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TURKEYby Janet Spencer

The average annual consumption of turkey has increased from 8.3 pounds (3.5 kg) in 1975 to 18.5 pounds (8 kg) today. Come along with Tidbits as we talk turkey!

TASTY TURKEYTurkey meat is higher in protein and lower in fat and calories than many other meats, averaging 26 percent protein and 11 percent fat. It has 25 percent less fat than roast beef, and 46 percent less than pork loin. Skin accounts for six percent of the bird’s weight. The highest concentrations of fat are found in the skin and the pan drippings, which is why you should avoid both.

TURKEY FACTS• The size of an average turkey breast has increased

22 percent since 1979.• A typical turkey will consume 110,000 calories in

its lifetime.• It takes 3 lbs (1.3 kg) of feed to produce one

pound of turkey, but it takes 7 lbs (3 kg) of feed to produce one pound (.4 kg) of beef.

• A typical 15-pound (6.8 kg) bird will have 70 per-cent white meat and 30 percent dark meat.

• The first meal eaten on the moon by Neil Arm-strong and Edwin Aldrin in 1969 consisted of a foil packet full of turkey with trimmings.

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You go to buy a turkey, and won-der how big a bird you should get. An 11 lb. (5 kg) turkey will yield 5 to 6 lbs. (2.2 kg) of meat. The big-ger the bird, the greater the ratio of meat to bones, so the cheaper the serving. You wonder if it would be more economical to get a turkey breast, roast, or roll. Whole turkeys are cheaper per serving. Sometimes turkeys are so cheap that you won-der if you should stock up. A fro-zen turkey will keep for up to a year if stored at zero degrees (-18 c). You wonder if you should get a self-basting bird. According to taste tests, there is no reason to choose a self-basting bird over one that is not self-basted. Basted birds have more salt. You wonder how long it will take to thaw. It should be thawed in the fridge for 24 hours for each 5 lbs. (2.2 kg) of weight. You debate between homemade or Stove-Top. Stuff the bird at the very last min-ute before cooking to cut down on bacteria, or cook it unstuffed.

SMOKED TURKEYTo celebrate the wealth of turkey farms in the area, the town of Fra-zee, Minnesota erected a gigantic turkey statue. Standing 22 feet (6.7 m) tall, it was billed as the world’s largest tur-key. On July 1, 1998, city workers wanted to spiff up Big Tom (as he was called) in prepa-ration for the annual Turkey Days Festival. However, they decided to clean the fiberglass and paper maché statue with blow torch-es. Big Tom caught fire and burned to the ground. But civic pride kicked in and by September, another equally impressive Big Tom was installed in its place.

WHITE vs DARKMyoglobin is the dark-colored protein that stores oxygen in muscles of some animals, just like hemoglobin stores oxygen in red blood cells. The oxy-gen stored by myoglobin is used for power to drive muscles, and is present

in large amounts in muscles that do a lot of work, such as the legs. Muscles that do lit-tle work, such as the breast, have less myoglobin.

THE INVALUABLE SNOOD

Besides the fleshy wattle that hangs below a turkey’s chin, a male turkey also has a fleshy

appendage that hangs over its beak called a snood. The snood indicates virility and stretches to twice its length during the macho strutting preceding mating. The ladies prefer a long snood. The snood also plays an important role in the rival-ry between males. Males will access the length of a rival’s snood before engag-ing in battle. One researcher wanted to find out just how important the snood is. He constructed two turkey decoys and placed them three feet apart in a small arena. Each of the decoys stood next to a pile of birdseed. The decoys were iden-tical except that one had a large snood and the other’s snood was small. One at a time, the researcher placed 28 young male turkeys into the yard and waited to see what would happen. Only four of the 28 turkeys took birdseed from the pile in front of the decoy with a huge snood, while 17 stole seed from the decoy with the smaller snood. Seven of the real tur-keys stole birdseed from both decoys. The researcher theorized that the length of the snood may be determined by the bird’s testosterone level.

