2016

   East Side School would like to
announce the following honor
students (Principal’s List – All A’s),
Honor Roll (A’s and B’s) and students
with perfect attendance for the first  grading period ending October 7:
   Mrs. Ana Smith’s Kindergarten –
Honor Roll:  Miley Barrett, Haydan Foster, Aidyn Harris, Jeffrey St. John, Rylee Young.  Perfect Attendance: Rylee Young, Miley Barrett, Jeffrey St. John.  Most Improved:  Randen Davenport.
   Mrs. Paige Holt’s First Grade –
Honor Roll:  Elaina Turner, Whitman Walls, Lillie Hunter.  Perfect Attendance:  Dakota Wimberly, Andrew Alexander.
Most Improved:  Lillian Schwartz.
   Mrs. Karen Cook’s Second Grade –
Principal’s List:  Lilly Allen.  Honor Roll:  Amera Smith, Jacob Pirtle, Amber Ivanowski, Kloie Wilson, Kennedi Higgins.  Perfect Attendance: Amera Smith, Jacob Pirtle, Synthia Rogers, Kloie Wilson, Lilly Allen, Kennedi Higgins.  Most Improved:
Brody McPeak.
   Mrs. Connie Phillips’ Third Grade –
Principal’s List:   Laney Mullinax.  Honor Roll:  Marissa Jones, Gage Nokes, Drayden Peebles, Laila Underwood.   Perfect Attendance:  Ayden Dollar, Madelyn Gannon, Marissa Jones, Laney Mullinax, Wyatt Valentino.  Most Improved:  Madelyn Gannon.
   Ms. Samantha Young’s Fourth Grade –
Principal’s List:  Sadey Grizzle.  Honor Roll:  Olivia Moss, Slade Grizzle, Kurstin Warrick. Conor Napier  Perfect Attendance:  Slade Grizzle, Sadey Grizzle, Lillian Davenport, Jayda Young. Jack Grant, Liv Prater Kurstin Warrick, and MaLeah Gould  Most Improved:  Destiny Brannon.
   Mrs. Brad Underwood’s Fifth Grade –
Principal’s List:  Emma Muncey, Sadie Prater, Allie Skimehorn.  Honor Roll:  Devin Grant, Callie Vance. Perfect Attendance:  Tristen Barber Devin Grant, Sawyer Parton, Callie Vance.  Most Improved:  Josie Shoemake.
   Mrs. Connie Foster’s Sixth Grade –
Principal’s List:  Katie Davis.  Honor Roll:  Mykala Barrett.  Perfect Attendance:  David Palmer, Katie Davis, Montana Davis.Brett Skimehorn
Most Improved:  Justin Watts.
 
 
 
 
       Mrs. Amy Underwood’s Seventh
Grade – Honor Roll:  Drinix Peebles, Braxten Alexander, Ashley Mooneyham, Emma Richardson, Katlyn Prater, Layla O’Sullivan.  Perfect Attendance:  Johnnie Pirtle, Braxten Alexander, Micah Prater, Ashley Mooneyham, Dallas Roller, Layla O’Sullivan.  Most Improved:  Johnnie Pirtle.

      Mrs. Jackie Burger’s Eighth Grade – 
Principal’s List:  Eli Cantrell, Emalee Rogers.  Honor Roll:  Stella Brown, Cheyanne Moss.  Perfect Attendance: Stella Brown, Eli Cantrell, Hunter Davis.  Most Improved:  Cheyanne Moss.
 

The Cannon County Board of Trustees announces a change to its By-Laws. The Board of Trustees is to approve meeting every other month rather than monthly at their November 10 meeting. The public, as always, is welcome to attend the meeting on November 10 at 4 pm in the Jennings Community Room.

The Adams Memorial Library will be observing Halloween Monday afternoon from 3 to 5:00. Children are encouraged to stop by today and get some treats.  The event will be indoors only.  For more information call the library at 615-563-5861.  Halloween Trick or Treating then continues at the Woodbury Health and Rehab Center West High Street from 5:30 to 7:30 Monday evening..  WBRY wishes everyone a safe and happy Halloween.
 

Two Woodbury men have been placed under arrest recently after Woodbury Police chased one when recognizing him.  According to Woodbury Police reports, Police observed Dustin L. Nichols driving on South McCrary Street.  When Nichols saw the officer turn around, he accelerated quickly and sped down East High Street.  After canvassing the area, the officer saw the vehicle and Nichols on East High Street.  Nichols then took off running and evaded the officer.  The officer then went and questioned Austin Blake Markum.  Markum told police that it was not Nichols that was running from him but that it was Markum himself, police then arrested Markum and charged him with false report.  Nichols was eventually caught and charged with evading arrest.  Nichols is scheduled to answer to the charge November 8th in Cannon County General Sessions Court.  
Other arrests made recently by the Woodbury Police Department.
Bobby Joe Wilson-Carrying A Weapon, Possession of a Weapon While under the influence, Aggravated Burglary, Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon
Michael A. Wiedemann DUI 1st offense.

