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The seriousness of the
agricultural financial situation
these days was dearly evident
the evening of December 6
when over 200 Robeson Coun
ty farmers and their wives
-snowed up at the O.P. Owens
Agriculture Building to parti
cipate in a farm management
program that included sec
tions on decision making and
cash flow. This program was s
joint effort of the Extension
Service *nd Farmers Home
Administration.
Other programs that are
Slanned include s session
an. 11 on taxes and farm
records. The final session will
be held January 18 with the
topics slated to be enterprise
budgets and developing fi
nancial balance sheets. Each
of these additional meetings
will be held at the O.P. Owens
Agriculture Building at 7 p.m.
on the respective dates. .
As 1982 draws slowly to a
dose, property taxes become
due and payable and it near*
the time for income tax
reporting. Naturally, for those
individuals who nave made,
some profits this year, now is
the time to make some
end-of-year decisions which
may reduce tax liability sub
stantially. These decisions
can best be made when
suitable records are maintain
ed and an adequate knowled
ge of current tax laws exists.
While the meeting that is
slated for Jan. 11 will have
sessions on both taxes and
records, decisions regarding
tax deferral or reduction of tax
liability roust be made prior to
the end of this year. One way
to enhance that decision
making process is by obtain
ing a copy of the Farmer's Tax
Gsnde tnat has only recently
arrived at the Extension Off
ice. Following review of the
tax guide, winch was revised
in October 1962 end should be
used for preparing 1962 re
turns, I found it substantially
different from previous veers.
As all wage earners are well
aware, an income tax reduc
tion during the pest year
helped to increase take-home
pay slightly. Additionally, last
year a number of significant
changes were made in de
predation rules which affect
ed the preparation of farm
income reports for the 1981
year. With two years of
changes it almost becomes
imperative for the prudent
farmer to obtain a copy of this
~ latest Farmer's Tax GuMe in '
order to become more know
ledgeable of current tax laws
and the associated rules and
regulations that affect the
farm business.
The tax guide contains
sections on items of interest,
important dates, as well as
orda. Additionally, films re
quire ments ana return tonne
M wefl m amounting periods
and methods are discussed.
Items which actually make up
farm income and expenses as
well as depreciation, depie*
tioa, aad amortization, plus
investment .credit are coo?
tained in the booklet.
Perhaps one of the moat'
important sections is the itefljb
on losses from operating a
farm aad the explanation tha&
is given regarding carrying
over losses or carrying fcadr*
losses to obtain refunds or tor
reduce taxes in succeeding
years. Other items includS
gains and losses as well U
disposition of depreciable prd*
perty, installment sales,
and determining the basis far
gains and losses. A few other,
ltemrflnpecial importance in"
the booklet includes soil and
water conservation expend!*
tures plus employment taxes
and other types of taxes and
credits.
The tax guide contains 76
pages of extremely important
information, and anyone who
' has an interest in farming is
encouraged to call the Exten-.
sion Office at 738-8111 or stop
by the O.P. Owens Agricul
ture Building to secure a copy
of this vital report.
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MARK SUMNER TO SPEAK TO j
?STRIKE ATTHE WIND!* BOARD
Mark Sumner
"Strike at the ?kdl", kaa
scheduled for December 15,
1962, at SbefTs Seafood ia
Pembroke, NC. hsglaidag at
7:00 p.m. with Mr. Mark
Sumner, Director, Institute at
Outdoor Drama, University of
North Carolina at Chapel HBl
as guest speaker.
Mark Sumner has received
his BA and MA Degree from
the University at North Carol
ina at Chapel HiM (Dramatic
Art), North Dakota State
A AM, Fargo, (Engineering),
AshvUle Biltmore (UNC-A)
(English), and American Uni
versity (International Rela
tions). Mark has had many
publications published, has
been a newspaper
correspondent, has had a
great career in Acting, Direr
tiea are lacky ?a haee sack a 1
Director at the htoMe of ]
Oatdoor Df??
oar, "We are very fartanaae
to have Mart aa oar gaest
speaker, the taionaalto he
wMJ relay torn wU ha of great
importance aa wp prepare for ?
our 1963 production at "Strike
at the Wind!".
"Strike at the Wied!" k a
non-profit organization tup
ported by the North Carolina
Theatre of the Aria which ie ,
funded by the N.C. General ,
Assembly. For information
one may call 919-521-3112. 1
Reflections ???
w SO MUCH TO BE
THANKFUL FOB
This was an exercise for Dr.
Layne's class-"Death. Dying
and Terminal Illness." (I
jotted it down as it happened.)
"A Visit to the Cemetery."
