The Daily Newspaper of the Upper Cumberland Herald-Citizen www.herald-citizen.com Backing off Former TTU runner named POlice wOrk Trump backtracks on idea of university’s Woman of the Year cyber partnership with Russia Investigator a TBI grad Tops: Page B1 Page A2 Page A8 115th Year | No. 162 | mOnday, July 10, 2017 | Cookeville, Tennessee 50¢ Seniors voice complaints about center director BY JIM HERRIN journed when former county commis- Bohannon, who said she had been Bohannon and others claimed that [email protected] sioner Anna Ruth Burroughs asked going to the center “for years.” Frasier had “stacked the board” of the members to hear from the senior citi- “The first two years Maxine was senior center in her favor, allowing her A group of senior citizens attended zens group. elected our director, she done good,” to make changes that several members Thursday’s budget committee meeting “Does this affect the budget?” asked Bohannon said. “But the last two disagreed with. to voice their disapproval of the job committee member Tom Short. years, things have (been) different, They also claimed that members that Cookeville Senior Center Director “If you gave Mrs. Frasier $10,000, There’s people that used to go there were not allowed to attend some board Maxine Frasier has been doing. yes, it does,” Burroughs replied. that won’t come now because she’s not The committee had already ad- She then introduced 90-year-old Opal been treating people fair.” See COMPLAINTS, Page 2 Planners to discuss Job creation road frontage requirements BY JIM HERRIN ance from the county’s [email protected] minimum road frontage requirements. The Putnam County Rush said a similar Regional Planning situation exists for a Commission on Tues- proposed two-lot subdi- day will be discussing vision on Montgomery whether to approve two Fowler Road, which will new subdivisions that also require a variance don’t meet all of the re- from minimum road quirements of the frontage requirements. county’s subdivision Also on the planning regulations. commission agenda: Earl Wheeler has sub- • Approval of the mitted a plan to divide final plat for a one-lot one lot on Buffalo Val- subdivision at the end ley Road into two lots. of Bar Road. County planner Kevin • Reports on five sub- Rush said Buffalo Val- divisions that were ad- ley Road is designated ministratively as a collector road, and approved. subdivision regulations • Review of three pre- require that 60 feet of liminary plats that were right of way (or 30 feet previously approved. from the centerline) be • Staff reports from dedicated to the county Rush and Patrick on those type of roads. Rinks. He said the plat only The planning com- Laura Militana | Herald-Citizen shows the existing mission meeting begins Showing off one of their creations, from left, are Tommy Fitzgerald Jr., Robert Fitzgerald and right-of-way width of 40 at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Tommy Fitzgerald Sr. feet. He also notes the conference room of the approval of the subdivi- Putnam County court- White Co. celebrates new industrial park sion will require a vari- house. Park new home for Fitzgerald Truck Parts, which ships nationwide By LAURA MILITANA County. ceremony. [email protected] Officials gathered Thursday to There are six Fitzgerald facili- celebrate the opening of Fitzger- ties in the Upper Cumberland — The Fitzgerald family busi- ald Industrial Park, which will in Overton, Pickett, Cumberland nesses have grown significantly be the home of Fitzgerald Truck and now White counties. since a humble beginning in Parts and Sales, Fitzgerald Colli- The parts business was started 1989. sion and Repair’s second loca- by his father, Tommy Fitzgerald What started as Fitzgerald tion in the Upper Cumberland Sr. Tommy Jr. and his brother, Truck Parts and Sales in Albany, and Fitzgerald Glider Kits. Robert, grew up in it. Kentucky, is now a conglomerate “This will be the headquarters “That’s all we knew,” he said. of businesses that are creating for Fitzgerald Truck Parts, ship- “As soon as we were able, we jobs throughout the Upper Cum- ping items all across the country worked in the shop.” berland — and many of those from White County,” Tommy jobs will be based in White Fitzgerald Jr. said during the See JOBS, Page 2 Firefighters respond to suspicious trailer fire BY LINDSAY MCREYNOLDS “It is suspicious,” Putnam area of the state highway that [email protected] Fire Chief Tom Brown said runs parallel to Interstate 40, Monday morning. “It was bro- according to Chief Brown. Putnam County firefighters ken down, and it had been sit- “It was fully involved when POP partners extinguished a suspicious con- ting there for several days we got there,” said Brown, who struction trailer fire on Satur- before it mysteriously burned.” was unable to determine the Spankies Restaurant is Power of Putnam’s Pre- day evening on the shoulder of A passerby reported the fire contents of the trailer because vention Partner of the Month for June. From left Highway 70 a few miles west of at about 9 p.m. on Saturday are Jon Josephson of Spankies, POP Executive Monterey. evening in a sparsely populated See FIRE, Page 2 Director Bill Gibson and Steve Jones of Spankies. Index Obituaries, A5 HOllywOOd Premiere 2 Sections — 14 Pages Mary Bull Cookeville Abby A6 Living A6 Sawyer Davenport women meet Calendar A4 Sports B1 James Farley Sr. ‘Iron Man’ Classified B3 Sudoku A7 Kenneth Burgess Page A6 Comics A7 Weather A2 Crossword A7 A2 — HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Monday, July 10, 2017 LOCAL READER SERVICES Investigator graduates from TBI academy BY LAURA MILITANA Contact us: [email protected] Address: For Randal Slayton, 1300 Neal St. graduating from the Tennessee Bureau of Cookeville, Tenn. Investigation’s Crimi- nal Investigator acad- Mailing Address: emy is an P.O. Box 2729 accomplishment. But to receive the Cookeville TN 38502 award as outstanding officer in his class is an Phone: 931-526-9715 accolade. Slayton, a criminal Fax: 931-526-1209 investigator in the 13th Judicial District office, Email: graduated from the TBI News academy June 30 and [email protected] also received the Spe- Congratulating Randal Slayton on his graduation and receiving the Special Agent De’Greaun Frazier Sports cial Agent De’Greaun Award, from left, are TBI Deputy Director Jason Lock, Major General Max Haston, Slayton, District [email protected] Frazier Award, being Attorney Bryant Dunaway and TBI Director Mark Gwyn. Advertising the first recipient of [email protected] that award. criminal investigator the 13th Judicial Dis- services that the DA’s in cooperation with Living “I was pleased to since December trict,” Dunaway said. office offers.” other law enforcement [email protected] have the opportunity to 2014. Previously, he “An opportunity arose Criminal investiga- agencies on investiga- Circulation send Randal to the TBI worked with the sher- that would allow him to tors that work for the tions throughout the [email protected] Academy,” District At- iff’s department as an attend the 18-week TBI DA’s office are vested district and assist pros- Business News torney Bryant Dun- investigator. Criminal Investigators with full police author- ecutors in the prepara- [email protected] away said. “I believe he “When he came on academy, a course of ity and are called on to tion and planning for Church News is the only DA investi- staff at the DA’s office, study that all TBI serve many roles. They trial. [email protected] gator in the state to he was already a very agents must complete. serve as lead investiga- “Slayton’s advanced School News have completed this able investigator and as This advanced training tors in many instances training will serve our [email protected] training.” such he has proved in- would compliment on series crimes, such citizens and law en- Classified Ads Slayton has been valuable to the law en- Slayton’s skills and as sexual crimes forcement partners [email protected] with the DA’s office as a forcement agencies of greatly benefit the against children, work well,” Dunaway said. Letter Guidelines All letters to the editor must be signed and include the COMPLAINTS: writer’s name, address and phone number. Letters are subject to editing and/or re- jection. A strict 400-word limit Budget committee will be enforced. 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