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• The next morning, Berliners were shocked to find that all access routes in both directions across the border were now blocked. More than 60,000 workers who commuted to betterpaying jobs in West Berlin could not cross the • Eventually, through a series of miscommunline to get to work. If a person happened to PROOF ications and misunderstandings among governbe away from their loved ones and across the ADVERTISING ment officials and radio news reports, border that night, access was now impossible TUES., OCT. rumors 9 Final Changes DUE: 5:00 quickly spread that the gates were to be opened and they were unable to return --Please for decades. review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Pric to everyone. As fast-growing crowds of excited No longer could they visit or even communicate Contact your Tidbits representative withgates, changes East Berliners surgedimmediately on the border the or correc with friends and relatives on the other side. Office: 760-320-0997 soldiers Fax: 760-320-1630 vastly outnumbered yielded as people • To better ensure that no refugees escaped into pressed through in a mass exodus, with the West Berlin, the barbed wire was soon replacedADVERTISING PROOF guards doing little or no identity checking. with a permanent concrete wall.

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in 2002, recognizing his contribution to the well-being of children and his long career in public television that demonstrated kindness, compassion and learning. The medal is the highest civilian award given in the United States.

• Fishermen of France and the British Isles were probably the first people to use cardigans. The heavy, hand-knitted wool was helpful in keeping them warm out on the water on gloomy days.

• In his show, when Mr. Rogers would change his shoes and put on his sweater, he was showing skills as well as routines that children needed to learn. He always put his shoes away and hung up his clothes, setting an example for the kids.

• The Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland at the mouth of Galway Bay on the Atlantic Ocean, an area where fishing and farming have been closely connected for centuries, are known for their wool sweaters. The outdoor workers needed suitable coverings to keep warm during North Atlantic winters.

• The type of sweater that Mr. Rogers wore was a cardigan. Typically they button or zip down the front. Even though he made the sweater popular for his television audience, it had been around for centuries. The sweater was named after the 7th Earl of Cardigan, James Thomas Brudenell, a British military commander. A cardigan sweater is normally made by machine or hand knitted from wool.

• The sweaters were made with many stitches that became associated with particular Irish clans. Aran sweaters have been knitted since the late 1800s and are still in demand today. While in the past they were made by hand, machines are used for most today. A true hand-stitched Aran sweater is quite valuable. ■

• Sweaters were originally used only for warmth or as athletic items and not for fashion, until the 1920s. When Lana Turner appeared in a fashionable sweater in the 1937 movie, “They Won’t Forget,” sweaters quickly became a “must” fashion statement for women. • Cardigans, pullovers, sweater vests and more are now fashionable for men, women, boys and girls. One man who became known for wearing cardigan sweaters was “Mr. Rogers.” • Fred McFeely Rogers, started the series, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood in 1966. Prior to the show that made him a household name in children’s programming, he had produced The Children’s Corner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the early 1950s, winning the first of many television awards. • A gentle, humble television star, Mr. Rogers became the symbolic sweater-wearer. His show would start by him entering his “television house” after walking from his office. He entered wearing his formal business attire and as he ADVERTISING PROOF sang the words, “won’t you be my neighbor,” Mon., June 25 5:00 p.m.. Final Changes he would change DUE: into more comfortable clothes Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours like his sweater and sneakers. This was the way Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. he chose toOffice: get760-320-0997 comfortableFax:with friends as he 760-320-1630 shared his day with them in the “land of makebelieve” and other areas of his neighborhood. • Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood is still showing, in fact, it is the longest-running program on public television.COINS UNIQUE pg. 4C (26x Disc. Rate) presented the •1/12th President George W. Bush July 1, 2012 Vol. 8 - No. 27 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Mr. Rogers

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It’s the Deed, Not the Breed Opponents of breed-specific legislation have a mantra: It’s the deed, not the breed. And they’re right. I’ve witnessed dogs of all breeds, all shapes, all sizes display dangerous behavior, the kind of aggression that leads to serious and even fatal consequences. More often, I’ve witnessed dog owners create dangerous situations by not recognizing that a dog is a dog and taking reasonable precautions. In 2000, a Pomeranian killed a 6-week-old infant in her crib. This past April, a Golden retriever-Labrador mix killed a 2-month-old infant in his swing. The Pomeranian was alone in a crib with a baby because the child’s caretaker put him there. The Lab was left unsupervised in a room with a child swinging back and forth, legs dangling, looking much like a toy. Do we need to seriously consider banning Pomeranians and Labradors? Wouldn’t do much good. Either of these scenarios could have played out with a dachshund or a Yorkie or a puggle or a St. Bernard. These were manmade disasters. There are two major problems with breedspecific legislation. 1. Poorly written legislation abounds. Existing bans include wording such as “pit bulllike breeds” and “dangerous dogs” and “fighting breeds,” not to mention complicated percentages of DNA. Are we supposed to walk around with papers for our dogs in hand, swabs at the ready? Even when we have the paperwork, it might not be enough. In 2007, animal control officers in Kansas City, Kan., seized Mike and Amy Johnson’s dog, Niko, for violating the city’s ban against harboring pit bulls. It took eight months of lawyers and hearings and a DNA test for the Johnsons to prove what they and Niko’s paperwork had been saying from the get-go: Niko is a boxer mix. Meanwhile, Niko spent eight months locked up in a city kennel because she was judged to be something she’s not: a pit bull and therefore dangerous. In reality, she’s a boxer and completely harmless. 2. Zeroing in on breed removes the focus from where it belongs: on responsible dog ownerCASEY’S CORNER: Turn to page 10

