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by Kathy Wolfe Fore! Golf season is in full swing! Let’s celebrate July as Family Golf Month with an assortment of facts about this popular sport. • As early as the Roman Empire, sports enthusiasts were playing a primitive form of golf, known as paganica, which used a bent stick to hit a stuffed leather ball. The origins of our more modern game are in Scotland in the 1400s. The game of “gowf” as the Scots called it, was so popular that in 1457, King James II of Scotland banned the sport because men were neglecting archery practice, a necessity for the country’s national defense. In 1502, King James IV rescinded the ban, and actually became a golfer himself. • Although the Scots have been playing on the Links at St. Andrews throughout the 1400s, it wasn’t until 1552 that it was officially chartered by the Archbishop, giving the people of St. Andrews the right to play there. Up until 1764, the Old Course at St. Andrews had 22 holes. It was re-routed into 18 holes, which became the standard for the game around the world. • Mary Queen of Scots, who ruled Scotland from 1542 to 1567, was an avid golfer who was strongly rebuked by her subjects for playing golf just a few days after her husband was murdered in 1567, failing to properly mourn his death. Turn the page for more!

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GOLF (cont’d): • Mary Queen of Scots is reportedly the one who brought the word “caddy” to the game. She used French cadets to assist her on the course. “Cadet” is the French word for “student,” pronounced “cad-DAY”, giving us our modern term. • Early golf balls were created from hard leather, but around 1724, the composition was changed to a thin leather stuffed with feathers. These remained popular until 1848 when the gutta percha ball was introduced, a solid ball made from the dried sap of a Sapodilla tree. Strips of the sap were softened in boiling water, then molded by hand, and placed in cold water to harden. In 1901, the Haskell golf ball made its debut, a rubber-cored ball that traveled farther than the gutta percha ball, with the added benefit of a much cheaper cost to produce. The dimples in today’s golf balls decrease aerodynamic drag, allowing the ball to fly farther. A smooth golf ball would travel about half as far as a dimpled one. A golf ball has between 300 and 500 dimples, each about 0.010 inch (0.03 cm) deep. • What is recognized as the world’s first organized golf club was founded in 1744. Established as the Gentlemen Golfers of Leith, the group would later become known as the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, a group that was responsible for drawing up the first set of official rules for the game. • Golf came to the U.S. via two Scotsmen, who first demonstrated the game in 1888, and set up a golf club that same year in Yonkers, New York. The U.S. PGA was formed in 1916, with the first PGA tournament held that year. • The world’s oldest golf tournament is The Open Championship, better known as the British Open. It was first played in 1860 at Scotland’s Prestwick Golf Club, and played (continued on next page)

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I deliver packages on a long route around town every day. It seems that we’ve been inundated with warnings over the past few years about the dangers of leaving pets inside the car on a hot day while their owners go shopping or run errands. And yet, almost every day of the summer, I am calling emergency services or asking store managers to page customers because I see pets panting behind rolled-up car windows. Please, please remind pet owners to leave their pets at home when they’re running errands! -- Concerned Delivery Driver DEAR DRIVER: I absolutely agree, and I thank you for insisting on this reminder! Even on a day that doesn’t seem too hot -- say, 78 degrees F -- the interior of a car can heat to well over 110 degrees within five minutes. Now that we’re in the hottest part of the year, that interior temperature climbs faster and higher and can reach 120 degrees easily. No pet can withstand such suffocating heat for long. For short trips to the store or to run errands, leave your pet at home. If they must come with you (such as during long road trips), they should be left with an adult, and the air conditioning needs to be turned on. Of course, a planned outing with your dog is a lot of fun just about any time. But always be mindful of the heat. Bring water for your dog to drink. Head home if your dog is panting heavily and not very active. And do not leave your pet in the car.

there until 1870. The Open is always played in Scotland, England, or Northern Ireland. The Open is one of the four major championships in men’s pro golf. The other three – The Masters, The U.S. Open, and PGA Championship – are all played in the United States. All four championships together are called the Grand Slam. • Although the Grand Slam has never been accomplished in a single year, five golfers have won all four during their career. At age 32, Gene Sarazen captured his final Grand Slam tournament in 1935, followed by 40-year-old Ben Hogan in 1953. Gary Player was 29 when he wrapped up the Grand Slam in 1965. Jack Nicklaus has won three Grand Slams, the first at age 26 in 1966. Tiger Woods came close to winning the four tournaments in one year, but finished his first Slam over two years at age 24. Tiger has since won two more Slams, and holds the record as the youngest golfer to complete the feat. • Since its inception in 1934, The Masters has been played at Augusta, Georgia’s National Golf Club, and is the only major tournament that is played at the same course every year. During World War II, the course was closed for three years, and used to raise cattle and turkeys in support of the war effort. • Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida’s Sawgrass Stadium Course is the permanent home of the PGA Tour’s The Players Championship. About 125,000 golf balls are hit into the water every year on the courses’s famous 17th “island” hole. (continued on next page)

