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of Kootenai County, Idaho Issue #38 Sept. 15th 2014

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CHEESEBURGERSby Kathy WolfeSince September 18 is National Cheeseburger Day, Tidbits brings you the facts and figures on one of the world’s favorite meals. • The average American eats about three burg-ers a week, which translates to nearly 50 billion burgers consumed across the nation every year. About 70% of the beef served in commercial restaurants is made into burgers.• You might think cheeseburgers have been around just as long as hamburgers, but not so! In the late 1700s, German sailors and immigrants brought the “Hamburg Steak” (an entrée with or-igins in Hamburg, Germany) to New York City. The meat patty between two pieces of bread was a popular item along the New York harbor. The city’s famous Delmonico’s Restaurant featured a hamburger on their menu in 1834. The hamburg-er made its way out west, appearing on the menu of San Fernando, California’s Clipper restaurant from 1872 to 1884. Yet it seems that the ham-burger didn’t look like it does today until 1891, when Oscar Bilby served burgers on a bun. The 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair gave the hamburger widespread attention. turn the page for more!

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A “tidbit” is defined as “a tasty morsel to be enjoyed before the meal”. And that’s just what Tidbits® is – a non-controversial, weekly paper dedicated to publishing entertaining morsels for the mind, food for thought as it were: trivia, fun facts, amusing stories and oddities.Tidbits is istributed to over 200 locations through-out the area. Tidbits can be found in restaurants, coffee shops, grocery stores, offices, banks, li-braries, hair salons, auto repair shops, motels, hospitals, medical & dental waiting rooms, retail stores, etc.Our weekly readership is 14,800. If you would like to add your event, stories, ad info or any comments, please feel free to e-mail me at [email protected] or call me at 208.755.9120.

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CHEESEBURGERS (continued):• The first records of cheeseburgers were in the 1920s. A Pasadena restaurant, the Rite Spot, claimed it was the first to serve a cheeseburger in 1926, when the owner’s 16-year-old son came up with the idea. A 1928 menu from a Los An-geles restaurant called O’Dell’s has a cheese-burger listed. Kaelin’s Restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky, says they invented the item in 1934. But the first person to apply for use of the word “cheeseburger” as a trademark was Louis Ballast of Denver’s Humpty Dumpty Drive-In. Ballast registered the name in 1935 and was awarded a trademark, but never made any claims on it. Steak ‘n Shake claims their restaurant’s founder, Gus Belt, was the first to apply for a trademark in the 1930s. • Jimmy Buffett’s popular 1978 hit “Cheeseburg-er in Paradise” led to a chain of successful restau-rants. The song was inspired by a boat trip gone bad taken by Buffett and friends. Bad weather prevented the boat from landing as planned, and Buffett was forced to subsist on canned food and peanut butter, while constantly craving a cheese-burger. When he finally landed on the island of Tortola, his cravings were finally satisfied. There are now 19 Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurants, although Buffett divested himself of his financial interest in the chain in 2012. • Ray Kroc was already in his late 50’s when he bought the McDonald’s company from the two McDonald brothers in 1961. Now the most suc-cessful fast food chain in the world, more than 75 burgers are sold every second of every day worldwide. McDonald’s hires about a million workers in America every year; in fact, about one in every eight American workers has been employed by McDonald’s at one time or another. Five and a half million head of cattle are needed to prepare the burgers served at the restaurants in one year.

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CHEESEBURGERS (continued):• In 1967, McDonald’s introduced “two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun,” the ever popular Big Mac. This cheeseburger with a middle slice of bread to help prevent spillage had two previ-ous names, the Aristocrat and the Blue Ribbon Burger. When neither name seemed to catch on, a 21-year-old secretary in McDonald’s corporate advertising department, Esther Glickstein Rose, came up with the name Big Mac. The burger made its debut in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, with a selling price of 45 cents. By the following year, all the McDonald’s restaurants had added it to their menu. • Of the more than 13,000 Burger Kings in 79 countries, about 66% of those are in the Unit-ed States. More than 11 million people eat at a Burger King somewhere in the world every day. The world’s third largest hamburger chain, BK got its start in Miami, Florida in 1953 as Insta-Burger King. The Whopper was added to the menu in 1957. • Counting your calories? A Burger King cheese-burger has 360, and McDonald’s has 313. If you want a McD’s double cheeseburger, you’ll consume 459 calories. There are 550 calories in a Big Mac in the United States. In the United Kingdom, that burger is worth only 490 calories, while in Malaysia that number is 484. The low-est Big Mac calorie count is found in Chile at 478, with Japan have the highest at 557. It takes about 153 minutes of brisk walking to burn off the calories contained in a Big Mac. A slice of cheddar cheese adds about 113 calories to an or-dinary burger.

