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Ernest stars in "War on Weeds"
Raleigh? "Know what 1 mean
Vera?" That familiar question will
take on a new meaning across North
Carolina as the advertising power of
actor Jim Varney is brought to bear
on behelf of the state's litter preveo
. tion program.
Varney? better known as his com
mercial character, "Ernest P. Wor
rell"? has collaborated with Keep
N.C. Clean and Beautiful, Inc. to pro
mote and encourage cleanup and
beautification efforts in North Caro
Una. The result I* a 30-secood public
service announcement entitled "War
oo Weeds" which has been distrib
uted to television stations statewide.
Ernest's participation in this en
deavor is in cooperation with Pine
State Creamery Company, which has
him under contract.
Secretary James E. Harrington,
whose transportation department
houses part of the Keep N.C. Clean
and Beautiful program, commented,
"Ernest is so adept at capturing the
public's attention and we feel very
fortunate to have him conveying the
importance of litter prevention to
North Carolinians. As one would ex
pect "War on Weeds" is humorous,
but Ernest's message is powerful."
In the announcement, Ernest re
minds his audience that trash
abounds in communities and along
roads and he suggests the time has
come for citizens to clean up their
act. As he says, "Know what I mean,
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Third quarter convictions
> recover over $333,000 for state
' Raleigh? More than $333,000 was
recovered during the third quarter of
1087 when 183 people were convicted
of filing false unemployment insur
ance claims with the Employment
Security Commission of North Caro
lina (ESC).
In July, 41 people were tried and 40
were convicted of unemployment in
surance fraud. During August, 82
^ people were tried and convicted, and
in September, 61 were tried and con
victed.
During the same period last year
more than $255,651 was recovered
and 213 people were convicted of fil
ing false unemployment insurance
claims.
Those convicted of filing fraudu
lent claims, a misdemeanor, could
receive up to two years of imprison
ment plus a $1,000 fine for each week
of benefits for which false claims are
filed. "This means a person who files
false claims for eight weeks could be
sentenced to as much as 16 years im
prisonment and fined 18,000," said
John Lynch, ESC's chief fraud inves
tigator.
Lynch said the majority of false
claims fall into two groups. One in
cludes people who return to work and
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continue to File claims for unemploy
ment benefits. The other includes
those who file claims while they work
part time, but fail to correctly report
their earnings.
The average period for which false
claims are made is six weeks. Cur
rently, the maximum unemployment
benefits payments per week is $204.
Any jobless worker may apply for
unemployment benefit payments,
which are paid from the state's un
employment insurance trust fund.
The fund is maintained through taxes
paid by employers on their employ
ees' wages.
New hunting and fishing laws
preposed for North Carolina
Raleigh? When staff members of
the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commis
sion hold statewide public hearings
next year, they'll present about 25
new hunting and fishing regulations
proposed by the Commission for the
1988-89 seasons.
One of the 10 proposed fishing regu
lations would prohibit persons from
altering or changing the appearance
of game fish while fishing. Fred Har
% ris, chief of the Commission's Divi
sion of Boating and Inland Fisheries,
said some anglers behead, fillet, or
otherwise mutilate game fish having
size or creel limits to the extent that
wildlife officers cannot determine
the numbers of sizes of fish har
vested.
Each year, the Commission de
cides by October what regulation
changes-if any-will be proposed dur
. ing the series of public hearings held
usually during February in each of
the nine wildlife districts. Staff mem
bers develop new regulation propo
sals based on information and sug
gestions recorded during public input
meetings and on biological data ob
tained by wildlife and fisheries bi
ologists.
Several proposed hunting regula
' tions would open more areas to deer
hunters, extend the deer season in
* areas that have been more restric
? tive and allow muzzle-loading hunt
ers to harvest an antlerless deer. Hal
Atkinson, chief of the Commission's
Division of Wildlife Management,
said the deer population has been re
stored in many of these areas under
Commission restoration projects.
Other proposed hunting regula
tions would open a week-long bear
season in five counties in northeast
ern North Carolina and would open
^ wild turkey hunting seasons in re
storation areas in three counties
across the state.
The following regulations are pro
posed for deer seasons:
-Open all of Lincoln County to deer
hunting in accordance with the north
western season dates.
-Permit an additional antlerless
deer to be taken in the Central,
Northwestern and Western deer sea
sons in areas that have a gun either
^ sex deer season.
-Permit the harvest of one antler
less deer during the muzzle-loading
season by allowing the antlerless
only tag to be used during the estab
lished muzzle-loading season in
are#s that have a gun either-sex deer
season.
-Add Forsyth, McDowell (except
game lands), and Yadkin counties to
the one-day either-sex deer seasons.
