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BEHIND THE MAGICby Blue Sullivan

Cinema in America has entertained us with over a century of movie magic. Yet, during the making of some movies, equally unbelievable stories unfolded before the films ever hit the big screen.

• In Steven Spielberg’s terrifying 1975 classic, “Jaws,” you don’t see much of the actual shark until very late in the film. That wasn’t just an aesthetic choice. It was due to all of the problems Spielberg and the crew had with the mechanical sharks that were used during filming.

• Three different mechanical sharks were employed during the filming of “Jaws.” All were nicknamed “Bruce” after Steven Spielberg’s attorney, Bruce Ramer.

• All three mechanical versions of “Bruce” proved unreliable from the beginning of the shoot. The animatronics stalled the first time one was put in the water, and the sharks sank to the seafloor several times, leaving divers scrambling to recover them.

• After completing the filming of “Jaws,” the studio had so little confidence in the film that the three Bruces were dumped on the Universal back lot. No efforts were made to preserve them, and none of the three original sharks remain.

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• A fourth “Bruce” was made from the same mold as those used in the film. Although it never had a place in the filming of “Jaws,” it was employed at the Universal Theme Park from 1975 to 1990.

• In Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 horror classic “The Birds,” people in a California beach town are suddenly terrorized by swarms of birds. As outlandish as the premise sounds, it was inspired by an incident only two years before where birds in Monterey Bay suddenly began crashing into local houses.

• Many years later, the strange real-life occurrence that inspired “The Birds” was explained as the result of toxic algae in the birds’ water supply.

• In the 1976 suspense blockbuster “The Omen,” a couple (played by Gregory Peck and Lee Remick) takes on the care of an orphan who may literally be the devil’s spawn. The filming of this movie was so crazy it inspired the documentary “The Curse of the Omen.”

• Not one, not two, but three planes associated with “The Omen” were hit by lightning during the shoot. Among those onboard during these three separate incidents were star Gregory Peck, screenwriter David Seltzer and executive producer Mace Neufeld.

• Speaking of Mace Neufeld, his hotel during the “The Omen” shoot was the object of an IRA bombing. A restaurant frequented by the cast and crew was also bombed. Luckily, no one was hurt in either incident.

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Whether you’re buying or selling this year, schedule an information-only talk with a local real-estate agent. Seek professional advice in advance of taking any steps toward buying or selling.

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In short, gather all the information you can before you move forward.

David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Write to him in care of King Features Week-ly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected].

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BEHIND THE MAGIC (continued):• The special effects coordinator of the film had

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• In terms of sheer danger, the film shoot for the 1925 epic “Ben-Hur” (the second of three cinematic adaptations of the novel of the same name) takes the cake. The chariot race in the film is still renowned for its realism, because the race was completely real.

• “Ben-Hur’s” director Fred Niblo wasn’t happy with the initial footage of the race, so he staged it again. The second time, he told the stunt drivers that the winner of the race would be given the equivalent of around $1,000. Drivers took the race so seriously that there was a huge pile-up of men and horses before the finish line.

• Another scene in “Ben-Hur,” a huge sea battle between two ships, proved equally dangerous. Italian extras were recruited and separated by political affiliation (pro- or anti-fascist), then put on the two boats, to give the on-boat clashes more “realism.”

• After separating the two sets of extras according to their violently opposed political affiliations, “Ben-Hur’s” director gave all the men prop swords that had actually been sharpened, again for “realism.”

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VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) A difficult family situation improves, thanks to your timely inter-vention. You can now start to focus more of your attention on preparing for a possible career change.

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SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) That flare-up of Scorpian tempera-ment cools down, leaving you more receptive to sug-gestions about changes that might need to be made in your personal life.

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AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Some set-backs could affect your plans to fortify your financial situ-ation. But things start mov-ing again by early next week. Meanwhile, enjoy your resurgent social life.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Show that often-hidden steely spine of yours as you once again stand up to an emotional bully. You’ve got the strength to do it, especially as friends rally to your side.

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• It was, unsurprisingly, comedian and writer W.C. Fields who said, “I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.”

• Even if you haven’t heard the They Might Be Giants song “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” you are probably aware that the Turkish metropolis has undergone name changes throughout its long history. It seems that when the name was Constantinople, it was common for residents of the area to refer to things “in the city,” which in the Aegean dialect of Greek is pronounced “is tan polin.” Eventually the name stuck, and in 1930 Turkish author-ities formally adopted the name Istanbul.

• The giant squid has the distinction of possessing the largest eyes of any ani-mal — they’re as big as pie plates.

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BEHIND THE MAGIC (continued):• Later, “The Conqueror’s” lead actress,

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• Most of the filming of “The Conqueror” took place in St. George, Utah. Heat during filming regularly topped 120 degrees, and, unbeknownst to the performers, not far away in Yucca Flats, Nevada, were the military testing grounds for the atomic bomb.

