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TIDBITS® LOOKS AT MORE FAMOUS RETAIL-ERS PT. TWOby Kathy WolfeThis week, Tidbits continues its examination of the history of some famous retailers. • Missouri native James Cash Penney moved to the drier climate of Colorado on his doctor’s advice, as he was susceptible to tuberculosis. In 1898, he found work in a dry goods store called Golden Rule, and proved his worth in a short time. The owners asked Penney to partner with them in opening a new store in Kemmerer, Wyo-ming, and J.C. Penney opened the store in 1902. He bought out his partners in 1907, and in 1913, changed the chain to the J.C. Penney Company. Just four short years later, there were 175 Pen-ney’s in 22 states. • J.C. Penney lost nearly all his personal wealth in the 1929 stock market crash, but borrowed against his life insurance policies to make pay-roll until he could recover the company. By 1941, there were 1,600 stores in all 48 states. Penney’s introduced their own credit card in 1959. At their peak in 1973, the company oper-ated 2,053 stores. Today, that number is 1,107. The original “mother store” in Kemmerer is still in operation, and has been declared a National Historic Landmark.• The J.C. Penney Company motto was, “Honor, Confidence, Service, and Cooperation.” turn the page for more!

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RETAILERS, PT. TWO (continued):• J.C. Penney built Anchorage, Alaska’s first public parking garage in 1968, following the de-struction of their store in the 1964 earthquake there. • Nordstrom’s started out as a small shoe store in Seattle, Washington, in 1901. John Nordstrom had emigrated to the United States from Sweden in 1887 at age 16, arriving with $5 in his pocket. Although he didn’t know a single word of Eng-lish, he managed to work his way to Seattle. In 1897, he headed north to Alaska to search for gold. Two years later, Nordstrom returned to Seattle, $13,000 richer. He partnered up with a shoemaker he had met in the Klondike, and the pair opened Wallin & Nordstrom in 1901, with first day sales of $12.50. Within four years, an-nual sales had increased to $80,000. In 1923, they opened a second Seattle store. By 1929, both Wallin and Nordstrom had retired and sold their shares to Nordstrom’s sons. • By 1960, Seattle’s downtown Nordstrom’s shoe store was the largest shoe store in America, and there were eight locations in Washington and Oregon. In 1963, the company branched out into the women’s clothing business. Today, the fourth generation of the Nordstrom family heads up the company. From its humble beginnings of one small shoe store, Nordstrom’s operates 289 stores in 38 U.S. states and one in Canada, with annual sales exceeding $12 billion. • Kohl’s didn’t start out as a department store. The first Kohl’s was a Wisconsin supermarket, founded by Maxwell Kohl in 1946. In 1962, his chain was the largest of its kind in the Milwau-kee area, and Kohl branched out, opening his first department store in Brookfield, Wisconsin, in 1962. It is now America’s largest department store chain, (having surpassed J.C. Penney in 2012), operating stores in 49 states.

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If you believe that knowing your history adds value and improves the quality of your life and community, ap-ply to serve on the Museum of North Idaho’s board. s our communities grow and change the Mu-seum is working to expand its programs, fa-cilities and staff to preserve regional history. Board leadership is needed to ensure that history has a place in our future. The Muse-um of North Idaho’s nominating committee is seeking applicants to fill four, three-year terms on its nine-member non-profit gov-ernance Board of Directors. Please contact Dorothy Dahlgren at 208-664-3448 or [email protected] or at www.museumni.org for an informational packet. Board members are elected by the membership in mid April.

RETAILERS, PT. TWO (continued):• Aaron Montgomery Ward launched the nation’s first mail order business with a catalog of 163 items in 1872, a full 16 years before the Sears catalog appeared. By 1904, Ward was mailing a 4-lb. (1.8-kg) catalog to three million customers. He started his business in the loft of a Chicago livery stable, with $1,600 he and two partners had saved. • Sears represented serious competition, and overtook Ward’s sales in 1900 with $10 million in sales compared to Ward’s $8.7 million. Sales had dramatically slipped by the 1960s and 1970s, and in 1985, after 113 years, the catalog division was closed. Today the Montgomery Ward brand is owned by Swiss Colony, Inc.• A Montgomery Ward’s staff copywriter was responsible for the creation of Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Each year at Christmas, the chain gave away children’s coloring books to customers. In 1939, they wanted something new, an original Christmas storybook. Copy-writer Robert May was asked to come up with a story, and “Rudolph” was the result. Two million copies were given to Ward’s customers that year. It wasn’t until 10 years later that May’s brother-in-law Johnny Marks set the story to music. In 1949, singing cowboy Gene Autry, made it the second most popular Christmas song in history, second only to “White Christmas.” • Barney Pressman opened his first store in Man-hattan with $500 he received from pawning his wife’s engagement ring. The Pressman family retained a small percentage of the luxury store Barney’s until 2004, when, $500 million in debt, they sold out to a Dubai-based company

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by Samantha Weaver

It was Senator Eugene McCarthy who made the following sage observation: “Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it’s important.”

In 1916, the town of Erwin, Tennessee, used a train’s derrick car to hang an elephant for the crime of murder.

