QUILT TRAIL COMING! Registration open. 6 Herald-CitizenTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 | COOKEVILLE, TENNESSEE 116TH YEAR | NO. 209 50 CENTS 0I’D LIKE TO KNOW0 Are food trucks inspected? HERALD-CITIZEN STAFF Question: Do food trucks get inspected like restaurants do? Answer: The short answer is yes. Putnam County Health Department Environmental Health Specialist Joe Ferguson said the food trucks must be inspected and permitted just like restaurants. The food trucks don’t have to have a re- stroom or mop sink, but other than that, the requirements are basically the same. Ferguson also said food trucks from other counties that have a per- mit to operate are good to operate here in Putnam County. If a food truck or vendor doesn’t have that permit, the health department will do an inspection and issue a tem- porary permit. Ferguson said that happens a lot with fair vendors. Question: I saw an article stating BEN WHEELER | HERALD-CITIZEN lids on plastic bottles can’t be recy- Bobby Bronco (Bobby Rake) of Call Me Bronco performs on the main stage Friday at the Muddy Roots cled. The same article said plastic Festival. Call Me Bronco opened up for headliner, Sleep. straws and paper coff ee cups can’t be recycled either. Is this correct? Answer: Putnam County Solid Waste Department program man- ager of education Lisa Luck said she’s not sure about the paper cups, but bottle caps and straws can’t be recycled. “Putnam County prefers that Muddy residents remove the plastic tops from soda and water bottles before recycling. Plastic straws cannot be recycled in Putnam County (and most other places). I’m not sure about the coff ee cups without Roots knowing what number they are. The number can be found on the bottom of the cup (usually) and has a recycling symbol around it.” IS THERE something you’d like to Festival BEN WHEELER | HERALD-CITIZEN know? Send us your questions at Florida band Everymen plays to a large crowd on the Wood Stage at the [email protected] or mail to annual Muddy Roots Festival. 1300 Neal St., Cookeville TN 38501. 9/11 remembrance set BY JIM HERRIN HERALD-CITIZEN Putnam County res- idents are once again being invited to gather at the Putnam County Courthouse in Septem- ber to remember the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack on America. JIM HERRIN | HERALD-CITIZEN This year’s Refl ect Master of Ceremonies Wayne Nabors, left, PAIGE STANAGE | HERALD-CITIZEN and Remember 9/11 reviews plans for “Reflect and Remember Memorial ceremony 9/11,” with Barbara Brown of Woodmen Life. will be held at 7 p.m., New Circuit Court Clerk Tuesday, Sept. 11, on Micheal Hill. A 9/11 skies that day that the west side of the memorial fl ag, pro- we didn’t realize, New Putnam County Circuit Court Clerk Jennifer Wilkerson, left, talks courthouse. vided by the Cookev- but everybody came with Denise Loftis about typical morning procedures. Tuesday was “We need to make ille chapter 879 of together,” she said. “It Wilkerson’s first full day serving as the Circuit Court Clerk. sure that people don’t Woodmen Life, will be shows that there can forget what 9/11 was, presented to Hill and be evil in the world, what was done to this to Avery Price, the but there’s a lot more country,” said orga- Cookeville boy who love.” Man seriously injured in boating accident nizer Steve Moore. “It stood from his wheel- Putnam County was the worst attack chair for the playing of Clerk Wayne Nabors BY PAIGE STANAGE Connor Boyle, 21, fell propeller and was not on this country since the National Anthem will once again be the HERALD-CITIZEN from the front of a mov- wearing a fl oatation Dec. 7, 1941. Unfortu- at the Putnam Coun- master of ceremonies, ing pontoon boat, a rent- device, according to the nately, with the up and ty Fair last month. and the Cookeville A Kentucky man was al that was carrying 14 TWRA release. coming generation, it’s Chapter representative Fire Department’s 1924 seriously injured in passengers, according to Boyle was airlifted to being forgotten.” Barbara Brown will be vintage American La- a boating accident in the Tennessee Wildlife Vanderbilt University Moore said the giving a speech on “128 france fi re engine will DeKalb County Labor