• Eleven atomic bombs were tested in Yucca Flats during filming of “The Conqueror.” Not only were the actors and crew exposed to dusts blown over from the nuclear test site, filmmakers unknowingly shipped 60 tons of the radioactive dirt back to Los Angeles for reshoots.

• There aren’t many films more beloved than 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz,” starring Judy Garland. A little known fact is that she wasn’t the child actor the screenwriters had in mind for the part. Their choice for the part wasn’t a child actor at all: W.C. Fields!

• In “The Wizard of Oz,” actress Margaret Hamilton offered one of the best villains in film history — The Wicked Witch of the West. Her performance was so good, in fact, that many of her scenes were trimmed down or even removed because they were too frightening.

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Gay Marriage Is Not InevitablePresident Barack Obama

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How it must have eaten away at him to be the first African-American president, yet not associate himself with what has been deemed the foremost civil-rights issue of the age. To be a pro-gressive in favor of all things “forward,” but retrograde on marriage. To know that his stance was a transparent charade and see it treated as such by the lefty opinion makers he respects most. To watch his sloppy, unserious second-in-command get all the credit for moral courage by forthrightly endorsing gay marriage on “Meet the Press” while he clung to his artful dodge.

As an act of personal catharsis, the president’s statement of support was in an appropriately first-person key: I, me and my. He had favored gay marriage back in 1996 when it was out on the fringe. He was one of the few people on the planet who flipped into opposition as gay marriage became more mainstream. For a while he invoked his faith in justi-fying his opposition, then he said he was “evolving,” which everyone understood to mean he would embrace gay marriage as soon as he wasn’t running for re-elec-tion anymore.

The president’s willing-ness finally to say what he believes increased the sense among gay-marriage sup-porters that final victory is inevitable. History with a capital “H” is on their side. The 21st century itself is

practically synonymous with gay marriage. Although this smug confidence will enve-lope President Obama as he campaigns in such lucrative precincts as George Cloo-ney’s living room, it badly overstates gay marriage’s prospects.

History is littered with the wreckage of causes pro-nounced inevitable by all right-thinking people. The failed Equal Rights Amend-ment looked inevitable when it passed Congress in 1972 and immediately 30 states ratified it. Opposition to abortion that was supposed to inevitably wither away is as robust as ever. The forces favoring gun control seemed unstoppably on the march when Congress passed the Brady Bill and the assault-weapons ban in the 1990s, but there are more protec-tions for gun rights now than two decades ago.

Gay marriage’s inevitabil-ity hasn’t been evident to the voters in 31 states who have written into their con-stitutions that marriage is between a man and a woman. The latest is North Carolina, where 61 percent of vot-ers embraced the traditional definition of marriage in a referendum. North Carolina isn’t Mississippi. President Obama won North Carolina in 2008, and Democrats are holding their convention there. Nationwide, no ref-erendum simply upholding traditional marriage has ever lost, and even in Maine, vot-ers in 2009 reversed a gay-marriage law passed by the legislature.

There’s no doubt that sup-porters of gay marriage have made progress, but they shouldn’t congratulate themselves yet. Their cause is still subject to events, such as President Obama’s fate this fall. If the president’s newly frank support for gay marriage costs him crucial swing states, his coming-out party will be seen — inevita-bly — as more a setback to the cause than a watershed.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.© 2012 by King Features Synd., Inc.

• On June 8, 632, in Saudi Arabia, Muhammad, found-er of Islam, dies in the arms of Aishah, his third wife. In 610, in a cave north of Mec-ca, Muhammad had a vision in which he heard God com-mand him to become the Arab prophet of the “true religion.” He began having religious revelations, which he collected as the Qur’an.

• On June 5, 1933, the United States goes off the gold standard, a monetary system in which currency is backed by gold. The Great Depression of the 1930s had frightened the public into hoarding gold. Roosevelt ordered all gold coins and gold certificates in denomi-nations of more than $100 turned in for other money.

• On June 4, 1942, the Battle of Midway — one of the most decisive U.S. vic-tories against Japan during World War II — begins. Dur-ing the four-day sea-and-air battle, the U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircraft carriers while losing only one of its own.

• On June 9, 1956, one of the world’s top-selling crime novelists, Patricia Cornwell, best known for her foren-

sic pathologist character Dr. Kay Scarpetta, is born in Miami. Cornwell’s first novel, “Postmortem,” was released in 1990.

• On June 7, 1962, the banking institution Credit Suisse opens the first drive-through bank in Zurich, Switzerland. The drive-through featured eight glass pavilions and a sensor on the ground that activated a light trail that directed drivers to the next available bay.

• On June 6, 1981, more than 500 passengers are killed when their train plung-es into the Baghmati River in India. The rail accident was caused by an engineer who braked too hard to keep from hitting a cow that was cross-ing the tracks over a bridge. Seven cars derailed into the river.

• On June 10, 1979, actor Paul Newman roars into second place in the 47th 24 Hours of Le Mans, the famous sports-car endur-ance race held annually in Le Mans, France. In 1969, Newman starred as a race-car driver in the movie “Win-ning,” performing many of the high-speed scenes him-self without a stunt double.


