Food Recall
Food Recall
The following Food Lion product is being recalled:
PRODUCT UPC# Size
Food Lion Instant Nonfat Dry Milk 35826-03577 9.6 oz.
We are asking customers to return this item to the store for a full refund.
We would like to assure you that Food Lion regards food safety as a top priority. Information regarding recalls can be found at www.FoodLion.com/Recalls.
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July 4, 2009
Local News
July 4 - Saturday
9:00am - Annual 4th of July Parade - Main Street Oakboro, get here early for one of North Carolina's largest 4th of July Parades!
10:00am - Smokey Mountain Amusements & Rides open on the Oakboro Midway
11:00am - BBQ Dinner at the Fire Department
11:00am - Welcome Remarks, Mayor Joyce Little
- Invocation
- National Anthem
- Pledge of Allegiance
- 2009 Miss Stanly County Fire Queen Pageant
2:00pm - Rides on the Oakboro Midway close for a short break
5:00pm - Smokey Mountain Amusements & Rides re-open
7:00pm
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Big Sam performs on the Union Power Stage
(Beach & Top 40)
TBA - Raffle Drawing
11:30pm - Fireworks Show
12:00am - 51st Annual Oakboro 4th of July Celebration comes to close
The new Locust Bojangles Restaurant on West Main St. will open next Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 5:30 am.
The Locust City Council will hold their July meeting on July 9, 2009 at 7:30 pm in the Council Chambers located beside the Locust Police Dept. I will post the Agenda later in the week.
The new traffic signals are operating at the square and Redbridge Parkway at West Main Street in Locust.
The City of Locust is pleased to announce the introduction of a curbside recycling collection service effective July 6, 2009 to residential property owners within the city limits. The City has contracted with Green Pieces Recycling to provide the collection of curbside recycling service. Locust citizens should log onto www.locustnc.com or www.greenpiecesrecycling.net or call 704-888-5260/704-787-4610 to request a recycling bin and initiate service. Collection days will be either Monday, Thursday or Friday depending on your location. You will receive a recycling bin, complete listing of acceptable recyclable materials and a designated pickup day within two weeks prior to start of curbside service. Curbside recycling pickup will occur every other week.
Recycling bins should be placed 2 feet from the curb and 3 feet away from surrounding objects, the night before or by 6:00 a.m on the day of scheduled pickup. Recyclable items do not need to be sorted. Accepted recyclable material includes the following:
aluminum and steel cans,
glass bottles and jars
newspaper, office and mixed paper, junk mail, catalogs, magazines and phonebooks
corrugated cardboard
plastics with #1 and #2 on the bottom
A detailed listing of acceptable recyclable materials will be provided with the delivery of a recycling bin.
FOOTBALL
IN
LOCUST
K – 1 FLAG
2ND - 3RD DIVISION 1
4TH - 5TH DIVISION 2
PLEASE CALL RUSTY EFIRD
704- 361-7364
TO SIGN UP
WE WILL HAVE A MEETING IN JULY
PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO WE WILL KNOW HOW MANY
PLAYERS WE WILL HAVE
See Restaurant Row in the Locust Patch Enter here
West Stanly Fire Department
West Stanly Fire Department won two out of three events in the Firefighters Competition at the Oakboro 4th of July Celebration. They won the Broken Hose and Firefighters Competition events to take home two trophies. Oakboro won the Blind Hose Pull event. From left to right front row, Lamar Flake, Tyler Medlin, Travis Rector, Jason Honeycutt, back row, Rusty Starnes, Sandy Keyes, Aaron Kopp, and Cody Rabon.
Bank of America Crown
This photo was taken Thursday morning using a Kodak model 710 digital camera in time lapse mode on a fixed tripod. The photo was computer enhanced for detail and clarity.
Locust Director
of Parks & Recreation
See what's coming for this Spring and Summer click here.
Dan Sullivan
Director of Parks & Recreation
City of Locust
2884 Officer Jeff Shelton Drive (Physical)
PO Box 190 (Mailing)
Locust, NC 28097
704-781-0028 (Office)
Email: dsullivan@locustnc.com
Welcome, I hope you have a great 4th of
July. I have taken a few days off to enjoy our local lakes with a little
fishing and boating. Our next council meeting is next Thursday and I hope
to see you there. There will be a surprise announcement made at the
meeting.
