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WILDFLOWERSby Patricia L. Cook

Experts estimate that there are over 20,000 species of flowering plants in North America, belonging to about 300 different families. Wildflowers are the ones that grow in the wild, without cultivation.

• There are “native” wildflowers that are indigenous to the continent and “naturalized” wildflowers that have been introduced from some other part of the world. Native and naturalized wildflowers share a common distinction: They are able to grow on their own in nature.

• Wildflowers grow in cold and hot areas as well as in wet and dry places. Deserts may appear so dry that nothing will grow, but there will still be wildflowers when the conditions are right. Conversely, marshes and swamps appear so wet that flowers can not survive, but they can have wildflowers as well. Many people have attempted to cultivate wildflower gardens. Some wildflowers are agreeable to this, and others refuse cultivation.

• Wildflowers are varied in looks, growth forms and usefulness. Some are considered grand in appearance and wanted in home and park gardens, while others are a bane to our lawns and roadsides. Some are unusual with “personalities” that will amaze you.

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• Skunk cabbage is a swamp-loving plant that is well named. It blooms in February and March in swampy areas and produces an odd-looking flower before producing any leaves. The flowers resemble pins in a pincushion. When the plant is bruised, it smells awful.

• Native Americans used the orange sap of the bloodroot plant to color or paint their faces for warfare or ceremonies and to dye baskets. The flowers on a bloodroot plant are so delicate that it cannot be picked successfully. The petals fall off with the slightest touch or breeze. The sap comes from the stem.

• Mistletoe is a plant we traditionally associate with Christmas. Unlike most wildflowers that are rooted in soil, this plant is termed a “semi-parasite” because it draws water and minerals from a host plant. It typically grows on hardwood trees in the southern United States producing small white berries coated with a sticky substance that is toxic to humans.

• Dodder or Love Vine is unusual because it is a true parasite. Unlike semi-parasitic mistletoe, which produces green leaves, dodder vines are gold in color. Shortly after dodder seeds sprout, root-like structures attach themselves to a host plant, and the dodder plant draws all of its nourishment from the host plant. Common Dutch clover is a host plant for several dodder species.

• The Southern or evergreen magnolia is emblematic of the Southern states in America.

The Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act was signed in May 2010 to give much more assistance to the caregivers of wounded post-9/11 veterans. The program was to be fully up and running by the end of January 2011.

Included in the bill was a monthly stipend equal to the cost of home health assistance, mental health support, training, respite and health insurance for the caregiver. The goal of the act was to keep wounded veterans at home and out of care facilities.

Now the January deadline has passed and all of the program isn’t in place yet. Two weeks after it was to be fully op-erational, a Department of Veterans Affairs contingent went to Congress with a plan in hand to get it going. They is-sued a press release that says, in part, “Many of the other significant newly enacted benefits will require the issuance of regulations. ... The law requires detailed regulations for determining eligibility, designating and approving caregiv-ers ... .”

The VA wants to approve the caregivers who have already been doing the work, without any help, many giving up their jobs and health insurance?

One major disappointment is that only 10 percent of the seri-ously wounded are covered -- a mere 800 veterans.

There is a bit of help now: the VA’s toll-free Caregiver Sup-port Line at 1-855-260-3274.

Go to www.caregiver.va.gov and look around. You’ll find information on home equipment and modifications, care-giver resources and contacts. If nothing else, click on VA Caregiver Services and scroll through the services. Ask the support coordinator which ones you can get now.

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WILDFLOWERS (continued): The flower is the State Flower for Louisiana and

Mississippi. What some readers may not know is the large size of this flower. Flowers range from 7 to 10 inches across — That’s the size of a dinner plate! Also interesting is that magnolia flowers are pollinated by beetles.

• Wildflower festivals are popular in many different areas. The 25th Annual Mountain Flower Fine Art & Wine Festival in Dahlonega, Georgia, is held the third weekend in May. The Dahlonega Master Gardeners present wildflower displays, walks and tours.