$ -Add Alexander, Davie, Iredell,
Stokes, Surry and Wilkes counties to
the two-day either-sex deer seasons.
This does not include game lands in
Alexander, Davie, Stokes and Wilkes
counties.
-Add the following areas to the
four-day either-sex deer season: Cur
rituck County (all the county except
the Outer Banks and the Mackay Is
land National Wildlife Refuge);
Greene County; Lenoir County (that
part west of N.C. XI); and Wayne
County (that part south of U.S. 70).
-Add the following areas to the 10
day either-sex deer season: Anson
County (except game lands and the
Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge);
Beaufort County (except game
lands); Cabarrus County (that part
east of U.S. 52) ; Carteret County (ex
cept game lands); Chowan County
(that part north of U.S. 17) ; Craven
County (except game lands); David
son County (that part south of 1-85) ;
Lenoir County (that part east of N.C.
11); Martin County; Pitt County;
Rowan County (that part south of 1-85
and east of U.S. 52, except game
lands); Sampson County (that part
south of N.C. 24).
-Establish an either-sex deer sea
son of Nov. 21 - Dec. 10 in Buncombe
County (that part east of N.C. 191,
south of the French Broad and Swan
nanoa rivers, west of U.S. 25, and
north of SR 3503, NC 280 and SR 3501. )
-Establish a 29 day either-sex deer
season from Nov. 30 to Jan. 2 in Ber
tie County, Chowan County ( that part
south of U.S. 17); Gates County (ex
cept Dismal Swamp National Wild
life Refuge), Halifax County, Hert
ford County, Northampton County,
and Pender County (except game
lands).
-Add Camp Mackall Military Res
ervation to the Oct. 17 - Jan. 2 either
sex deer season.
The proposed bear regulation
would open a bear season from Nov.
14-19 in Beaufort County, Bertie
County (that part southeast of U.S.
17), Gates County, Tyrrell County
and Washington County.
One proposed turkey regulation
change would open wild turkey re
storation areas in Chowan County,
Hoke County (that part south and
west of N.C. 211) and Mitchell
County.
The second turkey change would
close the following areas as wild tur
key restoration areas: Alexander
County; Halifax County (that part
east of 1-95, south of N. C. 903 and
west of N.C. 258); Iredell County;
Jones County (that part north of SR
1105 and NC 58 to Maysville and west
of U.S.
17) ; Madison County (that part north
of NC 208 and west of NC 212 and SR
1434) ; Wilkes County (that part south
of U.S. 421); and Forsyth County.
The following are proposed
changes for game lands regulations:
-Restrict hunting on all posted wa
terfowl impoundments on game
lands to the use of non-toxic shot.
This also would include waterfowl
hunting on Falls, Butner and Jordan
Lake game lands because of a high
eagle concentration around those
lakes.
-Permit waterfowl hunting on the
Goose Creek Game Land from Mon
day through Saturday during the wa
terfowl season outside the posted wa
terfowl impoundments.
-Open Fires Creek Bear Sanctuary
to deer hunting on the opening day,
Thanksgiving Day, Fridays and Sat
urdays during the established West
ern deer season.
-Prohibit the setting of decoys prior
to 4 a.m. and require the removal of
decoys before 3 p.m. each day on the
managed waterfowl impoundments.
-Establish a four-day gun either-sex
deer season from Nov. 30 to Dec 3 on
the Angola Bay; Big Pocosin (three
days per week area) ; Croa tan, Goose
Creek, Hofmann Forest and Tusca
rora game lands.
-Establish "permit, either-sex" deer
hunts on Bladen Lakes, Hickory Nut
Mountain, and Dysartsville game
lands.
Changes in fishing regulations are
listed as follows:
-Eliminate all gill net seasons in in
land waters.
-Allow persons owning property ad
jacent to Dawson Creek in inland wa
ters above SR 1350 to set up to tw*>
crab pots attached to their pier or
property.
-Eliminate the diameter restriction
of cast nets when used for taking bait
fish.
-Establish a daily creel limit of 200
bait fish when such fish are taken un
der regulations allowing the collec
tion of bait fishes.
-Define a fish trap as being a cylin
drical-or rectangular-shaped device
into which fish swim and become en
closed or entrapped. A fish trap may
be no more than five feet in length
and no more than two feet in depth
and-or width. No lead nets, wing nets,
or other devices may be attached to
the trap nor used within 25 feet of the
trap. The maximum number of traps
which can be used simultaneously by
a licensed angler is 10.
-Eliminate the seining season on Pee
Dee River between the CP&L hydro
dam and Rocky River in Stanly and
Montgomery counties.
-Establish a daily creel limit of eight
fish and minimum size limit of 16
inches (two fish exception) for Mo
rone hybrids in the following waters:
l akps Fisher, Thom-A-Lex and Sa
lem; and all waters in Alamanec,
Chatham, Durham, Guilford, Lee,
Orange, Rockingham, and Wake
counties.
