2016

Cannon County 4-H Member, Faith Womack, participated in the Tennessee Junior Livestock Exposition by each showing market lambs and breeding ewes.   The lamb project assists young people gain skills in animal care, nutrition, responsibility, grooming, and showing.  She came away from the State Sheep Expo and the Central Region Livestock Show with several ribbons and a great experience. 
At the Central Region Sheep Show, Faith won 1st in her class with the senior yearling breeding ewe. After winning first in her class, Faith’s lamb competed against other breeding ewes to receive Champion of the Katahdin Breed at the Central Region Sheep Show.  At the Tennessee Junior Livestock Exposition for the state contest, Faith won Grand Champion Market Lamb in the Katahdin Breed. Congratulations to Faith Womack for her hard work and dedication to the 4-H Sheep Program. 
The 4-H Sheep Project is open to any 4-H member in grades 4-12 that wishes to participate. If you have any questions about the 4-H Lamb Project or any other project in the 4-H Program, please call the Cannon County Extension Office at (615) 563-2554.

A Coffee County man is in trouble with the law after he was caught selling parts from a Caterpillar Skidder logging machine recently.  According to Cannon County Sheriff’s Department Reports Deputies were dispatched to take a report of theft.  Victim stated that he was doing a job on some property near Frank Holt Road when his logging skidder caught fire and was left disabled there.  After speaking with the property owners about the issue, he informed them that he would return for the machine, and they agreed to let him keep the machine there.
He later returned to the area where he left the disabled skidder, and found it to be gone from that location, he later through 3rd party info, tracked the skidder to be in the possession of Bobby Baker from Manchester.  Victim stated that people had told him Baker was selling Caterpillar parts.  The victim went to investigate this and noticed that the parts he was selling was from his skidder.  He then notified the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office fo the incident, he states deputies came out but were unable to do anything because the skidder was not entered as stolen into NCIC.  He then returned to Cannon County to file reports.  Baker has been arrested and charged with felony larceny.
 

Early Voting in the November 8th Federal and State General Election along with the Woodbury and Auburntown Municipal Election begins today.  State Law requires a Tennessee State or Federally Issued Government Photo ID to Vote.  The Cannon County Election Commission will conduct Early Voting for any eligible voter to cast a ballot by personal appearance at the Election Office at 301 West Main Street.  Early voting hours from October 19th through November 3rd are as follows:
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8A-1P
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4-7P
Saturdays from 9A-2P and November 3rd from 8A-7P
The Official Ballot shows 8 candidates for President and Vice President of the United States
3 Candidates for the United States House of Representatives 6th Congressional District, 2 Candidates of the Tennesseee House of Representatives 46th Representative District
On the local level, two candidates are running for Mayor of the Town of Woodbury while 9 candidates are running for six seats of the Woodbury Aldermen position.  1 candidate is running for Town of Auburntown Mayor while three are running for aldermen in the Town of Auburntown.
Once again the Cannon County Election Offices are located at 301 West Main Street Office hours of the office is Monday through Friday from 8A-4P.  Phone 615-563-5650 for more information.
 

Middle Tennessee Electric is celebrating its 80th Anniversary of providing power to its members with appreciation events at each of its offices this week.
“For the last 80 years, the members of our cooperative have reaped the benefits of owning their own, not-for-profit electric business — Middle Tennessee Electric” said Chris Jones, MTEMC president and CEO. “They not only enjoy rates 20 percent below the national average, they also have a voice in how their cooperative is run through their elected Board of Directors. And, of course, they have a team of dedicated, local employees who serve them 24/7.”
Members are encouraged to stop by the Woodbury Office today from 8A-11A for donuts and juice.  The office is located at 911 West Main Street.  If you miss the celebration this morning, the Murfreesboro office will be serving fresh popped popcorn and bottles of water in the lobby located at 326 St. Andrews Drive from 1-4.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is calling all 5th graders from across the state to participate in the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) 2017 National Missing Children’s Day poster contest by entering at the state level for a chance to be selected as the national winner and awarded a free trip to Washington, D.C. The purpose of the contest is to demonstrate America’s united effort to bring missing children home safely, while highlighting the importance of proactive education programs.
The U.S. Department of Justice, through its Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s Child Protection Division, sponsors an annual Missing Children’s Poster Contest for 5th grade students to develop artwork that represents America’s united goal to bring missing children home safely. The poster contest provides teachers and parents with tools to educate children about safety and the prevention of child abductions. It also allows for peer education and students can explore the importance of the contest’s theme “Bring Our Missing Children Home.” The National Missing Children’s Day ceremony will be held on or around May 25, 2017. The ceremony will be a time to recognize people who work to bring missing children home safely and remember the children who remain missing.
Fifth graders in Tennessee can enter the poster contest by submitting them to TBI, where a panel of staff members will select a state winner to enter into the national contest.
Tennessee entries and completed applications should be mailed to:
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
Catherine Levins, Criminal Intelligence Unit
901 R.S. Gass Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37216
TBI must receive entries by January 13, 2017 for consideration. The state winner will be notified soon after and the entry will be submitted to the national contest. The national winner will be selected and notified in April 2017.

