Thursday, July 27, 1978 Social Security For' The Record | i - . -i By LeeWafiio Field Representative (A People who continue to after retirement should remember that the amount of money they can make without affecting their Social Security benefits may depend on how old they are. Hie new retirement test contains three age spans at which a person’s earnings affect Social Security benefits differently under age 65, 65 to 72, mid 72 and over. Under the earnings test that existed before die 1977 Social Security Amend ments, the only time the earnings test was different for people receiving Social Security checks was after age 72. Under the present test, a person under 65 receiving Social Security benefits may earn up to $3,240 in 1978 without affecting their Social Security check. An individual 65 and over Cay earn up to $4,000 in 1978 thbut losing any benefits. At age 72 a person’s Social Security benefits are not affected by earnings. The earnings test is based on the idea of Social Security benefits as a BINGO EACH THURSDAY - 8 P. M. AT ST. ANN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Two Jackpots ENJOY BINGO IN AFI CONDITIONED ATOUGH FAMILY MACHINE • 4-wheel drive Jeep Cherokee BNBfeugjjH F Ken Hoke loe S&X VISnTHEHOM£OFTHS*OM*OUNT * lIE 51^ j NOTICE! ] | TAGS ARE ON SALE NOW FOR DOGS AT I If THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING BETWEEN* l HOURS OF 9A. M. AND SP. M. MONDAY i 8 THROUGH FRIDAY. ALL DOGS IN CITY f I LIMIT MUST HAVE CITY AND RADIES 1 | TAGS WHETHER NEPT IN THE HOUSE, | pi OUT OF THE HOUSE Op IN A TEN. t | Gardner | ! l«-f . \ ■ ' partial replactoie&t for earnings loat to the family because of the worker’s retirement, death, or disability. The earnings test serves as a yardstick to determine if earnings have actually been reduced and the person is in fact retired, or in the case of dependent’s benefits, actually dependent on the worker’s earnings. ■ Earnings over the annual exempt amount reduced the Social Secimity check $1 for each $2 in excess earnings. This means, for example,; that it is possible for a 65- year-old retiree with an average monthly Social Security Jsendßt of $240 to earn as; nfifch las $0,760 before benefits are com pletely withheld. You should also note that the “monthly earnings test” no longer applies to people after the first year in which they receive a monthly benefit. Under the monthly test a person can receive a Social Security check for any month in which earnings do not exceed one-twelfth of the annual earnings limit, or $334 in 1978 for a person 65 or over. However, the monthly test often resulted in inequities. For example, seasonal workers or the self employed could draw benefits for the months when they normally did not work without actually retiring or having their earnings reduced. It was necessary to continue the monthly test for the first year in which a person retired to avoid the situation in which a person would not be entitled to benefits beginning with the' month of retirement because his or her prior earnings for the year ex ceeded the annual exempt amount. Public Meeting To Be Held “If you have something on your mind regarding con servation and natural resources, yon want to mark August 1, 1978 on your calendar,” Chairman Lloyd C. Bunch of the Albemarle Soil and Water Conservation District said today. That’s the day when a public meeting on the new Resources Conservation Act Public Law 95-192 will be held at 8:00 P.M. at the Edenton Municipal Building. While specific groups have been invited, including government agencies and organizations, the entire public is invited to participate. “We want' to hear from those who come,” said the chairman, “and their comments will be considered seriously and included in the report on this important meeting.” Comments will be sought on problems, trends and natural resource needs for Chowan County, and local concerns and needs wall be evalqated and used to help in developing a five-year soil and water conservation program for the nation and the state. The comments will be used to help (dan programs to out, by the Q§lwf;Sfl|T“ Conservation Service, the federal agency with main responsibility for working with natural resources. The new Resources Conservation Act requires public par ticipation and involvement in determining needs and setting goals for soil and water conservation. The August 1 meeting is open to everyone, without regard to race, creed, color, sex or national origin. “We hope we get a good cross section of opinion, because that’s what we need,” the chairman concluded. Heart Association Has Information Our bodies talk to us all the time, and one of the signals they may be sending is that a stroke is on the way. Do you know the warning signs of impending stroke? Ask the North Carolina Heart Association, 1 Heart Circle, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514 for a free copy of “Body Language”. A watermelon is 92 percent, water. It is estimated that the earth weighs 6 sextillion, 570 quintillion tons. THE CHOWAN HERALD r * If-’ ■s- a: fcj ~ m M „ SITE INSPECTION A company official and development representatives inspect a 75- acre construction site in Greene County where Deep River Farms Ltd., of High Point, {dan to grow hydroponic tomatoes in greenhouses. 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