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Arthur Wynne was the editor of the puzzle page in the magazine section of the Sunday edition of the New York World. In 1913, he was looking for something new, having grown tired of word squares, hidden words, and anagrams. Fooling around with a word square, he decided to alter it a bit. He called the result a word-cross. It was instantly popular, and became a regular feature. When it was left out one week, the paper was deluged with angry letters. For the next ten years, the World was the only paper that published crosswords. A rival paper, the New York Times, thought crosswords were merely a passing fad and predicted their swift demise. Come along with Tidbits as we do a crossword!

GREAT BEGINNINGS• In 1924, two young men formed a partnership and

started a publishing company. Problem was, they had nothing to publish. Then one of the men went to dinner at his aunt’s house. His aunt was looking for a Christmas present for her daughter. She mentioned that the girl was addicted to the crossword puzzles published in the New York World. She asked her nephew if he knew of any place where she could buy a book of crosswords as a gift. He called around the next day, and discovered that

When my wife said she was leaving me because of my Monkees obsession I thought she was joking.And then I saw her face.

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At the Big Stone City Library400 Washington Street, Suite 102For library information contact: Janelle Kelly at [email protected]: Wednesday 1-7pm & Saturdays 9am-1pm

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no one in the world published books of crossword puzzles. He suggested to his business partner that they become the first publishing company to do so.

•When the two publishers told their consultants they intended to publish crossword books, the consultants felt the idea would fail—it would be too monotonous, they said. They were counselled to publish the book under a pseudonym so that if the book failed, their real name would not be associated with the failure. So they published 3,600 copies of the book under the name of Plaza Publishing Co.

• Advance sales were slow as booksellers felt the book would not sell. But on the day the book came out, the two publishers ran an ad next to the daily crossword in the paper. Book stores were swamped with requests—40,000 copies sold in the first few weeks. One distributor ordered 55,000 copies, then called back and ordered a quarter million more. Discarding their fake name of Plaza Publishing, the two men resumed using their original name: Simon and Schuster.

CROSSWORD COMPETITIONS

• In 1970 a London newspaper held a crossword competition. They printed four crosswords of increasing difficulty in the paper. Over 20,000 people correctly completed the first; 1,000 managed the second; 302 completed the third; and only 42 got everything right on the fourth. All 302 people who made it through the third puzzle were invited to the two-day finals. During the semi-finals, they were given half an hour to finish each of eight crosswords. The 36 finalists were asked to complete four more. The winner was Roy Dean, a 43-year-old Foreign Office diplomat who recently returned from 10 years in Sri Lanka— where he had never even seen a crossword.

• One shady outfit who ran a crossword lottery claimed that no one won the grand prize because they all missed 23 Across. The clue was: “To have to wait in ______ in the dentist’s office is infuriating.” Everybody filled in “Pain.” But the correct answer, they said, was “Vain.”

• In 1926 two men composed a crossword puzzle and placed it in several newspapers. They announced that anyone who correctly completed the puzzle and mailed it in with a $1 entry fee would be eligible to win the grand prize. Within the week, entries were arriving by the van load and they were taking their money to the bank in suitcases.

• Crossword competitions became so popular in India in the 1950s that parliament tried to make them illegal on the grounds that the fees to enter the crossword contests were leading people to financial ruin.

STRANGE PUZZLES• In 1972 in the London Times, readers of the

classifieds were amazed to find a strange page in the back of the section. All of the column headings were in place—cars for sale, houses for rent—but

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• It was 20th-century English novelist E.M. Forster who made the following sage observa-tion: “We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”

• If you’re a pogonophobe, the rise of hipsterism in recent years is not good news -- anyone afraid of beards isn’t going to get far in public these days without confronting one.

• For centuries, the wrinkling of skin on fingers and toes when they soak in water was cause for puzzlement (among those who take the time to won-der about such things, if nobody else). Researchers believe they’ve found the answer: traction. Like the treads on a tire, the wrinkles of wet skin help improve the gripping power of our extremities; for our ancestors, this made it easier to walk and grip objects during wet seasons.

• You might be surprised to learn that immigration was not a national issue until the late 19th century. Up until 1890, when President Benjamin Harri-son declared Ellis Island to be the first federal immigration center, foreign-ers who wanted to live in America were handled on a state-by-state basis.

• John Sylvan is known as the creator of Keurig coffee pods, used in abun-dance throughout the world these days. Despite the success of his inven-tions, however, he refuses to use them himself; he says that he abhors the ef-fect the non-recyclable, non-biodegradable pods have on the environment.

