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TIDBITS® HONORS NEWSPAPER CARRIERS
by Kathy Wolfe Tidbits honors Newspaper Carrier Day on September 4 by looking at some famous and not-sofamous carriers of the printed page. • September 4 was chosen as the day of commemoration in tribute to that day in 1833, when Benjamin Day, publisher of The New York Sun paper, hired 10-year-old Blarney Flaherty as the first paperboy. Mr. Day had placed an advertisement in the paper, seeking “steady men” to deliver the news. Day’s ad read: “A number of steady men can find employment by vending this paper. A liberal discount is allowed to those who buy to sell again.” Blarney Flaherty applied, and Day decided that the young immigrant fit the bill. The boy picked up his first load of papers and could soon be heard shouting, “Paper! Get your paper, here!” • From the mid-19th to the early 20th century, newspaper boys on the streets were the primary distributor of papers to the readers. Their screams of the day’s headlines and cries of “Extra, extra! Read all about it!” could be heard as they stood on street corners and walked through neighborhoods. They were often very poor boys who frequently slept on the streets. turn the page for more!
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TIDBITS of Kootenai County, Idaho Issue #36 Sept 2nd NEWSPAPER CARRIERS (continued): • Long before his days sketching Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney and his brother Roy were newspaper carriers in Kansas City. At the age of 9, Walt was up at 4:30 every day delivering The Kansas City Star for no pay, as his father, who owned the newspaper distributorship, felt it helped Walt earn his keep while learning responsibility. He delivered his quota, but sold extra newspapers on street corners for extra cash. He further expanded his income by delivering prescriptions for the local drugstore. • In his later years, Disney honored carriers by giving anyone who could bring in three new subscriptions a special Disneyland passport for free entry to the Park. One boy, Dave Smith, could only achieve two subscriptions, but desperately wanted the Passport, so he invented a subscription and paid for it himself. Oddly enough, Smith went on to become the chief archivist at the Disney Company, as well as one of Walt’s first biographers. • At 13, billionaire Warren Buffett was delivering The Washington Post on his bicycle for $175 a month, more than the teachers at his school earned. When he filed his income taxes, he made sure to claim his bicycle as a $35 deduction. When he graduated from high school in 1947, his savings amounted to $5,000, the equivalent of about $54,000 today. With a net worth of an estimated $87 billion, Buffett is still involved in the newspaper business, owning several, as well as being one of the largest shareholders in that Washington, D.C. paper he delivered as a teenager. He pays tribute to his paperboy days by conducting a newspaper-throwing contest at his annual Berkshire shareholder meetings.
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* What’s going on sale in September? Look for cookware, dishes, pool toys and pool accessories, patio furniture, plus great deals on new cars (2020 models and closeout sales on 2019 models). * Here’s a great mattress de-funker recipe: Mix a cup of baking soda with 10 drops of your favorite essential oil. Sprinkle evenly over your bare mattress. Allow to penetrate for up to an hour, then vacuum up the remaining powder. * “It’s almost time for Scouts to start up again. I have been washing uniforms and sashes, and I find this trick to be helpful when it comes time to stitch on badges: Put a bit of plain school glue on the back of your badge, place it where you want it on the sash, then let it dry. It will stay in place long enough to stich the edges. When you launder it, the glue will wash right out.” -- R.D. in Florida * A school-success tip: Have middle- and highschool kids identify a friend in every class who they can turn to for questions about assignments or course material. It’s beneficial to be that friend for someone else, too! * Here’s a great tip for future international travel: “Get yourself a power strip and you’ll only need one plug adapter for foreign plugs. You will make friends at the airport, too, on a layover.” -- G.G. in Arkansas * When searching for airline flights, try going incognito in your browser, using a private browser, or deleting your cookies between searches. It can sometimes make a price difference. Send your tips to Now Here’s a Tip, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. (c) 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.
TIDBITS of Kootenai County, Idaho Issue #36 Sept 2nd 2019 NEWSPAPER CARRIERS (continued): • It seems that newscaster Tom Brokaw has always had a love of the news. Beginning as a paperboy in South Dakota, he went on to become one of the “Big Three” news anchors, hosting NBC nightly news for over 20 years. Television celebrity Ed Sullivan advanced from his carrier job to a newspaper sportswriter before hosting his TV variety show. His show first featured the Beatles on American television on February 9, 1964, the most-watched program in TV history to date. • At least three American presidents had paper routes – Dwight D. Eisenhower, Harry Truman, and Herbert Hoover. • For every famous carrier, there are many times more unknown heroes of the industry. While delivering papers in Springfield, Ohio, carrier Carl Thomas happened to glance through a front door and saw his 69-year-old customer face down on the floor. Thanks to an immediate call to 911, the woman, who had fallen, was rescued. North Carolina newspaper carrier Elizabeth Bradley saved her 88-year-old customer after hearing her calling for help and discovering the elderly women injured in her back yard. • After an armed robber held up a Georgia gas station, a local newspaper carrier followed the thief and led police to the suspect, resulting in the villain’s arrest. A Racine, Wisconsin, carrier was the first on the scene of a fire in the home of one of his customers, and quickly notified firefighters. • A Rapid City, South Dakota, carrier noticed newspapers piling up on her elderly client’s porch, and was moved to investigate. After Linda Uranga-Moran contacted the local police, the customer, who had fallen in the bathtub, was discovered there where she had lain for three days.
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® of Idaho TIDBITS of Kootenai Issue #36 Sept 2nd 2019 TidbitsCounty, Dallas County NEWSPAPER CARRIERS (continued): • Of course, there are always those who give the others a bad name, for example, the New York state carrier who was selling marijuana as well as newspapers along his route. And another carrier who had an argument with one of his customers, and stabbed the client! • Darlyne Markus of Nampa, Idaho, started delivering The Idaho Press-Tribune on a daily basis in 1958 at age 29. The subscription price was $1.25 a month, and Darlyne’s route meandered along for 42 miles. She finally retired in 2008 at the age of 79, after delivering papers on the same route for 50 years and 173 days, making her the longest-serving carrier. At her retirement, some of her customers were the originals from 1958. • In 1960, the International Circulation Managers Association created the Newspaper Carrier Hall of Fame to salute famous carriers in our history. In addition to Disney and Buffett, the Hall includes astronaut John Glenn, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, baseball great Willie Mays, entrepreneur Ross Perot, actor John Wayne, and fighter ace Eddie Rickenbacker. Civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., who delivered The Atlanta Journal, is also in the Hall of Fame. King, who spent his paychecks on books, was just 13 when he became the youngest assistant manager of the paper’s newspaper delivery station. • From the days of young teens riding their bikes in the early morning hours, tossing papers on the porch, the job of newspaper carrier has transitioned to adults in their cars sticking papers in the mailbox. In fact, adults in cars now make up close to 85% of paper routes.
