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• The northern U.S. states, Canada and even as far north as the Arctic provide the breeding grounds for many birds. After breeding and spending long days tweeting and flying in the north, birds start eating extra food to prepare for migration as the days get shorter. Many increase their size substantially to help them endure migration.

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• Not surprisingly, larger birds fly faster than smaller ones. Speeds range from 20-50 miles per hour. Some flocks fly for about 10 hours a day, which could be as much as 500 miles!

Studies have shown that most birds fly lower than 10,000 feet, but some have been recorded flying as high as 29,000 feet!

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Take-outs available. Adults: $8.50, Children Age 5-10: $3.00.

Preschoool: Free Bazaar and Bake Sale Quilts, rugs, crafts, garden produce and bake sale Alice U.M. Church is located 4 1/2 miles east of Center Point on the Central City Hwy Chairlift is available

Asbury United Methodist Church November 8th 9:00 AM - 6:30 PM 350 27th Ave. SW, Cedar Rapids

Lunch, Supper, Bazaar & Bake Sale Homemade Soup, Maid Rites,Desserts,coffee & milk Serving 11:00-1:00 lunch, 4:30 - 6:30 Supper

Chili and Soup Supper Otter Creek Lions Club 3275 Otter Rd, Toddville, IA November 12, 2011 - 4:00 PM--7:00 PM

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Come see the newly remodeled Toddville Legion Hall. $6.00 adults, $3.00 per child.

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Sunday November 13th, 4:30 - 7:00 PM Adults - $7.00, Children 12 & under - $4.00 Children under age 4 - Free Please join us for soup, salads, cinnamon rolls, kolaches, and desserts. There will be food, fun, and conversation for everyone!

5th Annual Holiday Bazaar Grace Baptist Church 1461 E Post Rd, Marion IA November 18th & 19th

Handmade Crafts, small business vendors, door prizes, silent auction items from area, Free admission. Free samples and demonstrations. Plate lunches/dinners to eat in or boxed to go. Something for everyone!

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Next Tuesday is Election Day. Its not just a right, its a duty. Learn more about the candidates and show up at the polls. Then thank every member of the armed services for protecting that privilege to vote!

Veterans day is next Friday, November 11th.

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• The height record is held by bar-headed geese, known for crossing the Himalayas at heights up to 29,000 feet, traveling between central Asia and India.

• A mallard holds the record for the highest documented flight altitude for a bird in North America. The duck met his demise when he hit an airplane at 21,000 feet .

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• A flock of whooper swans was observed at 27,000 feet by a pilot as they moved from Iceland to Western Europe.

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• Birds take their cues for timing migration from nature. The change in daylight hours, not the weather, is what spurs them to fatten up for their long journeys south. Weather is unpredictable, but daylight hours change the same way every year.

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• Much food needed by birds is not available in cold climates during winter: seeds, fruits and insects are absent or covered with snow. Mice and small mammals, food for larger birds, hibernate or hide from the cold.

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Donations are greatly appreciated and can be sent to: H.D. Youth Center P.O. Box 74273 Cedar Rapids, IA 52407

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• The Arctic tern has the longest annual migration in not just the bird world, but also the entire animal kingdom! It flies from the far north, in or near the Arctic, where summer days are longest, to its wintering grounds in the southern hemisphere off of Antarctica, where days are longest from November to February, which is summer there. The Arctic tern probably encounters more sunlight during the year than any other creature on the planet. Arctic terns travel approximately 22,000 miles for migration annually. They live many years with the longest on record living 34 years. That adds up to a lot of frequent flier miles!

• Another long-distance migrant bird is the red knot, which is a large beach shorebird that nests in the Arctic in the spring and summer. Before FILLER PAGE heading south, red 2knots increase their body weight by1Q08 40-50 percent. The extra weight, their “fuel load,” allows WEEK 1 them to fly about 1,850 miles without stopping. are truly masters of DEC 30 - JAN They 5 long-distance aviation, flying more than 9,300 miles from south to north in the spring and repeating the trip every fall. Of the five varieties of red knots, the rufa is known to winter at the southern tip of South America in Tierra del Fuego and breed in the summer on the mainland and islands within the Arctic Circle.

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www.tidbitpapers.com For Distribution E-mail: russ@tidbitpapers.com or Call (319) 360-3936 THE BIRDS (continued): • The main reason migration persists in the bird world is for breeding success. Birds are able to raise more offspring when they get away from extreme heat and cold. Long daylight hours in the spring, summer and fall provide proteinrich food for birds that give them strength for breeding. Different species go to different areas depending on their eating habits and needs.

