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• He arrived in Memphis at age 21, and convinced a local D.J. to let him play a song live on his blues radio show. This eventually led to the chance to play on the air at a local Memphis saloon, provided he promoted the saloon over the radio. The station set King up with a ten-minute spot and allowed him to play his guitar, just as long as he promoted a new health tonic called Pepticon.

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Diet and Exercise Reduce Chances of Alzheimer’s By the time you reach age 85, there is a 50 percent chance you will have memory loss, mostly likely due to Alzheimer’s disease. The risk is substantially increased if the disease is present in more than one family member or if the diagnosis was made earlier than age 75. If a person has one of the genes associated with developing Alzheimer’s disease, the risk of Alzheimer’s increases by 50 percent. If two of the genes are present, the risk increases to 100 percent. It takes about 20 years for Alzheimer’s disease to be present with symptoms of memory loss. If a parent has Alzheimer’s disease at age 70, a child who will develop Alzheimer’s disease will have abnormalities identifiable in the brain at age 50. It follows that it is never too early to begin efforts to reduce your risk of this disease. Here are recommendations for at-risk family members: First, stay active and engaged in life. Research in identical twins shows that Alzheimer’s is much less common in a twin who stays more active later in life, does not retire and continues to be involved in community activities. If at high risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, exercising the mind as often and as much as possible will prolong the onset of memory loss. Even in symptomatic patients, active reading, crossword puzzles and anything that challenges the mind appear to slow the rate of the disease’s progression. Adults who have a higher level of education and are lifelong learners have a lower risk of developing memory loss. Physical exercise is a crucial component of preventing Alzheimer’s disease. It not only reduces risks of heart disease and cancer but also decreases the chances of memory loss. Aerobic activity and strength training with weights improve strength, mood and memory. Eating right not only reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease but also decreases the chances of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Just published in the Archives of Neurology, a study examined the diet of 2,148 people over 65. The results showed that the risk of Alzheimer’s was reduced by more than 30 percent in those who had a diet that contained a higher intake of salad dressing, nuts, fish, tomatoes, poultry, cruciferous vegetables, fruits, and dark and green leafy vegetables and a lower intake of high-fat dairy products, red meat, organ meat and butter. It is also recommended that people at very high risk of Alzheimer’s disease be treated as if they had a heart attack beginning 20 years before their family member first showed symptoms of memory loss. In addition to a heart-healthy lifestyle, the target LDL (bad) cholesterol should be below 70. This frequently requires the use of a medication. There is also evidence that taking an ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitor -- a medication used to decrease blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart attacks and heart failure -- appears to also delay the development of Alzheimer’s. For example, if a mother developed

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CASEY’S CORNER (from page 9) yelping because he felt overwhelmed. But he had never gotten into a fight. “For his daily walks, I would walk him around the park behind my home and let him walk off-leash for about half the walk, as he was really good about staying with me. “I guess what I’m asking is: If and when I decide to get another dog, should I get him fixed? Should I not take a small dog to a dog park? And was I wrong to let him walk without a leash in a public park? I’m just wondering whether I was too carefree with my little guy. I just wanted him to be a ‘dog’ and not completely on lockdown all the time. I’m a free spirit myself, and I’m missing him terribly.” My heart goes out to this reader for her sad loss. And in the hopes of preventing similar stories, I offer the following to all readers: -- Get your dog fixed as soon as he is old enough. -- Always keep your dog on a leash when he’s not in your home or in your secured yard. -- If you choose to use a dog park, do your homework. Find out whether there has been any aggressive behavior with any dogs there. Read the park rules, and try to find a park that caters to your dog’s age, size and temperament. The extra investigation is worth the effort. Woof! 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!” Read all of Uncle Matty’s columns at the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com, and visit him at www.unclematty.com. Send your questions to dearuncle. gazette@unclematty.com or by mail to Uncle Matty at P.O. Box 3300, Diamond Springs, CA 95619. COPYRIGHT 2010 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC.

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I have been getting Social Security disability benefits for a few months. And I just started receiving worker’s compensation payments. But shortly after the worker’s comp kicked in, they cut my Social Security benefits by more than half. When I called the Social Security office to ask why, she just said, “Because it’s the law.” Can you explain this?

