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1.How many hotels are operated on the Disneyland grounds, owned by Disney? 2.Name the only Disneyland ride to hang from the ceiling?

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3. What is the name of the transportation system throughout Disneyland? 4. What ride beings in Space Port where guests board a rocket? 5. Where would a visitor find “Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride” and “Peter Pan’s Flight”?

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CARD GAMES (cont’d): • Although one side of the card featured artwork, the backs were plain. A plain back created the problem of being easily marked, which could be recognized by an opponent. Since cards were expensive, they had to be returned to the workshop for cleaning. It wasn’t until the late 1700s that manufacturers began printing patterns of stars or dots on the back to eliminate the problem. • It didn’t take long for cards to get a bad name. An official ordinance banned playing cards in Bern, Switzerland as early as 1367. In the early 1400s, Franciscan missionary St. Bernadino of Siena preached against card games, and those at his gatherings, known as “Bonfires of the Vanities,” threw their cards into the fire. • In 1480, in France, the familiar suits of spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs were produced for the first time. • Playing cards have two different functions, either for gambling or for playing games of skill. When introduced, they were an alternative to more academic games, such as chess, or for games of luck, such as dice. They also offered a different way to tell fortunes. • The ace of spades in a deck of cards typically has a more ornate design than the others. This practice began in 1712, when England’s King James I instigated a tax on playing cards. He required that the ace of spades carry a label or insignia as proof that taxes had been paid, and printing houses began embossing their logos on the ace. This practice led to the catchphrase “not playing with a full deck.” Some folks avoided paying the tax by refusing to buy the ace of spades when they purchased a deck of cards. Those playing with only 51 cards were considered stupid, leading to the motto. (continued on next page)

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: To save money, I take my two cats, “Betty” and “Wilma,” to a local shot clinic that is held every spring. This year, the tech asked if I wanted my cats microchipped. I said no, because they’re indoor cats and it seems like an unnecessary expense. He looked at me like I was almost a criminal for not saying yes! What do you think? -- Dottie in Knoxville, Tennessee DEAR DOTTIE: It’s entirely your decision whether to microchip your pets, so there was no need for the tech to get all judgmental about it. Since I have your attention, though, allow me to throw some statistics your way. A 2009 study cited by the American Veterinary Medical Association found that dogs without microchips were returned to their owners 22 percent of the time, whereas microchipped dogs were returned 52 percent of the time. Cats without microchips were reunited with their owners less than 2 percent of the time, whereas microchipped cats went back home 38 percent of the time. Now, I know Betty and Wilma are purely indoor cats, which vastly improves their chances for healthy, long lives. However, accidents happen. Doors get left ajar. Thunderstorms roll in. And indoor cats ... get outside. Your cats probably have collars and tags -- and that’s great. But cats are notorious for slipping their collars. While a microchip doesn’t guarantee your cats will be found and reunited with you, it does greatly improve the odds. Microchips have been standardized and data networks greatly improved over the past decade. So, while it is always your choice to microchip your cats, I do think it’s worth the extra cost to do so. Send your questions, tips or comments to ask@ pawscorner.com. (c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.

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• Two men from Uruguay, attorney Segundo Santos and architect Alberto Serrato, created the game of canasta in 1939. Although it spread quickly across South America, canasta wasn’t introduced in the United States until 1948, when it was known as Argentine Rummy. The game uses 108 cards – two complete decks of 52, plus the four jokers. Players attempt to make matching sets of seven cards of the same rank and “go out” by playing all cards in their hand. The first team to reach 5,000 points is the winner. Santos and Serrato never copyrighted their game, and considered it their gift to the world. • The English game of whist takes its name from a 17th-century word meaning “quiet, silent, or attentive,” with the root of the modern word “wistful,” defined as “thoughtful or reflective.” It was very popular in Britain in the 1700s and 1800s, and is considered the forerunner of bridge. Two teams of two try to win the most out of 13 possible “tricks,” with part of the skill being players’ ability to remember which cards have already been played. Perhaps the name takes its name from the fact that players may not speak about their hand or even signal their partner. • In the game of gin rummy, Aces are the lowest card, not highest as in other games. Elwood T. Baker and his son Graham invented the game in New York City in 1909. The strategy is to improve the hand dealt by forming matching sets, known as melds, while eliminating “deadwood,” all those that don’t fit into any meld (continued on next page)

