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The City of Monteagle is changing lanes. Monteagle’s downtown corridor project, part of an ongoing effort to extend a pedestrian/bicycle trail from Cowan in Franklin County to Palmer in Grundy County, kicked off over the last couple of weeks with road work and striping along the town’s main drag.
The four lanes on Main Street and Dixie Lee Avenue were reduced to two with a central turn lane almost all the way through town, converting the outside lane into a bike lane with a buffer.  The project funding totals $782,560 in state enhancement grants added to a 20 percent local match of about $200,000, while the downtown corridor plan tallies $122,413 for the city. – Chattanooga Times Free-Press-

As the partnership between the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler moves forward, the companies are bringing engine manufacturing capabilities to the U.S. market with a new engine facility in Decherd, Tennessee. Expected to begin production in 2014, the facility will be home to engine assembly for Mercedes-Benz and Infiniti models. With installed capacity of 250,000 units per year, the plant demonstrates Nissan’s interest in broadening its manufacturing footprint into the United States.
Today Tennessee state and local officials will be alongside Nissan leadership as they break ground on this new engine plant.

Coffee County School Nurses announce that the National Association of School Nurses, Inc. (NASN) has chosen Wednesday as National School Nurse Day. National School Nurse Day was established in 1972 to foster a better understanding of the role of school nurses in the educational setting. Wednesday, school nursing is recognized as a specialized practice that advances the well-being, academic success, and life-long achievement of students. To this end, over 76,000 school nurses across the country promote health and safety; intervene with actual and potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student/family capacity for adaptation, self management, self advocacy, and learning.

Chief Executive Magazine has named Tennessee one of the four top states for business. Tennessee ranked fourth in the annual ratings for the second straight year. Others in the top five were Texas, Florida, North Carolina and Indiana. Bill Hagerty, commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development, said the state continuously works to create and maintain a business friendly environment that encourages companies to grow and invest in Tennessee.

This week’s winners who had the correct guess to Nurse Belinda’s Mystery Answer were 6th grader Joe White and 8th grader Ayanna Jones. The answer this week was “Peyton Manning.”  They won a Mitre Soccer Ball with a pedometer and a Head Tennis racket with a reusable water bottle.

The Subway card winners this week are:

6th grader – Malachi King

7th grader – Jacob Clemons

8th grader – McKenzi Rivas

Staff member – Zach Murray

All of this is made possible through the Fuel Up to Play 60 Grant. Helping kids make healthier food choices and be more physically active for a healthier life!

As we first reported to you on Sunday, well-known Tullahoma businessman Mike Thompson died Sunday afternoon. Thompson died in an apparent swimming accident at his home on Fairview School Road in Coffee County.
Coffee County deputies are awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death. According to a report by Coffee County Sheriff Dept. Sgt. Kerry Farrar, Thompson was with several family members and friends when he jumped off the diving board and into the pool. According to the report, some of the children that were present grabbed him and had no response from him. Family and friends pulled Thompson out of the pool and began CPR when they discovered Thompson was not breathing.
After his body was taken to Harton Regional Medical it was transferred to the State Medical Examiner’s office, where an autopsy is to be conducted.
Chad Partin of the sheriff’s department is investigating the apparent drowning.
Thompson was the owner of Mike Thompson Ford and Mazda in Tullahoma.

Thieves have burglarized another area church building.
Thieves entered the Victory Baptist Church located on Old Seminary Road in Manchester sometime late Friday night or early Saturday morning.
According to a report by Coffee County Sheriff’s deputy David Grosch that someone apparently pried a rear door open and entered the kitchen.
Donald Rackler of the church reported to the deputy that several items were missing from the church including four small stereos, a TV, a microwave, computer printer and a lamp.
In addition to the items taken the thieves had gone through the offices of the pastor and youth pastor.
Sheriff’s investigator Laura Nettles is investigating the break-in.

Last week, thieves broke into the Cedar Lane Church of Christ and the Covenant Presbyterian Church and removed money.
On April 30th thieves attempted to break into the Hurricane Primitive Baptist Church located on Hurricane Church Road in Manchester. While they did not get anything they did do about $750 in damage to one side of the building.
Jason Dendy is investigating that incident.

Four sponsors of postal reform legislation in the Senate are asking the Postal Service to delay closing post offices and mail processing facilities until a proposed new law is passed. May 15 is the date announced by Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to begin closing up to 252 mail processing centers and 3,700 post offices as part of efforts to save the mail agency $6.5 billion a year. Listed on USPS’s originally released chopping block are the Chattanooga Processing Center, which handles mail for Manchester, the Tullahoma area mail, the Normandy Post Office and the Sherwood Post Office. Normandy mail already is transported to the Tullahoma Post Office and then sent on to Chattanooga. If Chattanooga is closed, all area mail will go the Nashville Processing Center, which could cause a one-day delay in receiving mail, postal authorities have said. The Senate-passed bill would save about half of the processing centers from closure and place a one-year moratorium on closing rural post offices. Post offices located more than 10 miles from the next closest mail facility would generally be protected from closure, under the legislation. Normandy, however, is slightly less than 10 miles away, which might possibly put it in jeopardy.

Your water is the best tasting in the region, that according to recent competition sponsored by the Tennessee Association of Utility Districts (TAUD). At the Region 6 meeting of the TAUD held recently in Fayetteville, water supplied by Duck River Utility commission’s water was judged the best tasting. It is taken from Normandy Reservoir and supplied to customers in Manchester, Tullahoma and surrounding areas. Water samples were drawn from regular customer’s tap within 48 hours before the contest, without benefit of additional filtration, softening or aeration. The samples were transported to Fayetteville chilled, but then allowed to warm to room temperature before being tasted.

Hickerson Elementary held the first Miss Buttercup pageant on Saturday. The pageant was held as a fund raiser to help the school build a walking track. It was a successful event. Queens included: Baby Miss Buttercup-Daisy Matlock, Toddler Miss Buttercup-Kenley Patton, Wee Miss Buttercup-Kylee Wells, Tiny Miss Buttercup-Hannah Chessor, Little Miss Buttercup-Carleigh Stephens, Pre-Teen Miss Buttercup-Gracie Richardson, Teen Miss Buttercup-Kayla McCormick, Miss Buttercup- Abigail Vaughn. Supreme in the 0-6 years was Lilee Scott and 7-19 Baylee Nester. Hickerson would like to thank all the volunteers, venders and sponsors who helped make this event possible. Hickerson is much closer to the goal of a walking track after this fundraiser. The track will help improve physical activity and help promote a healthy lifestyle for its students and community. Anyone wishing to contribute to this goal may contact Hickerson Elementary at 455-9576.