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• In 1962, Anka wrote the theme song for The Tonight Show, during Johnny Carson’s tenure. During Carson’s heyday, Anka earned $900,000 annually in royalties for just that one song. It’s estimated the song has been played close to one-and-a-half-million times.

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• Paul Anka has written more than 900 songs, including Frank Sinatra’s signature tune “My Way” and Tom Jones’ biggest hit “She’s a Lady.” Sinatra also made other Anka songs famous with “Fly Me to the Moon” and “I’ve Gotta Be Me.” Connie Francis, Barbra Streisand, and The Doobie Brothers have had hits with his compositions. The voice of Elvis Presley can heard singing Anka’s “Blue Christmas” every holiday season.

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• Paul Anka has recorded 125 albums, including songs in Japanese, German, Spanish, French, and Italian. Worldwide, he’s sold more than 15 million records. In recent years, he has gravitated to big-band arrangements of popular standards.

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Frogs (from page one) swim, land-dwelling frogs have shorter legs for walking and climbing. The tree frog’s large round toe pads act as suction cups that allow it to easily grip branches. • Although they do have lungs, frogs breathe through their skin, which allows oxygen to pass through it, so its skin must always be moist. If it isn’t wet enough, there isn’t enough oxygen and the frog suffocates. The frog doesn’t take a drink when thirsty – all the moisture the frog needs is absorbed through its skin. • At least once a week, frogs shed their skin. After doing a lot of twisting and stretching, a frog will pull the skin over its head. Although the frog will usually eat the skin, some species, like the Australian water-holding frog, uses the shed skin as a cocoon to burrow in. This desertdwelling water-retaining frog can wait seven years for rain in its underground burrow.

feet. The broad webbing between its toes fills with air much like a parachute, enabling the frog to glide from tree to tree.

