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Convicted Arson Violates Probation; Goes To Prison BY ERIC CARLSON The Shallotte teenager who set fire to a building at West Brunswick High School two years ago has been sent to prison for nine years after failing to comply with the terms of his pro bation. Cleveland Demond Blue of Mulberry Street last Tuesday (July 19) admitted violating his probation and had his suspended prison sentence activated by Superior Court Judge Jack Thomp son. Blue was found guilty of felony arson in March, 1992, and sentenced to nine years in prison, suspended five years on the condition that he pay $645 in fines, court costs and attor ney fees. Judge Dexter Brooks put Blue on supervised probation and ordered him to obtain a Graduate Equivalency Degree (GED), to petform 200 hours of community service, to report for a psy chological evaluation and to not violate any laws for five years. Coun documents indicate inat Biuc paid on ly $34 of the money he owed, that he "'made no effort to obtain his GED," that he performed on ly six hours of community service, that ho failed to obtain his psychological evaluation and failed to report to his parole officer as required last i November and again in February. > On Feb. 9. Blue was convicted of resisting or obstructing a public officer, second degree tres pass and driving while his license was revoked, court records show. He was incarcerated in Brunswick County Jail May 20 for failing to ap pear in court. Judge Thompson gave Blue credit for time spent awaiting his probation hearing and ordered him to pay an additional SISO for his court ap pointed lawyer. In other superior court action last week: ? Marvin Carter. 32, of H & S Mobile Home Park, Long Beach, was sentenced to 90 days in Brunswick County Jail after he pleaded no contest to two counts of forgery and uttering. He was also given a five-year prison sentence, suspended on the condition that he pay $130 restitution, court costs and $600 in attorney fees. ? Keith Everett McCoy. 21. of Boiling Spring Lakes was sentenced to 60 days in jail af ter pieading guiiiy iu chargcs of common iaw robbery, breaking and entering and larceny. He had been charged with armed robbery and plead ed guilty to the lesser charge in a plea bargain under which a three-year prison sentence was suspended on the condition that he pay S500 restitution, court costs and $450 in attorney fees. He was put on supervised probation for three years. ? Lori Christine Spicer, 24, of Wilmington was sentenced to 54 days in jail after pleading guilty to one count each of cocaine possession, forgery, uttering and possession of drug para phernalia. A three-year prison sentence was sus pended on the condition that she pay court costs and $250 attorney fees and not use or possess controlled substances for three yean. She was ordered to obtain a mental-health evaluation and to submit to warrantless searches and drug tests. She was put on supervised probation for three years. ? Matthew William Kaufhold, 22, of Eliza beth Drive, Yaupon Beach, was given a six-year suspended sentence for two counts each of breaking and entering and larceny. The sentence is to begin at the expiration of any sentence he is now serving. He was ordered to pay restitution ? ? - *? ft. n? PL l iii iiic aniuuiiia ui jxtu iu uic ruxa jimca, $787.50 to Walt's Beach Club and $112 to the Deck, all in Long Beach. Kaufhold was put on three years supervised probation and ordered to pay $400 in attorney fees. Get the Facts About Your Social Security Benefits Although most workers contribute a part of their earnings into the Social Security system, many have misperccptions about their eligibility to receive certain benefits. The N.C. Association of Certified Public Accountants provides the following overview of Social Security benefits along with information on how the new tax law affects those benefits. How You Earn Benefits During your years of employment, you and your employer pay a fixed percentage of your salary into the Social Security system, if you are self-employed, a fixed percentage of your net self-employment income al so goes toward Social Security. When you retire. Social Security sends you monthly retirement in come as long as you are "fully in sured." Generally speaking, you are "fully insured" if you have worked 40 calendar quarters (about 10 years) in a job covered by Social Security. Once you begin to collect bene fits, your spouse can also receive benefits based on your earnings record, even if he or she never worked in a job covered by Social Security. The amount of your Social Security benefit is based on your date of birth, the type of benefit for which you are applying, and your average lifetime earnings. Benefit amounts are adjusted annually to re fleet the increased cost of living. The earliest you can retire and collect Social Security benefits is age 62. However, when you retire at age 62, you collect only 80 percent of the full benefit you would be enti tled to receive at normal retirement age. The 2-percent reduction com pensates for the fact that you may be receiving benefits over a longer pe riod of time. Right now, workers are entitled to receive