During my 32-year career with the Social Security Administration, I always got upset when I heard colleagues talking to customers, trying to explain why their benefits were reduced by merely saying, “It’s the law!” There usually is a good reason why a law exists, and obviously it would help people accept a change that impacts their benefits if they understood what the rule is trying to accomplish. In your case, there is a law that says the combination of your Social Security disability benefits and your worker’s compensation payments cannot exceed 80 percent of your average monthly income before you became disabled. And why is that? Well, in most cases, disability benefits are meant to provide temporary financial help while you get yourself back on your feet and eventually are able to return to the workplace. Obviously, if you were getting as much, or even more, in combined Social Security disability benefits and worker’s compensation payments than you were being paid before you became disabled, you would have little incentive to want to get off of disability and get back on the job. That’s why there is the 80 percent cutoff point. While Social Security is a federal program, worker’s compensation is administered by your state government. To reach the 80 percent level, some states choose to reduce their worker’s comp payments. But other states want the feds to cut the Social Security benefit. You obviously live in one of the latter states.

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assume you don’t have any children under age 16 at home. If that’s the case, your wife won’t be eligible for beneﬁts on your record until she is at least age 62. And at that point, she would get something on your record only if it exceeds any Social Security retirement beneﬁts she might be due on her own account.

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months to get a decision on a claim for Social Security disability benefits. If the claim is denied and the applicant files an appeal, that process can stretch out for another year or so. *** Finally, to close out this week’s column on disability benefits, here are some excerpts from a recent email exchange I had with a reader: Dear Tom: I have a friend who has been getting Social Security disability for years. His parents recently died and he inherited their home. Will this new asset prevent him from getting his disability payments? And what about his Medicare? Dear Reader: Social Security is not welfare. Neither is Medicare. Your friend will continue to be eligible for Social Security and Medicare benefits even though he inherited this house. Dear Tom: I know Social Security is not welfare. But I didn’t say he was getting Social Security retirement. I said he was getting Social Security disability. And I’ve always been told that Social Security disability is welfare, right? Dear Reader: Wrong! The Social Security disability program is just one part of the basic Social Security program. You don’t have to be poor to qualify for Social Security disability benefits. The only eligibility factor for the program, besides being disabled, is that you have worked and paid enough Social Security taxes to be “insured.” In fact, if Bill Gates became disabled, he’d get Social Security disability benefits. 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 read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2010 CREATORS.COM.

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Scammers’ New Weapon: Health Care Reform It never takes long for scammers to jump into new areas of fraud. Now, with health-care-reform legislation, they have a whole new way to try to get money out of the pockets of everyday people. Even if you already have Medicare, you’re still not safe from the scammers. Here’s what they’ve been caught doing already: ► Selling fake policies door to door or on the phone. ► Selling “limited enrollment” policies. Those don’t exist. ► Selling fake medical discount cards. ► Sending fake e-mails and doing phony online ads, with toll-free numbers to call. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has sent letters to insurance commissioners and attorneys general in each state, plus Health Care Fraud Prevention & Enforcement Action Teams (HEAT), warning them of the problem. She’s also notified the Senior Medicare Patrol Project -- senior volunteers who advise other seniors on how to detect fraud in Medicare. As an example, if you receive medical goods you didn’t order, such as special equipment you don’t need -- but that Medicare will probably have HANDYMAN to SERVICES pay for --the Patrol can help investigators get to the bottom of it. But it’s up to us individually to make sure we don’t become a scam statistic. If you already have Medicare, you’ll be notified by U.S. mail if there are any necessary changes. Call Medicare to double-check. If you don’t have Medicare yet but get a call or mail saying you need to buy a special policy, call your own insurance company to ask if there are any changes you need to know about. To keep up with the new health-care changes, you can read the reports at healthreform.gov. Put “seniors” in the search box and look for “America’s Seniors and Health Insurance Reform.” Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Write to her in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to columnreply@gmail.com.

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ANSWER: Cherry are tiny, round, ﬁrm, an come angiomas to see you. Meanwhile, smooth, red skin projections that are growths of small important matter suddenly could need blood vessels.your People can have a few or hundreds. attention. Mostly they spring up on the(October trunk and23 upper arms. SCORPIO to NovemAd Proof: They have no ber impact health. 21)on A workplace situation becomes ARIES (March 21 to AprilBram’s 19) YouYou can expect hostbothersome to them forever. If they a lotto be more than you’d 1/16th page, Black might be a bit shaken by abother friend’s expected. BeWhite careful not to you, there are a& number of ways to be getpulled rid request. But before the Lamb leaps to into all that anger. Look for support ofJan. them. can2010 dry them up with an electric 10A- doctor Feb. 14, conclusions, insist on a fullcurrent explanaamong or with a laser.others who also want to avoid [Volume 6:trouble. Issue #3 -#8] tion. You still might say no, but leastknow Iatdon’t why they happen. They just do. And you’ll know what you’re saying no to. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to Corrections due by: 6 years. pm, Mon. 01/04/10 they occur mostly in senior TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) See- December 21) Cheer up, lonely lovers, ***

