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FORMER TEACHERSby Kathy Wolfe

October 5 is World Teachers Day, and Tidbits is taking the opportunity to investigate well-known folks who were teachers before they became famous. Take a look – you might be surprised at who were former educators. • Prior to his role as the fictional Sheriff Andy Taylor

in Mayberry, Andy Griffith taught English at the high school in Goldsboro, North Carolina. He was also responsible for creating the school’s award-winning marching band during his tenure from 1949 to 1953.

• Art Garfunkel is more than just a stellar singer/songwriter. He’s also a math whiz who earned an M.A. in the subject from Columbia University, and was working toward his doctorate during the peak of Simon & Garfunkel’s fame. Shortly after the immense success of “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” the duo parted ways, and Art branched out into acting, with roles in 1970’s Catch-22 and 1971’s Carnal Knowledge. He also took a position as a math teacher at a private prep school in Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1971. It was a little difficult being a pop star math teacher. In Garfunkel’s words, “I would talk them through a math problem and ask if anyone had any questions and they would say, ‘What were the Beatles like?’”

• Before he was Mr. T, He was Mr. Tureaud, working as a physical education teacher in the Chicago public

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continued from page 1schools system. Lawrence Tureaud had his break-out movie role in 1982’s Rocky III after being discovered by Sylvester Stallone, and went on to his role as Sgt. Baracus in the NBC series “The A-Team.” Speaking of Stallone, he also worked as a gym teacher while attending the American College in Switzerland during the 1960s.

• Stephen King hasn’t always been a successful author. After his graduation from the University of Maine, he went to work in an industrial laundry while he job-searched. He secured a position teaching English at the high school in Hampden, Maine, and worked on a novel during his off-hours. After two years, Carrie was accepted for publication and in 1973, King quit teaching to write full-time.

• Author Dan Brown originally wanted a career as a singer-songwriter. He moved to Los Angeles to pursue his calling and landed a position teaching Spanish at Beverly Hills Prep School in 1991. Brown returned to his home town of Exeter, New Hampshire, the following year, where he taught English and Spanish at Phillips Exeter Academy until 1996 when he resigned to devote his full attention to authoring his best sellers The da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, among others.

• History has always been an important part of Bill O’Reilly’s life. The FOX News political program host is the author of several historical best sellers including Killing Lincoln, Killing Patton, Killing Kennedy, and Hitler’s Last Days. Prior to his broadcasting career, O’Reilly was an English and History teacher at Monsignor Edward Pace High School in Opalocka, Florida from 1970 to 1972.

• Thirty-sixth President Lyndon B. Johnson was a school principal and teacher of 5th, 6th, and 7th-graders at the Mexican-American Welhausen School in Cotulla, Texas, in 1927 when he was just 19 years old. He went on to teach public speaking at high schools in Pearsall and Houston,

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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTHBy Keith Roach, M.D.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a fit 54-year-old male who bicycles a lot. My friends and I are pretty competitive when we do our rides, pushing hard and challenging each other in positive ways. I donate blood as often as I’m al-lowed. After donating, my legs feel more fatigued when I ride, and I’m not as strong, particularly on the climbs. How long can I use my blood donation as an “excuse” for lacking strength? -- A.R.

ANSWER: What ultimately determines how much work your legs can do is the amount of oxygen the muscles are able to get, once you have achieved a high level of muscular fitness. The amount of red blood cells in your blood and the amount of blood your heart can pump are the limiting factors for oxygen delivery in a healthy person. So, for a given degree of cardiovascular fitness, your ability to go fast and climb hills is directly influenced by how many red blood cells you have. That’s why elite cyclists sometimes used to get blood transfu-sions before a race. An extra unit of blood might make only a 3 percent difference, but the difference between the

winner of the Tour de France and the last-place finisher is right around 3 percent.

Unfortunately, too many red blood cells increases the risk for stroke and heart attack, and several amateur and professional cyclists have died as a complication of too much blood transfused or its more modern equivalent, the hormone erythropoietin, which causes the body to make more of its own blood. Losing blood, from bleeding or donation, consequently reduces performance.

The plasma (fluid and proteins) is made up within 24 hours after donating blood, but it takes four to six weeks to regain the blood cells. Donating a unit of blood can save up to three lives. That should give you some consolation. Maybe persuade your friends to donate blood at the same time, so you all are on a level playing field, so to speak.

