Tag: Retired

Retired Army veteran loses Ruidoso home in South Fork Fire

Jun. 20—Don Spencer was at home in Ruidoso Monday afternoon talking with his daughter Tammy Claunch on FaceTime when he she saw smoke outside his window. “I said, ‘Wow, that looks really close,’” Claunch told the Journal during a phone interview. “He said, ‘Yeah, (but) it looks like it is going the other way.’” Claunch […]

Retired chaplain opens firearm and gun repair store in Seaside

SEASIDE — Bryan McKelvey looked at opening a firearms and gun repair store as a way to stay busy in retirement. The former senior chaplain at the Washington County Sheriff’s Office had a store in Jewell before expanding with Nehalem Valley Firearms on S. Roosevelt Drive in Seaside in June. Guns James Green, Shoana McKelvey […]

Retired Savannah Deputy Superintendent Ball-Oliver says she ‘worked for the children first’

“I work for the children first,” said Bernadette Ball-Oliver, recently retired Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (SCCPSS) Deputy Superintendent of Teaching and Learning. She recounted how, throughout her 35-year career, she told many of her colleagues and supervisors, including former Superintendent Thomas Lockamy, “you can get in line with everybody else,” because the children were […]

Retired Pittsburgh police commander accused of secretly recording officers admitted into ARD program

Former Pittsburgh Police Commander Matthew Lackner, who was accused of illegally recording conversations of fellow officers, has been admitted into the Accelerated rehabilitative disposition program, also known as ARD. >> Pittsburgh police commander accused of using 2nd body cam to track officer locations It’s a program for first-time offenders that allows criminal charges to be […]

I’m Retired and I Regret Investing In My 401(k) — Here’s Why

Inside Creative House / iStock.com When it comes to funding their golden years, most Americans rely heavily on their 401(k) retirement accounts to make it happen. But for 67-year-old retiree Therese R., that widely-accepted wisdom doesn’t exactly check out. In fact, she has some regrets about sinking so much into her 401(k). Here’s why one […]

Fear of clowns helps retired judge win the New Yorker’s caption contest

The weekly cartoon caption contest in the New Yorker magazine is what retired Judge Glen Reiser calls “a thing.” It attracts more than 5,000 entries every week. Roger Ebert, the late film critic, submitted captions 200 times and won once. Chicago lawyer Lawrence Wood entered more than 900 times. He won on eight occasions and […]

I Retired in My 50s: Here’s My Monthly Budget

cdwheatley / Getty Images/iStockphoto Retiring in your 50s doesn’t require a superpower, a trust fund, or the lottery, but it does require discipline. Since your investments will have less money to compound, you’ll need to contribute more of your own cash each month. Learn more: Retirement Savings: 4 Expenses Retirees Regret Keeping in Their Budgets, According […]

Retired Border Patrol chief to speak in Monroe

MONROE — The program “Secure the Border Now” will be offered from 5:30-9 p.m. June 19 at the McIntyre, 13910 Lake Drive in Monroe. To register, visit State Rep. Jamie Thompson’s Facebook page. Speaking will be recently retired Border Patrol Chief Chris Clem, who served for nearly 30 years in El Paso, Texas and Yuma, Arizona. “He has seen […]