There are a few Friday night rooms available for Amy’s Slumber Party!  As of 9am this morning, the Doubletree will call anyone who texted who has not yet been called, and if there are still rooms available, recall those who missed them yesterday.  If you are interested in a Friday room, please keep your phones handy and have all the information needed when they call.
 
The night you want to go
The name of the person who is reserving a room
A valid credit card – type, specific name the card is under, number and exp. Date
The name of the four women that will be in the room
 
If someone else is reserving the room for you, please make sure they have the correct information as well. Good luck!

WINE ON ICE EVENT IN ELMIRA!
Listen for tickets to be given away all week! Visit their website below!

FIVE QUESTION QUIZ
We play the 5 Question Quiz EVERY Tuesday and here's how it works. We have five questions that you have to guess the answers to. But, we don't tell you WHICH questions you get right, only HOW MANY. So, you have to listen to the other players answers and figure what's right and what's not. One out of five and gets a prize, then two out of five, etc. Here are this morning's questions...
 

1.  30% of homebuyers say this is an absolute must when looking for a new house...
2.  New research says teens, ages 12 – 16 years old, are twice as likely to smoke marijuana if they have one of these...
3.  People 75 years and older make up almost 8 percent of this...
4.  The original ingredients of this product are still a secret after 46 years and it was originally introduced in only off white...
5.  30% of females say they share this information with their friends, whereas only 18% of men do...

 
ANSWERS:
 

1.  a deck
2.  a TV in their room
3.  those working in the US
4.  Play-Doh
5.  intimate details about their love life

ZOO BABIES!
In a year of unprecedented births, the Rosamond Gifford Zoo also broke several attendance records in 2012. Total visitation to the facility was 372,139—the highest total attendance at the zoo in more than 15 years, and an 8.3 percent increase over 2011.

The zoo experienced attendance highs in February, March, May and August with monthly attendance totals not seen in more than a decade.

^{*Numbers are rounded to the nearest tenth}

Zoo Director, Ted Fox, attributes the spike in attendance to the opening of new exhibits, a variety of zoo babies and recent improvements, such as Primate Park and Asian Elephant Preserve.

“Guests are coming from all over to visit the Rosamond Gifford Zoo,” said Fox. “We experienced a ‘baby boom’ in 2012. The community loves seeing new animals, and with the hatchings and births of everything from penguins and turtles to fennec foxes and snow leopards, there was something new to see nearly every month of the year.”

“More and more people are realizing how wonderful the Rosamond Gifford Zoo is and they are visiting in record numbers,” said Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney. “Newer attractions like Primate Park and Asian Elephant Preserve, combined with the incredible programs put on by the zoo, are really drawing attention and we have much more in store for the future.”

The 2013 season begins with half-price zoo admission in January and February and the annual Winter at the Zoo Photo Contest. And the changes that have been bringing people to the zoo will continue in the coming year.

The zoo is currently undergoing improvements to the main entrance and parking lot, which will be followed by modifications to the main pond and picnic area in the interior portion of the zoo.

The community is eagerly anticipating the opening of the giant Pacific octopus exhibit, slated for early in the year. Funded by Friends of the Zoo, the new exhibit will be located in the upper lobby, near the Jungle Café and will feature sea stars, anemones and rock fish, in addition to the octopus.

SIDEBAR:

Significant Births, Hatchings & New Arrivals at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in 2012

NEW ON DVD
Here's a look at some of the new titles arriving Tuesday on DVD:

Movies:
* Taken 2
* The Possession
* To Rome With Love
* Won't Back Down
* The Bishop's Wife
* The Man Who Knew Too Much: Criterion Collection
* The Pride of the Yankees

TV:
* Jackson Five: The Completed Animated Series
* Life's Too Short: The Complete First Season
* Men of a Certain Age: The Complete Second Season
* Merlin: The Complete Fourth Season
* Perry Mason: Season 8, Volume 2

MALARKEY FOR TODAY:

A 61 year old high school teacher is suing her school district after she was reassigned to the junior high school because she says she suffers from peda-phoi-ba.  What is it?

1)       fear of smelly shoes
2)       fear of high pitched voices
3)       *** fear of young children