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* It was Canadian journalist, editor and poet Mark Abley who made the following sage observation: “Modern English is the Walmart of languages: convenient, huge, hard to avoid, superficially friendly and devouring all rivals in its eagerness to expand.” * On any given day, Google conducts approximately 63,000 searches per second. * The next time you get a chance, you might want to check the pressure of your car’s tires; if they’re not inflated to the correct pressure, you’re contributing to the $9 million in fuel that is wasted due to improper tire pressure, according to the Department of Energy. * Those who study such things report that the average lifespan of a tree in the metropolis of New York City is only seven years. * In all likelihood, you’ve never run across a moirologist -- in fact, they probably don’t even exist in the United States today. However, professional mourners -- which is what moirologists are -- have a long history, dating back to ancient Greece. Even as recently as the early 1900s, there was a report of a moirologists’ strike in Paris. * The small Central American country of Costa Rica has more species of mammals and birds than are found in all of the contiguous United States and Canada combined. * An 18-year-old Austrian named Helmut Mezer got his driver’s license and a new BMW with the license plate DEAD1. One week later, with Mezer behind the wheel, the car skidded around a curve at 100 mph, hit an embankment and was thrown 200 feet, landing on its roof in a field and killing Mezer.
Thought for the Day:
“I’m sick of following my dreams. I’m just going to ask them where they’re going and hook up with them later.” -- Mitch Hedberg (c) 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.
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COUCH THEATER -- DVD PREVIEWS By Amy Anderson
PHOTO: Dennis Quaid in “A Dog’s Journey” Photo Credit: Universal Pictures
“The Hustle” (PG-13) -- In this remake of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” Josephine Chesterfield (Anne Hathaway) is an elegant and refined beauty who preys on slick, wealthy men. Penny Rust (Rebel Wilson) is a fly-by-the-seat-of-herpants catfisher who dupes low-brow guys out of fistfuls of bucks. Both con women set up residence in the lovely and fictional French town of Beaumont-sur-Mer, but two hustlers in one town is one too many. Unable to share the wealth of deserving suckers, they make a deal: Con the ultimate mark -- app developer Thomas Westerburg (Alex Sharp) -- and the loser has to leave town. There are some laughs for sure, but most of it tries way too hard to be clever or funny and ends up being neither. “A Dog’s Journey” (G) -- If something about this seems super familiar, you’re right. It’s a sequel to “A Dog’s Purpose,” and some of the players are
the same. Josh Gad returns to voice Bailey the dog, who we follow as he hurtles through time, embodying different puppers along the way. Bailey starts out returned to her boy, Ethan (Dennis Quaid), but now watching over a new little kid: Ethan’s granddaughter CJ. When CJ’s mother takes her away from the farm, Bailey journeys again through lifetimes to find his girl and watch over her. If you cried at the first one, you’ll cry at this one, too. It’s simplistic but still sweet, and watchable by any age group. “Brightburn” (R) -- Here’s an interesting take on the superhero genre: a horror story. A baby boy falls to Earth inside a downed spaceship, landing on a farm in Kansas. A couple, Tori (Elizabeth Banks) and Kyle (David Denman), take in the boy they name Brandon (Jackson Dunn) and raise him as their own. They hide the ship in the barn. As the boy approaches puberty, he begins to come into his innate powers and sets off on a rampage worthy of a 12-year-old antihero, all the while egged on by the hidden spaceship’s murderous message. “The Tomorrow Man” (PG-13) -- Two eccentrics find love in the grocery aisle in a freshman effort by writer/director Noble Jones. John Lithgow is Ed, a doomsday-prepping, check-writing, cablenews watching, chatboard-loving retiree whose internet handle is “Captain Reality.” He’s a little delusional and a little sad. Enter Ronnie (Blythe Danner), a peculiar and spacey hoarder who is a vision in flowy skirts and baggy sweaters. Ed discovers Ronnie in the local grocers buying tuna cans and batteries. Must be a match, eh? The pair interact and showcase their numerous oddball tics and eccentricities.
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TIDBITS ofTidbits Kootenai® County, Idaho Issue #36 Sept 2nd 2019 of Dallas County
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By Dr. Holly Carling
AVOIDING SCHOOL ILLNESS
As we are getting ready to go back to school, we can’t help but wonder how long it will take before our child gets sick and the illness spreads through the family. It is the same concern nearly every family of school-aged children has. Now is the time to build up the protective fences to keep illness out of the family, but most have not been taught how. A strong immune system is the best defense against illness. It’s not as much about hand washing and avoiding contaminated toys as it is about self-defense from a strong immune front. The question that should follow this statement is what do we do to strengthen our immune system, and what do we do that weakens it? We do plenty to weaken our body’s defenses. The biggest culprit is sugar. Sugar suppresses the immune system. According to Dr. William Sears, M.D., the immune-suppressing effect starts 30 minutes after ingestion and lasts up to 5 hours. Other studies confirm the effect for 4-5 hours but add it takes a full 3 days for the immune system to get fully back on line (if other sugar isn’t consumed in that same time period). In addition sugar negatively impacts behavior, attention span and learning ability which was found to deteriorate in proportion to the amount of junk sugar consumed. This creates emotional stress. Stress is another immune suppressant. Starting back to school can be quit stressful, but a few things can lessen the impact
on the body. First of all, adrenal health is important. The adrenals, which are part of the kidney system, are our stress-coping glands. The weaker the function, the less able we are to cope with stress. Sugar and caffeine are two of the biggest offenders. The second is a lack of minerals in the body. Minerals are necessary for adrenal function and are some of the essential raw materials needed for the body to make its own stresscoping, or “happy” brain chemicals. These are found mostly in green-leafy vegetables. If your child won’t consume green vegetables, they can take a mineral food concentrate in a tablet form – however, it has to be food – based, not oxide forms in order for it to work properly. Good structure in a home also reduces stress. This means a solid routine that kids can depend on to keep emotional balance. In this routine, a good solid breakfast and dinner, comprised of whole, nutritious foods (not packaged, processed foods) is a must! Along with this, a habit of drinking plenty of water, and a reasonable bed time. Children cope better when they are rested. Many parents complain their children resist bedtimes. All children do to varying degrees. But a good parent parents. A parent is not supposed to be the child’s best friend. If you are doing your job as a parent, and not trying to be a friend, your child will hate you once in a while! Congratulations! You are parenting. Keeping illness out of the home takes some work. Frankly, I’d rather put my time and energy in keeping my family healthy, rather than putting it into attending sick family members!
