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also includes Reigns (who uses a hybrid of his real name -- Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i -- in his acting credits), as well as Reigns’ fellow Samoan Jason Momoa (“Aquaman”). There’s also a rumor currently making the rounds that Rhodes is “Marvel bound” after he shared a photo on social media of himself visiting the Marvel Studios headquarters in Burbank, California. This has led to speculation that he could be playing a character whom he resembles, named Cable, in the upcoming “Deadpool 4” movie. *** Q: When is the new season of “Only Murders in the Building” coming out? I hope it wasn’t canceled. It’s usually here by August, I thought. -- G.G.

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A few years back, the American Film Institute debuted its 100 Series, part of which heralded the Top 100 quotations from American cinema. “If you build it, he will come,” from the 1989 film “Field of Dreams,” made the cut. Most of us know the quote as, “If you build it, they will come.” But in both the film and the novel it is based on, W.P. Kinsella’s “Shoeless Joe,” it is “he” and not “they” who will be coming. And its altered form suits human nature just fine, particularly human dog owner nature. If you love them, they will obey. If you feed them, they will listen. If you bring them into your home, they will do whatever it is you ask of them, even if you ask them in a language they don’t understand. These are statements of blind faith. Dedicated dog lovers seemingly extend this benefit of the doubt to any and every dog, making the collective “they” more reflective of our faith in the species than the singular “he.” Either way, it’s just not true. Frustrated dog owners lament, “He wants to do what he wants to do!” Well, yeah. Good-hearted people truly believe that if you love a dog and feed a dog and offer a dog a comfy place next to you in the “big person” bed, the dog will crumble, will cave in regard to his own instincts, will knock it off with the chewing and the digging and the fence jumping and the puddles. But alas, a dog is a dog -- and thank goodness for that! Understanding your dog’s inherent dogness, knowing that his view of the world from two or three feet off the ground is much different from ours, is, to quote another from AFI’s Top 100, “the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” Humphrey Bogart, who famously delivered the line above in the final scene of “Casablanca,” knew a little something about the benefits of dog training. In the 1941 film “High Sierra,” Bogie’s character’s dog, “Pard,” is played by Bogie’s reallife dog, Zero. Who among us could call on our dogs to perform on command amid the chaos of a film set?

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Loneliness I don’t think I’ve ever actually heard someone say the words “I’m lonely.” But I heard it today, and it hit me hard. The words were spoken by a very elderly woman to her daughter. The scene was the long checkout line at the store. The pair, the woman and her daughter, were ahead of me in line, and the mother was chatting with two people who were ahead of them. When the first couple checked out and left, the daughter quietly chastised her mother, saying, “You don’t need to talk to people you don’t even know,” to which the mother replied, “I’m lonely.” The daughter could have had any number of replies. She could have said she’d be staying with her mother for the rest of the day. She could have mentioned an event at the senior center. She could have invited her mother to dinner. But what she said was, “Let’s just get you home.”

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The answer: Sylvester Stallone. “Butkus,” Rocky Balboa’s dog in the 1976 Oscar-winning “Rocky,” was played by Stallone’s real-life Butkus. You might question the name, but you can’t quesThere are any number of ways to combat tion the dedication to training. loneliness, but all of them require making an efAnd it’s all about training. fort to change the situation. That elderly woman When a dog develops a problem behavior, instinctively knew one of the steps to fight lonelithe owner has three choices: do nothing, get rid of ness and she bravely acted on it: Talk to people the dog, or get rid of the problem. around you, even if it’s just briefly in a grocery By my lights, the latter is the only way to checkout line. go -- except in cases of dogs who are vicious or bite children and family members. I would hope she also knows, despite To get rid of the problem, one must: the daughter’s restrictive attitude, that having a -- Accept responsibility. routine of calling or meeting with others is a good -- Stop blaming the dog for his inability to way to stay connected, as well as volunteering, read the mind of a human. taking a class, or getting yourself active in church -- Invest in appropriate training. activities. To those willing to make the effort, whether solo or under the guidance of a professional dog A lesson for everyone: If an elderly AUG. 3 with trainer, I say, “Bravo!” But MON., when confronted person starts chatting with you in a grocery line, unrelenting denial and  a litany excuses toduck Please review carefully. Double check: Phoneof Number(s) Spelling  engage and talk to them. You might be the only the responsibility of training, I am reminded of the Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or c person they talk to all day, and quite possibly quote that topped the AFI’s Top 100: “Frankly, my and sadly, it could that your doing so may Office: be the 760-320-0997 valleybits@msn.com Fax: 7 dear, I don’t giveemail: a damn.” highlight of their entire week. Woof!

