The Press-Dispatch
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THERESSA MISKELL Theressa Miskell, 74, of Princeton, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, at her home in Princeton. She was born in Princeton on Friday, March 28, 1947, to Ernest "Bud" and Hazel Montgomery Miskell, both of whom have preceded. For years, she worked in the housekeeping department at the former Gibson General Hospital, also in Princeton. She attended the old Bethel Memorial Church when it was located on Pinkney Street. She is survived by two sons, Michael Todd Moore, of Rock Falls, Ill., and Troy Dean (Tammy) Moore, of Washington; two daughters, Tracy Lynn (Monroe), of Decker, and Stephanie (Er- ic) Grimes, of Princeton; her brother, Mark Allen Osborne, of Winslow; three sisters, Deanna Jo (Steve) McNeece, of Ft. Pierce, Fla., Pamela Elaine (Chuck) Bell, of Mel- borne, Fla., and Denise (Ker- ry) Underhill, of Kentucky; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Steve; and her sister, Terry. Per her wishes, cremation took place and no services will be held. Doyle Funeral Home of Princeton has the honor of serving the Miskell family. Condolences may be left on- line at www.doylefuneral- homeprinceton.net or the fu- neral home's Facebook page. Obituaries MARRIAGE LICENSES Shane Miles Uppencamp, 29, of 1188 Yellvington Knotts- ville, Maceo, Ky., son of Gary Uppencamp and Stacy Zim- merman, to Aleisha Fay Duncan, 42, of 1188 Yellvington Knottsville, Maceo, Ky., daughter of Carl Duncan and Lu- cinda Rice. Kari B. Lemond, 27, of 5614 S. Lemond Ln., Winslow, daughter of Nancy and James R. Lemond, to Trevor Doug- las Claridge, 26, of 6653 Maple Grove Dr., Indianapolis, son of Jody and Phillip Claridge. Jessica Kahle, 22, of 3693 N. CR 1000, Otwell, daughter of Trisha Howard and Jody Kahle, to Eli Betz, 23, of 3693 N. CR 1000, Otwell, son of Janice Betz and Hilbert Betz. The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, September 29, 2021 C-7 void of conviction and power. Jesus taught self-deni- al and cross bearing. Many social club churches are re- moving crosses and crucifix- es from their sanctuaries less they offend someone. They have decried even the Meth- odist cross and flame as be- ing racist. Paul said the cross would be an offense to some and foolishness to others. A large segment of the Church sees no need to em- brace discipleship. Peo- ple have embraced a Jesus, whom they say loves me be- cause He made me this way, so I do not need to change. Eternal nirvana awaits every- one because hell, account- ability, and punishment do not exist in their world. Every protestant denomination, in- cluding the Catholic Church, has been infected and poi- soned by leaders who do not regard the scriptures as au- thoritative from God. Many have abandoned the faith of our fathers and em- brace licentious and lascivi- ous behaviors. These leaders are apostates. Paul warned Timothy the "time will come when men will no longer en- dure sound doctrine." We have reached that point. Prophetically, Jesus and his apostles warned there will come a time when the ship can no longer be right- ed. Many preachers' proph- ecy a great end time revival will sweep the world before Jesus returns. As I read the scriptures, they report things will "wax worse and worse" to the point Jesus says, "And ex- cept those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved:" Jesus warns that many false prophets and preachers will deceive many. It does not sound like a re- vival is coming. What is com- ing is the wholesale persecu- tion of the righteous believ- er by governments and the pseudo-church. The Church is under siege as a moral bul- wark and is fast approaching the point of no return. Con- temporary culture is fixated upon iniquitous feelings and behavior and demanding the Church affirm it as normal. To this the Church must say, never! Repent and do the gospel. The appearance of the an- ti-Christ is on the horizon. Government is openly hostile to the church's moral teach- ings. The books of Daniel and Revelation say Satan will wear out the saints. The or- thodox Church will be ham- mered and bullied into sub- mission. Jesus said to remember the debauched days of Noah, and Lot are coming our way. It is foolish and dangerous to think better days are ahead. The best course of action for a Christian is to grip tight- ly the blood-stained cross of Christ and stand fast. Jesus has your back. Just before Je- sus was arrested, he spoke these words to his disciples: John 16:33 "These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have trib- ulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." Think about it! Plan payments to meet the net-zero goals many utilities have already voluntarily committed to. What does this add up to? Assuming Washington can successfully dictate the behavior and choices of Americans as it's proposing to do, Americans can expect a moderation of global temperatures of 0.04 of a degree Celsius by the end of the century using the Intergovernmen- tal Panel on Climate Change's assump- tions (problematic as they may be) about the nature and pace of global warming. Setting aside whether you think 0.04 of a degree Celsius is a worthy goal, the cost effectiveness of how Congress is pro- posing to achieve it through these bills is an issue that even some moderate Dem- ocrats are rightly flagging. That is, just as cost is not an irrelevant strategic factor in acquiring defense as- sets and new capabilities, cost is not irrel- evant when it comes to climate response. One can look at cost