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GOLF (cont’d): • How well do you know golfing terms? Most folks know that each hole is classified by its par, which means the number of strokes a golfer should require to complete the hole. The minimum par is three – a stroke from the tee and two putts. One stroke under par is called a birdie, while two strokes under par is an eagle. Three strokes under par can be a double eagle or an albatross. The term condor refers to four strokes under par, an almost-impossible score to achieve. Only four condors have been recorded, all of which were a hole-in-one on a par-5 hole. Golfers who go over par might record a bogey (one stroke over), a double bogey (two strokes over), or a triple bogey (three strokes). • American golfer Ab Smith had an excellent shot back in 1899, and he described it as a “bird of a shot,” giving golfers the term “birdie,” one under par. • When a golfer sinks the ball into the cup on the first stroke from the tee, it’s a hole-in-one, also called an ace. The casual golfer’s odds of making a hole in one are about 12,500 to one, but change considerably for a golf pro to 2,500 to 1. Those who hope to make two holes in one during a single round are looking at odds of about 67,000,000 to 1. • Golf shots have various names, depending on how far the ball needs to be moved. The “drive” or “full swing” is the initial shot on a hole when the ball is to be moved a long distance, and typically shot with a long-shafted, large-headed wood club known as a driver. For medium distances, the “approach” or “3/4 swing” is used. Golfers use the “chip” or “half-swing” for relatively short distances near the green. Once the ball reaches the green, the golfer “putts” the ball into the hole.

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July 29th 1958 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act that created NASA. It continues to explore our planet, our solar system and the universe. You can explore much of the solar system from your backyard since July holds many spectacles for us to see. From dusk to dawn the 5 naked eye planets march across the sky following the sun’s path in the southern sky. Mercury and Venus rise in the east in the morning and set just before midnight in the western sky. Jupiter, Saturn and Mars follow suit. Mars is rising just as Mercury and the sun set. If you have binoculars or a telescope take the time to look at these bright gems in our night sky. On July 20, 2019 we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landing on the moon. When will we go back to the Moon to Mars or beyond? Many scientists believe that the first person to step on the planet Mars is alive today. Will it be you? A reminder to anyone interested in being on our LEGO FLL team to come to the unveiling of the new challenge on August 1st starting at 10 AM. Any adults interested in mentoring the team are also welcome to join us. NASA Solar System Ambassador James Zappa Moog is coming on Tuesday August 7th at 10AM at the CLC to discuss exploring the solar system. Jim will have handouts from NASA for the audience. Lockport native and astronaut Bill Gregory will be speaking at the Kenan Center, Taylor theater on August 9th. He piloted the space shuttle Endeavor during mission STS 67 which (continued in next column)

Did you know that July 29 is International Chicken Wing Day? Let’s commemorate the day by studying up on these facts. • Legend has it that Buffalo wings trace their origins back to 1964 at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York. Owner Teressa Bellissimo cooked up a late-night snack for her son and his friends by deep-frying chicken wings and tossing them in a hot sauce and butter sauce. She added some celery and bleu cheese to the platter, and before long, the dish was in high demand. In 1977, Buffalo’s mayor Stan Makowski declared July 29 as the day to honor the popular appetizer. Today, more than 70,000 lbs. (31,751 kg) of chicken wings are served up at the Anchor Bar every month. • Although ranch dressing is the most popular dipping sauce for chicken wings, bleu cheese isn’t far behind. Frank’s Red Hot Sauce was the sauce used in the first batch of wings. • Each chicken wing has three sections attached by two hinges. One section contains the humerus bone and is called the drumette because of its resemblance to a mini-drumstick. The flat section contains the ulna and the radius, which contain less meat, but a better flavor, according to many, perhaps because of a greater concentration of fat. • The popularity of wings took a huge jump when the Buffalo Bills football team appeared in four consecutive Super Bowls from 1963 to 1966. About 1.33 billion wings are consumed nationwide on that day, enough to circle the Earth nearly three times. Wings are the second most popular snack on that Sunday (dips and spreads are #1), and about 23% of viewers eat wings. (continued on next page)

