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Scott Osborne is one of the
N.C. Wildlife Resources
Commission’s game
biologists, and like many
sportsmen, he is concerned
about the image the public
has of the hunter.
“I’m afraid some of the
non-hunting public has a
rather poor opinion of
hunters and hunting,” said
Scott recently. “Fur
thermore, I think this poor
image is the direct result of
a rather small segment of
hunters we call slob hunters.
The slob hunter, though in
the minority, is highly
visible. He’s the guy who
openly breaks the law, who
flaunts his lack of regard for
wildlife laws, who has no
regard for the rights of
others and often trespasses
on private, posted land.”
To Scott, what to do about
the slob hunter is one of the
biggest problems facing
other legitimate hunters.
Finding away to rid our
selves of slob hunters is not
easy, but Scott has given the
matter a lot of thought and
he’s come up with some
sound ideas.
He puts the burden
directly on the backs of
legitimate sportsmen who
hunt legally and care about
a sound future for wildlife
populations.
“The legitimate hunter
must take the initiative,”
says Scott. “He must not
only demonstrate good
hunting practices himself;
he must also convince the
slob hunting minority that
they must shape up or lose
their opportunities to hunt
(along with the rest of us).”
Scott outlines 10 excellent
steps which he considers
baste.
1— First, above all,
hunters should try to
establish good relationships
with landowners and ex
press a genuine interest in
the farmer’s land and his
operation. If the farmer
knows the hunter cares
about and understands his
problems, better relations
will result.
2 In asking permission to
hunt, hunters should learn
what species of game the
landowner wants protected.
Once this has been
established, the hunter must
never harvest any species
except those agreed upon in
advance.
3 In requesting per
mission to hunt, the hunter
should offer to always check
with the landowner in ad
vance of EACH hunting trip.
Some farmers, once they get
to know and trust you, may
simply let you hunt without
checking before every trip,
but it’s always a good idea to
ask. It may also be a good
idea to check with the
farmer each time after
you’ve finished hunting.
4 Hunters should never
bring a friend or friends to
hunt unless this has been
cleared with the landowner
in advance. Hiis is one of the
landowner’s pet peeves
because many “friends”
assume wrongly that they
also have the right to return
and hunt alone later. They
don’t.
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report to the landowner any
misuse or abuse of his
property that is encountered
during a hunting trip. This
might include trespass,
damage to property or other
abuse.
6 It is also a good idea for
hunters to invite landowners
to hunt with them. Some
landowners may like to
hunt; but for many reasons
(lack of dogs or com
panionship), they may get
little opportunity. They will
appreciate your sincere
offer; and you may develop
a long, mutual friendship
that will be fruitful for both
of you.
7 Hunters should inform
landowners that they will
use only roads, tractor paths
or trails that already exist.
Four-wheel drive vehicles
are nice, but they should not
be used to cross Helds or
pastures. Avoid driving on
roads, paths and trails when
the weather is extremely
wet and bad ruts could be
created.
8— Hunters should offer
the landowner part of their
kill. Most landowners will
decline; but even if they
occasionally accept, it is a
very small price to pay for a
good place to hunt.
9At all costs, avoid
leaving any litter on the
landowner’s property or
anywhere else for that
matter. If you see where
someone else has left some
litter, take a little time to
clean it up.
10— Hunters should keep
in mind that farming entails
great expense, and even
minor things can make a big
difference. If gates are shut,
leave them shut when you
use them. Never- damfwp
fence while &imfetng ft. Be
especially careful of
shooting towards buildings
or domestic animals.
Scott winds up his ex
cellent list of suggestions
with a comment that is
worth remembering.
“I firmly believe that any
person who obeys the law
and truly makes an effort to
follow the above practices
will always have a place to
hunt,” says Scott. “I know
these things have worked
for me most of the time, and
they will work for others.”
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By Rep. Stanford White
The 1977 session of the
General Assembly con
tinues at a busy pace. Tlie
committee meetings and
sessions in the House are
getting longer and there
doesn’t seem to be enough
hours in the day to do all the
things that need to be done.
I know all of you are in
terested in the Coastal Land
Management Act. In the
near future, I plan to get out
a questionnaire to all county
commissioners and town
boards in regard to this act,
in which I will ask for their
reaction and comments. I
am sure that during this
present session of the
General Assembly there will
be new legislation in
troduced which will revise a
part of the Coastal Land
Management Act. The new
legislation will keep intact
the section that now con
cerns so many of our
citizens in reference to our
national heritage and the
protection of so many of our
natural resources.
