12 THE DALLAS POST/Wednesday, June 18, 1986
‘Health
‘Cruise’ held
A ‘‘Cruise to the Caribbean Luncheon’
was recently
Directors named
Harry Rothstein of Dallas and David Andes of Shavertown
are among the recently elected members of the Boards of
Directors of the Visiting Nurse Association-Home-Health
Services, Homemaker Services of Luzerne County, and
Home-Care Management of Luzerne County. The Visiting
Nurse Association and Homemaker Services are United Way
Member Agencies which provide health care in the home to
Luzerne County residents. All three are voluntary nonprofit
; agencies. Shown above are, from left, first row, Harry
f Rothstein, Elena Parkhurst, and Norma Agati. Second row,
b Atty. Stephen Fendler, David Andes, Rev. Paul Farber, Dan
By Koze and James Mileski.
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death or serious injury by wearing
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encourage others to buckle up.
The Keystone Safety Belt Network
is looking for ‘‘saved-by-the-belt”’
stories for its ‘Say Yes to Seat-
belts’’ campaign.
“Personal stories and testimoni-
als are the most effective tools we
have in helping the public under-
stand how important safety belts
really are,” says Juli McGreevy,
the organization’s director. “If we
can get people to relate to the life-
saving experiences of others, many
more drivers and passengers will
put on their safety belts when they
get into a car or truck.”
Participants in the program are
enrolled in the organization’s ‘‘Sur-
vivor’s Club” at no cost. Members
receive a certificate recognizing
them as living examples that safety
belts save lives.
Anyone interested in giving their
safety belt story or helping support
a safety belt use law should contact
Juli McGreevy, Keystone Safety
Belt Network, 20 Erford Road,
Lemoyne, PA 17043. Phone: (717)
763-7151.
The Keystone Safety Belt Network
is a group of businesses, associa-
tions, and other organizations that
have joined with concerned citizens
to promote a safety belt law in
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SALES AND SERVICE « LIFTS
Plan for
retirement
By THOMAS LAVELLE
Special to The Dallas Post
In recent years we have stressed
the need to plan for retirement as
early as possible. However, it
should be noted that the earlier one
plans to retire, the more planning
required.
Age 65 is the age for full benefits
from Social Security and is also
used by much of private industry.
However, most Social Security ben-
eficiaries retire before age 65, and a
recent study indicated that age 62 is
the most frequent age of retirement
in private industry.
Reduced Social Security retire-
ment benefits have been available
at 62 for men since 1961 and for
women since 1956. Benefits are
reduced for each month before age
65 a person receives retirement
benefits. At 62, a person receives 80
percent of the full benefit rate.
Reduced benefits are availble at
60 for widows and widowers. Pay-
ments to widows and widowers
range from 71% percent of the
deceased spouse’s benefit at 60 to
100 percent at 65.
People who work in some types of
jobs - firemen, policemen, military
service - may retire as early as age
55. In addition, some employers
encourage workers to retire early
as a means of cutting back on their
payroll. This may mean several
years of no earnings that could
result in lowering the lifetime aver-
age earnings amount on which bene-
fits are based. People who start a
second job after retirement, as
many do, not only earn extra
income to meet current living
expenses, they also protect their
Social Security benefits for when
they finally retire at 62 or later.
People who retire before 65 gener-
ally have to worry about what to do
about their health insurance cover-
age since Medicare does not begin
until 65. Social Security officials
recommend that they retain their
job-related group health insurance
until they reach 65. A person may
also consider joining a health main-
tenance organization with the provi-
sion that the coverage will be
changed to supplement Medicare
protection at 65.
People who decide to delay their
retirement until after 65 should note
that a delayed retirement credit of 3
percent a year increases their bene-
fit for each year after 65 they
postpone retiring.
(Thomas Lavelle is affiliated with
the local Security Security office.)
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Staff honored
Course completed
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital
recently conducted a free
babysitting class for teenag-
ers 12 to 16 in the Medical
Arts Building, Kingston.
Shown here are, from left,
first row, Paula Dunbar,
Kingston; Diana Reese,
Larksville; Kim Dotter,
Kingston; Michelle Filipow-
ich, Parsons; Melinda
Ostrowski, Wilkes-Barre; and
Mary Wenger, Kingston.
Second row, Stephanie
Jones, Pringle; Elaine Buck-
ley, Kingston; Tami Hopers-
berger, Swoyersville; Mal-
inda Hosey, Larksville; Jill
Kollar, Nanticoke; Mary
Johnson, Kingston; Carolyn
Cooper, Kingston; Mary Jo
Kovaleski, Plymouth; Stacey
Halapin, Wyoming and Dawn
Sims, Trucksville. Third row,
Mrs. Carol O'Malley, R.N.,
instructor; Candi Staniecki,
Larksville; Denise Eldridge,
Shavertown; Susan Swarts-
wood, Larksville; Kris Egen-
ski, Plymouth, Regan Litz,
Dallas; Donna Dotter, Kings-
ton; Horensky,
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