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“A long, long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make me smile.

And, I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance, and maybe they’d be happy for awhile.

But, February made me shiver with every paper I’d deliver.

Bad news on the doorstep – I couldn’t take one more step.

I can’t remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride.

Something touched me deep inside the day the music died.”

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from the tarmac. Snow was blowing across the runway, but Peterson received clearance to take off. Two weather advisories had indicated an oncoming blizzard, but Peterson was never told about it.

Don McLean wrote those lyrics to “American Pie” as a tribute to the untimely deaths of three of America’s rock ‘n’ roll pioneers: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson).

Their plane was in the sky for only a few minutes when it went down, plowing into a nearby cornfield at more than 170 mph.

The plane flipped over, tossing the passengers into the air. Their bodies were found yards away from the wreckage. Because of the snowstorm, no one could reach them until morning – 10 hours after the crash.

On Feb. 3, 1959, in the early morning hours, a three-passenger plane went down near Clear Lake, Iowa, ending the short lives of Holly, age 22; Valens, age 17; and Richardson, age 28 – and pilot Roger Peterson.

Holly’s mother in Texas and his pregnant wife in Greenwich Village, NY, heard the news on radio and television. Holly’s wife miscarried the following day. Shortly after, the authorities adopted a policy that no victim’s name would be released before the families had been notified.

The night before the crash, the three rock ‘n’ roll stars had performed in Clear Lake for two sold-out shows. Earlier that night, Holly, tired of his tour bus breaking down, chartered an airplane to fly him to the next show in Minnesota, and invited his musician companions.

Waylon Jennings, Holly’s bass player, had decided to fly with Holly but gave up his seat to The Big Bopper (“Chantilly Lace”) because the latter had a cold. Holly’s guitarist, Tommy Allsup, flipped a coin with Richie Valens (“La Bamba”) for the other seat. Valens won.

HOLLY Charles Hardin Holly was born in Lubbock, Texas, in 1938. His parents encouraged music lessons for Holly and his three siblings. At age 5, Holly and his brothers entered a talent show and won $5 singing “Down the River of Memories.”

Peterson was tired from working 17 hours that day, but he couldn’t resist the chance to mingle with Holly. They boarded the single-engine plane about 12:30 a.m. as their fans screamed and waved good-bye

The experience marked the beginning of a monumental – albeit short – ride in music.

When Elvis Presley died, 25,000 people

gathered outside Graceland in the heat of the summer to mourn his death. When John Lennon died, a million people gathered in Central Park, NY, for a vigil. More than 31 million people watched Michael Jackson’s funeral on T.V. Holly’s death didn’t draw that kind of fanfare, but his influence on the rock ‘n’ roll era was unquestionable.

Fresh out of high school, Holly opened for Elvis Presley in 1955, and his style influenced other music legends: the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead; Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Bruce Springsteen and Elvis Costello. Holly wrote his material and his songs ranged from country to rhythm and blues to rockabilly to rock ‘n’ roll. Holly died in 1959; never knowing the impact he would have on the next decade’s rock ‘n’ roll epoch.

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• On Aug. 25, 2001, rhythm and blues singer and actress Aaliyah – just 22 years old at the time – lost her life when her plane crashed during takeoff. The plane was leaving the Bahamas with nine passengers, and all nine died. An investigation of the crash showed the plane was too crowded and the pilot had traces of cocaine and alcohol in his body.

• Aspen, Colo., resident John Denver, who wrote and sang many hit songs like “Country Roads” and “Rocky Mountain High,” crashed his own single-engine plane near Monterey, Calif., Oct. 12, 1997. The crash occurred because Denver had inadvertently pressed down on the plane’s right rudder pedal as he was reaching for the fuel selector switch behind him to switch fuel tanks.

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• On Aug. 27, 1990, popular blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan died in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin. The pilot had taken off into dense fog and had failed to reach a proper altitude before flying over higher terrain. The crash took the lives of all five people on board; Vaughan was just 35 years old.

• On New Year’s Eve in 1985, child actor (“The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet”) and heartthrob singer Ricky Nelson died when a malfunctioning heater on a plane en route to a performance in Dallas spawned a fire. The plane crashed in DeKalb, Texas, and took the lives of Nelson, age 45, his fiancé and five members of his band. Two people survived the crash. Nelson’s hit tunes included “Garden Party” and “Hello Mary Lou.” • On March 19, 1982, 25-year-old Randy Rhoads, lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, died when the pilot of a small plane carrying Rhoads and another person attempted to whiz over Osbourne’s tour bus. The bus clipped a wing on the plane and caused the plane to crash into a house, killing all three on board.

