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Did you know studies have shown that dancing not only reduces stress and tension but it can even help prevent heart disease? In fact, there’s probably a lot more facts about dancing you never knew. So put on your dancing shoes and follow our steps as Tidbits looks at all sorts of interesting facts about this fascinating subject.

THE HULA• ‘Hula’ is a Hawaiian word meaning simply, ‘dance.’

Originally, only men were allowed to dance the hula. It originated as a method of passing history down from one generation to the next, with every single movement carrying a meaning that helped tell the story. The movements were originally accompanied by drumming and chanting, while modern hula is more commonly accompanied by ukeleles and guitars.

• Hula dances were also believed to honor and appease the gods in religious ceremonies, particularly the volcano gods, and paid homage to leaders. The hula was once outlawed by missionaries who considered it sinful. But David Kalakaua, King of Hawaii from 1874 through 1891, reinstated the tradition of hula dancing, thereby earning his nickname, the ‘Merrie Monarch.’ Each year, the Merrie Monarch Festival is held in his honor. The peak of the festival is the hula competition, with both men and women dancing. An authentic hula

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• In 1933, she teamed up with Fred Astaire for the first time, making a film called “Flying Down to Rio,” which turned out to be the first of ten films they would make together. Although they played supporting characters in the film, their dance chemistry was so remarkable that audiences clamored for more. A string of feature films followed, including such hits as “Top Hat” and “The Gay Divorcee.”

• Although the two worked extremely well together, they were never close off-stage. However, as Astaire later reflected, “All the girls I ever danced with thought at one point that they couldn’t do it, but of course they could. So they always cried. All except Ginger. No no, Ginger never cried.”

• By the mid-1940s, Ginger Rogers was Hollywood’s highest paid performer. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1940 for her role in “Kitty Foyle.” In the 1942 film “The Major and the Minor,” she played the part of a woman who disguises herself as a 12-year-old. In the movie, her real mother played the role of her film mother. Ginger also starred with Ronald Reagan in the 1951 anti-Ku Klux Klan thriller, “Storm Warning.”

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5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “I had a brother at Khe Sahn fighting off the Viet Cong, They’re still there, he’s all gone.”

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their debut album in 1979. The song has been widely covered and is the theme song for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Marching Band.

2. They began with a black Briton, a Jewish drummer, an Anglo-Saxon Englishman and a cross-dressing Irish singer.

3. The Temptations, in 1968. The song won the group its first Grammy for Best Rhythm & Blues Group Per-formance. In spite of popular opinion, the group has always claimed the song isn’t about drugs.

4. The Turtles, in 1969. The song was written in 1964 by two members of The Byrds.

5. “Born in the U.S.A.” by Bruce Springsteen in 1984. The Battle of Khe Sahn became, in the U.S., a symbol of the futility of the war in Vietnam.

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• When Virginia Katherine McMath was born in Missouri in 1911, her young cousin had trouble pronouncing the name ‘Virginia,’ saying ‘Ginga’ instead. Thinking it was cute, the rest of the family picked up on it and the nickname stuck. Her parents eventually divorced, and her mother later married John Rogers, turning Virginia McMath into Ginger Rogers.

• Ginger’s mother was actively involved in theater, writing Hollywood scripts for a living. She toured with several theatrical troupes taking her young daughter along with her, so Ginger grew up backstage. Watching from the wings of the theatres, she began to mimick the performers on stage by singing and dancing along with them and learned a lot of moves.

• Her entertainment career was born one night when the traveling vaudeville act of Eddie Foy came to Fort Worth and needed a quick stand-in. She then entered and won a Charleston dance contest which allowed her to join the tour for six months. Her mother went along, acting as her manager.

• Upon arriving in New York City, she auditioned and landed a role in a Broadway play called “Top Speed.” Critics were struck by the exceptional talent of this new upstart, and gave her rave reviews. She then landed the leading role in the Gershwin play “Girl Crazy,” which made both herself and co-star Ethyl Merman overnight sensations. One of the crew members hired to help with choreography was a young dancer named Fred Astaire.

• Ginger was on her way to stardom. In 1930 at age 19, she signed a 7-year contract with Paramount Pictures. In the decades to follow, she would make over 70 films.



















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3. What European country originated ballet in the 15th century?

4. How many pairs of pointe shoes will The Royal Bal-let troupe of England wear out in a year?

5. How many basic positions of the feet are there in ballet?

Barnum and Bailey Circus decided they wanted to teach their circus elephants to dance. They contacted choreographer George Balanchine and told him to find a composer to help him. He chose Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, and the telephone conversation went like this: “I need you to compose a piece of music for me.” “What kind of music?” “A polka.” “For whom?” “Elephants.” “Elephants? How old?” “Young elephants.” “OK, if they are very young, I’ll do it!” The result was Stravinsky’s “Circus Polka,” which proved a hit with his audiences and was performed 425 times.

