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MASCOTS by Kathy Wolfe What’s the mascot for your favorite sports team? This week, Tidbits explores the origin of mascots and passes along some info on some of our favorites, as well as the unusual and unknown. • The word “mascot” has its beginnings in France, with the first recorded use of the French word “mascotte” which translates “lucky charm,” in 1867. Earlier derivations of the word meant “witchcraft, charm, or amulet.” In the mid-19th century, mascottes might have been a lock of hair or a talisman, similar to a rabbit’s foot. • As high school and college sports grew in popularity, schools used mascots to distinguish and set apart their team on the field. In the 1800s, mascots were actually live animals. Professional sports teams didn’t begin using mascots until the 1960s. The New York Mets were the first team to debut a mascot, Mr. Met, a man with a giant baseball for a head, who made his debut in 1962 at the Polo Grounds, the Mets’ stadium at the time. The Mets’ farm team, the Brooklyn Cyclones, have their own mascot, Sandy the Seagull. • The San Diego Chicken made his debut in 1974, but not at a Padres game. The chicken first made appearances at the San Diego Zoo, concerts, and other sporting events before first performing at the Padres stadium in 1977. A 20-year-old college student named Ted Giannoulas first donned the suit at the Zoo for $2 an hour, and is still playing the part. This fowl character doesn’t limit his appearances to Padres games, but works independently around the world, having made more than 17,000 appearances, with 8,500 of them at sporting events in 917 different arenas in all 50 states, four continents, and eight countries. Giannoulas has worn out more than 100 chicken suits. • The Philadelphia Phillies introduced the Phillie Phanatic in 1978, a furry green creature designed by puppeteers who had done work for Jim Henson. The Phanatic can be seen on the roof of the Phillies dugout at the seven-and-a-half inning stretch, performing The Phanatic Dance. He also shoots hot dogs into the stands using a pneumatic gun. • According to legend, Wally the Green Monster, the furry mascot of MLB’s Boston Red Sox, lived within the Green Monster wall from 1947 (the year the wall was painted green) until he emerged from inside in 1997. Named for the 37-ft., 2-inch (11.3 m) left field wall at Fenway Park, Wally wears Red Sox jersey No. 97, the year he emerged from the Wall. • The only “human” mascot in all four major North American sports cheers on the Minnesota Vikings. Ragnar the Viking exits the tunnel on his motorcycle, wearing his Norse attire. It may well be that Ragnar
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1. Is the book of Ephesians in the Old or New Testament or neither? 2. In Galatians 5:1, “Stand fast therefore in the ... wherewith Christ hath made us free”? Light, Liberty, Redemption, Resurrection 3. From John 8:32, “And ye shall know the ..., and the ... shall make you free”? Word, Truth, Love, Forgiveness 4. How many times is the word “independence” mentioned in the King James version of the Bible? 0, 2, 11, 17 5. From what book’s 6:7 does it say, “For he that is dead is freed from sin”? Isaiah, Daniel, Mark, Romans 6. In Acts 22:28, who said, “But I was free born”? Paul, Bernice, Nicodemus, Phoebe
• NFL’s Tennessee Titans chose their state animal as the mascot of their team. T-Rac is a raccoon who dresses in Titan garb and has frequently zip-lined into Nashville’s Nissan Stadium to cheer on the team. • Four NFL teams have no mascot – the New York Giants, the New York Jets, Oakland Raiders, and the Green Packers, although thousands of Packers fans don cheeseheads for their team’s games. The most recent team to add a mascot was the St. Louis Rams, who added Rampage in 2010. Rampage will be on the move back to Los Angeles for the 2016 season. • Three Major League Baseball teams also have no mascot – the Angels, the Dodgers, and the Yankees. • Detroit Red Wings hockey fans have been throwing octopuses onto the ice since 1952, when two brothers who owned a fish market did it for the first time. The eight tentacles of this cephalopod represent the eight wins it took to win the Stanley Cup at that time. (It now takes 16 wins.) When the Wings scored a perfect eight, the octopus became the official mascot, named Al after their arena building operations manager Al Sobotka. Al has been updated a few times, including the removal of a tooth so that he had a “hockey player” look, as well as the addition of a Red Wings jersey to his body. And what is Al’s jersey number? Why, 8, of course! • Bailey the Lion is the mascot of hockey’s Los Angeles Kings, named in honor of the team’s Director of Pro Scouting, Ace Bailey, who was killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Prior to Bailey’s reign, the Kings had a snow leopard named Kingston. Bailey wears the No. 72 jersey, not as a tribute to any Kings player, but because that’s the average annual temperature in Los Angeles. • Each time the Olympics are held, the mascot symbolizes the host city. In 1968, Grenoble, France was the first city to have a mascot for the Winter Olympics, a little man on skis named Schuss. The 1972 Munich Olympics featured a dachshund named Waldi, and the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games introduced a bald eagle named Sam. The first Olympic mascot couple appeared at Calgary’s 1988 Winter Games. Hidy and Howdy were polar bears chosen after a contest sponsored by the Calgary Zoo brought in 7,000 entries. Most recently, the Sochi, Russia Olympics featured three mascots, a