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FIRST FACT When the War of 1812 began, Britain had the largest navy in the world with more than 600 ships. In contrast, the United States had just 18.

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by Kathy Wolfe Tidbits is bringing you a short history lesson, testing your knowledge of wars throughout the ages. Let’s see what you know about several of the world’s conflicts. Part two will appear later this month.

• The first shot of the Revolutionary War, America’s war of independence from Britain, rang out on April 19, 1775 in Lexington, Massachusetts, and has been called “the shot heard round the world.” The 13 American colonies were revolting against the many high taxes imposed by Britain without giving the colonies any representation in the British Parliament.

Congress summoned George Washington from his home at Mount Vernon to be commander and chief of American forces. Washington would not return home for the next six years.

• The Revolutionary War raged on for eight years, with France and Spain stepping in to aid the colonists. Spain’s motive in helping the colonists was to regain land it had lost to Britain. This caused the fighting to spread to Europe, the Caribbean, and East Indies, although most was done within the colonies.

• The Declaration of Independence from Britain was signed early on in the war, on July 4, 1776. The first great American victory was the Battle of Saratoga in 1777, and was a turning point toward the colonists’ eventual triumph over Britain. Turn the page for more

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Trans-saturated fat is not healthy. Food companies make it by adding hydrogen to vegetable oil at high temperature. The chemical bonds are “trans,” which are not normally found in nature. The process makes the fat more solid at room temperature. It isn’t much of an exaggeration to call trans fat toxic, since even modest amounts increase risk for heart disease from blockage of the arteries. I recommend as little trans fat in the diet as possible -- preferably none.

Saturated fat isn’t healthy either, but it isn’t as bad for you as trans fat. There are two major kinds of saturated fat: Those that come from animal products (butter, red meat), and those from tropical sources, like palm and coconut. Most experts think tropical saturated fats are not as unhealthy as those found in animal products.

Nonetheless, I recommend keeping saturated fat intake low. The American Heart Association recommends less than 16 grams for a person on a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet. *** DEAR DR. ROACH: In your column on atrial fibrillation, you did not address a procedure that can be done to cure the condition rather than taking medication. Could you discuss this, and whether medication would be necessary afterward? -- C.G. ANSWER: Atrial fibrillation is a chaotic lack of rhythm in the heart muscle, caused by abnormal electrical impulses. The goal when treating atrial fibrillation is to reduce the risk of stroke and minimize symptoms.

One new approach to treatment is radiofrequency ablation -- that is, using radio waves sent through a small tube placed directly into the heart through a leg or arm vein. The high-powered radio waves can destroy the cells causing the atrial fibrillation, or can isolate those areas from the rest of the heart. A surgeon can do a “maze” procedure to prevent the abnormal impulses from affecting the entire heart.

It isn’t clear yet who benefits most from these kinds of procedures, but early studies have suggested better outcomes and a good chance for cure, although sometimes it takes several procedures. There are potentially serious complications, so it should be done only in centers with extensive experience. It is a good choice for people who experience symptoms and can’t take medications or for whom medicines failed.

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WARS, PART ONE (continued): • Nearly everyone has heard the phrase, “Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes!” This was the order of Revolutionary War officer William Prescott at the Battle of Bunker Hill, as he urged his troops to be brave enough to hold their fire until the enemy was near.

• The Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War was finally signed in 1783, when Great Britain acknowledged America’s independence. It also set the northern U.S./Canadian boundary and the Mississippi River as the western boundary.

• Prior to the American Revolution, the British and French had struggled for ownership of North America for many years. Finally the conflict came to a head in 1756, with a dispute over control of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers for commerce. It continued until 1763, earning it the name “The Seven Years’ War,” or more commonly, The French and Indian War. North American battles were fought from the state of Virginia clear up to Nova Scotia. France gained allies of the American Indians and Spain, spurring Britain to concentrate on seizing French and Spanish territories in other parts of the world.

• How much do you really know about the War of 1812? That’s the year it began, of course, but it continued until December, 1814, when the Treaty of Ghent was signed. Great Britain’s prevention of U.S. trade with foreign countries was a leading factor in its cause, as well as Britain’s attempts to prevent westward U.S. expansion and to suppress any thoughts America had about annexing Canada. Britain was also forcing U.S. sailors to serve on British Navy ships and was supplying the Native Americans with guns.

• Most of the War of 1812’s battles took place along the U.S./Canada border, with a few occurring on the Great Lakes and Atlantic coast. The words to “The Star-Spangled Banner” were written during this war, as a 35-year-old lawyer named Francis Scott Key witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore. (Continued on next page).

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WARS, PART ONE (Continued): After a long night of brutal fighting, Key observed the flag still flying above the Fort. The 42 ft. x 30 ft. (12.8 m x 9.1 m) banner was the largest in the nation at that time. That flag is on display at the Smithsonian Institute today.

