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“Also, when I walk Ruby, people encourage their kids to come up and pet her whether or not I say it’s OK, including toddlers who want to grab her to steady themselves. I was taught to ask permission to approach someone’s dog. What is wrong with people?” My advice: Don’t reach out to pet a strange dog, even with the owner’s permission. Dog owners do not always provide the most accurate assessment of their dog’s temperament. This is sometimes a byproduct of denial, but by and large, it’s ignorance. A dog owner who does not grasp the importance of socialization won’t understand that Fido’s good manners and sweet disposition at home aren’t guaranteed to hold true out on the streets with the rest of us. When a stranger asks for permission to pet Fido, his owner might give the go-ahead -- not realizing Fido’s inner Cujo hasn’t been tamed when it comes to strangers. And the strangest of the strangers to a pooch? Children. Children are awkward. They walk funny, fall over, flail their arms, shriek, clap, and their heads wobble all over the place. To a dog that hasn’t been raised around children, any of this may feel threatening. I have four fantastic dogs at home. One of them has never been around children, and one of them gets nervous around quick, jerky movements. When my small nephew visits, I keep those dogs away from him. This is not about aggression; it’s about fear. And it’s the kind of “better safe than sorry” judgment call responsible that dog owners should be equipped to make. If you must pet a strange dog, make a knuckle sandwich. This will protect your fingers. And don’t approach head-on, arm-extended. For many people, a rolled-up newspaper remains the weapon of choice in their futile attempts to correct canine missteps. To a dog, your arm looks

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income, and if she has less than $2,000 in the bank, she would keep getting her $600 Social Security check and she would get $171 from SSI to take her up to the $771 level. But it’s not quite that simple. She would ac tually get $191 from SSI. And I am not even going to begin to try to explain why she would get the extra $20 per month. Suffice it to say that like any welfare program, there are enough eligibility criteria and payment variables to fill about 10 three-ring binders. (At least that was true when I worked for the agency. Today, it’s all online, of course.) Readers often complain to me that Social Security rules are too complex. Well, believe me, SSI regulations make the Social Security rulebook look like an elementary school primer! I don’t get many emails from SSI recipients. But I’ve saved up a few and will go over them today.

This is going to be a column about that other program. What other program? Regular readers have heard me mention it occasionally. I’m talking about Supplemental Security Income, or SSI. When I do bring it up, I usually say something like this: I am tr ying to help my adult son “SSI is a federal welfare program that is managed get on SSI. He has many mental problems by the Social Security Administration. It is NOT a and can’t work. He lives with me, and I used Social Security benefit, and money to fund the pro- to give him money to live and to pay his bills. gram comes from the government’s general rev- The SSI people told me that money I gave him enues, not from the Social Security trust funds.” disqualified him for SSI. So instead of giving I feel obliged to make that point because him money, I started paying his bills directly. almost everyone thinks SSI is a Social Security And now they tell me my son still can’t get welfare benefit. Many others think that SSI stands SSI. Can you explain this to me? for “Social Security Income.” Again, it does not. It’s something completely different. As I pointed out at the beginning of Before going on, here is a quick history this column, SSI is welfare. And like all welfare lesson. The SSI law was passed during the Nixon programs, any income a person has, whether it years -- in 1973. His administration thought that in- is paid directly, or in the indirect method you are stead of having 50 separate welfare programs ad- now employing, counts against his possible SSI ministered by each state, with differing standards payment. Also, that $771 payment level is reduced for eligibility, there should be one national welfare significantly if someone is living in another perprogram with uniform eligibility criteria. son’s household and not paying any rent. (The law That probably made sense. But I think they assumes someone living like that doesn’t need as made two mistakes. First, they called this new pro- much money as someone who is paying rent or a gram Supplemental Security Income. That sounds mortgage.) an awful lot like it is some kind of supplemental So- You need to sit down with an SSI counselor cial Security benefit. And then they compounded at your local Social Security office and go over your that problem by giving it to the Social Security Ad- financial situations and find out if there is some TUES., APRIL ministration to run. No wonder people 5were con- way your son could qualify for SSI. fused then -and still are today! w carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours So who gets SSI? If you are over 65 and poor, My mother lives on a ver y small t your representative immediately withpoor, changes orTidbits if you are under 65 but disabled and you or corrections. might qualify for a monthly SSI check. How poor 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 do you have to be? In a nutshell, you must have less than $2,000 in assets (the value of the home you live in and the car you drive don’t count) and less than about $771 in monthly income. Desert Jewelry Mart Coin In effect, SSI & does what its name implies. It 1. The book of 2 Samuel is in the a) Old 1/12 pg 4C 26x rate “supplements” your “income” up to that $771 levTestament b) New Testament c) Neither April 9, 2017 Vol. 13 No. 15 el. So, for example, if a widow is getting $600 per fully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours month from Social Security and she has no other 2. From 1 Corinthians 16, on which day

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widow’s benefit. It’s only $710 per month. We are tr ying to get her on SSI. She owns the small home that she lives in. The Social Security office turned her down for SSI because they said she has “excess resources.” That’s a joke! She does own a rundown cabin by a lake in the northern part of our state. But it’s uninhabitable and she hasn’t been there in years. Can you explain this to me?

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ly the land it sits on, is worth money. I don’t know how much, but I am sure it is more than $2,000. And that puts her over the asset limit to qualify for SSI. But you should go back to the Social Security office and ask an SSI specialist if there is some way she can dispose of that cabin and land and make herself eligible for SSI payments.

