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Spring is finally in the air… or at least it’s coming up on the calendar. Join us as we shake off those winter cobwebs and present some tips, trivia and Tidbits for the blooming season! • In many areas of the U.S., spring weather means homeowners returning outdoors to tend to their lawns and gardens. If you haven’t used your lawn mower since last fall, make sure you clean the spark plugs before firing it up. While you’re at it, check all the nuts and bolts and make sure they’re tight. The vibration of the mower tends to loosen them just a bit with each use. And as you can imagine, you don’t want a mower to come flying apart during use. • Last year, more than 15,000 children were treated for lawn-mower-related injuries in emergency rooms. Never let a child accompany you on a riding mower; it’s built for one adult occupant. It’s safest to keep kids completely out of the area when you’re mowing. Items hidden in the grass can be as devastating as bullets when flung by a mower’s powerful blades. Finally, wear enclosed shoes when operating a mower. Flip-flops and sandals leave your feet vulnerable, and tend to slip and slide on freshly-mown grass. • In many states, spring is also known as flood season. Floods are vicious, unpredictable events, and your only turn the page for more Tidbits!
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Give Your Dryer a Good Cleaning Q: I share a laundry room with the upstairs tenants, and the washer and dryer get heavy use. The only annoying thing is that the upstairs folks never clean out the lint screen, so after they are done drying several loads I end up removing half-inch-thick (or more) collections of lint. Lately, I have noticed that my clothes don’t seem to dry as well and that they sometimes have little lint balls stuck to them. Does the dryer need cleaning? -- Nate in New Hampshire A: I’d deďŹ nitely say yes. The parts of the dryer that remove lint need to be inspected and cleaned. Are you both tenants? If so, and the landlord supplies the washer and dryer, inform him or her right away that there is a lint (and drying) problem and that the dryer needs cleaning. Excess lint is a ďŹ re hazard, so prompt attention should be paid. If you’re the owner or you offer to ďŹ x the problem in return for a break on the rent (some landlords are grateful for the extra help), here’s how to clean collected and trapped lint from the dryer and vents. 1) Unplug the dryer and detach the vent hose from the back. 2) With a helper, maneuver the dryer out from the wall. 3) Check the lint trap inside the dryer ďŹ rst: use a exible brush (like a soft bottle brush) to catch larger lint clusters and remove them. Vacuum out the space using the extension attachment on your vacuum cleaner. 4) Wipe or scrub away any buildup of gunk around or inside the lint trap, using water and a little detergent. 5) Wipe the interior drum clean. 6) Get behind the dryer and inspect the exit chute to which the dryer vent was attached. Use your hand or the brush to sweep out big clumps of lint; vacuum out the chute. 7) Inspect the dryer vent and clean the same way. Also inspect and clean the outside exhaust vent. If you want to clean the entire vent run, a duct cleaning tool is available at home-improvement stores in 10- and 20-foot lengths. This is about the most you can do to reduce lint buildup in the dryer. Lint also might be building up behind the drum, but it’s generally not recommended that you disassemble the dryer -- have an appliance repair person come and do that. Still, just this little maintenance effort, done twice a year, will signiďŹ cantly improve the efďŹ ciency of your dryer and reduce the risk of a lint ďŹ re. HOME TIP: Never allow lint to build up on dryer screens -- clean the screen after every drying cycle. Lint can block the ow of air, cause excessive heat buildup and even result in a ďŹ re in some dryers. Send questions or home-repair tips to homeguru2000@ hotmail.com, or write This Is a Hammer, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. (c) 2009 King Features Synd., Inc.
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www.spokanetidbits.com too early to tell. ... We feel like we’ve closed the gap a little bit.� In California, Sadler drew some attention when asked about Auto Club Speedway’s attendance problems. “We just have to do a better job of getting fans to this particular race track,� he said. “If I had anything to do with this track, I would go to every single middle school within 50 miles of this place and give away free tickets. What’s the difference in an empty seat and a free ticket? You might sell a Coca-Cola to them in the stands.� *** Monte Dutton has covered motorsports for The Gaston (N.C.) Gazette since 1993. He was named writer of the year by the National Motorsports Press Association in 2008. His blog NASCAR This Week (http://nascar.rbma.com) features all of his reporting on racing, roots music and life on the road. You can e-mail Monte at nascar_thisweek@yahoo.com.
