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The crate is an effective tool to use while your puppy is growing up, being housebroken, adjusting to the house rules and undergoing training. No puppy should have the run of the house, especially when home alone. A crate should never be used as a punishment. Your dog’s crate should be a comfortable, safe, welcoming place that he enjoys. And it’s perfectly safe to leave him there for a few hours while you’re out. In fact, it’s probably the safest place for him. Ultimately, though, training is the tool that will give you the degree of trust you want before you leave your dog alone in a house full of expensive -- or inexpensive -- furniture. Destruction is the No. 2 problem people have with their dogs. Training is the No. 1 way to eliminate it. Woof! * * * Dog trainer Matthew “Uncle Matty” Margolis is the co-author of 18 books about dogs, a behaviorist, a popular radio and television guest, and the host of the PBS series “WOOF! It’s a Dog’s Life!” Read all of Uncle Matty’s columns at www.creators.com, and visit him at www.unclematty.com. COPYRIGHT 2012 CREATORS.COM

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More Questions About Social Security Disability Benefits Q: I have been getting Social Security

disability benefits since 2010. I am coming up on my 62nd birthday and would like to know if I can file for regular Social Security and get higher retirement benefits. Also, I have a 14-year-old daughter who is currently getting benefits on my disability record. Will she get higher benefits, too?

First of all, you are already getting “regular” Social Security. There is nothing irregular about Social Security disability benefits. I tell people to think of the Social Security disability program as an early retirement benefit that is simply paid to you before you reach retirement age because you have a disabling condition. And in fact, a Social Security disability benefit pays the same rate as a full retirement age benefit. So, you definitely do not want to switch to a reduced retirement benefit at age 62. When you reach your full retirement age, you will be automatically converted from the disability program to the retirement program. And because you are already being paid your full retirement rate, the money amount that both you and your daughter get will stay the same. So, the switchover will essentially be transparent to you. What happens behind the scenes is that once you reach your FRA, your benefits will be funded out of the Social Security retirement trust fund instead of the disability fund.

son with learning disabilities and other mental problems. Despite these issues, he has worked on and off since he was 16. But it’s gotten to be too much for him, and he stopped working last year. I filed a claim for him to get “disabled adult child” benefits on my Social Security record, and it was recently turned down. Can you give us any insight into how and why a claim would be denied to someone who is ver y obviously disabled?

A: Well, once again, I have to start out with the same point made in the answer to the prior question. It is the inability to work that is the key to getting disability benefits. So, if someone works, that could indicate they do not meet the legal definition of disability for Social Security purposes. I understand that your son isn’t working now. But in order to get “disabled adult child” benefits, you’d have to prove that your son was disabled before age 22. And you said he was working from the age of 16 on. So, his claim might have been denied because the records just didn’t show he was legally disabled before age 22. Now please bear in mind that I’m just guessing why the claim was denied. You’d have to talk to someone at the Social Security Administration to learn more. And speaking of talking to someone at the SSA, you should definitely file an appeal if you disagree with the first decision you got. And here is another thing to think about. You said your son has been working since age 16. Assuming he worked at jobs where Social Security taxes were withheld from his paycheck, he is probably eligible for Social Security disability benefits on his own record. And to get those benefits, you don’t have to prove he was disabled before age 22. You just have to prove he is disabled now.

A: Well, before I do that, I’ve got to explain

something to you. The Social Security disability program is more about the inability to work than it is about your physical or mental impairments. Or to put that another way, you don’t get disability benefits from Social Security because you have a disabling condition. You get benefits because you have a disabling condition that keeps you from working. So, the fact that you have a full-time job is a pretty good indication that you don’t qualify for Social Security disability benefits. But if your conditions ever get to the point where you have to stop working, then you should file for disability benefits immediately. And if you do so, I suggest you spend 10 bucks and get my little Social Security guidebook called “Social Security -- Simple and Smart.” One of the chapters in that book explains the disability program and offers tips on getting your disability application approved. You can get the book at Amazon and other booksellers.

Q: I am 66 and getting my Social Security. My wife is 60. We have a 25-year-old

I’m afraid that if I do, they will cut off my disability checks. Do you have any advice?

