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Veterans Day Herald-Citizen The Daily Newspaper of the Upper Cumberland 114th Year — No. 270 Cookeville, Tennessee, November 11, 2016 24 Pages — 2 Sections • 50¢ Weather Vehicle thief hits man with his own car while fleeing Tonight Tomorrow By TRACEY HACKETT covering. fore 3:30 p.m. in the restaurant parking From there, the thief drove to Jefferson HERALD-CITIZEN Staff The Cookeville Police Department is lot. Avenue and got on Interstate 40. still searching for the man’s vehicle and “From there, that person initially drove “The vehicle was last seen going west- A Jefferson Avenue El Tapatio restau- whoever took it. east into a hotel parking lot with no exit. bound on I-40, and some items that had rant employee was hit by his own car “Officers say it was the second of two When the person realized there was no been in the car were found along the 39º 56º Saturday after he saw it being stolen and vehicle thefts reported within a half hour exit, he or she turned the car around and roadway in the Buffalo Valley area,” apparently tried to intervene. of each other, but it’s not clear if the two drove back out toward Jefferson Av- Sells said. Complete forecast, Page 2 The victim was airlifted from are related,” said Major Carl Sells. enue,” Sells said. The injured car owner was first taken Cookeville Regional to Vanderbilt Uni- The incident in which the restaurant “That’s when the car struck the vehicle versity Medical Center, where he is re- employee was injured happened just be- owner,” he continued. See THIEF, Page 2 Sports BZA approves Veteran thanked off-premise parking Split exception CHS beats Smith County, By LAURA MILITANA loses to Clay HERALD-CITIZEN Staff in final scrimmage /B1 Updated plans for a storefront at 601 S. Jefferson Ave. will cause a parking crunch — an issue that the Cookeville Board of Zoning Appeals addressed Thursday night. The property consists of Happy Hour Living Wine and Liquor and Diamond Impact, a jewelry store, but the layout of the jewelry store has been adjusted with half of it to serve as a restaurant. “Unlike many commercial uses, off-street parking requirements for restaurants are based on the number of seats and number of employees, not building square footage,” James Mills, Cookeville plan- ning director, explained. “As a result of the change in use, significant more off-street parking spaces are required in excess of the previously approved variance ap- proved by the board.” Fiber artist Property owner Nick Patel submitted with the request a proposed lease agree- New exhibit on display Ty Kernea | Herald-Citizen ment for 10 off-premise parking spaces aty Crafts Center /A9 National Guard member Roger Williams, left, and state Rep. Ryan Williams, present World War II veteran with the owner of the neighboring prop- Ross Williams with a flag during Thursday’s veterans program at Cookeville High School. erty, Big Lots. “We’re looking at 45-50 seats,” Patel said. “We’ll encourage employees to park there.” The zoning code gives the Board of Zon- Nation ing Appeals latitude to allow a special ex- Building permit surge continues ception to allow parking on other property, provided certain conditions are met. Those By LAURA MILITANA Randy Porter, Putnam County Execu- cities,” he said. Those are Cookeville, conditions are that the property must be HERALD-CITIZEN Staff tive, 35 building permits, equating to Algood, Baxter and Monterey. within 400 feet of the principal use, the $4.75 million in construction, were is- Since July 1, 63 permits for new off-premise parking spaces are within a The new housing market appears to be sued in the month of October. houses have been issued, while in the zoning district that would permit the use, picking up in Putnam County. “All of this is out in the rural part of According to numbers released by the county and does not include the four See SURGE, Page 2 See PARK, Page 2 Fires Walk in the shoes of the poorest of the poor Nov. 11-14 Wildfires breaking out across the Southeast /A16 By MEGAN TROTTER 14, The River will host the Com- HERALD-CITIZEN Staff passion Experience from Com- passion International. Various Dirt floors. A tarp for a roof. 18-wheelers will be set up in Empty bellies. Eroding hope. their parking lot, and each one Index Many have seen images of how has been set up to tell the story of people live in developing coun- a child in a developing country. Abby............................A9 tries, but for Americans, it is Visitors will put on headphones Calendar......................A6 often hard to wrap our minds to hear the narration