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CARD GAMES (cont’d): There are two types of melds – sets of 3 or 4 cards with the same rank, such as 7s, 8s, or 9s, and runs of 3 or more cards of the same suit in sequence. • Folks in America have been playing Solitaire since the late 1800s. In England, the game is called Patience, and was first included in a book of card games in 1870, “Illustrated Games of Patience,” written by Lady Adelaide Cadogan. • The deck of cards used in the game of Pinochle is rather unique. It’s just 48 cards, with two of each suit of Nines, Tens, Jacks, Queens, Kings, and Aces. There are no cards for the numbers two through eight. The rank of cards is also unusual with the Ace as the highest, followed by 10, K, Q, J, and 9. Players accumulate points by winning tricks or by achieving certain combinations of cards. The player achieving a combination of the Queen of Spades and the Jack of Diamonds has scored a “Pinochle,” worth 40 points. The word itself comes from the French word binocle, meaning eyeglasses. German immigrants brought the game to America, mispronouncing and misspelling the French word, so that the game became known as Pinochle. • The game of UNO uses a deck of 108 cards broken down into four colors, red, green, blue, and yellow. The first player to score 500 points is the winner. The game was invented in 1971 by a Reading, Ohio, barber who enjoyed playing Crazy Eights with his son. The family enjoyed the new variation on Eights so much, they saved up $8,000 and had 5,000 copies of the game manufactured, selling them out of the barbershop. The game gained in popularity, and in 1981 Robbins sold the rights to the game for $50,000, plus royalties of 10 cents per game.

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Paul Revere’s name is known to every American school child because of his part in the Revolutionary War and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem with the memorable words, “Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.” But few young students know that Revere was a military man, silversmith, engraver and an entrepreneur who made and sold iron castings of bells and canons, forged copper bolts, and the first rolled copper sheets. He was married twice and had 16 children.

PHOTO CUTLINE: Paul Revere, Jr. made this silver porringer with a cut-out handle about 1770. It sold at a Skinner auction in Massachusetts for $39,975 Eighteenth-century silversmiths were important, trusted citizens who turned silver coins into teapots and other objects for customers. Since there were no banks, these identifiable objects were safer forms than coins. It would have been easy to steal some of the silver, and a few silversmiths were caught and jailed for the crime. A porringer made by Paul Revere Jr. sold at a Skinner auction in 2016, for $39,975. It was marked with the name Revere and engraved “P/DB over BP.” It matched another porringer, now in a Massachusetts museum, that originally belonged to David and Betiah Pearce. That one was engraved “MP” for Mary Pearce, probably a sister of “BP.” The family history plus the fame of Revere led to the high price.

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Chicken with Caribbean Pecan Sauce April is National Pecan Month, and it’s one of the good-for-you nuts. The pecan lends this recipe some real tropical magic. 16 ounces skinned and boned uncooked chicken breast, cut into 4 pieces 1/2 cup unsweetened orange juice 2 tablespoons cornstarch 1/3 cup Splenda Granular 1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, packed in fruit juice, undrained 1 (11-ounce) can mandarin oranges, rinsed and drained 2 tablespoons chopped pecans 1 1/2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes 1 1/2 teaspoons dried onion flakes 1. In a large skillet sprayed with butter-flavored cooking spray, brown chicken pieces for 4 to 5 minutes on each side. Meanwhile, in a covered jar, combine orange juice, cornstarch and Splenda. Shake well to blend. Pour mixture into a medium saucepan sprayed with butter-flavored cooking spray. Stir in undrained pineapple. Cook over medium heat until mixture thickens, stirring constantly. 2. Remove from heat. Add mandarin oranges, pecans, parsley flakes and onion flakes. Mix well to combine. Evenly spoon sauce mixture over browned chicken pieces. 3, Lower heat and simmer for 5 minutes. When serving, evenly spoon sauce over chicken pieces. Serves 4. * Each serving equals: 253 calories, 5g fat, 24g protein, 28g carbohydrate, 61mg sodium, 26mg calcium, 1g fiber; Diabetic exchanges: 3 Meat, 1 Fruit; Carb Choices: 2. (c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.

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“Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks,” goes the old favorite song. How much do you know about this popular snack? Follow along as Tidbits focuses on Cracker Jacks, something we’ve been munching since 1896, perhaps the first “junk food!” • It all started with a popcorn stand in Chicago operated by a German immigrant named Fritz Rueckheim. Fritz had been selling popcorn for 25 years before his brother Louis invented a method of separating the kernels of molassescoated popcorn, which previously stuck together in sticky clumps during manufacturing. The brothers then added peanuts to the mix. • The product was named Cracker Jack after a salesman sampled it and proclaimed, “That’s crackerjack!”, a phrase that, at that time meant “exceptionally fine” or “of excellent quality.” The name was registered as a trademark, and “The More You Eat, the More You Want” became its sales pitch. • A waxed, sealed package was created in 1899 by Henry Eckstein, further enhancing the sales of Cracker Jacks. Sales took a giant leap in 1908 when composers Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer released the hit song “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” Ironically neither of the two had ever “root, root, rooted for the home team,” having never attended a ball game. • In 1912, the company began adding small prizes to each box, outdoing their competition who only enclosed coupons in packages that had to be redeemed by mail. In keeping with their baseball popularity, prizes in 1914 included a set of 144 baseball cards, and a 176card set in 1915. Each card measured 2 ¼” x 3” (5.7 x 7.6 cm) and included such baseball greats as Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, Christy Mathewson, and Charles Comiskey. (continued on next page)

