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WEAKLEY COUNTY INFORMATION

    

By David Fisher david@dresdenenterprise.com

 

Politicians seeking to be nominated, elected or re-elected, as the case may be, are stumping across the state and region to secure the votes of area Tennesseans as the August 3 state primary and Weakley County general elections draws near.

County Races

Those candidates running for offices in the Weakley County General Elections in contested races are as follows:

In the County Mayor’s race, Houston W. Patrick won the Democratic nomination for the post. But incumbent Ron L. Gifford, who lost his bid for in the Democratic Primary in as County Mayor, seeks to be re-elected by write-in vote.

After winning the Democratic nomination, Weakley County Sheriff Michael A. Wilson now faces  challenger Jeff Hazlewood, who is running as an independent candidate, for the office of Sheriff.

Those candidates running in unchallenged races are:

• Circuit Court Judge for the 27th Judicial District – Bill Acree (D)

• Chancellor for the 27th Judicial District – William Michael Maloan (D)

• District Attorney for the 27th Judicial District – Tommy Thomas (D)

• General Sessions Judge – Thomas L. Moore, Jr. (D)

• Juvenile Court Judge – James H. Bradberry (D)

• Public Defender of the 27th Judicial District – Joseph P. Atnip (D)

• Circuit Court Clerk – Pam Belew (D)

• County Clerk – Pat Scarbrough (D)

• Register - Donna Winstead (D)

• Trustee – Donald Doster (D)

• County Commissioner for District 1 – David Rook (D) and John Salmon (D)

• County Commissioner for District 2 – Eric Owen (D) and Julia Rich (D)

• County Commissioner for District 3 – Michael Medling (D) and Roger Stewart (D)

• County Commissioner for District 4 – William Thomas Jones (D) and Joe Farmer (D) (Note: incumbent Bob Gardner is not seeking re-election.);

• County Commissioner for District 5 – Richard Phebus (D) and Larry Taylor (D)

• In the District 6 County Commissioner’s race, Democratic incumbent Earl Wright was the only candidate nominated by his party to fill one of the two seats. The only other candidate on the ticket is Republican Don Malone. Since there are only two candidates on the ballot seeking two positions, it is really not a contested race.

• County Commissioner for District 7 – Thomas Mac Buckley (D) and James A. Barner (D)

• County Commissioner for District 8 – Sam Sinclair, Sr. (D) and Jack J. Vincent (D)

• County Commissioner for District 9 – James H. Westbrook, Jr. (D) and Kevin D. McAlpin (D)

• Road Supervisor – Kermit W. Hopper (D)

• Highway Commissioner – David Bell (D)

• Constable for District 1 – Robert J. Legans (write-in)

• Constable for District 2 – Richard A. Black (D)

• Constable for District 3 – (no candidate filed)

• Constable for District 4 – Larry Watlington (D)

• Constable for District 5 – Danny Joe Bell (D)

• Constable for District 6 – (no candidate filed)

• Constable for District 7 – Joel Griffith (D)

• Constable for District 8 – J.B. Coley (D)

• Constable for District 9 – Lowell W. Moubray (D)

• School Board Member for District 1 – Lindell Roney (I)

• School Board Member for District 4 – Gordon Morris (I)

• School Board Member for District 6 – Steven W. Vantrease (I)

• School Board Member for District 8 – Joan C. Pritchett (I)

*School Board members are required to run as independents.

State Races

In state races, candidates seeking their party’s nomination include the following:

There is no shortage of candidates of either party in the Tennessee Governor’s race. Within the Democratic Party, incumbent Gov. Phil Bredesen will be facing fellow Democrats - John Jay Hooker, Tim Sevier, and Walt Ward. Republican candidates seeking their party’s nomination are: Mark Albertini, Wayne Thomas Bailey, Jim Bryson, David M. Farmer, Joe Kirkpatrick, Timothy Thomas and Wayne Young.      

 In the United States Senate race, Democratic candidates vying for their party’s nomination include: Gary G. Davis, Harold Ford, Jr., John J. Hooker, Charles E. Smith and Al Strauss. Republican candidates are: Ed Bryant, Bob Corker, Tate Harrison and Van Hillery.

Candidates for the U.S. House of Rep. (8th Congressional District) seat are much less numerous. They are: John Tanner, who is the only Democratic candidate on the primary ballot, and two Republican candidates seeking their party’s nod for the office - Rory B. Bricco and John Farmer.

Candidates running for the Tennessee House of Representative (76th District) are Democrat Mark Maddox and Republican David Hawks. 

Those seeking the post of State Executive Committeeman (24th Senatorial District) are Democratic candidate Robert D. (Bobby) Patterson and Republican Dennis J. Doster.

The position of State Executive Committeewoman (24th Senatorial District) is being sought by Democrat Paige Burcham-Carlton and Republican candidates Marilucile Counce and Christi Cross.

There are also Judicial Retention Questions appearing on the August 3 ballot as follows:

Should the following judges be retained in their respective courts? (Yes or No).

 

(Read the rest of the story in the July 26th print edition of the Dresden Enterprise!)

By David Fisher david@dresdenenterprise.com

  

The Martin Police Department reports the burglary of three automobiles this past week.

According to Martin Police Captain Scott Robbins, officers were dispatched to the 100 block of Church Street Saturday night, after it was discovered that someone had broken into and stolen various items from three vehicles that were parked across from The Watering Hole at 111 Church Street.

 Patrolman David Bell and Patrolman Tom Pollock were able to locate a witness that saw two white males that were in the area of the vehicles during the time the burglaries would have had to occur. The two white males left the area in a white Chevrolet Impala.

(Read the rest of the story in the July 26th print edition of the Dresden Enterprise!)

 

 

By David Fisher david@dresdenenterprise.com

 

A string of thunderstorms Friday night caused minor damage in sections of Tennessee and Kentucky, leaving several areas without electrical power as the high winds toppled trees, tree limbs and some power lines.

Weakley County Municipal Electric System Director Faron Collins said, “We had some scattered damage all over the system – from down around Bradford to South Fulton and over into the east part of Weakley County.”

Collins stated that the storms, which came through Weakley County around 8 p.m., didn’t cause any major damage. But said, “We had enough isolated damage scattered around that it took us four or five hours before we could get the electricity back on at some residences. It was nothing major, just widespread.”

Collins added that there were about four crews working to repair damage to the county’s electrical system in the wake of the high winds.

In Dresden, the storm downed a light pole at Wilson Park that had illuminated the large ball field, and destroyed an array of high-powered lights mounted on the pole when it crashed to the ground.

Dresden Mayor Danny Forrester stated that the light pole that fell was the one behind the dugout on the first-base side of the high school ballfield. He added that a section of fence crushed by the falling pole would also have to be repaired. Forrester stated that Weakley County Municipal Electric System was scheduled to begin repair work Monday.

(Read the rest of this story, plus many more in this week's edition of the Dresden Enterprise!)