Dr. Holly Carling is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Licensed Acupuncturist, Doctor of Naturopathy, Clinical Nutritionist and Master Herbologist with over three decades of experience. Dr. Carling is currently accepting new patients and offers natural health care services and whole food nutritional supplements in her Coeur d’ Alene clinic. Visit Dr. Carling’s website at www.vitalhealthcda.com to learn more about Dr. Carling, view a list of upcoming health classes and read other informative articles. Dr. Carling can be reached at 208-765-1994 and would be happy to answer any questions regarding this topic.
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Denied Payment for Non-VA Medical Care You can’t always be in a convenient place when a medical emergency occurs. When you need care immediately, you get it at the closest place, and that might not be a Department of Veterans Affairs emergency room. The VA, however, is supposed to pay the provider for that care or reimburse you if you’ve already paid. The problem -- as the Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General discovered -- is that payment of those medical bills doesn’t always happen. The VAOIG investigated (at the request of a member of Congress) and discovered that claims often were denied or rejected to meet production goals, which were tied to bonuses and performance reviews. Nearly one-third of non-VA emergency claims were denied or rejected. (Denied means the VA won’t pay; rejected means it wants more information.) Yet veterans weren’t given good information about why their claims weren’t paid, and therefore couldn’t respond. The VAOIG discovered that: * During a six-month period in 2017, the VA rejected or denied $716 million in claims. * The emphasis was on the number of claims processed, not accuracy. Clerks got credit for rejecting or denying a claim, or marking it for payment, but not for researching the claim. * Clerks were told to deny non-VA emergency claims or were at least encouraged to do so in the name of speed, which meant processing 13-15 claims per hour. Incentives for working quickly included overtime and working from home. * Some rejection/denial decision letters weren’t mailed and might sit for months, making it too late for the veteran to appeal. If you ever need non-VA emergency care, be sure the VA is notified quickly, within 72 hours. Not doing so is an excuse for it to deny your claim.
Are You (and Your Pets) Ready to Bug Out?
DEAR PAW’S CORNER: What can I do to protect my dog and two cats if an asteroid strikes the Earth? -- Curious in Fresno, California DEAR CURIOUS: To be honest, I haven’t done a lot of research into asteroid strikes. NASA, however, is putting a lot of resources toward studying this particular type of astronomical object. A more likely scenario affecting you and your pets is a natural disaster that has an earthly or man-made cause. Hurricanes, windstorms, forest fires, floods, earthquakes, house fires -- you name it. What can you do to protect your pets against these things? It’s difficult to prepare for all scenarios. But you can be ready for the most likely disasters in your area. Fans of disaster preparedness recommend having a “bug-out bag.” This is a container or a pack that holds key documents, medications, food, water and other supplies that can be grabbed and carried easily if you need to evacuate your home in a hurry. Prepare a similar bag for your pets -- with enough food for each of them for 1 to 3 days, any medicines they take regularly and copies of their shot records, licenses and tags. Include your contact information and the vet’s info on a collar tag. Consider microchipping your pets, too: If they’re separated from you and lose their collar, a vet or rescue agency can find out who they belong to by scanning for the chip. Have an evacuation plan that includes getting pets into their carriers quickly. Make sure their supplies can be grabbed and packed up. Once those preparations are in place, you can breathe easier and spend more time enjoying your pets, and less time worrying about the future. Send your comments, questions and tips to ask@ pawscorner.com.
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Q&A with Susan Ashley, MD
Healthy Heart Part 2
The standard annual wellness exam involves checking the same laboratory evaluation that was done 20-30 years ago. Yet the field of lab testing for heart disease is advancing rapidly and widely available. Here are some tests to consider: 1) hs-CRP - measures inflammation or the “fire” from an irritated immune system. The higher the hs-CRP the greater the risk for atherosclerosis, MI (heart attack), stroke, cancer and dementia. 2) Advanced lipid profile - measures LDL particle number and size, which are more accurate and predictive of future heart and stroke events. 3) Lipoprotein (a) - or Lp(a) - a genetic form of cholesterol that’s elevated in about 20% of those tested and unaffected by most lifestyle measures or statin medications. It’s rarely drawn even though hundreds of research studies indicate that if it’s high, the risk of heart attack and stroke skyrocket. It runs high in many families that have been decimated by heart disease. 4) Homocysteine: This amino acid is produced by a process called methylation. It can injure arteries when elevated. It may be due to a genetic defect in the MTHFR gene, which is easily measured or due to nutritional deficiencies of B vitamins. Homocysteine can be lowered with Bcomplex vitamins.
