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The Board of Trustees and I thank the Oxford Community Foundation for two grants that help us fulfill our mission to promote self-sufficiency for families in the Talawanda School District. The first grant paid for postage to send post cards announcing the free tax preparation service through The Family Resource Center starting .
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Charles Redd, Jr. Charles Redd, Jr. - Jan. 28, 1923-Dec. 27, 2006 - father, farmer, war veteran, husband, grandfather, passed away peacefully on Dec. 27 in Clayton County, Ga. surrounded by his loving children and grandchildren of complications from pneumonia. Mr. Redd was the son of Leila "Leah" O'Donald and Charles Redd, Sr. (both deceased) of Brockton, Ga. Survived by his loving wife, Marie Savard Redd of Cape Coral, Fl.; sister, Joan Redd Bradberry of Hoschton, Ga.; son, Michael Thurmond Redd (Stephanie) of North Palm Beach, Fl.; daughter, Gail Redd Orio of Cape Coral, Fl., Grandson Jason Charles Redd of Atlanta Ga.; granddaughter, Ansley Marie Redd Ruggeri (John) of Fayetteville, Ga., Allison Russell (Jason) of Roswell, Ga. and Savannah Faith Marie Redd of North Palm Beach, Fl.; and three great-grandsons: John Joseph Ruggeri, IV, Nicholas Jade Ruggeri and Garrett Allen Russell as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Retirement: Prepare for the Worst
Everywhere you turn, you seem to see financial professionals' warnings that people aren't saving enough. With each month's new data on personal income and spending, newspaper headlines trumpet Americans' negative savings rate, warning that we're overborrowing to prolong an unsustainable standard of living. When you read about the costs of medical care and other major living expenses for retirees, you may feel like there's absolutely no way you could ever save enough to be 100% sure you'll make it through your golden years without going broke. However, at least one group of economists is suggesting that people are worrying too much about retirement. According to a study conducted by a professor at the University of Wisconsin, the vast majority of Americans between the ages of 51 and 61 should feel confident that they have enough to meet the costs of retirement.
LAX Businesses Not Happy, Elephant Hill Under Review
Last week, it appeared that Los Angeles City Council, hotel unions, and L.A.s business community had hammered out a compromise regarding the recently-enacted living wage ordinance governing the hotels on Century Boulevard near LAX, colloquially known as the Century Corridor. Business leaders had gathered enough signatures to put a measure on the ballot in May to rescind the law, as had happened in Santa Monica with a similar living wage law a few years back. After long negotiations, an agreement was announced that the matter would be kept off the ballot in exchange for swapping out the original law with an amended version sweetened by concessions to that business community. Smiling faces all around. As a scheduled council vote nears on Friday, however, the deal is threatening to blow up. Labor representatives pronounced themselves pleased with the results.
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