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TITANS PULL ONE OUT! Edge Chargers. 7 Herald-CitizenTUESDAY,Herald-Citizen OCTOBER 22, 2019 | COOKEVILLE, TENNESSEE 117TH YEAR | NO. 218 75 CENTS County to buy new fairgrounds property BY JIM HERRIN ‘I THINK WE CAN WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME. WE CAN DO new Tennessee Avenue, fi fth for the county bus garage HERALD-CITIZEN interchange, is unheard of.” and road department if the MULTIPLE THINGS AT ONE TIME IF WE PUT OUR HEADS TO IT.’ After an extended period county commission decided The Putnam County of questions, most commis- they wanted to relocate those Commission agreed Monday Randy Porter sioners agreed, voting 21-2 to offi ces. to pay up to $5.5 million to Putnam County mayor authorize Porter to proceed Some commissioners had purchase 187 acres along with the purchase, subject to suggested that the county sell Tennessee Avenue as the site (Sheridan property) before. property at a reduced cost of “due diligence” and satisfac- the current school bus garage for a new fairgrounds. It’s some prime real estate,” $27,000 per acre — the same tory environmental reports property on Veterans Drive The purchase includes ap- Putnam County Mayor Randy as the county would pay for on the property. along with the fairgrounds proximately 130 acres known Porter said. “But the price the Nash-Medley property. Porter said the acreage site off South Jeff erson Ave- as the Nash-Medley property was way out of the ballpark.” “I was kind of shocked. To would be more than enough nue. and an additional 35 acres of But he said the Sheridan have this extra piece of prop- to accommodate an expo An appraisal of the 35.5- adjacent property owned by family’s real estate agents erty come up is just unbeliev- center and expanded fair- acre fairground property the Sheridan family. contacted him Monday morn- able,” said Porter. “To be able grounds, and might also “I had looked at that ing with an off er to sell the to buy 187 acres on a brand be used as the future sites SEE FAIRGROUNDS, PAGE 2 Burn ban lifted Permit still required BY PAIGE STANAGE According to the HERALD-CITIZEN Cookeville Weather Guy Michael Detwiler, Cookev- The City of Cookeville is ille received more than now issuing burn permits one inch of rain. after the rain showers “We recorded 1.09 inches Monday. of rainfall, which was a “I’m going to lift the ban very welcome sight to see,” today,” Cookeville Fire Detwiler said. Chief Daryl Blair said To obtain a burn permit Tuesday morning. “We in Cookeville, call 520- just want to keep the citi- 5255. zens’ safe, and I appreciate “Burn permits are their patience during this issued daily depending time. We have monitored on the weather and wind the conditions and deter- speed,” according to the mined there’s been enough rain to lift the ban.” SEE BURN, PAGE 3 0I’D LIKE TO KNOW0 Where does water run-off go? HERALD-CITIZEN STAFF REPORTS Mills said, “The Public Works Department is re- Question: Who is sponsible for maintaining responsible for keeping city drainage facilities.” the drainage grates on Question: Why are par- the main roads clear of ents allowed to congest litter and grass clippings? the right lane of Jackson LINDSAY MCREYNOLDS | HERALD-CITIZEN Water runoff has nowhere Avenue (and sometimes to go, leading to fl ooding the left lane) to pick up issues drivers encounter children at Park View Farm to Fork Dinner during heavy rain. Elementary School? They Chef Kitty Philips prepares salads at the annual Farm to Fork Dinner Sunday at the Salt Answer: Cookeville Box Inn. See more photos of the event at www.herald-citizen.com. City Manager James SEE KNOW, PAGE 2 Health Department helps with insurance enrollment BY JIM HERRIN lough said the county’s families may receive HERALD-CITIZEN Community Health help applying, looking Center/Health De- at diff erent health The Putnam County partment at 701 Coun- insurance plans and Health Department ty Services Dr. has enrolling,” she said. is once again off er- certifi ed application “All health insurance ing free, face-to-face counselors available to off ered through the assistance to residents assist with applying for Marketplace meets the who need help with insurance through the minimum essential What a Hoot applying for health Health Insurance Mar- coverage require- Cookeville’s Jacob Hoot, left, waits for the results of Monday night’s insurance through the ketplace for Aff ordable ments.” battle against Steve Knill, right, on ‘The Voice’ with Carson Daly. ‘The Aff ordable Care Act. Care Act plans, Tenn- Bumbalough said Voice’ judge and singer Kelly Clarkson selected Hoot as the winner of Health Department Care and CoverKids. the battle in which Knill and Hoot sang a duet version of Willie Nelson’s Director Lisa Bumba- “Individuals and SEE HELP, PAGE 2 ‘Always on my Mind.’ NBC’s ‘The Voice’ continues Tuesday. herald-citizen.com INDEX 1 section | 12 pages OBITUARIES Page 5 DEAR ABBY 6 COMICS 11 OPINION 4 Cathy Hales, Whitleyville Helen Burgess, Cookeville CALENDAR 3 CROSSWORD 11 SPORTS 7 Jacob Miller Sr., Whitleyville Mary Greer, Cookeville CLASSIFIED 9 LIVING 6 SUDOKU 11 S.T. Nash, Baxter Tennessee’s Largest Starting Fright-day night, grab your fi ends Don’t Miss Sights & Sounds Granville and family and join us for our Annual Ghost of Granville Ghost Walk Scarecrow Festival! 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Meal available separately. 2 HERALD-CITIZEN FROM PAGE 1 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2019 herald-citizen.com 0LOTTERY0 Monday Cash 3 Evening 6-3-1, Lucky Sum: 10 Cash 3 Midday 4-3-8, Lucky Sum: 15 Cash 3 Morning 6-7-4, Lucky Sum: 17 Cash 4 Evening 2-1-8-7, Lucky Sum: 18 Cash 4 Midday 4-2-1-0, Lucky Sum: 7 Cash 4 Morning 9-8-5-0, Lucky Sum: 22 Cash4Life 28-32-36-43-46 Cash Ball: 1 Tennessee Cash 05-17-22-25-27, Bonus: 3 Est. jackpot: $320,000 0READER SERVICES0 Address: 1300 Neal St. Cookeville, TN 38501 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2729 Cookeville TN 38502 FAIRGROUNDS: County Commission agrees to buy property to relocate fair Phone: 931-526-9715 FROM PAGE 1 Fax: 931-526-1209 came in at about $10.1 million, News but Porter said he thinks it will [email protected] sell for more than that. Sports “We kind of disagree a [email protected] little bit with the appraiser’s Advertising values,” he said. “He gave us [email protected] basically a 20 percent drop, Living compared to the sale of the [email protected] land of the old stock barn. We Circulation don’t know why our property [email protected] would be worth 20 percent less Business News than what the old stock barn [email protected] property was.” Church News He also estimated the value [email protected] of the bus garage and road School News department property at $2.5 to [email protected] $3 million. Classified Ads District 5 Commissioner Ter- [email protected] ry Randolph voted against the motion to purchase the prop- Letter Guidelines erty, as did District 4 Commis- All letters to the editor must be sioner Theresa Tayes. signed and include the writer’s “I think the timing is not name, address and phone good,” Randolph said. “I like number. Letters are subject to the idea of selling the fair prop- JIM HERRIN | HERALD-CITIZEN editing and/or rejection. A strict erty and buying other proper- Putnam County Mayor Randy Porter talks to commissioners about the purchase of a new 400-word limit will be enforced. ties. I think we need to do that, fairgrounds property. Send letters to the mailing but we have other things on the address listed above, or email table, like building a jail ... and and have money in hand and concern during discussion of chew gum at the same time,” to [email protected]. a new school. Those are more then go shopping for property.” the issue, but Porter said that Porter said. “We can do multi- important to me right now. I Commissioner Jerry Ford shouldn’t be an issue. ple things at one time if we put Order a Photo would rather sell what we have had expressed a similar “I think we can walk and our heads to it.” Every photograph taken by a Herald-Citizen photographer and published in the paper is available for purchase. Go Two Texans arrested in Algood for drugs to www.herald-citizen.com and click on “Photo Gallery.” BY PAIGE STANAGE states. Also, many photos included in HERALD-CITIZEN Martin was in posses- online stories are available for sion of marijuana and purchase. Two people were cocaine, according to arrested for a host of the APD.