| Show Chamber ABC committee discusses summer advertising Members of the Vernal Chamber Area Business Community Committee met Wednesday of last week for Plans for upcoming year were The first promotion to kick off the advertising year will be a Bargain slated for April It will be followed by two sidewalk one May and one May A meeting will be held March 23 finalize plans for the April It was brought out by Irvin that the merchants' Christmas Turkey Days promotion was well He said the beef roasts given by the Uintah Cattlemen in conjunction with the turkeys were well Discussion of the local bad check problem was Ken mentioned that there is a task force in Vernal comprised of Jack Reynolds and John Laursen of the Uintah County Sheriff Department and Vernal City detectives Bob Downard and Darrell He suggested to the group that anyone holding bad checks should contact the Task Force for assistance in A list of bad check tips was read to the TASK FORCE In discussing the situation with the Express found that to date over bad check cases are now in the courts in various They range from Class B misdemeanors to According to there are some people prior to leaving the have written sufficient bad checks to warrant felony Their names have been entered in CIC if apprehended in another they will be extradited to Vernal to face the charges Reynolds explained that the Bad Check Task Force officers are encouraging people to contact them when they can't collect on a take the checks and try to collect Since early winter of we have had approximately turned over to us for This is time but we are wading BAD CHECK TIPS The following a list of tips from an expert con Frank who is now a professional consultant to having retired from the fraud reformed and turned his skills about-face In helping business avoid losses from theft and bad He suggests you can reduce your losses All legitimate checks have at least one side Forgers often print checks and cut them out with a paper Government checks are not but are cut out of a card stock and bear the tero-iero Federal Reserve 90 of all hot checks are on Page Chamber ABC from Page numbered through Be Get good Call the Inspect the Federal Reserve code on every The first two digits of the required magnetic ink number code at the bottom of the check represent the code number of the appropriate Referral Reserve There are twelve of thew numbered through Memorize the code and locations or have a list For represents the district including If you have a check on an Oregon bank and the FR code is other than It Is a Legitimate checks have a fraction in the upper right hand The first four digits of the denominator must match the magnetic coding The magnetic coding is in a special ink which does not It is When you examine the tilt it slightly to cause the light to reflect off the The light should not reflect off the code numbers at the bottom of the Never use third-party credit cards for They are too easily filched or stolen and you cannot obtain experience information from the Use local retail store Photo drivers licenses always make careful comparison of the picture and the If they don't look don't |
