The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday. June 21. 1979-NINE
Effects of tax plan mean 79-80
savings for Oregonians
Joseph Worlein honored on retirement from Kinzua Corporation
ed working for the company in
the town of Kinzua and worked
on and off for the company for
40 years.
During the dinner, Worlein
told guests that in 1941,
company employees received
63 cents an hour.
During his retirement,
Joseph plans to go fishing on
the John Day River. He and
his wife, Nadine, live at Spray
and their daughters, Pat
Hyatt and Janet Christenson,
attended Friday's dinner.
By Sean Griffin
Kagle Newspapers
SALEM Wondering how
the tax plan enacted by the
state legislature will affect
Joseph B. Worlein, an em
ployee of the' Kinzua Corpora
tion for 40 years, was honored
Friday night at a retirement
dinner at the West of Willow
Restaurant in Heppner.
He was presented with a
gold watch by Les Paustain,
his supervisor for the last four
years! Engraved on the watch
was the inscription, "To Joe
Worlein in appreciation for
years of service to the Kinzua
Corporation.
A millwright, Worlein start
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you in the coming year?
If you're like most home
owners the legislative tax plan
will save you between $300 and
$600 over the next 12 months,
depending on individual cir
cumstances. Until the 1979-80 tax rates
are determined later this
year, much of the figuring is
necessarily conjectural, but
the ardent home economist
can make a well-calculated
computation.
With a copy of the 1978 state
income tax return you filed
(presumably by April 15) this
year, you can figure precisely
the size of the rebate check
you will receive late this
summer.
To do so, simply find the line
showing your net tax liability
(near the bottom of Form 40)
and multiply the number
you've written there by .09. A
family of four with a net
adjusted gross income of
$20,000 a year can probably
expect about $70 from the
state, representing that
family's share of the surplus
funds accumulated by the
state in recent years.
Other savings such as the
savings you might accrue
from the increases in the
personal exemption amounts
are more difficult to compute.
County
budget
Continued from page 1
statewide tax relief legislation
would help home-owners by
reducing their payments by 30
percent and Everett Harsh
man, county assessor, report
ed that because the state won't
pay for bonded indebtedness,
homeowners could probably
see a savings of 20 percent. To
take advantage of the new
program, homeowners will
have to sign up for the
program.
The county will have to meet
the administrative costs with
two people assigned at the
courthouse and $1,500 budget
ed to re-program the county
computer, Nelson told the
chamber. That money is
expected to be reimbursed by
the state.
Nelson said the 1979-80 tax
rate levy for general fund
expenditures, $2.30 per $1,000
in assessed valuation is act
ually lower than the previous
year's rate but there are
financial demands from the
county's other taxing entities
such as schools and vector
control districts.
County Assessor Harshman
noted that these demands for
services are outrunning the
values a,nd although the as
sessed valuation in the county
has risen from $126 million
four years ago to an antici
pated $400 million in 1979-80 he
can't see any relief coming
from the Carty Coal-Fired
Plant.
The County Judge said the
tax levy funds are vitally
needed to maintain current
operations. Should the levy
fail, the county would have to
lay off sheriff's deputies and
workers in the assessor's
office.
After the May 22 budget
defeat, Nelson said the court
met with the county budget
committee and looked at each
budget item carefully. It
decided to resubmit the
$494,410 levy request un
changed. Nelson is hoping for a better
turnout of voters at the June 26
election.
"Our county is growing and
we need financial support,"
Nelson said.
This is the second year in
which the county and hospital
levy requests have been
submitted twice to the voters.
Last year, voters approved
the county and hospital levies
the second time. Tuesday will
see whether history repeats
itself or forces the county to
consider putting the issue on
the ballot a third time.
In a special message to
voters. Morrow County Com
missioner Dorothy Krebs said
"The public will have to trust
the County Court and budget
committee. The budgets for
the county and the hospital are
as fair as they can be made
and still provide the services
we think people expect."
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