• The Mount Pisgah Arboretum in Oregon also has a Wildflower Festival in May. Always the Sunday after Mother’s Day, this year’s event will be May 15, 2011. Guided hikes are available, and 300 to 400 species of wildflowers are displayed.

• The Waterton Wildflower Festival is a nine-day event in June at Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada, across the border from Glacier National Park. Waterton is an International Peace Park and World Heritage Site. Due to the conjunction of prairie and mountain ecosystems, the park has a truly unique variety of wildflowers. It is home to more than 50 of Canada’s rarest flowers including 30 species that aren’t found anywhere else in the world. In fact, Waterton has more flowers than any other mountain park. The festival has educational courses, art exhibits, workshops, hikes and even horseback rides.

1. Is the Book of Obadiah in the Old or New Testament or neither?2. From Matthew 9, after Jesus healed a paralyzed man, what did the man pick up and carry home? Brother, Bed, Mother, Cart3. Which book begins, “And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilder-ness of Sinai”? Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy4. What is the largest number specifically mentioned in the Bible (KJV)? 7 X 70, Ten Hundred, Hundred Thousand, Thousand Thousand5. According to Acts 25, what title belonged to Agrippa? Priest, Apos-tle, King, General6. In Exodus 7, what river was turned into blood? Red, Galilee, Marah, Nile

1. SCIENCE: Which scientist was the first to use the word “cell” in describing the basic components of life forms?2. TELEVISION: Which state was the setting for TV’s “Knots Landing”?3. MYTHOLOGY: In the legend of King Arthur, what was the name of Merlin’s mistress, who also was called The Lady of the Lake?4. POETRY: Who wrote, “Sometime they’ll give a war and nobody will come”?5. GEOGRAPHY: Which body of water would one find east of Greece?6. MUSIC: Where would one find a coda to a piece of music?7. INVENTIONS: When was the zipper invented?8. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is terra cotta often used to make?9. ANATOMY: What’s another word or words for capillary?10. U.S. STATES: Which state’s largest body of fresh water is called Moosehead Lake?

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Name the two people and two teams involved in the only trade of managers in major-league history. How many consecutive years did Chicago White Sox knuckleballer Wilbur Wood win at least 20 games? When was the last time before the 2009 season that SMU’s football team played in a bowl

game? In 1978-79 and 1979-80, George Gervin led the NBA in scoring, while the same player was second both times. Who was it, and what team did he play for? Who is the only person to win the Jack Adams Award as NHL coach of the year three times with three different teams? Name the two people to have won a men’s World Cup soccer crown as a player and as a coach. In how many weight divisions has boxer Manny Pacquiao won titles?

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• Crested Butte, the official wildflower capital of Colorado, began hosting a wildflower festival in 1986. Now the week-long celebration has over 200 classes, including art and cooking classes with wildflowers. The 2011 event is set for July 11-17.

• The Wildflower! Arts & Music Festival is a multi-day arts and music festival celebrating its 19th anniversary this year. Held north of Dallas in Richardson, Texas, it got its name from the wildflowers planted throughout the parks, medians and roadsides of Richardson.

• Do you know which United States’ First Lady is considered the “Environmental First Lady”? Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson, otherwise known as Lady Bird, was the wife of the 36th President, Lyndon Johnson. (The nickname was supposedly given to her by a nursemaid when she was a child who said she was “as purty as a lady bird.”)

• While she was First Lady, Mrs. Johnson created the First Lady’s Committee for a More Beautiful Capital. She wanted to create natural landscaping to preserve the beauty of the nation’s capital. Later she expanded the program to include the entire nation.

• In 1982, Lady Bird Johnson and actress Helen Hayes founded the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, originally called the National Wildflower Research Center, “to introduce people to the beauty and diversity of wildflowers and other native plants.”

• The center in Austin, Texas, has public gardens, woodlands and meadows and is an internationally influential research center. In 2006, the center became an Organized Research Unit of the University of Texas at Austin.