There are all kinds of so-called “work incentives” built into the Social Security disability program. In fact, there are so many, they fill up a 100-page booklet produced by the Social Security Administration that I have on my desk. So, the rules are just too complicated to cover in the space I have here. In a nutshell, I can tell you that you generally get a 9-month “trial work period,” during which time you can make as much money as you want and still get your Social Security checks. After those 9 months, if you are still working and making more than about $1,350 per month, your benefits might stop. But as I said, there is WAY more to this topic than that. I suggest you go to www.socialsecurity.gov and do a search for the pamphlet, “Working While Disabled: How We Can Help.” It’s a condensed version of that 100-page book I mentioned earlier. * * * If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has a book with all the answers. It’s called “Social Security -- Simple and Smart.” You can find the book at www.creators.com/books, or look for it on Amazon or other book outlets. 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 2022 CREATORS.COM

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itching or tingling before a blistering rash appears several days later, and can last up to four weeks. The rash typically occurs on one side of the body, often as a band of blisters that extends from the middle of your back around to the breastbone. It can also appear above an eye or on the side of the face or neck.

-- by Jim Miller

DEAR SAVVY SENIOR: How effective is the shingles vaccine and what is the CDC recommendation for getting it? My older brother and sister, both in their fifties, got Covid a few months back followed by shingles. Do you know if there is a connection between these viruses, and would the shingles vaccine have protected them? --Scared of Shingles Dear Scared: Great question! Many healthcare professionals across the country have been urging their older patients to get the shingles vaccine during the pandemic because getting Covid-19 can indeed increase your chances of developing shingles. And the more severe case of Covid you get, the greater your risk for shingles. The reason for this is due to the fact that when you contract Covid-19 your immune system becomes compromised fighting off the virus. This in turn gives shingles – a virus that already exists in your body if you’ve previously had chickenpox – a chance to reactivate. Here is what you should know about shingles, the shingles vaccine, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations.

In addition to the rash, about 20 to 25 percent of those who get shingles go on to develop severe nerve pain (postherpetic neuralgia, or PHN) that can last for months or even years. And in rare cases, shingles can also cause strokes, encephalitis, spinal cord damage and vision loss. Shingles Vaccine The vaccine for shingles called Shingrix (see Shingrix.com) provides much better protection than the old shingles vaccine, Zostavax.

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Because of this protection, the CDC recommends that everyone age 50 and older, receive the Shingrix vaccine, which is given in two doses, separated by two to six months. Even if you’ve already had shingles, you still need these vaccinations because reoccurring cases are possible. The CDC also recommends that anyone previously vaccinated with Zostavax be revaccinated with Shingrix. You should also know that Shingrix can cause some adverse side effects for some people, including muscle pain, fatigue, headache, fever and upset stomach.

Shingrix – which averages around $205 for both doses – is covered by most private health insurance plans including Medicare Part D prescription drug plans, but there may be a cost to Manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, Shinyou depending on your plan. Contact your insurer grix is 97 percent effective in preventing shingles to find out. in people 50 to 69 years old, and 91 percent ef * * * fective in those 70 and older. Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior. Shingrix also does a terrific job of preorg. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show venting nerve pain that continues after a shingles and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.

