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Julia Barrett smiles ear to ear after winning a Give-A-Way bread basket donated by Community Nursing Services Home Health and Hospice at the Cache Community 5K or 1/2 mile Memory Walk this past weekend. The event was sponsored by Cache Valley Assisted Living and Memory Care of Providence.
Julia has a true passion for running and staying fit. She...
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By Mickie Douglas
Social Security Public Affairs Specialist in Salt Lake City, UT
These days, everyone needs to be cautious of scams -- Internet, mail, and even phone scams – which can damage your credit score and pocketbook. Any time someone asks for your personal information, you should be wary. Particularly cruel are swindles that target Social Security beneficiaries.
Recently, Social Security became aware of a scam targeting beneficiaries in the Southern California area. Scammers telephoned beneficiaries to tell them they were due a “stimulus payment.” The scammer offered to deposit the payment to each beneficiary’s account once the personal and bank account information was provided. The...
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By Mickie Douglas
Social Security Public Affairs Specialist in Salt Lake City
As the nation’s most successful domestic program, Social Security is something worth learning more about. That’s why the representatives at Social Security are available to share news and information about the programs and how they work.
Whether you are representing a club or an employer’s human resources department, an advocacy organization or a community association — if you have a large meeting or event coming up and you’d like to have a representative speak, please submit your request to us online at www.socialsecurity.gov/organizations.
We can speak on an array of topics, such as
• retirement, and how to...
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One of the biggest challenges facing a parent is to help their children take responsibility or ownership of whatever they are involved in. This could include a team, organization, society and especially their family. I’m not the greatest teacher when it comes to a selfless work ethic around the house. According to my brother, who hired my son to help him with his development business, my son didn’t even know how to properly use a shovel or rack. I guess I should have had him dig up the front lawn a couple of times to get the hang of it. Instead I let my brother pay him to learn under his tutelage.
The best way to say it is that our children are spoiled brats – they didn’t learn some of the...
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There's good news for Americans who want help getting a handle on their finances. The official government website dedicated to teaching all Americans the basics of financial education, www.mymoney.gov, is now loaded with more information and is even easier to use.
The new site has enhanced interactive features and provides more resources to Americans seeking information that can help their personal financial decisions.
The new www.mymoney.gov website creates an online point of access to financial information from the 21 federal agencies, departments, and bureaus -- including Social Security -- that comprise the Financial Literacy and Education Commission. Visitors to the site can find information...
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Friday morning, May 7th, 2010, as the snow was melting off a plowed field east of Preston, Idaho, I observed an unusual weather phenomenon. As I was taking pictures, I noticed that the steam that was rising from the field was rotating upward like a dust devil. Dust devils are very common, but this was something that I had never seen before or heard...
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By Mickie Douglas
Social Security Public Affairs Specialist in Salt Lake City UT
We’ve been telling people how quick and easy it is to apply for Medicare benefits online — even if you’re not ready to apply for retirement benefits.
And our celebrity spokespeople — the television family of The Patty Duke Show — have been spreading the word in a series of public service announcements. Reunite with television’s favorite identical cousins, and the whole family, at www.socialsecurity.gov/medicareonly.
But perhaps the best advocates we have for the online Medicare application are the people who are using the application and discovering that it really does take less than 10 minutes. Just ask your...
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Recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the food stamp program, will now be able to purchase food, vegetables plants, and seeds at the Cache Valley Gardeners’ Market, encouraging SNAP households to buy delicious, nutritious, locally grown and produced foods. SNAP benefits are issued to households with income...
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Being a Farmer can be considered a tough occupation at times, especially when mother nature plays mean tricks on you.
My Uncle's good ol' farm truck took quite a beating Tuesday night during those windstorms, when (while parked in one of our hay barns) the wind knocked over three 700 lb hay bales on top of her. I was rather surprised because I really...
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Saturday, April 24th, 2010 at the Preston High School Gymnasium, there were clowns, a ringmaster, circus peanuts, and BLOODSUCKERS! Maybe not the kind in the Twilight movies, but people were willingly paying to have their blood taken. The Health and Wellness Expo 2010 sponsored by the Franklin County Medical Center was in full swing with the theme...