• Of all the actors who have portrayed James Bond in films before 2015, Pierce Brosnan racked up by far the most kills per movie. (The tally for last October’s “Spectre” has not yet been counted.)

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LUNCH SPECIALSTuesday 05/10: beef enchiladas and riceWednesday 05/11: grilled bacon, swiss chicken sandwich & friesThursday 05/12: Salisbury streak & mashed potatoes w/ gravyFriday 05/13: grilled pork chop and baked potatoSaturday 05/14: 21 shrimp basket Sunday 05/15: 2 piece fried chicken and friesMonday 05/16:meat loaf and baked potatoTuesday 05/17: stuffed shells and salad

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• Monday, May 9th- Girls Golf at Groton at 10:00 am. JH Golf at Webster. HS Spring Concert at 7:00 pm at the school. • Tuesday, May 10th- HS and JH ECC Track Meet at TZ at 1:00 pm. Athletic physicals for 6th & 9th graders in Waubay at 8:30 am. • Wednesday, May 11th- Choir trip to Chanhassen Dinner Theater, depart at 7:00 am from the school. Senior Games and Chili Cook-off at 6:00 pm at the hall!!! • Thursday, May 12th- Choir trip to Chanhassen Dinner Theater, return by the end of the school day. 6thGraders NeSoDak trip. Kindergarten Graduation. Library is closing, all books need to be turned in. • Friday, May 13th- Staff day. 6th Graders return from NeSoDak. K2-nd grade Field Trip to Aberdeen. Boys Golf at Deuel at 9:00 am. Girls Golf at Castlewood at 9:00 am. Waubay Track meet at noon. City Wide Rummage Sales. • Saturday, May 14th- City Wide Rummage Sales. Play practice dress rehearsal from 3:00 to 5:00 pm, supper to follow. • Sunday, May 15-9:15 Sunday school (last Day), 9:30 Coffeetime, 10:30 Worship at Hope Lutheran. All are welcome.

May 16 - 5:15pm Clear Lake Community Club's general meeting, Deuel School

June 11 - Roni's Benefit & Poker Run for the Ronald Mc-Donald House Charities, be watching for details.

May 21 - 1:30pm GraduationMay 27 - Last day of School (1:30pm Dismissal)

WEBSTER, SDMay 10 - Business Consultant 9:00AMMay 13 - NeSoDak Water & Wings 5:00PMMay 14 - MOVIE: Jungle Book 7:30PMMay 14 - NeSoDak Water & Wings 5:00PMMay 15 - MOVIE: Jungle Book 7:30 PM to 9:30 PMMay 15 - Museum of Wildlife Science & Industry 10:00AMMay 16 - Kiwanis 12:00PMMay 16 - Alzheimer Support Group 7:00PMMay 16 - Webster Area Soccer Assoc. Schedule 6:00PMMay 16 - MOVIE: Jungle Book 7:30 PMMay 17 - Trapshooting 7:00PMMay 17 - Webster Area Soccer Assoc. Schedule 6:00PM

all the ads were missing. The only thing normal about the page was the usual crossword down at the bottom corner where it always was. Those who completed the crossword discovered amusing messages on the value of butter. The entire page was an attention-grabbing ad for butter.

• A San Francisco paper once sold advertising space in the little black squares of the grid.

• One innovative crossword publisher came out with a book that had a number of perforated pieces of tracing paper in it. Puzzlers were to tear out a piece of the tracing paper and put it over the top of the puzzle they wanted to solve, leaving the book clean and unmarked for the next person to use.

• Robert Stilgenbauer of Los Angeles spent 11 years constructing a crossword with 3,185 down clues and 3,149 across. Over 125,000 copies were

distributed, but none have been completed yet.• One variety of crossword had two possible answers

for every clue.

-OOPS-• One crossword composer wrote the clue “to make a

go of.” The answer was “succeed.” But the paper made a typo when printing it, and it said, “to make a goof.” Calls and letters poured in.

• The same composer was once called on by a cross crossworder who could not find the answer to the clue “manager of the Globe Theater.” He had called the Globe Theater and found it had two managers. Neither of their names fit. He was surprised to find the clue referred to William Shakespeare.

• An 8-year-old boy caught another crossword error

with the clue “had a wooden leg.” Captain Ahab was the only answer that fit, but Ahab had an ivory leg, not a wooden one.

• Then there was the man with bad handwriting who wrote the clue “Catholic chief.” The answer was “Pope” but the typesetter thought it said “Dope.” They got plenty of letters on that one.

