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February by the Numbers 39. Percentage of Punxsutawney Phil’s Groundhog Day predictions that have been accurate, according to Stormfax.com. 8 billion. Number of candy conversation hearts manufactured by New England Confectionery Company Sweet Thinking each year. Feel free to indulge in a little A Senior Solutions Management Property 135. Words in George www.ssmgrp.com dark chocolate this Valentine’s www.facebook.com/ssmgrp Washington’s second inaugural Day. Among its antioxidant speech, the shortest presidential properties and heart health Happy Birthday! inaugural address in history. benefits, chocolate with at least Geraldine Rising 7th Reduce Restaurant Waste 70 percent cocoa content can Lula Saprtstein 10th When going out to eat, keep in improve blood flow to the brain Henry Edsdell 17th mind how hungry you really are. and boost cognitive function. Mary Ledbetter 20th Many restaurant portions are Sky Watch: Full Snow Moon Valentine’s Day Party! huge, and you may be better off Look skyward in early February Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. ordering an appetizer instead of for the Snow Moon. Native a full meal. Too often, leftovers American tribes named this are brought home but never month’s full moon for the heavy eaten. You’ll save money and snow that usually falls this time reduce waste by ordering less of year. food at the start.

Year of the Sheep Healthy Laughs Say What? February ushers in the Chinese The next time you find yourself Canophilia New Year. Known in China as the scanning the TV channels or \kan-uh-FEE-lee-uh\ noun Spring Festival, the 15-day movie listings, opt for something Definition: Fondness or love celebration is the longest and funny. Laughter boosts not only of dogs most important holiday on the your mood, but also your immune Example sentence: Canophilia Chinese calendar. Each year is system. Studies connect laughing abounds among the residents represented by one of to an increased production of when Jim brings his puppy 12 animals. 2015 is the Year of protective antibodies. to visit. the Sheep. Dressed in Red A red dress is more than just a fashion statement. It’s also a symbol of the fight against heart disease and a crucial reminder embraced by women of every age, size, color and status, from your next-door neighbor to the the First Ladies Red Dress Collection. Talk About It first lady of the . The collection features red gowns, suits The Heart Truth campaign, and other garments worn by first ladies, sponsored by the National Heart, Lung including , Pat Nixon, Passionate and Blood Institute since 2002, uses the Rosalyn Carter, , Hillary Preferences red dress image to encourage women Clinton and , who is the Romance blossoms to learn more about heart disease and official founding ambassador for the during the month of take measures to protect their health. Heart Truth campaign. February as The dress reminds women that heart sweethearts express disease is not merely a men’s health their love on issue; in fact, it’s the No. 1 cause of Valentine’s Day. death for women. During this season of Every February since 2003, the Red affection, use the Dress Collection Fashion Show is held questions below to during New York Fashion Week, with start a discussion models and celebrities walking the about some of your runway in red designer dresses. romantic favorites. Even more glamour was added to What is your the event in 2005 with the unveiling of favorite romantic song? Who performs it? Why does it have associated with the everyday soldiers a special meaning of World War II. When the $4 figures first for you? hit store shelves, they sold out. Do you have a Over the years, Joe has changed favorite romantic with the times. In the 1970s, he movie? If so, what is it became more of a peaceful and who are the film’s adventurer than soldier and, rather stars? When do you than weapons, was marketed with an first remember seeing Playtime Hero impressive “kung fu grip.” After a brief the picture? With the slogan “fighting man from retirement, the 1980s brought a Is there a love head to toe,” G.I. Joe, the world’s first renewed interest in action figures, and poem or novel about action figure, has provided kids and G.I. Joe was reissued and has been love you consider collectors with more than 50 years manufactured since. your favorite? of fun. G.I. Joe is more than a mere In your opinion, The highly popular Barbie doll plaything. He’s starred in cartoons, who is the most spawned the idea for toy company video games and a comic book series, romantic couple in Hasbro to create a similar product for and most recently, his character was history? What about boys. With a military theme and used in several movies. In 2004, G.I. Joe the couple makes accessories such as fatigues and dog was inducted in the National Toy Hall them a model pair? tags, G.I. Joe was