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TRAVEL An authentic Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton is seen on display biting a Triceratops during the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History’s 31,000-squarefoot exhibition hall, David H. Koch Hall of Fossils-Deep Time.

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Remarkable T. rex skeleton is centerpiece in

‘DEEP TIME’ EXHIBIT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Positioned in mid-kill, the Tyrannosaurus rex towers over the prone body of its prey, a similarly huge triceratops.

Even in simulation millions of years later, it’s a moment of unmistakable savage violence and an embodiment of the meaning of the word dinosaur: Greek for terrible lizard.

The massive skeleton is the culmi-

nation of a decades-long quest by the National Museum of Natural History to acquire a rare and coveted T. rex skeleton. Until now, the museum, part of the Smithsonian network, got by with a replica skeleton, but Kirk Johnson, the museum’s director, says that was never satisfactory.

“It’s been kind of deeply embarrassing to be the national museum and NOT have

a T. rex,” he said.

The T. rex tableau is now the centerpiece of the museum’s newest exhibition, the David H. Koch Hall of Fossils — Deep Time For Johnson, it’s almost impossible to overstate the power and appeal of these extinct giants.

The museum just missed out on acquiring a T. rex back in 1997, when a nearly complete skeleton went up for auction.

Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History finally won a massive bidding war for a staggering $7.6 million.

Over the years, the Field Museum has turned the dinosaur, named Sue after the explorer who discovered her in South Dakota, into a local icon and a cottage industry. Curators there have essentially built the skeleton her own wing, with a dedicated Sue-themed gift shop, her own

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Twitter handle and a multimedia presentation of her life story.

Johnson’s staff is clearly looking to build a similar phenomenon.

After losing out on the Sue sweepstakes, the Natural History Museum got by for years with a replica named Stan.

But a new opportunity arose in the form of a skeleton on display at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana.

This skeleton was smaller and slightly less complete than Sue, and the museum there had chosen to display it with the bones arranged as they had been found in the ground.

The bones were owned by the Army Corps of Engineers, which owned the Montana land on which they were discovered, and in 2014, the Smithsonian negotiated a 50-year lease.

After being shipped cross-country in a specially outfitted truck, the bones were shipped again to Canada, where a team of specialists assembled the bones and attached metal frames and holders throughout.

Now the fully assembled skeleton of the T. rex — which, when alive, was 38 feet long (12 meters) and at least 8,000 pounds (3,600 kilograms) — stands at the heart of the new exhibition hall, which contains dozens of other skeletons ranging from a gigantic mastodon to prehistoric mammals the size of house cats. The exhibition seeks to tell the evolutionary story of the planet and its wildlife through mass multiple extinction events and the steady march of evolution. About 10 feet (3 meters) from the T. rex tableau, a metal statue of Charles Darwin sits on a bench, looking thoughtful with a bird on his shoulder.

In modern times, movies like the “Jurassic Park” franchise have helped instill dinosaur mania in a new generation of fans. But the movies also recast the T. rex as a sort of massive meathead — dangerous but also a bit dim and with tiny ridiculous-looking arms. Meanwhile, the smaller velociraptors were presented as the true menace: sleek, intelligent and vicious pack hunters. But the T. rex still holds sway in the public imagination as the ultimate predator.

Johnson said scientists are still learning new details even now about the lives and physiologies of dinosaurs. Researchers recently concluded that the Tyrannosaurus rex actually had a second set of ribs called gastralia underneath, giving it a bulkier barrel-chested appearance.

Johnson described the predator’s physique as “more like a boxer than a basketball player.”

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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History’s David H. Koch Hall of Fossils-Deep Time.

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A detail of the Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton is seen at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. The 31,000-square-foot exhibition hall will feature this authentic Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton.

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Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History’s Matthew Carrano, curator of Dinosauria, points out tooth No. 2 in the lower left jaw of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton in the paleobiology prep lab at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.

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MELODY PARKER

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h, my knees.

These days, a morning spent working in the garden usually results in an afternoon of moans and groans — and a couple of Ibuprofens with a Diet Coke chaser. I’m no spring chicken anymore, my mom would likely point out (she was 89 when she died), and boy, my drumsticks sure get sore.

It seems to have happened overnight. I’ve become one of those gardeners who can point to a tree or shrub in my yard and recall planting it 15 or 20 years ago.