• • •DEAR DR. ROACH: I am looking to have surgery

on my cervical vertebrae at a prestigious hospital in St. Louis. Before I had even made up my mind, the hospital sent a form regarding arbitration. If anything should go wrong, they want me to agree to arbitration instead of going through the court system. They say the choice is mine. Is this normal preoperative paperwork? -- T.B.

ANSWER: This is increasingly common, and a brief survey of surgeons gave me a mixed response -- some felt it wasn’t a red flag at all, and others recommending double-checking the surgeon’s record, perhaps through the state medical board. Any disciplinary action must be publicly available, and in Missouri it is freely available on the website at pr.mo.gov/healingarts.asp.

While I understand you might be taken aback by the question, many hospitals are moving toward arbitration as a means of reducing malpractice coverage costs. I per-sonally don’t see it as a reason to be concerned about the surgeon. However, I spoke with an attorney, who advised not agreeing to arbitration, as it isn’t germane to your medical condition and may limit your options later.

• • •Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters,

but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to [email protected]. To view and order health pamphlets, visit www.rbmamall.com, or write to Good Health, 628 Virginia Drive Orlando, FL 32803.

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October 5 - 6:30pm Do you LOVE DIY projects? Come & make Cuticle Salve and Clothspin Diffuser. Cost is $15! All proceeds above the cost of supplies will be donated to the Healing Hands Foundation! RSVP to (605) 880-4773 Come have some FUN and make scrub...Bring a friend and receive a free gift!!October 8 - 5pm Arts Night at the PubOctober 8-10 - 7:30pm Karing Kapers Musical, DD Miller Auditorium, (605) 882-6316. Karing Kapers is a fundraiser to help promote the arts in Watertown.October 9 - October 9 - 8pm Johnny Counterfit in the Concert HallOctober 11 - 10am Watertown Farm Toy & Doll Show

Watertown SchoolSeptember 28 - 10/JV Football (H) SF O'Gorman - 4:30PMOctober 5 - 10/JV Football (H) Aberdeen - 4:30PMOctober 5 - 7th & 8th Grade Volleyball (H) Aberdeen 4PM - ArenaOctober 5 - After School Debate @ MilbankOctober 5 - Boys Golf/State @ Rapid CityOctober 5 - Girls Tennis (H) 4PMOctober 5 - Karing Kapers Rehearsal Continues - 4pm - AudOctober 6 - Boys Golf/State ContinuesOctober 6 - Career Expo - 10 - Noon - ArenaOctober 6 - Karing Kapers Rehearsal Continues - 4pm - AudOctober 6 - Soccer PlayoffsOctober 6 - Volleyball (H) SF Roosevelt- 7PM - ArenaOctober 7 - Karing Kapers Rehearsal Continues - 4pm - AudOctober 7 - NSU Choral Workshop @ AberdeenOctober 8 - 9 Football (H) Huron - 4:30PMOctober 8 - Girls Tennis/State @ Sioux FallsOctober 8 - Karing Kapers Performance - 7:30PM - AudOctober 8 - Volleyball @ Brookings - 7PMOctober 9 - Cheer / Dance @ Brandon Valley 5:30PMOctober 9 - Football (H) SF Washington - 7PMOctober 9 - Girls Tennis/State ContinuesOctober 9 - Karing Kapers Performance - 7:30PM - Aud October 10 - CC ESD @ PierreOctober 10 - Girls Tennis/State ContinuesOctober 10 - Karing Kapers Performance - 7:30PM - AudOctober 10 - Soccer/State @ MitchellOctober 10 - Volleyball @ Pierre - 7PMOctober 12 - 10/JV Football @ SF Lincoln - 4:15PMOctober 12 - NO SCHOOL - Native American Day

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GPL continued...October 9 - Lake Region Marching Band FestivalOctober 9 - 7pm FB @ Clark/Willow LakeOctober 10 - 7pm Bowling sponsored by Student Council

Watertown Christian School15 12th Avenue NE, Watertown, SD 57201 • Ph: (605) 882-0949 Watertown Christian School is hosting a Buddy Day on Monday, October 12th. If your son, daughter, co-worker or friend knows an elementary student who would like to check out WCS, you can call the office with their name and grade level. 882-0949. Watertown Christian is a Preschool through Grade 8 school with a current enrollment of 127 students.. You can enroll your student at any time during the year. Call or stop in for more information about the school.

