Portland Observer April 25,1990, Page 12
Black Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
Come to Aid of Portland Good Samaritan
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evening to solicit their support. With­
out reservation, the first to step forward
were Bernie Foster, owner of the Skan-
ner Newspaper, Louis J. Boston, owner
of Gresham Chrysler Plymouth, David
Nero, President of Nero and Associates
and Leon Harris, Publisher of the Port­
land Observer Newspaper. Jay inter­
rupted Joseph Johnson, President of
Security Pacific Bank and other bank
S.P. bank officals who were attending a
private presentation thatevening of The
Odd Couple at Portland Civic Theater
to solicit their assistance and support in
establishing a trust fund for Walker,
who had no idea how or when he is able
to pay the mounting medical bills that
were being incurred. Johnson and his
staff, again, without hesitation, gave
their immediate approval to help estab­
lish the fund and by the next morning
all branches of Security Pacific Bank
had mobilized to accept public dona­
tions from the sympathetic public.
Jay met with Walker and his wife for
the first time last Thursday (April 18),
surrounded by news media crowding
the Emanuel Hospital room to announce
that business leaders had started a Louis
Walker Good Samaritan Trust Fund.
Donations have started coming in
from all over the state from Oregonians
who have shown a sincere concern for a
good Samaritan who acted to help a
stranger. Jay said that he is proud of the
entire community who have given their
support for the situation.
“ If people can spend $ 5 ,1 am sure
that Mr. Walker and his family will ap­
preciate it,’’ said Jay. All money col­
lected will be used to pay the medical
Louis Walker is just your ordinary
hard working Portlander try ing to make
a living. But last week, while on his
way home from work late at night on
MAX light rail system, 43 year old
Walker was faced with a decision that
most of us ponder form time to time.
Shall I get involved in some stranger’s
problem or shall I keep my mouth shut
and mind my own business. Walker,
being one of the many Portlanders who
have quietly decided enough is enough,
confronted two white passengers who
were harassing a black passenger late
than evening. While 40 other passen­
gers sat and observed, the Oregon Blue
Print worker took action to prevent the
unidentified black passenger from pos­
sibly being killed.
During the confrontation. Walker,
who is also white, was shot in the arm,
breaking bonesas the assailants quickly
fled. Portland Police acting promptly
were able to apprehend the two sustpects,
but have yet been able to locate the un­
identified Black passenger who simply
walked away without saying a word.
For Walker’s trouble, he wound up
taking a $450 ambulance ride to Eman­
uel Hospital and is facing up to $10,000
in medical bills for which he has no in­
surance.
Uponhearing the news on a local tel-
evison station that next evening, Port­
land business entrepreneur, Roy Jay,
Chief Executive Officer of Oregon Busi­
ness Network, Trade-Mark Corpora­
tion and Law-One Incorporated, imme­
diately contacted a network of respon­
sive business owners and community
leaders during the late hours of the
A M E R IC A N
expenses and the balance will be turned
over to the Walker family to help with
other expenses during his period of un­
employment.
When Jay, a native Portlander, was
asked why he and the other business
owners acted to help in a time when
Portland has been the focus of racial
headline he replied, “ We all felt that it
was the right thing to do. Walker obvi­
ously did not consider the guy’s race
when he went to help and neither did we
when we initiated the trust fund.”
Even though he does not consider
himself a hero, many Oregonians are
calling him just that. Cards, letters and
donations have been coming in to sup­
port. For those of you who also want to
be a good Samaritan it’s not too late to
join and support the effort. Contribu­
tions may be made to the Louis Walker
Good Samaritan Trust Fund in care of
the Oregon Business Network through
any branch of Security Pacific Bank
Oregon or directly to the Lloyd Center
Branch.
One white woman stated on a local
readio program, “ In a time when we
arc faced with racial controversy from
skinheads, street gangs, the renaming
of Union Avenue to Martin Luther King
Jr. Blvd and the insensitive attitude
conducted by Portland’s convention mar­
keting association in regard to minority
participation and involvement, I am
glad to see that people took it upon
themselves to help Mr. Walker . . . I
guess that is why they call them busi­
ness leaders.”
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get benefits?
A. No. Under Social Security each
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total benefits received by the family,
however, cannot exceed the family max­
imum amount. That amount is divided
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the lower the benefit amount will be for
each dependent. The retired worker’s
benefit amount, however, is not reduced
for this reason.
Q . I have just sel up my own carpen­
try business after having worked for
someone else for the past 8 years. How
does a self-employed person pay the
Social Security taxes due?
A. You must pay your estimated tax
quarterly to the Internal Revenue Serv­
ice (IRS). Any balance due must be paid
when you file your Federal income tax
return following the end o f your taxa­
ble year. The self-employment tax rate
is 15.3 percent o f your net earnings, up
io the maximum amount creditable for
the year, which is $51,300 in 1990. Your
net earnings must be at least $400. The
IRS w ill then report the earnings to
Social Security for posting to your earn­
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to know if my military service during the
Korean W ar will give me additional
Social Security credits and higher
benefits.
A. Before 1957, military service was
not covered by Social Security. Begin­
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active duty service for training. Even
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Many people can get a higher benefit
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your military service and your discharge
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Q . I just began receiving supplemen­
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A. No. The government places no
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the training program and increase his
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