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by Samantha WeaverIt was notorious Irish writer (and noted wit) Os-car Wilde who made the following sage obser-vation: “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.”

Something to think about before you make your next call: Those who study such things say that cellphones harbor more bacteria than the toilet handles in a public restroom.

The first private bathrooms on record date back to 8,000 B.C. Archaeologists on the Scottish is-land of Orkney have found the remains of stone huts built on a drainage system that emptied into a nearby stream.

If you’ve ever seen bears groggily emerge from hibernation in the springtime, you probably won’t be surprised to learn that a group of them is collectively known as a sloth of bears. (They’re also sometimes called a sleuth of bears, though the reasons for that are not obvious, as bear de-tectives seem somewhat improbable.)

A lightning bolt is five times hotter than the sur-face of the sun.

In the 1950s it was possible to buy a child’s atomic laboratory set. The U-238 Atomic Ener-gy Set, marketed by the A.C. Gilbert Company, included low-level radioactive sources, urani-um-bearing ore and a radiation gauge.

When you’re standing outside in a hard rain, the raindrops are hitting you at about 20 mph.

Every family has that one member who is hope-lessly lazy, finding any excuse to avoid exerting effort. If you’d like to expand your vocabulary -- and avoid internecine squabbles -- you can call him or her a scobberlotcher.

Your funny bone isn’t actually a bone; it’s a nerve.

Thought for the Day: “I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better.” -- A.J. Liebling


CHEESEBURGERS (continued):• In case an ordinary cheeseburger isn’t your “cup of tea,” the Texas-based restaurant chain known as the Twisted Root Burger Company of-fers a variety of unusual game burgers, including venison, kangaroo, beaver, ostrich, emu, boar, alligator, and camel burgers. • How about a cheeseburger that uses glazed doughnuts in place of a bun? Nicknamed The Luther after singer/songwriter Luther Vandross, who had a weakness for this burger, it can to-tal between 800 and 1,500 calories. You can cut the caloric intake by eliminating the chocolate-covered bacon. • If you’re feeling really hungry, stop by the BGR Burger Joint in Washington, D.C. and order up The 9-Pounder. This cheeseburger’s final weight is actually 15.4 lbs. (7 kg) after being topped with two heads of lettuce, eight tomatoes, three onions, and four whole pickles. Although it can feed between 10 and 15 people, if one person can eat the whole thing in one sitting, it’s free. The restaurant generously includes a free bottle of Maalox. • New York City’s Serendipity 3 restaurant of-fers Le Burger Extravagant, a Japanese Wagyu beef burger infused with white truffle butter, sea-soned with smoked Pacific sea salt, topped with hand-formed cheddar cheese, black truffles, and a fried quail egg. The bun is topped with caviar and a diamond-encrusted toothpick. This lunch will set you back $295, and be sure to call 48 hours in advance to order. • How can Las Vegas’ Burger Brasserie charge $777 for their 777 Burger? It’s a combination of Kobe beef and Maine lobster topped with cara-melized onions, imported Brie cheese, crispy prosciutto, and 100-year aged balsamic vinegar. The price is a little high because this entrée in-cludes a bottle of Dom Perignon champagne.

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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 stress-coping, 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 tab-let 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 bed-times. 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! Congratula-tions! 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!

AVOIDING SCHOOL ILLNESSAs 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 andthe 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 ill-ness 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 wash-ing 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 sys-tem, 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 sys-tem 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 quite stressful, but a few things can lessen the impact on the body.

HEALH BITS By Dr. Holly Carling

Dr. Holly Carling is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Licensed Acupuncturist, Doctor of Naturopathy, Clinical Nutritionist and Master Herbologist with over 34 years 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.vitalhealthandfitness.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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Dickinson Insurance 30 Years and Counting…In this day and age it seems that busi-nesses coming or going, merging or being acquired is the unfortunate norm.The insurance industry is no differ-ent. Over the past 10 years we have witnessed a multitude of agencies that have closed their doors, have changed owners or have been purchased by larg-er agencies outside of our community. Chances are you either know of one or are insured by one. The result of such change is that clients no longer know who their agent is and don’t know who to call when they need help thus diminishing their customer service experience.When people ask us, “What is it that makes Dickinson different from all the other agencies out there?” Our response is simple. Stability, consistency, and community. Dickinson Insur-ance is a family owned Post Falls business dat-ing back to 1984. Given the landscape as of late, that is saying a lot. Over the years we have been fortunate enough to develop strong, lasting rela-tionships with businesses and companies in our community like River City Hospice, The UPS Store, Mort Construction, Steel Structures of America and Community First Bank. In fact we are the founding fathers of the fundraising golf tournament Big Brothers and Sisters of Kootenai County still use today to raise money towards their amazing cause.

