SAUERKRAUT SUPPLIES
should be plentiful at the Sam
Lane home in Hazelwood. Lane's
pride and joy is this huge cabbage
head, which measures almost 14
inches across. "I'm sure it's not a
record," he said, "but it's the big
gest one I've ever seen."
(Mountaineer Photo by Pay lor)
I On Social Security
Supplemental Security
ne (SSI) program has a
iber of features that
Btinguish it from the other
benefit programs ad
linistered by the Social
ity Administration ac
; to Tom Johnson, Field
epresentative of the
lie Social Security Of
dike the social security
sment, survivors, and
^ability insurance pro
ns, SSI is based in large
On financial need,
income and resources of
1, blind, and disabled per
i are taken into account in
siding whether they are
pigible for payments.
No such consideration ap
plies to social security
jlaimants. While there are
|imits on earnings ? as, for
ample, in the case of retired
vorkers ? income as such is
t a disqualifying factor.
Another difference between
SM and tne social securtiy
cash benefits programs is that
SSI payments come from the
Government's general funds,
social security payments are
made from the various social
security trust funds and are
based on work covered by the
social security program.
The test of financial need
does not mean that a person
must be penniless in order to
qualify for SSI. In fact, an in
dividual may have resources
of up to $1,500 ? a couple up to
$2,250 ? and still be eligible
for payments. Moreover,
some items that ordinarily
would be considered resources
are not included in deciding
SSI eligibility.
For example, a home and
the land around it are not
counted, regardless of their
value. Personal effects or
household goods with a total
equity value of $2,000 or less
are also not counted. If their
value is greater than $2,000,
only the excess is counted.
Furthermore, only the por
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at usage roae to 5,106,000
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II WrpMMi the previous
tion of the market value of a
car that exceeds (4,500 is
counted as a resource; the
value of one car is not counted
at all if it is used by members
of the household for transpor
tation to a job. to go for treat
ment for a specific medical
problem, or if it has been
modified for use by a han
dicapped person
Other resources not counted
in determining eligibility for
SSI payments are life in
surance policies with a total
face value of no more than
$1,500 per person, property
essential to self-support, and
certain community stocks
held by natives of Alaska
In regard to income, in
dividuals with countable in
comes of less than $238 a
month are eligible for some
SSI payments; the correspon
ding figure for couples is $357.
In some states people who
have incomes above these
levels may qualify for a state
supplement.
The rationale for providing
assistance before a person is
destitute is a desire to main
tain the personal dignity and
self-respect of the recipients.
For the same reason. Federal
law does not require relatives
to support 'persons eligible for
SSI. It is assumed, however,
that a husband and wife who
live together share their in
come and resources and that a
child shares in the income and
resources of parents.
Persons who believe they
may be eligible for SSI
payments whould apply at the
Social Security Office located
at 400 Executive Park,
Asheville, N.C. or telephone
the office at 252-8773 ? if long
distance, ask operator WX
3500. Since payments cannot
be made for months before ap
plying, an application should
be filed without delay.
Check Out Phone Pitch
North Carolina Agriculture
Commiuioner Jamei A.
Grtaham has warned farmers
and other uaeri of pesticides
to beware of telephone calls
from the "herbicide hookers".
"Every year," said
Graham, "we receive reports
of calls made by fast talking
pesticide salesmen to prospec
tive customers across the
state. Most of the callers pro
mote their products, usually
weed killers, by making false
claims for their effectiveness
and safety and by offering
temptingly low prices."
Graham gave an account of
a recent incident: A North
Carolina grain and hog farmer
bought 10 gallons of herbicide
by phone after being told it
would kill weeds around hog
pens for up to two years. After
paying $160, he received the
product and read the label for
the first time. No claims of
two-year effectiveness were
made, and, worse, the label
warned of toxicity to
misses the opportunity to per
sonally review the product
label or to obtain the service
and instructions available
from local licensed dealers."
"Often," he continued, "the
low prices quoted by these
hucksters are for much
weaker products than the
public is accustomed to buy
ing. Often the farmer is led to
believe that the product is con
centrated formula to be fur
Uier diluted. Upon receipt he
learns the product has already
been diluted and is to be used
straight from the container,
making the pesticide much
less of a bargain."
Prosecution of suspected
firms has been difficult, ac
cording to N.C. Department of
Agriculture pesticide ad
ministrator Bill Buffaloe.
"It's hard to build a case bas
ed on telephone conversations.
But the State Pesticide Board
can initiate action when
evidence is sufficient.
Buff aloe suggested that
pesticide buyers make it un
mistakably clear to any
telephone huckster that they
are not interested and will not
pay for such products.
Sometimes wavering buyers
have been shipped the
pesticides C.O.D.
Graham added, "The vast
majority of pesticide pro
ducers and dealers condemn
these unethical actions on the
part of dishonest few."
Big Ivy Club Plans
2nd Bluegrass Show
The Big Ivy Community
Development Club of Bar
nardsville will sponsor the se
cond annual "Bluegrass, Big
Ivy" Saturday, Aug 16 at the
community center. The event
will begin at 12 noon and end
at 12 midnight.
Bluegrass entertainment
will be provided by The Mark
Pruett Band, the Carolina Cut
Ups, Phil and Gaye Johnson,
the Freeman Family and
Luke Smathers's String Band.
The Southern Appalachian
Cloggers will also be on hand
to perform.
Admission to the 12-hour
event is $5 per person or $10
per family. All proceeds will
go to replacing the recreation
building which burned three
years ago.
Food will be served
throughout the day, and
?parking lot pickers" are
welcomed to bring along their
instruments for impromptu
jam sessions.
Although Europe is about the
same size as Canada, its popu
lation is greater than North and
South America combined, ac
cording to National Geogra
phic.
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