Puppy stolen from Humane Society of Utah
Suspect caught on video leaving with puppy named Cookie
A 2-month-old black and tan Cairn Terrier named Cookie went missing on Thursday, Nov. 29 between 4:30-4:55 p.m. from the Humane Society of Utah Adoption Center located at 4242 S 300 W in Murray, Utah. Security video shows a Hispanic woman in her mid-30s leaving the dog kennel area with what appears to be the puppy in her handbag and a white jacket over the top. A police report has been filed, and the Humane Society of Utah is asking the public to contact the Murray City Police Department with any tips or information.
The suspect appears to be around 5’6”, 220 to 250 pounds with long black hair and wearing a purple jacket. Two young boys, approximately 8 and 10 years old, were seen entering the facility with the woman.
“We’re extremely concerned about the safety of this puppy,” said Deann Shepherd, HSU representative. “It is quite disconcerting that somebody would take a puppy from a nonprofit animal shelter, especially with their two children present. We want to make sure that Cookie is safely returned as soon as possible.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact Murray City Police Department Dispatch at 801-840-4000 regarding case #18C023602.
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About the Humane Society of Utah
The Humane Society of Utah is dedicated to the elimination of pain, fear and suffering in all animals. Since 1960, the HSU has been sheltering homeless animals, fighting cruelty and neglect, and creating an environment of respect, responsibility, and compassion for all animals across the state of Utah. HSU is the largest open-admission
private animal
shelter in the state
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and welcomes any companion animal that can legally be admitted. As a member of the No-Kill Utah (NKUT) Coalition, the HSU works hard to ensure that every healthy and treatable pet that enters the facility will be placed into a loving home. The Humane Society of Utah is a local, private 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that does not receive any state tax dollars or government funding. HSU is funded by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses and foundations. Read more about the HSU online at www.utahhumane.org.
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3 Reasons To Consider Reducing The Risk
In Your Retirement Portfolio
Disturbed by recent ups and down in the stock market?
If you’re an older investor, that may mean it’s time to re-think just how much risk you’re carrying in your retirement portfolio.
Otherwise, your tranquil golden years could devolve into a time of overwhelming financial stress.
“If you’re not unsettled after the stock market action of early October, then you weren’t paying attention,” says Craig Kirsner, MBA (www.StuartPlanning.com), a retirement planner and author of Retire with Confidence: Preserve and Protect Your Wealth and Leave a Legacy. “The Dow industrials were gaining and losing several hundred points, not daily but hourly.”
Investors in their 20s and 30s perhaps can afford to be blasé about such market turmoil, he says. They have years – even decades – to recover if the market takes a major tumble and their portfolios sustain a significant hit.
Those who are in or near retirement don’t have that luxury.
“It’s imperative for a retiree to practice money management if their goal is to preserve and protect their retirement,” Kirsner says.
He offers a few observations about why it might be time to consider reducing your risk:
Don’t let long periods of market calm fool you. It’s now been a decade since the market crash of 2008, and the long period with a strong market has lured some investors into becoming careless and aggressive. They may put all their money in the market, Kirsner says, because they are focused on high yields a company is paying out without calculating whether those yields are sustainable. “Regrettably and predictably you see people taking on more risk than they should,” he says. “For example, they may have come to believe that dividend-paying stocks are ‘safe’ investments. That’s not so. Stocks are designed for growth, not for protecting your principal.”1
Understand what rising interest rates might do. Interest rates in the U.S. have doubled over the past year. Why is that important to know? “Rising interest rates are historically the pin that bursts a debt-fueled bubble,” Kirsner says.2
Retirees, and those who expect to retire soon, should review how much risk they have in their portfolios and determine how much of that risk they want to keep, Kirsner says.
“Ask yourself whether you really have the stomach at this point for potentially big losses,” he says. “Especially when you need to live on that money for the rest of your life.”
About Craig Kirsner, MBA
Craig Kirsner, MBA, (www.StuartPlanning.com) is a nationally recognized author, speaker and retirement planner, whom you may have seen on Kiplinger, Fidelity.com, Nasdaq.com, U.S. News & World Report, AT&T, Yahoo Finance, MSN Money, Bankrate.com, CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX, and many others. Craig is the author of Retire With Confidence: Preserve and Protect Your Wealth And Leave A Legacy and creator of the Preserve and Protect Retirement System. He has an MBA in finance from Florida International University. He is an Investment Adviser Representative who has passed the Series 63 and 65 securities exams and has been a licensed insurance agent for 25 years.
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WHAT: Secretary Perdue will deliver remarks at the Illinois Farm Bureau Annual Meeting. Following the remarks, Secretary Perdue will hold a media availability.
WHEN: MONDAY, December 3rd beginning at 11:00 am CT
WHERE: Palmer House Hilton, 51 East Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60601
WHAT: Secretary Perdue will deliver the keynote address at the 11th annual DTN Ag Summit. Following the address, Secretary Perdue will hold a media availability.
WHEN: MONDAY, December 3rd beginning at 1:00 pm CT
WHERE: Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park, 200 N Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL 60601
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USDA approves DSNAP for counties hit by the Camp Fire
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2018 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that households in three California counties have been approved to receive Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) benefits. D-SNAP will be offered in parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties due to the impact of the Woolsey and Hill wildfires, and Butte County in northern California due to the Camp Fire. Households in the affected areas may be eligible if they have qualifying disaster-related expenses and meet D-SNAP income limits.
“USDA continues to work closely with state and local officials to help victims deal with the widespread damage caused by these fires,” said USDA’s Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Brandon Lipps. “We want to do everything we can to make the recovery easier. Helping people put food on the table is one vital way we can do that.”
If a household in the affected area qualifies for D-SNAP, they could receive one month of benefits to meet their food needs as they settle back home following the disaster. Households in certain zip codes that already receive SNAP benefits will automatically receive disaster supplements, up to the maximum allotment for their household size, and are not eligible to apply for D-SNAP.
The timing and conditions of D-SNAP vary with the circumstances of each disaster, but the program always begins after access to retailers has been restored and families are able to purchase food to prepare at home. Before operating D-SNAP in an approved county, the state must ensure that conditions related to safety and readiness are in place.
Affected households should look for public information notices from the state regarding the application process, location of application sites, and dates of application in each county.
This is one of many tools that USDA has available to aid states as they recover from disasters. Today’s announcement is the latest of multiple actions taken to help California residents cope with the effects of recent wildfires:
USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) works to reduce food insecurity and promote nutritious diets among the American people. The agency administers 15 nutrition assistance programs that leverage America’s agricultural abundance to ensure children and low-income individuals and families have nutritious food to eat. FNS also co-develops the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which provide science-based nutrition recommendations and serve as the cornerstone of federal nutrition policy.
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