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Page-4-Banner T,.,ies Monday, Marcy 2, 1987 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR] Thanks Central Square Lionesses DEAR EDITOR: This is a public thank-you to the Lionesses of Central Square for their donation to LVA-Oswego County. (I would have written directly to them but, unfortunately, I don't have their address.) Enlisting the aid of such organizations has been an ongoing project for LVA- OC, because the illiteracy rate of Oswego County is of grave concern to us all. People who cannot read cannot vote; they cannot efficiently manage their financial resources; they cannot seek out the services, medical and social, that are necessary to be an effective parent. In short, they are cut off from the blessings of this life that many of «s so often take for granted. LVA-OC trains volunteers to teach basic reading or English as a second language to adults in Oswego County. These volunteer tutors then are able to help someone on a one-to-one basis realize their full potential and possibilities. Thanks again, Central Square Lionesses, for your financial support of what we are trying to do. Sincerely, Pat Kardash, coordinator LVA-Oswego County 341-5360 All Suffer From Cuts Program DEAR EDITOR: On March 4, many Department of Labor offices across the state will be closed and hundreds of dedicated department employees will be unemployed. The state is trying to balance its budget on the backs of those who need it most — the unemployed. The public will suffer immediately. Two important Labor Department programs will be drastically reduced by the proposed cuts. Unemployment Insurance: This essential service may lose $6 million this year. Fewer state employees will serve the public. Lines will become longer as hundreds of workers in this program face layoffs. Local offices in CatskilL Watlrins Gten, Horseheads, Weilsvilk, Cobleskill, Port Henry and Pulaski are scheduled to be closed. Offices in Saratoga, Corning, Middletown, Kingston, Geneseo, Ithaca and Rome may also be closed in the future. Job Services: Nearly 125,000 New Yorkers found Bar-B-Que To Benefit Select Chorus On Saturday, March 14, a chicken bar-becue will be served at the Jr. Sr. High School in the south parking lot. The proceeds will help send the PACS Select Chorus to a choral competition in Nashville Tenn.. in April. The bar-becue will be prepared by Rex Rossman with Ms \secret seasoning\ at a cost of S2.50 per half a chicken. Serving will begin at 11 a.m. and advanced reservations are encouraged. Reservations may be made by calling 298- 6016. Help support the Select Chorus and enjoy some delicious chicken in the process. jobs last year through this successful program, which may lose $3 million in federal money. More than 20,000 persons who were collecting unemployment found work through Job Service last year. Job Service offices in Catskill, Watkins Glen, Horseheads, Wellsville, Sodus, Cobleskill, Flushing, Brooklyn and Manhattan are to be closed. The Public Employees Federation, which represents 55,000 professional state works - including almost 3,500 Labor Department employees, believes the Job Service and Unemployment Insurance units are efficient, tax-saving programs. They should be spared from budget cuts. I urge your readers to write their state legislators and Governor Cuomo and tell them they want these programs saved. If the programs are cut, we will all suffer. Join us in our efforts to maintain the level of service New York needs. Sincerely, Rand Condell President THE COMMUNITY WEEKLY NEV/SPAPER Supports And Reports Lrcal School Activities: St* esses Scholastic Sports As Well As Students' Theatrics And Exhibits-. Posts Honor Rolls For The Entire Community To See And Know How Gx>d Our Kids Really Are What A Vacuum Would Exist In A Hometown Without A Community Newspaper The Leading Community Weeklies Are Proud To Be Members Of The New York Press Association Introduces Great Lakes Relief Act ^ Congressman Frank Horton (R-New York) has joined Congressman Dennis Eckart (D-Ohio) and others to in- troduce the \Great Lakes Emergency Shoreline Protection Act of 1987\ in an effort to address the serious erosion problems facing the shores of Lake Ontario. \For several years,\ Horton noted, \the Great Lakes have been at extremely high levels. This has caused extensive shoreline,' erosion and property damage along the shores of Lake Ontario. While not a complete answer, I think this bill is an im- portant first step toward addressing the many problems surrounding Ontario's high water.\ Horton said the bill, if passed by the House and Senate and signed by the President, would provide federally-guaranteed low- interest loans to be used to bolster the shoreline through erosion protection devices, or to move structures inland away from eroding shorelines. \Little can be done when a major storm or tornado hits the Lake,\ Horton con- tinued, \but each day our shorelines continue to erode. It's not a major news story; you won't find it in the local papers. But the damage is at least as devastating as a winter storm\. The key provisions .of the legislation are: •The federal government guarantees 90 percent of the loan. •Loans may have up to a 30- year term. •States will provide a three to give percent subsidy.on the interest rate. •States will be required to approve plans for erosion protection or for moving structures away from the shore. •States will be able to recapture the subsidy to the borrower upon sale Or disposition of the property. •Erosion coritrol devices will be approved based on minimum standards established by the Corps of Engineers. •Only existing structures or those under construction at the time of enactment are eligible unless 15 states pass setback requirements for new construction. NSDAR Of Pulaski To Meet Ontario Chapter NSDAR of Pulaski will be meeting on Saturday, March 7 at 1 p.m. in the Community Room of Springbrook Apartments. The program will representative of feature a the New THE OLDEST Pfl£5S ASS0OAT(0k OS THE EAST CO*S- York State Police who will present information as to their activities and services for our community. Hostesses for this meeting will be Jean Haisey, Lottie Franklin, Marian Jensen and Marian Valley. *\ NEWS FROM SOCIAL SECURITY Early Retirement Requires More Planning Despite longer life spans, early retirement continues to be popular and most people retire before 65. But it takes more planning to achieve successful retirement over an increasingly longer term. The period between stop- ping work and receiving Social Security benefits may pose special problems for the early retirees, particularly those who work for em- ployers who encourage or permit retirement as early as 55 to 60, such as policemen, fire fighters, and the military. Full Social Security benefits are payable at 65, but reduced benefits can start at 62. One problem results from the way, Social Security benefits are figured. Benefit amounts are based on average annual earnings over a person's working life. When your benefits are figured, the years after retirement from your regular job up until 62 will count also. If a person had no earnings or low earnings during this period, this could lower the lifetime average earnings and result in a lower benefit amount. Another problem occurs with t>eoDle who retire earlv from companies that have. pension plans that' takes Social Security Coverage into account and reduces the company pensions. The Social Security benefit a person would receive at 62 is usually estimated by projecting a set rate of wage increases over the years including the years just before 62. However, employees should note that they may request their employers to use the actual earnings histories available from the Social Security Administration. This may mean higher pensions for workers with uneven earnings histories and/or gaps in wages. This is beause the lower the Social Security benefit, the higher the private pension under the compnay plan. Internal Revenue Service rules also require employers who estimate past year's earnings to use the annual wage index published by the Social Security Administration or to assume salary increases of at least 6 percent. The problem of health insurance coverage after a person leaves a regular job and before Medicare begins at 65 is also an issue. You should consider retaining the group health insurance coverage provided by your employer if possible. You may also consider joining a health maintenance organization with the provision that the coverage will be changed to sup- plement Medicare protection at age 65. If you have any questions, you should call the Oswego Social Security office at 343- 6430. By Mary Porker From The Files * Of The Fulugki Xtemamii 1897-90 YEARS AGO [Port Ontario] L.P. Joh of Syracuse was at the Lighthouse, a guest of A. Allport. He is