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Q: What do you call a sad cranberry?

DOWN IN THE BOG

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Overcoming the Odds: SATCHEL PAIGE pages 5-6 PORCUPINES pages 7-8

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by Patricia L. Cook This Tidbits uncovers some fascinating facts about cranberries, the tart, red berries that show up in vast quantities at stores this time of year.

• October is National Cranberry Month. If you live in or near one of the states where the little red fruits are grown, you’ve probably seen signs for festivals and celebrations.

• Cranberries are one of the few fruits that are actually native to North America. (Concord grapes and blueberries are as well.) Native Americans introduced the berries to the Pilgrims in the early colonies in the 1600s. Some tribes called them ibimi and sassamanash, meaning “bitter berry,” while others referred to them as atoqua, meaning “good fruit.” Colonists started calling them “crane-berry” because the plants resembled the neck, head and bill of a crane.

The name was later shortened to cranberry.

• Pilgrims quickly learned from Native Americans that cranberries had great health benefits. High levels of vitamin C in the fruit helped prevent scurvy, a disease that was prevalent with sailors. Native Americans made pemmicana, a healthy survival food, by mixing deer meat and mashed cranberries.

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www.Tidbitscv.com CRANBERRIES (continued): • The first known recipe for cranberry sauce was in “The Pilgrim Cookbook” in 1633. Wild cranberries were probably on the table for the first Thanksgiving in 1621. Cranberries have been a traditional side dish for Thanksgiving meals in Canada and the United States since their discovery so many years ago. By the way, Thanksgiving Monday, the second Monday in October, is celebrated this week in Canada. In the United States, Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November.

• The first recorded cranberry cultivation was in 1816 in Dennis, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. Commercial harvesting began in Harwich, also on the Cape, in 1847. The cranberry industry is still a major source of income for Cape Cod today, totaling over $100 million annually.

Nine hundred cranberry bogs taking up 14,000 acres (5,665.6 ha) are located in southeastern Massachusetts, with over half of them on Cape Cod. • So, what exactly is a bog? It is “an area of wet, marshy ground, largely consisting of accumulated decomposing plant material.”

Bogs provide a fertile, moist habitat that is perfect for cranberries.

• Many people think cranberries grow on top of the water, but it is only at harvest that the “sea of red” is evident, and the berries float.

During harvest time, two different methods are used. For “wet” harvesting, bogs are flooded at night, and the next day, water reels, sometimes called “egg beaters,” beat the vines to loosen the berries. Since the berries are hollow, containing pockets of air, they float to the surface. The berries are then gathered and loaded into trucks. The wet-harvested berries are used for sauces, juices and other products.

• Dry harvesting is used for berries sold fresh.

For this type of harvest, the berries are combed off the vines by mechanical pickers and bagged carefully to prevent damage.

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• Cranberry farms are mostly family owned operations that have been handed down for generations. Cranberries are grown commercially in five states: Wisconsin, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Washington and Oregon. They are also grown in Chile and several Canadian provinces, including Quebec, British Columbia and Nova Scotia.

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• The beauty of cranberry bogs and marshes can be observed first in the blooms and later, when the ripe, red berries shine on the vines or float as they wait for harvest. Pink flowers develop in June and July with small, green fruit developing behind the flowers. The green changes to white before transforming to dark red in August and September.

• While much cranberry history and many commercial operations are in the Northeast, Wisconsin and Eastern Canada, commercial growing in Washington State was started in the late 1800s. A visitor from Massachusetts noticed that the area was similar to Cape Cod when he found wild berries growing.

Entrepreneurs purchased around 1,600 acres (647.5 ha) on the Long Beach, Washington, peninsula between 1872 and 1877 and began developing cranberry beds. They used vines brought over from the East Coast, and many pests caused problems in the new environment.

• In the 1920s, scientist D.J. Crowley helped to solve the problems faced by cranberry production in the Pacific Northwest. The Cranberry Research Station was started and recommendations helped growers improve their crops. Today, the Pacific Coast Cranberry Research Foundation continues to support about 250 growers from British Columbia to Oregon.

