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MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1999
THE ALVIN SUN
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Contact Your Representatives
July 1. To apply, call
Social Security office.
Gilbert
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Mary Jane Weese
Publicity Chairman
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Community College English
Instructor Gilbert Benton teaches
the Life Story Writing Class in
which students write their per-
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Q. I dropped the Part B of
Medicare coverage some time ago,
but now realize that I made a mis-
take. How do I get back on Part B
coverage?
A. The General Enrollment Period
the Great Depression, WWII and
many other historical events from
as far back as the 1920s. This is
the first in a two-part series of
articles produced in the class.
and then accomplished more;
they made our lives much better
than they had lived before.
And here I am again, in class
where so many memories flow,
and those lyrics float across my
where they had lived with few
complaints
working jobs that they could find.
When war was won and peace was
made,
they came back home to stay,
and started building up their lives
and working day by day.
mind:
"You'll never know...”
As the lyrics of that sweet, old
song
float across the years,
I sit and think about our class,
the laughter and the tears,
stories transport us back to times
when life seemed to be so sure,
when right and wrong were usual-
ly clear,
and motives seemed so pure.
I think of how the folks like me,
the “Boomers"generation,
and all our kids and also theirs
can't comprehend our obligation
to those who came along before
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U.S. Senator
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703 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
Telephone: (202) 224-5922
Fax: (202) 224-0776
e-mail: senator@hutchison.senate.gov
GEORGE W. BUSH
Governor
Room 200 State Capitol
Austin, Tx 78701
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Texas Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548
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al recollections of living through
Q. Can Supplemental Security
Income (SSI) recipients have more
in resources next year?
A. The SSI resource limits have
not changed since 1990. The limit
next year will remain at $2,000 for
an individual and $3,000 for a cou-
ple.
Q. Many years ago it seems that I
was told that if I stopped work
before I became eligible for Social
Security benefits, I had to contact
Social Security to “freeze” my work
record. Is this true, or was this just a
rumor?
A. It is just a rumor. There is no
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PHIL GRAMM
U.S. Senator
Room 179 Russell Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
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A. Yes, we do. If your group
would like to schedule a presenta-
tion about the benefits available
though Social Security, contact our
toll free number listed below.
Q. If I take my Social Security
Retirement benefits prior to age 65
and suffer a reduction in my benefit
amount, will my amount be
increased when I reach age 65?
A. Once you take a reduction in
your benefits, the reduction is per-
manent unless you return to work
and your benefits are stopped.
If that happens, then you would
receive a recalculation of your ben-
Texas Attorney General John '
Cornyn last week introduced
Texas Exile, a statewide initia-
tive to get guns out of the hands
of felons and keep gun-law vio-
lators in jail longer.
It is illegal under state and
federal law for a felon to possess
or use a firearm.
U.S. attorneys will join Cornyn
in introducing Texas Exile in
Austin, San Antonio, Corpus
Christi, Brownsville, Tyler,
Beaumont and El Paso.
Announcements already have
been made in Dallas and
Houston. I'
Cornyn appointed William I
Sessions as state chairman of
Texas Exile, Sessions, a former N
President of the United States
c/o the White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500
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for Part B of Medicare is set to ally 35 years of your earnings are
begin on January 1, and will contin- used to compute your benefit
ue through March 31 of next year, amount.
You may apply for Part B of Q. I belong to a support group for
Medicare any time during this peri- individuals who have family mem-
od, but it will not be effective until bers suffering from mental illness.
Note: Alvin
NOTICE OE INTENTION TO ISSUE CITY OF HILLCREST
- VILLAGE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION
TAKE NOTICE that the City Council of the City of Hillcrest
Village, Texas (the "City") shall convene at 7:30 o'clock p.m. on
Thursday, January 13th, 2000, at its regular meeting place in the City
Building on Riverside Drive, Hillcrest Village, Texas, of said City and
during such meeting, such City Council will consider the passage of
an ordinance authorizing the issuance of certificates of obligation in
an amount not to exceed $300,000 for the purpose of paying con-
tractual obligations to be incurred for improvements to the sewer
system, and certain other costs related and incidental thereto. The
certificates of obligation will be payable from the levy of an annual
ad valorem tax, within the limits prescribed by law, upon all taxable
property within the City and from a pledge of certain available net
revenues derived from the operation of the City's water and sanitary
sewer system. The certificates of obligation are issued, and this
notice is given, under and pursuant to the provisions of Texas Local
Government Code, Section 271.049, as amended.
