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Alaska (from page one) America. In March of that year, U.S. Secretary of State William Seward signed the papers for the

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who represented President McKinley’s home state. In 1980, the park was renamed Denali National Park, however, the highest peak remained Mt. McKinley until 2015, when it ensuing year. was officially changed to Denali. • Alaska has more than three million lakes and • While nine people died as a direct result of the earthquake, 122 perished from the effects of the over 100,000 glaciers. Five percent of the tsunami. Structural damage in Alaskan towns state is covered by glaciers. You might be surprised to know that despite its vast amount Alaska: Turn to page 11 ADVERTISING PROOF of woodlands, Alaska has no trace of poison ivy or poison oak! Final Changes DUE: MON., NOV. 18 5:00 • North America’s largest oilPlease field,review Prudhoe carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Pric Bay, lies 650 miles north of Anchorage and Contact 400 miles north of Fairbanks. Prudoe Bayyour is Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corre What U.S. president the 760-320-0997 Fax:signed 760-320-1630 1,200 miles from the North Pole and 250 miles Office: 1. proclamation admitting north of the Arctic Circle. It was discovered Alaska to the Union as PROOF ADVERTISING in 1968 by ARCO and Exxon, and the major the 49th state? owners have invested upwards of $25 billionFinal to Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices develop the field and the trans-AlaskaPlease pipeline 2. What is Alaska's to move the crude oil to market. Contact your Tidbitslargest representative immediately mineral export? with changes or correction

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A recent trial (the SPRINT trial) showed that among older people with high blood pressure who had increased risk for heart attack, a systolic blood pressure goal of 120 was better at reducing risk than a blood pressure goal of 140. Both groups had a diastolic (the second or “botby Freddie Groves tom” number) goal of less than 90. However, the goal among people at lower risk is not as clear. M.D. Most experts would not treat people with medication unless their average blood pressure is over 140 systolic or over 90 diastolic. In people treated with medication, some experts It looks like COVID isn’t likely to vanish prefer a goal of less than 130/less than 90, while soon. Because of restrictions everywhere, longothers would treat to less than 120/less than 90. term patients at Department of Veterans Affairs It is true that more blood pressure medi DEAR DR. ROACH: My nephew has hospitals might have a lonely winter when their cation and more intensive goals can lead to foot odor. 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Social Security check and had no other income, he or she could get an additional $40 from the new SSI program. YOUR (Gosh, it may seem to some of my younger readers that I am writing about the Great DepresSOCIAL SECURITY sion era. I even find it hard to believe that in my lifetime, people were living on $160 per month, or even by Tom Margenau less!) Well, speaking of even less, one of the folks I came across in our efforts to find people potentially eligible for SSI benefits was an old man living all alone in a two-room house on the outer fringes of Every single day, I get emails from readers our little town. I’ll call him Don. Don was about 70 who seem to be absolutely obsessed with the idea years old. He was single and living on an $80 per of “maximizing” their Social Security benefits. And month Social Security check. That was his only infrequently, those emails are dripping with anxiety come in the world! His little house was paid for, and and sometimes almost torment. It’s like these folks with the help of food stamps and some assistance are just worrying themselves sick that they might be from a local government agency with his utility bills, missing out on a few bucks in potential Social Secu- Don managed to get by on that small amount of monthly income. rity benefits. When he came into the office to see me with I think this maximizing mania stems in large part from all the financial planning come-ons that a letter we had sent him about the new program, are out there. If you’re over the age of 55, I’d bet I explained that an SSI check would double his my bottom dollar that you’ve gotten more than a few monthly income. Instead of receiving just $80 per flyers in the mail telling you that you are missing month from Social Security, he would get an addiout on thousands of dollars in potential Social Secu- tional $80 per month from SSI. His monthly income rity benefits because you don’t know all the secrets. would go up to a whopping $160! But surprisingly, Then you are invited to a seminar (that’s usually a Don was reluctant to sign up. He explained that he sales pitch for other products and services) where was getting by just fine without the extra help. But you learn that the so-called big secret is simply to what convinced him to apply for SSI was the added wait as long as possible to file for your Social Secu- bonus of automatic eligibility for Medicaid benefits. rity benefits -- because of a little bonus you get for (Medicaid is the federal health insurance program for poor people, as opposed to Medicare, which is delayed retirement. On the one hand, I totally understand the usually tied in with Social Security eligibility and is desire to get as much as possible out of the Social available to both rich and poor Americans.) Don applied for the new program, and within Security system. I mean, who wouldn’t like more a few weeks, his monthly SSI checks started to roll money, right? Well, maybe not everybody would. I’m reminded of a story I’ve shared with my readers be- in. After he got his first check, I went to his home fore, but I think it’s time to do so once again. It goes to visit him. He proudly showed me the used TV he back to the early days of my career working for the bought with his first SSI check. He said he was sure ADVERTISING PROOF Social Security Administration. It was around that glad I talked him into signing up for SSI benefits. Friday, 10/1/21 Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. The next check came in, and I learned that Don time that I met a guy who said that he was getting review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours bought a toaster oven. too much money! Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. Fast forward about three months, and one The story dates back to 1973. I was work- ffice: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 day Don parked his bike next to the big picture wining in a little Social Security branch office in a small farming community in central Illinois. Congress had dows that fronted our little Social Security branch ofrecently passed the Supplemental Security Income fice and walked in. I noticed his bike was festooned program. As I’ve explained many times in this col- with a new basket and bell, and he even added some umn, SSI is not a Social Security benefit and is not of those colorful “streamers” you see attached to the funded by Social Security taxes. It is a federal wel- handlebar grips of kids’ bikes. (One of the ways Don fare program for low-income elderly and disabled got by on such a small income was by walking or rid-

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ing his bike most places he went. He hadn’t owned a car in years.) He came up to my desk looking a bit sheepish and said, “Tom, I want you to take me off this gosh darn SSI program.” When I asked why, he told me he just didn’t need all that money! I tried to point out that $160 per month really wasn’t all that much money. But to Don, it was. He said, “Tom, look at my bike. I bought that bell and those silly streamers because I had the extra cash. I look like a damn fool riding around town now.” And then he went on: “And that stupid TV. I used to sit around at night and read. Now I’m glued to that darn contraption, and I waste my time watching ‘Love Boat’ and ‘Laugh-In!’” I pointed out to Don that the extra money was one thing, but that the potential benefits of the Medicaid program could be invaluable to him. He thought about it for a minute and finally said, “I just don’t want it. I’ve gotten along just fine for years now on my Social Security checks and Medicare. I simply don’t need SSI and Medicaid.” I had to do a bit of digging through our rulebooks because I had no idea how to take someone off the SSI program. But I found the instructions, located the right form needed to withdraw his application and helped Don fill it out. He signed it and walked out the door a satisfied man. As he got on his bike, I saw him pull the streamers off the handlebar grips and stuff them into his pocket. Later that evening, I stopped by Don’s place. I just wanted to make sure that he really wanted to stop his SSI checks before I submitted his withdrawal form. But as I walked onto the porch of his modest little house, I could see through a window that the TV was gone. Don was sitting in a chair reading. I didn’t even bother knocking on the door to ask him about his decision. I knew he was happy! Now, I’m not recommending that my readers give up most of their earthly goods and live a simple life. But I am suggesting that there might be other things in life besides a maximized Social Security check that could make you happy. * * * If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has a book with all the answers. It’s called “Social Security -- Simple and Smart.” You can find the book at www.creators.com/books. Or look for it on Amazon or other book outlets. To find out more about Tom Margenau and to read past columns and see features from other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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