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Friday Herald-Citizen The Daily Newspaper of the Upper Cumberland 113th Year — No. 300 Cookeville, Tennessee, December 18, 2015 20 Pages — 2 Sections • 50¢ Weather Tonight Tomorrow Fifth interchange bids are in By LAURA MILITANA center, would be located between the concrete bulb-tee beam bridges and ularities and to determine if everything is HERALD-CITIZEN Staff Baxter and the South Willow exits. paving on I-40 at Mine Lick Creek Road in order before officially awarding the “The low bidder is Charles Blalock & and Bennett Road. contract. They have up to 30 days from COOKEVILLE — Bids on the long- Sons, Inc. out of Sevierville,” Jennifer The additional bids came in from the bid opening to do this. 25º 48º awaited fifth interchange project are in, Flynn, community relations officer with Rogers Group Inc. in the amount of “If everything checks out, then the proj- with four bidders putting their names in the Tennessee Department of Transporta- $23,571,333.56, Jones Bros. Inc. in the ect will be officially awarded to the con- Complete forecast, Page 2 the pot for consideration. tion, said. “The contract has not officially amount of $24,392,396.51, and LoJac tractor and all contract-related The interchange, which is an essential been awarded yet.” Enterprises Inc. in the amount of documentation will be executed,” Flynn access point to and from Interstate 40 to Charles Blalock & Sons, Inc. put in a $27,958,205.76. said. “Shortly after that, there will be a the Highlands Business Park and Acad- total bid of $22,993,169.99. This price in- TDOT headquarters construction office Sports emy Sports + Outdoors’ new distribution cludes the drainage, construction of two will review the bid to check for any irreg- See FIFTH, Page 2 Heart of The Force returns the City opens Ender Saturday Former Cavalier ready to end career in bowl game /B1 By TRACEY HACKETT HERALD-CITIZEN Staff COOKEVILLE — For children in Cookeville, it might be the most anticipated event of the Living year— second only to a visit from Santa Claus, of course. It’s the opening of the Heart of the City Playground, and the Cookeville City Council Thurs- day night approved a resolution recognizing their acceptance of its completed construction. Vice Mayor Larry Epps asked the all-important question: “When can we play?” “We are very excited to an- nounce that the playground should be ready for kids to come Pastor writes out and play on Saturday,” Leisure Services Director Rick Baxter pastor writes Woods answered. about salvation /A7 With the Santa Claus house in Dogwood Park also open on Sat- urday and Sunday, the opening of the playground is well timed. General coordinators Kelly Local Ty Kernea | Herald-Citizen Swallows and Ashley Swann “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” opened across theaters all over the United States yesterday. Fans lined up at were in attendance at Thursday the Carmike Highland 12 to be among the first to see the show. Waiting in line are, from left, Jessica Dille, a Jedi night’s meeting, and the city knight; Roger Werries, a storm trooper, and a member of the 501st Imperial Legion, Mid South Garrison; and William Sheckler, Jedi Knight. Another photo on Page 2. See OPENS, Page 3 More reports of IRS scams reported by sheriff’s department By TRACEY HACKETT only agency to receive an unusually high getting reports from residents about the of the department’s criminal investiga- HERALD-CITIZEN Staff number of reports regarding Internal calls. tion division. Revenue Service phone scams. “These types of scams often become As reported in yesterday’s Herald-Citi- PUTNAM COUNTY — The Putnam County Sheriff’s Department more frequent at the approach of tax-fil- 100 years Cookeville Police Department isn’t the representatives say they have also been ing season,” said Major Terry Hembree, See FRAUD, Page 2 Baxter church reaches major milestone /A8 Index Excel training saves money for county Abby............................A7 Calendar......................A6 By LINDSAY McREYNOLDS Crossword .................A13 HERALD-CITIZEN Staff Living ..........................A7 PUTNAM COUNTY — Forty-five Put- Obituaries ...................A5 nam County employees from nine depart- ments recently completed Microsoft Excel Lorene Fowler training through Tennessee’s Small Busi- Sadie Tanner ness Development Center at Tennessee Sarah Hunter Tech, saving thousands of dollars for tax- payers. Samuel Smith “Many of the departments use Excel on Anna Rodgers a daily basis, but never had any formal Opinion.......................A4 training,” Putnam County Executive Randy Porter told the Herald-Citizen. Sports ..........................B1 “These classes will allow our employees Sudoku ......................A13 to be much more productive on a daily Weather ......................A2 basis with the software. “We are so appreciative to Tennessee Tech and