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SOCIAL SECURITY

by Janet Spencer Come along with Tidbits as we cash our Social Security check!

A NEW PROGRAM • In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal was signed into law. One aspect of it was that the Social Security program was implemented to limit the hazards of old age, poverty, unemployment, and disability.

• The Social Security number (SSN) was created in 1936 for the purpose of tracking the earnings histories of U.S. workers, for determining Social Security benefit entitlements, and for computing benefit levels. Since then, use of the Social Security number has expanded substantially. Today it may be the most commonly used numbering system in the United States. Its universal use has led to its adoption throughout government and the private sector as a chief means of identifying and gathering information about an individual.

• There have been more than 465 million nine-digit Social Security numbers issued since the program started. With just under 1 billion possible number combinations, there has never been a need to recycle numbers. Over 5.5 million new numbers are assigned every year. At some point the numbers will run out and a change will be made to keep up that policy, perhaps adding a digit.

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BIBLE TRIVIA

by Wilson Casey 1) Is the book of Lot in the Old or New Testament or neither?

2) From Judges 3, who was the left-handed Benjamite who killed Eglon? Geshem, Agag, Ehud, Joram 3) How many beasts rising out of the sea did Daniel have a dream about? 4, 7, 13, 20 4) What king wanted to see miracles when the arrested Jesus was before him? Pilate, Shishak, Herod, Solomon 5) From Judges 1:6, what king had his thumbs and toes cut off? David, AdoniBezek, Josiah, Herod 6) Whose biblical name means “messenger”? Aaron, Moses, Samuel, Malachi (c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.

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SOCIAL SECURITY Continued • The first set of three digits of a Social Security number is called the “Area Number” and is assigned to the state where you were born, with the lowest numbers starting in the northeast and increasing as you move west and south.

Beginning in 1973, they were based on the zip code of the application.

• 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 Fay of the Social Security Administration selected a random record from the top of a pile of a thousand records that were stacked on a desk next to him as reporters snapped pictures.

He announced that the first Social Security number in history (055-090001) was assigned to John David Sweeney of New Rochelle, New York.

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.

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By Keith Roach, M.D. Elderly Mom Always Complains She’s Sick DEAR DR. ROACH: My 93-year-old mom is in good condition, except for a kidney disease that has been good for the past 26 years and has had very good reports from her medical practitioner and kidney specialist.

One thing that stresses me is why she complains of being sick all the time. Is it because she wants attention, or just wants people to feel sorry for her? I am her daughter, and our family is just upset because of the way she acts. She does have depression, but she has been given depression pills.

Please give me some information as to why she is doing this. As her daughter, I need TLC, and I need to know how to handle this situation. -- A.M.A. ANSWER: Based on no more information than you have just given me, I would suspect that she complains about being sick all the time because she feels sick all the time. She probably needs some TLC herself. At 93, I believe she’s earned the right to be the one on the receiving end.

Depression may be the cause of her not feeling well, as it so often is.

Unfortunately, medication for depression is completely effective for only a minority of people. Depression goes hand in hand with many other illnesses, especially those with chronic pain. I worry that there is a problem you don’t know about.

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Quitting smoking is by far the most important action you can take to reduce your risk of developing lung disease, but there may be others. Avoid other airborne pollutants, especially other smokers, but also dusts and fumes.

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SOCIAL SECURITY Continued • 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 anti-fraud 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. (cont’d) • In 1938, the vice president of a company that mass-produced wallets thought it would be a good idea to stick a fake copy of a Social Security card into millions of the wallets, which were then distributed throughout the nation at department stores such as Woolworths. The dummy cards were much smaller than normal Social Security cards, they had the word “specimen” written on them, and they used all red ink which was not the same color as real Social Security cards, but the number written on the fake cards was real: it was the Social Security number that belonged to the vice president’s secretary, Hilda Schrader Whitcher. The FBI subsequently paid a call on Hilda to find out why so many people were claiming her Social Security number as their own. Hilda was assigned a new number. Eventually over 40,000 people illegally appropriated her number, even as late as 1977.

• 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.

• You can lose your card 10 times during your lifetime (but only three times in a single year) and still get a free replacement card. After that, it’ll cost you to get a new card. Legal name changes don’t count toward the limits.

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

• In 2017, the average Social Security retirement benefit was $1,322 per month.

