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2E StatesmanJournal.com CROSSWORD PUZZLE SOLUTION ONCEPTIS SUDOKU Heritage Oregon ONLINE Go to StatesmanJournal.com/Heritage for more on area history. Aries (March 21-April 19). askill to enter a room and make an impression, and to xit one with flair. Taurus (April 20-May 20). The world is your stage.

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Wherever you want to go, your social graces will get ou there. Your smile is the pavement on your road. The special look you give people, the grease on your wheel. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22).

Gravitate toward the warmth and humor. The people you like a re popular for a reason. irgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

When your personal life hums a happy melody, the other elementswill click into place. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Give your smile freely, and that will do more than dollars ever could.

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You can learn through your own experience, or you can earn through the experience of others. The second way is more time efficient.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). A special relationship will influence your thinking and impact your domestic scene. Capricorn (Dec.

22-Jan. 19). Subtle information will strongly influence you. Decipher the message. Break the code.

Get some sleep. A quarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). always negative.

ften it keeps you from harm. When you get a today, it will be cosmic grace. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). You must first impress peo- le in order to influence them and get them to follow you.

Birthday (June 28). Sometimes it will feel like living the life of your choice, and other times it will feel like life made the hoice for you. Either way, take as much control of it as you possibly can. Your lucky numbers are 17, 40, 13, 2 and 19. IN THE STARS Dear Annie: My sisters and I have always been close, but some changes have occurred this year that threaten our relationship.

youngest sister, separated from her husband of 13 years and it has been a tumultuous four months for all of us. She began dating again a month ago, and one relationship has progressed nicely. She has already introduced her ew beau to her kids. But the presence of another person in life has a dded more conflict to the separation, and all been affected. Her ids have confided in us how unhappy they are, so we mentioned it to Carr ie.

That talk go ver well. We are planning a small get-together for my birthday and Carrie is planning to ring her (uninvited) ew beau. To be frank, older sister and I ready to meet him. still knee-deep in the conflict with Carrie and her husband. While the separation is not the fault, his presence reminds the kids of their conflict and hurts them tremendously.

It also will affect whatever chances Carrie has to reconcile with her husband or even manage to have a civil relationship with him should hey divorce. want to hurt my little sister, but this hole ordeal has left the family emotionally spent, and I have the ener- to pretend I am happy about having her boyfriend around. How do support Carrie with- ut condoning what we know is hurting the kids? Sisters Struggling Dear Sisters: We a gree that Carrie is be- aving recklessly. She is eager to prove to her husband that she need him that she is falling into a relationship much too soon and ignoring her emo- ional pain. Unfortunately, you cannot seem to convince her to be more cautious right now.

Please concentrate your efforts on the children. Explain that sometimes they will need to tolerate the presence (as will you) in rder to keep including Carrie in family gatherings. one needs to be overly friendly or accepting, only polite. Let he kids know they are loved, and help them be atient with their mother while you provide the emotional support they eed. Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column.

Please email your questions to or write to: Mailbox, Creators Syndicate, 737 Third Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. New boyfriend too much for family Mitchell and Sugar ANNIE'S MAILBOX Sudoku is a number- placing puzzle based on a9x9 grid with several iven numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1to 9 in the empty squares so that ach row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number nly once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to Sunday. Few Mid-Valley residents get the opportunity to visit the Liberty Bell.

A century ago, nearly 40,000 people in the area saw the icon in their own ack yard. he bell was ordered in 1751 celebrate the 50th anniver- ary of William Charter Privileges, which served as original constitution. It was constructed in 1752. It was recast in 1753. In the summer of 1915, the Liberty Bell made a trip west to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, stopping at towns along the train route.

he Liberty Bell began its onths-long journey from hiladelphia on July 5, 1915. he bell went through 13 states on its way to San Francisco, according to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. On its return trip, the bell traveled through 14 states. Salem was selected as one of the stops for the bell in Oregon, and the community was eager to see history on July 15, 1915. Many of the businesses in the city closed, including the U.S.

