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HAPPY FEET
Michael ond Maurice Myers added their donee talents to the chamber's Friday Night Street Dance. See Poge 13.
OUT AND ABOUT
The travel series continues with another regional adventure. See Pages 11,12,17 &18.
SPORTS
Pennsylvania picked up a 27-13 win in the 28fh Penn-Ohio All-Star Foothall Classic, with the help of two Quaker Volley players. See Page 21.
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FAR FROM THi MARKiTIfl© CROWD
TiM GEIGER and his daughter, Mercer, 3, of Pittsburgh, share a moment as they take a break on the bistro chairs at St. James Farmers Market. While many patrons of the Saturday market walked by, they read from "Disney Princess: Enchanted Tales."	photo by Kathleen Coates
FIRE SUPPORT
Legislation would benefit
relief
By Kristina Serofini
staff writer
Some local firefighters are pushing for tax breaks for those who volunteer or to increase ranks at local departments.
"(Younger people) don't seem to volunteer anymore," ^d Brad Silk, assistant fire chief in Leetsdale.
It's not an insult against the youth of Allegheny County, he noted, but a long list of factors including economics, a dwindling youth population or, simply, a
lack of time.
In late June, Silk attended a meeting organized by U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire (D-4) at the Berkeley Ifills Fire Station in Ross Township to discuss legislation that would allow for: tax relief for volunteer firefighters and emergency personnel in an effort to retain those already volunteering and to work as an incentive to recruit others.
The Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act,-according; to Altmire's office, "will amend the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to allow state and local governments the flexibility to develop beneficial tax incentives for volunteer fire-fij^ters and emergency persoimel without federal interference." •
"Volunteer firefighters make up more than 70 percent of our nation's firefighting forces. Unfortunately, over the past two decades, the number of volunteers has declined due to greater demands on people's time and the risky nature of firefighting," Altmire smd;.i ,	r/
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