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witnessed a hug between Jason and Elizabeth. Anna helped Felicia cope with the stress surrounding Maxie’s conviction. Later, Maxie was harassed by another inmate at the jail. Carly tried to get past Johnny’s cheating on her. Kristina left college and came home to Port Charles. Starr was shocked that Michael wouldn’t be testifying against her. The Quartermaines were stunned by the news that Franco was related to them. Wait to See: Heather has a strange new companion. Maxie foils the prosecution’s case against Matt.

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS

Jack found Victor and Sharon’s budding romance rather amusing. Danny was understanding of Daniel’s reason for marrying his enemy, Daisy. Nikki accepted Jack’s marriage proposal. Danny warned Phyllis that Ricky was snooping around in her past. Sofia decided to file for divorce after Neil admitted that he wasn’t attracted to her. Jack was thrilled that the judge found in his favor against Genevieve and Victor. Daniel had trouble coping with his guilt on the anniversary of Cassie’s death. Later, Cassie’s family gathered at the ranch to honor her memory. Wait to See: Danny and Christine reunite. Sharon reveals a shocking secret about Billy’s past.


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Tiny Dust Mites Are Fact of LifeDEAR DR. DONOHUE:

I am 9 years old. I read what you said about dust mites. I am wondering if they can hurt me. Will they affect me in any way? Am I safe around them? One night I was snuggling my pillow pet, and my mom said, “Remember, it has dust mites.” She gave me your article. I couldn’t sleep that night, knowing that loads of dust mites were crawling around me.

So tell me. Should I be afraid? What makes them go away? What will hap-pen? — T.M.C.

ANSWER: Have no fear, T.M.C. Dust mites have not done, are not doing and will not do anything harmful to you. I have them too. So does just about everyone. They’re all over the world. They’re less than one-hun-dredth of an inch, barely visible. They don’t bite you. They feed on dead skin that has fallen off the body. They don’t crawl in and out of your mouth, as the letter writer suggested.

Dust mites don’t give you any illness, although some people are allergic to them and itch when exposed to them. In a very few people, they might trigger an asthma attack. None of this has hap-pened to you or me. I don’t think it ever will.

Dust mites need high humidity to survive, around 70 percent. You can cut down on their number if you keep your room humid-ity lower than that.

Don’t try to get rid of them. They’re part of the biologi-cal diversity that exists in our world. I don’t know if they do us any good, but they don’t do us any harm, aside from the allergy thing. Sleep in peace. I apologize

for ruining a night’s sleep for you.

Please don’t ask me about bedbugs. They don’t make people ill either, but they give me the creeps.

***DEAR DR. DONOHUE:

My husband and I have started walking every eve-ning. It’s our way of stay-ing in shape. I like it. My husband actually listens to what I have to say when we walk. There is one thorn in my side, however. My husband insists that I don’t walk correctly, and he is constantly giving me ways to change my walk-ing style. It’s extremely irritating. I have been walking the way I walk since I was an infant. Is there really a special way to do so? — R.C.

ANSWER: Most people develop a walk natural for them, and there’s noth-ing wrong with that. Some general pointers about the proper walking style are worth incorporating into your walking pattern.

Keep your head erect with eyes focused about 20 feet in front of you. Your arms should be bent at the elbow. When the right foot hits the ground, the left arm should be in front of your body, and vice versa when your left foot hits the ground. The heel of the foot should strike the ground first, and the liftoff should come from the toes.

Older people tend to short-en their walking stride in an attempt to keep both feet always on the ground. This gives them more balance and stability. They should try to take a little longer stride and use their arms for balance and stability as I described above.

***Dr. Donohue regrets that

he is unable to answer indi-vidual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newslet-ters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

© 2012 North America Synd., Inc.

Don’t Trash This Mail

Do you read your Explana-tion of Benefits forms when they come in the mail? They could contain information that you need to know.

The Explanation of Ben-efits gives the latest update on your Medicare payment status. Whenever a claim for services is filed, the information is sent to you. That’s your opportunity to verify whether the informa-tion is correct, especially the dollar amounts.

Here are the things you need to note:

Total Charges: These are the amounts the doctor (or hospital, if you were a patient) wants to charge.

Approved Amount (which also could be called Medi-care Approved or Allowed Amount): This is the dol-lar amount that Medicare allows your doctor to charge.

Patient Responsibility: This is your portion of the bill that Medicare allows, based on your policy’s per-centage.

If the math is correct, so far so good, but there are other places errors could be evident.

• Spelling of your name

and patient ID number: Someone with the same name (but a different ID number) could end up on your account.

• Dates of service and the name of the doctors: Did you go to that doctor on that date? Did you have the test or procedure that’s listed?

• Prescriptions: Did you fill a prescription on that date? Look at the cost. If someone else’s drugs are listed on your account, it might send you to the “doughnut hole” too quickly. The doughnut hole is that gap in coverage where none of your drug costs are picked up until a certain large out-of-pocket amount is paid.