• Aristotle told the story of the city of Sybaris, where the horses were taught to dance and sway to the music of a pipe. The Crotonians knew about this, and when they eventually went to war against the Sybarians they brought along with their weapons a large number of pipes. On command as they approached their enemy on the battlefield, Crotonian musicians began to pipe their music. Immediately, the Sybarian horses went into their dance, with their riders unable to control them. The Crotonian army easily rushed through the confused ranks and slaughtered every last one.

DANCE WORD ORIGINS• The old English word ‘jouk’ means to dance,

and from that we get our juke box.• Thespis was a poet, dancer, and theatrical

manager around 500 BC. He did so much to promote theater that he is still honored today in the theatrical term ‘thespian.’

• The word ‘carol’ comes from the Middle English word ‘carolen’ meaning to sing joyously. That word originates with the Greek word ‘choraulein,’ which was a ring dance accompanied by flutes.

• ‘Polak’ means Polish man, and ‘polka’ means Polish woman. In addition, the Czeck word ‘pulka’ means ‘half-step.’ When a new dance originating in Bohemia took the world by storm, it was called the Polka. The polka was very popular and many different items were named after the dance. When a new fabric was invented, the manufacturer decided to name the new design ‘polka dots.’

FAST FACTS ABOUT DANCE• Juvenile ballerinas should not attempt dancing

on pointe until they are 12 years old or until their feet have stopped growing.

• It is illegal in several U.S. states to dance to the Star Spangled Banner.

• President James Polk banned dancing and drinking in the White House. At his inaugural ball, all such activities stopped -- until the president and his wife left the ball.

• Slow dancing for 26 minutes will burn about

100 calories. Moderate dancing burns 250 to 300 calories an hour. Twenty minutes of moderate dancing will elevate heart rate up to aerobic levels. One study found polkas, swing dancing, and waltzes to be particularly effective for weight loss.

• In 1865 during a dance in Virginia City, Montana, someone heavily sprinkled cayenne pepper on the dance floor, causing a mass frenzy of uncontrollable sneezing.

• Russian ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky was able to cross and uncross his legs ten times in a single leap.

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1. What’s the properscientific name for themoment that the springseason begins?

2. What flower istraditionally thefirst to bloom asspring

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S A L A N U NThis word means: springflowers that last one season

A N N U A L S

“Spring is Nature’s way ofsaying ‘Let’s party!!’”

~ Robin Williams

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Rodney Peete . . . . . . 3/16/66

Rob Lowe . . . . . . . . . 3/17/64

Charley Pride . . . . . . 3/18/38

Glenn Close . . . . . . . 3/19/47

Holly Hunter . . . . . . . 3/20/58

Rosie O’Donnell. . . . . 3/21/62

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DANCING SHOWMANSHIP• In the 1800s people were fascinated with Native

American Indians, so P.T. Barnum imported a band of Sioux from Iowa to perform in his New York museum. He hired them to perform their ritualistic dances on stage in front of his appreciative audiences. Their favorite was the war dance, but they performed it so convincingly that Barnum was afraid someone would get hurt. So he asked them to perform the more sedate wedding dance instead. They agreed, as long as Barnum agreed to provide a new red woolen blanket so the bridegroom would have a gift to give the bride’s father. Barnum agreed, since the blanket cost only $10 and his box-office receipts were very good. But they then informed him that he must buy a new wedding blanket for every performance. Since the show was performed twice a day, six days a week, Barnum was spending $120 a week just on blankets alone. However, the tribe soon got homesick for their native land. Barnum paid their transportation back to Iowa.

• In 1942, the impresarios for Ringling Brothers,

1. What famous Russian ballet dancer was a pallbearer for actor James Cagney?2. With a leading role in “A Streetcar Named Desire,” what actor studied ballet and considered becoming a dancer?

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Four high school seniors sufferingfrom “spring fever” skipped theirmorning classes and went to thebeach instead. After lunch, theyreturned to school and told their

teacher that they were late becausethey’d experienced a flat tire whilecarpooling together to the school.

Much to their relief, she smiled.“You missed a test today,” she

continued, “but you can make it upright now. Take seats apart fromone another and then get out apencil and a piece of paper.”

She waited for them to sit down,and then began. “Question One:Which tire on the car was flat?”

1. What’s the properscientific name for themoment that the springseason begins?

2. What flower istraditionally thefirst to bloom asspring

Unscramble this word:

S A L A N U NThis word means: springflowers that last one season

A N N U A L S

“Spring is Nature’s way ofsaying ‘Let’s party!!’”

