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3/10/19 — Birthdays
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3/9/19 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
John Nickason — Pizza Winner!
Maddox Toney, 8
Manchester to Annex Bonnaroo Grounds–Maybe, But Not Yet
Cooling fountain at Bonnaroo
Last year you might remember that Coffee County failed to sign a long-term contract with Bonnaroo.
Now Bonnaroo representatives have asked Manchester City leaders about the possibility of annexing its property so the land at Great Stage Park would be inside the city limits of Manchester.
Because the land is currently outside the city limits, the county receives sales tax revenues generated during the annual event, which is around about $1 million per year.
Just because Manchester can annex the land, the city will not initially start receiving all of the sales tax. They would receive any growth in sales tax dollars, and after 15 years following annexation, all sales taxes from the event would then go to Manchester. If the city annexes the land, the county will lose sales tax revenue. To annex Bonnaroo the city can annex the property with written consent of the owners or by referendum.
Under the old contract that ended in 2017, Bonnaroo paid a $3 fee for each ticket sold and a $30,000 flat fee to the county each year, amounting to roughly $250,000 annually. This did not include sales taxes collected on-site.
A one-year contract between Axis Nation, LLC, conducting business as Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, and Coffee County was signed last year for a one-time donation of $205,000.
Bonnaroo wanted to sign a 10-year deal that would have raised the ticket fee from $3 to $4 per ticket to fund a road project. They wanted the county to use the funds to widen Bushy Branch Road that leads to the festival’s main entrance.
These ticket fees will no longer be designated to go to the county until a long-term agreement is reached with either Coffee County or Manchester.
Despite the contract issues Bonnaroo will continue to pay for emergency services along with traffic and public safety personnel provided by the county during the event.
The 19th annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is set for June 13-16. (Courtesy of the Tullahoma News)
High Speed Pursuit Leads to Manchester Man’s Arrest
19-year-old Corbin D. Kell of Manchester was arrested and placed in the Franklin County Jail on $35,000 bond following early Sunday morning high-speed chase by police that ended with the vehicle crashing in Winchester.
Kell also had a 1-year-old child in the vehicle along with five other adults.
The man is charged with aggravated child abuse or neglect, evading and resisting arrest, speeding 25 miles over the speed limit, failure to maintain financial responsibility, failure to maintain and exercise due care, child restraint violation, traffic control device violation, reckless endangerment, assault and reckless driving.
Winchester police reports say that the incident occurred about 4 a.m. Sunday when officers responded to an active pursuit call.
The vehicle was clocked at 89-mph in a 45-mph zone when it hit a curb and went airborne, colliding with a pole and going through a metal fence before it came to a rest.
The child was transported to a hospital emergency room to be treated for possible injuries. No information was released concerning the health of others.
Grundy Co. Woman Arrested for DUI after She Crashes into Head Start Bus
Shannon Hargis’s car.. Photo provided
A woman is facing charges after crashing into a Grundy County head start bus on Friday afternoon.
According to Grundy County Sheriff Clint Shrum, the crash happened on Highway 108 between Altamont and Skymont around 2:30 p.m.
After a preliminary investigation, deputies determined that the woman who crashed with the bus was impaired at the time of the accident.
Shannon Hargis
Shannon Hargis, 35, of Gruetli-Laager, was arrested and later charged with Driving Under the Influence.
No children were injured in the accident, which Shrum said is thanks to the quick actions of bus driver Faith Caldwell.
Human Services taking Major Step forward to help Families Pay for Child Care
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) announced a major step forward in helping families pay for the cost of child care and incentivizing more providers across the state to participate in the child care subsidy program.
Beginning in April, TDHS will raise the weekly reimbursement rates for all providers who take part in the state’s Child Care Certificate Program. This rate increase is the first for child care providers since 2008.
Through the Smart Steps Program, TDHS provides child care financial assistance to families who are working or pursuing post-secondary education and who meet certain income eligibility requirements. The Child Care Certificate Program also serves teen parents enrolled in high school, through the Teen Parent Assistance for Child Care Program. Additional categories of child care payment assistance are available to families who take part in the state’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program known as Families First, parents transitioning off Families First, and children in foster care.
Tennessee has approximately 4,200 regulated child care agencies, who would be eligible to participate in the Child Care Certificate Program. Approximately 1,500 providers are currently participating. By raising the reimbursement rates, TDHS hopes that more providers will join the program, resulting in more choices for families seeking quality child care.
In July 2018, TDHS released new child care licensing rules that support providers in raising quality, health, and safety expectations for their services.
3/23/19 — Robert “Tim” Garrett, Sr.
Robert “Tim” Garrett Sr. of Wartrace, passed this life on Saturday, March
9, 2019 at his residence at the age of 65 years. Memorial Services are
scheduled for 4 PM, Saturday, March 23, 2019 at Daves-Culbertson Funeral
Home. The family will receive friends beginning at 2 PM.
A native of Winchester, he was the son of the late Bobby Garrett and Wanda
Jean Walker Garrett , who survives. He was a U S Marine veteran. Mr.