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• It was 19th-century French poet and philoso-pher Henri-

Frederic Amiel who made the following sage observation: “Truth is violated by falsehood, but it is outraged by silence.”

• You might be surprised to learn that the game of Chinese checkers isn’t actually Chinese in origin; it was invented in Ger-many.

• If you consider all the militaries through-out the world during World War II, 7 out of every 8 deaths were German or Russian combatants.

• In most countries of Western Eu-rope during medieval times, 90 percent of the population shared about a dozen first names.

• A 19th-century Columbus, Ohio, man named Jonathan Jackson was exceedingly fond of cats. He was such a feline devo-

tee, in fact, that upon his death in 1880, his will dictat-ed that his es-tate was to be used to con-struct a home

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for cats, complete with dormitories, an infirmary, a rectory, rat holes, roofs for climbing and areas for “conversation.” There was even an auditorium where the residents would listen to accordion music every day.

• During the final 6 miles of a pil-grimage to Lhasa, Tibet, a devout Bud-dhist will kiss the ground approximate-ly 30,000 times.

• Those who study such things say that a properly prepared mummy will be wrapped in about 490 feet of linen.

• You may know that Philo Farns-worth invented the television, but you may not realize that his success didn’t bring him much happiness. Later in life he suffered from depression, de-veloped a drinking problem (and ac-companying ulcers) and had a nervous breakdown.

•••Thought for the Day: “I’m not an

old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about

any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy

of winning.” -- Adlai Stevenson

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Clark SchoolOctober 6 @ 6:00 pm VB vs Deubrook @ WLOctober 7 @ 8:15 am Flu Shot @ ClarkOctober 8 all-day All State PracticeOctober 8 @ 3:30 pm NEC Cross Country @ WebsterOctober 8 @ 6:00 pm VB @ BrittonOctober 9 all-day No SchoolOctober 9 all-day Willow Lake HomecomingOctober 10 all-day Senior Music tripOctober 10 @ 9:00 am JV FB Tournament @ TulareOctober 12 all-day No SchoolOctober 12 @ 4:00 pm JH FB @ TulareOctober 12 @ 5:00 pm JV FB @ GPLOctober 12 @ 6:00 pm VB vs Lake Preston @ WL

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Texas, before entering politics in 1937. As a Congressman in 1941, he was the first member of Congress to volunteer for active duty after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He reported to the U.S. Navy on December 9, just two days after the bombing. Johnson was sworn in as U.S. President approximately 90 minutes after President John F. Kennedy was declared dead in a Dallas hospital. He took the oath of office in the conference room aboard Air Force One, as the plane sat at Dallas’ Love Field, the first and only time a President has been sworn in on an airplane.

• The second U.S. President, John Adams, also did a stint as a schoolmaster in Worcester, Massachusetts. He found the profession boring and stated that his students were a “large number of little runtlings, just capable of lisping A, B, C, and troubling the master.” Yet he kept the job in order to pay the bills while attending law school.

• From 1974 to 1976, Gordon Sumner used his degree from Northern Counties Teachers Training College in Newcastle, England, to teach at a convent school in nearby Cramington for two years, the only male on the faculty. On his free evenings, he played in a group called the Phoenix Jazzmen, and frequently wore his favorite black-and-yellow-striped sweater while performing. The bandleader thought Gordon looked like a bee and gave him the nickname “Sting.” In 1977, Sumner moved to London and teamed up with two others to form the band The Police. Today, Sting’s net worth is estimated in the $300 million range.

• We know him best as the bass player of the band KISS, with his face painted white with black flames. But prior to his musical fame, Gene Simmons was a teacher of sixth-graders in a Harlem, New York, grade school. Simmons was born Chaim Witz in Israel to a mother who had survived the Holocaust. The two of them emigrated to New York City when Simmons was eight years old, without knowing a word of English. (This musician now speaks English, Hungarian, Hebrew, and German.) KISS, formed in 1973 in New York, has sold over 100 million albums worldwide, and has 45 gold albums to date. Despite his somewhat “demonic” look, Gene Simmons says he has never drunk alcohol, taken drugs, or even smoked a cigarette.

