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Decatur Student’s Poem Chosen For Peace Garden
May 27, 2004Carmen Drummer of St. Peter Claver Regional School in Decatur read her winning poem entitled “Human Rights” on May 7 at the 12th anniversary celebration of the Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have a Dream” World Peace Rose Garden. The garden is located at the MLK National Historic Site, the same neighborhood in which her […]
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‘Raising Helen’ Gives Positive View Of Faith Community
May 27, 2004“Raising Helen,” the new comedy from director Garry Marshall, manages to combine comedy and pathos to create a family-friendly film that illustrates some important value lessons. The title character of the film, Helen Harris, is living a carefree life in Manhattan, with a glamorous job at a modeling agency and an active social life. Her […]
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Planning Key To Get Retirement Income You Need
May 27, 2004The truth for most Americans is that retirement means living on less. As a result, when planning for retirement, your best friend may be your calculator to help you determine how much you need and what you can afford. Conventional wisdom among financial planners is that you should retire with at least 70-80 percent of […]
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Retirees Have Social Security Choices To Consider
May 27, 2004Each year, many Americans receive a letter that results in a variety of emotions from excitement to great anxiety. It is a statement from the Social Security Administration with their projection of the monthly benefits the recipient will receive in retirement. These projections are based on several variables and Social Security assumptions including that earning […]
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Parishes Should Consider Seniors’ Needs, Resources
May 27, 2004Many parishes throughout the United States have senior groups whose members get together for prayer, social activities, lectures or travel. And yet as this segment of the population is growing at a rapid pace, these groups alone can’t possibly tap into the varied talents nor serve the needs of seniors, according to some who work […]
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For Some, Retirement Offers New Work Options
May 27, 2004Bill Reed of Westbury, N.Y., sees retirement as a new chapter in life, not a final chapter. After 23 years of working in human resources for J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., the last several of those years as vice president of employee relations, Reed, who at the time was in his late 50s, took early […]
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Loneliness, Disorientation Challenge Newly Widowed
May 27, 2004When your spouse dies, it’s disorienting enough to deal only with the funeral preparations and the grief and mourning that follows. When your spouse dies and you are a senior citizen, the disorientation can be magnified because of the longer number of years spent together. Even in an interdependent marital relationship, the surviving spouse is […]
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Marist Honors Outstanding Alumnus, Volunteer
May 27, 2004Each year Marist School honors two outstanding individuals for the Distinguished Alumnus Award and Rev. James L. Hartnett, SM, Service Award respectively. This year Edward (Ed) Fechtel, Jr., a 1953 Marist School graduate, was selected as the Distinguished Alumnus for dynamic leadership in his profession and community. Asbury (Major) Snow, a parent of Marist alumni, […]
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St. Benedict Couple Receives Donoghue Award
May 27, 2004Honored for their 11 years of dedicated service to their parish and the archdiocese, St. Benedict Church parishioners Elva and Dominic Saltaformaggio were presented with the 2004 Archbishop Donoghue Award from Catholic Social Services, Inc. The Saltaformaggios were honored at a special Mass and breakfast celebration held April 30 at St. Benedict. A nominating committee […]
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‘Life Is But A Dream’ On The Chattahoochee
May 27, 2004It’s a beautiful spring day, the first in over a week that the sun has won the battle over late afternoon rain showers. Behind the off-white stucco building of St. Andrew’s Church echoes the sound of laughing teenagers. There is a gravel drive just outside the parking lot that leads down to what the church’s […]