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SENIOR NEWS LINE

By Matilda Charles

New Pill Bottle Labels Don’t be surprised if your next prescription bottle looks different, especially if you pick up your drugs at CVS. The newest thing is to put lots of information on the label, in big letters on a big label. CVS is calling it ScriptPath.

If you take multiple drugs and haven’t been given instructions about what can go with what, ask. Don’t count on the fancy new label to let you know. Tell the pharmacist all the drugs you’re taking and when, and ask when your new drug should be fit into the schedule.

Don’t just take them all at once in the morning.

There’s one drug, for example, that can’t be taken within an hour of food. Another one works better late at night. You need accurate information.

Check the side of the bottle where the label says morning, midday, evening and bedtime, and see which one is marked. Ask, especially, if your doctor or pharmacist has told you one thing and the pill bottle indicates something else.

One change you’ll likely see is the size of the bottle itself. Even if you’re only getting a month’s supply of small pills, the label needs to go around the bottle.

Your best bet, especially if you have a new prescription, is to not leave the counter until you have a chance to read the label and ask questions.

Having said all this, I do not like the new label.

Perhaps the pharmacy needs a new printer cartridge, or maybe the printer doesn’t work well with that type of paper label. I only know that it nearly requires a magnifying glass to read the faint and broken up letters. I’m tempted to make my own label. (c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Every Mother’s Day, the Social Security Administration crunches the data from all of the applications received the previous year for newborns and releases lists of the most popular names for baby boys and baby girls born that year.

Continued on the next page Quiz Bits 1. What is the current ratio of people who are working vs. people collecting Social Security?

2. Is a Social Security number re-assigned following a person’s death?

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SOCIAL SECURITY Continued For a couple, the average monthly combined benefit was $2,212. In 2017, the maximum Social Security benefit at full retirement age was $2,687.

• Today, about 157 million Americans pay Social Security taxes and over 61 million Americans receive Social Security benefits.

Fabulous Food HONEY • Honey is great for three reasons.

First, it’s one of nature’s most unique foods. Second, it lasts virtually indefinitely. Third, it doubles as a topical antibiotic.

• First, is it really one of nature’s most unique foods? It is the only edible foodstuff that is manufactured by insects. Bees collect nectar secreted by flowers, mix it with enzymes from their digestive tract, spit it into a honeycomb, and then dehydrate it by fanning their wings until it is reduced to about 18% water.

• Honey has equal parts of glucose and fructose. In the digestive tract, the glucose is absorbed quickly and provides immediate energy, whereas the fructose is absorbed slowly and provides sustaining energy.

• Due to the high level of fructose, honey is about 25% sweeter than ordinary sugar. A tablespoon full of honey contains about 60 calories, which is about the same as sugar.

• Honey is fat-free and cholesterol-free and contains 22 amino acids and many essential minerals perfectly designed to maintain metabolism in the body of a bee.

• There is one drawback to honey, which is that it cannot be fed to children under one year old. This is due to the risk of botulism. Botulism spores are everywhere, in the dirt, carried by the wind, blowing around as dust. When bees collect nectar, they’re also collecting microscopic botulism spores and mixing them with the honey. Normally this isn’t a big deal; botulism is only dangerous when it’s concentrated. Adults can eat honey without fear of botulism, but babies have an underdeveloped immune system and do not develop a full complement of protective digestive bacteria until they are about a year old. Because of this, they have less resistance to botulism than adults.

• Does honey keep forever? Honey found in King Tut’s tomb was 2,000 years old and it was still good. Honey crystallizes and solidifies over time, but reverts to its original form when the container is placed in a pot of warm water. (Be sure not to boil it, which destroys enzymes.) It keeps well in airtight plastic or glass containers, but do not store it in metal cans because the acids in the honey will oxidize the metal, ruining the taste. It can be kept indefinitely at room temperature and can be frozen without harm, but heat ruins the nutritional value, and it’s best to store it where the temperature remains constant.

• 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.

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By Sam Mazzotta License for Indoor Cats Is a Scam, Reader Says --DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I disagree with what you wrote about buying a license and tags for cats that stay indoors. Requiring a license for indoor cats is such a government scam.

It’s just another dirty local tax to burden the people with -- like the little fees on our phone bills! I love my country, but these hidden taxes aren’t right. -- Tim in Lancaster, Ohio DEAR TIM: I know how frustrating it can be to pay additional fees for many things, especially when prices are rising for products like gasoline. But I also stand by my original article. Even indoor cats need routine vaccinations and, if mandated, license tags.