Your hands and feet have more sweat glands than any other part of your body.

You might be surprised to learn that Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, didn’t vote in a single presidential election until his own name was on the ballot.

If you leave a faucet running for a single minute, approximately 3 to 5 gallons of water will be washed down the drain.

It was the spring of 1936, and John Steinbeck was working on his novel “Of Mice and Men.” He was also working on training his new puppy, Toby. The training evidently wasn’t going well; one day, Toby chewed up half of Steinbeck’s handwritten manuscript -- the only copy. The author took the setback pretty well, it seems: A few days after the incident, he wrote to a friend, “I was pretty mad but the poor little fellow may have been acting critically. I didn’t want to ruin a good dog on a [manuscript] I’m not sure is good at all. He only got an ordinary spanking with his punishment flyswatter.”

It’s been reported that Elvis Presley knew by heart every word spoken in the film “Patton.”

If you’re like 7 percent of American workers, you had a job at McDonald’s at some point in your life.

According to ancient Chinese medical practice, doctors only got paid once their patients became healthy again.

Thought for the Day: “Hell is a half-filled auditorium.”

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RETAILERS, PT. TWO (continued):• It should be no surprise that Walmart is the #1 retailer in America. Oklahoma-born Sam Walton went to work at a Des Moines, Iowa J.C. Pen-ney store as a management trainee at age 22, just three days after his college graduation. Earning $75 a month, Walton stayed about 18 months be-fore his World War II military service. After the war, he borrowed $20,000 from his father-in-law and purchased a Ben Franklin variety store in Newport, Arkansas. By the early 1960s, Walton and his brother owned 15 Ben Franklin stores. In 1962, Walton opened his first Walmart store in Rogers, Arkansas. Five years later, the family owned 24 stores, with $12.7 million in annual sales. Five years after that, there were 51 stores, with sales of $78 million. In 1980, there were 276 stores, and in 1989, Walmart became the na-tion’s #1 retailer. Today, the company employs 2.2 million people worldwide, ringing up more than 200 million customers each week in 11,000 stores in 27 countries. • Sebastian Kresge was working as a travel-ing salesman, peddling to all 19 Woolworth’s stores in the late 1800s. He made the decision to open his own store and invested $8,000 (about $227,000 in today’s dollars) to open a five-and-dime in Memphis, Tennessee. By 1912, there were 85 stores, and by 1924, Kresge was worth about $375,000,000, which translates to nearly $5.2 billion today. In 1962, Kresge opened his first K-Mart store in Garden City, Michigan, a store still in operation today. In 2005, the K-Mart Corporation purchased Sears for $11 billion.

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Settler’s Grove, located between Prichard and Murray up the North Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River, is a place I visit often. It is one of my favorite places to photograph. Last week my faithful K9 companion , Sophie, and I visited the grove. We had to walk the last 1/2 mile because the snow on the road became a factor. I’m always amazed by how calm and serene this piece of virgin forest makes me feel , like being in a sacred, cathedral- like space. If the weather remains warm the road should be bare all the way to the parking area soon. So the next time you’re looking for a spot to ease the stress and enjoy some tranquility, I suggest you head up the Coeur d’Alene River and commune with some of these big cedars.

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When stable, detoxifying the body of these things could be beneficial, at very least, taking a load off the immune system.Strengthening and regulating immune function is important too. Most panic at this idea, however, I’m not referring to stimulating an already theo-retically hyper-immune response. Eating a clean diet (no junk foods, sugar, coffee, or processed foods) and ensuring quality nutrients (organic vegetables and fruits, grass-raised meats, raw nuts and seeds, whole grains – if no gluten sensi-tivity, etc.) are essential components to support-ing Hormonal balance is a required component to supporting appropriate immune response. Ad-dressing blood sugar health, adrenals, thyroid, sex hormones and other hormones such as cor-tisol and DHEA, are quintessential. Handling digestion is also needed. Hydrochloric Acid deficiency, contributing to improper protein metabolism has been associated with triggering Lupus, as has constipation, malnutrition (lack of ability to digest and/or assimilate the nutri-ents needed for proper immune functioning) and other digestive maladies have been fingered as accompanying challenges or causes.If your goal is to address your Lupus more natu-rally, you must look for a practitioner that sup-ports all systems in the body, including diges-tion, hormonal health, environment, allergies, etc., and not just focused on immune function. Being able to resolve the inflammation and pain is undoubtedly advantageous as well.To learn more attend our upcoming health class, “Battling Auto-Immune Disease Naturally,” Wednesday, April 22nd 7pm in CDA. Fee: $10. RSVP: 208-765-1994.