Gardening is still a pleasure, MELODY but it causes some PARKER pain. It happens to everyone. What you used do without even thinking about it – kneeling, squatting, bending over and straightening up – is troublesome. It takes longer to do the simplest chores because, face it; we slow down as we age. (Never mind that slowing down has ratcheted up my level of impatience).

If you suffer from repetitive motion injuries, carpal tunnel syndrome, knee injury or a tricky back, you may want to hire someone to do chores like mowing, pruning, trimming and heavy-duty planting like trees.

Grandkids can help with weeding and watering.

What’s been hardest is changing my gardening style. I used to be an “all-or-nothing” gardener, spending up to eight hours on a Saturday tackling everything from mowing the lawn and weeding the long front border, to pruning and trimming lilac, hydrangea and spirea bushes and the crabapple and maple trees. That’s just the front yard.

On Sunday, I moved to the back yard and started all over again.

Granted, by Sunday night I could barely crawl into bed, but everything got done.

Those days are gone. The spirit is willing; the knees not so much. I’ve wised up. Now I work

Wising up can ease gardening aches, pains as we age

BRANDON POLLOCK PHOTOS / COURIER PHOTOGRAPHER

Tips for older gardeners

The front garden in summer.

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in short spurts of energy and organize my chores — “must-do” and “maybe later.” When I’m weeding I wear protective knee pads and toss an old rug on the ground before kneeling.

I limit heavy-duty weeding to spring, and then pluck out offenders when I notice them. Let weeds get a little bigger so you can yank them out roots and all.

Some garden experts recommend raised beds. Just make sure they’re high enough, and not too deep or wide, or you’ll still have back and leg strain.

Scale back the size of your flower or vegetable garden.

Grow vegetables and flowers in containers. Replace spent pe-

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rennials with low-maintenance plants. Go vertical and grow vining vegetables on trellises.

Choose ergonomic tools with no-grip handles, smaller grips for smaller hands, shears with rotating heads, gooseneck hoes, long-handled tools, hose adapters that control water flow, nokink and lighter-weight hoses.

These can ease arthritic hands and fingers and keep your body upright, saving your back and wrists. I still swear by my old Garden Claw to weed and loosen

soil.

Think about safety. Carry your cell phone with you into the garden. Have a garden stool handy to make it easier to lower and raise yourself without too much straining. Keep track of your hose and tools so you don’t trip over them. Wear protective glasses when pruning or trimming.

Finally, take time to smell the flowers and admire the beauty you created with your own hands and hard work.

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or automatic drip systems Plant low-maintenance plants and shrubs Mulch to reduce weeding and watering Avoid the heat of the day and stay hydrated Take frequent breaks Use sunscreen.

Employ a two-wheel cart or wheelbarrow to move bags of mulch, potting soil and plants around the yard.

Paint tool handles a bright color so you can find them more easily.

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wife, Beverly Henderson, square danced together for the first time.

“I just thought that was the greatest thing, because since I’ve been director I’ve always wanted to have at one of our banquets a square dance,” Henderson said.

“Everybody enjoyed it at the banquet. They just thought it was the best thing in the world. It brought back a lot of memories for people who used to square dance.”

Square dancing involves a caller who tells the dancers what moves come next with commands like “circle left,” “do si do” and “promenade.”

“You don’t have to be fancy on your feet,” Donna Amfahr said.

Traditional attire for square dancing has evolved from bright, fluffy skirts to a more country-western theme. The couple is eager to attract more square dancers.

They say the secret to staying active at their age is “wonderful friends.”

BRANDON POLLOCK, COURIER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER‌

Jesse Henderson, left, stands with Donna and Jerry Amfahr in front of a mural depicting the life of Jesse Cosby on March 1 at the Jesse Cosby Neighborhood Center in Waterloo.

PROMENADE! Jesup couple revive square dancing at Jesse Cosby Center KRISTIN GUESS

kristin.guess@wcfcourier.com‌

‌ ATERLOO – Jerry and Donna W Amfahr have made it back to square one.

The couple assisted in building a vibrant square-dancing community in Northeast Iowa in the 1950s. Now they are reintroducing the folk dance at the Jesse Cosby Neighborhood Center in Waterloo. Classes for all ages are slated to begin this summer.

