Monday, January 31, 2011

MEL STOLLARD

Melva L. Stollard, age 83, of Buckeye Lake passed away on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at the Selma Markowitz Care Center.
Melva was very active in the Buckeye Lake VFW Post # 1388, a lifetime member of the VFW ladies auxiliary; she served five times as past president of the VFW ladies auxiliary and past district president of the ladies auxiliary. She served on numerous committees in the VFW, a volunteer at the Veterans Cancer Clinic in Columbus. Melva enjoyed visiting the local schools to teach the children flag etiquette a member
Friends may call on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 from 2-4 and 6-8pm at the Boring-Sheridan Schoedinger Funeral Home, 108 North 7th Street, Hebron. There will be a VFW Ladies Auxiliary service at 7:30pm.
Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 11am at the First Community Church, 4341 Walnut Road, Buckeye Lake, with Pastor David Moody. Burial will follow at Newark Memorial Garden.
The family would like to extend a special thanks to Hospice of Central Ohio. Memorial donations can be made in Melva's name to Hospice of Central Ohio, Cherry Valley Road, Newark, Ohio 43055.
Cards can be sent to here husband Pete at the address listed below:
Pete Stollard
P.O. Box 1851
Buckeye Lake, Ohio 43008

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Veterans Compensation and Pension Benefits in 2011

WASHINGTON – The Social Security Administration has announced that no cost-of-living adjustments will be made to Social Security benefits in 2011 because the consumer price index has not risen since 2008 when the last Social Security increase occurred.

Like recipients of Social Security and other federal benefits, Veterans, their families and survivors will also not see a cost-of-living adjustment in 2011 to their compensation and pension benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Under federal law, the cost-of-living adjustments to VA’s compensation and pension rates are the same percentage as for Social Security benefits.

VA provides compensation and pension benefits to about four million Veterans and beneficiaries. For more information about VA benefits, go to www.va.gov or call 1-800-827-1000.

Have You Heard

On March 1, 2013, VA will stop issuing paper checks to comply with Department of Treasury policy. Veterans and other beneficiaries who do not have electronic payments for their federal benefits by that time will receive their funds via a pre-paid debit card. Called the Direct Express card, it is issued by Commercial Bank as the financial agent of the U.S. Treasury. As a prelude to going to totally paperless payments, those receiving VA compensation or pension benefits for the first time after May 1, 2011 will automatically receive the benefits electronically. Anyone already receiving federal benefit payments electronically will be unaffected by the changes. To learn more about the federal government’s switch to direct deposit – or to change VA benefits to direct deposit -- visit www.GoDirect.org. Information about the federal government’s “Go Direct” campaign is also available at 1-800-333-1795. Along with payments for VA benefit, the change will also affect recipients of payments from Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, Railroad Retirement Board, and Office of Personnel Management.