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The Albany News
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Food to be distributed Book signing slated at library
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♦ Commodity
date set Mar. 25
The distribution of
USDA commodities for
this month is set for
Thursday, March 25,
according to Twyla Har-
ris, Shackelford County
program coordinator.
Food will be issued
at the rear door of the
Albany Youth Center
from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
In Moran, qualified
recipients may pick up
commodities at the City
Hall from 10:30 a.m. to
11:30 p.m.
Annual
Applications
It is time for current
recipients to renew ap-
plications, and for new
applications to be sub-
mitted. Harris will have
forms available at both
food distribution points.
Any county residents
interested in receiving
the food items must have
their applications on
file at the Courthouse.
Without the required ap-
plications, residents will
not be allowed to pick up
their commodities.
Forms may be turned
in at the tax window at
the Courthouse, or may
be faxed to 762-3966.
“Anyone picking up
foods for someone else
must bring a signed and
dated note from that
person,” Harris said.
The county commodi-
ties program serves ap-
proximately 160 Shack-
elford County families,
distributing foods every
other month. The county
purchases food from the
Abilene Food Bank, and
the amount of food is de-
termined by the number
of applications on file.
Eligibility
Requirements
Gross income is used
to determine eligibility,
except for farmers and
self-employed house-
holds who can qualify
based on net income
(total income minus
expenses).
Any family that expe-
riences unexpected and
unavoidable expenses
may qualify for tempo-
rary, emergency food as-
sistance without regard
to the household’s regu-
lar gross or net income.
For more information
about the commodities
program, contact Twyla
Harris or Sherry Enloe
at the Courthouse, 762-
2232.
A tea party and book
signing at the Shackelford
County Library will honor
Christian author Terese
Holloway of Lubbock on
Saturday, March 20 from
10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
Holloway, a native of
Stratford and lifelong friend
of Jacque Mclver, has writ-
ten Seeds of Hope. The book
is dedicated to Jacque and
Glen Mclver, who lost their
only son in 2008. Jacque
Mclver will host the tea
party and book event.
“God put the pieces to-
gether of the direction he
wanted me to take,” said
Holloway. “I was to bring
HOPE to the Christians.
He showed me the seed
(which are the poems) and
he just began to lay out
his plan for this book,” she
continued.
“He spoke to my spirit
and told me to write a
daily devotional and it
would be to four different
areas of Christians going
through difficult times:
those dealing with disease
and illness (whether their
own or a loved one’s), those
Christians dealing with
death and loss (whether
it was a physical death,
divorce or the dying of a
dream), and Christians
who are dealing with being
Melinda Lucas / Albany News
Albany resident jacque Mclver displays a new book, Seeds of Hope, at the local
library in advance of the book signing she will host this Saturday. The book,
which is partially dedicated to Glen and Jacque Mclver after the loss of their
son two years ago, was written by jacque's lifelong friend, Terese Holloway.
shut-in or held in captivity
(Christians in prison, the
elderly unable to get out
and the bedridden).”
“Each day is a new poem
meant to encourage and
uplift heavy, broken and
bruised hearts. The book
offers hope in order to
give strength to continue
running the race as you
journey through this life.”
Published by Creation
House, the book sells for
$19.99 and is available
in Hastings and Mardels
stores as well as on Ama-
zon.com.
The Mclvers have also
donated a copy to the local
library.
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have to come up with
more money if they don’t
file renditions during the
next month, according to
a change several years
ago in the Texas Property
Tax Code.
Until 2004, there were
no consequences if busi-
ness owners didn’t fill
out rendition forms, said
Shackelford County Chief
Appraiser Teresa Peacock.
The Texas Legislature
amended the tax code to
include serious penalties,
and several local taxpay-
ers have found themselves
owing 10 percent more than
expected.
“Even before 2004, state
law required that busi-
ness personal property
be rendered,” explained
Peacock, “but now there
is a 10 percent penalty if
a business owner doesn’t
file a rendition by April 15.”
The penalty on a prop-
erty that is rendered late
or not rendered at all is 10
percent of the annual taxes
on that specific property.
At the urging of the local
tax appraisal office person-
nel, most people have filed
renditions the last several
years, but a number of pen-
alties have been applied in
spite of the reminders, said
“I would think that if
you’ve been penalized in
the past, you definitely
would see the advantage
in rendering. Eventually,
you’re going to have to do
what the law says you have
to do.”
Peacock added that the
deadline can be extendedby
written request to May 15,
and if there is “good cause,”
the taxpayer can be given
another 15 days to the end
of May. Both requests must
be made iP writing, she
emphasized.
“We don’t have any
choice about the 10 per-
cent penalty,” the chief
appraiser continued. “The
tax code requires that the
penalty be enforced.”
She added that her office
has copies of last year’s ren-
ditions if business owners
need them.
Peacock stated that
leased equipment or con-
signed equipment needs to
be listed on the reverse side
of the form. “Otherwise, we
have no way of knowing
that equipment doesn’t
belong to your business and
you could be assessed taxes
on it,” she said.
There is also a 50 per-
cent penalty if a court
determines that a false
statement is made on the
rendition with the inten-
tion of evading taxes.
A rendition is a report
filed by a property owner
each year, listing taxable
property he owns or man-
ages as of January 1.
The forms were mailed
to local business owners
earlier this year, and tax-
payers have another month
to return the completed
forms.
Texas law does not re-
quire a property owner
to render a home or other
real property, but Peacock
pointed out that home-
owners who do render are in
a better position to exercise
their rights as taxpayers.
By filing a rendition,
property owners ensure
that the correct address
will be on their value no-
tices, tax bills and notices
or hearings, which may be
scheduled if property own-
ers protest the appraisal of
their property.
A rendition is also an
opportunity for a property
owner to record an opinion
of the property’s value.
If a property owner
sends in an opinion of the
property’s worth, the chief
appraiser is required by law
to send the owner a notice
before placing a ’higher
value on the property, thus
giving the property owner
additional time to back his
claim that the proposed
value is too high.
Otherwise, the tax of-
fice normally doesn’t send
a notice unless taxes on
a specific property are
raised $1,000 or more,
or unless ownership has
changed.
A different type of form
is sent for mineral proper-
ties, but Peacodk said that
those forms are considered
as renditions.
Rendition forms are
confidential and are not
open to public inspection.
For more information,
contact the Shackelford
County Appraisal District
office at 762-2207.
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