“It’s really a lost art,” said Jesse Henderson, director of the Jesse Cosby Center and great-nephew of Cosby.

Jerry, 86, and Donna Amfahr, 84, dance up to five times a week with the Merry Mixers Square

Dance Club, a Buchanan County square dancing group formed in 1955 with Cosby as its first caller.

The couple were both widowed when they married in 1989. They knew each other from square dancing.

The Amfahrs popped into the Cosby Center several weeks ago to see if anyone was interested in hearing square dancing stories from the early 1950s.

“We were always going to come by, and I never got to it,” Jerry Amfahr said. “We had guidance, I guess, that week because it just worked out. I mean they took care of everything and things flowed together.”

“They were a godsend,” said Henderson, who has worked at the center for 12 years and served as director for the past five years.

Henderson invited the Merry Mixers to dance at a banquet event in Februrary. Henderson and his

“People travel hundreds of miles just to hear Jesse call,” according to Ray Forsberg, former superintendent of the commission.

Cosby also formed an a capella choir that traveled the Midwest, winning contests and integrating neighborhood churches.

Cosby died in 1957 at the age of 50.

His name lives on at the center that has served as a multicultural,

multigenerational service provider for the disabled, sick, shutins, homeless and low-income households in crisis for the past 50 years.

The Jesse Cosby Center is located in the historic 77-year-old former St. Peter Claver Catholic Church at 1112 Mobile St. For more information on square dancing, go to http://iowasquaredance.net.

Family ties‌

Jesse Cosby was born in 1907 in Alabama. Early reports from the Cosby Center indicate he was very poor and scrounged for food.

Henderson recalled hearing stories that Cosby’s favorite food was squab, or baby pigeon.

“In order to make his life better he went into the service,” Henderson said.

Cosby served in France during World War II, and a relative in Waterloo encouraged him to live in Iowa. He made the move in 1945 and made a life and a name for himself in the Cedar Valley.

“He was trying to break down the racial barriers,” Henderson said.

Cosby got a job at the Waterloo Recreation Commission and accepted donations from area churches to build a recreation center for youths on the east side of Waterloo.

“I guess while he worked there he would see other people doing golf and tennis … and so he would try and integrate that into the African-American community,” Henderson said.

Along the way he picked up square dancing and became a certified caller.

Cosby Center archives report,

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EASY SUMMER SUPPERS

Make refreshing party snacks using

WATERMELON

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hese all-American snacks feature a classic favorite fruit — watermelon — that’s perfect for supper, casual gatherings and celebrations.

Serving watermelon at a party can be as simple as slicing wedges, or you can prepare a dish such as:

A charcuterie board with a selection of fruit, cheese and protein for simple snacking.

Creamy parfaits, perfect for a summery brunch or alternative to more traditional desserts.

A creatively colorful and patriotic “cake” that makes for a tasty centerpiece on the dessert table.

Red, White and Blue Watermelon Parfait‌ 1 cup blueberries 1 container (6 ounces)

Greek yogurt (vanilla, lemon or coconut) 1 cup watermelon, plus three pieces diced watermelon Whipped cream, for serving

Charcuterie Board‌ 1/2 medium seedless wa-

termelon, cut into wedges 1/2 cup fresh raspberries 1 1/2 cups fresh blueber-

ries 10 strawberries (dipped

in white chocolate, if desired) 5 ounces fresh goat cheese 1/2 cup toasted, salted cashews 2 ounces cured meats like prosciutto, pancetta, coppa, salami, soppressata, sausage or pepperoni 1 Honeycrisp apple, cored and sliced Lemon juice Fresh basil leaves On large board or platter, arrange watermelon, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, cheese, cashews, meat and apples. Drizzle fruit with lemon juice. Garnish with basil leaves before serving.

In pint canning jar, layer blueberries, yogurt and 1 cup watermelon. Top with whipped cream and garnish with three diced watermelon pieces.

Note: To make ahead or make thicker, drain Greek yogurt on paper towels to absorb some liquid.

Flag Kebab Cake‌ 1 pint fresh washed black-

NATIONAL WATERMELON PROMOTION BOARD PHOTOS‌

Red, White and Blue Watermelon Parfaits

each of five skewers, followed by alternating watermelon and cake cubes. On remaining skewers, alternate watermelon and cake so first and last cubes are watermelon.