in at least two ways. First is the dollar amount, which—ac- cording to fact sheets from the House Natural Resources Committee and En- ergy and Commerce Committee—tal- lies up to roughly $270 billion. Further, the Joint Committee on Taxation esti- mates the House's green energy tax pol- icies will lose $235 billion in tax revenues over the next decade. However, many of the programs that liberals are pushing forward are "tempo- rary," hiding their true long-term cost. Just as important are costs in the loss of decision-making power of American families, businesses, and states as the size and scope of the federal govern- ment grows. Along with the administration, Con- gress is trying to frame and narrow the choices Americans are allowed to make. For example, there's nothing wrong with electric vehicles as a choice Amer- icans can make, but federal policies are trying to make it hard to choose anything else. Instead, robust competition in the mar- ketplace has served Americans well for centuries and driven innovation to new- er and better technology. Right along with free enterprise being a foundational piece of what has made the U.S. a great country to live in is the idea of federalism; namely, that California can run its experiment, Texas can try some- thing else, as can Rhode Island and every other state while they learn from these laboratories of democracy. But the proposed expansions of the fed- eral government in these bills further de- stroy that system of diversity within uni- ty. The left has oversimplified the prob- lems of—and solutions to—climate poli- cies, and is trying to persuade Americans that commitment to living within our fis- cal means and holding fast to founding principles must be abandoned. That's a costly endeavor. Katie Tubb is a senior policy analyst for energy and environmental issues in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies. Court Report FELONY Pike County Circuit Court Todd McCann charged with posses- sion of methamphetamine, a level 6 fel- ony. Kevin Mundy charged with count I operating a vehicle while intoxicated, count II driving while suspended, prior, and count III operating a vehicle while in- toxicated, prior, a level 6 felony. Dylan Lee-Joseph Evans charged with count I domestic battery committed in the presence of a child less than 16 years old, a level 6 felony, and count II interfer- ence with the reporting of a crime. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANORS Pike County Circuit Court Nicole M. Tanner charged with posses- sion of marijuana. Geniya O. Goodman charged with mi- nor in possession of alcohol. John J. Cooper charged with resisting law enforcement. Roger G. Julien charged with posses- sion of marijuana. Chatia M. Williams charged with pos- session of marijuana. Kenneth Hyatt charged with count I driving while suspended, prior, count II operating a vehicle with a schedule I or II controlled substance or its metabolite in person's body, and count III posses- sion of marijuana. Seth M. Gunn charged with reckless driving. Wade Carlson charged with possession of marijuana. Amy Lynn Houchin charged with op- erating a vehicle with a schedule I or II controlled substance or its metabolite in person's body. CIVIL Pike County Circuit Court Citibank, N.A. sues Jay Inman on com- plaint. Ashley McDowell sues Charles Mc- Dowell on complaint. SMALL CLAIMS Pike County Circuit Court Kyle Kinder sues Dana Benton on com- plaint. INFRACTIONS Pike County Circuit Court Virgil L. Rasche charged with speed- ing, exceeding 55 mph. Mark L. Deffendoll charged with dis- tracted driving. Ashlee B. Purkey charged with speed- ing, exceeding 55 mph. Joseph M. Harrington charged with speeding, exceeding 55 mph. Nicholas L. Booker II charged with seatbelt violation. Alden M. Miller charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Emily Ann Howes charged with speed- ing. Elaine R. Duncan charged with speed- ing, exceeding 55 mph. Christopher Villanueva charged with speeding, exceeding 55 mph. Hunter R. Fowler charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Shondale S. Campbell charged with distracted driving. Zachary A. Malone charged with speeding, exceeding 55 mph. Christopher Laron Powell charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Terry Robert Perkins charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Brycen Reinhart charged with speed- ing. Alec M. Johnson charged with seatbelt violation. Venord J. Henry charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Megan E. Niehaus charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Benjamin Freeman charged with speeding. Jimmy Lee Williams charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Lacy Miller charged with count I driv- ing while suspended and count II oper- ating a motor vehicle with a false plate. Nathan E. Nelson charged with speed- ing, exceeding 55 mph. Heather E. Stuffle charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. such as Jim DeMint of South Carolina and the late Tom Co- burn of Oklahoma worked to end these pork-barrel items in spending bills. There was a prohibition against "ear- marks," but Democrats have ended that so they can rein- state "pay-to-play" politics. By injecting all these slabs of pork into the tax code, we will have reversed all the gains from bipartisan tax re- form under President Ronald Reagan. Back then, the goal was to lower tax rates and get rid of all the tax breaks so that the tax system was pro-growth and simple but made everyone pay their fair share. President Joe Biden keeps saying this bill