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January 24 - 30, 2013 Tidbits of Casper - For Advertising call 307-473-8661 • 161 South Fenway, Casper, WY Page 1 Published and Distributed Weekly by Alimon Publishing, LLC - www.tidbitswyoming.com - [email protected] - 307-473-8661 January 24 - 30, 2013 Laugh-A-Bit with Tidbits Issue #506 02/06/13 Q. What do ice fishermen and hypochondriacs have in common? A: They don't have to catch anything to be happy!

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Published and Distributed Weekly by Alimon Publishing, LLC - www.tidbitswyoming.com - [email protected] - 307-473-8661

January 24 - 30, 2013

Laugh-A-Bit with Tidbits

Issue #506

02/06/13

Q. What do ice fishermen and hypochondriacs have in common?

A: They don't have to catch anything to be happy!

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Puzzle Answers

Social Security checks will soon become a thing of the past. Starting in March, all Social Security benefits will be paid electronically or with a Direct Express debit card.

If you’ve signed up since May 2011, whether for Social Security, government pension or vet-erans benefits, you’ve been required to use the new system. If you signed up before that and are still receiving checks, you need to make a change -- quickly.

A big reason for the switch is that paper checks aren’t as safe as electronic payments. Checks can be stolen out of your mailbox, or before they even get that far. That’s not to say electronic payments are foolproof. If you become the victim of identity theft, scammers can get into your account and have

Social Security Goes Checkless

payments to you sent elsewhere. (Remember that no one from Social Security will ever call you to ask for your banking information or Social Secu-rity number. If that happens, report it to the fraud hotline at 1-800-269-0271.)

If you don’t want direct deposit to your bank, you can sign up to receive a Direct Express card. The benefit amount is added to your card, which you can then use to pay bills, get cash, make pur-chases and more. Most card-related activities are free, but some do incur a fee.

Your best bet is to go ahead and sign up for elec-tronic payments. To get started, call Social Security at 1-800-333-1795 or go to your own bank. Online, go to www.GoDirect.org. Either way, you’ll need the following information in hand:

--Your Social Security number--The amount of your most recent benefit check,

as well as that 12-digit check number--Your bank’s routing transit number and the

account type.

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• On Feb. 8, 1587, after 19 years of imprisonment, Mary Queen of Scots is beheaded in England for her complicity in a plot to murder Queen Elizabeth I. Her son, King James VI of

Scotland, accepted his mother's execution, and upon Queen Elizabeth's death in 1603, he became king of England, Scotland and Ireland.

• On Feb. 5, 1631, Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island and an important American religious leader, arrives in Boston. Williams alarmed the Puritan oligarchy by speaking out against the right of civil authorities to punish religious dissension. In 1635, he was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony by the General Court.

• On Feb. 6, 1917, a German submarine torpedoes and sinks the passenger steamer California off the Irish coast. The explosion of the torpedo was so violent that the 470-foot, 9,000-ton steamer sank just nine minutes after the attack.

• On Feb. 9, 1942, the Normandie, regarded by many as the most elegant ocean liner ever built, burns and sinks in New York Harbor during its conversion to an Allied troop transport ship. A welder accidentally set fire to a pile of flammable life preservers, and by morning the ship lay capsized in the harbor, a gutted wreck.

• On Feb. 10, 1957, Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the best-selling "Little House" series of children's novels based on her childhood on the American frontier, dies at age 90 in Mansfield, Mo. In 1932, Wilder, then in her 60s, published her first novel, "Little House in the Big Woods."

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• “If you lose a contact lens, try turning off the lights and using a flashlight held perpendicular to the floor. They sort of reflect the light, and as you move the beam of light across the floor, it will flash. This has helped me many times. I am a little clumsy when I put my contacts in.” -- R.E. in South Carolina

• Here’s a great diet control tip: When serving dinner, portion out the meal, then pack up the leftovers right away. You won’t be as tempted to go back and have seconds, nor stuff a few more mouthfuls in when cleaning up later.

• “I have a medicine that I take with every meal. Surprisingly, it’s difficult to remember whether I took it already when I’m eating on the go or out with friends. I keep small containers in my purse labeled ‘lunch’ and ‘dinner,’ each with one pill inside. Before I eat, I look in the container. If a pill is there, it means I forgot to take it. I refill the container when I get home and it’s ready for next time.” -- E.L in Texas

• “Last year, I had a large wall calendar at the office. It was a wet-erase calendar with the year on one side and a ‘planning space’ on the back. When the year was over, I needed a new calendar, but the blank side was still useable. I took it home and cut it to fit inside my kitchen cabinets. Now I have a handy space to jot notes and such.” -- R.W. in Colorado

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DEAR PAW'S CORNER: I'm 11 years old and really want to learn to ride a horse, and maybe own one someday. How can I convince my mom that I'm ready to ride? She thinks I'll get hurt. -- Erin in Ocala, Fla.

