T he P ortland O bserver • J anuary Tax Booklet Error Discovered The Oregon Department o f Rev­ enue has issued a correction for the table on the inside cover o f the 1994 Oregon full-year resident income tax instruction booklets (Form 40 and 40S) that most Oregonians will re­ ceive in the mail. The table titled “Do I Need To File?” includes 1993’s gross income numbers instead o f those for 1994. Minimum income filing requirements by law are indexed annually to the Consumer Price Index. The error only occurs on the inside o f the front cover (page 2) o f the 1994 full-year resident income tax booklet. The tax tables and ex­ emption credits are correct and cor­ rect numbers are found in all other instructions. All tax calculations in the booklet are correct. The error will not affect state revenues, businesses, or most indi­ viduals. The department expects that a small number o f people might file tax returns who otherwise would not need to do so. The departm ent’s pro­ cessing system has been alerted to this possibility and any taxes or re­ fund due would not be affected. P age 18, 1995 David Knowles Appointed Portland Planning Director A northeast Portland resident and former commissioner for Metro, the regional government, has been formerly appointed director o f Plan­ ning for the city. David Knowles has been serv­ ing in the position as interim director since Nov. 1993. His appointment to permanent status was made by City Commissioner Charlie Hales. Hales said he wants Knowles’ continued help to streamline the plan­ ning department’s permit process and improve the livability o f neighbor­ hoods. “ We have m ade significant progress on both fronts in the 14 months that David has been in charge o f the bureau,” Hales said He said under Knowles, there has been increased attention to the needs o f the bureau’s customers, who include neighborhood residents and developers. He also cited Knowles for lead­ ing the development o f the Livable City H ousing Council which is charged with developing 50,000 new and affordable housing units in the city’s neighborhoods. Future go als include stream - lin in g en v iro n m en tal regulations, c o m p le tin g an o u te r so u th east com m unity plan and im plem ent­ ing a strategy for new housing in the p ro p o se d riv e r d is tric t in n o rthw est P o rtlan d . Knowles represented northeast Portland on the Metro Council from 1897 to 1992. He is a lawyer and a former chairman o f the Housing Authority o f Portland. He and his wife, Pamela, also a lawyer, and their three sons live in northeast Portland. Kornbrodt Running For Multnomah Education Service District Sy Kombrodt has announced his candidacy for Multnomah Edu­ cation Service District, Position #6 which is an “At-Large” position. K ornbordt filed yesterday with Multnomah County Elections - Kombrodt is an Adult Parole & Probation Officer employed by the Oregon Department o f Correc­ tions. K om bordt’s youngest son, Charlie, is a Freshman at Grant High School and his other son, Joe, graduated from Grant in 1985. Kombrodt was elected this past fall to the Site Council at Grant Cluster Advisory Committee. Since the fall o f 1986, when his son, Charlie, entered First Grade at Alameda School Kombrodt has been active in the Local School Advisory Com­ mittee (at Alameda until Charlie finished 5th Grade in 1991 and then at Beaumont Middle School until The election date is March 28. Brian Black Named Director Of Urban League Special Projects And Training Brian A. Black, a South Caroli­ na native, has been named Director o f Special Projects and Training at the Urban League O f Portland Black was most recently Coordinator o f Multicultural Affairs at Newberry College in Newberry. He holds a master o f arts in teaching (business education) from the University o f South Carolina at Columbia. As a student. Black held several positions assisting the University’s President and the Executive Assistant to the President for Equal Opportunity Pro­ grams. His new assignment will include supervising training for staff and cli­ ents, board development, and spe­ cial projects related to marketing and fund raising. “We are extremely pleased to have a person o f Brian's talents join our team,” said Urban League President Lawrence J. Dark. “His professionalism and education background will help us accomplish many o f our important goals in our 50th anniversary year.” The Urban League o f Portland is a non-profit, community-based human service, economic and social justice agency serving at-risk youth and families, students, jo b seekers, and seniors in the metro area The League is one o f 113 local affiliates o f the National Urban League. Tax Break Forum Date Changes A public m eeting on the c o n ­ sid