Volunteers sought to offer tax-preparation help

A local organization is trying to get out the word that it is coordinating free services to eligible people to get help preparing tax returns next year, and that it needs people to provide that help.

Star Perkins, community development officer at Opportunity Link Inc., said the organization is sharing an $80,000 grant from the U. S. Internal Revenue Service to expand Volunteer Income Tax Assistance across the state, and wants to find people interested in volunteering.

"Just as many as we can, " Perkins said this morning. "There is no particular goal, we just are going to try to help as many pe...