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At its last meeting. Warsaw's town board added another
first, or another high, to the list. Warsaw residents now
have to pay more for their town tags than any other town in
Duplin County. To those who live in Warsaw and must
pay, the cost is S3. Other Duplin County towns have fees of
one or two dollars. We should rejoice, I suppose, for they
could have raised it to $5. How they raised it is the bad I
part. Town Clerk Alfred Herring advised the board a new
law allows them to raise the fee for town license tags to S5.
. .The board decided that if they pay 57 cents and sell it for
St, they do not make enough in ney, so they upped the
price to S3. What they needed ' xtra money for was not
discussed. . ."We can alwa ,se it. Just put it in the
General Fund," was the rer ?. . .That is a poor reason to
raise fees as far as I am concerned.. .Just because you can
raise them, raise them? Warsaw already has the highest
tax rate of any Duplin County town; the water-sewer rate is
also among the highest. Check this one out. . .When
Warsaw accepted federal funds, it mandated the sewer
and water systems should pay for themselves. . .In the
past, town tax money was used to help keep up the water
and sewer systems. . .But, this is no longer the case. , .So.
up went the water and sewer prices. . .However, now that
the tax money can no longer assist in the upkeep of the
sewer plant, What do you think? . . .Of course they raised
the tax rate too. . .The tax money that was used to keep the
, sewer plant operation can no longer be used as such. . .So,
where did this money no? Another first in Warsaw is its
vehicle-use policy. . .There is non. . .Apparently town
employees can do or drive whereever they desire, using a
town vehicle and town gasoline. . ,If a vehicle is not in the
best of shape, it may be all right to haul things from the
town maintenance office to the sewer plant. . .But, what
the heck. . .Buy a better one for 52,500 and let an
employee drive it home. . .The water and sewer rates were
just raised. . .Use that money to pay for the trips to and
from home as well as for the new truck. . .After all, let the
tax rate go up or the sewer rate go up. ; .This employee
and others do not live in town. They just drive a town
vehicle. . .There is no wonder that the people who live in
Warsaw have to pay the highest taxes, water and sewer
rates, license tag rates, and so on the way town-owned
things are used. . .Worse yet. things don't seem to be
heading in a better direction. . .
When the county commissioners set the 1983-84 county
budget, they allowed for a surplus, or reserve, of
half-a-million dollars. They raised the tax rate so this could
be true. .Now. since this time the half-cent sales tax was
passed and with a different distribution plan statewide.
Also, revenue sharing was renewed. . .So, what we have
here is extra money. . . .Well, what does this extra money
amount to?. . If we were to change it into tax rate, it would
amount to about 30 cents. . .Had all this income been
taken into account and used to operate the county
government, the county tax rote could be less than 50
cents. . .Now that we have this extra money, let's hope
someone will put together some pla.:s of growth and use it
wisely, not helter-skelter. . .1 don't mind paying for
growth, but not political growth. . .
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I have been planning to retell this ever since Iheard it. .
.It happened to Deborah Millen, who works for the Mount
Olive Vribune .Or at least, I was told that. . .1 don't know
all the details, but 1 do have the general idea. . .It seems
Deborah saw thisjiiouse drowning in a pool of water. Of
"course females ate frightened of mice and rats, but also,
drowning is a horrible way to die. . .So, thinks she, if she
could use a long pole or stick and throw the mouse to the
other side of the pool or puddle, it wouldn't drown and
would not get on her. either. , .Now, it took a lot of nerve to
hold a stick out t< a mouse that could easily run up the pole
or slick and get her. . .But, she got down under the little
mouse and with a flick threw it to the other side. However,
lurking nearby and watching the whole thing was a cat. .
And, as the mouse went hurtling through the air, the cat
jumped and caught it in midair like an old hound dog
catching a biscui'. . .What a way to be saved. .
.Son-of-a-Gun. .. .
Home Economics
News
Dependents
When is a child no longer a
child? Y.'U will probably gel
a tot of disagreement, es
pecially from parents, older
children and even insurance
companies
Health insurance com
panies have their own ideas
about when a child is no
longer a dependent. Usually
this occurs when a child
reaches his .^th birthday,
marries, or becomes gain
fully employed ? whichever
comes firs' But you might do
well to check your family's
policy.
Some healih insurance
companies consider children
i" be dependents up to age
23 or even 25; that is, if they
meet certain requirements.
To qualify for coverage on
the parent's policy, the child
must be a full-time student
who is unmarried and who
relies on the family fat 'sup
port. If he meets those quali
fications, the family policy
may continue to cover him.
But. you will want to read
your policy carefully to make
sure this Is the case.
"Equality is the greatest of all doctrines and the most
difficult to understand." ?Mark Van Ooren
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