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5) TMAO: This is a newly described marker of heart and kidney health that’s elevated after eating meat- and egg-heavy diets with an altered gut microbiome. It has been shown to cause heart and kidney damage, and is associated with worsened prognosis. 6) apoE: This is a genetic marker related to cholesterol metabolism that is measured from a blood sample. For the few that inherit a pattern called apo E 4/4, the risk of heart disease and Alzheimer’s disease is high and may have an onset 15-20-years earlier than average. 7) Calculate a Astro-CHARM Score. A major advance in 2018 was the publication of the application called the Astro-CHARM score (27). The online risk calculator is a collaboration of NASA and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and is the most advanced tool available. It permits entering the CACS, the hs-CRP and more traditional measures (age, smoking status, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, and blood pressure) to predict the 10-year risk of fatal and non-fatal MI and stroke. Go to Astrocharm.org. There is much that can be done to help prevent heart disease, with the very first steps being diet and exercise. Get rid of carbs, sugar and processed foods in the diet as the first step, and start an exercise program that incorporates aerobic activity and resistance training. Get the above measurements done to assess your risk - there are several labs that do these measurements, we use Boston Heart Lab. Take supplements that lower your inflammation, such as omega 3’s, turmeric, neuroprotek, CoQ10 and melatonin. By doing this, the overall quality of your life will improve, increasing the chances you’ll be able to enjoy those Golden Years.
Dr Ashley is board certified in Family Medicine and in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine. She provides a mix of traditional with alternative medicine and specializes in bio-identical hormones for both men and women.
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* On Sept. 10, 1608, English adventurer John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia -- the first permanent English settlement in North America. Smith was popular because of his organizational skills and effectiveness in dealing with local Native Americans. * On Sept. 11, 1814, during the Battle of Plattsburg on Lake Champlain, a newly built U.S. fleet under Master Commandant Thomas Macdonough destroys a besieging British squadron, forcing the British retreat to Canada on foot. The American victory saved New York from possible invasion. * On Sept. 15, 1916, during the Battle of the Somme, the British launch a major offensive against the Germans, employing tanks for the first time. Some of the 40 or so primitive tanks advanced over a mile into enemy lines, but were too slow to hold their positions and prone to mechanical breakdown. * On Sept. 12, 1940, a collection of prehistoric cave paintings is discovered near Montignac, France. They depict 600 painted and drawn animals and symbols and nearly 1,500 engravings from the Upper Paleolithic period some 16,000 years ago. * On Sept. 9, 1956, Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.� Sullivan had originally banned Presley but finally signed him to an unprecedented $50,000 deal for three appearances. * On Sept. 13, 1971, the four-day revolt ends at the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility in New York when hundreds of state police storm the complex in a hail of gunfire. Thirtynine people were killed in the disastrous assault. * On Sept. 14, 1982, Princess Grace of Monaco -- the former American movie star Grace Kelly -- dies at age 52 after her car plunged off a mountain road near Monte Carlo. An Oscar winner and star of three Alfred Hitchcock films, Kelly gave up her acting career after marrying Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956.
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1. Who originally released “I’m Leaving It Up to You” in 1957, and then who made it popular in the ‘60s? 2. Why was the Cavern Club important? 3. Name the Steppenwolf song used in the film “Easy Rider.” (Shock hint: It was kept out of the No. 1 spot on the chart by “People Got to Be Free” by the Rascals.) 4. How did radio deejay Dr. Demento get his name? 5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “I really think you’re groovy, Let’s go out to a movie.” Answers 1. Don and Dewey, the songwriters, recorded it first. Dale and Grace released their own version in 1960 that shot to No. 1 on the charts. (Methinks Don and Dewey’s is better.) 2. The Cavern Club, in a wine cellar basement, was where the Beatles were first spotted by manager Brian Epstein. 3. “Born to Be Wild, released in 1968. 4. He played strange records, weird comedy and novelty songs. Dr. Demento started in 1970 and can still be found today -- online streaming his weekly show. 5. “Elenore,” by the Turtles in 1968. The song was a parody of the happy pop songs they’d done previously. Intended as a joke, the band was shocked when it was so well-received. (c) 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.
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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Changing your mind doesn’t come easily for Lambs, who place a high value on commitment. But new facts could emerge that might persuade you to rethink your situation. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) This is a good time to put that fine Bovine’s eye for beauty to work in redecorating your home or workplace. And don’t forget to indulge yourself in some personal time as well. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Your sense of loyalty to someone who asks for your help is commendable. But make sure there are no information gaps that should be filled in before you move too far too quickly. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Don’t let difficult people raise the Crab’s ire levels this week. Avoid them if you can. If not, resist telling them off, even if you think they deserve it. Things improve by week’s end. LEO (July 23 to August 22) Your suspicions about a colleague might be on the mark. But you also could be misreading the signals you believe you’re getting. Do some discreet checking before jumping to conclusions. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Take some time out from your many tasks and see if someone might be trying to reach out to you. You could be surprised to learn who it is and why you might want to reciprocate. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) You still might want to do more investigating before taking on a new commitment. Later would not be the time to try to fill in any crucial gaps in what you need to know about it. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) A new opportunity should be carefully studied. It might offer some of the things you’ve been looking for. Or it could contain new possibilities you never considered. Check it out. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) You might have to work harder this week to get people to listen to what you have to say. But if you stay with it, you could start to get your message out to many by week’s end. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Although family matters again take up a big chunk of the Goat’s time, the week also offers a chance to explore a new career move you’d been contemplating for a while. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Applying your practicality (what does it offer me?) and your creativity (how can I improve on it?) could provide sound reasons for seriously considering that new offer. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) The single set will find that keeping their romantic aspirations on high gives Cupid a better target to aim at. Paired Pisces will find that this week helps reinforce their relationships.
