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April 1 - 7, 2010

Hey, wait a minute! Paul Menard?Menard, 29, is ninth in the point standings.

In fact, he’s occupied that slot for two racesnow. He finished fifth in the Kobalt Tools 500at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 7. In theseason’s other fourraces to date,

Menard’s finishes were 13th, 17th and 18th twice. He’s160 points out of the points lead.

“It’s been a good start,”said Menard, who drives theNo. 98 Petty MotorsportsFord. “The guys improvedthe cars a lot in the off-sea-son. We’ve got a good work-ing relationship with ‘Slug-ger’ (Labbe, his crew chief)and the merger betweenYates (Racing) and RPM(Richard Petty Motorsports)went pretty seamlessly.

“We haven’t had any real bad luck so far, so — knockon wood — hopefully we can keep that going and keephaving solid finishes.”

By the way, Menard, a native of Eau Claire, Wis., alsohappens to be ninth in the Nationwide Series. Like CarlEdwards and Brad Keselowski, he is running both seriesfull-time.

“Our last off weekend for the year was last week,” hesaid, referring to March 13-14. “We’re every weekenduntil November, which is what we love doing. We loveracing every weekend. I’ll probably miss out on a fewthings, but I’ll still have Sunday afternoons off when werun the Nationwide car (and Cup is idle).”

Menard’s formula hasn’t changed. The results have.“Last year we had the same goal of starting off run-

ning conservatively, but trying to finish in the top 20. ...This year, we’ve kind of had the same focus and justhaven’t had anything go wrong. We’re a lot better off inpoints and we’ll just try to keep that ball rolling,” he said.

For now, Menard will remain cautious.

Monte Dutton has covered motorsports for The Gaston(N.C.) Gazette since 1993. He was named writer of the year bythe National Motorsports Press Association in 2008. His blogNASCAR This Week (http://nascar.rbma.com) features all of hisreporting on racing, roots music and life on the road. E-mailMonte at [email protected].


Conservative Strategy Pays Off for Menard

Paul Menard is ninth in the point standings aftera good start this season. The Petty Motorsportsdriver says he has the same strategy as last yearof starting conservatively, and so far, the ap-proach has paid off.

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• It was 19th-century French author Pierre-JulesRenard who made the following sageobservation about his craft: “Literature is anoccupation in which you have to keepproving your talent to people who havenone.”

• Guinness, that notoriously dark and bitter Irishbrew, contains fewer calories than skim milkor orange juice. Stout for breakfast, anyone?

• Lawmakers in Phoenix once saw fit to makeit illegal to walk through a hotel lobby whilewearing spurs.

• It’s hard to imagine what life was like beforethe widespread availability of refrigeration,isn’t it? Some people have decided to findout — and you might be surprised at howmany. Although 99.5 percent of all householdsin the United States have a refrigerator, thatstill means that morethan 1.5 mill ionhouseholds arefridge-less.

• Swedish chemistand engineer AlfredNobel, famedinventor of dynamiteand originator of theNobel Prizes, couldspeak fivelanguages fluentlyby the time he was17 years old.

• Finland has moreislands than anyother country in theworld.

• Those who studysuch things claimthat the hair onpeople of Europeandescent tends towhorl in acounterclockwisefashion, while onmost Japanesepeople it whorls inthe oppositedirection.

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Would you addressplantar warts? I’ve been told they’re from avirus in the body and that nothing can be donefor them or keep them from recurring. Is thisso? — D.W.

ANSWER: All warts, wherever they are,come from an infection with one of the morethan 100 human papillomaviruses — HPV. In-dividual members of the HPV family have apreference for particular body sites. Some headfor the soles of the feet to cause plantar warts.“Plantar” is derived from a Latin word mean-ing “sole of the foot.”

If a plantar wart isn’t kicking up a fuss, itcan be left alone. It’s not going to do any harm.Many such warts disappear without any treat-ment. Some can return, and there is not a wholelot to do about preventing a second visit.

However, there is much to do about a plan-tar wart that hurts. The method chosen for wartremoval must not leave a scar. A scar on thebottom of the foot causes more trouble thandoes a wart.

Look on the shelves of any drugstore forwart-removal products that contain salicylicacid, and follow the directions for applicationcarefully. Be patient. It takes more than oneapplication to get rid of the wart.

Duct tape sometimes works. That’s right —duct tape, the tape you buy in a hardware store.Cover the wart with a piece of it for six days.Remove the tape, soakthe foot and then gen-tly rub the wart with apumice stone, obtain-able in drugstores. Re-apply the tape after 12hours. You might haveto repeat this proce-dure for two monthsbefore the wart leaves.

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ANSWER: It can take three to six monthsfor your hormone level to reach a normal pla-teau. That’s when you’ll feel like your old selfagain. A person with low thyroid hormone of-ten has a rise in blood cholesterol. The levelwill fall as soon as the replacement hormone isworking.

The booklet on thyroid problems discussesboth under- and overactive thyroid glands.Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr.Donohue — No. 401W, Box 536475, Orlando,FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money or-der (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada withthe recipient’s printed name and address. Pleaseallow four weeksfor delivery.