ALTERNATIVE TREAT-MENT FOR LUPUSSystemic Lupus Erythematosus (aka: Lupus or SLE), is an autoimmune disease that effects the body as a whole. It is a connective tissue/inflammatory disorder that can harm multiple systems such as the joints, muscles, digestion, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, skin, blood vessels, and nervous system. It is a condition of hyper-reactivity to something by the immune system and is typically treated by conventional medical doctors by suppressing immune function. This may cause it to go into “remission”, where symptoms are not so perva-sive, however, it does not address why the im-mune system is responding that way.For those not appreciating the conventional drug therapy approach, treating Lupus naturally will take some effort. The approach needs to be multi-faceted. First, things need to be calmed down. Runaway inflammation, which is the cor-nerstone of symptoms, can be addressed using herbs, acupuncture, and nutritional supplements. Essential fatty acids, such as fish oil or flaxseed oil are important because it gives the body what it needs to make anti-inflammatory hormones. Some herbs are great at reducing inflammation, and acupuncture not only has anti-inflammatory effects, but also helps reduce the pain and achi-ness that generally Elimination is another im-portant action. Almost without exception, there is an allergic response to something that triggers Lupus. It may be chemicals in the household, in the environment or at work, or it may be foods, mercury in the mouth, or heavy metals found in such places.

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Dr. Holly Carling is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Licensed Acupuncturist, Doctor of Naturopa-thy, 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 informa-tive articles. Dr. Carling can be reached at 208-765-1994 and would be happy to answer any ques-tions regarding this topic.

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On April 13, 1360, an Easter Monday hailstorm kills an estimated 1,000 English soldiers in Chartres, France. Lightning struck down several leaders, and hailstones began pelting the sol-diers, scattering the horses. Hail typically falls at about 100 mph.

On April 17, 1885, Karen Dinesen, better known by her pen name Isak Dinesen, is born in Denmark. Dinesen’s memoir, “Out of Africa” (1937), helped demystify the Dark Continent for millions of readers. She published several other story collections before her death in 1962.

On April 19, 1897, John J. McDermott of New York won the first Boston Marathon in a time of 2:55:10. Various routes had been considered be-fore a measured distance of 24.5 miles from the Irvington Oval in Boston to Metcalf’s Mill in Ashland was selected. The marathon’s distance was changed in 1908 to its current length of 26 miles 385 yards.

On April 14, 1918, six days after being assigned to the Western front, pilot Douglas Campbell from the U.S. First Aero Squadron engages in America’s first aerial dogfight with enemy air-craft. By the end of May, Campbell had shot down five enemy planes, making him the first American to qualify as a “flying ace” in World War I.

On April 16, 1943, Albert Hoffman, a Swiss chemist working at the Sandoz pharmaceuti-cal research laboratory, accidentally consumes LSD-25, resulting in unusual sensations and hallucinations. Widespread use of the so-called mind-expanding drug began in the 1960s.

On April 15, 1967, a massive parade to protest Vietnam War policy is held in New York. Police estimated that 100,000 to 125,000 people lis-tened to speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dr. Benjamin Spock. Prior to the march, youths burned nearly 200 draft cards in Central Park.

On April 18, 1983, the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, is almost completely destroyed by a car-bomb explosion that kills 63 people, includ-ing the suicide bomber and 17 Americans. The terrorist attack was carried out in protest of the U.S. military presence in Lebanon.


Coaxing Your Cat Into a New BedDEAR PAW’S CORNER: My cat hates the open-style pet bed that I bought her, and prefers to curl up in a corner underneath the side table. How can I get her to use the pet bed? -- Char-lotte, via email

DEAR CHARLOTTE: Your cat appears to pre-fer security to comfort, because she’s picking the corner of the room, underneath furniture, to rest. If you want her to use the pet bed you bought for her, you must satisfy her need to feel safe and secure.In an ideal world, cats would appreciate the aesthetic appeal of a well-decorated room and have no problem curling up in a pet bed that is perfectly situated to the owner’s tastes. Unfor-tunately, the real world is one of compromise, particularly with cats.It’s clear that your cat wants to sleep where it’s warm and cozy, protected on at least two sides, with some overhead cover. Look for a place in the same room that she sleeps in that has these features and will safely accommodate the pet bed. Place a favorite toy or an article of your clothing in the bed.Once it’s situated, bring your cat over at about the time that she usually curls up in the corner (don’t pull her out of the corner if she’s already there). Set her in the bed and give her lots of praise. You may need to repeat this step for sev-eral nights.If she still won’t use the bed, take it back to the store and look for a replacement, such as a smaller bed or a covered bed.

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Make sure your stomach fills and expands out as you inhale deeply to a slow count of two. Then let all the air completely out thru your mouth to a very dlow count of five. Repeat 10 times, twice a day. Try it right now and see how it feels.The more tense you get, the shallower your breathing pattern becomes. As you breathe more and more shallow, your diaphragm becomes more and more tense. This can cause stomach problems, hiatal hernia, heartburn and irritable bowel. Another great relaxation tool is to some type of physical activity that you enjoy. It could be as simple as a walk around the neighborhood, or perhaps a bike ride or a swim. Whatever it is, try to do this at a minimum of 3 days a week -- 5 is better. Exercise releases natural endorphins that decrease pain and relieve stress and depression.If you still have anxiety or feel stressed easily, take 2 supplements: Cataplex G and Min Tran. Cataplex G is the portion of the B complex that is considered the calming portion, and is a calmin tonic for the nervous system. Take 2 tabs 3 times a day. Min Tran is organic minerals that are es-sential and very calming, including magnesium. Take 3 caps twice a day. I keep Min-Tran around our home and when our 15 year old daughter be-comes too anxious about her finals and tests at school, I have her take 2-3 caps. It calms and allows her to re-focus on her work.So, if you need some relaxation but can’t afford to take time off, try the above for an instant men-tal holiday. Your family will notice and com-ment on how much more relaxed mom or dad seems to be!

