Townhouses Raise Flooding Fears
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Friday Herald-Citizen The Daily Newspaper of the Upper Cumberland 114th Year — No. 216 Cookeville, Tennessee, September 9, 2016 20 Pages — 2 Sections • 50¢ Weather Tonight Tomorrow Townhouses raise flooding fears By LAURA MILITANA Short Street runs parallel to Stevens and much of the surrounding area was gle-family attached townhouses on HERALD-CITIZEN Staff Street; property owner Heather Hayes submerged and water stood against her three parcels at 396, 400 and 402 W. said that in the 14 years her family has foundation. Stevens St. The site plan shows nine of A Short Street property owner is owned that property, they have gotten “If it rains and we have to be some- the proposed townhouses that would be 68º 88º blaming flooding issues on “poor plan- deeper in water with all the income where, we have to roll up our pants and located approximately 10 feet from the ning” and spoke against a variance re- property that has been built in the area. take off our shoes to get to the drive- southern property line adjacent to the Complete forecast, Page 2 quest she feels would inundate the area She provided members pictures of way,” she said. “This (development) is Jackson Plaza shopping center. The as the Cookeville Board of Zoning Ap- what her property looked like as the only going to worsen our property.” peals met Thursday night. last flooding event hit in July. Her yard The development would have 15 sin- See FEARS, Page 2 Sports Homeless FunFest ready housing debated Complex situation, Spike agencies say Cookeville High volleyball beats By LINDSAY McREYNOLDS White County 3-0 /B1 HERALD-CITIZEN Staff The concept of “housing first” before addressing the issues that contribute to homelessness may be a good one, but it creates an- Living other set of issues for landlords and agencies who try to help. That was the focus of a discus- sion at Thursday’s meeting of the Homeless Advocacy for Rural Tennessee, which serves 18 counties including Putnam. A representative of one agency said that research shows that making people “get sober” before placing them in housing did not make people more successful. “It’s actually cheaper for the government to pay for housing Sewing than jail,” she said. But a representative of another American Legion project agency said she’d had to evict a aids vets in David Phy of Reelsound, great number of people “who nursing homes /A7 above, sets up the light- aren’t ready to be housed,” she ing truss on the square said. Friday morning as crews Drug and alcohol addiction, un- set up for the annual Fall employment and health issues Funfest. The event begins can be barriers for some home- World tonight at 6 with music by less in getting and retaining hous- Nite Fire. At right, James ing. Fox of Leisure Services The Housing First program says helps Jeff Southern, Ron- that these barriers can be dealt nie Reels and David Phy with after people are housed, with Reelsound unload which is a different approach the truck with sound and from other programs that move lighting equipment for the people through transitional hous- main stage Friday morn- ing and require them to get help ing. The festivities start with the problems that led to back up Saturday morn- homelessness. ing at 10 with additional HART Homeless Management bands, the Tony Stone Information System Administra- Cook Off, and other tor Terry Burdett said the Hous- Nuke test events for people of all ing First program is a good ages to enjoy. For a full North Korea conducts 5th concept, but there are concerns. schedule, visit www.fall- nuclear test /A14 The main issue with the short funfest.com. term programs is that some of the Ty Kernea | Herald-Citizen See HOMELESS, Page 3 Man wakes up to find 20 years for 20-year- old who pleads to Index home being burglarized aggravated child abuse Abby............................A7 By TRACEY HACKETT victim told him, “A guy I know and a rolling suitcase, he report- By TRACEY HACKETT gravated child abuse and a Calendar......................A6 HERALD-CITIZEN Staff ... just stole a bunch of my edly yelled to the victim that his HERALD-CITIZEN Staff count of aggravated child Crossword .................A13 mom’s stuff and took off. I stuff was “in a basket in the neglect. Living ..........................A7 A Cookeville man has been ar- woke up and found him inside cemetery.” A 20-year-old Cookeville The incident happened rested after another said he the apartment looking through Police also determined a di- man will serve a jail sen- while Olson was reportedly Opinion.......................A4 awoke to find him ransacking everything and packing stuff in rection of travel, said Math- tence equal to his age for caring for the infant child