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Looking Back to 1944 I am submitting this column to my publisher on Sept. 2nd. That day is significant to me because my wife was born on Sept. 2, 1944. That is 82 years ago. And don’t remind me that I married an older woman! I’m 77, so she is almost a half-decade older than me! What was I thinking 52 years ago when I asked Becky Bachstein to be my bride? Apparently, I wasn’t thinking much. I’ve shared this story before. In early 1974, I called up Miss Bachstein, whom I’d only casually met a couple of times before, to ask her out on our first date. I planned to go to the hit movie, “American Graffiti,” about some California teenagers spending their last night of summer vacation before heading off to college. The tagline to the movie was, “Where were you in ‘62?” And very cleverly, or so I thought, as an ice-breaker to our conversation, I asked Becky: “Where were you in ‘62?” Now in 1962, I was in the 7th grade. And I expected Becky’s answer to be something similar. But her response took me by surprise. She said, “Oh, that’s the year I graduated from high school.” I was stunned. I was shocked. I had no idea I was asking an “older woman” out on a date. I thought of saying, “Oh, I’m sorry, but I’m polishing my shoes on Saturday, so I can’t make it after all.” But I didn’t. The date went on -- and six months later, I married this old woman. Can you believe it? 52 years later, she is still 5 years older than me! But truth be told, she looks and acts and plays 10 years younger than the old goat she’s spent the last half century with! So anyway, in honor of her birthday, I got to looking back at the world in September 1944. My kids and grandkids find it hard to believe that their mother and grandmother was born while World War II was still going on. In fact, the infamous DDay landings had taken place just 3 months before she was born! Speaking of World War II, here is a fascinating little nugget of information. On the very day my future wife was born, a Navy pilot’s jet was shot down over the Pacific Ocean. Thankfully, he was rescued. That normally wouldn’t have been all that newsworthy except for the fact that this pilot was named George H. W. Bush and he would go on to become the 41st President of the United States. I happen to have a Washington, D.C., newspaper, The Evening Star, from Becky’s birth date, Sept. 2, 1944. As you might guess, the front page was filled with war news. Allied forces, led by Generals Omar Bradley and George Patton, were inching their way closer and closer to the German border. American ships and planes were pounding an -- until then -- unheard-of Pacific Island called Iwo Jima. British and American planes were bombing targets over Germany daily. In Italy, American and British troops were advancing north of Rome, breaking the vaunted “Gothic Line” and opening the gates to the Po Valley. In fact, the only non-war-related story on the front page of the Washington newspaper was about Arlington, Virginia schools delaying their opening because of a polio outbreak. For young people reading this, polio in the 1940s and 1950s was like COVID was a few years ago. Only much worse! I also have a Life magazine from Sept. 4th, 1944, two days after my wife was born. Folks my age will remember that picture-filled weekly magazine. Its heyday was from the 1930s through the 1960s. It’s fun looking at the ads. Many liquor and cigarette ads. Did you know that “apple honey helps keep Old Golds (cigarettes) fresh!” And that