• Members of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Band – lead singer Ronnie VanZant, guitarist Steve Gaines, vocalist Cassie Gaines – were killed when their plane crashed Oct. 20, 1977, in Mississippi. The band’s assistant road manager and the pilot and copilot died as well. The pilots thought they had more fuel than they did, and mechanical difficulties led them to operate one of the engines on auto, which burned fuel at a faster-than-normal rate. When the pilots discovered the problem, they headed for a closer airport. However, the plane stalled in mid-air and crashed into swampy woods.

• On Sept. 20, 1973, legendary rock singer Jim Croce, age 30 at the time, died when a chartered Beechcraft crashed at a Louisiana airport. The plane hit a tree when it failed to gain enough altitude on takeoff.

Croce’s accompanist, his manager, comedian George Stevens and the pilot were also killed. Croce achieved fame with his song “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.”

At age 26, Otis Redding (“Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay”) and four members of his band were killed Dec. 10, 1967, when their plane crashed in an icy lake near Madison, Wis. • Iconic singer Patsy Cline died when a plane carrying her and her manager and fellow musicians “Cowboy” Copas and “Hawkshaw” Hawkins flew into severe weather and crashed in Tennessee – just 90 miles from their destination. Everyone on board was killed that day – March 5, 1963.

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thanks to the warm welcome King Juan Carlos of Spain received in France in 1976.

• The town of Adamant, Vermont, was once named Sodom. The townspeople voted to change the name in 1905.

Then it gets a bit tricky when you have to list your relatives. It’s set up like a family tree: You start with your mother and father, if possible, and what you know about their health.

Ideally, you can gather information for a total of three generations.

• It was 20th-century American critic John Leonard who made the following sage observation: “To be capable of embarrassment is the beginning of moral consciousness. Honor grows from qualms.”

At the end you can save the file and update it later as you gather more information, or print out what you have and share it with your family.

• You’ve probably never heard of the Spanish village of Lijar, located in the south of that country.

This village, though, was involved in a nearly 100-year war that lasted well into the 20th century. It seems that in 1883, Alfonso XII, the king of Spain, made a state visit to Paris and received a less-than-royal welcome. Led by mayor Don Miguel Garcia Saez, the citizens of Lijar, after hearing that their monarch had been insulted and possible accosted by mobs, declared war on France. Though there were no casualties -- not even any gunfire -the war lasted until 1981. That was when the town council ruled that it would end hostilities with France

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1. Rub 1 1/2 tablespoons of the mustard on the tenderloin. In a small bowl, mix together 1 tablespoon of poultry seasoning, 1 teaspoon of the salt and pepper, and the cayenne pepper. Sprinkle all sides of the tenderloin with the spice mixture, pressing firmly to adhere spices to the meat.

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2. In a 3 1/2 to 5 quart slow cooker, combine apple cider, jalapeno, onion, garlic and water or broth, stirring to combine. Place tenderloin in the slow cooker. Cover and cook on high for at least 7 hours. way. Heat up your slow cooker and 3. When cooking is completed, reimprove your health by eating more move tenderloin and shred with forks spicy foods this year! in bowl. Scoop out all onions, garlic and peppers and combine the vegetables and remaining 1/2 tablespoon mustard, 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper, and 1 cup of cooking liquid with the yogurt. Mix the shredded meat with the sauce and serve over whole-wheat Use rubber gloves or hold the pep- pasta, use as a sandwich filling or in a pers in a paper towel or in plastic baked potato. Serves 4.

Various studies have shown that adding spices to your food helps to curb hunger, boost brainpower, improve your mood and strengthen and help to repair muscles. Adding hot sauce to your morning eggs or a veggie smoothie is a great way to start the day!

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2. HISTORY: The Battle of Hastings was fought to control which country?

3. CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: What award-winning Christmas book did Chris Van Allsburg write?

4. MUSIC: By which nickname did The Doors’ Jim Morrison refer to himself?

5. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What Balkan leader’s real name was Josip Broz?

6. MOVIES: What shape did Hermione Granger’s patronus take in the “Harry Potter” series?

7. ENTERTAINMENT: What kind of entertainer would use the “DeManche change”?

8. LANGUAGE: What is the Hawaiian word for “quick”?

9. POETRY: Who wrote “Sonnets from the Portuguese”?

10. GEOGRAPHY: What is the largest tidal estuary in the United States?

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Name either of the other two.

