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“I don’t cry over spilt milk, but a fallen scoop of ice cream is enough to ruin my whole day.” -Marquise de Sevine

t was President Ronald Reagan who declared July National Ice Cream Month and the third Sunday of the month to be National Ice Cream Day back in 1984. President Reagan felt that ice cream was fun, nutritious and that the citizens of our country should celebrate “with appropriate ceremonies and activities.” A Tasty Holiday... Continued on Page 2

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rounding them with many buckets of ice and salt. Her recipe must have produced very lumpy ice Chocolate, vanilla, rocky road or any number of cream, full of ice chunks, as there were no inothers, there are few who don’t love ice cream. structions for stirring. The basic idea of producAnd what’s not to love? Full of smooth, sweet, ing ice cream would remain the same until the cold goodness in any variety that occurs, ice advent of the freezer in the 20th century, which cream has become an American staple and a fa- kept ice cream from becoming anything other than a novelty until then. vorite treat around the world.

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Ice houses and different forms of chilled food may have been in existence since the time of Mesopotamia some 4,000 years ago, possibly along the Euphrates River where they kept their food chilled. Greeks sold snow cone-like products in the fifth century, which were mixed with ice and honey and fruit. Persians were able to have chilled desserts far into the summer months after they figured out how to store their ice in a device called a yakhchal. In 400 BC, Persians invented a pudding-like dish called Fuloodeh that contained ice, fruit, saffron, rose water, lemons and a kind of vermicelli. Served to royalty in summers, this treat still is served in modern-day Iran in much larger circles.

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During the mid 1500’s in Italy, Emperor Nero would frequently send slaves to collect snow from the mountains, which was then flavored with fruit juice and honey. Marco Polo traveled to the Far East in the 1600’s and returned to Italy with a recipe similar to that of sherbet.

Ice cream’s introduction to the United States started with the elite as well in the 1700’s. Maryland Governor William Bladen was said to have served an ice cream and strawberry dessert at a dinner party he hosted. President George Washington reportedly had a rather outrageous appetite for ice cream and spent nearly $200 on the sweet treat in the summer of 1790 alone. Other presidents followed the tradition including President Thomas Jefferson who enjoyed a rather elaborate recipe for a dessert that included vanilla ice cream made similar to baked Alaska. President Madison enjoyed Dolly Madison’s strawberry ice cream dessert at his inaugural dinner in 1812.

NO LONGER FOR AN ELITE FEW Once ice houses were invented in the early 1800’s, ice cream could begin its rise in popularity among ordinary citizens. The first ice cream factory was converted from a milk plant by Jacob Fussell in 1851 in Baltimore.

Soon, technological advances made the manuThe Italians shared their frozen desserts with facture of ice cream more and more efficient. France in the 1500’s once Catherine de Medici Homogenization, electrical power, automated married Henry II of France. Charles I of Eng- packing and freezing equipment have allowed land was being served a cold dessert they called the production of nearly 2 billion gallons of ice “cream ice” during the 17th century. For Europe- cream per year today. ans, ice cream was the dessert for the elite until it was made for public consumption in 1660 when By the late 1800’s, the soda fountain shop popped a Sicilian man named Procopio began serving up and led to the budding career of the “soda the recipe that included milk, cream, butter and jerk.” The ice cream soda was invented in 1874 by Robert Green when he combined carbonated eggs at his café in Paris. water, syrup and ice cream. Soda fountains were a popular gathering place at drug stores throughout the country where the carbonated mineral water became popular and was thought to have The first known recipe for ice cream was printmedicinal qualities. ed in “Mrs. Mary Eales’ Receipts” in 1718, and contained very complicated instructions on how to assemble the ingredients in multiple pots, surA Tasty Holiday... Continued on Page 3

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• In the U.S., the ice cream cone ﬁrst became popular at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis. A New York City ice cream vendor reportedly invented the cone a few years prior to the fair in order to keep customers from stealing his ice cream serving dishes. • Tom Carvel was credited with inventing the machine that produces soft-serve ice cream. The Home Made Ice Cream Company, known today as Dairy Queen was the first in line for that invention. • Nancy Johnson invented the hand cranked ice cream maker in 1843, allowing home production of ice cream. • Ice cream bars were created in the 1920’s.