eratio n o f tax b reak s to b u si­ nesses w ho plan m ajo r e x p a n ­ sions in M ultnom ah C o unty w ill be held M onday, Jan. 23 at 6:30 p.m . at th e M ultnom ah C ounty C o u rth o u se , 1021 S.W Fourth Ave. T his is a new date from one that was an n o u nced e a rlie r The purpose o f the forum is to provide information to county com­ missioners and officials from other jurisdictions about the effects, bene­ fits and liabilities o f a tax abatement program. I June o f 1994). K om brodt is a past President o f the Federation o f O re­ gon Parole & Probation Officers. He is a long time Board member o f the Beaumont Wilshire N eighbor­ hood Assoc iation and has been Chair o f the Education Committee. He is a member o f the Portland Metro Area Local Government Boundary Commission, and has been since 1988. He is a member o f the Metro ’ s NE Composter Enhancement Com ­ mittee. Kombrodt stresses that in these times o f tight budgets and shrinking income for public uses we must continue to deliver services such as Outdoor School, programs for At Risk Youth, Health Services for Teen Age Mothers and programs for non English speaking students in the most cost effective manner possible. ¿HPn N2U CHRISTOPHER Proprietor PCC Board Filings Due The filing deadline for individu­ als interested in running for a Port­ land Community College board o f directors position is Thursday, Jan. 26 at 5 p.m. at the county election offices in M ultnomah, Clackamas or Washington counties. Three positions on the seven- member board are up for election. They include Zone 2, composed o f northeast Portland and Colum bia County, Zone 3, comprising south­ east Portland, and Zone 7 o f western W ashington County. Incumbents Harold W illiams o f Zone 2, Keith Skelton o f Zone 3 and Karen McKinney o f Zone 7 all have announced they plan to run again. The four-year terms begin July 1. A3 ■ THE ESSENCE OF MIND, BODY & SOUL ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Elise Cawthorne - Artist Technician Emory Bussey Jr. - Stylist Taunya David - Stylist Brian Lawrence - Stylist Cammy - Stylist Remembering The King Legacy 2728 NE MLK Blvd Portland, Oregon 97212 (5 0 3 ) 284-4144 Oral presentations in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were made Friday by Michael Grice (left) and Luscia Hicks before assembled students at Humboldt Elementary School. (Photos by Donn Thomas) Settlement Reached In Fraudulently Yellow Pages Marketing Scheme Attorney General Theodore R. Kulongoski has announced that his office has entered into a settlement agreement with a Florida company that fraudulently marketed a series o f yellow pages directories in Oregon. It is the second case this year involv­ ing yellow pages fraud. E n te rin g into the se ttle m e n t a g reem en t w ith the D ep artm en t o f Ju stic e is A m can E n te rp rise s, In c ., w h ic h d o e s b u s in e s s as N orth A m erican D irecto ries, Inc., and its ow ner, C harles R. Sm ith. T he com p an y so lic ite d for se v e r­ al y ello w pag es d ire c to rie s in O regon, in clu d in g T he O regon Y ellow p ag es, The W est C oast Y ellow P ages and The N atio n al W h o le sa le rs Y ellow Pages. Department o f Justice investi­ gators found that the company mis­ led businesses by implying that in purchasing advertising in Amcan di­ rectories businesses were merely continuing a pre-existing relation- ship with their yellow pages compa- ■ nv. - Solicitations from Amcan con­ tained account or reference numbers, names o f account representatives, and were printed on yellow paper con­ taining the familiaryellowpages logo. Additionally, the company used Or­ egon mailing addresses that were, in fact, mail drops. Businesses who re­ sponded to requests to correct infor­ mation were billed as much as $196 per year for directories which did not go to all consumers in geographic areas but primari ly to other business­ es that had also been scammed. Company records indicate that Amcan mailed approximately two million solicitations to Oregon in the past two to four years. The U.S. Postal Service previously has taken legal action against Amcan for civil mail fraud. Under the terms o f the settle­ ment, Amcan is permanently prohib­ ited from conducting future yellow pages publishing businesses in Ore­ gon In addition, the department has received $25,000 for restitution and to cover attorney fees and investiga­ tive costs. For more information, consum­ ers and businesses should contact the Attorney General’s consumer hotline at(503)378-4320or229-5576(Port- land only), Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to noon or write Financial Fraud, 1162 Court Street, N.E., Sa­ lem, OR 97310. 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