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The Augusta News-Review March 16, 1985 ~W - " t l g w x Jf' ▼ CANADIAN ■ ■HL mist In&lL I '* 3B *• - 0 *j«B| <asA£Ma x I T£i Epl , Za baM «|B ' ABBRS * < t?s> ? || #s» ■ ■ Misr / B BM»' '' z Z B f *u ? ■ < . * Bk ”'■ I sBMBI 1 <•■ ‘ i W ' - B y GO MISTING TONIGHT •At home, or at your favorite bar, when you go Misting, you make any night special. So experience the smooth mellow lightness of Canadian Mist. An imported Canadian Whisky. IMPORTED BY B f SPIRITS ITD N V CANADIAN WHiSKY A BIEND 80 PROOF C 1982 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••*•••••••••• •••• i When you think of a \ 3 Nursing Career... = i l ' i consider These Many Benefits! :.T f - A Com P ,ete Variety of Clincial Settings •x>> k :<'•.«.> 6'4 .Mobility Within a Nationwide System 5 I'll • ■ Annual Salar V Increase plus Promotions •J, \k -Full Federal Civil Service Benefits * -Equal Opportunity Employer I,: Y J# -Advancement Opportunities Unparalleled j t : jA / / For more information about X/f/ our excellent Benefits call: 5 Nancy Calfee, RN (404) 823-2264 1 N u rse Rear u itar S Li' ■ ZZZkZK® : ■' • - : ? . • _____ -1 : !S/ ci== W X-XX 1 ' ;r: ' -Jri-t-ri ,r= : y F—- : :~Fb' r >t r u _:ZZJ ? VA Medical Center-Augusta, GA Page 2 Beat the tax man figure out your tax early By Charles E. Belle He who hesitates “has” lost, Chapter 1, Verse 1, IRS, Belle. Because so many people fear the Internal Revenus Service, they put off doing their tax preparation un til the last minute, namely April 14th. It is not intelligent to “guess what you owe or do not owe Un cle Sam in taxes. You should know before he knows. Knowledge is money. After all, if you owe the federal government tax dollars, simply wait until the last minute and pay up. Figure it, just don’t file it. On the other hand, if the tax man owes you a few bucks, best tell him as quickly as possible to fork it over. An audit of one’s tax return is what frightens most people who fight with Uncle. Sam about the amount of taxes “to be or not to be.” Calm down, if you don’t earn more than SIO,OOO. Form 1040A filers stand a silly 0.32 change of being called into the revenuer’s office. About as often as the Mayor visiting your house, it does happen but don’t wait up. Then agian for those taking in between SIO,OOO and $25,000 it’s a bit better than a 100 to one shot coming in. As for those households earning $50,000 or more we are talking audit for alter nations in almost five out of every 100, or a 20 to one shot and the IRS is sure to win a couple of those races. Paine College president named to ETS Board of Trustees PRINSTON, N.J.—William Hamilton Harris, president of Paine College, has been elected to a four-year term on the Board of Trustees of Educational Testing Services (ETS). Dr. Harris received his A.B degree from Paine College in 1966. He received his M.A. in 1967 and his Ph.D. in 1973 from Indiana University. Prior to his appointment at Paine College, Dr. Harris served as an associate dean of the graduate school and professor of history at Indiana Univ. Dr. Harris has writ ten two books and numerous ar ticles and is currently working on a biography of A. Philip Randolph, a major labor and civil rights CHILD-SIZE H REUEF THE DORCOL" PEDIATRIC H FORMULAS El | .1.0/ | C 1985 DORSEY LABORATORIES DIVISION OF SANDQ£. ING YOUR DOG NEEDS VITAMINS, TOO. wwni | mM^2| HW "3 RSergeants the pet care people One way to defend against being selected out of th&computer batch is to be as close to the standard deductions for your income level as possible. People earning $25,000 to $30,000 should average medical expense deductions of $752, taxes of $2,050, con tributions of 732 and interest payments of $3,195. In the $50,000 to $75,000 earning bracket, average deductions are $897 for medical; $4,574 for taxes, $1,551 for contributions and $6,242 for interest payments. Naturally, you may exceed with written records of names and dates. And mailing in copies will keep them from wan ting to call you into their office. An often overlooked deduction is the Keogh and Individual Retirement Account. These deduc tions may be written and claimed on an early filing even though no funds have as yet been placed in them for last year. They must be paid in by April 15th of this year, but not necessarily until then. In short, your tax refund can be used to satisfy a part if not all of your IRA contribution. This is just one of the major reasons preparing your income tax as early as possible will put money in your pocket. Remember, this year and every year, figure it first: If you owe, don’t file it until the last moment. But if they owe you, money honey, pell rubber! figure of the 20th century. Most widely known as the developer of the College Board’s SAT, ETS produces tests that are taken by more than six million people each year. Among them are the Gradaute Record Examinatons, NTE Programs, the Graduate Management Admission Test, and a variety of professoinal licensing and certification exams. ETS is also a research center for the field of testing and measurement. Business seminar to be held at Augusta College Choosing the Legal Structure of Your Business will be the topic of two seminars given on March 18 & 21 by the Minority Outreach Program of the Small Business Development Center. The seminars will be held in Room A-l of Skinner Halil at Augusta College from 7-9 p.m. Attorney Calvin McMullen will conduct the seminars. More information and reser vations may be received by calling Deßena Hallman at 737-1790. The seminars are free. HE 4/ 2T3rwß /4M ii > FRONTIERSMEN sport new blazers— from