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TABLE OF CONTENTSISSUE 2013.03

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JANUARY JUMBLEby Kathy Wolfe

Say “Welcome” to the new year by learning a little about some January commemorations you might not be familiar with. This week, Tidbits looks a few lesser-known celebrations. • January 7 is Harlem Globetrotters’ Day,remembering the first game the famousbasketball team played on that day in 1927.They traveled 48 miles west from their Chicago home to play a game in Hinckley,Illinois. The team was the brainstorm of Chicago businessman Abe Saperstein during a time when only whites were permitted to play professional basketball. The team had nothing to do with the New York City borough ofHarlem.Abechosethenametoemphasizethe team’s ethnic heritage.TheGlobetrottersdidn’t even play their first game in Harlemuntil the late 1960s! Since their creation, they have played in front of 120 million fans in more than 115 countries.

• January10isSavetheEaglesDay,remindingusoftheimportanceofprotectingtheworld’s70 species of eagles from extinction. Eaglescan be found on every continent exceptAntarctica. America’s national emblem, thebaldeagle,inhabitseverystateexceptHawaii.This enormous bird can have a wing span of up to 8 feet (2.5 m) and weigh 15 lbs. (6.8 kg). Surprisingly, it is monogamous and mates for its entire 15- to 20-year lifespan.

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JANUARY JUMBLE (continued):• January11isofficiallyAmeliaEarhartDay,but

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• ThenameMargaretGorman isprobablynotfamiliar to most folks, but she is notable as the firstMissAmerica,winner of the pageant in1920. Originally initiated as a local Atlantic CityfestivalinanattempttoextendthetourismseasonpastLaborDay,theeventbecamewasnotknownastheMissAmericaPageantuntil1922. MissAmerica Day is now in Januaryeachyear,withthenextpageantscheduledforJanuary12,2013.Itwasbroadcastforthefirsttimein1954,witharecord-breaking27millionviewers, and remains the fourth longest-running live event in television history. The state of Californiahashadthemostwinnerswithsix,while 21 states, including Washington, Idaho, Maine, Nevada, and Montana, have never had a Miss America hail from their state.

•HappyCableCarDayonJanuary17!Thisyearmarksthe142ndanniversaryofthefirstcablecar railway patent bestowed upon Andrew SmithHallidie.Hewasinspiredtoinventthecable car after witnessing an accident with a horse-drawnstreetcaronSanFrancisco’ssteepstreets.Thecablecarmadeitsfirstappearancein that city in 1873. The cars move up anddown San Francisco’s inclines at a speed ofabout 9 miles per hour (14.5 km/hr).

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JANUARY JUMBLE (continued):•Who hasn’t used that handy little tool, theThesaurus?It’sthevolumethatlistssynonymsfor words, enabling a writer to avoid using the same word in articles, speeches, and papers. January 18th is officially Thesaurus Day,celebrating the 1779 birthday of the authorofRoget’sThesaurus,PeterRoget.HewasaBritish physician who struggled with depression and used the compiling of lists of words to combat it. The brilliant Roget graduated with a medical degree at only 19, and served as chief surgeon of an English hospital. In addition,he invented a slide rule that enables a person toperformexponential and root calculations.HisfirstThesauruswaspublishedwhenRogetwas73,andwasentitledThesaurus of English Words and Phrases Classified and Arranged so as to Facilitate the Expression of Ideas and Assist in Literary Composition.Hisworkhad28 printings during his lifetime, and after his death, was carried on by his son and later by his grandson.

• Sharpen your pencils! It’s time for NationalHandwriting Day on January 23, a dayestablished by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association to promote the use of pens, pencils, and writing paper. This day was chosen because it is the birthday of JohnHancock,whosestylishandflamboyantsignature is easily recognizable on theDeclaration of Independence.Evenhis namehas become synonymous with the word “signature,” as we ask folks to “put their JohnHancock”onimportantdocuments.Thismember of the Continental Congress and later governor ofMassachusettswas theveryfirstpersontosigntheDeclaration.

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JANUARY JUMBLE (continued):•Make yourself a peanut butter sandwichon January 24 in honor of National PeanutButterDay.EveryyearAmericanseatenoughof this spread to make more than 10 billion sandwiches, spending about $800 million annually. First introduced in 1904 at the St. LouisWorld’sFair,peanutbutterisnoweatenin90%ofAmericanhouseholds.Today’slawsstate that in order to be labeled as “peanut butter,” the product must be at least 90% peanuts.

•January25isobservedasWorldLeprosyDay,intended to educate people on this disease that damages the nerves that control the muscles in the hands and feet. Left untreated, it can lead to the inability to use the hands, paralysis of the feet, loss of sensation in the extremities,andevenblindness.Everyday,620peoplearediagnosedwithleprosy–that’soneeverytwominutes!AlsocalledHansen’sDisease,leprosyis contagious, spread by droplets from the nose and mouth by coughing and sneezing. Indiahas more leprosy than any other country. The good news in this century is that it is curable, and deformities can frequently be remedied with reconstructive surgery.

