News 2013

It’s back to district action tonight for the Cannon County basketball teams.  The Lions and Lionettes will travel to Livingston tonight for a pair of games against the Wildcats and Lady Wildcat basketball teams.  The girls game features two of the top AA basketball teams in the state.  The Livingston Lady Cats sport a 15-3 overall record.  Over the holidays they participated in a tournament in Gatlinburg where they lost by one point in the championship game.  The Lionettes are 16-1 and have been dominating the competition since coming back from a 16 point deficit in the Sun Drop Romp Championship beating Cookeville.  This past Monday, they collected their second tournament championship in a little over a week in San Destin Florida.  The Livingston Wildcats had expectations of being one of the top teams in the district.  After a 2-6 start the Wildcats have went on a 9-1 run including a 7 game winning streak culminating in a Gatlinburg tournament championship last week.  The Cannon County Lions started fast out of the gate but Santa Claus was not too kind to them over the Christmas holidays winning just one game and they are on a three game losing streak entering this contest.  The Coaches Corner starts everything off at 5:45 tonight followed by live coverage from tip off to final buzzer.  You can hear the game live on AM-1540, FM-96.7 WBRY and streaming live on wbry.com  

The building located at 475 Bryant Lane currently owned by the Industrial Board of Cannon County is now up for sale after the Industrial Board approved a motion during last night’s monthly meeting to put the building on the market instead of trying to lease it.  A committee was put together comprised of Dean Moore, Neal Applebaum and chairman Randall Reid to start the process of putting the building formerly occupied by PC Disposal on the market to sell the building.  One of the potential buyers could be Cumberland Plastics who had expressed interest in renting or buying the building as their operations are expanding due to a contract awarded to them recently by Nissan.  PC Disposal the last tenant to rent the building made contact with board member Mindy Gunter and promised her that they would take care of the electric bill they are responsible for while renting the building and then after it is paid off they will pay the back rent that is owed to the Industrial Board.  Board Attorney Summer Bouldin gave an update on the status of THC Select.  He advised the board to be prepared for a scheduling conference in the upcoming weeks.  Mr. Bouldin ran through a couple of different scenarios that might happen concerning the handling of the lawsuit against the board by THC Select officials.  A committee was formed in the December meeting to bring suggestions to the table concerning 47 acres of Industrial Park Property.  It was decided to interview auction firms, and continue contact with the Town of Woodbury to see if they would like to buy the property from the Board.  The 2013 IDB meeting schedule was approved. This covers the first Tuesday of every month at 6:00 at the Cannon County Courthouse.  An audit was done on the outstanding loans of the Industrial Board.  The results were turned over to Attorney Bouldin who will handle the matters from there.  The next meeting of the Industrial Board of Cannon County is scheduled for Tuesday February 5th  

A Bradyville couple has been arrested in connection with operating a meth lab in Murfreesboro.  Kenneth Franklin Anderson Jr. age 40 and Jacqueline Lynn Barrett age 35 were charged with initiating the process to produce methamphetmine, possession of drug paraphernalia and marijuana possession.  Murfreesboro City Police received a tip of the meth lab at a residence on Ewing Blvd.  When they arrived on the scene, Anderson invited them into the house.  After a few minutes Anderson ran out the door but was chased down by the officers.  Authorities recovered a bottle Anderson threw which contained ingredients used in the production of meth.  While searching the home, they found several ingredients that are used to make meth.  Anderson faces additional charges of fleeing and resisting arrest along with tampering with evidence.  It was also discovered that he had two felony warrants out of Cannon County.  

We are back on the main floor!  We are still not fully operational and are only offering minimal services like faxing, photocopying, public use computers,  DVDs, and new arrival books.  As shelves are rebuilt and the over 1000 boxes of books and other materials we have stored are returned from storage and unpacked, we will open other library departments to the public.  Please drop by and say hello and see our beautiful new building as it turns back into a full service library!  We think you will like what you see! 
We still need volunteers to help us with the unpacking and shelving of materials as well as hauling boxes and furniture out of storage.  If you would like to help us, please call 563-5861.
 
Thanks again to all of you for your enthusiasm, donations, encouragement, and plain old Tennessee resilience!  We are especially grateful to our College Street neighbors for sacrificing parking spaces and a peaceful environment for life in the construction zone during these past months. 
 
Exciting times, Cannon County!  Dreams do sometimes come true!

The American Taxpayer Relief Act, which became law late Wednesday, extends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) program through January 1, 2014. The federal benefits were slated to expire at the end of 2012 with claimants receiving their last payment the first week of January.EUC08 is a federally-funded program providing unemployment benefits to approximately 30,000 Tennesseans who have exhausted the first 26 weeks of state benefits (maximum). The legislation only extends the deadline to receive existing federal benefits and does not add additional weeks. Tennessee claimants are currently allowed a maximum of 26 weeks of state benefits and an additional 37 weeks of federal benefits.
“This has been an uncertain time for those depending on unemployment benefits,” said Labor Commissioner Karla Davis. “I would encourage claimants to focus their job search by using our jobs database at Jobs4tn.gov and visiting a Tennessee Career Center.”
The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development must still receive authorization from the USDOL to pay federal EUC08 claims. While the USDOL expects to have authorizations in place to provide a seamless transition, a delay of a week or more is possible. A retroactive payment would then be made to make up for lost weeks before resuming regular weekly payments.
Those presently receiving federal benefits should continue their weekly certification that notifies the department by phone or Internet they are still unemployed. If claimants stop their certification, they will have to contact the claims center to verify their unemployment status and could face a delay in their benefit resumption. Claimants should also continue to complete at least two work searches per week in order to meet the requirements for receiving federal benefits. 
Claimants can check the status of their unemployment benefit deposit by logging in to  https://ui.tn.gov with their personal identification number. If their account shows the benefit amount is “released,” the deposit will be available within 48 hours.

