News 2011

With four of the five members of the Cannon County Board Of Educationpresent for their regular monthly meeting, the board unanimously approved
Kirkland’s Pest Control to be the new Pest Control Company to take care of
the School System’s Pest Control Needs. After opening the bid process,
Kirkland’s submitted the lowest of five bids received by the Central
Office. The bid beat out the company the school’s had a contract with
previously in the McMinnville Sherill Pest Control. that company
submitted the highest of the five bids.
In other action the Board approved McMinnville Fire Extinguisher Company
to continue to provide and service fire extinguishers for the schools.
The Board gave the green light to allow MTV to come to Cannon County High
School for a possible casting call for their TV show”Made” It was pointed
out however that MTV may not come to the campus but approval was given in
a 3 to 1 vote. Voting against allowing MTV to visit was board member Mike
Mayfield.
Teachers in the Cannon County School System now have approval to apply for
grants totaling less than $2500 without having to have board permission
first. In the past schools may have missed out on some various grants due
to deadline issues conflicting with School Board meetings. All money
received from grants would run through the school books unless it’s a
stipend which then must be approved by the Director Of Schools and then
run through payroll. Items purchased through grant money will be
considered school owned and would need to be inventoried as such.
The Board upheld Director Of School Barbara Parker’s decision to deny the
release of an Eastside student to a virtual classroom situation through
Union County Schools.
If approved, the Cannon County School System would have to foot the bill
via a BEP deduction to pay for the virtual classroom. The costs would be
over $5500 a year.
Once a student is enrolled in the virtual classroom, the school system
would have to pay each year until the student graduates.
Director of Schools Ms. Barbara Parker announced that the Woodbury Grammar
School received the Thinkfinity Grant from Verizon Wireless. The Grant
will be officially awarded to the school in January.
She also updated the board about the heating and cooling situation at
Woodbury Grammar School. So far there are 5 rooms that have heating
issues. In three of the rooms, neither unit is working, in two of the
rooms only one of the units is working. Ms. Parker stated that she
emailed an attorney to see what can be done about getting out of their
contract with Trane who has been providing inadequate service.
The next Board Meeting Workshop will be at the Central Office on Tuesday
December 6th with the next regular board meeting on Thursday December 8th

The United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties has announced the termination of its partnership with Cannon County REACH, due to the program’s decision to not maintain a 501(c)3 IRS status.  
The United Way enters into contract every fiscal year with each of its affiliated agencies and initiatives. This contract requires those agencies to “maintain its status as a nonprofit, charitable organization and to conduct its operation in a manner which neither will jeopardize the tax deductibility (of contributions to the Agency or United Way) under state and federal law nor the exemption under federal income tax and estate tax laws.”
 
“We are saddened to be forced to end our partnership with Cannon County REACH as an affiliated agency of the United Way because we do recognize the valuable services it provides to the community,” said Brian Hercules, President and CEO of the local United Way. “However, our charge is to operate an accountable, efficient, and transparent organization, which involves guaranteeing our donors the ability to classify their charitable contributions to United Way as tax deductible.”
 
Cannon County REACH had originally been allocated $22,000 by local United Way volunteers in the spring of 2011. This allotment would have began to pay out on July 1, 2011, however with the organization not maintaining its 501(c)3 status, that funding will not be granted.
 
The United Way will reallocate those funds to compensate for the loss of the national Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) funding this year, which is granted to counties based on factors such as unemployment rates and poverty rates. Local organizations had the ability to apply for those funds during the spring of 2011 prior to learning from the national EFSP that Congress would not be appropriating funding to Cannon County during this phase.
 
“While this situation is unfortunate in terms of losing Cannon County REACH as a partner agency, a positive factor will be the ability to provide funding to local organizations who thought they had lost funding from EFSP this year,” said John McLaughlin, Chair of Community Impact for the local United Way. “We are happy to be able to turn this situation into a positive result for other Cannon County organizations who are in need.”
 

An ordinance will be drafted concerning loitering to help combat complaints of people standing around the PCC office on Main Street in
Woodbury on Wednesdays.  Lori Christensen owner of the Woodbury Dance
Studio approached the Woodbury Mayor and Board Of Aldermen during their
monthly meeting Tuesday night to express concern of the streams of people
loitering around the local probation office alleging  that vulgar
language, smoking and consumption of alcohol is taking place while people
wait to report to probation.  Ms. Christensen says that her dance studio
business which is next door to the probation office is losing an estimated
$200 to $300 a week in revenue because of the loitering caused by the
overcrowding of the probation office Wednesday evenings.  Shawn Hollis of
the Providence Community Corrections office says that the overcrowding is
due to more people being put on probation.  The office is only open on
Wednesday and the staff are looking into other options including opening
the office another additional day during the week.  Commissioner Charlie
Harrell made a motion to form a Loitering committee to look into drawing
up a loitering ordinance after consulting with MTAS to see how effective
loitering laws are in other cities and communities.  Commissioner Faye
Knox along with City Attorney Dale Peterson will also work together and
bring the ordinance before the Mayor and Aldermen during the December
meeting.
In other actions, the board adopted ordinance number 441 on 2nd and final
reading.  The ordinance amended Title 4 of the Woodbury Municpal Code.
The board also adopted Resolution 06-11 a resolution to establish a set of
parameters by which debt obligations will be undertaken by the Town of
Woodbury.  This was in response to a requirement by the State which gave
cities and counties until December to do so.
The board approved the adoption of Resolution 07-11 a resolution to exempt
The Gathering Place Cafe, located in the Old Feed Store Antique Mall
operated by Mike and Deborah Vaughn from the requirement of having a Type
1 suppression Hood System.
Dotty Duggin was approved to be reappointed to the Central Tennessee Solid
Waste Planning Board
The Board turned down the proposal from AT&T regarding lowering the rent
payment on their cell site located on the old water tank behind Old
Manchester Road.
City Attorney Dale Peterson brought to the Mayor and Board’s attention in
regards to a Peddler’s Ordinance.  Recently Mr. Peterson had someone that
inquired about running a hot dog stand on the square.  After looking into
the ordinance, it forbids peddling of any type on the square.  This
ordinance if enforced would mean that no vendors could set up operations
on the square during a special event.  Peterson has drafted a new
ordinance with allows individuals or vendors to obtain a peddler’ s
license before setting up operations.  Certain Charitable organizations do
not have to get licensed but would have to come before the Mayor to get
permission.  Any special event utliizing more than one vendor would apply
for a blanket permit.  Any door to door solicitation would fall under the
need of a permit as well.  The revised ordinance will be brought before
the Mayor and the Board Of Aldermen at the next meeting which will be
December 6th

