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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Tax break for small businesses passed in special session
by Tom James
Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Lawmakers
on Monday passed a tax break aimed at
small businesses in Oregon during a one-
day special legislative session convened
by Gov. Kate Brown.
The Democrat and legislative
leaders in the majority party emphasized
keeping the session focused only on
passing the new break, which targets
small businesses known as sole
proprietorships, and limiting it to a
single day. The tax plan passed 51-8
in the House and 18-12 in the Senate.
Both votes included Democrats who
broke from their party to vote against the
measure.
Republicans objected to the scope
of the plan as early numbers showed it
benefiting established businesses more
than struggling entrepreneurs. The plan
specifically blocks more than 100,000 of
the smallest businesses in the state from
benefiting, or about 90 percent of sole
proprietorships.
The move is the latest reverberation
from President Donald Trump’s 2017
federal tax overhaul. Democratic
legislators blocked part of that plan after
finding it would benefit some Oregon
businesses twice - and cost the state
$217 million in its first two years. But
Republican legislators balked, and when
Brown OK’d the block she promised to
call the special session to create another,
separate break for small businesses.
House Republican Minority Leader
Mike McLane said Monday the process
was forced through by the majority party.
“This is the governor’s bill - any
attempt to by the Republicans to shape it
or modify its language were rejected by
the Democrats,” McLane said. McLane
said his main request in negotiations had
been to broaden who qualified for the
bill, but that it had been denied.
House Speaker Tina Kotek, a
Democrat, said legislators from her party
had negotiated in good faith.
Passing the plan in a single day
represented a success for Democrats,
especially Brown, who first declared the
ambitious timeline. Normal legislative
rules require a days-long process of
passing bills back-and-forth between
committees.
Voting to suspend the rules required
Republican cooperation: McLane said
that despite objections, his caucus had
agreed that holding up the process
would only delay the inevitable, since
Democrats control the Legislature.
The controversy surrounding the
plan traces back to the Trump overhaul,
which created a flat 20 percent deduction
for pass-through income — business
income claimed as personal income
by a business owner. The Trump
deduction affects only federal taxes,
but because Oregon’s personal income
taxes are calculated using numbers
from Oregonians’ federal tax returns,
the deduction was set to benefit some
business owners twice: once on their
federal taxes, and once when it reduced
their state bill.
The first Democratic plan, passed
earlier this year as Senate Bill 1528,
allowed people to keep the federal
deduction, but required it to be added
back before calculating state taxes.
The new plan, called HB 4301,
targets business owners who would have
been eligible for the Trump deduction,
but by expanding a state deduction
instead - with a much smaller price tag.
“Republicans and Democrats in
both houses support fairness for small
businesses in Oregon,” Brown said. “We
were pleased to be able to get this done
in one day.”
Current state law gives a tax
break on pass-through incomes to
some types of businesses, but not sole
proprietorships, which are often the
smallest independent businesses, and
include many independent contractors:
The new Democratic plan expands that to
include sole proprietorships.
The plan has a key limit: only
businesses with at least one employee
qualify, eliminating single-person
operations.
About 12,000 businesses appear to
be eligible, at an initial cost to the state of
around $12 million per year, according to
documents from legislative economists.
But the single-employee limit
disqualifies about 90 percent of sole
proprietorships, or just over 100,000
single-person businesses, said Chris
Allanach, head of the nonpartisan
legislative revenue office.
Early numbers also showed more
than 40 percent of the benefit flowing to
business owners already making more
than $500,000 per year.
“Those sole proprietors who are
just trying to get off the ground... get the
least amount of benefit,” said Rep. Greg
Smith, a Republican, during the bill’s
first hearing of the day.
Sen. Mark Hass, a Democrat
who voted against the bill, said that
broadening the break without study was
hasty.
Brown defended the one-employee
minimum at a press conference after the
votes, saying it put sole proprietors under
the same requirements as other types of
businesses.
She also said she supported capping
the benefits available to high-earning
business owners under the plan, but later
acknowledged she had not included such
a cap in her original proposal.
Healthy U:
by Nicole Rensenbrink
Our bodies need a variety of nutrients to
remain healthy. Micronutrients, which are vitamins
and minerals, are those we need in small amounts.
Macronutrients, which include carbohydrates, proteins,
fats and water, are the ones we need most.
The main function of carbohydrates is to provide
energy. Simple carbohydrates, or sugars, often have
names that end in “ose” (such as glucose or fructose).
They taste sweet and occur naturally in foods such as
fruit, berries and milk. Carbohydrates are also found
in sugar, honey, maple syrup and molasses. Simple
carbohydrates are small molecules, absorb easily into
the bloodstream, and quickly raise blood sugar levels.
Complex carbohydrates, or starches, are larger
molecules that are absorbed more slowly. That keeps
blood sugar levels more stable. Sources of complex
carbohydrates include grains (bread, cereal, rice, pasta,
oats), vegetables (squash, peppers, etc.) and legumes
(such as peas and beans).
Proteins build and repair muscles, skin, and
other tissues. They area component of hormones and
enzymes. Proteins also help build the cells of the
immune system. The basic units of proteins are amino
acids, which connect in multiple combinations to create
thousands of different proteins. There are 22 amino
acids. Thirteen of these we produce in our own bodies
and the other nine are “essential,” which means that
we can only get them from the foods we eat. Common
sources of protein are seafood, lean meat and poultry,
eggs, beans and peas, soy products, dairy products, nuts
and seeds. Some protein is found in plant sources as
well.