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conducted ultraviolet observations using the specially-built Astro-2 equipment. These observations of different objects in space helped astronomers to better understand the universe. The start of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower (near the constellation Perseus near the northern horizon in August) began on July 17th and continues through August 24th. The number of “shooting stars” peak around August 12th. On a clear night you can see 50 to 100 of them per hour. These particular meteors are a result of passing through the path of Comet Swift-Tuttle. The next Meteor shower is the Orionids (near Orion) which is associated with Comet Halley. The rate for this one is only 25 flashes per hour. Meteor showers occur throughout the year on the same dates each year. The 2 next active showers occur in December and January when the temperature outside will be cold but the sky will be clear.

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The Civil War Memorial, erected in 1899 has been a prominent sentry in the community for 119 years. The 2018 restoration by the Town of Newfane and Surface Solutions of Lockport has been completed and the statue once again stands in the center of town, honoring our Civil War Veterans The monument stood in the center of the intersection at Main and Lockport Sts. during the horse and buggy era, but as automobiles became common the statue was damaged on several occasions and moved to the Methodist Church grounds in 1923. The monument is made of lead and metal filler and a local welder was frequently called upon to make repairs. Within two years, the monument was moved to the north side of of the intersection where it stands today, but to make room for village parking in 1958 it was moved to Krull Park along Franklin St. – then returned to its current location on Lockport St. in the 1990’s. After 119 years, the memorial was in poor condition and needed restoration or it would have soon been lost to crumbling deterioration. In 2018 the monument was dismantled and taken to Surface Solutions in Lockport where three months of restoration work was performed and the statue was returned to stand for another century and more.

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Enjoy reading this week‛s issue then... look through the ads in the paper and make note of how many of me, (Toby) you ﬁnd. Make note what the businesses name is that you found me in, then follow instructions at the bottom of this ad. It‛s that simple!

ENTRY DEADLINE FOR THIS ISSUE END OF DAY FRIDAY JULY 27TH If you are new to the Tidbits family, or need a refresher.. rules are simple, search the businesses ads in each issue and count the total # of me you spot, then email the total # of Toby‛s (me) you ﬁnd w/advertisers name you found me in, along with your name, address & phone # before Saturday of that week to: tidbitsofniagararegion@gmail.com we will pick a winner by Saturday at noon of each week # of Toby‛s include ONLY the ones hidden in ads.

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• Lady golfers got into the scene in 1893 when the Ladies’ Golf Union was formed in the UK, and the inaugural British Ladies’ Amateur Golf Championship was held. The U.S. Ladies’ Did you hear about the family who got stuck Professional Golfers’ Association was founded on Peter Pan’s Flight for over 3 hours? in 1950, although Babe Didrikson was already Apparently, their vehicle would nevera famous lady golfer by that time, having been land. thenever first American to win the British Women’s Amateur title in 1947. Although Didrikson attempted to qualify for the U.S. Open in 1948, her application was rejected because the event was open to men only. She had already won two Olympic gold medals and one silver in track and field and was an All-American basketball player before turning her attention to golf, where she won 10 major LPGA championships. • The first person to play golf on the moon was astronaut Alan Shepard while a member of the Apollo 14 crew. In February, 1971, Shepard took a six-iron and two golf balls aboard the RLOOTDOANWM spacecraft with him, and attempted two drives, Home of “Mission to Mars,” “Space the second of which went more than 200 yards (183 m). Mountain,” and “Finding Nemo Voyage” • If golfers want to play on the world’s highest golf course, they will have to travel to Morococha, Peru, where the Tactu Golf Club sits 14,335 feet (4,369 m) above sea level. To play on the world’s northernmost golf course, a trip to Iceland’s AkureyriParis Golf Club will be re1. Disneyland quired. Those playing stateside will have $500 2. Frontierland in green fees for 18 holes at America’s most 3. The Monorail expensive public course, Shadow Creek Golf 4. Space Mountain Course in Las Vegas. Massachusetts is home to the world’s longest golf course, a par-77 course 5. Fantasyland measuring 8,325 yards (7,612 m). (continued on next page)

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