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. In astrology, Scorpios are those born Daniel Boone – November 2, 1734 Pine Valley Planet between November 1–21. Scorpios Roy Rogers – November 5, 1911 November 2018 are passionate and deep, qualities Bram Stoker – November 8, 1847

that help them counsel others in Carl Sagan – November 9, 1934 meaningful ways. Resourceful and Grace Kelly – November 12, 1929 Pine Valley Lodge,177 Boutin Ave Hinton, determined, Scorpios make good Robert Fulton – November 14, 1765 780-865-7366, [email protected] managers. Those born between Rock Hudson – November 17, 1925 November 22–30 are Archers of Chester Gould – November 20, 1900 Sagittarius. These open-minded Jamie Lee Curtis – November 22, 1958 travelers are in constant motion, Joe DiMaggio – November 25, 1914

searching the globe for meaning. Tina Turner – November 26, 1939 Curious, optimistic, and enthusiastic, Randy Newman – November 28, 1943 Celebrating A Bunch of Hot Air they are not afraid of change. November Samuel Clemens – November 30, 1835 Is there any bigger spectacle than Park Zoo, including tigers, elephants,

Novel Writing the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade camels, and donkeys. However, the A Bunch of Hot Air continued from pg. 1 Month marching down Broadway in New children lining Broadway were so York City? And this big spectacle scared by these beasts that parade Notable the Cat, the preeminent cartoon of the parade. They could float to requires big balloons to capture the organizers decided to feature some megastar of the silent era. In the ground anywhere in Manhattan, Quotable Inspirational attention and dazzle the imagination “lighter” entertainment: giant those early days, the balloons and the lucky ones who found them Role Models balloons in the shape of beloved were built by the Goodyear Tire and needed only return the tag attached of millions of onlookers. “After a good Rubber Plant Company. They were to the lost balloon to Macy’s for Month cartoon characters. dinner, one The Thanksgiving Day parade did not filled with helium but with air, a $25 gift certificate. For over 90 The first inflatable star of the Macy’s can forgive years, balloons have floated through not always boast larger-than-life and wranglers propped them up with All Saints’ Day Thanksgiving Day Parade was Felix anybody, even long sticks. In 1929, balloons were New York’s skyscraper canyons. balloons. The first parade was one’s own November 1 held in 1924 when R.H. Macy & Co. filled with helium and wranglers Felix the Cat has stepped aside for continued on pg. 4 relations.” had to both wrestle the gargantuan Raggedy Ann and Andy, Popeye, decided to celebrate the opening of cartoons and keep their own feet Snoopy, Woodstock and current Love Your Red its new flagship store on 34th Street ~ Oscar Wilde, firmly on the ground. Between favorites like Iron Man and Pikachu, Hair Day in Manhattan. This massive parade

writer and 1929 and 1932, the balloons were but the sense of wonder these was not meant to celebrate Pilgrims November 5 humorist released into the air at the finish balloons inspire carries on. and a feast of turkey but to usher in the Christmas shopping season. World Kindness During its first three years, the parade Noteworthy Notaries Day featured live animals from the Central

You may not appreciate them until aren’t being forced to sign November 13 you need something notarized, documents against their will. but notaries can stand up and be Notary publics often take center Easy-Baked Success recognized for their contributions stage during many of life’s important Mickey Mouse to society on November 7, Notary moments: signing papers to buy a Day If only baking in a real oven was as what seemed like every street Public Day. What is a notary public? house, granting power of attorney, delightful as baking in an Easy-Bake corner. His new toy used just two November 18 A notary is a state government even verifying college transcripts. Oven. In 1963, the first Easy-Bake incandescent lightbulbs to generate

official whose job it is to maintain Officials have carried this capacity Oven was introduced in November enough heat (about 350°) to bake

integrity. They act as an official since ancient Egypt when sesh, or Cider Monday just in time for the Christmas small brownies and cakes. In those

witness during the signing of official scribes, acted as official witnesses November 26 shopping season. Inventor Ronald first couple of months, the Kenner

documents as a means of thwarting and chroniclers of the pharaoh’s Howes’ idea was simple: create an toy company sold 500,000 Easy- oven that can be used by kids that Bake Ovens, despite the price tag fraud. Their duty is to screen signers bureaucracy. Today, anyone can looks just like Mom’s oven. He was of $15.95, which would be almost by verifying their true identity. They become a notary public and, hence, inspired by a visit to New York City, $100 by today’s standards. In 1963, also make sure people know what a valued public servant for the where he witnessed chestnut it must have been a small price to they are signing and that people community and the country. vendors cooking their nuts on pay for real home-baked goodies.