hare, a polar bear, and a leopard, symbolic of the three places on the Olympic podium. • Although mascots contribute to entertainment, enthusiasm, and team spirit, they are also the source of multi-million dollar income for a team in sales of souvenirs and team-related merchandise. • Exceptional mascots are inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame, created in 2005 by the original Phillie Phanatic. Originally an online-only organization, the city of Whiting, Indiana, agreed to construct a permanent Mascot Hall of Fame on the shores of Lake Michigan. Only mascots in place for at least 10 years are eligible for induction. Inductees include Mr. Met, Rocky of the Denver Nuggets, the Phoenix Suns Gorilla, Jazz Bear of the Utah Jazz, the San Diego Chicken, and, of course, the Phillie Phanatic. • Do you have a hankering to become a team mascot? San Antonio, Texas, is home to a Professional Mascot School, where for $250, you can learn the essentials of being a pro mascot.
1. When was the last time before 2015 that three Pittsburgh Pirate starting pitchers, over three consecutive games, recorded double-digit strikeouts? 2. Of Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux and John Smoltz, who recorded the most victories for the Atlanta Braves? 3. Duke Johnson became the all-time leader in career rushing yards (3,519) for the University of Miami Hurricanes in 2014. Who had been No. 1? 4. In 2015, Hassan Whiteside set the Miami Heat team mark with 12 blocked shots in a game. Who had held the record? 5. Who was the first New York Rangers player to tally 40 or more goals in an NHL season? 6. Penn State has won five of the past six NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. What school was the other winner during that time period? 7. Jordan Spieth set a record at the 2015 Masters with 28 birdies in 72 holes. Who had held the mark?
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* On June 19, 1864, the most successful and feared Confederate commerce raider of the war, the CSS Alabama, sinks after a battle with the USS Kearsarge off the coast of France. After three years and 75,000 miles, the Alabama needed overhauling and was taken to France, where the USS Kearsarge was lying in wait. * On June 16, 1884, the first roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island, New York. The coaster traveled 6 mph and cost a nickel to ride. The name Coney Island is believed to have come from the Dutch Konijn Eilandt, or Rabbit Island. * On June 18, 1923, the first Checker Cab rolls off the line in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In 1922, with some 600 Checker Cabs on the streets of New York City alone, owner Morris Markin went looking for a bigger factory and settled on Kalamazoo. * On June 14, 1954, more than 12 million Americans “die” in a mock nuclear attack, as the United States goes through its first nationwide civil-defense drill. The event stood as a stark reminder that the world was now living under a nuclear shadow. * On June 13, 1966, the Supreme Court hands down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona, establishing the principle that all criminal suspects must be advised of their rights before interrogation. Ernesto Miranda had been arrested and not told he didn’t have to say anything. * On June 17, 1972, five burglars are arrested in the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. An extensive investigation unveiled a scheme of political sabotage and espionage, which ultimately resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon. * On June 15, 1986, stock-car driver Richard Petty makes the 1,000th start of his NASCAR career, at Michigan International Speedway. “The King” would extend his record to 1,184 career starts before his retirement in 1992. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.
PAW’S CORNER By Sam Mazzotta
Can Renter be Forced to Give Up His Pet?
--DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I’m in a dilemma. I’ve had my dog for about five years. “Shera” stays with me in my apartment, one of six in a tripledecker house, and there have been no problems until now. Now, a new owner has bought the house and told me I cannot have a pet: I must either get rid of Shera or move out. What can I do? -- Desperate in Worcester, Massachusetts DEAR DESPERATE: I feel for you, and I hope I can give you some useful advice in this limited space. My first tip is to act fast, and the sooner the better. I recommend immediately contacting your state’s legal services or aid resource, if there is one, to discuss the problem. You also could find free or low-cost legal advice through the state’s bar association or perhaps at a local university. Your local library can be a great resource, too -you can get online for free, and the librarians can be very helpful. Renters have fairly extensive rights in most states. A new landlord usually cannot simply walk in and demand you get rid of your pet. The existing lease typically cannot be changed suddenly, either. And even if you don’t have a signed lease (some apartments are still “handshake” agreements) the landlord typically must still give reasonable notice of a change in the terms. You also might try offering your landlord a non-refundable pet deposit. These are sometimes required in rentals that accept pets. There’s much more information out there than I have room to write about here. But basically, you have more rights than you think. Stay calm, but immediately start contacting organizations that can help. Send your questions or pet care tips to ask@ pawscorner.com. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.
