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• Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra1. cover astride a horse and it inspired him to first recorded “Sweet Georgia Brown” in compose the song. Diamond even sang the th March, 1925, and the tune has been recorded song to her at her 50 birthday celebration by scores of others including Ella Fitzgerald, in 2007. However, Diamond’s story changed Ray Charles, Bing Crosby, Merle Haggard, during a 2014 interview, when he said, “The by Sandy Wood At the NatKara KingKovalchik Cole, and & even the Beatles. song was about my wife at the time – her time of Georgia Brown’s PROOF birth, the Brown name was Marcia – and I couldn’t get a ADVERTISING family received trophy cup 5:00 with p.m.. the2. ‘Marcia’ rhyme. Sweet Caroline – yes! That Fri., 5/6/16 Final Changes DUE:a silver review‘Daisy’ carefully. Doublewas check:  originally Phone Number(s)  Spelling Prices  Hours was it. And that’s what it’s been.” The popularPlease1. Sweet:a Topage 15 Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. nickname for what longer song has been played at Fenway Park during Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 Boston Red Sox games since about 1997, girl’s name? during the middle of the eighth inning. It also UIZ ITS became the theme song for NFL’s Carolina 2. Which member of Britain’s Panthers in 2015. 1. How many calories are in one

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One reason is that years of experience has taught that my husband’s rate is $2,510. How do them that most people like the idea of having at you think I should handle my Social Seculeast part of their Social Security check come off of rity? YOUR You should take widow’s benefits their own work record. And the other reason is simply adminis- now and let your own benefits continue to grow trative, and frankly, a little self-serving. You see, until age 70. So at age 66, you would start getting $2,510 a Social Security office gets credit for each claim by Tom Margenau per month from your husband’s account. You are it takes. And the more claims an office takes, the more staff they get. If I were the manager of the eligible for those benefits even though you still office you went to, I would tell my clerks to try to continue to work full time because the earnings penalty rules (that are too complicated to explain talk you into filing two claims. Having said that, you have every right to here but that I have discussed countless times in insist on filing only for widow’s benefits. But I hope other columns) go away once you reach your full In today’s column, I present emails from two you see it really doesn’t matter if you file one claim retirement age. You could be making a million doldifferent women. They have two things in common. or two. Either way, you are going to get a check lars per year and you’d be due your full Social SeThey are both around age 66. And they are both for $2,500 deposited into your bank account each curity benefits with no penalties imposed. widows. But there is one key variable. One woman month. Also, you should claim four months of retwas a stay-at-home mom most of her life. The other roactive benefits back to the month you turned Also, though this might upset you, I want worked outside the home. And that makes for a big to point something out for other people in a similar 66. The reason you can claim retroactive benefits difference in their Social Security stories. position. Because you haven’t been working, you while the woman who sent the first email can’t is could have filed for your own reduced retirement because the law says no retroactive benefits can I am about to turn 66 and have benefits back when you were 62 years old. Then be paid before your full retirement age. She is finally decided to take Social Security. I have at 66, you could have filed for the higher widow’s about to turn 66 and I told her she can’t get any been living off of savings and investments benefits on your husband’s record. You’ve sadly past benefits (which she would have been due until now. I was planning to file for widow’s thrown away thousands of dollars by not doing had she filed earlier) because again, those benbenefits off my deceased husband’s record. that. Maybe you didn’t do that for tax reasons? efits can’t be paid before age 66. You are age 66 He died several years ago. He was a banker Whatever the reason, it’s too late now. and four months, so you can get those four checks who made good money and has a ver y high And before I move on to the next email, I paid to you retroactively. Social Security benefit -- $2,500 per month. must make one final point. I can hear lots of my And because you will be delaying your I worked for about 15 years ver y early in my readers saying, “Tom, I thought you said a wife own retirement benefit past your normal full remarriage. So I am due a ver y small Social Se- can’t take reduced retirement benefits at 62 and tirement age, you get a two-thirds of one percent curity retirement benefit on my own record. switch to higher spousal benefits later on. What credit added to your retirement payment rate for The last time I checked, it was $400. When gives here?” What gives here is the fact that this each month you don’t file for those benefits. 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Don’t Keep Secrets From Your Doctor DEAR DR. ROACH: About three years ago, I was walking from the parking lot to church (not a long distance) and was overcome with a feeling of warmth and weakness throughout my body. I almost dropped my purse, but it stopped almost immediately. About three weeks ago, the same thing happened. I did not feel ill, and it passed almost as fast as it came on. I am 65 years old, exercise regularly and eat a healthy diet. I have yearly checkups and blood tests. After looking over my yearly bloodwork, which we do at work, my white blood cell count is usually low, according to my hematologist. He had me do a total body X-ray and several blood tests over a three-month period and found nothing wrong with me. I did not mention the above to him. Can you tell me what can possibly be going on in my body? -- A.N. ANSWER: Since it has happened only twice in three years, and since you have had an evaluation without finding anything, it may just be one of those things that happens that we don’t get an answer to. In fact, I think that is the most likely outcome.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 80 years old, and have been bothered by frequent urination for many years. My urologist was constantly recommending a surgical procedure, and was performing diagnostic tests to determine what I already knew -- that I do not void fully. I sometimes must urinate three to four times at night. I have not seen this urologist for more than two years. My question is: What are the risks of doing nothing? I was on Flomax and found it to be of no benefit. -- W.B. ANSWER: Difficulty urinating is a common problem for older men, and for many men, the symptoms themselves make them want to be treated. It sounds like you are asking if there might be additional downsides besides the symptoms. The major risk is that there might be a cancer, especially of the prostate, so seeing the urologist to look for cancer is important. Prolonged blockage occasionally leads to kidney damage, if the blockage is severe enough for long enough. Finally, having “stale” urine in the bladder predisposes you to infection. If your doctor finds you have good kidney function, no cancer and no infection, you don’t need to get treated. That being said, there are other treatments besides Flomax that might help your symptoms.

However, whenever I hear about warmth all over the body, I worry about conditions that cause a release of substances that act on the blood vessels. Carcinoid syndrome and pheochromocytomas are two rare conditions that can cause a temporary flushing sensation, and you certainly should mention this to your doctor. Neither of them is likely, but you don’t want to miss either possibility.

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