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You believe in encouraging others to demand the best from themselves. You would be a fine sports coach, as well as an enlightened teacher. (c) 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Acupuncture is an ancient technique that has been proven highly effective for: reducing stress, healing back and neck pain, headaches and eye strain. Acupuncture helps with allergy relief, improve digestive disorders boost the immune system and benefit woman’s health issues such as painful periods and improves fertility. Acupuncture helps to regulate the endocrine system (hormones) and calm the nervous system. The stimulation of acupuncture points triggers a release of our body’s natural pain- relieving chemicals and reduces inflammation. Acupuncture is used in combination with High Intensity PEMF therapy at the CDA Health Center for exceptional results for pain relief and improved range of motion without medication or invasive procedures. My Neck pain was gone after the acupuncture treatment and I stayed pain free for a whole week. James P. Conroe, Texas Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture is a natural non-surgical, non-filler method of reducing the signs of aging on the face and can seem to erase years when used in combination with High Intensity PEMF therapy while benefiting the entire body. Acupuncture needles are used to stimulate the facial muscles and bring more blood supply to the face. Cold laser is also used on the acupuncture points with the needles. Facial tone is improved with improved circulation and collagen production with a series of treatments. Dr. Margo Parker, OMD, a licensed acupuncturist with over 30 years in practice and higher education. CDA Health Center located at 1044 Northwest Boulevard in the Sky Professional Center Building. Phone/Text (208) 660-7363 to schedule High Intensity PEMF, Ozone Therapy, or other traditional therapies. We offer HU=GO™ HI-PEMF for mobility and pain relief and Ozone therapies for sinus issues, allergies, skin, scalp conditions and more. www.cdahealthcenter.com
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1. ANATOMY: What is a more common name for “deciduous teeth”? 2. GEOGRAPHY: In which country would you find the Lynden Pindling International Airport? 3. MATH: How many different combinations of tic-tac-toe games are possible? 4. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Which nation’s flag features a six-pointed blue star? 5. LITERATURE: Which 19th-century novel features a character named Phileas Fogg? 6. GAMES: Which game promises to “tie you up in knots”? 7. FAMOUS QUOTATIONS: Which 19th-century writer/philosopher once said, “One must maintain a little bit of summer, even in the middle of winter”? 8. PSYCHOLOGY: What fear is represented in the condition called gamophobia? 9. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a group of alligators called? 10. THEATER: What does Dolly do for a living in the play “Hello, Dolly!” Answers 1. Baby (or milk) teeth 2. Nassau, Bahamas 3. More than 250,000, excluding symmetry 4. Israel 5. “Around the World in Eighty Days” 6. Twister 7. Henry David Thoreau 8. Fear of marriage or commitment 9. A congregation 10. She’s a matchmaker.
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SENATOR SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO: ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE IS DEVASTING FAMILIES… (opinion summary)
By Matilda Charles
No End to Summer Heat
Summer heat ... although the days are getting shorter, it’s just not ending. As seniors, we need to beware the impact that heat can have on us, especially on our hearts. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a list of ways to avoid heat-related illnesses, broken down into three sections: stay cool, stay hydrated, stay informed. Staying cool means staying inside in air conditioning or going to a library or mall. Take a cool shower. If you have to go out, take it easy and stay out of the midday sun. Staying hydrated can be tricky if we’re on certain medications, such as ACE inhibitors and diuretics. Drink water before you go out, but ask your doctor just how much is safe. Avoid cold, sugary drinks, and don’t try sports drinks unless your doctor OKs it. Staying informed involves checking the weather so you’ll know in advance what to expect. Investigate apps for your phone or bookmark a few weather websites. My favorite weather website for the computer is Wunderground.com. Put in your ZIP code or town, and it shows you a graphic of either that day’s weather or the weather for the next 10 days. The fact I check most in summer is humidity levels, because that adds to how hot the heat feels. It’s also great for winter when I can check the arrival of snow and determine if I should go to the grocery store today or tomorrow. When it comes to apps for your phone or tablet, the choices are many. Download four or five free ones and play with them for a week. See which ones you like best and delete the rest. Eventually summer will be over and we’ll be thinking about storms and snow. But for now, we need to be safe in the heat. (c) 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.
“Health care is a subject that remains front and center in so many of our national conversations and debates… It continues to poll as a top concern among the American public. …One of those issues is something that is very close to my heart: Alzheimer’s disease. Like so many Americans, I have felt the impacts of this disease. I lost both of my parents to Alzheimer’s, and our family helped to care for them. So I understand the difficulties that caregivers and loved ones face as they try to figure out this difficult challenge. This disease is devastating, and there is no book or a magic formula for how to face it. But I feel strongly that we can do more to ease the pain of those who suffer from Alzheimer’s, to help their caregivers, and most importantly, to find a cure. The statistics surrounding Alzheimer’s are staggering. More than five million Americans are living with the disease, and it’s estimated that as many as 16 million will have it in 2050 without some kind of medical breakthroughs. The cost of caring for those with Alzheimer’s and other dementias is also notable: an estimated $277 billion in 2018, increasing to $1.1 trillion by 2050. Not to mention the emotional costs. These numbers make it clear that we have some work to do… I so wish my parents had the opportunity to be involved in decisions regarding their own care, but it’s my hope that through early assessment and diagnosis, we can give others that opportunity… At the same time, it’s essential that we continue working toward a cure. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I’ve worked with Labor-Health and Human Services Subcommittee Chairman Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and others to provide resources for critical Alzheimer’s research. With the passage of last year’s government funding bill, we have surpassed the $2 billion milestone when it comes to Alzheimer’s research, providing the National Institutes of Health the funding it needs to continue its work and to help support the work of others. It’s easy to get discouraged when you hear about a once-promising clinical trial not moving forward, when you learn another person you know has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, or when a cure may seem so far away. But observing the research being done at NIH and other institutions across the county, seeing the hope and determination in the eyes of those fighting back, and witnessing the bipartisan commitment to tackling this disease—that’s all proof that we are making progress…” Please call for a tour of our “HOMES,” for truly they are… And, if you would like to join our circle of caregivers in one of our homes, please contact Linda at 208-755-3637 or linda@lodgeliving.net. We even have gorgeous onsite studio apartments which include meals and all utilities as a part of our employment package. And, we are delighted to schedule around school commitments for our employees who are reaching ever upward. Call us!!
Linda Davis Director of building relationships. 208.457.3403 www.LodgeLiving.net
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REMARKABLE PEOPLE: EMMA NUTT
1. Willie Mays was the first player in majorleague history to have 300 career home runs and 300 stolen bases. Who was the second player to do it? 2. In 2018, Mookie Betts became the all-time leader in Boston Red Sox history for most threehomer games in his career. Who had held the mark? 3. When was the last time that the Tennessee Titans reached the NFL playoffs in consecutive seasons? 4. How many times has the Southeastern Conference had four men’s basketball teams in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament? 5. When was the last time before 2019 that the Colorado Avalanche won an NHL playoff series? 6. Since 2000, how many drivers have won the Daytona 500 more than once? 7. Name the last Australian player before Ashleigh Barty in 2019 to win the French Open women’s singles title.