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Lightning in a Bottle Champion of Chimpanzees What is the appeal of the mason The most popular mason jar Jane Goodall had no formal termites from their mounds. jar? It conjures rustic romanticism manufactured today is the training in animal behavior or Humans are called Homo sapiens, and good, homemade food. Some ubiquitous Ball brand jar. Ball anthropology when she ventured which means “man the toolmaker.” even say that it captures summer in jars were first manufactured in into the African jungle in Tanzania, Goodall’s discovery forced the a jar, to be uncapped and enjoyed 1884, and today, they are created East Africa. She simply wanted to scientific world to reconsider the in the long, cold winter. Perhaps at a rate of 17 jars per second. observe chimpanzees in the wild. idea that tool-making is not unique you’ll even be inspired to preserve Not only is the glass favored over What she discovered on November 4, to humans. After a lifetime of being something tasty in a jar yourself on plastic jars made with synthetic 1960, changed the way humans view a champion of chimpanzees, there November 30, Mason Jar Day. chemicals but these jars are also animals forever. For the first time, a maybe no better-known chimp appreciated for their versatility. A human witnessed another animal expert than Jane Goodall, who

John L. Mason didn’t set out to mason jar is no longer singularly Chimpanzees and use a tool of any kind. In this case, at her start, wanted nothing more

become famous when he invented used to preserve foods like jam or humans share 98.5% a chimp used a twig to extract than to be alone with the chimps.

the mason jar on November 30, pickles; the jars are also used as of the same DNA. 1858. In fact, he didn’t invent the jar soap dispensers, planters, vases, at all but rather the unique two-piece and drinking glasses—not just for Flew the Coop metal screw cap. Mason was, moonshine but for trendy cocktails. On November 24, 1971, an airline hunters have scoured southwest The patent for Mason’s after all, a tinsmith, so he was passenger traveling from Portland Washington ever since, hoping to lid expired in 1879, well-versed in the utility of metal. A mason jar is as authentic a piece to Seattle handed a note to a find the loot and uncover Cooper’s so he saw almost no Heat-based canning as a method of Americana as a cowboy hat. flight attendant that read, “I have a true identity. profit for his invention. to preserve foods was common in Collectors even seek out rare and bomb in my briefcase. I will use it if kitchens prior to Mason’s invention. valuable mason jar specimens. The necessary. I want you to sit next to This past June, a team of FBI The one problem common to this Universal jar is worth thousands. me. You are being hijacked.” investigators made a startling type of preservation was a faulty Produced in Buffalo in 1937, only announcement. They believed seal. As soon as air entered the 50 were ever manufactured. From So begins the legend of D.B. Cooper, that they had uncovered Cooper’s jar or can, food began to spoil. the mundane to the magnificent, the mysterious man and the center true identity. After analyzing a Mason’s airtight lid solved that mason jars have captured both of the FBI’s only unsolved case series of letters allegedly written problem beautifully, advancing the food and the public’s imagination of air piracy. D.B. Cooper was not by Cooper in the months following efficiency of the canning process. for over a century. his real name. He used the name the skyjacking, investigators think Dan Cooper to purchase the ticket, that he was a Special Forces but a reporter erroneously dubbed paratrooper and Vietnam veteran Hat Trick him D.B. The crew eventually named Robert Rackstraw. Don’t let your head go bare on feel a chill in the air, then opt for the complied with Cooper’s demands. Rackstraw was eliminated as a November 25—it’s International Russian ushanka, the cylindrical fur They landed the plane in Seattle, suspect by the FBI in 1979, yet Hat Day! Certainly, a baseball hat with earflaps that can be tied up Robert Rackstraw is where he was given $200,000 and the FBI has safeguarded evidence cap can fit the bill on this holiday, over its crown. The modern ushanka now a retired university four parachutes. Then the jet took pointing to Rackstraw ever since. but why not explore some more can be traced to the Russian Civil instructor living in San again to the skies with a skeleton Rick Sherwood, an Army specialist exotic and symbolic fashions? War when the ruler of Siberia Diego, California. crew headed for Reno, Nevada. in code cracking, believes that Rackstraw sent coded letters to The fancy, floppy wool beret is ordered a winter hat be issued as But Cooper never made it to instantly recognizable as French. part of the standard uniform. The Reno. While flying over southwest various newspapers in the months It began as a hat worn by the fez of the Ottoman Empire was Washington, the crew was alerted following the heist, egging on poorest classes, such as farmers originally meant to be a symbol that the rear stairs had been opened. investigators. Both the writing style When they checked the back of the and the codes point to other codes Millinery is the design, and artists. The wide-brimmed of equality and a means to show a plane, they discovered that Cooper known to be Rackstraw’s. Whether manufacture, and sale sombrero may be synonymous common national identity amongst had jumped out, wearing a parachute the FBI reopens the case against of hats and headwear. with Mexico, but hats like this were its wearers. Choose your hat wisely, and holding the $200,000. Cooper Rackstraw remains another yet-to- worn by horsemen in Mongolia as for hats from any country are rich far back as the 13th century. If you in both history and symbolism. was never seen again, and treasure be-solved mystery.