~ Robin Williams

FILLER PAGE 1

1Q09 - WEEK 12MAR 15 - MAR 21

Fabio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/15/59

Rodney Peete . . . . . . 3/16/66

Rob Lowe . . . . . . . . . 3/17/64

Charley Pride . . . . . . 3/18/38

Glenn Close . . . . . . . 3/19/47

Holly Hunter . . . . . . . 3/20/58

Rosie O’Donnell. . . . . 3/21/62

If you’re in “spring cleaning”mode, take some time to make

sure that all of your vitalelectronic appliances (TV,

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she returned to the stage for long successful runs in plays such as “Hello, Dolly!” and “Mame.” Her final film was the 1965 b i o p i c “Harlow” in which s h e played the m o t h e r of actress J e a n H a r l o w. In 1985, s h e fu l f i l led a lifelong dream when she directed the off-Broadway musical “Babes in Arms.” She was 74 years old at the time. Along the way, she married and divorced five times but never had any children. Her autobiography, “Ginger: My Story” was published in 1991.

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VA Health Care for Women Vets The American Legion recently released its report on the status of Department of Veterans Af-fairs health care for women veterans. Members of the System Worth Saving Task Force visited 15 VA facilities in 12 states around the country. Its purpose was to learn what barriers keep women veterans from enrolling in VA health care, understand the challenges women veterans face and make recom-mendations. The 2013 Task Force Report on Women Vet-erans Health Care centered on three points:

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3) Models of care need to be assessed for effectiveness. For example: Women veterans don’t receive mammograms results quickly; VA facilities don’t all have inpatient or residential mental-health programs for women; and the child-care pilot pro-gram is about to expire. Here are some results of the survey, both good and bad: --Women veterans keep their appointments when childcare is available during appointment times. --Patient file flags about veterans “at risk” for violent behavior stay in-house, and therefore don’t show up on the national records if a patient goes to a different facility. --Not all facilities are equal. Patients often are required to go to other facilities for care, or even go out of state. The American Legion program has been in operation for 10 years, visiting VA medical facilities to assess veterans health care and offering informa-tion and recommendations to the VA, Congress and government officials.

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Not All Cancer Screenings Are Equally Effective At the European Cancer Congress research-ers clearly stated that screening for colorectal and cervical cancer was far more effective at reducing death rates than was screening for either breast or prostate cancer. Dr. Phillippe Autier, vice president of popu-lation studies at the International Prevention Re-search Institute in France, presented information from a large European survey that began in 1988 and continued through 2010. He showed that great-est falls in death rates from colorectal cancer oc-curred in countries where that majority of the popu-lation were screened for the cancer by either having tests done to identify blood in the stool or by having an endoscopy that included either a sigmoidoscopy (that examined only the rectum and right side of the colon) or colonoscopy where the rectum and whole colon was examined. Of the 11 European countries that examined deaths from colorectal cancer, there was a decrease by 78 percent in men and by 82 percent in women. Not all countries benefited equally. For example, in Greece, where only 8 percent of males had a screening endoscopy, deaths from colorectal can-cer increased by 30 percent. Screening tests were somewhat more common in women, in whom can-cer deaths decreased by only 2 percent. In the United Kingdom, Germany and France, where screening was mandated, decreas-es in colorectal cancer deaths were the greatest. In those countries (like the United States) where screening depends on the doctor and his patient, re-duction in death rates were much lower. As part of the same study, researchers showed that screening for cervical cancer by doing a pap smear and measuring the Human Papilloma Vi-rus was almost as effective in reducing deaths from

the disease as was screening for colorectal cancer. In screening for colorectal and cervical can-cer, the goal is to detect precancerous lesions. In the case of colorectal cancer, it is a premalignant polyps, and in the case of cervical cancer, it is changes in the characteristics of the cervical cells under the microscope that suggest a higher risk of malignant transformation. Removing colon polyps or the uterus and cervix in the case of an abnormal pap smear dramatically saves lives. By contrast, the European cancer screen-ing community questioned the benefits of mammo-grams to screen for breast cancer, along with the blood test Prostate Specific Antigen, or PSA, to screen for prostate cancer. The United States Preventative Services Task Force recently stated that the PSA measure-ments should not be done in males who were not a high risk of developing prostate cancer. The ex-ceptions were those who had a strong family history and African-Americans in whom prostate cancer risk is very high. At the European Cancer Congress, re-searchers stated, “prostate cancer screening does more harm than good”. The problem is primarily false-positives that lead to millions of biopsies an-nually in men in whom only 12 percent have cancer. And of these diagnosed with cancer, most do not require treatment. Biopsies lead to a high incidence of infection and bleeding. And the side effects of treating prostate cancer were too common. They in-cluded incontinence, impotence, infections and poor quality of life from subsequent medical treatment. The researchers stated that while screening may help a small fraction of men, at a population level, it did more harm than good. Similarly the benefits of mammograms was questioned because of the very high incidence of false positive or suspicious lesions that on biopsy turned out to be normal. The stress caused by think-ing that a cancer was present as well as the need-less biopsies were questioned. For Americans, the message is clear. We are like the Greeks. Too few of us are screened for colorectal cancer. Screening must begin at age 50 and include annual screening for blood in the stool and an endoscopy every 5 to 10 years. (I favor colo-noscopy.) We must commit to screening that may well need to be done more frequently if your doctor deems you to be at high risk of developing colorec-tal cancer. And while the general consensus in the United States is that mammograms saves lives, per-forming the test every year from age 40 may lead to too many false positives. Less frequent testing beginning at age 50 may make more sense. And be-fore being tested, men should make sure that they truly understand the benefits and risks of prostate cancer screening.

