Thursday Herald-Citizen The Daily Newspaper of the Upper Cumberland 114th Year — No. 245 Cookeville, Tennessee, October 13, 2016 16 Pages — 2 Sections • 50¢ Weather Tonight Tomorrow TTU governing board members appointed By TrAceY hAcKeTT announcement. president of Tenaska Power Services Co. and senior consultant with Seabrook So- HERALD-CITIZEN Staff “Please join me in offering our congrat- • Tom Jones, co-owner and general man- lutions, LLC ulations to these board appointees along ager of Research Electronics International • Capt. Barry Wilmore, National Aero- Eight members of Tennessee Tech Uni- with our collective gratitude for their • Millard Oakley, former Tennessee nautics and Space Administration astro- 54º 76º versity’s new governing board have been willingness to devote their time and tal- General Assembly member and board naut appointed by the governor. ents to join us in making Tennessee Tech member of First National Bank of Ten- Of those appointees, six — Fleming, Complete forecast, Page 2 It is one of six boards the governor has the premier technological university that nessee Harper, Jones, Saggurti, Vanhooser and appointed this week as a result of a new we aspire to become,” he said. • Purna Saggurti, global chair of invest- Wilmore — are TTU graduates. legislation that removes governance of The initial appointees to TTU’s board ment banking for Bank of America Mer- Four of them — Fleming, Jones, Stites the state universities from under the um- are: rill Lynch and Oakley — call the Upper Cumber- Sports brella of the Tennessee Board of Regents. • Barbara Fleming, senior health policy • Johnny Stites, managing partner of XI land region home. Oakley lives in Liv- Tennessee Tech University President analyst and former physician at Walter Investments ingston, and the other three live in Phil Oldham welcomed the appointees in Reed Army Medical Center • Teresa Vanhooser, former deputy di- a blog post shortly after the governor’s • Trudy Harper, founder and former rector of Marshall Space Flight Center See TTU, Page 2 More Perfect Weather Shelter board election discusses Better state new ways to Brooks improves workers on second day at TSSAA golf help animals tournament /B1 needed By MeGAn TroTTer By lAUrA MiliTAnA HERALD-CITIZEN Staff HERALD-CITIZEN Staff Living A series of changes is coming to the New voting registrations for Cookeville-Putnam County Animal the Nov. 8 election poured in, Shelter — and they’re positive, accord- election commission officials ing to the board members of the Animal learned during Thursday’s meet- Control Board. ing. One of two open kennel worker posi- “We have 1,638 new registra- tions has been filled, and the board tions,” Debbie Steidl, adminis- voted to offi- trator of elections, said. “That’s cially name double than what we normally “We’ve Sarah Hawlik see.” Webb as the The registration deadline for been shelter manager. the upcoming election was doing She had been Tuesday. Early voting begins serving as the Extraordinary Oct. 18 and ends Nov. 3. some interim manager A number of offices are on the since Darrell Upside-down onion November ballot. Those include things on Webb resigned cornbread not the president, the 6th Congres- his position last the usual treat /A8 sional District representative a trial month after the seat currently held by Diane basis, and two were mar- Black, who faces opposition ried. from Democratic Party nominee it has been Sarah has been David W. Kent and Independent working at the Nation candidate Davis Ross; the 25th going shelter since District of the Tennessee House fantastic.” December 2015, seat currently held by Cameron when she was Sexton, who is facing opposi- Sarah Webb hired as a sup- tion from Democratic nominee Shelter manager port services Judy Barnett; and the 42nd Dis- staff member, trict of the Tennessee House and has been a seat, currently held by Ryan longtime volunteer with Friends of the Williams, who is facing opposi- Cookeville-Putnam County Animal tion from Democratic nominee Shelter. Amos Powers. The shelter is also starting to imple- Baxter and Monterey both ment the use of trustys — inmates who have public referendums on the have earned the trust of authorities — to November ballot related to the work in the shelter, supervised by an of- Matthew sale of alcohol. Monte Lowe ficer from the Sheriff’s Department. Flooding from hurricane Warren Janzen takes advantage of the perfect fall weather riding still plagues North See elecTion, Page 2 the new mountain bike trail at cane creek Park. See ShelTer, Page 2 Carolina /A10 Index Former educator reappointed to commission benefiting kids Abby.................................A8 Calendar...........................A9 By TrAceY hAcKeTT grams the Commission on Children and Crossword ........................A7 HERALD-CITIZEN Staff Youth offers,” Terry said. Living ...............................A8 There are 11 such program, most of Obituaries...................A6-A7 