free it’s The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read ® Display until Sep 3, 2013 Looking for an interesting vacation idea? Take the ultimate road trip with Tidbits along Route 66, one of the original U.S. Highways. Let’s visit some of the spots on the path, and learn the history of what has been called the Main Street of America. • In 1926, Route 66 was officially commissioned, a 2,448-mile (3,940-km) road from Chicago to Los Angeles, winding through Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. At the end of that year, just 800 miles (1,287 km) were paved. Road signs didn’t go up until the following year. It wasn’t until 1938 that the entire route was paved, the first highway to have this completed. • Because the route passed through hundreds of small towns, there was a dramatic increase in the number of “mom and pop” businesses, service stations, roadside diners, and motels. America’s first drive-through restaurant, Red’s Giant Ham- burg opened along the road in Springfield, Mis- souri. e Cozy Dog Drive Inn, still in operation today in Springfield, Illinois, offered some of the route’s first fast food and the introduction of the corn dog. e first McDonald’s opened in 1945 in San Bernardino at the end of the road, offering 19¢ cheeseburgers and 20¢ malts. It’s now a mu- seum and Route 66 historic site. Tidbits takes a ride on a ... Of Greeley, Centerra, Loveland & More! Issue 894 Listen to... Tidbits Talk Wednesdays at 8:18am ROUTE 66
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Looking for an interesting vacation idea? Take the ultimate road trip with Tidbits along Route 66, one of the original U.S. Highways. Let’s visit some of the spots on the path, and learn the history of what has been called the Main Street of America.
• In 1926, Route 66 was officially commissioned, a 2,448-mile (3,940-km) road from Chicago to Los Angeles, winding through Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. At the end of that year, just 800 miles (1,287 km) were paved. Road signs didn’t go up until the following year. It wasn’t until 1938 that the entire route was paved, the first highway to have this completed.
• Because the route passed through hundreds of small towns, there was a dramatic increase in the number of “mom and pop” businesses, service stations, roadside diners, and motels. America’s first drive-through restaurant, Red’s Giant Ham-burg opened along the road in Springfield, Mis-souri. The Cozy Dog Drive Inn, still in operation today in Springfield, Illinois, offered some of the route’s first fast food and the introduction of the corn dog. The first McDonald’s opened in 1945 in San Bernardino at the end of the road, offering 19¢ cheeseburgers and 20¢ malts. It’s now a mu-seum and Route 66 historic site.
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• During the massive dust bowl storms of the 1930s in the Midwest, when millions of tons of topsoil were blown away, over 200,000 people migrated to California along Route 66 in search of a bet-ter life. John Steinbeck wrote of the migration in his 1939 book The Grapes of Wrath, dubbing the highway the “Mother Road” and the road of flight for “refugees from dust and shrinking land.”
• In the 1950s, Route 66 became a vacation des-tination with a wide variety of roadside attrac-tions. Teepee-shaped motels, trading posts, and tourist traps catered to those visiting caves, can-yons, mountains, and deserts. The highway ran through Arizona’s Painted Desert, Meteor Crater, and near the Grand Canyon. During the 1940s, the Wigwam Village chain of motels sprang up along the highway. With individual cabins built in the form of teepees, there were seven original locations. Two of the three remaining motels are located on Route 66, in Holbrook, Arizona and Rialto, California.
• Full-service gas stations popped up along the length of the route. One major company even took its name from the highway. In 1927, the Phillips Company’s new-ly-developed high-oc-tane gasoline was tested along U.S. Highway 66 in Oklahoma. As the au-tomobile reached its top speed, it was noted that the number was 66 mph (106 km/hr), a fast pace for that era. The new fuel was named Phillips 66, and the company’s shield logo was designed to resemble the road sign.
• Near Amarillo, Texas, travelers can visit Cadil-lac Ranch, a row of 10 Cadillacs with the tailfins reaching to the sky. The cars, ranging from 1949 to 1963, are half-buried, nose first in the Texas countryside, the brainstorm of a Texas patron of the arts. It’s the only place in Texas where it is le-gal to spray graffiti on an object.