Keep your Explanation of Benefits to compare from one month to the next. If anything looks wrong, call Medicare at 1-800-633-4227 to report it.

Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Write to her in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to column [email protected].


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FAMOUS LANDMARKS:

THE MIGHTY VULCANThe colossal Vulcan statue overlooking the Birmingham, Alabama, skyline has a rich history over a century long. • Vulcan, the ancient Roman god of the forge

(a furnace shop that heats and molds metal), was first associated with Birmingham in 1885 when his image was used as advertisement for the hardware and home furnishings store George C. Kelley Company.

• He was one of the rare ugly gods of ancient literature, and before the Vulcan statue was erected, Birmingham residents clashed over whether to create a statue of Vulcan or Mercury, the handsome god of commerce and travel, as a symbol for their city.

• In the early 1900s, Alabama State Fair Manager James A. MacKnight elected that a statue of Vulcan would best represent the city’s growing industrial capabilities to be presented at the fair.

• Built in 1904 from the design of Italian artist Giuseppe Moretti, the Vulcan statue is the largest cast iron statue in the world and the largest metal statue to ever be made in the United States.

• Vulcan is 56 feet tall and made from 100,000 pounds of iron. Its pedestal is 124 feet, making Vulcan a combined 180 feet.

• The statue was originally planned to be 50 feet tall; however, when residents learned that a 52-foot statue of Buddha stood in Tokyo, they opted to increase Vulcan’s height.

• After receiving the commission, Giuseppe Moretti was only given six months to complete the project.

• Moretti constructed the full-size Vulcan plaster cast with 16 assistants in an abandoned church in New Jersey before it was transported to Birmingham.

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Tiny Dust Mites Are Fact of LifeDEAR DR. DONOHUE:

I am 9 years old. I read what you said about dust mites. I am wondering if they can hurt me. Will they affect me in any way? Am I safe around them? One night I was snuggling my pillow pet, and my mom said, “Remember, it has dust mites.” She gave me your article. I couldn’t sleep that night, knowing that loads of dust mites were crawling around me.

So tell me. Should I be afraid? What makes them go away? What will hap-pen? — T.M.C.

ANSWER: Have no fear, T.M.C. Dust mites have not done, are not doing and will not do anything harmful to you. I have them too. So does just about everyone. They’re all over the world. They’re less than one-hun-dredth of an inch, barely visible. They don’t bite you. They feed on dead skin that has fallen off the body. They don’t crawl in and out of your mouth, as the letter writer suggested.

Dust mites don’t give you any illness, although some people are allergic to them and itch when exposed to them. In a very few people, they might trigger an asthma attack. None of this has hap-pened to you or me. I don’t think it ever will.

Dust mites need high humidity to survive, around 70 percent. You can cut down on their number if you keep your room humid-ity lower than that.

Don’t try to get rid of them. They’re part of the biologi-cal diversity that exists in our world. I don’t know if they do us any good, but they don’t do us any harm, aside from the allergy thing. Sleep in peace. I apologize

for ruining a night’s sleep for you.

Please don’t ask me about bedbugs. They don’t make people ill either, but they give me the creeps.

***DEAR DR. DONOHUE:

My husband and I have started walking every eve-ning. It’s our way of stay-ing in shape. I like it. My husband actually listens to what I have to say when we walk. There is one thorn in my side, however. My husband insists that I don’t walk correctly, and he is constantly giving me ways to change my walk-ing style. It’s extremely irritating. I have been walking the way I walk since I was an infant. Is there really a special way to do so? — R.C.

ANSWER: Most people develop a walk natural for them, and there’s noth-ing wrong with that. Some general pointers about the proper walking style are worth incorporating into your walking pattern.

Keep your head erect with eyes focused about 20 feet in front of you. Your arms should be bent at the elbow. When the right foot hits the ground, the left arm should be in front of your body, and vice versa when your left foot hits the ground. The heel of the foot should strike the ground first, and the liftoff should come from the toes.

Older people tend to short-en their walking stride in an attempt to keep both feet always on the ground. This gives them more balance and stability. They should try to take a little longer stride and use their arms for balance and stability as I described above.

***Dr. Donohue regrets that

he is unable to answer indi-vidual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newslet-ters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

© 2012 North America Synd., Inc.

Don’t Trash This Mail

Do you read your Explana-tion of Benefits forms when they come in the mail? They could contain information that you need to know.

The Explanation of Ben-efits gives the latest update on your Medicare payment status. Whenever a claim for services is filed, the information is sent to you. That’s your opportunity to verify whether the informa-tion is correct, especially the dollar amounts.

Here are the things you need to note:

Total Charges: These are the amounts the doctor (or hospital, if you were a patient) wants to charge.

Approved Amount (which also could be called Medi-care Approved or Allowed Amount): This is the dol-lar amount that Medicare allows your doctor to charge.

Patient Responsibility: This is your portion of the bill that Medicare allows, based on your policy’s per-centage.