This week I co-introduced
with Rep. Ronald Mason a
bill that provides for the
appropriation of $200,000
from the General Fund to
the Department of Natural
and Economic Resources
for 1977-79 biennium for the
purpose of planting oyster
culth and clam seedings in
the public bottoms,
hopefully, to be renewed
from the now polluted and
closed bottoms. This will
provide for the fishermen
and oystermen more
plentiful grounds in which to
work.
House Bill 173 was ratified
recently. This legislation
amends the unemployment
compensation laws to give
the Employment Security
Commission more flexibility
in denying benefits to
certain types of unemployed
persons.
I have just received in
formation from the
Department of Human
Resources about a service
they bay#..Which I arft,s\ffe
will be of interest to qiany of
you. This service is called
Careline and it provides
rapid and reliable in
formation and makes
referrals regarding human
services to the citizens of
North Carolina.
Hie program operates on
the basis of a centralized,
computer assisted telephone
service through which any
citizen or group of citizens
or agency personnel can
gain information about
agencies whose services are
known to the Department of
Human Resources. To date,
10,504 agencies are stored on
microfiche. “Careline’s”
phone number is 1-800- 662-
7030 and I encourage you to
use it if you feel you need to.
We have been advised that
the “cut-off” date for in
troduction of local bills is
April 1.
Again, I thank all of you
for the privilege of being
your representative here. It
is my sincere desire to serve
you well and I hope you will
let me hear from you at any
time that I can be of service.
WHO KNOWS?
1. Who are the only two
Presidents buried in
Arlington National
Cemetery?
2. When did Queen
Elizabeth assume duties as
queen?
3. Who was the only
bachelor U.S. President?
4. Define cynosure.
5. What is an iceberg?
6. What is a glacier?
7. When did Florida
become a U.S. state?
8. Who was the President
that followed Wilson?
9. Which President
followed Harding?
10. Salem is the capital of
which state?
Answers Te Who Knows
1. William Howard Taft
and John Kennedy.
2. February, 1952.
3. James Buchanan.
4. Center of attention or
admiration.
5. A peat mass of ice
broken off from a glacier.
8. A large mass of ice and
snow moving slowly down a
7. February 23,1819.
8. Warren G. Harding.
9. Cahrin Coohdge, upon
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10. Oregon.
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(Dear Editor: We hope
the foDowing article will
help familiarize your
readers with tax law
provisions that affect them
during the tax return filing
period and throughout the
year.—lnternal Revenue
Service)
If you are among the
countless millions of
Americans who are paying
off a home mortage or other
form of installment
obligation, you should have
an interest in interest. The
interest you pay during the
year is fully deductible on
your Federal income tax
return.
Today, installment buying
has become away of life for
many of us. Hard pressed
for enough cash to buy the
things we need or simply
would like to have, in
stallment payments and
“Charging it” have largely
replaced cash on the
Croaker High
Protein Source
Says Expert
Atlantic croaker are
caught in such abundance
that the market often
becomes glutted in North
Carolina’s coastal areas.
Croaker, while not as
palatable to more people as
flounder, do contain
valuable protein, so a N.C.
State University food
scientist is looking for away
to increase the commercial
value of the croaker.
Dr. Donald Hamann of the
Department of Food Science
is conducting research to
develop firm and desirable
texture for minced croaker.
Later, he will work on
developing flavor that is
compatible with American
taste buds.
The research with croaker
will enable the NCSU food
scientist to build a basic
understanding of the factors
which go into producing
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minced fish, whicj}.- are
subjected to heat.
The end result might
someday be a new kind of
high protein food that could
end up in a sandwich as a
good-tasting and nutritious
fish-baloney type of product.
While Dr. Hamann works
with fish, Dr. J.L.
Machemehl of the Depart
ment of Civil Engineering at
NCSU, is color-coding sand
to trace the movement and
distribution of sediment in
tidal inlets.
The data generated by his
research will provide
solutions for channel
migrations, erosion of
beaches adjacent to the
inlets and shoaling in the
estaurine area behind the
inlets.
Soil scientists B.L. Carlile
and L.D. King are
developing on-site septic
waste disposal systems that
will protect the fragile
water supplies of the coastal
zone.
NCSU researchers—
working on 12 separate
projects—are part of the Sea
Grant Project which is
designed to improve con
ditions in the Coastal Plain
of North Carolina under
funding by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration and the
State of North Carolina.
Total Sea Grant funding
for the University of North
Carolina System this year is
$1.05-million. NCSU projects
are funded with $697,353,
including administration for
the total program in the
state.
NCSU scientists conduct
research applicable to
coastal problems but
other faculty and staff are
concerned with the transfer
of knowledge through ex
tension to coastal residents,
industry and government.
Dr. Leigh Hammond,
assistant vice chancellor for
University Extension and
director of the Center for
Urban Affairs and Com
munity Services, heads Sea
Grant extension activities
under a $178,676 grant.
