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STRANGE BUT TRUE By Lucie Winborne * While adult giraffes usually sleep standing up, their offspring get more comfortable by hunkering down on the ground and taking advantage of their extra-ﬂexible necks, twisting around to plop their heads on their own posteriors.

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: This week, many Americans are celebrating their newest gift to the family: a cute puppy or kitten, duck or chicken, or pocket pets like hamsters and guinea pigs. It’s also a time to form new resolutions in anticipation of the New Year. I hope that new pet owners’ ﬁrst resolution will be to establish a relationship with a veterinarian with expertise in their speciﬁc pet. Some pets need to start or continue a vaccination schedule so they grow up healthy -- puppies are at risk of contracting parvovirus, for example, so bolstering their immune system is very important. Your vet can also provide advice and tips for caring for pets. Guinea pigs, hamsters and rabbits communicate happiness or distress in unique ways that a new owner may not be familiar with. Puppies are wiggly and energetic. Kittens are curious and fearless. Vets can help new owners navigate these waters and provide regular checkups to help keep pets healthy. -- Dedicated Vet in Boston DEAR DEDICATED: Thank you for sending this! Establishing a care routine with a veterinarian is so important. It should sit at the top of owners’ to-do lists, along with providing comfortable warm bedding, a clean and safe environment, and especially for puppies, a daily training routine. Mark your calendar with key dates, including checkups with the vet, appointments with a trainer and regular resupply of food, litter, bedding and everything else your new pet needs. H(c) 2023 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Here’s a Tip * If you like taking baths, you can invest in a second rubber bath mat to drape over the side of the tub. The edge will be nonslip, so you can hold on for support and your hands will not slide. * Sunburn happens in the winter too, especially on the slopes. Use a cotton ball soaked in cold tea to ease tight dry skin. Be sure you apply sunscreen to your face and wear eye protection when going out to play in the snow. * For drains slowed by grease, sprinkle a half-cup each of salt and baking soda down the drain, and follow it with an entire kettle or pot of boiling water. * If the smell in your cedar chest has faded, you can bring it back easily with extra-ﬁne sandpaper. A very light sanding is all it takes in most cases. (c) 2023 King Features Synd., Inc.

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SHARED HABITS OF ORGANIZED PEOPLE The beginning of the year is an ideal time to get organized and set oneself up for productive months ahead. It’s also a good opportunity to take inventory of seldom-used items and clear out as much clutter as possible. The amount of stuff the average person owns can affect how easy or difﬁcult it is for that person to get organized. In 2014, professional organizer Regina Lark estimated the average American home contains 300,000 items. And it’s not just adults who love to collect and keep things, as kids contribute to the problem, too. British research, as published in The Telegraph, indicates the average 10-year-old owns 238 toys, playing with just 12 in a typical day. All of these belongings contribute to disorganization and lost time. A study by Esure Home Insurance found looking for lost items accounts for 10 minutes of wasted time each day. Getting organized can take perseverance, but it’s possible.

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Poll Ended 1-2-2024 According to Forbes, the most popular goals for 2024 are fairly predictable. Which of the following most popular goals would you like to focus on in the New Year? 23.1% Improved ﬁnances 7.7% Improved ﬁtness 15.4% Improved mental health 38.5% Improved physical health (lose weight, improve diet) 15.4% Less addiction/bad habits

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MORCILLA CON SETAS (BLOOD SAUSAGE WITH MUSHROOMS, SPRING PEAS AND MINT OIL) Serves 4 1 pound morcilla blood sausage 1 pound mushrooms, sliced 2 tablespoons olive oil 4 cloves garlic, slivered Salt and pepper to taste 2 tablespoons white wine 1 cup shelled spring peas 1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint 2 tablespoons mint oil Mint Oil 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1/2 cup chopped mint Pinch of salt Cut the blood sausage into 12 slices. Sauté the mushrooms in olive oil with garlic, salt and pepper for 5 minutes. Add the wine and cook for 2 more minutes. Boil the peas for 2 minutes and drain. When mushrooms are done, remove from heat and stir in the peas. In a cast-iron skillet, sear the morcilla in a dry pan for 2 minutes per side. Arrange the slices of morcilla down the middle of a platter. Surround with mushroom/pea mixture and drizzle the plate with the mint oil. For the mint oil: In a small saucepan over medium heat, heat olive oil to warm. Remove from heat and add the mint and a small pinch of salt. Allow to rest for 1 hour. Drain through a sieve. Reserve extra mint oil for other uses, such as vinaigrette. GENESEE VALLEY PENNY SAVER ● GVPENNYSAVER.COM 1-866-812-8111