Even the best pet owner in the world can be impacted by unforeseen events. Say a natural disaster hits, like a tornado or a mudslide -- something with little or no warning. In the

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For example, during a recent house fire in my community, firefighters rushed in to save the homeowner, who was trapped with her dog in a back bedroom. They were able to get her to safety, unhurt. However, she lost her hold on the dog, who ran into the woods, terrified.

It took a few days of searching before it was found and matched back to its owner thanks to his license tags and microchip.

Vaccinating and licensing indoor pets is a comparatively low-cost way to improve pets’ chances of staying healthy and being quickly reunited with their owners should they escape. While it’s good for citizens to be aware of and question different taxes and fees, this is one fee that is worth the price.

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Who had been the youngest one?

2. David Cone, Pedro Martinez and David Wells all tossed a perfect nine innings in a major-league game. Who of the three had the most career regular-season victories?

3. Donnel Pumphrey of San Diego State set a new record in 2016 for most career rushing yards (6,405 yards). Whose record did he break?

4. Who was the first athlete from the Dominican Republic to play in the NBA? 5. The Vegas Knights set a record in 201718 for most regular-season road wins by an NHL expansion team (22). Which team had held the mark?

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HONEY Continued 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. To make one pound of honey, bees in a colony must visit about 2 million flowers and fly over 55,000 miles.

THE DEMPSTER DUMPSTER • 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.

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by Samantha Weaver * 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.” * The Secret Service is well-known today as the protector of the U.S. president, so you might be surprised to learn that it was originally established to fight counterfeit currency. * The world record for the most published works by a single author is held by L. Ron Hubbard (who also, incidentally, founded the Church of Scientology). His first work was published in February 1934, and his final work -- number 1,084 -- was published in March 2006. * Doubtless you’ve heard of the Taj Mahal in India, but did you know that there is a tourist attraction in America that is so grand it is popularly known as the Taj Mahal of the West? In 1968, a group of Hare Krishnas founded the New Vrindaban Community near Wheeling, West Virginia.

Though they began on 100 acres with no electricity or running water, the community now covers more than 1,200 acres and featuresÊPrabhupada’s Palace of Gold, an ornate edifice of gold, marble and handcarved teakwood. The award-winning rose garden alone is said to be worth a trip. * Those who study such things claim that in the wild, animals don’t die of old age. * The town of Key Largo, Florida, did not exist before the 1948 film of that name starring Humphrey Bogart made it famous. * Due to a series of earthquakes in 1811 and 1812, the Mississippi River ran backward for a time.

Thought for the Day: “To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.” -Jorge Luis Borges (c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.

6/3 National Egg Day 6/4 Donut Day 6/5 Hug Your Cat Day 6/6 Cancer Survivors Day 6/7 National Candy Month 6/8 National Taco Day 6/9 Donald Duck Day

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by Freddy Groves An Orlando Resort -- Just for You You only need to view the online photos of the Shades of Green resort in Orlando, Florida, and you’ll want to go. Sitting next to Disney World and sandwiched between two PGA golf courses, the place is a highly desirable resort -- for you. It’s one of a small chain of Armed Forces Recreation Centers, all owned by the Department of Defense.

There are nearly 600 rooms and suites at Shades of Green, and they sound very high-class.

There are seven levels of accommodation, from standard room to garden suite. If you’re bringing a crowd, perhaps for a wedding or big celebration, the family suite sleeps eight, and the palm suite sleeps 10. Yes, you can take guests, but you must check them in.

With tennis, two pools with slide, golf, shopping at the handy AAFES Exchange and a spa, this could be a great place to go with the family.

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DUMPSTERS Continued • 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 advertised the product as being “rat-proof, wind-proof, fly-proof, fire-proof, and scavenger-proof.”

• Before long, the five Dempster brothers were spending their entire time turning out Dumpsters at Dempster Brothers, Inc. Work with the U.S. Navy resulted in Dempster’s equipment being used all over the world. In fact, there were 125 Dumpsters on the docks in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

• By the 1950s, his company employed over 450 people and was grossing over $6 million a year.

•By the end of his career he would hold over 75 patents. By the time he died of a heart attack in 1964, the word “Dumpster” which he had coined was used as commonly as other corporate names such as “Kleenex” or “Xerox” or “Band-aid.” Dumpsters are now found in every city all over the world.

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