The Daily Newspaper of the Upper Cumberland Herald-Citizen www.herald-citizen.com Special Election Brackets are set, teams TRump’S plan Pennsylvania GOP relying left out, and action begins Critics say school safety on Trump’s base Madness: Tuesday Page B1 Page A5 plan incomplete Page A4 116th Year | No. 60 | monday, march 12, 2018 | Cookeville, Tennessee 50¢ Former EPA admins attack Fitzgerald study BY KATE COOK their concern with the study the best science available glider kits may be cleaner Oldham has asked for an ex- [email protected] and urged EPA Administra- when it makes its rulings on than new truck engines with ternal investigation and re- tor Scott Pruitt to put the glider trucks. lots of environmentally cused himself from the Two former EPA adminis- study aside. Basically, the Obama ad- friendly features. The EPA process. Oldham also sent a trators have written a letter According to information ministration set out new has since exempted glider letter to Pruitt asking him condemning a controversial from Whitman and Browner, rules for emissions on tractor trucks from the newer emis- not to use the study. study conducted by Ten- the letter was mailed to trailers. Fitzgerald Glider sions standards. In a New York Times article nessee Tech and sponsored Pruitt Friday. Kits, based in Byrdstown, The study has since come in late February, the EPA said by Fitzgerald Glider Kits. The letter expresses Whit- fought against that measure under scrutiny, sparking in- it did not rely on the Christine Todd Whitman man and Browner’s concern and sponsored a Tennessee ternal investigations at Ten- and Carol Browner listed that the EPA isn’t relying on Tech study that showed nessee Tech. President Phil See EPA, Page A3 Snowy Return Holding elections is costly From Staff Reports Question: How much does it cost Putnam County to hold an elec- tion? I’d An- Like swer: Putnam To County Election Know Adminis- trator Debbie Steidl said ap- proximate costs are $88,300. The lion’s share of those costs are poll workers, which ac- counts for about $70,000. Next comes program- ming for the voting ma- chines at $5,400. Overtime costs of $5,000 are factored in. There’s also $3,500 in legal no- Lindsay McReynolds | Herald-Citizen tices. MicroVote charges Tennessee Tech students came back from spring break to class as light snow fell Monday morning. $2,400 for support on election day and there’s a $2,000 charge for the database. Question: How do you donate your body to the Body Farm in Plans progress for Upperman Veterans Monument Knoxville? Answer: The Univer- BY JIM HERRIN sity of Tennessee’s [email protected] Forensic Anthropology Center, also known as The Putnam County school the “Body Farm,” ac- board has given the OK to a plan cepts donations of to construct a monument to vet- human bodies. There’s erans at Upperman High School. no cost to the deceased, “Baxter Seminary and Upper- their estate or the fam- man High School have a rich his- ily. tory in regards to veterans,” Eric The UT Forensic An- Brown, chairman of the Upper- thropology Center has a man Campus Community Coun- lot of information on cil, said in a presentation to the their website, school board this month. “One of http://fac.utk.edu/body- the interesting pieces with Bax- donation/. On the site, ter Seminary in particular was folks can download a the schooling that took place packet of information after World War II where veter- for those interested in ans were provided agricultural donating their body training (and) trades training after death. It includes after they had come home from the body donation docu- the war.” ment and a biological Brown said Upperman Princi- questionnaire. An architect’s rendering of the proposed Veterans Monument at Upperman High See MONUMENT, Page A2 School. See ILTK, Page A2 Index Obituaries, A4 TueSday BRaSS 2 Sections — 14 Pages Allen Woudstra Abby A6 Living A6 Larry Carwile St. Louis Brass Calendar A5 Sports B1 Evelyn Dixon to perform at Classified B3 Sudoku A7 Larry McCaleb Sammie McCurry TTU Tuesday Comics A7 Weather A2 Page A6 Crossword A7 A2 — HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Monday, March 12, 2018 LOCAL READER SERVICES Former employee charged with theft An investigation by Spe- count of theft over $2,500 ployed as a secretary at the Grand Jury returned in- cial Agents with the Ten- following a TBI investiga- business. dictments charging Buford nessee Bureau of tion of alleged theft from During the course of the Aug. 5. Contact us: Investigation has resulted Cookeville Chiropractic at investigation, agents devel- She was arrested Thurs- Address: in the arrest of a Cookeville the request of 13th District oped information that indi- day by the Cookeville Police 1300 Neal St. woman on theft charges. Attorney General Bryant cated Buford was Department and booked Cookeville, Tenn. Christie Buford, 40, was Dunaway in August 2015. At responsible for the theft. into the Putman County Buford indicted in August for one that time, Buford was em- The Putnam County Jail on a $5,000 bond. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2729 Cookeville TN 38502 Man arrested for DUI admits to drinking six LITs Phone: 931-526-9715 BY PAIGE STANAGE cohol and failed five so- form any sobriety tests. Fax: 931-526-1209 [email protected] briety tests. His bond is $2,000. Hensley’s bond is Chelsea Crabtree, 18, Email: A man from Quebeck, $750. of Cookeville, was ar- News Tennessee, was ar- In other recent ar- rested for DUI Friday. [email protected] rested for DUI Sunday rests: Her bond is $1,000. Sports evening after he told David Sherrill, 38, of Suzanne Long, 38, of [email protected] Cookeville Police he Hensley Sherill Crabtree Long Crossville, was arrested Bloomington, was ar- Advertising drank six long island for DUI Sunday. His rested for DUI and in- [email protected] iced teas before getting 25, as the suspect. Ac- Ben Dukes for a tag warrant states he ad- troducing contraband Living behind the wheel. cording to the warrant, light violation. mitted to drinking into a penal facility Sat- [email protected] The arrest warrant Hensley was originally The warrant states eight beers before driv- urday. Her total bond is Circulation names Ethan Hensley, stopped by CPD Officer Hensley smelled of al- ing and refused to per- $3,000. 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Question: When will the paving and re- be completed after the weather warms up • Repair/rework catch basins as needed. Rates: painting on Willow be completed? Some and the hot-mix asphalt plants open in • Backfill ADA/handicap ramps. 3 mo 6 mo 1yr of the painting has already started to April. These repairs and work items in- • Clean millings and loose aggregate on Carrier or fade, and not all of the painting has been clude, but are not limited to, the following the sidewalks and ADA ramps. Mail: 385 completed. items: Zip Code $28 $54 $95 Answer: Jennifer Flynn, TDOT • Mill and replace the asphalt on several Is there something you’d like to know? 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