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Minister Wants to Maximize Social Security Benefit

I want to apply for Social Security, but I want to make sure I get all the benefits I have earned. I am a veteran with a 10% disability rating (not sure if that matters). I am 68 years old. I am a minister and have been exempt from Social Security taxes for most of my income since I was about 30, but I still have the 40 quarters needed. I have also worked off and on in the secular workplace and…

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Did you Know?

By Paul Waldmiller Did you know that a Florida firefighter was recently arrested for molesting a 12-year-old? A Marion County man faces charges of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under the age of 12. Add Murrel Dempsey Liverman Jr., of Hawthorne to a growing list of men and women that have been arrested for involvement with sexual abuse of a child here in our state. Last Friday,…

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Abigail – Movie Review

By Bob Garver             After last week’s heavy, serious, ultraviolent “Civil War,” I needed a movie like the lighter, sillier, also ultraviolent “Abigail.” Is this film as intelligent and thought-provoking as last week’s offering – a film that still rules the box office, by the way? No. Is this film going to leave much of an impact on popular culture? Probably not – it doesn’t do much to…

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3rd annual Lehigh Acres Rain Barrel Painting Contest

The Florida Governmental Utility Authority (FGUA), Lehigh Community Services, and Lehigh Acres Senior Center are excited to announce the 3rd Annual Lehigh Acres Rain Barrel Painting Contest! The purpose of the program is to promote water conservation while simultaneously providing art therapy to senior citizens within the community. But this program doesn’t stop there…money raised during this…

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Older Husband and Working Wife Seek Guidance

I am 74 years old, retired and receiving Social Security. My wife will be 65 in January of 2025. Our hope was to start paying off some credit card expense by her receiving SS when she turns 65, however it appears there would be a substantial reduction to her benefits. Her work income is $37,500 a year, and she wasn’t planning on retiring from work at age 65. Because I am 11 years older, we felt…

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Did you Know?

By Paul Waldmiller Did you Know that automobile insurance rates here in Florida are third-highest in the country? With many Americans fleeing liberal states to come here to Florida, the number of cars on the road continue to rise, and so are automobile accidents, especially in urban areas. Even if you are considered by your insurance company to be a safe driver, more than likely you are going…

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GOD DETERMINES THE ORDER IN WHICH THINGS HAPPEN

By Van Yandell Genesis 1: 1-3 “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light For many years now, I’ve written, preached, and taught the omniscience of God based on science and fulfilled…

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Publix honors associates for their community involvement

Publix recognized six associates with the Mr. George Community Service Award for outstanding commitment to their communities during the company’s annual stockholders’ meeting. “Mr. George once stated that we’re not only in the grocery business, we’re in the people business” Publix founder George Jenkins, affectionately known as Mr. George, believed that Publix and its associates should make a…

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Civil War – Movie Review

By Bob Garver             “Civil War” presents one of the most intriguing premises of the year, maybe of the last several years: what if Texas and California were to secede from the United States and join forces to wage war against their former home country? In short, everyone would lose. The economy would tank so badly that $300 would buy you a ham sandwich or cheese sandwich – but not both.…

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Phillip Joseph Osgood County Commissioner in Sullivan NH is making havoc in Lakeland Fl.

Editorial Phillip Joseph “Joe” Osgood Joe Osgood as he calls himself is an elected County Commissioner in Sullivan NH but lives in Lakeland Florida four to six months a year. And been during this for the past three to four years. Osgood attends the Sullivan County Commissioner meetings by Zoom or telephone, and holds NO office hours during those four to six months a year. How does he…

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Will Caitlin Clark do okay in the WNBA?

Dr. Glenn Mollette Glenn Mollette Caitlin Clark will do great in the WNBA. She can shoot, she can pass and she’s a savvy player. Clark did what no one ever dreamed anyone would do and that was to score more points than Pistol Pete Maravich who played for LSU from 1967 – 1970.  Maravich scored 3667 total points at LSU and averaged 42.2 points per game for the tigers.   Clark totaled 3951…

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THE CLEANEST SHIRT IN THE DIRTY SHIRT PILE

By Van Yandell Proverbs 3: 5-6 “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” We seem to be hearing a lot about making decisions and choices. Basically, those are one and the same. At times they can be changed and at times they cannot. A decision could be concerning what to believe while a…

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Can I Claim Social Security and Still Work?

I will be turning 63 soon. Can I apply for Social Security and continue to work? Would I be limited to how many hours or how much I could make? I know my monthly SS amount would be cut by 30%, or somewhere around there, but how would working affect me? I was trying to read up on this, but the $1 and $2 thing confused me. I have an offer to take a work-at-home position and need to decide soon, but…

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Did you Know

By Paul Waldmiller Did you know that a very busy hurricane season is predicted for this year? Every year, the Colorado State University’s tropical meteorological project team forecasts the upcoming hurricane season. For this year, they are predicting 23 storms, 11 of which will become hurricanes and five that will reach a category 3 or stronger. One of the tools that researchers use to predict…

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Did you Know?

By Paul Waldmiller Did you know that Florida’s overall death from overdoses dropped, but some lethal drugs are on the rise? In 2022, Governor Ron DeSantis implemented programs in 12 counties to lower Fentanyl deaths. Those counties witnessed a drop in overdose deaths, but all the remaining counties outside the twelve, seen an actual increase. Specific to Fentanyl related use, overdoses killed…

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Stop the invasion of our nation

By Dr. Glenn Mollette  Glenn Mollette If President Biden could announce on November 1, 2024, that all student debt is forgiven, he would do so. That would surely be a way to get a few more votes. If you have a $100,000 student loan, then you have a heavy burden of paying back that loan.  To suddenly have the debt cleared would be a marvelous feeling.  Would this make you feel like Biden is a…

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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire – Movie Review

By Bob Garver             “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” is really a tale of two movies. No, not a Godzilla movie and a King Kong movie, rather a movie that follows the human characters and a movie that follows what the movie calls “Titans.” The human portion is terrible, as is the human contribution to all American Godzilla movies (and I specify “American” because the human element in the…

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