• Wildflower research has far-reaching implications. One wildflower that has made a huge difference in many lives worldwide is Wild Foxglove, botanically known as Digitalis purpurea. The medicine derived from this plant is widely used today to treat heart disease. As Lady Bird has said, “Surely there are others like digitalis waiting out there.”

• So, whether you’re canoeing down a stream, hiking in the woods, or observing the median on a road trip, notice the wildflowers. Realize their value to society comes from more than their natural beauty.

Big CatsBy Samantha Mazzotta

This week Paws Corner is going to go big -- really big -- and talk a bit about cats that are a little too large to keep as house pets: namely, cats like pumas, wildcats, cougars, tigers, leopards, you name it. Too often, they’re purchased as pets or as show animals only to be neglected or worse when things don’t go so well for their owners. That’s why I’m calling attention to a standout organization, Big Cat Rescue.

This Florida-based organization made it a mission almost 20 years ago to rescue big cats and care for them. The story of how it began is pretty incredible -- founders Carole and Don Baskin, after visiting a bobcat breeder and finding out that most of his lynxes and bobcats were sold for their fur, purchased all 56 of the breeder’s cats and took them from Minnesota to Florida rather than leave them to be slaughtered. Their

transition from casual pet owners who thought it would be cool to own a bobcat to committed advocates for stopping exploitation of big cats is a tale in itself.

If you’re interested in big cats for any reason, visit their website at www.bigcatrescue.org. The site is chock full of information about these cats, why they don’t make good pets and ways that you can help the sanctuary continue its work.

P.S. If you’re a frequent visitor to www.pawscorner.com, you probably know that Purina is looking for a “Cat Chow correspondent” to travel the country on behalf of Purina, attend cat events and connect with fellow cat owners. Applications will be accepted through March 28 at catchow.com.

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For years, cities have had to come up with solutions for parking cars to allow access for employees and people doing business as well as for visitors and tourists.

• Whether called a car park, parking garage, parking structure, parking ramp, parking deck, parkade or some other name, buildings equipped to hold lots of cars have become a necessity for crowded cities. Unique parking structures are found in cities around the world. Architects have not only worked to solve parking problems but have designed some memorable structures.

• One of the earliest, if not the earliest, parking garages was the Botanic Gardens Garage in Glasgow, Scotland, built between 1906 and 1912. It had cages for the cars and a distinctive façade of green and white glazed terracotta tiles. Preservationists have been fighting to keep it from demolition.

• The first known multi-story car structure in the United States was built in 1918 for the Hotel LaSalle in Chicago. It was demolished in 2005.

• Designers of those first parking structures would be astonished at the size, design and automation available today.

• Volkswagen’s Autostadt in Woofsburg, Germany, is an amusement park based on an automotive theme as well as a place to purchase a new car. It includes a car museum, car-factory tours, driving courses and more. Two 20-story car silos housing 800 new Volkswagens are attention-grabbing sites. If you decide to buy, a central robotic arm will travel up the tower and deliver your car to you with an odometer that reads zero. It is possible for six people to travel up the silo in the same way the cars do for a view of the towers’ interior.

• A parking area combined with shopping, restaurants, etc. in Tokyo Bay is quite a tourist destination. Even though it is expensive to access by toll, the Umihotaru, “floating car park,” is a must see. Its design resembles a cruise ship, and it is built on an artificial island where Japan’s longest tunnel, the Aqualine, ends and becomes a bridge.

• It was computer guru Jef Raskin who made the following sage observation: “Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.” • Most people think of Abraham Lincoln as an iconic president and the Great Emancipator, but many don’t realize that he also was an inventor. He was issued patent No. 6,469 for an inflatable device he designed to help buoy river-going vessels over shoals. • In Somalia it is common for a girl to be engaged before she is even born. • If you get squeamish around bugs, you might not want to read the following little tidbit of information: Nearly every human carries around tiny eyelash mites that live out their entire lives on our faces -- including mating and laying eggs there.