full retirement benefits at age 65. But beginning in the year 2000, the age at which you can retire with full benefits will be raised gradually from age 65 to age 67. What happens if, after )?u retire, you decide to take a part-time job? In 1994, Social Security recipients between the ages of 65 and 69 may earn up to $11, 160 without a reduc tion in benefits. For every $3 over the limit, a dollar in benefits is lost. The earnings limitation is $8,040 for those between ages 62 and 64, with $1 subtracted for every $2 over the limit. Once you reach age 70, you may earn any amount you want without sacrificing your benefits. Survivor Benefits Part of your Social Security taxes buys survivors' insurance that, in the event of your death, pays your spouse monthly benefits based on your Social Security record. Your children, parents, and in some cases. grandchildren may also be eligible if they arc dependent on you for most of their support. A surviving spouse is eligible for widow or widower's benefits at age 60 (SO if disabled), or at any age if caring for a child under 16 or a per manently disabled child. Unmarried children receive survivor benefits until they reach age 18, with an ex tension to age 19 if they are still at tending high school full-time. Disability Insurance Social Security also pays income to disabled individuals and their families. The standards for qualify ing for Social Security disability benefits are stringent. According to Social Security, you are disabled if you are unable to do any kind of gainful work for at least a year, or you have a condition that is expect ed to result in your death. If you qualify, you must wait until the sixth month of the disability before bene fits arc available. However, benefits continue until you are no longer dis abled, or to age 65, whichever comes first. The disability benefit amount is based on the worker's Social Security contributions. New Tax Law As a result of the new tax law, some high-income Social Security recipients may find that a higher percentage of their 1994 Social Security benefits are subject to in come tax. Under the old law, certain taxpay ers had to include up to SO percent of their Social Security benefits in their taxable income. For some tax payers, that figure is now raised to 85 percent. To determine if your benefits arc affected by the new tax law, contact your local Social Security office or seek assistance from a CPA. To minimize the tax bite on your benefits, you may also want to consult with a CPA for ad vice on defemng the recognition ot income by restructuring your invest ments. Money Management is a weekly column on personal finance pre pared and distributed by the N.C. Association of Certified Public Accountants. FABULOUS FALL FARES!! LIMITED TIME ONLY : ' ; ' -? ? nvis. :>? p ? . .? ; a., ; ;? TRAVEL ROUND-TRIP* FROM MYRTLE BEACH TO: Los Angeles or San Francisco $388 Seattle $388 San Diego $388 Las Vegas $388 Phoenix $368 Denver .? $328 New Orleans $189 And Many, Many More Cities! Fares also on sale from Wilmington Call for details ?Round-trip travel days. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays Travel not valid November 23, 27 and 28 BRUNSWICK TRAVEL INC. 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Half of the foes collected for marriage licences, or $700, waa remitted to ihe N.C Department of Administration for the domestic violence cen ter fond, which helps support Hope Harbor Home in Brunswick County. Five dollars of each marriage license foe was sent to the state imim i for the abused children's fund. Expenses in the register of deeds office during May included $581 for supplemental retirement benefits $307 for telephone, $204 for $1,685 for maintenance and repairs to equipment. $2,102 for departmen tal supplies, $995 for service maintenance contracts. $92 for dues and subscriptions and $906 for travel and training Wa ges are not inctuoea in ibc rvpuri. Permits For Construction During May Permits were issued for more than S2.1 million worth of new construc tion in the unincorporated areas of Brunswick County during May, ac cording to figures compiled by the county planning department. Eighty-seven permits were issued for mobile homes and 19 for other single-family dwellings built at an estimated total cost of $1,027,155. There were three permits issued in May for commercial construction valued at $361,000. One permit was issued for $14,250 worth of remod elling. Nine additions valued at $126,994 were permitted. Nine were approved for garages valued at or $165,060 and four for decks porches valued at $10,840. There were four permits issued for signs worth $38,070 and one for a pool valued at $8,640. In all, there were 469 permits is sued by the department during May, including 169 for building, 162 elec trical, 67 plumbing and 71 mechani cal. During the first five months of 1994, there have been a total of 1,876 permits issued, including 349 for mobile homes and 78 for single family homes valued at n total of $5.1 million. The average value of the single-family homes permitted this year is $65,842. CALL US FOR INSURANCE QUOTES: 1-800-424-0115 ? Home ? Auto ? 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