REDUCED BENEFITS
The full Social Security benefit
retirement age is currently 65, but a
person can retire as early as age 62,
Thomas Lavelle, Social Security
manager in Wilkes-Bare, said
recently.
“For those who do retire before
65, however, the amount of the
retirement check is permanently
reduced. In addition, payment
amounts are reduced if a wife,
husband, widow, or widower starts
getting payments before age 65. The
amount of the reduction depends on
the number of months the person
receives checks before age 65.”
Beginning in the year 2,000, the
age at which full benefits will be
payable will gradually increase
until it reaches 67. This means that
people born in 1938 and later will be
affected.
“Reduced benefits will still be
payable at 62,” Lavelle said, ‘but
the reduction will be larger than it
is at present.”
More information about reduced
benefits can be obtained at the
Wilkes-Barre Social Security office,
located at 20 N. Pennsylvania Ave.
The telephone number is 826-6371.
The Fifth Annual Pennsylvania
Prison Runathon held state-wide on
Saturday, July 6, achieved success
once again, with seven correctional
institutions participating. A total of
1008 runners participated runing 12,-
391 miles.
Inmates at the Graterford, Dallas,
Camp Hill, Huntingdon, Mercer,
Greensburg and Muncy prisons
coordinated their efforts this year,
in an event designed to support
alternatives to the incaceration of
youth. Big Brother and Sister aen-
cies and similar organizations
around the state will receive monies
raised from the event.
Enthusiasm, as usual, was strong
for this year’s Runathon, which
received lots of community and
media support. Institutional staff
members and representatives from
recipient organizations ran in the
event, along with the inmates. The
morale of the inmates was also
heightened by their participation, as
reported by the chairpersons of the
Runathon Committees at the partic-
ipating institutions.
Additional results:
— A total of 172 runners at
Muncy, clocked 1,573 miles. Top
runners were Robert Nash, first
place-male, with 38 miles; Trina
Garrett, first place-female with 33
miles; Richard Brown, second
place-male with 31% miles; and
~ Toni Anderson, second palce-female
with 29% miles.
The PA. Lifers Association
(P.L.A.) at Muncy, an inmate orga-
nization, also donated 50 cents per
mile for every mile run in their
runathon, for a total contribution of
$786.00.
At Greensburg 105 miles were run
by 8 runners. Their top runners
were William DeNino with 19 miles
coming in first; Tim Vales with 17
miles, second; and Robert Berry
ran 16 miles to place third.
— A total of 89 runners at Camp
Hill, clocked 1,751.13 miles. Top
runners were Phillip Young, first
place with 32.21 miles.
A total of 69 runners at Dallas,
clocked 833 miles. The top runner,
George Peterson, captured first
place with 42 miles, coming close to
the record number of miles for this
year’s runathon, which was set at
Graterford. Other winners were:
Lewis Hare, second place with 41
miles and Robert Snead, third place
with 38% miles.
Governor Richard Thornburgh of
Pennsylvania sent a letter com-
mending all who participated in the
Fifth Annual Pennsylvania Prison
Runathon. “This annual fund-rais-
ing event supports programs that
help young men and young women
avoid criminal involvement, and it
is a truly worthy endeavor,” the
Governor wrote.
Contributions to the Runathon will
be received through July 26. Those
wishing to make contributions
should make their checks payable to
Pennsylvania Prison Runathon, and
mail them to Volunteers in Prison,
Voluntary Action Center, 427 S.
Allen St., State College, Pa. 16801.
Inquiries and pledges for individual
inmates may be made by telephon-
ing (814) 234-8311.
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Restriction: eligible communities.
Contact Agency: PA Department
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revitalization, site preparation,
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Jamboree-bound
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Williams, Troop 232.
From July 24-30, more than 30,000
scouts will gather from every part
of the country and most parts of the
world at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.
The theme of this year’s National
Boy Scout Jamboree in this 75th
Anniversary Year of Boy Scouting,
is “The Spirit Lives On.”
The Back Mountain will be well
represented on all levels. Mr. Jay
Niskey, President of Penn Moun-
tains Council, will be the equipment
the 20 subcamps.
Local Boy Scouts attending are:
Troop 281, Danny Holdredge, Aric
Gingo and Darren Michael; Troop
232, Jamie Strange, Shane Williams,
Bob Skursky' and Lee Williames;
Troop 155 John and Ray Baller.
These boys will be part of the
troop representing the Wyoming
Valley, led by Scoutmaster Ray-
mond Condo.
After the jamboree, the troop will
visit Busch Gardens, Washington,
D.C. to tour the Smithsonian Insti-
tute and lay a wreath at the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier, and the
U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis,
Maryland.
First Eastern Corp. announced
second ‘quarter net income of $2,-
979,000, an increase of 18 percent
over the second quarter of 1984. The
announcement was made by Rich-
dent and chief executive officer who
said net income was $5,123,000 for
the first six months of the year, a
gain of 15 percent over a like period
in 1984. .
Ross noted that on a per share
basis, earnings for the second
quarter were $1.02 as compared to
$.98 cents the previous year; earn-
ings per share for the first half of
1985 were $1.82, as compared to
$1.74 the previous year.
No grim kitchen economizer,
Molly Finn offers heavenly meals
for down-to-earth budgets in her
newest book, Feasts for a Farthing;
published this summer by Yankee
Books of Dublin, New Hampshire.
The more than 300 recipes in
Feasts for a Farthing rely on nei-
ther prepared mixes nor expensive
hard-to-find ingredients. Mouth-
watering dishes like Chicken Papri-
kash, Spaghetti Alla Carbonara, and
Soubise sound exotic but are simple
to prepare with ingredients that are
probably in your cupboard right
now.
Feasts for a Farthing brings the
meaning of homemade back to the
basics: cheaper in price, superior in
taste, better nutritionally and often
as convenient as packaged foods.
The recipes are sophisticated
enough for the experienced cook yet
not beyond the reach of beginners.
Sprinkled among the hearty
helpful hints for greater success in
food preparation, and gentle encour-
agement for creating your own reci-
pes. Some suggestions include:
When cooking beans, don’t add
salt until the beans are almost done
or they become tough.
A pound of fish fillets serves 3
people generously, but you can get 4
portions out of it if you serve some
soup first or cook an extra vegeta-
ble.
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