• Another paper printed the clue “Confederate General.” The answer was U.S. Grant— and a lot of people were surprised to find that Grant was a Confederate!

• One hard-up crossword writer printed the clue, “Six consonants and the letter ‘A’ five times.” “Panama Canal” was what he had in mind, but one indignant puzzler submitted a number of answers that also fit, including Bahama Macaw, Sahara Sarah, Havana Madam, and Abracadabra.

• One magazine in 1958 accidentally printed the wrong diagram with the right set of clues. A few people actually managed to reconstruct the crossword from scratch.


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May 22 - Graduation in the gym at 2:00May 11 - 1:30pm K-3 Field Day on the Football Field.May 11 - 7pm School Board Meeting.May 12 - No School for Students.May 12 - 5:15pm Drivers Ed in the Study Hall.May 13 - Kindergarten Graduation in gym, NO Kindergarten Class.May 16 - K and 3 Field Trip to Dakota Gold in Watertown.May 17 - FFA Banquet in McKenna Hall.May 17 - PAWS Field Trip to Hartford Beach.May 18 - 1st and 2nd Field Trip to WahpetonMay 18 - 10am 7-12 Academic Awards in the gym.May 18 - Seniors Last DayMay 18 - Baccalaureate in the gym, 7:00May 19 - Region 1B Track Meet at MilbankMay 20 - School is dismissed for the summer at 12:30


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• “Dust from the top down, and clean walls from the bot-tom up. Dust falls, so by the time you get to the bottom, you’ve got it all, but drips

are easier to clean off when the wall is already clean.” -- I.M. in Ohio

• Here’s how to ballpark the temperature of your camping fire for cooking. Arrange a cooking pot over the fire. A Dutch oven works best. Hold your hand about even with the side. Beginning at 550, count backward by 50 -- i.e., 550, 500, 450. When you have to remove your hand, you’ll have an approximate temperature of the coals.

• “Got a great pair of jeans with a zipper that just won’t stay up? Try this fantastic fix. Take a metal ring (like the one on a keychain) and feed it through the zipper pull. Then zip up. When you get to the top, loop the metal ring around the button, then but-ton up the jeans. That barn door is staying closed!”

-- S. in Oregon• You can thread a needle better if you spray the

thread end with hairspray. It stiffens the fiber, which will then stay straight.

• “After hand-washing an item, rather than wring-ing it out, place it between two towels and just run a rolling pin over the top towel.” -- A.D. in New York

• Use an old lip brush to take care of stray nail pol-ish mistakes when you’re painting your nails. It’s MUCH better than trying to use a cotton swab, since no strands of cotton get left behind. A lip brush is small and tight, so it can get into precision spots. You can use a cotton pad with a little nail polish remover on it to clean it up after you’re done.

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May 29 - 2pm Watertown High School Graduation

May 21 - 10am Great Plains Lutheran School Graduation

May 12 - 5pm Arts Night @ the Pub, Dempsey'sMay 12 - 5pm Spring Meeting of the Codington County Historical Society, City AuditoriumMay 12 - 6pm Watertown Volunteer Center's 11th Annual Fundraiser, 2nd Street StationMay 13 - 7:30pm South Dakota Symphony Da-kota Wind Quintet and String Quartet, The Goss Opera HouseMay 13 - 8pm Williams & Ree, Dakota Sioux Casino Concert HallMay 14 - 4pm Watertown Rebels vs Buffalo Ridge Wild Cats, Allen Mitchell FieldMay 14 - 8pm Ukrainian Folk Ensemble, Raven & Rose Live music & Album release, Dempsey'sMay 14-15 - Watertown Mall's Made in South Dakota Show

June 6 - 10am-6pm The LEGO Guy, Watertown Regional Library

• One clever clue was “An important city in Czechoslovakia” to which the answer was Oslo. Yes, Oslo is in Norway, but look at the letters in the middle of the word “Czechoslovakia.”

Amazing Animals

HOMING PIGEONS• The homing pigeon is an ordinary sort of domestic

pigeon derived from the common rock pigeon and trained to return home from long distances away. There is no real difference between a homing pigeon and a carrier pigeon aside from the amount of training it has received.

• Chinese officials began using homing pigeons to transmit messages as early as 500 B.C. In the 1200s, Kublai Khan set up a network of pigeons that linked the entire Chinese empire. The system survived for over 600 years.