• Singer Kris Kristofferson might not have been the successful singer he is today had he not turned down the opportunity to teach Literature at West Point Academy. Kristofferson was a Rhodes Scholar, earning a Master’s degree in English Literature at Oxford, graduating summa cum laude, and even appeared in Sports Illustrated’s “Faces in the Crowd” for his accomplishments in collegiate rugby, football, and track and field. After graduation, he joined the Army and rose to the rank of Captain, completing Ranger training, and becoming a helicopter pilot. At the end of his tour in 1965, Kristofferson was offered a professorship at West Point. At the last minute, he turned down the offer, resigned his commission, and pursued a music career. His family, including his U.S. Air Force Major General father, disowned him and never reconciled with him.

NOTEWORTHY INVENTORS:

JOHN SPILSBURYFor literally hundreds of years, people of all ages have enjoyed putting jigsaw puzzles together. Here’s the history of this favorite pastime. • Born in England in 1739, at age 14, John Spilsbury

became an apprentice to Thomas Jeffreys, an engraver, map seller, and the Royal Geographer to the King. At 21, Spilsbury branched out on his own as an engraver, mapmaker, and printer of children’s educational books, maps, charts, and stationery.

• In 1766, when he was 26, Spilsbury devised the idea of mounting maps on a sheet of hardwood. Using a fine-bladed marquetry saw, he cut around the borders of the countries, with the goal of teaching Geography to British students. He called his invention “Dissected Maps,” and became the first commercial manufacturer of jigsaws. Over the next two years, he marketed several different styles, including the world, Africa, America, Asia,

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• On Oct. 16, 1793, nine months after the execution of her husband, King Louis

XVI of France, Marie-Antoinette follows him to the guillotine. At a time of economic turmoil in France, she lived extravagantly and allegedly responded to news that the French peasantry had no bread to eat by callously replying, “Let them eat cake.”

• On Oct. 18, 1867, the U.S. formally takes posses-sion of Alaska after buying the territory from Russia for $7.2 million, or less than 2 cents an acre. The American

public ridiculed the purchase, believing the land to be barren and worthless.

• On Oct. 17, 1931, gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years in prison, signaling the downfall of one of the most notorious criminals of the 1920s and ‘30s. FBI agent Eliot Ness and his men routinely broke up Ca-pone’s bootlegging businesses, but it was tax-evasion charges that finally stuck.

• On Oct. 12, 1940, cowboy-movie star Tom Mix is killed when he loses control of his speeding Cord Phaeton convertible and rolls into a dry wash in Ari-zona. Mix was hit in the back of the head by a heavy

aluminum suitcase, killing him almost instantly.• On Oct. 13, 1957, American movie audiences are

treated to the science-fiction thriller “The Amazing Colossal Man.” Other films of the Cold War nuclear-weapon culture included “Them!” (1954) and “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms” (1953).

• On Oct. 14, 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis begins, bringing the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear conflict. High-altitude photographs of-fered evidence of Soviet-made medium-range missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S.


CRAFTY BEES will be attending the Running's Girls Night Out in Watertown on Wednesday, 10/21/15, from 5 to 8 pm.

Stop by our booth and make a cute tag to take home. Card classes are held, with prior registration, every

other week Monday thru Wednesday at 7:02. Please call 605-878-0211 or email [email protected] if you would like to attend a class.


DEAR PAWS CORNER: Fall is here in the North-east, with lots of falling leaves -- and plenty of leaf piles to roll in. Can you remind your readers that fleas and ticks are still active at this time of year?

-- Charles, via email

DEAR CHARLES: You’re absolutely right: Until the first hard frost, or an extended period of cold weather, ticks and fleas remain pretty active. If they’re in the house, they may not go dormant at all.

Fall Brings New Hazards to Dogs

By Sam Mazzotta

So, while it’s fine to let your dog romp in leaf piles (as long as the neighbors aren’t bothered), it’s im-portant to check its coat for fleas and ticks as soon as possible after that fun ends. Ticks should be removed and then crushed, ideally before they embed into your dog’s skin.

If a tick is embedded, try to carefully remove it. If you’re not certain how, or if you’re worried about breaking off the tick’s body and leaving its head in your dog’s skin, take your pet to the veterinarian within 24 hours to remove the tick.

Fall also brings a change in weather to much of the country. As the temperature cools, smaller dogs and dogs that are sick or elderly could suffer from the cold. Now is the time to unpack those doggy sweaters and vests and use them on chilly mornings and evenings.