of Sports ..........................B1 his South Walnut Avenue apart- duffle bags.” eney, who alerted other officers pleading this week to a a female acquaintance. He Sudoku ......................A13 ment. The victim reportedly con- in the area to be on the lookout count of aggravated child claimed at the time that the Jonathan Kelley Shockley, 34, fronted the burglar. for Shockley. abuse. child suffered some type of Weather ......................A2 of Burton Lane, was charged in “A fight broke out, and Shock- Officer Neil Taylor said he Cameron Lee Olson will seizure. connection with the Saturday ley assaulted [the victim]. found the suspect running on serve a 20-year sentence in It was later found that the incident. The victim told There were visible markings to foot near Stevens Street and its entirety for pleading to child had a broken arm, Cookeville Police officers that his nose, side and back,” Math- South Cedar Avenue and close the offense. brain injuries and other he awoke around 8:20 a.m. to eney said. to the cemetery. He was initially charged in find the man in his home. When the burglar ran from the 2014 with two counts of ag- See ABUSE, Page 3 Sgt. Cary Matheney said the scene carrying two duffle bags See ARREST, Page 2 A-2 — HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Friday, September 9, 2016 LOCAL READER SERVICES Monterey nursing home has new lease By AMY DAVIS Investors Inc. of Delaware. often, it’s for tax purposes.” In other action, board members ap- HERALD-CITIZEN Staff A ground lease is an agreement in which Wiggins said Signature Healthcare will proved bids for the purchase of a new Contact us: a tenant is permitted to develop property continue its donation of $50,000 each garbage truck and salt truck, as well as a Address: Monterey officials have approved a new during the lease period, after which the April toward projects that benefit the sewer inspection camera. lease agreement for the town’s nursing land and all improvements are turned town’s citizens. Also, while rent is ap- A bid of $188,000 from Stringfellow 1300 Neal St. home. over to the property owner. proximately $17,000 per month, 1/12 of Inc. out of Nashville was accepted for the Cookeville, Tenn. “For the second time since 2004, our The previous agreement was with HCRI 1 percent of net income exceeding garbage truck. lease agreement with our nursing home Tennessee Properties LLC. In 2004, it $350,000 will continue going to the “The garbage truck we now operate has Mailing Address: provider is being assigned to a new en- was with HCRI Tennessee Properties Inc. town. an undersized motor,” Wiggins said. “As tity,” Mayor Bill Wiggins said at Tues- Signature Healthcare, headquarted in The lease agreement expires in 2019. I understand, it struggles to get up the P.O. Box 2729 day’s board of mayor and aldermen Louisville, Ky., will continue to manage “The town of Monterey, the patients and mountain.” Cookeville TN 38502 meeting. and operate the nursing home — Stand- the folks at the nursing home will proba- The sole bid of $154,000 from World- Wiggins said all aspects of the approxi- ing Stone Care and Rehabilitation Center bly recognize no difference at all,” wide Equipment in Prestonsburg, Ky., mately $17,000-per-month agreement — within the city-owned building. Goolsby said. was approved for the salt truck. Phone: 931-526-9715 will remain the same with the new “It’s just a matter of assigning the lease “The new holder of the ground lease has Sansom Equipment Company out of Al- Fax: 931-526-1209 ground lessee, OHI Asset (TN) Monterey through a different company,” Monterey to live up to all the duties and responsi- abama was chosen to provide a sewer in- LLC, a subsidiary of Omega Healthcare city attorney Nolan Goolsby said. “Most bilities under the previous owners.” spection camera with its bid of $10,700. Email: News [email protected] Sports [email protected] FEARS: Advertising TTU research lab the first of kind [email protected] Project raises Living [email protected] Preparing future teachers Circulation through the use of virtual reality flooding [email protected] is not just an ideal concept any- Business News more. At Tennessee Tech, it’s a concerns [email protected] reality. Church News The College of Education has From Page 1 [email protected] created the School News Virtual ImmerSive Interactive O BZA approved a variance to re- [email protected] bservatioN (VISION) Research duce the rear yard setback for Classified Ads Center which is designed to two parcels during a meeting [email protected] work with immersive virtual re- held in July. Since the owner ality and explore its impact and acquired the third parcel, the future in teaching, learning and setback variance for all three Letter Guidelines K-12 education.