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through an elaborate underground labyrinth for more than 367 miles, most of which have been previously explored and mapped for adventurous visitors.

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household word, millions can recognize its distinct shape from the 1977 movie, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” Rising high school seniors Owens suffering • Located in California’s Valley, abruptly from the surrounding plains of Four Site their preserves eastern Wyoming, this enormous volcanic fromManzanar “springNational fever”Historic skipped one of 10 camps at which Japanese American rock formation towers 1,267 feet above the morning classes and went to the citizens and Japanese aliens were deterred terrain to a flat-topped plateau. It is also beach instead. After lunch, they during World War II. our country’s first national monument, as school told Falls, theirKenestablished by president Theodore Roosevelt returned • Second to in size only and to Niagara in 1906. tucky’s the largest teacher thatCumberland they wereFalls lateisbecause waterfall east of the Rockies. Known as the • Niagara Falls, a state park, is comprised ofthey’d experienced a flat tire while “Niagara of the South”, its clear water pours two major sections separated by Goat Island: carpooling to cascade the school. over rockstogether in a sparkling more than Horseshoe Falls, the majority of which lies on 60 feet high and 125 feet wide. The waterfall the Canadian side of the border, and American Much to their relief, she smiled. is the centerpiece of Kentucky’s Cumberland Falls on the U.S. side. The smaller Bridal Veil “You missed Falls State Park.a test today,” she Falls is also located on the American side, separated from the main falls by Luna Island.continued, “but you can make it up

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• Although Niagara Falls is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the U.S. the falls can’t claim to be the highest or the widest in the world, or even to have the greatest flow of water. Iguazu Falls on the Paraguay-BrazilArgentina borders surpasses Niagara Falls on all three counts. But the falls of Niagara are the world’s most popular.

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• Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve boasts North America’s tallest mountain, Mount McKinley, at a towering 20,320 feet. • Mount Whitney is California’s is highest summit at 14,505 feet. Located in Sequoia National Park, Mt. Whitney is also just 76 miles west of Death Valley National Park, the lowest point in North America at -282 feet below sea level. • The longest known cave system in the world is in Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave National Park. This intricate system of tunnels and passageways winds and twists its way

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• The six films together were nominated for a total of 22 Academy Awards, of which they won seven. • In 1971, Universal Studios agreed to make “American Graffiti” and “Star Wars” in a twopicture contract, although Star Wars was later rejected in its early concept stages.

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I am thrilled that so many of my favorite shows from the 1970s and ‘80s are beginning to show up on DVD. Can you tell me when “Falcon Crest” will be out on DVD. I can’t wait! -- Janet U. in Florida

Wait no longer. “Falcon Crest: Season 1” is now out on DVD, and can be found wherever DVDs are sold and rented. I also can’t wait to re-live those Tuscany Valley memories, with Angela’s scheming, Lance’s ladykilling and Maggie’s voice of reason. It is especially fun to see Susan Sullivan’s portrayal of Maggie back Susan Sullivan then compared with her hilarious Martha Rodgers (Castle’s mom) on “Castle.” ***

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Helen Wagner, 91, who passed away May 1, was a soap opera icon. She even held the Guinness world record for playing the same character on TV for the longest period of time. I spoke with longtime friend and cast mate Eileen Fulton (who has played Lisa since 1960) about Helen’s passing, and she told me she felt a little shell-shocked. “My one regret is that she didn’t hang on a little longer to wrap the