NCSU recreation
specialist Leon Abbas worts
with coastal resort in
dustries to expand the
recreation 'market and
improve its efficiency of
operation.
barrelhead. It can be a
convenient way of getting
something now instead of
later. Convenience yes, but
at a price. And interest is
the price you pay for the
privilege of using someone
else’s money.
Home mortgage interest
is usually the largest single
tax deduction for the
average taxpayer. But not
to be overlooked are the
other common interest
expenses, such as
automobile and personal
loans, credit cards, and
South Big Wood Producer
The South has reached a
major milestone in the wood
industry and is becoming
the nation’s No. 1 supplier
much faster than predicted,
according to North Carolina
State University extension
forest resources specialists.
The milestone reached
last fall: Southern pine
softwood lumber production
exceeded Douglas fir
production for the first time.
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primarily in the nor
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other extensions of credit.
Combined, they can add up
to a very respectable tax
deduction.
. Mortgage companies,
credit card Anns, and other
lenders usually provide you
with an annual statement
showing the interest you
paid during the year. They
don’t always do so
automatically, however, so
if you’re ready to file your
return, ask for a statement
if you haven’t received one.
Don’t wait until the last
minute to make your
thwestern part of the
country.
Southern pine is making
heavy inroads into the
plygood business, capturing
a third of the total plywood
market in the last 15 years.
North Carolina is sharing
in this expansion of the wood
industry* in the South. The
farm woodland owners sell
around $75 million worth of
lumber a year and another
sls million worth of pulp
wood.
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request because lenders are
likely to be flooded with
similar requests from other
tax-minded customers.
Check your statements
carefully and deduct only the
amount expressed as an
annual percentage rate or
other financial charge.
There could be other
charges included in the
statement that are not
deductible, such as service
charges, loan fees, or credit
investigation fees.
For example, you pur
chase a new bedroom suite
and open a credit account
with the furniture company
to finance the purchase. The
store gives you on-the-spot
credit after a quick check
with the local credit bureau
and charges your account
$lO for the service. You are
billed directly for the pre
arranged installment pay-,
ments and your account
is charged IVz per cent on
the unpaid balance each
month. Your first month’s
bill also reflects the $lO fee
for checking your credit
rating. The finance charges
are fully deductible, but you
must remember to subtract
the credit investigation fee >
from the amount you deduct
on your tax return.
For those of you who just
purchased a home, here’s a
point on “points.” The term
“points” is sometimes used
to describe the charges paid
by a borrower to a lender as
loan origination fees,
maximum loan charges, or
premium charges. If
payment of points is solely
for the use of money, it is
interest and is deductible.
Points paid by the seller,
however, are considered
selling expenses and are not
deductible as interest.
Like any other tax ad
vantage, there are some
basic rules of thumb ap
plicable to interest
deductions:
—The interest must result
from an actual debtor
creditor relationship;
—The interest must be
based on a valid obligation
to pay a fixed or deter
minable sum of ittoney ;
—The debt must' be one for
which you are legally liable.
If a father gives his
daughter SI,OOO for a trip to
Hmraday, March 10, lOT7
Europe, hoping to be repaid
sometime in the future, no
true debtor-creditor'-re--*
lationship exists and the
daughter could not deduct N
any interest she might
choose to pay her father.
Similarly, you can’t claim a
deduction for payments you
make on behalf of someone
else if you are not legally
liable to do so. So, if you help
your son with his car
payments while he - is
struggling along in college,
you cannot deduct the in
terest you pay in his behalf.
To claim interest paid you
must use Form 1040 and
itemize your deductions.
But before you sit down to
figure the amount of your
deduction why not get all the
facts? Contact your nearest
IRS office and ask for a copy
of Publication 545, “Income
Tax Deducation for Interest
Expense.” It’s available
free of charge and is full of
items of interest on in-.-
terest. t
Tax System
Film Available
GREENSBORO “The
American Way of Taxing,”
a 27M>-minute color film
depicting how the U. S. tax
system works and the
services available to tax
payers, has just been
released by the Internal
Revenue Service.
The 16mm film, available
on loan free from the IRS,
stars veteran actor Richard
Basehart as the on-camera
host. The viewer is led
through events in America’s
past which affected our tax
system, how the IRS ad
ministers tax laws and'*
where taxpayers can get
assistance through IRS
offices.
The film will be par
ticularly useful and in
formative to school and
civic groups, as well as
professional societies.
Any groups wishing to
reserve the film may call
flieTOSPuHie Affairs office
iii'Grtaasboftt at 378-5266, or
write to Pubic Affairs Of
ficer, P. O. Box 20541,
Greensboro, N. C. 27420.