The Daily Newspaper of the Upper Cumberland www.herald-citizen.com fi Wild res Caravan LETTERS Smoke clogging Yosemite stop Readers discuss the issues Page A10 Wings Up: Page B1 Page A4 116th Year | No. 169 | Wednesday, July 18, 2018 | Cookeville, Tennessee 50¢ Senior Lifestyles sold to new company BY BEN WHEELER Substance Abuse Services placed under suspension of search warrants were served “We believe Absolute Care [email protected] director of communications admissions. in late May. As previously will be successful in this Matthew Parriott informed With the sale of the facility reported, TDMHSAS offi cials facility and hope the business Senior Lifestyles retirement the Herald-Citizen that the to Absolute Care, Parriott claimed over a dozen patients serves the Upper Cumberland facility has been sold to Abso- department had been assist- confi rmed that the new oper- had moved out. With the new area for a long time to come,” lute Care LLC. ing powers of attorneys to ators are eligible to resume license, Absolute Care will said J. Michael Shipman, After the arrest of Stepha- determine if the facility met admissions. be able to house 40 patients legal representative for Ed nie Butler, Tennessee Depart- the needs of those involved, There were about 40 pa- in the facility, according to ment of Mental Health and and the facility had been tients at the facility when Parriott. See SOLD, Page A2 Board Water Work on Dixie approves fl ight school BY JIM HERRIN [email protected] The Upper Cumberland Regional Airport board has approved a tentative agree- ment with a company that plans to start a fl ight school at the airport. Airport manager Dean Selby said Aileron Avia- tion has already met with offi cials from the Transpor- tation Security Administra- tion to fi le an application for the fl ight school. “They are wanting to remodel the lean-to on (a) hangar that we do not have Lindsay McReynolds | Herald-Citizen leased out,” said Selby. A portion of Dixie Avenue was closed this morning at 9th Street and William Jones Drive in front of Tennessee Tech “They’ve got all their in- as workers laid new water and sewer lines. surance and everything in eff ect. They just need an OK to proceed.” Clay Atkins with Aileron spoke to the board about his Back to School Bash offers free supplies plans. “This is sort of a retire- BY PAIGE STANAGE day, July 28. There are four locations when they enter the door and jump in ment career for me,” he [email protected] to pick up the supplies. Those include line to receive the supplies. said. “Our goal is to be ap- Cookeville’s campus at 2223 N. Wash- “It’s been a lot of fun. We try to do proved as a (certifi ed) fl ight Parents and guardians have an ington Ave.; Sparta’s campus at 427 W. what we can to help out the commu- school. It takes about two opportunity to receive free backpacks Bockman Way; Celina at 601 Brown nity,” said Bob Sotis of Life Church. years in operation, and you and school supplies for their children, St.; and Livingston at 1634 Cookeville “We’ve also elevated it (the Bash) to a have to show excellence in grades K-8, at Life Church’s upcoming Hwy. serious level.” Back to School Bash. The only thing parents and guard- See FLIGHT, Page A2 The Bash will be 8 to 11 a.m. Satur- ians have to do is pick up a ticket See BASH, Page A2 Gubernatorial candidate Bill Lee answers questions From Staff Reports need facing I’ll support a coordinated network of community-based and options for patients and our state? statewide law enforcement treatment. providers. These top-down Bill Lee is seeking the Re- And how do eff ort to stop the large-scale How would you provide mandates and over-regulation publican nomination to be the you plan to drug traffi cking coming in healthcare to all Tennesse- are stifl ing innovation, do next governor. By mistake, address it? from China and Mexico. I’ll ans? nothing to address the rising he was not initially contacted Bill Lee (R): invest in successful pro- Lee: Government should costs of healthcare and add to to be included with the other The opioid grams like our drug recovery support an environment the bureaucracy that inter- candidates for the Republican Lee crisis is dire, courts, which help non-vio- where people have access to feres with the doctor-patient primary that was published in and it’s getting lent off enders earn a second make choices and provide for relationship. I’ll work with the Monday, July 16, edition. worse. We need to address bad chance, and will direct our themselves. Far too often, gov- What is the most critical actors and over-prescription. health agencies