• OK, I’ll say it: I love tradition, but sometimes I want to mix it up for Thanksgiving dinner. I keep the main dishes the same as they always are, but I add my drama in the details. For instance, mix your choice of herbs into a stick of softened butter. Using plastic baggie with the corner cut off or a decorating bag, pipe the her-bed butter onto a butter dish. Refrigerate and enjoy the oohs and ahs. -- JoAnn

• “In the week before Thanksgiv-ing, have a leftovers day and get all those bits and pieces out of the refrigerator. It will make it easier to clean so you’ll have room for the turkey and the sides.” -- S.T. in South Caro-lina

• “For easier cooking when making large holiday meals, simply choose two side dish-es that can be oven cooked in the same amount of time at an average temperature. I like one or two that can be cooked in the microwave as well.” -- E.U. in Texas

• “For a delightful twist on cran-berry jelly, slice and sprinkle with orange zest. Dress up your mashed potatoes with a sprinkling of chopped fresh chives.” -- A Reader, via email

• The night before serving your large sit-down dinner, put all the serving pieces on the table, and all the dinnerware in the dining room. You don’t want to have one person trying to get plates and spoons when you are getting dinner on the table.

• “You know what works really well to keep hot casseroles hot when waiting for other sides to finish? A cooler. Line it with a towel and set your casseroles inside. Then, when they are on the table, stick the cooler back in the kitchen. You can put the dirty casserole dishes back in the cooler after you pack away leftovers. Add some warm, soapy water, and they can even wait until the next day to get cleaned.” -- M.B. in Georgia

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• It was lexicographer Samuel Johnson who made the follow-ing sage observation: “Always, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. He whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you.”

• On Jan. 31, 2013, it officially be-came legal for women to wear pants in Paris. Before that, a law on the books only allowed women to wear pants if they were “holding a bicycle handlebar or the reins of a horse,” or if they had requested special permission from the police to dress like men.

• Japanese consumers are now able to buy a smartphone attachment that emits the odors of short ribs, beef tongue and buttered potatoes. Other attachments are also available, with scents such as the ylang-ylang flower, cinnamon rolls, coffee, corn soup, mint, strawberries, jasmine and curry.

• It’s well known that famed children’s book author Dr. Seuss had no children of his own, but you might be surprised to learn that he cre-ated an imaginary daughter, Chrysanthemum Pearl. He dedicated his book “The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins” to her: “To Chry-santhemum Pearl, aged 89 months, going on 90.”

• If you’re like 6 percent of Americans, when you vacuum you do it in your underwear -- or naked.

• Before the invention of the electric light, people slept, on average, nine hours a night. Since then, it’s been about 7.5. Sleep researchers say that in a lab setting, people deprived of electric light go back to sleeping nine hours a night.

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Social Security Changes in 2014Beginning in January, the Social Security cost of living allowance (COLA) is going up 1.5 percent for its 57 million beneficiaries. For those who receive an average benefit of $1272, the increase will be a whopping $19 per month.Other changes for 2014 include: Income subject to Social Security taxation will increase to

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WILD vs DOMESTICOne difference between wild and domestic turkeys is that the domestic variety is unable to fly, whereas wild birds are extremely good fliers. They need no runway for takeoff, can climb vertically, are capable of attaining speeds of 40 m.p.h. (64 km) in the air, and can glide for a mile (1.6 km) without fluttering a wing.

TURKEY HISTORYTurkeys originated in Central and North America. Archeologists have found turkey fossils over 10 million years old. They’re the only breed of poul-try native to the Western Hemisphere. There are two species of wild turkey: the Yucatan turkey inhabits Central America, and the North American turkey lives in the U.S.

TURKEY TALKNo one is sure where the word “turkey” came from. Some claim that when Columbus saw them, he thought they were related to the peacock. Because he thought he was in India, and because the word for peacock in India is “tuka,” he named them thusly. Others say that it got its name because it was im-ported through the country of Turkey. Still others swear it was because the bird’s head resembles the helmet of Turkish soldiers. Some think it’s because the call of the bird sounds like “turk-turk-turk.”

ACCORDING TO GUINNESS:• Vincent Pilkington of Ireland plucked a turkey

bald in one minute, 30 seconds on November 17, 1980, making him the world’s fastest turkey plucker.

• One of the world’s largest turkey farms is located in Norfolk, Britain and is owned by Bernard Mat-thews. Over a million birds per year are raised there.

