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NUTTY FACTS (continued): • With origins in ancient Persia, the walnut is the oldest tree food known to man. Walnut meats closely resemble a little human brain, with left and right hemispheres, and because of this, people in medieval times believed that walnuts could cure headaches. In actuality, walnuts contain substances that help develop neuron transmitters within the brain, boosting its ability to send signals and messages. Studies also indicate they help ward off dementia by breaking down the plaques associated with Alzheimer’s Disease. Walnuts are the only nut that contain hearthealthy Omega-3 fatty acids, and can help reduce inflammation in the arteries. • California supplies 99% of U.S. walnuts and 75% of the world’s resources. Franciscan monks first began growing walnuts in California in the late 1700s. Commercial groves were first planted in 1867. • Native to Brazil and the West Indies, cashews are also drupes and are a member of the poison ivy family. The lining of the cashew’s seed contains a powerful oil called anacardic acid that can irritate and burn the skin. Once the cashew is roasted, the oil disintegrates and the shell is easy to remove. Research indicates that cashews may be beneficial in warding off or managing diabetes by stimulating blood sugar absorption by muscle cells. • Sometimes called the “king of nuts,” the Brazil nut is actually another drupe. The Brazil nut tree produces large pods weighing about 4 lbs. (1.8 kg) that are filled with 12 to 20 seeds, sectioned like a grapefruit. The pods fall to the ground when ripe, split apart, and release the seeds. They are grown mostly in the Amazonian rain forest of northern Bolivia, not in Brazil as the name implies. The trees have a height of 150 feet (45.7 m), with a trunk diameter of nearly 8 feet (2.4 m).

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NUTTY FACTS (continued): • Brazil nuts are 65% oil with 19 grams of fat in a one-ounce serving. You would need to walk nine minutes to burn off the calories in one Brazil nut. The good news is they are high in fiber, protein, and magnesium. • A pecan tree can live to be over 200 years old. The only major tree nut that is native to North America, the name “pecan” has its origins in the Algonquin Native American language, describing “all nuts requiring a stone to crack.” Cultivation of pecan orchards began in the 1700s and George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were among those who planted pecan trees. A tree, which only produces its fruit every two years, has a trunk that can grow to a diameter of more than 3 feet (.9 m). • Many of the more than 1,000 varieties of pecans are named for Native American Indian tribes, including the Cheyenne, Mohawk, Sioux, Choctaw, and Shawnee. Some pecan processing facilities shell 150,000 lbs. (68,039 kg) of pecans every day, enough to make 300,000 pecan pies. The average pecan pie contains about 78 pecans. • About 80% of the world’s pecan supply is produced in the United States. There are more than 600,000 pecan trees in Albany, Georgia, making it the nation’s pecan capital. Every year, the community is home to the National Pecan Festival, hosting a race, parade, cooking contest, and crowning of the National Pecan Queen. • Pecans and macadamia nuts have the highest amount of fat, the lowest amount of protein, and the most calories of any nuts. However, a pecan contains more than 19 vitamins and minerals, and is rich in Vitamins A and E, calcium, magnesium, potassium, B vitamins, and zinc.

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. FEATHERSTONE (continued): In 1987, Featherstone inscribed his signature in the original molds in order for buyers to distinguish between his creation and unauthorized imitations. In 1996, Featherstone became the president of Union Products. That year he was also awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for Art, a parody of the Nobel Prizes, given each year for unusual achievements. The goal of the prize is to “honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think.” Featherstone remained at the helm of the company until his retirement in 2000. During his 43-year tenure, he had designed over 600 items for Union. In addition, he had coauthored a book The Original Pink Flamingos: Splendor on the Grass. In 2006, after producing an estimated 20 million plastic flamingos, Union Products closed its doors and the bird became an endangered species. Featherstone set out to find a buyer for the molds. In 2007, a New York manufacturer purchased the copyright and molds, and once again the ornaments were in production. Donald and his wife Nancy, whom he married in 1976 when he was 40 years old, wore matching outfits for more than 35 years. Nancy sewed all of the ensembles, many of them from flamingo-patterned fabric. The couple kept 57 plastic flamingos on their front lawn. Her Christmas gift to Don one year was a 6-foot-tall (1.83-m) bronze flamingo. Although the plastic flamingo was Don’s most popular creation, Nancy claims she has always been partial to the ostrich he designed. Tribute was paid to Don by naming the pink flamingo character Featherstone in the 2011 Disney film “Gnomeo & Juliet.” Don passed away in June of 2015 at age 79.

