Today's News

By Bob Kibler

    Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) is a tax free monetary benefit paid to eligible survivors of military Service members who died in the line of duty or eligible survivors of Veterans whose death resulted from a service-related injury or disease.

Eligibility (Surviving Spouse)
    To qualify for DIC, a surviving spouse must meet the requirements below.
    The surviving spouse was:

    Giddy. That’s the word I’m hearing that best describes the way right-wingers have been acting since last week’s media storm about the three “scandals” supposedly plaguing the Obama administration.
    The president’s enemies, so utterly unable to bring Barack Obama down at the polls, now appear to think that they finally have something they can use against him.

    Though 1,200 miles away, the devastation Moore, Okla., suffered Monday gripped our hearts right here in Bedford as we watched in anguish as the tragedy unfolded before us in television reports, photographs and homemade videos.
    And what was left in the wake of the two-mile wide tornado proved horrifying:

    Over the past several days, the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office has received calls from several citizens reporting that they have received messages on their answering machines from a health alert company.
    According to the Sheriff's Office, the recording sounds like a real person claiming that either “someone has purchased a health alert system for you” or “you qualify for a free health alert.” The recorded message then advises to press #1 to talk to a sales person or press #5 to decline.