The United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties has announced its 2013 board officers and members. Tracy Toy, Community Volunteer and Retired R.N., will serve as the 2013 Board Chair. Board chair-elect is Phil Holt, First Tennessee Bank; Campaign Chair is Jim Thompson, Thompson Services; Communications Chair is James Evans, Rutherford County Schools; Community Impact Chair is Jill Austin, MTSU; Finance Chair is Martha Tolbert, Middle Tennessee Medical Center; Policies and Nominations Chair is David Scott, Regions Bank; Immediate Past Board Chair is Pat Murphy, General Mills.Toy previously served as the Campaign Chair for the local United Way, and under her leadership the organization garnered the highest amount of pledges to date at $2.95 million.
New board members beginning their terms in 2013 are James Beach, CertaPro; Barry Buckley, Wilson Bank and Trust; JoAnna Cooper, Intermetro; Mike DiNapoli, Schneider Electric; David Lee, Ford of Murfreesboro; Clay Morgan, The Daily News Journal, Casey Rainey, Morgan Keegan Raymond James; Lori Sain-Smith, Reeves-Sain Family of Medical Services; Matt Taylor, Site Engineering Consultants, Inc.; Deborah Thompson, State Farm; and Peter Tziahanas, Embassy Suites.                                            
Returning board members include: Felix Allen, Publix; Dr. Brad Bartel, MTSU; Stephanie Brackman, Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce; James (Jim) Crumley, City of Murfreesboro;  Kristin Demos, Community Volunteer; Tom Dugosh; Ron Fryar, The Murfreesboro Post/Cannon Courier; BobbiKay Hein, StoneCrest Medical Center; Kathy Jones, Stewart Title Company; John Leonard, Bridgestone-Firestone USA; Dr. Libby Long, Tennessee Pediatrics; Clint Marks, Murfreesboro Young Professionals, Inc.; Chris Massaro, MTSU Athletics; Joey Monteleone, Heritage Farms Dairy; Ryan Moore, SunTrust Bank; Tim Morrell, Miller Loughry Beach; Charlie Myatt, Community Volunteer/Retired Banker; Andrew Oppmann, MTSU; Greg Persinger, Yates Services; Dr. Liz Rhea, Community Volunteer/Retired Physician; Michelle Russell; Robbie Snapp, MTSU; Steve Steele, Huddleston-Steele Engineering, Inc.; Brian Sullivan, Nissan; Howard Wilson, Attorney; Hanna Witherspoon, Community Volunteer; Andy Womack, State Farm; Ross Womack, Ingram Book Group
 

ELECTION COMMISSIONMEETINGSCHEDULED FOR MONDAY January 14, 20135:30 P.M. HELD AT THE CANNON COUNTY COURTHOUSEMAIN STREETWOODBURY, TENN.
 Agenda:
 
1.) Read and approve December minutes.
2.) Discuss and act upon tabled matters from previous meetings.
3.) Review and act upon New voter registrations.
4.) Discuss TACEO Seminar held in December and future dates and locations for 2013 Calendar.
5.) Address any matters regarding pending Lawsuit; Executive Session if necessary.
6.)  Address an act upon any routine matters and issues that may properly come before this commission meeting
7.) Motion to Adjourn
 
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Matt Studd-Chairman
12/28/12
 

Cannon County Sheriff’s Deputies were called out to a McMinnville Highway residence recently for a possible break-in but found nothing.  According to sheriff’s reports, Deputy Steve McMillen, along with Reserve Deputy Jimmy Hayes and Cannon County Sheriff Darrell Young responded to the call.  The complainant was at a residence across the road.  The Deputies were advised that the break-in was in progress and that the offender was still in the residence with a shotgun.  The deputies checked the windows  and after making entry into the residence by kicking the back door in, due to the door having a chain on it on the inside, deputies determined there was no one inside the residence and the residence seemed to be undisturbed.  The incident is still under investigation.  

The Industrial Board of Cannon County will meet tonight at the Cannon County Courthouse to discuss the status of THC Select and review the PC Disposal debt which is owed to the Board after they moved out of the Bryant Lane building.  The board will review repair requests from Crane Interiors and discuss the status of outstanding loans.  A committee will give a report on some industrial park property and review the potential list of tenants that would like to occupy the open building at 475 Bryant Lane.  The meeting starts tonight at 6:00.  

The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) will continue to display fatality messages on its overhead Dynamic Message Signs, but will do so on a weekly basis rather than daily. TDOT began displaying the fatality numbers on the signs in April 2012 after seeing a sharp increase in fatalities in the first quarter of the year. 
“We feel the fatality messages have been extremely successful in increasing awareness about highway deaths across the state this year, and may have helped us stop the dramatic increase we saw early in 2012,” said TDOT Commissioner John Schroer. “We have also heard from drivers who say the messages have caused them to make positive changes in their driving behavior.”
While somewhat controversial, the fatality messages have garnered mostly positive responses from Tennessee motorists. A Franklin, TN man emailed to say the signs made an impression on him and his friends, “I have to tell you that none of us ever wore seat belts until we saw those signs. We are all in our 50s and did not grow up wearing seatbelts. Since we saw your signs, we kid each other on how ALL of us always wear them now. You may think people are not paying attention because fatalities are up, but I have talked to so many people that have changed their seatbelt wearing habits since you put those signs up. Thank you.”
 
TDOT will also continue to run safety messages targeted at specific issues like texting while driving, drowsy driving, and driving under the influence.