If the math is correct, so far so good, but there are other places errors could be evident.

• Spelling of your name

and patient ID number: Someone with the same name (but a different ID number) could end up on your account.

• Dates of service and the name of the doctors: Did you go to that doctor on that date? Did you have the test or procedure that’s listed?

• Prescriptions: Did you fill a prescription on that date? Look at the cost. If someone else’s drugs are listed on your account, it might send you to the “doughnut hole” too quickly. The doughnut hole is that gap in coverage where none of your drug costs are picked up until a certain large out-of-pocket amount is paid.

Keep your Explanation of Benefits to compare from one month to the next. If anything looks wrong, call Medicare at 1-800-633-4227 to report it.

Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Write to her in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to column [email protected].


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THE MIGHTY VULCAN (continued):• When Vulcan arrived in Birmingham, he was

not assembled correctly, with his left hand turned the wrong way and his right hand backward. As a result, he could not hold his hammer and spear.

• Vulcan’s hammer represents the tool he used in his forge, and the spear is a depiction of his completed work.

• Since Vulcan originally couldn’t hold his spear, he was used as a marketing ruse. At different times, he held a giant ice cream cone, a soda bottle and a jar of pickles.

• When Vulcan was first assembled, the Commercial Club’s Vulcan Committee charged 10 cents to see him.

• Between 1896-1900, Vulcan became part of Birmingham’s Mardi Gras tradition, with the king of the celebration parading around as King Vulcan.

• In 1946, Vulcan’s spear hand was given a lighted torch to encourage safe driving. On days no one was killed in a car accident, it glowed green. If a fatality had occurred, it glowed red.

• Harsh weather conditions caused Vulcan to crack and be removed from his pedestal in 1999. He was restored and returned to his place atop Red Mountain in 2003.

• After repairs were made to the 50-ton statue, and he was put back in his place, city leaders also created a corresponding revitalized historical park, now called Vulcan Park and Museum.

• Although the torch was removed in 1999, it is on display in Vulcan Center, and visitors can even push a button to light it, though now it only glows green.

• Today, Vulcan Park and Museum is available to book for events, and has hosted corporate parties, cocktail parties, luncheons and wedding ceremonies and receptions.

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Hendrick Overthe Hump

Rick Hendrick was an automobile dealer with an interest in racing.

Now he is among the nation’s leaders as a car dealer and second all-time as a NASCAR owner. Jim-mie Johnson’s victory in the Southern 500 was the 200th for Hendrick Motorsports. In NASCAR annals, only Petty Enterprises has won more. Its total of 268 vic-tories was achieved mostly due to Richard and Lee Petty.

The Hendrick worksheet is a bit top-heavy, too, with Jeff Gordon (85 wins) and Johnson (56) far ahead of the pack, but 15 drivers have won races under the Hen-drick banner. The team’s four drivers now are John-son, Gordon, Dale Earn-hardt Jr. and Kasey Kahne.

Sixteen races passed between Nos. 199 and 200, with Johnson winning on both ends. No. 199 was at Kansas Speedway in Octo-ber 2011.

“I didn’t think it was ever going to happen,” Hendrick

quipped. “I thought we were going to haul those (com-memorative) hats around forever. Oh, I’m just so proud of these guys. I want to thank all the fans and all of the driv-ers over the years (like) Geoff Bodine and Tim Richmond, and all the guys that made this thing happen. When we got to 199, we got stuck.”

Hendrick Motorsports has

won 10 Sprint Cup cham-pionships: five by Johnson, four by Gordon and one by Terry Labonte. The team was founded as All-Star Racing in 1984. Bodine

gave Hendrick his first vic-tory at Martinsville Speed-way in April of that year.

Twenty-one crew chiefs have led Hendrick drivers to wins, led by Chad Knaus with 54 and Ray Evernham with 47.

Johnson’s latest victory was Hendrick Motorsports’ 14th at Darlington Raceway. Afterwards, Johnson said of

his boss, “His dedication to the sport, the performance, winning, is second to none.

“I thanked him for giving me a job and giving me a chance,” Johnson added. “I

wouldn’t have won a bunch of these now if it wasn’t for his vision and (sponsor) Lowe’s coming on board to believe in me in the begin-ning. I wouldn’t be here today to contribute to these great wins. But, in typical Rick Hendrick fashion he said, ‘We got 200. Now let’s go get 250,’ so we didn’t even savor it.”

Monte Dutton covers motorsports for The Gas-ton (N.C.) Gazette. E-mail Monte at [email protected].


The team of Rick Hendrick, at left with Jeff Gordon, has won 200 races. Only Petty Enterprises has won more races in the series. (Photo: John Clark/NASCAR This Week)

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Out of the GameWhen you were a kid,

aside from not getting enough cake, the worst thing that could happen to you at a birthday party was to be kicked out of the game.

According to my mother, my toddler player’s profile shows that I led the league in penalty minutes.

“Oh, we used to dread tak-ing you to parties,” she says often, but particularly dur-ing family gatherings.

