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U.S. Supreme Court declared the laws requiring segregation on buses to be unconstitutional. • Most people have heard of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech given in 1963, but what exactly was his dream? One of his dreams was “that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.’”

Martin Luther King This week, Tidbits honors Nobel Prize winner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., jailed more than 20 times, criticized and assaulted numerous times over, and ultimately giving his life for his courageous leadership in the civil rights movement. • Born January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King’s birth name was Michael Luther King Jr. He was named after his father, who was also Michael. When the family traveled to Europe and visited Germany in 1934, they were greatly moved by the history surrounding the German Protestent movement led by Martin Luther. Michael Sr. decided to have both of their names changed to Martin in honor of this great leader and his courage against tremendous opposition. • Martin Jr. was an exceptionally bright and gifted student and always excelled in every phase of his academic studies. He skipped the ninth and twelfth grades and enrolled at Atlanta’s Morehouse College at the young age of 15. At 19, he had already earned his Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in sociology. He transferred to a Pennsylvania theological seminary, where he was elected president of his predominantly white class. • At age 25, King became pastor of Montgomery, Alabama’s Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. The following year began the first of his many civil rights activities, beginning with the 385-day Montgomery Bus Boycott. In this movement he organized the black community in a collective protest against segregation on the city’s bus lines. One result of the nationally publicized boycott was the arrest of Rosa Parks, a black bus rider who refused Loss to give up her seat when a Precision Weight Jan. 2011 V7: #3 white16, man demanded it. 1/12 pg., 4C, 26x

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• King delivered his famous speech during the highly publicized March on Washington, where 250,000 followers peacefully gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial. The historic event was the capital city’s largest gathering of protesters to that date. In it, he expanded American values to include the vision of a color blind society.

his plane. He delivered his famous “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech on April 3. The next evening, as he stood on the balcony of his hotel, a bullet fired by James Earl Ray struck King and within an hour, the civil rights leader was dead. That establishment, the Lorraine Motel, is now the location of the National Civil Rights Museum. •

King was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a U.S. federal holiday in 1986. ■

• Also in 1963, King wrote his “letter from a Birmingham jail”, which he penned while incarcerated in an Alabama jail cell following his arrest for leading a huge non-violent protest against racial segregation. He reminded his readers, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” As a result of the year’s activities, King was named “Man of the Year” by Time magazine.

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Don’t you worry -- you’re in for another season of gun slinging when “Justified” returns for its sophomore season on Wednesday, Feb. 9, on FX. Not only will Timothy return as U.S. Deputy Marshal Raylan Givens, we’ll also see some new faces. New cast members include Margo Martindale (“Mercy”), Jeremy Davies (“Lost”), Joseph Lyle Taylor (“100 Centre Street”) and Brad William Henke (“October Road”). They will all play members of the Bennett family, the biggest pot farmers in eastern Kentucky. ***

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healthy? Is there a family history of diabetes, canCASEY’S CORNER (from page 9) cer, heart disease or memory loss? away from work, surprise visits from animal control. To be complete, you should discuss every And then there are those pets that mysteriously diselement of your life. Tell your physician about the appear from the backyard or meet their maker sudimportant people in your life, how you perceive the denly and under questionable circumstances. role of faith and spirituality, and what kinds of habOf course, barking isn’t the only problem made its you keep. Always discuss your health habits, worse by denial. I recently spoke with a man who had including any fitness routines, your average diet, just adopted a dog from a shelter. He was distraught whether you smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol, and because the dog kept attacking his cats. I asked him if you are sexually active. what the folks at the shelter told him about the dog’s You should also be asked to complete what personality prior to the adoption. He said, “Well, they is called “a review of systems,” which asks if you did tell me he doesn’t like cats.” TUES., JAN. 26 have problems related to the various organ sysWoof! tems, such as shortness of breath, chest pain or Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Pr palpitations that may indicate heart disease. Dog trainer Matthew “Uncle Matty” Margolis is co-author Every examination should include a measureof 18 books about dogs, a behaviorist, a popular radio and telement of height, weight and blood pressure as vision guest, and host of the PBS series “WOOF! It’s a Dog’s well as an assessment of cognitive function. Your Life!” Read all of Uncle Matty’s columns at the Creators Synphysician should conduct a careful examination dicate website at www.creators.com, and visit him at www. of the head and neck, heart, lungs, abdomen and unclematty.com. Bob’s Clock Repair Send your questions to dearuncle.gazette@ unclematty.com or by mail to Uncle Matty at P.O. Box 3300, extremities. Digital rectal examinations in men and BZ 4C Diamond 26x Springs, CA 95619. pelvic exams in women may be needed. CREATORS.COM 2010 2011 V6-No.6 Medicare and other insurance policies also Jan. pay 31,COPYRIGHT for screening tests approved by the United States Preventive Services Task Force. This includes blood tests for elevated cholesterol, diabetes and prostate cancer screening. Mammograms, coloHoward Miller • Ridgeway • Sligh • Antique noscopies, ultrasounds to detect aortic aneurysms, We also Service, Repair and New repair Wall, and a bone density test to screen for osteoporosis Mantel, Movements from Germany are also included. Depending on the clinical situaShip’s and 31 years Cuckoo tion, nutrition counseling is covered, too. However, Clocks experience BOB’S CLOCK SHOP many of these tests are not covered annually. FolCarlsbad / San Diego / Desert Communities low the time frame recommended by the prevenServicing Coachella Valley on Fridays & Saturdays tive services program. Call for In-Home service appointment Anyone who seeks to live a long, healthy and 760-729-5121 -or- 1-800-734-5121 independent life must place a high priority on preventive and wellness care. As such, getting your annual physical should be a top New Year’s resolution. Find a physician you trust and like. As an empowered patient, you can ensure optimal care. Think of it as a regular oil and grease job -Proof created Property of by: assuring your body will run smoothly to age 90 and beyond.