For millenia, people around the world have commemorated the arrival of a new calendar year by adhering to various traditions. Once such tradition is making resolutions for the year ahead. Resolutions are promises to oneself geared around personal fulfillment and betterment. Resolutions are widely practiced, but some people may not understand the origins of New Year’s resolutions and why they have become the norm. Some historians tie the practice of making resolutions to the ancient Babylonians. More than 4,000 years ago, the Babylonians celebrated the New Year in March rather than January. The spring harvest was in March, and a festival called Akitu, which lasted 12 days, was celebrated. An important part of the festival was the crowning of a new king. Special rituals also affirmed a connection to the gods. The Babylonians made promises to the gods, which included vows to return borrowed objects and pay outstanding debts. Resolutions can also be traced to ancient Rome. The Romans were instrumental in creating a more formal calendar, and the start of the new year was moved from March to January (January and February were added to the Roman calendar under the rule of Numa Pompilius). Julius Caesar wanted to honor January’s namesake, Janus, the Roman god of beginnings. Janus’ two faces enabled him to look back into the past and forward into the future. Sacrifices to Janus were made, and worshipers exchanged gifts with one another. A custom of setting resolutions began during this period as well, with Romans promising to be good to one another. Eventually, these resolutions were funneled into prayers and fasting when Christianity was adopted by the Roman Empire. Other religious parallels include the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, which is a day of atonement and reflection as celebrants examine their wrongdoings and seek forgiveness and to behave better moving forward. Yom Kippur follows Rosh Hashanah, Judaism’s own new year. Resolutions also may be loosely tied to Medieval times. During this time, knights took a “peacock vow” at the end of the Christmas season. Each year, these knights would reaffirm their commitment to chivalry. Today New Year’s resolutions are largely a secular tradition, but they’re still connected to a desire to be a good person and put one’s best self forward.

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Penfield Public Library 1985 Baird Rd., Penﬁeld (585) 340-8720 www.penﬁeldlibrary.org Mon.-Thurs. 9:30am-8:30pm; Fri. 9:30am-6pm; Sat.10am-5pm; Sun. 1pm-5pm

Pittsford Community Library 24 State St., Pittsford (585) 248-6275 Mon.- Thurs. 9am-9pm; Fri. 9am-6pm; Sat. 10am-5pm; Sun. 1-5pm

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Women’s Club Of Webster Pizza Party - The Women’s Club of Webster will be welcoming 2024 with a Pizza Party on January 18th, at Proietti’s Restaurant, 980 Ridge Rd. Webster. Social mix-and-mingle at 11:15 a.m., brief meeting at 12:00 noon and lunch at 12:30 p.m. followed by a presentation by VicePresident, Jean Loughridge. She will speak about our club and the charities we support. Enjoy pizza, salad, cannoli and camaraderie for $18. New members WELCOME! Send your check made out to WCW by January 11th to Carolyn Rittenhouse, 405 County Line Road, Ontario, NY. Questions? Phone Carolyn at 585-265-1303.

Spring, summer, and fall ﬁll us with hope; winter alone reminds us of the human condition. ~ Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, 1966

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By Fiﬁ Rodriguez 1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: When is Three King’s Day celebrated typically? 2. TELEVISION: In the drama series “Mad Men,” what product is presumed to be Don Draper’s last advertisement? 3. GEOGRAPHY: What is a chain or collection of islands called? 4. MOVIES: To which city is the McCallister family traveling in the holiday classic “Home Alone”? 5. LEGAL: What is a moot court? 6. LITERATURE: What is the name of the heroine in “The Scarlet Letter”? 7. FOOD & DRINK: What kind of nut is used in marzipan? 8. MUSIC: What is the gift on the 11th day in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas”? 9. SCIENCE: How much of the Earth’s surface is covered with water? 10. HISTORY: What are the two Japanese cities that the United States hit with atomic bombs in WWII?

STRANGE BUT TRUE By Lucie Winborne * Russia only classiﬁed beer as an alcoholic drink in 2011. * In 1984, New Zealand Prime Minister Robert Muldoon got drunk and decided to spontaneously call a general election, which he lost. * Before battles, some Roman gladiators read product endorsements. The makers of the ﬁlm “Gladiator” planned to show this but nixed the idea for fear that audiences wouldn’t believe it. * A person with geomelophagia has the urge to eat raw potatoes.