2. Who is the all-time leader in stolen bases for the Toronto Blue Jays?

3. Name the first team to win 15 games in a regular season once the NFL went to a 16-game schedule in 1978.

4. Which was the lowest-seeded men’s basketball team to win a game in the 2011 NCAA Tournament (not counting the First Four games)?

5. When was the last time Canadianbased NHL teams won at least five consecutive Stanley Cups?

6. In 2011, Tony Stewart became the second driver to win the first two races in NASCAR’s Chase playoff format. Who was the first?

7. Roger Federer holds the record for most singles titles won at the ATP World Tour Finals. How many has he captured?

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2. What was Tom Jones’ first hit? Bonus: Where was he born?

3. In what year did Kiss give its first concert? In what city?

4. Which female artist had hits with “Love to Love You Baby” and “Try Me, I Know We Can Make It”?

5. Who penned and released “Give Peace a Chance?”

6. Name the group that wrote and released “The Metro.” (c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.

In order to keep everyone honest (you know who you are,) you can find the answers and solutions to the trivia and puzzles to the next page (13).

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New DVD Releases for Week of February 6, 2012 PICKS OF THE WEEK “Anonymous” (PG-13) -- This Roland Emmerich (director of “2012”) period drama offers a scandalous version of literary history -- that William Shakespeare was not the author of the plays and poems attributed to him.

The movie weaves historical facts into its dramatic framework to make the case that the Earl of Oxford was the brilliant author and Shakespeare a dim-witted actor all too happy to take credit. Running almost completely

parallel to this intrigue is a whole wagon-load of melodramatic plot lines about royal succession, courtly love and tawdry affairs.

Keep in mind that this is a drama, not a documentary, not even a docu-drama. It’s too easy to poke holes in the theories posited by the film, so it’s best to just enjoy this one as a fantastical period piece chock-full of Elizabethan trashy romance and big-budget visuals.

“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part I” (PG-13) -- There’s not a whole lot to say about this here moving picture -- fans will see it, and everyone else will loathe it. Yup, this is the one where the vampire, Edward (Robert Pattinson), marries the teen girl, Bella (Kristen Stewart), presumably to break the curse that keeps the poor girl from expressing anything approximating human emotion. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work, and Stewart’s face stays emotively neutral throughout the film.

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“Fireflies in the Garden” (R) -- This dysfunctional family drama may have pulled in a nice cast, but achieves only moderate success in bringing the story to life. Willem Dafoe plays Charles, an overbearing father who leaves a few psychological bruises on his son, Michael (Ryan Reynolds as an adult.) Julia Roberts plays Lisa, Michael’s lovely mother who is there to pick up the pieces. The parents are killed in a car accident before the family can reconcile, leaving behind a tangled web of guilt and resentment. It’s hard to say just what’s missing, but this story is more mopey than thoughtful, more cliched than tender.

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up involving drugs and the perfect Christmas tree. Once again, the humor is raunchy, raucous and seemingly random. Some sequences are laugh-out-loud funny; the remainder are best left unmentioned in polite company.

Thanks to the Christmas spirit, the irreverent saga gets some warmth, showing that the duo is not too lowbrow to love.

TV RELEASES “Downton Abbey: Season 2” (Original U.K. Unedited Edition) “Father Dowling Mysteries: The First Season” “Rocko’s Modern Life: Season Two” “Police Woman: Complete Second Season” “New Tricks: Series 6” (c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.

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LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Cheer up. Things begin to improve significantly by mid-February. However, you might still need help to get through the rest of this sometimesdifficult period.

1. Don Knotts 2. England 3. “The Polar Express” 4. The Lizard King 5. Tito 6. A silver otter 7. A magician 8. Wiki 9. Elizabeth Barrett Browning 10. Chesapeake Bay

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Lots of mixed signals can create an unreliable situation in which to make decisions. Best advice: Hold off on making any commitments until you’re sure you know what’s going on.

SPORTS QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Julio Franco hit .341 in 1991, and Michael Young hit .331 in 2005.

2. Lloyd Moseby, with 255.

3. San Francisco went 15-1 in 1984.

4. No. 13 Morehead State beat No. 4 Louisville.

5. Canadian-based teams won seven Cups in a row between 1984 and 1990.

6. Greg Biffle, in 2008.

7. Six, including in 2011.

FLASH BACK ANSWERS 1. The Shirelles, both in 1961. The songs reached No. 4 and No. 8 on the chart, respectively.

