Briefs: Seniors can apply for property tax freeze in Goodlettsville

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Senior citizens meeting the qualifying criteria of the program canhave the county and city property taxes on their principalresidence frozen at the amount it was in the year they initiallyqualified, even if there is a property tax rate increase. Davidsonand Sumner counties and Goodlettsville all
participate in the tax freeze program.
Sumner County residents of Goodlettsville must call the SumnerCounty Trustee's office at 452-1260 to make an appointment to applyat Goodlettsville City Hall on Aug. 26 and 27. Davidson Countysenior residents must call the Davidson County Trustee's office at862-6330 to make an application appointment for dates beginningAug. 11.
To qualify for the freeze, senior property owners must be 65 orolder by the end of the year and have income from all sources notexceeding a county maximum.
In 2008, the income limit in Sumner County is $31,280. In DavidsonCounty, the limit is $35,390. Qualifying property owners mustreapply each year. Workshop supports women in business
The next Women at the Table of Power luncheon will be 11:30 a.m.1p.m. Aug. 1, at the Nashville Business Incubation Training Center,315 10th Ave. N.
The workshop will share skills vital to women getting ahead inbusiness, either as entrepreneurs or corporate America. The guestspeaker will be Derek Young, president of Young Motivation Group.
Registration is $25 and includes lunch and any informationalmaterials.
Register online at www.wottop.com or call 469-6878. Mayor to kick off school year Aug. 3 at Sommet Center
The ninth annual Mayor's First Day Festival will be 25 p.m.Sunday, Aug. 3, at Sommet Center, 501 Broadway.
The festival is a way to kick off the school year. There will beschool supplies, entertainment and educational activities.
This year's event will include a food drive for Second Harvest FoodBank. People are asked to bring a nonperishable food item to bedonated. Circle Players schedules auditions for 'Oliver!'
Circle Players is holding open auditions for the community theaterproduction of Oliver! , a British stage musical by Lionel Bart loosely based on CharlesDickens' novel Oliver Twist .
Auditions are 11 a.m.3 p.m. Aug. 16, and 6:30-9:30 p.m. Aug. 18.Callback times are to be announced.
Auditions will take place at the Circle Players rehearsal facilityin Madison, 801 N. Gallatin Pike, in the back of Madison SquareShopping Center.
Roles are available for men and women of all ages and ethnicities.Actors are to prepare 16 bars of an up-tempo song in the correctkey.
An accompanist as well as CD player will be provided. Productiondates are Oct. 17Nov. 2 at the Looby Center Theatre, 2301 Rosa L.Parks Blvd.
For information, contact director Clay Hillwig at clig79@yahoo.com or call 599-8292. FLIP looks for older tutors to teach reading
Friends Learning In Pairs needs adults 55 and older to helpstudents in grades K-4 become better readers. Training, materialsand lesson plans are provided.
Tutors are needed in the following local schools: Amqui Elementary,Bellshire Elementary, Neely's Bend Elementary and Taylor StrattonElementary.
New FLIP tutors for the 2008-09 school year will be trained atFiftyForward Madison Station, 301 Madison St., on Aug. 19.
For information or to register, contact Mary Ann Ruley at 860-7180or maruley@fiftyforward.org . Quilters to meet Aug. 11 at church in Hendersonville
The Lakeshore Quilters monthly meeting is at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug.11, at Hendersonville First United Methodist Church, 217 E. Main,which is on the corner of Indian Lake Boulevard and Gallatin Road.
Anyone interested is welcome to attend and/or join. The guild'smission is education, fellowship and charity. The group includesmembers from Nashville, Madison, Millersville, Hermitage,Greenbrier, Goodlettsville, Gallatin, Lebanon, Springfield, WhiteHouse and Hendersonville. In 2007, 110 quilts were donated to
various charitable organizations.
For information, call Karen Gibson, guild president, at 824-5143. Haynes Design, H.G. Middle get food grant
Haynes Design Center and H.G. Hill Middle have been selected as twoof 25 recipients from Tennessee to participate in the Fresh Fruitand Vegetable Program.
Through the program, the schools will receive about $38 per studentto purchase and provide fresh and dried fruits and vegetables at nocharge to all children attending the schools. The grant is goodthis month through Sept. 30, 2009.
The program's primary goals are to create healthier schoolenvironments by providing healthier food choices, to expand thevariety of fruits and vegetables children experience, to increasechildren's fruit and vegetable consumption, and to make adifference in children's diets to impact their health. Mayor's Housing Fair to debut Aug. 16
Mayor Karl Dean's first Mayor's Housing Fair will be 10 a.m.5 p.m.Saturday, Aug. 16, at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds. Fair-goerswill receive details regarding new homes, how to obtain a mortgage,how to increase their credit score, how to maintain their firsthome and more.