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Social Security’s Misunderstood Suspense File Q: I recently heard a news report that said Social Security has several billion dol-lars in something called a suspense file. It has something to do with the taxes collected on fraudulent Social Security numbers. The report said this money is just sitting there, not earning interest and not being used for any construc-tive purpose. If this is true, it’s no wonder our government has such financial problems when there are large pools of unaccounted-for cash like this just lying around. Can you shed any light on this?

A: Ah, yes, the infamous “suspense file.” When I was the deputy press officer for the Social Security Administration, I don’t think a day went by when I didn’t field a call from a reporter somewhere in the country asking me about this alleged pile of cash supposedly lying around in some Social Secu-rity safe or other government vault. But there is no pile of cash. There are no unaccounted-for and mismanaged funds that, once found, would miraculously solve all of Social Security financial woes. Here’s the real story. Every single day, thousands of wage reports from employers representing millions of workers around the country trickle in to the Social Security Administration. (I guess since we’re talking num-bers like thousands and millions, “trickle” is the wrong word. How about “flood?”) The reports con-tain the names, Social Security numbers, and earn-ings of anyone working at a job covered by Social Security. And it’s important to note that these files are just the wage reports needed to maintain Social Security’s earnings records for all Social Security number holders. The actual money withheld in So-cial Security taxes takes a completely separate path and goes directly to the Treasury Department. In almost all cases, the name and Social Secu-rity number on the employer’s earnings report sent to SSA match a name and Social Security number in the agency’s records. So the Social Security records for all those folks get updated immediately. But in a relatively small percentage of the cases (the last I heard, it’s about 5 percent), the information supplied by the employer doesn’t match the information in So-cial Security’s files. Many times, this is merely a problem of a transposed digit in a Social Security number on the employer’s report. Other times, it’s a simple name issue. For example, the employer’s report might show an employee named T. Robert Margenau, but SSA’s records show the name as Thomas R. Mar-genau. SSA’s computer software programs have “tol-erances” built into them that recognize these easily explained discrepancies and post the earnings to the proper record. But if the problem cannot be simply identi-fied and readily fixed, then we have what SSA calls an “earnings discrepancy” case. The actions neces-sary to assign the earnings in question to the prop-er Social Security number account are temporarily suspended. Thus the term “suspense file” for all the earnings reports that have not yet been assigned to

the proper Social Security number. Many of the cases that go into the suspense file don’t remain there for very long. SSA works with the employer who submitted the report and/or with the employee in question to resolve the problem. But in some cases, the problem can never be resolved. Many times, this is because there was some fraudulent activity involving a fake Social Se-curity number or maybe someone using a deceased person’s Social Security number. Lots of these earn-ings reports remain in that suspense file for years and years. And even though the percentage of such unresolved cases is very small, over decades, the numbers just keep adding up. And that is why today, there are about $300 billion in unrecorded earnings reports in the suspense file. But please bear in mind that does not mean that $300 billion in cash is just lying around because no one knows what to do with it. Once again, the money collected in taxes, including the taxes collect-ed in these earnings discrepancy cases, went direct-ly from the employer to the Treasury Department and was used to finance Social Security checks sent out to all of the program’s beneficiaries. The only re-cords sitting in the infamous suspense file are paper reports of earnings still waiting to be assigned to a proper Social Security number. If you ask me, one way to help resolve this problem is to issue everyone a Social Security card that’s a full-fledged identity card -- something with a picture and maybe some form of biometric iden-tification. But that’ll never happen because folks on both sides of the political spectrum dislike the idea. Conservatives hate it because it would be one more example of big-brother government intruding into their lives. And liberals dislike the idea because it would take away from our civil liberties. And so the suspense file will just keep grow-ing and growing.