• Restored to its original grandeur, the world’s larg-est ketchup bottle stands proudly near Collin-sville, Illinois, formerly along Route 66. Built in 1949, this 170-ft.-tall (50-m) structure is actually a water tower painted like a Brooks Rich & Tangy Ketchup bottle, and could actually hold 640,000 14-oz. bottles of ketchup. The Brooks Company left the area in the 1970s.
• In 1946, songwriter Bobby Troup was on a cross-country trip from Pennsylvania to Los Angeles and came up with the idea of writing a song about the journey. The result was “Get Your Kicks on Route 66,” a song that became a huge hit that year for Nat King Cole. When Troup had trouble com-ing up with lyrics for the tune, he simply filled it with names of towns along the way, starting with
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the Missouri cities of St. Louis and Joplin, then on to Oklahoma City, Amarillo, Texas, Gallup, New Mexico, the Arizona communities of Winona and Kingman, and California cities Barstow and San Bernardino. Of the eight states that Route 66 passed through, Kansas is the only state not men-tioned in the song.
• Interest in Route 66 was revitalized in 2006 when Pixar released the animated film Cars, which chronicled the decline of the fictional commu-nity of Radiator Springs when the once-booming town was bypassed by the interstate. The idea of Cars was hatched after Pixar’s creative director took a cross-country road trip with his family. He based many of the film’s sites on real-life locations he encountered, including the general store in Hackberry, Arizona, and Erick, Oklahoma’s Sand Hills Curiosity Shop. The movie’s bridges resem-ble several along Route 66 in Oklahoma, Arizona, and California. The film calls its teepee-shaped motor court the Cozy Cone Motel.
• The 1939 AAA travel directory lists Cuba, Mis-souri’s Wagon Wheel Cabins as one of the finest motor courts in the state. Construct-ed in 1934 of Ozark stone, each cabin had its own private tub or shower bath with rates of $2.50 per day for two persons. It’s still in operation to-day. Cuba also opened Carr’s Phillips 66 ser-vice station in 1932 to accommodate the
increase of travelers along the route. • Route 66 began its slow decline in 1953, when
Oklahoma opened the Turner Turnpike between Tulsa and Oklahoma, bypassing 100 miles and each of the towns along the road. In 1956, Presi-dent Eisenhower signed the Interstate Highway Act, calling for a modern four-lane highway sys-tem with no intersections. Service stations and commercial businesses were prohibited at the highway access sites and within a few short years, as small towns were bypassed, businesses began to fail from lack of traffic. In 1965, the Highway Beautification Act restricted the road signs that urged travelers to pull off the exit to reach Route 66.
• Route 66 was officially decommissioned and re-moved from the U.S. Highway system in 1985, and was taken off road maps. Motorists can no longer drive Route 66 uninterrupted from Chi-cago to Los Angeles. Parts of it are the “business loop” in many cities, while other sections are state and local roads, and some are completely aban-doned. Several stretches have been preserved, with some having been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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The life of Grace Kelly was a fairy tale come true as she went from model to actress to princess. Follow the life of this woman who left the glitter of Hollywood behind to become Her Serene Highness, the Prin-cess Consort of Monaco.
• Born in Pennsylvania, Grace was the daughter of the owner of the largest construction company on the East Coast. Jack Kelly had been an Olympic athlete, the winner of three gold medals in sculling. Grace’s parents were not happy with her choice to enter the field of acting. To support herself in her studies, Grace worked as a model, as well as doing commercials, her first one featuring her spraying a can of insecticide around a room.
• Before the big screen, Grace acted in several live television programs and appeared in ads for Max Factor, Lustre-Crème shampoo, Lux soap, and Old Gold cigarettes. At 21, she received her first movie role, a two-minute, 14-second appearance in the 1951 film Fourteen Hours. She caught the eye of ac-tor Gary Cooper, and was selected to star with him in his next film High Noon.
• By her third movie Mogambo, she was a confirmed star with Golden Globe and Oscar nominations. Three Alfred Hitchcock movies followed and an Acad-
emy Award for 1954’s The Country Girl. A visit to 1955’s Cannes Film Festival changed her life. It was here that she met Prince Rainier of Monaco when she was asked to do a photo shoot with him. It so happened that the prince needed a wife, because ac-cording to a
1918 treaty with France, if he did not produce an heir, the tiny principality of Monaco would revert to French rule.
