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Library seeks teen designers to create logo for T-shirt

The San Jose Public Library and KTEH-Channel 54 are looking for artistic teens to design a T-shirt logo for their summer reading program called The Read Thing. The winning T-shirt design will be worn by actors during KTEH's Teen Book Commercials, which will run in the spring and summer to promote the reading program. The winner will also receive $50, a class scholarship from the San Jose Museum of Art School and five free T-shirts.

The successful designer will create a logo expressing the theme of The Read Thing. The design must fit into an area 14 inches wide by 16 inches high. It can be a combination of artwork and words, or words alone, but cannot be based on any recognizable copyrighted images or cartoon characters. It should be the work of one person.

The deadline for entries is Feb. 14, and designs can be turned in at any branch of the public library system, including Willow Glen. The library will notify the winner during the first week of March.

Interested students can pick up a copy of the contest announcement at their neighborhood library. For more information, call Main Library Youth Services at 277-4865.

--Maggie Benson

Tax board hunts down delinquent California filers

The Franchise Tax Board is cracking down on California residents who failed to file their 1996 state tax returns. Starting Dec. 9, the tax board began mailing out nearly half a million letters to delinquent taxpayers.

The letter gives late filers 30 days to file their return or to show why a tax return is not due. The board warns not to ignore the letter: Those who do will be slapped with a tax assessment with penalties of up to 50 percent of their tax liability and a $71 filing enforcement fee.

The FTB began its hunt for late filers after the Oct. 15 extended deadline passed, when state employees filed through more than 200 million income records received from employers, banks and the IRS and compared these to the individuals' returns.

Concerned taxpayers can call FTB at 800-545-5009 or access the Internet at www.ftb.ca.gov.

--Maggie Benson

Report predicts big changes ahead for both San Jose and the Bay Area

A regional agency says the future holds two major changes for the Bay Area: By the year 2020, Caucasians will no longer be in the majority, and the number of senior citizens will soar.

A report by the Association of Bay Area Governments released last week says the San Francisco Bay area will grow to a population of 7.7 million people by the year 2020.

The report says in the 25 years after 1995, the number of jobs generated--1.4 million--will parallel the number of people added to the region's population.

In the first 20 years of the next century, Contra Costa County is expected to experience the largest increase in population, and Santa Clara County is expected to add the most jobs. In the city category, San Jose will gain the most residents and add the most jobs.

As the percentage of Caucasians in the region decreases to 47 percent, the Asian/Pacific and Hispanic populations are expected to grow. The African American population will probably remain stable at about 9 percent. The report says by the year 2020, the average household income in the area is expected to increase to more than $96,000.

--Bay City News Service

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