Cannon County’s unemployment rate for the month of September rose two-tenths of a percentage point from the August rate.  Out of an estimated 6200 eligible people in the workforce, 5,890 people were employed while 310 people were unemployed giving Cannon County a 5.1 percent unemployment rate up from the 4.9 rate in August.  Other surrounding counties also reported an increase.  Coffee County is at 5.2 percent, while Dekalb has a 5.9 percent unemployment rate.  Rutherford County stayed the same at four percent.  Warren and Wilson Counties showed slight increases at 4.9 and 4.1 percents respectively.  Cannon’s unemployment rate at this time last year was 5.6 percent
Tennessee’s preliminary unemployment rate for September was 4.6 percent, increasing two-tenths of a percentage point from the previous month’s revised rate. The U.S. preliminary rate for September was 5.0 percent, increasing one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous month

The Cannon County High School Football season is over.  The Lions faced rival Dekalb County Friday night in Woodbury.  11 Seniors were recognized before the game.  Cannon took the field with a lot of excitement.  However they may have been too excited as mistakes led to two Dekalb County touchdowns in the first quarter as Dekalb forced several turnovers and won 42-0.  Senior Quarterback Josh Walkup threw four interceptions in the game, three in the first quarter.  Walkup also couldn’t recover a high snap on a punt in the end zone leading to a Dekalb score.  In addition to the interceptions, the Lions offense couldn’t gain any significant ground in their offensive drives against the Tigers.  The Lions finish the season 2-8 and in last place in the region at 0-6. 

Nov. 2—Principals’ meeting at CCBOE at 8:30 a.m.
Nov. 4-7—Tennessee School Boards Association Annual Leadership Conference, Nashville, TN
Nov. 8—Professional Development Day for teachers and staff, 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
                Board policy workshop, 5:30 p.m. at CCBOE
                Board meeting workshop, 6:30 p.m. at CCBOE
 
Nov. 10—School Board meeting, 6: 30 p.m. at WGS Cafeteria
 
Nov. 11—Veterans’ Day Program at CCHS
Nov. 14—Upper Cumberland Reading Foundation Annual Meeting at First Baptist Church, Woodbury,  
                  12:00-2:30 p.m.
                  Homeland Security Drill at West Side Fire Dept. @ 3:00 p.m.
 
Nov. 15—New Teachers meeting, 3:00 p.m., CCBOE
 
Nov. 23-25—Thanksgiving Break
 
Nov. 28—Progress Reports
 
 Do you have one hour per month to help students in your community transition from high school to college? tnAchieves, local partnering organization to Gov. Haslam’s TN Promise, needs 9,000 mentors to work with high school students from the Class of 2017. Mentors remind students of important deadlines, serve as a trusted college resource and, most importantly, encourage students to reach their full potential. The time commitment is small, but the impact can be life changing for a first generation college student trying to navigate the college going process. Learn more or register at https://tnachieves.org/mentors/requirements/.  For the class of 2017, Cannon County needs 22 mentors; currently only 9 adults have registered to be mentors for these seniors.   Our students need you; please consider being a mentor and register today.

The Turkey Tee Off gives avid golfers a last round of golf before the seasons change,” tournament chairperson Mike Becker said, “I cannot think of a better way to wrap up golf season than with a tournament supporting children of Rutherford County.”

The 6th annual Turkey Tee Off golf tournament, benefitting the Child Advocacy Centers in Rutherford and Cannon Counties, will be held at Cedar Crest Golf Course on Saturday, November 5.  Players will enjoy breakfast at 8 a.m., followed by a shotgun start at 9 a.m.  Lunch will be provided by Slick Pig Bar-B-Q. 

“There are still a few spots left for teams,” said Development Coordinator Keylon Holloway.  “The weather has been unseasonably warm this fall and we are looking forward to a beautiful day of golf at Cedar Crest.”

If you would like to golf in the tournament, sponsor the event, or contribute a door prize please contact Holloway  at the Child Advocacy Center of Rutherford County at (615) 867-9000 or the Cannon County Child Advocacy Center at (615) 563-9915 or email Jessica Wauchek at jessicawauchek@bellsouth.net.

