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Dog Goes On Strike
by Sam Mazzotta Dear Paw’s Corner: My dog Perry tugs, fights, and whines when I put a collar and leash on him. He will even flop down and refuse to move. I don’t know what to do. —Mike D., Roanoke, Virginia Dear Mike: Oh, that’s frustrating! You can help Perry to tolerate his collar and […]
Continue readingScammers Impersonating ‘Injured’ Or ‘Jailed’ Family Members
Criminals are getting more and more overt, as we saw in a recent fraud complaint: A West Volusia resident in his 80s contacted the Volusia Sheriff’s Office after he was tricked out of $15,000 by someone pretending to be his family member who faced legal troubles. This elaborate scheme sounded very convincing and preyed on […]
Continue readingCanning Jar
Bottle collecting has been an important pastime since the end of the 19th century, when the first bottle seekers dug up examples in old privy pits, the town dump, or a rocky seacoast area. Most sought after were historic flasks made in New England glassworks. As flasks got more expensive, collectors searched for other bottles—bitters, […]
Continue readingThere’s No Such Thing As A Quick Deed
People often hear from friends and relatives that they should sign a “quick deed” or a “quick claim deed.” There is no such thing. There is a type of deed called a “quit claim deed.” It is not favored because it does not indicate that the grantor owned the property. It is not advisable to […]
Continue readingWhat’s In The Stars For The Week Of May 2
Aries (March 21 to April 19) Temper your typical Aries urge to charge into a situation and demand answers. Instead, your gentler self emerge to deal with a problem that requires delicacy. Taurus (April 20 to May 20) You are aware of what’s going on, so continue to stand by your earlier decision, no matter […]
Continue readingThose Were The Good Old Days…
Once in a while, a child decides to ask how it was in the “good old days.” The parent has to sit a spell and try to recall something worth talking about. It could be about finding the chalk, drawing the game plan on someone’s sidewalk, and having the neighbor kids come over for a […]
Continue readingHappy Myriad Of Mother’s Day
by Peggy and George Goldtrap Mother’s Day, the opportunity retailers relish as they encourage all consumers to say Thank You to our mothers with more than words of gratitude, but with expensive gifts. The modern holiday of Mother’s Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St Andrew’s Methodist […]
Continue readingMedicaid Planning Part II
Will I lose all my assets and/or income if me or my spouse need to go into a nursing home? Last month we focused on income qualification for Medicaid Long Term Care (“Medicaid LTC”). This month we are going to focus on asset qualification for Medicaid LTC. With respect to asset limits, assets for an […]
Continue readingLearn To Protect Yourself From Online Scammers
Just in case you think you can let down your guard while shopping online for financial services such as a personal loan or refinancing a mortgage, don’t do it! In these days of increasingly elaborate scams, where criminals posing as financial institutions send e-mails or texts to lure you into sharing financial information and risking […]
Continue readingWhat Does Vet Services Do?
by Barry KuKes Many people have no idea what our vet services team does daily, so I thought I would share some of the many tasks and procedures this team performs regularly. These numbers are for 2021: At our Redinger Spay/Neuter Clinic, which has been operating at reduced hours due to staffing shortages, still managed […]
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