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ORIGAMI World Origami Days are held October 24 through November 11. Let’s see how much you know about this ancient art. • The word “origami” has its origins in the Japanese language, with “ori” meaning “folding” and “gami” translating “paper.” At one time, it was known as “orikata,” or “folded shape.” The goal of origami is to transform a simple sheet of paper into a delicate sculpture through folding techniques, without the use of glue or cuts. Paper folding that utilizes cuts is referred to as “kirigami.” • Many claim that paper was invented in China around 105 A.D., although some archaeological evidence indicates an earlier date. Early Chinese paper folding was primarily “yuanbao,” paper folded to look like gold nuggets. The pieces were used at funerals as a burnt offering to the dead. China also introduced Golden Venture Folding, in which small pieces of paper are folded into triangular units which are assembled into larger models. • Around the sixth century, paper was introduced into Korea and Japan. Paper was expensive and not readily available to the general public, and consequently, became an art form limited to religious rituals and ceremonies. Early Japanese purification rituals employed the use of zig-zag-shaped paper known as “Shide.” These triangles were attached to straw ropes, to altars, or to wooden staffs that were used as purification wands. • The first documented book published about paper folding was Tsutsumi-no Ki, published in 1764, containing instructions on how to fold 13 different ceremonial folds. In 1797, recreational paper folding became popular and the book Folding of 1000 Cranes was introduced, with lessons on folding interconnecting cranes.

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For Advertising Call (740) 441-7633 ORIGAMI (continued): • Origami is used at traditional Shinto weddings to fashion paper butterflies to decorate bottles of Japanese sake. The “Mecho” butterfly signifies the female, while the “Ocho” represents the male. A “Tsuki” is a piece of origami that accompanies a valuable gift and can serve as its certificate of authenticity. “Noshi” are attached to gifts, much like we use greeting cards, used as a token of good fortune for congratulatory occasions, such as graduations or promotions. “Noshi” would never be given at funerals or religious ceremonies. The “Tsutsumi” is a formal gift wrapping whose folds symbolize sincerity and purity. • The traditional origami paper used in Japan is known as “washi,” and is much tougher than ordinary paper. Rather than being fashioned from wood pulp like ordinary paper, washi is made using fibers from the bark of the gamp tree or mitsumata shrub in a long and intricate process. It can also be made using bamboo, hemp, rice, wheat, or the kozo (paper mulberry) tree. • In the 17th and 18th centuries, origami was used in Germany to produce baptism certificates called “Patenbriefs,” which translates “sponsor letters.” These were 4x4” (10x10 cm) papers, typically given to babies by their godparents. • In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, 250,000 paper cranes, the symbol for world peace, were folded and displayed at a memorial in that city. Each crane had a person’s name on it, along with as a short message. An ancient Japanese legend claims that if you fold 1,000 cranes, you will be granted a wish.

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1. Name the last N.L. pitcher before the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw in 2014 to win the regular-season MVP Award. 2. How many managers did the Chicago White Sox have during the decade of the 1980s? 3. Marshall’s Rakeem Cato, in 2014, set a Division I record for most consecutive games with at least one TD pass (46). Who had held the mark? 4. When was the last time before 2014 that the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks all failed to make the NBA playoffs in the same season? 5. Name the coach who led Canada in 2002 to its ﬁrst gold medal in men’s Olympic hockey following a 50-year drought. 6. Lionel Messi set a Champions League soccer scoring record in 2014 when he tallied his 72nd goal. Who had held the mark? 7. Name three of the six ﬁghters Manny Pacquiao has lost to in his 65-bout pro boxing career. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc

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* On Oct. 25, 1853, Paiute Indians attack U.S. Army Capt. John W. Gunnison and his party of 37 soldiers and railroad surveyors in Utah. Gunnison and seven other men were killed, but the survey party continued its work to find a route for a proposed transcontinental railroad. * On Oct. 24, 1901, seeking fame, 63-yearold schoolteacher Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel. After a brief flurry of photo-ops and speaking engagements, Taylor’s fame cooled, and she was unable to make the fortune she had sought. * On Oct. 23, 1921, in France, an American officer selects the casket of an unidentified soldier to be honored among the 77,000 U.S. servicemen killed in World War I. The “Unknown Soldier was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. * On Oct. 22, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signs the Highway Beautification Act, which attempts to limit billboards and other forms of outdoor advertising along America’s interstates. * On Oct. 20, 1973, Solicitor General Robert Bork dismisses Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox, whose investigation of the Watergate break-in revealed that the burglary was one of many possible abuses of power by the Nixon White House. Two days later, the House Judiciary Committee began to consider the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon. * On Oct. 21, 1988, “Mystic Pizza,” a romantic comedy starring unknown actress Julia Roberts, opens in theaters. Roberts would skyrocket to international fame when she appeared in the 1990 blockbuster “Pretty Woman.” * On Oct. 19, 1991, a fire starts in the hills of Oakland, California, and within an hour, 800 buildings are ablaze. The firestorm would kill 25 people and destroy thousands of homes. Even though fires had ravaged the same area in 1970 and 1980, people continued to build homes there. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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The Hierarchy of Needs This guy named Maslow posited a pretty-wellaccepted theory that every human being has five basic needs. They need food and water and a house to live in, and they need love. Things like that. In baseball, if there was a hierarchy, I’d say you would need a good manager, a staff pitching ace or a reliable stopper that can eat innings. You need a great contact hitter, and let’s face it, you need a slugger because nobody wants to watch that Ty Cobb, drag-bunt stuff from the back row of an upper deck all summer long. And you need a closer. Someone to turn the ball over to at the end of the night. But there is another theory about life, and it is called the seven stages of grief. There’s shock, denial, anger, bargaining, guilt, depression and, in baseball, Jonathan Papelbon. And nowadays that is almost always followed by regret, a blown save and ejection. Athletes who play adrenaline sports are going to be a little more on edge than most other types of people in the world. Take a guy like Papelbon (which, we’ve already discerned, will lead to certain regret). He doesn’t play an adrenaline sport, right? So as a closer, he has to supply his own excitement. He walks out of a bullpen to Metallica’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls” and then is expected to strike out the side. But you really have to question this guy’s sanity. The guy makes $13 million a year for throwing a piece of leather-covered twine, and he just can’t keep it together. Statistically, he’s one of the greatest of all-time ... the all-time leader in saves for both the Red Sox and Phillies, set records for most saves by rookie and all sorts of other statistics. He’s won a ring (and his dog ate the game ball. Nice.) But don’t kid yourself ... to say Papelbon is on the downside of his career isn’t a hard statement to make. He’s losing velocity, but he’s also clearly losing his mind. This guy, who has been fined tens of thousands of real American dollars for failing to throw a first pitch over the plate in a timely manner, got in the face of Bryce Harper after Harper didn’t run out a fly ball. Then, he didn’t just get in his face ... he tried to strangle the kid from the top step of the dugout. I can’t say that I’ve ever seen anything like that before. Well, that’s not true ... there was the whole John Rocker era in the ‘90s. And there was Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson in the ‘70s, but at least they had the good sense not actually fight one another on TV. The last time I saw something like that was that “Star Wars” reboot where Anakin Skywalker thinks he can win the fight when Obi-Wan had the higher ground. The only difference there was that Anakin’s loss advanced the storyline. Papelbon’s act -grabbing himself in Philly, grabbing Harper in Washington -- is a tired one that nobody needs to see anymore. Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in New Jersey. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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LEAF-SHAPED TORTILLA CHIPS 6-8 tortillas and wraps in a variety of ﬂavors and colors, such as tomato basil, spinach, sprouted grains and corn Canola oil Salt Assorted metal cookie cutters in leaf shapes Kitchen scissors 1. Heat oven to 350 F. 2. Place a tortilla on a wooden cutting board, and cut into leaf shapes with metal cookie cutters. If using corn tortillas, use scissors to cut your own leaf designs and alphabet letters. You might cut letters to make a word such as “leaf,” “fall,” “Happy Halloween” or the name of your favorite sports team. 3. Set cutouts in a single layer on a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper or brushed with oil. Lightly brush shapes with oil and sprinkle with salt and other favorite seasonings. 4. Bake for 6 minutes. Rotate the baking sheet and bake until the chips are crisp, lightly golden and brown, about 3 minutes more. Serve with salsa and dips. Serves 4-6. Chips can be stored in an airtight container for up to three days. SHORTCUT: Make a few chips quickly in your microwave. Cut a tortilla in shapes and set on a paper towel. Microwave on high for about 1 minute. Turn cutouts over and microwave for 15-30 seconds or until lightly brown and crisp, but not burnt. Keep watch, as microwaves vary. Sprinkle with salt or seasonings and serve. 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) 2015 Donna Erickson Distributed by King Features Synd.