Judge Susan Melton Presided over General Session Court on Tuesday. Some of the results of the various cases that appeared on the docket included:Ronica Renee Arnold’s charge of driving without a license was dismissed without costs.
Micah Steffen Blair agreed to the violation of probation. He was ordered to serve his original sentence of 11 months 29 days. In another case Blair pled guilty to possession of drug paraphernalia. He was sentenced to 11 months 29 days in jail, ordered to pay a $150.00 fine and the costs. Blair’s charges of public intoxication, manufacture of methamphetamine, and initiation of the process to manufacture methamphetamine were dismissed.
Cory Steven Bohanan violation of probation was dismissed.
Rebecca Paige Bynum agreed to the violation of probation. She was ordered to serve 30 days. In another case, Bynum agreed to a second violation of probation. She was ordered to serve 15 days and her probation was extended 10 months 14 days.
Jeff Davis pled guilty to driving without a license. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail. That sentence was suspended upon equal time on probation, paying a $2.00 fine and the costs.
Lucas Lee Dobson’s charge of theft over $10,000.00 was bound over to the January term of the Grand Jury.
Nicholas Wayne Eberle’s charge of simple possession of a legend drug was retired. He was ordered to pay the litigation tax.
Bennie Ted Evans charge of violation of a protective order was retired for 11 months 29 days. He was ordered to pay the litigation tax.
A capias was issued for Coty Brandon Ferrell for failure to appear on the charges of unregistered vehicle, violation of the insurance law, driving on a revoked license 3rd offense, simple possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Charles G. Light’s bond was revoked for failing a court ordered drug screen.
Mandi Jo Matthews’s charge of theft under $500.00 was retired for 6 months. She was ordered to pay the litigation tax.
Carl Alford McClure’s charge of aggravated domestic assault was retired for 6 months. He was ordered to pay the litigation tax.
Beverly Gene Mclees pled guilty under judicial diversion to theft under $500.00. She was sentenced to 11 months 29 days in jail. That sentence was suspended upon equal time on probation, paying a $50.00 fine, $117.00 in restitution to the victim and the costs. In another case Mclees’ charge of vandalism was dismissed.
Tina Elaine Meador agreed to the violation of probation. She was ordered to serve the original sentence of 23 months 28 days. In another case Meador agreed to a second violation of probation. She was ordered to serve 45 days consecutive to all other charges and her probation was extended 11 months 29 days. In another case Meador pled guilty to the violation of a protective order. She was sentenced to 35 days consecutive to all other charges and her probation was extended 10 months 24 days.
Marco Medina pled guilty to domestic assault. He was sentenced to 11 months 29 days in jail. That sentence was partially suspended upon serving 12 days, equal time on probation, and paying the costs. In another case Medina’s charge of theft under $500.00 was dismissed.
Marie May North pled guilty to simple possession of a schedule VI drug. She was sentenced to 11 months 29 days in jail. That sentence was suspended upon equal time on probation, paying a $250.00 fine and the costs.
Alejandro Perez’s charge of driving without a license was dismissed. He was ordered to pay the costs.
Corey B. Richmond pled guilty to driving while license revoked 2nd offense. He was sentenced to 11 months 29 days in jail. That sentence was suspended upon equal time on probation, paying a $150.00 fine and the costs.
Dallas J. Rodgers pled guilty to driving on a suspended license. He was sentenced to 6 months in jail. That sentence was suspended upon equal time on probation, paying a $50.00 fine and the costs. In another case Rodgers pled guilty to driving on a suspended license. He was sentenced to 6 months in jail. That sentence was suspended upon equal time on probation, paying a $50.00 fine and the costs.
Dustin Shane Rublee pled guilty to driving without a license. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail. That sentence was suspended upon equal time on probation, paying a $2.00 fine and the costs.
Cynthia Denise Thomas’ charges of maintaining a dwelling for the manufacture of methamphetamine, initiation of the process to manufacture methamphetamine, accessory after the fact, and introduction of contraband into a penal institution were bound over to the January term of the Grand Jury.
Amye Michelle Webb pled guilty to criminal trespass. She was sentenced to 30 days in jail. That sentence was suspended upon equal time on probation and paying the costs.
Josh Herman pled guilty to criminal impersonation. He was sentenced to 6 months in jail. That sentence was partially suspended upon serving 8 days and equal time on probation.
Michael C. Owens agreed to the violation of probation. He was ordered to serve 45 days and his probation was extended 8 months.
A preliminary hearing was held for Daniel Ryan Matheny. Matheny was charged with simple assault. Probable cause was not found and the case was dismissed.
A preliminary hearing was held for Doyle E. Mooneyham. Mooneyham was charged with manufacture of methamphetamine, maintaining a dwelling for manufacturing methamphetamine, initiation of the process of manufacturing methamphetamine, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Probable cause was found on all charges and the cases were bound over to the January term of the Grand Jury. In another case Mooneyham was found guilty of being in violation of probation and was ordered to serve his original sentence.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Pest Control and Fire Extinguisher Bids will be decided upon at the monthly Cannon County Board Of Education meeting tonight at the Cannon
County Courthouse.  Some of the other items on the agenda for tonight’s
meeting include.  Cannon County High School Principal Tim Knox will
address the board concerning MTV coming to Cannon County High School to
conduct a casting call for their TV show entitled “Made”  Donna Ruth is
scheduled to come before the board with concerns about out of county
tuition and Tracey Tidwell will approach the board about the release of a
student.  The meeting starts tonight at 6:00

The junior high basketball teams in Cannon will take to the hardwood for the third set of matchups in a ten game county season.  West Side travels
to Short Mountain, Woodland plays at EastSide and Woodbury Grammar is at
Auburntown.  The high school basketball teams will get their regular
season started next Tuesday on the road to Cumberland County High School
in Crossville
 

