scammers likely will ask for information such as your Social Security number, date of birth, home address and even your cred-it-card availability and card number.

Verify, verify, verify before you give out personal information, including your Social Security number. If the job is a scam and you provide that number, as well as your name and address, you’ve just gift wrapped the means for identity theft.

With email, a genuine address should include the company’s name, not so-and-so at Gmail or Yahoo.com. You, on the other hand, can make use of one of those temporary email accounts because in time it’s sure to fill with spam.

If you sign up with a big online job list such as Mon-ster.com, use a P.O box for your home address. Use an initial for your first name.

Best bet: Hook up with multiple in-person person-nel agencies or recruiters. They’ll have access to the real jobs.

David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Write to him in care of King Features Week-ly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected].


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WOODSTOCKItwas41yearsagothismonththatWoodstockmade the headlines as the biggest rock festival of its time. Tidbits invites you to learn more about this musical gathering as we revisit the event. • Its official titlewas “TheWoodstockMusicand Art Fair — an Aquarian Exposition: 3DaysofPeace&Music.”Dairy farmerMaxYasguragreedtoallowthefestivaltobeheldonhis600-acrefarmnearBethel,NewYork,acommunity43milessouthwestofWoodstock,NewYork.

• The citizensofBethel immediatelyprotestedthe upcoming gathering, and promoters continuallytoldtownofficialsthattherewouldbe no more than 50,000 attendees. About186,000advanceticketsweresoldpriortotheconcertatapriceof$18,about$105intoday’smoney. Promoters were expecting 200,000fans.

• Threedaysbefore the festivalwas tobegin,the organizers realized that the fences around the area would present a problem with the anticipated crowds and removed them. This resulted in the concert becoming free for thousands that streamed into the area. By the time the music was set to begin, there were 500,000concert-goers.

•ThefirstbandtosignacontractforthefestivalwasCreedenceClearwaterRevivalforthesumof$10,000.

•Rainsinthedayspriortotheeventproducedmuddy roadsandfields.Massive traffic jamsclogged roads unequipped for the volumeof people. There were inadequate sanitationfacilitiesandfirst-aidforthenumberofpeopleand shortages of food and water. But nothing seemed to dampen the spirits of the fans as they listened to a total of 32 performances at the three-day event, including Janis Joplin, JimiHendrix,

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) As tensions ease on the home front, you can once more focus on changes in the workplace. Early difficulties are soon worked out. Stabil-ity returns as adjustments are made.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) A new romance tests the unattached Bovine’s patience to the limit. But Venus still rules the Taurean heart, so expect to find your-self trying hard to make this relationship work.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) It’s a good time to consider home-related pur-chases. But shop around carefully for the best price — whether it’s a new house for the family or a new hose for the garden.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A contentious family member seems intent on cre-ating problems. Best advice: Avoid stepping in until you know more about the origins of this domestic disagree-ment.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) A recent job-related move proves far more suc-cessful than you could have imagined. Look for contin-ued beneficial fallout. Even your critics have something nice to say.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Ease up and stop driving yourself to fin-ish that project on a deadline that is no longer realistic. Your superiors will be open to requests for an extension. Ask for it.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) You should soon be hearing some posi-tive feedback on that recent

business move. An old fam-ily problem recurs, but this time you’ll know how to handle it better.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Some sur-prising statements shed light on the problem that caused that once-warm relationship to cool off. Use this newly won knowledge to help turn things around.

SAGITTARIUS (Novem-ber 22 to December 21) Your spiritual side is especially strong at this time. Let it guide you into deeper con-templation of aspects about yourself that you’d like to understand better.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Your mer-rier aspect continues to dom-inate and to attract folks who rarely see this side of you. Some serious new romanc-ing could develop out of all this cheeriness.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) You’re always concerned about the well-being of others. It’s time you put some of that concern into your own health situation, especially where it involves nutrition.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Just when you thought your life had final-ly stabilized, along comes another change that needs to be addressed. Someone you trust can help you deal with it successfully.

BORN THIS WEEK: You have a sixth sense when it comes to finding people who need help long before they think of asking for it. And you’re right there to provide it.


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• It was way back in the 17th century when noted Scottish scholar Patrick Young made the follow-ing sage observation: “The trouble with weather fore-casting is that it’s right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.”

• About once a week, a frog will shed its skin. Then eat it.