RelaxationMy family and I are in Oregon for spring break, a week of relaxing and exploring new places. The northwest has so much to beauty everywhere you go, it’s hard to choose which place to tour first! We spent some time on the coast, walking the beaches - and yes, the sun actually did shine. Then we headed inland, to see the painted hills and the John Day fossil areas. It’s sometimes hard for me to take an entire week off work, as I worry about my patients and my practice. But I know that being able to relax and rejuvenate is vitally important to not only our mental health but physical as well. If you’re like me, we don’t always take the time to men-tally shut down and forget the cares of the world, if only for a short time. But not doing so will make us more anxious, depressed, fatigued and contribute to insomnia.You dont’ have to take a vacation to relax, there are simple things we can do everyday, even at work, to wind ourselves back down and feel less anxious. Here’s a simple exercise to do twice a day: deep breathing. Take in as deep a breath as possible thru your nose.

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By Matilda Charles

Why We’re Not RetiringComplaints about boomers taking (or staying in) jobs go back for years. Critics became more vocal when the recession came along. We were supposed to retire and make room for the next generation to take the slots we’d been occupy-ing. But we’re still hanging in there, often past the typical retirement age. There are a few reasons why many of us se-niors are still working, often at part-time jobs. We don’t need a full-time paycheck because we have Social Security. But we need the extra cash because Social Security isn’t enough. (A recent survey showed that two-thirds of us are uncer-tain about having enough money in retirement.)But some of the jobs we’re “hogging” are up-per management, which serves to block those in middle management from moving up. One thing to be considered: As long as we’re fully employed, we’re not collecting Social Security, we’re paying into it.Some of us are holding on to our jobs because there’s no way to cut back on the hours. What we do doesn’t lend itself to being part-time. Or perhaps we didn’t save enough for retirement, or we just like working.One factor in the equation: We’re not being pushed out by employers. They want us because we’re reliable. That’s often enough for an em-ployer to hire or keep us. We’re productive. And we are the talent pool that serves as the glue in many industries.To be considered: We’re not job hoppers. If we’re employed, we generally stay ... unlike many in the younger generations who move from job to job, using that as a way to climb the ladder. That’s what they know, and staying put is what we know.



1. Who recorded “Family Affair,” and when?2. Name the song released by songwriter Ned Miller (1957), Elvis Presley (1969) and Ricky Van Shelton (1988).3. Which band recorded “A Horse With No Name”?4. Who released “Cars” in 1979?5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “I just feel a sweet contentment deep inside, Holding you at night just seems kind of natural and right, And it’s not hard to see, That it isn’t half of what it’s going to turn out to be.”

Answers1. Sly and the Family Stone, in 1971. It was their last No. 1 hit, although they continued to release songs for five more years.2. “From a Jack to a King.” Its highest ranking was No. 1 on the Irish Singles chart in 1962.3. America, in 1971.4. Gary Numan.5. “It’s Getting Better,” Cass Elliot, aka Mama Cass of The Mamas & The Papas, in 1969. Others had recorded the song, it was Cass who made it a hit. Urban legend said that she died in bed after choking on a ham sandwich. Not true. It was a heart attack ... in the same London flat where drummer Keith Moon died four years later.


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Helping others to achieve their health and wellness goals is my motto.

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Cardio the non-winding out wayWhen some individuals think of an efficient cardio workout, they think of a push- yourself- to- the- limit-type run. Most health officials dis-agree. They say that instead, your heart should be working between 65 to 85% of your maxi-mum heart rate. The nickname for this concept is “in the training zone”. To find your maximum heart rate (or MHR for short), subtract your age from 220. Al-though this may be off by 2-5 beats, you can still get a rough estimate. Next, multiply by.65 and .85. To any math whizzes out there, you prob-ably know this is how we find the percent of something. Let’s use me as an example. I’m quite frankly, 53 years old, so my maximum heart rate is about 167 beats per minute. Then, I’m multi-plying my maximum heart rate by .65 and .85. The resulting numbers are 108.55 and 141.95. Volía! Now I know what my pulse should be be-tween. Do you need that extra push with car-dio? Helping others to achieve their health and wellness goals is my motto. Call today for our weekly group classes.

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1. MONARCHIES: Who is the longest reigning monarch of Britain?2. PRESIDENTS: Name the only U.S. president who never lived in the White House?3. MYTHOLOGY: Which one of the Greek Muses was associated history?4. GEOGRAPHY: What is the name of the strait that separates Sicily from theItalian mainland?5. LANGUAGE: Who coined the word “uto-pia”?6. HISTORY: When was Charles Lindbergh named Time magazine’s “Man of the Year”?7. ENTERTAINMENT: Which 20th-century actress was dubbed “The Legs”?8. GAMES: In cricket, how many players are on each side?9. LITERATURE: Who wrote the 19th-century novel “Little Dorrit”?10. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is anti-mony?Answers1. Queen Victoria, 63 years. Queen Elizabeth II would surpass her on Sept. 9, 2015.2. George Washington3. Clio4. Messina5. Thomas More6. 19277. Betty Grable8. 119. Charles Dickens10. A metal element(c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.


