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• Those immigrants traveling first-class were exempt from the rigorous physical exams. • Although many chose to remain in New York City, others traveled by barge to New Jersey, where they boarded trains for other destinations across the United States. • Five years after opening, with 200 immigrants on site, a fire broke out in the main building, a huge three-storied structure, resulting in the roof collapsing. There were no injuries, but all immigration records dating back to 1840, including those from Castle Garden, were destroyed. Within six months a new fireproof facility opened, with more than 2,200 people processed on its first day. • By 1903, additional space was needed, and two additional islands were created using landfill. By 1906, Ellis Island had grown from its original 3.3 acres to upwards of 27 acres. About 90% of the area did not exist in 1800. • The price for an immigrant planning a trip to America varied from $12 to $60 per person. Many families saved for years to make the journey. • During World War I, immigration declined dramatically. The United States began establishing embassies worldwide and a large number of immigrants were processed in their home countries rather than going through Ellis Island. The 1915 total of immigrants was 178,416, but by 1918, the number had dropped to only 28,867. In 1917, the facility started operation as a U.S. Army hospital and a detention center for enemy aliens. • A literacy test was introduced in 1917, and all those over age 16 who could not read 40 test words in their native language were denied admittance. • In 1924, an immigration act limited total immigration to 165,000 per year, and fixed quotas from specific countries. (continued on next page)

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ORCHIDS (continued): • Did you know that the vanilla plant is a member of the orchid family? This climbing orchid produces the bean from which the vanilla flavoring is extracted. Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes discovered vanilla on the Gulf Coast of Mexico in the early 1500s and named it “vainilla,” translating “little pod.” • The people of China have been using the orchid for its medicinal properties since 2800 BC. The plant is said to cure headaches, fever, and coughs, as well as accelerating the healing of wounds. The ancient Aztecs dried orchid roots in the sun, ground them into powder, added water, and used as a strong adhesive. • Many orchids have a unique way of tricking insects into pollinating them. The reproductive parts of several types are shaped and colored to resemble the kind of insect they hope to attract. The bee orchid contains a petal that looks like a female bee, and even produces a smell similar to that of the female. This attracts the male who becomes covered in pollen, then flies off to find another orchid he thinks is a mate, thus ensuring pollination of the species. • Pollination of orchids is so specialized, if a particular insect becomes extinct, the orchid it pollinates will also become extinct. • Folks living during the Victorian era between 1840 and 1910 became enamored with orchids. Some even traveled around the world seeking specific varieties. A shipment of a rare variety could bring up to $80,000 at that time.

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Southern Belle “North Carolina folks being what North Carolina folks are and such ... Tar Heels ... people who don’t budge an inch backward, it should come to you as no surprise that the dadgum lot of them brought home a new set of silver for the table, yessir.” ... something someone like Mark Twain could have said, while wearing seersucker and sipping sweet tea. So North Carolina has its sixth championship, and coach Roy Williams has his third after a not-so-thrilling final that capped off a very thrilling tournament in 2017. The nearly flawless Gonzaga Bulldogs, the great spirit of Spokane, finally went from bracket buster to Butler-style heartbreaker, while North Carolina cemented the notion that you have to take the belt from a champion. Going into the finals, the Gonzaga storyline was well-trodden. Mark Few is quite a basketball mind, and he has steadily built his program

into perennial, outer-fringe contenders since the Clinton administration. This year, with a stepped-up foreign-student program, the Zags ripped through the regular season and worked their way into the finals on the strength of a strong inside game and tight defense. Not so for the Tar Heels. They were down in almost every contest. Down five to Kentucky. Down eight to Oregon, and yes, even down seven to Gonzaga at one point. But they refused to go away each time. And it’s why the rankings meant nothing when the two programs took to the floor. As soon as the Heels came out for warmups, the Gonzaga players knew it was for real. This is North ... Freaking ... Carolina. These guys ain’t gonna fold. You cannot start a second half throwing up bricks, letting North Carolina go on runs, getting anywhere near the lead with four minutes to play. Whatever they needed to do (outside the obvious, making their shots) -- be it call more timeouts, fewer timeouts, purchase ACME products and build a tremendous wall around their basket -- it should have been done. It should have been done because everyone in the stadium or watching on TV saw that North Carolina finished like a steam train -- a really fast and powerful steam train -- the kind that gets fouled in the paint and wins championships.

They kept flogging the whole “#redemption” angle of the game ... that the boys were struggling from the aftereffects of horrendous PTSD for having been in the finals last year, too. What it showed was a remarkable consistency and tenacity. North Carolina is in a different class. It doesn’t make a difference how many they invite to the dance ... the Southern belle from Chapel Hill left with the crown yet again. Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in New Jersey. (c) 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.

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