Strengthen your ‘three-legged stool’ for retirement

For many years, Americans provided for their retirement needs through three sources: employer-sponsored pension plans, Social Security income, and savings and investments accumulated through employer plans or individual accounts – the socalled “three-legged stool.

LIBRARY CORNER

This week in the library: All week • Take and Makes (Ask for take-home craft.) Monday • Ignite check out books 9 a.m. • AA’s check out books 11 a.m. Tuesday • Story Time 11 a.m. • Paws to Read 3 p.m. (Pups are booked up. Check for later dates.) Thursday • MP Health Care Program 2 p.m.

Barnstormer takes wrong turn into history book

A Texas-born barnstormer coaxed his second-hand airplane into the thick clouds over a New York airfield on Jul. 17, 1938 and to the surprise of puzzled onlookers turned a routine flight into an unscheduled trans-Atlantic crossing.

Fishing with the right person

“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” —Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. Fishing. I just never got hooked on it. My uncle, Freddie Scott, loved it.

Things are about to get CRAZY

I recently sat down and started filling out my calendar/planner for the fall. I only filled in the dates through the end of December, and have only added scheduled activities through the first of November, but I have to tell you something: Things are about to get CRAZY!

Every dog will have its day

It’s been one year since Dax (a little black and white rat terrier that has the knack of giving you a side-eye glance which makes you believe it’s all YOUR fault that she pooped on the floor, not hers), appeared at our house and begged for a spoonful of gruel or a slice of roast beef if you have...

Prepare yourself for a long retirement

We all want to live long lives. We all expect to live long lives. But are we financially prepared for this longevity?

LIBRARY CORNER

More summer fun this week in the library: • Monday—Take and Makes (all week) • Check out books Little Rascals 11 a.m. • Tuesday—Story Time 11 a.m. (VERY special guest is expected to be here!) • Kids’ Pottery ( finish project) 3 p.m. • Wednesday—Chemistry Road Show at the Civic Center 2 p.m.

Popular public enemy hated his nickname

When bandits cleaned out the bank at Grapeland, Texas on Jul. 11, 1932, shaken employees identified the machine-gun toting leader of the gang as none other than “Pretty Boy” Floyd. In their excitement the eyewitnesses may have mistaken a handsome lookalike for the popular public enemy.

Sometimes, it’s about where you grew up

“Move to the country and build you a home. Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches, try and find Jesus on your own.” — John Prine. American singer-songwriter of country-folk music. (1946-2020) “So, what do you know about peaches from Pittsburg, Texas?