At Dickinson we believe that no one should pay too much for insurance and that there is a right way to buy insurance that gives you the protec-tion you need at an affordable price. With over 14 personal lines markets, 30 commercial pro-viders 5 health care providers and multiple life insurance companies to choose from we shop the marketplace on our client’s behalf so they get the best value for their insurance dollar. At Dickinson we don’t sell you insurance, we help you buy it. We would love to have the opportunity to EARN your business.Give us a call today at 208-773-0504, visit us online at www.dickinsononline.com or stop buy anytime at 609 N Syringa Ste, A in Post Falls and find out why 4,125 of your friends and neighbors call Dickinson Insurance their “Trusted Insurance Expert” Brian C. NateAmbassador of Good Will

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FITNESS TIP OF THE WEEKJohn Caylor is a body transformation expert at Precision Fitness in Hayden and Certified Nutrition Coach with Venice Nutrition. John has been voted Best Personal Trainer in Northern Idaho in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 by the North Idaho Business Journal and is available for personal training and nutrition consulting by calling (208) 755-9099 or via email at [email protected]. You can follow John on his Facebook personal training page at http://www.facebook.com/johncaylorpersonaltraining.

The more difficult you make your diet the less likely you are to stick to it and succeed.If you are constantly having to think about your diet throughout the day and keeping account of all the foods that you eat and the calories that you are counting then it becomes very difficult to maintain for the long-term and eventually those types of diets result in failure for most people.By keeping your weight loss program simple you are going to achieve a lot better results because it allow you to get on with enjoying everyday life without having to think about food and cutting back on your food for all of your waking hours.Even mention of the word diet has negative ef-fects for many people because it immediately places restrictions on their lifestyle.There are enough things to contend with in mod-ern day life without having to constantly keep a track of what you're eating although you do need to be aware of the types of food and the portions that you are consuming because this is what de termines whether you gain or lose weight.


Don’t Make Dieting Difficult!!Healthy weight loss can be achieved quite sim-ply by just reducing by small amounts the por-tions that you have at each meal even if you don't change the types of foods you are eating.This is generally the best way for people to start dieting as it doesn't require anything that is too difficult and too hard to maintain for enough time to see results.Once people see results from the weight-loss program then there is an incentive to carry on and do better and particularly if these results have come about by using simple techniques that haven't burdened the enjoyment of life.Before you start on any diets consider the conse-quences and how it will impose on your life and whether you have the type of personality that will allow you to maintain what is required for that particular program.

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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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A recent study took 100 men and women who were obese and had metabolic syndrome, all leading to diabetes. The average age was 45 years. For 9 months, they were placed on a program of 3-4 hours of moderate exercise per week. They were put on a high fiber, low carbo-hydrate diet, and less than 30% total fat. After 9 months, they re-measured insulin sensitivity and the amount of fatty liver in each of the par-ticipants. The results were amazing!Insulin resistance dropped by half, weight dropped, abdominal fat decreased, and fatty liv-ers reversed. And those with the highest levels of palmitoleic acid, a type of fat, had the great-est improvement. Those with the lowest had the lowest improvement.The researchers concluded that circulating palm-itoleic acid strongly and independently predicts insulin sensitivity, suggesting that it plays an important role in the development of insulin re-sistance in humans. Where do we get palmitoleic acid? We can make it, as it is synthesized from fats in the foods we eat. But making it requires zinc, so if you're low in zinc (common in those with metabolic syn-drome), you will increase risk of diabetes and inflammation.Palmitoleic acid is also found in our food - in animal oils, especially butter, cheese and egg yolks. It is also high in certain marine oils, macadamia oil and olive oil. We reverse diabetes in our patients with the fol-lowing:A low carbohydrate diet, less than 50 gms a day- we pair with Ideal Protein to make this task easier for our patients. Use the good oils listed above, and include coconut oil. Eat butter, not margarine. And have a diet high in fiber, using vegetables that have a low glycemic index - in other words, cause less blood sugar and insulin response.We have seen patients on insulin cut their dose in half within 2 weeks of just doing this!And, remember to develop an exercise program that consists of at least 3 or more hours per week of moderate exercise.If you have difficulty doing this on your own, contact our office and we will guide you step-by-step. Remember, you diabetes and fatty liver is re-versible, and doing so will prolong you life!