The change of seasons also brings stormy weather, blowing down branches and other debris. Check your dog’s paws after every walk to make sure it hasn’t dam-aged its pads on sharp sticks or other fallen items.

Send your questions about pet care to [email protected].© 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.


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My home state of Texas is famous for belt-busting meals from smoky slabs of beef barbeque with a side of spicy beans to chicken-fried steaks smothered in cream gravy. Since tradi-tional dinners are often a little on the heavy side, I’ve learned to keep the appetizers and desserts light and refreshing.

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ed for mayonnaise in equal amounts. Yogurt also is a flavorful topping on a baked potato or in stroganoffs and stews, and provides a low-fat way to thicken sauces.

The refreshing addition of lemon yogurt to this simple cake recipe makes it tender and moist. Serve the cake topped with a dollop of lemon yogurt and your favorite berries — it makes a beautiful presentation. This lemon yogurt cake is the perfect way to finish a meal!

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2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup butter, softened

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1. MONEY: How many companies make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average?

2. CARTOONS: What is the name of Mickey Mouse’s dog?

3. LITERATURE: Who wrote the novel “From Here to Eternity”?

4. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the city of Giza?

5. SCIENCE: In what field of study would a Punnett square be used?

6. MUSIC: What rock band featured Steven Tyler as the lead singer?

7. MATH: How many millions are in a billion dollars?

8. TELEVISION: What character did actor John Travolta play on “Wel-come Back Kotter”?

9. FOOD: Who was the host of the television cooking show called “Good Eats”?

10. U.S. PRESIDENTS: What was Ronald Reagan’s first nickname?

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• Monday, October 5th- ECC CC Meet in Webster at 4:00 pm. JV FB at Langford at 4:00 pm. Oral Interp in Milbank, depart at 2:00 pm. • Tuesday, October 6th- Career fair for Juniors and Seniors in Watertown from 11:00 to 2:00 pm. 5th and 6th GBB and BBB in Wilmot starting at 4:00 pm. VB with Wilmot at Summit, 7th and 8th VB at 5:00, JV VB at 6:15 and Varsity VB to follow. The Summit Backpack Program will be serving root beer floats at the VB game for $2.00 per float. • Wednesday, October 7th- CCD begins at Immaculate• Thursday, October 8th- 5th and 6th GBB and BBB starting at 4:00 pm in Florence. VB with Rosholt at Summit, 7th and 8th VB at 5:00, JV VB at 6:15 and Varsity VB to follow. • Friday, October 9th- No staff day. FB bye week. • Saturday, October 10th- Oral Interp in Rosholt, depart at 7:30 am. • Sunday, October 11- 9:15 am Sunday school, 9:30 am Coffee, 10:30 am Worship at Hope Lutheran. All are Welcome.

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October 5 - 4pm JV FB @ LangfordOctober 5 - 6pm I CookOctober 6 - 11am College Fair @ LATIOctober 6 - 5pm JH VB @ Waubay/SummitOctober 6 - 6:15pm Volleyball @ Waubay-Summit in SummitOctober 9 - Groton Marching Band FestivalOctober 10 - 8:30am Oral InterpOctober 12 - Native American Day-No SchoolOctober 12 - 4pm JH FB - Waverly/SS @ WaubayOctober 12 - JV FB - Waverly/SS @ WaverlyOctober 13 - Volleyball Game vs. Britton-Hecla at Home

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Ortonville SchoolOct. 6: School Pictures - ElementaryOct. 7: School Pictures - High SchoolOct. 15-16: MEA (No School)Oct. 22: Referendum Information Meeting in Commons 7:00 p.m.Oct. 27: Referendum Information Meeting at Bellingham Community Center 7:00 p.m.Oct. 28: Early Out 1:30 dismissal

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Teacher: “Isn’t it remarkable how quickly the kids learn to drive the car?”Parent: “Yes, especially considering how slowly they catch on to running

the lawnmower and vacuum cleaner.”

Teacher: You aren’t paying attention to me. Are you having trouble hearing?