“You never wanted to leave. We’d take you to the amusement park and you’d be so cute until it was time to go. You threw such a fit your father had to hold you in the air because you were kicking and screaming so hard. People would look at us, thinking ‘What are they doing to that kid?’”

And what about the birth-day party games?

“Forget it. You never played nice.”

My parents would negoti-ate with me. “OK ... this is the last ride,” they’d say, promising me a cookie if I was amenable to their demands. But all the partial-ly hydrogenated palm oil in the world couldn’t pry me off the spinning teacups.

When it was my birthday, I distinctly remember trying my own negotiating tactics.

“Mom ... because it’s my birthday, I get to stay in the game even if I lose, right?”

Like any parent subjected to a withering barrage of nonsensical questions, she said something along the lines of “Yeah ... whatever,” but I intended to take that to the bank. So, naturally,

when my card was punched during “Simon Says” at my birthday party, I called in the pre-negotiated “stay in the game, right?” card.

One look from my mom and I could see it was no dice.

So, yeah, I cried a little. Well ... actually, according to one of the more extensive photo shoots my parents took during my early years, I cried a lot. However, after years of therapy, I can final-ly say to myself — with conviction — that losing the game was not what bothered me the most.

No, what bugged me was how this guy Simon appar-ently had his hooks into my mother and, by exten-sion, the rest of the kids at my party. I wasn’t weeping over losing the game or not getting enough cake, I was upset because I couldn’t stand to see the people I loved just drop everything because some guy named Simon commanded us from afar to touch our head, shoulders, knees and toes.

Decades later, I am watch-ing the New York Rang-ers and New Jersey Devils square off in the Eastern Conference Finals as my own young son tries to negotiate for cookies. He tries to block my view of the screen at one point, and I smile because I’m a sucker for nostalgia, and I can’t help but laugh and think:

Remember when Sean Avery was in the NHL?

Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in Kansas City.


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THE PATH OF A STAR

Among the countless actors and actresses that have graced our TVs or movie screens, there are an untold number of fascinating stories about how those men and women got there in the first place. Here are a few of the most interesting ones. • Although Elvis wasn’t primarily an actor

(though he did appear in 31 movies between 1956 and 1969), his eighth grade teacher certainly encouraged acting over his eventual day job. She told him that he had no “aptitude for singing.” Fortunately, he politely disagreed with her appraisal and became the best-selling recording artist of all time.

• Emmy-nominated actress Jane Lynch of the hit Fox show “Glee” got her first break from doing commercials for Frosted Flakes. She struck up a friendship with the commercials’ director, Christopher Guest. Later he would cast her for big spotlight roles in his films “Best in Show” and “A Mighty Wind.”

• People strongly associate John Travolta with his starring role as Danny Zuko in the smash movie version of “Grease.” Yet five years earlier another future star played the same role in a theater production of “Grease.” He was a then little-known actor named Richard Gere.

• Before he became the blockbuster superstar we know from such movies as “Rain Man” and “Mission: Impossible,” Tom Cruise considered a far different calling: priesthood. In fact, he told Parade magazine: “I looked at the priesthood and said, ‘This is what I’m going to do.’” Fortunately for Hollywood, he ultimately decided not to become “Father Cruise.”

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Eating a healthy, well-bal-anced meal is important at any age, but it’s especially necessary for seniors. Here are some tips for staying healthy in your golden years:

• Get plenty of water. • Eat high-quality proteins

such as eggs, lean meats, poultry and fish.

• Incorporate a good bal-ance of carbohydrates and fiber such as bread, cereals, pasta and other grain prod-ucts into your diet.

• Get calcium from low-fat sources such as milk, yogurt, cheeses and broccoli.

• Stay active physically, mentally and socially.

Sometimes, because of a variety of health challenges, a soft food diet is recom-mended for senior citizens. This budget-friendly recipe for Fettuccine With Sun-Dried Tomatoes serves two, but can be easily doubled to

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ach or whole-wheat fettuccine 1/2 cup fresh or frozen broccoli florets 1 to 2 ounces sundried tomato halves, quartered 2 tablespoons pre- pared pesto sauce 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper 2 large eggs 1/4 cup low-fat milk 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese 1/4 cup chopped basil or parsley, optional

1. Combine the fettuccine, broccoli and tomatoes in large pot of boiling, salted water. Cook until pasta is tender but firm, about 6 to 8 minutes; drain, reserving 1/2

cup of pasta water.2. Return the pasta, broc-

coli and tomatoes to the pot. Add the pesto, Italian sea-soning, pepper and cayenne pepper; toss until evenly coated.3. Beat the eggs and milk in a bowl until blended. Pour egg mixture over pasta, stirring gently to coat and combine.

3. Cook over medium heat, stirring gently, until the mix-ture thickens and no visible liquid from the egg remains. Add in some of the reserved pasta water, as needed, if the pasta seems too dry. Sprinkle with cheese and basil or pars-ley, if desired. Serves 2.

