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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, October 20, 2021 A-5 812-354-8500 news@pressdispatch.net Petersburg 66HYHQWK6WUHHW 9LQFHQQHV,1 DQGQRZLWLVHDVLHUWKDQHYHUWRPDNH\RXUDSSRLQWPHQWZLWKRQOLQHVFKHGXOLQJ:H HQFRXUDJHZRPHQDJHDQGROGHUWRKDYHDPDPPRJUDPHYHU\\HDUIRUDVORQJDV WKH\DUHLQJRRGKHDOWK$OWKRXJKLWLVUDUHPHQFDQJHWEUHDVWFDQFHUWRR%RWKPHQ DQGZRPHQVKRXOGFRQWDFWWKHLUSK\VLFLDQLIWKH\VHHDQ\V\PSWRPVRIEUHDVWFDQFHU Halloween Meal & Movie nIGHT SATURDAY, OCT. 30 Movies start at 6:30 p.m. inside the Otwell Community Center Gym Double Feature Movie Casper the Friendly Ghost & Hocus Pocus Wear Your Favorite COSTUME Halloween treat bags will be handed out during the movies. Dine-in & CARRYOUT MEALS STARTING AT 5 P.M. Inside the Community Center dining area. Meal Option #1 – $10 Smoked pork chop or marinated chicken breast sandwich, cheesy hashbrown casserole and green beans. Meal Option #2 – $5 Hotdog, potato chips and applesauce. Drinks $1: Bottled water and 12oz. soft drinks served during meal & movies PRE-ORDER MEALS: CALL 812-789-3705 BY SUNDAY, OCT. 24. Pre-order not required, but non-pre-ordered meals will be on a first come, first served basis. Jefferson Township Ruritan Club project Fall break fishermen Kayden Kinman, Lily Kinman and Rylee Workman, of Petersburg, took advantage of their days off from school to do some fishing. The three spent Tuesday afternoon under the newly-completed Cherry Street bridge in Petersburg to test their luck in Prides Creek. Timeless Classic Cruise-in About 18 members of the Timeless Classic Car Club cruised around both nursing homes in Petersburg and around the homes of homebound club members on Sunday. After their cruise, they went to Eighth St., beside the courthouse, and put their vehicles on display. It was a wide variety of vehicles, from Gene Keepes' 1961 Hawk Grand Turismo to three torch-red C7 Corvettes owned by Rick Uppencamp, Max Barrett and Dave Go- odrid. FRIDAY CHILI Roast Beef Manhattan $ 8.99 Roast Beef Smothered in Gravy on Mashed Potatoes and Bread with Green Beans or Corn and Drink * Polish Sausage $ 8.99 with Sauerkraut, served with Cornbread, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy and a Drink * CHEESY CHICKEN BROCCOLI OR CHILI WEDNESDAY Boneless Pork Chop $ 8.99 Tender Pork Loin Baked with Special Spices and Parmesan Cheese served with Baked Potato, Green Beans and a Drink * *Your Choice of Regular Coffee, Tea or Coke Product. Specials and menu items are subject to food availability from suppliers. /RandysAmericanaCafe Like us on Facebook! 7TH & MAIN STREETS • PETERSBURG OCTOBER 20 – 26 MONDAY CHILI Spaghetti $ 7.99 Cheesy Mozzarella Toast, Side Salad and Drink * CHILI Biscuits and Gravy $ 8.99 Served With Your Choice of Two Sides and a Drink * SATURDAY Stromboli $ 8.99 Our Own Special Stromboli Served with Grippos (Plain or BBQ), Side Salad and a Drink * lunch Dine-in & Carry-Out THURSDAY Ham Steak $ 8.99 Thick-Sliced Ham Served with Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Green Beans or Buttered Peas and Carrots, Roll and a Drink * Meatloaf $ 8.99 Green Beans or Buttered Peas and Carrots, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Roll and Drink * TUESDAY Turkey Manhattan $ 8.99 Turkey Breast Smothered in Gravy on Mashed Potatoes and Bread with Green Beans and Drink * Taco Salad $ 8.99 Served with Sour Cream, Salsa and a Drink * HAM & BEANS WITH CORNBREAD OR CHILI CHEESY POTATO OR CHILI Joe Mama's Pizza will soon be available at Randy's Americana T O B E A NN O UN CED Joe Mama's Mon-Fri 7am-8pm Saturday 7am-2pm 812-354-2004 READER GUIDE Subscriptions: Change of address: subscribers changing addresses will please give old address as well as new one along with phone number. 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Box 68, Petersburg, IN 47567-0068 • • • Entered in the Post Office in Petersburg, Indiana for transmission through the mails as Periodical Mail, postage paid at Petersburg, In- diana – published weekly. (USPS 205-620) Contact us: Phone: ....................................................................... 