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Get inspections before tag renewal
Dr. David Williams with Thomasville Pediatrics received the President’s Award from the Thomasville Area Chamber of Commerce. Williams was recognized for his volunteer service.
BY PAUL B. JOHNSON ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
TRIAD – Motorists receiving their annual license tag renewal notifications this year from the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles need to remember the change in policy with car inspections. Last year, the DMV began phasing in a new policy to have tag renewals and inspections take place during the same month. But motorists need to have their car inspections completed before the DMV will issue a tag renewal. “The basics are pretty simple. The DMV has a vehicle registration database, and no vehicle registration can be renewed until an inspection has been completed. Therefore, drivers must take their cars in to be inspected and pass inspection before they can renew,” said Brendan Byrnes, manager of public relations with AAA Carolinas out of Charlotte. The reminder from the DMV each year for tag renewals will come with a notice to have vehicles inspected beforehand, Byrnes said.
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Kurt Rath of Vann York GM Auto Park scratches off an old inspection sticker on a vehicle he’s inspecting. If motorists mail a tag renewal form and payment to the DMV in Raleigh, they don’t have to include a copy of the car inspection, said DMV spokeswoman Marge Howell. When a service station or dealership inspects a car, the DMV automatically notes the inspection in computer records, she said.
Some motorists coming into Crescent Ford in High Point initially have been confused about when they need to have an inspection, especially during the transition period of coordinating tag renewals and inspections, said Service Manager Mark Draughn.
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AT A GLANCE
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The cost of an annual renewal of a license tag on a basic passenger car in the state of North Carolina is $28.
vehicle costs either $30 in a county covered by emission control standards or $13.60 in counties without an emission requirement.
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Source: N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles
An annual car inspection for a passenger
Forecast is looking up, thaw’s on the way about that,” Kines said Monday. Temperatures in the Triad should reach normal levels by TRIAD – It still will feel like win- Wednesday at the latest, said Ruster this week for residents of the sell Henes, hydrometeorologiregion – just not winter on ste- cal technician with the National roids. Weather Service in Raleigh. High and low temperatures “The high Wednesday should be in the Triad should moderate to in the upper 40s, which is about normal levels and may even push where it should be about this time above normal by later this week, of year,” Henes said Monday. said Tom Kines, senior meteorolThe high Thursday and Friday ogist with AccuWeather. should top out in the mid-50s, “We’re definitely heading out of Henes said. this cold pattern. There’s no doubt The main reason for the change BY PAUL B. JOHNSON ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
is a shift in the jet stream that has brought a frigid trough from Canada. The jet stream is shifting north, which should warm the Southeast. Temperatures could increase 5 to 10 degrees on average each day this week, with higher-than-normal temperatures for this time of year by the end of the week, Kines said. Typical high temperatures for the central Piedmont this time of year should be in the upper 40s, with lows in the upper 20s. The return to normal or abovenormal winter conditions should
persist through late January, Kines said. “That’s not to say that we can’t have a chilly day here and there. But it won’t be as consistent or extreme,” he said. Wednesday should mark the first day of 2010 in which temperatures averaged out for a day should be at or above normal, Henes said. The streak of belownormal daily temperature averages has been the longest in the region since February 1980.
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Trinity weighs special election for alcohol sales BY DARRICK IGNASIAK ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
TRINITY – Sheetz store manager Steve Murray is accustomed to sending customers to neighboring cities to purchase alcohol. If some members of the Trinity City Council have their way, Murray and several other businesses could be selling alcohol after the spring of 2011 – the time frame of when several City Council members would like to hold a special election for a referendum on alcohol sales. “We have quite a few folks that we detour away from here and send to Thomasville, where they can purchase alcohol,” said Murray, manager of the new Sheetz convenience store on Finch Farm Road in Trinity. “It would be nice to have the sales in Trinity because I’m sure they would get some kind of tax having the sales here.” During the City Council’s retreat in High Point this
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Steve Murray, manager of Sheetz on Finch Farm Road, gets a carton of drinks from a walk-in cooler. He hopes at some point to have cases of beer cooling in the cooler. past weekend, Councilman Robbie Sikes said he is in favor of putting an alcohol referendum to the voters. At the all-day work session, Sikes argued against Mayor Carlton Boyles’ view that the alcohol issue would split the residents of Trinity – especially, the city’s 70 churches. “I
believe in God,” Sikes responded to Boyles. “Do I believe in drinking? Yes. I drink ... This is not a moral issue. This is the 21st century. This is a financial issue. You mentioned 70 churches. Do you realize how many stores are in Trinity that could sell alcohol right now?”
In 2007, Trinity residents voted on whether or not to allow the sale of malt beverages, unfortified wine, mixed beverages and whether or not to permit the operation of ABC stores. Almost 60 voters defeated the sale of malt beverages, mixed drinks, unfortified wine and the
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operation of ABC stores in Trinity. With the city being incorporated in 1997, it was the first time Trinity residents voted on the alcohol issue. Archdale, meanwhile, took the alcohol referendum to the voters four times since its incorporation in 1969 before it was able to get the sale of alcohol in the city in 2005. Because the referendum was defeated, Trinity officials could not put the issue to the voters again for three years, said Ann Bailie, Trinity’s city manager. City Council members on Saturday directed Bailie to find out what the city’s cost would be to hold a special election. Bailie said Monday she was informed by the Randolph County Board of Elections office that the city would be required to pay an estimated $4,500 to hold the special election. dignasiak@hpe.com | 888-3657
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