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Monday Herald-Citizen The Daily Newspaper of the Upper Cumberland 114th Year — No. 32 Cookeville, Tennessee, February 8, 2016 14 Pages — 2 Sections • 50¢ Weather Tonight Tomorrow Body found in burning outbuilding By TRACEY HACKETT victim, whose remains have been sent to addition to identifying the victim, the in- liminary stages, authorities this morning HERALD-CITIZEN Staff the medical examiner’s office for au- vestigation is also focusing on determin- report that they’ve found no evidence at topsy. ing the cause of death. this time to suspect foul play. PUTNAM COUNTY — What began as “Right now, the primary focus of our in- “As with any death, we are investigating Follow-up reports will be provided as 21º 27º a response to a fire in an outbuilding at an vestigation is to determine the identity of this to try to determine the cause,” he additional information is available. Edwards Lane residence yesterday morn- the victim,” Putnam County Sheriff said. “The timely response and cooperative Complete forecast, Page 2 ing has become a death investigation. Eddie Farris said. The cause of the blaze is also still under effort of all the agencies involved in this Putnam County firefighters were dis- The residents of the address reportedly investigation this morning by the Putnam investigation is commendable,” the sher- patched to the fire near the Bloomington told authorities investigating the blaze County Fire Department, Chief Daryl iff said. Springs community shortly after 7:30 yesterday that no one had been given per- Blair said. Chief Blair agreed. Sports a.m. yesterday, and while they were on mission to be in the outbuilding, and Although authorities report that there “It was a good response from all the the scene fighting the blaze, they discov- those residents alleged that they did not was electrical power running to the agencies involved. I’m proud of our guys ered the remains of a body inside the know that anyone was in the building wooden outbuilding and that firefighters for doing an outstanding job handling the burned building. when the fire started. cut off that power when they arrived on situation they encountered,” he said. Investigators from the Putnam County Major Terry Hembree of the criminal in- the scene, it is still unknown at this time “It’s just a terrible tragedy anytime Sheriff’s Department and state Bomb and vestigation division of the Putnam exactly how the fire broke out. there’s a loss of life,” Chief Blair con- Arson today are attempting to identify the County Sheriff’s Department said that, in While the investigation is still in its pre- cluded. Lengthy Cookies!!! ballot Fairy tale ending Manning, Broncos win Super Bowl 50 /B1 explained by parties By LINDSAY McREYNOLDS Living HERALD-CITIZEN Staff PUTNAM COUNTY — On March 1, Tennessee will be one of 15 states holding primaries or caucuses to help narrow the field of candidates vying to be the next president. And voters in Tennessee will be looking at a lengthy ballot when early voting begins on Wednes- day, depending on which primary they select. Republican primary voters will see the longest ballot, nine pages Wine festival including 14 candidates for pres- ident, while the Democratic pri- Historic Granville will mary voters will see a shorter have first-ever wine ballot, two pages including three festival on April 9 /A6 presidential candidates. Republican primary voters may select up to 14 at-large delegates from 148 candidates on six pages of the ballot. The majority of Nation those are committed to specific presidential candidates. Putnam County Republican Party Treasurer Alan Rader, who has served as a delegate in a past election, explained the reason for the lengthy ballot. “The Republican Party (in Ten- nessee) has 55 delegates that are going to be in play,” Rader said. “Fourteen of those are delegates at-large, and the first portion of the ballot is for those 14 dele- Ty Kernea | Herald-Citizen gates. Those will be apportioned Blizzard according to the popular vote New England states trying LeeAnna Maxwell of Girl Scout Troop 1621 sorts through cookies Saturday morning, when nearly 29,300 boxes of to deal with another the good stuff were delivered in Cookeville for weekend sales that continue through February. See story on A2. See BALLOT, Page A2 blizzard /A8 Man wanted for stabbing Index Putnam County Week Abby............................A6 arrested for carjacking, Calendar......................A4 assault, more By TRACEY HACKETT Crossword ...................A7 HERALD-CITIZEN Staff Living ..........................A6 COOKEVILLE — A man wanted in connection with a stabbing of two people in Algood last week has been arrested after an inci- Obituaries ...................A4 dent on Saturday that resulted in a pursuit by law enforcement of- ficers of multiple agencies. Evelyn Wakefield