Have a great week.
Regards,
Mayor Harold Greene, Mayor for the Growing City of Locust
Again as I said last week Keep your eyes open and hang on as Locust Zooms into the future.
Please feel free to contact me via e-mail or through city hall if I can be of service to you.
Office of the Republican Freshman Leader
North Carolina House of Representatives
Rep. Justin P. Burr
1315 Legislative Building, Raleigh, NC 27601-1096
(919) 733-5908
– Justin.Burr@ncleg.net
I
Massive Tax and Fee Increases Exposed
“The Dirty Dozen”
This week House and Senate Republican members discussed the negative effects of some of the countless tax and fee increases in the proposed Democrat budget. If enacted, this “Dirty Dozen” potion of taxes and fees will significantly impact our state’s fragile economy and families who are struggling to make ends meet during this severe recession.
At a press conference in the Legislative building, House and Senate Republican Leaders, along with a host of other Republican members from both houses, stated strong opposition to Democrat’s plans to balance the budget on the backs of working families and small businesses. Current proposals would raise $990 million in 2009-2010, $1.3 billion in additional tax revenue in 2010-2011 and over $87 million in additional fees. The very simple and clear message we are trying to send to the Democrat leadership is that to raise tax rates rather than cut wasteful and unnecessary spending is a recipe for economic disaster during a severe recession and will certainly inhibit critically needed job creation.
The “Dirty Dozen” include:
Estimated Revenue Generated:
2009-2010 2010-2011
Increase Upper-Income
Tax Brackets: $256,700,000 $183,100,000
Jobs “killer” – Employers move to other states
Disincentive for new economic development – employers
Wrong prescription during recession
Increase Sales Tax
Rate ¼ cent: $195,000,000 $200,000,000
Regressive, greatest burden on lower income citizens
· Nondeductible against Federal Income Tax - $30 million/yr. gift to Washington, DC
Sales Tax on Warranties,
Installations, Repairs: $176,200,000 $244,000,000
Harmful to small businesses
Burden on consumers who can afford it least
Sales Tax on Digital/
Click Throughs: $13,200,000 $17,800,000
Harmful to economic recovery
Amazon has threatened to pull out of NC. If so, we will receive less revenue
Probably unconstitutional
Sales Tax on Local
And Interstate Courier Services: $25,000,000 $91,000,000
Costs passed on to consumers/small businesses
FedEx is losing money
Tax ‘em “coming and going”
Franchise Tax on LLCs: $59,000,000 $131,000,000
Inhibit growth of new jobs (most small businesses are LLCs)
Tax applies even if LLC is losing money
In many cases, this duplicates property tax
Sales Tax on
Amusements/Movies: $23,600,000 $31,600,000
Amusements/movies are all business for those in that business
Regressive, nondeductible
Increase Fees for Deeds of
Trust and Mortgages for
Emergency Mgmt Division Use: $1,780,093 $3,560.186
Fee completely unrelated to Emergency Management
Why are borrowers singled out for this fee when those who pay cash for a home pay nothing?
A person who borrows $10,000 pays same $9 as one who borrows $1 million
Increase Marriage License Fee: $648,680 $648,680
Burden on families at the time of life when they are least able to pay
Funds Domestic Violence – But it does not tax those “shacking up” or those married 30 years who are abusing a spouse or “partner”
Insulting to newlyweds to presume they will abuse each other
Radiation (X-Ray)
Inspection Fee: $416,282 $813,242
Increase medical costs
No evidence of need for new inspections
Electricity Tax: $273,500,000 $337,800,000
Regressive, nondeductible
Tax on all electric consumers – residential and business
Harmful to stressed families in time of recession
Health Insurance Regulatory Fee: $? $?
Pass-through charge to consumer
Health care costs are too high without this additional fee
Believe me, there are many other tax and fee increases not listed above that the Democrat leadership is proposing to balance their wasteful spending habits with money from your wallet. I will continue to speak out and vote against all of these tax and fee increases.