• Seeing Eye Dogs, who help their sight-impaired owners to safely navigate in their surroundings, are honored on January 29. The top three breeds used as guide dogs today are Labradors, Golden Retrievers, and GermanShepherds. A dog undergoes specializedtraining for four to sixmonths tomake suretheyhavethenecessaryqualificationstobeaseeing eye dog.

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A.J.’s New Lease on His Racing

LifeIt’s racing, after all. So

it’s only natural: What goes around, comes around. The alternative is parking behind the wall, so you go along with it.

This month, A.J. Allmend-inger is right back where he was a year ago. But boy, oh boy, has the scenery changed. Nearly a year ago, Allmendinger carried the Michael Shank Racing team to victory in the Rolex 24 at Daytona and was sitting atop the racing world.

His outgoing demeanor, quick wit and ready smile made him a perfect fit for modern racing stardom. And that seemed to be in store, since he was on the

cusp of long-awaited NAS-CAR success at the highest level, or so it seemed. Sev-eral weeks before last year’s Rolex, he’d been hired by Roger Penske to replace Kurt Busch in Penske’s No. 22 Sprint Cup Series ride.

But any momentum All-

mendinger owned disap-peared in a long string of mediocre (and worse) fin-ishes during the first half of the 2012 Cup season. But

finishing several laps down and behind the wall is noth-ing compared with the side-lining he suffered when he returned to Daytona in July for the midseason 400-miler. Not long after NASCAR’s traveling road show set up shop for an early-July week-

end, word spread about All-mendinger failing a random drug test.

“That’s when all the hell in my life started — the July

race (in Daytona),” he said during last week’s Daytona sports-car test session.

Allmendinger soon lost his Penske ride. When his suspension was lifted, he did mop-up duty the last month of the Cup season for James Finch’s Phoenix Racing. As of now, the Rolex 24, with his defending-champ team-mates at Michael Shank Racing, is the lone entry on his to-do list.

But he’s painting a posi-tive picture.

“I’m a lot better person than I was when I sat here a year ago,” Allmendinger said. “Racing is a priority, but it doesn’t have to con-trol your life. For 30 years, it controlled my life, and once it gets taken away, it doesn’t control it anymore and you have to figure out, ‘OK, what kind of person am I?’

“Once you get all those defense mechanisms and all the walls down, it’s just you standing there as a per-son. You gotta look at your-self every day. That’s what I do. It’s a constant battle, because there’s good and bad.”

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•The“racetospace”beganwhenChristawasjustayoungchild,andshebecameenthralledwithProjectMercuryandtheApolloprograms.On February 21, 1962, the day after John Glenn’s historic orbit of the Earth aboardFriendship 7, she told a high school friend, “Doyou realize that somedaypeoplewillbegoing to the Moon? Maybe even taking a bus, and I want to do that!”

•WhenChristawastwoyearsintoherConcordtenure, President Ronald Reagan announcedtheTeacherinSpaceProject,aNASAprogramdesigned to send thefirst civilian into space.NASA’sgoalwastofindan“ordinaryperson,”an educator to communicate with students while aboard a spacecraft. More than 11,000 teachers applied for the position. Christa mailed her application form at the last minute, writing: “I watched the Space Age being born, and I would like to participate.”

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CHRISTA MCAULIFFE (continued) “infectious enthusiasm,” and declared her “the

most broad-based, best-balanced person of the 10.” She and the first alternate, BarbaraMorgan, each took a one-year leave of absence from their schools, with NASA covering their salaries. The Challenger mission was scheduled for early 1986.

• It was intended that Christa would teachtwo 15-minute classes to the nation’sschoolchildren from space, broadcast via closed-circuittelevision.Thefirstwastohavebeen “The Ultimate Field Trip,” including an introduction of the other six crew membersand their duties, a tour of the spacecraft with a description of the equipment, and a summary of living aboard the craft.Her second lessonwastosummarizethebenefitsofspacetravel,entitled “Where We’ve Been, Where We’reGoing, Why.” She was also set to conductscience experiments inmagnetism,Newton’slaws, and chromatography.

• Just 73 seconds after takeoff, theChallenger exploded over the Atlantic Ocean off theFlorida coast. The entire craft disintegrated, due to the failure of a rubber O-ring seal in the right solid rocket booster, which caused a leak inthejointitwasmeanttoseal.Thisallowedpressurizedhotgas to reach theexternal fueltank.Christa,aged37,leftbehindherhusband,anine-year-oldsonandasix-year-olddaughter.

• It’sestimatedthat85%ofAmericansheardofthe disaster within one hour of its occurrence.