Derrick Justin Choate, 28, of Old Qualls Road in Cookeville was arrested following the Saturday incident. Sports ..........................B1 According to reports from the Cookeville Police Department and Putnam County Sheriff’s Department, the incident began when Sudoku ........................A7 Choate, already wanted by authorities in connection with last week’s double stabbing in Algood, contacted a female friend for a Weather ......................A2 ride. That woman reportedly borrowed a car and picked him up per Ty Kernea | Herald-Citizen his request, but according to reports, he began assaulting the woman upon getting into the vehicle. Celebrating Putnam County Week with a resolution designating the event, from left, She stopped the vehicle at a business near the intersection of 12th are Monterey Mayor Bill Wiggins, Cookeville Mayor Ricky Shelton, Putnam County Ex- ecutive Randy Porter, Algood Mayor Scott Bilbrey and Baxter Mayor Jeff Wilhite. See See ARREST, Page A2 more on Putnam County Week on page A5. A-2 — HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Monday, February 8, 2016 LOCAL READER SERVICES Girl Scout cookies have arrived By AMY DAVIS Contact us: HERALD-CITIZEN Staff Address: COOKEVILLE — It’s cookie season 1300 Neal St. in Putnam County. Cookeville, Tenn. Those wishing to hunt for their fa- vorites — Samoas, Tagalongs and more Mailing Address: — have until the end of February to sat- isfy their cravings. P.O. Box 2729 “Everybody is excited to have Girl Cookeville TN 38502 Scout Cookies,” Kristy Valentine, Put- nam County Girl Scouts media coordi- nator, said. “It’s a once-a-year Phone: 931-526-9715 opportunity, so we get a very good reac- Fax: 931-526-1209 tion. Everybody loves them.” Booth sales began yesterday following Email: Saturday’s delivery of nearly 29,300 News boxes at Duncan Moving and Storage in [email protected] Cookeville, with adult leaders from Sports local troops on hand to sort it all out. [email protected] Sales continue on weekends through Advertising February at Algood Walmart, Lowe’s, [email protected] Sam’s, Tractor Supply, Old Navy, Living Spring Street Market, Dollar Tree in Al- [email protected] good and the Monterey Shell gas sta- Circulation tion. Times are Fridays from 4 to 6 p.m., [email protected] Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Business News Sundays from noon to 6 p.m. [email protected] “It’s the largest girl-run business,” Church News Valentine said, also noting that Putnam [email protected] County has 230 Girl Scouts within 22 School News troops. “They gain leadership skills and [email protected] social confidence.” Ty Kernea | Herald-Citizen Classified Ads Scouts also learn about goal-setting, [email protected] decision-making, money management, Ready to sell Girl Scout cookies are, in front, from left, Sophi Hughes and Josie Davis of Troop 128, and, in people skills and business ethics. Then back, cookie coordinator Kristy Valentine, Dana Randolph of Troop 945, LeeAnna Maxwell of Troop 1621 and it’s all about putting their “cookie cookie coordinator Patricia Bouldin. The cookies will be available throughout February on Fridays from 4 to 6 Letter Guidelines money” to good use. p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 6 p.m. at several Putnam County locations. “A portion goes to their troop treasury All letters to the editor must to help meet troop goals, which could be rieties include Trefoils, Do-si-dos, Cran- Middle Tennessee council upholds the more than 13,000 girls and 7,000 adult be signed and include the anything from trips to camping,” Valen- berry Citrus Crisps, Lemonades, Rah- $3.50 price to maintain the integrity of volunteers in 39 counties. It is a part of writer’s name, address and tine said. Rah Raisins, Savannah Smiles, the cookie program. Girl Scouts of the USA, the world’s pre- phone number. Letters are The girls may also do community serv- Thanks-A-Lot, Trios and Toffee-tastic. “Girl Scout Cookie sales aren’t all eminent organization for girls, with a subject to editing and/or re- ice projects or donate to a worthy cause. While many Girl Scout councils na- about making money,” she said in a membership of more than 2.6 million jection. A strict 400-word limit will be enforced. Send letters “Then some of our money goes back to tionwide are boosting cookie prices to press release. “The cookie program is a girls and adults nationwide. For more to the mailing address listed the Middle Tennessee Council for main- $5 a box, Girl Scouts of Middle Ten- hands-on leadership and financial liter- information, visit above, or email to taining our camps, volunteer training nessee is maintaining its cost of $3.50, acy program that instills confidence and www.gsmidtn.org/cookies. [email protected]. and programs for the girls,” Valentine except for the gluten-free Toffee-tastic self-assurance in our Girl Scouts.