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• According to legend, a Jewish baker in 1683 baked the first bagel. This stirrup-shaped yeast dough was made to honor Jan Sobieski, a renowned horseman and the King of Poland, for saving the people of Austria from Turkish invaders. The baker named the hard roll beugel, the Austrian word for stirrup. The roll soon became a hit throughout Eastern Europe, and over time its shape and name evolved into the modern-day bagel.

What would the bagel be without cream cheese? In 1872, William Lawrence of Chester, N.Y., an American cheese maker, was experimenting with a recipe for Neufchâtel, a soft French cheese. He didn’t get it quite right, but what was produced was a much softer, silkier cheese. The cheese maker realized that this new cheese was better suited as a spreadable cheese designed to be consumed fresh. It didn’t need to be molded and aged in the Neufchâtel style. He wrapped it in foil, and it was trademarked as Philadelphia Brand Cream Cheese in 1880. turn the page for more!

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• Have you had your Wheaties today? In the 1920s, a Minneapolis health-spa owner made homemade bran gruel to feed his clients. The mixture helped keep them regular and helped them lose weight. One day, he dropped some on the stove, and it hardened into a crust. After tasting it, he liked it better than what was cooking in the pot.

He made a sample batch to show a friend at the Washburn Crosby Company, which later became the General Mills Company. The original mixture was too crumbly, so they came up with a better flake using wheat. Jane Bausman, the wife of a company executive, thought up the name Wheaties.

• Don’t skip your Wheaties! A study of 19,000 Americans found that people who skipped breakfast are more likely to gain weight because they tend to overcompensate for the loss of key nutrients at breakfast by eating more fat-rich, highenergy foods later in the day.

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• The oldest piece of chewing gum is 9,000 years old, but it was in 1906 that the first “bubble gum” was invented by Frank Fleer. His first batch produced a gum so sticky that if it got on your skin the only way to get it off was with vigorous scrubbing and turpentine. His recipe was finally perfected 22 years later by Walter Diemer in 1928.

The 23-year-old Diemer was an accountant for Fleer Chewing Gum Company who experimented with new gum recipes in his spare time. His first commercial batch of Dubble Bubble Gum just happened to be pink because that was the only food coloring on the shelf that day. Fleer’s gum became the most popular penny candy on the market.

Food Fun (continued): • In 1912, a Cleveland chocolate candy maker named Clarence Crane wanted to make a hard mint that wouldn’t melt in the summer heat to boost summertime sales. While at the pharmacy buying bottled flavoring, he noticed the druggist using a hand operated pill-making machine that produced flat, round pills. He contracted with the pharmacy to press the mints into shape. The machinery malfunctioned and stamped the candy with a hole in the middle. After looking at the shape, it reminded him of a life preserver so he called them Lifesavers.

• Did you know ketchup didn’t always contain tomatoes? The Chinese invented it in the 1600s, and this mixture had no tomatoes but a lot of pickled fish and spices. In the early 1700s, British explorers encountered the sauce in Malaysia. By 1740, it was a British staple and was then renamed ketchup. Tomatoes became an ingredient in the late 1700s when New England colonists added them to the mixture, and modern-day ketchup was born. Tomatoes may have been added sooner, but they were once thought to be poisonous. Henry J. Heinz introduced bottled ketchup in 1875, and by the 1980s, Heinz Ketchup was in one of every two American households.

• In 1905 in San Francisco, an 11-year-old boy named Frank Epperson was mixing powdered flavoring in a glass of soda and water. He accidentally left the glass with the stirring stick in it on his back porch overnight. He found it frozen the next morning. This gave Epperson an idea, and 18 years later in 1923, he started selling “the Epsicle ice pop” for five cents, later changing the name to Popsicle.

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An unlikely friendship started on a cold winter night with a soft meowing at our back door. A little bedraggled orphan kitten was huddled in a corner, afraid of the world and all the strange noises of a wintery night. I called out, “Who’s there?” and a little “meow” was the answer. A cold little kitten emerged and came running over to me.

At first I did not know what to think but I instinctually picked up the kitten and hugged it. Going into the kitchen I found a cozy corner, a warm blanket and a cardboard box bed for my new pal.

Searching my refrigerator I found some chicken and tuna pieces that became the kitten’s first meal. The starved kitten ate the food ravenously and then went over to his bed and fell asleep.

A name? What to call the little fellow . . . Herbie! The kitten would grow up and help me in the garden.

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Some call it a “lover’s stone” because it brings to mind soft, tender feelings and transmits the true joy of love. It is also believed that your intuition and wisdom are increased when you wear a moonstone.

In India moonstones are regarded as “dream stones” that will bring the wearer delightful visions at night. In Arabic countries women are known to wear moonstones sewn into their garments and out of sight, for in their cultures the moonstone is a symbol of fertility.

Moonstones with a bluish shimmer come from Sri Lanka. Since they are becoming more rare as the years go by, their prices are always increasing. Other less rare Moonstones are found in the USA, Brazil, Australia, Myanmar and Madagascar.