• If you’ve watched many old Westerns, you’ve doubt-less seen Native Americans scalping their enemies. You probably don’t real-ize, though, that the brutal practice didn’t originate with the Indians. When the Dutch and English settlers were trying to clear out the natives, they were paid a bounty for each scalp they brought back. The Native Americans adopted the practice only after the Euro-peans’ arrival on the conti-nent.

• The country’s first piz-zeria opened in 1895 in, unsurprisingly, New York City.

• Those who study such things say that 70 percent of Americans have visited either Disneyland, in Cali-fornia, or Disney World, in

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• Are you a snollygoster? If so, you’re shrewd, which isn’t a bad thing, but you’re also rather lacking in prin-ciples.

• When Andrew Jackson was running for president in 1828, his opponents called him a stubborn jackass. Jackson was proud that he was known for obstinately sticking to his guns, so he started using the image of a donkey on his campaign materials. The Democrats have been using that sym-bol ever since.

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WOODSTOCK (continued): Santana, the Grateful Dead and Joan Baez.

Artists that may have forever regretted declining the offer to perform included the Beatles, Bob Dylan,TheDoorsandLedZeppelin.

• Three recorded deaths occurred during theWoodstock Festival, including a heroinoverdose. Another concert-goer sleeping in a neighboringhayfieldwaskilledwhenatractorran over him. A baby was born in a car stuck inthetrafficjam,whileanothermother-to-bewas airlifted by helicopter from the scene to a nearby hospital where she gave birth.

• Itwastheorganizers’wishthattheFestivalbeclosed outwith singing cowboyRoyRogerscrooning“HappyTrails,”butwhenapproachedbytheexecutiveproducer,Rogersturnedhimdown. Fans had to settle for Jimi Hendrixshutting it down on Monday morning.

• When Max Yasgur was approached about a1970 encore festival, the answer was no, inYasgur’s words, “I’m going back to runningadairy farm.”Hewassuedbyneighbors forproperty damage and incurred severe damage tohis own farm.Hewas awarded a$50,000settlement. The community of Bethel further prevented a second concert by passing “mass gathering”laws.Yasgursoldhisfarmin1971and died two years later at age 53. Rolling Stone magazine featured a full-page obituary, something that very few non-musicians have ever received.

• The year after Woodstock, a documentaryfilm chronicling the event was released, aneffort that received the Academy Award for BestDocumentary.Theproceedsfinancedthesettlementsof the80 lawsuits thatwerefiledagainst the organizers, as well as their $1.4 million debt.

—36—

Truex Works Through a Season

of Bad LuckIt’s tempting to think that

Martin Truex Jr. has clouds hanging over him similar to the ones that enshrouded Watkins Glen International.

Only it’s been overcast in Truex’s career for a good bit of the time since June 4, 2007, when he won a NAS-CAR Sprint Cup race at Dover (Del.) International Speedway. He finished 11th in the point standings that year. Through 2009, Truex competed for Dale Earn-hardt Inc. He now drives the No. 56 NAPA Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing.

In the past three years, Truex has finished 15th, 23rd and 22nd, respective-ly, in the standings. Enter-ing the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen, he

ranked 22nd.“Bad luck is a tough

thing,” Truex said. “I’ve had my share of it the past few years.

“People say you make your own luck, and you do, somewhat. But there are times when there is nothing you can do about it.”

Truex, 31, doesn’t have much to show for the current season. He finished sixth at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the season’s third race.

Since then he has collected eighth-place finishes at Dover, Infineon (Sonoma, Calif.) and Loudon, N.H.

“Luck plays a big part in

what we do,” said the May-etta, N.J., native. “It takes a million things to go right to win of these races. It only takes one to go wrong ... a flat tire, the caution coming at the wrong time, a debris caution after you pit under green ... things like that.

“There are some things where it doesn’t matter what you do, you can’t change them — and that’s luck. And it’s tough to deal with, especially when you’ve had a good day and your team’s done everything right.”

At this point, making the Chase is outside the realm of practical consideration.

“You have to just forget about last week, move for-ward, try to do the best you can with what you have and you know when your team is doing good and when they’re not,” said Truex. “You just have to forget about all those bad things and push forward and work on the things you can control.”

***Monte Dutton covers

motorsports for The Gas-ton (N.C.) Gazette. E-mail Monte at [email protected].


Martin Truex’s 4th-place finish at Watkins Glen on August 15 was his best of the season. However, with his last win

in 2007, Truex has been caught up in a streak of bad luck. (Photo: John Clark/NASCAR This Week)

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