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Seagram’s V.O Canadian whiskey drinkers “are Security in 1944, just nine years after the program planning beyond tomorrow.” Apparently, those became law. In August 1944, a month before my wife boozers knew that “today’s bombers will be turned into tomorrow’s fire fighting weapons, smothering was born, the relatively new Social Security program reached a milestone: The Social Security forest fires before they have a chance to spread!” Here are a couple of indications of how Administration recorded its one millionth active times have changed in the past 80 years. One ad retirement beneficiary. The Social Security tax rate was 1%, up to a for typewriter ribbons featured a boss and his “girl” maximum of $3,000 in earnings. Those rates were (i.e., secretary). This “girl,” who looked to be a woman in her early 30s, was showing the boss how scheduled to go up at the beginning of 1945, but their current ribbons were causing messy typed Congress decided to delay those changes because pages and pointing out how the new ribbons would of the ongoing war. In 1944, former President Franklin Roosimprove things. And he gave her an “Atta Girl” for evelt did ask Congress to expand Social Security her efforts. And speaking of “girls,” there was a two- by adding disability benefits. But I guess that was page spread featuring 24 pictures of nice-looking an idea whose time hadn’t come because disability young women, 6 each taken by photographers benefits did not become part of Social Security unfrom newspapers in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas til 12 years later, in 1956. and Des Moines. The purpose of the article was to * * * help Americans decide the answer to this imporIf you have a Social Security question, Tom tant question: “Which city has the prettiest girls?” Margenau has two books with all the answers. One is And even though all the young women looked at- called “Social Security -- Simple and Smart: 10 Easytractive to me, the magazine’s editors somehow de- to-Understand Fact Sheets That Will Answer All Your Questions About Social Security.” The other is “Social cided that “Dallas has the prettiest girls.” Another ad featured a “Peeping Tom” star- Security: 100 Myths and 100 Facts.” You can find the ing at a woman through her bedroom window. But books at Amazon.com or other book outlets. Or you can send him an email at thomas.margenau@comcast. since the ad was for high heels, apparently all he net. To find out more about Tom Margenau and to read noticed was her shoes! By the way, those shoes past columns and see features from other Creators Syncost $12.95. dicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators SyndiAlso, quite a few ads, for quite a few prod- cate website at www.creators.com. ucts, were essentially telling readers to be patient. COPYRIGHT 2026 CREATORS.COM All of their production lines, whether for tires or ADVERTISING PROOF cars or cigarettes or peas, were going towards the Final Changes DUE: Tues., 6/25/19 5:00 p.m.. war effort. But once Germany and Japan were dePlease review carefully.CLIP Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours AND SAVE feated, a full line of products would be available to Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. the American people. Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 One more fun ad. This one was from Westinghouse. And it promised readers that as soon as the war was over, they would introduce a new labor-saving device for mom “that fills itself with water, washes, rinses, spins the clean clothes dry, drains itself and shuts off automatically.” They were going to call it the “Laundromat.” Of course, somehow over time, we came to know it as simply Ultimate Home Repairs the “washer.” Business Card, 4c, 26x Discount Rate Having said all that, I know this is a column June 30, 2019 • Volume 15: Issue #27 about Social Security. So let me turn my attention to that topic. But frankly, there isn’t much to report CLIP AND SAVE because there just wasn’t a lot going on with Social PROFESSIONAL  Reliable  Expert

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RA Patient Not Yet Found a Medication That Alleviates Joint Pain DEAR DR. ROACH: I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but my rheumatologist hasn’t been helpful in finding a medication that I’m not allergic to for alleviating joint pain. (I seem to be allergic to most meds that I’ve tried.) I’m only 68. I saw the phrase “biological medication” for RA in one of your recent columns. What is this, and do you have any advice? -- B.R. ANSWER: RA is an autoimmune disease that may affect other organs besides the joints, including the heart and lungs. While initial treatment for RA may include powerful conventional medicines against the immune and inflammatory systems (such as methotrexate or hydroxychloroquine), a “biological” medication is made from live-cell systems. These medicines mostly include monoclonal antibodies that bind to active biological molecules (called “cytokines”), but they also include fusion proteins that block cytokines before they bind to their receptors. For RA, the major biological medications bind to important cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF), interleukin-6, and interleukin-1. But they may also act on stimulants to antibody-producing cells (“B cells”), as well as T cells, which are the other major part of the immune system that’s responsible for cell-based immunity. Biologicals have the potential for serious side effects, including infections (especially tuberculosis but also pneumonia, skin infections, hepatitis B and sepsis). For this reason, biologicals are generally used after a person has failed other treatments. Allergic reactions are uncommon with biologicals. RA requires an expert for treatment. I have great respect for RA, having seen terrible outcomes in people who weren’t treated early enough. For this reason, I can’t say whether a biological is appropriate for you. Your rheumatologist is monitoring your blood tests and clinical findings to balance the damage from RA against the potential side effects of treatment. It’s really the disease activity that determines whether a powerful agent is necessary. *** DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 99-year-old man in good health who suffered a heart attack in 2014, which was caused by an artery blockage. After inserting a stent in my artery, my cardiologist recommended statin drugs. I tried a few, but they were so painful that my insurance company finally authorized me to use a PCSK9 inhibitor. The inhibitor worked well for a couple of years, but then I started experiencing terrible hip pain upon standing or walking. The good news was that there wasn’t any pain when I was sitting or lying down. So, the question for me became: Should I keep using the PCSK9 inhibitor despite the hip pain, or should I stop using the inhibitor and risk another heart attack or maybe even a stroke? -- M.F.

