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INSIDE What are some of the best blogs to check out online? Best of the ‘Net . . . . . . . . . PAGE 3

Which state was once known as “New Connecticut”? Fifty State Fun Facts . . . . . PAGE 4

By Kane Casolari Father’s Day is this Sunday, June 21. This week, Gist Weekly honors dads with information about them and their day. Father’s Day got its start on Mother’s Day in 1909. Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington had been raised by her father, William Smart, who had lost his wife in childbirth and raised their six children on his own. Dodd decided that her father and others deserved a day like the one devoted to mothers, and her hometown first celebrated it on June 19, 1910— her dad’s birthday.

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While the first Father’s Day was • celebrated in 1910, it didn’t become an national holiday until President Richard Nixon made it official in 1972. Nixon’s proclamation declared that Father’s Day would be celebrated on the third Sunday of June.

About half of all Father’s Day cards are purchased by a son or daughter for his or her father. Another 20 percent are purchased by wives for their husbands, with the remaining 30 percent going to grandfathers, brothers, uncles, sons, friends, and others.

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Dozens of other countries cele- • brate Father’s Day, too, with about half of the countries observing the holiday on the third Sunday of June and the rest setting their own dates.

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According to Hallmark, Father’s Day is the fourth-biggest cardsending holiday in the U.S., with about 110 million cards sent. It is beaten by Christmas (2.1 billion • cards), Valentine’s Day (192 million), and Mother’s Day (162 mil-

Other than cards, ties and other articles of clothing are the biggest category of items given on Father’s Day, making up about 32 percent of gifts. Gift certificates are another popular choice, with 27 percent of Father’s Day giftgivers buying one for Dad. Other popular presents include tools, sporting goods, and electronics.

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What famous car chase happened 15 years ago this Wednesday? This Week in History . . . . . PAGE 5

Which Oscar-winning actress turns 60 this week? Birthdays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 5

What is the longest nonmedical word in English? By the Numbers. . . . . . . . . PAGE 6 And more including: Crossword—PAGE 2 Trivia Quiz—PAGE 3 Cectic comic strip—PAGE 5 Sudoku—PAGE 6 Classifieds—PAGE 8

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Taking fathers out for a meal is also popular with about 38 percent of gift-givers.

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Word Search: TV Dads

JUNE 17, 2009 Find the names of these famous past and present TV dads in the grid to the left. They may be in any direction. Gomez Addams (The Addams Family) Jim Anderson (Father Knows Best) Jack Arnold (The Wonder Years) Ray Barone (Everybody Loves Raymond) Mike Brady (The Brady Bunch) Al Bundy (Married… With Children) Archie Bunker (All in the Family) Jed Clampett (The Beverly Hillbillies) Ward Cleaver (Leave It to Beaver) Dan Conner (Roseanne) Frank Costanza (Seinfeld) Howard Cunningham (Happy Days)

Fred Flintsone (The Flintstones) Peter Griffin (Family Guy) Hank Hill (King of the Hill) Cliff Huxtable (The Cosby Show) Charles Ingalls (Little House on the Prairie) George Jetson (The Jetsons) Steve Keaton (Family Ties) Herman Munster (The Munsters) Ricky Ricardo (I Love Lucy) Jason Seaver (Growing Pains) Homer Simpson (The Simpsons) Tony Soprano (The Sopranos) Darrin Stephens (Bewitched) Danny Tanner (Full House) Tim Taylor (Home Improvement) Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show) John Walton (The Waltons) Carl Winslow (Family Matters)

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ACROSS 1. Baseball’s Satchel* 6. Roswell sightings 10. Separate article 14. Fragrant oil 15. City in W Nevada 16. Big zero 17. Monolingual 19. Auditors 20. ___ Angeles 21. Prepared to drive, with “up”

22. Support group? 24. Yes ___? 25. ‘Vette option 26. Historic Vermont militia: The ___ ___ Boys* 31. Addis ___ 33. “Shave ___ haircut” 34. Period of history 35. Soccer ___ 36. Black tea 38. Celestial body