DID YOU KNOW? According to the U.S. Department of Labor and data from the U.S. Census Bureau, registered nurse is the most common occupation for women in the United States labor force. Slightly less than 2.1 million women worked as registered nurses in 2017, the most recent year for which statistics are available. Such ﬁgures are harder to come by in regard to Canada, but Statista reports that the labor participation rate among women in Canada in 2018 was right around 64 percent. That rate marks a slight decrease from its 21st century peak in 2005, when 66.7 percent of women were active members of the Canadian workforce. In the United States, more than two million women worked as secretaries or administrative assistants in 2017, making these professions the second most common occupation among female workers. Elementary and middle school teachers was the third most common occupation for female professionals, employing more than 1.9 million women in 2017. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau also indicates that women have the lion’s share of jobs in an assortment of professions, including preschool and kindergarten teachers, secretaries and administrative assistants, childcare workers, and dental assistants. Women hold at least 92 percent of the jobs in each of those professions in the United States. GENESEE VALLEY PENNY SAVER ● GVPENNYSAVER.COM 1-866-812-8111

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Answers 1. Jan. 6, the 12th day of Christmas. 2. Coca-Cola. 3. An archipelago. 4. Paris, France. 5. A simulated court to give law students a chance to practice what they have learned. 6. Hester Prynne. 7. Almond. 8. 11 pipers piping. 9. Almost 71%. 10. Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Holiday Good Samaritans Save the Day I wish to thank 3 VERY kind people when our car died at Wegmans Holt Rd parking lot Sat., 12/30 at 10:30AM. I foolishly left my phone at home with my AAA contact info. A Gretchen’s Hallmark clerk let me use her phone to call my sister who wasn’t home. A Wegmans customer service person was very eager to help IF I couldn’t ﬁnd a cable jump from another car in the lot. While I was in Wegmans, a man saw my husband with the hood up and offered a jump (he refused payment). The car started immediately and these 2 panic stricken seniors were SO relieved at the ‘kindness of strangers.’ Blessings to all of you and may I be so lucky to “pay this kindness forward!”

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The Coffee Press - 12/20/23 @ 9:10AM I wanted to say thank you to a kind stranger who assisted me at The Coffee Press on 12/20/2023 at around 9:10-9:25AM. I was at The Coffee Press where they had frosted Christmas cookies displayed. I grabbed one and when I went to pay for it, I was told that it was Cash Only. As I was about to exit The Coffee Press a young man who was another customer stopped me and handed me a cookie and wished me a Merry Christmas. What this individual did not know at that moment was that I was trying to buy the cookie for my mom, who is in the ﬁnal stages of dementia. Those frosted cookies are one of the few things that she enjoys and that’s why I wanted to purchase one to bring to her. She enjoyed them immensely. Unfortunately in my rush, I do not feel that I thanked this kind stranger enough and hope to return the favor and hope someone can help me. The person was in their 20s, dark-haired and accompanied by a couple of friends. Thanks! AP.

Get Off Your Cell Phone While shopping at our local big box store I ran into a mini traffic (shopping cart) jam. Four people trying to get down an isle at the same time. We were all patiently waiting for a lady to move over then realized she was on her cell phone, oblivious to others. Finally, one squeezed past her and had the audacity to touch carts going through. The look she gave him was ridiculous! I honestly believe if she said anything to him he would’ve grabbed her phone and thrown it across the store. If you’re on your phone, move out of the way. Plus nobody wants to listen to your conversations! New Medical Building Needs Improvements The cavernous, centralized out-of-town medical building lacks aged/disabled community information. Barrier free, and medical bus transport parking information needs to become disseminated. Hours, phone numbers, and floor locations of these various, now centralized medical offices need to become publicly well-advertised. While centralized services may be useful in urban areas, rural villages' smaller, convenient, local offices are at an unfortunate loss, especially with this region's tricky weather. Telephone calls to one's primary provider receptionists are often on hold for one half hour to make an appointment, which is much too long. These improvements could be implemented without great cost to corporate and make this behemoth more responsive to this aged, agrarian community's medical needs.

