The Press-Dispatch
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Glezen Center St., Petersburg • 812-354-9909 Glezen Revival Center GRC GRC Birthdays Stone celebrates 90th birthday Sylvia Potter Stone, for- merly of Pike County, will be turning 90 on March 15. Cards may be sent to: 610 S. Walnut Street, Oakland City, IN 47660. Potts celebrates 100 years Vera Potts, of Hazleton, will celebrate her 100th birthday on March 13. On Sunday, March 15, at the Union Community Church, she will celebrate with fami- ly and friends at 1 p.m. EDT. Cards may be sent to: 4764 E. Giro Road, Hazelton, IN 47640. Vera Potts Sylvia Potter Stone Searls wins best of show at convention The Chad and Valerie Searls family recently attended the annual Indiana State Rabbit Breeders Asso- ciation convention in Danville, where they exhibited their Californian and New Zealand white rabbits. Josiah Searls (left) is pictured with judge Josh Lowe. Josiah won best of show in the Californian special- ty show with this intermediate Californian doe. He also won best variety with his New Zealand white jr. doe in the New Zealand specialty show. Social Security Matters Does the Social Security Administration ever make mistakes on benefits? Dear Rusty: Can or does the Social Security Admin- istration occa- sionally make mistakes in de- termining the benefits due? I'm now 72 but I retired early at age 61 and knew that my benefits would be reduced. I've always wondered if my monthly benefit calcu- lation was incorrect but did not know how to address my concerns. If it is possi- ble, could you direct me in how to handle with the SS Administration? Signed: Skeptical of My Benefit. Dear Skeptical: Can the Social Security Administra- tion ever make mistakes? Of course they can, and do, but not really very often consid- ering that they are dealing with tens of millions of ben- eficiaries, and especially when it comes to computing benefit amounts. Since near- ly all benefit computations are done by computer, the usual source of any error is almost always from using incorrect input data. The actual benefit computation formula, while complex, is very standard and well prov- en; if an error occurs in a ba- sic benefit computation, it is usually because a person's lifetime earnings record contains an error. Having said that, let's explore why you feel your benefit may not be correct. When you say you "retired ear- ly at age 61" I as- sume that means you claimed your Social Securi- ty early at age 62 (the mini- mum age). Since your full retire- ment age is age 66, that means that by claiming at age 62 your benefit was cut by 25 percent from what it would have been at age 66. Also, any benefit estimate you had from Social Security prior to claiming made the assumption that you would continue to earn at your cur- rent level until you reached your full retirement age. If you "retired" and stopped working and earning at age 61, the benefit you are enti- tled to is less than that es- timate you had from Social Security at age 61. So, how can you address your concerns? I suggest the first thing you do is get a copy of your lifetime earn- ings record from Social Se- curity. You can do this by calling them and request- ing it or, if you have a "My Social Security" person- al account, you can obtain it online. You should verify that all of your lifetime earn- ings are properly reflected in Social Security's records (SS gets your earnings da- ta from the IRS). Note that only your earnings up to the maximum payroll tax for each year count be- cause that's all you paid SS FICA tax on; if your actual earnings in any year were more than the annual pay- roll tax cap, only the amount up to that year's tax cap is used. Be aware that if you find an error, you will need to prove it to Social Securi- ty by showing them a copy of your W-2 or your Feder- al Income tax return for the year(s) in question. If your lifetime earnings record is in order, then you are al- most certainly getting the correct benefit. When com- puting your benefit, Social Security adjusts each year of your lifetime earnings to today's dollar value, so in- flation shouldn't be a factor either. The highest earning 35 years over your lifetime (adjusted for inflation) are used to determine your ben- efit amount. If you're still uncomfort- able that you may not be get- ting the correct benefit, you should call Social Security directly and ask them to re- view your benefits to make sure you are receiving the correct amount. Social Se- curity has all of your life- time earnings data imme- diately available and can quickly determine if your benefit amount is correct based upon the earnings history shown in your re- cord. Spring prescribed fire season upon us By Richard Speer The staff of Patoka Riv- er National Wildlife Ref- uge (NWR) in Oakland City would like to notify the public that we have en- tered the spring prescribed fire season. The spring pre- scribed fire season typical- ly runs between February and April 15. During this time frame smoke may be visible above the Refuge. Prescribed burning on the refuge is conducted to im- prove wildlife habitat and re- duce the accumulation of fu- els that lead to severe wild- fires. Patoka River NWR has historically treated between 500 and 700 acres annually with prescribed fire. A pre- scribed fire during this time period is especially produc- tive for habitat management and brush control. We have informed local officials of the planned man- agement actions. Prescribed fire will only be conducted when conditions allow for safe implementation. Any questions concerning the prescribed fire season may be directed to Refuge Man- ager Richard Speer at 812- 749 -3199 or Fire Manage- ment Officer Brian Winters at 812-273-0783. QUIT CHANGING OUR CLOCKS, Governor Holcomb! There are still 24 hours in a day, no matter what. DougGlass Service & Storage SUBSCRIBE TODAY! We're not afraid to shed some light on the truth. 812-354-8500