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By DR. Jim coyle If your non-profit organization has a fund-raising event you would like to have published in the Tidbits® paper, please contact us. Space is limited but we will make every effort to list special events such as fund-raisers for your organization. Use our online form at www.tidbitpapers.com Spencer's Grove Church Spencer's Grove Church Fish Fry Wednesday September 23rd, 2015, 4 to 7 pm Highway D-62, 4 miles west of Walker, IA Serving will be from 4 to 7 pm. We will have fish, baked beans, potato salad, coleslaw, rolls, dessert and drink for a free will donation to support the continued restoration of the church. Hus Church Rummage & Bake Sale Thursday, September 24th, 9 am to 5 pm Friday, September 25th, 9 am to 1 pm 2808 Schaeffer Dr SW, Cedar Rapids Rummage and Bake Sale
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I have had the honor of being a husband, dad, coach, instructor, pastor, counselor, and friend. Lou Holtz, former Notre Dame Football coach, has motivated myself and thousands of students and athletes with three rules of life;
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These three principles can be applied to every person as we navigate through the daily race that each of us run. When applied, these rule will take the average person and give him/her the ability to succeed and be fulfilled at their highest level. 1) Put everything you got on the field and play through the whistle. Whether at work, home, or play, give it your all emotionally, physically and spiritually. 2) The average person makes 10,000 choices a day. Many of these choices piggy back on the previous one. If we can purposefully do the right thing, good things will follow. 3) People around us will respond positively and favorably if they know they are cared for. When we go out of our way to benefit someone else, the rewards are intrinsic. These three rules will allow us to push through our day from the inside out. The speedbumps that we face during the day may slow us down but we will keep moving.
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Discovery Living Travel & Adventure Film Series On the following dates The event will begin at 2 pm Sept. 20th, Oct. 4th, Oct. 18th, Nov. 15th Marriott Convention Center, 1200 Collins Rd NE, Cedar Rapids A professional filmmaker, who has traveled to an interesting or exotic destination, comes to Cedar Rapids to narrate a 90-minute film and provides the audience a first-hand account of his or her trip. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $8.00 per person.
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The name of Westinghouse is more than a brand of appliance. George Westinghouse was an engineer who created far more innovations than you may be aware of. Let’s look at just a few. • Even as a child, this son of a machine shop owner showed an aptitude for machinery. However, as a teen, he put his passion aside to enlist in the New York Cavalry to serve in the Civil War. The year after his release, Westinghouse, age 19, received his first patent for the rotary steam engine. At 21, he had invented a device that guided derailed railroad cars back onto the tracks and a railroad switch that steered trains onto one of two tracks. • After witnessing a wreck between two trains whose engineers were unable to stop, at age 22, Westinghouse devised a railroad air brake. Previously, brakemen had to run from car to car, applying brakes manually on each one. The new design enabled engineers to apply brakes simultaneously on all cars, an invention that was eventually made mandatory on all American trains. The following year, Westinghouse had founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, the first of 60 companies he would found throughout his life. • His next contribution to the railroad industry was improvements to railway signals, which had previously used oil lamps. He founded the Union Switch and Signal Company to produce his signal and switching inventions. • When Thomas Edison began receiving notoriety for his light bulb and electrical distribution system, Westinghouse began his own experiments with electricity. • Edison’s first system provided direct current electricity to 59 homes in Manhattan in 1882. Westinghouse recognized that the weakness of a DC network was its short transmission range, with customers having to live within a mile of the plant. He began work on an alternating current power system with a transformer that enabled AC to travel long distances. He established Westinghouse Electric in 1886 and that year, his first commercial AC power generating station provided electricity to Great Barrington, Massachusetts. • When the World’s Columbian Exposition opened in Chicago in 1893, it was lit by 25,000 Westinghouse electric lights. The company had beat out the bid of its rival, Edison’s General Electric, by a million dollars. An entire building at this World’s Fair was dedicated to educating the public through electrical exhibits. • In 1896, Westinghouse won the contract to install the first hydroelectric power system, harnessing the energy of Niagara Falls. Power was effectively transmitted to Buffalo, New York, more than 20 miles away. Westinghouse’s companies were now worth about $120 million, employing about 50,000 workers. • With the invention of the automobile, Westinghouse went to work on a compressed air shock absorber for better suspension. In addition, he developed steam turbines to provide power for large maritime vessels. The first illuminated tennis court was designed by George Westinghouse, lit by 1,500 bulbs. He was also responsible for several inventions for the distribution of natural gas. • When Westinghouse died in 1914, he had more than 360 patents to his credit. Because he was a Civil War veteran, he is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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STEAMBOATS (continued): • In 1802, at the urging of Robert Livingston, U.S. minister to France, Fulton turned his attention to steamboats. After two steamboat trials in France, one a failure and one a success, Fulton returned to America in 1806 and proceeded to build his famed steamboat the Clermont that successfully plied the Hudson River in New York. The Clermont’s first significant trip was from New York to Albany, a distance of approximately 150 miles. The Clermont left New York on August 17, 1807, and completed the voyage in 30 hours, including an overnight stop. • The first voyage by the Clermont was met by the public with suspicion. Many referred to the boat as “Fulton’s Folly” due to its unusually long length and the smoke and fire associated with the vessel’s newfangled steam engine. Many thought it would blow up or sink on its first voyage; they were wrong! In fact, because Fulton wisely paid attention to passenger comfort, the Clermont became a very profitable vessel for transporting passengers to destinations on the Hudson River. Fulton subsequently formed and led a company offering services on six major rivers and the Chesapeake Bay. • Following Fulton’s success, steamboats became a prime transporter of passengers and goods across the country. For example, in the steamboat port of New 20 steamboat Jim Hanson & Orleans, Dick Hogan arrivalsoninCedar 1814Rapids’ increased to a whopping only live and local 1,200 request arrivalsallby 1834.50’s and 60’s radio show • The steamboat era in the United States continued until the 1870s, when railroads Q: How did the hobbit ruin the boxing match? started supplanting the steamboat as the A: He tried to destroy the ring! preferred transporter of passengers and goods.