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affect taste. Additionally, using sensible levels of CASEY’S CORNER (from page 9) salt does shorten the food’s shelf life. person went on to diagnose their 3-year-old Lab So what can you do? First, be educated about rescue as having been “seriously abused; beaten, how much sodium you currently consume. Most tortured, the works.” This diagnosis was made three common foods have much higher sodium levels days after bringing the dog home, and this person Dr. David Lipschitz than you think. For example, a 5-ounce, healthy has been living with these problems for the last eight frozen turkey dinner contains 800 mg of sodium, a months -- behavioral problems that, in my book, bowl of most cereals contains more than 350 mg could be attributed to any number of things, all of of sodium, most canned vegetables contain more which should be explored. An excerpt: than 700 mg, and a bowl of warm canned soup (for “He walks around and pees -- in zigzag lines like he example, chicken noodle) contains more than 1,100 doesn’t realize he’s doing it. He has access to outside mg of sodium. Add those up during the day, and it 24/7, but won’t go out without permission. He holds is easy to exceed the recommended daily amount. it all night and day, but when he seems to be fine and Becoming a savvy shopper is critical. At the happy, he starts walking through the house peeing grocery store, always consider fresh first, frozen all the way. He also needs permission to eat and second and canned last. Learn how to read labels With obesity, heart disease and high blood drink. If left alone he won’t drink all day. He flinches and be aware of marketing claims. Sodium-free pressure on the rise, a recent Institute of at the slightest sound. If you raise your voice at all he means less than 5 mg of sodium per serving, low Medicine report strongly urged the Food and starts peeing. I can’t even pick up a broom to sweep sodium is less than 140 mg, and reduced sodium Drug Administration to regulate the amount of means the salt content has been reduced by 25 the floor without him running away and peeing. sodium in processed, canned and restaurant food. percent. Study labels carefully and choose foods “I’ve consulted my vet and he said it’s all behavioral. With modest restrictions, lowering the average with the lowest possible sodium levels. I don’t know what to do. He’s destroying all my carpet American’s sodium intake can (continued): substantially NECESSARY SKILLS High blood pressure and all its deleterious and hardwood floors. I have worked with dogs that decrease the risk of high blood pressure, heart ADVERTISING PROOF effects are increasing in incidence. 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You should apply for Medicare’s Part A coverage a couple months before your 65th birthday. Part A, which provides coverage for in-patient hospital expenses, is free. You actually paid for it with the Medicare taxes deducted from your paycheck. But it’s free to you once you reach age 65. So because it doesn’t cost you a nickel, you might as well apply for it. And you may learn anyway that your employer’s insurance wants you to take Part A to supplement their coverage. However, because you’re working and covered by your employer’s insurance, you don’t need Medicare’s Part B coverage. (Part B, which costs about $110 per month, covers doctor’s visits, lab work, etc.) You can delay applying for Part B -- avoid the costly monthly premiums until you retire and lose your employer’s regular coverage. AdYou Proof: are right that you will be eligible for Social Security Bram’sbenefits at age 66, even though you are still working. You normally would apply about three 1/16th page, Black & White months ahead of time for those monthly benefits. Jan.I 10 - Feb.encourage 14, 2010you to consider signing But strongly up for retirement benefi in January 2011. As I’ve [Volume 6: Issue #3ts-#8] explained many times in this column, most working Corrections due by: 6 pm, Mon. 01/04/10 seniors are eligible for Social Security in January of the year they turn 66. 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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Sure, I can tell you how to find Social Security’s headquarters. But then I’m going to tell you to not bother making the trip. The Social Security Administration’s main office is in Baltimore. The actual address is 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD, 21235. But why in the world would you want to go there to resolve your Social Security problems? If you had a washing machine from Sears and it was acting up, would you go to the Sears corporate headquarters to get it fixed? I don’t think so. You’d want to deal with some local repairperson. The same should be true for your Social Security issue. I don’t mean a Sears technician will be able to fix your Social Security problem! But someone at your local Social Security office is much better equipped to help you than a bureaucrat at SSA headquarters. And I should know, because I used to be one of those guys. I spent about half of my 32-year career with SSA working at their main offices in Baltimore. That place is filled with about 10,000 mostly hardworking dedicated professionals. But unlike your local Social Security field office personnel -- each having a broad general knowledge of the entire Social Security program -- most of the Social Security employees in Baltimore are specialists with a very narrow focus on only one small aspect of Social Security. Here’s an example. When I first transferred to Baltimore, I remember taking a stroll through the elaborate maze of offices and cubicles that make up just one of many buildings on the headquarters’ campus. And I saw a sign hanging over one set of cubicles that said “1719B Section.” The 1719B was just one of several hundred forms we used every day in a local Social Security office. I counted about 10 cubicles in this section, and I remember thinking, “Wow, there are 10 people who do nothing but maintain this one form.” (I later learned they were legal experts on provisions of Social Security law related to that form, computer programmers, support staff, etc.) But that’s when it dawned on me just how specialized most of the headquarters’ employees were. And here is another quick story to convince you not to go to SSA’s main office to resolve your problem. During my tenure in Baltimore, I learned that many people did just that: They traveled from around the country to visit Social Security’s headquarters in hopes of getting their problem resolved by someone in authority. Each of these visitors (there were dozens every day) was shepherded to an office in the main administrative building. And there he or she was helped by an outstationed representative from one of the local Baltimore-area Social Security field offices! So, if you’ve had some hassles trying to get your problem resolved at your local Social Security office, ask to speak to a supervisor or manager instead of planning a trip to Baltimore.