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• Known for fantastic pitching and some pretty good one-liners known as “Satchelisms,” Paige was born on July 7, 1906. This has been questioned but is assumed to be true. Paige said, “How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?”

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• Paige earned the nickname “Satchel” as a young boy when he helped passengers with their bags (satchels) at railroad stations.

• Paige started his baseball career in 1924, with the Mobile Tigers semi-pro team in Mobile, Alabama. He went on to play as the dominant pitcher in the Negro League. He also played with the Caribbean League in the winter.

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• Considered the greatest pitcher in the history of the Negro Leagues, Paige had some staggering statistics. He had a stretch of 21 straight wins, pitched 64 consecutive scoreless innings and had a 31-4 record in 1933. Paige thrilled the crowds for 22 years, but his big goal was to make it to the majors.

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“SATCHEL” PAIGE (continued): • At the end of his career, his major league record was modest, at 28 wins and 31 losses with a 3.29 ERA (earned run average). Paige is also known for not committing a single error in 179 Major League games. He coached for the Atlanta Braves in 1968.

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the stuff of legend. And just like Ali shocked the world with the rope-a-dope, John Lennon played a joke on everybody at those concerts, singing “Help!” and “I’m a Loser (and I’m not what I appear to be)” in front of fans who weren’t listening.

Well, pay attention, folks.

Jay-Z says he’s the new Sinatra, that he sells more Yankee caps than a Yankee can. I can’t say I disagree.

But Sinatra didn’t buy the Nets and move them to Brooklyn. Add Rhianna to the bridge, and suddenly Brooklyn is New York, New York. And say what you will ... but that Eminem commercial aired during the Super Bowl, you know, the one where he drives down 8-mile in a Chrysler?

Ever since then, Detroit has been lights out. The Tigers won their division and have the best pitcher in the game wearing their chain. The Lions look like Super Bowl contenders.

Both hooked up for stadium shows in each other’s city last year. As I write this, the Yankees and Tigers are heading into a fifth game, deciding playoff showdown. The “Big Three” are in the black, a new skyscraper is steadily rising from Ground Zero. The synergy between both cities is suddenly clear.

Boston and Chicago may be the preferred rivals of each town, but as my dad and ol’ Blue Eyes would surely agree, and as emphasized by the two biggest pop stars in a generation for Brooklyn and Detroit, surprisingly, it’s very clear ... the best is yet to come.

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My dad was a pretty successful guy. He’s since retired, but back in the day he was into Sinatra, Sun Records-era Elvis and, of course, my mom. He didn’t have a problem ‘fessing up to that, either.

He was the same man that intervened when I clearly had an affair with the Mets in 1986 and flirted with Ken O’Brien and the Jets in ‘85.

No way he was raising a kid who didn’t root for the Yankees and Giants.

Nowadays when I visit the folks, I know the old man is still into Mom and Elvis is still the presumed “King,” but the only time I hear Sinatra played in their home is when the Yankees win a ballgame and their 55 million-inch flat screen with surround, seek-and-destroy sound blares the game’s best anthem (that’d be “New York, New York” for the uninitiated or the 135year-olds among us who still cling to their peanuts and Crackerjack or “Casey at Bat.”) But I’m not a dinosaur yet. I’ve known for quite some time that Eminem was among the recognized leaders of the rap world, and the first time I saw Jay-Z on the charts and learned he was from Brooklyn, I got it ... it was a reference to the J and Z line on the subway. But it took me a few deadlines and the near constant rotation of the two off the hipster section’s iPod’s before I understood the intelligence that Jay-Z had and why audiophiles considered Em’s work touchstones of his era.

I’m a Beatles fan. They were the first “stadium” band, and their concerts at Shea and Candlestick are

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National Memory Screening Day Mark your calendar: Nov. 15, a Tuesday, is National Memory Screening Day, put on by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America.

A news release issued by Alzheimer’s Disease International says that there could be 28 million people in the world with dementia — but no diagnosis yet. The screening events provide free memory screenings using tasks and questions that can detect problems early. Tests will check memory, thinking and language skills. While the tests don’t give a true diagnosis, they can provide indications that a medical exam is needed.