• One of the heaviest turkeys ever raised weighed 86 pounds (39 kg) dressed out, which is about the size of a large German shepherd dog. It won the annual Heaviest Turkey competition in London in 1989.

GOOD GIZZARDS!On the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, dodo birds lived under the calvaria tree. The tree’s seeds were unable to sprout until they had been ground down by the dodo’s digestive tract. The dodo had no natural enemies and therefore had developed no de-fenses. When man came accompanied by rats, dogs, and guns, the dodo died off, and it looked like the calvaria tree was soon to follow. At one point there were only 13 of the trees left in the world, some of them more than 300 years old. Then a professor from Wisconsin fed the seeds to turkeys, whose giz-zards did the job that the dodo used to do. Just in the nick of time, the calvaria tree was saved from the dodo’s fate.

On a farm there are natural laws that determine when you will plant, and when you will harvest. I am sure you would agree that is pretty obvious, right? I mean if I walked onto a farm today, planted a seed and the next week went back looking for a harvest, you might think I need to be locked up. So then why is it so many people think when it comes to fitness that they can do the same thing—dismiss the natural process, cheat the system, take the short cut and still achieve their goals? In society today, you can see this instant gratification mentality everywhere you look—not just in fitness. Take school for example; did you ever put off a test until the last minute and then try to cram the night before? That might even have worked in the short-term and you were able to regurgitate the information the next day and pass the test, but let me ask you this, did you actually learn the information? Six months later could you remember any of it? Can you imagine trying to cram like that on the farm? Can you imagine not planting all season, taking the summer off, and then “hitting it hard in the fall,” throwing extra seeds in at the last minute? Pouring extra water on the ground and expecting to get a good harvest overnight?

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The proper way to get in great shape and stay in shape is found in the natural law of the farm. You can’t go to the gym and expect to undo years of neglect and inactivity in one week. Choosing to get fit is like planting a seed; making it to the gym 3-4 times a week is watering the plant and following a proper diet and nutrition is adding the sun and fertilizer into the equa-tion. Remember the most important rule of the farm—the har-vest comes after months of work and sacrifice. But when it does come, you will see the fruits of your labor and all your hard work come to fruition and it is always worth the wait!

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Leaves of Gratitude for Thanksgiving DayWhat does “home” mean to you? Is it four walls, or is it more? To me, home is built on those tiny exchanges that tell us we care for each other no matter what. Think about the things we do: a hug on the way to work or the bus stop in the morning; a vote of confidence, particularly when there’s a big test that day; the simple words, “I love you, Mom.” The Thanksgiving season can help us bring into focus these gestures

we often take for granted. It offers an opportunity to express thanks not only for food, shelter and security, but also for the little things family members do for each other day after day. Here’s a simple and meaningful way to express your “thanks,” fami-ly-style: Make a “What I’m Thank-ful For” arrangement using branch-es, sticks and cut-out paper leaves. Here’s how:Arrange two or three small bare branches in florist foam in a vase or attractive container. Or, poke the branches into the top center of a mini pumpkin. (If the pumpkin is too hard, hammer a thin nail into the pumpkin and remove. Repeat to create several holes for the branches. Glue branches in place.) Glue small nature finds to the branches such as mini pinecones, berries, moss or pods.

Meanwhile, cut out 2-inch-by-3-inch leaf shapes from colored construction paper. Use a real leaf or leaf-shaped cookie cutter for a pattern. Punch small holes in the paper leaves, attach a ribbon or wire and place them in a basket.As guests arrive at your home on Thanksgiving Day, give each person a leaf and a pen. Ask them to write their name on one side and a short statement showing appreciation for people present at the gathering or something they appreciate in their lives on the other. For example, “I am thankful for Grandmother’s pumpkin pie every year” or “I’m thankful Uncle John emails me in college.” Hang the leaves one by one on the branches to create a centerpiece of gratitude at the buffet or dinner table. Donna Erickson’s award-winning series “Donna’s Day” is airing on public television nationwide. To find more of her creative family recipes and activities, visit www.don-nasday.com and link to the NEW Donna’s Day Facebook fan page. Her latest book is “Donna Erickson’s Fabulous Funstuff for Families.”(c) 2013 Donna Erickson Distributed by King Features Synd.