s/s Claron Salter
Mayor Pro Tem
with sacrifice untold,
who survived the Great
Depression
and watched World War II unfold,
who saved the world and came
back home
to those who stayed behind.
need to contact Social Security if efits at age 65 to remove part of your
you stop working before retirement reduction.
age. Your benefit will be figured on To Contact Social Security, call
the work you have done, and gener- toll-free 1-800-772-1213.
76-2653
Telephone:
Fax: (512
federal judge who also served as insuranc
FBI director from 1987 to 1993, operatin
will oversee eight attorneys who their cc
will prosecute felons caught after Ne
possessing firearms. Violators whether
will be prosecuted under a fed- program
eral gun statute and the longest their O
possible sentences will be service,
sought. The sc
“Today we are sending a clear uncone
message to criminals: Gun computt
crime means hard time. If you as the am nemma
carry a firearm illegally in 2000.
Texas, you will go to prison," Montemayor ao“
Cornyn said Dec. 6. to back up their
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successful initiative launched in improprl <
Virginia in 1997, Texas Exile is and billing ay:
funded by a $1.6 million grant result if comp
from the Governor's Criminal —
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To Whom it May Concern the basis that she represents the for approval. The Officer’s attor- for the purpose of helping the
I am writing in response to City and not the Citizens. There ney met with the City Attorney Alvin Library in its operations.
Mayor Lewis’s letter which have also been requests from citi- and City Manager in an attempt to A special thanks to the follow-
appeared in the Letter to the zens, who do not work for the get the language that the City ing: Wal-Mart, HEB Pantry, and
Editors section. Police department asking for her wanted, but was refused that infor- Super Warehouse for donating
It would be expected that the to specify the language that she is mation by the Manager and the candy for the children; Santa
Mayor would support his City requiring. These citizens too have City Attorney. Clause for giving his time, for
Attorney, however there are some been denied any assistance. The Citizens and Officers have many years; Bill Blunck for taking
facts that I feel should be (4) The City Attorney’s rejection made every attempt to cooperate pictures of the children with
addressed- of the Petitions is erroneously with the City in bringing this mat- Santa, and the Alvin Library for
(1) A referendum is not a legal based on a Dallas Court of ter to the voters of Alvin, selling tickets for the breakfast
action against the City, it is a peti- Appeals hearing where the Court However, it is the City Attorney ’s Joe Saladino and his staff did a
tion from the voters to place an rejected petitions for a referen- reluctance to provide any guid- great job cooking the breakfast
issue on the ballot dum. However in that case, the ance that has forced this matter and the Alvin Library League is
(2) The Alvin Police Officers Court found fraud by the City in into the Courts for a legal opinion, most appreciative for their effort
never asked the City Attorney to the attempt to repeal Collective Respectfully yours; and support.
draft the petition. It was only after Bargaining and the Court held the Michael J. Jauch The Alvin Sun-Advertiser
she rejected the first petitions, that petitions invalid based in part on helped greatly by printing our
it was requested that she provide the fraud perpetrated on the citi- Dear Editor, publicity stones and also using
the information or guidelines she zens of the city. The Alvin. Library, League Sun Spots for additional advertis-
would accept. The first petitions (5) The Officers have made a would liketothankallofthebus ing i • .
were submitted in the form, which 2nd attempt to satisfy her require- nessesiand individuals that made The Alvin Library League wish-
has been used for years and have ments and drafted a new petition Breakfast with Santa such a suc- es to thank all the parents and
been presented and accepted by including the language, which we cess: children who participated in this
Cities all over the State of Texas. thought she would require. The Without community(support, event.
(3) The City Attorney has citizens again went out and col- this would not be possible
refused our requests to specify the lected signatures and the petitions This event is a major fundraiser
language that she is requiring on were again submitted to the City
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Schwind, Jim & Holton, Kathleen. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 141, Ed. 1 Monday, December 20, 1999, newspaper, December 20, 1999; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1602415/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.