Place skewers on platter; fruit and cake will create stars and stripes when lined properly.

Serve with dips, if desired.

For more recipes, visit www.

Thread five blackberries on watermelon.org

berries 12 wooden skewers 1 seedless watermelon, flesh cut into 1-inch cubes 1 angel food cake, cut into 1-inch cubes (white part only) Dips, such as yogurt, chocolate, caramel or marshmallow (optional)

Watermelon charcuterie board

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Peach-glazed grilled chicken has heat, flavor AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN

‌Too many recipes for glazed grilled chicken give you meat that’s scorched or sickeningly sweet — or both. We wanted nicely glazed, peachy grilled chicken. A fresh peach and a jalapeno chile cooked alongside the chicken and incorporated into the sauce added heat and flavor to the finished dish.

PEACH-GLAZED GRILLED CHICKEN‌ Chef’s Note: Leave the jalapeno whole for grilling. Note that the salted chicken needs to rest for 1 to 24 hours before grilling. Since the preserves cause the food to brown quickly, move the items around as necessary to manage any hot spots.

If you’d like to use wood chunks instead of wood chips when using a charcoal grill, substitute one medium wood chunk, soaked in water for 1 hour, for the wood chip packet.

3 pounds bone-in chicken pieces

(split breasts cut in half, drumsticks, and/or thighs), trimmed Salt and pepper 1 cup wood chips 1 cup peach preserves 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 (13 by 9-inch) disposable alu-

minum pan 1 peach, halved and pitted 1 jalapeno chile 2 tablespoons cider vinegar Pat chicken dry with paper towels and sprinkle with 2 1/4 teaspoons salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Place in 1-gallon zipper-lock bag and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to 24 hours.

Just before grilling, soak wood chips in water for 15 minutes, then drain. Using large piece of heavyduty aluminum foil, wrap soaked chips in 8 by 4 1/2-inch foil packet.

(Make sure chips do not poke holes in sides or bottom of packet.) Cut 2 evenly spaced 2-inch slits in top of packet. Whisk preserves and cayenne together in disposable pan.

Place peach halves (cut side up), jalapeno and chicken (skin side down) in pan.

— For a charcoal grill: Open bottom vent halfway. Light large chimney starter filled with charcoal briquettes (6 quarts). When top coals are partially covered with ash, pour evenly over grill. Place wood chip packet on coals on 1 side of grill.

Set cooking grate in place, cover, and open lid vent halfway. Heat grill until hot and wood chips are smoking, about 5 minutes.

— For a gas grill: Remove cooking

grate and place wood chip packet directly on primary burner. Set grate in place, turn all burners to high, cover, and heat grill until hot and wood chips are smoking, about 15 minutes. Turn all burners to medium. (Adjust burners as needed to maintain grill temperature between 350 F and 375 F.) Clean and oil cooking grate.

Place disposable pan with chicken over side of grill opposite wood chip packet. Cover grill (position lid vent over chicken if using charcoal) and cook for 10 minutes. Flip chicken, and rotate pan 180 F. (Open top and bottom vents fully for charcoal grill.) Continue to cook, covered, until breasts register 155 F and drumsticks/thighs register 170 F, 10 to 14 minutes.

Flip chicken, peach halves and jalapeno to coat with preserves, then transfer to grill grate (skin side down for chicken). Leave pan on grill to let preserves thicken and caramelize slightly around edges, 3 to 5 minutes, then remove pan from grill.

Meanwhile, cook chicken, peach halves and jalapeno until well browned on first side, 2 to 5 minutes. Flip and continue to cook until chicken breasts register 160 F and drumsticks/ thighs register 175 F and peach halves and jalapeno are well browned on second side, 2 to 5 min-

JOE KELLER/AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN VIA AP‌

Peach-Glazed Grilled Chicken from the cookbook “Master of the Grill”

utes. Return chicken, skin side up, to pan with preserves, tent loosely with foil, and let rest for 10 minutes.

Transfer peach and jalapeno to plate to cool slightly.

Remove any loose skin from peach halves and jalapeno (no need to remove all skin); then chop peach

halves, seed and mince jalapeno, and transfer both to bowl. Arrange chicken on serving platter. Pour preserves from pan into bowl with chopped peach halves and jalapeno; stir in vinegar. Season glaze with salt and pepper to taste. Spoon glaze over chicken and serve. Serves 4.

