Change means
more savings .
during tax holiday
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
The state's Seventh Annual sales tax holiday will be from Friday,
Aug. 1 - Sunday, Aug. 3.
There is a change this year that Gov. Mike Easley says will great
ly benefit families.
Last year, Easley signed a law that added school instructional
materials, such as reference books, maps, globes and textbooks, with
individual price tags of up to $300, that is three times the old limit of
$100.
"As many families find themselves squeezed by the national
economy with increasing prices for food, gasoline and other necessi
ties, our tax holiday offers consumers a chance for some real sav
ings," Easley said. "With all the needs the start of a new school year
brings, this is a way for families to stretch their hard-earned money
a bit farther and an opportunity to generate significant business for
our retailers."
During the tax holiday weekend, consunters will not pay sales tax
on items such as clothes and footwear costing less than $100 per
item^. school supplies such as pens, pencils, paper, notebooks, text
books, book bags, lunch bags and calculators costing less than $100
per i(pm; sports and recreation equipment costing $50 or less per
item: computers costing less than $3,500 and computer supplies cost
ing less that $250 per item.
all-inclusive list of items tfiat -qualify as "school supplies"
during the sales tax holiday is avauarae at the N.C. Department of
Revenue's Web site: www.dor.state.nc.us. The back to school sales
tax holiday was enacted by the General Assembly and signed into
law by Easley in 2001 .
In November, consumers will receive another reprieve from the
sales ttutf'With the first tax holiday on entt^y -efficient items. During
the fifift weekend oft Novwaber, jjsouik "Qgwrgy Star",
appliances such as vAihing^iiiachimwi r&afcere<ynd refrige^
conditioners and other iletnft will be exempt from sales tax.
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consumption is projected to
increase from 1.5 million tons
in 2003 to 2 .5 million tons- by
2010," write the Wake Foiest
researchari *in an article pub
lished, this month in the Journal
of ihe American Dietetic
Association: '
They say their research
^evfc^ed ^ that ;,fapn-rajxed
tilapia, as well as farmed cat
fish, "have several fatty acid
characteristics that would gen
erally be considered by the sci
entific community as detrimen
tal." Tilapia has higher levels
of potentially detrimental long
chain omega-6 fatty acids than
80-percent-lean hamburger,
doughnuts and even pork
bacon, the article says.
"For individuals who are
eating fish as a method to con
trol inflammatory diseases
such as heart disease, it is clear
from these numbers that tilapia
is not a good choice," the arti
cle says. "All other nutritional
content aside, the inflammato
ry potential of hamburger and
pork bacon is lower than the
average serving of farmed
tilapia." ?
"?-The urtiate ?otM-?4hat <he
-*he#4th benefits of -omega- 3
?Atiw.T? jd^t-itnwwo acwtifioal
iy is ^ong-chain n-3 polydm
saturated fatty acids" (PUFAs),
have been well documented.
The American Heart
Afsociation now recommends
that everyone eat at least two
servings of fish per week, and
that heart patients consume at
least 1 gram a day of the two
mest critical omega-3 fatty
adfds. known as EPA (eicos
apentaenoic acid) and DHA
(docosahexaenoic acid).
But, the article says, the
recommendation by the med
ical community for people to
eat more fish has resulted in
consumption of increasing
quantities of fish such as tilapia
that may do more harm than
good, because they contain
high levels of omega-6 fatty
acids, also called n-6 PUFAs,
such as arachidonic acid. The
researchers found that farmed
tilapia contained only modest
amounts of omega-3 fatty acids
- less than half a gram per 100
grams of fish, similar to floun
der and swordfish. Farmed
salmon and trout, by contrast,
had nearly 3 and 4 grams,
respectively.
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Allen, Diane Keaton,
Michael Murphy; and Mariel
Hemingway. The next day, on
Aug. 17, at 3 p.m., there will
be a George Gershwin con
cert performed by the
Carolina
Chamber
Symphony
P I a yli r ? t.
