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SPECIAL TO THE
CHRONICLE
Hurricane season
is here and the Internal fcar
Revenue Service A
advises individuals
and businesses to safe
guard their records
against natural disas
ters by taking a few simple
steps.
Create an electronic
additional set of records
Taxpayers should keep
a duplicate set of records
including bank statements,
tax returns, identifications
and insurance policies in a
safe place such as a water
proof container, and away
from the original set.
Keeping an additional
set of records is easier now
that many financial institu
tions provide statements
and documents electroni- '
cally, and much financial
information is available on
the Internet. Even if the
original records are only
provided on paper, these
can be scanned into an
electronic format. This
way, taxpayers can save
them to the cloud, down
load them to a storage
device such as an external
hard drive or USB flash
drive, or burn them to a CD
or DVD.
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Document valuables
Another step a taxpayer
can take to prepare for a
disaster is to photograph or
videotape the contents of
his or her home, especially
items of higher value. The
IRS has a disaster loss
workbook, Publication
584, which can help tax
payers compile a room-by
room list of belongings.
A photographic record
can help an individual
prove the fair market value
of items for insurance and
casualty loss claims.
Ideally, photos should be
stored with a friend or fam
ily member who lives out
side the area.
Update emergency plans
Emergency plans
should be reviewed annual
ly. Personal and business
situations change over time
as do preparedness needs.
When employers hire new
employees or when a com
pany or organization
changes functions, plans
should be updated accord
ingly and employees
should be informed
of the changes.
Make your plans I
ahead of time and I
practice them.
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Check on
fiduciary bonds
Employers who
use payroll service
providers should ask the
provider if it has a fiduci
ary bond in place. The
bond could protect the
employer in the event of
default by the payroll serv
ice provider.
IRS ready to help
If disaster strikes, an
affected taxpayer can call
1-866-562-5227 to speak
with an IRS specialist
trained to handle disaster
related issues.
Back copies of previ
ously filed tax returns and
all attachments, including
Forms W-2, can be request
ed by filing Form 4506,
Request for Copy of Tax
Return.
Alternatively, tran
scripts showing most line
items on these returns can
be ordered by calling 1
800-908-9946 or by using
Form 4506T-EZ, Short
Form Request for
Individual Tax Return
Transcript or Form 4506
T, Request for Transcript of
Tax Return.
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M/WBE SUBCONTRACTORS
WANTED TO BID
Crowder Construction Company is
preparing a bid for the Elledge Wastewater
Treatment Plant Aeration System
Upgrades project. We are soliciting in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina and
surrounding areas for pricing from
subcontractors for the following:
SCOPES of WORK (including, but not
limited to): erosion control, fence,
asphalt patching, seeding, hauling,
concrete, rebar, metal fabrications,
caulking, coatings, piping supply and
electric supply
Bid Date: July 7,2015
Close of Business
Historically Underutilized Businesses
including Minority and Women Business
Enterprises and all others are encouraged
to participate. Crowder Construction
Company is willing to review any
responsible quote and will negotiate terms,
if appropriate.
If you need assistance with obtaining
bonding, loan capital, lines of credit,
insurance or joint pay agreements, please
contact our office for review of your
needs.
Bid Proposals will be received at the
following address:
Crowder Construction Company
1111 Burma Drive
Apex, North Carolina 27539
Telephone: (919) 367-2000;
Fax: (919) 367-2097
Contact: Kathy Shear
We request M/WBE companies include a
copy of their M/WBE documentation
with their quote. Complete plans and
specifications may be viewed at Crowder
Construction Company at the address
listed above. Contact us at the above
phone number for a list of other locations
where plans are available.
The Chronicle June 25,2015
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Having qualified as Administrator of the
Estate of Florence Laverne Gilliam
Livingston (15 E 1218), also known as
Florence Gilliam Livingston, Florence G.
Livingston, Florence Stover, deceased
April 24 , 2015, Forsyth County, North
Carolina, this is to Notify all persons,
firms, and corporation having claims
against the Estate of said deceased to pres
ent them to the undersigned on or before
September 23,2015 or this Notice will be
pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons in
debted to the said decedent or estate shall
please make immediate payment to the un
dersigned.
This the 25th day of June, 2015.
Candice J'Sara Livingston,
Co- Administrator for
Florence Laverne Gilliam Livingston,
deceased
942 Manly Street, Apt 50
Winston-Salem, NC 27105
June 25 and July 2,9,16,2015
NOTICE OF SERVICE OF
PROCESS OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CATAWBA
IN THE GENERAL
COURT OF JUSTICE
DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
JUVENILE DEPARTMENT
NO. 15 JA 25
IN RE: SCOTT, P.,
A MINOR CHILD
TO: JOHN DOE, UNKNOWN
UNNAMED FATHER OF THE
ABOVE-NAMED (FEMALE) CHILD
BORN TO PATRICIA ANN SCOTT,
ON OR ABOUT THE 3RD DAY OF
NOVEMBER, 1999, IN FORSYTH
COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
TAKE NOTICE that a juvenile petition
with respect to the above-described minor
child has been filed in the above-entitled
proceeding.