It’s time for the Democrat Leaders of the General Assembly to make the right decisions by cutting the wasteful spending in Raleigh and stop playing with the emotions of the people of this state by threatening to cut a crucial service or necessary job that they depend on in order to push their massive tax and fee package over on citizens of North Carolina.
My legislative telephone number is 919-733-5908 and e-mail address is Justin.Burr@ncleg.net. Please do not hesitate to contact my office for assistance or if you have any questions concerning the budget process. If you would like to receive this weekly report, please send your e-mail address to BurrLA@ncleg.net.
It is my privilege to serve you as your Representative in Raleigh. I hope you all have a very happy and safe 4th of July weekend.
Rep. Justin P. Burr
N.C. House of Representatives, District 67
Legislative Building, Room 1315
16 W. Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
919-733-5908 (Office)
NC State Senate, Seat 25
Senator William R. Purcell
July 4, 2009
Greetings from Raleigh!
With the beginning of the new fiscal year, several new laws take effect, including an initiative I strongly supported that expands property tax relief to seniors and honorably-discharged disabled veterans. The measure was included in last year’s budget (H 2436, 2007 session). The homestead exemption provides 50% property tax relief to the low-income, elderly and disabled. Under the new law, we increased the income eligibility limit of a property owner from $20,000 to $25,000. Now a senior or disabled veteran making $25,000 or less will qualify for the homestead exemption. I also supported the “circuit breaker” tax relief. Much like a circuit breaker in your home, it protects taxpayers from a property tax “overload”: when a property tax bill exceeds 5% of a taxpayer’s income up to $35,000, the circuit breaker reduces property taxes in excess of this “overload” level. This relief is especially helpful to seniors suffering from rising property taxes due to property tax revaluations when their income is not keeping pace. These changes were the right thing to do because some of our seniors were in jeopardy of losing their family homes due to escalating property taxes.
We are still learning the lessons of this unprecedented recession, but one issue has become even clearer: people throughout North Carolina are in serious need of financial education. It is so important for us to teach our students early on how to manage money so that they have a strong foundation for making good financial decisions. Recent statewide surveys found that seventh graders failed in their knowledge of basic financial concepts. Many North Carolinians have no relationship with a financial institution and savings rates are very low—especially for emergency expenses. We are working to do something about that. This week, I supported legislation (S 1019) to establish a statewide financial literacy council to coordinate existing financial education (which began two years ago) within the public school system and work to expand access to financial education resources and programs in communities across North Carolina—including through our community colleges and universities. The legislation was sent to the Governor to be signed into law.
As we continue to work on a very difficult budget, I would like to pause to wish you all a very Happy 4th of July. Let us remember Thomas Jefferson’s words written on that summer day 233 years ago, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Office: 625 Legislative Office Building
Phone:
(919) 733-5953
Email:
William.Purcell@ncleg.net
Legislative Mailing Address:
NC Senate
300 N. Salisbury Street, Room 625
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
The West Stanly Business Association is a group of local business owners who meet on the first and third Wednesday, of every month at 12 noon until 1:00 pm at Stanly Community College in the Honeycutt Room. Lunch is $5.00 per person, annual dues are $35.00 per company. Our main focus is to discuss the issues in the community related to local business: marketing ideas and strategies, small business issues, community development issues and the like. Most meetings involve a guest speaker to discuss pertinent issues. We welcome all business owners in and around Locust, Oakboro, Red Cross and Stanfield. Business owners in Midland are also welcome to join us as we share services even though we are in different counties. This is an open forum for the exchange of ideas related to local business. So come on down and join in. We just might be what you have been waiting for!
For more information, please feel free to contact Dr. Sonny Gotro at
704-888-8765
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Support & Encouragement Group for women 18years old & up.
Meetings will be held at New Life Church in Locust at 10:00am on the 1st & 3rd
Saturday of the month.
If you have questions or need directions, please call me at 704-486-7009 or
704-668-6402.
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Guided Trail Rides Every Evening
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Orientation Required
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