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Summer Vegetable Chopped Salad‌ 3 cucumbers, peeled, halved lengthwise, seeded, and cut into

1/2 inch pieces 1 1/2 pounds cherry tomatoes, quartered Salt and pepper 1/4 cup red wine vinegar 1 garlic clove, minced 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive

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Chopped salad is perfect for sweltering summer day

oil 1 yellow bell pepper,

stemmed, seeded, and cut into 1/2 inch pieces 1 small red onion, chopped fine 8 ounces radishes, trimmed and sliced thin 3/4 cup chopped fresh parsley 1 romaine lettuce heart (6 ounces), cut into 1 inch pieces Toss cucumbers and tomatoes with 1 teaspoon salt and let drain in colander for 15 minutes.

Whisk vinegar, garlic, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper together in large bowl. Whisking constantly, drizzle in oil. Add drained cucumbers and tomatoes, bell pepper, onion, radishes, and parsley and toss to coat. Let salad sit for at least 5 minutes or up to 20 minutes.

Add lettuce and gently toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper to taste, and serve. Serves 4.

Variations: — Mediterranean Chopped Salad: Reduce cucumber to 1 cucumber and substitute 10 ounces grape tomatoes for cherry tomatoes.

Reduce vinegar to 3 tablespoons and olive oil to 3 tablespoons.

Omit bell pepper and radishes. Reduce onion to 1/2 onion and parsley to 1/2 cup. Add 1 (15 ounce) can chickpeas, rinsed, and 1/2 cup chopped pitted kalamata olives with cucumber and tomatoes in step 2. Add 1 cup crumbled feta with lettuce.

— Pear and Cranberry Chopped Salad: Omit tomatoes. Reduce cucumber to 1 cucumber. Substitute 3 tablespoons sherry vinegar for red wine vinegar and reduce olive oil to 3 tablespoons. Substitute red bell pepper for yellow bell pepper. Omit radishes and parsley. Reduce onion to 1/2 onion. Add 1 ripe but firm pear, halved, cored, and cut into 1/4 inch pieces, and 1/2 cup dried cranberries with cucumber in step 2. Add 1 cup crumbled blue cheese and 1/2 cup chopped, toasted pistachios with lettuce.

For more recipes, cooking tips and ingredient and product reviews, visit https://www.americastestkitchen.com . Find more recipes like Summer Vegetable Chopped Salad in “New Essentials.”

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Summer Vegetable Chopped Salad from the cookbook “New Essentials.”

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chopped salad, where every ingredient is cut into pieces of about the same size, offers the perfect mixture of flavors and textures in every bite. However, some vegetables get watery and soggy when you chop and dress them, and require extra attention.

Letting all the vegetables marinate in the vinaigrette for a few minutes before adding the lettuce intensifies their flavor. Along with cucumbers and tomatoes, we chose sweet yellow bell pepper, red onion, and peppery radishes and tossed them all with chopped romaine lettuce hearts. Be sure to add the lettuce just before serving, or it will turn soggy.

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YOUR WELL-BEING

Will family know your wishes? ‌Imagine you are in an accident or a sudden illness leaves you unable to speak for yourself.

Your loved one or caregiver may be faced with a difficult decision about whether to continue life-saving measures. How does that person know what to do?

Discuss, decide and document: These are three important steps to take to ensure your future care preferences are known and remove a burden from your family.

According to the Conversation Project, more than 90 percent of people think it’s important to have conversations about end-of-life care with their loved ones, yet less than 30 percent have done so. Planning for major injuries or sudden illness may feel awkward, but timely conversations with family members can ensure your care preferences are honored and that your caregivers don’t have to guess what you

might want.

“It’s simpler than you think to get started,” said Dr. Stephanie Peterson, a senior medical director at Optum. “It doesn’t have to be perfect, and you can change it at any time.”

Here are a few tips from Peterson: 1) Choose an advocate.

This should be someone who knows you well, is calm in a crisis, understands your preferences, is not afraid to ask questions of care providers and will advocate on your behalf. An advocate can be a close relative or friend, but should be someone who knows you well and someone you trust to follow your wishes.