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FRENCH CITY FREE CLINIC FURTHER EXPANDS SERVICES TO TWICE A MONTH The French 500 Free Clinic is now open twice a month to better serve the uninsured and under-insured people of southeastern Ohio and Mason County, WV and beyond over the age of six. That is the second Thursday in addition to the last Thursday of the month. THE NEXT FREE CLINIC IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 29 FROM 1 PM TO 3 PM AT 258 PINECREST DRIVE IN THE OLD HILLCREST CLINIC OFF OF JACKSON PIKE IN SPRING VALLEY, NEXT TO ARBORS NURSING HOME. NO APPOINTMENT IS NECESSARY. Patient’s will now be able to have a follow-up appointment in usually two weeks instead of one month. Thus this care for our patients (free of charge) will be more effective and more convenient. Previously the Free Clinic announced a geographical expansion to the entire Ohio Valley including Gallia, Meigs, Jackson, and Vinton Counties as well as Mason County, West Virginia and beyond. There is no longer a geographical limit. Among those who are covered, many cannot afford the high deductible and co-pays. Those underinsured people also need help. The French 500 Free Clinic is willing and able to serve both the uninsured and the under-insured. When necessary, our medical facility and its physicians refer patients to an appropriate specialist. We assist patients with lab work and prescriptions. However, the Clinic does not dispense pain medications.

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Beat the Winter Blues Short days when the sun stays low in the sky, even at noon ... cold temperatures that make us want to stay inside -- winters can be dark, in more ways than one, and mental health can be affected. If we don’t get enough sunlight, we don’t make enough serotonin, the “happy mood” chemical, and our natural routines can be upset. Cabin fever can set in when we hibernate, and that can lead to depression. The key is to stay as active as possible. Consider whether planning for regular, speciﬁc outings this winter can add to your mental well-being. Here are some ideas: * Get outside. Go somewhere, just to be in a different place for a little while. The bookstore, craft shop, indoor mall, grocery store, library, a friend’s house, the movies, the gym -- anyplace different (but warm) can be a mood elevator. * Be social. Meet with others and plan something different each week. Check crafts, art, writing or any kind of class at the senior center. Look into a reading or current-events discussion group at the library. If you’re near a college, attend a lecture or audit a class. * If you go to an indoor mall, use that as an opportunity to walk in a climate-controlled environment. If you can locate a seniors workout class, sign up. Ask about a swim class at the YMCA. Take a friend, so you’re not tempted to stay home. Stretch your time away by including a stop for a cup of coffee or a meal, or a visit to the library. * Sign up to volunteer: animal shelter, church, homeless shelter, hospital baby ward, school library, reading to children ... the list is nearly endless. Don’t let the cold keep you indoors this winter! (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of the Inspector General has just finished its long review of anonymous allegations about a senior executive in the Philadelphia Veterans Benefits office. The VAOIG had been asked to investigate by the chairmen of the House and Senate Committees on Veterans Affairs. The charge: Inappropriate use of senior positions for personal benefit. The verdict: Guilty as charged. At the VA regional office in Philadelphia, the director created the very vacancy that she then applied for: The person who had the job was told he needed to relocate (under duress) to Los Angeles or he’d lose his job. She was approved for the post six days before the displaced employee even saw his reassignment package. (In another case, the then-current job holder was similarly shafted and hustled off to Baltimore so another person could have his job in St. Paul, Minnesota.) The new director received a whopping $274,019.12 in relocation assistance when she moved 140 miles to her new position. Of that amount, $33,261.29 went directly into her pocket. She kept her executive-level pay rate ($181,497), even though the new job had fewer responsibilities. But that was just the tip of the iceberg. Once the VAOIG got to looking around, it uncovered over 20 cases where executives took another position, got pay increases and had their moving expenses paid -- all during a time when the head of the VA said no executives would get a raise because of the backlog of claims. The salary increases, said the VAOIG, “did not consistently reflect changes in the positions’ scope of responsibility.” When the new salaries were given, they were substantially higher than what the predecessor was paid -- a ploy to get around the ban on pay raises. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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