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• The world’s largest ice cream sandwich topped out at 2,500 pounds in Iowa, also in 1988. eating these “sinful” desserts on • Not to be outdone, Baskin-RobSundays, the ice cream sundae was bins created a 9,000-pound ice invented by simply leaving out the cream cake in 1999. carbonated soda from the traditional ice cream soda. Eventually, the spelling was changed from Sunday to sundae in order to sever all ties You say vanilla and chocolate aren’t with the religious connotation of adventurous enough for you? Well, Sunday. how about dill pickle, jalapeno, eggnog, gingerbread, pumpkin pie, octopus, spinach, onion, fried pork rind, chunky bacon or bay leaf ice The IDFA (International Dairy cream? Seems that just about everyFoods Association) reports that ice thing has been added to ice cream cream accounts for nearly $23 bil- depending on what part of the world lion in annual sales and that 9% of you live in. all milk produced here in the U.S. goes to make ice cream. Unusual flavors aside, the 10 most popular ice cream flavors are: A full 90% of the population are said to be ice cream consumers to1. Vanilla day. The average ice cream enthusi2. Chocolate ast consumes 17 pounds of regular 3. Butter pecan ice cream and 7 pounds of low fat 4. Strawberry ice cream per year. 5. Neapolitan 6. Chocolate chip 7. French vanilla 8. Cookies and cream 9. Vanilla fudge ripple 10. Praline pecan • According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the biggest ice So, as the saying goes…”I scream, cream sundae came to a whopping you scream, we all scream for ice 55,000 pounds and was made in Al- cream!” berta, Canada in 1988.

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: Recently, I started receiving e-mails from what looks like a legitimate source (a real email address, as far as I can tell, with a person’s name on it, though not anyone I know personally). The e-mail says this person has a puppy for sale cheap, that it has its shots and its “AKC papers.” If I were interested in getting another dog, I might be tempted, but I already have two dogs. How did this person get my e-mail address? Is it legit? -- Sue R., Hartford, Conn. DEAR SUE: Your gut instinct is telling you to be suspicious, and well you should. Although this type of e-mail seems legitimate, it is not. What you describe is a “phishing” scam, in which the scammer tries to get you to reply to an attention-getting e-

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1. GEOGRAPHY: On which continent is the country of Djibouti located?

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1. When the Fresno State baseball team won the College World Series in 2008, it was the second NCAA title in school history. Which sport won the first one? 2. Which pitcher led the National League in saves the most times? 3. How many touchdowns did O.J. Simpson rush for in 1968, the season in which he won the Heisman Trophy? 4. When was the last time before 2007-08 that the Denver Nuggets won at least 50 games in a season? 5. Name the last time before 2009 that the Vancouver Canucks won a NHL playoff series that did not go seven games. 6. When was the last time Norway had the most overall medals at a Winter Olympics? 7. Which golfer holds the mark for the biggest comeback at the Masters after 54 holes?

2. FOOD & DRINK: Who is credited with naming, if not inventing, the sandwich? 3. MOVIES: Who played the lead in “The Invisible Man”? 4. GAMES: In Monopoly, what are the four railroad spaces named? 5. HUMAN ANATOMY: What is a more common name for the umbilicus? 6. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: A Big Band dance called the “Lindy Hop” was inspired by which real person? 7. RELIGION: Noah’s Ark landed on what mountain, according to the Old Testament? 8. ENTERTAINMENT: Who created the catchphrase “Bam!” on television? 9. HISTORY: What was the Stanley Steamer?

1. Name the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 R&B song of the year for 1965. (Hint: It was done by a Motown group.) 2. Lionel Richie’s “Say You, Say Me” was the title song for what film in 1986? 3. Name Toni Braxton’s 1997 song that was recorded in multiple languages. 4. What group did “I’ve Been Lonely Too Long,” “How Can I Be Sure?” and “A Beautiful Morning.” 5. In which country was Gilbert O’Sullivan born? Which of his songs was used in multiple films? 6. Who is “Mack” in the song “Mack the Knife”? (c) 2009 King Features Synd., Inc.

In order to keep everyone honest (you know who you are,) we have moved the answers and solutions to the trivia and puzzles to the next page (17).

New DVD Releases for Week of July 20, 2009 PICKS OF THE WEEK “Watchmen” (Director’s Cut) -- Based on the critically acclaimed and most-popular graphic novel of the past two decades, “Watchmen” combines the elements of a classic noir thriller with alternative history and superheroes to create a pop-culture pastiche that is both gripping and a visual delight.

Set in alternate 1985, President Nixon is in his fifth term; the Cold War is about to get hot; and someone has murdered The Comedian, a superhero who has been forced into retirement thanks to a law outlawing costumed crime-fighters. The other superheroes think there may be a plot to exterminate the remaining crimefighters, so one of them, Rorschach, a sadistic and mentally unstable hero whose mask is a white hood with an ever-changing ink blot, decides to investigate the Comedian’s murder -- and gets more than he bargained for. For non-comic-book fans, “Watchmen” may be a little difficult to get into at first, but I think the performances -- especially that of Jackie Earle Haley (as Rorschach) and Carla Gugino -- plus the special effects, will be enough to pull them in. Geeks like me, obviously, have already pre-ordered the movie.

