Letters

To the editor:
This letter is for people who receive their Social Security, VA or other federal benefit payments by paper check.
Beginning March 1, the Treasury Department is requiring all Social Security, SSI, VA and other federal beneficiaries to receive benefits by electronic payment.
Senior citizens and other federal beneficiaries may choose to receive payments by direct deposit (an electronic payment to a bank account) or by a Treasury-developed Direct Express debit card.

To the editor:
Returning home from viewing “Les Miserablés,” I began to read my copy of this week’s Beacon and discovered Fran Salone-Pelletier had devoted her weekly column to this film.
Once again, she displayed an inimitable sense of timing, as I, too, had been weeping over the magnitude of Victor Hugo’s rich story of sin, forgiveness, righteousness and redemption.

To the editor:
Since I am a Vietnam veteran and work for the Portland VA Medical Center in Oregon, a friend of mine sent me the Dec. 27 article, “Vietnam veteran discovers he isn’t eligible for veteran’s benefits,” and asked me to explain why this veteran did not get his benefits.
From the information in the article, I will try to explain what is happening.

Cedar Grove has a lot of heart.
Local residents showed just how much heart they have last weekend at the opening of the area’s new community center.
As it is in many rural areas, meeting places are often the cornerstone of community. For many years, people in the Cedar Grove area got together regularly at an old canning house that dated back to the 1950s. From the 1970s through the ’90s, that building became a hub of the Cedar Grove community.