39. Malt beverage 40. Movable barrier 41. Young rabbit 42. The translation of its official state motto is, “To be rather than to seem” 46. Eye, at the Eiffel Tower 47. Lux. neighbor 48. Conviction 51. Emphatic type: abbr. 52. 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet 55. Spoken 56. Science of the immune system 59. Bestow 60. Je ne ___ quoi 61. Former band of Paul McCartney* 62. Chair 63. Pit 64. Something that causes ferment DOWN 1. Jean-___ Sartre* 2. “___ cost to you!” 3. “How sweet ___!” 4. Girl or woman 5. Asmara is its capital 6. Prod 7. Land held in fee 8. “Put ___ Happy Face” 9. Seclusion 10. Ingest 11. Spanish appetizer 12. Yellow cheese coated with red

wax 13. Aggregate 18. Hawaiian goose 23. ___ fide 24. Eyeballs 25. Up ___ good 26. Player 27. Manufacturer 28. Healthcare benefits giant 29. Farsi-speaking land 30. Not any 31. Make ___ of 32. Hacking tool 36. Opposition to war 37. abbr. at the end of a list 38. Vocalized 40. Clarified butter 41. Surging 43. Washroom 44. Dull 45. Incline 48. Marshes 49. Buffalo’s lake 50. Molten rock 51. “Sounds good to me!” 52. ___ Lisa 53. Ova 54. Popular 1990s computer game 57. ___ tai 58. Falsehood

*Starred clues have answers that can be found elsewhere in this issue Solutions to all puzzles are on page 8

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TRIVIA QUIZ Each question below relates to the topic of a feature in this issue of Gist Weekly, but is not answered in it. Answers are on page 8. 1. Father’s Day (Page 1): In 1990, who became the first father-son pair to play on the same MLB team at the same time? 2. Fifty State Fun Facts: Vermont (Page 4): Which former Vermont governor was the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2005 until January of this year? 3. This Week in History (Page 5): After the forming of the International Olympic Committee in 1894, the first modern Olympics were held in 1896 in which city? 4. This Week’s Celebrity Birthdays (Page 5): Which shortlived television show created by Joss Whedon was continued in the 2005 film Serenity? 5. Historical Birthdays This Week (Page 5): Who played June Carter Cash in the 2005 film Walk the Line?

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Best of the ‘Net: Best Blogs 1000 Awesome Things The Gist of It What it is: A blog listing a variety of things that are “awesome.” Link: 1000awesomethings.com For people who: Like a daily dose of fun reading, humor, and/or nostalgia.

ever you have some time to spare, especially when you need a break from day-to-day worries. The upbeat take on both everyday items and activities (such as #824: “Finding the TV remote after looking forever”) to once-in-a-while occurrences (#921: “Snow days”) includes many things that most of us can relate to and remember with a smile and think, “That is pretty awesome.”

Sam Greenspan’s 11 Points blog is updated “almost daily” (according to the site) with list of 11 items on a specific topic “because everything belongs in a list… and 10-item lists are for cowards,” according to 11 Points’ tagline. The topics are divided into a number of categories, including “Movies,” “Sports,” and “News & Politics.” Past topics have included “11 Predictions that Back to the Future II Got Right” and “11 Obscure Monopoly Facts.” (Who knew that Alien director Ridley Scott was working on a movie based on the classic board game?)

The site recently won a Webby Award for the best culture/personal blog, earning both the judges’ vote 1000 Awesome Things is a blog by and the “People’s Voice” award. Neil Pasricha counting down—as the Check out 1000 Awesome Things; as name suggests—1000 things that he Neil would say, it’s… Just before press time, 11 Points inthinks are awesome. Pasricha began troduced a redesign with a somewhat counting down the “Things” last AWESOME! more modern appearance and the June, adding a new one every ability to comment on lists. As with weekday. The list so far goes from 1000 Awesome Things, the posts on 1000 down to the 700s and covers 11 Points are often humorous and such diverse topics as getting great The Gist of It make a good pick-me-up after a seats in a movie theater (#958), classtressful day or just a fun—and often sic board games (#847), and sharing What it is: A blog of 11-item lists informative—read on a lazy weekend an umbrella with a friend (#768). Link: www.11pointscom afternoon. The posts on 1000 Awesome Things For people who: Think that 10- Links to these and other sites featured in Gist are short, positive, and often humorWeekly’s “Best of the ‘Net” are available at point lists fall a little short www.GistWeekly.com/BestOfTheNet. ous, making them a good read when-

Community Events Oglesby Library to Hold Book Sale The Oglesby Public Library will be holding its annual book sale on Saturday, June 27 in front of the library from 9am to 3pm. The sale includes donated paperback and hardcover books as well as DVD and VHS movies. Prices are low and the proceeds help support the library.

