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Fashion show sends kids to Disney Rebecca Watson Omineca Express With summer quickly approaching people everywhere are getting into the shopping spirit. Especially Vanderhoof women as showcased at the California Dreamin’ A Night Of Fashion fashion show Friday, March 7. “Woooot,” screamed the crowd as the models marched out. Each year Richard Wruth, director of Vanderhoof Children’s Theatre and owner of California Dreamin’, hosts a fashion show for his store with all proceeds helping to fund a trip for the theatre kids. Last year they went to Disney Land’s Universal Studios and Sea World. This year their doing Knotts Berry and Six Flags. “Last year was one of the best trips I’ve gone on and most people can’t say that when your with 40 other people but we went there to learn and have fun. It was great,” Wruth said. “And this year were doing more workshops for acting, dance and a performance lab. It will basically help each individual actor be the best they can be but also teaches them how to be part of a group on stage.” Wruth has put on more than 15 fashion shows over the years, having done six in the last three. “The show we did at Christmas and this one have been two of the best shows we’ve had. We brought in wine for the women’s night and it was a very good show,” he said. This year’s play has 28 kids with 24 of them booked for Disney Land in July. In a normal year there are about 60 kids in theatre, but this year I just didn’t have time to Photo by Rebecca Watson run the second play, Richard said. All the clothes in the fashion show are taken directly MODELS: (Front) Chelsea Penner, Sheldon Brown, Maraya Cooper, Becca Rodts, (middle) Janine Peters, Devin Lytle, Amanda Vandolah, (back) Eric Lytle, Cody Schlamp, Shauna Kelly, Kaitlyn Penner, Tammy Stevenson and from Wruth’s store, California Dreamin’. Kailey Cooper.
TAX
First-Time Donor’s Super Credit
For first-time donors, the budget proposes to introduce a temporary supplement to the existing non-refundable tax credit for charitable donations by individuals. The new credit can be claimed once from the 2013 to 2017 taxation years. How is the existing non-refundable tax credit for charitable donations calculated? Currently, the non-refundable charitable donations tax credit (CDTC) is calculated as the total of: • the lowest income tax rate (15% for 2014) multiplied by the first $200 of charitable donations claimed by an individual; and • the highest income tax rate (29% for 2014) multiplied by the portion of the donations claimed by the individual that exceeds $200. What is the new First-Time Donor’s Super Credit (FDSC)? Starting in the 2013 taxation year, the budget proposed to introduce a temporary non-refundable FDSC that will supplement the CDTC for individuals. This new credit effectively adds 25% to the rates used in the calculation of the CDTC for up to $1,000 of monetary donations. As a result, a first-time donor will be allowed a 40% federal credit for donations of $200 or less, and a 54% federal credit for the portion of donations over $200 but not exceeding $1,000. As the FDSC is a temporary credit, you can only claim it once from the 2013 to 2017 taxation years. Who is considered a first-time donor? For the 2014 taxation year, an individual will be considered a first-time donor if neither the individual nor the individual’s For more info see our website: spouse or common-law partner has claimed the CDTC in any of www.mcphailcga.com the five preceding tax years.
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Photos by Rebecca Watson
WALK THE WALK: Devin Lytle shows off his arms and Amanda Vandolah shows a flirty dress.