Friday, August 26, 2011

KOPY KATS MUSICAL REVIEW



The 2011 KOPY KATS MUSICAL REVIEW is slated for performances November 4th, 5th and 6th. A blockbuster of song and dance from Broadway stage and screen, the show was a big hit last year, and everyone had a terrific time! Insiders tell us this show is going to be terrific, with nationally accredited choreographer and director Jerome DeVito’s professional hand at the helm again.

As a much sought-after judge for National Dance Competitions all over the country, and a consistent producer of award winning shows at South Beach Dance Academy, Mr DeVito has taken Kopy Katters’ performances to exciting new levels that will delight local audiences.

Featured dancers are; Ms Kelly Lynch, ex Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and USO Tour dancer, and Ms Jeannie Nichols, professional stage dancer, singer, and comedienne.

Seats for this show go quickly, so don’t wait to buy them!

Tickets are $15.

Kopy Kats Musical Revue

Ormond Beach Performing Arts Center

399 N US1

Fri. Nov 4th at 7:30

Sat Nov 5th at 2:30 and 7:30

Sun Nov 6 at 2:30

Box Office 386-676-3375

Saturday, August 20, 2011

2012 COLA


August 19, 2011

by Mike Causey

Although federal workers face at least one more year without a pay raise, government retirees are cautiously looking forward to a cost of living adjustment of around 3.3 percent in their January checks. That COLA, if it holds up, would be the first inflation-catchup federal, military and Social Security retirees have had since they got a 5.8 percent increase in 2009.( SORRY BUT I NEVER RECEIVED A 5.8 COLA)

The actual amount of the 2012 COLA won't be known until mid-September. The raise could be higher if inflation creeps up this month and in September. It would be less if living costs drop between now and the end of September.

By law, retirees are supposed to get COLAs to match the rise in inflation as measured by the Bureau of Labor Statics Consumer Price Index. But for the past few years, inflation has been flat and there were actually months when living costs dropped. Result: No retiree COLA in 2010 or 2011. That(No retiree COLA) despite the fact that health insurance premiums for retirees (and workers) have been going up. And up.

In recent months, there has been back-and-forth inflation. The January COLAs for retirees are based on the rise (if any) of the CPI from the third quarter of the previous year to its level for the current year. The third quarter measuring period is July, August and September. So that means there are still two months (August and September) left in the countdown.

Courtesy of Lorraine Rumore, Research Chair.

Friday, August 19, 2011

Rep. Sandy Adams


Charlie Shannon is urging NARFE Chapter 2247 members to attend Rep. Sandy Adams town hall meeting in Port Orange City Hall (1000City Center Circle, Port Orange, FL 32129) on August 17, 2011 at 6:00 p.m.

No one knows where the new Congressional Districts will be and it is very possible that some or all of us might be in Sandy Adams’ new District. At least a few of you are there already.

I will not be able to attend, but I completely agree and support Charlie’s plan. I did however hear Sandy speak at the Redistricting Meeting with the Young Bloods a few weeks ago.

Try to make this meeting and report back to the Chapter in September.

Saturday, August 13, 2011


Lorraine Rumore has contributed the following:    ----------------------------------------  Politics News Alert: U.S. Postal Service seeks to withdraw employees from  existing federal health and retirement plans  August 11, 2011 4:47:25 PM  ----------------------------------------    The financially troubled U.S. Postal Service is seeking to reduce its workforce  by 20 percent (120,000 employees), through layoffs now prohibited by union contracts, and  to withdraw its employees from existing health and retirement plans, instead  creating its own benefit programs specifically for postal employees. If approved  by Congress, the changes could have major ramifications for federal workers  across the government. 
Read more in the Washington Post:    http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/E5QODK/V10G1P/PPKSN/E8NU4O/FVZ4E/1G/h 

Saturday, August 6, 2011

NATIONAL DEBT/ACTION


Debt Deal Spares Fed Pay, Benefits – for Now: Thanks in part to the efforts of NARFE members, the debt limit compromise (Public Law 112-25) passed by Congress and signed into law by the President does not make any reductions in the retirement, pay or health benefits of federal employees and annuitants.

NARFE members made some 25,000 phone calls and sent over 215,000 e-mail messages to their legislators. These contacts, along with the face-to-face meetings they conducted with lawmakers and letters to the editor they submitted to their local newspapers, were key to this victory.”

I would like to thank all the efforts of the NARFE members of the Ormond Beach Chapter for their letters and their e-mail messages plus the many phone calls. THANK!

But the overall threat has NOT disappeared: Federal civilian retirement and health benefits continue to be vulnerable because the new law creates a bipartisan “Super Committee” of Congress with a mandate to cut spending by an additional $1.5 trillion before the end of this year. The new law requires Congressional Leadership to appoint lawmakers to the Super Committee by August 16, 2011.

NARFE members will continue to be asked to urge their lawmakers to defend the integrity of federal retirement and health benefits, especially those who are constituents of Super Committee members.