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5. Which of the following modes of transport would be most accurately described as plebeian: 1. Taxi, 2. Helicopter or 3. Subway?

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8. Which one of your home electronic devices at one time needed “rabbit ears” to function?

9. What do you call a musical instrument whose soundproducing agent is a thin strip of cane, wood, plastic, or metal that vibrates as air is passed over it?

10. Which one of the following was NOT a Pontiff of the Catholic Church: 1. Leo, 2. Innocent, 3. Sylvester, 4.

Plagiarist 11. Fill in the blank with the same word: __________ ground, ___________ house, _________ room, __________ write.

12. Water is a compound of what two elements?

13. What important position in the US government did Alan Greenspan once hold?

14. True or false: Switzerland did not join the United Nations until 2002.

15. What famous March celebration did not have its origin in Ireland?

16. Name the plant with leaves composed of three leaflets.

Hint: According to legend it was used by St. Patrick in explaining the doctrine of the Trinity; it is now used as the emblem of Ireland.

17. On Sept. 6, 1620, the Mayflower started her memorable voyage from Plymouth, England, with about 100 pilgrims aboard, bound for Virginia to establish a private permanent colony in North America. What was the name of the document the pilgrims wrote and signed as their ship lay at anchor in Cape Cod harbor?

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The holidays seem to arrive earlier each year. Our time is spread so thin between work, family and, hopefully, a few minutes for ourselves. With days dwindling until Christmas it may be difficult to find the time to be as thoughtful as we’d like in our gift giving.

Here are a few gift ideas for our loved ones on their way home from rehabilitation.

Assistive items may be a great option. These items could make day-to-day functioning easier and help stay independent longer.

Many stores offer specialized equipment such as audio clocks and talking wristwatches. Other helpful devices include adapted cutting boards with side bumpers, pins to hold food in place and suction cups to keep the board from slipping: or jar pops to life flip-top food cans; and even knives designed for one-handed use or for those with limited hand strength.

Perhaps a stocking could be stuffed with a button hook, zipper pull, long handle comb or hair brush.

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Are sidewalks and steps leading up to the entrance well lit for guests? Will they be able to see snow or ice in order to avoid it?

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Bonne’Bella Boutique and Consignment has quickly became a local favorite in Parker, CO for women’s clothing, jewelry, accessories, home decor, gifts, and much more. We are also a proud Sponsor of the Mrs. Colorado and Mrs. Ohio Pageants. Additionally, we are the premier consignment boutique of Parker! Have you ever thought about cosigning?

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Erica Pederson - Lead Stylist at Bonnie Erica Pedersen – Lead Stylist at Bonne Bella Boutique Bella Boutique All clothing needs to be cleaned, pressed and hung properly.

Read and know the store’s consignment policy. Every store has different percent ages and procedures.

Follow up on your own records and items. Make calls if needed. Most stores will terminate your contract after a specific amount of time. Unsold items are usually discounted and then donated to charity.

GET PAID! That is the fun part! Once a month, payments are made to consignors for items sold in the store

Erica Pedersen is the lead stylist for Bonne’ Bella Boutique is, “Parker’s most Unique Boutique”.

Come visit the store: 11020 South Pikes Peak Drive Suite 110A, Parker, CO 80138. (720) 851-9350. bonnebella@bonnebella.net Check us out on FaceBook: Bonne Bella Boutique

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Q. How did we arrive at today’s modern tooth cleaning products?

A. There is quite a long history of various dental “tools”.

Q. How long have we had toothbrushes?

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In 1880 the first electric toothbrush appeared, but was not very effective. The Swiss invented the first effective electric toothbrush right after World War II ended. In 1961 the first cordless electric toothbrush was marketed and soon became popular. Today we have a nearlyunlimited variety styles, colors, sizes, and designs of toothbrushes.

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When is my toothbrush worn out?

Your toothbrush has “had it” when the bristles point every which way.

Change your toothbrush every three months, before it gets to “every which way”.

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What about toothpaste?

Early civilizations concocted various powders used to clean teeth. Ingredients included powdered fruit, ground up or burnt shells, sometimes mixed with honey and dried flowers. Other, less appetizing concoctions added rabbit heads, mice, lizard livers, and urine.

(At least give them credit for being creative!)

Sadly, many of these early toothpastes were highly abrasive or corrosive, which dissolved tooth anamel.

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The toothbrush dates back to the Stone Age, when small twigs or sticks were mashed together to create a broader surface for cleaning around the teeth.

The Chinese invented the first bristle toothbrush – in the 1490’s. Europe adopted the bristle toothbrush in the 17th century, and American colonial dentists encouraged its use.

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Toothpaste as we know it first came to market in the 1800’s. These early “modern” toothpastes included soap and chalk powders. The first toothpaste tube came on the scene in 1892. In 1956 Proctor and Gamble developed “Crest” toothpaste, which added flouride to fight cavities.

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