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ANSWER: Congratulations on doing so well at age 99! Because PCSK9 inhibitors rarely cause muscle or joint pains, I’d first try to be sure that the medicine really is the cause behind your pain. I hope your doctor did X-rays to look for arthritis or even an MRI, since conditions like a torn labrum should be considered. If there isn’t another cause, and the pain stops when you pause the medication, then it’d be likely that the medicine is causing it. Since there are three PCSK9 inhibitors (evolocumab, alirocumab and inclisiran), I recommend trying a different one. If they still cause problems, then I recommend trying something else entirely. At age 99, your quality of life seems to be the most important issue to me. I’d also give you a trial of bempedoic acid, which works similarly to a statin without the muscle aches that some people experience. * * * Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual questions, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu. (c) 2026 North America Synd., Inc. All Rights Reserved

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VETERANS  POST  by Freddie Groves

Requesting Records Easier Now Requesting your records from the VA used to be a nightmare requiring you to wade through text and instructions that were difficult to understand. FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests required you to understand the layout of government agencies and know in advance who specifically had the information you sought before you even started your request. Too often your request for one type of information could end up in a pile in the wrong office, which meant long delays. Now the whole process has been redesigned and requests that go astray have been reduced by 90%, which helps everyone from office staff who handle all the requests to the veterans who are waiting on their information. Everybody, in various departments across the VA, participated in creating the new request page to be sure it works well for all. If you need to make a records or FOIA request, go to department.va.gov/foia. Scroll down the page and read the sample info for each VA department. Each has a long list of types of information you can get from that department. For example, if you want to know about home loans, click on the submit button for Veterans Benefits Administration. If you need to replace medals or a DD214, click on the submit button for Military Service Records and Next of Kin Requests. There is a note on the page: “Submitting a FOIA request to obtain personal records could delay overall processing.” Instead, locate the appropriate department on the page and use the link provided. Additionally, at the bottom of the page is a drop-down menu of sample questions you might be asking, like “How do I appeal my FOIA response if I disagree with the results?” or “How do I get an employment verification from the VA?” If you need it, there’s a button called “Learn About Whistleblower Protection.” The link goes to department.va.gov/accountability. Or call the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection at 855-429-6669. * * * Freddie Groves regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Send email to columnreply2@gmail.com.

