The Dickson Herald from Dickson, Tennessee • Page A2

2A FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2013 NEWS THE DICKSON HERALD INSIDE THIS EDITION TN tax holiday begins next week For the Herald Tennessee's 9th annual Sales Tax Holiday is scheduled for Aug. 2-4. During the three-day tax holiday, shoppers can save almost 10 percent on tax-free clothing, school and art supplies, and computer purchases. The holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. on Friday and ends at 11:59 p.m.

on Sunday. During the designated three day weekend, shoppers will not pay state or local sales tax on select clothing with a price of $100 or less per item, school and art supplies with a price of $100 or less per item, and computers with a price of $1,500 or less. For more information, please visit www.tntaxho-liday.com. The Tennessee Department of Revenue also assists consumers via e-mail at salestax.holi-daytn.gov, and through its toll-free hotline, 1-800-342-1003. Exempted items include: Clothing: Shirts, dress es, pants, coats, gloves and mittens, hats and caps, hosiery, neckties, belts, sneakers, shoes, uniforms both athletic and non-athletic, and scarves.

School supplies: Binders, book bags, calculators, tape, chalk, crayons, erasers, folders, glue, pens, pencils, lunch boxes, notebooks, paper, rulers and scissors. Art supplies: Clay and glazes, acrylic, tempera and oil paints, paintbrushes for artwork, sketch and drawing pads, and water-colors. Computers: Laptop computers, desktop computers, tablets, central processing units (CPUs), along with various other components including monitor, keyboard, mouse, cables to connect components, and preloaded software. SPORTS 4B Creek Wood soccer summer practices. INDEX makes most of County expected to approve tax rate on Monday NEIGHBORS CLASSIFIEDS COMICSCROSSWORD COMMUNITY EVENTS 5A 8B 7B 9A to 45.61 cents from 43.97 cents.

The state-certified rate for Dickson County is $2.93. Anticipating the higher rate earlier this year, County Mayor Bob Rial laid out a budget with $130,000 less revenue than last fiscal year. In doing so, Rial was able to recommend a rate 3 cents lower than the state-certified rate at $2.90. Rial's recommended rate and the county and school systems budget -are scheduled to be voted on at the Monday commission meeting. Burns, Slayden and Vanleer have not yet approved their new rates or operating budgets.

Burns officials at one time projected a tax rate increase to 69 cents. TAX FROM 1A stay the same from year to year. Donald Osborne with the state division of property assessments verified that the certified rates are required in order to "produce the same revenue with the new values, as the previous tax rate did with the previous values." With state certification finished in early July, the county and municipalities have been able to approve the new tax rates. Three cities have done so: Dickson, Charlotte and White Bluff. Tuesday night, the Charlotte Council, after previously approving a rate in June, had to vote to increase its tax rate to 18.24 cents after the state-certified amount came back higher than anticipated.

The rate approved in June was 18.16 cents. A second vote is required to finalize the rate. The city of Dickson's tax rate increased to 92.9 cents from 90 cents. White Bluff's rate rose Dickson County. Using the current county tax rate of $2.85, Wren calculated the tax would be $713.

For the same property, using Rial's recommended rate of $2.90, the tax amount is $725. The tax at the state-certified rate of $2.93 on the property would be $733. "If your appraisal did go up and the tax rate does go up, there is going to definitely be an increase," Wren said. "That's just cut and dry." However, Wren said it's possible for someone's taxes to remain flat or decrease, even as the rate increases countywide if their property value declined. If a homeowner's property value was $100,000 in 2012, but decreased to $97,500 during this year's reappraisal, the tax at a rate of $2.90 would be $707.

Even with the rate increase from $2.85 to $2.90, the decreased property value from $100,000 to $97,500 meant the home School supply giveaway A school supply giveaway and health fair will be noon-2 p.m. Saturday at the Dickson Housing Authority Recreation Center, 1202 E. Walnut St. in Dickson. For more information, call (615) 208-0015 or (615) 260-5127.

Teachenor to play at Jerry Lee Lewis concert Jamie Teachenor of Dickson will perform live as a special guest at a special "up close and personal" concert with Jerry Lee Lewis at the new Jerry Lee Lewis Cafe and Honky Tonk in Memphis on Saturday. The event takes place at the new venue, located on Beale Street, at 8 p.m. The show, "Up Close And Personal" will be broadcast on SiriusXM's Outlaw Country Channel 60, and is the first ever performance by Lewis at his newly opened venue A limited 100 tickets were available. For more information, go online to Tour provides snapshot of county's agriculture NEWS OBITUARIES SCHOOLS SPORTS 1A 4A 6A 1B Jamie Teachenor 560-2200 bmoranmtcngroup.com jbaileydicksonherald.com jarntzdicksonherald.com ccreamerdicksonherald.com 5 PM mwrendicksonherald.com bstinsondicksonherald.com kcrouchdicksonherald.com kifrazierdicksonherald.com cdudleydicksonherald.com dsteppdicksonherald.com of county Surrounding counties $45 of state $65 years of age, living in Dickson FARM FROM 1A City was next on the tour. Troy and Amy Dillard and their family raise registered Black Angus cattle and sell all natural beef as well as hay.

Troy gave a presentation about his beef operation and how he began selling around four head of cattle per year in beef to family and friends. His operation has Tennessee Agriculture Enhancement Program. Through the Agriculture Enhancement program, Keller's Corny Country was born. Today, Keller's offers a barn, corn maze, pumpkin patch, hayrides and fun educational opportunities for school groups. Keller's Corny Country is also a wedding venue.

From the Keller's, it was a short ride to the Tennessee Division of Forestry office in Tennes owner's taxes were $6 less. "There is a good chance that if your appraisal went down and even if the tax rate does go up, you could pay a little less or the same," Wren said. Why the property values decrease? Countywide, property values decreased 1.5 percent overall. Wren said the decline is largely due to the county's last appraisal coming at the peak of the housing boom. Values in 2007 were high and buyers were paying higher prices, she said.

Then the bubble burst. "We were in a real standstill there for a while," Wren said. "A couple of years ago we saw a real decline in sales." She has seen hope, though. "The market is beginning to pick up some," Wren said. see City where foresters explained the scaling process for timber.

This information helps landowners in Dickson County better understand the market value of their standing timber. In keeping with tradition, the Farm Tour's last stop was the Dickson Farmer's Market for a watermelon feast. Dickson County Co-op provided the watermelons and tour participants shopped for produce at farmer's market vendor booths. CARS anrl life hank4ll FayHarriS Source eBichsonHetalb DICKSON'S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1907 DICKSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE AUCTION SEASON IS HERE! I can help you with all your auction needs. Call me to book your auction! Missing paper? Other circulation problems? Call 313-2726 or toll free 1-800-520-9286 Monday-Friday 8 AM-5 PM 2000 Models Newer Becky Moran General Manager I BUY I50k miles or less.

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