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alkaloid designed to keep predators at a distance. Squirrels know better than to eat daffodil bulbs because of the poisonous crystals, but the bulbs shouldn’t be planted if you have a dog who likes to dig. • Because of the toxic sap in the stem, daffodils shouldn’t be arranged in a vase with other flowers unless the daffodils have been soaked in water for 24 hours. Re-cutting the stems will cause a re-release of the toxin. Florists often have an allergic reaction to the flower called “daffodil itch.” • It’s odd that although the stem and bulb are toxic, another substance found in the bulb called narciclasine has been shown to have potential for treating breast cancer. In addition, an alkaloid known as galantamine found in daffodils is proving effective against the symptoms of Alzheimers Disease. Even the ancient Romans cultivated daffodils for the sap they believed had healing properties. Ancient Egyptians used the juice of the wild daffodil as a cure for baldness. It’s not known whether or not it worked. • Although daffodils have been cultivated since ancient times, the name was not recorded in print until 1538. In 1623, William Shakespeare mentioned daffodils twice in Act 4 of his play “The Winter’s Tale.” • The daffodil is the national flower of the country of Wales, and the Welsh people wear a blossom on Saint David’s Day, March 1. Welsh legend claims that if you spy the first daffodil of the season, the coming 12 months will be filled with wealth. To these folks, it symbolizes new beginnings. The wedding cake of Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton featured 17 different kinds of flowers, one of which was the daffodil.

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GREAT LAKES (from page one) deepest. Its name is derived from the French “lac supeneur,” translating “upper lake,” due to its location north of Lake Huron. • Superior is so large and deep that it would take all of the other four Great Lakes, plus three more the size of Lake Erie to fill it. In fact, Superior contains enough water volume to submerge all of North and South America in water a foot deep! Lake Superior alone accounts for 10% of the world’s fresh surface water. An estimated 100 million trout live in Lake Superior.

largest lake in the world, Huron has the longest shoreline of any of the Great Lakes at 3,827 miles, which includes its many islands. • Huron was the first of the Great Lakes to be discovered by European explorers Samuel de Champlain and Etienne Brule, who travelled up the Ottawa and Mattawa rivers in 1615. They called it “La Mer Douce,” meaning the “sweet/ fresh-water sea.”

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collided with a boat carrying timber to Chicago. The disastrous incident took 450 lives.

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A woman called me during the holiday season last year and said, “I have an eight-year-old dog, and I think he’s lonely. Don’t you think he needs a friend?” That depends. If a person is feeling lonely, the holiday season is likely to exacerbate it. But your dog doesn’t know Christmas or New Year’s from the middle of August. For the most part, dogs don’t get lonely, people do. Read between the lines: Her dog is getting older, and she’s anticipating the pain she’ll inevitably feel when he passes. It isn’t uncommon for people to get a second dog to ease that sadness. And it isn’t necessarily a bad idea. Necessarily. The good: -- Bringing a puppy into the house can have a rejuvenating effect on the older dog. Puppies are playful and silly, and their exuberance is contagious. -- Young and old dogs can bond, giving the older dog a renewed sense of purpose. -- The dog owner will not have to endure the heartbreaking quiet of a home that used to house a dog. -- Another dog finds a loving and permanent home. The bad? There could be no downside whatsoever. In this case, however, the woman who called wanted a second dog, but her husband didn’t. Neither babies nor dogs make good Band-Aids for a marriage. When I asked her why her husband didn’t want another dog, she told me it was because they’d never trained the one they have now, who is a bit of a mischief-maker. In fact, he had recently devoured a child’s plastic toy, landing him in a veterinary hospital and saddling them with a surgery bill for $8,000. Hubby has a point. It can be hard enough -- and expensive enough -- to live with one untrained dog. Add a new puppy to the mix and you might as well issue a standing invitation to the Hell’s Angels

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Think You’re Too Old for a Pet? Fiddlesticks! One of the saddest things I’ve overheard lately was a woman who had just lost her very senior cat. She had loved that affectionate old cat for almost 20 years and it had been a wonderful, loving companion for her. She would have made a great candidate for another lonely animal from the local shelter that needed a kind and caring owner. But instead she hesitated, afraid she herself might die before the cat did, and then the cat would go back the shelter and possibly be put down. I hope there aren’t many of us who feel that way and harbor such thoughts. Shelters are full of cats and dogs that need a loving home, and seniors can be the best pet owners that the shelters can hope to find. Consider what a cat or dog can do for us. If we have a dog, it needs to be walked at least once a day. That’s needed exercise for us, too, and often has other benefits, too. For example, it can lead to more social interaction as we meet up and chat with others who are doing the same thing. Maybe a daily pet-walking group will develop in the neighborhood.