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Q: Would you please tell me the name of the actorwho does the Allstate commercials? I think he was in amilitary series for a couple of seasons a few years ago.— Ellie L., via e-mail

A: Dennis Haysbert has been the spokesman for theAllstate Insurance Company since 2003. He is bestknown for his roles of President David Palmer on “24,”as well as Jonas Blane on “The Unit,” which aired from2006-09 on CBS. He is currently at work on the fea-ture film “The Details,” which also stars ElizabethBanks, Tobey Maguire, Ray Liotta and Laura Linney.

***Q: I was very sad to learn that Capt. Phil Harris of

“Deadliest Catch” had passed away. How will theyhandle his passing onthe show? — Timo-thy G. in Florida

A: The DiscoveryChannel’s hit showreturns for its sixthseason on April 13,and Capt. Phil will bein most of the 16 epi-sodes. Capt. Phil diedon Feb. 9 after suffer-ing a stroke twoweeks earlier whileunloading crab fromhis boat, the CorneliaMarie, at Saint PaulIsland, Alaska. He

was 53. His death won’t be dealt with until episodes12 and 13.

According to Phil Segal, president of the produc-tion company that produces “Deadliest Catch” for theDiscovery Channel: “He was fishing all the way up tothe end. We’re so concerned about the family and thecrew right now that we haven’t stopped to think abouthow we’re going to deal with this. We’ll have to figureit out in the weeksand monthsahead.”

***Q: Is it true that

they are going tomake a sequel to“Atonement”? Idon’t see howthat’s possible! —Theresa W., via e-mail

A: There are noplans for a sequel

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to the blockbuster 2007 romantic-drama, which wasbased on the Ian McEwan bestseller. However, Ian didreveal plans to turn the period piece into an opera, andis working on the operatic version with composerMichael Berkeley and poet Craig Raine. He says, “It’snot a chamber piece, that’s forsure.” Theater owners in the U.K.,Germany and the U.S. are report-edly interested in staging the“Atonement” opera, and are eye-ing a 2013 premiere.

***Q: What is Michael Vartan up

to now? I’ve enjoyed him inshows like “Alias” and“Hawthorne,” and movies like“Never Been Kissed” and “OneHour Photo.” — Wanda F., Har-risburg, Pa.

A: Michael Vartan, 41, is co-starring in the upcoming filmcalled “High School,” which alsostars Colin Hanks, Adrien Brodyand Michael Chiklis. However,his most important upcoming en-gagement is his 2011 nuptials. Heproposed to girlfriend LaurenSkaar in March and is involved inalmost every aspect of planningof the wedding. He told OK!Magazine: “I feel like it’s abouttime I met someone special. I’mexcited about throwing an en-gagement party, I’m excited aboutchoosing the bridesmaid dresses,and what kind of knives andfood.”

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• On April 12, 1633, physicist and astronomerGalileo Galilei is ordered to turn himself in tobegin trial for the second time for holding thebelief that the Earth revolves around the Sun.It took more than 300 years for the Church toadmit that Galileo was right and to clear hisname of heresy.

• On April 13, 1742, George Friedrich Handel’s“Messiah” premieres in Dublin. Although singingthe oratorio has become a Christmas tradition,the “Messiah” made its world premiere duringthe Christian season of Lent. Handel composedthe score for “Messiah” in just 24 days.

• On April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincolnsuccumbs to a gunshot wound inflicted by anassassin the night before, and he ispronounced dead at 7:22 a.m. During theautopsy, Mary Lincoln sent the surgeons a noterequesting they cut a lock of Lincoln’s hair forher.

• On April 16, 1947, in Texas City’s port onGalveston Bay, a fire aboard the Frenchfreighter Grandcamp ignites ammoniumnitrate, causing a massive blast that destroysmuch of the city and takes nearly 600 lives. Thefire department tried to douse the flames, butthe ship was so hot that the water from theirfire hoses instantly vaporized.

• On April 17, 1964, the Ford Mustang is officiallyunveiled by Henry Ford II at the World’s Fair inFlushing Meadows, N.Y. The car debuted thatsame day, and almost 22,000 Mustangs wereimmediately snapped up by buyers. Namedfor a World War II fighter plane, the first modelscarried a starting price tag of around $2,300.



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Second-Guessing Dog’s DeathDEAR PAW’S CORNER: I recently lost my dog

“Mischa” to an illness, and I’m overwhelmed withsadness and guilt. Her death was very sudden; oneday she was fine and then she was not. I can’t helpwondering if there was anything I could have doneto prevent this from happening. Did I give her thewrong food? Was there something in hermedications she might have had a reaction to?I’ve had no answers from the vet. Am I wrong forconstantly second-guessing myself? Should I just getover it? — Devastated in Dallas

DEAR DEVASTED: First, I’m very sorry for your loss.Pets are so much a part of our families that losingthem can be incredibly difficult. “Getting over” theloss of a pet isn’t something anyone should be toldto do — it’s not unusual to feel sadness for a petyears after its death. A close friend of mine stillspeaks fondly of his dog King, who died when hewas a boy. And I often miss pets I lost years ago.

I personally feel that adults can grieve openlyfor pets in a way that they can’t grieve for humans.We have to bear up and be brave at the loss of arelative or friend, perhaps be the one who mustorganize everything. But for a lost pet there are nosuch barriers to just grieving for them.

On the other hand, you want answers forMischa’s sudden death. More questions should beasked of the veterinarian. What did her symptomspoint to — an infection, a reaction to something?That the vet has no answer at all is curious, but I’mnot familiar with the circumstances. Continuepressing for answers from the vet.


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