It’s still early, of course, but Elliott Sadler is 11th in the Sprint Cup point standings. Not bad for a driver who was supposedly out of a job. During the off-season, when George Gillett absorbed Petty Enterprises and renamed his operation Richard Petty Motorsports, Sadler was apparently replaced in the team’s No. 19 Dodge by A.J. Allmendinger. The 33-year-old Sadler, who has three career victories and made the Chase in 2004, initiated legal action and kept his job. Allmendinger is now driving the team’s No. 44 Dodge, though the team will have to secure additional sponsorship in order for it to continue beyond the early races. Sadler, a native of Emporia, Va., said he has no hard feelings. The incident certainly didn’t hin(c) 2009 King Features Synd., Inc. der his performance in the Daytona 500, where he ďŹ nished ďŹ fth and led until shortly before rain brought the season opener to a premature ending. “We got off to a great start,â€? said Sadler. “Anytime you go to Daytona and ďŹ nish in the top ďŹ ve, you feel like you’re ahead of the game and have some momentum going into the second race. “It’s deďŹ nitely good for your mentality. It’s deďŹ nitely good for your race team.â€? Sadler ďŹ nished 25th in the season’s second race at Auto Club Speedway. “We still have a lot of work to do,â€? he said. “We need to get stronger as a race team. The manufacturer (Dodge) needs to get stronger. We all PHOTO CUTLINE: Elliott Sadler, driver of the No. 19 need to be stronger. Dodge for Richard Petty Motorsports, started the season “Have we closed that gap? I don’t know. It’s still out of a job. (Photo: John Clark/NASCAR This Week)
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SPRING FORWARD (continued): advantage of the situation by vacuuming the coils and sweeping out from under the fridge. This is crucial if you own a dog or cat, as the fur they shed tends to accumulate there. It can force your refrigerator to work overtime, which reduces the appliance’s life while increasing its use of electricity (and, hence, your power bill). • Gutters tend to collect debris over the autumn and winter. Before those April showers arrive, it’s a good idea to clear them out. Plant a good, steady ladder on level ground, and use a long-handled rake if necessary to clear the obstructions. You can also place a tarp on the ground to catch all the leaves, twigs, and birds’ nests that you scoop out. • If your dog is not on a year-round heartworm preventative medication, take him to the vet this spring for a quick blood test. If he’s healthy, your veterinarian will prescribe a monthly dose of heartworm pills to keep him that way. Also, if your dog has not been spayed or neutered, now is the time to keep him on a leash anytime he’s outdoors. Humans aren’t the only ones seeking romance in the spring, and we all want to do our part to control the pet population. • Don’t wait until the first day the thermometer hits 90 degrees to clean your air conditioners. Disconnect the power to the outdoor condenser of your unit, and clear away any leaves or other debris with a power blower or vacuum cleaner. Believe it or not, one of the most common mistakes folks make with their window air conditioners is forgetting to remove the protective winter cover before turning it on. This can completely burn out an AC unit, resulting in expensive repairs. • The ritual of “spring cleaning” dates back to the days when homes were lit with candles and kerosene lamps, and heated with burning wood or oil. By the time spring arrived, the smoke and ash accumulated during the winter necessitated a complete scrubbing of the house, as well as its draperies and linens. Once most homes were updated with modern heating systems, spring cleaning continued on as a seasonal ritual. The chore list grew to include packing away one’s winter wardrobe. • While you’re hanging up your warm weather wardrobe, you might find a few garments that no longer fit. You may also see an item or two and wonder, “What was I thinking when I bought this?” Both the Salvation Army and Goodwill Industries are always on the lookout for items of clothing – notably school wear for youngsters, professionalstyle business clothes that adults can wear to job interviews, and shoes (particularly in children’s sizes). Please consider making a tax-deductible clothing donation while you’re purging items from your closet! • Daylight Saving Time began on March 9. Have you already moved all your clocks forward an hour? And replaced the batteries in your home’s smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms? And turned and/or rotated the mattresses on your home’s beds? These are three tasks that many choose to tackle on the day DST begins, so if you “missed the boat,” it’s not too late to get on board. • April 15th is looming, so if you’ve yet to file your taxes, why not beat the rush by assembling your receipts and necessary papers now? If you’re throwing away old financial records, ensure your privacy by shredding these papers. The IRS recommends keeping at least three years of documentation handy, should any questions arise down the line. The End
