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Spain. The countries share sovereignty by alternating ownership once a year. For six months it’s ruled by France, and the other six months it’s ruled by Spain.

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* Boston College has a policy allowing employees’ children to attend for free once they’ve been accepted. One janitor’s five children all made it in, saving the family almost $700,000 in tuition costs. * At some point, you’ve probably promised someone you’d “be there in a jiffy,” but did you know that’s an actual unit of time? 1/100th of a second, to be precise.

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I needed to make a return when the frames did not fit well, Zenni replaced my purchase quickly with no questions asked. Zenni’s customer service is excellent. OTHER BEST PLACES Costco Optical and Zenni Optical are not the only great places to buy prescription eyewear. However, due to the limitation of space here and for your convenience, I have compiled the details for six additional best sources to buy prescription eye glasses at EverydayCheapskate.com/eyeglasses.

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GOOD TO KNOW The cheap prices from online retailers can be very enticing. Just keep in mind that before you order from a site like Zenni Optical, * Bob Ross, known for his TV show “The you need to get an exam and updated prescripJoy of Painting,” received up to 200 fan tion from an eye doctor. Once you have that in letters per day. If regular correspondents hand, the online provider will walk you through failed to keep in touch, he would phone the steps to submit your prescription. them to make sure they were all right. You’ll also need to find out your pupillary distance, which is the space between the cen* The numbers on a roulette wheel, when added together, sum up to 666. ters of your two pupils, measured in millimeters. Certain frames will not work with certain pupillary * The Eco Gym in Rochester, New York, distances because the center of the lenses will uses cardio equipment that harvests eneither be too wide or too narrow. 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Q: I was so sad to hear about the passing of actor Ray Liotta. I’m pretty certain I saw him on a daytime soap opera before he starred in classic movies like “Goodfellas.” Which soap character did he play? -- R.B.

voice issues after battling throat cancer. He also wasn’t able to travel to Wales to shoot due to the COVID-19 lockdowns. Perhaps if the series moves on to a second season, they’ll find a way to include Kilmer. Ron Howard, the film’s director back in 1988, will serve as a producer on the series. He told “Entertainment Weekly,” “This isn’t a nostalgic throwback. It’s a creative lean forward,” introducing all-new characters and taking place years after the original. “Willow” didn’t begin as a novel, but according to Ranker.com, it’s considered a “watered-down version of ‘The Lord of the Rings.’” It’s about a “heroic dwarf who just wants to be a sorcerer, tasked with protecting a baby” from an evil queen. Kilmer does appear briefly in the new “Top Gun” sequel, reprising his iconic character of “Iceman,” and plans to play Mark Twain in a feature film, but that will likely depend on how his voice recovers, if at all. “Willow” the series begins streaming on Nov. 30 on Disney+. *** Q: Whatever happened to actor Tim Robbins? He was so good in “Bull Durham”

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and “Shawshank Redemption,” but I haven’t watched him in anything since. -- G.E.

Tim Robbins was one of the biggest movie stars of the ‘90s. Along with the two notable films you mentioned, he starred in critically acclaimed, indie-type movies like “The Player” and “The Hudsucker Proxy.” In the early 2000s, he won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for “Mystic River,” but for the past decade he’s been working steadily under the radar. Robbins and co-star Leslie Mann (“This Is 40”) recently departed the upcoming Amazon series “The Power” before it ever really got off the ground. Described as a global sci-fi thriller, it suffered many delays due to the pandemic, and reportedly, Robbins’ role was bumped down to a recurring one before his exit. He’s quickly bounced back with another series, “Wool,” created by Graham Yost (“Justified”) for Apple TV+. * * * Send me your questions at NewCelebrityExtra@gmail.com, or write me at KFWS, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.