• In August, 1814, British troops set fire to the White House in retaliation for the U.S. attack on the city of York, Ontario, Canada. President James Madison and his wife Dolley had already abandoned their home, fleeing to safety in Maryland, leaving behind all their personal belongings. Dolley was credited with saving a full-length portrait of George Washington before their escape.

• On the day after the British set fire to the White House, the Capitol, and other federal buildings, a tremendous storm and freak tornado hit Washington, D.C., putting out the fires. Oddly enough, debris from the tornado killed more British soldiers than were killed by Americans with their guns during the Washington fighting. The Madisons lived the remainder of his term in Washington, D.C.’s Octagon House. The reconstructed White House was not completed until 1817.

• The well-known saying “Don’t give up the ship!” had its origins during the War of 1812. Captain James Lawrence of the U.S.S. Chesapeake shouted his last words as the ship was overtaken by the British ship HMS Shannon in 1813. Lawrence’s final words became the battle cry for sailors for generations to come.

• The U.S. Civil War, the “War Between the States,” started in 1861, and by its conclusion in 1865 had left more 620,000 men dead, 2% of the country’s population, more than any other war in American history. Prior to its beginning, eleven states had left the Union and formed their own country in order to protect slavery. War raged for four years between the North and South, with more than three million fighting at some point.

• The Union had the clear advantage from the start, with 101,000 factories, compared to the Confederacy’s 21,000, and 20,000 miles (32,187 km) of Union railroad tracks over the Confederacy’s 8,000 miles (12,875 km). The South’s wheat production of 35 million bushels couldn’t hope to match the 100 million bushels of the North. All the manufactured goods produced in all of the Confederate states totaled less than 25% of those produced in New York state alone. The Union horses numbered 3.4 million compared to the Confederacy’s 1.7 million.

• The bloodiest day of the Civil War was the Battle of Antietam, fought in September, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland. The first major battle fought on Union soil, there were nearly 23,000 casualties there in a single day, double the amount of D-Day, 82 years later during World War II. • The three-day Battle of Gettysburg in the summer of 1863 left 52,000 men killed, wounded, or missing. It’s considered the turning point in the War, when the South began to lose.

• During the Battle of Cold Harbor in June of 1864, 7,000 soldiers fell in just 20 minutes.

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Keeping a Dog Off the Counter --DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My poodle mix, “Shep,” loves to jump up on the kitchen counter -- not just put his paws up, but his entire body. He will do it whether we’re in the kitchen or not. My husband thinks it’s funny, but I don’t. How can I get Shep to stop? -- Julia in Phoenix, Arizona NOTEWORTHY INVENTORS: EARL TUPPER Who hasn’t stored food in Tupperware at some time?

It’s become the word that stands for nearly any plastic container used for leftovers! Here are the facts on its inventor, New Hampshire-born Earl Tupper.

• As a youth raised on a farm, Earl was a hard-working, enterprising young man who sold his family’s produce door-to-door. His father was a laid-back tinkerer without much ambition, and his mother took in laundry and boarders to supplement the family’s income.

• Although intelligent and innovative, Earl struggled in school, barely graduating. He took correspondence courses after high school, including one in advertising. When his parents started up a greenhouse in Massachusetts, Earl urged them to be more assertive in marketing their products, but to no avail.

• Earl carried a notebook of his ideas at all times, making illustrations of various gadgets as they came to mind. He had ideas for improved stocking garters, combs that would clip to a belt, pants that would maintain their crease, and a convertible top for a rumble seat, along with hundreds of other designs.

He was tireless in his efforts to sell his inventions, but with very few results. He finally established a tree surgery and landscaping business, married, and settled down.

• Tupper’s business prospered until the Great Depression, when lack of customers forced him into bankruptcy in 1936. What seemed to be devastating became the turning point in Tupper’s life. He took a job in a Massachusetts plastic factory, working in the manufacturing division of DuPont.

• Within a few years, Tupper took his knowledge and experience from DuPont, and along with some used molding machines, he started up the Earl S. Tupper Company, concentrating his efforts on plastic kitchen utensils and other household items.

• Tupper first marketed his products as giveaways, such as a plastic cigarette case with the purchase of cigarettes or a plastic glass free with a toothbrush. His breakthrough came with his “wonderbowl,” an airtight plastic container with a patented burping seal. His first line of kitchen items was comprised of 25 pastel-colored items, with every piece designed by Tupper himself. His wife, mother, and aunts were the testers of each item.

• In 1946, Tupperware debuted in hardware and department stores. Two years later, he received a call from a Florida woman named Brownie Wise, who presented Tupper with an innovative idea, that of selling his products exclusively through home parties. The Tupperware party was born! Tupperware was withdrawn from retail stores, and Brownie became the vice-president of the company’s home party division. She was responsible for recruiting thousands of women into an exciting career in the 1950s.

•Drastic changes came about in Tupper’s life in 1958. After eight years of Brownie Wise’s extraordinary success at the helm, Tupper fired her abruptly and without cause. Within months, he had sold his company to the Rexall Drug Company for $16 million. Shortly afterward, he divorced his wife, bought an island in Central America, forfeited his U.S. citizenship, and spent the remainder of his life in Costa Rica.

