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With This Ring... 70th wedding anniversary Bill and Marianne Woods will celebrate their 70th wed- ding anniversary on Decem- ber 25, 2022. William (Bill) and Marianne (Tooley) Woods were married at the First General Baptist Church in Oakland City. They have lived in Oakland City for most of their married life with the exception of Bill's time in the U.S. Army and many wonderful winters in Texas and Florida. They have enjoyed de- cades of love and support from their daughters, El- lyn (Ed) Horrall and Vicki Oxby, grandchildren Heath Oxby, Heidi ( Jeremy) Stun- kel, Hunter ( Jennifer) Oxby, Elizabeth (Brad) Smith and Emily (Kolten) Hedges, nine great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild as well as many friends who have become family. Bill and Marianne have chosen to celebrate this mile- stone anniversary with their family and close friends. Cards may be sent to 931 Williams Street, Oakland City, IN 47660. Home Life Wednesday, December 21, 2022 The Press-Dispatch C-2 Social Security Matters Retired Federal Employee has small benefit 800.451.2709 SchraderAuction.com Seller: Lucinda Har t shorne & Mar y Elizabeth Schiau Auction Managers: Brad Horrall • 812.890.8255 & Drew Lamle • 260.609.4926 Schrader Real Estate & Auction Company, Inc. #AU01052618, #AU12100017, #AC63001504 Auction Held at Highland Woods Community Center 1377 Har t Street, Vincennes IN 47691 Thsday, Januy 26 • 1pm Thsday, Januy 26 • 1pm Knox County, Indiana - Near Vincennes Between Bruceville & Wheatland, IN Inspection Dates: Tue, Dec. 27 • 11am-1 pm; Thur, Jan. 12 • 11am-1 pm & Wed, Jan. 25 • 11am-1 pm Meet a Schrader Representative at Tract 2 Major Major Land Auction Land Auction 1,028 ± Offered in 14 Tracts or Combinations aes aes Call or Go Online for More Info! Online Bidding Available! • Highly Productive Ragsdale, Patton & Sylvan Soils • Possession for 2023 Crop Year • 70,000 Bushel Grain Storage & Handling System AREA HAPPENINGS Celebrate Recovery – Will meet every Monday at 6 p.m. at the River of Life Church, 342 E. CR 300 N., Petersburg. For more information, contact Pastor Jim at 812-354-8800. Pike County History Center – Will meet the fourth Monday of each month at the History Center, 1104 Main Street, Petersburg at 6:30 p.m. New members welcome. History Center hours Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. until further notice. Winslow Alcoholics Anonymous – will meet every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Call 812-789 -8535 for location of the meeting. Odd Fellows IOOF Pacific Lodge #175 meeting – the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. All area mem- bers are encouraged to attend. Otwell Ruritan – will have its monthly meetings the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Pike Lodge #121 F&A.m. regular stated meeting – the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. All area Masons are invited to attend. Jefferson Township Community Center of Otwell – will have its monthly meetings the first Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. All members are urged to attend. Perinatal Loss Support – Expectant parents who sud- denly lose their child often experience a wide range of emo- tions and grief. Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center offers support to assist those who have experienced the loss of a child (conception to one month of age) through the grieving process. For more information about Perina- tal Loss Support, contact Theresa O'Bryan, Pastoral Care, at 812-996 -0219 or tobryan@mhhcc.org. Stendal Community Create and Craft Night – The first Tuesday of each month, anytime between 6 -9 p.m., at St. Peters Lutheran Church fellowship hall. Bring a craft, sewing, yarn or unfinished projects. Create and finish proj- ects, and learn new ones while having fun. For more infor- mation, call Sherry Meyer at 812-457-9842. Grief Support Series – The death of a loved one, a child leaving home, overwhelming changes in one's per- sonal life – each can cause profound grief and suffering. To offer reassurance and comfort, Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center has developed a free support program called "Grief Support Series." Call for the next five-week program. Programs will be at 6:30 p.m. in Memorial Hos- pital and Health Care Centers Chapel. This program is free and space is limited. Pre-registration is necessary, call 812-996 -0219. Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Caregiver Sup- port Group – Memorial Hospital's Caring Hands Senior Services sponsors an Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Caregiver Support Group. Meeting dates have changed to the first Tuesday of every month, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Medical Arts Conference Center, located in the lower level of the Medical Arts Building at 721 W. 13th St. in Jasper. For more information, visit Memorial Hospital's website at www.mhhcc.org and click on "Classes and Events." If you would like more information on dementia and being a care- giver, call 812-996 -0218. Pre-registration is not necessary. Living with COPD – If you or if someone you care for is living with COPD, join us for an educational meeting on the second Tuesday of each month, from noon-1:30 p.m. in the Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center Mary Pot- ter Meeting Room, located inside the hospital at 800 W 9th St., Jasper, IN. For more information, visit Memorial Hospi- tal's website atwww.mhhcc.org and click on "Classes and Events," or call 812-996 -5232 or 812-996 -1528. Pre-reg- istration is not necessary, and there is no cost to attend. Memorial Hospital Offering Stroke Survivor and Caregiver Support Group – The support group will be held on the fourth Tuesday of each month, from 1-3 p.m. in the Medical Arts Building Conference Center located at 721 W. 13th Street in Jasper. The support group will be held monthly. Pre-registration is not required to attend. For more information about the Stroke Survivor and Caregiver Support Group, please call Mary Jo Eaton Calhoun, BSN, RN, Telemedicine Services, at 812-996 -6364, or Brandie Beck, RN, Neuroscience Nurse Coordinator, at 812-996 - 5912 or. You can also e-mail questions or comments to strokesupport@mhhcc.org. Petersburg Senior Citizen Will be Offering Senior a Lunch Menu – Petersburg Senior Citizen will be of- fering seniors lunch on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to ? At the Petersburg court house basement, 801 Main Street. Pike Gibson Water, Inc. – will be holding the regular monthly meetings open to the public on the second Mon- day of each month at 6:30 p.m. CST, at 325 N Jackson St, Oakland City, IN. Keeping People Warm The Timeless Classics Car Club donated blankets to Somebody's Place during their annual Christmas party. The club also donated $500 in November and another $500 in December to help Somebody's Place with the holiday demand. Pictured is Jack Sanders, Timeless Classics Car Club President. Dear Rusty: When I start- ed getting Social Securi- ty at 62, I was told by the SS of- fice I would get a smaller monthly amount because I worked for the Federal Govern- ment and received a Civil Service Re- tirement System (CSRS) pension. I paid into Social Security for about 20 years working outside the government, and I now receive only about $280 a month in Social Security. It just seems like I should be get- ting more. How can I look into this matter that Social Securi- ty calls a "windfall? " Signed: Federal Retiree Dear Federal Retiree: From what you've shared, you didn't contribute to Social Se- curity while earning your CSRS pension, but you did contribute to SS while work- ing elsewhere, thus earning a Social Security retirement benefit in addition to your CSRS pension. Those who receive a federal pension un- der the old Civil Service Re- tirement System (CSRS) are affected by Social Security's Windfall Elimination Provi- sion ( WEP), which reduc- es any Social Security ben- efit they become entitled to through other work outside the Federal government, and this is the reason your SS ben- efit is only $280 per month. For clarity, federal employ- ees who retire under the new- er Federal Employee Retire- ment System (FERS) are not affected by WEP because they contribute to Social Security. The formula for computing Social Security when WEP applies is rather complicat- ed and depends on the num- ber of years you contributed to Social Secu- rity from sub- stantial earn- ings in the pri- vate sector. With 20 or few- er years contrib- uting to SS you incur the maxi- mum WEP pen- alty for your "el- igibility year" (the year you turned 62), but with more than 20 years con- tributing to Social Security the WEP reduction is mitigat- ed, and with 30 or more years contributing to SS, WEP no longer applies. If you were receiving your CSRS pension when you claimed Social Security, your WEP-reduced SS benefit was computed at that time and has continued. But if you had addi- tional years working and con- tributing to Social Security af- ter you first claimed, it's pos- sible that you now have more than 20 years contributing, in which case you may be enti- tled to a smaller WEP reduc- tion and thus a higher Social Security benefit. The only way to find out if you're now entitled to a higher benefit due to additional years con- tributing is to call Social Se- curity, either at your local of- fice or at the national num- ber (1.800.772.1213) and ask them to review your current benefit under WEP. If you now have more years contributing to Social Security than you had when you first claimed, you may be entitled to a bene- fit increase. Before calling SS, you may wish to first review your life- time earnings record on file at Social Security and deter- mine how many years of con- tributions from substantial SS earnings you actually have. You can get a copy of your lifetime SS earnings record from Social Security, most easily from your personal on- line "my Social Security" ac- count. If you don't yet have an online account set up, you can easily do so at www.ssa.gov/ myaccount. Then, you can re- view your lifetime SS -earn- ings against the chart at the following link which shows what your earnings must have been each year to count under WEP: www.ssa.gov/pubs/ EN-05 -10045.pdf. So, to recap: if you contin- ued to work after starting your WEP-reduced Social Securi- ty benefits, you may be enti- tled to a smaller WEP reduc- tion and thus a higher Social Security benefit now, but you will need to contact Social Se- curity to evaluate your current status (and, if appropriate, in- crease your Social Security benefit). To submit a question, visit website (amacfoundation.org/ programs/social-security-ad- visory) or email ssadvisor@ amacfoundation.org. VFW Post 3587 Christmas Dinner Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3587 had their 2022 Christmas Dinner at the club hall on Saturday evening. Auxiliary and Post members prepared and served a meal of Kentucky Legend ham and all the sides for a large group of hungry kids and adults. Santa came to the party as always and handed out toys and candy to a large group. Those handling to needs for the dinner were, left to right: Jim Freeland, Debby Pasley, Joe Cummings, Cathy Traylor, Shawna Popp, Trish Minnis, Cami Richardson, Verna Richardson, Kathy Freeland (elf), Chris Kinman, D R Minnis and Commander Kevin Russelburg. Not pictured is Terry Wornica (Santa).