If you have a Social Security question, Tom Mar-genau has the answer. Contact him at [email protected]. To find out more about Tom Margenau and to read past columns and see features from other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.COPYRIGHT 2011 CREATORS.COM

sleep with her. She just married her fifth husband, and the canine quartet won’t grant the mister ac-cess to the bedroom. Her new hubby, not surpris-ingly, is already fed up. She asked me to talk to him, so I said, “Sure. Put him on.” When a male voice said, “Hello?” I said, “Run! Go! Get out now!”

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● On Oct. 17, 1906, Wilhelm Voigt, a Ger-man shoemaker, impersonates an army of-ficer and leads an entire squad of soldiers to help him steal 4,000 marks. Voigt humili-ated the German army by exploiting their blind obedience to authority and getting them to assist in his audacious robbery.

● On Oct. 15, 1917, Mata Hari is execut-ed for espionage by a French firing squad. Her military trial was riddled with bias and circumstantial evidence, and it is probable that French authorities trumped her up as “the greatest woman spy of the century” as a distraction for the huge losses the French army was suffering.

● On Oct. 14, 1947, U.S. Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. Yea-ger’s X-1 rocket plane was lifted to an alti-tude of 25,000 feet by a B-29 aircraft and then released through the bomb bay.

● On Oct. 16, 1958, Chevrolet begins to sell the El Camino, a combination se-dan-pickup truck. In 1964, the company introduced a version built on the brawnier Chevelle platform. Today, the car is a cult classic.

● On Oct. 20, 1962, the White House press corps is told that President John F. Kennedy has a cold; in reality, he is holding secret meetings with advisers on the eve of ordering a blockade of Cuba. Kennedy had seen photographic proof that the So-viets were building ballistic missile sites on the island of Cuba.

● On Oct. 18, 1974, soul singer Al Green is attacked in his own bathtub when an ex-girlfriend pours a pot of scalding-hot grits on his back. Her actions left Green with severe injuries but also shaken emotion-ally and spiritually. By 1976, Green had become an ordained Baptist minister and purchased a Memphis church, where he still preaches today.

● On Oct. 19, 1982, maverick automo-bile executive John DeLorean is arrested in a Los Angeles motel with a briefcase containing $24 million worth of cocaine. According to authorities, DeLorean was at-tempting to make a drug deal in order to rescue his financially ailing DeLorean Mo-tor Company.


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Reset and Recharge Q: Many of our friends who share their opinions with us say how the terrible world sit-uation is making them feel depressed. We all agree that the news and talk programs deliver only bad news -- one depressing story after an-other. It’s sickening. We feel helpless since there is nothing we can do about it. Is it bothering us more just because we are seniors and know what peace and social harmony is supposed to be like?

A: While I can fully understand and appre-ciate your feelings, I have to caution you that pes-simism and negative thinking is a slippery slope. It’s true that the world is overrun with evil that takes many forms, and it seems it’s becoming more and more rampant. The news definitely reflects that. But allowing yourself to become discouraged because of it is only fanning the flames of depres-sion. Studies confirm that the things we most worry about seldom, if ever, actually happen. Helplessness discourages hope, and a pessimistic attitude is self-destructing. It robs you of joy and peace of mind. I agree that today’s media like to focus on the sensational, and the “badder” the news the bet-ter the ratings. According to news columnist Geoff Meeker, news directors and editors often choose a negative news story because the public is attracted and fascinated by it. But our attitude is not deter-mined by what happens in the news, it is determined by the way we respond to what happens. The answer to how best rid yourself of pes-simism lies in your attitude. And remember, our atti-tudes are chosen. Choose positive options. Recharge and rise above information that makes you unhappy. Search for good news and focus on it! * * *

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A: Helpful resources and networking should be available through your local senior center, by asking your doctors, your clergy, neighbors or health care workers. There are many websites available, such as www.caringforasenior.com that you will find help-ful. If you do not own a computer, your library has internet access and someone on hand to help you. It is also very important for you to make some time for yourself and take regular breaks. If you don’t you may experience a burnout yourself, and then who will be able to help? Do not hesitate to ask others for help and advice. We all need help sometimes, and you will be surprised at how many compassionate people will willingly step forward to offer their assistance!

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Cigar Box Collectibles Are Smokin’! Q: This is a photo of a wood Corina Larks cigar box that I have had since 1950. The cigars sold for 15 cents each. The label on the inside has a picture of a young woman and the words “Notice the hole in the head.” There are metal hinges and lock and the box is approxi-mately 8 inches by 6 inches and 2 1/2 inches high. The Corina logos are stamped on the out-side of the box. It is in perfect condition. I have kept my embroidery thread in for years. When I heard some cigar boxes are worth money, I emptied it out and stored it away for safekeep-ing. Can you tell me how much it is worth?