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ELECTIONS (from page page 3) • The Canadian parties at that time consisted of four groups from Northern Canada: 1) the Tories, 2) moderate Conservatives, led by the first Prime Minister of Canada, John A. Macdonald, known as “Sir John A.,” 3) Baldwin Reformers, who were moderate Liberals, and 4) the Radical or advanced Liberal party, known as the “Clear Grits.” • The other three parties were from Lower Canada. They were: 1) Parti Bleu, the majority of the French Canadians, considered a liberal party even though most French Canadians were conservative, 2) the Parti Rouge, which was a small party of French Canadian Liberals, some who were rather radical, and lastly, 3) an English-speaking minority in Lower Canada. • People all over the world get fed up with politics. At a parliamentary election in Naples, Italy in 2008, a 41-year-old man publicly ate his ballot in protest of the country’s politicians. He was charged with destroying election materials. • In 2004, a woman in England was fined for trying to register her cows, named Henry and Sophie Bull, and her dog, Jake Woofies, as eligible voters. Her barn was listed as a separate property, and when the forms asked who the occupants of the property were, she listed the animals as residents by name! • For a completely bizarre slant on election procedures, imagine the chaos if our North American countries had the monumental confusion of over 1,000 political parties competing for office! According to the Election Commission of India, that is the estimated number of parties that exist in that country. The commission has assigned a specific symbol for each party to use to represent their group, including a kite, diesel pump, kettle, pressure cooker and many, many others.

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How many times have you hit a nice approach shot only to have the ball run through the green, leaving you with a tricky “short-sided” chip shot? When there’s very little green to work, my technique for this shot should help you lob it in close to the hole for a short and easy putt. To see if your shot is short sided, pace off your Lob Shot distance Around the Greens and see if the half way mark is off the Many times we have hitIfa so, nice approach only to have green. you’llshotneed either a lob wedge or a the ball run through the green, leaving us a very difficult short wedge forthatthe shot. sided chip sand shot. “Short siding” means you have very little green to work with on the chip shot. My technique for the lob Open your stance and the shot can help you hit these shots close to the hole for a short putt. clubface slightly in your set up. The way to check to see if you are short sided is to pace off your shot If and your establish a half way mark your ball10 stance is between opened and the hole. If the half way mark is off the green, than you will want todegrees, play this lob shot.the clubface should First off you want to play the shot preferably with a lob be opened by 10 degrees as wedge. If you don’t have a lob wedge than go to your sand wedge. Inwell. your set up you willthe want toclub open your stanceyour up Grip with slightly to complement you opening up your clubface. These onother. top and slightly two anglesthumbs will match each If you open up the stance to 10 degrees than have the clubface angled open at 10 left.that the clubface is open grip your club degrees asthe well. Now with your thumbs on The top. Thistechnique will actually make your for gripthis what I call “weak”. The thumbs are actually left of the bottom grooves onswing the clubface. is simple; make a half The technique for this swing is very simple, make a half swing soso the hands are about swing in the back swing the hands are approximately hip high and a quarter swing in the follow through, where the hip high, and a quarter swing club head stays below your hips. This swing going through the ball is like pendulum, very smooth. in athe follow through, keeping As you make your forward swing you want to make sure that you have support from the lower body. Notice your in the picture the clubhead below hips. how my right hip has turned through to the target to give the should sweep upper bodyThis support. swing The key to hitting this shot is to brush the grass under the through the ball very smoothball. This brush of the grass gets the ball high on the clubface and high flying and soft landing shot ly,results likeinto a apendulum. where the ball will have very little roll and stay close to the As you make your forward hole. Rob Stanger is recognized by Golf Magazine as a 2007-2008 Top swing, sure you have Teachers West Region. Hemake teaches in the Desert at The College Golf Performance Center. To view more tips or video golf instruction support .from yourRoblower body. go to www.robstanger.com You can contact at 760-409-8628 for inquiries about your golf game. Notice in the photo how my right hip has turned through to the target to give support to the upper body. The key to hitting this shot successfully is to brush the grass under the ball. Brushing the grass gets the ball high on the clubface resulting in a lofted arc and a soft landing. You’ll get very little roll and stay close to the hole.

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