• Caliph Aziz of Cairo had a passion for cherrries. In 980 A.D. he sent huge shipments of homing pigeons to the cherry orchards in Egypt. Slaves tied small bags containing one cherry each to the feet of the pigeons and sent them home to the Nile.

• Homing pigeons made a fortune for the French Post Office during a siege of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. The Prussian army encircled Paris, cutting telegraph wires, destroying communication cables, and strangling the postal service. From the surrounding countryside, about 1,000 privately owned homing pigeons were donated and the “Pigeon Post” was born. To get the mail through, messages were set in type, photographed in microscopic size and printed on thin film. Each


May 20 - 5-9pm Tyson Karsky Benefit Spaghetti Feed & Bingo Night at the Holy Rosary Parish in Graceville.

Tyson is a 17 year old who was recently diagnosed with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH). Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria is a rare disease in which red blood cells break down earlier than normal. He will need a bone marrow transplant.

May 13-14 - Annual Clinton Clutter and Collectables, City Wide Rum-mage SalesMay 17 - JH/HS Spring ConcertMay 18 - 7pm Essential Oils~Summer Fun May 19 - 12:30pm St. Council PartyMay 24 - Elementary Spring ConcertMay 25 - All Day Health Fair, Clinton Elementary May 27 - 6th Grade Class TripMay 29 - 1:30pm GraduationJune 1 - 2pm Kindergarten GraduationJune 2 - Last day of School (1:30pm Dismissal)June 4 - 9am LEGO Guy at the Library


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Estelline, SDT-Ball Practice:Team 1 will practice on Tuesdays and Team 2 will practice on Thursdays.

May 9 - 9:00AM Golf: Varsity May 10 - 9:00AM-1:00PM BookmobileMay 10: Estelline Elementary Spring Concert, 7pmMay 14: Estelline High School Graduation, 1pm

bird could carry up to 8,000 letters per day in this manner, and two birds were dispatched each day. At a cost of ten cents per word, postal revenues brought in about $112,000. By the time the seige was over, pigeons had carried nearly 100,000 messages from Paris to the outside world.

• In 1814, Nathan Rothschild learned of Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo by carrier pigeon a full day before the general public new. As a result, he made a killing on the stock market.

• During World War I, nearly 200 soldiers of New York’s 77th Infantry Division became isolated from other American forces. They were surrounded by enemy troops, and found themselves under fire from their own artillery. They had three homing pigeons and no other method of communication. On October 4, 1918, a message was attached to the leg of one pigeon and it was released, only to be shot down. The second pigeon was also killed. They had only one pigeon left—a carrier pigeon called Cher Ami, which is French for “dear friend.” The message tied to his leg read, “Our artillery is dropping a barrage on us. For heaven’s sake, stop it!” The bird was released, only to be shot through the leg. Miraculously, he kept flying— and was shot through the breast. But

the bird kept going and arrived at his loft with the message barely attached to his mangled leg. Within hours help arrived and the 77th Infantry Division was saved. Cher Ami was awarded the French “Croix de Guerre.” He died in 1919 as a result of his wounds and his remains are on display at the Smithsonian.

• In the 1980s Lockheed’s plant in California employed 15 carrier pigeons to carry microfilm capsules to the test base 30 miles (48 km) away.

The pigeons could make the trip in 40 minutes, faster than a courier in a car could. Also, they had an effectiveness rate of 100%. They never delivered to the wrong address, or showed up with damaged goods.• Homing pigeons and migratory birds can be deflected from their routes by

radio transmitters. Homing pigeons cannot find their way if a magnet is tied to their necks.

• The longest flight by a homing pigeon was 5,400 miles (8,690 km) by a bird released from West Africa which travelled to its home in England in 1845. The trip took two months, and the bird fell dead only one mile from its loft.


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May 15 - 1pm GraduationMay 9 - Board Meeting 7:00May 9 - DVC Golf Meet at Lake Region 9:00May 10 - End of the Year Awards Night - 7:00 May 10 - Golf at Colman 10:00May 11 - Baccalaureate - 7:00 in WhiteMay 12 - HS DVC Track Meet in DeSmet 1:30/2:00May 12 - Girls Golf at Madison 10:00May 12 - 11:30 Dismissal - Last Day of School if attendance is metMay 13 - Golf at Clear Lake/Castlewood 9:00May 16 - Sioux Valley Golf Invite 9:00May 17 - Deubrook Golf Meet 12:00 Six Mile CreekMay 19 - Region Track at DeSmet 10:00