Reversing DiabetesHas your doctor told you that you have "pre-diabetes", metabolic syndrome, or, worse yet, diabetes type 2? And has he/she offered a way to reverse the disease, or simply gave you a pre-scription and sent you on your way. Diabetes is dangerous to our health for many reasons, but the most important is the fact that it causes immense inflammation. High blood sugars cause inflammation thruout the body, es-pecially in the arteries. These inflamed arteries then cause more plaque build-up to occur, and drastically increase your risk of stroke, heart at-tack, kidney failure, blindness and poor circula-tion to the legs necessitating amputation. Dia-betes is also called Type 3 Alzheimers, as it is a major cause of Alzheimers disease because of the inflammation to the brain.While taking a pill, such as metformin, can help keep the blood sugars down temporarily, it is far preferable to completely reverse the disease. And, if you are on metformin, please remem-ber that it causes a B12 deficiency - you must supplement with sublingual (under the tongue ) B12!How do you reverse diabetes? Eat more fat, pro-tein, fiber and less carbohydrates. How do you avoid diabetes? Eat more fat, protein, fiber and less carbohydrates. How do you reverse meta-bolic syndrome? Eat more fat, protein , fiber and less carbohydrates. Have a fatty liver? Eat more fat, protein, fiber and less carbohydrates.Insulin is the hormone that goes up when you eat to bring blood sugar levels down. Carbs and sugar cause a much higher insulin spike than does protein and fat. Insulin is a fat storing hor-mone - which is why diabetics that are on insulin almost always gain weight and find it very diffi-cult to lose. Insulin also causes fat cells to store in the liver, causing a condition called fatty liver. Fatty liver is not benign, and is the 2nd leading cause of liver transplants in the US!

Energy InjectionsLet's go on a journey through our cells to find out how energy is produced. . Imagine our body performing as a machine, with many parts and each part requires many engines to provide enough energy to make the machine function correctly. We have to fuel the engine, and it will power the machine. What other part are we missing to create power to cycle the engine? The spark plug! So, we must have Fuel and Oxygen fed into the engine and a spark to cycle the engine to make the machine move.So what are some of these parts? The many parts are organs, made up of cells. Each cell has mitochondria, which are the engines. We know we supply oxygen to cells, brought in by the lungs. The fuel is glucose (ketone bodies also work well), the spark plug is NADH, and the energy is called ATP.Why the lesson? Well, I want to introduce a new therapy available at Healthy Living Liberty Lake, simply called Energy Injections. These injections provide active B12, Glutathione (the most powerful antioxidant), NADH and AMP (one step before ATP). These are all parts to help the engine function and move our machine. So, if you're having trouble moving your machine, motor over to Healthy Living and ask about Energy Injections!

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By JoAnn Derson

Frugal doesn’t have to mean unfashionable. There are plenty of how-to instructions on the Internet for turning fashion trash into treasure. For starters, try searching how to turn an old T-shirt into a skirt with a minimum of fuss, then explore sites like Pinterest and Instructables.com for more projects. -- JoAnn

Want a fun way to save? Pick a particular cur-rency item (maybe a $5 bill or dimes) and every time you get one, put it in a jar. See how much you save in a month doing this. See how long you can go without missing the money.

“To clean a vase with an impossibly skinny neck, try adding a scoop of rice to the vase with a little hot water and dish soap. Shake to scrub.” -- M.M. in Indiana

A better use for soda: Use it to scrub your pots and pans. If you have grime and slime, try letting the acids in soda pop work it out for you. Pour enough soda to cover the bottom of the pots or pans and let soak for 5-10 minutes. Then scrub away.

“When the weather starts to dry out, and my skin along with it, I turn to coconut oil. I keep a jar in the bathroom, and I apply it even before I get out of the shower. My skin gets really red and torn up otherwise. I thought this might help others, too.” -- K.S. in Massachusetts

When choosing an airline seat, you should know that you’ll feel less turbulence at the front of the cabin. Exit rows have more legroom, but they tend to be colder as well. Sound carries forward, so if you don’t want to be bothered by the little ones or random chatter, sit toward the back.