• Grace returned to America, going right back to work on a new movie in which, coincidentally, she played the part of a princess. She began correspond-ing with the prince, and at the end of the year, Rain-ier came to America, met Grace’s family, and after three days, proposed marriage. The Kelly family was required to put up a dowry of $2 million in order for the marriage to take place.
• French law required both a civil and religious cere-
mony. The 40-minute civil ceremony was broadcast on April 18, 1956 from the Palace Throne Room of Monaco. That evening the couple attended the op-era, where Grace was seen in a hand-embroidered silk gown embellished with 800,000 sequins and 1,500 pearls and rhinestones.
• The religious ceremony held the next day was at-tended by 600 guests and watched by 30 million people on television. Grace’s dress, designed and sewn by MGM Studio’s costume masters, used 25 yards of silk taffeta, 100 yards of silk net, and 125-year-old lace that had been purchased from a museum. Thirty-six seamstresses worked for six weeks to complete the gown. The couple invited the entire 3,000 adult population of Monaco to the celebration that followed. The principality’s citizens gifted the newlyweds with a cream and black Rolls Royce convertible.
• Following their seven-week Mediterranean hon-eymoon cruise aboard the Prince’s yacht, the cou-ple settled into their 15th-century mansion, where they raised three children, Caroline, Albert, and Steph-anie during their 26-year marriage. In 1982, while driv-ing on a mountain road accompanied by Stephanie, Grace suffered a stroke and lost control of the vehicle, which plunged down the m o u n t a i n s i d e . Grace died the next day from her inju-ries at age 52.
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the house is to buy a replacement.• He who hesitates is probably right.• Did you ever notice: The Roman Numerals for
forty (40) are ‘XL’.• The sole purpose of a child’s middle name is so
he can tell when he’s really in trouble.• Did you ever notice: When you put the 2
words ‘The’ and ‘IRS’ ogether it spells ‘Theirs.’• Aging: eventually you will reach a point when
you stop lying about your age and start brag-ging about it.
• Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know ‘why’ I look this way. I’ve traveled a long way and some of the roads weren’t paved.
• When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to your youth, think of Algebra.
• You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.
• One of the many things no one tells you about aging Is that it is such a nice change from be-ing young. Ah, being Young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.
• Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth. AMEN.
• Being someone’s first love is great, but being some-one’s last love is amazing.
A wife wakes up in the mid-dle of the night around 4 AM. Her husband is missing from the bed, but she sees a light on com-ing from the hallway. She walks into the kitchen an finds him there sit-ting at the table with an open beer that hasn’t been drank.
“Honey, what’s up?” she asks. The husband turns and looks at her, “You remember when we were having sex in my car and your father caught us and said, ‘son, I’m the chief of
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• Illegal border crossings in California are way down this month, especially in San Diego. It’s because people are scared they might get groped by the mayor if they come across. - Jay Leno
• Seven women have come forward to say they’ve been sexually harassed by San Diego Mayor Bob Filner. The mayor has agreed to intensive rehab therapy. They say it’s a 12-step program. Here’s a simple 12-step program: Just stay 12 steps away from all women. - Jay Leno
• A high school in Arkansas is letting teachers carry concealed weapons. So now when stu-dents want to ask a question, they raise both hands. - Conan
• Today after years of waiting, peace talks re-sumed between the Israelis and Palestinians. No, wait. I’m sorry. This cue card is from 1979. And 1984. And 1988. - Conan
• Former governor of New York Eliot Spitzer has now gone on record as saying that Anthony Weiner is not fit to be mayor. Well, that’s good enough for me. That’s all I needed to hear. - Da-vid Letterman
• Anthony Weiner has fallen to fourth place in the Democratic race for New York City mayor. Even worse, third place is a write-in candidate — “Anyone else but Weiner.” - Jimmy Fallon
police, and you better marry my daughter, or I’ll have you locked up for 20 years!”
The wife glowingly replies, “Of course I remem-ber.”
His reply, “I would’ve gotten out today.”
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Gentle Thoughts for Today• Birds of a feather flock together and then poop
on your car.• A penny saved is a Government oversight.• The older you get, the tougher It is to lose
weight, because by then your body and your fat have otten to be really good friends.