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ment age of 66 in July 2011. And let’s further say Ed generally makes about $60,000 per year and plans to continue working indefinitely. Based on the earnings penalty rules I briefly outlined above, Ed figures he must wait until July (his full retirement age) to begin collecting his Social Security benefits. As I said, at that magical point, the earnings penalty rules no longer apply and he can get his Social Security. And prior to that, he’s making way more than the $14,160 income threshold. But here is why Ed should check into applying for Social Security in January. Congress set up a more lenient earnings threshold for the year that you reach your full retirement age. Specifically, it says justJanuary and the you canSome earn up things to $37,680are between month you reach your full retirement age. Plus, you too good to change... will still get Social Security benefits. And even if you earn• more $37,680, youyou lose onlyand $1 from Same than Beautiful Music know love your benefits for every $3 you exceed that threshold. •Ed Same pleasing format$30,000 between January is going to make Familiar and•June (i.e. on-air beforepersonalities he reaches the magic age of 66). And that’s under the $37,680 threshold for 2011, which means Ed is due benefits beginning Live streaming in stereo on in January. He does NOT have to wait until July to apply for his Social Security checks. There is a bit of a catch. By starting his benefits in January, Ed will be accepting a slightly reduced amount. Benefits are reduced roughly one-half of 1 percent for each month they are taken before full retirement age. If Ed’s Social Security benefit at full retirement age is $2,000 per month, let’s look at his options. Ed’s first option is to wait until July (his full retirement age) to start his Social Security benefits. He’ll get $2,000 per month for six months or $12,000 for the year 2011. Ed’s second option is to file for Social Security in January. Starting his benefits slightly early, his

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monthly rate is reduced to $1,940. That comes out to $23,280 in total benefits for the year 2011. The downside to option No. 2 is his ongoing monthly benefit rate will be $1,940 -- $60 less than what he would have been getting in option No. 1. But because he’d be getting about $11,000 less in total 2011 benefits in option No. 1, it would take Ed a long time to make up that loss with his extra $60 per month in ongoing benefits. If I were Ed, I’d choose the second option. I know these rules are complicated and the math in the above examples can be difficult to follow. But my overall message is easy to follow: If you’re reaching age 66 in 2011, talk to a Social Security representative sometime this month to find out if it’s to your advantage to file for those benefits in January. 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 2011 CREATORS.COM.

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If it’s any consolation, I can assure you that you are certainly not alone. In fact, I think most have the same follow-through problem as you. Our intentions to lose weight, limit our credit card spending, write to  our family and friends more often and so on, tend to Creators News Syndicate melt away like popsicles -- a lick and a promise. Knowing the odds are against success causes many individuals to give up before they even start. But even if we don’t really believe we’ll meet the challenges we set for ourselves, at least the act of writing  On Jan. 23, 1775, London merchants these things down forces us to recognize and confirm petition Parliament for relief from the financial hardship put upon them by the curthat these are areas in our lives where we need cortailment of trade with the North American rection or improvement. So there is a positive side I am widowed, retired, and too often to this, even if we don’t act on them within the time colonies. Most critical to the merchants’ find myself getting bored. After waking up frame we’ve established. concerns were the 2 million pounds sterling about 8:00 a.m., my routine is simply to moin outstanding debts owed to them by their Does a handy list help to solve our problems? Psysey around, eat breakfast, read the paper and chologists suggest that making a resolution list helps North American counterparts. watch the TV news. During the day, I’ll go for some people feel they are more in control, whether a walk or go grocer y shopping, eat lunch, read they follow through on them or not. Lists can be our  On Jan. 18, 1882, A.A. Milne, creator JAN 4 a little and nap. I fix myself dinner, then watch defense against confusion TUES., of “Winnie-the-Pooh,” is born. Milne wrote and a ray of hope lighting TV until bedtime. I am disgusted with myself his Please review carefully. 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can be recognized by the vertical fluting and ground bottoms and edges. Ridgeleigh was available in a variety of pieces that included creamers, sugar bowls, candlesticks, and several sizes of bowls and vases. Heisey and Co. closed in 1957. Your creamer and sugar would probably sell in the range of $40 to $50 for the set.

