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inventor who developed methods of improving soil by crop rotation, as well as developing hundreds of uses for peanuts and sweet potatoes. After being turned away from several universities because of his race, he took out a bank loan of $300 for education and became the first black student at Iowa State University.

He received his Masters degree in Science and went on to become the university’s first black faculty member. At age 32, he was invited to head the Agriculture Department at Tuskegee Institute, teaching there for the next 47 years.

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• Shortly after retirement, George Foreman introduced his Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine, which has had sales of more than 100 million units since 1994.

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* In a practice called sexual death feigning, female dragonflies play dead to avoid sex. Why? A scientist at the University of Zurich observed that, when faced with aggressive males, female moorland hawker dragonflies will freeze in mid-air, fall to the ground and lie motionless in an attempt to avoid injury and sometimes even death that can result from being coerced into mating.

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Bents, characteristics, abilities and tenEveryday dencies are the conduits through which you can pass your values to your kids. But how exactly CHEAPSKATE do you make the pass? It’s though your life, the

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Kids learn most effectively through observation and imitation. It’s the witness of our lives -- more than anything we say -- that is taken in slowly and cumulatively by our children.

Children drink in everything around them.

They see the way we act with others. They listen * When Victor Hugo was facing a tight to everything we say. They observe the way we publication schedule for “The Hunchhandle our money. They hear what we say on back of Notre Dame,” he asked his valet the phone and the way we deal with salespeople. to confiscate his clothes so he wouldn’t Children compare what they see with what they be able to leave the house. are told, and in the case of a clear conflict, they usually go with what they see. * For several decades, Vincennes

There are many ways to communicate University in Indiana offered a degree your values to your kids. There are formal lecin Bowling Management that allowed students to gain entry-level jobs in the tures; specific talks, books and discussions on bowling industry by offering classes what has been read; reprimands; reminders; on sales, pinsetter mechanics and pro various kinds of discipline and punishment; and shop operations. religious education with related activities.

All of these ways of communicating with * President John F. Kennedy was your kids do count for a great deal, but they canburied without his brain. The original not come close to their observing your living out reason given was that it had been “lost” your values consistently, specifically and diligentduring his autopsy, but in 2018, newly ly day in and out. That’s the surest way to pass released U.S. government documents on the values and principles your children need revealed that his brother, Robert Kento guide their lives -- values that will take root in nedy, ordered the brain secretly detheir hearts, not simply stick on the outside until ADVERTISING PROOF stroyed to ensure that it would never be NOW!! they canDUE: get away from your authority.

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Equipping children with values is not the same as making them obey. Parents can get their kids -- even the dog -- to do just about anything provided they exert enough external pressure. Threats of severe consequences motivate immediate compliance but aren’t likely to produce long-term commitment. When the children or teenagers are free of the external pressure, their behavior reflects their true values, the condition of their heart -- their true character.

Kids who leave home having never taken ownership of positive values, such as integrity, responsibility, courage and respect, don’t make the transition into the real world very well. They bounce around and make all kinds of foolish choices. They often suffer long-term consequences simply because they do not have a positive, strong value system. They have no compass to guide their lives.

But how exciting and gratifying it is for parents to observe their children catch their values and choose to do the right thing simply because it is right, not in order to escape external pressure or earn a reward.

One of the most important lessons you can teach your kids is how to handle their money. Unfortunately, for most of us, giving our kids a financial education is an afterthought. Where do you start? And what if you don’t feel financially confident yourself?

In my book “Raising Financially Confident Kids,” I tell my husband’s and my story -- how we were miserably in debt, unemployed, clueless and basically without hope while parenting two very young children. Even in the face of that misery, we came up with a plan because we were terrified our boys would turn out like me.

(Don’t miss the epilogue!) We put the plan into action mostly without knowing what we were doing. But to our amazement -- more like shock and awe, to be honest -- it worked. On our way to getting a financially confident life, our kids got one, too.

We found hope. We got out of debt. And our boys -- both adults now -- have carried with them the values of living below their means, saving and giving. We raised financially confident men who have steered clear of debt and found their place in the world.

Over the years, I’ve heard from thousands of families who read our plan, adopted it with their children and are now experiencing very similar kinds of success. They’re sending kids into the real world with the values, knowledge and practical experience they need to live financially confident lives.

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Mary invites you to visit her at EverydayCheapskate.com, where this column is archived complete with links and resources for all recommended products and services. Mary invites questions and comments at https:// www.everydaycheapskate.com/contact/, “Ask Mary.” Tips can be submitted at tips.everydaycheapskate.com/. This column will answer questions of general interest, but letters cannot be answered individually. Mary Hunt is the founder of EverydayCheapskate.com, a frugal living blog, and the author of the book “Debt-Proof Living.”

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cial Security check for the month of death must be ting just a spousal benefit. In other words, she returned. But that’s only if you get the check in the didn’t have enough work credits to get her own Social Security benefit. In this case, the process is first place.

