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Call:1-877-257-1084 or Locally Call: 1-812-354-2814 • Free pregnancy testing • Free counseling and info. on pregnancy options. • Confi dential counseling for women & men who are suff ering from post-abortion syndrome. • Residential Care • Health and assistance referrals. • Training and education. • Assistance in getting baby and maternity clothes washpcc@sbcglobal.net www.washingtonpregnancycenter.com Dear Rusty: I am a 68 -year-old retired male and had planned on waiting to col- lect Social Se- curity bene- fits beginning at age 70. My wife is cur- rently 53 years old. When I die, would my wife's spousal benefit at her full retirement age be equal to what I would be receiving at age 70 or be reduced? Also, if I were to die before 70 and before col- lecting social security, what would be my wife's survivor benefit at her full retirement age? Signed: Older Husband Dear Older Husband: Your wife's survivor ben- efit as your widow will de- pend upon two things – the amount you were receiving (or were eligible to receive) at your death, and the age at which she claims her survi- vor benefit as your widow. If you were receiving an increased benefit because you waited until age 70, your wife's benefit - if she has reached her full retirement age - will be 100 percent of the amount you were receiving at your death. If she hasn't yet reached her full retirement age when she claims her survivor ben- efit (she could claim as early as age 60) the ben- efit will be actu- arially reduced according to the number of months prior to her full re- tirement age (FR A) that she claims it. The amount of re- duction for claiming her sur- vivor benefit before her FR A is 0.396 percent for each full month earlier, which is 4.75 percent per year earlier than her FR A, to a maximum of 28.5 percent. And for clari- ty, your wife isn't required to take the survivor benefit im- mediately upon your death; she can wait until the ben- efit reaches 100 percent at her full retirement age, if desired and if financially feasible. If your wife is also eligible for a SS benefit on her own work record and you die be- fore she reaches her FR A, she will have the choice to take either her own Social Security benefit or her sur- vivor benefit from you. If her survivor benefit will be her highest possible bene- fit, she would have the op- tion to take her own SS re- tirement benefit from her own work record first and delay taking the larger sur- vivor benefit until it reach- es maximum at her FR A. Or, if her own benefit at age 70 would be more than her sur- vivor benefit from you, she could take the smaller sur- vivor benefit first and delay taking her own SS benefit until it reaches maximum at age 70 and switch to her own benefit at that time. The goal is for her to get the highest possible benefit for the rest of her life. Finally, if you were to die before you started collecting your increased Social Secu- rity benefit at age 70, your wife would still have the same options, but her sur- vivor benefit amount would be based upon the amount you were eligible to receive at your death, even though you were not yet collecting. In other words, all those delayed retirement credits (DRCs) you are now earning (and will continue to earn until you are 70) will not be lost – the benefit you have earned up to the point you die will be what your wife's survivor benefit is based up- on. Social Security Matters What will my wife's survivor benefit be? Pike County native Alan Drew sets record and receives honor Alan Drew, a native of Pike Coun- ty, was recently honored by the South Knox School Corporation for his 44 years of service to the South Knox schools, of which 38 years were as a school principal or assistant principal at South Knox. He was honored by hav- ing a road named after him. The South Knox School Board re- cently voted to rename a primary school road, which connects Rob- inson Road on the west side of the South Knox campus to the middle- high school area on the east side of the corporation's 80 -acre campus, to "Al- an Drew Drive." The road crosses the South Knox campus, passing in front of the South Knox Elementary School, where Drew has been the principal since the building opened in 1999. Drew grew up in the Arthur com- munity and is a 1972 graduate of Win- slow High School, where he graduat- ed as an academic honor roll student and lettered in four varsity sports, in- cluding basketball, baseball, track and cross country. He graduated in 1976 from the Uni- versity of Southern Indiana with the honor of magna cum laude and a Bach- elor of Science degree. In August of 1976, Drew began his career in educa- tion by teaching fifth grade at the orig- inal South Knox Elementary School in Monroe City. In 1977, he was initiated as a member of the Xi Mu chapter of Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society of Edu- cation and received his Master of Sci- ence degree in Education in 1979 from Indiana State University. In 1982, Drew was awarded his ini- tial administrator's license and was made an Assistant Principal at South Knox Elementary School. In 1985, he professionalized his administrator's li- cense through Indiana State Universi- ty and received a Lifetime License in School Administration. In October of 1985, Drew was transferred to Decker Elementary School, another elemen- tary school in the South Knox School District at the time, where he served as an assistant principal until being named principal of Decker Elementa- ry in 1987. In 1991, Drew transferred back to South Knox Elementary School in Monroe City, as the building princi- pal. He would then become the princi- pal of the "new" South Knox Elemen- tary School upon its construction com- pletion in August of 1999. Drew is a long-time member of the National Association of Elementa- ry School Principals, a career-long member of the Indiana Association of School Principals and is a graduate of the Indiana Principal Leadership Acad- emy. In 2012, Drew was recognized by the Indiana Association of School Princi- pals and received an award for his 30 years of service as a school adminis- trator in the state of Indiana. Later, in 2017, the IASP again recognized and awarded him for 35 years of service as a school administrator. Upon his June 30 retirement, Drew will have served the South Knox School Corporation as a school administrator for 38 years. Drew retires as the longest serving school administrator in the history of the South Knox School Corporation. Luttrull/Wilder family reunion on hold By Andy Heuring Yet another victim of the coronavi- rus pandemic is the Luttrull/Wilder family reunion on Memorial Day. For nearly 90 years, the Luttrull/ Wilder family reunion has gathered on Memorial Day at the Augusta Cem- etery and gone to Hornady Park for a meal and picnic. But 2020 is the first time anyone can remember not having it. Mary Luttrull, who is 64, said she remembered coming to it as a child. Her father, Paul Leroy Luttrull, 92, is now the patriarch of the Luttrull clan. "We used to fight for the emp- ty shells when I was a kid," said Paul of the empties from the firing squads performing graveside ceremonies through the years. Mary said she did the same thing as a kid as well. Paul said many of the Luttrull fami- ly members are buried in the Augusta Cemetery. They would arrive for the Memorial Day ceremonies, then go to the Pike State Forest for a family re- union picnic meal. Later, the gather- ing following the Memorial Day cere- monies migrated to Hornady Park in Petersburg. At its peak, Paul said they had as many as 200 people meeting at Hor- nady Park. They still typically have 40 or 50 people. "We have people from as far away as Florida and California who fly in and stay for several days." Mary said it was a really hard decision to cancel it this year. But they didn't feel like they could do it. She said, each year, part of the fes- tivities is having fun activities like an egg toss, sack races and other old- fashioned fun. Instead of everyone meeting in Pike County this year, the families are meeting in smaller groups around the country. "We have asked each group to take pictures of the sack races and egg toss, and post them. So we are united even though we are apart," said Mary. She said they expect this to just be a one-year hiatus. Paul Luttrull and his daughter, Mary, visit in Augusta Cemetery shortly after the Memorial Day tribute to fallen veterans was performed by the Winslow American Legion Color and Honor Guards on Monday. Alan Drew receives a sign for the road named after him from South Knox Schools Superintendent Tim Grove.