Garrett was a member of Maxwell Baptist Church of Belvidere and was a
Mason. He enjoyed training horses, horseback riding, trail riding and
camping with his horses. He was known as a “Horse Whisperer”. He enjoyed
hunting bargains and making deals. He also enjoyed planting a garden.
In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by son, Robert T.
Garrett Jr.
He is survived by his wife, Shelley Robinette Garrett of Wartrace; mother,
Wanda Jean Walker Garrett of Belvidere; son, Glen Garrett and his wife,
Kathy of Decherd; daughter, Teresa Fortner and her husband, Steven of
Drummonds, TN; brother, Terry Garrett of Taft, TN; sisters, Donna Weaver
North of Shelbyville, Bobbie Jean Garrett Riel and her husband, Richard of
Winchester and Karen Gardner of Coldwater, TN; grandchildren, Paige
Michelle Garrett Henshaw, Rebecca Hope Garrett, Alexis Jade Garrett,
Mitchell Blake Garrett, Tyler Frizzell, Noah Brown and Ethan Fortner and
several nieces and nephews who loved him dearly.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorial donations be made in
his honor to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Pl,
Memphis, TN 38105-9959.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Coffee County Government MEETINGS THE WEEK MARCH 11, 2019
MEETINGS THE WEEK MARCH 11, 2019
Monday, March 11
Caucus Meetings
5:00 p.m. – Rural Caucus at CCAP Conference Room #1
6:00 p.m. – Tullahoma Caucus at the Marcum Building in Tullahoma
Tuesday, March 12
6:00 p.m. – Full Commission
Wednesday, March 13
4:30 p.m. – Personnel & Compensation Committee
Thursday, March 14
4:30 p.m. – Law Enforcement Committee
Monday Prep Schedule
Monday Prep Schedule
4:30 PM – CHS Baseball at Columbia
5:00 PM – CCMS Baseball at Harris
5:00 PM – CCMS Softball at Harris
5:00 PM – WMS Baseball at Moore Co
5:30 PM – CHS Softball HOSTS Warren Co – Thunder Radio broadcast
7:00 PM – CHS Boys’ Soccer at Warren Co
Granlund Scores First with Preds in Loss to Hurricanes
Mikael Granlund scored his first goal as member of the Predators, but it wasn’t enough as Nashville fell to the Carolina Hurricanes by a 5-3 final on Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena. The loss snaps Nashville’s two-game win streak and sees the Canes sweep the two-game season series.
The Predators and Hurricanes went back and forth on the evening, especially in the third period, but Carolina was always one step ahead of the home team, and the Preds eventually ran out of time.
“We were better in the second and third, but we were chasing the game,” Preds Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. “With the penalties right off the bat, I felt like we didn’t get any rhythm on the bench. When we did, we were slow, we were not up to the speed they were at. I thought they controlled the first period. I thought the second and third period we were pushing back, but at that point you’re chasing the game. We have to be cleaner at the beginning of the game to avoid those penalties and try to get into a rhythm at 5-on-5.”
“It was a tough start,” Preds forward Craig Smith said. “I thought we got ourselves in a little bit of trouble in the beginning. I don’t think we meant to get that many penalties at the start of the game, but it happened. We were able to deal with the penalties well, and our penalty-kill unit played great. We were able to build a little momentum off that, but they’re a great transitional team and that made it tough. We just ran out of time tonight.”
Nashville’s penalty kill went to work early as the Preds took three penalties in the first 4:17 of the contest, but the group managed to kill an extended 5-on-3 in the process, thanks in part to stellar play of Juuse Saros in net.
However, Nino Niederreiter scored twice later in the opening frame, including one on the power play with less than a minute to play to give Carolina a 2-0 advantage after one.
The Preds got on the board less than three minutes into the second stanza when Smith blasted home his 18th of the season in a period that saw Nashville come out with a much-improved effort.
In the third period, the two clubs went back and forth with the Preds unable to ever catch up to Carolina. After the Canes went up 3-1, Brian Boyle tallied to make it a one-goal game again. Carolina then got their fourth, but with less than three minutes to play in regulation, Granlund was eventually awarded his first with the Preds to cut the lead once more.
The Hurricanes added an empty-netter before the night was through, with the Preds saying they were stuck chasing the game throughout the night.
“I feel like we need to produce more offense, get more zone time, longer shifts in their end,” defenseman Mattias Ekholm said. “I feel like we’re kind of one and done right now. In the second period I thought we were really good; we were spending a lot of time in their zone. That’s where we want to get to, and how we want to play but we haven’t had enough of that lately. I think that’s a huge part. It’s hard for us to play defense all the time, that wears you down. It’s a lot better being in the offensive zone.”
The Predators will get back to practice on Monday before jetting off to California, and they’ll be looking to take the positives from Saturday night – especially the middle frame – in their suitcases.
“We dominated that period, and we probably should have scored more than one,” Ekholm said of the second. “We could have for sure played a lot better, but at the same time if we start playing like we did in that second period, we’re going to start winning a lot of games.”
Notes:
Preds forward Filip Forsberg missed Saturday’s game and is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
The Predators will now embark to California for a three-game trip next week, beginning on Tuesday night in Anaheim. Nashville will then make stops in Los Angeles and San Jose before returning home after St. Patrick’s Day.
Pete Weber’s Postgame Report