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BY THE NUMBERS By The Numbers, a look at what’s in the news . . . by the numbers. These are just numbers, not suggestions that they mean more or less than what they are. We do not suggest that one number is connected to another. These are simply facts with no extraneous details, bias…
Read More50+ Years Later, The Rocket Still Tops List of Boiler Shooting Guards
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone aware of Indiana’s tradition of producing great high school basketball shooters that 70 percent of Purdue’s Top 10 shooting guards from the 1960s to the present are products of Hoosier Hysteria. From Lebanon to East Chicago to Anderson and points in between, these Boilermakers piled up points…
Read MoreA Retirement Nightmare –Annual Earnings Test
By Russel Gloor Association of Mature American Citizens Picture this: You’ve worked all your life in your chosen profession and are getting tired of the rat race. You’re 62 years old and comforted to know that you are now eligible to collect Social Security. You will get a retirement pension from your career, and you have some…
Read MoreAsk Rusty – Why Didn’t My Friend’s Wife Get All Her SS Immediately?
Dear Rusty:Â A friend told me about what he believes is a strange thing in the Social Security system. His wife reached her full retirement age (FRA) of 66 several years ago. She delayed filing for Social Security past her FRA and claimed on her 68th birthday in June of that year, exactly 2 years after…
Read MoreFrom Ice on Morse to Dreams of Olympic Glory
Think back to age 10. What did you fathom as the fate of your future? Had a notion to be a nurse, a tendency toward teaching or aspirations as an astronaut? For me, I dreamed of becoming the next Dorothy Hamill. Every weekend, I strapped on the best Christmas gift ever – a pair of real leather…
Read MoreHortonville Owls Strike Back
From Time to Thyme By Paula Dunn Although Valentine’s Day is behind us, I recently ran across a story about a Valentine’s Day wedding in the February 15, 1926 Noblesville Daily Ledger that’s just too funny/weird to hold onto until next year. The bride, Ruby Buscher, was Noblesville’s City Clerk from 1922 to 1925, (She…
Read MoreSocial Security as a Child
By Russell Gloor Association of Mature American Citizens Obviously, minor children normally aren’t working and contributing to the Social Security program toward their future retirement, but that doesn’t mean Social Security isn’t there to protect them. In real life, there are two main situations where minor children can collect Social Security benefits based upon a parent’s…
Read MoreNo Controversy Here; Drew Breezes Into NFL Hall of Fame
As expected, Purdue legend Drew Brees was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. Fittingly, his enshrinement ceremony will be held at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, in August. Benson was owner of the New Orleans Saints when the combination of Brees and head…
Read MoreHORSING AROUND!!
Did you enjoy the Super Bowl? I’m not a big football fan, so when I watched the game, I tried to distract myself with other things. I don’t knit, collect stamps, or play games on my phone. So, what did I do? Because my column is published in several papers throughout the Midwest, including a…
Read MoreAsk Rusty – I’m on SS Disability; Should I Switch?
Dear Rusty: Should I take my Social Security now at age 62, or wait till I am 65? I’ve been collecting SS disability due to health issues and was curious if I should wait or claim my regular Social Security retirement benefits now. Signed: Disabled but Wondering Dear Disabled but Wondering: If you are now collecting Social Security…
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