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Parvovirus Can be Deadly to DogsDEAR PAW’S CORNER: Walking my puppy the other day, I struck up a conversation with another dog owner who asked if ÒMaxÓ had gotten something called a ÒparvoÓ yet. I’m not sure what she meant. Can you enlighten me? -- Gerry in Syracuse, N.Y.

DEAR GERRY: She probably was asking if Max has been vaccinated against parvovirus yet. If you’re keeping up with Max’s recommended veterinary visits and required shots, there’s a good chance he has received this vaccination. However, if you’re not sure, contact Max’s vet and ask for more information and whether Max has received it yet.Parvovirus, or parvo for short, is easily transmit-ted between dogs, so local epidemics can start quickly. Puppies and senior dogs, or dogs with compromised immune systems, are the most vulnerable to this virus and can die. In fact, the city of Lowell, Mass., just reported that 20 dogs died from parvo infection in August alone. The number prompted the city to sponsor free vaccination clinics to try to stem the spread of the illness. Parvo isn’t contagious to humans.Symptoms of parvovirus in dogs include lethar-gy, loss of appetite, vomiting and foul-smelling diarrhea. A dog showing any of these symptoms should be taken to the vet right away for treat-ment, because the severe symptoms along with dehydration can become life-threatening very quickly.Cat owners shouldn’t breathe easy, either. While cats don’t become ill from the same virus that infects dogs, another virus, panleukopenia, has similar dire symptoms and is transmitted be-tween cats in the same way (through fluids or feces). Make sure vaccinations are kept up to date in all pets.

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FAMOUS CANADIANS:THE PROPERTYBROTHERSThere’s more than meets the eye when it comes to Canada’s favorite reality stars, The Property Brothers. Here are the details on these handsome real estate experts.

• Each week, HGTV viewers across the U.S. and Canada tune in to watch one or all of Drew and Jonathan Scott’s three hit shows, The Prop-erty Brothers, Buying & Selling, or Brother vs. Brother. Ratings on The Property Brothers have broken all of HGTV’s records. With Drew as the real estate agent and Jonathan as remodeling contractor, the 6’4” twins help first-time home buyers find and transform fixer-uppers into their dream home. Jonathan generates a 3-D comput-er design of what the renovated home will look like, digitally knocking down walls and adding new furnishings. They help the new homeown-ers stay within their remodeling budget because they’re budget-conscious themselves. As Jona-than jokes, “We’re Scottish, so we’re cheap!”• Born and raised in Vancouver, B.C., the broth-ers were entrepreneurs at a very young age. When they turned seven, their father told them they needed to get a job, and the innovative pair started a decorative coat hanger business. They made the hangers themselves and sold them to local businesses, but before long, a Japanese company was buying crates of their hangers.• At age 18, the twins bought their first house and renovated it. As college freshmen, they flipped the house for a $50,000 profit. Although real estate seemed to be a good fit for them, the twins both tried their hand at acting first. Drew had a role in season six of Smallville, and Jona-than was in the TV series The X-Files for a short time.

by Freddy Groves

Start Planning Now for Holi-day VisitsIt’s not too early to start planning a holiday party for local veterans in hospitals, nursing homes or rehab centers. The first step is to look at your resources. Are you in a veterans service group? Or will you be by yourself?Call the intended location about hosting a holi-day party. Inquire about a date in December and its setup. Is there a dining room where you can hold a party? Or will you be going from bed to bed in a ward? How many beds? Decide what you can afford to do. A box of small gifts for each veteran -- complete with tis-sue paper, holiday wrapping paper and a bow -- is ideal. If that’s not possible, host a pizza/snack party. Estimate costs now so you’ll be prepared, and start taking cash donations from your group. Get your friends and group members to start col-lecting shoeboxes, the ideal container for gifts. Ask medical staff for suggestions for the gift boxes, but consider puzzle books and mechani-cal pencils, handheld games, military caps or T-shirts (call local recruiters), pens and stationery, thick socks, handkerchiefs, small calendars, phone cards, $5 hospital canteen coupons and small baggies of holiday candies and choco-lates.If you’ll have a space for a party, arrange for decorated tables. Ask what the facility can pro-vide to save money. Use a portable CD player with holiday music and have a Christmas carol sing-along. Even better: Invite someone you know who plays an electronic piano. Find a Santa suit and someone to wear it. Enlist helpers from your group of retired mili-tary. If you have active military contacts, contact them too. Remember: The best gift you can give hospitalized veterans is your presence and your ear.

Freddy Groves regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Send email to [email protected].



