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WINTER SOLSTICE (cont’d): led by the Epiphany Church choir and a U.S. Marine Band quartet, and a concert by the full band. • The history of baseball changed dramatically on December 26, 1919, when Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for an unprecedented $100,000. After five seasons with the Sox and the completion of the 1919 season, Ruth demanded a raise from $10,000 a year to $20,000, about $212,733 in today’s dollars. When Frazee refused, Ruth said he wouldn’t play until he got the raise. Frazee’s response was the sale. And so began the “Curse of the Bambino.” Up to that point, the Sox had been one of the most successful teams, with five World Series titles. After the sale, the Yankees won seven American League pennants and four World Series championships, while it took 86 years before the Sox were Series champions again. • Beginning in 1927, Time magazine has named a “Man of the Year,” renamed “Person of the Year” in 1999. However, on December 26, 1982, the magazine chose a non-human for the honor, with the cover reading “Machine of the Year.”

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If you get calls from people claiming to be from the utility company or an alleged family member, or even the Internal Revenue Service, and they try to scare you into making immediate payment, it’s surely a scam. One way to tell it’s a scam is if they insist you pay with gift cards, likely a Google Play or iTunes card. This is a theft problem that has increased 270 percent since 2015. It can be tempting ... especially if you’re told you’ve won something and only need to send a gift card to cover postage. You might be told that you missed jury duty and can post your bail with a gift card instead of being arrested. Or you might be told that you can get certain medical supplies that Medicare won’t pay for, or that you have a computer bug and they can fix it for you. There’s no end to the scenarios these thieves can think up. Even if you fall for the scam, once might not be enough. Once they know how to manipulate you, they’ll come back again and again. A note of warning: If you’re in a store buying a gift card and the clerk tells you it might be a scam, listen. They see this all the time and they’re trying to help you. There are at least seven different gift card scams out there right now. To learn more, go online to the Federal Trade Commission and see ftc.gov/giftcards. If you’ve paid for something with a gift card, let the FTC know. The FTC website has the phone numbers of many companies that issue gift cards, including Amazon, MoneyPak and Steam. Also go online to giftcards.com and read up on gift card scams. (c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.

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OUR MISSION STATEMENT: To provide a one-time grant of money to help pay for life saving medical treatment for pets whose caring, responsible owners are not able to pay for the care their pet needs due to low income, personal crisis, or disaster. Payments will be made directly to the medical care provider. All4PetsWNY does not cover exam fees, diagnostic testing (blood work, x-rays, etc.) vaccinations, or spay and neuter operations.

The 2003 census showed 65 million dogs and 77 million cats living in the US. The majority 3 today’s pet owners think of their pets as members of their family. They want to do everything “Peter Pan’s Flight” possible to give their pets a long, happy, and healthy life. Unfortunately, the cost of many modern life-saving operations is too steep to afford without insurance. WHAT INSPIRED US TO START ALL4PETSWNY? We were made aware of a very sad situation. A mother and her young child brought their young and otherwise healthy pet for a treatable medical condition. After spending $800 trying to treat the animal with medicine, they realized surgery would be neccessary. The mother had a life ceived more Academy Awards and nominations than any other person in history – 22 Awards and 59 nominations threatening illness of her own and had just been informed her health care provider would no d 1969. longer cover her treatments. They could no longer afford to pay for the pets care and he was euthanized. We started All4PetsWNY to save lives, one at a time, and to help caring pet owners keep their pets in tough times.

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If you’d like to donate to All4PetsWNY, please complete this form, and enclose it with your payment.

Name____________________________________________________________________ Address__________________________________________________________________ City________________________________ State________________ Zip______________ Phone______________________ Email_______________________________ Amount Enclosed____________ Is your donation being made in memory of someone special? If so, please complete the following: In memory or honor of_________________________ Mail to: All4PetsWNY • 900 Jefferson Rd. Suite 105 • Rochester, NY 14623 Fax: 585.292.6748 Donations can also be made via Pay Pal to: sozio.allpets.lmarie@gmail.com

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FRUITCAKE (cont’d): • Fruitcakes are saturated with liqueurs or brandy, then covered in powdered sugar, both which serve to prevent mold. Storing them in brandy- or wine-soaked linens, then placing in an airtight container prolongs their life. Cakes aged 25 years and longer are not unusual, and can still be eaten. In fact, a 106-year-old fruitcake was discovered last year, dating from a Norwegian expedition to Antarctica in 1811. It was considered in “excellent condition” and “almost edible,” with just a very slight rancid butter smell. • Two bakeries in the small town of Claxton, Georgia, population 2,400, produce more than 4 million pounds (1,814,369 kg) of fruitcake each year, leading the community to declare itself the “Fruitcake Capital of the World.” • A pineapple fruitcake was part of the cargo on the Apollo 11 space mission. However, none of the astronauts partook of the treat, which is now the property of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. • Johnny Carson was famous for ridiculing fruitcake, saying, “There is only one fruitcake in the entire world and people keep passing it around.” The Urban Dictionary defines fruitcake as “a gross cake-like thing that consists of nasty spices, nuts, and dried fruit.” Another clever line by Jon Ronson was, “Friends are the fruitcake of life – some nutty, some soaked in alcohol, some sweet.” • Manitou Springs, Colorado, has been home to the Great Fruitcake Toss on the first Saturday of every January since 1995, which “encourages the use of recycled fruitcakes.” The record for the longest toss is 1,420 feet (432.8 m), by a team of Boeing engineers who used a mock artillery piece fueled by compressed air to launch their fruitcake. TIDBITS OF NIAGARA REGION IS NOW ON FACEBOOK https://facebook.com/tibitsofniagararegion

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In commemoration of the first publication of “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” Tidbits studies up the facts on this beloved poem. • Clement Clarke Moore has long been purported to be the author of the poem, which was originally entitled “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” Moore was a professor of biblical and classical studies, especially ancient languages. In 1809, he published the lengthy two-volume Compendious Lexicon of the Hebrew Language. He composed several poems to his beloved wife Elizabeth, who died shortly after her 30th birthday, leaving Moore with seven children. • The classic poem was first published on December 23, 1823 in a New York newspaper, the Troy Sentinel, submitted to the paper anonymously. There are differing theories as to who gave it to the Sentinel, one that the Moore’s housekeeper sent it, and another that a daughter of a local reverend overheard the poem recited when visiting the family in 1822, copied it down and sent it to the paper. Some historians say that Moore didn’t claim the authorship at the time because he considered it a less-thandistinguished work for a theological professor. • Over the next several years, the poem reappeared a few times in newspapers, but then faded away. In 1837, 14 years after its first publication, Moore claimed ownership of the poem, admitting he had written it “not for publication, but to amuse my children,” and in 1844, he officially included it in an anthology of his work. • In 1899, the family of Henry Livingston stepped forward with claims that their farmer and part-time poet great-grandfather had in fact composed the poem. They maintained that, according to family recollections, their ancestors recalled their father reading the poem to them at Christmas time, 1808, and that he in fact was the author.

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Ring in the New Year With Eggnog Eggnog has been prepared and served during the holidays for hundreds of years. Upper-class Europeans served the drink to their holiday guests as a hot milk punch combined with liquor, usually wine or brandy. The traditional recipe traveled from Europe to America with the English colonists during the 18th century. President George Washington was very fond of eggnog.

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While dairy products were plentiful in America, wine and brandy were heavily taxed. Since rum, which also (continued in next column)