A: Cigar boxes are collectible. Their histo-ry goes back to the 1864 Revenue Act that required cigars to be packed in boxes. They have been made from just about every medium that includes wood, glass, tin, aluminum and china. Many of the boxes are made with Spanish cedar. Some were elabo-rately carved and made from fine wood. During the Depression, boxes were made to be used later for jewelry. They also were constr ucted in the shapes of motor vehi-cles, and log cabins. Cigar box labels are also very col-lectible. Circa 1950 cigar boxes similar to yours are in the $10 to $40 range.

Q: I have the book “The Complete Po-etical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”. It is a hard cover book with gilded edges and has numerous illustrations. It was published by Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, The River-side Press, Cambridge, in 1881. On the inside is a note with the words, “This is a Christmas present from an Aunt in the year 1883.”

Is there any value to this book?

A: Your book often sells in antique books shops in the range of $50 to $70.

Q: This mark is on the bottom of a por-celain figurine that I have. There is a woman sitting on a bench and there is a man standing next to her. They are both wearing 18th-century clothes. The height is 8 inches and includes the base. What can you tell me about the maker, age and value of my figurine?

A: Kranichfeld Porcelain Manufactory made your figurine. They were located in Saxony, Germany, and were in business around 1903 for just a short time. They specialized in porcelain figurines and a variety of decorative porcelain. Your figurine would probably be worth $175 to $275.

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Lost in an Elevator Last week we recounted the story of the time New York Yankees principal owner George Steinbrenner was accosted in an elevator by two hooligans in a Los Angeles hotel. Legend has Steinbrenner emerging victorious and expecting a lawsuit that never happened. Seeing as how Mr. Steinbrenner has slipped this vale of tears, I won-dered if the muggers would come clean all of these years later if asked. Enlisting the help of my favorite insider source for anything New York, the talented and pretty “Yankee girl,” we began our search with a few Craigslist postings and a few calls to the hotel where we thought the Yankee owner might have been staying. The incident happened in 1981, so we knew the trail was going to be pretty cold. These days you’re lucky to get a hotel room if you talk to someone at the front desk, so you can imagine the challenge we had when a research assistant with a Brooklyn accent called to ask if anybody from housekeeping remembered clean-ing blood and teeth out of an elevator more than a quarter century ago. “I don’t know,” she persisted, ignoring my orders to cajole information out of him with sweet dulcet tones. Instead she bludgeoned him with a loud mouth full of ham. “Got any old people work-ing there? Or sumthin’, Mistah?” Meanwhile my part of the investigation into the case of the real Steinbrenner muggers wasn’t going so well either, the least of those reasons be-ing that I was in Philadelphia. The beat reporters at the time say they were skeptical the event ever occurred, but Yankee trainers said that the injuries he received were consistent with those usually re-ceived in a fight. In other words, he didn’t appear to scrape his knuckles on a stucco wall in the lobby. Either way, consensus is that Steinbrenner ginned up the story a bit in order to look like a hero in an attempt to spur his Yankee team to a champion-ship. I did get some leads from guys who had an uncle who knew a guy that knew the Yankee trainer’s assistant type stuff, though. “No! Listen! I swear ‘dis is true! Swear it! OK? My dad was on an elevator with Reggie Jack-son in LA, and these two women came on, and Reggie Jackson was walking his dog, right? So he tells the dog to ‘sit!’ and the women are so afraid of him that they sat!” I also learned that the same thing hap-pened to Walt Frazier, Julius Erving, Wilt Chamber-lain and Eddie Murphy in an elevator, too. Some-times Reggie buys them dinner, sometimes they go to bed with Chamberlain and sometimes they get tickets to Eddie’s show at the Apollo the next night.I also learned that Hall and Oates met on an eleva-tor in Philadelphia. Some mysteries are best left unsolved.

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“Actually, I think you should just skip the putter and try a chip shot with your wedgie.”

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Stroke Through to Your Finish Line to Make Putts

