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THURSDAY. MAY 13. 2004 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 7B
Tate Community Association holds
its annual meeting this Sunday at 2
The Tate Community Associa
tion, founded in 1947, is a non-prof
it organization dedicated to meeting
the needs of the Tate Community.
The Association currently provides
housing for our local community
clinic, an organization to assist bat
tered women, a community meeting
room, the Tate VFD and local emer
gency medical services.
The Association helps maintain
the Historic Tate cemetery and is
working with the Amicalola Garden
Club, Marble Valley Friends, his
toric preservationists and local land-
owners to protect and beautify our
little village. We work closely with
our county government. Former
Commissioner Frank Martin and
current Commissioner Bill Newton
have done much to improve our
emergency services and infrastruc
ture.
The Tate Community Association
is made up of residents of the unin
corporated Village of Tate. Every
one living in Tate is a voting mem
ber and people living nearby who
wish to attend our meetings and par
ticipate in our efforts are welcome.
A Board of Directors is elected to
carry out the routine business of our
Association, and they meet once
each month. Director’s terms are
staggered and voting on two posi
tions takes place at the annual meet
ing each year. That is why participa
tion from everyone in our communi
ty is essential. We hope to see you
this Sunday at the Bill Prince Com
munity Room.
Big Canoe Tour of Homes
Saturday, May 29, 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
$15 pp - Tickets Sold By Time - No Waiting
5 Beautiful Mountain Homes! Lunch! Shopping!
Sponsored by Big Canoe Chapel Women’s Guild
www.bigcanoechapel.org for Info and Directions
Optimists observe
Respect For Law
Week
Respect for Law Week was
observed by the Optimist Club of
Jasper at their regular breakfast
meeting on Thursday, May 6.
Law enforcement officers were
presented a plaque for the tremen
dous work that they do in protecting
the citizens of Pickens County.
Superior Court Judge Roger
Bradley was also presented a plaque
for his work in the Appalachian Cir
cuit.
Judge Bradley spoke on the court
system and the benefits that we
receive from local law officials.
Pictured Above (left to right):
Pickens County Sheriff Billy
Wofford, Jasper Police Chief
Harold Cantrell, Ga. Highway
Patrol Trooper First Class Seth
Thompson, Forest Ranger First
Class Byron Young, Superior
Court Judge Roger Bradley,
Optimist Club of Jasper Presi
dent Larry Toney.
At left, Optimist Club of
Jasper President Larry Toney
(l) and Superior Court Judge
Roger Bradley.
If you work and also get
Social Security retirement benefits
By Cindy G. McCubbins
Manager, Gainesville
Surveys show that an increasing
number of older Americans want to
retire from their jobs, but not retire
from the workforce. They want to
retire from the work that they have
done for most of their lives for 40
hours a week, but they also want to
take up a second, perhaps part-time
career. If you are or expect to be
one of these ‘semi-retirees’ there is
some important Social Security
information you should keep in
mind.
The relationship among your
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work, earnings and eligibility for
Social Security benefits depends
largely on your age. You probably
will fit into one of the following
age groups:
• You are full retirement age or
older: This is the easy one. If you
are ‘full retirement age’ or older,
your earnings will not reduce your
Social Security benefits. Or to put it
another way, once you reach that
magic age, you can collect all the
Social Security retirement benefits
you are due no matter how much
money you earn from working.
• You are between age 62 and the
year that you will reach full retire
ment age: The earliest you can
apply for Social Security retirement
benefits is age 62. In 2004 you can
work and earn up to $11,640 with
no reduction in your benefits. But
for every $2 you earn over that,
Social Security must hold back $1
in benefits. (Note: In the first year
you receive Social Security bene
fits, you are guaranteed that benefit
for any month you earn less than
$970. And we do not count pen
sions, savings or investment income
toward these threshold amounts --
only wages or self-employed
income.)
• You are not yet full retirement
age, but will reach full retirement
age this year: The earnings thresh
old is more lenient in the year you
reach your full retirement age.
Beginning in January of that year
until the month before you reach
full retirement age. Social Security
would withhold $1 from your bene
fits for every $3 you earn over the
earnings limit ($31,080 in 2004). Of
course, the earnings thresholds are
indexed for inflation, so they are
updated yearly. And remember that
beginning the month that you reach
full retirement age, there would be
no earnings limits.
You can learn more about Social
Security and retirement benefits
during a “semi-retirement” by read
ing the pamphlet, How Work Affects
Your Benefits. You can request a
copy online at
www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10069
.html
Tate Community
Association,
Lawson Chevrolet
work together
to provide Tate VFD
a new rescue vehicle
The Tate Community Associa
tion recently decided to retire its
30-year-old fire/rescue truck. The
custom-made mini-pumper was
purchased by the Tate Communi
ty Association from the Pierce
Lire Equipment Co. in 1974 for
the VLD and has been an essen
tial part of our local protection
ever since. Age, improvements in
driver safety and increasing
maintenance costs all led to the
decision to replace the vehicle.
A new, custom-built rescue
truck can cost upwards of
$50,000, so a combination of
teamwork and ingenuity was
applied to obtain the new truck.
Lawson Chevrolet was
approached with an offer to pur
chase a new 4-WD utility truck
which they already had available
at their dealership. The manage
ment and sales team at Lawson
worked together with the associa
tion to obtain the vehicle at a
very reasonable price. Next, the
Tate VLD members worked many
long hours to remove equipment
from the old rescue vehicle and
re-install it on the new one. The
result is a very useful and cost-
effective approach to providing
an essential piece of equipment.
The new truck will be on dis
play at the Tate Community
Association’s annual meeting this
coming Sunday at 2 p.m. Every
one is encouraged to stop by and
see what teamwork and hard
work can accomplish.
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ELECT
CHRIS ROMINE
SHERIFF
u
If we don’t see changes in our Sheriff’s Department,
combined with a growing population, we will contin
ue to see an increase in drugs, burglaries, gangs and
crimes such as these. Let’s take a step in the right
direction. With twelve years of law enforcement
experience, administrative and extensive training, I
am qualified to lead Pickens County in the right
direction.
When you cast your vote for me on July 20, you are
insured that I will represent our county with the
upmost respect for the law and I will build an effec
tive, professional department.
VOTE WITH CONFIDENCE
ON JULY 20
I have been asked to take a leave of absence from
the Marshal’s office. I will use this time to work hard
and campaign more. I am eager to share my plans
for a positive change.
Paid for bvthe Committee to Elect Romine SherifTJerrold Young Treasurer