Answers 1. Bobby Bonds, in 1979. 2. Hall of Famer Ted Williams accomplished the feat of three homers in a game three times. 3. It was the 2007-08 seasons. 4. Three times: 1986, 1996 and 2019. 5. It was 2008. 6. Five -- Michael Waltrip (2001, ‘03), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (‘04, ‘14), Jimmie Johnson (‘06, ‘13), Matt Kenseth (‘09, ‘12) and Denny Hamlin (‘16, ‘19). 7. Margaret Court, in 1973. (c) 2019 King Features Syndicate, Inc.
Emma Nutt established her place in history in 1878 when she became the world’s first female telephone operator for a burgeoning new industry. Tidbits has the story on this remarkable trailblazer in honor of Emma Nutt Day on September 1. • Emma reported for her first day of work at the Edwin Holmes Telephone Dispatch Company in Boston, Massachusetts on September 1, 1878. Edwin Holmes, a businessman who established the first burglar alarm networks, had just become president of the newly-established Bell Telephone Company. • The company, (which would soon become the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company when Holmes sold his interests just two years later for $100,000) had hired teenage boys as operators. Although the boys had been quite successful as telegraph operators, it was clearly a mistake to use them for person-to-person contact, as they were often rude and impatient with the customers, and delighted in making prank calls and cursing over the phone lines. The boys, (which included Emma’s future husband George), appeared to lack the tolerance for dealing with an average of 120 calls per hour for eight hours a day. • Telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell personally hired 18-year-old Emma Nutt away from her job at a telegraph office, believing her soothing, polite, and cultured voice was the answer to the boys’ lack of manners. Her behavior was immediately praised, and within a few hours, the second female operator had been hired – Emma’s sister Stella. By the 1880s, the job was exclusively female, and by 1920, more than 177,000 female telephone operators were on the job in America.
TIDBITS of Kootenai County, Idaho Issue #36 Sept 2nd 2019 EMMA NUTT (continued): • The requirements for the job were very strict, including an age requirement of 17 to 26, and an unmarried status. There were height, weight, and arm length tests, to ensure that the women could reach the top of the tall switchboard and could work in tight quarters. “Prim and proper” appearance was expected, along with perfect posture for long hours in a hard, straight-back chair. During a typical day, Emma repeated “Number, please” hundreds of times, and reportedly could remember every number in the New England Telephone Company directory. She was not permitted to communicate with other operators while on duty. • Emma’s salary was $10 per month for a 54-hour work week of inserting phone plugs into the correct jacks. She and the other operators did receive the benefit of an hour for lunch. However, toward the end of Emma’s 35+ year career, conditions for operators were worsening. The women were frequently forced to work two shifts in one day, with an unpaid, three-hour break between. Minor mistakes were punished with detention. In 1919, four years after Emma’s retirement, New England’s night shift operators walked off the job, crippling the five states in the New England region. After a five-day strike, management settled with the workers, conferring higher wages, better hours, and union recognition. • In 2000, an automated speech-enabled attendant system was created by Preferred Voice and Philips Electronics. The system, which introduced advanced voice recognition technology that replicated the human voice, was named EMMA in honor of this pioneer in the telephone industry.
Tropical Banana Splits The king of soda-shop desserts is even better made with sorbets and coconut. 1/4 cup shredded coconut 2 ripe medium bananas, peeled and each cut lengthwise in half, then crosswise into quarters 1 cup fat-free passionfruit sorbet 1 cup fat-free raspberry sorbet 2 medium kiwi fruit, peeled and each cut crosswise into 8 slices 1. In small nonstick skillet, toast coconut over medium heat, stirring frequently. 2. To serve, on each of 4 dessert plates (oval if possible), arrange 2 banana quarters, cut sides up, on opposite sides of plate. Place 1/4-cup scoop each of passionfruit and raspberry sorbets between banana quarters. 3. Top with 4 slices kiwifruit and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon toasted coconut. Makes 4 servings. * Each serving: About 230 calories, 3g total fat (2g saturated), 20mg sodium, 45g total carbohydrate, 1g protein. For thousands of triple-tested recipes, visit our Web site at www.goodhousekeeping.com/recipefinder/. (c) 2019 Hearst Communications, Inc. All rights reserved
Q: Do you know when a new season of “Grace and Frankie” might be available? Also, I got hooked on “Shtisel.” I hated when it ended. It was a great soap opera-type serial. Are there any new episodes or was that the cliffhanger end? -A.V. in New Jersey A: “Grace and Frankie” is a hit comedy on Netflix that stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. It’s the longest-running comedy on the streaming service since “Orange Is the New Black.” Netflix has so much confidence in the show that it renewed it for a sixth season before season five even aired this past spring. However, you’ll have to wait until 2020 (hopefully early in the year) for season six to be available for viewing. “Shtisel,” the show about an Orthodox Jewish family starring Ayelet Zurer, first aired in Israel in 2013 and lasted just two seasons. Netflix then picked it up and made those episodes available to audiences in America, where it became a hit. Now “Shtisel” is being renewed for a third season, but since the drama is only in pre-production, its fans will have to sit and wait. Q: I’m addicted to the CBS sitcom “Mom” and can’t wait to see the new episodes. I’m wondering if Anna Faris, who plays Christy on the show, sings a version of “What a Wonderful World” on a Toyota car commercial? Ð- R.K. A: I admit defeat. I wasn’t able to find out definitively who recorded “What a Wonderful World” for a Toyota Camry commercial, but I did have
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fun doing the research. There was much, much debate on the Internet over the female vocalist’s identity. Guesses included Kat Edmonson, Suzi Quatro, Christina Perri, and various contestants from “The Voice” and “American Idol.” (There also were many comments scolding the dad for driving his car at such an unsafe speed on a twisty highway with his young son in the backseat.) As for Anna Faris, I couldn’t verify the beautiful, breathy voice was hers, but if I ever get confirmation of exactly who it is, I’ll be sure to let you all know. Q: I never heard of the TV show “Chicago P.D.” until I saw it this summer (in what looked like reruns). Will it be back this fall with a new season? -- M.W. A: “Chicago P.D.” is a spinoff of the hit show “Chicago Fire.” Nowadays when one crime or first-responder show becomes a hit, there are multiple spinoffs. Many are successful, and “Chicago P.D.” is no exception. The show will be back this fall, but there are some casting changes. Jon Seda won’t be returning as Det. Antonio Dawson, while Lisseth Chavez, formerly of “The Fosters,” will debut as undercover cop Vanessa Rojas. Look for “Chicago P.D.’s” seventh-season premiere on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 10 p.m. ET on NBC.
