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Out & About: January 2020
There are many events, shows and learning opportunities in the north metro Atlanta area available throughout January 2020. Here are some worth checking out.
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Southern Comfort: The ageless glory of the Colonnade
The Colonnade's accepting atmosphere is a main reason why folks keep coming back. The restaurant has some regulars who have been showing up to lunch or dinner two or three times a week for decades. The other reason they come back is the food. The Colonnade offers traditional Southern fare and the same menu all year round.
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Taking Pictures with Your Phone
As we get older and more active, many of us are turning more and more to our mobile phones to take and share pictures and videos as we travel or do things with our grandchildren. To be sure, mobile-phone cameras are not your father’s Brownie camera. They have tons more capabilities, many of which you can master with a little understanding.
Atlanta Senior Life visited the Cobb County Senior Services Assisted Technology Lab in Marietta. Join us for a tour of the facility, hosted by Felicia Alingu, Outcomes Program Specialist, as she demonstrates products and resources designed to make life easier for seniors.
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Ask Rusty: Does Paying Social Security Payroll Tax Increase my Benefit?
Everyone who works and earns—even those who are collecting Social Security benefits—must pay the Social Security FICA payroll tax. But paying that payroll tax doesn’t entitle you to a benefit increase. The FICA tax you pay doesn’t get credited to a personal account for you; rather, it goes into the Social Security general fund to help pay benefits to all current beneficiaries.
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Sherry Frank: An activist and grandmother writes her memoir
Sherry Frank has worked to promote human rights, civil rights and women’s rights. She describes herself as “a pretty passionate feminist.” She’s been involved in Atlanta politics for decades. She helped start a successful synagogue, Congregation Or Hadash in Sandy Springs, and served as its president. She recently published a memoir called “A Passion To Serve: Memoirs of a Jewish Activist,” which was included in the 2019 book festival of the Marcus Jewish Community Center Atlanta.
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Check on Charities before Donating your Dollars
Still, this is a time when charities kick-start their efforts towards the new year’s goals. Along with those charities come the charity scams, those less than lovable parasites seeking to rid you of your meager earnings, consisting of what’s left over from your holiday budget.
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Macon’s Musical Eateries
Their biscuits may bear names like “Butch” (Trucks), “Midnight Rider” and “Ramblin Man,” but H & H Soul Food isn’t the only place you’ll find food echoing Macon’s performing greats.
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Two Million Served: Midtown church’s food ministry
Every weekday morning, a line of people forms outside the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Midtown. They are there for the lunch of soup, bread and dessert that has been provided by the Lutheran Community Food Ministry since 1982. On Oct. 23, 2019, the food ministry celebrated a monumental milestone – its two millionth meal served to the hungry.
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Rosin Up the Bow: Jamming on the old tunes in Sandy Springs
Learning to play her new open-backed banjo led her to “old-time” music, the slice of American folk music associated with songs and string bands of the Appalachians. “The old tunes are pretty,” the 57-year-old Cobb County resident said. “They’re simple melodies. They’re historic. It kind of links you with the past.” It links her with like-minded musicians, too, which is why one recent Saturday afternoon she joined nine other instrumentalists in the back room at Slope’s BBQ in Sandy Springs to play old tunes.
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Ask Rusty: Spousal and Survivor Benefits
Since your husband is already receiving his Social Security retirement benefits, you are eligible to collect spousal benefits at any time after you reach age 62, even though you are collecting Social Security Disability benefits (you don’t have to wait until he’s 70); however, if you start those spousal benefits before you reach your full retirement age (FRA) they will be reduced.
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Common Sense Collaboration: Fred Glassman offers legal mediation class
“I thought there must be a better way.” Turns out there was. The concept of mediation emerged, with a neutral person representing both parties. Glassman saw that some cases were ripe for mediation and he tried to get his clients to travel that route whenever appropriate. Then along came collaborative law. It’s a legal framework in which both parties in a dispute hire attorneys, but the lawyers formally agree not to go to court.
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These Days: You Can Get What You Want…Sometimes
The Rolling Stones’ classic “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” notwithstanding, sometimes you can get exactly what you want. I know. I’ve seen it happen. More than once. But sometimes, to get what you want, you must deal with something you don’t either want or need.
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December Holiday Event Planner
Holiday merriment runs from November, through December and into January. Here are a few special events that celebrate the season.
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Personal Safety: Shop Wisely
By default, the last thing on your mind is security. That said, why load you up with a couple of dozen crime prevention tips when most will never see the light of day? Instead, let’s go with a short checklist.
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Vintage Toys Never Get Old
Old toys are not forgotten, and a lot of them are not gone, either. They can be found online, but you can reach out and touch them at vintage toy retailers in and around Atlanta.
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