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With the help of a financial professional, you can consider some of the myriad of plans that may be available to you: Owner-only 401(k) — This plan, which is also known as an individual 401(k), is available to self-employed individuals and business owners with no full-time employees other than themselves or a spouse. You may even be able to choose a Roth option for your 401(k), which allows you to make after-tax contributions that can grow tax-free.SEP IRA — If you have just a few employees or are self-employed with no employees, you may want to consider a SEP IRA. You’ll fund the plan with tax-deductible contributions, and you must cover all eligible employees.Solo defined benefit plan — Pension plans, also known as defined benefit plans, are still around — and you can set one up for yourself if you are self-employed or own your own business. This plan has high contribution limits, which are determined by an actuarial calculation, and as is the case with other retirement plans, your contributions are typically tax-deductible.SIMPLE IRA — A SIMPLE IRA, as its name sug-gests, is easy to set up and maintain, and it can be a good plan if your business has fewer than 10 employees. Still, while a SIMPLE IRA may be advan-tageous for your employees, it’s less generous to you, as far as allowable contributions, than an own-er-only 401(k), a SEP IRA or a defined benefit plan.As a business owner, you spend a lot of time thinking about what needs to be done today, but you don’t want to forget about tomorrow — so consider putting a retirement plan to work for you soon.

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Harrison Announces Candidacy for Board of Commissionerslong-time Resident Values Community, Common Sense and Civility

Announcing his candidacy for the Post I seat on the Rockdale County Board of Com-missioners, Tom Harrison said he will tackle the tough issues facing our community with a practical, common sense approach that values civility and cooperation.The long-time resident and community volunteer believes that approach can go a long way in addressing issues ranging from economic development, to planning and zoning, and public safety.“I think our County needs leaders who can put politics aside and make sensible deci-sions on behalf of all of our citizens,” said Harrison, a businessman and entrepreneur “You have got to be able to work with people of differing opinions in a thoughtful and respectful manner in order to forge partnerships that will serve the common good.”Harrison said he has a passion for the Conyers-Rockdale community, which he moved to more than 30 years ago to property owned by his family since the 1950s. He decided to run for the Board of Commissioners because the community is at a crossroads, and effective leadership is needed now more than ever.“I have seen our sense of community decline; I have watched people operating in isolation when collaborations should be sought; and I have witnessed civility in our government erode,” said Harrison. “These are recent trends I’d like to help reverse.“The manner in which we conduct ourselves as public servants greatly impacts how successful we are at addressing the community’s needs,” he added. “We need leaders who are responsive and courteous to all. Behaving otherwise demeans the position and the public trust, and it diminishes our sense of unity and our sense of community.“What I offer voters is a candidate who honors civility over hostility; community over partisan agendas, and common sense ideas over grandiose platitudes.”If elected, Harrison’s priorities would include working with the City of Conyers to ensure that city and county ordinances are consistent and that they are equally con-ducive to economic development. Additionally, Harrison favors reducing the salary of the Commissioner Chairman and exploring the feasibility of changing the govern-ment structure so that a professional handles the day-to-day operations to prevent politics from interfering with effective governance. And, while he places great value on regional cooperation, Harrison will work hard to ensure that Rockdale retains its unique identity and reflects the standards set by the citizens of this community, not neighboring jurisdictions.As principal with Tom Harrison & Associates, Inc. he has worked in the water, sew-erage and irrigation industry since 1990. Prior to that, he worked as national sales manager in manufacturing and distribution in the same industry. He also worked as an assistant personnel director after graduating from then West Georgia College now University of West Georgia. He holds a BA in Psychology from West Georgia with a minor in Environmental Studies and Anthropology. He and his wife, Lorraine, publish the About Conyers Magazine, a division of Tom Harrison & Associates. Between them they have four children and four grand children

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Pine Log Park Pavilion at 7:30 a.m.

Conyers/Rockdale County area residents will participate in a local waterway cleanup event that targets all waterways including ditches, rivers, creeks, lakes, and wetlands in October as part of the continuing statewide campaign to clean and preserve over 70,000 miles of Georgia’s rivers and streams. The effort will be part of Rivers Alive, a joint program of the Department of Natural Resource’s Environmental Protection Division and Keep Georgia Beautiful campaign. Civic groups, subdivisions, businesses, communities, Boy and Girl Scout Troops, churches, youth groups, students and individuals are asked to volunteer in the 2011 Rivers Alive Event in our community.

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