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Sokol C.R. Garage Sale April 19, 20, 21 Thursday and Friday - 9:00 to 5:00 Saturday - 9:00 to 12:00; fill a bag for $2.00 5200 18th Avenue S.W. Cedar Rapids (behind Cassill Motors) Alice United Methodist Church Soup Supper April 21, 2012 4:30 - 6:30 pm 4617 Alice Rd. Center Point, Iowa Alice United Methodist Church Soup Supper April 21, 2012 4:30 - 6:30 pm

Menu: Chili, Ham & Corn Chowder, Maidrites, Relishes & Desserts. Adults: $7.00; Children 10 & under: $3.00; Preschool:Free. Bake Sale; Rugs and Quilts for sale Chair lift available Alice U.M. Church is located 4 1/2 miles east of Center Point on the Central City Highway

Otter Creek Lions Club Annual Pancake Brunch April 22, 2012 Toddville American Legion Hall Toddville, IA Menu: Pancakes, sausage, eggs hash browns, juice, milk and coffee. Also available will be baked goods, raffle prizes and silent auction. Bring unused glasses and hearing aids. Adults $7.00, Child $4.00 Frame by Frame April 22,2012 1 to 5 pm Mays City Bowl 1648 Trent Street SW Cedar Rapids All proceeds will go to provide ImPACT concussion testing for local athletes. $100.00 for a team of 4. This includes three games and shoes. Prizes. Silent Auction. Trophies.Wear your favorite sports team apparel. Best dressed team wins a prize. Hope United Church of Christ Spring Boutique April 28, 2012 150 9th Ave. Hiawatha 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM www.hope-ucc.com Come to purchase pansy baskets, geranium pots, garden art, perennials, homemade pies of every flavor. unique gift and bakery items. Lunch served until 2 PM. Dog Obedience Training Classes May 1, 2012 and May 2, 2012 Cedar Valley Humane Society, 7411 Mt. Vernon Rd. SE 7-8pm Dog Obedience Training Classes begin in early May and run for seven weeks. The class will cover focus, sit, down, stay, stand, walking on a loose leash, heel, and recall. Your dog must be at least five months old with a current rabies vaccination. Cost is $85 if you pre-register; $95 if you pay on the first day of class. The class fee includes a Martingale training collar and a graduation certificate. Register online at www.cvhumane.org. We encourage pre-registration because each session is limited to 10 participants.

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• Two teenage girls in Boca Raton, Florida, were arrested for a catfight over what one of them had posted on Myspace. • A man in Bristol, Pennsylvania, was arrested after robbing a house when he found himself unable to leave. The man had entered the garage and locked the door behind him, only to discover he couldn’t get the automatic door to open. He remained in the garage for eight days, living on Pepsi and dog food until the startled owners came home. • A man in San Diego, California, was charged with stealing lobsters from traps. When the police arrived to arrest him, he hid the plundered lobsters in his pants. Ouch! • Shane Stant went before an Oregon judge to have his record expunged after a felony conviction for his part in the 1994 Olympic skating scandal that sidelined Nancy Kerrigan and put Tonya Harding in jail. His reason for wanting his record expunged? His felony was keeping him out of the Navy Seals. • In the 1991 film “The Super,” Joe Pesci played a slumlord who was sentenced to live in his own run-down apartment building. In 2008, a Cleveland judge gave a man the same punishment: house arrest in his own dilapidated building. • A Los Angeles woman was charged with wasting police resources after she called 911 to report that her onion rings were cold after receiving them at a local fast food joint.

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• A woman in Lake Parsippany, New Jersey, was charged with disorderly conduct after making several 911 calls. She insisted that it wasn’t her fault, saying her German shepherd had made them without her knowledge. • A Georgia judge got tough on graffiti by ordering vandalized businesses to remove the offending graffiti in 30 days or face a $1,000 fine. • Don’t steal Wi-Fi service in Florida, or you can face a felony charge. That’s what one man discovered after accessing a homeowner’s service while in his car. The homeowner reported the crime after noticing an unfamiliar car parked in front of his house. • A police chief in Washington, D.C., learned first hand about crime when his squad car was stolen a block from his home. He was disciplined for leaving his riot gear in the trunk. • A man in Berkeley, California, received several ransom notes after a 6-foot bald Cyprus tree was stolen from in front of his house. The price of its return was the replanting of the tree in a place that didn’t obstruct the view of drivers in the neighborhood. • A man in Madison Wisconsin, isn’t remarkable for why he was arrested (for violating probation), but for his name. His legal name is Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop. • A 65-year-old Utah woman was charged with misdemeanor assault for an attack on the driver of an ice-cream truck. She claimed the attack was justified because the prices of the frozen treats were too high.

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THE U.S. ON TRIAL! (continued): • When a policeman pulled over a Washington man for speeding, he discovered that the passenger was a green skeleton in a hooded sweatshirt. The driver employed his scary co-pilot to use the faster commuter lane. • A Florida man was charged with bribery of a public official when he tried to bribe two arresting officers with tickets for the Miami Dolphins, who started the 2011 season by losing its first seven games. Said the chastising judge: “Have you been watching the Dolphins? No one’s going to go to that game.” • Four Pittsburgh teens were caught and charged with theft after showing off their stolen loot on Facebook just an hour after they robbed a convenience store. • Two Florida women were accused of stealing decorations this past Christmas. They were caught because they put them in their yard less than a block from where the items had been stolen. • In Brookville, Pennsylvania, a 45-year-old man was charged with disorderly conduct after faking his own death to get out of work. He wrote up his own memorial notice, which was actually published in the local newspaper. • A Washington jury acquitted a man involved in a break-in where he threw a weasel at the homeowner. The weasel was deceased, and the projectile caused no harm.

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Benefit Payments Going Paperless In less than a year, all Social Security payments will be made electronically. Ninety percent of us who receive benefits already get them that way. The remaining 10 percent are being asked to make the change now and not wait until the last minute. The deadline is March 1, 2013, and applies to more than just Social Security. Veterans, railroad retirees, Social Security Income recipients and those who receive Office of Personnel Management benefits are included. It’s said that going paperless will save the government $1 billion over 10 years. We can choose how we’ll receive our money -- either direct deposit to our existing bank account or a Direct Express debit card. So which should you pick? If you have a bank account, the money will be automatically deposited each month. If you don’t have a bank account, the money will appear each month on the Direct Express debit card. It can be used like a regular debit card, but you only get one ATM withdrawal each period, and there can be fees for other services. You’ll also need to remember your Personal Identification Number (PIN) when you use the card. When you’re ready to make the switch to electronic payments, you can do it either online [www.GoDirect.org] or by phone at 1-800-333-1795. If you want to sign up for the debit card, you’ll need your Social Security number or claim number, 12-digit federal benefit-check number and the amount of your most recent federal benefit check. If you want direct deposit to your bank account, you’ll need your bank’s routing transit number (the numbers on your personal check), account number and type of account, either checking or saving. 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) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.

Grandma Sally’s first great-grandchild was born and after a few weeks, when the parents need a break, she was given the job of watching her. “Let me see the little cutie,” begs her friend Gerty. “Not yet”, Sally responds. When she again refuses five minutes later Gerty has had enough “what are you waiting for?” she fumed. “I’m waiting for her to cry.” “Why is that?” questioned Gerty. “Well, because I forgot where I put her!”

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