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American Medical Directors Association provides training for physicians who work in long-term care. by Matilda Charles The physician must have the expertise to work with © King Features Synd., Inc. the staff to assure quality care. In my view, the quality care in nursing has shown significant improvement in recent years. Dr. David Lipschitz Nursing home residents are mostly in the twilight of their lives, illness is common and complications ADVERTISING frequent. Most nursing homes are PROOF doing their very Tues., 4/1/14 Final Changes 5:00 p.m.. best under very DUE: difficult circumstances. By making Please review Doubleit check:  Phone  Spelling  Prices  Hours the carefully. right choice, is possible forNumber(s) a resident to receive If you were to get to the point where you’re excellent carerepresentative in a lovingimmediately and professional environContact your Tidbits with changes or corrections. forgetting to eat or take your medications, how long ment. Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 would it be before someone noticed a change in Dr. David Lipschitz is the author of the book “Breaking the As we grow older, we all want to remain in- Rules of Aging.” To find out more about Dr. David Lipschitz and read your routine? dependent, live in our homes and be able to do any- features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit For an initial $150 and then $20 a month, thing and everything we want. It is a sad fact that the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. More inforseniors and those who care about them can have dependency, which becomes more common with ad- mation is available at: DrDavidHealth.com peace of mind with a gadget called the Lively SenCOPYRIGHT 2014 CREATORS.COM vancing age, occurs in about 50 percent of the oversor. 85 population. The Lively Sensor is ... amazing. of A quality geriatric program can reverse de Here’s how it works: Small monitors (six of the pendency through better health care and rehabilithem, the size of a quarter) are attached to various tation, and by making families aware of the many items in the home -- the pill container, refrigerator community resources that provide assistance in the door, TV remote, keychain, front door -- that you home. However, there comes a time for some when touch or move on a daily basis. home care becomes impossible, so they must seri The idea is to attach the monitors to things ously consider nursing home placement. that are sure to be a clue that all is not well if the PRICES Patients who are bed-bound, unable to monitors aren’t moved. S L ASHED bathe, dress, feed themselves or use the toilet with! The sensors get to know your habits. out assistance are candidates for nursing home care. The Lively Sensor gets the signals in a An inability to control bladder or bowel movements is WE BUY! or central hub in your house (you don’t need Internet). often the reason why patients with Alzheimer’s disPAY C A SH Your loved ones can use a cellphone or computer ease can no longer be cared for at home. Making CONSIGN! to check the “log” of your activities. this choice is often a wrenching decision for families. Property of Yes, the Lively Sensor is a monitor, and no, AdVenture Media, Inc. Here are some suggestions for choosing the none of us wants to be watched. But the alternative right home: -- being forced to move into a retirement building FREE of Coachella Valley A good start is the website www.medicare. NN SO A SO -- is probably not our first choice. And you do have SE A F O SE D F EN END O 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 gov. Search for “Nursing Home Compare,” and you control over where the monitors are attached. 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and more importantly, the way people perceived their sion of support for the Social Security program over the years. And a not insignificant share of the blame local Social Security office. Before the new welfare program came along, for that decline in support stems from people’s conyour local Social Security office was usually as nice a fusion about the Supplemental Security Income and government office as you can imagine. A visit to your Social Security programs. They think of SSI as just hometown office was like a visit to a well-run insur- another giveaway freebie Social Security benefit. It’s ance office. It was clean and uncrowded. The staff not. But I think SSI is a cancer gnawing away at a Please review check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelli once carefully. noble and Double honorable institution. was pleasant and helpful. And SSA had a reputation by Tom Margenau for incredible efficiency. Their motto was “the right Contact your If Tidbits you haverepresentative a Social Securityimmediately question, Tomwith Mar-changes check sent to the right place and at the right time.” genau has theOffice: answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@com760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 But following the assumption of the new wel- cast.net. To find out more about Tom Margenau and to read fare program, everything changed. Because welfare past columns and see features from other Creators Syndicate programs are generally a mess to administer (you writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. have to pry into people’s money matters, living arHELP U HEAR c/o JNS Media rangements and other personal affairs), SSA staff re1/4 COPYRIGHT pg. 4C201426x disc. CREATORS.COM ally resented these new duties. And Social Security offices no longer looked like insurance offices. They started to look like ... well, like welfare offices. That gave the public a more negative impres I have more than a few friends, all retired So- sion of the Social Security office, and by extension, a cial Security Administration employees like me, who more negative impression of the Social Security prowill go to their graves convinced that Richard Nixon gram. The second administrative decision the tried to discredit the Social Security Administration and use that as a means to eventually sink our na- Nixon people had to make was what to call the new national welfare program. They chose the name tion’s Social Security program. I’ve always thought that was a lot of con- Supplemental Security Income. You could argue that spiratorial hooey bandied about by folks who just the name makes sense. The program does “suppledidn’t like the former president. But I’ve got to tell ment” a person’s “income” up to certain “security” Should I buy you that lately I’ve been having second thoughts. I’m levels. But conspiracy theorists suggest they chose the cheapest? Should I buy nowhere near ready to jump on their bandwagon. the name because it made the program sound like a the smallest? supplemental Social Security benefit, thus confusing But I am listening to their music more and more! It the public into thinking that the Social Security proall has to do with the Supplemental Security Income gram was now handing out welfare benefits to folks, program. Here’s the story. Should I buy Back before 1972, welfare programs around some of whom never paid a dime in Social Security the newest the country were run at the state, or sometimes even taxes. I must make clear that SSI is financed out of technology? general tax revenues, not Social Security taxes. But the county, level. That meant there were hundreds, if not even thousands, of welfare programs -- each with lots of people don’t know that. Property of AdVenture Media, Inc. Do I really think there was a conspiracy to their own rules and regulations. And of course, each with their own bureaucracies to run them. That in it- downgrade the Social Security Administration and self isn’t necessarily bad. But it did lead to situations to downsize people’s opinion about the overall Social FREE of Coachella Valley where there were wildly different eligibility require- Security program? No. But do I think that has been The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read consequences of some poor adminisments to obtain welfare benefits from state to state, the unintended 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 ADVERTISING PROOF Discuss these important in the 1970s? I sure do. or even from one county to another within a state. trative decisions made back 4/1/14 away, with Final Changes DUE:is noTues., 5:00 p.m.. considerations right All Rights Reserved Sadly, there question in my mind that And of course there were different (and often incomPlease review carefully. 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Exercise Can Cause Asthma Attack DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have a 13-year-old boy who’s having asthma attacks. At least, that’s what they sound like to me. It started early this year when the weather was still cold. He plays or practices baseball three times a week. When he’d run the bases, he’d start coughing and wheezing. Now that the weather is warmer, he still has attacks, but not so bad. Does this sound like asthma to you? I don’t know that he’s allergic to anything. -- W.O.

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mper, Brittany, France, as early as 1600. From the early 19th century, the pottery was decorated with Breton figures and motifs in primary colors. Jules Henriot pieces have been made since 1884, and are very desirable. The mark you described was first used around 1922. Your vase is also called an eventail, a French word meaning fan-shaped. The vase was intended to hold short-stemmed flowers. The value of your vase would probably be $150 to $175.

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