How often do you hit a great approach shot in their close tothe hole only to gag the putt? Yes, you heard me. The heartis pounding, the nerves are bouncing like ping pong ballsthrough your body. And your hands get stone cold and youchoke!The key to making more putts, especially the short ones youknow you should make. The ones that would cut yourhandicap in half if you could only sneak them in somehow, is to keep the hands moving through the ball to the hole.When setting up for a putt, we setup in reference to our pathto the target known as the target line. Set up to the ball withyour feet square or slightly open to the target line, this willallow your body to be angled slightly towards the target to create the sensation in the stroke of pushing or underhandtossing the ball along the path to the hole.The ball is positioned on the instep of the left foot. This willcreate a slightly upward motion in the stroke to get the ballrolling smoothly on the putting surface. As the ball is positioned on the left foot instep, have your hands slightlyforward, in relation to the putter face, so that the top of the grip is level with the front of the ball.Since your goal in the putting stroke is to swing the putterstraight back and through along the target line, setting up tothe ball so your eyes are directly over the ball will help youvisually achieve that goal.Now you’re ready to make the stroke. I want you to imagine a “finish line” approximately one foot in front of your ball, on linewith your target. The key to making putts is to have the handsand the putter face move together in the forward stroke, at the same speed, to that “finish line.”The reason why so many golfers miss hit these putts is thatthey stop just after impact, probably to be a spectator and seewhere the ball is going. Do not react to making contact withthe ball and keep your hands and putter face moving togetherto your “finish line”.

Rob Stanger is recognized as a 2005-08 Golf Magazine Top TeacherWest Region. He teaches at The College Golf Center. You cancontact him at 760-409-8628 or at www.robstanger.com for inquiries about your golf.

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Stroke Through to Your Finish Line to Make Putts

How often do you hit a great approach shot in their close tothe hole only to gag the putt? Yes, you heard me. The heartis pounding, the nerves are bouncing like ping pong ballsthrough your body. And your hands get stone cold and youchoke!The key to making more putts, especially the short ones youknow you should make. The ones that would cut yourhandicap in half if you could only sneak them in somehow, is to keep the hands moving through the ball to the hole.When setting up for a putt, we setup in reference to our pathto the target known as the target line. Set up to the ball withyour feet square or slightly open to the target line, this willallow your body to be angled slightly towards the target to create the sensation in the stroke of pushing or underhandtossing the ball along the path to the hole.The ball is positioned on the instep of the left foot. This willcreate a slightly upward motion in the stroke to get the ballrolling smoothly on the putting surface. As the ball is positioned on the left foot instep, have your hands slightlyforward, in relation to the putter face, so that the top of the grip is level with the front of the ball.Since your goal in the putting stroke is to swing the putterstraight back and through along the target line, setting up tothe ball so your eyes are directly over the ball will help youvisually achieve that goal.Now you’re ready to make the stroke. I want you to imagine a “finish line” approximately one foot in front of your ball, on linewith your target. The key to making putts is to have the handsand the putter face move together in the forward stroke, at the same speed, to that “finish line.”The reason why so many golfers miss hit these putts is thatthey stop just after impact, probably to be a spectator and seewhere the ball is going. Do not react to making contact withthe ball and keep your hands and putter face moving togetherto your “finish line”.

Rob Stanger is recognized as a 2005-08 Golf Magazine Top TeacherWest Region. He teaches at The College Golf Center. You cancontact him at 760-409-8628 or at www.robstanger.com for inquiries about your golf.

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Stroke through to your finish line to make putts How many times have you hit a great approach shot in there close to the hole, only to gag the putt? It’s exasperating! And we’ve all had the experience. There’s a key to sinking those putts, especially the short ones you know you should make. That key is to keep your hands moving through the ball along the target line, that invisible line that runs between the ball and the hole. When setting up for a putt, it’s important to have your feet square or slightly open to the target line with your body angled slightly toward the target to create the sen-sation in the stroke of pushing or underhand tossing the ball along the path to the hole. Position the ball on the instep of the left foot. This creates a slightly upward motion in the stroke to get the ball rolling smoothly. Have your hands slightly forward so that the top of your grip is in line with the front of the ball. Your goal is to swing the putter head straight back and then keep your forward stroke along that same target line through the ball. Keep-ing your eyes directly over the ball will help you visually achieve this goal. Now imagine a “finish line” along that target line about a foot ahead of the ball. That’s where you want both your hands and the putter face to finish in your swing. The key to making putts is to have your hands and the club face move together in the stroke, at the same speed, all the way through. The reason so many golfers gag these putts is be-cause they halt their stroke just after impact and lose the all-important effect of proper follow through with hands and putter face at the “finish line”.

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• Barnum and Bailey Circus once had a troupe of dancing cows.

• Choreographer Paul Taylor once performed an interpretive solo dance on stage in which he simply stood motionless for four minutes. The critic for “Dance Observer” magazine reviewed his work by giving him four inches of blank white space in his column.

DANCE ANTICS & ANECDOTES• In France in 1960 a new disco opened up called

Chez Régine. Everyone who showed up at the door during the first week heard loud disco music wafting from inside but was turned away. A bouncer and a sign out front continuously announced that the disco was full. Finally the sign was removed, and customers flooded in. It was an instant success. The ‘Disco Full’ sign was a ploy by the owner, designed to feign popularity and heighten curiosity. It worked.