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Vermont has a population of about 609,000, making it the second-smallest state by population. (Only Wyoming has fewer resi• dents, at around 523,000.) While Utah is the state most closely associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints—also known as the • Mormon Church—Mormon leaders Brigham Young and Joseph Smith, Jr. were both born in Vermont.

two other states—Hawaii and Texas—have been independent nations before joining the U.S. The Republic of Vermont had the first constitution in North America that outlawed slavery and the first to allow all adult males to vote. After 14 years of being its own independent country, Vermont became the 14th U.S. state in 1791. Vermont also has 14 colonies today.

• Vermont proVermont is duces more maple Vermont’s state flag nicknamed syrup than any “The Green other U.S. state— Mountain State” after the Green about 410,000 gallons in 2005, Mountain range, a division of the accounting for about 37 percent Appalachians that covers much of of the maple syrup produced nathe state. The Green Mountains tionwide. get their name from their abundant trees and are popular skiing • According to a 2008 survey, 34 destinations. percent of Vermont residents identify themselves as not belongThe name “Vermont” comes ing to any religion, the highest of from the French words Verts any state in the U.S. Monts, meaning “Green Mountains.” • Until the 1990s, Vermont almost always voted for the Republican Vermont became independent of candidate in presidential elections Great Britain thanks in large part (with the exception of Lyndon to the Green Mountain Boys miliJohnson in 1964). Since 1992, tia, led by Ethan Allen and his however, its electoral votes have family. The nation is generally gone to the Democratic candidate known as “the Vermont Repubin every election, most recently lic” today, though for its first few supporting Barack Obama by a months it was called “the Repubmore than two-to-one ratio. lic of New Connecticut.” Only

MATCH UP Match the famous dads on the left to their unusually-named children on the right. (Answers on page 8.)

Nicholas Cage

Apple

Penn Jillette

Kal-el

Jason Lee

Moon Unit

Chris Martin

Moxie Crimefighter

Frank Zappa

Pilot Inspektor

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June 17, 1994: After a famous low-speed car chase in his white Ford Bronco, O.J. Simpson is arrested and charged with the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. He is later found not guilty in one of the most publicized and controversial trials ever. June 18, 1979: Following the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, President Jimmy Carter of the United States and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev of the Soviet Union sign the SALT II agreement.

Photo: cliff1066 (from Flickr, under CC By 2.0)

This Week in History

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This Week’s Celebrity Birthdays Tennis champion Venus Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 17, 1980 Former Beatle and member of Wings Sir Paul McCartney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 18, 1942 Actress Kathleen Turner (Marley & Me, Body Heat) . . . . . . June 19, 1954 Singer-songwriter Lionel Richie (“All Night Long [All Night],” “Endless Love” [with Diana Ross]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 20, 1949 Prince William of Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 21, 1982 Actress Meryl Streep (Doubt, Sophie’s Choice) . . . . . . . June 22, 1949 Director, screenwriter, and comic book writer Joss Whedon (Dollhouse, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 23, 1964 Clipart: MS

SpaceShipOne in Washington, DC’s National Air and Space Museum

June 19, 1984: A clash between roughly 10,000 striking miners and a similar number of police at the Orgreave Coking Plant in South Yorkshire, England results • in over 120 injuries and more than 90 arrests. The riot is later dubbed “the Battle of Orgreave.” June 20, 1819: The SS Savannah becomes the first steamship to cross the Atlantic, arriving in Liverpool, England 29 days and 11 hours after departing from Savannah, Georgia. June 21, 2004: SpaceShipOne achieves spaceflight, becoming • the first privately funded spacecraft to do so with a crew aboard. Astronauts Mike Melvill, Brian Binnie, Dough Shane, and Peter Siebold also become the first

crew of a privately funded spacecraft to exceed Mach 2 and Mach 3. The crew are later awarded the Space Achievement Award by the Space Foundation. June 22, 1844: The Delta Kappa Epsilon (∆ΚΕ) fraternity is founded at Yale University. The fraternity later becomes very influential, with members including five U.S. Presidents (Hayes, T. Roosevel t, Ford, and both Bushes), four Vice Presidents, three Supreme Court Justices, and several other notable politicians and businessmen. June 23, 1894: Pierre de Coubertin proposes the formation of the International Olympic Committee at the Sorbonne in Paris, France roughly 1500 years after the last Ancient Olympic Games.