I added that qualifier because there is a pretty simple. No widow’s application is required. very good chance the check won’t even show up Wilma simply notifies the SSA of Fred’s death and in the deceased’s bank account. As you may have they just push of few buttons to switch her from heard, there are all kinds of computer-matching wife’s benefits to widow’s benefits. As part of the operations that go on between various government process, she may have to provide a copy of the agencies and banks. So if the Treasury Department death certificate. I say “may have to provide” belearns of a person’s death in time, they won’t even is- cause there is a chance the SSA will already have sue the Social Security benefit. Or, if the check was some proof of death in their files. Assuming Wilma issued, the bank will likely intercept the payment was over “full retirement age,” she will just start and return it to the government before it even hits getting whatever Fred was getting at the time of the deceased’s checking account. In other words, death. (But if he started his Social Security at age you usually don’t have to worry about returning 62, Wilma will actually get a little more. Fred would any Social Security checks. It’s almost always done have been getting a rate equal to 75% of his full benefit, and Wilma is guaranteed to get at least 82% of for you.

There can be a little twist to this scenario his full benefit.)

If Wilma was getting her own retirement though. For example, let’s say that Henry died on July 2. And let’s further say that his Social Security benefit that was less than Fred’s rate, she will get check was normally sent to him on the third of each bumped up to that higher amount. And she would month. In other words, Henry died just before his have to file an application to get those widow’s benSocial Security check was deposited into his bank efits. It’s really not very hard. There is one little account. Because he was alive the whole month of twist. Widow’s claims cannot be filed online. So June, that means he was due the money from that Wilma would have to contact the SSA at 800-772June check. And now his widow or his estate is due 1213 to file her claim over the phone. In addition to that money. So that June Social Security benefit a death certificate, Wilma may also have to provide would have to be returned to the Social Security a copy of her marriage certificate.

There is also the matter of the $255 death Administration. Then it will be reissued to the wid- ow or to the estate. (There is a form that needs to benefit. I’m always embarrassed talking about this be filled out to get that to happen. Talk to an SSA one-time payment because it is so miserly. There is a long history to this benefit I’ve discussed many rep about that.)

So far, I’ve been talking about dealing with times in this column, so I won’t rehash it here tothe last Social Security check that was sent to the day. Suffice to say, the rate has been set at the $255 deceased. Now let’s talk about getting any Social Se- level for about 50 years now. A half century ago, it curity survivor benefits that might be due. Unless might have gone a long way towards paying for a they are due higher benefits on their own Social funeral. Today, it barely covers the cost of the flowSecurity accounts, widows and widowers are due ers draping the casket. But no matter how stingy it full benefits at their full retirement age or reduced is, the benefit is still there. However, a number of benefits as early as age 60 if they are not working. years ago, Congress passed a law saying it can only WED., MAR. 22 But the most common scenario involves couples be paid to a widow or widower who was living with Please reviewatcarefully.

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Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 76 If you have a Social Security question, Tom Mar Fred died. He was getting Social Security retirement benefits. And his wife, Wilma, was get- genau has a book with all the answers. It’s called “Social

I wrote a column about a year ago based on an email from an 85-year-old woman whose husband of 60 years was near death. She was asking me how to deal with Social Security matters after he passed away. That column struck a chord with many people. For example, many readers told me they were going to keep a copy of that column in their records for future reference.

But I’ve gotten many emails since from other readers who must have missed that column because they are asking me the same kinds of questions. So today, I thought I would once again review the Social Security-related steps that need to be taken when a loved one dies.

The first issue I will cover is what to do with the final Social Security check for the deceased.

And to do so, I must start out making two points.

First, Social Security checks are paid one month behind. So, for example, the check you get in August is the benefit payment for July.

Second, Social Security benefits have never been prorated. I’ve explained before how this lack of proration can help out when someone first starts getting Social Security. For example, if you took benefits at age 66 and you turned 66 on June 28, you would get a check for the whole month of June even though you are only 66 for 3 days of the month. On the other hand, if your spouse dies on June 28, you would not be due the proceeds of that June Social Security check even though he or she Fri., 12/04/20 Security -- Simple and Smart.” You can find the book at was alive for 28 days of the month. ew carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours www.creators.com/books. Or look for it on Amazon or

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Tax returns: To get copies of old tax returns start with your tax preparer, who should have copies of your returns on file. You can also get copies of federal returns directly from the Internal Revenue Service. You’ll need to fill out and mail in IRS form 4506. To download this form IRS.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf or call 800-8293676 and ask them to mail you a copy. The cost is $43 for each return requested.

Passports: You can apply for a replacement passport at a Passport Application Acceptance Facility. Many post offices, public libraries and local government offices serve as such facilities. You can search for the nearest authorized facility at iafdb.travel.state.gov. The fee is $145.

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staff. Although George had promised his father he would eventually attend law school, in 1991, he signed on as Bill Clinton’s deputy campaign manager in the race for the presidency, later becoming one of Clinton’s senior advisors.

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• George Lucas didn’t set out to be a famous filmmaker. His parents wanted him to work at their office supplies store and walnut farm, but his dream was to become a race car driver.

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