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Social Security questions and answers
Q. I'd like to post information
about Social Security on our
bulletin board, does Social Security
produce any newsletters with
current information?
! A. Yes, Social Securityproduces
a newsletter called, "jSoc'ial Security
Today." It's aimed' at groups and
organizations and includes current
information about Social Security.
To get on the mailing list, write to
Social Security Administration,
Social Security Today, 4-J-10 West
High Rise, 6401 Security boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21235. You should
also check' with vour local social
Security office and our Internet
Website at http:www.ssa.gov.
Q. Do most people retire ate age
65 or do they retire early and get
reduced benefits?
A. Approximately three out of
four workers today take a reduced
social Security benefit so they can
retire before age 65.
Q. When my ex-husband retires,
can I receive wife's benefits even if
we're divorced?
A. If you and your ex-husband
were married for at least 1 0 years and
if you are at least 62 years of age and
currently unmarried, you will be
eligible to receive divorced wife's
benefits based on his Social Security
work record. Ifyourex-husbandisat
least age 62, you can receive divorced
wife's benefits if you've been
divorced from him for at least 2 years.
You can receive an amount equal
A parent's prayer
"Oh, heavenly Father, make be a better parent. Help me
to understand my children, to listen patiently to what
they have to say and to understand all their questions
kindly. Keep me from interrupting them, talking back to
them and contradicting them. Make me as courteous to
them as I would have them be to me. Give me the
courage to confess my sins against my children and ask
their forgiveness when I know that I have done wrong.
"May I not vainly hurt the feelings of my children.
Forbid that I should laugh at their mistakes or resort to
shame and ridicule as punishment. Let met not tempt a
child to lie and steal. So guide me hour by hour that I
may demonstrate by all I say and do that honesty
produces happiness.
"Reduce, I pray, the meanness in me. May I cease to
nag; and when I am out of sorts, help me, Oh Lord, to
hold my tongue. Blind me to the little errors of my
children and help me to see the good things they do.
Give me a ready word for honest praise.
"Help me to treat my children as those of their own age,
but let me not exact of them the judgments and
conventions of adults. Allow me not to rob them of the
opportunity to wait upon themselves, to thing, to
choose and to make their own decisions.
"Forbid that I should ever punish them for my selfish
satisfaction. May I grant them all their wishes that are
reasonable and have the courage always to withhold a
privilege that I know will do them harm.
"Make me so fair and just, so considerate and
companionable to my children that they will have
genuine esteem for me. Fit me to be loved and imitated
by my children. Oh God, do give me calm and poise an
self-control."
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to up to half of your ex-husband's
benefit if you wait until you're age
65. At age 62, you receive about 38
percent, any benefits payable to you
do not affect those payable to his
' : current wife or minor children.
h, Q. .- Does continuing to work
after vou are ace 65 have an effect
on your Social Security benefits?
A. Yes. Working beyond age 65
adds to your lifetime earnings. These
earnings are used to compte your
Social Security benefits. In addition,
you receive credits for each month
you delay retirement after age 65.
The percentage increase depends
on what year you were born and is
based on a graduated scale, for
example, people who were born in
1938 receive a 6.5 percent increase
for each year beyond fill retirement
age that they delay receiving social
Security. And if you're at the top of
the graduated scale because you were
born in 1943 or later, your benefit
will be increased by 8 percent each
year you delay retirement.
Q. I always though that the
retirement age for Social Security
was 65 years old but a friend of
mine said that a person has to be 67
years old to retire. Who's correct?
A. It depends if you were born
before 1938, you will be eligible for
your full social Security benefit at
the age of 65. However, because of
longer life expectancies, the full
retirement age will be increase in
gradual steps until it reaches age 67.
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This changes starts in the year 2000
and affects people bon in 1938 and
later. No matter what your "full";
retirement age is, you may start
receiving a reduced retirement benefit'
as early as 62. for more information,
call social Security ate 1-800-772--1213
and ask for the booklet;;
"Retirement." ,
Q. I'm going to hire a teenage in
my neighborhood to watch my five-year-old
daughter this summer
while I work, do I need to report
this to Social Security?
A. No. Earnings for household
workers (such as baby sitters) under
age 18 are exempt from the Social
Security tax unless household
employment is the worker's primary
occupation.
Q. What percent of my salary
goes towards Social Security taxes?
A. In 1 998 , you and your employer'
each pay 7.65 percent of your gross
salary, up to $68,400. If you're self-'
employed, you pay 15.3 percent of
your taxable income into Social
Security, up to $68,400. If you're
self-employed, you pay 16.3 percent
of your taxable income into Social
Security, up to $68,400.
If you make more than $68,400 in"
1998, you continue to pay the
Medicare portion of the social
Security tax on the rest of your
earnings. The Medicare portion of
the tax is 1 .45 percent for employers
and employees each, and 2.9 percent
for self-employed people.