Fishing Report, White/Norfork River Hi Gang, Everybody is catching fish on the Rivers. We have had an extended period of relatively stable water and weather conditions. Even the wind has been light which is always a good thing when drift fishing on the river. Generation is starting to ramp up as the daytime temperatures are nearing the 90 degree mark. With the new influx of higher flows the turbidity and moss picks up for a period of time but usually not enough to bother the fishing for long. All of the feeder creeks and streams have dropped to low levels and the water in the main river clears up quickly after the initial surge of increased water flow. At times you can actually see the fish while running the boat up the river. It is often possible to spot concentrations of fish and then set up to catch them. Casting lures like Countdown Rapalas, Blue Fox Spinners, or Colorado Spoons are very effective now. We are catching some big Brown Trout almost every day along with numbers of fat and sassy Rainbows. The fly fishing has been spotty. The bug activity on the lower White has been sporadic and complex with a variety of insects. The Caddis are coming off in spurts and include a mix of micros and bigger
By Nick Kopcha tan or green bugs. I have been seeing a few Mayflies like Sulphurs and Blue Wing Olives but not enough to stir up a good dry fly bite yet. The Nymph fishing is accounting for most of the fish. Copper Johns, Pheasant Tails or Hare’s Ears are all working well. Sow Bugs and Scuds are productive on the Norfork along with Zebra and Ruby Midges. Soon big Terrestrials will account for some exciting fishing with explosive surface action. As we move into summer these conditions should persist for a long time and the good fishing should only get better. See ‘Yall Next Week Tite-Lines Nick Kopcha 314-609-5507 nkopcha@centurytel.net www.rosestroutdock.com Full Service Resort and Trout Dock 870-499-5311 or 888-425-1141
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FERRETS One of the nation’s most popular pets is the ferret, currently in third place after cats and dogs. Let’s get the facts on this member of the Mustelid family. • Ferrets are carnivorous mammals in the same family as otters, badgers, weasels, minks, and wolverines. Their name comes from the Latin word furittus, meaning “little thief,” which is indicative of their habit of hiding small items. • A male ferret can reach of length of 18 inches (46 cm), and weighs between 2 and 5 lbs. (0.9 and 2.3 kg), While the female might grow to a length of 16 inches (40 cm), she only weighs half as much as the male. A baby ferret, called a kit, is so tiny that it can fit in a teaspoon. Ferret owners can expect their pet to live between six and eight years. • Ferrets have been domesticated for over 2,000 years, and were pets in the Middle Ages. In fact, a portrait by Leonardo da Vinci features the subject, Cecelia Gallerani, holding a ferret. Queen Victoria of England raised albino ferrets and frequently handed them out as gifts to visitors. • These pets are very intelligent and can be trained to perform a variety of tricks. Typically happy little animals, they often perform a “weasel war dance,” during which they jump about wildly with their tail puffed out while making strange hissing noises. This is just their way of playfully expressing their joy! The dance must wear them out, because ferrets sleep between 14 and 18 hours a day. • Ferrets can also be useful in the community. Since a small one is able to squeeze through a hole just over 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter, they been used for running wire and cable. • In the 1960s, Boeing used the little weasels to string wire through airplanes. They were used to run underground cable for London’s Y2K Millennium concert, coaxed with bits of meat and the end of tunnels. Ferrets have displayed their usefulness in dragging cleaning brushes through tubes that were otherwise impossible to clean. • Sadly, ferrets are not all fun and games. They have been known to attack infants when left unattended, even killing a 10-week-old baby. A 10-day-old baby was attacked as her mother napped, and fortunately was saved by the family dog who bounded to the rescue. A pet ferret chewed off the fingers of a four-month-old baby sitting alone in a rocker. These small mammals have an amazing 34 teeth in their tiny mouths! They are excellent mousers, killing rodents by biting the base of the neck at the junction of the skull and spine. • Pet ferrets are completely dependent on people for life. Their diet must contain meat or they will die. Left on its own, a ferret will die starvation within four days. It also cannot tolerate freezing weather and will die within 24 hours. • Do you know the ferret lingo? A male is called a Hob, while the female is referred to as a Jill. Spayed females are known as Sprites, and neutered males are called Gibs. A group of ferrets is called a “business.”