working and covered by my employer’s insurance. I plan to continue working as long as I am healthy. I understand I don’t need to apply for Medicare at 65. Is this right? Also, how many months before my 66th birthday, which will be in September 2011, should I apply for Social Security? Even though I’m working, I understand I’ll be eligible for beneﬁts at age 66.

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• On May 28, 1754, George Washington, a young lieutenant colonel in the British Army and future president of the United States, leads an attack on French forces at Jumonville Glen in western Pennsylvania. The battle is later credited with being the opening salvo in the French and Indian War (1754 to 1763). It was Washington’s first time in combat. • On May 26, 1897, the first copies of the classic vampire novel “Dracula,” by Irish writer Bram Stoker, appear in London bookshops. In 1890, Stoker published his first novel, “The Snake’s Pass.” Stoker would go on to publish 17 novels in all, but it was “Dracula” that eventually earned him literary fame. • On May 29, 1922, the United States Supreme Court rules that organized baseball did not violate antitrust laws as alleged by the Baltimore franchise of the defunct Federal League in 1915. The Supreme Court held that organized baseball is not a business, but a sport, in spite of the fact that its clubs and players crossed state lines in order to play. • On May 25, 1935, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Babe Ruth hits his 714th home run, a record for career home runs that would stand for almost 40 years. • On May 30, 1963, a New Jersey teenager named Lesley Gore makes her first appearance on “American Bandstand,” singing her hit-to-be “It’s My Party”. Lesley Gore (née Lesley Sue Goldstein) was just a few weeks past her own 17th birthday when she performed one of the greatest teendrama songs of all time. • On May 27, 1972, Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev and U.S. President Richard Nixon, meeting in Moscow, sign the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) agreements. At the time, these agreements were the most farreaching attempts ever to control nuclear weapons. • On May 24, 1991, the critically acclaimed road movie “Thelma and Louise” debuts in theaters, stunning audiences with a climactic scene in which its two heroines drive off a cliff into the Grand Canyon in a vintage 1966 green Ford Thunderbird convertible. © 2010 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Judging from your photo, your oak pump organ was made in the late Victorian era. Those were the days when nearly every family wanted an organ in their parlor. They would gather together to play the organ and sing. There is currently not the same demand as there was in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Plus, pump organs can be difficult to sell because they are so heavy and difficult to move. Similar pump organs have recently sold in the range of $300 to $500.

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You have an example of cameo glass made by Auguste Legras. He established his glasshouse in St. Denis, France, in 1864. Cameo glass, also called cased glass, is made of several different layers of glass. Designs were cut away from the outer layer. Your vase is circa 1900 and would probably be worth $400 to $600. Auguste Legras in France made cameo glass vases.

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