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Wednesday, July 4, 2007
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County Commission approves tentative budget for FY 2007-08 |
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By David
Fisher Staff Reporter |
Members of the Weakley County Commission approved a
tentative budget for fiscal year 2007-08 until the budget
can be finalized.
Commissioners also approved several budget amendment
resolutions, as well as resolutions: giving the General
Sessions Court of Weakley County jurisdiction in mental
health cases, doubling Weakley County's existing purchasing
limit, amending the Joint Economic and Community Development
Board Interlocal Agreement in Weakley County, and a
resolution authorizing the disposal of surplus electronic
equipment through the use of a recycling program.
Additionally, commissioners approved a list of appointments
to various committees and election of several notaries
public, and gave special recognition to the Weakley County
Department of Finance for winning an award.
Items in committee reports included discussion on the status
of the Weakley County spec building, Everett-Stewart
Regional Airport, and Weakley County Election Commission
building.
(Read the rest of this story, plus much more in this week's print edition of the Dresden Enterprise!) |
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Former Dresden resident killed; McKenzie man injured |
A former Dresden resident lost his life and a McKenzie man
was injured in a two-vehicle collision early Tuesday, June
26, which took place in rural Henry County.
According to a report filed by Sgt. Mark Ford of the
Tennessee Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at 6:08 a.m.
on Ben Smith Road, approximately six miles south of the town
of Henry.
Sgt. Ford states that the crash, described as a head-on
collision, took place when Mitchell Clayton Dilday, 45, of
2750 Ben Smith Road, who was westbound in his 1997 Honda CRV
sports utility vehicle, swerved into the east-bound lane and
struck an oncoming 1999 Ford F-150 pickup truck, driven by
Gilford W. Gibson, 62, of 5776 Cole Street in McKenzie.
Members of the Henry County Rescue Squad removed Dilday from
the tangled wreckage, but he did not survive.
(Read the rest of this story in the July 4th print edition of the Dresden Enterprise!) |
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Sidonia man rescued after being trapped by falling tree limb |
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By David
Fisher Staff Reporter |
A Weakley County man was seriously injured last week as the
result of a tree pruning accident.
Robert Barner, 47, of 1808 Adams Road, Sidonia, was doing a
tree-pruning job for his uncle and aunt - James and Viola
Sampson, who reside at 3449 Boydsville Road when the mishap
occurred. Barner was in the process of pruning the
tree, when one of the limbs he was cutting kicked back
against him, pinning him against the tree's trunk. Due
to the fact that he was trapped high above ground,
bystanders could do nothing to help him and called for
emergency assistance.
According to Palmersville Fire Chief Joe David Laws, at
approximately 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 27, members of
the Palmersville Fire Department were dispatched to the
scene. Chief Laws said that the limb, which was about
eight-inches in diameter, fell back against Barner's leg as
it was cut, trapping him approximately 20-25 feet up in the
tree. "He'd been up there a pretty good while when we
got to him," Laws said. "He was hot, tired and
hurting."
(Read the rest of this story in this week's print edition of the Dresden Enterprise!) |
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