THE PROPERTY BROTHERS (continued):

• In college, Jonathan focused on business man-agement while Drew majored in kinesiology and mathematics. Drew participated in a comedy troupe called the Raving Thespians, while Jona-than was a 13-time Canadian karate champion as well as concentrating his efforts on magic and illusion, becoming well-known as one of the world’s youngest international illusionists. • The twins began investing in real estate as a way to fund various film projects they were in-terested in. When the property ventures began to pay off, they turned it into their successful series. Yet Drew still found time to produce and direct several movie shorts and made-for-TV movies. • As if their three successful TV series aren’t enough, a new series is in the works, one which focuses on their own family home renovation in Las Vegas. The Scott brothers are also collabo-rating on a new book and developing their own furniture line. Their company Scott Real Estate, Inc. has offices in Vancouver, Calgary, and Las Vegas. • Although the show features Drew as the real estate expert, both are licensed agents. Jonathan is also a licensed contractor, as well as maintain-ing a popular award-winning illusionist act in Las Vegas.• As part of their Scottish heritage, both brothers play the bagpipes and visit family in Scotland on a regular basis. • Drew and Jonathan were both voted Entertain-ment Tonight’s 2011 Hottest Canadian TV Bach-elors. • The pair focus their philanthropic efforts on volunteering in the oncology ward at the Cal-gary, Alberta Children’s Hospital.

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Dear Tamara ;I am 4 months pregnant and recently went to Europe on a business trip. While in Sweden I went to a local salon to have my hair colored. They would not color my hair and said that it was for my own protection as it is unsafe for my unborn child. I had never heard of this be-fore. My question is: ‘Do we have such laws here in the U.S.?’Expectant Mother

Dear Expectant Mother;Congratulations on your pregnancy . To an-swer your question, some states have passed laws prohibiting salons from offering any kind of chemical service after the first trimester (3 months) of pregnancy. This would also include any kind of false nail service.The reason states are passing such laws as these is due to the results of clinical studies done in medical hospitals in Europe. These studies took a group of women and divided them in half. One group of women got their hair and nails and any other kind of chemical service done throughout their pregnancy. The other group of women did not receive any chemical services for the full term of pregnancy. When the children were born the studies shows that the children of the mothers who received the chemical services had breathing issues along with some lung problems. The children of the women who did not receive any kind of chemical treatments showed no evidence of breathing or lung problems.When studies like these start, then other studies are going to be done. And, that is just what is happening with more studies being done here in the U.S.I believe that as a salon owner I have a responsibility to my clients to know the facts on certain subjects such as this one. I, for one, also have a three month rule. When I find out one of my clients is going to have a baby I will do chemical processes on their hair up to three months. After that no more chemicals on their head - not at all. Even though we currently do not have any laws in Idaho prohibiting us from doing any chemical services I cannot in good conscious be responsible for possibly causing a serious problem in a child. I have had this rule in place for over 30 years. I have had a lot of customers who were not too pleased with me at times because of this, but once I explained the reasoning and what I could do instead, the frowns quickly turned into smiles of gratitude.

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AVOCADOS

In celebration of National Guacamole Day on September 16, Tidbits looks into the facts on the avocado. • The word “avocado” comes from the Aztec word ahuacatl. The ancient Aztecs prepared gua-camole in a molcajete, which was a mortar and pestle tool carved from volcanic rock. Clear back in the 1500s when Spanish explorers encountered the Aztecs, that civilization was making ahuaca-mulli, which translates “avocado mixture.” • Native to Central and South America, cultiva-tion of avocados in the United States began the early 1900s. Major producers of this fruit are Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Colom-bia, and the state of California, which grows 90% of America’s crop. There are about 7,000 avocado groves in the Golden State, with San Diego Coun-ty designated the Avocado Capital of the U.S. • Lots of folks think that the avocado is a vegeta-ble, but it’s actually the fruit of the Persea Ameri-cana tree, a tall evergreen that grows up to 65 feet (19.8 m) in height. One tree can produce about 50 avocados a year. The fruits will not ripen on the tree, and must be picked in order to initiate the ripening process. The avocado, a single-seeded berry, has been nicknamed the alligator pear be-cause of its shape and rough green skin. • We often think of the banana as having the highest measure of potassium, while in fact, there is twice the potassium in one avocado than there is in one banana, 975 mg. compared to 487 mg. The avocado also has one of the highest amounts of protein in a fruit, with 4 grams in one avocado. One medium avocado also has 10 grams of fiber.