-Make it illegal to alter or change the
appearance of game fish while fish
ing or boating.
-Re-designate Big Creek, Haywood
County from general to native trout
water.
-Designate Lovelace Creek in Wilkes
County as a catch and release trout
stream and limit baits to artificial
lures having a single barbless hook
Revival
Hertford Pentecostal
Church
It is not often that our area churches have the privilege of
hearing a "fulfilled" Jew preach the gospel. Frederick Shmidt
is a Jewish evangelist, and world traveler. He has visited 19
countries with his ministry and takes prophetic educational
tours to Israel each year, offering seminars on Bible proph
ecy.
Frederick Shmidt became a follower of Jesus the Messiah in 1955, after a miraculous
deliverance from a devastating tornado which tore through Flint, Michigan, the city of his
birth. The evangelist has been "on the road" preaching evangelistic crusades since 1 960.
Added to his impressive knowledge of the Bible are his fiery preaching and his unique
pulpit manner. He prays for the sick in many of his services.
Gene Boyce, pastor of Hertford Pentecostal Church located at 715 W. Grubb Street in
Hertford invites the public to attend this crusade. Service will be held nightly at 7:30 p.m. (7
p.m. on Sunday) from October 25 through October 30.
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"The Perquimans "Marching Pirates" are seen as they perform during the "Tidewater Band
Festival" on Saturday. The band finished eighth in the competition which featured bands from
all over North Carolina and Virginia.
Money management - do you
have any idea what you're worth?
The Jones up the street seem to live
like millionaires. They've got a new
Mercedes in the driveway of their
brand new house. And they seem to
be going out to dinner or on vacation.
They must be wealthy.
Don't be too sure of that, says the
North Carolina Association of CPAs.
Lifestyle is not always a reflection of
wealth. Mr. and Mrs. Jones may owe
a substantial amount of money on
their new car and home while sinking
even more money into vacations and
dinners that add nothing to net worth.
And net worth is the ultimate mea
sure of wealth.
You, on the other hand, may owe
only a small mortgage on your house,
your car is paid off and you've got a
nice little nest egg in the form of an
IRA, savings accounts and some
stocks and bonds. In short, your net
worth is probably much more than
the free-spending Jones's.
What Is Net Worth?
Simply put, net worth is the differ
ence between what you own and what
you owe. For example, if you re
cently bought a $200,000 home, but
owe $180,000, the house contributes
only $20,000 to your net worth. On the.
other hand, if you own a $100,000
house and owe only $5,000 on it, the
house contributes $95,000 to your net
worth.
To calculate your net worth, add up
the market value of all of your as
sets: home, car, bank accounts, in
vestments, and retirement assets.
From this, subtract your liabilities:
mortgage, car loans, consumer loans
and the like. The figure you come up
with is your net worth. But what does
it tell you?
Net worth is, in effect, a snapshot
of your financial standing at any
given time. As such, it is most useful
when compared to other "snapshots"
taken at different times. The compa
rision allows you to gauge your finan
cial movement-are you accumulat
ing wealth or losing it? If your
financial goal is to reduce your debt
load and build up assets, a semi-an
nual or annual net worth calculation
will let you chart your progress.
This is not to say that you won't be
able to learn anything from your first
net worth calculation. On the cont
rary, it creates a benchmark against
which all future calculations will be
measured.
Let's assume that you've calcu
lated your net worth and to your hor
ror, you discover that not only are
you worth nothing, you actually have
a negative net worth. Should you
worry? Not if you are young and are
still paying off student loans in addi
tion to taking on debt to pay for a new
car and new furniture and all the
other things required for setting up
an independent household.
Remember, after all, most of us
will build up net worth the way our
parents did-slowly through savings.
As a result, younger people tend to
have a much lower net worth than
older, establshed people. In fact, the
Federal Government estimates that
half of people below the age of 35
have a net worth of less than $6,739.
CPAs recommend, however, that you
should be saving at least five percent
of your net income. If your savings
account doesn't reflect that, you
should consider boosting the amount
of save.
Your net worth also allows you to
identify financial problems so you
can move to solve them. If, for exam
ple, your liabilities outstrip your as
sets and you have the negative net
worth cited earlier, you may need to
cut back on credit card purchases.
Conversely, if the bulk of your assets
are in the stock market, you may
want to diversify to reduce your risk
exposure.
If you are nearing retirement, you
may want to move your assets to in
vestments that generate dividend
payments to supplement your retire
ment benefits. For example, if you
and your spouse live in a large hame
with no children present, you may
wnat to sell it and either move into a
smaller, less expensive one or per
haps even rent an apartment.
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