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• Xystus is an architectural term, referring to a long, covered portico, or main entrance, of ancient Greek gymnasiums. Here, athletes would exercise during inclement weather.

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• The middle set of two digits is called the “Group Number” and are assigned a number between 01-99, but not in consecutive order.

The group number was created as way to organize Social Security Administration filing cabinets into sub-groups to make them more manageable.

• The final set of four digits is called the “Serial Number” and runs from 0001 through 9999.

These are assigned consecutively as applications arrive.

• Unfortunately, the formula the administration used to come up with a particular Social Security number was getting increasingly easy for criminals to figure out especially because many people’s social media pages include their birthplace and date of birth. However, the government recognized the problem, and as of June 25, 2011, changed how numbers are assigned.

The first three digits no longer indicate the area of birth, and the other six digits are randomized in order to combat fraud and ID theft for those who were born after 2011.

• Because the lowest numbers started in the northeastern U.S., you’d expect a Maine resident to have the lowest number ever issued.

However, New Hampshire was ultimately given the 001 area number instead. John Winant, three-time governor of New Hampshire, served as the chairman of the Social Security Board.

They wanted to honor him by giving him the lowest number ever: 001-01-0001. Winant declined the honor, and it was instead given to New Hampshire’s first applicant, Grace Owen • You’d expect Grace Owen’s low number to have been the very first Social Security card ever issued, but it wasn’t. On December 1, 1936, as part of the publicity campaign, Joseph (continued on next page)

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Sweeney died in 1974 at the age of 61 without ever receiving any benefits. Sweeney’s widow, however, did receive benefits until she died eight years later.

• Cards have never been issued where the first three digits are 000 or 666. There are no cards where any set of digits is all zeros.

• Before 1986, people often did not obtain a Social Security number until the age of about 14, since the numbers were used for income tracking purposes, and those under that age seldom earned much. Many youth waited until they turned 16, when it was required for obtaining a driver’s license.

• The Tax Reform Act of 1986 required parents to list Social Security numbers for each dependent over the age of 5 for whom the parent wanted to claim as a tax deduction. Before this act, parents claiming tax deductions were simply trusted not to lie about the number of children they supported. Many people lied about the number of kids they had anyway. During the first year of the Tax Reform Act, this antifraud change resulted in seven million fewer minor dependents being claimed as dependents.

By 1988, parents needed a SSN for children over the age of 2 if they wanted to claim them as dependents, and in 1990 it was lowered again to the age of 1. Today most parents apply for a SSN as soon as their child is born.

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• More recently, Todd Davis distributed his SSN in advertisements for his company’s LifeLock identity theft protection service, which allowed his identity to be stolen numerous times.

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• Social Security retirement benefits are based on your highest 35 years of income.

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So many young people do not know where their food comes from or how hard it is to farm. Did you know that the farming industry is more volatile than the stock market?

Don’t forget the importance of having fresh fruits and vegetables where you live. Show your appreciation to the farmers that grow our food to keep our area sustainable. Good food gives everyone a better “Quality of Life”. Teach your children they can make a difference and say thank you to the farmers in their area. Come and show your support at the parade as either a spectator or as a participant.

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• Can it be used as an effective ointment?

Although bacteria usually thrive in sugary environments, honey has an acidic pH value of between 3.2 and 4.5, making it a highly unfavorable environment for bacteria. Because honey is so high in sugar and so low in water, it acts like a desiccant, drawing the water out of anything it comes into contact with, including bacteria, which die. This desiccating property of honey also means that when it’s used as an ointment, it draws fluids from the wound, reducing inflammation.

• Finally, when moisture is added to honey (such as from a weeping wound), a chemical reaction between water and an enzyme produces hydrogen peroxide as a by-product. Hydrogen peroxide is an antiseptic. Ancient Egyptians used honey for all manner of problems, and during World War I, honey mixed with castor oil was used to treat battlefield injuries. It’s effective for treating bedsores, burns, sunburns, cuts, scrapes, rashes and so forth.

• While enjoying your honey, keep in mind that the total output over the lifetime of a single honey bee might equal 1/12th of a teaspoon.

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• George Dempster was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1887, one of 11 children born to immigrant parents. When he was 19, he went to Panama with his brother to work on the Panama Canal. He was particularly talented at handling the gigantic steam shovels. He even re-designed his steam shovel, improving it so that the bucket, once it was filled, would self-empty. His bosses were impressed and every single steam shovel was re-built following his design.

• When George and his brother returned to Tennessee, they started a company named after themselves: The Dempster Construction Company. They built roads, dams, and railways. By 1922 they owned 26 steam shovels including the largest strip-mining shovel in the world at the time. Things were really going well, but then the Great Depression hit. George Dempster watched as the luxurious home he had built was auctioned to the highest bidder to satisfy company debts. But he did not give up.

• Instead, he brought in two more of his brothers, reorganized, and formed the Dempster Machinery Company, focusing on building large construction machines, with construction jobs relegated as a side-line.

• One of the biggest headaches of owning a construction firm was hauling away the waste generated which had to be loaded onto dump trucks. What he really needed was a way to easily dispose of huge amounts of garbage. He went to work designing something that could do that. In 1935 he built the first unit, dubbing it the “Dempster-Dumpster,” a word he invented using his name and the world “dump.”

The Dempster Dumpster was a specially designed truck that could lift a specially designed container over its head, dumping tons of refuse into the rear of the truck, then crushing it before unloading it. (continued on next page)

In ancient times, garbage was tossed out the window and covered periodically with dirt.

During the Bronze Age in Troy, it is estimated that the street level rose an average of about 4.7 feet per century. About 500 B.C., Athens issued the first known edict against throwing garbage into the streets, and organized the first municipal dumps by requiring scavengers to dispose of waste no less than one mile from the city walls.

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• He designed the Dempster Dumpster to make things easier for his own construction company, but once other rival companies got a look at it, they wanted Dempster Dumpsters for themselves. Soon, municipalities started putting in orders, because it beat the current method of having garbage men manually empty garbage cans into the back of dump trucks. Dempster

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