Putnam Property Taxes Due Feb. 28 by Lindsay Mcreynolds “We Still Lack a Little Over $20 County’S Total Budget
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The Daily Newspaper of the Upper Cumberland Herald-Citizen www.herald-citizen.com Pac-Man President responds to airport all-hC team Japanese man who ignited chaos after travel ban Prep football players video game craze dies Trump: Page A5 Page A8 honored Page B1 115th Year | No. 25 | monDay, January 30, 2017 | Cookeville, Tennessee 50¢ Putnam property taxes due Feb. 28 By LinDSaY McreYnoLDS “We still lack a little over $20 county’s total budget. Bank if property owners take March 1 at a rate of 1.5 per- HERALD-CITIZEN Staff million to collect, so we’re Property owners, whether their tax notices. In Baxter, cent per month. about at the halfway point.” lollygaggers or not, can pay in property owners can pay Not everyone will make the Have you been putting off The county official was not a variety of ways, including in taxes at Bank of Putnam deadline, and some fall signifi- paying your 2016 property especially concerned by the the trustee’s office at the Put- County and First Mercantile cantly behind. taxes? slow-to-pay. Nelson said his nam Courthouse on Broad Bank. Nelson said his office is still You have about one more office had collected about the Street, at a drop box outside The deadline for property trying to collect about $750,000 month to do so before penal- same percentage of property the office after hours and on- taxes is 4 p.m. on Tuesday, in 2015 taxes before those are ties are assessed. Tax procras- taxes this time last year. line at www.ten- Feb. 28. Those submitted by turned over to the Putnam tinators are not alone. His office is expected to col- nesseetrustee.com. mail must be postmarked that Clerk and Master’s Office for “We’ve collected a little over lect $41,176,000 in property In Monterey, payments are day before penalties are as- further action. $21 million,” Putnam County taxes, which generates ap- accepted at Bank of Putnam sessed. For more information, visit Trustee Freddie Nelson said. proximately 26 percent of the County and First Volunteer Penalty and interest begin www.putnamcountytn.gov. Peaceful Demonstration Attempted robbery suspect caught By LinDSaY McreYnoLDS HERALD-CITIZEN Staff A Cookeville man is at the Putnam County Jail this morning after allegedly at- tempting to rob an employee of Cookeville Regional Med- ical Center who was walking to her car. Jacob Rosario, 32, has been charged with attempted ag- gravated robbery in the inci- dent Sunday night in a parking area on the north side of the Cookeville hospital. Cookeville Police Major Carl Sells said it happened just before 7 last night. Megan Trotter | Herald-Citizen “The suspect approached an Protesters stood out in snow flurries Sunday to voice their opinions on national issues. employee of the hospital as she was walking to her car and demanded items from More than See Caught, Page 2 100 protest Putnam at Putnam historian, Courthouse author dies By Megan trotter By LinDSaY McreYnoLDS HERALD-CITIZEN Staff HERALD-CITIZEN Staff Despite cold temperatures and peri- A woman who was treas- odically heavy snow flurries, about 125 ured for her knowledge of people gathered outside the Putnam Putnam County Courthouse Sunday to protest County past a range of national issues. and her efforts At the Occupy Cookeville event, in historic signs protested everything from the preservation banning of Syrian refugees to the re- has died. peal of the Affordable Care Act with- Megan Trotter | Herald-Citizen Mary Jean out a ready replacement program. a protester, left, talks to a lone counter-protester that showed up at the event DeLozier The event was coordinated by two on Sunday. passed away Tennessee Tech professors, Colleen on Friday. She Hays and Julia Gruber. Both had been people, but there were 125 today in the chanted slogans such as, “This is what was 90. DeLosier present at the Women’s March on snow,” Gruber said. “This felt as democracy looks like,” and “We want DeLozier Washington, D.C., earlier in the great, if not greater, than D.C., be- a leader, not a creepy tweeter.” taught Tennessee history for month and wanted to bring their posi- cause I did not expect so many people People in passing vehicles either many years at Tennessee tive experiences to Cookeville. would come out.” “I would have been happy with 25 The protesters waved signs and See ProteSt, Page 2 See hiStorian, Page 2 Index Obituaries, A5 Chattanooga SChool getS helP 2 Sections — 14 Pages Claude Crowley Abby A7 Living A6 Girls Academy celebrates Calendar A4 Sports B1 opening of renovated Classified A4 Sudoku A7 gymnasium Comics A7 Weather A2 Page A4 Crossword A7 A2 — HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Monday, January 30, 