I feel good this afternoon as
I park my car at the edge of
Lumbee Memorial Gardens.
There is a sense of security
and belonging-much the way I
feel when I visit Cape Fear
Valley Hospital-where Gordon
received such tender, loving
skillful care after Ma accident
the summer he was 13.
1 pause to pull out the
camera and snap a picture of
the two neighboring Oxendine
monuments in the midst of
the "Garden of Devotion." I
put the camera in the car and
walked leisurely over to
"our" monument. As I look at
the names: Leon D., "Don
ny," Gordon Dale, and Alta
Nye, I wish once more that we
could somehow have included
Wanda Kay as the other
member of our family of five.
I stoop to re-arrange the
plastic flowers, then stand up
to look around the entire
cemetery, for once. Always
before, 1 have zeroed in on the
section which means the most
1 WII aurpnscu IIUW iwgc
and how weU cared-for it is. I
notice for the first time the
hedges dividing the cemetery
into sections. Briefly 1 watch
two men under a tent busily
carving a plot of dirt into a
deep, rectangular grave.
As my eyes sweep around
the sides off this cemetery, I
become aware of the beauty of
the natural setting into which
it has been placed-woods all
around-marred only by such
man-made inventions as a
house, two barns, a hard
surface road, and a trailer
park-to the east.
Hidden by woods to the
north, I can hear the monot
onous drone of a tractor or
chain saw. Frogs hum closer
by.
Suddenly- out of the dis
tance-four sharp rifle shots
pierce this peaceful scene
reminding me that the hunt
ing season has begun.
Then all is still again-except
for Nature's sounds-the
grunting of hogs, and the
clucking of chickens behind a
nearby wall of tinted trees-the
faraway chirping of frogs.
Another gunshot-duller
and all is still again, but
barking dogs at the trailer
park. And of course the
ceaseless frogs.
I walk around the "Gar
dens," glancing at markers,
tombstones, dates and
names. Here and there I
Alt* Nye
Oxendine
hesitate to figure the age af
the person buried in this
particular spot.
Some were only in their
twenties, some even in their
teens, like my two boys.
(Donny turned 20 just one
month before leaving this
world.) Others were only a
few years, or even a few days
old.
"What happened?" 1 won
der, as I pause beside each
grave.
Now-in the west-high,
stately pines are slowly being
silhouetted against streaks of
gray, peach and pink produc
ed by the sinking sun.
Dusk is here. "Dart" will
follow. But I do not feel the
eerie chill I experienced as a
ten-year-old child watting for
my parents in our parked car
at the edge of the Red Lodge,
Montana cemetery-fearfully
watching night shadows fall.
Something wonderful hap
pened to take away that fear.
One night shortly before my
thirteenth birthday, as I strol
led slowly across the camp
ground from the campfire to our
cabin at Luccock Park church
camp, I discovered that God
was present in the dart just
the same as in the daylight.
So I found myself reasoning:
"If God is here with me now;
why do 1 need to cling to my
lifelong fear of the dark?"
So here I stand, looking
across the hedges and tomb
stones toward the two family
monuments and the four
graves of Leon, Donny, Gor
don, and "Mr. Lotmie." This
time 1 am also aware of other
families' loved ones buried all
around me.
By now the western sky is a
deep peach-pink. The rest of
the sky has turned steel gray.
I can barely see the hedges,
the tombstones, the tent over
the newly-carved grave. Only
the lighted windows of the
house across the road ate
visible. For some time I have
'Been standing next to the
statue of Jesus praying in the
Garden of Gethsemane. But it
is His prsssncs, not a man
made statue, which gives me
hope and comfort.
"I know that my Redeemer
lives "--even though once I
wondered. I am surrounded
by thit peace and satisfaction
which 1 desire for every
member of my family-living
and dead. And for all the
families of the world 1
"Thank you, God, for yew
benediction. Thank you for ' '
your^LOVE."
Like the members of the
Mayflower who lost loved
ones before that first
Thanksgiving, 1 do have so
?nth to be thankfol for!
Reading Association meets
The Pines of Carolina Coon- I
dl of the International Read
ing Association net Saturday, I
Nov. 13, 1982 at the Red
Carpet Inn in Lumberton, NC.
There waa a bnainess meeting
followed by a Make and Mm
Warfcaep fee Fwlq. Dr.
Kathy SaMran gave some
helpfal tips on teaching child
ren to rand and (ban Mm
parents, as web as an ?kau,
had the oppotnlty to partici
pate In making activities that
conld be esad to help children
en i- a ^ .. ? .
Harm pnpMi m t MfM
sample naUfUh for
prehension skills; sad Mrs.
NeHa A. Craia prepared the
sample materials for study
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