I am tr ying to get Medicaid help for my elderly sister. Her husband deserted her years ago. She has hardly any money, and her health recently took a turn for the worse. When we called the welfare office about getting Medicaid help, we were told she has to apply for SSI at the Social Security office! We don’t want any SSI. We just want some extra help paying her medical bills. What can we do about this?

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your sister to a Social Security office and sign her up for SSI. Here’s why. Medicaid is a federal health insurance program for poor people. It is usually administered by state social service agencies (what you called the “welfare office”). But in most states, Medicaid eligibility is tied to SSI eligibility. In other words, if you qualify for SSI, you also qualify for Medicaid. So states like to let the federal government (via the Social Security Administration) do all the legwork and paperwork for them by getting their potential Medicaid clients on SSI first. If your mother is turned down for SSI, then go back to the welfare office to see if she can get Medicaid even if she can’t get SSI. * * * If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net. To find out more about Tom Margenau and to read past columns and see features from other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2019 CREATORS.COM

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suspiciously similar to that rolled-up paper. Body language is important when dealing with dogs. Towering over a dog is taking a dominant position. As is petting the dog on the head. When greeting a new dog, the point is to make friends, not to assert your authority. Word to the wise: With dogs, it’s all about territory. Everything is territory: the owner, the leash, the bed, the yard, the food, the toys. So when you approach a strange dog, even in the public domain, you are invading what they perceive to be their territory. The significance of this invasion depends on the degree of the dog’s territorialism. Remember, dogs are wolves. They may be wearing sweaters and booties with bows on their heads, but the instincts of wolves are embedded deep in their DNA. If a wolf were trotting by, would you reach out to pet it? * * * Dog trainer Matthew “Uncle Matty” Margolis is co-author of 18 books about dogs, a behaviorist, a popular radio and television guest, and host of the PBS series “WOOF! It’s a Dog’s Life!” Visit him at www.unclematty. com.

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gold. This mark is on the bottom of each piece. The set consists of a tray, two boxes with lids, one box with an opening in the lid and a small tray. I hope you can provide information as well as the value of my vintage dresser set.

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This is a photo of a Reginaphone mahogany music box that my father purchased at a secondhand store in Rockville, Indiana, back in the 1960s. It is a tabletop music box that measures approximately 10 inches high, 16 inches deep and 18 inches wide. It has a double comb, and ever ything is in mint condition. We also have at least 20 discs. We have spent many years listening to “The Blue Danube” and other Strauss waltzes. It has truly been a treasure for our family. Can you give us an idea of its value?

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Your dresser set was made in Japan. Porcelain dresser sets were made in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The box with an opening is known as a hair receiver. It was a daily ritual for a woman to brush her hair in the morning and evening. The hair caught in the brush was disposed of in the box. The “M” inside the wreath represents the Morimura Brothers. Brothers Ichizaemon and Toyo Morimura started out producing porcelain and ceramics in Japan in 1876. They soon established offices and showrooms in New York City and London. They had the foresight to see the opportunity before them and created designs on porcelain and ceramics that catered to Western tastes. “Nippon” is the Japanese word for Japan. They continue to make beautiful porcelain dinnerware today. Your dresser set was made around 1920 would probably be worth $75. * * * Address your questions to Anne McCollam, P. O. Box 247, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Items of a general interest will be answered in this column. Due to the volume of inquiries, she cannot answer individual letters. To find out more about Anne McCollam and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

On Feb. 6, 1820, the first organized immigration of freed slaves to Africa from the United States departs New York on a journey to Sierra Leone, in West Africa. The expedition was partially funded by the U.S. Congress, which appropriated $100,000. 

On Feb. 9, 1900, the silver trophy known today as the Davis Cup is first put up for competition when American collegian Dwight Filley Davis challenges British tennis players to come across the Atlantic and compete against his Harvard team. In 1904, Belgium and France entered the competition. 

On Feb. 8, 1924, America’s first execution by lethal gas is carried out in Nevada. The executed man was Tong Lee, who was convicted of murdering a rival Chinese gang member. Lethal gas was seen as a more humane method of carrying out death sentences. 

On Feb. 4, 1938, Walt Disney releases “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” the first animated feature to be produced in English and in Technicolor. Naysayers warned him that audiences, especially adults, wouldn’t sit through a feature-length cartoon fantasy about dwarfs. The film was a smash hit. 

On Feb. 10, 1962, downed American U-2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers is exchanged by the USSR for Soviet Col. Rudolf Abel, a senior KGB spy captured in the U.S., on the Glienicker Bridge linking East and West Berlin. The event inspired the 2015 film “Bridge of Spies.” 

On Feb. 7, 1964, Pan Am Yankee Clipper flight 101 from London Heathrow lands at New York’s Kennedy Airport -- and “Beatlemania” arrives. The Beatles were greeted by a crush of 3,000 screaming fans who caused a near riot in the passenger debarking area. 

Reginaphone Music Box Company was established in New Jersey by Gustave Bruchhausen.

In the early 1890s, Gustave Bruchhausen came to America from Leipzig, Germany, and established the Regina Music Box Company in New Jersey. His factory first made wood music cabinets and imported the works from Germany. Within a year, the business became a huge success. Bruchhausen soon purchased a 25,000-square-foot factory and began manufacturing the works, discs and wood cabinets in the United States. Between 1892 and 1921, sales reached $2 million a year. By 1922, phonographs were on the horizon, and the success of the music box industry was compromised. Your Reginaphone tabletop music box with the discs was made around 1893 and would probably be worth $2,000 to $3,500. *** I have a porcelain dresser set that is decorated with hand-painted pink flowers against a blue background and trimmed with

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