Lifestyles
Hay ride
This Hoke County hay wagon looks right for
mounting by a pile of friends for an evening of fun
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and music.
Sugar cutback clues offered
If you need to cut back on sugar
calories in your diet:
-Read labels. Contents are listed
by weight. Look for sugars and
syrups. If sugar is listed first or
near the beginning then it is a ma
jor ingredient.
-Use less sugar in desserts,
breads, sweetened fruits and can
died potatoes. Most of these
recipes taste fine if you use one
measure less. Reduce 1 cup to V*
cup; V* cup to Vi cup; Vi cup to Vi
cup and so on.
-Use more "sweet" flavored
spices like cinnamon, ginger, car
damon, cloves, allspice and vanilla
or almond flavoring while cutting
the sugar.
-Choose canned fruits that are
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canned in their own jucie or a light
syrup instead of heavy syrup.
Rinse heavy syrup off before serv
ing.
-Cut down on sugar in
beverages. Read labels on fruit
drinks to compare sugar content.
Use unsweetened fruit juices in
stead of soft drinks, ades or pun
ches. Try cinnamon or mint in
unsweetened tea and a drop of
vanilla in coffee.
-Make your own salad dressing
and breading for meats if you can
not And a commercial brand
without sugar.
-Limit sweet desserts and
snacks.
-Use lighter syrups when you can
or freeze fruits.
-Try new products that have
been developed so less sugar is
needed. New pectin mixes allow
you to use a third less sugar in jams
or jellies. Watch for other new
products.
-Many dieting aids contain sugar
to reduce your appetite.
Some foods have sugar in them.
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Fed. energy credit expiring
The federal income tax credit for
residential energy improvements is
due to expire at the end of this
year.
This has prompted much recent
advertising and marketing of
residential renewable energy equip
ment, particularly solar energy
equipment.
This news article will focus on
consumer considerations involving
the tax code and installation of
renewable energy equipment.
The federal income tax rules
state that a taxpayer can take an
energy credit for amounts spent on
solar, wind-powered, or geother
mal property for a home.
The credit is calculated as 40^?
of these costs, with a maximum
credit of $4,000.
So, for example, if a taxpayer
spent $5,000 on a solar unit in
1985, a federal tax credit of $2,000
(.40 x $5,000) could be taken for
1985.
North Carolina energy tax
credits are calculated at 25 of the
costs of renewable energy systems,
with a maximum credit of $1,000.
The North Carolina energy tax
credits are not scheduled to expire
in 1985.
In evaluating the purchase of
residential renewable energy equip
ment, several concepts and con
cerns should be kept in mind:
?Energy Prices Aren't Rising
Like They Used To - The energy
credits were born in an age of
rapidly rising, in fact sky
rocketing, energy prices, primarily
pushed by oil prices which rose
400<ft in 1979.
Now, oil prices have actually
fallen during the past two years
and overall energy prices only rose
2Vo in 1984.
Therefore, consumers should be
cautious of energy savings
calculated by sellers of energy
equipment which assume a high
rate of increase in future energy
prices. 'High" by today's stan
Extension m
News W
Willie Featherstone
County Extension
Chairman
dards would be 6?7? annual rate of
increase or higher.
?A Dollar of Savings Tomorrow
is Worth Less Than a Dollar of Ex
pense Today - Often the seller of
renewable energy equipment will
calculate the estimated future sav
ings from the equipment, add
those savings up over the next 10,
20, or 30 years, and compare the
savings to the cost of the equip
ment.
So, for example, if the energy
equipment is estimated (by the
seller) to save S10.000 in energy
costs over 20 years, and the energy
equipment costs the consumer to
day $5,000, then the seller may say
that the equipment would more
than pay for itself over the next 20
years.
This comparison is absolutely
incorrect.
Future dollars are always worth
less than present dollars, first
because inflation reduces the pur
chasing power of future dollars
and second because a consumer
can invest a dollar today and ac
cumulate more than a dollar in the
future.
Therefore, estimated future
Kelly serves as
William (Billy) Preston Kelly Jr.
of Bowmore was appointed by
Liston B. Ramsey, Speaker of the
North Carolina House of
Representatives to serve as a Page
in the 198S Session of the North
Carolina General Assembly for the
week of July 1-July 5.
Representative Sidney Locks
recommended Billy.
energy savings must be "dis
counted" before they are summed
and compared to present expense
for the equipment.
Based on current interest rates,
it is recommended that a dollar of
energy savings in a future year be
reduced to the following amounts:
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Yf. ! NX Yr. I 54? Yi. 14 M4 Yr. 20 21c Yr. 2* 14*
Yr. )T* Yr . ? SO* Yi. 15 J2? Yr. 21 2M Yr. 27 IX
Yr. 4 74* Yr. 10 ?* Yr. I* 29* Yr. 22 IK Vr. 2S I2f
Yr. 5 M? Yr. II 4J* Yr. 17 27* Yr. 2} IT* Yr. 2? II*
Yr 6?3< Yr. 12 40* Yr. II 23* Yr. 24 l?< Yr. ? 10*
So, for example, if a new solar
device is estimated to save the con
sumer $3,000 in energy costs in
year 30, this would be worth only
$300 ($3,000 x .10) today.
Check Warranties Carefully
-Many renewable energy systems
offer warranties, for a price. Be
aware that if a warranty on the
equipment is in the seller's name,
and the seller goes out of business,
then the warranty is worthless.
Manufacturers may also have
warranties on their parts used in
the energy equipment.
Often, however, the manufac
turer will only honor the warranty
if their part is "properly
installed."
Be sure to inquire what the
manufacturer means by "properly
installed."
Sometimes it may mean that the
manufacturer will honor their war
ranty if the equipment installation
is done only with their parts.
i House page
Billy is a sophomore at Hoke
County High School. He is the
treasurer of the sophomore class,
member of the Hoke High mar
ching band, plays football for
Hoke High, and is enrolled in the
academically gifted program.
Billy is the son of William
Preston Kelly and Charlotte B.
Kelly.
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