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Spring and summer are historically the biggest times of the year for buying and selling homes. At the same time, because of the economy, if you’re in the market to buy or sell, you need a little help.

The first step to a success-ful purchase or sale is to learn as much as you can.

Two online real-estate sites, Zillow and Trulia, are good places to get not only baseline information, but to learn tricks of the trade.

Some features of Zillow [www.zillow.com]:

“Zestimate” — a proper-ty’s valuation based on com-parables and database infor-mation, which you need to know whether you’re buy-ing or selling. The value can come in handy when com-paring to an appraisal or a market analysis by a real-estate agent.

Inventory — Whether there are more or less prop-erties in your area avail-able for sale impacts you as a buyer or a seller. More properties on the market make it easier for buyers to negotiate a price, but forces sellers to price more com-petitively.

Make Me Move — Poten-tial buyers can make an offer via email.

Listing — Promote your property for free for 60 days either by yourself or through an agent.

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Some features of Trulia [www.trulia.com]:

• Search for homes by price, features and open houses — Get smartphone alerts when there is activity on properties you’re inter-ested in.

• Review school ratings, crime and business com-ments from those who live locally or participate in the Q&A forum.

• Read articles by real-estate experts on topics ranging from avoiding sur-prises in the buying process, to how to making springtime changes to attract buyers.

Whether you’re buying or selling this year, schedule an information-only talk with a local real-estate agent. Seek professional advice in advance of taking any steps toward buying or selling.

If you’re a buyer: Check your credit scores. Send for your credit reports and review them for any errors. Get pre-qualified so you know your price range.

If you’re a seller: Make all small repairs, and do a bit of landscaping. Get multiple opinions about whether the cost of a more major project (updated kitchen or baths) will likely be recouped in your sales price.

In short, gather all the information you can before you move forward.

David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Write to him in care of King Features Week-ly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected].


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Log cabin $3800 (Original Price $23,800) Moving and Must Sell. 768 square feet (Expandable to 1152 sq.ft.) 101 solid oak logs, full dovetailed, complete precut wall set with all plans for stone fireplace, high pitched roof, 10’ high ceilings, porch. Stack walls in two days. Add roof in 2 days. Extra nice! Pay when received. (Will haul to Auburn for $1850). Tremendous Bargain. Owner (870) 577-5757.

2009 HD Road King Classic, 10,420 miles, great overall condition. $16,700 (OBO). [email protected]

WanteD JaPanese MOTORCYCLES KAWASAKI: Z1-900, KZ900, KZ1000, Z1R, Kawasaki Triples, GT380, GS400, CB750, (1969-75) Cash-Paid, Nationwide-Pickup, 1-800-772-1142, 1-310-721-0726. [email protected]

MaLcHeenie PuPPies 2 males left. ICA registered. First shots and dewormed. $150. Call or Text 7065752061

oFFice suite up to 5 Offices and Conference Room, Utilities and Internet Included. Completely Renovated Call 334-705-5466

1986 cHevY Pick -up short bed V-6, Nice Truck $3,800 (334) 524-7005

2002 s-10 Chevy Pick-up, 4cyl, Automatic, $1000 Down, Call Joey 334.524.5108

1993 JerDan Roll Back Wrecker, 2 car hauler, runs and drives like new, new transmission recently installed and a new Jasper engine (65K miles), ready to work $15,500 - 334-524-7005

1999 ForD_exPeDition Eddie Bauer Edition, Leather Loaded Call Joey 334.524.5108

WanteD: Diabetic TESTS trips. We buy any brand. Unexpired. We pay $2 to $25 per box, plus shipping. “Money in your Pocket!” Call 1-866-368-2269 8am-8pm

Auto Parts & Accessories

Motorcycles

Cars

Rental PropertiesManufactured Home

Pets & Supplies

TO PLACE A LOCAL, REGIONAL OR NATIONAL AD CALL 706-332-0090 OR 334-524-8883

Lots/Land/Acreages

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Employment

Trucks

1 BD, 1 BA................. $4502BD, 1 BA................ $575

$99 Security Deposit with approved credit

Call Today!!!!1-888-434-2770

420 North Dean Rd., Auburn, ALwww.TheCourtyardsatAuburn.com

THE COURTYARDSat Auburn

AN APARTMENT COMMUNITY

Miscellaneous

WANT TO BUY

(334) 209-2650 • 2408 East University • Auburn, AL(Next to the Original Johnny Brusco’s NY Style Pizza)

NEW OWNER...NEW LOCATION!!!

Made in AlabamaTwin Mattress Only

Starting at

$99 ✮ ✮

Sportsman’s Barber Shop

(334) 826-06201655 S. College

Auburn, AL 36832Behind Zaxby’s

Mon.- Fri 8am-6pm - Sat. 8am-2pm

only $12 Includes:• Haircut• HotLatherNeckShave• HotTowel

NEW LOCATION

(706) 682-2525Lowest Price in Town on ALL Parts

Specializing in Honda Parts

946 Morris RoadColumbus, GA 31906

CLASSIFIED ADS STARTING

AT $5.00

Farm & Ranch

Outside Sales Position AvailableUnlimited Income Potential

• We are looking for people to partner with us in the Columbus & Phenix City area

• Individuals must be familar with the market.