as they walk Crossword .................A15 around how the poorest of the through spaces that are created to poor live. look exactly like the child’s home Living ..........................A9 “This is a different level of environment, school and com- Obituaries ...................A5 need,” said Steve Tiebout, lead munity. Ruby Spears pastor of The River Community At the end, visitors will get the Church in Cookeville, who just option to look through the files of Dixie Russell returned from a trip to Kenya. hundreds of children who are in Alina Fernandez “Someone who is struggling here need of sponsors through Com- Jeanette Searle in Putnam County, they still have passion International. Those who running water and electricity, choose to participate pay $38 a Vallie Wilson they can get food at a lot of dif- month that goes to meet one Opinion.......................A4 ferent ministries around town. child’s need. It brings them ben- Sports ..........................B1 But there, because everyone is efits such as education, health poor, there just is no help. A care, hygiene training and food. Sudoku ......................A15 young man from Kenya who As a faith-based organization, Weather ......................A2 spoke at our church last week Compassion International also said that basically if you live gives the opportunity for the chil- there, you are expected to be a dren and their families to learn thief or dead. The girls are either about Christianity. Each person a prostitute or married to a thief. who sponsors a child will get a Ty Kernea | Herald-Citizen It’s a cycle.” Jeremy Cook, River Church’s associate pastor of missions, displays a few of the chil- Today through Monday, Nov. See POOR, Page 3 dren looking for sponsors at the Compassion Experience. A-2 — HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Friday, November 11, 2016 LOCAL READER Deadline set for retired TTU prof accused of child sex abuse SERVICES By TRACEY HACKETT “If a plea agreement Thursday’s proceeding, remained stoic. and their family be honored in this very HERALD-CITIZEN Staff can’t be worked out by Although he had recently retired as as- sensitive matter,” Dunaway said at that Contact us: the negotiation deadline sociate dean of TTU’s College of Engi- time. Address: A former Tennessee Tech professor ac- of Feb. 6, then the next neering when he was indicted, The DA did, however, urge anyone with cused of child sexual abuse has until Feb. step is to set a trial date,” investigators say they believe that the further possible information regarding 1300 Neal St. 6 to negotiate a plea or face a jury trial for Dunaway said. sexual abuse for which he is accused Loutzenheiser to contact authorities. Cookeville, Tenn. those charges. In discussion about the likely happened over a period of years. Loutzenheiser had a 26-year career at Roy C. Loutzenheiser, 73, a retired TTU Loutzenheiser matter on Thursday, de- The allegations arose in May 2015, and TTU. He is a traffic engineering expert Mailing Address: engineering professor, was indicted last fense attorney Wesley the Cookeville Police Department and whose father in Washington, D.C., helped November on one count each of child Bray told the judge that discovery issues District Attorney General’s Office began plan the interstate highway system at the P.O. Box 2729 rape, rape and aggravated sexual battery. had been resolved. Discovery involves investigating them. end of World War II. He was also a mem- Cookeville TN 38502 Judge Gary McKenzie set the negotia- the obtaining and sharing of evidence and The indictment charging Loutzenheiser ber of the Cookeville Planning Commis- tion deadline for Loutzenheiser’s case information between the prosecution and dates the alleged offenses as far back as sion but immediately resigned upon his Thursday in Putnam County Criminal the defense. December 2003. indictment. Phone: 931-526-9715 Court. “The state has recently provided the de- Upon the investigation’s completion and When he was arrested, he was booked Fax: 931-526-1209 District Attorney General Bryant Dun- fense with several audio and video Loutzenheiser’s indictment, few details with a bond of $1 million. away said the prosecution has already recordings we previously did not have,” were released about the case to protect the He was released from jail later that Email: made one offer to try to negotiate a plea Bray said. privacy of the victims. month after his bond was reduced to News with Loutzenheiser. Loutzenheiser, who was present at “We ask that the privacy of the victims $400,000. 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