Westwood Middle School held a ceremony Wednesday to dedicate a parking space at the school.
In partnership with the Manchester Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10904, Westwood dedicated a parking space in honor of Purple Heart recepients. The parking space features a special sign with a purple post that reserves parking for the combat wounded. The parking lot stripes for that location are painted purple.
Tennessee officials are warning residents about charitable donation scams following mass shootings last weekend in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio.
If you are contacted either my phone, social media or email by someone claiming to be associated with charities affiliated with assisting victims of these shootings, here are some steps you can take to ensure you are donating to a legitimate organization:
*If a group is soliciting donations over the phone or internet and you did not make the first initial contact, do not provide personal or financial information until you can do your own research about the group.
*If the charity is in Tennessee, you can check that the group is registered with the Tennessee Secretary of Stat’s office online.
*Avoid giving cash. Always ask for a receipt and ask if your contribution is tax deductible.
*Take your time – resist pressure to donate on the spot.
*These are just a few tips – more tips click here.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued a Statewide Tennessee Blue Alert for Curtis Ray Watson. Watson is listed as a person of interest in the homicide of a Tennessee Department of Correction employee on August 7th, 2019
Curtis Ray Watson
and is an escapee from the West Tennessee State Penitentiary in Henning, Tennessee. Watson should be considered extremely dangerous. If you have any information concerning Watson, please contact the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND. A $32,500 reward has been offered. Watson is a person of interest in the homicide in two correctional officers.
COFFEE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
1343 McArthur Street
Manchester, Tennessee 37355
Telephone: 931-723-5150 Facsimile: 931-723-8285
TO: All Board Members
FROM: Brett Henley, Chairman
SUBJECT: Regular Board Meeting
DATE: August 12, 2019
TIME: 4:30 p.m.
PLACE: Coffee County Board of Education
Pledge of Allegiance
Recognitions: ►FBLA Nationals Winners
►South Central Volunteer Award: Becki Louden
AGENDA
I. Call to Order
II. Call for Intent
III. General Consent Items
(*If no objections, the following items will be considered passed when the agenda is passed.)
1. Minutes: July 8, 2018; July 22, 2019
2. Overnight Field Trip – CHS FBLA – Camp Widjiwagan, TN – Sept. 5-8, 2019
3. Overnight Field Trip – CHS Criminal Justice – Pigeon Forge, TN – Sept. 6-8, 2019
4. Overnight Field Trip – CHS DECA – Chattanooga, TN – March 4-8, 2020
5. Overnight Field Trip – CHS FBLA – Chattanooga, TN – April 5-8, 2020
6. Out of State Field Trip – CHS DECA – Orlando, FL – Feb. 4-9, 2020
7. Out of State Field Trip – CHS Criminal Justice – New York – March 5-8, 2020
8. Out of State Field Trip – CHS FBLA – Salt Lake City, UT – June 27-July 3, 2020
9. Use of Facilities – MYFL 01 – CCRA Practice Field – (Mon, Tues, Thurs) Aug.-Oct. 2019
10. Use of Facilities – CC Fair Board – CHS Theater/Cafeteria – Sept. 14-17, 2019 (rain only)
11. Use of Facilities – Lego League – CCMS Gym, Caf., 6th gr – Nov. 16 and Dec. 14, 2019
IV. Agenda Items
1. Use of Buses by Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association – Sept 13-14, 2019
2. Assessment of Riverview School
3. Support Letter for the Use of Grounds for Riverview School
4. Budget Update
V. Items for Discussion
VI. Committee Reports
VII. Student Ambassador Report
VIII. Director’s Report
Tullahoma has narrowed its search for a police chief down to four candidates. After fielding 73 applicants from 23 states, city officials have narrowed the field down to four candidates. Acting chief Phil Henderson is one fo the finalists, along with Phillip Sullivan of Abingdon, Virginia, Michael Eric Anderson of Franklin, Tennessee and Jason Williams of Shelbyville, Tennessee.
Henderson is a 32-year veteran of the Tullahoma Police Department with a career that has included time as patrol sergeant and lieutenant over support services division. Sullivan is the chief of police in Abingdon, Virginia, Anderson is a lieutenant with the Franklin Police Department and Williams is the chief deputy with the Bedford County Sheriff’s Department.
The Tullahoma Board of Mayor and Aldermen will make the final hiring decision. Tullahoma is looking for a police chief after former chief Paul Blackwell pleaded no contest to tampering with evidence in April.
Pictured is damage to Johnson Lane soccer fields in Tullahoma. (photo provided)
You may remember we first reported to you last month that the Johnson Lane soccer fields in Tullahoma had been vandalized. Well now the City of Tullahoma has presented a check for $4,000 to help with repair and maintenance with that cleanup project.
It was early morning on July 21 when someone took a vehicle onto the fields and heavily damaged them. A gofundme account has raised nearly $3,500. The fields are expected to be ready to play on again by August 23rd.
Sign ups for the annual Dusty Elam Memorial Youth Basketball League at the Manchester Recreation Center begin Sept. 16.
The first practice will be October 21st and games will be on Saturday’s, starting November 9th. The league is for students in grades kindergarten through third grade and cost is $55 to sign up – there is financial assistance available. Contact Jeff Houck for more information at 931-728-0273. The rec complex is located at 557 N. Woodland Street.
Manchester Police Department SRO Andy Neesmith has graduated as a certified DARE instructor, undergoing an 80-hour training course.
DARE is a police-officer led series of classroom lessons that teaches children from kindergarten through seniors in high school how to resist peer pressure and live productive, drug and violence-free lives.
Please join us at Thunder Radio in congratulating SRO Andy Neesmith.
Pictured are, from left, Chris Patterson, Andy Neesmith, MPD Chief Mark Yother.
If you are looking or a job – Thursday between 11 am. And 3 p.m. is the Job Fair for the upcoming 2020 census. The fair is at the Manchester Public Library at 1005 Hillsboro Blvd. There are office positions in Shelbyville and some work from home jobs starting at $14 per hour and up. You can inquire more at 2020census.gov/jobs or, visit the fair.
Goodman Manuacturing in Fayetteville has filed a notice with the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development that it will be permanently laying off 703 workers at that facility by the end of September.
The company actually announced back in September of 2015 that it would be closing the Fayetteville plant by 2017 while the company’s parent group, Daikin, consolidated operations to its location in Waller, Texas.
Currently, the Fayetteville plant employs 1,800 people and the collective bargaining agreement expires November 1st of 2020.
