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Wednesday, March 7, 2007
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Students bring gun to Gleason School; say no harm meant |
Thanks to an alert high school teacher, and the existing rapport between he and his students, what could have been a frightening incident was avoided Friday afternoon on the Gleason School campus. At an after-hours skills training session being conducted in the agricultural facility of the school, teacher Jim Bragg was approached by a juvenile student carrying an item wrapped in his jacket. That item turned out to be an unloaded semi-automatic weapon. Gleason School Principal Randy Frazier said Bragg immediately took the appropriate steps to report the incident and noted that a second student was involved in the gun being brought to the campus. “These kids wanted to show him what they had been able to obtain,” said Frazier. “They just didn’t think,” he stated. “The students at no time were a threat to anyone,” stated Weakley County Juvenile Officer Keith Jones. “This was a case of two young men who clearly did not think about the consequences of bringing such an item to school to show it to someone they regarded as a friend.” Jones went on to state that Bragg and other school officials did a great job in responding to what could have been a much different scenario. “When you consider how school and law enforcement officials remain on the lookout for potentially threatening situations, this one has had a very positive resolution…no one was ever in danger of being harmed; there was never any intent to commit an act of violence.” said Jones. As for the status of the students who brought the weapon to campus, officials report that one child was released to the custody of their parents, one was still in Juvenile Office custody, and the investigation regarding how the students were able to obtain the weapon is ongoing. (Read the rest of this story, plus much more in this week's print edition of the Dresden Enterprise!) |
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School board considers improvements for UTM/Westview football field |
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By David Fisher Staff Reporter |
One of the top items for discussion at Thursday night’s regular monthly meeting of the Weakley County School Board held at Martin Primary School was improving the playing field at the UT Martin football stadium, which is also utilized by Westview High School’s football team. Board members also approved a couple of budget resolutions, presented awards to those Weakley County teachers named Teacher of the Year in their respective grade divisions, approved a school calendar for the 2007-2008 school year, and passed several assorted field trips. Football Field Improvements On the recommendation of Martin School Board member Steve Vantrease, chairman of the planning committee, the board agreed to move forward with working out a tentative plan for implementing improvements at UT Martin’s football stadium, which is shared by Westview High School. The proposed improvements include installing artificial turf, which if approved, would cost the Weakley County School System approximately $250,000, payable in equal annual installments over 10 years. The construction of a concession stand at the stadium for use by Westview High School is also being considered as part of the project. On a motion by Vantrease, the board agreed to allow Westview Principal David Byers and UTM officials to work out the details of an agreement in consultation with the Weakley County School Board. If and when a plan is approved, the full membership of the school board would vote on the matter, and if approved, would then go before the Weakley County Commission for its consideration.
(Read the rest of this story in the March 7th print edition of the Dresden Enterprise!) |
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Dresden City Board approves infrastructure improvements |
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By David Fisher Staff Reporter |
Among those items discussed during Monday night’s regular monthly meeting of the Dresden Board of Mayor and Aldermen was improvements to the city’s infrastructure. Alderman Gwin Anderson, who also serves as vice mayor, filled in for Mayor Danny Forrester due to the mayor being ill and unable to attend the meeting. Infrastructure Improvements Child Street Bridge - Vice Mayor Anderson stated that an engineering report on the Child Street Bridge indicated that it would cost approximately $95,000 to be replaced. After discussion on the issue, the board voted unanimously to bid out the construction of the bridge, which would be paid for out of the coming fiscal year’s budget. Manhole Repairs - Anderson also reported that the sewer camera study has revealed that there are two manhole covers located on Hwy. 22 that are buried deep below street level and would have to be repaired. One is approximately eight-feet deep and the other six-feet deep, which exceeds the depth that the city can fix the problem to get them back to street level so they will be accessible. “We checked, and the company that’s here doing the sewer renovation project right now can make a repair, and they have a bid of $4,500 for each one of these man-holes, making a total of $9,000.” When asked for clarification on this situation, Dresden Public Works Director Kerry Cooper said, “What makes it where we can’t do it is the slope they’re on, and we just can’t get to it with what (equipment) we’ve got. If it was flat, it wouldn’t be any trouble.” Dresden Finance Director Melanie Bynum stated that a change order could be written up and submitted for approval by the state to include this additional work, using money already approved for the city’s sewer rehab project.
(Read the rest of this story in this week's print edition of the Dresden Enterprise!) |
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Weakley County man charged with vehicle burglary |
Martin Police credits a good witness description with helping to solve a vehicle burglary Wednesday night. Around 10 p.m., Ptl. Brad Cook took a report from Bryan Barnes at the AGR House located at 225 University Street concerning a suspicious person that he saw walking away from the parking lot of the Fraternity House. Barnes told the officer that he also noticed that the dome light was turned on inside of his vehicle, and when he checked on it, he found that several items were missing. Barnes was able to provide a detailed description of the man and the vehicle that he observed leaving the area. Approximately 15 minute later, Ptl. Marty McClure found a vehicle matching the description of the one being driven by the suspect parked at Huck’s convenience store on North Lindell Street in Martin. The officer identified the driver of the vehicle as 51-year-old Wallace Sowell of Rock McClain Road in Weakley County. Ptl. McClure found several items in Sowell’s possession linking him to the car burglary. Sowell is charged with burglary from a vehicle, theft, possession of burglary tools, and disorderly conduct. (Read the rest of this story in the March 7th edition of the Dresden Enterprise!) |
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