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Portland Observer, June 16, 1963 Page 3 METROPOLITAN PEARL AND DIAMOND SALE Class o f 19 3: oise's last graduation Boise Elementary School held iu last 8th grade graduation Thursday. The school will dose its doors and after complete renovation, will re open as an Early Childhood Educa tion Center serving children from pre-school through Sth grade. Principal David McCrea praised Ronnie Herndon, co-chairman of the Black United Front, the B U F, and other community activists who made the change possible. When Boise reopens all its students will be able to walk to either the E C E C or Tubman M iddle School. Speaker for the occasion was Ronnie Herndon, who urged the students to make the best use o f their high school years to prepare for the future. “ I can't paint a very rosey picture." he said. "M illio n s o f people in the country are unem ployed — people who have high school diplomas and college degrees You will be out there competing with them, trying to get a job. " T h e world has changed drasti cally. Oregon is one o f the biggest lumber states but mills have closed all over the state. W ith new technol ogy they don’t need people to do the w o rk.” Using the analogy o f the black smith o f the horse and buggy age who became obsolete when the car came into existence, he urged them to study math and science. "Take math and computer classes. Learn how computers work because in years to come the computer will be commonplace. I f you are not at ease with it you will be like the In Honor of Our First Year Anniversary, We Are Having a Very Special Sale. T stale programs. The full Joint Ways and Means Committee is comprised o f 8 sena tors and 8 representatives. The full committee is divided into six various wages. According to Cal R. W illiams, M ultnom ah County Extension agent, first-time workers are often surprised and discouraged by the deductions and the difference be tween gross pay and take-home pay. " F o r many jobs, social security is deducted from your check as F IC A (Federal Insurance Contributions Acts),” Ms. W illiam s says. "This provides disability protection and benefits for retirement. Both the employee and the employer make payments.” Taxes can be another hefty bite, says Alice M ills M o rro w , Oregon State University Extension family economics specialist. State and federal taxes are withheld based on the number o f deductions claimed on the W -4 form filed with the mployer. For a teenager who is still depen MC. gaarl aanlagt •35 MC. gaarl gaagaats ‘29 *16“ ‘14“ *64“ ‘35 ‘25 ‘165 ‘199 *62“ MC (M a t I gtamag aantags M29 MS *59 ‘229 glaaMag » N « « l sats ‘329 gtoaaag graatoa flags M29 MM. (4ft ) N mmo M MfTtoft MC. (Jg t) «ataaag gaagaat refessa Quality can be affordable. Wf R o n n ie H e rn d o n , c o -c h a ir o f t h e B ie c k U n ite d blacksmith — you will be obsolete. " I f you don't prepare, your start will be your finish." Herndon asked the students to thank their parents for making their educations possible and advised them to learn regardless o f the ob stacles. "Y o u have to le a n what's in that book. N o matter what the principal says, no matter what the teacher says, learn the subject matter. Once up here, no one can lake it from you.” Mrs. Laura Glosson. retiring 8th sub-committees. The sub-commit tees have responsibility o f taking first action on a particular bill. Gen erally, if a bill is to be amended, procedure is completed in sub-com mittee hearings. After a bill has passed a sub committee the bill then goes to the full Joint Committee for a vote. I f passed the bill is referred to the Senate floor and House floor for approval. The Joint Ways and Means Com mittee members are deliberating on some 500 bills. This session many o f these bills will have a direct effect on North and Northeast Portlanders. Beware of withholding tax I f your household includes a teen ager who will be earning a paycheck for the first time this summer, prepare him or her for the shock of deductions nibbling away at total N O W MC gaarl C gfcauag gaagaats grade teacher, told the 'ludents that the day was a crossroads. "T h in k fondly o f things gone by; look fo r ward with hopes and plans and wonder what will come. " It 's up to you to set some goals and accept the responsibility of attaining them. This will take cour age and dedication. Graduates, who were presented their diplomas by McCrea and Mrs. Glosson, were: James Barfield, Tracy Bell, Tony Briggs. Jerald Brisco, LaVerne Calvin, Zer Cha, Hiram C lark, Kathy Edwards, John First, the Medically Needy bill, which if enacted will provide medi cal