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for drinks at your place. Another factor to consider is that your dog may not want a “friend.” Not all dogs enjoy the company of other canines. They are pack animals, yes. But at the age of 8, this particular pooch’s pack has been established. If he views himself as the pack leader -- which is entirely possible since he was never trained -- he will defend that position when the other animal is brought home. And if the new pup is also of an alpha mindset, well, you’ll find yourself reminiscing on how peaceful your time with the Angels really was. On the other hand, if you bring a new dog into a household where it is deeply entrenched that you, the dog owner, are the pack leader, then there is very little need on either dog’s part to fight over a position that is already filled -- by you. I ended our conversation with one last bit of advice: If you insist on getting a second dog, make sure you don’t end up with two female dogs in the house. “But I don’t like males,” she said. And I couldn’t help but wonder whether she meant two-legged or four. Woof! * * * Dog trainer Matthew “Uncle Matty” Margolis is co-

* On Aug. 24, 1572, King Charles IX of France orders the assassination of Huguenot Protestant leaders in Paris, resulting in the massacre of tens of thousands of Huguenots across France. An estimated 3,000 French Protestants were killed in Paris, and as many as 70,000 in all of France. * On Aug. 22, 1851, the U.S.-built schooner America bests a fleet of Britain’s finest sailing ships in a race around England’s Isle of Wight. The ornate silver trophy won by the America was later donated to the New York Yacht Club on condition that it be forever placed in international competition. * On Aug. 23, 1902, pioneering cookbook author Fannie Farmer, who changed the way Americans prepare food by advocating the use of standardized measurements in recipes, opens Miss Farmer’s School of Cookery in Boston. * On Aug. 25, 1939, “The Wizard of Oz,” which will become one of the best-loved movies in history, opens in theaters across the U.S. Nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Picture category, “The Wizard of Oz” lost to the Civil War-era epic “Gone With the Wind.” * On Aug. 21, 1959, President Dwight Eisenhower signs a proclamation admitting Hawaii into the Union as the 50th state. He also issued an order for an American flag featuring 50 stars arranged in staggered rows: five six-star rows and four five-star rows.

Any pet needs regular meals and water, and maybe even medication if you adopt one with special needs. That keeps us on track with a daily schedule. Cats and dogs can be comical, keeping us entertained and making us laugh. Just having a pet around to interact with and care for has been proven to be invaluable in reducing stress. Cats need to be brushed every day and generally love that bonding time. Dogs usually love to go to the groomer, if you can’t do it yourself.

* On Aug. 26, 1964, Lyndon Johnson is nominated to run for president at the Democratic National Convention. Johnson had assumed the reins of government in November 1963 when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

If you hesitate to have a pet now because it might outlive you, make arrangements in advance. Put your wishes in writing, notify your children or attorney that the document exists, put an “In case of emergency” note on the inside of your door, and then take a stroll through the local animal shelter. Look for a wagging tail or the hopeful eyes that meet yours.

* On Aug. 27, 1982, Oakland Athletics outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 119th base of the season, breaking Hall of Famer Lou Brock’s 1979 record. The game was stopped, and American League President Lee MacPhail came on the field to congratulate the new record-holder.