Fat stores energy, insulates the body and its organs,
is a component of hormones and other important
substances, and provides essential fatty acids. It also
transports vitamins A, D, E and K throughout the body.
Foods that contain a high proportion of saturated fats,
such as butter or lard, are solid at room temperature
and usually come from animals. Foods that contain a
high proportion of unsaturated fats, like vegetable oil
and fish oil, are usually liquid at room temperature.
However, some vegetable oils, such as palm or coconut
oil, are relatively high in saturated fats and solid at
room temperature.
Water fills the spaces in and between cells and
helps form structures of large molecules such as
protein. Some say that water is the most important
nutrient, because it is involved in every bodily function
and makes up 70- 75 percent of our bodies’ total
weight. Water helps maintain temperatures, helps with
digestion, metabolizes fat, lubricates and cushions
organs, transports nutrients, and flushes out toxins.
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Save the date
May 24
The Butterfly Pavilion at Rusk Nature
Center will open Memorial Weekend, 10
a.m. - 4 p.m. New interactive exhibits and ad-
ditions to the children’s natural playground,
bring a picnic lunch and enjoy! Hours: Tues.
- Sun. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
We are also having our Country Breakfast
so we should have a great crowd. Lunch will
also be sold starting at noon and we’ll have a
bake sale. Good time for all!
June 7
IVHS Class of 2018 Graduation 7 p.m.
on the football field weather permitting.
May 26
I.V. Safe House Alliance Yard Sale:
May 26 from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. The Alliance is
having a yard sale to raise funds to provide
services for survivors in our community. We
gladly accept donations of saleable items.
Plenty of parking! Sale will be in the lot be-
hind our building (next to DMV). 103 South
Kerby Ave, Cave Junction. Call or email for
more information - Phone 541-592-5332,
email alliance@ivsha.org
June 9
Hathkapasuta-Illinois River Celebra-
tion June 9, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. at Illinois River
Forks State Park, ½ mile south of Cave
Junction, Free Event and Parking, Hands-on
History and Nature Exhibits, Live Music,
Food Vendors, Dragon Jolly Jumper Course,
Arts & Crafts, Parade of Puppets at 2 p.m..
Brought to you by CEEN and IVCDO. For
more information call 541-291-8860.
June 2
June 23
*Rotary Club of I.V. Clean Up CJ, Sat-
urday, June 2 from 8:45 a.m. – 11 a.m. meet
at the I.V. Family Coalition, 535 E. River St.,
CJ
IVHS Family Fun Festival & Chili cook-
off Hosted by: IVHS girls’ basketball, Satur-
day, June 23. The cost of each entry is $15.
There are prizes for first and second place
winners. There will be a prize for the most
creative chili. The cost to taste is $5. The fun
festival begins at noon at IVHS with the cook
off to follow at 2 p.m. Tickets for the games/
activities are $1 per ticket. Each activity will
require a minimum of 1 ticket. We will have
face painting, ring toss, basketball shooting,
*Saturday, June 2, 2018: I.V. Senior
Center is holding its Annual Flea Market! 8
a.m. to 4 p.m. For only $10 you get a 20’ x
20’ space to sell those old treasures you’ve
had hidden away. Come by to sign up at 520
E. River Street or call Rich at 541-592-6888.
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June 24
Rusk Nature Center invites all residents
to visit the Butterfly Pavilion, children’s
playground and picnic area for FREE today,
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Continuing
*Evergreen Elementary school is looking
for SMART (Start Making A Reader Today)
volunteers. The program will run Tuesdays
through Thursdays and volunteers are asked
to come to Evergreen around 11:30 a.m. and
will be out at 12:45 p.m. To learn more about
the SMART program you can call 541-734-
5628 or visit the website at www.getSMART-
oregon.org.
*The I.V. Senior Thrift Store: Join the
crew and make new friends. You don’t need
to be a senior citizen to volunteer at the store.
Call us at 541-592-6630. Open Monday – Sat-
urday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
*Illinois Valley Democrats meet the 2nd
Saturday of every month from 10 a.m. to 12
p.m. at the I.V. Family Coalition, 535 E. River
St. in Cave Junction. Join with like-minded
people for camaraderie and to plan actions in
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*Public Health Clinic- Location: I.V.
Family Coalition, 535 E. River St., CJ, 1st
Thursday of every month. Services offered
STI Testing/Treatment, Women’s Health Ex-
ams (Annuals/Problem Visits), Birth Control
(All Methods Available), Pregnancy Testing,
Pre-pregnancy counseling. 3rd Thursday of
every month: STI testing/treatment, birth con-
trol counseling (methods limited), Pregnancy
Testing, Immunizations. Call 541-474-5329
for an appointment, and make sure to tell the
receptionist to schedule you in CJ. Walk-ins
welcome! Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
*The Sheriff’s Office Substation in Cave
Junction is now open on Mondays, Tuesdays
and Thursdays 10 to 2. Volunteers are still
needed to staff additional days. Applications
are available at the substation or online at
http://www.co.josephine.or.us/Files/Volun-
teer. For information call 541-474-5123.
*Cave Junction Patrol, LLC is looking
for volunteers. CJ Patrol is a private citizen
volunteer organization dedicated to effective-
ly addressing heretofore-unchecked property
crime in our city and neighborhoods. The pri-
mary mission of CJ Patrol is to prevent, inter-
rupt, report and decrease property crime in the
city of Cave Junction. Call 541-592-9665 or
visit cjpatrol.org.
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