You are required and directed to make
defense of such pleadings by filing an
Answer to the Petition in this proceeding
within forty (40) days after the first publi
cation of this notice, exclusive of such
date. The Answer must be filed with the
Clerk of Superior Court no later than July
29th 201S
If you are indigent, you have a right to ap
pointed counsel. If you request counsel,
do so at or before the time of the hearing.
A hearing has been scheduled at 9:00 a.m.
on the 17th August, 2015, at the Newton
District Court, Courtroom #3, Catawba
County Justice Center, Newton, North
Carolina. You are entitled to attend any
hearings affecting your parental rights.
You are further noticed that this is a new
proceeding and any attorney heretofore
appointed to represent yoii will not repre
sent you in these proceedings.
Upon your failure to File an Answer to the
Petition within the time prescribed, the
Petitioner, the Catawba County
Department of Social Services, will apply
to the Court for the relief sought in the
Petition, UP TO AND INCLUDING
POSSIBLE TERMINATION OF YOUR
PARENTAL RIGHTS with respect to the
above-described minor child
This the 16th day of June, 2015.
J. David Abernethy
Attorney at Law
Catawba County Department of
Social Services
Post Office Box 669
Newton, North Carolina 28658
(828)695-5729
The Chronicle June 18,25 and
Julv 2nd, 2015
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Having qualified as Administrator of the
Estate of Vernice Peeple (15 E 940), also
known as Vernice "Skip" Peeple. deceased
April 21, 2015, Forsyth County, North
Carolina, this is to Notify all persons,
firms, and corporation having claims
against the Estate of said deceased to pres
ent them to the undersigned on or before
September 23,2015 or this Notice will be
pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons in
debted to the said decedent or estate shall
please make immediate payment to the un
dersigned.
This the 25th day of June, 2015.
Alice Scott
Administrator CTA for
Vernice Peeple, deceased
353 Tall Oak Trail
Fort Mill, SC 29715
June 25 and July 2,9,16,2015
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF
DARNELLA JONES ELLIS
Having qualified as Administrator of the
Estate of Darnella Jones Ellis, deceased of
4309 Oak Point Drive, Winston-Salem,
North Carolina in Forsyth County, this is
to notify all persons, firms and corpora
tions having claims against the Estate of
Darnella Jones Ellis to exhibit them to
Melvin Wiley Ellis, 4309 Oak Point Drive,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
on or before the 25th day of September,
2015, at the address listed below, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of your recov
ery. All persons, firms and corporations in
debted to the said estate, please make
immediate payment.
This the 2nd day of June, 2015.
MELVIN WILEY ELLIS
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
ESTATE OF
DARNELLA JONES ELLIS
4309 OAK POINT DRIVE
WINSTON-SALEM,
NORTH CAROLINA 27105
Donald R. Buie
Attorney At Law
823 West 5th Street,
Post Office Box 20031
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
27120-0031
(336) 773-1398
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The Chronicle June 11,18,25, and
July 2,2015
NOTICE TO CREDITORS |
Having qualified as Administrator of the
Estate of Gerald Scott (15 E 1226), de
ceased March 13, 2015, Forsyth County,
North Carolina, this is to Notify all per
sons, firms, and corporation having claims
against the Estate of said deceased to pres
ent them to the undersigned on or before
September 23,2015 or this Notice will be
pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons in
debted to the said decedent or estate shall
please make immediate payment to the un
dersigned.
This the 25th day of June, 2015.
Kimberly N, Scott,
Executor for Gerald Scott, deceased
5600 Amity Springs Drive
Charolette, NC 28212
June 25 and July 2,9,16,2015
bell and partners to use
Summer Program to promote learning
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Building Educated Leaders for Life
(BELL) will partner with school districts,
business and philanthropic groups in four
North Carolina cities this summer
(Winston-Salem being one of the four) to
help an estimated 4,500 elementary and
middle school students boost their reading
and math skills while participating in an
engaging, camp-like experience.
BELL, a leading education nonprofit
has developed and refined a summer learn
ing program for at-risk children. The pro
gram will significantly increase its work in
North Carolina with the expansion of pro
grams in Charlotte and Wilmington and
the launch of a new summer program in
Durham. Existing programs and partner
ships in Winston-Salem will continue
In Winston-Salem and Charlotte,
BELL, in addition to its regular instruc
tional program, will be helping the local
school districts with focused literacy
instruction for third-grade students who
are struggling to pass the mandatory state
end-of-grade reading test.
