February ’08 REM e-newsletter

PHOTOS (all with links to view larger version of photo)

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• DogQueenie.tif goes with “In the Doghouse” story with this caption: In 1968, the author’s daughter, Loreen, stood near “Queenie,” who was well contained in her grandfather’s new and improved kennel—not the easy-escape model her dad built.

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• Trivia Link: Again, please hide the Time Capsule Trivia answer in a link that readers have to click on, as you did before. Here’s the answer: The year of Fidel Castro’s emergence, the “Mercury Seven” and the loss of three popular rockers in Iowa is 1959.

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In This Issue:

Over the Back Fence

Time Capsule Trivia

From the decades spanning the 1920s to the 1960s, try to guess what year these historic events took place. The answer is given below, but no peeking!

1. The Presidential campaign offers voters a choice between the Quaker Herbert Hoover, who calls Prohibition an “experiment noble in motive, and Alfred E. Smith, a Roman Catholic who favors repealing the 18th Amendment.
2. During the Summer Olympics, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, swimmer Johnny Weissmuller wins two gold medals. He will continue swimming later as Tarzan on the silver screen.
3. The Academy Awards are given out for the first time and include movies from two years, but the actual awards ceremony is not held until the following year.
4. Movies this year include Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie, the first cartoon to feature sound.
5. Hit songs include Makin’ Whoopee, I’ll Get By, Button Up Your Overcoat and I Can’t Give You Anything But Love.

Click here for the answer to Time Capsule Trivia.

A Thought to Remember

In America, anyone can become President. That's one of the risks you take.