Resource Agency. Medical Center, the service will be dedi- Years of Patriotism.” Day afternoon. He was struck by the release states. cated to “Mr. Patriot,” “Evil lurked in the SEE 9/11, PAGE 2 herald-citizen.com INDEX 1 sections | 12 pages OBITUARIES Page 3 DEAR ABBY 6 COMICS 11 OPINION 4 James Dishman, Livingston Steve Hill, Cookeville CALENDAR 5 CROSSWORD 11 SPORTS 7 Tiff any Tayse, Gainesboro Amy Hildebrand, Cookeville CLASSIFIED 9 LIVING 6 SUDOKU 11 Michael Kennedy, Baxter 2 HERALD-CITIZEN FROM PAGE 1 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 herald-citizen.com 0LOTTERY0 Monday Putnam sales tax numbers up in July Cash 3 Evening 5-5-9, Lucky Sum: 19 BY BEN WHEELER However, July numbers show 2017, with $11.42 million coming $2.4 million in sales tax. Cash 3 Midday 7-5-5, Lucky Sum: 17 HERALD-CITIZEN the county bringing in $9.23 into the county. Tourism across the state has Cash 3 Morning million dollars, a 3.2-percent Overall, sales tax collection contributed a record number 4-8-9, Lucky Sum: 21 Sales tax collections for increase from July 2017. from June was 4.4 percent high- in visitor spending, topping Cash 4 Evening Putnam County appear to be up Sales tax has been steadily in- er than that of May. $20 billion in 2017, according to 3-4-6-5, Lucky Sum: 18 after a drop in May. creasing when compared to the These numbers could be Governor Bill Haslam. Accord- Cash 4 Midday May sales tax brought in $8.26 last 12 months. In May, the num- estimated to rise in the coming ing to Haslam, all 95 counties 2-3-7-8, Lucky Sum: 20 million dollars for the county, bers show a 2-percent increase months with numerous new in Tennessee topped $1 million Cash 4 Morning which was a decrease of 4.3 when compared to May 2017. stores opening in Cookeville. dollars in visitor spending, and 1-9-1-6, Lucky Sum: 17 percent when compared to May July shows the number steadi- The new Shoppes at Eagle Point contributed $1.8 billion toward Cash4Life 2017. ly rising to 3.9 percent over July center is estimated to contribute state and local governments. 19-22-24-31-37, Cash Ball: 1 Tennessee Cash 01-12-14-16-18, Bonus: 2 Estimated jackpot: More stores $620,000 announce 0READER SERVICES0 Address: 1300 Neal St. opening dates Cookeville, TN 38501 BY BEN WHEELER but no date has been Mailing Address: HERALD-CITIZEN given to the Herald-Cit- izen. Petsmart and P.O. Box 2729 Several new stores in Shoe Carnival are also Cookeville TN 38502 Cookeville have an- expected to open soon. nounced their open- Publix and Five Phone: 931-526-9715 ings. Below, the fi rst round Fax: 931-526-1209 Cosmetic store Ulta of stores in the Shop- Beauty announced that pes center, opened last News they will be opening in week. [email protected] the Shoppes at Eagle Over the weekend, Sports Point facility Oct. 26. it was announced that [email protected] Ross Dress for Less a Bubba Gandy Cajun Advertising will also be opening in Seafood Market will be [email protected] October at the Shoppes opening in Cookeville. Living center. The store is the fourth [email protected] Academy Sports and location in Tennessee Circulation Outdoors is also slated and will be opening in [email protected] TTU for an October opening, Fountain Court. Business News [email protected] Church News T-shirt trade in [email protected] School News Denise Dillon, left, and Shavondra Jones, right, of Genesis House pick Gordon, moving fast, [email protected] up t-shirts donated at Tennessee Tech’s annual T-shirt Trade-in Day. The Classified Ads annual event allows students to trade in a shirt from another school for a [email protected] Tennessee Tech shirt. The university then donates the shirts to Genesis aims to hit Gulf Coast House to help forward their mission of helping victims of domestic and Letter Guidelines sexual violence. MIAMI BEACH, Fla. people rushed to fi ll All letters to the editor must be (AP) — Coastal resi- bags with sand and signed and include the writer’s dents from Florida to red no-swimming fl ags name, address and phone Louisiana hustled to fl ew along the shore as number. Letters are subject to prepare for a deluge as waves kicked up from editing and/or rejection. 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