• Dancer Marie Guimard was famous for her style of dancing which mostly involved graceful movements of the arms as she struck poses. When a piece of falling scenery broke her arm, French opera singer Sohie Arnould remarked, “What a pity it wasn’t her leg; then it wouldn’t have interfered with her dancing.”

• Famed British ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn went to see a troupe of black ballet dancers. The lead male performer invited her to join him on stage and she gamely tried to keep up with the rhythm and movement of the vigorous dance as he guided her through the steps. He escorted her back to her seat saying, tongue in cheek, “You’re such a lovely and attractive young lady; it’s too bad you can’t dance!”

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typewriter eraser? Or, if you’re younger, have you moved your belongings into a long-unused desk, only to find a strange-looking gadget with fiber-like hairs bushing out of one end? What you’ve found is a typewriter eraser. Usually shaped like a pencil, the tip was made of an especially-abrasive rubber, which was used to “erase” the typing error. The other end featured a small brush made of stiff plastic strands that was used to sweep the remnants of the erasure off the page.

• There’s no shortage of litter on the ground to-day, but thankfully, we no longer see discarded pull-tabs. The tabs on older easy-open beverage cans pulled completely off the can. People who walked in bare feet were constantly dodging these carelessly-dropped metal hazards.

• The rhythmic “beep” of the scanner is the musical accompaniment to the supermarket checkout line. But if you’ve ever wondered where the cliché of saying “ka-ching!” in re-lation to money comes from, that’s the sound that the old-style electric, not electronic, cash registers made. Cashiers of that era had to manually punch a series of buttons to ring up your purchase, followed by a smack of the “total” button with the heel of the hand.

• “Do you want your carbons?” used to be an automatic question asked by merchants after you’d signed for a credit card payment. At that time, credit card receipts were filled out by hand in triplicate, with a small piece of carbon paper inserted between each sheet. It didn’t take long for thieves to realize they could retrieve the used carbons from the trash and steal valuable credit card information. Once that scam gained popularity, waiters and cashiers regularly of-fered the carbons to customers, giving them the opportunity to destroy them.

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Front PageHow many have paid good money fora ticket to a horror film, only to cover their eyes and “see” very little of it?

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SCARY MOVIESby Ryan Toepfer

Some people just seem to love having the living daylights scared out of them. Why else would horror and suspense movies be so popular? To celebrate Halloween, Tidbits goes behind the scenes of some classic thrillers.• When Alfred Hitchcock purchased the film

rights for Psycho, he also bought up as many copies of the original novel as he could find, hoping to keep the story’s ending a secret.

• The famous shower scene of Psycho was filmed using a double for Norman Bates, as Anthony Perkins was appearing in a play (Greenwillow)in New York at the time. The first time Perkins actually saw that scene was back at the studio, watching the daily “rushes,” and he said he was just as scared as everyone else.

• Take a close look at Michael Myers’ mask in the 1978 camp classic Halloween. Does the face look familiar? The movie was filmed on such a tight budget, that the prop department had to make do with what they had. For Myers’ disguise, they used an old Captain Kirk (StarTrek) mask, which they spray painted white and then re-shaped the eyeholes.

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2. GEOGRAPHY: What nation con-trols the Madeira Islands?

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2. Who holds the record for high-est career slugging percentage in the major-league postseason?

3. In 2012, Brian Hartline set a Miami Dolphins record for most receiving yards in a game (253). Who had held the mark?

4. How many times has Xavier’s men’s basketball team made the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 since 2000?

5. In what year did the NHL insti-tute a five-minute overtime period?

6. Who was the last man before Ted Ligety in 2013 to win three gold medals at the skiing world champion-ships?

7. When was the last time before 2013 that trainer D. Wayne Lukas had a horse win a Triple Crown race?

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(2008-12).2. Carlos Beltran, with a .782 per-

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1. What duo released the disco song “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now”?

2. Where did the band name Culture Club come from?

3. Name the group that released “Cloud Nine.”

4. Which group had a hit with “You Showed Me”?

5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “I had a brother at Khe Sahn fighting off the Viet Cong, They’re still there, he’s all gone.”

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their debut album in 1979. The song has been widely covered and is the theme song for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Marching Band.

2. They began with a black Briton, a Jewish drummer, an Anglo-Saxon Englishman and a cross-dressing Irish singer.

3. The Temptations, in 1968. The song won the group its first Grammy for Best Rhythm & Blues Group Per-formance. In spite of popular opinion, the group has always claimed the song isn’t about drugs.

4. The Turtles, in 1969. The song was written in 1964 by two members of The Byrds.

5. “Born in the U.S.A.” by Bruce Springsteen in 1984. The Battle of Khe Sahn became, in the U.S., a symbol of the futility of the war in Vietnam.

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