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Prew AHociation
A FairfioM Harbour,
Local Biker Injured
Joshua Hayes, son of Mr. &
Mrs. Larry Hayes of College
Street In Vanceboro, was
severely Injured In a bike-auto
collision last week.
Hayes turned the corner of
Second Street onto College
Street and met a car driven by
Jean Ward head-on. Ward was
unable to avoid Hayes and his
bike. Hayes and his bike were
thrown in the air and into the
windshield of the Ward vehicle.
Hayes received multiple
abrasions and a severe skull
fracture. He was given a
primary survey by Rescue
Squad iS, picked up and
to Pitt Memoriai
immediateiy was
and carried to
transported
where he
.^^».«xamined
surgery.
Hayes spent two days in
intensive care unit and recentiy
Joshua Hayes
has been transferred to a
private room. He is anxious to
receive visits from his friends.
Rescue
Squad 15
Auxiliary
Vanceboro Rescue Squad is up of maie, femaie, and youth,
very interested in having a
Squad Auxiiiary formed within
its service area. The Auxiiiary
wouid function as a separate
organization .governed by its
eiected officers. The purpose
of the Auxiiiary is to assist
Rescue Squad 15 with fund
raising events by conducting
projects and activities that
would aid the squad.
Anyone who is interested in
being a part of the auxiliary is
not required to have any
connection to the Rescue
Squad 15 in carrying out the
squad duties.
The Auxiiiary can be made
North Carolina
HIGHWAYSAFETY INDEX
Thru July IS, 1986
Fatalities to date 1986 836
Fatalities wearing seat belts. 67
Seat belt survival index .... 92%
Fatalities to date 1985 800
Fatalities wearing seat belts. 28
Total Fatalities 1985 .... 1,482
Fatalities wearing seat belts . 89
Source: William HicUt
Commissioner, Motor Vehicles
It is an opportunity for
individuals to assist the
community and squad. The
squad receives outstanding
assistance from many
individuals, so why not form
an auxiliary and place all
individual efforts into a
combined effort.
If you are interested, please
call 244-0964 or 244-0594 or
you may write Vanceboro
Rescue Squad, PO. Box 441
Vanceboro, N.C., 28586. All
those who contact the squad
will be notified of the
organizational meeting time
and place.
West Craven
High School
Football
All sophmores. Juniors and
Seniors interested in playing
football at West Craven should
report July 28 at 7:00 p.m. for
practice. Players must bring
physicals, shorts, & shoes. All
Freshmen should report Friday
August 1 at 7:00p.m. for sign
up. Freshmen should bring
physicals and shorts and
shoes.
Bright Return^ New Law Requires Manda-
From Mary Kay tory Sentences For
Seminar tn Shoplifting
Dallas
DALLAS, Texas—Rae Bright
of Vanceboro, an independent
Beauty Consultant for Mary
Kay Cosmetics, has just
returned home from three days
of intensive sales and product
training in Dallas as a
participant in Mary Kay's 1986
National Seminar.
More than 25,000 indepen
dent consultants and sales
directors flocked to Dallas
between July 14 and July 26 to
attend one of four consecutive
three-day meetings. In keeping
with the company's commit
ment to recognize outstanding
business women, this year's
multi-million dollar seminar
was appropriately entitled
"Starting Here, Starting Now!"
To enable Rae, who joined
Mary Kay in 1985, to build her
Mary Kay business in the
months ahead, dozens of
specialized classes were held
each day in product know
ledge, Color Awareness, sales
training, business manage
ment, goal setting and other
valuable tools, for business
success.
, Besides intensive training,
company founder and
Chairman of the Board Mary
Kay Ash also uses the annual
meeting to personally reward
and recognize the outstanding
achievers of the past year.
During four identical Awards
Night extravaganzas, the
company distributed more
than a million dollars In fur
coats and jackets, luxury
vacations, shopping sprees
and gold and diamond jewelry.
Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc. is
an international manufacturer
and distributor of premium
skin, hair and body care
products, cosmetics, toiletries
and fragrances.
Notice!
As of August 1, the
subscription rate for the
Highlights will be Increased to
$7.00 for 1 year, $11.00 for two
Retailors who complain that North Carolina's shoplifting and
tag switching laws lack teeth should put their finger on the
cutting edge of new legislation enacted by the N.C. General
Assembly.
Starting October.I, convicted shoplifters will no longer take a
walk and habitual offenders will wind up behind bars.
Here are the key particulars of the new law:
*First-offenseconvictions will bring mandatory 24 hours of
community service.
•Second offense convictions will require mandatory 72 hours
of^ jail time or 72 hours of community service.
•Third conviction means mandatory 14 days In jail.
The bill was guided through the General Assembly and passed
at the insistence of the North Carolina Retail Merchants
Association. It has sought mandatory jail time for shoplifting
convictions but compromised on the lesser penalty.
After looking at the stiffer penalties, many merchants say the
new law is an improvement over the 1985 legislation thatallowed
arrests of suspected shoplifters to be made withoirt warrants.
Large department stores have sophisticated surveillance
camera systems that are constantly monitored. A suspect can be
tracked throughout the store, through exits and intoparking lots
Zoom lens allows the operator to capture close-up pictures of
people and merchandise being concealed. Any suspicious
moves send the security department into action
Most store theft is committed by people under 35; there are
three distincty groups of shoplifters:
•Teenagers who do it for the thrill.
•Older people who steal out of need.
•And professional sharpies who won't be deterred
Shoplifting is ENTRY LEVEL CRIME. If it goes unpunished it
makes the youthful offender develop the idea that all crime goes
unpunished.
"Shoplifting costs North Carolina retailers one-half billion
dollars a year, roughly 2 percent of all retails sales", sqid Bill
Rustin, president of the N.C. Retail Merchants Association. "The
average consumer doesn't realize that shiplifting drives up the
cost of merchandise at every level." said Rustin. "It is part of the
cost of doing business and ultimately is passed on to the
consumer."
Losses of that magnitude was reason to prompt action on the
beefed up law, an extension of the one passed in 1985. According
to Rustin, "If properly enforced, it should go a long way in
reducing repeat shoplifting. Because, on the second conviction
the judge will warn the defendant that jail time is ahead if
convicted a third time."
The new law does not interfere with the first offenders or
deferred prosecution programs now in existence. Neither will it
prevent a judgefrom sending someone to jail on the first offense,
it is simply a mandatory minimum sentence
"But, this bill will give retailers the definite knowledge that
something will be done when they take the time and effort to
prosecute shoplifters," said Rustin.
years, and $15.80 for 3 years
plus tax for Craven County rate
delivery and the out of Craven
County rate will be Increased
to $8.00 for 1 year, $12.00 for 2
years, and $16.00 for 3 years
plus tax.
Now Is a good time to renew
or extend your subscription at
the old rate. Be sure you do this
before August 1.
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