• This is a 1099 Straight commission sales opportunity with a company that have been in the area over 7 years

Email or [email protected]

(706) 332-0090

now openBeauregard Corner Fleamarket & Fireworks

Monday - Friday 10am - 8pmSaturday - Sunday 7am - Until

Outside Tables $8 Per Day

Corner of Highway 51 & 400(334) 734-2535 or (334) 707-6889

94 Honda Civic, 2 dr. VTEC, 5 speed racing wheel, pearl white color, runs great, $4,800 must see to appreciate

01 Ford Escort, 4dr, runs great, A.C.,$3,995, $800 down you ride

03 Chevy S10, custom lowered with spoilers, 4 cyl, 56,000 original miles $5,500 O.B.O - $1,500 down

02 Chrysler Town and Country, runs great $5,200, $1,500 down

97 Honda Accord, runs great, 147K miles , $3,800, $1,000 down you ride

97 Ford F150, supercab, 5 speed, runs great, good condition $4,500 - $1,500 down

97 Dodge Neon, 5 speed, great gas saver $1,800 cash - $500 down

97 Buick LaSabre, V-6, $3,800 - $1,000 down you ride

94 Ford F150, 4x4, 154K, very clean, $4800, $1800 down you ride

BEST 4 LESS 334-705-0000

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PATH OF A STAR (continued):• Before becoming the world-famous director

of the two highest-grossing movies of all time, “Titanic” and “Avatar,” James Cameron drove a bus for a living.

• Long before winning an Oscar in 1997 for Best Supporting Actor in “Jerry Maguire,” Cuba Gooding worked as a back-up dancer for Lionel Richie. When Richie played the Olympics in 1984, Gooding was with him.

• Mick Jagger once considered a more stable calling than “internationally famous rock star.” He originally studied to be an accountant at the London School of Economics.

• Legendary actor Christopher Lee — who has appeared in over 275 movies and shows in his long, illustrious career — was once a heroic figure in another life, too. He was a Special Operations Executive during World War II, serving as part of an elite unit commissioned directly by Winston Churchill.

• Also serving in the unit with Christopher Lee was Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond. Many of Bond’s adventures were actually modeled after Fleming’s own experiences with the elite commando unit.

• Kurt Russell has been on our TVs and movie screens since the 1970s, but did you know he was also a champion athlete? Before injury, Russell played minor league baseball. His batting average when he retired was .586! He was a pretty good race car driver also, winning six national championships before he was 21.

MOTLEY MOTORS$1000 Down Buys2002 Sequoia, 3rd row, runs great

2008 Chevy Malibu, Clean, One Owner

1999 Lexus RX 300, Leather, Sunroof

2002 Nissan Xterra, Low Miles

2007 Ford Focus, 98K miles

Easy Financing with LOW Down Payments W.A.C.

334.737.6076284 Columbus Pkwy • Opelika, AL

H&E STEEl, WElding and induSTrial Supply, llC

Steel MaterialsWelding SuppliesIndustrial Gases

1201 1st Avenue Bldg #2Opelika, AL

334.745.2001334.745.5979 fax


CARL GREGORY FORD • LINCOLN • OF AUBURNwww.CARLGREGORYFLM.com

AUBURNALABAMA (334) 887-8571

May-Days spring of savings

06 Pontiac G6

Nice Car

$6,995

07 Honda CRV EX-L

Leather and More

$18,995

05 Grand Cherokee

4x4, Trail Rated

$8,995

10 Acura TSX

Must see like new

$26,995

08 Toyota 4 Runner

Must See

$18,995

08 Suzuki Forenza

$9,99506 Kia Spectra

5 Speed

$7,995

07 Dodge Caliber

$8,995

08 F-250 Supercrew

Diesel, 4x4

$22,995

11 Dodge RAM 1500

Quad Cab

$21,995

03 Toyota Tundra

4x4, 4 Door

$11,995

05 Ford F150 Lariat

Supercab, Sharp

$13,995

07 Ford F150 XLT

Low Low Miles

$17,995

06 Mitsubishi Raider

4 dr, 4x4

$12,995

Fun Carts of Opelika

618 Lee Rd 113, Opelika, ALwww.funcarts.net

Jim Hadaway, Owner

(334) 745-0660

TrailerSuper STore

Fun Carts of Opelika

618 Lee Rd 113, Opelika, ALwww.funcarts.net

Jim Hadaway, Owner

(334) 745-0660

Utility Trailers

Starting @$535.00

Pilot express Enclosed trailers

Starting @$2,295.00

Dexter AxlesPressure

treated plywood

E-Z-GO SupErcEntEr 2012 new carts Starting @

$5,500.002009 pDS carts Starting @

$2,100.00

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