As the year draws to a close, we extend our warmest Season’s Greetings to each of you and your families. This time of year offers an opportunity to reflect with gratitude—on shared […]
Season’s Greetings from Your Board of Directors
How Help Carries Us Through
By Greg Snyder (Origninaly published in the 2025, issue 4, Retiree Guardain) A reflection on the little gestures, the big moments, and one remarkable day when help made history. It starts with […]
Death of the Dial Tone: Nebraska’s dwindling pay phones draw lots of curiosity, few calls.
By Kevin Warneke | The Flatwater Free | PressOctober 3, 2025 “I hadn’t used a pay phone in decades,” he said. “People were looking and wondering what I was doing. I thought […]
NRLN News for CenturyLink Retirees
By Cindy Hadsell One of the features of National Retiree Legislative Network (NRLN) is its vigilance on monitoring proposals that may either harm or benefit seniors in the future. NRLN often uses […]
2025, Issue 4, Retiree Guardian
The latest issue of the Retiree Guardian has been posted to the front page of our website. You can also find it directly here – Click to access RG-CTl-2025-Issue-4-website.pdf
Longevity
The following is a repeat of the first page of the last Guardian newsletter. It is for all legacy members and subscribers. We feel the need for member/subscriber input or response is […]
2026 HRA (Health Reimbursement Arrangement)
The majority of our members receive an HRA benefit from Lumen. This plan started in 2012 and was initially guaranteed until April 2017. In 2013 the craft plan was included in the […]
2025, Issue 2, Retiree Guardian
The latest issue of the Retiree Guardian has been posted to the front page of our website. You can also find it directly by clicking on the image, below.
Life Documents
Originally published in the 2025, Issue 1, Retiree Guardian By Greg Snyder A few times every year I get a help request from someone who’s had a relative that worked for the […]
Reimbursements for Health Care Costs (Revised Feb. 8, 2025)
By Barbara Wilcox The procedures for reimbursements from Lumen for your health care costs depend on when you retired. Pre-1991 and ERO-1992 Retirees Lumen reimburses Pre-1991 and ERO-1992 Retirees for the Medicare […]