By Samantha Mazzotta

Squirrels Set Up Residence in AtticQ: While putting some stuff in the attic, I heard some scratching and squeaking sounds. I know we don’t have mice in the house, but I couldn’t see any nests or fur around the attic. Sitting out-side the next day though, I saw a squirrel climb under the eaves and disappear. Do you think I have a squirrel infestation? How do I get rid of them? -- Wigged Out in Washington

A: You may very well have a squirrel infesta-tion. Like other rodents, squirrels can damage insulation and electrical wiring, so getting rid of them is a priority.Take a closer look at your home’s eaves and sof-fits to find out all the points of entry. It’s likely that some small damage occurred underneath the eaves, and the squirrels exploited it. They will still be using this new “front door” they cre-ated.Head back into the attic and hunt for nests or other signs of squirrels. Nests often are built using insulation -- sometimes in the insulation -- along the outer edges of the attic. Also, lo-cate the entry point and other points of entry and mark them with chalk or tape.Block up all entry points except one.From this point, you have a choice to make: Do you want to trap and release the squirrels, or do you want to kill them? If it’s the latter, you can place poison bait for rodents (including squirrels) near entry points and nests, or use kill traps. If that’s not your thing, purchase a live trap with a one-way door. Set it in the attic at the one re-maining entry point. Do this at midday, when the squirrels are more likely to be out looking for food. If you’re not sure that they’re outside, set a live trap near the nesting spot, with a little bait inside (like peanut butter). Once trapped, take the squirrel(s) to a new area, away from other houses but not too far from their original roaming area.Once done, block the remaining entry point and then repair all damaged areas. Additionally, have an electrician go over the attic wiring to make sure it hasn’t been damaged.

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HOME TIP: Don’t block attic vents to prevent squir-rel infestation; instead, install a sturdy mesh cover to keep rodents out while

allowing crucial airflow in.

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AVOCADOS (continued):

•The health benefits of the avocado are many, including a rich supply of 18 essential amino ac-ids, which are important for the body’s protein-building process. The fruit is an excellent source of the carotenoid lutein, essential for eye health, reducing the risk of macular degeneration and cataracts. • It’s true that the avocado is very high in fat – about 85% of its calories come from fat, about 20 times the average for other fruits. However, 20 of the 30 grams of fat in one serving of the avocado are beneficial ones, sterols that keep the body’s inflammation under control. Its anti-in-flammatory properties have proven beneficial to those suffering from arthritis. The fruit contrib-utes to cardiovascular and heart health as well. It helps boost “good” cholesterol, while lowering the “bad.” Research is also underway to study the avocado’s ability to prevent certain kinds of cancer, including the mouth, skin, and prostrate. • Avocados are good for the outside of the body, too! Their amino acids and essential oils help re-pair damaged hair, provide moisture for dry skin, and treat sunburns. • Brazilians enjoy the flavor of avocados so much, they mix them in with ice cream as a very popular dessert item there. • If you need to use your avocados and they aren’t ripe, you can speed up that process by placing them in a brown paper bag with an apple or a banana, either of which will release ethylene gas that helps the avocados ripen more rapidly.

1. COMICS: What was the name of Calvin’s neighborhood friend and classmate in “Calvin & Hobbes”?

2. LANGUAGE: What does “draconian” mean?

3. GEOGRAPHY: On what continent does the Atacama desert lie?4. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What famous 19th-century author and humorist had only an elementary-school education?

5. ADVERTISING SLOGANS: What product is “the snack that smiles back”?

6. LITERATURE: What Southern author often wrote novels set in the fictional “Yoknapatawpha County”?

7. MUSIC: What was the name of Buddy Hol-ly’s band?

8. FOOD & DRINK: What vegetable is used in making sauerkraut?

9. TELEVISION: What was Marge Simpson’s maiden name on the sitcom “The Simpsons”?

10. HISTORY: In what U.S. city was the Repub-lican National Convention held in 1968?

Answers1. Susie2. Extremely harsh or cruel3. South America4. Mark Twain5. Goldfish6. William Faulkner7. The Crickets8. Cabbage9. Bouvier10. Miami Beach, Fla.


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Q.: I’ve heard that My Night Out is co-hosting leadership expert John C. Maxwell in a simulcast event - L2: LEARN - LEAD, at the Kroc Center in October. He is phenomenal. Can you tell me more about the event and presenters?