assistance to hundreds o f thou sands o f families who lack the in come and resources to obtain health care for both parents and depen dents. Secondly, approval o f the Children Services Division budget which proposes a "N ew Direction P lan " to downsize the MacLaren and Hillcrest Schools by placing youths in community homes and local facilities. Thirdly, the funding o f a bill to establish a community development finance corporation that proposes to expand employ ment opportunities and strengthen the economy in low-income areas, one o f the subcommittees that Senator M cCoy serves on as a w KING'S KAN SOM 520 SW 5th Avenue 228-6448 F ro n t, a d d re s s e e B o is e g ra d u a te s . (P h o to : R ic h a rd J . B r o w n ) Folk, A fia Granville, Rose H a ll, Crystal Hammick, Ted H art, Kim Holm. Michael Jackson. M arilyn Jeffei 'ii, Patty Jeffries, Johnny Jefferson, Shanon Johnson, Drua Lao, Michael Leonard, Patricia Losiin Aretha Madison, Jason M a n ic . DeAngelo M arlin . Michael M o m s, Serena Moye, Phath Nyoihsom, Elnora Phillips, Corlita Riley, Kandy Shaffer, Bcrnetta Sly, Barbara Staples, Lisa Stewart, Trina Stewart, David Stigler, Lois W yllie. Leslie W yllie and Shane Redford. Senator McCoy joins Ways & Means Senator Bill M cCoy (D -Portland) has been recently appointed to the Joint Ways and Means Committee. The Joint Ways and Means C om mittee has always been considered to be one o f the most powerful com mittees in the legisMtive process. This biennium the committee has the task o f appropriating 3.1 billion dollars to fund state agencies and R a j. 5 member will review procedures and guidelines for the Workers Com pen sation Department and the Workers Compensation Board. Senator McCoy stales, “ This is the most exciting lime to become a member o f the Joint Ways and Means Committee, since less than 10% o f all budgetary decisions have been finalized." He also believes that his input will be particularly helpful in the areas of human re sources programs that are designed to aid needy families in his district. Individuals seeking more in fo r mation on the progress of the Joint Ways and Means Committee can call Senator M cC oy’s office at 229-5700 or write to State Capitol, Rm. S-209, Salem. O R 97310. Some parts of the Sahara Desert hide underground streams. People digging to reach fresh water some times catch fish. • The trunk of the African baobab tree is sometimes as wide as the tree is high. The tree is pollinated by bats, and its blossoms open only in moonlight. • Historians say the Egyptians were probably the first people to keep cats, probably between 2,600 and 5,000 B.C. We d o not do business w ith South Africa American State Bank AN INOCPENOtNT BANK Held Office 2737 N. E. Union Portend. Oregon 97212 dent on parents for support and who will earn less than S3.300 this year and will have less than S I,000 in unearned income, M orrow ad vises avoiding such deductions from the paycheck. Otherwise, the teen will have to file a tax return to re ceive the withheld money as a refund. M any other deductions are op tional at some jobs andshould be examined carefully. These include charges for medical insurance, disability/uncmployment insurance, life insurance, and pension plans. “ I f you have a choice on whether to participate in these deduction plans explore whether some o f them duplicate coverage that you, as a dependent minor, have under your family's insurance," M orrow says. "T h in k , too, about your needs for these benefits. " I f some deductions don't seem to fit your needs or situation, you may be able to reduce or eliminate them completely and have a larger paycheck for your more immediate needs," she adds. House adopts rent control ban House Bill 2563, a measure plac ing a moratorium , until January I, 1986, on elections and initiatives on local rent control was passed last Scanner arrives A computerized tomography (C T ) whole body scanner is being installed at Bess Kaiser Hospital. The scanner will enable doctors to perform , in a few minutes, studies o f head and body tissues with unprecedented detail and accuracy ind w ill, in many cases, make ex- p iira to ry surgery unnecessary. — week by the Oregon House o f Rep resentatives. The bill is awaiting action in the Senate. Under the terms o f the bill, all rent control measures must be passed statewide. An interim com mittee will be formed to study the issue and report back to the next legislature whether or not the ban should be made permanent. Seventeen Democratic representa tives joined their Republican col leagues in voting for the ban. 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