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Make Fresh Pasta Pasta is a favorite national food of Italy, where it is typically cut into a variety of shapes and eaten with a sauce, in a soup or incorporated into a baked dish. But not just in Italy! Kids everywhere love pasta. No wonder it regularly appears on our family table. Mysteriously, though, when the kids were young, they often claimed to love linguine but not spaghetti, or shells but not elbows. And no matter how many times I tried to explain that it’s all the same thing, they insisted, “No! It tastes different!” Here’s your chance to check it out when you make fresh pasta with kids. They can cut this dough into a variety of shapes right before their eyes. When it’s cooked, they’ll discover one thing is certain -- eating fresh pasta (pasta fresca) opens the taste buds to something quite different from the standard dry pasta from a package. And if, while slurping the pasta into their mouths, you hear, “We like the squiggly shapes better!” you’ll have your answer. Maybe some forms are just a little more fun. FRESH PASTA (Makes 2 servings) 1 cup flour 1 egg 1 tablespoon water Prepare the dough: 1. Mound the flour on a work surface and make a deep “volcano” with your hands. Break the egg into the volcano. Beat the egg lightly with a fork while adding water. Continue until smooth, being careful not to break down the volcano walls. 2. Gradually incorporate flour into the egg mixture from the inside walls of the volcano. (This is a good job for kids to exercise their motor skills and patience.) Continue to stir in the flour until the dough is stiff. 3. When it is too firm to mix with the fork, knead it with your hands. Incorporate just enough flour to make a ball. (You may not need all of the flour.) Knead the dough for a few minutes until smooth and pliable. Place the dough on a floured surface, cover and let rest for 10 minutes. Make pasta shapes: Roll the dough out on a floured board into a very thin rectangle. The thinner the better, as the noodles will plump up when cooked. Cut lengthwise into narrow strips with a pizza cutter. Of course, you don’t have to stick to standard forms. Using a small table knife, try different “kid” shapes like wiggly lines, little triangles or stars. Cook the pasta: 1. Boil the pasta in salted water for 4-5 minutes. Drain and serve with a pasta sauce and cheese. Or, toss into a pot of simmering chicken soup and boil until cooked. Watch my video FRESH PASTA at www. donnaerickson.com. *** Donna Erickson’s award-winning series “Donna’s Day” is airing on public television nationwide. To find more of her creative family recipes and activities, visit www.donnasday.com and link to the NEW Donna’s Day Facebook fan page. Her latest book is “Donna Erickson’s Fabulous Funstuff for Families.” (c) 2016 Donna Erickson Distributed by King Features Synd.
1. Name Art Garfunkel’s first solo album after he and Paul Simon split in 1970. 2. Which artist released “Telephone (Won’t You Ring),” and when? 3. Name all six members of DeBarge. 4. Which group first released “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore”? 5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “Where can you find pleasure, search the world for treasure, learn science, technology? Where can you begin to make your dreams all come true on the land or on the sea?” Answers 1. “Angel Clare,” released in 1973. The single “All I Know” from the album was Garfunkel’s only Top 10 hit of his solo career. 2. Shelley Fabares, in 1962. Boy promised “he’d call at seven ... now it’s way past eleven.” Find it on YouTube. Don’t miss the “ring-a-ling-a-ling” background vocals. 3. Bunny (born Etterlene), James, Bobby, El, Randy and Mark. They’re all siblings. 4. Rose Royce, in 1978. 5. “Y.M.C.A.,” by the Village People in 1978. The song describes the benefits of living at the Y, but the YMCA wasn’t amused. It sued for trademark infringement. “Y.M.C.A.” climbed the charts around the world, and was even used as the wakeup song when the shuttle Atlantis visited the International Space Station. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.