DEAR ERIN: I can understand why your mom is worried. Horseback riding carries the risk of injury from falls as well as getting kicked or stepped on. Even when you're not riding, there are hazards in the vicinity of the riding area and stables to be aware of and avoid. It's certainly not as safe as the community soccer league!

At the same time, I was 11 years old too, once, and I loved riding whenever I got the chance. Horseback riding never developed into a lifelong passion for me, but I was always grateful that my parents let me do it.

If you want to convince your mom to give it a chance, you'll need to do your homework. Check out organizations like US Pony Clubs (http://www.ponyclub.org/), which focuses on helping kids learn how to ride and has chapters through-out the country (including several in Florida). Read up on the rules of conduct around horses and stables at sites like www.cowgirldiary.com or www.equisearch.com/horses_riding_training/.

You and your mom should go together and check

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out riding classes specifically for kids in your area. Talk to the instructor and watch a lesson to see if the class is right for you. Find out how long the course is and how much it costs. And finally, al-ways wear your riding helmet.

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had hoped in the Chase and really go for the cham-pionship. We felt like we were a strong enough team at certain parts of the year to definitely do that. We definitely have some unfinished business and feel like we can put forth the same effort and the same results this year."

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During the second day of Daytona's recent three-day test session, Dale Earnhardt Jr. spent part of his lunch break speaking with the media. Here are some of the highlights:

Are you nervous at all about adapting to the new car?

"Well, I think it is the same for everybody, so I'm not really worried. I think I'm with a great company (Hendrick Motorspors) that excels at times like this when the whole sport is sort of reset. I think that we have a lot of resources, no reason why we shouldn't come out as one of the better performing teams, especially right off the bat."

There seemed to be a lot of energy at Daytona's Fan Fest. Do you have a good feeling about the direction the sport is going?

"Somebody asked me on stage, what I would change about the sport. We get asked that question pretty much every year at a time like this. We used to have a lot of answers for that question. It's hard to come up with something I would change, something I would do differently nowadays. I'm pretty happy

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Are you doing well physi-cally after your concussion last year?

"As far as everything we went through at the end of the season with injuries and all, I feel really good. It was good to get in the car at the end of the year and be able to run a couple of races and get that out of the way. Get any kind of doubts or questions that you personally had about yourself or your recovery out of the way.

Did you ever reflect on what could have been last year?

"I really don't look back that much. I only look back on the positives when I think about last year. It was a disappointment not to finish as well as we

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Remember how great it felt to get 2 percent more in your paycheck two years ago when the Social Security tax was reduced? For 2011 and 2012, the rate for employees went from 6.2 percent down to 4.2 percent.

Now that 2 percent tax is back, and your pay-check will be 2 percent smaller. Even if you were lucky enough to receive a raise in the meanwhile, the price of groceries alone has followed suit. With 2 percent taken from your current paycheck, you’ll likely feel the pinch.

There are places, however, where you can find

10 Ways to Save

money to make up that 2 percent, and maybe more. The National Foundation for Credit Counseling has offered up a list of 10 suggestions for adding dollars back into your budget.

--Adjust your withholding. If you receive a tax refund every year, you’re essentially giving the government an interest-free loan. Adjust your deductions so you get more of that money in your paycheck. Use the worksheet at www.irs.gov.

--Pay with cash. You’ll save the interest and fees you would be charged using a credit card.

--Refinance. If you own a home, investigate whether refinancing will get you a lower monthly payment.

--Find $10 in each of 10 categories per month. Shave $10 off the grocery bill. Rent a movie in-stead of going to a theater. Use the library instead of buying books. Turn down the thermostat one degree F. Take your morning coffee from home instead of stopping on the way to work.

--Do it yourself. Don’t pay for things you can do yourself, such as lawn mowing, house cleaning

and easy interior projects such as painting.--Change your habits. Don’t automatically buy

weekly lottery tickets. Read newspapers online.--Declutter, especially if you have a rented

storage space. You’ll save the monthly fee, and if you sell the extra items, you can pocket that money, too.

--Get comparisons on all your insurance poli-cies -- auto, home, life. Ask about discounts for combining policies or good driving.

--Check your bank statement for avoidable fees. Get enough cash so you don’t have to use non-net-work ATMS. If fees are not negotiable for other bank services, consider changing banks.

--Turn your skills into cash. Not everyone knows what you do, and others might pay for your abili-ties.

David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Write to him in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send email to [email protected].

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: This year I retired, at age 66. Since retirement I’ve been tormented with drenching sweats nightly. I mention the retirement because it’s the only thing in my life that has changed. Could there be a connection? I have to change my pajamas every night, and sometimes the bed linens. I feel well otherwise. I will appreciate anything you can tell me. -- D.D.

