APRIL
2017
The Incredible Egg
As you try to figure out what to do with all those leftover Easter eggs, check
out these interesting facts:
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A hen requires 24 to 26 hours to produce an egg. Thirty minutes
later, she starts all over again.
The egg shell may have as many as 17,000 tiny pores over its surface. Through them, the egg can absorb flavors and odors. Storing
them in their cartons helps keep them fresh.
White-shelled eggs are produced by hens with white feathers and
ear lobes. Brown-shelled eggs are produced by hens with red
feathers and red ear lobes.
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An egg will float in water if it is older.
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To tell if an egg is raw or hard-cooked, spin it. If the egg spins easily, it is hard-cooked; if it wobbles, it’s raw.
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Egg yolks are one of the few foods that naturally contain Vitamin D.
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Yolk color depends on the diet of the hen. Natural yellow-orange
substances such as marigold petals may be added to light-colored
feeds to enhance colors.
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Artificial color additives are not permitted.
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Occasionally, a hen will produce a double-yoked egg. It is rare, but
not impossible, for a young hen to produce an egg with no yolk at
all. (Maybe that’s how they get egg whites in a carton)
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To peel a perfect boiled egg, add ½ c salt to water to boil. It will
work on any age egg and will not get salt into the egg.
Inside this issue:
The Invention of
Wiper Blades
2
April Full Moon
2
Recipe of the
Month
3
Richter Scale Day
3
Frame Games
4
April Events
April
1st
April Fools Day
April
7th
No Housework
Day (Yea!)
April
16th
Easter Sunday
April
18th
Tax Day
April
Richter Scale Day
26th
(& National Eggs
Benedict Day Yum!)
The Invention of Windshield Wipers
In the earliest parts of the 20th Century, an Alabama
woman makes a trip to New York City; the cold and
stormy weather, and the way it affected her travels,
led to the invention of a technology that the vast majority of car owners take for granted today. Without
the work of Hall of Fame inventor Mary Anderson,
who invented the windshield wiper more than one
hundred years ago, driver visibility while it rains or
snows would be greatly diminished, leading to great
risks in driver and passenger safety.
while driving.
Almost immediately, Anderson
began to conceive a design for
a windshield
wiper which could
be operated by a driver from within a vehicle, which
improved visibility while eliminating uncomfortable interactions with the wintry environment. Over the
The interesting story of Mary Anderson’s development course of many months, Anderson settled on a workof the windshield wiper involves an ingenious solution ing prototype: a set of wiper arms constructed from
to a common problem and the creation of a technolwood and rubber which could be operated through the
ogy that was ahead of its time.
use of a lever installed close to the steering wheel.
Mary Anderson, who was born in 1866, was riding on Pulling on the lever would initiate a spring mechanism
that dragged the wiper arm across the windshield,
a streetcar during a visit to the Big Apple sometime
clearing away snow, rain and debris. On November
around the turn of the 20th Century. It was a wintry
10, 1903, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office isday and the freezing rain that fell made windshield
sued U.S. Patent No. 743,801, entitled WIndowvisibility absolutely awful for the streetcar operator.
Cleaning Device, to Anderson. The windshield wiper
Of course, this wasn’t the first time that a streetcar
protected by this patent was removable so that it
operator had to contend with poor visibility created by
wouldn’t obstruct a driver’s vision during fair weather.
intense weather conditions. However, it was the first
Even so, there were many detractors who took issue
time that Anderson experienced a chilly blast of air
with Anderson’s innovation, some even arguing that
when the driver moved a window pane to stick his
head outside and view the road conditions. This was the wiper would prove to be a dangerous distraction
to a driver. Interestingly, it’s believed that Anderson
a pretty common practice during a time when the
horse and buggy was a much more popular mode of never profited from her windshield wiper patent. Autotransportation. It also created a fair amount of discom- mobile technologies didn’t start experiencing the exfort for the passengers sitting close to the front as well ponential growth they enjoyed in the earliest parts of
the 20th Century until about a decade after Anderas the driver, whose visibility wasn’t much improved
when sticking his head outside in stormy weather. On son’s patent was issued. Although windshield wipers
were standard equipment on most vehicles by 1916,
other vehicles, drivers would manually clean their
windshield after pulling over to the side of the road or her patent expired before she was able to reap any
royalties or licensing fees.
even attempt to remove debris from the windshield
April Full Moon - Full Pink Moon
This name came from the herb moss pink, or wild ground phlox, which is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring. Other names for this month’s celestial body include the Full Sprouting
Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and among coastal tribes the Full Fish Moon, because this was the
time that the shad swam upstream to spawn.
“Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” ~ Marilyn Monroe
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Easter Pineapple Bunny
What a cute idea for a fruit platter to take to your
Easter Celebration. Really easy and flexible. To make
this pineapple bunny, slice 2 pineapples, reserving 2
slices to carve into the bunny’s face and ears. Use
toothpicks to attach ears to face. Use 3 blueberries for
the eyes and nose, also using toothpicks to attach to
face. Surround your bunny with fruit of your choosing.
Happy Easter!
Richter Scale Day
Richter Scale Day celebrates the birth of the inventor of the Richter Scale. Born on April 26, 1900, American seismologist Charles F. Richter (1900–1985) invented the Richter Scale in 1935.
The Richter Scale measures the amount of energy released by an earthquake by measuring the magnitude or seismic waves produced by an earthquake. The Richter Scale measures from 0 to 9. On the
scale, each increase in number represents an earthquake 10 times more powerful. At 4.5 an earthquake
can damage buildings and structures. At 7 on the Richter scale, severe and catastrophic damage can
occur.
Deadliest/ Strongest Earthquakes:
August 24, 70: Mount Vesuvius, Italy erupts, burying Pompeii and Herculaneum. Thousands killed.
January 23, 1556: Shaanxi province, China. Deadliest earthquake in history kills 830,000 people.
April 18, 1906: The famous San Francisco earthquake and fire. 7.8 on the Richter scale.
December 16, 1920: Gansu province, 200,000 killed. 8.6 on the Richter scale.
September 1, 1923: Tokyo and Yokahoma, Japan. 8.3 magnitude earthquake destroys 1/3 of Tokyo and
most of Yokohama. Over 140,000 killed.
May 22, 1927: Xining, China: 8.3 magnitude earthquake, approximately 200,000 killed.
May 22, 1960: Strongest earthquake ever recorded, at 9.5 magnitude, occurs off the coast of Chile.
In 1964, Alaskan earthquake measured 8.4.
Feb. 9, 1971 - Sylmar Earthquake measured 6.6 on the Richter scale
Jan 17, 1994 - Northridge Earthquake 6.7
“In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends." ~ Fortune Cookie
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come in for our
Easter Oil Change
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one of our Easter
Eggs for a chance to win
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free oil change, even a free
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