The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 1, 2008 Page: 6 of 36
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THURSDAY 1 MAY 2DDS
NEWS PAGE
THE CANADIAN RECORD
NEWS BRIEFS
Comptroller allots additional time
to file franchise tax reports
Texas Comptroller Susan Combs
announced today that businesses who
are unable to meet the May 15 due
date for the franchise tax will have
an additional 30 days to submit their
returns or file an extension without
penalty. The Comptroller's office
recognizes the complexity of the
revised franchise tax and the newness
of the enhanced electronic reporting
methods have caused concern among
tax practitioners and taxpayers
statewide. The extended deadline
allows businesses to avoid a 5 percent
penalty they would have faced had they
not filed by May 15. "We want to make
sure businesses and tax practitioners
have adequate time to make sure
they're complying with the revised
franchise tax," Combs said. "Because
they're dealing with new calculations
and enhanced technology for filing
reports, the one month penalty
waiver will help taxpayers accurately
complete their returns in the first year
of this brand new tax." Information
about the revised franchise tax is
available online at www.window.state.
tx.us or by calling (800)252-1381. #18
Everytl ng from chives
to plovers on HPPR
High Plains Public Radio offers
a series called High Plains Features
Monday through Friday mornings at
10:30. On the Monday, May 5, segment
of Playa Country, a Texas teacher
and four 8th graders are making a
big difference in what people think
about playas. On Learning the Birds,
Tuesday, May 6, Ruth Beasley features
Mountain Plovers, KJlldeer kin that
breed in the shortgrass prairie. High
Plains History on Wednesday, May
7, is a look at Wagon Bed Springs—
take a break at a popular watering
spot along the Santa Fe Trail. On
Thursday, May 8 Growing on the
High Plains' Skip Mancini talks about
chives, the herb that is at home in,
both the kitchen and the flower bed.
On Friday, May 9, Wildlife Journal is
about Wildlife Babies. Tis the season
when babies abound. Learn what to
do if you find a baby animal in your
yard. The High Plains Features are
repeated on Saturday: PC at 10:30
a.m., LTB at 11:30 a.m., and HPH at
12:30 p.m. Fans of HPPR, broadcast
from Garden City, Kansas, also have
access to NPR programming with
national and world news. For more
information about program schedules
on 89.50 FM-KTOT, consult the
website at www.hppr.org. Or call
(800)678-7444. #18
A WEEKLY
AIN STREET P
JECT UPDATE
Area TxDOT Engineer Kenny Corse reports this week
that work on Canadian's Main streetscape is well underway
and proceeding with only minor difficulty. The contractor,
J. Lee Milligan, has set some box culvert and a 48" pipe n
the drainage channel near Bartlett Enterprises—part of the
drainage improvements
ncluded in the Main
Street project.
Crews did encoun-
ter some telephone con-
ductor which they had
been told would be be-
low grade—but wasn't.
AT&T representatives
were immediately con-
tacted, and Corse said
they are working to
get that line relocated.
"That work may hap-
pen this week, if not to-
day," Corse said. "Prog-
ress will continue on the
storm sewer."
That phase of the
project will be ongoing
until the first of June,
he said.
Canadian Volunteer Fire Department officials were pre-
sented with several plans to accommodate access to their
emergency equipment while work is underway on First Street
n front of the fire station. They opted to relocate the equip-
ment to the County barn until work in the immediate area is
completed.
Fire Chief Scott Brewster said he doesn't expect the move
to have much negative npact. "Some of us will have to go a
little further to get to the trucks," he said. "Our response time
might be affected slightly, but it shouldn't be a major thing.
We're going to do the best we can."
Brewster said his de-
partment felt it would
be easier and faster for
the project overall if the
Fire Department just
packed up and got out
of the way. "Eventual-
ly," he said, "they will
block the street off and
we won't have parking
there anyhow."
The communications
equipment will remain
n place for the proj-
ect's duration, Brewster
said.
Last week's drench-
ng rain has alleviated
the fire danger some-
what, and the dried
grass that provided
such perfect tinder for
fires is starting to turn green.
"Our calls have slowed down," Brewster said, noting how-
ever that Hemphill County was under high fire danger yes-
terday with winds expected to reach 45 mph. "If we do have
an outbreak," he said, "it should be slower. I don't think it will
move near as fast."
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