will make the rich pay their fair share — unless the rich peo- ple are contributors to the politicians. Then they get tax goody bags from Congress. Coburn used to say that pork spending was the "gate- way drug" to multibillion-dol- lar spending bills. He was spot on, but now the addic- tion is so advanced that we are talking about trillion-dol- lar, not billion-dollar, atroci- ties. Stephen Moore is a senior fellow at FreedomWorks. He is also a co-founder of the Com- mittee to Unleash Prosperity and a Washington Examiner columnist. FAITH Continued from page 6 PORK Continued from page 6 CLIMATE POLICIES Continued from page 6 Is my COLA increase based on my SS benefit? Social Security Matters By Rusty Gloor Dear Rusty: I started collecting SS when I turned 70 to maximize my in- come. One factor that is never men- tioned is that the annual cost of living in- crease appears to be based on the previ- ous year's payment. I've talked to others who are about my age (77) and we talk- ed about how much of an adder we will receive. Those who collected earlier al- ways get much less than I do. So, it ap- pears that the annual increase is based on previous year's payment and not on the original payment from when I start- ed collecting, so it has a compounding impact. Frequently the increase received by those who collected early covers the Medicare increase plus a small adder, whereas I have been getting a much larg- er increase. Can you comment? Signed: Wondering. Dear Wondering: I'll be happy to clar- ify this for you. The annual Cost of Living Adjustment (COL A) for next year is de- termined by comparing this year's Con- sumer Price Index for the third quarter ( July-September) to the same period last year. If there is a difference (which there usually is), the percentage of difference becomes the COL A increase percentage for next year. The COL A is applied annu- ally starting with everyone's December benefit (paid in January). Everyone gets a differ- ent amount of COL A mon- ey because everyone's So- cial Security benefit pay- ment is different. Your COL A dollar increase is more than most of your friends because you wait- ed until you were 70 to claim and, thus, have a higher benefit. Your friends who claimed ear- lier will have a smaller benefit and there- fore get a smaller dollar amount as a cost of living increase. COL A is a percentage increase and, since the 2021 COL A in- crease was 1.3 percent, applying that percentage to each person's SS benefit amount results in a different dollar in- crease for each. And you're correct; since the percentage of increase is applied to your current benefit amount and not your original benefit amount, COL A increas- es are, indeed, compounded. To further complicate matters, So- cial Security's "hold harmless" provi- sion sometimes results in beneficiaries paying less than the standard Medicare premium amount. If someone is now paying less than the monthly Medicare premium ($148.50 for Part B (outpatient services), any COL A increase awarded is used to bring their Medicare Part B premium up to (or closer to) the standard premium for that year. That means that sometimes the full amount of COL A dollars aren't reflected in each person's net Social Security payment, fur- ther confusing people when they see that their total SS payment didn't increase by the announced COL A percentage. So, as you can see there are reasons why everyone COL A looks different, but your basic point is correct – COL A is ap- plied to your current SS benefit amount, not the SS benefit you were awarded when you claimed. To submit a question, visit website (amacfoundation.org/programs/so- cial-security-advisory) or email ssadvi- sor@amacfoundation.org. K AROLYN R AE ROBERTS Karolyn Rae Roberts, of Ur- bana, Ill., passed into the lov- ing arms of Jesus on Septem- ber 27, 2021. She married Gerald Rob- erts, of Effingham, Ill., who predeceased her in 2018. They had two sons, Ran- dy (Tammy), of Urbana, and Ron, of Madison, Wisc. Also surviving are her brothers, Glenn and Roger Amerson; three grandchildren; and nu- merous nephews and nieces. She was also predeceased by her brother, Don. She graduated from Anti- go High School, Wisc., and attended Parkland College and the University of Illinois. She worked in the Cham- paign-Urbana schools, Uni- versity of Illinois, and Pike County schools of Indiana. She was responsible for de- signing a program for grades 1-3 in Pike County that would take students from the level they were at up to the prop- er level in both reading and math. Her grandkids were the highlight of her life. She loved her beautiful flower gardens and genealogy. Amazingly, up until her death, she continued to volunteer to help kids with reading at Calvary Baptist Academy in Urbana and vol- unteer in the school library. She was also very active over the years teaching Sun- day School and leading nu- merous retirement home de- votion services. She supported Evangelis- tic Faith Missions in partner with Victory Intercity Minis- tries led by Eric Himeleck in Indiana. A graveside service will be at 3 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, at Mount Olive Ceme- tery, 1690 County Road 1800 E, Urbana, Ill. (right off route 150 before Mayview), with Glenn Amerson officiating. In lieu of flowers, the fami- ly requests that donations be made in her name to Evange- list Faith Missions. You can go to website directly, efm-mis- sions.org or call 877-864-7480, or mail to EFM, P.O. Box 609, Bedford, IN 47421-0609. You can also leave com- ments at www.renner-wikoff- chapel.com.