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• On Dec. 8, 1542, in Linlithgow Palace in Scotland, a daughter is born to James V, the dying king of Scotland. Named Mary, she was the only surviv-ing child of her father and ascended to the Scottish throne when the king died just six days after her birth.

• On Dec. 2, 1777, legend has it that Philadelphia housewife and nurse Lydia Darragh single-handedly saves the lives of Gen. George Washington and his Continental Army. She made notes when she over-heard the British planning a surprise attack and got them to Washington.

• On Dec. 6, 1921, The Irish Free State, comprising four-fifths of Ireland, is declared, ending a five-year Irish struggle for independence from Britain. The Irish Free State was renamed Eire, and is now called the Republic of Ireland.

• On Dec. 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, bringing an end to the prohibi-tion of alcohol. Prohibition did little more than slow the flow of booze, and bootleggers like Al Capone built criminal empires out of illegal distribution.

• On Dec. 4, 1945, the U.S. Senate approves U.S. participation in the United Nations. The U.N. allowed world leaders to observe each other as never before, as in the 1961 incident when Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev presented a spectacle by pounding his table with his shoe for emphasis during a U.N. debate.

• On Dec. 3, 1979, the last Pacer rolls off the assembly line at the American Motors Corp. (AMC) factory. In 1975, the ads said, “When you buy any other car, all you end up with is today’s car. When you get a Pacer, you get a piece of tomorrow.” Today polls and experts agree: The Pacer was one of the worst cars of all time.

• On Dec. 7, 1982, the first execution by lethal injection takes place at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. Charles Brooks, Jr., convicted of murdering an auto mechanic, received an intravenous injection of sodium pentothal, the barbiturate that is known as a “truth serum” when administered in lesser doses.

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ANNIE JUMP CANNON• Annie Jump Cannon was born in 1863 to Elizabeth Jump and Wilson Lee Cannon. Growing up in Del-

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• In 1880 she enrolled in Wellesley College in Massachusetts, one of the top schools for women in a day and age when women rarely attended college. Here, a bout with scarlet fever left her nearly deaf, a hand-icap that barely slowed her pace.

• After graduating with a degree in physics in 1884, she returned home to Delaware, where she grew bored. When her mother died in 1894, she knew it was time for a change. She wrote to her former professor at Wellesley to see if there was a job opening at the school. The professor hired her to be an assistant, and the job allowed Annie to take graduate courses at the college.

• A new course in astronomy caught her attention, as did a class in spectroscopy, where she learned the sci-ence behind the dispersion of light. She was also fanatically interested in photography. Later she enrolled at Radcliffe Women’s College at Harvard in order to gain access to the Harvard College Observatory. There she caught the attention of noted astronomy Edward Pickering.

• Pickering hired Annie to be his assistant at the observatory. His project was to map, define, and catalog every possible star in the sky. He paid Annie and a bevy of other astronomically inclined women a wage of 25 cents per hour for their labor, at a time when the secretaries at the college were earning up to a dollar per hour. Soon the work got bogged down because the system used to classify stars was bulky, difficult, and complex.

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• Annie’s career in astronomy spanned more than forty years. She received a doctorate of astronomy, became the curator of the Harvard Observatory, and was appointed as an official Harvard astronomer. Harvard officials also named her Curator of Astronomical Photographs. She was the first woman ever to receive an honorary degree from Oxford, and the first woman ever elected an officer of the American Astronomi-cal Society. In addition, she received the prestigious Henry Draper Medal from the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors available to any astronomy. Only one other woman has ever won it.

• The only time her deafness got in the way of her career was when she was nominated for membership in the National Academy of Sciences, but not elected, after a noted biolo-gist made an issue of her deafness.

• Over the course of nearly half a century, she classified and cataloged around a quarter of a million stars, causing Time magazine to label her “Census Taker of the Sky.” She also discovered about 300 new stars. In 1923 she was voted one of the twelve greatest living American women by the League of Women Voters.

• She died in 1941, having lived long enough to see women win a grudging place in the world of science. In her honor the American Association of University Women presents the Annie J. Cannon Award each year to a woman beginning her astronomical career.