• The easiest way to find something lost around
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• It was noted American author Ambrose Bierce (sometimes known as “Bitter Bierce” for his acerbic wit) who made the following sage observation: “It is by the goodness of God that we have in our country three unspeakably pre-cious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience and the prudence never to practice either.”
• Did you ever wonder why pirates often had pierced ears? It seems that the belief at the time was that wearing an earring improved eyesight.
• You might be surprised to learn that there is a world record for the tallest recorded hairdo. Even more surprising is the fact that the record-holder’s beehive measured a whopping 6 feet, 6 inches tall.
• Food trucks are rapidly gaining popular-ity all over the country, both at fairs and at stand-alone food-truck bazaars. You might be surprised to learn that the origin of the food truck goes all the way back to 1872. At that time, in Providence, R.I., all the restaurants closed at 8 every night, leaving factory work-ers who got off late without a place to eat. At the time, a man named Walter Scott (obvi-ously not Sir Walter Scott) was working as a pushcart peddler, selling odds and ends out of a glorified wheelbarrow. Like a true American entrepreneur, Scott saw a need and moved to fill it. He put a small stove in a horse-drawn wagon and began roaming the streets late at night, selling sandwiches, hard-boiled eggs and coffee. His success spurred imitators, and soon the city was teeming with the “after-hours lunchwagons.”
*** Thought for the Day: “I have come to believe
that the whole world is an enigma, a harm-less enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.” -- Umberto Eco
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There are four kinds of fear: real danger, healthy fear, irrational fear, and everyday worries.
Real dangers are the things you need to fear be-cause they really do portend danger. The real fear of getting hit by a car causes you to look both ways be-fore crossing a busy intersection. It is the fear falling or of heights that keeps you from jumping off a roof. These kinds of fears keep you alive.
Healthy fears can motivate you to take positive ac-tion. Fear of lung cancer can cause you to stop smok-ing. You may become more attentive to your spouse if you fear the ravages and shame of divorce.
Irrational fears are the fears you create for your-self by imagining horrible outcomes to situations that may not even exist. The most common fears in this category the fear of rejection (“If they don’t like me I’ll just die!”), and fear of failure, (“I’ll look so stupid if I can’t do it?”). These irrational fears steal away your life one fear and one missed opportunity at a time.
Everyday worry is the third category of fear and it is the most common. I’m talking about all the things that are on your mind that must be done today, or must be paid by Friday, or might happen if…, or what will happen when…, or how will I ever…, etc. Every-day worries paralyze you physically, anesthetize you emotionally, demoralize you spiritually, neutralize you socially, and fragmentize you intellectually. Eve-ryday worries spend your time, sap your energy, and steal your joy.
Fear and worry focuses on fantasies and frail-ties but faith and courage focuses on realities and strengths. Fear endorses doubts but courage fortifies convictions. Fear amplifies anxieties but faith high-
Don’t Fixate On Fear - Focus On Faithlights hope. Fear underscores disabilities but courage promotes possibilities.
And guess who decides how you are going to react in any situation? You do, that’s who.
So my kick in the pants is this: focus on your faith not your fears.
The only power that fear and worry have in your life is the power that you give it. And what do you get from fear and worry? The only thing you get from fear and worry is obscurity and gloom.
Fear says, “Don’t do anything, don’t try anything, don’t learn anything, don’t hope for anything, don’t talk to anyone, don’t help anyone, don’t look at any-one, don’t be or do anything. Remain obscure so my frailties and failures will be noticed only by few.”
Do you know what I fear most? It’s neither death nor public speaking (allegedly the two most common fears). I fear most a mediocre, miserly, and ultimately meaningless life. I believe that mediocrity, stinginess, and emptiness come from a multiplicity of irrational fears and a deficiency of authentic faith.
On the other hand, a life lived with faith and cour-age has meaning, purpose, and leaves a heritage for generations to come.
So what are you afraid of? Spiders, heights, meet-ing new people, change? Whatever your fears are, you can face them head on. Start with the simple act of defining your fears. Describe in detail what they are and how they impact you. Then, change the subject to faith. Describe in detail what the same issue would look like through the eyes of faith. You’ll be impressed at how quickly you can move from fear to faith.Tidbits is available throughout northern Colo-
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