Links to Parental Consent Forms, Fact Sheets and Teachers Guides

http://tn.gov/assets/entities/tbi/attachments/2017-App-Consent.pdf

http://tn.gov/assets/entities/tbi/attachments/2017-Fact-Sheet.pdf

http://tn.gov/assets/entities/tbi/attachments/2016-Poster-Contest-Activi…

The October meeting of the Cannon County Commission brings the election of the Chairman and Chairman Pro-Tem.  The meeting started with the nominations.  Commissioner Karen Ashford nominated current Chairman Mike Gannon for the position.  James Hollaway, Adam Melton, Mark Barker and Glenn Steakley all voted in favor of Gannon.  Brent Bush was nominated as Chairman by Russell Reed.  Bush, Reed and Jim Bush all voted in favor.  With the voting needing to be six commissioners to elect Gannon as Chairman and none of the commissioners present at the meeting  willing to change their vote, Gannon continues as Chairman, Brent Bush has been elected Chairman Pro-Tem.  With Mike Gannon absent, commissioner Brent Bush presided over the meeting. 
The Commissioners approved the addition of a member to the Industrial Development Board.  Gayle Morgan who co-owns and operates the Rustic Elegance Center in Woodbury was unanimously approved by the commissioners to the Board. 
The Commissioners approved the various Committee Assignments.
Sarah Malone of the UT Extension Center in Cannon County presented the Trash to Treasure project to the Commissioners.  This is a 4-H program that will be a project for 4th through 12th grade members to take items typically thrown away and make something out of it. 
The Commission approved the next process to apply for the funding of Hazardous Mitigation Plan.  The funding costs no cash money from the County.

At this year’s Upper Cumberland Senior Expo, scheduled for October 20 in Cookeville, attendees will have the opportunity to meet caregiver, author and inspirational speaker Lorrie Davis McDonald, whose experience as a caregiver for her mother-in-law with Alzheimer’s is being shared across the country.
          Her book “Blue, Baseball, Virginia –The Journey of an Alzheimer’s Patient and Caregiver–A Journey of Humor, Help and Hope” gives an inside look at the challenges, rewards and sorrows she experienced while caring for her mother-in-law. In the book, Ms. McDonald also shares how her alternative caregiver treatment methods improved her mother-in-law condition by 18 months, a feat unheard of with the disease.
Ms. McDonald will be available at the Upper Cumberland Senior Expo, which will be held in Cookeville’s Hyder-Burks Agriculture Pavilion from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on October 20, 2016. She will be providing tips to consider while caring for a loved one with dementia. These tips include ideas she collected while caring for her mother-in-law, as well as tips she has learned after the release of the book. Additional information and purchase options for the book are available at Amazon.com.
          Hosted by the Area Agency on Aging and Disability, the Upper Cumberland Senior Expo is a one-day educational event for seniors and caregivers to network with businesses and services providers. Attendees can take advantage of free health screenings, participate in interactive activities, gather resources, enter to win door prizes and network with businesses from across the 14-county Upper Cumberland region. Optional transportation is arranged for seniors at each county’s senior center. For more information, please contact the AAAD Family Caregiver Manager, Clare Farless, at 931-432-4111 or cfarless@ucdd.org.  

The Sequatchie County Indians made sure the Cannon County Lions were in no position for an upset victory in Dunlap Friday night during their high school football game.  The Indians recovered the opening kick to start the game and in one play from the line of scrimmage connected on a 38 yard pass to put the score 8-0 within 7 seconds of the game’s start.  The Lions answered as they moved the ball but stalled at the Indians 31 yard line.  This set up a Jake Walkup 48 yard field goal in which he hit with no problem cutting the lead 8-3.  From there Sequatchie rattled off 29 unanswered points including a pick on defense for a touchdown and led 37-3.  The Lions put together an impressive drive after recovering a fumble on a Lion punt.  After a Indian personal foul converted a fourth down to a first down the Lions had the ball on the four yard line.  Another 4 downs later they convert with a pass to Jake Walkup to make the score 37-9 missing the two point conversion.  The second half saw the mercy rule invoked when Sequatchie scored to go up 44-9.  The fourth quarter Cannon scored again on a big pass play to Qwentin McMackins to finish scoring as Sequatchie County claimed sole possession of first place in the region with a 50-15 win.  Sequatchie County collected 456 yards of total offense while the Lions managed only 169 yards 106 of those in the air.  Cort Litchford was the leading ground gainer for Cannon County with 51 yards as he replaced the injured Jaydon Coon.  Cannon will have a bye week this week before returning to the football field for one final game of the season taking on Dekalb County October 28.
 

Cannon County High School will be hosting a FAFSA Frenzy event on October 28 in the CCHS library.  All seniors and their parents are invited to attend.  Eric Farmer from TSAC will be available to help students complete their FAFSA.  The FAFSA Frenzy will begin at 3PM and last until kickoff of the football game.  Contact the CCHS Guidance Department at 615-563-2144 with any questions.
 

They’ve been to Woodbury and Cannon County and now Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz and their team are excited to return to Tennessee!  They plan to film episodes of the hit series American Pickers throughout the region again this November and December.
American Pickers is a documentary series that explores the fascination work of antique ‘picking’ on History.  The hit show follows Mike and Frank, two of the most skilled pickers in the business, as they hunt for America’s most valuable antiques.   They are always excited to find sizable, unique collections and learn the interesting stories behind them.
Mike and Frank have seen a lot of rusty gold over the years and are always looking to discover something they’ve never seen before.  They are ready to find extraordinary items and hear fascinating tales about them.   American Pickers is looking for leads and would love to explore your hidden treasure.   If you or someone you know has a large, private collection or accumulation of antiques that the Pickers can spend the better part of a day looking through, send them your name, phone number, location and description of the collection with photos to: americanpicker@cineflix.com or call 855-old-rust