ANSWER: You and your doctor have to look for the rare but serious causes of night sweats. In the past, infections were the major cause, and tuberculosis headed the list of infectious causes. That’s no longer true. Diabe-tes, an overactive thyroid gland and cancers -- especially lymphomas (lymph node cancers) -- are other possible causes. It’s most unusual for night sweats to be the only sign of such illnesses. I can’t link your retirement to the problem.

Have you taken your temperature at night? A normal temperature points to causes that are less indicative of something that has health consequences.

Medicines might provoke sweating. Antidepressants, some of the diabetes medicines and thyroid hormone are examples. Aspirin resets the body’s thermostat. When its effect begins to wear off, profuse sweating can result.

The following tips for controlling sweating are banali-ties, but they’re always mentioned. The heat and humidity of the bedroom have to be on the low side. Humidity of less than 40 percent is optimum.

If sweating is confined to a particular body area, like the palms and soles, the face or the underarms, you have more treatment options. For generalized sweating, the choices are not as plentiful. Fans and air conditioners are another banal solution, but they often work. Some have found that Robinul (glycopyrrolate) or ProBanthine, each taken 45 minutes before going to bed, stop the production of excessive sweats.

• • •DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Can you give us some infor-

mation on adult drooling? My husband, 87, is normal in all other ways, but cannot control his drooling. He

won’t leave the house because of it. -- E.K.

A N S W E R : With aging, we have less-effec-tive swallowing mechanisms. In our younger years, saliva is constantly, automatically and imperceptibly swal-lowed throughout the day. At older ages, it stays in the mouth, and its only exit is through the lips.

A second cause of drooling is the sagging of tissues around the mouth,

Soaking Night Sweats Are Daily Torment

another consequence of aging. The lips and mouth tis-sues cannot hold saliva in the mouth like they used to.

Readers have made good suggestions on how to combat this problem. R.M. suggests applying a dab of Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream to the corners of the lips to create a dam that blocks saliva overflow. Vaseline works too.

Robinul (glycopyrrolate) and scopolamine, the patch used for prevention of seasickness, slow the production of saliva. But they can have other unpleasant side effects that make them less useful for this purpose.

Botox injections diminish saliva volume. Doctors can tie off some of the salivary ducts to achieve the same end. Start with the dam-building technique. It has no side effects and is inexpensive.

• • •Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incor-

porate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

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Q: I understand that transistor radios have become collectible. I have a Coronet “King” pocket radio with two transistors. I have been offered $50 for it. -- Stan, Granite City, Ill.

A: Take the money and run. Your radio, working and in reasonable con-dition, is worth about $20.

• • •Q: I have Cabbage Patch dolls, rein-

deer from McDonald’s, Tonka toys, old books and other items. I need to know the values of these items so I can sell them. -- Dorothy, Cortland, N.Y.

A: I suggest you do some research into current values by visiting antique shops and malls in your area. Find a dealer and see if he or she will help you. Most dealers are more than will-ing to share their expertise, but don’t waltz into a shop with a long list expecting them to price each item. It won’t happen.

If that is what you need, you should hire the services of a good, certified ap-praiser. I also think current price guides would be helpful. You can find some of the better ones at www.amazon.com. In this sluggish economy, finding buy-ers and getting top dollar will be dif-ficult.

• • •Q: I have a Decca recording of

Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas.” I have been offered $25 for it. Should I sell the record or keep it? -- Paul, Davenport, Iowa

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A: By all means, sell it. Your recording is worth only a couple of dollars. Millions of copies were sold, and it is not rare. Incidentally, it is interesting to note that one of our most popular Christmas songs was written by a Jewish composer, Irving Berlin, while he soaked up the warm sunshine one winter poolside at a resort in Phoenix.

• • •Q: I have a copy of the Watkins Cook Book from

1938. Is it worth anything? -- Dolores, Platteville, Wisc.

A The Watkins Cook Books often were given away

by company representatives. A quick check revealed that most editions from the 1930s sell in the $10 to $25 range depending, of course, on condition. One of the better price guides is “Antique Trader Collectible Cookbooks Price Guide” by Patricia Edwards and Peter Peckham published by Krause. Check out the website www.OldCookbooks.com.

Write to Larry Cox in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected]. Due to the large volume of mail he receives, Mr. Cox is unable to personally answer all reader questions. Do not send any materials requiring return mail.