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Dear Dave, I’m 63-years old, and work part-time. My wife, at 59, works fulltime, and earns $140,000 a year. We’re both self-employed. At what point do we stop buying term life insurance? I have a $250,000 policy, and we have $500,000 in savings. We’re completely out of debt, except for a couple of car loans that total $30,000. Herschel Dear Herschel, First, let’s clean up those car loans. With your income, and the money you guys have in savings, there absolutely no reason to have car payments hanging around your necks. Otherwise, you’re in great shape! When it comes to life insurance, ask yourself why you’re buying it. Who are you trying to help, and how much will they need? It’s really about taking care of the people you leave behind. From where I’m sitting, you’ve already done a great job of taking care of your wife. If you passed away she’d have the insurance money plus an income of $140,000 a year, a halfmillion already in the bank, and a paid-for house. She wouldn’t exactly have to struggle. If she passed away first, you’d still have $500,000 in savings, plus a house that’s paid for, and your part-time income. Way to go! You two have done a good job. At this point you’re very close to being self-insured! On the other hand, if you want spend a little money on a term policy for her over the next few years, and you can do so and still continue to build your nest egg, that’s okay. The savings
Dear Dave, My father-in-law wants to help us with our mortgage. We currently owe $50,000, and he wants to pay it off and let us pay him back over time. We’ve borrowed money from him in the past and paid it back with no problem. Bob Dear Bob, I wouldn’t do that in a million years. Don’t get me wrong, that’s a very nice thing to do for someone. I’m sure it seems like a winning proposition for you both. But a spiritual issue has been left out of the equation. The borrower is always slave to the lender, and nowhere is that more true than in a family. You’d bring instant discomfort into your relationship. The money issue will hover over you like a shroud. Trust me, Thanksgiving dinner will taste kind of funny when you’re sitting there with your lender instead of good old dad. I understand that you have a solid track record with this kind of thing, but you’re playing with fire. I simply would not do this! The downside is just too risky. I assume your father-in-law is doing pretty well, since he can afford to make this offer. If I were in his shoes, I might offer to pay off the mortgage as a gift to my daughter and son-in-law. There are no strings attached to a gift that comes from the heart. If you come from a nice, stable family – and it sounds to me like your in-laws are very nice folks – this debt will always be there in the back of your mind. If you come from a dysfunctional, screwed-up, control-freak kind of family, it’s going to be right there in front of you constantly! Either way, it’s not worth the risk. - Dave * For more great financial advice, please visit www.davesays.org.
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What If You Were Paid to Exercise? Would you walk for money? Some of us would, it appears -- but only if we can do it by our own criteria. A study of adults over 50 sought to determine just what it would take to get people to walk for exercise. Participants were given a choice: Would they walk in a group or by themselves? And how long would they walk, and how often? The choices picked most often were walking alone three times a week for 20 minutes each. Then researchers threw in an incentive: Would they walk for money? A third of the participants suddenly decided they would walk, when $9 a week was offered. But three days a week at 20 minutes each isn’t enough to meet exercise guidelines. Participants were then asked how much it would “cost” to get them to exercise five days a week for 30 minutes each. The amount requested averaged $36.30 a week, IF
they could go alone. If forced to participate in a group, the amount doubled. Since my walking program doesn’t pay cash for attendance, and since once again I’ve fallen off going to class, I thought about getting a treadmill. Yet another study suggests, however, that while those of us who pay for expensive equipment actually do start to use it, we’re more likely to quit than people who don’t have their own machines. There’s something about the ideal (“I’m going to buy a treadmill and walk five times a week”) and the reality (“I’ll really only get on the machine twice a week”) that don’t mesh. What will keep us exercising? The study had some answers: A belief that we can reach our goals, and actually meeting those goals. Maybe the key is to set more realistic goals for ourselves. Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Write to her in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to columnreply@gmail. com. (c) 2009 King Features Synd., Inc.