2) Talk with your advocate and doctor about your future care preferences.

Let your advocate and doctors know what’s most important to you in life. What are the activities

and abilities that make life most worth living for you? What are the things that give you comfort when you’re sick? When, if ever, should your advocate decide that it’s time to “let go”? And who else should they include in that decision?

3) Write it down.

Formalize your decisions by putting them in writing. Learn more and find links to worksheets you can fill out at www.optumcare.com/nhdd.

4) Give copies of your plan to your advocate, family members and doctors.

Make sure they are aware of your plan, and take some time to go over the document with them. Update and review the plan whenever your situation or preferences change, and have the document placed in your medical records.

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Scams can come in many different forms ‌Social Security is at the forefront of keeping your online data secure, but you play a vital role in safeguarding your personal information too.

Scammers commonly target people who are looking for Social Security program and benefit information. You might receive an advertisement in the mail, but it could be from a private company or even a scammer. U.S. law prohibits people and businesses from using words or emblems that mislead others. Their advertising can’t lead people to believe that they represent, are somehow affiliated with, or endorsed or approved by Social Security or the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Medicare).

If you receive misleading information about Social Security, send the complete advertisement, including the envelope it came in, to: Office of the Inspector Gen-

eral Fraud Hotline Social Security Administration P.O. Box 17768 Baltimore, MD 21235 Scams can also happen online. A growing tactic for scammers is to use online dating sites.

According to the United States Postal Inspection Service’s recent messaging, before starting an internet-based relationship, we should always keep our personal details to ourselves until you meet face-to-face. Next, do an internet search of the other person’s name and the town they claim to be living in.

Here are indications that someone may not be who they say they are: A mismatch between their name and the name embedded in their email address.

There are obvious spelling and grammar errors.

They asked if you would

send or receive money/packages on someone else’s behalf.

They need money right away due to a medical emergency, or they need a visa or air tickets. Or, a business opportunity arose that was too good to turn down. Can you wire a loan?

If anyone asks for your Social Security number, never give it to them. And if they are specifically pretending to be from Social Security, please report the information to the Office of the Inspector General at 1-800-269-0271 or online at oig.ssa.gov/report.

Be wary of phone scammers.

The Social Security Advisory Board typically does not contact the general public to request personal information over the phone. Moreover, government employees will never threaten you to obtain personal information or payments. In those cases, the call is fraudulent, and you should just hang up.

Applying online for Social Security benefits is easy Social Security has been ‌ helping people maintain their independence for over 80 years.

In that time, we’ve made it even easier for you to access the programs and benefits you might need. Today, applying online is a fast way to get those crucial benefits.

Here are some of the benefits you can apply for: Retirement or Spouse’s Benefits – You must be at least 61 years and 9 months old and want your benefits to start no more than four months in the future. Apply at www.socialsecurity.gov/retireonline.

Disability – You can apply online for disability benefits.

Apply for Disability at www. socialsecurity.gov/disabilityonline.

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Apply for Extra Help at www.

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Medicare – Medicare is a national health insurance program administered by the U.S. federal government that began in 1966. You should apply before your 65th birthday at www.socialsecurity.gov/retireonline.

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Eisenhower story lives on in Kansas town ‌A CATHARINE HAMM

Tribune News Service ‌

BILENE, Kan. — They still like Ike in Abilene.

And why not? He executed the military plan that turned the tide of World War II in Europe, stopped Hitler and ultimately brought the war in that theater to an end. He did it by getting big-ego military leaders to work together by subjugating his own, by believing in his troops, by being willing to take all of the blame if it failed and none of the credit if it worked.

That he was the driving force behind the biggest invasion modern generations have known is made more stunning by knowing his hardscrabble story began not in Kansas but in Texas and ended not in Kansas but in Pennsylvania.

But Abilene is where Eisenhower’s story is laid out for anyone to see and to remember.

Dwight David Eisenhower was born Oct. 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, but father David and mother Ida soon moved the family to Abilene, a rowdy town once known as the end point for long-horn cattle drives.

It’s hard to believe now as you drive Abilene’s quiet streets dotted with stately Victorian homes, but one town marshal is said to have killed 50 miscreants. His name: Wild Bill Hickok.

Abilene had calmed down considerably by the time the Eisenhowers moved here, but there was still plenty of mischief for six rascally boys who grew up on what was considered the wrong side of the tracks.