How Much Exercise Do Adults Need? ing red over those nasty remarks by

wherever are.to answer Just when you Dr. Donohue regrets that he you is unable individual someone with an ax to grind? Of thought you’d been deleted from letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever DEAR DR. DONOHUE: What is the amount Readers may writedatabase, him or request order form of course you are. So get out possible. there and the anchubby cherub of exercise recommended for a man or woman available health Cupid’s newsletters at P.O. Boxnot 536475, Orlando, FL give your supporters the facts they proves that’s just so. Congratulaof 55? I was always under the impression that 32853-6475. need to get the truth out. tions. 15 minutes of aerobic exercise three times GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A CAPRICORN (December 22 to Jana week was a good amount of situation time for should heart get (c) 2010 Synd., Inc. changing youNorth to America uary 19) A casual relationship could R.K. health. Am I wrong? -- reassess All Rights Reserved your vacation plans and make take a more serious turn. Are you ready any adjustments as soon as possible. for it? Your stars say you are. Paired ANSWER: That used to don’t be thefret recommended And — the change most like- Sea Goats also will find a renewed amount of exercise timelyfor anturn adult. will outFor for readers, the better. richness in their relationships. aerobic exercise is the kind of exercise that is 22) Don’t CANCER (June 21 to July AQUARIUS (January 20 to Februtailored for the heart. It’sput exercise that employs thenegative feel- ary 18) Meeting a collaborator with off dealing with any continuous use of largeings muscles a somewhat that for might be left over from a new ideas seems to be a dream come protracted period of time, least 10 minutes. recentatconfrontation. The sooner all is true. But for both your sakes, be sure sooner you can move for- all your legal i’s are dotted and t’s are Jogging, biking, walking,resolved, swimmingthe and dancing are ward with fewer complications. crossed before you start working examples of aerobic exercise. Also BUYING: Running LEO (July 23doctors to August and together. The latest advice for adults, if their say22) Leos or NOT! oins YOUR OLD POCKET & WRIST Leonasismight feelminutes the urge to redecoPISCES (February 19 toJC March 21) they are ﬁt enough to exercise, to get 150 ewelr y rate their dens, and that can turn into a A romantic overture flatters the usually of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise a week. Antiques good seven opportunity strengthen family unflappable Fish. But since a sinScrait’s p Gold That’s 20 minutes of exercise days a to week or & Silve ties by putting the whole pride to work cere from-the-heart gesture, go ahead r 50 minutes, three times a week. You can divide it TOP PRICES PAID to minimum make it happen. an enjoy it. A minor health problem any way you wish, but the amount of one Over 40 years E. Alejo Rd. VIRGO (August 23 to September responds well to treatment. in Business session of exercise has to be 10 minutes. If you are a 22) Look for the most efficient way to (760) BORN THIS WEEK: You have the novice, take your time to reach 10 minutes. A single 416-2667 � get a job done quickly and well.  Taking warm heart Drive of a• Taurean and the sensiAmount � 461 N. Palm Canyon Palm Springs No Bram’s session can be longer if you choose. Too Large more time than you need to make �it Hours: tivityTues-Sat. of a Gemini. You would make a 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. or Small Moderate-intensity exercise is walking at a pace look more challenging is a short-sight- wonderful leader. So go ahead: Run for of 3.5 miles an hour, a brisk walk. you might regret later on. ed move office. Or if you want to devote less time to exercise, LIBRA (September 23 to October you can if you make it vigorous exercise. Vigorous 22) Travel remains strong in your © 2010 King Features Synd., Inc.

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“My radio station? • On1340, May 23, 1934, fugitives AM offamed course!” Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker are killed when police ambush their car near Sailes, La. They died in a twominute fusillade of 167 bullets. • On May 22, 1958, American singer Jerry Lee Lewis arrives in England as a newly married man, with his pretty young wife in tow. Within days, it was revealed that his new wife, Myra Gail Lewis, was actually only 13 years old and was his first cousin once removed. • On May 17, 1965, the FBI laboratory declares the lyrics of “Louie Louie” to be officially unintelligible. Based on outcry�� from parents who believed the �� 45 HRS: MIN:pornographic, lyrics to3 be the FBI �� launched a formal investigation ��in 1964. Audio experts in the FBI laboratory played and re-played “Louie �� Louie” at 78 rpm, 45 rpm, 33-1/3 rpm �� and even slower speeds in an attempt to �� determine the song’s true lyrics. © 2010 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Co. of France took a dim view of the American company using the name “Limoges.” Rather than dealing with a serious squabble in the courts, the name was changed to “American Limoges” in 1944. They went out of business in 1955. Similar dinnerware sets can be seen selling around $200 to $225.