• Due to a series of earthquakes in 1811 and 1812, the Mississippi River ran backward for a time. • An enterprising inventor named Andrew Schneider has come up with the latest geek apparel: a solar bikini. With it, you can tan while also charging up your iPod. No word on whether there are solar swim trunks in the pipeline for men. • J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books are so popular worldwide that now they’re not even being writing by Rowling herself. The booming bootleg industry in China seems to have taken the Potter series to heart, creating such titles as “Harry Potter and the Leopard Walk-Up-To Dragon,” “Harry Potter and the Chinese Overseas Students at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,” “Harry Potter and the Chinese Porcelain Doll,” “Rich Dad, Poor Dad and Harry Potter” and “Harry Potter and the Filler of Big.”

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• Another parking structure connected to water is Marina City on the Chicago River in Chicago that was built to discourage city residents from moving to the suburbs. Two 65-story towers that were part of the complex and completed in 1964 contain 18 floors for parking. Each tower of the “corncob” structure accommodates 450 autos.

• Turning from water to books, the “Community Bookshelf” parking garage for the Central Library in Kansas City, Missouri, looks like a row of books on a library shelf. The south wall of the garage is designed with signboard mylar book spines measuring 25 feet by 9 feet (7.6 m x 2.7 m). The books showcased are 22 titles that were suggested by readers.

• Cologne, Germany, has Europe’s longest parking structure. Rheinauhafen is a parking tunnel that is 2.5 miles (4 km) long with three strategically placed entrances.

• The Michigan Theater in Detroit, Michigan, is another unusual parking garage. Originally a grand theater built in 1926 on the site where Henry Ford built his first automobile, it was scheduled for demolition in 1976. Engineers saved the historic building by redesigning it into a three-story garage.

• R. Omar Barker said it well in 1946: “Here lies an urban gentleman, who failed to make his mark, he died with his lifetime squandered, hunting some place to park!”

• On March 15, 45 B.C, Julius Caesar, the “dic-tator for life” of the Roman Empire, is murdered by his own senators at a meeting in a hall next to Pompey’s Theatre. The conspiracy against Caesar encompassed as many as 60 noblemen, including Caesar’s own protege, Marcus Brutus.

• On March 20, 1345, according to scholars at the University of Paris, the Black Death, also known as the Plague, is created from what they call “a triple conjunction of Saturn, Jupiter and Mars in the 40th degree of Aquarius. It is now known that bubonic plague was carried by fleas.

• On March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein is born, the son of a Jewish electrical engineer, in Ulm, Germany. Einstein’s theories of relativity drasti-cally altered man’s view of the universe, and his work helped make possible the atomic bomb.

• On March 17, 1905, future president Franklin Delano Roosevelt weds his fifth cousin once removed, Eleanor Roosevelt, in New York. In 1918, Eleanor was devastated to discover that Franklin was having an affair with her secretary, Lucy Mercer. When Eleanor threatened to leave him, his mother intervened and offered to sup-port Eleanor financially if she would stay in the marriage.

• On March 18, 1911, Irving Berlin copyrights the biggest pop song of the early 20th century, “Alexander’s Ragtime Band.” In the first two decades of the 20th century, musical popularity was based not on the sale of recorded perfor-mances, but on the sale of sheet music. Future Berlin hits would include “White Christmas” and “God Bless America.”

• On March 16, 1926, American Robert H. God-dard launches the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket at Auburn, Mass. The rocket, fueled by liquid oxygen and gasoline, traveled for 2.5 sec-onds at a speed of about 60 mph, reaching an altitude of 41 feet and landing 184 feet away.

• On March 19, 1957, Elvis Presley puts down a $1,000 deposit on a $102,500 house in Mem-phis, Tenn. The Southern mansion on a 13.8-acre wooded estate was later named Graceland. Today, Graceland is the second-most-visited house in America, after the White House.

