2020 Holiday Greetings

May your home be filled with love and joy this holiday season.

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HOLIDAY FUN & GAMES

SUPER QUIZ Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.

Subject: Animated and Stop-Motion Christmas Films

8. An orphan girl named Ivy gets off a train at the wrong stop.

Answer________ 9. Jack Skellington becomes converted to Christmas.

Answer________

Identify the animated or stop-motion Christmas-related films. (e.g., Three aliens visit Earth to learn about Christmas. Answer: “A Cosmic Christmas.”)

FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. A magic hat brings a snowman to life.

Answer________ 2. A mean and stingy green creature wants to ruin Christmas.

Answer________ 3. A little boy directs a Christmas play and shuns commercialization.

Answer________ GRADUATE LEVEL 4. A doubting boy boards a magical train that’s headed to the North Pole.

Answer________ 5. A reindeer and a misfit elf help Santa Claus make his Christmas Eve trip.

Answer________ 6. A dog called Olive wants to be a reindeer at Christmas time.

Answer________ PH.D. LEVEL 7. Theodore Edward Bear decides to go searching for Christmas.

Answer________

Answers: 1. “Frosty the Snowman.”

2. “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”

3. “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” 4. “The Polar Express.”

5. “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”

6. “Olive, the Other Reindeer.” 7. “The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas.”

8. “The Wish That Changed Christmas.”

9. “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”

SCORING: 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

Super Quiz is a registered trademark of K. Fisher Enterprises Ltd. © 2016 Ken Fisher North America Syndicate Inc.

PREMIER CROSSWORD ANSWERS

ACROSS 1 Guns, as a motor 5 Doorway sidepiece 9 Place-setting base 12 “Scram!”

18 Rink jump 19 Morales of “Bad Boys” 20 City near Mauna Kea 21 See 5-Down 22 Holiday team member #1 25 Loving type 26 British coins 27 Holiday team member #2 29 Rains down cold pellets 31 Three-in-one M.D. 32 Atop, to a bard 33 Mlle. who’s canonized 34 Holiday team member #3 41 Honolulu’s home 45 Swiss river to the Rhine 46 Stew globule 47 Marine route 51 Holiday team member #4 57 Actor’s quest 58 Having no wheels 59 Gold, in Rome 60 Wild cats 63 Poet Tate 64 Holiday team member #5 69 Utters again 71 Archer’s skill 72 Prefix with paganism 73 Director Van Peebles 77 Holiday team member #6 81 Sister’s daughter 82 “The Real McCoys” star Walter 85 The “4” of 4/1/11: Abbr.

86 Auto garage worker, at times 88 Rice-A- — 89 Holiday team member #7 94 Port in Denmark 97 Playa — Rey 98 Bitter beer 99 “Guarding —” (1994 movie) 100 Holiday team member #8 106 Thurman of movies 109 Valueless 110 Quite a ways 111 Antenna 116 Holiday team member #9 123 “Leave It to Beaver” role

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Marrying minister, e.g.

Holiday team Like brains and ears Kitchen gadget brand Chilled A while ago Record label for Kenny G Charisse of “Brigadoon” Aware of Storied Fed Eliot

DOWN 1 Scraping files 2 Boot out 3 Novelist Jules 4 Pizza part 5 With 21-Across, motor for a Boeing 777 6 China setting 7 “One — meat is ...”

8 Ohio State’s conference 9 Very small: Prefix 10 Opposite of aweather 11 Big name in lawn mowers 12 Standard- — (leaders of movements) 13 Sanction 14 Really eager 15 Bicycle pair 16 Unreactive 17 Concise 20 Port-au-Prince’s land 23 Captures 24 Telephoned 28 Young pal of Pooh 30 Fixes, as a pet 35 — Rizzo (“Midnight Cowboy” role) 36 Feeling of rage 37 “Science Friday” airer 38 “How about that!”

39 Partakes of 40 Dawn’s illumination 41 Muppet grouch 42 “Behold — Horse” (1964 drama) 43 Tosses 44 Breaking, as a bad habit 48 Be a suitor of 49 Cockpit datum: Abbr.

50 “I agree”

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52 Paul Newman’s Ohio alma mater 53 Giant in oil 54 First-rate 55 Little kid 56 Bawl 61 Amazon.— 62 Blissful 65 Hotfooted it 66 Ham-handed 67 United — College Fund 68 Oozy stuff 70 Little, in Scotland 74 — cavae (big blood vessels) 75 Cake finishers 76 Square ones 78 Ampersand’s meaning 79 Dirt Devil, e.g., briefly HOLIDAY GREETINGS

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“The Little Rascals” girl Pal Axle, for one Compass pt.

“Therein — tale” Lupino of Hollywood Pal of Stimpy Pixieish one “Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo- —” (Irish lullaby) Keystone Kops creator Mack — Nation north of Ethiopia Livy’s 1,051 — a bad start Popular nickname for tennis star Nadal Bay Area city, briefly

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Axed down Palate dangler Grand house Trial excuse A noble gas Actress — Kristen Smart- — (wiseacres) Harps’ kin LAX guesses Tiny division of a min.

Tasting of wood, as some wines Like albums, nowadays Dianetics proponent — Hubbard Defreeze Oath answer DEC. 23 AND 24, 2020

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We wish all our readers a wonderful holiday season.

During the COVID-19 crisis, our entire community faced many challenges.

This difficult period revealed more than ever the indispensable role of volunteers.

We realize that without their dedication and generosity, the consequences of this pandemic would have been much worse.

We’re privileged to have an abundance of community heroes in our region that are willing to pitch in when needed. To all our local volunteers, THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts.

Happy Holidays!

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