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Tournament Fee: $100 per golfer, $400 for a team of 4 golfers

Tournament Schedule: Sat., Nov. 5th l 8:00 a.m. Breakfast l 9:00 a.m. Start l 1:00 p.m. Lunch

Tournament Location: Cedar Crest Golf Course, 7972 Mona Road, Murfreesboro, TN  37129

With the State Comptroller’s office stating that Cannon County is in a financial management crisis and directing the Cannon County Commission and other officials to take the following actions to insure compliance with the statutory cash basis budget requirements and to successfully manage the financial affairs of the County, the Cannon County Budget Committee met Thursday night to put together recommendations to bring the County on the path to the budget requirements that the State wants the County to have in place.  Last Friday a delegation of the County Commission which consisted of Commission members Mark Barker, Russell Reed, Glenn Steakley and Jim Bush along with County Executive Mike Gannon visited the Comptroller’s office to discuss the financial condition and what actions specifically needed to be taken to address those conditions.  
According to a letter received Thursday the current financial situation was stated:
The General Fund monthly cash flow forecast submitted to the Comptroller’s office by the County and included in the Comptroller’s letter back October 7th indicated the County projects it will overspend available cash for this fiscal year by $50,493.  
Cash flow projections for the County reflect deficit cash balances in the months July through January of fiscal year 2017 for the General Fund indicating there is not sufficient cash to meet planned spending during those months.  The County only has two months in the fiscal year with sufficient cash resources to meet planned spending.  Those months are February and March.  
The county has issued $920,332 in General Interfund Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes through last Friday in anticipation of property tax collections.  
The proposed plan of action was to include the following
Put in place internal control procedures that prevent the County from spending more than its available cash
Monthly Monitoring by the County Commission of the County’s financial condition
A Cash balance policy for the General Fund that requires working capital sufficient to permit the County to operate without borrowing for operations and
Put in place steps to be taken to generate $1 million in working capital to operate the County’s general government.
CTAS representative Ben Rodgers was on hand at the meeting and stated the Comptroller’s office doesn’t want the county to generate the entire million but over a short course of time get the revenue generated in the general fund balance.  
At the time the October 7th letter went out that indicated the County had spent almost 20% of their budget in the first two months alone, the County had to undergo three payrolls in the month of September which was one more than this time last year.  That accounted for almost $100,000 more than September of last fiscal year.  There was also a $31,000 grant that the County will be awarded by the 9-1-1 department, that the County had to pay for in order to get the grant to reimburse.  That money has been shown taken out of the budget and the County is waiting for a check to add back in.  
Budget Committee Chairman Mark Barker stated that revenues are starting to come in and with a couple of tweaks and adjustments, the County is safely making payroll to their employees which is a requirement by the state.  In looking over cutting expenditures from this year’s budget, the Committee was informed that they had to meet maintenance of effort not only in the schools but also in the Sheriff’s Office, Public Library, Election Commission in a non election year and Assessor or Property.  With that being said Committee member Glenn Steakley presented his plan that would cut a little over $100,000 from this year’s fiscal budget and be in line with the amount of  cutting the expenditures the State Comptroller’s Office says it wants to see cut before next fiscal year.  Although there are few circumstances, such as the reworking of the maintenance of effort, all County Departments will be required to cut 2.42 percent from their budgets.  Solid waste will cut 3.42 percent from its budget.  These budget cuts must be made by Thursday of next week as that will be the date the full Cannon County Commission will meet to discuss the recommendation made by the Budget Committee.

The final game of the 2016 Cannon County High School Football Season is upon us.  The Senior football players will be recognized at Fred Schwartz Field this evening as the Cannon County Lions saved their rivalry for last.  The Dekalb County Tigers from neighboring Smithville come into the region contest with nothing to lose.  They have secured second place in the region and they will be participating in the postseason.  The 6-3 Tigers are 4-1 in the region having only lost to the first place finisher Sequatchie County despite losing their main cog in quarterback Steven Jennings an Ole Miss baseball signee due to injury.  The Cannon County Lions are 2-7 winless in the region and have lost five in a row.  A win tonight would heal the wound of a 69-3 blistering in Smithville last year.  Most of the seniors on this team did not play last season and are bound to be pumped up tonight knowing that this is the final game of the year.  Football Friday starts with Murphy Fair and Murphy’s Matchups starting at 5:30.  From there we move to Dennis Weaver and Friday Night Thunder at 6:00 highlighting matchups across the mid state.  6:45 it’s the Reed’s Builders Supply Pregame show and the kickoff will be at 7.  You can listen to Football Friday on AM-1540/Shine 107.1FM WBRY and streaming online through our website at wbry.com