Gershwin scored
"Manhattan."
? On
Saturday, Aug.
23, Ivan
Reilman's
"Ghostbusters"
(1984), will be
screened. It stars
Bill Murray, Dan
Aykroyd, Harold
R a m i 8 ,
Sigourney
Weaver and Ernie
Hudson. Also on
this evening, at 7
p.m., the museum
will host a
Reynolds After Hours gather
ing, with free Ghostbusters
inspired desserts and a cash
bar, for young professionals.
? Norman Jewison"*
"Moonstruck" (1987) will be
screened Saturday! Aug. 30.
T|j$ film stars Cher, whose
performance earned her an
Oscar. Nicholas Cage and
Olympia Dukakis, who also
took home an Oscar for the
film.
? Martin Scorsese's
"Gangs of New York" will be
shown on
Saturday, Sept.
6. Starring
Leonardo
D i C a p r i o ,
Daniel Day
Lewis and
Cameron Diaz,
the film is set in
the early 1860s.
Gates open
at 8 p.m.
Admission is $5
for the general
public and $3
Audrey Hepburn in the
classic, "Breakfast at
Tiffany's."
for members
and students.
Beer and wine
will be avail
able for pur
\ chase, and film
goers are encouraged to come
early and picnic on the lawn.
For more information, visit
re\noldahouse .org or call
336-758-5150.
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Freshmen
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four-year grant from
United Way, the project began
working in Parkland and Philo
Middle, its main feeder
school, to boost student suc
cess. With help from the
organizations, the two schools
were able to beef up tutoring
programs and other student
support programs.
"We got a whole lot more
students coming to tutoring
this year," commented
Parkland Principal Tim Lee.
"That tells me that something
we're doing is getting the stu
dents excited."
The YMCA took the pro
ject's mission one step further
this summer, with an initiative
known as Prep for Success at
Parkland.
The two week program for
incoming freshmen was
designed to ease the transition
from middle to high school
and bolster the students'
achievement with" a little aca
demic warm up. A similar
program, know as Success
Academy, ran concurrently at
Philo.
"The gist of the program is
Brittney Collins
to get them acclimated to high
school prior to the other stu
dents coming in," explained
Heather Adams, senior pro
gram director of Graduating
Our Future. "The more infor
mation you can give a student
early on, the better success
they're jgoing to have."
iTie free academy, held
July 21- Aug. 1, included
breakfast and lunch for stu
dents and transportation if
necessary. Participants trav
eled from class to class, just
as they will when school
starts in a few weeks. About
140 students signed up to take
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part in the voluntary program,
with an average of 80-90
showing up each day.
The abbreviated courses
provided soSrre experiences
that won't be offered during
the regular school year,
Adams said.
"What the curriculum is
designed to do is to get them
excited about learning duriqe
the school year," she relatelr
Brittney Collins, a rising
freshman hailing from
Clemmons Middle, said she
found the academy to be fun
and enlightening.
"The first day it was really
good. Everybody was laugh
ing and 1 learned some stuff,"
said Collins, who hopes to
become a physician someday.
Spending time in the
school made her feel less
apprehensive about starting in
the fall. Collins added.
Savon Rorie, an aspiring
sports anchor, said the pro
gram helped him fine tune his
academic prowess before the
official start of the school
year.
"I just wanted to ke^p rrw
skills up." Rorife commen^4.
"Usually, if I don'f do nothfnjg
during the summer, I forget
what 1 learne^Hke previous
year)." ? J \
Though M wjll take Jjears
before staAics can defini
tively sbov&i|?ucceafc cj the
program, tie says Tie (jain
already see signs of progrels
in the students.
"It has been, in some
ways, amazing," declared the
principal. "To get 80-90 stu
dents here everyday for
almost two weeks now, to be
... excited about being here,
it's a wonderfully good sign
of what we're going to see in
the fall."
Week of 07/30/08 thru 08/05/08
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