812-354-8500 Fax: ........................................................................... 812-354-2014 Andy Heuring, Editor editor@pressdispatch.net Advertising ads@pressdispatch.net General News news@pressdispatch.net Basics of applying for Social Security Social Security Matters By Rusty Gloor Dear Rusty: I am planning to apply for Social Security in May of 2022 and would like to understand how to file. I will be taking it when I am 62. Signed: Ready to Retire. Dear Ready to Retire: Congratulations on your up- coming retirement. You should apply for your Social Security benefits about three months before you wish bene- fits to begin (you will tell them the month you want benefits to start when you apply). Since you plan to apply at age 62, be aware that you must be 62 for an entire month to be el- igible for benefits—you can- not get benefits for the month you turn 62 (unless you were born on the 1st or 2nd of the month). Rather you become eligible the following month. Your benefit payment date will be either the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th Wednesday of the month, depending on the day of the month you were born. Born between the 1st and 10th of the month your payment will be received on the 2nd Wednesday; born between the 11th and 20th of the month, payment will be made on the 3rd Wednesday; born after the 20th of the month your pay- ment will be re- ceived on the 4th Wednesday. You can ap- ply for benefits over the phone by calling So- cial Security at 1-800 -772-1213 (or by calling your local of- fice) and requesting an ap- pointment to apply. However, by far the most efficient way to apply is online at www.ssa. gov/applyforbenefits. Here's a link to a short video about applying online: https://www. ssa.gov/hlp/video/iclaim_ r01.htm. To do the online ap- plication you will first need to create your personal "my So- cial Security" online account which is easy to do at www. ssa.gov/myaccount. When you have that online account set up, you will see your es- timated benefit amounts at several ages. You'll see that if you claim at age 62 your bene- fit will be 30 percent less than it would be at your full retire- ment age (FR A) of 67 (a permanent reduction), and you'll also see that your benefit at age 70 would be about 75 percent more than your benefit at age 62. Also be aware that if you claim before your full retirement age and you continue to work, So- cial Security has a limit for how much you can earn be- fore they take away some of your benefits. The 2022 earn- ings limit is not yet known, but it will be something a bit more than the 2021 limit of $18,960. If you exceed the annual lim- it, Social Security will take back benefits equal to $1 for every $2 you are over the lim- it (half of what you exceed the limit by). The earnings limit goes up by over 2.5 times in the year you reach your full retirement age and goes away entirely once FR A is attained. Finally, your Social Securi- ty benefits may be subject to income tax if your combined income from all sources is high enough. The thresholds depend on your IRS filing sta- tus – if you file as "married/ jointly" and your combined income (yours and your hus- band's) is more than $ 32,000, then 50 percent of your SS benefits for the tax year be- comes part of your taxable income. If your combined in- come as a married couple is more than $44,000 then up to 85 percent of your SS benefits will be taxable. The thresh- olds are less if you file your taxes as a single – in that case income over $25,000 means 50 percent of your SS benefits are taxable, and income over $ 34,000 means up to 85 per- cent of your benefits will be taxed at whatever your nor- mal IRS tax rate is. To submit a question, visit website (amacfoundation.org/ programs/social-security-ad- visory) or email ssadvisor@ amacfoundation.org.

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