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The committee took testimony last
week on a bill that would establish a
$ 1.000 per year tax credit to employ­
ers of youth who have been certified
by a community organization to be
either gang-affected or at risk of be­
coming involved with gangs.
The credit would off-set up to
$J .000 or 50 percent of the wages paid
to the young workers and could be
renewed for a second year.
Carter said Joe McHenry, assis­
tant director of Portland Opportuni­
ties Industrialization Center and Dav­
id Allen, director of Youth Employ­
ment and Empowerment Programs,
testified in favor of the tax credit.
Carter said during the 1993 ses­
sion, Schoon sponsored a similar tax
credit bill as a pilot project paid for
with $80,000 of general fund money.
Budget cutters, however, axed fund­
ing and the bill died.
Noting that many legislators view
getting a job as a key deterrent to
crime. Schoon said he couldn’t think
of a more appropriate use of tax cred-
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ateur photographers can win $250 by
submitting favorite pictures o f Port­
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contest, sponsored by the city’s envi­
ronmental services bureau.
The event is the kickoff to the
city’s Clean River Works project,
which includes educating the public
on ways to keep the river healthy for
generations to come.
Photos should be black and white
prints or slides in a horizontal for­
mat. Twelve to 15 photos will be
selected for use in promotional mate­
rials Photographers can call Cathy
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Georgia
Store Lifts
Ban
Nearly 500 people marched
through Union Point, Ga. recently
to celebrate the lifting o f a ban
which barred 21 blacks from shop­
ping in most o f the town’s stores.
its than in encouraging employers to
hire more youth
Allen told the committee that his
organization had placed 300 young
people in jobs during the past year and
that "we have 96 kids waiting for place­
ment If we had that extra carrot of a
tax credit to sell to employers, 1 think
a lot of them would go ahead and hire
those kids right now.
A work session will be held be­
fore a vote can be taken, but Schoon
expressed cautious optimism that the
votes exist in committee and on the
House floor for passage . Schoon, how­
ever noted that there may be resis­
tance in the state Senate.
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To Rocket
Portland International Airport
continues on 3 record-breaking pace
for passengers and cargo.
The airport handled 748,458
passengers in January, a 15.5 percent
and 100,000 increase from last Janu­
ary, which was the previous record
for the month. And the mark was the
33rd consecutive month that the air­
port has set a record.
On the cargo side, 16,179 tons
o f freight moved through the airport
during the period, eclipsing the pre­
vious January record o f 13,698 set in
1994. Cargo growth was 18.1 per­
cent for January 1995 over 1994.
The airport now has a streak o f 43
consecutive monthly cargo records.
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