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ORTONVILLE, MNMay 16 - 7:30pm Autism Gathering, Zion Lutheran Church

May 18 - 5pm DREAM for Kids Team Meeting, VFWJune 4 - 2pm LEGO Guy, Ortonville Library

SCHOOL: May 10: 7-12 Band Concert 7:30pmMay 11: Early Out (1:30 Dismissal)

May 12: Ortonville 6th Grade Art Show 7pmMay 17: 7-12 Choir Concert 7:30pm

May 26: Last Student DayMay 29: Graduation 2pm

STORIES BEHIND PLANT NAMES

• “Azalea” comes from the Latin “azaleos” meaning dry or parched. The plant was named in the belief that it grew only in dry soils.

• “Rhodon” is Greek for rose, and “dendron” means tree: rhododendron.

• Iris was the goddess of the rainbow who was in charge of receiving the souls of dying women. The god Juno was so impressed with her purity that he named a flower after her.

• Lobelia was named in honor of botanist Matthias L’Obel. The wisteria vine was named after naturalist Dr. Casper Wistar.

• Marigolds were named after the virgin Mary: Mary’s gold.

• “Phlox” is the Greek word for fire, and phlox was named because it is fire red. Phlox is also the root of the word “phlegm,” because phlegm was thought to cause fiery fevers.

• The Greeks thought that the leaves of the common garden flower alyssum could cure the madness caused by being bitten by a rabid animal. Since “lyssa” was the word for madness and “a-” is a negative prefix, the alyssum was born.

• Columbine comes from the Latin word “columba” meaning dove because the flowers resemble a circle of doves.

• Larkspur was so named because the flower resembles the spur on the back of the feet of birds in the lark family.

• “Primus” is Latin for first, and primrose is one of the first flowers to appear in the spring.

• The Sanskrit word “parna” meaning a wing or feather became the German word “farn” which became the Anglo-Saxon word “fearn” and is now our fern.

• Lichens come from the Greek verb “leichein” meaning to lick up, because they seem to lick their way across the ground.

• “Mistel” is an old Anglo-Saxon word meaning dung, and “tan” meant twig. “Misteltan” or “the little dung twig” was so named because birds eat the berries off the twigs and the seeds are deposited in their dung. Today the word has turned into mistletoe.



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May 11 - 11:30am-3pm Free Google Training, Visitor Center, please RSVP Bobbie at [email protected] May 12 - 5-8pm Sip & Shop, Main Street May 12 - 5:30-7:30pm Unity Square Summer Registration, Unity SquareMay 14 - National Guard Clean Up DayMay 18 - 7:30-10am Coffee with Law Enforcement, Visitors CenterMay 19 - 6:30pm Chamber Cornhole Games, Lake Farley ParkKim's Kreations/"It Only Takes a Spark" Cancer Walk Cupcake Dona-tion Dates:Made in South Dakota Event May 14th and 15th in Watertown Mall.

May 22 - 2pm GraduationMay 9 - 7:30 pm - MS Spring ConcertMay 9 - 7 pm - School Board Mtg.May 9 - 1 & 4 pm-JV-V-BTennis Here w/ RoncalliMay 9 - 10 am-V-GGolf@ Groton/Groton Area InviteMay 10 - 4:30 pm - 7/8 Track @ LQPVMay 10 - 3 pm - 7-8-JV-V-BTennis Here w/ BensonMay 11 - 1:45 - HS Awards - theaterMay 11 - 6:30 pm-Athletic BanquetMay 12 - 7 pm-Milbank FFA BanquetMay 12 - 10 am- V-GGolf @ Madison Invite.May 13 - 11 am-V-Track NEC @ RedfieldMay 14 - 9 am - V-BTennis @ MadisonMay 15 - 6 pm - BaccalaureateMay 16 - 10 am - 7/8 Track @ Britton NECMay 16 - 4 pm - JV-BTennis Here w/ Watertown JVMay 16 - 10 am - V-GGolf Here - NECMay 17 - Project Displays (Wood/Art) in HS lobbyMay 17 - 5:30 pm - Senior Banquet @ Lantern InnMay 17 - 7:30 pm - HS Spring Concert

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No Charge, just fun! Bring whatever snacks or beverages you would like! Feel free to bring your own boards and bags if you have them. RSPV if possible so we know how many boards we need. Thanks!