NOTEWORTHYINVENTORS:JOSEPH BOMBARDIERWe owe the invention of the snowmobile to Ca-nadian inventor Joseph-Armand Bombardier. But that was just a small part of this man’s con-tributions. Here are the facts on the inventor and businessman. • Quebec-born Joseph had an affinity for me-chanics from a young age. At 13, he fashioned a mechanical toy locomotive driven by a clock mechanism, and a steam engine created out of old sewing machine parts followed shortly after-ward. It was the family’s hope that Joseph would join the priesthood, and in 1921, the 14-year-old was sent to seminary. • When Joseph was 15, his father gave him an irreparable Model T Ford motor, which the boy soon transformed into the power behind an un-usual sled, his first snow machine. • Not suited to religious studies, at 17, Joseph began an apprenticeship at a Montreal garage and enrolled in night classes in mechanics and engineering. By 19, he had his own garage, and it seemed he could fix anything. • In the winter of 1934, a days-long blizzard prevented Bombardier from getting his two-year-old son to the hospital, and the boy died from a ruptured appendix. Joseph stepped up his efforts to invent a vehicle that could move over the snow. The result was a snowmobile that was steered by front skis and could carry seven peo-ple in its heated cabin. Within two years, he had built and sold 12 of his B7’s (“B” for bombar-dier, “7” for the number of passengers) to doc-tors, veterinarians, innkeepers, funeral directors, and schools.

by Freddy Groves

VA: Net Worth Won’t Affect Health CareThe Department of Veterans Affairs will no lon-ger use net worth as a factor to determine if a veteran is eligible for health care. Previously, veterans who were ill with conditions that were not service-related could get care at VA hospitals if their income and net worth met certain thresh-olds and they made co-payments.Here’s how it works now: The VA calculates the gross income of the household, and then sub-tracts deductible expenses for the prior year. The result of doing away with assets means that low-income veterans will have fewer out-of-pocket costs for health care, with co-pays ranging from $15 to $50, opening the door to approximately 190,000 more lower-income veterans over the next five years.In 2014, the VA dropped the requirement that these veterans file updated financial information annually. Instead, the department now gets the income figures directly from the Internal Rev-enue Service and Social Security.If you’re not enrolled in VA health care and want to be, go online to the benefits explorer at hbexplorer.vacloud.us and answer the questions, which include whether you participated in Proj-ect 112/SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense), periods of service, whether you’re a Purple Heart or MOH recipient and many more. The last page concerns your ZIP code, dependents, income and certain deductible expenses. It will help deter-mine what benefits you could have if you enroll.Veterans who live in high-cost areas might be able to get reduced co-pay rates for inpatient care. Call the VA at 877-222-VETS (8387) to find out. There are some services that are exempt from co-pays, such as care and counseling for military sexual trauma, readjustment counseling, smoking and weight loss services and publicly announced services like health fairs.


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Dear Susan,Being sick is never fun, but to lose your hair on top of that adds insult to injury!First, I suggest you book an appointment with our hair clinic. You need to confirm it was the medication(s) that started your hair loss. There could be other reasons why you are losing your hair and we need to rule them out.Unfortunately medications are one of the leading reasons consumers lose their hair. Here at our clinic we use products to spe-cifically remove all medications, metals, and toxins from the hair shaft and hair follicle. Talk with your pharmacist and see if he can recommend something. Or, come on by our clinic. At the clinic we can make up the prop-er solution for you to use to specifically treat your hair loss problem.It is very important you start a treatment as soon as possible.

BOMBARDIER (continued):• With the success of the B7, Bombardier ex-panded into military vehicles and he became a major supplier for the World War II effort. After the war, he pushed ahead to improve his inven-tions, producing a 12-passenger snowmobile, which was an immediate winner with police departments, the timber industry, and mining companies. An 18-passenger model quickly fol-lowed, which was used by schools in the snowy climate of Quebec and Ontario. • Bombardier was soon designing vehicles to un-dertake different terrains, such as swamps, bogs, and mud. Some had tracks for traction, while others had an interchangeable system of wheels and skis. In 1953, he introduced the all-terrain Muskeg tractor, able to haul skiers up a moun-tain as well as clear roads. .• Perhaps his best-known triumph came along in 1953. Using a lighter engine, Bombardier cre-ated the Ski-Doo snowmobile, a $900 machine for outdoor recreation lovers. Originally slated to be called the Ski-Dog, intended to replace the dogsled, it became the Ski-Doo when a painter misread the name and painted Ski-Doo on the prototype. Mass production of the unit began in 1959, and was immediately embraced not only by recreationists, but hunters, prospectors, sur-veyors, missionaries, and trappers as well. Bom-bardier’s company was enjoying annual sales of $3.5 million by the end of the 1950s. • Along with his genius mechanical abilities, Jo-seph was devoted to community service and had a great love of music, singing in the church choir and accompanying his children on the piano. In the midst of an exceptional career, he died at age 56. Following his death, the family-owned busi-ness expanded into locomotives and aircraft, and today Learjet is one of their subsidiaries.