Corkscrew Pasta with Spring Veggies Toss sauteed asparagus and leeks with pasta and creamy goat cheese. Yum! 1 bunch (about 1 pound) leeks 1 package (16 ounce) corkscrew or bow-tie pasta 1 tablespoon margarine or butter 1 pound asparagus, trimmed and cut diagonally into 2-inch pieces 1 package (4 ounces) soft goat cheese, cut into small pieces 1. Cut off roots and leaf ends from leeks. Discard any tough outer leaves. Cut each leek lengthwise in half, then crosswise into 1/4-inch-wide slices. Place leeks in large bowl of cold water; with hand, swish leeks around to remove any sand. Transfer leeks to colander. Repeat process, changing water several times, until all sand is removed. Drain well. 2. In large saucepot, prepare pasta in boiling salted water as label directs. 3. Meanwhile, in nonstick 12-inch skillet, melt margarine or butter over medium heat. Add leeks and cook until almost tender, about 5 minutes, stirring often. Stir in asparagus, 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper; cook 5 minutes longer, stirring often. Add 1/3 cup water; cover and cook 3 to 5 minutes, until asparagus is tender-crisp. 4. Drain pasta, reserving 3/4 cup pasta cooking water. Return pasta to saucepot. Add asparagus mixture and pasta cooking water; toss well. Spoon into large serving bowl; sprinkle with goat cheese and coarsely ground black pepper. Serves 4. * Each serving: About 580 calories, 11g total fat (5g saturated), 23g protein, 96g carbohydrate, 6g fiber, 13mg cholesterol, 705mg sodium. (continued in next column)

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Spring Ramen Chicken Soup

5 cups water 2 packages (3 ounces each) chicken-flavor ramen noodle soup mix (substitute Oriental-flavor) 2 cups (about 6 ounces) snow peas 2 green onions 1 large carrot 1 pound chicken breasts, skinless and boneless 1 teaspoon Asian sesame oil

1. In 4-quart saucepan, heat water with seasoning packets from ramen soup mix to boiling over high heat. Meanwhile, remove strings from snow peas and cut each diagonally in half. Slice green onions and shred carrot. Cut chicken into 3/4-inch pieces. Break ramen noodle block into 2 layers. 2. When water mixture boils, add snow peas, green onions, carrot, chicken and noodles. Cook 3 to 5 minutes over high heat or until chicken just loses its pink color throughout. Remove saucepan from heat. Stir in sesame oil. * Each serving: About 355 calories, 11g total fat (4g saturated), 32g protein, 32g carbohydrate, 3g fiber, 66mg cholesterol, 920mg sodium. For thousands of triple-tested recipes, visit our website at www.goodhousekeeping.com/recipes/. (c) 2018 Hearst Communications, Inc. All rights reserved

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Tidbits® of Niagara Region

The Village

A Manufactured Home Community

6035 S. Transit Rd. Lockport, NY 14094

Tammy Lee-Kavney-ROSe Licensed Real Estate Salesperson

5665 South Transit Road • Lockport, NY 14094

Phone: 716-434-6241 Fax: 716-434-9634 Cell: 585-469-4597 Email: Villagehomes@gmail.com www.villagehomecommunityhomes.com

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POKER

Diehard fans of the game of bridge have included Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Martina Navratilova, and Omar Sharif. After his film career, Sharif, the star of “Dr. Zhivago” and “Lawrence of Arabia” became a well-known author of many books and a popular newspaper column of bridge problems. Actor George Burns was still playing a daily bridge game at the age of 100.

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• Poker is considered a “vying game,” which means that instead of playing all their cards out, players make bets as to who holds the best card combination. • It’s entirely possible for the pot to be won by a hand that is not the best. This is accomplished by players bluffing the others out of play, deceiving the others about the true value of the cards in hand. In fact, at one time, the game of Poker was known as “Bluff.” • It’s possible that the game’s origins are in a domino-card game played by China’s emperor in the 10th century. Other experts claim that it traces its beginnings to 16th-century Persia. In 17th-century France, a game known as Poque was quite popular, in which players were dealt three cards, then bet and bluffed as a key part of the game. French immigrants to North America brought Poque along with them, especially to the New Orleans area, where it was played as early as 1829 with a 20-card deck. The game expanded up the Mississippi River through crews on riverboats, with the first documented game of poker on a steamer taking place in 1834. By that time, the game used a 52-card deck. • Poker was popular among both North and South soldiers during the Civil War. As immigrants moved west after the war, the game became the standard in saloons of the Wild West. • Five-card draw is the most familiar version of poker, with players allowed to try to improve their hand by discarding unwanted cards and being dealt new ones. (continued on next page)

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