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while they were incarcerated. I’m sure the thinking many prisons that would have younger convicts was this: These people worked and paid taxes and believe that as soon as they are released, they can earned their Social Security benefit, so they should waltz into their nearest Social Security office and get that earned benefit no matter where they lived sign up for Social Security disability benefits and have those checks start flowing into their bank ac-- even if that was behind bars. I remember early in my career with the So- counts. There simply is no truth to that rumor. Of cial Security Administration, I worked for a while course, anyone has the right to apply for Social Sein a Social Security office in a Midwestern town curity disability benefits. But no one will get those that was also home to the state prison. Part of my benefits unless he or she meets all of the rather job had me paying a once-a-week visit to that facil- stringent qualifying criteria. For example, they ity to handle any Social Security business for the must have worked and paid Social Security taxes inmates. That sometimes included routine matters in five out of the last 10 years. And they must have like helping a convict replace a lost or stolen So- a disability that is so severe it is expected to keep cial Security card, or helping an older con with a them from being able to work for at least a year. So far, I’ve just been talking about Social minor Social Security issue. But most of my time during those prison visits involved taking claims Security benefits. But SSA runs another program for Social Security disability benefits from young for the federal government called Supplemental men who had heard through the prison grapevine Security Income. SSI pays a small monthly welthat the government was handing out free money fare stipend (usually around $700) to low-income (in the form of Social Security disability checks) to elderly people and to people under age 65 with disinmates. That got me frustrated. I knew all the pa- abilities who are down on their luck. (And every perwork I was filling out was for naught, as all of time I mention SSI in this column, I am quick to point out that SSI payments come out of general those claims were going to be denied. But the kind of thinking that allowed incar- tax revenues, NOT out of the Social Security trust cerated people to take their Social Security checks funds.) Anyway, SSI payment rates have always to jail, or apply for Social Security disability benefits while in jail, changed in the 1980s and 1990s as depended on a person’s living arrangements. 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This is a photo of a berr y bowl set. It was a gift from a dear elderly lady to my pastor father-in-law about 45 years ago. It is purple and includes a large berr y bowl and four individual ones. Each piece is footed and has blue glass balls. The set is in mint condition. What can you tell us about the maker, age and value of our set?

You have a carnival glass amethyst berry set by Fenton Art Glass Company. Frank and John Fenton founded the factory in Williamstown, West Virginia, in 1905. It made custard glass, chocolate glass and clear pressed glass. In 1908, it introduced carnival glass. The process involved firing

an iridescent finish on pressed glass. Many have called it the “poor man’s Tiffany.” It gave the average homemaker an opportunity to purchase iridescent glass. Pieces were often given away as prizes at carnivals, hence the name. Fenton was the first to make carnival glass, followed by Northwood Pottery, Imperial, Millersburg Glass Co. and Dugan. When it comes to determining value, color is key. It was available in marigold, amethyst, green and blue, marigold being the most common. The diamond pattern with floral centers appears to be inspired by embroidery. The saw-toothed edges, beaded webbing and scales are all characteristics of the “Fentonia” pattern. There was a variation of the pattern known as “Fentonia Fruit.” Between 1905 and 1911, a plethora of patterns was made by the factories that produced carnival glass. Your berry set would probably fetch $225 to $250 in an antiques shop.

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6 inches tall. Around the side are the words “Say not always what you know, but know what you say.” It is in perfect condition. What can you tell me about my pitcher? Torquay Terracotta Company made motto ware in England.

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however, is surrounded by the most industry of the five lakes. Seventeen large metropolitan areas border the Lake Erie basin. • Lake Erie is reportedly home to a 40-foot-long snakelike sea monster named Bessie. First sighted in 1793, more recent sightings have been reported in 1960 and 1969, and four separate times in the 1980s. Most recently, two Huron firefighters claim to have seen the formidible creature in 1990. However, one Ohio marine biologist says Bessie might simply be an exceptionally large specimen of a lake sturgeon, which can live up to 150 years, reach lengths in excess of seven feet, and weigh more than 300 pounds. The sturgeon's features also give it a somewhat prehistoric appearance.

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• During the 1800s, the Sandusky, Ohio area was known as the caviar capital of North America, as the source of caviar is sturgeon eggs. More than five million pounds of sturgeon were pulled from Lake Erie in 1885 for commercial harvest. Due to years of overharvesting, the sturgeon population experienced a dramatic decline, but is now making a comeback. A 7’4” 250-lb. sturgeon was caught in Lake Erie in 1998.

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