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With Super Bowl 50 just around the corner, Tidbits takes the opportunity to look at several former NFL stars and their post-football life. • After graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy, where he won the Heisman Trophy, Roger Staubach served a tour of duty in Vietnam with the U.S. Navy. He didn’t play pro football until age 27, when he joined the Dallas Cowboys as a rookie quarterback, the only team he would ever play for. Staubach was a six-time Pro Bowl selection, and made five trips to the Super Bowl, (two times as Super Bowl Champs, and the MVP of Super Bowl VI.) • Toward the end of his NFL career, Staubach started a commercial real estate business, The Staubach Company, specializing in commercial property. In 2008, he sold the company to an investment management company for $613 million. Staubach serves as the executive chairman of the company. This 73-year-old has been married for 50 years to his grade school sweetheart, with whom he enjoys his 15 grandchildren and one-greatgrandchild. • Can you identify the first player ever to pass for 5,000 yards in a single season? It was Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino, who spent all of his 17 seasons with that team. turn the page for more!

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FOOTBALL GREATS (continued): • In the sixth week of his rookie season, Marino became a starter, and went on to play in nine Pro-Bowls. Out of his 242 games, he started in 240 of them. The NFL’s list of the Top 100 Greatest Players has Marino in the #10 spot. For many years after his retirement in 2000, he served as an analyst on CBS’s NFL Today. He left the show in 2014 to return to the Dolphins as a special advisor. Over the years, Marino dabbled in the entertainment field, appearing as himself in television and movies, including Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. After his son was diagnosed with autism, Marino and his wife established a charitable foundation that has distributed more than $22 million toward research and treatment for children with developmental disabilities. • Norwegian-born Jan Stenerud came to America as a college student on a ski-jumping scholarship. In 1964, while training for ski season at Montana State University, he was spotted by one of the school’s coaches who was walking past the football field where Stenerud was cooling down from his practice. The football coach offered Stenerud a tryout, and he was given a position on the team as kicker. The Kansas City Chiefs drafted him in 1966, where he played until 1979, one of the first pro football players to be used as a dedicated kicker. After 19 seasons (including a stint with the Packers and the Vikings), and four Pro Bowl appearances, Stenerud retired with 373 career field goals, and never having missed a game because of injury or illness. He has worked as a sports commentator on Scandinavian television and is also involved with a firm that designs stadiums and sports arenas.

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FOOTBALL GREATS (continued): • The MVP of the first two Super Bowls was Green Bay Packer Bart Starr. He began his career with the Packers in 1956 and remained a player until 1971. After his retirement, he was immediately hired by the team as their quarterback coach, and became their head coach in 1974, a position he held for nine years. His charitable organization is the Rawhide Boys Ranch in New London, Wisconsin, a facility he co-founded in 1965, that helps delinquent and emotionallydisturbed adolescent boys. At the initial fundraising, Starr donated a Corvette he had won for his Super Bowl performance to be raffled. The 82-old-year-old Starr has recently suffered two strokes and a heart attack, but after intensive physical therapy, his condition has dramatically improved. • Fran Tarkenton played his first NFL game in 1961 at age 21 as a member of the Minnesota Vikings, and went on to nine Pro Bowl selections. In 1977, Tarkenton became the first professional athlete to guest-host “Saturday Night Live.” When this Georgia native retired in 1978, he owned every major quarterback record. Tarkenton has had numerous postfootball success stories, starting with founding Tarkenton Software, a computer program generator company. He served as a Monday Night Football commentator for four years and a co-host of ABC’s “That’s Incredible!” during the early 1980s. He has written several self-help motivational books as well as a novel entitled Murder at the Super Bowl, a mystery about a football coach who is killed just before his team is scheduled to play in the big game.

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• On Jan. 26, 1500, Spanish explorer Vicente Yanez Pinzon, who had commanded the Nina during Christopher Columbus’ first expedition to the New World, sights the coast of Brazil during a voyage under his command, the first European explorer to do so. * On Jan. 25, 1759, Scottish poet Robert Burns is born. The day is still celebrated by Burns fans with high-spirited “Robert Burns Night” feasts, featuring haggis and other Scottish delicacies, as well as enthusiastic drinking, toasting and speechmaking. * On Jan. 29, 1936, in Cooperstown, New York, the Baseball Hall of Fame elects its first members: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Matthewson and Walter Johnson. Today it has elected 278 individuals, including 225 players, 17 managers, eight umpires and 28 executives and pioneers.