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How to Better Protect Your Social Security Number DEAR SAVVY SENIOR: I am retired and was a victim of identity theft in March. I’ve already frozen my credit to protect myself, but I recently heard that I can also “lock” my Social Security number. What exactly does that mean, and is it a step I should take? --Recently Scammed Dear Recently: Freezing your credit was one of the smartest steps you could take after identity theft. But there’s another layer of protection many people don’t know about: limiting how your Social Security number (SSN) can be used. While you can’t actually “lock” your Social Security number the way you can freeze a credit report, you can block two of the most common ways criminals misuse it – using it to get a job and gaining access to your online Social Security account. Your Social Security number is the master key to much of your financial life. It’s linked to your taxes, Social Security benefits, Medicare, banking and employment records. With data breaches becoming routine and identity thieves using increasingly sophisticated tactics – including AI-generated scams – protecting your SSN is more important than ever. Criminals don’t need your actual Social Security card; they only need the number. E-Verify Self Lock The first tool is E-Verify Self Lock. It prevents someone from using your SSN to get a job with employers that participate in the federal E-Verify system. If someone uses your Social Security number to get a job, the wages they earn may be reported to the IRS under your name. That can trigger IRS notices, delay tax refunds and require months of work to correct your tax and Social Security records. To activate Self Lock, create a free myEVerify account at e-verify.gov and answer a few identity-verification questions. Once the lock is in place, employers using E-Verify won’t be able to confirm your Social Security number unless you first remove the lock. It remains in effect for one year and can be renewed annually. If you ever return to work for an employer that uses E-Verify, you can temporarily remove the lock online and

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Identity theft has become a fact of modern life, but taking a few simple steps now can help protect your Social Security benefits, tax records and financial future. And it will definitely give you greater peace of mind. * * * Send your questions or comments to questions@ savvysenior.org, or to Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070.

* On Sept. 14, 1964, author John Steinbeck was honored with the U.S. Medal of Freedom. He had previously received a number of other honors and awards for his work, including a Pulitzer Prize in 1940 for “The Grapes of Wrath” and a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962. * On Sept. 15, 1931, a small dirigible docked briefly at the mooring mast on top of the new Empire State Building before winds forced it away. While hopes were high for the creation of an airship port in midtown Manhattan, they were never realized. * On Sept. 16, 1810, Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla launched the Mexican War of Independence with the issue of his Grito de Dolores (“Cry of Dolores”), a tract calling for the end of 300 years of Spanish rule in Mexico, redistribution of land and racial equality. Thousands assembled at his banner of the Virgin of Guadalupe and soon after a peasant army was marching to Mexico City. * On Sept. 17, 1976, NASA publicly unveiled the Enterprise, its first space shuttle, in Palmdale, California. The following year it became the first space shuttle to fly freely when it was lifted to 25,000 feet by a Boeing 747 airplane and then released to glide back to Edwards Air Force Base. * On Sept. 18, 1981, the 20,000-car parking lot at Canada’s West Edmonton Mall earned a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest parking lot in the world, a distinction it’s held for years, though some have disagreed, saying that because the lot is half indoors and half outdoors, it’s not one structure but two. * On Sept. 19, 1955, after a decade-long rule, Argentine president Juan Domingo PerÓn was deposed in a military coup. * On Sept. 20, 2012, 16 members of a dissident Amish group in Ohio were convicted of federal hate crimes and conspiracy for forcibly cutting the beards and hair of fellow Amish with whom they had religious differences. (c) 2026 King Features Synd., Inc.

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•. Mile for mile, school bus fatalities occur at one-seventh the rate of all other auto accidents. However, on average, six school-age children die each year as school bus passengers. From 2000 to 2023, 61 fatalities involved a driver illegally passing a stopped school bus, averaging 2.5 deaths annually. • About two-thirds of children killed by a bus are actually killed by their own bus. Nearly all of these accidents happen within ten feet of the bus during loading and unloading. The ten-foot area around a school bus poses the greatest risk of injury to children. • Today, most buses are equipped with arms that swing out from the front bumper, blocking access to the area immediately in front of the bus where small children are not visible to the driver, who sits high above in the seat. This design forces kids to walk further away in front of the bus so the driver can easily see them. • Dash cameras, rearview cameras, and oversized “fish-eye” mirrors help reduce blind spots for bus drivers and further increase student safety. • Some buses are now equipped with traffic cameras that document vehicles illegally passing a stopped bus by recording license plates for law enforcement. After installation in New York, officials observed that over 50,000 motorists per day illegally passed stopped buses in the state. • School bus drivers must hold a Commercial Driver’s License, be fluent in English, and undergo 40+ hours of training. Most bus drivers work about 180 days per year. • Studies have shown that ready access to school bus transportation significantly decreases student absences, reinforcing their value beyond cost considerations. 

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