to support a ernment has limited choice See LEE, Page A2 Index Obituaries, A7 2 Sections — 16 Pages THIRD THURSDAY CONCERT James Burnett Clearview Abby A8 Living A8 Donald Fishler Bluegrass Calendar A6 Opinion A4 Harold Lane plays at Classifi ed B3 Sports B1 Dogwood Park Comics A9 Sudoku A9 Crossword A9 Weather A2 Page A8 A2 — HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Wednesday, July 18, 2018 LOCAL READER Woman charged with criminal impersonation SERVICES BY PAIGE STANAGE Ealey stopped the correct birthday to match identifi cation. [email protected] Lamb for not the license but the social Lamb was charged with moving over for security number she provided driving with a revoked license, Contact us: A Nashville woman was an emergency was wrong, according to the fraudulent use of a drivers Address: charged in Putnam County for vehicle, the warrant. license, criminal imperson- criminal impersonation and arrest warrant A records check revealed ation and cited for driving an 1300 Neal St. other off enses after a traffi c states. Lamb’s true identity and that unregistered vehicle, driving Cookeville, TN 38501 stop Tuesday. Lamb Lamb alleged- she had a revoked license, without insurance and oper- Jodie Lamb, 33, was trav- ly handed over and was recently cited by the ating a vehicle on approach elling on I-40 when Putnam a drivers license in another Tennessee Highway Patrol in of an authorized emergency Mailing Address: County Sheriff Deputy Chris person’s name. She gave Ealey Smith County for using false vehicle. Her bond is $1,750. P.O. Box 2729 Cookeville TN 38502 Phone: 931-526-9715 Fax: 931-526-1209 BASH: Back-to-school event planned July 28 From Page A1 Email: News The Bash at Cookeville’s cam- [email protected] pus will also include 14 bounce Sports houses and other activities, [email protected] and food such as snow cones, popcorn and cotton candy. Advertising People also have the oppor- [email protected] tunity to sponsor backpacks. It Living is $15 to sponsor one backpack [email protected] and $25 for two. Circulation “I think people always like [email protected] to feel like they’re a part of Business News something but they may not [email protected] always know what to do, So Church News this is a great way to give them [email protected] that opportunity,” said Cindy School News Putman. Life Church purchased 4,500 [email protected] Paige Stanage | Herald-Citizen backpacks: 2,500 for Cookeville, Classifi ed Ads 1,000 for Sparta, 500 for Celina classifi [email protected] Life Church members and friends promote the Back to School Bash, set for Saturday, July 28. Front, from left are Bob Sotis, Cindy Putman, Katie Svendsen, Brandi McHenry, Barb and 500 for Livingston. Tucker, Trudy Malone and Kylie Simmons. Back, from left is David Geesling, Putnam County For more information, con- Schools superintendent Jerry Boyd, Denette Kolbe with the Putnam County School System, tact Life Church at (931) 526- Letter Guidelines Nancy Haggerty, Brandon Weaver and Alex Lisic. 6900. All letters to the editor must be signed and include the writer’s name, address and phone number. Letters are subject to editing and/or rejec- tion. A strict 400-word limit will be Absolute Care buys troubled facility enforced. Send letters to the mailing SOLD: address listed above, or email to From Page A1 we’re not ready to do so yet, as [email protected]. we keep fi nding new informa- Butler, husband of Stephanie tion weekly.” Butler. Stephanie Butler was orig- Order a Photo The sale of the retirement inally charged in early June Every photograph taken by a facility was completed as of with theft of property, willful Herald-Citizen photographer and Monday, according to Ship- abuse and neglect or exploita- published in the paper is available man. tion. Offi cials charged Butler for purchase. Go to www.herald-citi- Absolute Care LLC could earlier than expected after zen.com and click on “Photo Gallery.” not be reached for comment. reports of the behavior con- Also, many photos included in online Despite completion of the tinued after search warrants stories are available for purchase. sale, there are currently no were served. public records with further in- The facility was once known formation regarding the sale. as Living the Dream, which Subscriptions The investigation is ongoing was the subject of a comptrol- against the former operator of ler’s audit that found then Up- To subscribe, call 931-526-9715. Senior Lifestyles, Stephanie per Cumberland Development Visa, MasterCard, Discover and Butler, according to District District’s director, Wendy AmEx accepted.