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and MODELS - Built or Unbuilt. Automotive, Military, Aviation, Ships, etc. Parts and pieces okay. Collector looking for projects, restore. 585-314-6989

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RECLINER. Very nice shape. 585-721-4631 SONY 20” & 27” TUBE TYPE TVs. Not ﬂatscreen. 585-223-3903 ADULT DIAPERS & PADS, SOCKS, and SHAMPOO. 585-236-0426

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4’ CHRISTMAS TREE. White frosted with poinsettias and lights. 4’ CHRISTMAS TREE with lights and stand. 585-225-1852

AREA RUGS, any size. 585-363-1444 Looking for ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s ROCK 8-TRACK TAPES, CASSETTES, and RECORDS for personal collection. gzintel1967@gmail.com

1950s HUTCH and CHINA CABINET. You pick up. 585-752-9222 SEWING MACHINE - Kenmore 1410 zigzag, Japan. You pick up Batavia. 585-474-5917 WHITE FLYER CLAY PIGEONS for trap shooting. Two boxes, 135 count each. Lima 585-582-1428 TREADLE SEWING MACHINE with cabinet in good shape, needs belt. Nhzink@gmail.com

VINTAGE ELECTRONICS: Tubes, tube testers, test equipment, radios, microphones, stereo audio, motors, speakers, meters, turntables, communication gear, Transistor Radios, Advertising. greg3151@ymail.com Good Working condition: One Large 6”+ REEL-TO-REEL TAPE RECORDER, for NonProﬁt Archive group, Identifying & Archiving old tapes for museum. 585-534-9852 MUSIC. Albums and 45s from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s. Call Bill, 585-402-8870

Three boxes of QUILT BOOKS. Must take all. Text for more information. 585-230-3011

Seeking a WEBER GRILL you are no longer using. Gas or charcoal. Please text or call Matt 315-576-1278

SHOWER CHAIR, CHEST OF DRAWERS, BEDSIDE UNIT. 585-506-8704 for appointment

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Kodak 650H SLIDE PROJECTOR with one carousel and remote. Has an issue with advancing slides. cdevries42@netscape.net

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MEMORABILIA CLIPPINGS and PAMPHLETS: 1993-2003 on Rochester Veterans, Health, The Golden Age of Hollywood and more. Fairport. 585-388-0318 RUG - 12’ x 8’, beige pattern. Cleaned and wrapped. You move. Bobsuek@gmail.com Working REFRIGERATOR. Pick up only. rvhx2@aol.com CALIFORNIA KING BED 72’ x 84’. Sheets and comforter included. You pick up, Rush. 585-533-1274 (lv msg)

TWIN METAL BUNK BED with ladder. 585-698-0758 POKÉMON CARDS for 10-year-old granddaughter to expand her collection. salvatore.d.timpani@gmail.com ACOUSTIC GUITAR. 585-831-6040 iPAD in good working condition, PILLOWCASES & SHEETS for a twin bed, and COSTUME JEWELRY. 585-415-8513 SNOWPLOW for a pickup truck. 585-506-5191

Several 3-RING BINDERS in excellent condition, various sizes and four CLIP BOARDS. 585-230-6577

Old plastic outdoor NATIVITY SET. Okay if just Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. 585-346-7022

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Box of MAGAZINES. Men’s, Women’s, Boating, Religious, etc. You pick up from Lakeville. Call or text 585-649-8706

FURNITURE NEEDED as soon as possible for living room, bedroom, kitchen, etc. In good condition. 585-424-0732

3 DESKS - 37” x 15 1/2” x 29”. 1 DESK - 47 1/2” x 25” x 51”. 315-331-9391

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SPEAKER PAIRS. MCS 20.5” Realistic & Scott 14”. As is. Don’t know if they work. 315-331-9391

Seeking an ATV or DIRT BIKE that is no longer being used for father/son project. Call or text Matt. 315-576-1278

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Susan B. Anthony House: A Glimpse into the Heart of Suﬀrage History BY SUZIE WELLS

