Oregon SenateAires chorus selects new artistic director April 05 2021
With weekly practices resuming, Will Fox to lead acapella barbershop members to 2021 performances throughout Willamette Valley.
New Artistic Director Will Fox intends to lead Oregon s premier acapella barbershop chorus through the pandemic with performances throughout the Willamette Valley this year.
With members from nearly every part of Clackamas and Marion counties, Oregon SenateAires is celebrating its 62nd year as a community service organization showcasing distinctive barbershop harmonies. Their Americana-style quartets and chorus members together account for nearly 1,000 years of music experience and have placed with highest honors in district, national and international competitions for delivering finely executed music.
Union minister Jitendra Singh Sunday said the Congress has lost the plot and it is faced with the prospect of an imminent defeat in Assam as its leaders are in a state of confusion and disarray . Winding up the last day of the election campaign here, he said, while each of the BJP workers has been on the ground and among the people continuously and constantly for the last three months, the Congress leaders came like tourists and left even before their presence could be felt. The election result of May 2nd will also be an endorsement of the fact that the voter today, particularly the youth voter, is in favour of prioritisation of development agenda carried out by the BJP under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and rejects the politics of division on the basis of religion as propagated by the Congress, Singh told PTI.
March 30 2021
Sales top $1 billion, but the state s marijuana economy faces federal tax code woes, crime, wildfires and lawmakers eager for revenue
They ve never been higher.
Oregon recreational marijuana sales have climbed to record highs, but some say the industry s woes also have reached an apex. The difficulties range from an unfavorable federal tax code to a dangerous crime wave, wildfires, and cities and counties hungry for a larger slice of the tax pie. Businesses are still struggling, says Kim Lundin, executive director of the Oregon Cannabis Association. High sales don t transfer to overall industry success.
But the marijuana milestone $1.1 billion in sales in 2020, blowing past the $795 million benchmark set in 2019 has started a battle for cash at the state Capitol regardless.
The Income Tax Department has issued refunds worth over Rs 2.62 lakh crore to more than 2.38 crore taxpayers in 2020-21. This include Rs 87,749 crore personal income tax refunds to 2.34 crore taxpayers and Rs 1.74 lakh crore worth corporate tax refunds in 3.46 lakh cases. The refunds issued in 2020-21 marks an increase of almost 43.2 per cent, the I-T department said in a statement. Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued refunds of more than Rs 2.62 lakh crore to more than 2.38 crore taxpayers from 1st April, 2020 to 31st March, 2021, the statement said. The total refunds issued in 2019-20 were worth Rs 1.83 lakh crore.
March 11 2021
Cancel culture? Meh. Librarians used to tough issues, so leaders say they ll seek a community balance.
Dr. Seuss books always tickle
His publisher put some in a pickle
Decision to let books fade isn t so humdrum
Oh no! Oregon libraries face a conundrum
Attempts at mostly clever rhymes aside, when Dr. Seuss publisher decided to no longer license or sell six particular titles, Oregon s public libraries didn t flinch. They mostly shrugged.
On March 2, Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced that six of the children s books would no longer be published or licensed because they include images and text that portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong.