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“It’s a bird! It’s a plane!” June 12 has been designated Superman Day, and Tidbits is speeding the facts about the Man of Steel to our readers. • In 1933, Cleveland high school student Jerry Siegel wrote a short story about a mad scientist who yanked a vagrant from the bread line and administered an experimental drug that delivered telepathic abilities to the hobo. Once he became a “Superman,” the vagrant became irrational, drunk with power, and killed the scientist, and tried to take over the world. However, his plan backfired, and before long, he was back on the streets, and remembered only as a villain. • Jerry Siegel’s best friend Joe Shuster illustrated the story, titled “The Reign of the Superman,” and Siegel self-published it in his own science fiction “fanzine.” Because the story did not sell well, the young men gave their character a makeover, revising Superman into a hero with an alien background and a secret identity. • Siegel and Shuster began drawing comic strips, which were also self-published under “Popular Comics,” with the hope of Superman becoming a syndicated newspaper comic strip. • The pair of friends landed a job in the comics field in 1935, writing detective stories for a New York publisher, National Allied Publications. The publishers were mildly interested in taking Superman on, but Siegel and Shuster held back, hoping for the syndicated strip. Unfortunately, they were turned down by all the newspaper syndicates. Believing that Superman would never be successful, the young men finally sold all rights to the character to Detective Comics in 1938 for $130 (about $2,200 in today’s dollars), an action that would prevent them from collecting any royalties. • Superman was born Kal-El on the planet Krypton,
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where his parents Lara Lor-Van and Jor-El were scientists. The planet was doomed, as its sun was set to blow up in the near future. Wanting to save his three-year-old son from certain death, Jor-El put him on a spacecraft to Earth. On his journey, exposure to the sun “supercharged” his cells, giving the boy astonishing abilities. The boy was found by Jonathan and Martha Kent, and was given the name Clark Joseph Kent. The couple raised him as their own in Smallville, Kansas, keeping his method of arrival a secret. • Superman’s powers enable him to hold his breath forever. He also does not need to sleep or eat. All he needs is regular exposure to the sun. • At a young age, Clark made the decision to use his superpowers to fight for truth and justice. Martha made the costume without a mask, believing that “the public would better trust him.” Clark chose to drastically change his earthly appearance and mannerisms to mask his true identity. He became a mild-mannered reporter at The Daily Planet. • Superman’s archenemy is a devious businessman named Lex Luthor, who tries to corrupt Superman. But because Superman is “completely free of evil or temptation,” he refuses, thus beginning a decadeslong feud between the two. Other opponents of Superman include Brainiac, Mr. Mxyzptik, Bizarro, Doomsday, and Hank Henshaw. The villains frequently tormented Superman with Green Kryptonite, a radioactive compound that steals his powers.
• The first television series to feature Superman aired from 1952 to 1958, starring George Reeves in the title role. Sponsored by Kellogg’s cereals, each episode cost about $15,000 each to produce. Special effects included cables and wires for Superman’s take-offs and filming in front of a projection screen showing clouds, buildings,
• Superman had his comic book debut on the cover of Action Comics, Issue #1, in June, 1938. Siegel and Shuster continued to write and illustrate the comics for a salary from DC Comics when the Superman comic strip began in January, 1939. By 1941, 20 million people were reading Superman every day. After the huge success of Superman, the pair filed a lawsuit against DC in 1947, settled for $94,000, and were promptly fired by the company. In 1959, struggling with money troubles, Siegel returned to the company for a regular salary, but with no by-line. Six years later, he quit and filed a second unsuccessful lawsuit. Finally in the 1970s, when a Superman movie began production, the company granted Siegel and Shuster pensions of $20,000 a year. After their deaths in the 1990s, their heirs filed suit for copyright litigation, and permanently granted DC Comics the rights to Superman in exchange for several million dollars and an annual payment of $500,000. • In 2011, a copy of the original Action Comics #1 sold at auction for $2.16 million, making it the most valuable comic book of all time. In 2013, a Minnesota man was gutting a house he had purchased to renovate and found an old comic book sandwiched between newspapers used as insulation in the walls. Much to his surprise, it was that 75-year-old Action Comics #1, and worth a fortune.
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1. Name Lois Lane’s sister. 2. Who is the cub reporter who works alongside Clark Kent? 3. Name the actor who played Superman in the most recent movie. 4. Who played Superman in TV’s “Lois & Clark” from 1993 to 1997? 5. What is Clark Kent’s favorite sandwich?
oceans, and forests for the aerial footage. After Reeves was typecast as Superman, he had difficulty landing other roles. He died suddenly at age 45 in 1959, his death ruled a suicide. • Christopher Reeve, the star of four Superman movies from 1978 to 1987, was 26 when he starred in the first. At age 43, he was thrown from a horse during an equestrian competition, suffered a spinal cord injury, and was confined to a wheelchair, requiring a portable ventilator for the remainder of his life, passing away in 2004 at age 52. • In recent years, Clark Kent finally proposed marriage to Lois Lane, and confessed his true identity. Their long engagement culminated in their marriage in 1996, and DC Comics released “Superman: The Wedding Album” in commemoration of the 60year relationship. • A small town in southern Illinois named Metropolis began calling itself the hometown of Superman in 1972. They had the support of DC Comics and their State House of Representatives for the action. The community’s newspaper even changed its name to the Metropolis Planet, in honor of Clark Kent’s employer, The Daily Planet. Visitors can view a 15-foot (4.6-m) bronze statue of the Man of Steel outside the courthouse, and their local museum is full of Superman memorabilia. The town also hosts a Superman festival every June.
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Rose, daisy, tulip, mum – not every flower has a plain, familiar, easy-to-remember name. This week, Tidbits picks a bouquet of some of the more unique flower names. • The Virgin Mary in Moon orchid is a beautiful white flower that glitters like frost when the sun hits it. Look closer and you’ll see what resembles a tiny carving of the Madonna nestled in the inside of the blossom. What you don’t see is a network of hollow tunnels and caverns at the bottom of the plant, that is home to large numbers of ants. • Angel’s Trumpet flowers sound heavenly, but don’t be fooled by their cherubic name. These lovely, large trumpet-shaped flowers in shades
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Sons of the Pioneers For over 80 years the Sons of the Pioneers have been recognized as “the world’s premier cowboy singing group” [as noted by American Cowboy magazine] starting with Roy Rogers in numerous movies, through major recording contracts and television shows and thousands of live performances all around the world. They have been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, the Western Music Hall of Fame, the Texas Swing Hall of Fame and have their own star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame. Their renditions of “Tumbling Tumbleweed” and “Cool Water” are in the Grammy Hall of Fame. Today the Sons of the Pioneers are still being recognized as the best in the genre. Last December, True West magazine has just named them 2016 “Best of the West - Best Western Music Group”. Ranger Doug of Riders in the Sky summed it up, “I think the reason that the Pioneers have been so successful for 75 years and continuous for 75 years is because they came up originally with something unique and great and they have kept that. It’s something that is timeless. It’s not something that is connected to hit records and charts and fads. It’s just an eternal interest in the American West and they sing about it beautifully and it’s written beautifully and that’s something that just will never go out of style.” The Pioneers enjoyed a regular season on the strip in Branson, Missouri since 1983, and now actively tour on the road.
of yellow, pink, orange, green, red, or white have a strong, pleasant fragrance, with blossoms reaching up to 20 inches (50 cm) in length. Yet all parts of the plant are poisonous, with strong toxins that can cause confusion, diarrhea, migraines, hallucinations, paralysis, and even death. • Swaddled Babies are a species of tulip orchids, discovered in the Colombian Andes Mountains in the late 1700s. The bloom resembles a baby swathed in white blankets. The longlasting blossoms have a strong cinnamon
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scent, and grow on a plant almost 2 feet (0.6 m) high. It’s a lovely name for a lovely flower. The blossoms of Kiss-Me-Over-the-Garden-Gate, which is native to China, are bright pink long rope-like flowers that hang over a fence. The plant is over 6 feet (1.8 m) tall with heart-shaped leaves. Thomas Jefferson was the first to grow Kiss-Me-Over-theGarden-Gate, in the gardens at his Monticello estate. The Brazilian Dutchman’s Pipe has blooms resembling the type of pipe smoked by Sherlock Holmes (officially known as a Meerschaum pipe). It’s also known as the Giant Pelican plant. Although the flower is beautiful to behold, it gives off a nasty odor. The plant is a danger to Pipevine Swallowtail butterflies, which confuse the Pipe with the butterfly’s native host plants, the Big Leaf Pipevine, the Wooly Pipevine, and the Desert Pipevine. The Brazilian Dutchman does not support the eggs and kills the caterpillars. A dreary gray cactus known as the Queen of the Night grows abundantly across the deserts of Arizona, Texas, and northern Mexico. It’s not much to look at until June or July, when, after the sun goes down, large 8-inch x 4-inch (20 x 10 cm) many-petalled white flowers burst into bloom. The scent of these fragrant flowers spreads nearly 100 feet (30 m) away. All through the night, hawk moths and other nocturnal insects feed on the nectar, and accomplish pollination. In the morning, the flowers close up, and never open again. The Fetid Adder’s Tongue grows on the shady floor of California’s redwood forests. The delicate and beautiful deep purple and cream-striped flowers seem to appear out of nowhere in spots where, on the previous day, there were no flowers. They appear in February at times when not much else is able to grow. The seeds have a sweet, fleshy part that serves as a nutritious snack to the forest’s ants. The only unpleasant thing about this flower is its foul smell, but even that serves the purpose of attracting the fungus gnats that are the plant’s pollinators.
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June 16 – 18 have been designated Duct Tape Days. Here’s a tribute to the item that folks claim can fix most anything, the “handyman’s secret weapon”! • One of the world’s largest makers of everyone’s favorite adhesive is located in Avon, Ohio, which has proclaimed itself the Duct Tape Capital of the World. It’s the home of the brand Duck Tape, and the Duct Tape Days Festival held there every year features a parade, and art, sculpture, and fashion shows all featuring unusual uses of duct tape. • Although we now refer to this adhesive as “duct tape,” it was in fact first called “duck tape.” That’s because it was first composed of long strips of plain cotton duck cloth. Clear back in 1902, the steel cables supporting the Manhattan Bridge were covered in linseed oil and wrapped in duck cloth as a protection from corrosion or wear. Also in the early part of the 20th century, canvas duck fabric was used as a reinforcement inside shoes to make them stronger. During the 1940s, venetian blinds were held together with long strips of duck tape. • It wasn’t until World War II that duck tape became a sticky adhesive. The mother of two Navy sailors, who worked in a munitions factory, was concerned that the seals on the ammunition boxes would cost soldiers time while engaged in battle. She contacted President Franklin Roosevelt with her suggestion – seal the boxes with a fabric tape. The War Production Board hired Johnson &
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Johnson to develop a tape that could be ripped by hand, not cut with scissors. The new adhesive was a thin cotton duck tape, coated in waterproof polyethylene, with rubber-based adhesive on one side. Soon the soldiers were using it for repairing vehicles, aircraft, and weapons. • After the war, the tape was made available to the public, sold as a household repair item in hardware stores. Although the tape had been olive green for the military, it was now a silvery gray color, a match for tin ductwork. Construction workers began using it to wrap air ducts, and heat- and cold-resistant types were created. In 1960, a flame-resistant tape was developed, and was given the trademark name of Ductape. • In the 1970s, a large manufacturer renamed his product, going back to the original name, trademarking it under Duck Tape, using a yellow cartoon character logo. • Duct tape isn’t just for construction. Iditarod mushers use it to prevent frostbite on their sled dog’s feet. Vets use it to repair horses’ hooves. It’s even been shown to cure warts! An Army medical center treated a group of patients with warts, applying duct tape patches every day. Eighty-five percent of the patients reported that their warts disappeared. Duct tape has been used as an emergency suture for closing up serious wounds, including gunshot wounds. • The lives of the Apollo 13 astronauts were saved when they used duct tape to put air scrubbers together after the carbon dioxide filters on the command module failed. • It’s powdered aluminum mixed into polyethylene that gives duct tape its familiar gray color. However, duct tape is now available in a wide variety of colors -- red, yellow, green, blue brown, lime green, hot pink, and even camo! •“One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things go, and duct tape to make them stop.” – G. Weilacher
Saucy Chicken Stir Fry Stir-fry is the easiest way to get your veggies and to have something that is quick and easy. If you need to serve an extra body, just throw in a few more veggies. 3 cups purchased raw stir-fry vegetables 8 ounces skinned and boned uncooked chicken breast, cut into 1/2-inch pieces 1/2 cup Kraft fat-free mayonnaise 1 teaspoon dried minced garlic 1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 2 cups cooked rice 1. In a large skillet or wok sprayed with butterflavored cooking oil, cook vegetables for about 5 minutes or until just tender, stirring often. Remove from skillet. 2. Add chicken pieces to skillet and cook for about 4 minutes or until tender. Add cooked vegetables. Mix well to combine. Stir in mayonnaise, garlic, soy sauce and ginger. Remove from heat. 3. For each serving, place 1/2 cup rice on a plate and spoon about 1 cup chicken mixture over top. Serves 4. TIPS: 1) 1 cup raw broccoli, 1 cup raw cauliflower, 3/4 cup carrots and 1/4 cup green onion may be used in place of purchased stir-fry vegetables. 2) Usually 1 1/3 cups uncooked instant or 1 cup regular rice cooks to about 2 cups. * Each serving equals: 215 calories, 3g fat, 17g protein, 30g carbs, 419mg sodium, 31mg calcium, 3g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 1 1/2 Meat, 1 1/2 Vegetable, 2 Starch/Carb; Carb Choices: 2. (c) 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.
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by Samantha Weaver * It was beloved English author J.R.R. Tolkien, best known for fantasy tales “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings,” who made the following sage observation about his chosen genre: “I have been a lover of fairystories since I learned to read. Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if, when he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison walls?” * You might be surprised to learn that thieves, too, have a patron saint: Saint Dismas. Incidentally, he’s also the patron saint of prisoners and funeral directors. * You’re probably aware that nocturnal animals are active at night and that diurnal animals are active during the day. But what about creatures that prefer the twilight hours? Yep, they have a name, too: They’re crepuscular. * Those who study such things say that ecdysiasts -those performers better known as stripteasers -- are likely to be first-born children. * In a recent survey of Americans and Britons, conducted on behalf of meditation app Calm.com, respondents reported that they get their best sleep of the week on Thursday nights, while Sunday night is the worst for sleeping.
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* In India at one time, it was believed that eggshells held clues to the future. Fortunetellers would smash a hen’s egg against a special board, then interpret the pattern made by the fragments of shell. * Add this to the list of America’s puzzling small-town festivals: Every June, the town of Ainsworth, Nebraska, puts on the Middle of Nowhere Celebration. Thought for the Day: “The true test of a civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops -no, but the kind of man the country turns out.” -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (c) 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.
Every morning for two years, little Johnny’s mother pinned a bath towel to his T-shirt so he could pretend to be Superman. When he started kindergarten, the teacher asked him his name. “Superman,” he answered immediately. The teacher smiled and asked again, “Your real name, please.” “Superman,” he answered. The teacher then sternly said, “I will need your real name for my records.” Johnny looked around furtively, hunched closer to her, and whispered, “Clark Kent.”
The Auxiliary would like to thank everyone who assisted us in any way in putting on our recent Garage Sale at People Place Parking Lot on May 6. So many people helped in so many ways , we wish we could name you all but please know you have all helped your hospital. All money raised by the Auxiliary goes to the hospital for needed equipment and patient comfort.
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The first Lawn Chair Lounge free movie in the park is happening on June 29th in Oval Park in Lumby, in celebration of the last day of school! Join us just after sunset!
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Much of the “Superman II” movie, starring Christopher Reeve, released in 1980, was filmed at the same time as the first film, released in 1978.
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