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Top 10 Video On Demand 1. Pokemon Detective Pikachu (PG) Ryan Reynolds 2. Long Shot (R) Charlize Theron 3. The Intruder (PG-13) Dennis Quaid 4. Curse of La Llorona (R) Linda Cardellini 5. Shazam! (PG-13) Zachary Levi 6. Alita: Battle Angel (PG-13) Rosa Salazar 7. UglyDolls (PG) animated 8. Poms (PG-13) Diane Keaton 9. A Score to Settle (NR) Nicolas Cage 10. Breakthrough (PG) Chrissy Metz Top 10 DVD, Blu-ray Sales 1. Pokemon Detective Pikachu (PG) Warner Bros. 2. Descendants 3 (TV-G) Disney 3. Batman: Hush (PG-13) Warner Bros. 4. Alita: Battle Angel (PG-13) FOX 5. Curse of La Llorona (R) Warner Bros. 6. Shazam! (PG-13) Warner Bros. 7. Hellboy (R) Lionsgate 8. Captain Marvel (PG-13) Disney/Marvel 9. Long Shot (R) Lionsgate 10. UglyDolls (PG) Universal
1. Good Boys (R) Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams 2. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (PG-13) Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham 3. The Lion King (PG) animated 4. The Angry Birds Movie 2 (PG) animated 5. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (PG-13) Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza 6. Dora and the Lost City of Gold (PG) Isabela Moner, Eugenio Derbez 7. 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (PG-13) Sophie Nelisse, Corinne Foxx 8. Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood (R) Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt 9. The Art of Racing in the Rain (PG) Milo Ventimiglia, Amanda Seyfried 10. Blinded by the Light (PG-13) Viveik Kalra, Kulvinder Ghir (c) 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.
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TIGERS September is Save a Tiger Month, and Tidbits is observing it by offering the facts about these fabulous felines. • In the wild, you can find tigers in the dry forests, tropical forests, and flooded mangrove forests of Asia. However, the Siberian tiger likes the northern, colder areas of eastern Russia and northern China. • Just as every human has different fingerprints, no two tigers are alike in the pattern of their stripes. The most familiar tiger, of course, is orange with black stripes, but others are black with tan stripes, or white with tan stripes. There are even all white albino tigers. The rare gene carried by white tigers is present in just 1 in every 10,000 tigers. • The largest of the tiger species, the Siberian, reaches lengths of 10.75 feet (3.3 m) and weights of 660 lbs. (300 kg). The long tail can add up to 3.6 feet (1.1 m) to a tiger’s overall length. Even with their massive size, they can run up to 40 mph (65 km/hr) at full speed. And although it’s strange to think of a swimming cat, tigers like the water and are good swimmers. • Tigers usually hunt at night, and are usually alone in their quest for their prey. Their strictly-carnivorous diet consists of deer, wild pigs, antelope, and buffalo. They stalk their victims, then quickly pounce, clamping down on the animal’s neck or back of the head with teeth up to 3 inches (7 cm) long. Tigers are fast and they’re ferocious, but still have a 90% failure rate of catching their prey. • While tigers are capable of quietly stalking prey, the sound of their roar can’t be ignored. It can be heard as far as 1.85 miles (3 km) away!
TIDBITS of Kootenai County, Idaho Issue #36 Sept 2nd 2019 TIGERS (continued): • Although baby tigers are born helpless, weighing about 2.2 lbs (1 kg), it doesn’t take long for them to mature. At just 8 weeks, they’re already equipped to head out hunting with their mother. As tigers roam their territories seeking food, they mark the territory by scratching marks into trees with their mighty claws. In the case of the Siberian tiger, it’s no small area, with its domain reaching an area of more than 4,000 square miles (10,000 sq. km)! • When a tiger is two years old, it’s on its own, and the mother will deliver another set of cubs, up to seven cubs in a litter. Typically, only two survive, because the female leaves them to hunt, and can’t bring home enough to feed the entire litter. A tiger in the wild lives about 14 to 18 years. • Lions and tigers might look completely different on the outside, but their body configuration is so similar, if you shaved them, you would be unable to tell them apart! In fact, tigers even breed with lions, resulting in hybrids known as tigons and ligers. • With less than 4,000 tigers remaining in the wild, the species is highly endangered. There are actually more tigers in captivity – about 5,000 – than live in the wild. Their population is about 7% of what it was less than 100 years ago. The Bali tiger became extinct in the 1930s, the Caspian tiger in the 1950s, and the Javan tiger was last seen in the 1970s.
