Longview News-Journal from Longview, Texas • Page 3

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Springvrall Orthopedic Deluxe By Jerry Graham Staff Writer Owners of rural land may be entitled to tax relief if the land is used for agricultural or timber production, a tax official said. Marvin Hahn, chief appraiser of the Gregg Appraisal District, said owners have until May 1 to apply for "ag-use" or- "open space" appraisals, either of which would reduce the appraised value for property tax purposes. He said most apply for the open space appraisal, which applies to land used for agriculture, timber growth or as an ecological laboratory. To qualify, the owner must have used the land for a qualifying use for. five years, but agriculture is not required to be the owner's primary business.

To qualify for the ag-use appraisal, the owner's principal business must be agriculture, and the land must have had an agricultural use for the preceding three years, Hahn said. The owner must also apply for the ag-use appraisal every year, he said. Hahn said owners face penalties if they obtain the special appraisals and then remove the qualified land from agricultural or timber production. If the owner of ag-use land either sells the property or changes the use of the land, a rollback tax is assessed to require the owner to pay the taxes he would have otherwise paid for the previous three years. Those who obtain the open space appraisal face a five-year tax rollback if they change the use of land to a nonqualifying use.

Application forms for both types of appraisal are available at the district's office, 1333 E. Harrison Road in Longview. If landowners owners have questions, they can call the staff at 238-8823. iarr. warrarnyi Twin EaPc.

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They were just recently able to reach terms with the KETK's former owners in Philadelphia. "We look at this as a tremendous Trinder said. "Both Channel 56 and 19 (in Lufkin) are doing great jobs in their communities. We hope to make the stations even stronger than they already are. KETK's vice president and general manager, Phil Hurley, said the station will continue to provide programming from the NBC network.

Trinder said no immediate changes are planned for the television stations. The company owns television stations in Dayton, Ohio; Syracuse, N.Y.; Charleston, S.C.; Cape Girardeau, and the Tri-cities area of Tennessee, i "We just think the overall synergism of a larger company gives a stand-alone more strength in its systems," Trinder said. Police beat Assault Longview police investigated an assault in the 100 block of Hawkins Parkway on Friday. A 21 -yearold man was accused of punching a 19-year-old woman in the face after an argument over a set of keys. Theftburglaries Longview police investigated a report by residents that a man was burying something in the ground behind a building in the 700 block of Glencrest Lane.

When the man left, the residents went to the location and found jewelry buried under the leaves. The man ran after seeing a patrol car and was found later at Kmart in the 1 100 block of McCann Road, where he was accused of taking 84 pairs of earrings, a necklace and a pair of sunglasses val-qetfat $398. Horace Sessions, 42, of Long-View was charged with theft over $50 and placed into Gregg County Jail on Friday. A 24-year-old man reported Thursday that someone took a tool tjox valued at $1 05 from the bed of his truck parked at Columbia Long-view Regional Medical Center in the 2900 block of Fourth Street. On Thursday, 1 .1 chain booms 4nd four nylon straps valued at $300 were reported stolen from two tractor rigs parked in the 31 00 block of Estes Parkway: A 1994 Nissan Altima was reported taken Friday from a 26-year-old woman's driveway in the 500 block of Diane Drive.

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