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--Q: My dad gave me a Hopalong Cassidy black and white penknife. Dad is now 85 years old and thinks he originally received it when he was about 10 or 12 years old. Does it have any value? -- Matthew, Bloomingdale, Illinois A: There were several Hopalong Cassidy knives issued, and I am not certain which one you have. According to “Hopalong Cassidy Collectibles” by Joe Caro, the black single-blade knife would sell in the $150-$225 range if in excellent condition. *** Q: I have been searching for several years for a catalog about Shirley Temple dolls. I have even contacted the Bradford Exchange where some of my dolls were purchased. I did not get any help. I have several dolls from the 1980s and ‘90s that I want to find values. -- Evelyn, Coventry, Rhode Island A: I find it interesting that the Bradford Exchange would not help you since some of your dolls were purchased there. There are at least a dozen excellent price guides for Shirley Temple items. Two I especially recommend are “Shirley Temple Dolls and Price Guide” by Suzanne Kraus-Mancuso (Holly House Books) and “The Complete Guide to Shirley Temple Dolls and Collectibles” by Tonya Bervaldi-Camaratta (Collector Books). Both are available at www. amazon.com. *** Q: I have crystal, glassware and vases from the 1940s, some earlier. I also have some embroidered handkerchiefs that were my grandmothers, a blue-flowered vegetable bowl and necklaces from the 1890s. Other items include stoneware, a teapot and gold-rimmed fruit bowls dating back 150 years. Where can I sell these items? -- Virginia, Albuquerque, New Mexico A: You are fortunate that you live in a larger city that has dozens of excellent antique and collectible dealers. This is where you should start. I always recommend to my readers that they buy and sell locally when possible. If that idea doesn’t work or appeal to you, there is eBay. *** Q: In 1938, I bought a Packard Bell tabletop radio. It is Model 46D in a wooden case. I love the radio, and it still plays. -- Steve, Jackson, Mississippi A: Most radios of this type retail for about $100. Write to Larry Cox in care of KFWS, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803, or send e-mail to questionsforcox@aol.com. Due to the large volume of mail he receives, Mr. Cox cannot personally answer all reader questions, nor does he do appraisals. Do not send any materials requiring return mail. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.
There are some very unusual mascots at some of the colleges and universities around the continent. Here are just a few. • Scottsdale, Arizona Community College’s athletic teams have a rather unique team name, the Fighting Artichokes. The college, which opened in 1970, was without a mascot for its first two years. There was a little animosity between the administration and the student body over distribution of scholarship money. Consequently, students put three suggestions on the ballot for the team – the Scoundrels, the Rutabagas, and the Artichokes. Put to a vote, the Artichokes won out. • Another team with an edible mascot name is the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, located in Winston-Salem. The Fighting Pickles was the name selected by the student body in 2010, and in 2012, it was named the “Cheesiest College Mascot.” • Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia proudly calls their team the Fighting Squirrels. The school was established in 1842 as the Augusta Female Seminary, and was a very state-of-the-art school during the Civil War Years. Mary Julia Baldwin was one of the Seminary’s first students, and became its principal in 1863, where she remained for the next 34 years. The school was renamed in her honor, and because the squirrel was the central figure in her family crest, it became the school’s mascot. • Eighteen different varsity teams at Texas Christian University are known as the Horned Frogs. In 1897, the year the team was named, the school was known as AddRan Christian University. The name came about because of “the abundance of those creatures around campus.” The name was changed to TCU in 1902, but the mascot remained the same. • Attend a game at Louisiana State University and you can catch a glimpse of Mike, a live Bengal tiger, the school’s mascot. The current Mike is the sixth tiger in the mascot’s history and is a Siberian-Bengal mix weighing over 450 lbs. (204 kg), but expected to reach 600 lbs. (270 kg) by full adulthood. The first Mike was really named Sheik, and was purchased in 1935 from the Little Rock, Arkansas Zoo for $750, with funds raised by collecting a quarter from every LSU student. He lived 20 years. Mike VI (whose name is actually Roscoe) lives in a $3 million, 15,000 sq-ft. habitat created especially for the school’s mascot, which includes a waterfall, a stream, a pond, abundant greenery, and rocky mesas. During home games, opposing teams must pass by Mike’s cage-onwheels, which is always situated by the locker room. • University of California at Irvine is home to the Anteaters, who received their name in 1965. Two of the school’s water polo players were great fans of the Johnny Hart comic strip “B.C.”, which made its newspaper debut in 1958. The prehistoric cartoon featured an anteater who snatched up ants with a “Zot!” sound. Today, “Zot!” is the university’s warcry at college sporting events, and their mascot is named Peter the Anteater. • In 1953, Ohio’s University of Akron chose Zippy the kangaroo as their school mascot. The name wasn’t chosen because the animal zips around, but as an abbreviated form of “Zippers,” used to refer to a pair of rubber overshoes manufactured by the city’s BF Goodrich Company. Although the team has been known as the Zips since 1925, Zippy didn’t come along until 28 years later.
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