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Two crows are sitting on a fence, when a jet-fighter doing training maneuvers roars overhead. 1st crow says wistfully "Man, I sure wish I could fly that fast!" 2nd crow remarks "If you had two butts, and both of them were on fire, you could!"

• The breeding grounds for snowy owls are in the far northern Arctic tundra. When snowy owls migrate, they go south, but may only go as far south as Canada. When the winters are exceptionally harsh or their food supplies are scarce, they will venture farther south and may be seen in the northern United States.

Although considered a North American bird, they occasionally migrate to areas of northern Europe and Asia.

• Harry Potter fans are probably aware that Hedwig, Harry’s famous companion, is a snowy owl. They are not known in real life for magic, but they are known for their striking white plumage and large size. While most owls are nocturnal, which means they are active at night, snowy owls are diurnal; they hunt and are active during the night and day.

• While you sit around the fireplace or enjoy your wood stove this fall and winter, read a book or two about birds that migrate to maintain their existence.

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Not wanting to hire a BIRD for the job, the interviewer told the Jay that the candidate had to be able to take dictation. The Jay surpassed all other candidates.

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• Prestigious and valuable, spices in the early years of civilization provided profitable business for countries that grew them, mainly China, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Indonesia.

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• Wealthy Europeans became interested in the profits and prestige of making bland meats and vegetables tastier in the 1400s. Trade for the five “noble spices,” pepper, ginger, cinnamon, clove and nutmeg, was fought over by seafaring nations. Routes to find spices were dangerous as many merchants fought for control. Spanish, Portuguese, British and Dutch merchants lied, cheated, smuggled and even killed to control spice routes.

• When Columbus discovered the Americas, he was on a trip to find spices in “the Indies” of Southeast Asia. He named the American tropics the West Indies and opened the waters for shipping American spices to Europe.

• French spy Pierre Poivre, which translates Peter Pepper, also had an impact on the early spice trade. He smuggled spice plants out of Indonesia in the 1700s and made them available for plantation-building in tropical areas of the Americas and Africa. This helped lower prices by increasing supply.

• One spice still demanding a high price is saffron, which comes from the flower of a crocus species that only blooms for about two weeks. Each flower contains three stigmas, the tiny parts ground for the spice. It takes about 200,000 stigmas to produce one pound of saffron. Fortunately, it only takes a tiny amount of saffron to flavor most dishes.

• Saffron was brought to Pennsylvania in the 1700s by a German Amish family and has been a flourishing crop and common in Amish dishes ever since. It is grown commercially in Iran, India, France, Spain, Greece, Turkey and Morocco. Saffron is used liberally in paella, the national rice dish of Spain.

• Cloves are the flower buds from tall tropical trees native to Indonesia. Buds are picked when they are pink and then dried to a dark brown color. Cloves are now grown in Tanzania, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Grenada as well as Indonesia. The trees, planted from seeds, must grow about five years before they flower and can live to be over 100 years old.

Cloves are hand-harvested and are not just for flavoring foods. Clove oil, called eugenol, is used in perfumes, mouthwashes and more.

• The most common spice in the world, black pepper, comes from a climbing vine first cultivated in India. Arabs controlled the pepper trade to Europe for many years. Many European explorers began looking for pepper in their explorations. Ships brought pepper from Southeast Asia to America in the late 1700s.

Salem, Massachusetts, once known as the “Pepper Port,” processed 7.5 million pounds of pepper in 1805.

• Visit your local library to learn about more the spices that have had an impact on our world and our dinner tables.

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Double your Rebate $40.00 Instant Rebate All of our tire prices are Out the Door Prices! up to $160.00 Firestone When you purchase a set of four No hidden charges! select Goodyear or Dunlop tires Destination AT or LE on a Goodyear Credit Card

Five Seasons Tire is locally owned and operated.

1641 Edgewood RD SW 2804 1st Ave NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 Cedar Rapids, IA 52402

319-366-7683

319-396-7463

HOURS Both Locations: Mon.-Fri. 8-6; Sat. 9-3

www.fiveseasonstire.com

Our Services include:

Computerized Wheel Alignment Front End Component Replacement Brakes, Shocks and Struts CV Joints and Boots, Coil Springs Oil Changes and much more!

With purchase of four tires.

MAIL IN REBATE* $50 Rebate on Cooper

CS4 Touring Tires $40 Rebate on Cooper GLS All Season Tires *With purchase of four tires.

No Surprises!

√ INCLUDES Mounting √ INCLUDES Computer Balancing √ INCLUDES Road Hazard Warranty √ INCLUDES Lifetime Rotation √ INCLUDES Free Tire Disposal √ INCLUDES Lifetime Pressure Check √ INCLUDES Free Rubber Valve Stem