born in 1964. The of Fame. term “GI,” meaning “government- issue,” was a name popularly Celebrated Canine Contest Few sporting events bring more smiles than the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. From giant to tiny and shaggy to hairless, purebred pooches compete in this prestigious contest each February. Established in 1877 by a group of purebred dog enthusiasts, the Laugh Lines Westminster Kennel Club took its name from New York’s Westminster Hotel, where the original members would Kids on Love gather to brag about their prized Enjoy these answers canines. Since that year, the show has from children when taken place annually despite asked the question challenges such as power outages, “What is love?” inclement weather and even war. It is “Love is when you the second-longest continuously held go out to eat and U.S. sporting event, just behind the give somebody most The Award for Gridiron Glory Kentucky Derby. of your french fries “Winning isn’t everything; it’s the Over two days, more than 2,500 dogs without making them only thing.” Legendary football strut before sellout crowds at Madison give any of theirs.” coach Vince Lombardi often used Square Garden and millions of TV —Chrissy, age 6 those words to inspire his players to viewers. Dogs are judged by how well “Love is when you gridiron glory. Along with his winning they measure up against the ideal tell a guy you like his record, he was known for his passion specimen of their breed, of which 162 shirt, then he wears it for the sport and demand for are recognized. The dogs first compete every day.” —Noelle, excellence. So it’s fitting that the to win best in breed, then advance to age 7 National Football League awards the the next level, one of seven dog groups: “Love is like a little winning team of the annual Super sporting, hound, working, terrier, toy, old woman and a Bowl a trophy named in his honor. non-sporting, and herding. Winners of little old man who are Initially called the World each group then meet to compete for still friends even after Professional Football Championship the final award, the coveted best they know each other Trophy, it was awarded for the first in show. so well.” —Tommy, four Super Bowls, of which Lombardi’s The best in show prize has been won age 6 Green Bay Packers won the first two. by the terrier more than any other “I know my older After his death in 1970, the prize was group. Terriers have earned the honor sister loves me renamed the Vince Lombardi Super 45 out of the 103 times since it was first because she gives me Bowl Trophy and first presented at given in 1907. all her old clothes and Super Bowl V. has to go out and buy The handmade sterling silver new ones.” —Lauren, trophy features a regulation-size age 4 football set on a three-sided stand. It “Love is when your stands 22 inches tall, weighs puppy licks your face 7 pounds and is engraved with the even after you left him NFL logo, game date and location, alone all day.” —Mary team names, and game’s final score. Ann, age 4 A new trophy is created each year, so the champions can keep it for display. ACROSS 51. Get well 29. __ of; free from Crossword Puzzle 1. Shiny on top 54. __ of; throw out 31. Columbus’ home 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5. Forward sections 58. Nostrils’ detection 32. Exodus !gure 10. Engrossed 59. Cut o€ 33. Pack animal 14 15 16 14. African lily 61. Always 35. 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1938: Walt Disney’s first animated 1972: The Volkswagen Beetle feature, “Snow White and the Seven overtakes the Ford Model T as the Dwarfs,” debuts to rave reviews and world’s best-selling car. revolutionizes film animation. FEBRUARY 1980: Dubbed the “Miracle on Ice,” 1690: The colony of Massachusetts 1948: NASCAR, the National the U.S. men’s hockey team upsets the issues America’s first paper money. Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Soviet Union at the Winter Olympics is founded. It would grow to become in Lake Placid, N.Y. The team went on 1790: In New York City, the U.S. one of America’s most popular to beat Finland to win the gold medal. Supreme Court convenes for the first spectator sports. time, led by Chief Justice John Jay. 1984: Using a jet pack, space shuttle 1965: Canada adopts a new flag with a astronaut Bruce McCandless becomes 1829: Levi Strauss, creator of the red and white maple leaf design. the first person to fly untethered world’s first pair of jeans, is born in space. in Germany. 1971: Pitcher Satchel Paige becomes the first player to be nominated to the 2006: The Northeast gets buried in a 1885: Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Baseball Hall of Fame based on his snowstorm that drops a whopping Huckleberry Finn” is published in performance in the Negro Leagues. 26.9 inches on New York City, the the U.S. most snow the city has seen since record keeping began in 1869.