2. Sir Thomas John Woodward saw his first U.K. chart topper with “It’s Not Unusual” in 1965, which was only the second song released by the Welsh-born singer. It reached No. 10 in the U.S. 3. In 1973, at the Coventry in Queens, N.Y. There were few people in the audience, it’s said.

4. Donna Summer. The extended version of “Try Me” on her 1976 “Love Trilogy” disco album ran 18 minutes.

5. Former Beatles John Lennon wrote the song in 1969, his first solo effort. It only reached No. 14 on the chart.

6. Berlin, in 1982.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) An apparently friendly offer comes with some strings attached. Be careful not to get tied into something you don’t really want. Thoroughly examine all your options before making a choice.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) If you’re not careful, distractions can interrupt your best efforts. Continue to focus on what you need to do. You’ll soon have lots of time to enjoy the rewards of your dedication.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Knowledge replaces suspicion as you begin to learn more about that “act of betrayal.” On a lighter note, someone close to you might be planning a pleasant surprise.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Control your sometimes-overactive jealousy gene before you find yourself saying or doing something that you could later regret. Best advice: Stop obsessing and move on.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) It’s a good time to loosen up and do something wonderful and exciting before your more reserved nature resurfaces. A message brings news of imminent change.

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SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Something you learned last week takes on new meaning as you begin to relate it to another situation in your life. It’s best to keep this matter to yourself for now.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Your energy level is climbing, and so is your self-confidence. Good for you, because you’ll need a good dollop of both to tackle an exciting challenge on the way.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) A family issue might interrupt a career-linked project. Try to give the matter the attention it needs, but be careful not to jeopardize your workplace situation.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Some self-doubt shows up this week, causing you to question your ability to handle a new challenge. But you know you can do it, and this is your chance to prove it.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A personal matter requires you to be as clear and forthcoming as possible in order to avoid misunderstandings. A career move is eased with the emergence of new facts.

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As a general rule, food prices go up 2.9 percent each year. In 2011 the average increase was a whopping 4.5 percent, and where it got us in the wallet was in the staples.

A pork chop costs 6.9 percent more than it did a year ago. A chicken leg costs 10.5 percent more. Eggs are up 10.2 percent.

Cheese up 8.4 percent. Turkey up 10.5 percent. Milk up 9.8 percent. Even potatoes soared by 12 percent.

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The S-Corp election of your LLC changes how the K-1 is handled on your personal tax return. A K-1 is a statement that each owner receives, and it is similar to a W-2 since it shows the income that each owner is responsible for from a taxation perspective.

es, to a point. If you own a business as a garden variety singlemember LLC, your business income will be reported on your personal tax return under Schedule C and subjected to self-employment tax (15.3%) and income tax. The same is true for a business that has not formed a corporation. However, if you own an LLC and have elected to be treated as an S-Corp for taxation, the business must file a corporate return but it is Form 1120S and not Form 1065. What’s the big deal?

A K-1 generated from Form 1065 will typically contain an amount in Box 14 which is the income subjected to selfemployment tax. As a side note, an LLC that owns rental properties will generally not have an amount in Box 14 since rental income is not subjected to selfemployment tax.

A K-1 generated from Form 1120S (LLC or C-Corp, either with S-Corp election) flows onto the owner’s personal tax return on Schedule E. Schedule E is the

--Shop the ads. This is no time to be loyal.

If another nearby store has a special, go there. Stock up within reason.

--Use your customer cards to take advantage of discounts.

--Invest in a big box “club” membership.

Be aware that the food comes in large bulk sizes and be prepared to split the costs with a friend. Divide and freeze meal-size portions. If you don’t have a freezer, barter with a friend to share the bounty in exchange for freezer space.

--Study nutrition. Learn how to combine cheaper protein sources, such as beans and rice. Get creative with pasta. Go online to www.eatingwell.com and put “cheap” in the search box. Try www.cheapcooking. com and other similar sites.

David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Write to him in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to columnreply@gmail.com. (c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.

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form used for rental properties, royalties and other investment income including business income from an S-Corp or LLC. That’s the good news. Here’s the not-asgood newsAn LLC with the S-Corp election must prepare a corporate tax return (Form 1120S). And, it must perform payroll and pay each owner a reasonable salary.

But, consider thisEven a $10,000 net profit could save about $1,400 in taxes with S-Corp election. Nice. What’s the catch? Performing payroll and filing a corporate tax return costs money- but with the example above, the savings should arguably exceed the costs.

More information on self-employment taxes can be found at www.tinawatsoncpa.com/blog.

Next week we’ll review mortgage debt forgiveness.

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