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kept away from small children. Maddy: Far too many seniors are scammed each “Some months back, my daughter rescued and every day. In 2020, seniors lost over $1 billion an abandoned dog. We have rescued animals in the to fraud, with an average loss of over $9,000. The past, but I was hesitant to take in a new animal bescam business is booming -- at our expense! cause I’d just lost my job and money was -- and still is -- an issue. Nevertheless, I let “Maddy” stay. But you can stop it for yourself and not be “In no time, I realized this little dog has some a victim. Feel free to be rude. Hang up on people serious issues. She is afraid to be alone and is food who are likely scammers! Don’t even bother sayaggressive. She is also afraid of any kind of noise. ing goodbye. Just slam the phone down!! Delete She will aggressively bark and snarl at me if I raise emails that have links -- and do not click on them. my voice in the slightest to discipline my three Don’t bother opening the door to people you don’t kids, and she goes ballistic if the kids start to arknow. Use a black marker to cover the information gue. Maddy has bitten every member of the family on old pill bottles. at one point or another. “I’ve had a rotten time trying to find a new job, Bonus Tip: Invest in a shredder. They so I have been making strides to open an in-home aren't expensive, and well worth the cost. Look for one that does confetti cuts (small pieces instead of day care. Yet, I am afraid that Maddy will freak out at the sound of a baby rattle and bite one of just strips). Shred everything that has your name, address and account or credit card numbers. Even the children. After watching her random attack on my daughter today, I realize I am out of my league envelopes with your name and address can give when it comes to attending to her psychological clues to scammers. Shred them. There is even low-life out there that digs through trash looking for needs. Any advice?” Tuesday, The writing on the wall: A dogJune driven7 berserk private information. Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling by arguments and noise and that has already bitten  * * * at least three children is not a candidate for “day Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally Contact Tidbits representative immediately with changes or co answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into heryourcare dog.” Maddy is dangerous and can’t be around column whenever possible. Send email to columnreply2@ Office: 760-320-0997 valleybits@msn.com Fax: 76 children. Withemail: Maddy running around a day care gmail.com. facility, this woman will lose her license and likely (c) 2022 King Features Synd., Inc. be sued -- not to mention the very real danger to other people’s children, as well as her own. Woof! owner or cook is able to interact with their guests * * * almost seamlessly, and that is great for conversaDog trainer Matthew “Uncle Matty” Margolis is tion. But it is also distracting to talk and try to tend the co-author of 18 books about dogs, a behaviorist, a popuMike Pendley Construction to your guest while cooking. Things often go wrong lar radio and television guest, and the host of the PBS series 16th pg, BW, 6x in an open kitchen while one is cooking and enter- “WOOF! It’s a Dog’s Life!” Read all of Uncle Matty’s columns atJune www.creators.com, and visit at www.unclematty.com. 12, 2022 • Vol. 18 him - No. 24 taining simultaneously. For example, a plate may stay in the oven or stove too long, and the bottom of the pan may be scorched. Or a meat or fish dish ADVERTISING PROOF LL. I do it AChanges may be overcooked, leaving you serving carbon- Final DUE: 5:00 p.m.. No job too Please review sm carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours all ! ized organic matter.

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Earnings After Retirement May or May Not Increase Your Social Security Check Q: I am 73 and still working part time.

I took my Social Security at age 66. I have never seen an increase in my Social Security check, even though I am still paying into the system. What’s up?

In other words, if you are getting Social Seinflation-adjusted monthly income. curity benefits, and if you are working, and if your So, when you are working and paying Social Security taxes after you start receiving Social Secu- latest earnings increase your average monthly wage rity benefits, those additional taxes you are paying and thus your Social Security benefit, you generwill increase your monthly Social Security check ally will see that increase by October of the followIF your current earnings increase your average ing year. For example, you would get an increase monthly income. In other words, if your current for your 2021 earnings by October 2022. The SSA annual income is higher than the lowest inflation- sends you a notice indicating the increase in your adjusted year of earnings used in your most recent monthly benefit, which is retroactive to January of Social Security computation, the SSA will drop out the year you get the notice. If you don’t get an increase, that means that low year, add in the new higher year, recalcuyour earnings were simply not high enough to late your average monthly income, and then refigraise your average monthly income and thus your ure your Social Security benefit. Here is a quick example of what I mean. Social Security benefit. Let’s say that the $7,000 you made in 1970 was the Q: I am 68 years old. I get a widow’s lowest year in your current Social Security computation. And let’s further say that you made $35,000 benefit from Social Security that is about last year. You might assume that because $35,000 $2,400 per month. I was a stay-at-home wife is much higher than $7,000, you should get an in- and mother most of my adult life, so I don’t crease in your Social Security checks. But remem- have my own Social Security. But now I am ber, the SSA didn’t use $7,000 in your benefit calcu- working tr ying to build up my own Social Selation. They used the inflation-adjusted amount of curity so I can get those extra benefits. Do you $46,060. Because your current earnings of $35,000 think this is a good idea? are lower than the low year of $46,060 used in your A: If the only reason you are working is to Social Security retirement computation, the adbuild up your own Social Security account, then you ditional earnings do NOT increase your average monthly income, so your Social Security benefit should quit your job tomorrow. Your own Social Security retirement benefit will never reach the point will not go up. On the other hand, had your current earn- where it surpasses the widow’s benefits you are ings been $70,000, for example, that would increase already getting. Or to put that another way, when your benefit. The SSA would replace this low year you are due two benefits, you don’t get them both. of $46,060 with the new higher year of $70,000, re- You only get the one that pays the higher rate. And compute your average monthly wage and refigure again, your widow’s benefit will always pay more than your own retirement benefit ever would. your benefit. Mon., April 19,you 2022 But if you are working because need Now let’s say you are in a situation like that. the extra income you are bringing in, or because You’re working and you’ve had a good year review of earn-carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Please ings and you are pretty sure it should increase your you like your job, then of course, stick with it. Just Contact yourrealize Tidbitsthat representative immediately with changes you never will see any increase in youror co Social Security check. So, what do you have to do to Social Security checkvalleybits@msn.com because of the extra Social Office: 760-320-0997 email: Fax: 76 make that happen? The answer is: nothing. Security taxes you are currently paying. The SSA has a software program that automatically tracks the earnings of working Social * * * If you have a Social Security question, Tom MarSecurity beneficiaries and refigures their benefits genau has a book with all the answers. It’s called “Social to see if any increase is due. It generally happens Security: Simple and Smart.” You can find the book at between May and October of each year. www.creators.com/books, or look for it on Amazon or

