Tag: retirement
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Widefield superintendent wraps up over 30-year career in district
At the conclusion of the 2025-26 school year, Widefield District 3’s superintendent will call it a career. Aaron Hoffman has spent three decades as a teacher, coach, principal and top administrator in D-3, where he also was a student, graduating from Widefield High School in 1988. After helping the district pass a transformative bond last…
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Savvy Senior: Where to get help with Medicare decisions
By Jim MillerSpecial to The Gazette Dear Savvy Senior, I’ll be 65 in a few months and could sure use some help sorting through all the confusing Medicare options that are available to me. Where can I get help with my Medicare decisions? — Baffled Bob Dear Bob, With around 11,400 Baby Boomers turning 65…
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Savvy Senior: Tools to help you find the perfect place to retire
Dear Savvy Senior, What resources can you recommend for researching good places to retire in the U.S.? My husband and I are interested in relocating to a warmer climate when we retire next year. — Looking to Relocate Dear Looking, It’s exciting to think about relocating in retirement! Whether you’re considering seasonal escapes or a…
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Back to school: CU Denver offers retirees guidance for next chapter
Going to college is often associated with the phase in life when a person begins or pivots their professional career, but what about the phase when it’s winding down? With this question in mind, the University of Colorado Denver developed a program to help retirees look toward their futures. Based on successful programs at universities like…
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El Paso County walks back plan to charge retirees for previously free health benefits
Charles Mobley spent 33 years working in transportation at El Paso County, as he describes it, responding “to every snowstorm, every blizzard, every flood.” He stuck with it in anticipation of generous retirement benefits, which would fully cover his health insurance premium until he reached Medicare eligibility at 65. “We used to refer to it…
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High-profile Colorado Springs police sergeant transitioning into retirement
A childhood dream that refused to dim in adulthood seemed like it might not be realized for Colorado Springs police Sgt. Olav Chaney. After jumping out of aircraft while serving four years in the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, it took him multiple tries to pass the battery of assessments required to become a police officer.…
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El Paso County Public Health executive director to step down after 25 years
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After 25 years with El Paso County Public Health, Executive Director Susan Wheelan is calling it a career. Wheelan, who served the county’s health department in multiple roles before assuming leadership in 2019, will retire effective March 3, according to a Wednesday news release. “Director…
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El Paso County Public Health executive director to step down after 25 years
After 25 years with El Paso County Public Health, Executive Director Susan Wheelan is calling it a career. Wheelan, who served the county’s health department in multiple roles before assuming leadership in 2019, will retire effective March 3, according to a Wednesday news release. “Director Wheelan’s retirement leaves me with mixed emotions,” said Ted Collas,…
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Appeals court rules for first time that Social Security benefits can be included in alimony
Colorado’s second-highest court clarified last week that federal law does not prohibit a person’s Social Security benefits from being diverted to pay for their ex-spouse’s alimony. Although other states’ courts had addressed the issue, the Court of Appeals never previously evaluated the meaning of two provisions of federal law as applied to divorced couples. First,…
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Colorado Springs human services advocate vacates her role; familiar face prepares to take over
The numbers tell the need. In the five years that Trudy Strewler Hodges has been the CEO of Serenity Recovery Connection, clients have ballooned from 600 served when she started the job to 5,000 participants today. Support groups have grown from a handful to 20 per week, anything from Wellbriety to Recovery Dharma to Craft…