www.tidbitscda.comTIDBITS of Kootenai County, Idaho Issue #16 April 13th 2015 F.W. WOOLWORTHFrank Winfield Woolworth had a brand-new idea back in 1878, the “five-and-dime” store. Here’s the history of his endeavors that made “Woo-worth’s” a household name. • The Woolworth family were farmers in upstate New York, but farming wasn’t Frank’s career choice. After finishing school, he found work at the local dry goods store, where he came up with a few ideas for a store of his own. • In 1878, when Frank was 26, he borrowed $300 from his boss to open Woolworth’s Great Five Cent Store in Utica, New York. Within months, the store had failed. Refusing to give up, Wool-worth tried Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for another store, using the same sign he’d used in Utica. He expanded his inventory to include items up to 10 cents, such as gravy strainers, scoops, purses, biscuit cutters, soap writing books, pie plates, handkerchiefs, and hundreds of other novel-ties. In 1880, Woolworth’s added manufactured Christmas tree ornaments with resounding suc-cess. • Woolworth introduced a novel idea of display-ing his merchandise, different from other stores of the period. While other retailers kept their goods behind a counter, requiring customers to present the clerk with a list of desired items, Woolworth used self-service display cases with all prices clearly marked to avoid haggling with customers. • Within just a few years Woolworth was a mil-lionaire. By 1909, he had expanded to England. In 1912, there were close to 600 stores, and the company’s new corporate headquarters in New York City was under construction. In 1913, the Woolworth Building opened its doors, a 60-store skyscraper that was the tallest building in the world at 792 feet (241 m), an honor it held un-til 1930. It was built at a cost of $13.5 million, paid for by Woolworth in cash out of his private funds.

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Sharpening Mower BladesQ: How do I sharpen the blades on my lawn-mower? -- Cara, via emailA: Dull mower blades are pretty rough on your lawn, tearing grass rather than cutting it, which can turn the tips brown, weaken the grass and promote the growth of fungus.Sharpening mower blades is something not ev-eryone does routinely, but you should commit to sharpening them at the beginning and end of the mowing season.Do you need to sharpen them mid-season? Pro-fessional landscapers sharpen or change their mower blades every 12-15 hours of mowing time (yes, that’s every day or two), so it would depend on the size of your yard and length of the growing season. Here’s how to change a blade:1. Lay down a plastic sheet or dropcloth to pre-vent oil drips and grass cuttings from staining the work area.2. Disconnect the spark plug from the starter wire, remove the spark plug itself, and make sure the fuel cap is tightly closed.3. Turn the mower on its side. Using a socket wrench, unscrew the center nut that secures the blade to the mower deck and any other connect-ing bolts or nuts. If the blade keeps turning as you try to loosen the nut, wedge a piece of wood between a blade and the deck. Remove the blade and brush off any dried grass clippings.4. To sharpen the blade, check the angle of the existing edge. You’ll want to sharpen in the same direction as that angle. Run a metal file down the blade at about a 45 degree angle. Or, use a drill with a blade-sharpener attachment.5. Once sharpened, check the blade’s balance by hanging it from a nail (or buy a blade balancer at the hardware store). If one end of the blade tilts down much farther than the other, file away more metal on that side until the blade stays horizontal.6. Reattach the blade to the mower, making sure the blades angle downward. Tighten as much as possible, bracing the blade with the block of wood.7. Attach the spark plug and wire, and turn the mower upright.A great overview of this process can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXLygHF6El4Send your home tips and questions to [email protected].(c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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F.W. WOOLWORTH (continued):• In 1917, the Woolworth family moved into Winfield Hall, a newly-constructed Italian Re-naissance 56-room mansion on 16 acres on Long Island. With walls and pillars of marble, the home cost $90 million in 1917, with its entry-way’s grand staircase alone costing $2 million. • In 1919, when there were 1,000 stores, tragedy struck. Frank Woolworth, who had had a lifelong fear of dentists, ignored symptoms of infection, and died from septic poisoning as a result of an abscessed tooth. The company was handed over to his brother Charles, and within 10 years, another 1,250 stores were added. Dur-ing the mid-1920s, a store was opened every 17 days. • The five-and-dime concept began to disappear in 1932 when a line of 20-cent merchandise was added. In 1935, the company discontinued its 20-cent limit altogether. • Lunch counters were incorporated into many stores, and throughout the 1940s, Woolworth’s was America’s largest restaurant chain. The lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C. made history in 1960, when four black students sat down at the segregated counter and were refused service, setting off a series of civil rights’ sit-ins and boy-cotts. • In the late ‘70s, the company was the world’s largest department store chain. Even as the com-pany acquired other stores chains, its own vari-ety store sales were dwindling. In 1997, the last of the stores closed, and the company was re-named the Venator Group. It now focuses on its most successful retailer, Foot Locker, Inc.