A.: Yes, The John Maxwell Leadership Center in Duluth, Georgia will be simulcasting a live event, L2: LEARN - LEAD, with John C. Maxwell, Linda Kaplan Thaler and Tim Sanders on October 10th, 2014 at the Kroc Center (1765 W. Golf Course Road, CdA) from 8:00 - 11:30 a.m. There will be a breakfast buffet (included in the ticket price) and networking opportunity prior at 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. The first-ever simulcast, L2: LEARN - LEAD, will breathe new life into your leadership abilities, empowering you & your team as you learn & lead others to the next level of achievement. Raising the lid on your potential & increasing your team's capacity requires new awareness, new thoughts & fresh insights. Navigate past your challenges to

new opportunities by advancing your skills & multiplying the strength of your team through dedicated, on-purpose training with John Maxwell, Linda Kaplan Thaler & Tim Sanders. John C. Maxwell, considered the # 1 leadership expert in the world, is also a #1 New York Times best-selling author, coach and speaker who has sold more than 24 million books in fifty languages. Maxwell, who has mastered the art of asking questions, will share why questions are so important for successful leaders, what questions we should be asking ourselves and what questions we should be asking our teams. Linda Kaplan Thaler is responsible for some of America's most famous, relevant and touching advertising campaigns in the industry. She is the best-selling co-author of The Power of Small: Why Little Things Make All the Difference, and The Power of Nice: How to Conquer the Business World with Kindness. Linda will share inspiring stories and offer practical tips to harness and put your own GRIT - Guts, Resilience, Industrious-ness and Tenacity, to work for Tim Sanders is an Internet pioneer and former Yahoo executive who advises Fortune 500 executives on leadership, marketing and new media strategies. A New York Times bestselling author, Tim has written Love Is the Killer App, The Likeability Factor and Today We Are Rich. From Tim you will learn people centric tools for success and the three key areas for becoming a people-centric leader - confidence, leading people and customer experience. Sponsorships are available and include tickets. General Admission of $99 available August 17th - October 9th. Buy 6 or more General Admission tickets for $89 each available August 17th - October 9th. Door pricing is $109. For more information contact Kimmy Kaye Brown at (208) 964-2978 or by email at [email protected] Download the free app - MyNightOut - for more details, ticket pur-chasing (http://l2learnleadcda.brownpapertickets.com/), and to ‘Be in the Know’ of what’s happening in CdA and Spokane.

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Please send your questions or comments to [email protected]. I shall be

frank and honest with my response and pro-vide resources where appropriate.

I’m scared to death that I have Alzheimer’s Demen-tia. My aunt died with Al-zheimer's and it was ugly. I watched her go from forgetful toa not knowing anyone. We realized how serious things were when the police found her walk-ing around in her night gown at three in the af-ternoon. She eventually ended up in a skilled nursing facility which she would have hated. Towards the end she was like a baby - couldn't speak, in diapers, had to be fed - she even went into a fetal position and she couldn’t straighten out. I’ve had nightmares ever since her death. My memory seems to be getting worse and I’m always losing things. I’m confused and don’t know what to do next. I’m only 55. Is there any test I can take? Who should I talk to?Nervous Nelly in NewportDear Nervous,There is a saying that if you think you have AL-ZHEIMER’s you probably don’t. That said, it sounds as if you are under a great deal of stress and in need of medical attention. Stress seems to worsen or increase the risk of many conditions like obesity, heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, depression, gastrointestinal problems, and asthma. So get help for your stress asap. Make healthy lifestyle changes. Per the AL-ZHEIMER’S Association web-site (www.alz.org) , “Dementia is a general term for loss of memory and other mental abilities severe enough to interfere with daily life. It is caused by physical changes in the brain.” There are 10 different types of dementia, symptoms and as-sociated brain changes. Visit the website. Con-tact the local chapter - (208) 666-2996. Support Groups and Educational Seminars - all at no charge, are offered monthly. You need education as well as a medical check up. Home Instead Senior Care (208-415-0366) also offers free educational seminars to churches and groups on Ageing, Dementia and Alzheimer’s. Another re-source is Dr. Susan Ashley, MD, (Liberty Lake -509-928-6700) who is Board Certified in Anti-Aging, which addresses brain health. Promis-ing tests are in progress but research funding is desperately needed and imperative to address the predicted epidemic of Alzheimer’s disease. Pressure your Senators and state legislature to approve funding for research. The thought of having Alzheimer’s is frightening but you can-not allow fear to run your life. Be proactive: Ask for help. Get educated and informed. Not know-ing is far worse than knowing.

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