A former Cookeville special education which focus on the juvenile justice sys- Tracey Welch teacher is still working for the benefit of tem and foster care. Lucy Maxwell Tennessee’s children. “The wellbeing of kids is close to my Cynthia Eldridge Glenda Terry has been appointed by the heart, so this commission appointment Thelma Moore governor to a second term on the Ten- has been a wonderful fit for me,” Terry Harriett Oliver nessee Commission on Children and said. Lorraine Maddux Youth, a policy-making body whose pur- The commission’s vision statement ad- Estelle Andrews pose is to provide programs, services and vocates that all Tennessee children “are Hallie Conner advocates to help improve quality of life safe, healthy, educated, nurtured and sup- Carl Smallwood for children and families across the state. ported, and engaged in activities that pro- Robert Jared Terry, who was appointed to her first vide them opportunities to achieve their Marion Nelms term on the commission three years ago, fullest potential.” Opinion............................A4 was recently sworn in to begin her sec- Terry is one of 21 commission members Sports ...............................B1 ond term by Judge Gary McKenzie. who are governor-appointed and volun- Sudoku .............................A9 “In spite of having a 36-year career in tarily serve in those positions. special education, serving on this com- A staff of several employees also carry mission has given me a different perspec- out the daily operations of supporting tive about a lot of things,” she said. and advocating for children and youth. Tracey Hackett | Herald-Citizen “Even after three years, I’m still learn- Glenda Terry is sworn in by Judge Gary McKenzie to a second term on ing about the many, many wonderful pro- See KidS, Page 2 the Tennessee commission on children and Youth. A-2 — HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Thursday, October 13, 2016 LOCAL READER SHELTER: SERVICES Intake fees Contact us: approved Address: From Page A1 1300 Neal St. Fleming Harper Jones Oakley Saggurti Stites Vanhooser Wilmore “We’ve been doing some Cookeville, Tenn. things on a trial basis, and it has been going fantastic,” Webb Mailing Address: said. “It’s been phenomenal, the TTU: Governing board members appointed amount that the staff has been P.O. Box 2729 able to get done, as far as animal Cookeville TN 38502 From Page A1 fected by the legislation. That increased “There is incredible momentum around care, behavior evaluations — autonomy will support student success and Tennessee’s college enrollment rate, which things that cleaning has taken Cookeville. enable the universities to respond more increased to a historic high of 62.5 percent presidence over in the past. So, Phone: 931-526-9715 Of the remaining appointees, Saggurti rapidly in an evolving environment, sup- in 2015,” Haslam said. we’re looking forward to getting Fax: 931-526-1209 lives in New York City, Vanhooser lives in porters say. “We’ve been successful in increasing ac- that in place. It’s going to be Alabama and Wilmore lives in Texas. “We are all indebted to Gov. Haslam for cess to higher education, but as we change very positive for the staff and for Email: Oldham explained that the appointees his leadership and personal investment of the conversation and culture of expecta- the animals.” News must still be confirmed by the Tennessee time to seat such an impressive group of tions in our state we have to ensure our “Hopefully within the next [email protected] General Assembly during its 2017 legisla- outstanding individuals,” Oldham said. colleges and universities are supported in week or two weeks at the most, Sports tive session before they become active The FOCUS Act supports Haslam’s their efforts to create student success,” the we will have trustys assigned to [email protected] trustees. Drive to 55 initiative, the goal of which is governor continued. the shelter to work all day, five Advertising Gov. Bill Haslam said he expects that to provide higher education degrees and The community colleges, as well as 27 days a week,” Mike Davidson, [email protected] confirmation to come mid-January. credentials to at least 55 percent of the technical schools, will remain under Ten- city manager, added. Living Oldham further described that final state’s population by 2025. nessee Board of Regents governance. The board also decided to im- [email protected] make-up of TTU’s board. In addition, the Tennessee Promise initia- The FOCUS Act — which has no affect plement owner surrender fees on Circulation “They will be joined ... by a faculty mem- tive provides no-cost community college on private institutions or University of a trial basis. The fees will be $15 [email protected] ber selected by the TTU Faculty Senate education to qualified candidates for two Tennessee schools — removes the four- for pets that have been Business News and a student selected by the board once it years.