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I 2 News ï w « *** • The Wednesday, March 1, 2006 Clackamas Prit Concert band prepares for Elizabeth Hitz I The Clackamas Print Uniforms are pressed. Instruments of war are cleaned and polished. The troops have drilled for months, struggling to mem orize their sheet music. Strains of Percy Grainger’s “Molly on the Shore” and Peter Mennin’s “Canzon” fill the halls. The war has started. On Tuesday, March 14, about 800 students from 14 different high school bands from Oregon and Washington will battle it out in the first annual Northwest Invitational Concert Band Contest, The battle ground is the college campus, spe cifically the Niemeyer Building. “Its going to be fun,” said Britney Soper, a college student and flute player for the Clackamas Community College Concert Band. “I did festivals all four years of my high school experience. [It] will be nice to hear how far the’ high school bands have come . . . and not being competitive is going to be nice, [to] not have the pres sure of competition.” All of the competition is open to the public except the online sight reading competition, and admis sion is free. Bands are scheduled to play in 30 minute blocks from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. According to Clackamas Music Instructor and Band Conductor David Mills, the contest will be judged “by a distinguished panel of college and high school music educators from Oregon and Washington.” Local high schools competing include: Benson, Milwaukie, Sky View, Lake Oswego, Lake Ridge, Westview, Aloha and West Linn. “The Clackamas Community College Concert Band will per form over the lunch hour and at the day’s end with the Oregon Brass Ensemble,” said Mills. “I think it’s great that we have this beautiful facility and can host the high schools,” said Music Department Head Tom Wakeling. “It helps them and it helps us.” For more information or a com plete schedule, contact the Music department at (503) 657-6958, ext. 2434. Instructor Gary Nelson and student Jerry Stalnaker practice in the Clackamas Concert Band. I n college will host the Northwest Invitational High School Concert Band Contest Tuesday, Marchi TAXES: Tips, information for college students Continued from TAXES, Page 1 Those who are on Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income, or federally-assisted housing program, refunds must be spent within a month or else it can be counted as resource. Anyone who gets food stamps must spend their refund within a year, or else the refund will be counted as a resource. Even if someone is in die country on a green card, there is still a possibility that those immigrants qualify for die EIC. People with Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers or non-work Social Security Numbers do not qual ify for die EIC. Extra Credit The Hope Scholarship is a tax credit and tax credits are subtracted from die amount a family owes in taxes. A credit of up to $1,500 is available depending on how many dependants are in a household. This credit is only available for the first two years of postsecondaiy educa tion. Any credit received by a family is based on tuition, fees, other schol arships and any allowances taken out of tuition. The main factor in determining if a filer qualifies is how many dependents are in the family. To qualify for this credit, either a dependent or the filer must be an eligible student A student is anyone registered as at least part-time and has not yet completed the first two years of postsecondaiy education. The credit works on sliding scale: a single person that makes $53,000 a year gets a smaller credit than a single person who makes $43,000. The maximum credit any one person can receive is $2,000 for all eligible students in their family. The credit is availableTbr an unlimited amount of years for any postsecond ary education or courses to improve job skills. Both credits have the same requirements to qualify, but only one credit or the other can be used at any given filing. Deduct this As much as $4,000 can be taken from taxable income using the Tuition and Fees Tax Deduction. The deduction is based on tuition and fees garnered at an eligible postsecond ary school. Personal living and fam ily expenses, room and board, insur ance, medical and transportation are not deductible expenses. Those with a gross income of more than $80,000 do not qualify for the deduction. To find a tax site near you, dial *211 or 1-888-227-7669, or go to www.cashoregon.oig or wwwaafp. org/taxaide. Information compiled from: National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, cashoregon.oig., and irs.gov. 'Chartwells The Cougar Cafe is open M- Th: 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Fridays: 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Breakfast Grill open 7- 10:30 Lunch Grill open 10:30 a.m. -2 p.m. HIGH FIVl Team set to succee Continued from HIGH FIVE, Pag “Because he carried al Great Sword,” added Stalnal But Stalnaker pointed out “sol [questions] were hard bed they were poorly worded.” | When Fauver went to take qualifying test, he was on sol what of a crunch for time. I “If graded on spelling,I flunk. I finished my test n minutes so I could meet myrl said Fauver. Anne Donnelson and | Paulson are two of the coal for the CCC “High-Five” ta Last year, Donnelson went] another CCC team and Wa Falogowski, “High-Five” I invited the college back this! to form another team. This ya rival is Mt Hood CommJ College. | “They’re sharp and bril said Donnelson of this y| team. I “It benefits us because! good for us to have contact! file, students,” she contiil “This way keeps us connect! “We practice once a week] a list of questions from di] ent categories,” said Donnell “Wayne Falogowski provide] with questions that have alii been used on the show, an! have done our own resear« throw the team a curve ball.! Paulson attended last y] taping and said that “it’s lol fun and a good time.” She | said that a lot of students end] attending, and the crew oil game show knows how to I them involved and excited ’ I The game show was sfl in 1993. Since the game sfl creation 13 years ago, more! half a million dollars in sei arships and prizes have ■ awarded. I The show is taped in fto« a five studio audience at the® studios on SW Macadam AvH Portland. The public is welc® to attend. I Clackamas Coninii® College’s team squares off ag® Mt. Hood Community CoB on April 15 at 12 p.m. anfl show will air on June 18. II