Meanwhile, there is a possible Alzheimer’s vaccine on the horizon. In the disease, the amyloid protein stays in the brain and turns into plaque, which causes problems with the nerves that transport information through the brain. Researchers are looking at a way to stop the body from producing too much of the amyloid by targeting the receptors that move it into the brain.

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To learn more about next month’s free memory screenings, go online to w w w. n a t i o n a l m e m o r y screening.org, or call 866AFA-8484. Online you just need to click on your state and a list of locations will appear. You’ll need to sign up in advance to ensure a spot.

If you’ve been experiencing memory problems or if it runs in the family, be sure to tell your doctor. Or if you just want a baseline test for future reference, the screening can help with that, too.

Remember, a memory problem might not be Alzheimer’s. It could easily be something as simple as a vitamin deficiency.

Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Write to her in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to column reply@gmail.com. © 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.

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“Denny had a nose right there, but it was lap four,” Allmendinger said. “Those guys would expect you to give them some room, but he just stuffed it down in there and jacked me sideways. It was no surprise, and as I started spinning toward the wall, I just hammered the throttle. I didn’t think it was going to hit the wall, but then I was afraid that everybody behind me would come piling in.

“I’d like to say it was all driver, but luckily, I tapped the brake and kept it on the throttle, it straightened back up to where I didn’t stop in front of anybody and, thank God, everybody behind us was alert and kind of got it slowed down. I’d say it was 60 percent driver and 40 percent luck. I’ll give myself a little bit of credit.”

Monte Dutton covers motorsports for The Gaston (N.C.) Gazette. E-mail Monte at nascarthisweek@ yahoo.com.

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PORCUPINES (continued): • Porcupines are nocturnal, meaning they are most active at night. They tend to sleep in the daytime, which is when they can most likely be spotted lounging on tree limbs.

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• Porcupines are small, with full-grown adults weighing 12-35 pounds (5-16 kg). They are about 25-30-inches (60-90-cm) long with tails about 8-10-inches (20-25-cm) long.

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• Porcupines move slowly on land but are very good swimmers. They have a great floating ability thanks to their hollow quills.

• Herbivorous porcupines use their strong teeth to eat bark, stems, twigs, fruit, leaves and roots. They can wreak havoc on a yard or garden. Since most of the food they eat does not contain much salt, porcupines will lick bones or even salt that is put on roadways to melt ice.

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A.J. Allmendinger Has ‘Kingly’ Goals A.J. Allmendinger earns the interest of thousands of fans just on the basis of the No. 43 on the side of his Ford Fusion.

“43” is the number made famous by Richard Petty, the owner. Petty won a record 200 races carrying that number. No one else ever come close to that total, and it’s almost unthinkable that anyone will ever approach it. It’s among many reasons why Petty is uniformly regarded as NASCAR’s King Richard.

Allmendinger, 29, came reasonably close to making the Chase for the Sprint Cup. He moved up from 15th to 14th in Sprint Cup points after finishing seventh at Dover International Speedway in the AAA 400.

To date, the Los Gatos,

A.J. Allmendinger has one top-five and seven top-10 finishes this season and came close to making the Chase. (John Clark NASCAR This Week photo) Calif., native has collected “The Chase doesn’t define one top-five and seven top- our season,” Allmendinger 10 finishes during the cur- said. “If we get to Homerent season. stead (Fla., site of the final The one-time Rookie of race) and are a lot better the Year in the ChampCar than we were last year, I’ll World Series (2004) began be happy with that.” competing regularly in Regarding his performance NASCAR in 2007. He fin- at Dover, he said, “You just ished third in the 2009 Day- want to put yourself in that tona 500. position, but we weren’t Allmendinger’s goal, quite good enough to win. obviously, is to restore Depending on what call and Richard Petty Motorsports where you restarted, I think to the position of royalty we might have been top-five enjoyed by Petty. Teammate there at the end.”

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