• Within five years of the founding of Tupper Plastics, annual gross sales exceeded $5 million. At the time of Tupper’s death in 1983, Tupperware’s annual sales were over $800 million.

JELL-O February 8 – 14 is Jell-O Week, so Tidbits is offering up tasty bites about the dessert we’ve all been eating our entire lives.

DEAR JULIA: I agree, it’s not funny. Shep clearly thinks it’s all right to jump onto the counter because he’s getting those positive vibes from your husband. And unless you persuade your husband to stop thinking it’s funny, teaching Shep not to do it will be very difficult.

Make sure, of course, that when you’re not in the kitchen, nothing remains on the countertop that would present a danger to Shep. That includes leftovers, cleaners, houseplants -- anything that he might chew on or ingest.

First things first: Make it clear to Shep that he can’t come into the kitchen at all without your leave. Start by setting up a toddler gate at the entrance. (One that’s pretty high, since it sounds like he’s a good jumper.)

When you’re in the kitchen cooking or cleaning, leave Shep out of it. If he whines, tell him to “sit” and “stay,” and continue working. Once you’ve finished working, you can let him in, as long as he’s supervised. If he tries to jump on the counter, firmly tell him “down,” and escort him outside the toddler gate again.

Both you and your husband need to be on the same page. Shep needs to make the connection that certain behavior in the kitchen will mean he doesn’t get to go in the kitchen. It will take a little while, so be patient, but consistent.

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• We think of Jell-O as a tasty treat, but the process of making it isn’t quite as appetizing. The use of gelatin has been around since the 15th century. Gelatin itself is a protein that is produced by extracting collagen from the bones and connective tissues of animals, usually cows and pigs.

The bones are boiled for several hours after which they are discarded, and the liquid is allowed to settle. The fat is then skimmed off the top and flavoring is added.

• In 1845, inventor Peter Cooper, who had created America’s first steam locomotive, the Tom Thumb, came up with a method of making large sheets of gelatin and grinding it into a powder that was easy to use in cooking. His U.S. Patent #4084 was for “portable gelatin,” and required only the addition of hot water.

• The Jell-O trademark came about in 1897, when LeRoy, New York, cough syrup manufacturers Pearle and May Wait added strawberry, raspberry, orange, and lemon flavoring to granulated gelatin and sugar. Their concoction was 88% sugar. Although the couple was very good at making their product, they didn’t have the money to market it, and just two years later, they sold the formula, the patent, and the Jell-O name to their neighbor Orator Frank Woodward www.e-zcash.org for $450 (about $12,000 today).

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672-2451

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Office 763-7354

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JELL-O (continued): • In 1902, Jell-O ads were placed in the Ladies’ Home Journal and free Jell-O cookbooks were distributed. Famed artist Norman Rockwell illustrated their early advertisements.

• Woodward’s family owned the rights to Jell-O for 27 years, and when they sold out to the Postum Cereal Company in 1925, five million cases were being shipped out of LeRoy each year. In 1927, Jell-O became part of the brand-new General Foods Corporation.

• Cecil B. DeMille’s epic 1923 silent movie The Ten Commandments used massive amounts of Jell-O to create the special effect of Moses keeping the Red Sea parted while the Israelites made their escape from Egypt.

• In the 1930s, the company introduced lime Jell-O for cooks who liked to make aspics and salads with vegetables like cabbage, celery, and peppers. As the years went by, new fruit flavors were continually added.

• Instant chocolate pudding was added to the line-up in 1936 and was an immediate success.

• The famous slogan “There’s always room for Jell-O” was introduced in 1964. By 1970, sales were on the decline, and the company launched an aggressive marketing campaign, hiring comedian Bill Cosby as the spokesman. Sales dramatically increase, and Cosby remained on the job for the next 30 years, introducing Jell-O Pops, Jigglers, and sugarfree Jell-O, an alternative for those who cannot consume the 80% sugar content of regular Jell-O. • Although the manufacturing plant relocated to Dover, Delaware in 1964, LeRoy, New York, the birthplace of Jell-O, is home to the world’s only Jell-O Museum.

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2248 Coffeen • Sheridan • 672-food (3663)

FREMONT MOTOR FORD SHERIDAN LUBE, OIL & FILTER CHANGE

$

19

95

INCLUDES: Oil (up to 5qts), Lube, Filter, Courtesy Inspection & Top Off Fluids where necessary

10% off

Any recommended maintenance at the time of service.

Good only at Fremont Motor Ford Sheridan. Cannot be used with any other special or coupons. Shop supplies and tax extra. Oil change excludes diesel engines.

Expires Feb. 28, 2015.

OUR NEW NUMBER 307-675-1958

1658 Coffeen Avenue Sheridan, WY Hours: Monday - Friday: 8AM - 5PM FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE WE ARE ALSO OPEN ON

SATURDAY FROM 8AM - 3PM!!