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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1994)
T he P ortland O bserver • M ay 18, 1994 ODOT Initiates New Minority Contractor Effort 1994 State Tax Filling Change Beginning with the 1994 tax year, Oregon taxpayers will not have to attach copies o f federal schedules to T h e O re g o n D e p a rtm e n t o f their O regon incom e tax return. They T ransportation will offer minority will file only a copy o f their state contractors the opportunity to act as income tax return and a copy o f the prim e contractors on as m any as six front and back o f their federal 1040 sm all W e stsid e C o rrid o r-re la te d form. This change eliminates the need projects in Portland. for the taxpayer to include any federal “W e have determ ined that m i schedules. nority contractors have continually Some of the com m on schedules lost m arket share since 1989,” said filed include: Schedule A - Itemized Bea H udson, m anager o f O D O T ’s Deductions; Schedule B - Interest Civil Rights Section. Hudson said and Dividend Income; Schedule D - that in 1989 the U.S. Suprem e Court Capital G ains and Losses; and Form in C roson vs. the City o f Richm ond, 2441 - Child and D ependent Care Va. effectively ended state and local Expenses governm ent preference program s for Elim inating the need to file fed m inorities. eral schedules will make it easier for “This is a chance for minority the taxpayer to file their return and for contractors to win contracts from the departm ent to process them. This O D O T as private contractors,” said change should reduce that average to H udson. She said that since m ost four pages. The inform ation previ m inority contractors are sm all, they ously found on the schedules will be are lim ited in the types o f jobs they obtained electronically from the In can bid for as prim e contractors. ternal Revenue Service. About 30 “ T h e s e W e s ts id e C o rrid o r percent o f Oregon taxpayers file the projects are in the $50,000 range,’ form 40S (short from) and d o n ’t have Hudson said. “T hat puts them w ithin to include federal schedules now. the range o f sm aller contractors. And These taxpayers will not be affected. the type o f work involved will mean that the prim e contractors will need little or no subcontractor assistance.” Proposals for one project, a park ing lot construction job, w illbe opened at O D O T ’s regular bid opening on May 26. C ontractors wanting more infor m ation about the initiative and u p com ing projects should get in touch with Jerry Hoffman at O D O T ’s O f fice o f C ivil Rights in Salem at (503) 378-4900. P age A5 Native Americans Honored By Rose Festival; Tribal Leaders Named Parade Grand Marshals The tribal leaders representing each o f O regon’s Indian tribes and their unique sovereign status will be honored as Rose Festival G rand M ar shals in this year's D elta Airlines G rand Floral Parade. E ight tribal organizations in O r egon will be represented in the Grand Floral Parade. Preceding the Grand M arshals will be the N orthw est In dian V eteran A ssociation H onor G uard and a representative carrying an eagle feather staff, a symbol sacred to the Indians. G rand M arshals and the tribes they represent include: Doug Hawley and Clifford Sam, Burns Paiute Tribe; Greg Norton, Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians; M ark M ercier,Confederated Tribes o f the Grande Ronde; Antone Min thorn, Confederated Tribes o f the U matilla Indian Reservation; Delvis Heath, Confederated Tribes o f the Warm SpringsReservation; K enTan- ner, C oquille Indian Tribe; M arvin G arcia, K lam ath G eneral Council; and Dee Pigsley, Siletz Tribal Coun cil. “The Rose Festival strives to be a celebration o f the spirit o f our state and w hat better way to portray that A Formal Affair 2739 N. Lombard 286-2778 Live M esic Friday & Saturday 8pm-Midnight Janice Scroggins w ith Mario De Priest Wednesday Jam Session with Ron Steen 7pm to llpm featuring Louisiana style cuisine at its finest At Bourbon Street we're proud to offer the finest ribs, freshest seafood, delicious fettucini and blackened dishes. Enjoy the big screen TV in our lounge. I (1X1.1 s vmrrr BAR & GRILL 15900 B o o n e s F e rry Road in Lake G ro v e , O re g o n spirit than by honoring our native people,” explained Doug Capps, presi dent o f the Portland Rose Festival Association. “These people are inter woven into the fabric o f O reg o n -its past, present and future,” he said. A program o f N ative American events and activities is being orga nized by the Rose Festival Associa tion. Tribal representatives will visit Portland-area schools prior to parade weekend to meet with students. A post-parade reception honoring the tribal leaders, free and open to the public, is being hosted by the Oregon Historical Society. In addition, the N orthw est Film o f Floats at Oregon Square in the Lloyd D istrict on Saturday and Sun day, June 11 and 12. H ours are 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday. This pre sentation is free to the public. The Portland Rose Festival cel ebrates its 86th year in 1994. The Delta Airlines Grand Floral Parade takes place on Saturday, June 11 be ginning at 10 a.m . Ticketed indoor and outdoor seating is available at the Coliseum. O utdoor seating is avail able at the Oregon Convention C en ter. Tickets are available at G.I. Jo e’s Ticketmaster outlets or by calling 224- 4400. Target and Habitat For Humanity Begin Construction Of New Home In Portland Plans tobuilda Habitat for Human ity home in Northeast Portland will soon become reality as Target and Portland Habitat affiliate begin groundbreaking activities for the new house being built at 1142 NE Dean S l The house site will be excavated and the foundation will be poured. Once the foundation has bee set, Target volunteers from the new H illsboro-T anasboum e store that open since July will be team ing with employees from surrounding stores to help com plete the house by mid- July. Target volunteers will work together with H abitat for Humanity and the partner fam ily on a activities such as wall-raising, siding and paint ing. Their volunteer work is sched uled to begin the week o f May 21. “W e are very excited to begin work on the new H abitat home with T a r g e t’s s u p p o r t,” sa id B en Schonberger o f Portland Habitat for Humanity. “Target em ployees have agreed to volunteer hundreds o f hours to help make this dream a reality for a local family in need.” The project is part o f T arget Stores’ national “Building A W on derful L ife” program , w hich provides funding and people pow er to build hom es in T arget store com m unities throughout the country. “ Building A W onderful Life” was inspired by the key messages o f philanthropy and com m unity giving found in the classic holiday m ovie, “I t’s a W on derful L ife”. The H abitat home in Portland is one o f 38 hom es to be built by Target em ployee volunteers nationw ide in 1994. 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