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was headed for Atlantis in a rented Stingray and it was overheating, so I left it at a Shell station to get it scoped out on the Manta Ray. While they were doing that I moseyed over to the Oyster Bar, a real dive on the wharf, but I knew Gill, the owner, who used to play for the Dolphins. I yelled, “Hey, you’re looking kinda bluegill” (you have to shout because he’s hard of herring). Said he What are Shingles? was in a cash conch, down on his luck, barely keeping his head below water. He seemed so Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is depressed I thought he was going to commit Mahi-Mahi. I bellied up at the sand bar and he poured a burning, blistering skin rash that affects around the usual - Rusty Grunion, shaken not stirred, with a peanut butter and jellyfish sandwich on one million Americans each year. The same the side, heavy on the mako. I reached in my pollock and slipped him a fin. I was feeling virus that causes chickenpox causes shingles. good, even dropped a sand dollar in the jar for Jerry’s Squids. What happens is the chickenpox virus that most Well, the place was crowded, packed in like sardines. The young gulls were people get as kids never leaves the body. It there with their bouy friends to hear the piranah player and the big band sound of Tommy Dorsal with his singing quartet. Those guppies love coral music. This group had hides in the nerve cells near the spinal cord and, sole and could really slide through the scales. There was the first tuna, the second tuna, for some people, emerges later12/3/21 in the form of Fri., the barracuda and the bass. They’d usually sing for a porpoise, but sometimes it was shingles. ew carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours just for the halibut. I requested my favorite song, “That’s a Moray.” One of the guppies was a cute little yellowtail. She was giving me the eye. In representative the U.S., aboutimmediately one out of every three or corrections. ct your Tidbits with changes She was deep, under a lot of pressure, said things I couldn’t fathom. She was splashing people will develop shingles during their lifetime.Fax: 760-320-1630 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com ‘em down one after another and we got along swimmingly. I could tell she While anyone who’s had chickenpox can get felt carpy. She drank -- drank a lot, but she didn’t get bloated. I think she was shingles, it most commonly occurs in people trying to get tanked to forget her bubbles. I said, “So, what’s your sign?” over age 50, along with people who have weakShe said, “Aquarium.” I said, “Finny, that’s mine, too. C’mon, let’s go over to my place ened immune systems. You cannot catch shinWright Advice foradding a nightcarp.” She took time to mullet over, then clammed up, wouldn’t take the bait. ...or do you prefer gles from someone I said, “Hey, it’ll only take a couple of minnows.” She said, “Not tonight, I got a haddock.” 1/12 pg BW 13x rate else. “Your” Just then, in Dec. 12, 2021 • Vol. 17 - No. 51 to make it more personal?comes the biggest, meanest son of a perch that ever came down the pike. arefully. Double check: Number(s)  Spelling Early signsofPhone the disease include pain,  Prices  Hours The little yellowtail thought she had a haddock? Well, the one this guy gave me was crustacean! He was covered with mussels - and smelt. I was sharked!. He slid right our Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. over to me and said, “Listen, shrimp, don’t you come trolling around here!” I could tell he was a real snapper and ready to play roughy. This guy was steamed, a real crab. -320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 I could see the anchor in his eyes. I turned to him and said, “Abalone! You’re just being shellfish! Gill knew there was going to be trouble because he was already on the phone to the cods. The guy threw me a sucker punch, but I ducked. I said, “Walleye hate to do this, pal.” Then I caught him with a hook to the mouth. He eels over flopping on the deck with a gash on • Turning 65? his scallop, and he’s out - cold as a mackerel. I said, “Forget • New to the area? the cods, Gill. This guy needs some real kelp. Better • Leaving your get him to a sturgeon!” Well, that turned the tide. The cute little company plan? Doug & Linda Wright Doug & Linda Wright yellowtail liked the way I landed this bullhead. She said, Local Your Local “Hey, big boy, you’re really a game fish! What’s your name?” Independent Agents Independent Agents I said, “Marlin.” From then on we had a whale of a time and spawned a new friendship. I fell for this little yellowtail hook, line and Call today for a FREE sinker. I gave her a bouquet of flounders and I was on my way NO Obligation review back to the Shell station for my car. The mechanic said my problem was a bad seal. I paid him the fifty Property of clams, slipped into my Stingray AdVenture Media, Inc. and trolled back down the pike, WrightHealthAgency.com headed for Atlantis.

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This mark is on the bottom of a pitcher that we inherited. It belonged to my husband’s aunt, who died in England 10 years ago at the age of 90. Also included in the mark is the name “Rhead.” We were told his name is Frederick Rhead and he was an English ceramic artist. The pitcher is 7 inches tall and in mint condition. It is decorated with a tan-and bittersweet-colored, stylized design. We would love to know the approximate age of the piece as well as its value.

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Porcelain Condiment Set Serves as Family Heirloom Q: I have in my possession the porcelain set that is seen in the enclosed photo. The set consists of a tray, a covered sugar bowl with a matching porcelain spoon and two shakers. The round tray measures approximately 7 inches in diameter. They are all decorated with handpainted pink roses, green leaves and gold trim. The set is in pristine condition. Each piece is marked with the words “Hand Painted -- Nippon -- M.” I did some research and learned that this mark indicates that the pieces were imported by the Morimura Brothers. There is a note in the sugar bowl that says the set belonged to my grandmother in the year 1919. Any information you can give me about this set, its actual age and the value it might have will be appreciated.

A: Close, but no cigar! Your pitcher was made by Frederick Rhead’s daughter, Charlotte, around 1933 for Crown Ducal in England. Frederick was an accomplished English potter and designer, but was not associated with Crown Ducal. His daughter was one of their most talented designers, and her work is highly collectible today. Your pitcher would probably be worth $300 to $500.

Nippon is the Japanese word for Japan and was used in marks on porcelain from 1891 to around 1920. The Morimura Brothers were distributors who exported porcelain from Japan to the United States. Your set is a condiment set and the bowl with spoon/ladle is for serving mustard. Toothpick holders were often included in these sets. Style, design and the manufacturer’s mark are the basis for determining age. Based on that, your condiment set was made sometime between 1891 and 1910. Similar sets are selling on the Internet at $75 to $125. ***

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* On March 10, 1902, the U.S. Court of Appeals rules that despite his claims, Thomas Edison did not invent the movie camera. It did concede that Edison invented the sprocket system that moved perforated film through the camera.

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