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Judge Robinson also accepted a guilty plea from David Adamson Blanchard Jr., on a charge of manufacturing marijuana. Blanchard was sent to jail, where he has been for the last several months and will stay there until sentencing in March, 1993, said Commonwealth’s Attorney Peter Luke. He was found in possession of 49 marijuana plants, Luke added.
Judge Robinson refused to be lenient with John Wesley Leake, who was due in court at 9 a.m. At the appointed hour Leake’s attorney told the judge that he didn’t know where the defendent was. Leake finally appeared about 9:30 and Judge Robinson sent him to jail for failure to appear.
Retiring
early cuts
benefits
Will my Social Security checks be less if I retire before I’m old enough for Social Security? According to Bruce A. Hundley, Social Security manager in Culpeper, he hears that question more and more nowadays. For years, there has been a trend towards early retirement with some people leaving their careers even in their 60s. Generally, the answer is “yes,” your benefit will be less if you take early retirement.
A Social Security retirement benefit, which is first payable at age 62, is based on a worker’s average monthly wage figured over his or her highest 35 years of earnings. (36 years is used for anyone born after 1928.) By retiring early, a person is giving up several years of work that would normally have been among the highest earning years. Because those years of high earnings won’t be a factor in Social Security’s retirement benefit formula, the person’s overall average earnings will be less, thus the Social Security benefit will be less than it could have been.
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