Post Office for an hour, to allow employees a chance to see the bell. Aspecial train carrying 500 people from Monmouth and the Oregon Normal School, now Western Oregon University, arrived on the day of the Liberty Bell stop. Southern Pacific offered special day-of, ound-trip service to Salem for residents of Corvallis, Albany, Lebanon and Woodburn to see the bell. or several hours before the arrival, roads were logged with streams of automobiles, wagons and all matter of conveyances carrying people to see the the Oregon States- an reported. he train stopped in Port- and for five hours before making the trip to downtown Salem.

It was scheduled to be in the Cherry City for 30 minutes efore heading to Eugene. It tayed for about 45 minutes, a ccording to the Oregon Statesman. ow did 40,000 people see the bell in such a short time? The crowd was asked to gather in Marion Square Park. Members of the state militia and the Cherrians, a group of local greeters and ambassadors, each with special identification, kept order and the lines of people moving. Ropes were stretched across State, Court, Chemeketa and Center streets to keep the droves of people in line and free from traffic as they headed down Front Street to see the train.

he Cherrian band gave a concert in Marion Square Park from 1:15 to 2 p.m. to keep immense crowd in good-na- ured patience, and played a umber of selections, mostly a patriotic nature, which added to the zest and enthusiasm of the the Daily Capital Journal reported on July 15, 1915. he flatcar with the Liberty ell was stationed at 2 p.m. in ront of the Oregon Electric freight depot, which was in the vicinity of Front Street and the Marion Street Bridge. Steps ere built on each side of the ar so more people could get a lose look at history.

The Daily Capital Journal reported the crowd also lined up along the Southern Pacific assenger depot, which was at the same location as the current station along 13th Street SE. People followed the rail- oad tracks, which went down rade Street, Front Street and own to Union Street. The Daily Capital Journal estimated between 4,500 to 5,000 schoolchildren came to see the bell. The newspaper aid every child was presented ith a small silk flag to wear a nd to keep as a souvenir. was biggest day, and according to the best estimates, never before has the ity held so many people.

Neve before have such scenes of atriotic fervor been witnessed as were seen here when he bell, beloved of a nation, paused for a brief time, that people of the central Willamette Valley might see and recall the cause of liberty for which it the Oregon Statesman said in its July 16, 1915, edition. The Oregon Statesman said about 20 babies got to touch the bell, as mothers handed their children to the accommodating guards surrounding the bell. Because of the size, the train moved farther north on the track to allow for others to get a view of the Liberty ell. The Daily Capital Journal reported one member of the crew said that they would not leave until everyone got a hance to see the bell. he Daily Capital Journal uoted W.H.

Ball, a custodian of the Liberty Bell, as saying, farther west we came, the greater the enthusiasm we encountered, and the manifest ation of patriotism in Salem is ully equal to that demonstrate anywhere along the line we have yet traveled. In one town down the valley, there was a girl and an old man who had raveled a distance of 105 miles i nland, most of the way on foot, get a view of the train. All along the railroad, the farmers a re perched up on the fence and cheer lustily as the train Bell also said the train unofficially stopped at four towns on the route from Portland to Salem because so many people came to see the bell. The newspaper name the towns. Astory by the Associated Press in the Oregon Statesman said more than 300,000 people in Oregon saw the bell.

Official stops were in Portland, Gladstone, Salem, Eugene and Cottage Grove. he memorable afternoon in Salem ended with aviator Frederick DeKor flying a plane in loops above the dome the old state Capitol. I unlikely the bell will be isiting Salem again anytime soon. Since that months-long journey a century ago, the Liberty Bell has remained on display in Philadelphia. Andy Zimmerman is a former tatesman Journal copy editor who writes a column about local history twice per month.

You can ontact him with comments or suggestions for future stories at Liberty Bell came to Salem a century ago WILLAMETTE HERITAGE CENTER 2011.006.0928 The Liberty Bell is seen in downtown Salem on July 15, 1915. The bell was en route to San Francisco. By Andy Zimmerman Special to the Statesman Journal ONLINE Go to StatesmanJournal.com/Time Capsule to find previous stories and photos published in the Capital Journal and Oregon Statesman. LOST SALEM Do you know of an iconic Salem event, location or business that has been lost to history and should be remembered? Send suggestions to.