Ten ways to
raise a
delinquent
1. Begin at infancy to give the
child everything he wants. In this
way he will grow up to believe the
world owes him a living.
2. When he picks up bad words
laugh at him. This will make him
think he is cute.
3. Never give him any spiritual
training. Wait until he is 21, then let
him decide for himself.
4. Pick up everything he leaves
lying around: books, shoes and
clothes. Do everything for him so
that he will be experienced in throw
ing all responsibility on others.
5. Quarrel with your spouse fre
quently in his presence. In this way
he will not be shocked when the
home is broken.
6. Give a child all the spending
money he wants. Never let him earn
his own. Why should he have things
as tough as you had them?
7. Satisfy his every craving for
food, drink and comfort. Denial may
lead to frustrations.
8. Take his part against neigh
bors, teachers and policemen. They
are all prejudiced against your child.
9. When he gets into trouble,
apologize for yourself by saying: "I
never could do anything with him."
10. Prepare for plenty of head
aches. You are sure to have them.
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CASA offers
advocate
training
The Crook and Jefferson county
Court Appointed Special Advocate
(CASA) Program is recruiting vol
unteers for the fall training classes. If
you are interested in working with
kids who have been abused andor
neglected, and who have been
brought into the court system, your
help is badly needed. You can make
a positive difference in kids' lives
and help give them a safe, secure
home.
The fall training will take place
September 25, 26 and 27, 1998. Ap
plications must be completed and
into either the Madras or Prineville
office no later than August 25. To
obtain information and an applica
tion, please contact John Campbell,
Director, 205 E. 4th St., Prineville
(447-7220) or Chuck Vawter, Vol
unteer Coordinator, 66 SE D St. Suite
D in Madras (475-9426).
Join the current volunteer group,
consisting of 35 individuals, work
ing with the courts to help give kids
in need someone to speak on their
behalf.
NCAI supports
As the Alaska State Legislature
attempts to craft a solution to the
current federalstate impasse on sub
sistence management, the National
Congress of American Indians
(NCAI) has endorsed the position of
the 1997 Alaska Native Subsistence
Summit. "Whenever the rights of
indigenous people in this country are
threatened, it threatens all of Indian
Country," said NCAI President W.
Ron Allen.
The statement comes after a del
egation from the Alaska Federation
of Natives traveled to Washington,
DC to meet with members of NCAI,
the Alaska Congressional delegation
and cabinet officials.
"We are pleased to garner the sup
port of NCAI on this issue that is
imperative to the survival of our
people," remarked Julie Kitka, Presi
dent of the Alaska Federation of
Natives.
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Now Showing in the
Changing Exhibit Gallery
July 11 September 28 "Quilts, Quilts, Quilts"
Featuring 38 different quilts from Tribal Members.
The Museum Gift Shop is having a Back-To-School I
and Labor Day Sale with
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Valerie Suppah of Warm Springs
entered a pig in the Jefferson County
Fair. She took care of this pig for
about four months, washing, cleaning
and feeding it.
She fed it pig food and
watermelon, "it liked watermelon,"
Suppah laughs.
Although the pig didn't make
Alaska native subsistence rights
On Julv 20. the Alaska State leg
islature met in special session on
subsistence for the fourth time this
decade to solve the subsistence im
passe. Currently, federal and state
laws on managing subsistence fish
and game differ in Alaska. Title VIII
of the Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act (ANILCA) passed
by the US Congress in 1980 gives a
preference for subsistence uses of
fish and game by rural residents over
all other uses. The Alaska Constitu
tion reserves fish and game for all
residents equally. The federal gov
ernment will assume subsistence
management offish on federal lands,
encompassing 70 percent of the state,
on December 1 unless the state
amends its constitution and enacts
statues complying with federal law.
Statewide polls taken over the
past decade have shown that at least
60 percent of all residents believe
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following activities sponsored through a W
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weight, it was bought by Warm
Springs Forest Products Industries at
$2.25 a pound, making the total $522.
Suppah received a red ribbon and a
blue ribbon because she took care of
this pig with no guidance and it was
her first year.
She looks forward to taking care
of another pig next year.
that the constitution should be
amended to protect the unique sub
sistence lifestyle of rural Alaskans.
However, to date, the Alaska legisla
ture has been unable to pass a amend
ment to allow the residents of the
state the opportunity to vote on the
issue.
Alaska Natives, numbering over
105,000 people, have been eager to
find a solution that protects their sub
sistence way of life. In August of
1997, 1,000 Natives convened at a
Subsistence Summit hosted by the
Alaska Federation of Natives, the
Alaska Inter-Tribal Council and the
Rural Alaska Community Action
Program. The Summit passed a reso
lution calling on the Governor and
the Alaska legislature to work with
Alaska Native leadership to reach a
solution to the current federal state
impasse that recognizes and protects
the unique subsistence culture of
Alaska Native people.
August 31, 1998