(Fifth son Paul died of diphtheria at 10 months.)

“Bruises and emergencies were normal in a household of six boys who were convinced that they could outwit such small considerations as the law of gravity,” Eisenhower wrote in “At Ease: Stories I Tell My Friends.”

The family eventually settled into a permanent home in Abilene in 1898, and it is that house that visitors can walk through on a visit there.

David and Ida were religious, their leanings influenced by a Pennsylvania branch of the Mennonites, and Bible readings were a constant in daily life. So was cooking; Ida was said to have made 27 loaves of bread a week to feed her young brood and taught each of the boys to cook and sew.

Education was prized. Both parents had graduated from college (a rarity in those days, rarer still for a woman), but because they were poor, the brothers often worked to support another brother who was in college.

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Statue of Dwight D. Eisenhower, who grew up in Abilene, Kan. The town is home to his presidential library and museum.

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If you go Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum, 200 S.E. 4th St., Abilene, Kan.; (877) 746-44453, dwightdeisenhower.com. Open 8 a.m.5:45 p.m. daily in June and July; 9 a.m.4:45 p.m. daily August-May. Adults, $12; retired military and age 62 and older, $9; children 6-15, $3; active duty military, free.

Dwight, a good student and a better athlete, learned from his pal Edward “Swede” Hazlett that attending a service academy meant a free university education. He set his sights on the U.S. Naval Academy but was too old for admission; he turned instead to West Point. His class graduated in 1915 and became known as “the class the stars fell on.” Fifty-nine of the 164 achieved the rank of general.

The early story of Eisenhower comes to life at the family home, but the rest of Eisenhower’s story will be told in a slightly different way when the $10-million redo of the museum is unveiled at the end of July.

But not to the desire to tell the story of Ike and Mamie Eisenhower, the vivacious young woman from Denver whom Eisenhower wed in 1916. In many ways, they completed each other — he the serious student of the military, she the ideal hostess, wife and mother. “Without Mamie,” said curator William Snyder, “there is no Ike.” Eisenhower had trained for the role he eventually was given — supreme commander of the Allied expeditionary force — all of his adult life. He missed battlefield action in World War I and was convinced he would never advance beyond the rank of lieutenant colonel.

In the end, his training and skills qualified him for the post, but it may have been his temperament that put him at the command fore. His job was to win the war; his unseen job was to get the leaders of American, British and Canadian forces to control their egos, quit squabbling and execute the plan that would break Germany’s back.

Allied commanders, including Ike, sat around a 19th century table to draw and redraw the invasion plan. This Sheraton table will soon be on display again — this time with all its leaves — in the museum, surrounded by 10 of the original 12 Chippendale chairs. (One of the chairs is in a museum in Europe, and the other is with a family member.)

The presidential library and museum ended up in Abilene because a veterans

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The future president, his brothers, mother and father moved into this modest home in Abilene, Kansas, in 1898. Ida Eisenhower, mother of Dwight Eisenhower, lived there until her death in 1946.

“There’s no ego, there’s no agenda,” Snyder said of Ike. “He was humble enough to talk about, ‘We did so much for the country’ — and it wasn’t ‘I did’; it was ‘We did.’ It was always ‘we’ unless he had to take responsibility, and then it’s ‘I.’” You see the Eisenhower name everywhere: in a pixelated portrait of the president next to Allag Truck Sales at 4th and Buckeye. In the Eisenhower Room at Abilene’s Victorian Inn. At the Eisenhower Park & Rose Garden just up the street from the inn. And at a restaurant called Ike’s Place.

Historic Ike photographs adorn the walls of the restaurant, along with a quote from his homecoming address in LA TIMES PHOTO‌ Abilene after victory parades and adulation from Parisians and Londoners, New Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower and their son Doud are buried on the campus of the Yorkers and Washingtonians.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Kan. “The proudest thing I can claim,” said the man who had just been honored by museum was planned near the boyhood seum here. heads of state in Europe and the United home. When Eisenhower became presiThis is where Eisenhower, a Republi- States, who had just saved the world dent in 1952, it became a practical matter can, announced his run for a presidency from Nazi Germany, “is that I am from to place a presidential library and mu- that would last eight years.

Abilene.”

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