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January 9 - 15, 2017 Page 3 ACROSS 1. "How __ __ __ With Murder" 8. "Where Eagles __"; 1968 Richard Burton/ Clint Eastwood film 9. "Win, __ or Draw" 10. "__ __ With Bear Grylls" 14. "__ Hari"; Greta Garbo movie 15. Actor Barrett 16. Mid-sixth-century year 17. "How __ __ Your Mother" 18. 90 degrees from NNE 19. "The __ Breed"; 1966 James Stewart film 20. Copenhagen native 24. Mr. DeLuise 27. Got an __ __ effort; tried hard 28. Eerie saucer, for short 29. "__ Teacher"; short- lived 2014 series 32. Vicinity 33. "America's Got Talent" judge (2) 36. __ Major; northern celestial hemisphere sight 37. Member of "The Mamas & the Papas" 38. Role on "Quantico" (2) DOWN 1. Less loose, as a rope 2. Fancily adorned 3. Title for Ike and Schwarzkopf: abbr. 4. Seaweed 5. Word of amazement 6. __ from; in addition to 7. Hollers 8. "Confessions of a Teenage __ Queen"; Lindsay Lohan film 11. "Catch Me __ You Can"; Leonardo DiCaprio movie 12. "Do __ Harm"; short- lived 2013 series 13. "__ Hard"; Bruce Willis film 14. Russian space station 20. "__ __ 17"; 2008 Barbara Niven TV movie 21. Get __ __ start; begin anew 22. Namesakes of actor and playwright Coward 23. Historical period 24. "Wasn't that obvious?" 25. "Days __ __ Lives" 26. Tia or Tamera 29. Actor Orson __ 30. "I __ Weasel"; 1997-99 cartoon series 31. 1988 Martin Sheen movie 34. "My Best Friend __ __ Vampire"; 1987 film 35. Sgt. or Cpl. Solution on page 2 CoverStory By Jay Bobbin © Zap2it In an all-star cast of a major event, it's always nice to get the opening spot. Grammy-winning singer Patti Austin had that posi- tion last September at the inaugural ceremony for the Smithsonian Institute's Na- tional Museum of African American History and Cul- ture in Washington, D.C. Staged at the city's John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the eve- ning was captured for the new ABC special "Taking the Stage: African Amer- ican Music and Stories That Changed America," airing Thursday, Jan. 12. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were present for the celebration, whose talent roster was an entertainment who's-who. Among the many others in- cluded are Oprah Winfrey, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones and his daughter Rashida, Tom Hanks, An- gela Bassett, Samuel L. Jackson, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, Gladys Knight, Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige, Usher, Christina Aguilera, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Dave Chappelle, Savion Glover, Dave Grohl, Octavia Spen- cer, Ne-Yo, Doug E. Fresh and Chris Tucker. "That this was about our history, and that we were having the opportunity to herald that musically and creatively, was so pow- erful," Austin says. "I had whiplash for the first 15 minutes, because if there was one person to my left I hadn't seen for 20 years, there was somebody to my right who I'd just worked with two years ago. There's a saying where I come from that if you hug somebody, you say, 'Press my laundry.' Well, my laun- dry was well-pressed by the end of that night! There was just some magical stuff happening." One of the main perks for Austin in doing "Taking the Stage" was the chance to be among the first to explore the new museum: "I saw it under the auspic- es of the most magnificent guide you could ever hope for, and it happened to be a seven-year-old girl who's the daughter of Dave Chappelle. I had never met Dave, and he's one of the few people I've ever want- ed to meet, because I ad- mire his humor and what he tries to do with what he says." Dave Chappelle appears on the new special "Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America," airing Thursday on ABC. Patti Austin is among many 'Taking the Stage' Providing for the Agricultural & Gardening Needs of our Community 711 E. WATERFORD • WAKARUSA • 574.862.1163 SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS ® We Sell and Service Bad Boy and Scag We also service John Deere, Zero Turn, and most other lawn mowers.

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