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for FREE in Tidbits please email: [email protected] 17 - St. Patricks’ DayMarch 17, 4pm - 8pm3rd Thursday in downtown WaynesvilleMarch 19, 7pmMad Agnes performing at the Waynesville United Methodist Church, 301 Lovely Lane in WaynesvilleMarch 26, 9amMiles 4 Missions 10K & 5K at the Westside Baptist Church in WaynesvilleMarch 26, 11am - 4pmTaste of Pulaski County & Basket Auction at the St. Robert Community CenterApril 1Fabulous Fakes: fake acts perform table to table during the luncheon at Pershing Community Center, FLW

April 1, 7pmTri-County Center for Independent Living Center Fun-draiser: Trivia night & baked goods auction at Eugene Northern Hall, 400 4th St. in Rolla. April 2Opening Weekend Pulaski County Courthouse and Old Stagecoach Stop MuseumsApril 14, 7pm - 10pmThe Sound of Music Performance in the WHS TheatreApril 16, 1pm - 3pmSt. Robert Easter Egg HuntApril 16, 7pmRichland Saddle Club Fun ShowApril 17, 1pmMeat shoot at Steelville Country Club, 269 W. Hwy 8. Proceeds go to Tri-County Center for Independent Living.

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Nigerian scams are elaborate ruses to separate you from your money. That’s the bottom line. Here are two examples:

One version of the scams preys on your good nature via email. It might talk about needing “absolute confidentiality” and governments or churches that need to get cash out the country. They’ll offer you money for your help -- big money. You just need to pay an upfront fee -- which you’ll never see again.

In another version, they’ll ask you for your bank-account information so that all of their millions can be held safely in your bank account. You’ll be paid, of course, they say. But how long do you think your money will stay in your account once you give them your account number?

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• Claim to be from a foreign government or church.

• Ask for your help.• Insist on confidentiality.• Identify you by name.• Ask for your banking information.• Have a sense of urgency to act immediately.• Promise to give you money for your help.

Some of the scams are very good, which is why so many people fall for them. But with a little investigation and a lot of suspicion, you can avoid these scams and hold on to your money.

Ask yourself: How did they get your name and address? Likely it came from a database of seniors.

To arm yourself with more information, go to the FBI’s website at www.fbi.gov/ and click on Scams & Safety. Look for Common Fraud Schemes.

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Consider moving beyond the usual methods to find a more creative means of handling a difficult on-the-job situation. Avoid confrontation and, instead, aim for coopera-tion.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Seasonal change creates a new look for the outdoors. It also inspires Taureans to redo their own environments, and this is a good week to start redoing both your home and workplace. Enjoy.GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A misunderstanding needs to be straightened out so the wrong impres-sion isn’t allowed to stand. If necessary, offer to support the use of a third party to act as an impartial arbitrator.CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A career change of-fering what you want in money and responsibilities could involve moving to a new location. Discuss this with family members before making a decision.LEO (July 23 to August 22) Feeling miffed over how you believe you were treated is understand-able. But before you decide to “set things straight,” make sure the whole thing wasn’t just a misinter-pretation of the facts.VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Showing you care makes it easier to build trust and gain an ad-vantage in handling a delicate situation. What you learn from this experience also will help you under-stand yourself better.LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Planning for the future is fine, especially if you include the roles that family members may be asked to play. Don’t be surprised if some hidden emotions are revealed in the process.SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Making choices highlights much of the week, and you have a head start here, thanks to your ability to grasp the facts of a situation and interpret them in a clear-cut manner.SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Carrying a torch can be a two-way situation: It can either keep you tied to the past or help light your way to the future. The choice, as always, has to be yours.CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Your watchwords this week are: “Focus.” “Focus.” “Fo-cus.” Don’t let yourself be distracted from what you set out to do. There’ll be time later to look over other possibilities.AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) A work-place opportunity might require changes you’re not keen on making. Discuss the plusses and minuses with someone familiar with the situation before you make a decision.PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Love and ro-mance are strong in your aspect this week. If you’ve already met the right person, expect your relation-ship to grow. And if you’re still looking, odds are you’ll soon be finding it.BORN THIS WEEK: You approach life in a wise and measured manner, which gives you an edge in many areas.