•TwelveyearsafterChrista’sdeath,herbackupBarbara Morgan, a former Idaho schoolteacher, was chosen by NASA as an astronaut. She flewaboardtheChallenger’s replacement, the Endeavor, to the International Space Station in 2007.

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EXPENSIVE ARENASWith the footbal season beginning to wind down, you might be interest in what spectators have been paying for tickets at some of the stadiums. Tidbits presents the most expensive, the leastexpensive, and a glance at Super Bowl ticketprices. •Thepricetagforgameattendanceisbasedonthe Fan Cost Index, a figure derived by theTeamMarketingReport.Thisfigurerepresentsthe price for a family of four to attend an NFL game, including four tickets at the average price, two small beers, four small sodas, four hot dogs, parking, two game programs, and twoadultcaps.Theaverageleague-widefigureis$427.42.

• The fifth most-expensive stadium, ChicagoBears’SoldierField,carriesaFanCostIndexof$557.18.HomeoftheBearssince1971,itholds 61,500 fans, and has an average single ticket price of $101.55. Fans can have a beer for $8 and a hot dog for $5. The team has a season ticket renewal rate of 98%, and every gamehassoldoutforthelast27years.

•Thethirdmostexpensivestadiumbelongstothe New England Patriots, with an index of$597.66,andasingleticketaverageof$117.84.GilletteStadiumalsooffers“premiumtickets,”which include oversize plush seats, fancierfood and beverages, flat screen TV’s, andaccess to thefield post-game.Want a seasonticket?Getinline,there’sawaitinglist.

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STADIUMS (continued): standing-room view of the game from platforms ontheendzoneandcorners.

•MetLifeStadium in theMeadowlandsSportsComplex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, isthe only NFL stadium shared by two teams. The most expensive stadium ever built andthe largest in the NFL in terms of permanent seating capacity (82,500), it is home to both theNewYorkJetsandtheNewYorkGiants.Thecostindexdiffersbetweenthetwoteams,withtheGiantsthefourth-highestintheleagueat $592.26 and a whopping $464.75 for apremium seating ticket. The most expensivetickets in the league belong to the Jets with the indexat$628.90.Ifyou’dlike toreservetwo tickets for the Jets in the premium club area,youcandosoforafive-yearperiodfor$24,340.

•Howaboutthecheapestpricesintheleague?ThathonorbelongstoEverBankField,homeof the Jacksonville Jaguars.Although it’s thefifth-largeststadiumintheNFL,itsFanCostIndex is just $316.50, and an average ticketprice of $58.90. It’s close to the bottom interms of attendance.

•Theaverageticketpriceforlastyear’sSuperBowl was $2,900. Tickets for the 2013 game are slated to be much higher, with the cheapest in the $2,500 range and the most expensiveover$9,500.Thiswillbethe7thyearforthecontestatNewOrleans’Superdome,thelargestfixed-domestructure in theworld,whichhasa seating capacity exceeding 76,000. NewYork’sMetLife Stadium is scheduled for the2014 matchup.

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Start Preparing Now for Spring

Home SaleIf you plan to list your

home for sale when spring arrives, it’s to your ben-efit to use the months until then getting your property in good shape. At the very least, make plans so you can get started immediately in a few months.

While it’s generally not safe to paint rooms when the doors and windows are closed, you can make your decorating plans. If you spot the paint on sale (common in the winter), go ahead and buy it now. As long as the cans stay com-pletely sealed (tuck them in a closet so they won’t freeze in your garage), the paint will be good for a long time to come. Before you paint, take the cans back to the store and ask them to run the cans through the shaker again to ensure the paint is thoroughly mixed.

Start interviewing poten-tial real-estate agents. Let them come through your home and tell you what items you need to fix or change to get the best sale price. Learn about the agents and what they offer, but don’t sign any contracts yet.

Have a home inspection. The result will be your to-do list over the next few months. At the very least

you’ll be warned about those items before a buyer hires his own inspector and notes them in a sales con-tract as negotiating points. If you have snow on the roof, the inspection will be a bit limited, but the con-dition of the house and its systems will give you an overall idea.

Do interior repairs now. A new toilet and sink in the bathroom, and later, paint, a fresh shower curtain and new towels will add to your potential sales price.

If you’re going to have landscaping work done when warm weather comes, get on the schedule now. Talk with a landscape plan-ner at a few home and gar-den places and nail down what you’ll want.

De-clutter. For many homeowners, getting rid of excess clutter is the most time-consuming of all home-sale activities. Start by going through closets and toss clothes you haven’t worn in three years, and also reorganize kitchen cabinets.

Depersonalize your home by removing family photos. Look for artwork to go in the blank spots. If you find it on sale and know you won’t change your mind, go ahead and buy now.

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 email to [email protected].

© 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.

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January 14, 2013

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