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October 5 - Clinton Women's Civic Club 6pmOctober 6 - Finger Painting 9amOctober 6 - Clinton American Legion Auxiliary @ Clinton Memorial Building 7pmOctober 6 - Clinton American Legion 8pmOctober 6 - Sno Rider 8pmOctober 8 - Camp-Move-It 3:30pm October 8 - Clinton City Council 6:30pmOctober 9 - KINDERGARTEN GRANDPARENTS DAY 12:45pmOctober 10 - Clinton Firemen Appreciation Night 5pmOctober 12 - Clinton Firemen @ Fire Hall 7pm

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Deuel School DistrictOctober 6 - 5pm MS VB vs ArlingtonOctober 6 - 6pm VB vs Arlington - TVOctober 7 - 8:10am Flu Clinic for HS StudentsOctober 7 - 9am Picture RetakesOctober 8 - All Day All-State Choral Day @ SDSU BrookingsOctober 8 - 3:30pm NEC CC @ WebsterOctober 8 - 5pm VB vs Redfield/Doland October 9 - No StaffOctober 9 - 10am MS/HS Bands @ VolgaOctober 9 - 7pm FB @ Britton/HeclaOctober 10 - 9am MS VB @ ArlingtonOctober 12 - 4pm NS FB vs DeubrookOctober 12 - 5pm School Board MeetingOctober 12 - 5:30pm JV FB vs DeubrookOctober 12-15 - Elementary Book Fair

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Europe, England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland. Unfortunately, Spilsbury did not live to see the great success of his invention, passing away at age 30.

• For the next 50 years, the puzzles were primarily an educational activity. They gradually transitioned into a leisure pastime, with illustrations mounted on plywood. They were still known as “dissections,” but when the treadle saw was introduced around 1880, they began to be called “jigsaw puzzles.” Penciled tracings of where to cut the pieces were made on the back of the wood.

• In the late 1800s, cardboard puzzles made their debut, mostly for children’s puzzles. For many years, they were not the top seller, as retailers continued to stock mostly wooden puzzles, believing that customers liked them better than “cheap” cardboard varieties.

• The puzzles of the early 20th century did not interlock, and many an hour’s work was negated by a bump to the table. Adult puzzles of this era did not have the picture on the box and the subject matter was a mystery until all the pieces were in place.

• Early puzzles were quite expensive, as much as $5 for a 500-piece puzzle in 1908, because each piece was cut individually. Cardboard puzzle quality

improved and prices dropped with the invention of a device that would die cut them in a press. Strips of metal with sharp edges were fastened to a plate, much like a cookie cutter, enabling the mass production of puzzles.

• During the 1930s, puzzles were a method of advertising, with stores offering free puzzles with the purchase of a toothbrush or other sundry item. The illustration featured an image of the product, a clever way for manufacturers to keep a vision of their item in the consumers’ minds. Puzzles were especially popular during the Great Depression as an inexpensive form of entertainment. Sales of adult puzzles were an astounding 10 million per week. Puzzles were also something that could be made by hand at home by those who could not afford the store-bought kinds.

• Today, people enjoy jigsaw puzzles more than any other table game.

• The record for the most pieces assembled together in a single jigsaw is 209,250, an event that took place at Taiwan’s Grand Formosa Regent Hotel.

J.K. ROWLINGTidbits continues celebrating World Teachers Day by focusing on author J.K. Rowling, who has been wildly successful with her Harry Potter series of books.

• The life of Joanne Kathleen Rowling has been a true “rags-to-riches” story. Born in 1965 to a Rolls-Royce aircraft engineer father and science technician mother, Rowling went from receiving welfare benefits as a single mother to being a


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October 6 - Farmer's Market Graceville Senior Center 5-7PMOctober 6 - Sno Rider 8PMOctober 7 - TOPS 8:30AM • Al-Anon 6:30PMOctober 7 - Graceville Women's Organization @ Graceville Community Bldg 7:00PM • CGB Sports Booster 7:30PMOctober 8 - Graceville City Council 7:00PMOctober 9 - KINDERGARTEN GRANDPARENTS DAY 12:45pm @ ElementaryOctober 10 - Sign Language @ OAHS Dialysis Center 9:00AMOctober 12 - Graceville American Legion 7:30PM