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Your music box figurine was made in 1977. It is a popular collectible and sells in the range of $40 to $70. *** Q: This mark is on the bottom of a porcelain water pitcher that was given to me by my mother-in-law. The color of the porcelain is spectacular, and I love it. It stands about nine inches and has a sterling silver scrolled overlay, spout and handle. What can you tell me about the mark, the vintage and value of my pitcher?

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Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle Figurine the Twinkle in Collectors’ Eyes Q: This is a photo of a music box figu-

rine that I have. Several years ago I bought a home and all its contents and found this item stored in a closet. On the bottom, are the words “Schmid -- Musical Collectibles -- The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle by Beatrix Potter -- Warne Co., New York & London 1977 -- Hand Painted.” It stands about 7 inches tall, is in perfect condition and plays “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning.” Can you tell me anything about my music box and what its value might be?

Gerard, Dufraisseix and Abbot made porcelain in Limoges, France.

“GDA” is the mark used by Gerard, Dufraisseix and Abbot, in Limoges, France. Your pitcher is an example of art nouveau design and was made around 1900. It would probably be worth $300 to $500. *** Q: I would like to know if you can help me find out the value of my set of sterling silver flatware. I have place settings for 10 and also 6 ser ving pieces. The pattern is called “Processional,” and it was made by Fine Arts Sterling Co.

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hedgehog washerwoman named Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. She was created by Beatrix Potter in the late 1900s. Potter was an English author, illustrator and conservationist who wrote children’s books. The “Tale of Peter Rabbit” is one of her most wellknown books. Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle was based on Potter’s pet hedgehog. Schmid and Co. was located in New York and was a distributor of decorative items. Frederick Warne and Co. was the original publisher of the book “The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle” in 1905. Potter’s charming books are still being published.

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* On June 13, 1381, a large mob of English peasants marches into London and begins burning and looting the city. The revolt began with the bubonic plague in the late 1340s, which killed nearly a third of the population of England and led to higher wages due to scarcity of labor. Parliament, however, passed laws to hold down wages. * On June 19, 1856, the first national convention of the Republican Party comes to its conclusion. After the Civil War, the Republican-dominated Congress forced a radical Reconstruction policy on the South, which saw the passage of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution. * On June 17, 1885, the dismantled Statue of Liberty, a gift from France, arrives in New York Harbor after being shipped across the Atlantic Ocean in 350 individual pieces packed in more than 200 cases. The copper and iron statue was reassembled and dedicated the following year. * On June 15, 1904, more than 1,000 people taking a pleasure trip on New York City’s East River are drowned or burned to death when fire rapidly sweeps through the riverboat-style steamer General Slocum. * On June 14, 1951, the U.S. Census Bureau dedicates UNIVAC, the first commercially produced general-purpose electronic digital computer in the U.S. UNIVAC used thousands of vacuum tubes for computation. * On June 16, 1961, Rudolf Nureyev, the young star of the Soviet Union’s Kirov Opera Ballet Company, defects during a stopover in Paris. While preparing to board the return flight, Nureyev threw himself into the arms of airport security people, screaming, “Protect me!” He was given political asylum. * On June 18, 1983, Dr. Sally K. Ride becomes the first American woman in space when the shuttle Challenger is launched on its second mission. Ride, as a mission specialist, was the first woman to operate the shuttle’s mechanical arm used to remove ice from its exterior.

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