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Wednesday, August 23, 2006
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Bob Corker
visits Gleason during campaign |
Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate Bob Corker visited
Gleason School Monday at the invitation of vice principal
Mitchell Parham.
During his visit, Corker addressed Mr. Parham’s United
States government class, composed of seniors, concerning the
issues of the campaign. In addition to stating his basic
campaign platform, Corker also pointed out some of the major
differences between himself and his Democratic opponent,
Harold Ford, Jr., and answered students’ questions.
During his talk, Corker spoke about how he formed his
core convictions as a boy growing up in Chattanooga, where
he attended public schools, played sports and from an early
age his parents instilled in him the rewards of hard work
and service. He learned the value of a dollar at an early
age. When he was 13, he took his first job picking up trash.
Other jobs during his teen years included bagging ice in a
cold freezer and working at the Western Auto store.
Corker graduated from the University of Tennessee in
1974 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial
Management. After working four years as a construction
superintendent and saving $8,000, he started his own
construction company. His first big break came with a
contract to build drive-through windows for Krystal
restaurants. His construction business became extremely
successful and eventually did work in 18 states. Over time,
the acquisition of real estate and other investments became
Mayor Corker’s business focus and the construction arm of
his company was sold in 1990. In 1999, he acquired the two
largest and most historic real estate companies in
Chattanooga. In recognition of his self-made business
success, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga named
him to their “Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame”.
He stated that his interest in public service is the
continuation of a commitment he made over 20 years ago.
After traveling with his church on a mission trip to Haiti
he recognized a duty to offer his time and talent in public
service.
(Read the rest of the story in the
August 23rd print edition of the
Dresden Enterprise!)
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Weakley
County candidates file qualifying petitions for offices in
municipal elections |
Local politicians seeking offices
in municipal elections, who submitted their qualifying
petitions to the Weakley County Election Commission prior to
the Thursday, August 17 deadline in order to be eligible to
appear on the ballot in the November 7 General Election,
include the following candidates:
In Dresden, candidates seeking the office of mayor
(four-year term) include incumbent Danny W. Forrester and
challenger Joyce Hurt, who has previously served as mayor.
As for the three alderman seats up for grabs (four-year
terms), candidates include: incumbents Gwin Anderson, Mike
Parrish and Mike Youngblood, as well as challenger Donnie R.
Essary.
The only candidates who qualified to run in the
Greenfield municipal elections for the office mayor
(two-year term) is incumbent Eddie Joe McKelvy, who is
running unopposed. Those seeking the four city alderman
posts (four-year terms) are: incumbents Michael Caudle, Joe
Grooms, Danny A. Nanney, and Greg Usery, as well as
challenger James Capps.
Martin candidates who have submitted petitions in the
mayor’s race are incumbent Randy Brundige and challenger
Brent A. Smoyer, a senior biology major at UT Martin who is
enrolled in fall classes. Those running for the post of
alderman (four-year terms) include: Ward 1 – incumbent Bill
Harrison and Tony Prince; Ward 2 – incumbent David Belote;
and Ward 3 - George E. Daniel III and Terry J. Hankins.
(Read the rest of the story in the August 23rd print edition of the
Dresden Enterprise!)
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Partial
building collapse reported in Martin |
A portion of a
vacant building collapsed in downtown Martin shortly after
noon Monday, leaving the sidewalk and street in front of the
structure littered with brick and other debris.
Martin Mayor Randy Brundige stated that the front
section of the building that formerly housed Luchiano’s
Restaurant on Lindell Street fell down. Fortunately, at the
time of the collapse, there was no one standing in the
vicinity of the falling bricks and there were no vehicles
parked in front of the structure, so there were no injuries
or other damage reported as a result of the structural
failure.
Mayor Brundige stated that Martin Police officers
closed down a section of the street for a couple of hours,
in order to keep the public safe while the walls were being
stabilized. He noted that police officers were joined by
employees of the Martin Public Works Department, Martin Fire
Department, and city building inspector, who all assisted in
working the scene. And, the street was reopened at 2:30 p.m.
Monday. Also, Hwang’s Martial Arts studio, located next door
at 217 South Lindell Street, had to be closed for the
remainder of the day, but reopened on Tuesday.
(Read the rest of this story, plus many more in this
week's edition of the Dresden Enterprise!)
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