CGB SCHOOLOctober 6 - Football: Boys 7/8 Game vs Ortonville 4:30PMOctober 8 - Football Game @ Hancock High School 7:00PMOctober 9 - KINDERGARTEN GRANDPARENTS DAY 12:45pm @ ElementaryOctober 9 - Volleyball: Girls 7/8 Game vs Wheaton/Herman/Norcross 4:30PM October 9 - Volleyball: Girls Varsity Game @ Wheaton High School 7:30PMOctober 10 - Volleyball: Girls 7/8 Invitational @ Morris Area High School 9AMOctober 10 - CC: Boys Varsity Meet @ Wheaton Country Club 10AMOctober 12 - Football: Boys 7/8 Game @ Wheaton High School 4:30PM October 12 - CC: Boys Varsity Meet @ Henning High School 4:30PM

October 14 - 7pm Assisted Living Center - Bill Jamerson. Author, song-writer & filmaker. A fun nostalgic look at the 1930's Federal Works Program that gave employment to 3.5 million men. Hilarious stories, foot taping songs & a short video makes this a "must see" experience!

October 21 - 6pm Library - Author Jeff Falkingham, a Minnesota history buff and mystery lover who writes for readers of all ages who share those passions. He loves talking with readers about a wide variety of topics, including Minnesota history, Sherlock Holmes mysteries, and the writing and publishing process.

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At the Community CenterOctober 5 - City Council Meeting - 7pmOctober 6 - BSC Senior Citizen Potluck Lunch - 12pmOctober 8 - EDA Meeting - 12pm

Big Stone City SchoolOctober 15th: Staff In-Service, No SchoolOctober 16th: No SchoolOctober 19th: All School Assembly, "The Magic Guy" 2:00pm

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multi-millionaire in just five years. • Shortly after the death of her mother from multiple

sclerosis in 1990 when Joanne was 25, she answered a newspaper ad for an English teacher in Portugal. It was while working at a language institute in that country that she began penning the stories that would become the series about a young wizard. She claims she was on a four-hour-delayed train trip when the idea “came fully formed” into her mind.

• Her teaching duties were in the evenings, freeing up her day to write, which she did while listening to the music of Tchaikovsky. She married and had a child in Portugal, but after three years, she was back in England as “poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain, without being homeless.”

• Two years later, Rowling finished typing the manuscript on her old manual typewriter and went looking for a publisher. Twelve publishing houses rejected the story of Harry Potter. Finally, in 1997, a London publisher, whose chairman’s 8-year-old daughter had read and loved the first chapter, agreed

to a run of 1,000 copies under the title Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Rowling’s editor advised her to get a day job, because he couldn’t see her as a children’s book author. As her book began winning award after award, it was plain to see Rowling had a bright future.

• The second and third books in the series followed in 1998 and 1999. When the fourth book, Goblet of Fire was released in 2000, its first-day sales were nearly as much as the first year’s sales of the second book, Prisoner of Azkaban. During its first 48 hours in the U.S., three million copies of Goblet were sold, breaking all records.

• The sixth book in the series, The Half-Blood Prince, went on sale in 2005, with U.S. sales of nine million copies in the first 24 hours. The seventh and final book, The Deathly Hallows, was released in 2007, breaking all previous records with 11 million books the first day. The books have now been translated into 65 languages.

• Rowling sold the film rights to Warner Brothers and the first of eight films premiered in 2001. It took 10 years to complete the filming of the series.

The first movie was to be directed by Steven Spielberg, but he declined the offer. It was his thought that the series should be animated films, with American actor Haley Joel Osment voicing Harry Potter. Rowling had specifically demanded that the principal cast be British.

• The eight-film series garnered 12 total Oscar nominations, but strangely enough, won no awards. The series grossed over $7.7 billion worldwide, more than the first 22 James Bond films combined, and the six Star Wars movies.

• J.K. Rowling is ranked as the 12th richest woman in the United Kingdom, with an estimated worth of approximately $1 billion.

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won’t be haunting you throughout October. -- JoAnn• Update window treatments to compensate for

dropping temperatures. Trade your sheers for sturdy, draft-blocking panels.

• Now’s the time to install weather-stripping or caulk for fall and winter. To find drafts, try this trick: Light a taper candle and run it very slowly along the cracks of your windows. When you see the flame flicker, that’s where you have a draft leak.

• Want to save money and be a good environmental servant? Get with the times -- the old times, that is. Buy second-hand items and have household items repaired instead of throwing them out. Good-quality clothes can be sold or donated to charity shops; furniture and household items also can be sold or donated, or repur-posed into new rooms.

• To keep sauces from splattering and dirtying the inside of your microwave, cover the food with a damp paper towel or a coffee filter. -- E.C. in Utah

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