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Thirty years ago, my mother gave me an antique desk. I only know that it belonged to my great-grandmother in the 1890s. It is a Victorian Wooton desk made of American walnut. The height is 6 feet and the width is 3 feet. The quality and the condition are still in great shape. I would appreciate any information you can provide about my desk.

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Heisey and Co. used this mark. Founded in 1896 by A.H. Heisey in Newark, Ohio, the company produced high quality, heavy patterned glassware that is very collectible. Made from 1935 to 1944, the pattern “Ridgeleigh”

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JANUARY BABIES (from page page 3) players, enabling him to play on junior teams as a youngster at a level far above his peers. Gretzky is considered the greatest hockey player in the history of the NHL. He is the holder of 61 various records, including the only player to score over 200 points in one season, something he did four times. • Over the course of his career, from 1979 to 1999, Gretzky played for four NHL teams — the Edmonton Oilers, L.A. Kings, St. Louis Blues and the New York Rangers. His No. 99 jersey has been retired league-wide and is only the second number in all sports to earn that privilege. Following his retirement, Gretzky coached and co-owned NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes for four years, ending in 2009, and he currently owns “Wayne Gretzky’s,” a Toronto restaurant. • The first sports hero to have his uniform number retired across all league teams was Major League Baseball’s No. 42, Jackie Robinson, born in January of 1919. When Robinson started with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, he became the first black major league player of the modern era. His career included the Rookie of the Year Award, National League MVP, six World Series and six All-Star games. He went on to be baseball’s first black television commentator. ■ PHOBIAS (continued): • Some phobias relate to what’s up above, DOLLARS & SENSE (From page 14) such as the sun (heliophobia), the clouds (nephophobia), the moon (selenophobia), show you where you might have left out informaand the stars folks are tion, places where(siderophobia). you fall outsideSome the expected avjust afraid of looking up – they are erage response, and most importantly whichcalled places anablephobes. on your form are likely to be flagged by the IRS. • Not all can phobias seem that program, abnormal or ● You install your state’s and the uncommon. Lots of people might have a fear numbers will transfer to it from the Federal portion known as necrophobia. But those of of thedeath, software. with an extreme might be terrified Before you begin form entering numbers in the taxof being buried alive. A on nosocomephobe has a program, check the math your W-2 Form or any fear of hospitals, a verminophobe is afraid of Form 1099 you received from self-employment germs, and a hydrophobe has an irrational fear work. If it’s wrong, notify the company and have a of water. corrected form sent to you and the IRS. While working in the software program, don’t • Individuals suffering from extreme agoraoverride any numbers. Instead, if they don’t look phobia rarely leave their homes, due to their fear right, backtrack and investigate numbers you’ve of public or open spaces and the inescapable typed in and see where the discrepancy started. situations that may occur there. Only home is If you made more than $600 in miscellaneous safe. or self-employed you have a Form • Some phobias work, can be a should learned behavior that 1099 for that. Remember that a copy of each one comes from listening to others describe a goes to the IRS, so don’t leave any out. traumatic event. An individual in one’s life can trigger a phobia, such as peladophobia, the fear David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally of bald people. Those with nosto-phobia, a fear answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his of returning able to contribute column whenever home, possible.may Writebe to him in care of King their panic to a specific incident. Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to columnreply@gmail.com. • People who are afraid of looking into mirrors have cataptrophobia, while those with cyberphobia have a fear of working with GOLF A QUIPS & QUOTES computers. person with an anxiety about memories is a mnemophobe. The ball retriever is not long enough to get • Don’t confuse levophobia, the fear of objects my putter out of the tree. ~ Brian Weis to a person’s left, with dextrophobia, the fear of objects to the right. The only sure rule in golf is: He who has the • Although some us tofear of fastest cart neverof has playthe thepossibility bad lie. cancer, an extreme carcinophobe will convince ~ Mickey Mantle himself he has cancer because he touched If you think it’shas hard someone who it. to meet new people, try

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