Chamber Cornhole Games!Please join us for a fun, relaxing evening at the park!Where: Lake Farley Park • When: Thursday, May 19 • Time: 6:30pm

(On Saturday, July 16th we will be hosting South Dakota’s Largest Cornhole Tournament at Farley Park. This evening will

be a practice run to estimate time and work out any kinks)

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• “Wych” is the Anglo-Saxon word meaning “to bend” resulting in witch hazel: the bending hazel.

• “Gar” is old English for spear, and “leac” is the original way of spelling leek. “Garleac” is now garlic, a leek shaped like a spear.

• The Chinese word “jen-shen” meant man-plant, referring to the shape of the root. It resulted in the word ginseng.

• Mentha was the mythical mistress of Pluto, who ruled Hades. Pluto’s wife was so jealous that she transformed Mentha into a lowly plant that would forever afterwards be trampled upon by humans. Pluto felt sorry for Mentha, and decreed that the more the plant was trampled, the sweeter it would smell. Today, Mentha is called mint.

• Chamomile came from the Greek words “chamai” meaning “on the ground,” and “melon” meaning “apple.”

• The Spanish word “zarza” means bramble, and “parilla” means a vine. “Zarzaparilla” came into English as sarsaparilla.

• Strawberry comes from the word “streaw” which means strew, because the plant strews runners

across the ground.• Cranberries were first called “cranebarries” because

the stamens of the flowers look like the beak of a crane. Likewise, geraniums were named from the Greek word “geranos” meaning crane, because the seed pods are pointed like the bill of a crane.

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Q: I purchased a commemorative mug at a garage sale that was issued in 1936 shortly after Edward VIII became King in Britain. His reign lasted less than a year because of his affair and later marriage to Wallis Simpson, a twice-divorced woman from Baltimore. I paid $25 for it and wonder if I got a bargain. -- Phyllis, Burlington, Vermont

A: Despite the Duke of Windsor’s short time as king, items celebrating his coronation and time he spent as the British monarch are fairly common. Typical prices are a tea cup and matching saucer, $35; tea towel, $15; a col-lection of six British magazines covering the coronation, $30; and a sterling-silver spoon with the King’s likeness, $45. I think you probably paid about what your mug is worth.

• • •Q: I have a paperweight that was made by Charles Ka-

ziun. Is it worth keeping? -- Susan, Santa Fe, New MexicoA: Charles Kazium was born in 1918 in Brockton,

Massachusetts, and was an outstanding maker of paper-weights. He began working with glass at an early age and by 1942 was making his first paperweights. Most of the ones he crafted featured three colors of overlay with a

variety of flower patterns. Most of his work is signed with a “K” worked into the design. In my opinion, it is indeed worth keeping.

• • •Q: I have a copy of “A Treasury of Stephen Foster”

illustrated by William Sharp and published by Random House in 1946. It is a first printing and has its original cover. Does it have any monetary value? -- Betty, Albu-querque, New Mexico

A: Not much. I found several first editions at www.abe.com priced in the $10-$15 range. For a second opinion, I suggest you contract one of the many of the fine used book dealers in your city.

• • •Q: “Laugh In” was a popular TV show during the late

1960s. I received a deck of “Laugh In” playing cards in 1970. The cards feature jokes from the show. Is it worth keeping? -- Ken, Davenport, Iowa

A: I found your deck referenced in “Schroeder’s Antiques Price Guide” published by Collector Books. It is valued at $40.

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I read your recent column about a young boy who was afraid of dogs, and I would like to suggest some help to him, or anyone who is fearful of an animal. My dog Hannah and I have worked with many chil-dren to help them get over their fears. Hannah is a therapy dog. She is awesome! The children (and some adults) she has worked with are now petting other dogs. We work through our local H.S.S. Lollypop Farm in New York. I’m sure this young man can find a great therapy dog in his area to help him. Good luck! -- D. Oswald, Palmyra, New York

DEAR D.: Fantastic idea! Therapy dogs are increasingly becoming an important part of our society and play an indis-pensable role in many people’s lives. Typically, therapy dogs visit with people for a short time each day or week to help

Overcoming Boy’s Fear of Dogs

relieve stress, provide emotional support, ease loneliness or grief ... or help people overcome their fear of dogs.

A great place to start learning more about therapy dogs is at the Pet Partners website, which gives information about the services that therapy dogs can provide, and can help match patients with dogs in their area.

If you’re a pet owner whose dog has a great disposition

and is well-socialized, volunteering your pet to be a therapy dog could be very rewarding for both of you. Pet therapy organizations like the one above can help determine if vol-unteering is for you.

Send your questions or pet care tips to [email protected].© 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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