Creamy Picnic Coleslaw Some dishes are just so special that everyone wants to know how it was made. This easy slaw salad is such a recipe. Share this dish at your own risk, but be prepared -- take the recipe with you! 1 cup fat-free mayonnaise Sugar substitute to equal 1/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon prepared mustard 1 tablespoon white distilled vinegar 1 teaspoon celery seed 6 cups finely shredded cabbage 1. In a large bowl, combine mayonnaise, sugar substitute, mustard, vinegar and celery seed. Add cabbage. Mix well to combine. 2. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Gently stir again just before serving. Makes 8 (1/2 cup) servings. * Each serving equals: 36 calories, 0gm fat, 1g protein, 8g carb., 301mg sodium, 1g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 1 vegetable. (c) 2019 King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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Peachy Pecan Crumb Pie Brown sugar, rolled oats and ripe peaches taste like sweet summer -- especially with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Use homemade or storebought pie dough. Crumb Topping 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 cup rolled oats 1/4 cup packed brown sugar 1/4 cup chopped pecans 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest Does High Potassium Mean No 1/8 teaspoon salt Bananas? 3 tablespoons butter, softened Filling 2 pounds ripe peaches (about 7 to 8 large), DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 75-year-old man in excellent overall health. Routine bloodwork peeled, pitted and chopped recently showed an elevated potassium level of 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 5.6. For the most part, I follow a vegetarian diet, 2 tablespoons cornstarch which includes a number of very healthy foods 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon that also happen to be high in potassium. I ex1 tablespoon lemon juice ercise regularly. Two years ago, my level was Vanilla ice cream, for serving 4.9. My cardiologist stopped my metoprolol, as 1. If using homemade dough, on a lightly floured he said that could have pushed up the potassium, surface with lightly floured rolling pin, roll and he felt that based on my routine tests it was dough out into 14-inch circle. Transfer to 9-inch safe to stop it. I also stopped the 500-mg turmeric pie plate. Trim overhang to 1/2 inch; tuck over- supplement I was taking, as a precaution. I take hang under and crimp to form raised edge. Re- no other drugs. I’d hate to have to give up bananas and the other frigerate 30 minutes. fruits that contain potassium, which I eat in mod2. Meanwhile, make crumb topping: Place foil- eration as part of my regular diet. Do you think lined rimmed baking sheet in oven and heat to the 5.6 level is cause for concern, and could you 425 F. In medium bowl, with hands, combine make a recommendation? -- V.D. flour, oats, brown sugar, pecans, lemon zest and salt. Add butter and squeeze to form small ANSWER: A potassium level of 5.6 is still in the normal range in my hospital’s laboratory. clumps. Refrigerate until ready to use. Although metoprolol can raise potassium, it’s 3. Reduce oven temperature to 375 F. In large not one of the medicines that is very likely to do bowl, combine ingredients for filling. Add to so, such as an ACE inhibitor or spironolactone. chilled pie dough, spreading in even layer. Place Some people just have a high normal potassium. pie on preheated baking sheet and bake 35 min- Turmeric, on the other hand, has lots of potasutes. Sprinkle crumb topping over filling. Bake sium, so stopping that was reasonable. another 25 to 30 minutes or until filling is bub- I would recommend that you not worry too much about the potassium and keep up your diet, inbling and crust is golden brown. cluding fruits in moderation. In addition to 4. Cool pie on wire rack. Serve warm or at room avoiding turmeric, I would recommend that you avoid salt substitutes, since they have very high temperature with vanilla ice cream. Serves 8. amounts of potassium. For thousands of triple-tested recipes, visit our Web site at www.goodhousekeeping.com/recipefinder/. (c) 2019 Hearst Communications, Inc. All rights reserved
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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am fortunate enough to be a healthy and well 81-year-old woman. I take vitamin D, and exercise daily with walking and yoga. My recent bone density test showed my T-score for the hip at -2.2 and spine at -3.2. My primary doctor insists that I take Prolia or Boniva. I am reluctant to do this, as I am aware of the side effects and don’t trust the ultimate results of the medication. Nutrition centers have recommended calcium supplements. Your help would be greatly appreciated. -- L.B. ANSWER: Anyone can get an estimate of his or her risk for fracture using the FRAX calculation tool at www.sheffield.ac.uk/FRAX. I made a few assumptions with the information you gave me and estimated your risk of a hip fracture in the next 10 years as 6%, and any major osteoporotic fracture as 17%. A medication like Boniva would be expected to reduce your risk to something like 4% and 14%. Prolia has been shown to reduce risk of vertebral and hip fractures, and the decreased risk of vertebral fracture might be even greater with this drug (perhaps 4% hip and 8% total), although Prolia and Boniva have not been directly compared. Guidelines would clearly recommend medication for you. Calcium alone is unlikely to significantly reduce your risk of fracture. “Insist” is a strong word, but given the reduction in your relatively high fracture risk, I would suggest that you reconsider. Boniva is given once monthly and Prolia twice yearly. The side effects are mild for most people. Taking the medication for three to five years is very reasonable, after which you’d re-evaluate. I hope this information makes it easier for you to make the right decision for yourself. Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell. edu. (c) 2019 North America Synd., Inc. All Rights Reserved
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Go Wacky, Artsy With Plain Clay Flowerpots Flowerpots are more than just containers for fragrant herbs, summer’s begonias or fall’s chrysanthemums. Grab a plain clay pot the next time you and your kids are at a nursery or garden center, hold it up and think of it as an artist’s canvas, waiting for your creative expression. Purchase several, or repurpose empty clay pots you have at home, and you’re on your way to this fun family activity. Once you and your kids have added the artistic embellishments to the pots, fill them with fresh potting soil, plant cuttings from your summer garden or pot new flowers for fall and watch your living “windowsill masterpieces” grow. Use extra decorated pots as catchalls for desk supplies, hair accessories, etc. Here are three easy techniques: WACKY JUNK Slather tile grout on the outside of a clay pot like you are frosting a cake. Dig through your toy box, junk or desk drawer and choose tiny, lightweight, whimsical items such as plastic spiders or sea creatures, a pocket mirror, leftover game piece, badge, button or coin. Embed the pieces in the grout. Let dry thoroughly.
SAND DESIGNS Create a Southwest look, ideal for potting a cactus. Draw designs like zigzags, triangles and circles on the pot with a pencil or marker. Trace the design with white household glue on one section of the pot, then sprinkle clean, colored craft sand over the glue. Or, cover the entire pot with tile grout (see above) and sprinkle colored sand over the grout. Embed small objects such as marbles into the sand and grout. SIMPLE PAINTING Paint a clean clay flowerpot with acrylic paints using a paintbrush or a painting sponge. Experiment with a crazy, splashy design of swirls, stripes and spots (dip the eraser end of an old pencil in the paint to dab on the dots). For a spattered look, older children can dip the bristles of an old toothbrush in paint and run their thumb across the bristles to spray flecks on the pot. *** Donna Erickson’s award-winning series “Donna’s Day” is airing on public television nationwide. To find more of her creative family recipes and activities, visit www.donnasday.com and link to the NEW Donna’s Day Facebook fan page. Her latest book is “Donna Erickson’s Fabulous Funstuff for Families.” (c) 2019 Donna Erickson Distributed by King Features Synd.
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