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Thurs., Jan 24th ......... ARTCORE PRESENTS JAPAN ARTS DAY: TONI & LANCE: TAIKO, John F. Welsh Auditorium, Natrona County School, ARTCOREThurs., Jan 24th ......... MIDEVIL FIGHT PROMOTIONS PRESENTS: NONPOINT, CANDLELIGHT RED AND MORE, CENTRAL WYOMING FAIR-

GROUNDS INDUSTRIAL BUILDING, MIDEVIL FIGHT PROMOTIONSFri., Jan 25th.............. WYOMING STATE MUZZLE LOADERS STATE RENDEZVOUS & TRADERS’ FAIR, Parkway Plaza Hotel & Convention Centre, Wyo-

ming State Muzzle LoadersFri., Jan 25th.............. STAGE III PRESENTS “RABBIT HOLE”, STAGE III AT 900 N. CENTER STREET, STAGE IIISat., Jan 26th ............. DANCE TO THE WESTERN REBELS, CASPER SENIOR CENTER 1831 E. 4TH

STREET, CASPER SENIOR CENTERSat., Jan 26th ............. BIZARRE FROM D12 PERFORM, CENTRAL WYOMING FAIRGROUNDS, PLANET

ZERO ENTERTAINMENTSat., Jan 26th ............. STAGE III PRESENTS “RABBIT HOLE”, STAGE III AT 900 N. CENTER STREET,

STAGE IIISat., Jan 26th ............. FAMILY DAYS AT THE FORT, FORT CASPAR MUSEUM, FORT CASPAR MUSEUMSat., Jan 26th ............. 24TH ANNUAL “HAWG” ICE FISHING DERBY, Pathfinder Reservoir, Pathfinder Boat &

Fishing ClubSat., Jan 26th ............. BRIDAL EXTRAVAGANZA, CASPER EVENTS CENTER, HART’S TUX AND GOWNSat., Jan 26th ............. WYOMING STATE MUZZLE LOADERS STATE RENDEZVOUS & TRADERS’ FAIR,

Parkway Plaza Hotel & Convention Centre, Wyoming State Muzzle LoadersSun., Jan 27th ............ 24TH ANNUAL “HAWG” ICE FISHING DERBY, Pathfinder Reservoir, Pathfinder Boat &

Fishing ClubSun., Jan 27th ............ CASPER ELKS SUNDAY BENEFIT BREAKFAST, CASPER ELKS LODGE CORNER OF

7TH & CENTER, CASPER ELKS LODGE

Sun., Jan 27th ............ STAGE III PRESENTS “RAB-BIT HOLE”, STAGE III AT 900 N. CENTER STREET, STAGE III

Sun., Jan 27th ............ WYOMING STATE MUZZLE LOADERS STATE RENDEZVOUS & TRADERS’ FAIR, Parkway Plaza Hotel & Convention Centre, Wyo-ming State Muzzle Loaders

Tues., Jan 29th........... BROADWAY IN CASPER PRES-ENTS “THE RAT PACK SHOW”, Casper Events Center

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New Listing

351 N Forest #43

$44,000• 3 Bed, 2 Bath home• Lovely open floor plan• Beautiful master suite• Central A/C

• Nice landscaping • Sits on an ARC corner lot• Large deck, carport & shed

Call Tricia • 277-0750

Downtown office

space for rent!

$300-500 a monthShort term/long term available

Call 307-577-7355 for more information!

• 2.48 Acres of Prime Real Estate• Appx. 650’ of river frontage • Zoned Estate Business • Endless Possibilities!

$425,000 Call Mary • 267-5588ON THE RIVER!

908 SW Wyo Blvd Mills

• 41.94 acres• Corner lot• Gravel roads

$25,000 Call Tricia • 277-0750

BB Brooks Lot 183

Where the Deer & Antelope Play • 5 Bedroom, 3 Bath Home• Large open kitchen, new 2nd full kitchen on lower level in walkout basement• Beautifully Landscaped• Extra Large family room downstairs• 2 car attached garage

$137.500Call Ramona • 259-4682

Pending

855 Donegal

1026 US Hwy 87-26-20

Glenrock• 2.5 Acres• Electric to building• Located in county

• Large 54x98 steel sided building• 5 overhead doors

Call Mary • 267-5588$195,000

• Partly fenced• BB Brooks Ranch

• Large Corner Lot• Possible Small Business Location• Room to build• Great investment for the first time buyer or retiree• Across from Rec Center

$70,000 Call Tricia • 277-0750

Pending

431 S Beverly St.

Cute Cottage

Call Ramona • 259-4682$249,500

Room To Build Your

Home!

NEED PROPERTY MANAGER?CALL TRICIA, RAMONA, OR MARY

AT 577-7355

742 S David

• Vintage home that’s been completely redone• 4 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 Car

• Utilities, electrical, plumbing, sewer, roof• Furnace, central A/C, walls, windows, flooring

• All new from top to bottom• $5,000 landscape allowance• This won’t last - don’t wait!

111 N Forest #37

$33,000• Lovely 2002 3 Bed, 2 Full Bath Home• 2 Walk-in Closets in Master • In Nice ARC park

• Includes shed• Appliances stay• Great For A Starter Home!

Call Tricia • 277-0750

PriceReduced

Pending

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