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LIFESTYLE 'Page 12 THE DAILY TIMES Salisbury, Md. Friday, July 14, 1995 Plight info on the Capistrano swallows up to mid-May and leave as early as August. providing a proper solution. Far be it from the Question fll QUESTION 'g AUTHORITY A By the staff i By the staff of the Sources: Highlights of the '40s A '50s, distributed by Creative Concepts Publishing 1992; The Audubon Illustrated Handbook of American Birds by Edgar M. Reilly 1968; Birds in Our Lives, edited by Alfred Sterrerud, 1966.

How many counties are there in North Carolina? One hundred. Interestingly enough, two have county seats with the same name as two Lower Shore counties. Green County in eastern North Carolina, population 16,113 has Snow Hill for a county seat Rowan County in the central portion of the state, population 99,180, has Salisbury for its county seat. 1 II Authority to argue with Elsie Northam. It seems that she is correct, as well.

According to a renowned (and local) ornithologist and biologist, John V. Dennis, the proper formula for feeding hummingbirds in the wild is one part white granulated sugar to four parts water. A higher ratio of sugar to water, it is thought could be damaging to the hummingbird's liver. The solution should be changed every few days and not placed in the hot sun. Source: A Complete Guide To Bird Feed-ingbyJohn V.

Dennis, 1994. 9 9 County ii has to be wiped off, and then it's all right." The word "mug has so many meanings and variants, it would be difficult to definitively say from which usage this "muggy" derives. Source: The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Vol. 1989. I would like to know what Is the correct, healthy formula for homemade sugar water to be used for hummingbird feeders? I have been using six parts water to one part sugar, which I read on an information sheet accompanying my feeder when I bought it several years ago.

However, I believe that Elsie Northam had suggested In her column in The Daily Times that one should use a four-to-one ratio. I have plenty of birds using my feeders, but I would like to be sure that I am What kind of swallows fly back to Capistrano? Both cliff swallows and white-throated swifts have been known to nest in the old ruins of the Mission San Juan Capistrano midway between Los Angeles and San Diego. A 1940 song by Leon Rene, "When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano, (That's the Day You Promised to Come Back to Me)," and made popular by the Ink Spots, makes reference to the ability of these birds to perform twice-a-year journeys with great precision. Cliff swallows (Petrocbelidon pyrrhonota) range from as far north as central Alaska to as far south as central Mexico and from California to Delaware. They winter from central Brazil to central Chile and central Argentina.

They are reputed to arrive at San Juan Capistrano on St Joseph's Day, March 19, and leave on St John's Day, Oct. 23. It has been noted, however, that they are not always on schedule, and in fact, may arrive Library warm weather. Even earlier, in 1731, it was used to mean "mouldy, moist, damp, wet" In a 1902 Daily Chronicle newspaper account of a trial, a defendant is questioned about the condition of meat being sold that was described as slimy and smelly. He replied: "Oh, it's what we call muggy' in the trade.

That only This column is compiled by Louise Ash, coordinator of community services at the Worcester County Library. Send your questions to: Question Authority, co The Daily Times, PO Box 1937, Salisbury, Md. 21802-1937; or contact your local library. Source: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1984. What is the origin of the term "muggy" as applied to weather? The term was used as early as 1746 to refer to damp, close and SEIDEL: High-pressure forecasting SEIDEL from Page 11 over and over," he said.

"The challenge is to deliver the information with interest. If you look like you're having fun, tie viewers are going to have fun." TWC on-camera meteorologists work four hours a day, four days a week, and get six to eight weeks vacation a year. They need it, Seidel said while home this week on one of those vacations. "It's not like talking to your girlfriend on the phone," he said. "All the time you must be upbeat, entertaining and enthusiastic, and trying not to block the weather maps.

It wears you down mentally." It doesn't cross his mind that he is seen by millions, Seidel said. He just imagines that he is talking to one person in the camera and not the 250,000 that could be watching at any given moment. And fewer people recognize him than they do their local weathermen, he said. The average length of time most viewers watch TWC is between 11 and 12 minutes, and as a floater he does not have a set time to be on the air. Lewes jazz LEWES The University of Delaware's Summer Arts Festival here tonight will feature the wailing horns and spicy beat of Moon August and the Brazilian-style jazz of popular group Min-as.

Sponsored by Delmarva Power, this program featuring the best of contemporary jazz begins at 7:30 p.m. under the stars on the University's Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes. Seating is on the ground. Tickets for the Hot NightsCool Jazz concert are $8 for adults in advance and $10 at the gate.

Tickets for children and youth, ages 7 to 17, are $5 in advance and $7 at the gate. There is no charge for children under the age of 7. Miss America and swimsuits: You make the call His own view is no secret "I personally cannot rationalize putting a young college woman in a swimsuit and high heels." The call will cost about 50 cents, and proceeds will go toward scholarship money for the winners or to some other charity. While the vote will determine whether TV viewers see the swimsuit parade, the judges will share had dropped to about 25 percent; last year, it was down to 14.3 percent still a decent showing in the cable era, but far from a smash hit. The pageant began in 1921 as a bathing-beauty contest on the Atlantic City, N.J., boardwalk.

To critics of the pageant, the pointy high heels, structured one-piece bathing suits, sprayed hairdos and use of double-sided duct tape to stuff those bodies see it either way during the preliminaries. Scores from those segments help determine who the finalists are. Horn acknowledged that ratings are obviously part of the reason the pageant is holding the vote the night of the contest rather than before. When it was first televised in the 1950s, 75 percent of American TV households tuned in to the pageant. Ten years ago, that into their costumes seem like a throwback to the 1950s.

"So much has changed. Does it really fit today?" Horn said of the swimsuit competition. Karen Johnson, national secretary for the National Organization for Women, questioned why pageant officials don't just eliminate the swimsuits without a vote. She called the 900-number just another marketing gimmick." By BETH J. HARPAZ Auociated PreM Writer NEW YORK Should Miss America wear a swimsuit? YOU make the call with the help of a 1-900 number.

Pageant organizers will let viewers call in during the three-hour live telecast Sept. 16 and decide whether the swimsuit segment should go on. If the vote is yes, the swimsuit parade will be the final phase of competition before the winner is chosen. If the vote is no, a different program which organizers would not reveal will be substituted. "I personally hope today's announcement will engender a national debate," Leonard Horn, chief executive of the Miss America Organization, said Wednesday.

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