2017 LOCAL/STATE READER CAUGHT: SERVICES Robbery Contact us: suspect Address: 1300 Neal St. caught Cookeville, Tenn. From Page A1 Mailing Address: her,” Major Sells said. P.O. Box 2729 “He displayed something she thought was a gun. Cookeville TN 38502 She refused and saw some other people in area and began running Phone: 931-526-9715 Ty Kernea | Herald-Citizen toward them.” Fax: 931-526-1209 Preparing for the upcoming Woman’s Heart event, from left, are John Bell, executive director of “I will shoot you,” Cookeville Regional Charitable Foundation; Sarah Bell, Debbie Baker and Victoria Horn, CRMC Car- Rosario allegedly said Email: diac Rehab; Macey Korth, CRMC; Jovie Steakley, Katelyn Steakley, owner of BLESS; Laura Ander- according to the arrest News son and Madison Gray, BLESS; Lucy Carwile and Emily Carwile, Matilda Jane Clothing. warrant. “Give me your [email protected] car keys.” Sports Sells said that when [email protected] the victim resisted and Advertising Woman’s Heart event set for Feb. 2 began running, Rosario [email protected] took off as well. He was Living A fashion show, silent auc- have after surgery, a procedure ple. The evening will be em- caught by police nearby [email protected] tion, food and wine are among and other situations. ceed by Becky Magura, WCTE- on Willow Avenue. Circulation the features of the annual A The event will feature a fash- TV. Sells did not have in- [email protected] Woman’s Heart event, set for ion show hosted by BLESS and Advance registration is re- formation immediately Business News Thursday, Feb. 2, from 5-8 p.m. Matilda Jane Clothing, with fe- quired. Call 783-2003 or regis- available on whether a [email protected] at the Leslie Town Centre. male models of all ages high- ter online at weapon was also found. Church News This one-of-a-kind event is lighting the newest styles and www.CookevilleRegionalChar- “The Cookeville Police [email protected] put on each year to raise fashion trends. In addition, the ity.org. The cost is $35 per per- Department would like School News money to promote awareness evening will feature a silent son to attend. to thank the victim, re- [email protected] about women and heart dis- auction, heart-healthy meal, Proceeds from registration sponding patrol officers Classified Ads ease and support the Heart wine and other beverages, and the auction will be used to and detectives for their [email protected] Fund, which helps cardiac pa- presentation by CRMC newest support the Heart Fund at the quick actions in appre- tients with needs they may cardiologist, Dr. Matthew Sam- CRMC Foundation. hending this suspect,” said a statement from Letter Guidelines the department released Monday morning. All letters to the editor must Rosario is being held in be signed and include the jail under a $25,000 bond. writer’s name, address and He is expected to face the phone number. Letters are subject to editing and/or re- charges in Putnam jection. A strict 400-word limit County General Sessions will be enforced. Send letters Court on March 6. to the mailing address listed above, or email to [email protected]. HISTORIAN: Order a Photo Putnam author Every photograph taken by a Her- ald-Citizen photographer and dies at age 90 published in the paper is available for purchase. Go to www.herald- From Page A1 citizen.com and click on “Photo Gallery.” Also, many photos in- cluded in online stories are avail- Tech, and in 1979, she able for purchase. published the history book, “Putnam County, Tennessee: 1850-1970.” Subscriptions Her daughter, Dawn, To subscribe, call 931-526- posted on Facebook late 9715. Visa, MasterCard and Friday night, “Rest in Discover accepted. Peace, sweet Mary Jean, Rates: Dec. 8, 1926 to Jan. 27, 3 mo 6 mo 1yr 2017.” Carrier or That post was shared Mail: 385 Ty Kernea | Herald-Citizen by many Cookeville resi- Zip Code $28 $54 $95 dents who knew De- Print & Protesters chant and wave at passing vehicles while holding up their signs protesting various na- Lozier, spurring E-Edition $29 $56 $98 tional issues. Anywhere Only comments from those E-Edition $21 $42 $84 who remembered her as Mail: Outside a teacher and historian. 385 Zip $49 $85 $143 She moved to Fresno, Mail: Outside PROTEST: About 100 join in on snowy day Calif., several years ago Tenn. $82 $132 $220 with her husband, Leon, From Page A1 stitution. be found by searching for “Oc- in order to be closer to Another of his signs pro- cupy Cookeville.” the their children and Miss Your Paper? went silently by or honked and claimed that the way to make A local group called Indivisi- grandchildren. Leon died waved. During the scheduled Cookeville great was to have ble is also forming, which or- on New Year’s Day in Your carrier is an independent hour of demonstration, a hand- people who were “Christian, 2015 at the age of 94.