Jen Dangelo of the business de- velopment center for being our partner and doing the training for us,” Porter contin- Photo submitted John Woodard, assistant director of Tennessee’s Small Business Development Center at TTU, teaches a See EXCEL, Page 2 class on Microsoft Excel at a reduced cost to Putnam County employees. (931)528-0474 Insurance at the lowest possible cost! • Why not make us prove it? A-2 — HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Friday, December 18, 2015 LOCAL READER SERVICES Two arrested in theft investigation By TRACEY HACKETT tian Smith, both men have ad- about the events of the night. a disturbance with the men from vised him of charges if he were HERALD-CITIZEN Staff dresses on Bilbrey Park Drive. Schmitt was apparently disrup- across the yard,” Officer Smith to have illegal drugs,” he contin- Contact us: Just after midnight on Wednes- tive during the officer’s investi- said. ued. Address: COOKEVILLE — A report of day, the officer said he re- gation. So at that point, the officer The man admitted to having stolen money led to the arrest of sponded to an address on that “While I was speaking to the placed the man under arrest for several tablets of prescription 1300 Neal St. two local men early Wednesday, street “in reference to theft of men, I clearly told Mr. Schmitt disorderly conduct. narcotics that are commonly Cookeville, Tenn. one for disorderly conduct and money.” that he needed to allow me to in- Also at that time, he said, dis- abused. the other on an active warrant. “Upon my arrival, I spoke to vestigate the situation, and he patch informed the officers that Upon arrival at the jail, those Mailing Address: Jonathan Charles Schmitt was the victim ... [who] said that would be allowed to speak in a Cavicchio had an outstanding tablets were located on Cavic- charged with disorderly conduct, while he was asleep, $500 of his moment,” Officer Smith reports. warrant, and he was arrested as chio’s person and in the back P.O. Box 2729 while Steven Capes Cavicchio cash was stolen from the coffee The man, however, allegedly well. seat of the patrol car where he Cookeville TN 38502 was arrested after officers table in his living room,” Officer continued to be disruptive, and “Officer Davenport transported had been sitting. learned he had an outstanding Smith reports. Officer Smith requested that he Mr. Schmitt to the jail, while I “Mr. Cavicchio was also warrant, and he was also later Cavicchio and Schmitt were step away from the scene with transported Mr. Cavicchio,” Of- charged with simple possession Phone: 931-526-9715 charged with simple possession also present at the scene upon Officer Brandon Davenport, ficer Smith said. since he could not provide proof Fax: 931-526-1209 of narcotics. the officer’s arrival, and both who was offering assistance. “While en route to the jail, Mr. of prescription for the nar- According to a report by began giving the officer con- “After a few minutes had gone Cavicchio continued to dig in cotics,” Officer Smith con- Email: Cookeville Police Officer Chris- flicting and changing stories by, he again continued to cause his rear pants pocket until I ad- cluded. News [email protected] Sports [email protected] Advertising [email protected] FRAUD: Living [email protected] ‘Star Wars’ opens Circulation More IRS [email protected] Business News [email protected] scams Church News [email protected] From Page 1 School News [email protected] zen, the scam happens all across Classified Ads the country and involves unso- [email protected] licited calls from people fraudu- lently claiming to be a representative of the IRS. Letter Guidelines Those callers often use threats to coerce innocent taxpayers into All letters to the editor must meeting the demand of making be signed and include the an immediate payment for un- writer’s name, address and paid taxes. phone number. Letters are “The taxpayers are given the subject to editing and/or re- option to pay the ‘unpaid taxes’ jection. A strict 400-word limit will be enforced. Send letters with a prepaid debit card, wire to the mailing address listed transfer or cash,” Major Hem- above, or email to bree explained. [email protected]. “If the taxpayer refuses, the scammers threaten to have the taxpayer arrested, deported or Order a Photo suffer the loss of their business or driver’s license,” he contin- Every photograph taken by a ued. Herald-Citizen photographer Putnam County Sheriff Eddie and published in the paper is Farris advised that anyone who available for purchase. Go to receives such a call be aware that www.herald-citizen.com and click on “Photo Gallery.” it is a scam and hang up imme- diately. “These are definitely scams, and anyone receiving a call of Subscriptions this nature should immediately To subscribe, call 931-526- Ty Kernea | Herald-Citizen hang up on the caller,” the sheriff 9715.

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