Cectic by Rudis Muiznieks

Historic Birthdays This Week Artist M. C. Escher (Relativity, Drawing Hands) . . . . . . June 17, 1898 Illustrator James Montgomery Flagg, creator of the famous “I Want YOU for U.S. Army” poster featuring Uncle Sam . . . . . . . . . . . . June 18, 1877 Mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal . . . . . . . June 19, 1623 Actor Errol Flynn, best known today for such swashbuckling roles as the lead in 1938’s The Adventures of Robin Hood . . . . . . June 20, 1909 Existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre . . . . . . . . June 21, 1905 Actor and comedian Freddie Prinze (Sr.) (Chico and the Man) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 22, 1954 Singer June Carter Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 23, 1929

Did you Know? Paul McCartney’s full name is James Paul McCartney. Queen Elizabeth II knighted McCartney in 1997, so the title “Sir” may also be added to the beginning of his name.

“Duck Rant”

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The 29th President of the United States was Warren Gamaliel Harding, who served from 1921 until his death in 1923 due to either a heart attack or stroke. Harding was elected in the first presidential race in which women could vote. He The “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” made famous by the Glen Miller song of the same name, on track 29 was also the only president to appoint a previous presinounced (roughly) “flock-seedent (William Howard Taft) to naw-see-nye-hill-ih-pill-ih-fick-aythe Supreme Court and the first shun.” president to visit Alaska. • Iowa became the 29th U.S. state Among the athletes to have worn on December 28, 1846. a #29 jersey are Major League • The Danish and Norwegian alBaseball Hall of Famers Satchel phabet and the Swedish alphabet Paige and Rod Carew. Paige was each contain 29 letters. All of the first black player inducted them have the 26 letters that are into the Hall of Fame, after in the English alphabet. Swedish roughly 40 years playing profesalso has Å, Ä, and Ö. Danish and sionally in the Negro Leagues, Norwegian have Æ, Ø and Å. Puerto Rico’s Integrated League, and the MLB. Carew, whose • When written in all capital letters, number has been retired by both “TWENTY NINE” has exactly the Anaheim Angels and the Mintwenty-nine straight lines. (Go nesota Twins., was an MLB Allahead and count them.) It may be Star every year from his rookie the only such number word in the season (1967) until his second-to English language to be written in last year (1984). the same number of strokes as the number it represents. Copper has an atomic number of 29. • According to the Glenn Miller song “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” A word commonly cited as the the titular train leaves from “track longest non-medical word in 29.” English, floccinaucinihilipilification— meaning “the act of estimating • One Saturn year (length of rotasomething as worthless”—is 29 tion around the sun) is about 29.5 letters long. By the way, it’s proEarth years.

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Use logic to determine which boxes to fill in and which to leave white. The numbers above each column and next to each row indicate unbroken sets of filled-in boxes: i.e., “5 2” means that sets of 5 and 2 black boxes appear in it, in that order, with at least one white box in between. Fill in a box only when you are sure it must be black. You may want to mark known white boxes with Xs or dots.

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It’s the final issue of Gist Weekly. Learn about other endings in next week’s front-page feature.

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Gist Weekly editor/publisher/writer/everything else Kane Casolari looks back on Gist Weekly’s 30 issues in a special editorial.

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By the Numbers features a war, The White Album, The Wire, and more in trivia related to the number 30.

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This Week in History takes a look at the 60th anniversary of the first televised Western and other events that took place between June 24 and June 30.

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In Birthdays, an American Idol winner turns 25 and a famous manager would be 100.

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Plus the usual assortment of puzzles and games, including a crossword, sudoku, scavenger hunt, and more.

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Game and Quiz Answers —WORD SEARCH— Solution

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—MATCH UP— Answers Nicholas Cage—Kal-el Penn Jillette—Moxie Crimefighter Jason Lee—Pilot Inspektor Chris Martin—Apple Frank Zappa—Moon Unit

—TRIVIA QUIZ— Answers 1. Ken Griffey, Sr. and Ken Griffey, Jr. 2. Howard Dean 3. Firefly 4. Reese Witherspoon 5. Athens, Greece

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