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The only statement Mia Farrow’s 25-year-old son Ronan Far-row made after her recent assertion, in “Vanity Fair” maga-zine, that he might be Frank Sinatra’s son and not Woody Al-len’s, her partner at the time, despite no DNA test was, “Look, we’re all possibly Frank Sinatra’s son.” All that aside, his new book, “Pandora’s Box: How American Military Aid Creates

America’s Enemies,” was just released, and he’s set to host a new weekday show on MSNBC, starting in January. Ronan did admit, “Being under the microscope meant I was never given any slack. I wasn’t given a lot of margin for error; it’s kept me driven.”Sad to report, Joanne Woodward is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Woodward won her Oscar for “The Three Faces of Eve” (1958) and was nominated three times after that. She won two Emmy Awards for “See How She Runs” (1978) and “Do You Remember?” (l985), in which she, ironically, played a professor suf-fering from Alzheimer’s disease. When Paul Newman died in 2008 at age 83, he left everything to her. All monies from “Newman’s Own” salad dressings and such go to charity.Now Newman’s own five daughters, three with Joanne and two from his prior marriage to Jackie Witte, are fighting over Woodward’s estate, despite having been given millions of dollars by Newman before his death. Newman’s only son, Scott, became addicted to prescription drugs after a motorcycle accident and died from an overdose of Valium and alcohol in 1978. Paul created The Scott Newman Center to educate children about the dangers of alcohol and drugs in 1980. It’s scheduled to be shut down Dec. 31.Friends say Woodward would not have let that happen if she wasn’t ill. Her last on-screen appearance was in the mini-series “Empire Falls” in 2005. Her voice is heard in the just-released “Lucky Them,” with Toni Collette and Thomas Haden Church, and as the narrator of the animated film “All the World.”It’s official: The original “Star Wars” will be re-released Dec. 18, 2015, in 3D. Mean-while, Ewan McGregor, Obi-Wan Kenobi in the three “Star Wars” prequels, has the Australian crime thriller “Son of a Gun”; “August: Osage County,” with Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts (out Christmas Day); and the action-drama “Just a Gun,” with Natalie Portman, in the can. He currently is shooting “Mortdecai,” with John-ny Depp and Gwyneth Paltrow. Ewan will then jump into rehearsals for his Broad-way debut in the revival of Tom Stoppard’s “The Real Thing,” opening in October. Not surprising, the 42-year-old Scottish actor, who also starred in screen fantasies such as “Big Fish” and “Moulin Rouge,” is still looking for “The Real Thing”! (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.

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DOLLARS AND SENSEBY David UffingtonDo You Know Your Credit Score?Before you begin your holiday shopping, ask yourself this: Do you know your credit score?A recent survey by the American Bankers Association showed that 56 percent of those polled did not know their FICO, which is their credit score. A credit score is more than just a number, it represents your total creditworthiness: whether your bills are paid on time, how much of your available credit you’ve used and much more.Here are some tips from the American Bankers Association:• Order your credit report every year, and take a close look at it.

By law, you can get one free at www.annualcreditreport.com or call 1-877-322-8228.

• Be clear on the value of a good credit rating. The consequences of having a low score can be far-reaching. At the very least, the number will help lenders determine if they’re going to give you money, and if so, at what rate of interest. However, others use that same credit score for employment screening, insurance rates -- even applications for housing rentals.

• Pay more than the minimum every month on your credit cards. If you can’t make a payment, call the creditor and work out a plan. Doing so might keep you from getting nailed with higher interest rates.

• Read the fine print on any credit application. Note the credit limits, annual fees, terms and conditions, and the grace period.

• Don’t pay those who say they can fix your credit report. It can’t be done. Accurate information (even negative) is on your report until it scrolls off, usually many years from now. It’s not easy to fix a low credit score, but you can with constant monitoring of your spending. Keep your credit use low, and pay your bills (more than the minimum) on time every month, and even-tually your credit score will climb.

• Don’t make late payments, and don’t approach the limit on your credit cards. Using too much of your available cred-it causes your credit score to fall. If you can’t afford the payment, don’t make the pur-chase.

• Beware the danger signs: If you can pay only the mini-mum each month, get a lot of cash advances just for living expenses or transfer balances back and forth, you’re likely getting into trouble. Talk to someone about it to help get you back on track. The National Foundation for Credit Counseling (www.nfcc.org) is a good place to start.