"In each city, our main goal is to help
at-risk students succeed by gaining new
academic skills, boosting their self-confi
dence and improving social skills," noted
Jerri Haigler, BELL's executive disector
for the Carolinas. "The research is very
clear in showing the need for high-quality
academic instruction in the summer
months, to avoid summer learning loss."
BELL developed its special READy
Scholars literacy program in 2014 in
Winston-Salem to assist young readers
who have fallen behind, and will extend
that program to the second and third
graders in Charlotte in 2015. BELL
expects 1,200 scholars in Winston-Salem
to attend its READy Scholars program this
summer. In Charlotte, BELL expects to
serve more than 2,900 scholars in grades
K-7, including 2,000 in the second and
third grades, who are experiencing diffi
culty in reading at the grade level for the
state's mandatory reading test.
In the READy model, scholars rotate
each morning through a series of reading
stations, including small-group instruc
tion, independent and collaborative read
ing, literacy-building games and a blended
learning station with interactive reading
technologies. Afternoons are filled with
field trips and enrichment courses like
sports, science, technology and the arts
that integrate literacy-building activities
and provide opportunities for scholars to
apply their reading skills.
In other locations, the BELL Summer
model will blend reading and math instruc
tion in the morning with enrichment, com
munity engagement and field trips in the
afternoon. The program focuses on help
ing students avoid summer learning loss,
gain new skills and prepare for high
school.
Separately in Charlotte, The Belk
Foundation, one of the Southeast's leading
family foundations, has awarded an educa
tion grant that will enable BELL to provide
academic and social enrichment opportu
nities to more at-risk students in grades K
3 this summer. The $75,000 grant will
support BELL's school-based summer pro
grams delivered in partnership with
Devonshire Elementary School and
Huntingtowne Farms Elementary School
in Charlotte. BELL also received a
$75,000 grant from the Sisters of Mercy of
North Carolina Foundation, to support
these schools as well as others like Martin
Luther King Jr. Middle School that is also
in Charlotte. Other funders in Charlotte
include the Foundation For The Carolinas
Mecklenburg Community Foundation
children and youth grant and Wells Fargo
Foundation.
BELL also will be providing summer I
enrichment programs for more than 300 '
elementary and middle school students
through a partnership with Project LIFT
and schools in the West Corridor in
Charlotte. Sites include Allenbrook
Elementary School, Ashley Park
Elementary School, Statesville Road
Elementary School and Ranson Middle
School.
Winston-Salem's elementary and mid
dle school programs have received fund
ing from The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable
Trust, the Winston-Salem Foundation,
Reynolds American, Duke Energy
Foundation and other individual gifts.
Winston-Salem will be serving 1,200 third
and fourth grade students and 440 middle
school students.
For a second summer in Wilmington,
BELL will partner with the Blue Ribbon
Commission on the Prevention of Youth
Violence to provide high-quality expanded
learning experiences. That program will
expand from 60 to 80 students and is
designed to eliminate summer learning
loss for at-risk kids on the North Side, and
to reduce crime and violence by increasing
the amount of learning time and structured
activity for rising seventh- and eighth
grade students. Twenty scholars will be
served in a new rising ninth grade program
at New Hanover High School.
In Durham, BELL is working with the
Duke University Office of Durham &
Regional Affairs and their partner school,
Lakewood Elementary, to provide a sum
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mer learning program lor me ursi rime 10 i
60 elementary students. I
During the summer months, many
children lack quality-learning experiences
and thus lose academic skills over the
school break. Such losses - two months or
more each summer - accumulate year over
year. Studies have shown that by the end
of eighth grade, summer learning loss can
account for two-thirds of the achievement
gap between low- and high-income stu
dents.
Student test data from last summer's
BELL programs in North Carolina show
they are working. In 2014, of the 2,485
scholars in grades K-8 who participated in
BELL programs. 66 percent began the
summer significantly underperforming on
their reading skills, scoring in the lowest
quartile in reading at the start of the sum
mer. Forty-five percent of the students
were underperforming in math. By the
end of the five- or six-week programs,
those underperforming children had
gained a full two months of reading skills.
Of the 1,401 scholars who received both
math and reading instruction, underper
forming scholars had made a three
months' gain in math.
BELL is one of the nation's leading
nonprofit providers of quality expanded
learning programs for children in grades
K-8. Its mission is to transform the aca
demic achievement, self-confidence and
life trajectories of children living in low
income, urban communities. BELL serves
more than 15,000 students in public
schools across the country through sum
mer and after-school programs. Visit
www.experienceBELL.org for more infor
mation.
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is looking to Till the position for
Sr Crew Coordinator/Utilities
Please visit: www.cityofws.org
for job description and
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