“WHY SHOULD I GET PERMANENT MAKEUP?”This is one of many questions that Kaci Rush of Permanent MakeUp at Bling Salon hears all the “I earned my estheticians license in Portland, OR. Then my husband and I decided to start a family. About the time I re-entered the working world I had my eyebrows tattooed. Not only did I love and appreciate the ease of my new eyebrows, I realized this was something I could do, and more “However, being a mother, I questioned this career choice. I was concerned that it might send the wrong mes-sage to my daughters. My first client was to prove me wrong.”“She was 82, had Bell’s palsy, and had drawn on her eyebrows for years. One brow was ¾ inch higher than the other. When I asked if she would like them even, she paused a while, smiled, and said, ’Yes.’ She loved her new eyebrows and the confidence and ease they awarded her was a gift to both of us! I shared her joy with my children. This was when I knew, in my heart, that permanent makeup wasn’t egotistical or arrogant - it changed and improved lives. That’s when I truly got excited. I became fascinated with creating beauty, a different kind of beauty. One that helps people (especially women) of all ages and in all kinds of situations, feel better about themselves!”

“So, why do people get Permanent MakeUp? “The 9 reasons I see are:Thinning or sparse eyelashes/ eyebrows;Permanent hair loss, alopecia, cancer;To have asymmetrical facial features;Busy people who need more time;People who exercise, travel, swim or camp;Poor eyesight and unsteady hands;Oily skin causing makeup smear.”“Other common questions are: ‘At what age do people get permanent makeup? ‘ I see clients between 25 and 85. Self-confidence has no age limit.” How long does it last? “The application lasts 3-10 years. Everyone’s different. Physical body chemistry, unprotected sun exposure, skin care regi-men - all affect the longevity. There is no one sure way to know, but I recommend touch ups to keep a ‘fresh and new’ look.”“Yes, money is a concern. Just don’t allow money to stop you going to bed and waking up every morning feeling beautiful, with extra time, ready for the world! You won’t regret it!” Kaci is available to answer all your questions at (208) 659-6347.

Kaci Rush

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Dear Auntie Mmm,I am tired of being the maid, the chauffeur, the bookkeep-er, the babysitter, the cook, cleaner, and volunteer. I’m tired of always putting a smile on my face and doing what others want. I feel like I’ve spent my entire life tak-ing care of other people’s needs. I know I do this to myself by always saying yes, even when it’s not asked or expected. But here’s my dirty secret - no matter how much I do I never feel ap-preciated. Sure, people say ‘thank you’ and all, but I never feel like I’ve done things well enough so I always try to do more. This really came to light when I overheard my teenage daughter tell a friend who had asked if they should help me unload the groceries “Oh, don’t bother. She loves doing it all.” Auntie, that’s not true. I’ve given my family reasons to treat me like this. Can people recover from being a people pleaser? I find I get more resentful every day. Is there hope for me? Pleased Out in Post Falls

Dear Pleased Out,As you are realizing, people pleasing is toxic. It can destroy your self esteem and poison your well being. The unfortunate part is that we teach people how to treat us. We are the ones who give others permission, and the authority, to make their lives more important than our own. Another huge point is that when you begin to re-sent pleasing others, when the cost is larger than the payoff, you are way out of integrity with yourself. So every time you go into pleas-ing mode you are essentially hammering another nail in your coffin. You will never be happy and you will die a little more each time the behav-ior is repeated. Sure, you can convince yourself for a time that ‘it’s okay - I can do it’, but deep down inside you know this isn’t true. You need to begin to respect and, even more importantly, to practice self care in the form of self love. This is going to take time. You will have to change your default program and that isn’t easy. But it is worth it. If you are truly fed up - have reached zero tolerance with yourself, then now is the time to enact change. Research what professional help is available and email me for information on courses that have helped others. Just take one baby step today towards love and happiness.


ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A problem in getting a workplace project up and moving might upset the Lamb, who likes things done on time. But be patient. The delay could turn out to be a blessing in disguise.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your instincts are usually on the mark, so if you feel uneasy about being asked for advice on a certain mat-ter, it’s probably a good idea that you opt not to comply with the request.GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You might have two minds about a proposed change (which of-ten happens with the Twins), but once all the facts are in, you’ll be able to make a definitive decision. Good luck.CANCER (June 21 to July 22) The Crab’s fru-gal aspect dominates, so while you might be reluctant to pay for technical repairs, the time you save in getting things back on track could be well worth the expense.LEO (July 23 to August 22) While you Leos and Leonas continue to concentrate on doing well in your work-related ventures this week, consider reserving the weekend for sharing good times with family and friends.VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) This is a good week to take stock of the important per-sonal, professional or familial relationships in your life and see where you might need to do some intense shoring up.LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Your sense of justice makes you the likely person to help deal with a work- or family-related griev-ance. But you need to have any doubts about anyone’s true agenda resolved first.SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) The Scorpio passion for getting things done right and on time might rankle some folks. Never mind them. Others will be impressed, and they’re the ones you want in your corner.SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Finances could be a mite tight this week. And, while things will ease up soon enough, you savvy Sagittarians will want to keep a pru-dent eye on your expenses at this time.CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Although a technical malfunction could cause a temporary delay in getting things up and run-ning, you could use the time to recheck your operation and make changes where necessary.AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) You might find it difficult to resist making a snap judgment about a colleague’s behavior. But stick with your usual way of assessing situa-tions and wait for the facts to come out.PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Asking for help with a family situation might be the wis-est course to take right now. Just be sure you turn to someone you can trust to do and say the right thing for the right reasons.