County offices will now have to present any budget amendments before the Cannon County Budget Committee for a recommendation of approval before
going to the Cannon County Commissioners.  In a letter sent to All Cannon
County Department Heads and Elected or appointed officials from Bob
Stoetzel the new Cannon County Commission Chairman stated that if it
becomes apparent to the management of Cannon County government that the
authorized budget needs to be amended, the procedure calls for the
chairman to be notified which in turn will notify the Budget Committee to
meet and review the requested budget amendment.  After the particular
budget amendment is reviewed will then be placed on the agenda of the next
scheduled county commission meeting.  All Commissioners were in attendance
for the start of the monthly meetings at the Cannon County Courthouse.
The Commissioners felt that the rules were fair the way they were so it
was decided to handle all matters in the same manner as before and to
allow a time frame on which members of the audience could talk when
recognized.
Chairman Stoetzel then talked about there being too many committees and
too many people on those committees.  He felt that all the members of the
various committees needed to be contacted to gauge each individual’s
interest level of serving on the various committees.  Commissioner Mark
Barker said that since they just assigned the committees last month, the
commission should wait before making any decision of cutting committees
and people from the various committees.
Chairman Stoetzel informed the commission that he attended the fall
session of the County Commissioners Association and gained significant
amount of knowledge on several subjects through the sessions.  He would
like to see money in the budget next year to where any Commissioner could
be able to go to the meetings.
Chairman Stoetzel then discussed utilizing Doug Bodary of CTAS as a main
resource in helping to bring Cannon County into terms with the State
Comptroller and to keep the County Financially Solvent.
The Commissioners decided to table the REACH budget amendment.  They also
decided to table the issue of possibly waiving past due county taxes on
property in Woodbury until County Attorney Mike Corley could look into the
matter.
The commissioners reappointed Thea Prince to the Central Tennessee
Planning Region Board.
A solid waste operation study committee was named Thea Prince was named
Chairman, Neal Applebaum, Kevin George and Todd Hollandsworth were on the
Committee.  One more person will be added soon to the committee as the
Committee was formed to analyze current solid waste issues which include
operating costs of the Cannon County Solid Waste Program.
The item of the resolution to send to the legislature on revising the
Tennessee Sunshine Law was pulled from the agenda.
The possibilty of zoning in Cannon County was brought up again.  Mark
Barker made a motion for the Commissioners to direct the County Executive
to start the process to get someone familiar with zoning such as a state
planner to layout a pathway to start a zoning plan.
Grady George chief of the Eastside Volunteer Fire Department approached
the Commission seeking approval of purchasing a truck to put a cascade
system the fire department was awarded off of a grant from.  The
Commissioners informed George that he would have to take the matter before
the Budget Committee.
The next meeting of the Cannon County Commissioners is December 13th.

Vanderbilt researchers are issuing results from the largest study yet on potential risks of drugs treating attention deficit disorder.  The study
mostly dismisses theories the drugs increase the risk for heart disease.
Doctors say it means electrocardiograms aren’t necessary before
prescribing the drugs, but recommend taking careful consideration for
children with chronic health conditions.

Veterans Day is right around the Corner.  Some of the highlights of the annual Veterans Day Program Friday at Cannon County High School includes
the recognition of each of the Veterans from Cannon County.  The Cannon
County High School band will play the service songs of the Navy, Army, Air
Force and Marines in which the Veterans will line up accordingly and then
they will give name, rank, time and place of service.  The feature is just
part of a full program which starts at 8:30 Friday morning.
WBRY will broadcast the festivities of the program.

One of MTSU’s newest music faculty members will showcase her expertise Wednesday, Nov. 9, in a free public recital featuring the harpsichord,
fortepiano and modern piano.
Dr. Lillian Pearson, a new adjunct professor in the School of Music and a
specialist in historically informed performance practice, will share her
talents beginning at 8 p.m. Nov. 9 in Hinton Hall of the University’s
Wright Music Building.
Pearson holds degrees from Florida State University and the University of
Illinois. Her principal teacher has been the Hungarian-trained pianist
Edward Kilenyi, and she recently moved to Nashville, where she also is a
staff accompanist at the Blair School of Music.
She has appeared throughout the continental United States, England, Costa
Rica and China as a soloist and collaborative artist and held positions at
the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Westfield State College and
Western Carolina University. In addition to her keyboard expertise,
Pearson is a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique.
For more MTSU School of Music concert information, call 615-898-2493