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• While fish can cough, they don’t sneeze. • In June 2022, the New York Public Library donated half a million books to kids under 18 so they could start their own personal book collections. Collecting and reading books has been found beneficial to learning, stress relief and even future success. •And speaking of libraries, they’re not always just for books: The Buffalo Tool Library in Buffalo, New York, allows members to take out tools for home improvement, gardening and repair projects. • Actor Morgan Freeman, after serving in the U.S. Air Force, got his first paid job in show business as a dancer at the 1964 World’s Fair. • After having a double mastectomy in her senior years, the ever-outspoken Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth, eldest child of President Theodore Roosevelt, took to referring to herself as “Washington’s only topless octogenarian.” • Dolbear’s Law, which states the connection between air temperature and the rate at which crickets chirp, is accurate to within about one degree Fahrenheit for the field cricket. (c) 2022 King Features Synd., Inc.
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he Galleri Classic golf tournament will be swinging its way into the Coachella Valley March 20-26, filling the void left at Mission Hills Country Club with the departure of The Chevron Championship, a.k.a. the ANA Inspiration LPGA tournament, to Houston, Texas. The Galleri Classic will feature 78 PGA Tour Champions professionals, including World Golf Hall of John Daly Fame members 50 years of age and older, who will play 54 holes of stroke play for a purse of $2.2 million on the Dinah Shore Tournament Course. Many of the competitors have played The American Express (PGA Tour) in its previous iterations such as the CareerBuilder Challenge, the Humana Challenge and the Bob Hope Desert Classic. The tournament will be the latest addition to the PGA Tour Champions’ annual schedule. Galleri is a cancer-detection test developed by GRAIL, a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early through its blood test for cancers not commonly screened for, especially for those over 50 years old. Proceeds will benefit six valley charities dedicated to cancer prevention, support and treatment, including American Cancer Society (Palm Desert), Desert Cancer
Foundation, Eisenhower Health, Hanson House, Pendleton Foundation and Shay’s Warriors Life After Cancer. In addition to daily and weekly grounds passes, a VIP spectator experience is available in The Champions Club on 18, an all-inclusive ticket option during competition rounds March 24-26 with complimentary food and full bar service and situated beside the island green at the historic, par-5 18th hole, next to the legendary Poppie’s Pond. For those seeking to play, golf enthusiasts can take part in a customized experience of joining PGA Tour Champions professionals on the course. Each proam foursome is paired for a round of golf with a pro player on either March 22 or 23 and players receive a deluxe package of activities. The Galleri Classic will be the ultimate bucket list experience for players as well as spectators, offering inspiration for cancer treatment and support. The Galleri Classic is held at Mission Hills Country Club, 34600 Mission Hills Drive, Rancho Mirage. Passes are $30 daily, $65 weekly. Clubhouse access is $75 single day, $150 weekly. Tickets available at thegallericlassic.com.
Fascinating facts about frozen food Healthy Choice foods were inspired by a heart attack. Charles M. Harper, head of Conagra foods, suffered a heart attack that forced him into intensive care. In 1989, he started the Healthy Choice food line. The sleeve in Hot Pockets has a name. It’s called a susceptor, a crisping device used to get that conventional-oven feel from a microwave. The first sleeve was invented by William Brastad on behalf of General Mills and patented in 1981. Clarence Birdseye invented flash freezing for the frozen food market while he was a fur
trader. While fishing with Inuit people in Labrador, Newfoundland, Birdseye noticed that the fish froze immediately when pulled from the water. When he defrosted and cooked them months later, he was pleased to see the taste and quality preserved. He applied this knowledge to a fast freezing method for food, and the rest was history. Eggos were originally called Froffles. Brothers Tony, Sam, and Frank Dorsa created the recipe for the popular frozen waffles but originally wanted “Froffles” (aka Frozen Waffles). Someone must have intervened about the eggy taste and they changed the name to “Eggos.”
1. MOVIES: What is the name of Scarlett and Rhett’s daughter in “Gone with the Wind”? 2. GEOGRAPHY: What body of water lies between Australia and New Zealand? 3. TELEVISION: Eric Camden is a minister on which TV dramedy? 4. CHEMISTRY: Which element has the Latin name stannum (Sn)? 5. LITERATURE: Which book is first written in C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia series? 6. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the name of the bird logo on Twitter? 7. ANIMAL KINGDOM: How long does it take a sloth to digest food? 8. PSYCHOLOGY: What is the irrational fear represented by coulrophobia? 9. MYTHOLOGY: Which Greek god stared at his own reflection until he died? 10. INVENTIONS: What did Alessandro Volta invent? (c) 2022 King Features Synd., Inc. Answer on page 6