* On Jan. 31, 1950, President Harry Truman publicly announces his decision to support development of the hydrogen bomb. The discovery of a Soviet spy in the U.S. nuclear program forced Truman to approve massive funding to build the world’s first “superbomb.” * On Jan. 27, 1965, the Shelby Mustang GT 350 is launched. The Shelby, a Mustang modified for racing, featured a 306 horsepower V-8 engine and today is a valuable collector car. * On Jan. 28, 1973, a cease-fire goes into effect in Saigon, Vietnam, but military operations quickly resumed after each side claimed the other had violated the truce. What resulted was an almost endless chain of retaliations, averaging 2,980 combat incidents per month.

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Before we start talking about caramel and popcorn and sprinkles, and Chocolate Covered Caramel Popcorn Balls, I have to tell you that I burned the caramel. Yes, I did. I looked away for a second or two and bam! Burnt! I was so upset with myself and not because I burned it, but more because I caused myself more dishes:( I was so frustrated, I didn’t even bother to make another batch. I went straight for the Brach’s caramel candies that were sitting in my pantry. I unwrapped them one by one, mixed in some butter, and there it was, Caramel on the fly! So you’d think that a 3 year old would be the most excited about eating these fun treats. No, Ruby was more excited about dipping the balls into the chocolate and sprinkles and packaging them for her friends. We are bagging these treats and printed cards that say “you make my heart POP” for an easy DIY Valentine for Ruby’s classmates. CHOCOLATE COVERED CARAMEL POPCORN BALLS Serves: 10 Popcorn balls Ingredients: 14 cups popped plain popcorn 1 (14 oz.) package Caramel Candies, unwrapped 4 tablespoons butter 10 popsicle sticks 1 (12 oz.) package semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted Sprinkles Pop the popcorn, place the popped popcorn in a large bowl. Set aside. Put the unwrapped caramel candies and butter in a medium-sized saucepan; cook over medium-low heat and stir until melted and smooth. Remove from heat and pour over popcorn. Mix until all the popcorn is well coated. Let stand for a couple of minutes to cool. In the meantime prepare your chocolate chips by melting them either in the microwave or over a double broiler. Melt until smooth. Grease your hands with butter and shape the popcorn balls into the size of a softball. Stick a popsicle stick in each popcorn ball and dip into melted chocolate, then roll in sprinkles. Place on waxed paper until chocolate is set. When you decide to dine out, gather around our table at the Goose. Remember every Friday is Wild Game night. Each week we’re serving a different Wild Game. Find the Game Calendar, our Monthly Specials and the whole menu at woundedgoose.com The Wounded Goose, we have a lot of competition, but our food doesn’t!

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Did you make a list of resolutions for the New Year? How are you doing so far? They say if we can keep a resolution for 21 days, we’re likely to stick with it. Here are some ideas to make 2016 a healthier, more active year. * If you always hear about local events after the fact, sign up for online notices for museum exhibits, special readings at the library, lectures and lunches at the senior center. * Consider taking a class. Reducing the risk of falls and senior driving safety are both worthwhile. Check the education department course catalog for something new and fun. Classes even might be free for seniors. * Do a puzzle a day. It doesn’t matter what kind. Crossword, scrabble, solitaire are all good brain stretchers. Go online to AARP at games.aarp.org for free games. * Get out of the house once a day. Walk to the mailbox, set up a walking routine with a friend (even if you have to go to the local rec center) or pick a different place to visit every day. * Eat something that’s good for you at least a few times per week, even if you don’t especially care for it. If you don’t like green vegetables, for example, scan the Internet for recipes that will make them more palatable. Do you have a smoothie blender? Many ingredients can be combined to taste better together. * Consider upgrading your technology knowledge. If your grandchildren have smartphones, think about whether you might benefit from having that instant contact with them, rather than waiting until you open email to see the latest photos from them. * Look up old friends. If you’re not familiar with social media, take a class, and especially learn about the safety aspects. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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