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Wednesday, August 2, 2006
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German
visitor tours Dresden, Tennessee |
The City of Dresden, Tennessee was visited
Tuesday by a German tourist, who dropped by to see what the
town named after its counterpart in Dresden, Germany was
like.
Elke Pischtschan, a resident of Meissen,
Germany, who is on holiday in the United States, says that
she arrived in Dresden Monday night and during her stay here
has seen the Weakley County Courthouse, Dresden City Hall,
and some of the historic churches, as well as the shops
around the square.
Her personal tour guides and translators were
none other than Northwest Tennessee Economic Development
Manager Lottie Cooper and Laurie Pritchett, who are both
German Americans and were able to give their visitor a great
deal of historic background of the area. Although Elke
speaks some English, the assistance provided by Mrs. Cooper
and Mrs. Pritchett made communication much easier. A tour of
Sunset Cemetery where the German immigrant, Mears Warner,
who named the city of Dresden, Tennessee, is buried was also
on the agenda. Warner is said to have chosen the name of the
town as Dresden, after the city of the same name in his
native Germany.
Thus far, during her visit to the United
States, Elke has toured New Orleans and took in the sights
along the Mississippi River, stopping off the see Natchez,
Mississippi, and continuing northward to Dresden, Tennessee.
She also plans on visiting Nashville before returning home
from her vacation, which ends August 12. Past vacations have
included visiting destinations in California, Florida and
Arizona. This makes her sixth visit to the U.S. Germans
typically have longer and more frequent holidays than
Americans, which allows them more time to travel.
(Read the rest of the story in the
August 2nd print edition of the
Dresden Enterprise!)
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Martin
woman charged with knifing husband |
The Martin Police Department reports that a
Martin woman was charged with knifing her husband over the
weekend during a domestic dispute.
According to Martin Police Captain Scott
Robbins, officers were called to Volunteer Community
Volunteer Hospital in Martin at approximately 3:30 a.m.
Saturday morning after a man came into the emergency room
with a knife wound.
The victim, Mark Milan, who arrived at the
hospital with a knife wound around 3:15 a.m. Saturday, told
staff members that he had been cut while breaking up a fight
in the back yard of his North McComb Street home. However,
Lieutenant Dean Brooks found inconsistencies in Milan’s
story and during the course of the investigation learned
that he had gotten into an argument with his wife,
40-year-old Sakara Milan of 421 North McComb Street. During
the argument, Sakara Milan is accused of cutting her husband
with a knife on his arm.
The victim was treated for his injury and
released, while Sakara Milan was taken into custody and
charged with one count of aggravated domestic assault.
During her arraignment in Weakley County General Sessions
Court July 31, Mrs. Milan’s bond was set at $2,500. She will
appear in court on August 2.
(Read the rest of the story in the August 2nd print edition of the
Dresden Enterprise!)
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Sharon
loses second alderman to resignation |
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By Jason Peevyhouse
Staff Reporter |
The Sharon Board of Mayor and Aldermen held another called
meeting this past Tuesday night to accept the resignation of
the second alderman since late June.
Jeff Freeman, who has served on the Sharon Board since
November 2002, sent his resignation letter to Sharon City
Hall on Tuesday, prompting the city to call the meeting for
that night to accept his resignation.
In June, Sara Robinson resigned due to illness and was
replaced by April Baker, who will serve out the remainder of
Robinson’s term, which ends in November.
However, Freeman’s resignation stems from a second DUI
arrest over the weekend of July 22, which resulted in
Freeman being transported to the Weakley County detention
center after being arrested by Sharon Police Chief Brad
Hardin.
(Read the rest of this story, plus many more in this
week's edition of the Dresden Enterprise!)
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