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Mar. 25th, 2009

Sorry for the inconvenience

Tulia Chamber of Commerce is currently reworking the blog/news section. We apoplogize for the inconvenience.

Mar. 19th, 2008

New Website, New BLOG, New Calendar

Tulia Chamber of Commerce now has a new website!!! We have been working on this for most of year now and are excited it is finally ready to go! The old website will take you to the new, but the new name is tuliachamber.com. LiveJournal would not work with the new system, so we are going to switch. The new site--accessible from the website--is tuliachamber.com/blog. We apologize for any inconvenience for those of you who have bookmarked this Livejournal site, but we think you'll like the other one, too.
I will insert here, that if you have Windstream for your Internet Service Provider, the connection to the blog and/or calendar may not work. I am working on some of these issues.
The new site gives us a more professional look, and will allow us some versatility where we haven't had it before. The email isn't working on the site, but will be soon. There will be other changes, too. I'm just glad to have it up and running.

Mar. 5th, 2008

Help Wanted at Conestoga

I don't make a habit of posting "want ads", but the Conestoga is a new chamber member, so I wanted to help them out.

The Conestoga Restaurant is looking for a couple of cooks. If you are interested, please call 995.3407 and ask for Paula or J.C.

Important Tax Information

You must file a tax return in order to receive an economic stimulus payment. Even if you are not otherwise required to file a tax return, you may still be entitled to the economic stimulus payment from the federal government.You could receive a payment of $300 for individuals or $600 if you are married and file a joint tax return with your spouse. Eligible taxpayers who qualify for a payment may receive an additional $300 for each qualifying child. To qualify a child must be under age 17 as of December 31, 2007.

All you have to do to get the stimulus payment is file a 2007 IRS Form 1040 or Form 1040A and report at least $3,000 in qualifying income on the form. You can include the amount of your SSA benefits to qualify for the stimulus payment.

 

Add the amount of your Social Security benefits to other qualifying income, such as wage earnings or certain benefits paid by the Department of Veterans Affairs, to reach the $3,000 requirement. However, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Tier 1 railroad retirement benefits do not count as qualifying income for the stimulus payment.

You will enter your name, address, Social Security Number, and filing status on the form. Then just enter the amount of benefits reported to you in January on Form 1099-SSA on Line 14a of Form 1040A or Line 20a of Form 1040. If you don’t have Form 1099-SSA, you can estimate your Social Security benefits by taking the monthly amount you received last year and multiplying it by the number of months you received a check. If you need to include wage earnings to reach the $3,000 qualifying level, enter that amount on Line 7 of Form 1040A or 1040. In addition, you should write the words "Stimulus Payment" at the top of the 1040A or 1040.

Is the stimulus payment taxable next year? No, nor will it affect the amount of SSA benefits you receive. The IRS will begin mailing checks in early May.

In late March 2008, the IRS will mail a packet of information to recipients of Social Security benefits who did not file a tax return last year. The packet will contain guidance to help you claim the stimulus payment. You need not wait for this packet to file your 2007 Tax Return.

AARP Tax Aide Volunteers are available to help file your tax returns. Help will be provided every Thursday by appointment only at the Swisher County RSVP, 321 SW 2nd Street. Please call 995-2104 for an appointment.

 

Wind Energy Meeting

 Do you have questions about wind energy and how it could possibly benefit Swisher County? A special meeting promises to address those questions and more as Lauren Moore and Greg Wortham of West Texas Wind Energy Consortium explain the processes and entertain a discussion regarding the pros and cons of this very timely subject. The consortium's purpose is to increase area economic development, education and job training.

The meeting will be in the District Courtroom at Swisher County Courthouse at 7:00 p.m., Monday, March 10. Individuals who require the use of an elevator to the second floor may enter at the north door.

Interested land owners are urged to attend and indicate their land area on a county map. This is an "indication of interest" if a fair deal from a reputable company comes to Swisher County. This is not a "contract" or a "guarantee" to have a wind turbine placed on their land

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Mar. 4th, 2008

Texas in the Wall Street Journal

Texas better than Ohio? Well, heck we KNEW that? But it apparently took some folks at the Wall Street Journal by surprise. The gist of the article is that Texas is better for vbusiness, but we can't think of a single way that Ohio could possibly be better than Texas--except that maybe it has fewer letters! (That's for those of us who use the "hunt and peck" method of typing!)

Of course, the article (click here) focuses on the large cities, but right here in Tulia/Swisher County, we are primed for business as well, centrally located on I-27 between two airports, two cities, two universities (and a third if you throw in Texas Tech), and a host of other amenities, including affordable properties, good schools, and fine folks.

Mar. 3rd, 2008

Tulia ISD

The Tulia ISD Trustees recently adopted the 2008-09 teacher salary schedule which puts Tulia in the top paying districts for similar districts in the Panhandle. 

See the whole story HERE.

Feb. 29th, 2008

Pleasant surprise

What a pleasant surprise to have David Nall  drop into the office today! We had a nice chat about Tulia, his recordings, and things in general. He was in town visitng family, haivng performed at Wayland Baptist U on Wednesday.
Speaking of recordings, David has just recorded a new one called "The Cross on I-40", which he wrote. He is hoping it is "picked up" by a major artist. 

Many people know that we have David Nall CDs--country, gospel, and Christmas--here at the Chamber for sale. I may not have made it clear in the past, but David has donated these, and all proceeds go to Chamber projects. 

While we were visitng, Mike Huseman of HCSB dropped by to say goodbye. He has been "kicked upstairs" by the management, and is assuming a post in the Plainview HQ. The Husemans will continue to live in Tulia for the time being. We wish Mike the best, but doggone it, we are sorry to have him go.


TRUE STORY (mostly):

A few days ago, my wife and I were purchasing a new clock radio. As I was checking out, I asked the clerk, "Do you think this will keep me from waking up crabby?"
He replied, "If you don't turn it up too loud. Otherwise, she WILL wake up!"

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Feb. 27th, 2008

Family Dollar

The Family Dollar store is making progress. Site work started about a week or so ago. It is slated to open within about three months.

As I update this on 2/29, concrete work has started.

Feb. 20th, 2008

Good News from David Nall and River Jordan

Tulia's native son and noted gospel singer has recently been notified that his group "River Jordan" is Number One in all 3 Charts.  No. 1 on Overseas Most Played Gospel Artist,  and “Do You Know That You Know Him?” is now No. 1 on Gods Country International (USA & Overseas Reporters Combined) and is also now No. 1 on The USA National Chart (USA Reporters Only).  This has Never Happened before even with Johnny Cash & Joanne Cash and many other top Artists. 

Pretty impressive for a Tulia boy, huh!

Congratulations David.  We are very Proud of you and Thanks for the Great Songs!

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