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when the contamination in Hadnot Point actually began. The water supply point was 1,200 feet from a 15-tank fuel farm that’s thought to have lost tens of thousands of gallons over the years. The fact sheet that’s going out says it’s not clear if anyone was exposed to enough chemicals to cause health problems, and that there are no health benefits (including screenings) associated with the exposure. However, if you were exposed, you’re “encouraged to apply for enrollment” in VA healthcare. To learn more about the water situation, go to www. atsdr.cdc.gov/sites/lejeune. To join the Notification Registry or file a claim (you’ll need the packet): www.marines.mil/clsurvey/index. html or call 1-877-261-9782. To see what others are saying, go to: http://watersurvivors.com
Tarawa Terrace. Hadnot Point. If you were ever stationed at Camp Lejeune, those names should ring a bell if you lived in base housing. The Department of the Navy is doing a mail blitz to notify those who were at Camp Lejeune that the water was contaminated years ago. For most of us, this isn’t news. It’s asking you to register and is especially looking for family members and women who lived in base housing and were pregnant during the years 1968-1985. The Navy wants to know whether there were subsequent birth defects from the chemicals in the water. PCE Tetrachloroethylene (aka dry cleaning fluid) was present in the drinking water at unacceptable levels in Tarawa for 333 months, from January 1957 to January 1985. The water was contaminated by volatile organic Write to Freddy Groves in care of King Features compounds (VOCs) from the dry cleaner at the edge Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853of base property, only 900 feet from the water supply. 6475, or send e-mail to columnreply@gmail.com. TEC Trichloroethylene is a solvent that leeched into (c) 2009 King Features Synd., Inc. the drinking water at Hadnot, although it’s not clear
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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH & by By Paul G. HEALTH Donohue, M.D. Cholesterol Tests Keep Multiplying DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My husband had blood work for a cholesterol study. It included something called lipoprotein (a), something we never heard of. It was over the normal value. I called my doctor, but he was on vacation, so I left word for the covering doctor. A phone call came from his secretary, who said: “He didn’t say anything, so I guess it’s OK.” I want answers. Will you explain this to me? -- F. ANSWER: Lipoprotein (a), spoken as “lipoprotein little a,” is another cholesterol fraction that is an independent risk for artery clogging and heart attacks. It’s different from LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol) and HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol). Frankly, at the present, doctors find it hard to counsel patients about lipoprotein (a), so most don’t order it. Now emphasis is placed on lowering LDL cholesterol (your husband’s value is very good) and raising HDL cholesterol (again your husband’s was very good). I will trade places with him if he wishes, and I’ll take his lipoprotein (a) reading to boot. I can tell you what lowers lipoprotein (a). Niacin does. There is no proof, however, that lowering it lowers the risk of a heart attack. Daily exercise of 30 minutes also brings it down, if the doctor approves of exercise for a person. As does losing weight if that applies. A low-fat diet high in vegetables, fruits and grains is another way of reducing lipoprotein (a). From his other cholesterol values, I’d say he must be doing some of this anyway. All of this, except for niacin, is the much-preached recipe for heart health regardless of lipoprotein (a).
Until told otherwise, put lipoprotein (a) on a back burner. The booklet on cholesterol explains this topic that is talked about to excess. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue -- No. 201W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery. *** DEAR DR. DONOHUE: None of my 21 grandchildren has had their tonsils out. All of my seven children did. Is this no longer done? I wish doctors would make up their minds about these things. -- B.B. ANSWER: When your children were young, it was almost standard practice to remove tonsils as a way to protect against strep throat. We now know this isn’t necessary, and we now have antibiotics to treat strep throat. Children who have repeated strep throat infections still have their tonsils removed, but the operation is no longer done for prevention. *** DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I work out at home on an exercise bike and a treadmill. On days my knees are bothering me, I don’t do either. One doctor suggests that I cease the exercise bike but use the treadmill. The other says just the opposite. They both can’t be right. Who is? -- R.G. ANSWER: You can answer this one for yourself. Which hurts your knees? I find that bike pedaling is harder on my knees. Others find running a bigger source of pain. *** Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.
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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: It never seems to amaze me. I’m talking about the people who do not get their critters fixed. I know some very educated people whose pets have litter after litter. What are they thinking? Where and when will it end? It is never right or a good thing to allow your critters to have a litter. Never! Take a look at our overcrowded animal shelters. It just breaks my heart at the number of animals they have to put down. These “educated” people tell me, “Oh, I find homes for all my babies.” That’s beside the point! If you don’t have babies to give away for free, then people will have to adopt a critter from the shelter that is fixed and won’t reproduce any more unwanted and unloved animals. Get all your pets fixed! If you can’t afford to get them fixed, find a program that will help you pay for it or take them to your local shelter. Please! -- Dee in Palmyra, N.Y.
DEAR DEE: Thank you for making an important point so forcefully. Litters of puppies and kittens are very cute, but they add to an already huge population of dogs and cats, most of which are never adopted and end up in shelters, where they’re often euthanized. Unless you are an AKCcertified, professional breeder, you have no business allowing your pets to procreate. I have heard many excuses from pet owners as to why they don’t spay or neuter. “Oh, it would be cruel.” “Oh, my Maximilian would lose his confident personality if he were neutered.” And of course, “My pet is well-behaved and indoors most of the time, so she’ll never get pregnant.” Don’t let yourself be swayed by these fantasies. Learn the facts about spaying and neutering. Send your tips, questions and comments to Paw’s Corner, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or e-mail them to pawscorner@hotmail.com. (c) 2009 King Features Synd., Inc.
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