“Coraline” (Two-Disc Collector’s Edition) -- Based on the popular novella by Neil Gaiman, “Coraline” is a brilliant stopmotion animated film that is part “Alice in Wonderland,” part Tim Burton and a little Edgar Allen Poe. “Coraline” is about a little girl named Coraline Jones who discovers a passage to an alternate world where there are bizarrely different versions of her parents and neighbors. At first it seems like a magical and wonderful place, until she discovers that her Other Mother is actually an evil witch who has imprisoned the souls of three children, taking their eyes with her as well. Coraline must then find a way to recover the children’s eyes and transport their spirits back to the real world so they can travel to the afterlife. “Coraline” is an amazing little film that is just so different and engaging that you can’t afford to miss it. For fans of the macabre,

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TRIVIA TEST ANSWERS 1. Africa (northeast) 2. John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich 3. Claude Rains 4. Reading Railroad, B&O Railroad, Short Line and Pennsylvania Railroad 5. Navel or belly button 6. Charles Lindbergh, who was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean 7. Mount Ararat 8. TV chef Emeril Lagasse 9 A steam-powered automobile built in the early 1900s 10. Endorphins act as opiates, or natural painkillers, during extreme stress

SPORTS QUIZ ANSWERS 1. The Fresno State women’s softball team won the NCAA title in 1998. 2. Bruce Sutter led the NL in saves five times (1979-82, ‘84). 3. He had 23 touchdowns (including the Rose Bowl game). 4. The Nuggets were 54-28 in 1987-88. 5. It was 1994 (beat Toronto and Dallas each in five games). 6. When Norway hosted the Games in Lillehammer in 1994, it won 26 total medals (including 10 gold). 7. Jack Burke came from eight strokes back after 54 holes to win the Masters in 1956.

FLASH BACK ANSWERS 1. “I Can’t Help Myself” by The Four Tops. 2. “White Nights,” starring Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines. 3. “Un-break My Heart” was recorded in Spanish, Russian and Hungarian. 4. The Rascals, first known as The Young Rascals, saw their biggest successes in the mid-1960s. 5. Raymond Edward “Gilbert” O’Sullivan was born in Ireland. “Alone Again (Naturally)” (1972) was used in “Stuck on You” (2003) and “Stuart Little 2” (2002), among others. 6. Mack was Mackheath, a serial criminal in the original “The Beggar’s Opera” (1728). It was first translated into English in the 1954 “The Threepenny Opera.” Louis Armstrong and Bobby Darin came out with popular versions of the song a few years later.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) You’re making progress on that career move, albeit not as quickly as you had hoped. But stay with it. Your personal life takes an unexpected (but very welcome) new turn.

JULY 20, 2009 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Is someone at work resisting that Aries charm? Hard to believe. But seriously, Lamb, you might want to back up your ideas with some solid data, and then watch the yeas pile on.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) If you feel you’ve been unfairly treated in a workplace decision, correct the situation now while there’s still time to do so. Arm yourself with facts, and go to it. Good luck.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your hard work could pay off in ways you didn’t expect, but certainly deserve. Tend to that pesky health problem now so you’ll be in top shape to tackle the new projects coming up.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Devising your own system of doing things might be the best way to handle an increasingly complex situation. But do it tactfully in order to avoid rufﬂing too many of your colleagues’ feathers.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Planning a family event can be stressful unless you make it clear from the start that you’re in charge. You might accept suggestions, but it will be your decisions that count.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) A family member’s health problem might once again require you to shift some of your current priorities around. But this time, make certain other relatives will be there to help.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You still have a way to go to bring that professional matter to a satisfactory conclusion. Meanwhile, an important personal situation could require more of your attention by week’s end. LEO (July 23 to August 22) There’s something about you Fine Felines that makes people want to tell you secrets. But once again, be wary of who is doing the telling. You might not want to be that person’s conﬁdante. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Creating a fuss about a family matter might get everyone’s attention. But it might be better to talk one-on-one with family members in order to spare a loved one unnecessary embarrassment.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Catching up on tasks you’ve left undone will take a while to accomplish. But the sooner you complete them, the sooner you’ll be able to take on another time-sensitive project. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) You might feel swamped by all that you’re expected to do. But take a moment to come up for air, then handle things one at a time, and you’ll soon get through them all. BORN THIS WEEK: Although you love being home with your family, you also enjoy traveling and making new friends. (c) 2009 King Features Synd., Inc.

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