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Can you tell me anything about the desk seen in this photo? My 79-year-old husband is the youngest of nine children, and he recalls the desk being in his home as far back as he can remember. He thinks it was purchased with Watkins Soap Coupons. On the back is a worn label with what looks like the word “Larson.” The overall measurements are 27 inches wide and 39 inches high. Any information will be appreciated.

Take another look. Chances are the label says “Larkin.” John Larkin started his soap factory in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1875. Along with his innovative brother-in-law, Elbert Hubbard, they launched a mail order business that became a huge success. They eliminated the middleman and their motto was “From Factory to Family.” Housewives could redeem coupons that were given with every purchase for a plethora of household items from crockery to furniture. The Great Depression took its toll and the Larkin Co. was sold in 1941. Your drop front desk was made around 1900 and would probably be worth in the area of $500 to $800.

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 Victoria’s Attic McCollam and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at 1/8th page, 4C, 13x rate www.creators.com. May 16, 2010

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Playing a shot from the sand can be anything butemail: a dayvalleybits@msn.com at the beach, but it doesn’t have to be a bad experience if you work on a few basic steps. The first thing to look for in the bunker is the firmness of the sand, and your footprints are the first clue. Shallow prints mean firm sand and a lively ball; deep prints mean soft sand and a cushioned hit needing more power. In order to control the distance the ball flies from the sand you must be aware of two things: Length of the swing: Tour players have what I call a “designated swing area in the sand. For me, my hands are chest-high both in the backswing and the follow-through. You need to find a comfortable range of motion for the club to swing on every sand shot. Speed of the swing: Establish a consistent swing speed regardless of the sand shot. Mine is always a medium speed. The most important factor is the amount of sand between the clubface and the ball. Digging too deep or too thin produces disastrous results. Once you have established these elements, you can plug in a variety of clubs to control the distance the ball flies from the sand. Short shots need a lob or a sand wedge; for longer shots go with a pitching or approach wedge. Work on these techinques to find what works best for you and you’ll end up making those difficult sand shots a “day at the beach”. Rob Stanger is recognized as a 2005-2008 Golf Magazine Top Teacher West Region, and teaches in the desert at The College Golf Center. You can contact him at 760-409-8628 or at www.robstanger.com for inquiries about your golf game. Proof created Property of by: Readers Weekly

NECESSARY SKILLS (continued): • Sewing a Button. Whether you’re male or female, buttons tend to pop off at the most inopportune times. It is definitely handy to keep a small sewing kit nearby (in your desk, jacket, purse, or car) so that you can quickly repair the problem. Even amateur sewers can accomplish enough of a “fix” to keep from having to walk into that important meeting with a safety pin holding your collar shut.

Play Better Golf with JACK NICKLAUS • What to do when Lightning Strikes. There are many myths about the actions to take when you’re stuck outdoors during an electrical storm. The number of deaths and injuries have risen as a result. Be smart. Read up on what not to do and where not to be during an electrical storm.

• How to Read an Electric Meter. The ability �� to read the dials on your electric meter adds a HRS: level MIN: of protection between you and your lo�� cal utility company. Once you read the meter, you can estimate your electric bill based on the kilowatt/hour rates from your utility bill. (Yes, meter readers make mistakes!) This knowledge can also serve to alert you to any sudden increase in usage, which might signal a faulty electrical appliance or unauthorized use of your service by a neighbor. • Basic Bathroom Repair. Of all the plumbing fixtures in our homes, none is more essential than a functioning toilet. And when one overflows after 5 p.m., you’ll probably pay overtime rates to get the problem repaired. But there are a few “do-it-yourself” fixes that novices can employ to keep their facilities operational, such as flapper valve, fill valve and seal ring replacement. • Read Tidbits Each Week. It provides you with a much-needed dose of infotainment! Information in the Tidbits® Paper is gathered from sources considered to be reliable, but the accuracy of all information cannot be guaranteed.

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