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Dear Tidbits Staff,I have a little story for you. Soon after moving to the area, my husband and I discovered Tidbits - this little gem of a freebie newspaper. WE LOVE THIS LITTLE PAPER! Quite refreshing from the typical newspaper, and it is THAT that makes it such an enjoyable read. The bits of trivia, stories, and history on anything and everything in a short amount of space makes it easy to get through. We’ve been entertained, educated, amused, informed, delighted, and now we’re feeling smarter! Pretty good for free... but I’m not done.My husbands’ parents are coming to visit. (Coming from Australia.) His father’s favorite thing in the whole wide world is “reading the paper.” Ev-eryone collects papers for him because that’s what makes him happy. He never was able to finish school as he had to work to help support the family, so now he just wants to read everything he can get his hands on as he feels like he’s getting the education that was stolen from him when he was young. One day after finishing an issue we realized we ought to be saving these papers for him. They’re nothing like his “typical” paper, and we just know he’ll just love his time with “us” (ha-ha!), reading these papers. Anyway, now we’re stocking up on issues just so he can be entertained, educated, amused, informed, delighted...and feeling a little smarter!Thank you Tidbits. Keep up the good work and know how delighted you are making some folks....for free.T. Rayson


Phone Scammers Grow More Brazen

Scammers would rather have a pipeline right into your home rather than take a chance on mail that might get trashed straight out of the mailbox. Hence the rise in telephone scams.USA.gov has a section on phone scams and fraud that covers a number of the common ones, such as these:* Slamming is when a phone company chang-es your service without your permission. If you find charges for this on your phone bill, call to insist you be switched back. * Caller ID spoofing makes a phone number show up on your Caller ID that might encour-age you to take the call. For example, it might appear that your bank or credit-card company is calling you, and you might be tempted to go ahead and give the personal information the caller asks for. * Cramming is adding charges to your phone bill, likely small ones that you might not no-tice.Consumer.ftc.gov has an extensive section on phone scams, including handling pre-record-ed calls, unexpected sales calls and, especial-ly, knowing the signs of a scam. The sooner you can identify clues that you’re about to be scammed, the sooner you can just hang up without giving out any information.Your cellphone isn’t immune to phone scams. If you enable the GPS on your apps, you’re essentially letting people know where you are, which makes you vulnerable. Disable the GPS feature. Upgrade plans can be a source of trouble if you don’t ask about future upgrade fees when you buy a new phone. Ask lots of questions about frequency of upgrade, potential down payment and phone condition, and read the contract carefully.One-ring scams are one of new ones. Here’s how it works: Your cellphone rings once. The calling area code appears to be a domestic one, and the temptation is to call back to see who it was. The problem: The return call actually goes to a pay-per-call international number that might incur fees just for connecting, and more fees every minute.Be sure you’re familiar with international area codes that are often tied to scams, such as 809 (Dominican Republic), 284 (British Virgin Islands), 473 (Grenada) and 876 (Jamaica). Don’t return any calls unless you know who it is.(c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

When your cut-up fruit is about to expire and you don’t think you’ll be able to eat it in time, just freeze it for smoothies. Lay it out in a single layer and pop it in the freezer. When it’s frozen, you can put it in a zipper-top baggie for easy storage.

If it’s garage sale time, try this trick: Wrap a picture frame tightly with tulle. Then you can hang earrings from the tulle. Maybe someone will think it’s so cute that you’ll sell the frame, too!

“Do you have a lot of coffee mugs? Maybe it’s time to show them off! My granny has so many coffee mugs from trips and that she got as gifts. My daddy put up five long shelves on one wall of her kitchen. They are the perfect place to line up and display all the mugs, and each one has a story, which is fun to hear.” -- F.E. in North Carolina

“My wife saw a picture of a narrow shelving unit on wheels that fits in the space between your fridge and the wall. It’s really cool, and I made one for her. It’s so handy that I made another one for my shop. I can store cans and small containers of shop supplies, and I repur-posed her spice rack for my most-used hard-ware.” -- J.C. in Florida

“I have three girls and one bathroom, so there’s no way anyone gets “ready” in front of the bathroom mirror. Instead, all the girls have a hanging shoe rack on the back of their door for makeup and hair supplies, and a mirror on the wall.” -- P.W. in Oregon

Stubborn stains in the toilet? Try dropping in a few denture tablets before going to bed, then scrub and flush in the morning

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Top 10 DVD, Blu-ray Sales1. Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (PG-13) Lionsgate2. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (PG) FOX3. Big Hero 6 (PG) Disney4. Tinkerbell and the Legend of the Neverbeast (G) Disney5. Game of Thrones: The Complete Fourth Sea-son (TV-MA) Warner Bros.6. Sound of Music (G) FOX7. Outlander: Season 1 Vol. 1 (TV) Sony8. Sons of Anarchy: The Final Season (TV-MA) Fox9. Barbie in Princess Power (TV) Universal10. Frozen (PG) Disney

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