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Tue
31
Dec

Ask Rusty – Will Foreign Earnings Count toward my U.S. Social Security?

Social Security Matters

Dear Rusty: I am looking for advice on how our recent decision to take up work in the United Kingdom will affect our U.S. Social Security benefits. I want to understand whether we need to be prepared for a loss in future Social Security benefits, in comparison to what we’d get by continuing to work in the U.S. Signed: Working Abroad

Dear Working Abroad: I’ll start by noting that the U.S. and the U.K. have a bilateral “totalization” agreement which helps those who have worked in both countries qualify for Social Security benefits in the other, but this relates only to you earning enough credits to be eligible for benefits. Your foreign earned income won’t be included when computing your U.S. Social Security benefits.

Tue
31
Dec

Patchwork

This was the year that I was going to cut back. Honestly, I thought I had trimmed the number of gifts for my family.

Paul and Lexie were the first to arrive, prior to Christmas. I had wrapped their gifts and they were under the tree.

“Mom,” Paul said. “I thought you were cutting back.”

I thought I had, but they disagreed with me, as they opened their gifts. 

 

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Wed
18
Dec

Speaking Out for Louisiana Citizens

Speaking Out for Louisiana Citizens

THE RAILROAD JOB

Our media has been captured this week on the hearings of the House Intelligence Committee and the judiciary and its proved to be embarrassing for our nation. It is totally a railroad job. Most Americans don’t care about their horrible words and accusations. Just a lot of speeches where Democrats badmouth Trump and Republicans defend him. The only way they could make people more interested would be if they could swear in Monica Lewinsky and get her thoughts on Ukraine and Hunter Biden. They are trying so hard to get something bad on the president, but it just isn’t working. He was duly elected by the people and they won’t accept this. The media is persecuting him and quite frankly, I am surprised the president can withstand this type of onslaught and still do his job. It will be a relief when the Senate does put an end to it.

Wed
18
Dec

Letters to the Editor

Earlier this month, Energy Transfer and Shell announced that a comprehensive commercial tender package has been issued to engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors to submit final commercial bids for the proposed Lake Charles LNG liquefaction project under consideration in Lake Charles, LA. The project, if sanctioned by Energy Transfer and Shell, would modify Energy Transfer’s existing LNG import facility for export to global markets to take advantage of the US shale boom.

Lake Charles LNG is the latest in a flurry of major investment in LNG export facilities in Texas and Louisiana. With the United States producing a record amount of natural gas, it is key that we continue to expand our nation’s pipeline network and invest in LNG export terminals to transport energy to our allies around the globe. And the same resources and infrastructure support everything from our state’s propane industry to advancing our power generation capabilities.

 

Wed
18
Dec

LOOKING BACK

50 Years Ago

Week of Dec. 18, 1969

Mrs. James E. Davis was presenting her music students in a Christmas recital On December 21. Some of the students included Ferrell Marr, Junie Havard, Kathy Ramsey, Angela Mc-Cormick, Debbie Nichols, Ann Walsh, Malcom Williams, Lisa Wright, Robbin Miller, Tanya Cabra and Mary Lou Founds.

An 18-year-old Florien teen was killed in a one-vehicle accident on Highway 171. He failed to negotiate a curve. A passenger in the vehicle was injured.

The Zwolle High School Band, directed by Stewart Bird, won the first place trophy in the Many Christmas Parade. They were voted the best out of 14 bands.

 

 

 

 

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Wed
18
Dec

Patchwork

Patchwork

I can’t remember how old Mother’s ceramic Christmas tree was. I can only remember it being placed in a prominent position in our house during Christmastime. If memory serves me correctly, I think she made it at a ceramics class. I really can’t recall a time when it wasn’t put out for the holidays. After Mom passed away, brother dear was cleaning out the house and came across the huge, three-tiered tree. He asked me if I wanted it and being so overwhelmed, I said “NO” because I didn’t have a place to put it. A week or two later, after a friend expressed her desire to have a ceramic tree, I decided I had made a bad decision. I quickly called my brother and asked if he still had the tree. Part of it was out in the trash (which he hadn’t hauled off yet) and another piece was in the house.

 

 

Wed
11
Dec

Speaking Out for Louisiana Citizens

Speaking Out for Louisiana Citizens

CENSUS 20/20

Soon you will have the opportunity to participate in the 20/20 census. It is very important for us to respond. Louisiana has seen our representation in Washington drop from eight Congressional seats from the 1980 census to seven seats from the 1990 census and six following the 2010 census. You must respond to be represented. It appears Louisiana will retain its six Congressional seats this time for us to get our fair share of the tax dollars, They must know where we live and a little bit about us.

Another question is not necessarily what our population has grown over the past decade, but what our state has kept up in growth rate with the rest of the country. According to statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor, Louisiana has lost approximately 5,500 jobs over the last year, while neighbors in Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi have all gained a significant number of jobs.

Wed
11
Dec

Patchwork

Somehow, I am about four weeks behind in my Christmas preparations. Unheard of in our house! By December 1, I usually have most of my presents purchased. The tree is dragged out of storage and I spend an afternoon decorating.

Traveling, sickness and just plain laziness has resulted in being unprepared for the holidays.

I had convinced myself that I had a bin full of presents that I had gathered over the year. First of all, I couldn’t find the bin. Hubby and I ventured out to the storage building and there it was! I was relieved until I opened the bin. No presents. It was filled with wrapping paper, tissue paper and bows.

 

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Wed
04
Dec

LOOKING BACK

50 Years Ago Week of Dec. 4, 1969

“Let’s Clean Up and Decorate” was the Page One editorial in The Sabine Index this week.

The second traffic fatality in Sabine involved a 71-year-old man who ran into the rear of a loaded pulpwood truck in Florien.

Elmer L. Craig was the winner of a Homelite chain saw at Pineland Chain Saw Agency, owned by Mrs. James E. Davis.

 

 

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Wed
04
Dec

Patchwork

Last Thanksgiving I labored over a Sweet Potato Casserole that I knew Hubby-dear would like. It was truly a labor of love, because sweet potatoes are not my favorites. Mom always made candied sweet potatoes and insisted that we eat them at Thanksgiving. I remember swallowing mine whole and being thankful that we only had them once a year.

Well mu casserole ended up on the kitchen floor, when it slipped out of my hands. I yelled. I had potatoes all over my white cabinets, the brick floors and me. Uncle Rusty said it was O.K.! “I don’t like them anyway,” he added.

The worst thing about my casserole accident, was that I broke my favorite casserole dish. Darn sweet potatoes anyway!!

 

 

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