August 2021

You can use HSA funds at any time. Contributions can be carried forward indefinitely, and you can invest those funds for growth. With the average person incurring more than $400,000 in medical expenses in retirement, a tax-free, accessible pool of money can transform your retirement plan. Many employers offer HSAs, but they can also be […]

Explaining that he has retired as pastor of Rising Hope Methodist Mission Church, Reverend Dr. Keary Kincannon told 120 guests at his Aug. 20 retirement party at Fort Hunt Park, “I’m not leaving the ministry. I have not retired from my faith. And to quote that great philosopher, Monty Python, ‘I’m not dead yet.’” Emblematic

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — F. Steve McPhaul has announced his plan to retire in mid-January as CNHI, LLC executive vice president and chief operating officer, completing two decades of leadership with the community newspaper company. CNHI is the parent company of The Daily Item and The Danville News and 90 other newspapers in 22 states. “It

New London — Departing Coast Guard Academy choir director Dr. Robert G. Newton was serenaded into retirement during ceremony Friday at the academy’s Leamy Hall. Newton, the longtime director of choral music at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, served 50 years at the academy, first assigned as an enlisted musician in 1969. He left the academy

From MarketWatch: I’m 62, live in Missouri but work in Florida and have $1.8 million — ‘have I positioned myself well?’: Many readers may think $1.8 million is enough to retire immediately, but the truth is — it depends. Here’s what this reader should consider first.  Your retirement is years away. Can you count on

The past couple weeks we have explored the phenomenon known as the Great Resignation, from the perspective of both the company and the employee. Our hope and belief are that this will not hit our plastics industry nearly as hard as it has others. However, we are seeing a new demon rearing its head, and I

Elon Musk has criticized fellow centibillionaire and space cowboy Jeff Bezos for filing lawsuits against the former’s aerospace company SpaceX. Earlier this month, Bezos’ space firm Blue Origin sued NASA after it lost a critical government contract to put astronauts on the Moon to SpaceX. This has had the effect of delaying SpaceX’s own work

Members of First Baptist Church in Statesboro will gather this weekend to honor one of their own — FBC church nurse, Jane Dekle.  Dekle is retiring after 23 years on the job, but she’s been so much more than the title would indicate. In addition to administering injections and medications, Dekle has done wound care,

Grace Garden — a fertile, food-producing  located at Davis United Methodist Church at 1620 Anderson Road — is ready to create a team to assume the leadership of this garden project, which quietly produces fruits, vegetables and sometimes flowers as well, which go to help feed the hungry of our community. Longtime Grade Garden leaders Cid

Over the years, I’ve tried to set the record straight by separating myths from facts regarding federal retirement benefits. But even though many federal employees have not yet returned to their physical offices where they can gather around the water cooler, these myths continue to spread. So my apologies, but I’m here this week to