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• “To whiten piano keys, clean with rub-bing alcohol.” -- O.E. in Pennsylvania (This is for the white keys only, of course.)

• Polish glassware scratches with tooth-paste to get them back in shape.

• You’ve probably heard that charcoal briquettes are a great way to remove smells from an unused cooler or fridge. I just wanted to mention that you should use the kind that are just plain charcoal, not the kind that contain lighter fluid. They actually make it smell worse, I think.

• “Have arthritis in your hands? Make two punctures on opposite sides of a racquet-ball. Push a pen through and position it to where you can hold the ball while writing. Or better yet, have one of your kids do this for you. I did it for my father, and he loves it. It has improved his writing, and his hand doesn’t get tired so quickly.” -- V.J. in Geor-gia

• Mildew can be removed from your bath-room tile using a mix of water, lemon juice and salt in equal parts. Mix up a couple of cups, apply to mildew areas with a rag, then scrub with an old toothbrush. Rinse well.

• When drilling holes in drywall or plaster, use this neat trick to catch the dust: Fold the opening flap back on an envelope, and tape the envelope, open, to the wall under where you are going to drill. The dust and pieces will fall right into the open en-velope, which can be moved to the next spot and just thrown away when you’re done.

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Good Housekeeping Glazed Corned Beef

This recipe appears in “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” an award-winning cook-book created in 1979 to benefit the Bad-

dour Center of Senatobia, Miss. To order, visit the online store at baddour.org.

5 pounds corned beef brisket or rump Apple jelly 1 lemon, peel and juice 1 orange, peel and juice 1 can (16 ounce) apricot halves, drained 1 can (20 ounce) pineapple chunks, drained Parsley for garnish

1. Place corned beef in large kettle. Cover with water and simmer 3 to 4 hours or until tender.

2. Combine jelly, lemon and orange peel and juice in saucepan; heat until jelly melts. Remove corned beef from water to shallow baking pan.

3. Arrange apricot halves and pineapple chunks around meat. Baste meat and fruit with half the jelly glaze. Bake at 375 F. for 25 minutes.

4. Baste again with remaining glaze. Bake 30 minutes longer. Remove all to heated platter and garnish with parsley. Serves 8.

• Each serving: About 510 calories, 26g total fat, 133mg cholesterol, 1,555mg sodium.

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Q: I’d like to put some hooks underneath my kitchen cabinets so I can hang mugs, utensils, etc. The trouble is, as my boyfriend pointed out, the bottoms of the cabinets look like thin particleboard and the hooks mightl pull right out. I don’t have much space. Is there a solu-tion for this? -- Jennifer K., Detroit

A: With some cabinets, that is a possibility. In order to place those hooks securely, it’s better to screw them into solid wood rather than particleboard. So, how can you accom-plish this? By adding a solid-wood strip.

Where you place the strip depends on which side of the cabinet bottom has the best rein-forcing material -- namely, the cabinet frame-work, which is typically solid wood. The strip will need to be secured to the frame-work rather than simply nailed or glued to the thin particleboard bottom of the cabinet, as there’s a good chance it can’t support the added weight of the strip, either.

Measure the distance from one brace to the next, for each under-cabinet section you want to attach hooks to. Select a piece of solid wood that is about 2 inches wide and a half-inch to an inch thick, and have it cut to fit your measurements. If you want to paint or stain the wood to match the cabinet finish, do so before installing.

Double-check the fit of each strip; it should fit snugly between each brace. Use a wood rasp or sandpaper to take a little off the ends if the strip doesn’t quite fit. Glue the strip into place and secure by driving a nail diagonally through the strip into the solid wood brace.Finally, go ahead and install the hooks along the center of the wood strip.

HOME TIP: Stuck drawer? After check-ing to make sure the drawer is sitting properly in the runners, try rubbing prob-lem spots with chalk, wax or soap, or sand down with fine-grade sandpaper.

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