left, front row—Walter Thomas, Thomas Hankerson, J.T.Lawrence, Quincy L. Robertson, Augustus Miller, (second row) Joseph Gaudy, Harvey L. Johnson, Earl H. Thurmond, Roosevelt Slaughter, John Swint, (third row) Claude Taylor, William Belcher, Roscoe Brown and Charles McCann FOR THE SMILE OF HEALTH. NATURM~ ZrSalHepattcFj | ~ taßl etsJ ■ A € 1983 Chattem, Inc The‘Lifeline’ By Dr. Cynthia Butler Truly the experience of being put on a train in the care of a stranger was worse than the state of dread. At least, I had roots in W Br' ■ that state. I knew where the violence, the explosions would occur. The charcters were familiar; but everybody on the train was a stran- ger. The tnought of violence and explosions from strangers was un bearable. I couldn’t cry. There was no place to hide. My brother held my hand. For that, I shall always be greatful. He was indeed the ram in the bush. He was my life line. “Thank goodness,” I thought to myself. “I heard Momma ask the proter to take care of us until we were met by our grandmomma.” I heard him say, “Sure, I’ll take care of them.” As I remembered that exchange, I breathed a sigh of relief. I repeated a Bible verse that’ I memorized, “Jesus Wept.” I didn’t know where it came from. I didn’t know what it meant. I did not have the faintest idea who Jeasus was. But those words, “Jesus Wept” and my brothers HAND in mine kept me breathing. I kept my eyes off those adult strangers. I felt so small. I kept my eyes on my brother’s hand in mine. I held his hand with a grip of steel. Twelve hours passed. I slept with nighmares all around me. Goblins, bunny rabbits turned into monsters. That was my world during that twelve hours. I started to feel comfortable with being beaten with sticks, running and falling and finally, I was eaten alive. That should have been horrifying, shouldn’t it? But it wasn’t. You see, I was swallowed whole. I felt I was comfortable and warm inside that huge belly. There was plenty to eat and drink. But best of all, there were no ex plosions and violence inside. I wanted to stay there forever. Just as I was curling up to en joy more softness, I jumped with a start. My brother was shaking me. “Wake up,” he yelled. “The porter is saying good bye.” “Good-bye,” I thought as I gradually and painfully awakened. “He’s supposed to be taking care of us until we get to gran dmomma.” I opened my eyes as he was waving good-bye. We were completely alone. Just my brother and 1.1 was three years Upward Bound program to be held Paine College, for the 18th year, will host a summer residential program for high school sophomores and juniors. Sponsored by the Department of Education, Upward Bound provides tutorial assistance in basic skills plus recreational activities to students from economically deprived backgrounds. The pur pose of the program is to generate the skills and motivation necessary for students to be successful in educational endeavors beyond old and very short. He was four years old and shorter than me. I heard someone say, “How could parents be so cruel as to allow their children to travel alone. They should be jailed. It is a crime.” But everyone was sympathetic. They patted our heads while shaking their heads in pity. They gave us fried chicken to eat. I held out my hand, took the fried chicken, put it up to my mouth, took a bite, chewed and swallowed. I was very much like a mechanical doll. Only, I am sure, I operated at a much slower pace. “We are at the mercy of these strangers,” I thought. “Jesus Wept,” I cried over and over until I was lulled into a restless sleep. The goblins and monsters deserted me. The com fort of being kicked and stomped was gone. The large comfortable belly of the whale was no longer there. I was alone in a blackness that tossed and turend me at will. When I awakened, I was at the mercy of who ever felt enough pity to share their pity and their fried chicken. I was grateful; but I was angry. I was lost. I felt that I was hanging by a nail from a cross dangling, swaying with the wind when it moved, hanging quietly when it did not. At that moment, I felt my brother’s hand in mine. That was the lifeline. Finally, the train arrived at our destination in California. An older woman was standing with a sign •with our names on it. We stumbled over shoes and people to reach her. “I’m your grandmomma and this is Uncle Willie.” She appeared stern; but she was there. Grandmomma and Uncle Willie were there for me and my brother. I just moved wherever they led me and was glad someone was there to lead me and my brother away. I felt relieved. Grandmomma was good. She provided for us. She sewed our clothes. She took us to church. But she never talked to us. We were never encouraged to talk to her. We were just there. She didn’t ask us about our lives. She accepted us. She tried to instill vlues and morals in us. The traditional punishment was used—beating. It was not excessive beating by any means. But often we did not know what it was for. So we really didn’t learn anything except that we could be beaten whenever adults felt like it. At those times, I wondered, “What sin have I committed?” But I didn’t have time to think. My father came to get us. high school. Thus far, more than 1,100 students have been served by Up ward Bound at Paine. The program is under the direction of Earnestine Harris, Director of Special Programs for the college. Applications for the 1985 session, which will run from June 10 to July 30, are now being accep ted. Interested high school sophomores and juniors should contact their guidance counselor or phone the college at 722-4471, Ext. 210.