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Janettes gazette 25 feb 2007

Updates to the information files 1) You can use www.snopes.com to check the validity and origin of many circulating email stories. 2) Jim Brenner and Friends Wednesday at the Gazebo downtown Venice. 2 - 4 Jazz and Big Band medley. Liz Smith vocals, free bring a chair. 3) Thursday, Jazz at the Gazebo 2 - 4 Musicians always welcome bring a chair 423-9270 4) Junk Mail? Catalogs coming to your house you don't want? Send an email to optout@abacus-direct.com, or write to Abacus, POBox 1478, Broomfield, CO 80038. Then contact Direct Marketing Association, to remove yourself: www.the-dma.org or by writing DMA, PO Box 282, Carmel, NY 10512. They request a $1.00 fee to have your name removed from its junk-mail database. Then notify credit bureaus that you want to opt-out of their system that generates mailing lists for companies that send nuisance credit card offers to your home. Do so by calling toll free 1-888-567-8688 (1-888-5-OPTOUT) a toll-free service that's provided

Lake Village News Update

*** Tiki Band playing poolside Friday, February 9th, 3 to 5, if weather is nice. If not, they will be playing inside the clubhouse. Come and enjoy! 1) Tax time - Depending on your income level, your Social Security benefits may be taxable. To figure this out, add up all your taxable income, plus any tax-exempt interest you earned, plus half of your Social Security. If these combined amounts are under the required limits ($25,000 if you file as a single, and $32,000 if you file a joint return), then you owe no tax on your Social Security. But, if the total is greater, you will. For more information, call the IRS (800-829-3676) and request its free publication 554, Older American's Tax Guide. Need to file? Filing as a single - if your 2006 gross income was less than $8,450 ($9,700 if age 65 or older), they don't have to file. Filing married - you don't have to file if their gross income was less than $16,900. Add $1,000 for each spouse age 65 or o