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N»# 2. Action 1, TNE SILSBEE BEE, PwrsdBy, Sapfhr 13,1990
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AND MEDICARE
Delayed Retirement Credits
By James Roosevelt,
Chairman, National
Committee to Preserve
Social Security and Medicare
You probably know that
SociaJ^Security benefits are
red deed for early retirement.
But did you
know that
benefits are
increased for
late retire-
ment? It’s
true, and the
Roosevelt increase is
getting better, though it is not
yet fair.
At the present time, age 65
is “full retirement age” for
receiving Social Security
benefits. Unless you are dis-
abled, if you begin to receive
benefits before age 65, your
benefits are reduced to make
up for the additional months
that checks will be paid. Over
an average lifetime, if you
retire early, you will receive
exactly the same total benefits
you would receive if you had
waited until age 65 to retire.
If you don't apply for bene-
fits until after 65, there is an
opposite effect. For each
month after age 65 that bene-
fits are not paid, future bene-
fits are increased. The same
thing happens if you are al-
ready receiving benefits and
have some checks withheld
after age 65 because you have
earnings over the annual
earnings limit. This increase
is called a delayed retirement
credit.
In 1990 the delayed retire-
ment credit rose from three to
three-and-a-half percent for
each 12 months after age 65
that benefits are not paid (7/24
of one percent for each month
that benefits are not paid).
The credit will continue to rise
by a half percent every two
years until it reaches eight
percent in 2008. At that level,
it will be actuarially fair. That
is, workers who delay retire-
ment (like workers who retire
early) will receive over their
expected lifetimes exactly the
same total benefits regardless
of the age they begin receiving
benefits.
At their present level, de-
layed retirement credits do
not fully compensate for the
benefits you lose by continu-
ing in the work force. But the
credit is only one considera-
tion , particularly if you are en-
joying your work or need the
income that working pro-
vides. *
If you are a woman who
spent years as a full time
homemaker, for example, late
years of earnings can signifi-
cantly increase your own fu-
ture monthly benefits. Not
only will you receive the de-
layed retirement credit, but
your new earnings will re-
place some of the zero years in
your lifetime record. That in-
creases the average lifetime
earnings on which your bene-
fits are based. Unfortunately,
the credit for not receiving
Social Security after age 65
applies only to personal bene-
fits. That means, if you are
eligible for spouse or widow
benefits Which are greater
than your own, staying in the
work force does not work to
your advantage.
For more information
about Social Security and
Medicare, write the National
Committee, 2000 K Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C.
20006. '
Mr. Roosevelt, the eldest
son of President Franklin De-
lano Roosevelt, worked as
Secretary to the President in
the White House when Social
Security was implemented,
and was a Member of Con-
gress when Medicare was
enacted into law.
STATE CAPITOL
HIGHLIGHTS
By Lindell Williams
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
Evangelist To Preach
At Word Of Life
Kate McVeigh, a young
evangelist from Detroit, Mich,
whose ministry has taken her
to more than 17 states and the
Philippines, will preach on
Sept. 20 and 21 at Word of Life
Church, 1260 Hwy. 96 S, Sils-
bee, according to Pastor Ricky
Edwards.
Courthouse Squares
Tennis was part
Olympics until 1924.
AUSTIN - House Speaker
Gib Lewsi, who faces a re-
portedly unseen Republican i
his Forth Worth re-election
bid, got his eyes full of bad
press in Austin last week.
Lewis was rocked, for the
second thime in his four terms
as speaker, by charges he failed
to comply with state law and
make a full disclosure of his
financial holdings.
The latest incident involves
two business partners included
in the first mishap.
Seven years ago, Lewis
cleared the air when he filed a
misdemeanor charge against
himself, pleaded no contest,
and paid $800 in fines, saying,
“I believe the Speaker of the
House is not allowed the pri-
vilege os such mistakes, no
matter how unintentional.”
This time, Lewis failed to
disclose 8,800 stock shares,
almost nine percent, of N.W.
Investments, Inc.
The two controlling partners
are beer distributor John Mc-
Millian and liquor store mag-
nate James Leggett, both of
Fort Worth, who were partners
with Lewis in the plane leasing
firm he failed to disclose in
1983.
no Knowledge Of Stock
Lewsi, saying he had no'idea
he owned part of the invest-
ment firm, acknowledged he
failed to disclose the business
tie as required by state law.
‘The first I ever heard of this
deal was when a guy with the
bank called me. I was complete-
ly unaware of it...We had never
been notified. Nobody had ever
sent us any kind of papers or
anything elese.”
Lewis blamed the problem on
“an oversight” and indicated he
will file and amended disclosure
statement.
Sacred Cows, Tennis Shoes
In addition, Lewis drew fire
for his letter to three advocates
of the elderly, disabled and
mentally ill, who call it an open
threat of retaliation.
They had criticized Lewis for
supporting Southwest Con-
ference football more than their
social services issues.
In his letter to them, Lewis
wrote he will fight for social
services “without benefit of
insight from your fine organi-
zation I regret the taint your
organization must now bear
with members of the Legis-
lature as a result of your
actions.”
The word in Capitol halls is
that Lewis has now high-band-
ed lobbyists from the sacred
cows of UT and Texas a & M to
the little old ladies in tennis
shoes. What will follow?
Cowboy On A Comet
Often derided by Democrats
as a man behind the times. GOP
gubernatorial nominee Clayton
Williams last week was more
like a cowboy on a comet aa he
threw open his party’s door to
Blacks and Hispanics:
Williams stole a march on
opponent Ann Richards by
touring Houston’s embattled
Texas Southern University
campus with school officials and
vowed to keep the pre-dominat-
ely black college open.
Last month, Lt. Gov. Bill
Hobby said TSU should be
closed because of financial
troubles. He also said the
school worked against the
state’s plan for educational
intergration.
Williams' campaign also un-
veiled Spanish language TV ads
featuring the bilingual candi-
date asking Hispanic voters for
their support, in Spanish.
They’re to air heaviest in the
Rio Grande Valley.
An obviously miffed Richards
campaign retorted that she had
always been for TSU and was
surprised “Williams even knew
where the campus was.”
Urban Warfare
Richards won the primaries
with her metropolitan streng-
th and she obviously counts on
it to defeat Williams.
Just as obviously, Williams
intends to win it away from
her.
Quiet stops in Houston , by
former President Ronald Rea-
gan and Vice President Dan
Quayle, plus his timely court-
ship of Houston blacks on the
TSU issue, can only help
Williams there.
Likewise, Williams’ Spanish-
language appeal not only
threatens to erode her strength
in the Valley, but in metro-
politan San Antonio as well.
Other Highlights
* The Texas Supreme Court,
in a 9-0 ruling, refused to
protect private sector em-
ployees who report improper
activities to their bosses from
retaliation, including firing.
The court upheld the right of
the Houston Chronicle to fire
an employee who claims it was
for telling superiors about cir-
culation fraud and other irre-
gularities.
Boys Haven Director
Speaks To Lions Club
Marshall Cooper was guest
speaker at the September 4
meeting of the Silsbee Noon
Lions Club. Cooper who is the
director for Boys Haven, is a
member of the Beaumont
Founders Club and also served
as past district governor for the
Lions.
Cooper recounted some of his
experiences in 26 years with
Lions International and what it
has meant to him. Cooper, who
also served as president of the
Texas Lions Crippled and Dia-
betic Children’s Camp, re-
counted how the Lions affili-
ation and concern for the blind
aiid handicapped began back in
1925 when, at a Lions Conven-
tion, Helen Keller first sought
the Lions Club support. Since
then this has been a primary
service area for the Lions Club
International.
New members Robert Watts
and Jessie Greene were wel-
comed into the club.
Tickets for the Lions Club
Annual Chili Supper will go on
sale soon. The dinner is sche-
duled for November 8 from 6 to
9 p.m. at the Silsbee Middle
School cafeteria.
Kountze Extension
Homemakeis Club
A program on housecleaning
by Jan Bennett waa presented
to the members of the Kountze
Extension Homemakers club
during their Sept. 6 meeting in:
the courthouse.
Club president Lucille Alford
presided over the business
meeting in which a committee
waa selected to nominate new
officers for next year.
Hostess for the day was Jan
Bennett.
The next public meeting of
the club will be Oct. 4. Ronald
Seitzer will present an update
report on the Big Thicket.
* The State Insurance Board
fired two regulators and asked
for a criminal investigation of
fraud allegations by American
Pacer Insurance Co., a failed
Dallas company.
* A recent Texas poll in-
dicates 82 percent of Texans
would support a new law re-
quiring a week’s waiting period
for handgun sales and a ban or
waiting period on assault gun
sales.
Pollsters found 52 percent of
Texans own a gun, and the
waiting period for handguns is
supported by 79 percents of
gun owners, and 89 percent for
delaying assault gun sales.
* U.S. Energy Secretary
James Watkins reportedly ii
ready to tell Congress that the
botton-line cost of building the
superconducting supercollider
in Texas will be $8,245 billion.
The delayed announcement
of the project’s price tag has
caused renewed anxiety for
backers of the proposed atom
smasher, scheduled to be built
south of Dallas.
INFLATION / POLLUTION,
DRUGS, AIDS, DRUNK
DRIVERS, THE TRADE
DEFICIT, PIT BULLS, THE
SAVINGS 2* LOAN SCANDAL,
THE GARBAGE PROBLEM,
HEALTH-CARE COSTS...
IRAQ/KUWAIT. fWl&H
TALK ABOUT AWMTWlNGS
LIKE BRAIN SURGERY
OR EARTH-BOUND METEORS!
The Silsbee High School Girls
Volleyball Team beat Lincoln at
Port Arthur Tuesday night
15-7,10-15 and 15-5 to improve
their district record to 3-0.
Latrida Willis led the team in
■coring and serving. Dana
Hodges had five kills, Velva
Walker and Tshana Gooch four
kills each.
The Junior Varsity girls beat
Lincoln 6-15, 15-6 and 17-16.
The Silsbee freshmen lost
12-15,15-8 and 12-15.
The Lady Tigers will host
their Second Annual Volleyball
Tournament at Silsbee High
School Thursday, Friday and
In The Service
Marine Pfc. Stephen D. Eas-
terwood, a resident of Lumber-
ton, recently completed the
Enlisted Supply Basic Course.
During the seven-week
course conducted at Marine
Corps Service Support Schools,
Marine Corps Base, Camp Le-
jeune, N.C., Easterwood re-
ceived instruction in the bask
techniques of stock contra!
utilized within the Marine
Corps to account for govern-
ment property.
A 1969 graduate of Lumber-
ton High School, he joined the
Marine Corps Reserves in Feb-
ruary 1990.
Saturday with 14 teams com-
peting.
The Lady Tigers meet Lum-
berton in first round play
Thursday.
The next district game for
Silsbee will be against Neder-
land Tuesday, Coach Dana
Thornton said.
Gospel Concert
"The Sounds at Victory" a
gospel singing group will pre-:
sent a concert Sunday at the
Woodrow Baptist Church, 1325
Woodrow Roiul, at 2 p.m. The >
group includes Ken Hatch,
Kent Trivia, Kirk Trivia, Dar-
rell Stanley, and Jerry Morgan.
Rev. Bernard Stott is pastor
of the church.
Altered Cdl Grata
Reduce Parkinson’s Symptoms
Genetically altered cells graf-
ted into the brains of rats with
symptoms of Parkinson's disease
reduced behavioral abnormali-
ties associated with the disease,
researchers from the University
of California, San Diego School
of Medicine have reported.
In a collaborative effort be-
tween the laboratories of UCSD
genetics researcher Theodore
Friedmann and neuroscientist
Fred Gage, rat skin cells called
fibroblasts were genetically
modified to produce L-dopa,
one of the chemicals which is de-
fident in the brains of Parkinson’s'
disease patients.
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NOTICI or PUBLIC HIARINO ON
HARDIN COUNTY
APPRAISAL DISTRICT BUDOIT
The Hardin County Appraisal District will hold hearing
on a proposed budget for the 1991 fiscal year.
The public hearing will be held on September 27th, 1990
at 4:00 P.M. at Hardin County Courthouse in the Red Room.
< *-
A summary of the Appraisal District budget follows:
The total amount of the proposed budget is $587,298.00
PERSONNEL
APPRAISAL CONTRACT
COMPUTER EXPENSE
MAPPING EQUIPMENT
GENERAL OFFICE & OPERATING EXPENSES
246.926.00
59,000.00
20.750.00
12.500.00
248.122.00
The total amount of increase over the current year's
budget is $-0-. (-$37,823.00)
The number of employees compensated under the proposed
budget will be 13.
The number of employees compensated under the current
budget is 14.
The Appraisal District is supported solely by payments
from the local taxing units served by the Appraisal District.
If approved by the Appraisal District Board of Directors
at the public hearing, this proposed budget will take effect
automatically unless disapproved by the governing bodies of
the County, School District, Cities, and Towns served by the
Appraisal District.
A copy of the proposed budget is available for public
inspection in the office of each of those governing bodies.
The proposed budget may also be viewed at the Appraisal District
Office. >
HARDIN COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT
105 SOUTH PINE STREET
P.O. BOX 670
KOUNTZE, TEXAS 77625
409-246-2507
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