expecting to stock the waters of Selkirk swamp with carp. [Orwell] It is reported that crows, robins and bluebirds have been seen. If so they are to be pitied this cold weather. Mr. L.J. Farmer has just been mailing the most of 10,000 forty-page seed and berry catalogues just issued from the DEMOCRA Tjob department. Pulaski Grange is booming. The recent supper was largely attended and very much enjoyed. There are now about 100 members. It is a great value to people in a social as well as many other ways. Regents examinations stare students in the face with some dread the last of March. A clipping brought to the DEMOCRAT by A. B. and M.J. Calkins showed news from 1847. Married were Asahel Calkins and Mary J. Moore, both of Richland. Andrew Mathewson was editor of the paper. The M.E. Church was on the hill [High street corners. Salina Street. ] \ [North Street] The Bray ton Salisbury cheese factory hadi another dancing party which was enjoyed by about 75 couples. Sayers orchestra of Colosse played for dancing. ' 19li-75Y$AH$AGO _-'.' '.-'.'/.... \ Pulaski Grange now Has 250 members and has 'celebrated its > 20 anniversary. ' - [Manwarren Dtst.] There are numerous changes here, and those moving included Guy Salisbury to the R.L. Calkins, farm, John Ivens to the farm he bought of Mrs. Eva Lifts and W. Welton to J.H. Tollerton 'sfarm at Daysville. W.H. Bradley purchased the Woods & Ingersoll shop of Bray ton Salisbury. He will open a horse shoeing shop, also. {Daysville] Miss Bertha, daugher of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Atkinson has married Robert W. Larmon at her home, where the happy couple will reside. Mr. and Mrs. FredS. Calkins are receiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter, February 22. Mrs. C. Edward Jones [Mabel Clark] has died in Albany. Mrs, Jonesspent her yoqnger-years hen Sn Pulaski Mr: Jones is Associate SupefintendeyirofSctooteforfre^tfork State. A local man who is one of the products of appetite fon strong. drink, had some trouble with D.R. Bates, proprietor* of the Salmon River House. He was ordered out of the hotel, and returned with an ice spud and smashed in a plate glass win- dow. He was sent to county jail for six months for public intoxication. Salmon River will soon be harnessed for power. Options have been given by farm owners in Orwell and Redfield to Oswego County Light A Power Co. [The editor asked that some of the power be used to bring a trolley to run between Syracuse and Wafertowh]. More horses just received at Walker's Livery and sale stable. These are good general purpose horses and will be sold cheap for cash or time given when required. Mr. Franklin has quite a sand pile near his lot, corner Jef- ferson and Lake streets. He has purchased a Jorge quantity of brick aha\ ml\he ready f 91 business soon as Masons can\ work. [The lot had been vacant sfnee the 1881 fire, 'find, had a large fence around the two sides]. v ' 1927-60 YEARS AGO Pulaski Masons honored David Mahaffy on his 50 an- niversary as a Mason. Among other Masons honored were Louis J. Clark, Simeon R. Trumbull, Ward E. Pierce, and Archie Edwards. The Editor wrote of his boyhood days when \no one ever heard of a hunting license*'. The guns were muzzle-loaders and most of them \shot-guns\. If a fellow had a rifle, he was a real sport. Pulaski made a clean sweep of their old rival in basket ball- Mexico. Hiscock and Mattison led the scoring spree and the final score was 33-8 in favor of Pulaski. 1967-20 YEARS AGO Park-Jefferson Club, Inc. has purchased the Galbraith building to use for the Pulaski Council of Knights of Columbus. The budding was built in 1882 by B.E. Parkhurst, following the Great Fire of 1881. A chain collision on Rt. 81 as a result of the severe wind and rain storm [February 16] tied up 250 cars. Herrbert C. Kinney and Floyd Carpenter were in a race for Mayor of Pulaski. Snow depth on February 27 at North Osceola was 37 inches. Snowfall for the year is 14 feet 8 inches. A series of questions and answers relative to the proposed new High School were answered in the DEMOCRA T. 1980 -7 YEARS AGO Salmon snagging was threatened by proposed changes in regulations for Lake Ontario and its tributaries. Candidates for Pulaski Village justice were Frances Woodard and Gerald Gallagher, who decided to run as an independent candidate. The story of the Franklin businesses in Pulaski traced H.R Franklin's history from 1900 in Pulaski.