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In the spring of 2015 Linn County Pheasants Forever (LCPF) spearheaded a very exciting project, and gained a truly unique non-profit partner, that provides a year-round camp for individuals of all ages with disabilities. This project was constructed on the Camp Courageous of Iowa campus in Monticello, Iowa. The project included a native pollinator (prairie planting) combined with a sunflower food plot, and erosion control seed to support the newly constructed Lake Todd Project. Why is this unique? The project will provide campers with the ultimate habitat viewing area designed specifically for those with special needs; to explore not only for sight, but by touch and smell, of the variety of native wildflowers, and up close encounters with bird life, and butterflies that will inhabit the area. It will also provide an added beauty to the visitors who visit the future site of Durgin Pavilion located on Lake Todd. This project was visualized thru conversations with Camp Director Charlie Becker and a number of planning sessions with Charlie and his team, Pheasants Forever field biologist Billy Reiter- Marolf, and State Council President Mike Schmitz. The completion and sustainability of the project was supported with joint financial assistance of (LCPF), and many of the Iowa Pheasants Forever Chapters to the camp, as well as the Iowa Pheasants Forever State Council. One must understand that this project will not reach its full potential for a number of years. As the planting matures, viewing year to year changes will make this a valued project for the camp.
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There are several familiar people you might think were historical figures. Not so! Follow along and see! • For generations, young girls have been reading Nancy Drew mysteries, a series that originated in 1930. Their author, Carolyn Keene, was the invention of publisher Edward Stratemeyer, who hired several ghostwriters over the years to write the books. He paid the writers $125 per book, and made them sign over all rights to the manuscripts. They were also required to sign a secrecy contract that forbade them from claiming any credit for the books. • Maybe you learned to type from the “Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing” program, software introduced in 1987 to teach touch-typing. It’s logical to assume that the lovely face featured on the box is that of Mavis Beacon, except for the fact that there is no such person. When The Software Toolworks designed the packaging, they used the image of a Caribbean-born model named Renee L’Esperance who was discovered while working at a department store. Today the company uses digitally-produced images. • According to folklore, Paul Bunyan formed the Great Lakes out of a need for a large enough watering hole for Babe the Blue Ox to drink from. He supposedly cleared North Dakota of its forests and Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes were reportedly formed by his and Babe’s footprints as they stumbled through a huge blizzard. This lumberjack of legend may have been a participant in Canada’s 1837 Papineau Rebellion when French Canadians rebelled against their new ruler, the Queen of England. A tall bearded bellowing man was among the loggers and became famous for his part in the battle, Legends of his heroics were told around loggers’ campfires for years to come, each one being embellished a bit more.
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• The historical existence of King Arthur has long been debated with no conclusive results. The legendary 6th-century king is said to have led British troops against Saxon invaders. In the Middle Ages, Geoffrey of Monmouth penned The History of the Kings of Britain, depicting Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as great warriors, but his account is considered a work of myth without much history. • It’s possible that a character similar to Robin Hood may have actually lived, but no positive real-life person has been verified. The famous outlaw who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor had his origins in 14th-century folklore, with some versions claiming he was actually nobility who turned outlaw. Historical evidence exists for a criminal named Rabunhod, but there is no proof that he was the renowned bandit. • Betty Crocker was invented in 1921 by the Washburn Crosby Company (later General Mills) as a customer service representative for answering questions about baking. Her name was chosen as a tribute to the recentlyretired director of the company, William Crocker. By 1924, “Betty” had her own radio program, the airwaves’ first cooking show. By the 1940s, Betty Crocker was known to 9 out of 10 American homemakers, and a 1945 Fortune magazine survey revealed her as the second best-known woman in America, with only First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt ahead of her. The first Betty Crocker cookbook, published in 1950, was an instant best-seller, and is still in publication today.
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