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The TBLA (Toledo Bend Lake Association) held a meeting on Tuesday night at the SCOA Building in Toledo Town to discuss and begin preparations for their once a year Banquet Gala and Auction, which is set for April 21, 2023, and held at Cypress Bend Park again. Pictured above are Ted Dove (in the yellow shirt and leads up TBLA) and all the various chair persons tasked with each and every aspect of putting on such a huge event. Every detail of last years event was discussed and suggestions were made on how to improve for the upcoming Banquet. Ted stated that putting on the very best Banquet and Auction possible is truly a Labor of Love for each and every one of them.

Roughly 70 million Americans who are on any of the various Social Security benefits programs will be getting an 8.7% raise starting with their January checks. The stats were reported on the 13th that the consumer pricing index for September was 8.2%, and after the Social Security contemplated all the data, they announced that there would be a COLA (cost of living adjustment) raise of 8.7%, the highest COLA increase in 40 years!