n preparation for the upcoming Day of History competition, my daughter and her groupmates recently joined their teacher at Rochester’s Susan B. Anthony house. Thankfully, the group didn’t mind me and another daughter tagging along for the tour that day. What a treasure right in town! Unassuming from the outside (though a little taller than expected, and we learned Anthony’s team outgrew the space and raised the roof to add a third floor so the team could have more space), I would never have imagined 17 Madison St. held such a treasure. On our visit, we toured the spaces Anthony, her family, and her suffragist team called home through those incredible years. The preservation and education organization has done an incredible job bringing history alive for visitors. Their goal/vision statement of inspiring others through Anthony’s life and work truly seems effective. Born in Adams, MA in 1820, the second of seven children, Anthony attended school in Battenville, NY but she and her sister were pulled from school when their father Daniel learned the girls weren’t allowed to learn the same subjects as the boys. The Anthony family then opened their own home to serve as a school, teaching boys and girls as equals. The family moved to Rochester in 1845, and the following year Susan began teaching at Canajoharie Academy. The Anthony household became a meeting place for anti-slavery activists such as Frederick Douglass. In 1851, Anthony attended an anti-slavery convention in Seneca Falls, and the rest was history. Never one to allow someone else to tell her what to think or say, Anthony met with Amelia Bloomer (founder of the very-practical pants, allowing women freedom of movement with their attire) and listened to impassioned speeches at the convention. There, she also met Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Anthony and Stanton ended up quite the pair as the movement gained traction. Anthony is known for her confidence, her courage in the face of adversity, her legal expertise, and her poignant speeches. The SBA House docent shared a few nuggets such as Anthony’s purposeful choice to always wear modest, no frills, black and white acceptably feminine outfits so her audience would pay attention to her ideas and not simply comment on or criticize her for statement-making attire, such as happened when Bloomer and other such revolutionaries tried to share their opinions but with socially unacceptable bloomers on. Anthony, her sister Mary, and their mother Lucy, moved into the Madison St. home in 1865 as tenants. Lucy purchased the home a year later, and Mary purchased it from her mother in 1873. Susan purposefully never married, so she could focus on her anti-slavery and women’s rights campaign, free to travel solo and spread the word. Traveling often by train or coach, Anthony traveled light but became known for her purse.

swim,” and they call for the doctor, the nurse, and the lady with the alligator purse. Over the years, I had forgotten how the rhyme went, except that versions always had the lady with the alligator purse prescribe something other than penicillin or aspirin as the doctor and nurse did (I seem to remember she prescribes pizza). According to the docent, the rhyme ends with the lady with the alligator purse saying “Vote!” We should all treasure our freedom and rights to vote by educating ourselves on the issues of the day, and making our voices heard through the ballot box as women such as Anthony worked hard to attain. “One of the world’s greatest revolutionaries,” Anthony was famously arrested in Rochester in 1872 for voting when it was not yet socially acceptable (and debatably legal) for women to do so. As the docent explained, Anthony happily let herself be arrested instead of quietly paying a fine and being scolded. As she awaited trial, she continued to lecture and spread ideas of women’s and African American rights, stirring up so much controversy that she had to be tried in the next county over. Hence, the Ontario County Courthouse in Canandaigua famously hosted her trial. Anthony’s trial itself caused controversy. She was fined $100 after the judge refused to hear Anthony’s arguments and ordered the jury to find her guilty. However, as the docent explained with a laugh, Anthony never paid that fine because she felt it unjust. Anthony died in 1906, unfortunately years before women officially attained the right to vote, but to this day, women across Rochester trek to Mt. Hope Cemetery, placing their I Voted stickers on her grave, paying homage and thanking Anthony for her hard work and service. February 7th, the organization celebrates Anthony’s birthday “in the same way [she] hosted her birthday celebrations during her lifetime; this will be an opportunity to encourage one another in the pursuit of equality and give in support of the mission.” Explore the “Tracks of Change” laid by Susan B. Anthony that guide us to a stronger, more just community,” as the organization says. What an incredible historical resource we have right in the city. For more information, visit susanb.org.

Upstairs in Anthony’s oﬃce, when the docent showed us Anthony’s iconic alligator purse and recollected the children’s rhyme of Miss Lulu (I remember Miss Lucy or even Miss Suzie, which was fun, because my own name was in a song not made up by me) and her baby, Tiny Tim, who she “put in the bathtub to see if he could

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Coupons valid at Bushnell’s Basin location.

A tradition for over 76 years!

2.00 Off

Sheet Cheese Pizza

after tax

With 24 Wings or Boneless Wings

Large Pizza

Bleu Cheese & Celery

5899

plus tax

Delivery extra. With coupon only. Valid at Bushnell’s Basin location. Exp. 1-31-24

Additional toppings extra. Delivery extra. With coupon only. Valid at Bushnell’s Basin location. Exp. 1-31-24

Large Cheese Pizza

With 12 Wings or Boneless Wings Bleu Cheese & Celery

plus tax

With 24 Wings or Boneless Wings Bleu Cheese & Celery

Additional toppings extra. Delivery extra. With coupon only. Valid at Bushnell’s Basin location. Exp. 1-31-24

“Western New York’s Finest Pizza”

Mon.–Sat. 11am-7pm, Sun. 12-7pm

Since 1947

4949

plus tax

Additional toppings extra. Delivery extra. With coupon only. Valid at Bushnell’s Basin location. Exp. 1-31-24

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