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WEIRD WORMS (cont’d)• The sheep-liver fluke is a small worm which hatch-

es inside a snail. The snail ejects it in a ball of slime. The slime is then eaten by a passing ant, whereupon the fluke makes its way to the ant’s brain. There it takes over the ant, forcing it to sit on top of a piece of grass, where a sheep soon eats it. From there the fluke makes its way to the sheep’s liver, thereby completing the cycle.

• The tardigrade is a type of microscopic worm. The name tardigrade is Latin for ‘slow walker.’ It has six tiny legs with claws, two eyes, and a mouth adapted to piercing and sucking out the contents of plants and other microscopic crea-tures. The tardigrade is unusual because it is capable of going into suspended animation. Its body is normally 85% water, but when conditions are dry, it dehydrates to the point of being just a husk, and can survive in a state of apparent death for decades. Tardigrades have been placed into vacuums; kept for months in pure hydrogen, ni-trogen, helium, carbonic acid, and hydrogen sul-phide; stored for months in liquid air at -392°F.; exposed to liquid helium at -519°; and dried for hours in temperatures up to 300°F. Still, when placed in room temperature water, they revived every time. Scientists examined a museum spec-imen of dried moss, found tardigrade husks in it, and revived them. They had been in suspended animation for 120 years.

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Places to Watch the San Diego State Aztecs VS Boise State Broncos Game: The Drink. Bar & Waterfront Grill Venue: The Drink. Bar & Waterfront Grill (State St.)Phone: (208) 853-5070Address: 3000 N Lakeharbor Ln, Boise, ID 83703Dive Bar Venue: Dive Bar (Chinden Blvd.)Phone: (208) 343-1243Address: 3933 W. Chinden Blvd. Garden City, Idaho 83714Dave & Buster'sVenue: Dave & Buster'sPhone: (208) 901-3800Address: 546 N Milwaukee Ave, Boise, ID 83704Big Al's Sports Bar & GrillVenue: Big Al's (The Village at Meridian)Phone: (208) 780-6118 Address: 1900 N. Eagle Rd. Meridian, ID 83646BSU Student Union BuildingVenue: BSUAddress: 1700 University Drive Boise, ID 83725November 10 (Sunday)Art in the Bar 9Time: 11AM- 7PMVenue: Knitting FactoryAddress: 416 S 9th St, Boise, ID 83702Phone: (208) 367-1212Hymns of ThanksgivingVenue: Century Link ArenaAddress: 233 S Capitol Blvd, Boise, ID 83702Time: 7:30 PMMore information: http://www.hymnsofthanks.com/

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Venue: Discovery Center of IdahoAddress: 131 Myrtle St, Boise, ID 83702Time: 6-10PMPhone: (208) 343-9895Tickets: $10, available on www.dcidaho.orgNovember 22nd (Friday)

Hockey Association Venue: Idaho River SportsAddress: 3110 W. Pleasanton Ave, Boise, ID 83702Time: 10AM- 9PMPhone: (208) 336-4844LIZ presents Desirae Bronson Venue: The Waterfront GrillAddress: 3000 Lakeharbor Lane, Boise, ID 83704Time: 8-10PMPhone: (208) 861-0622Tickets: $10- $15Website: http://www.localimpactzone.com/event/desirae-bronson-at-the-waterfront-grill-music-in-boise/November 23rd (Saturday)Boise Holiday ParadeVenue: Downtown Boise

Time: 9:45AMMore information: http://www.boiseholidayparade.org/Turkey Trot RelayVenue: Ann Morrison ParkAddress: 1000 Americana Blvd, Boise, Idaho 83706Time: 9AMMore info and registration: http://www.boiseystriders.org/turkeytrot.aspCanyon County Christmas ShowVenue: Idaho CenterAddress: 16200 N Idaho Center Blvd, Nampa, ID 83687Time: 11AM- 7PMTickets: Adults $4, Seniors $3, Children 12 & under FREEMore information: http://www.canyoncountychristmas.com/

Zac Brown BandTime: 6PMVenue: Taco Bell ArenaAddress: 1401 Bronco Ln, Boise, ID 83725Phone: (208) 426-1900Tickets: $50- $70; to buy, visit http://tacobellarena.com

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