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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
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Quebecor building considered for location of Champion Homes |
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By David
Fisher
Staff
Reporter &
Joel Washburn |
Champion Homes is considering locating its business in
Northwest Tennessee, with the Qubecor building in the
Dresden Industrial Park being one of the sites under serious
consideration.
“We are aware that Champion Homes has been looking at a
facility in Dresden,” said Dresden Mayor Danny Forrester.
“We are also aware that they are looking at other sites in
Northwest Tennessee.
“We are being told that everything is moving in a positive
fashion, and we look for a formal announcement in the next
few days, hopefully, where they are going to locate. But we
are comfortable they are going to locate in Northwest
Tennessee.”
According to Jennifer Starks with Champion Homes in Henry,
no decision has been made concerning any location. The
company is awaiting decisions from the insurance company on
the fire, and incentives from state and local governments.
The manufacturing facilities of Champion-Henry burned
February 8 idling approximately 200 workers. All employees
received full pay and benefits through March 15. According
to reports, after employee meetings last week, 73 persons
will be temporarily laid off and eligible for unemployment
and will continue their health insurance at the same level
of co-pay. Approximate 120 will be retained for future work.
Those will continue to receive full benefits and pay.
Champion has inspected
buildings throughout the area including the 300,000 square
foot Murray Outdoor Products building in McKenzie at the
Carroll County Airport, the former H.I.S. buildings in
Bruceton, and buildings in Milan. Each building has its own
drawbacks to occupancy by the company.
(Check out the rest of this story in this
week's print edition of the Dresden Enterprise!) |
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Gleason votes to expand urban growth
boundaries |
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By David
Fisher
Staff
Reporter |
During Thursday night’s meeting of the Gleason Board of
Mayor and Aldermen, members approved a motion to expand the
city’s urban growth boundaries, agreed to pursue the
possibility of constructing a retirement village on the
present site of Huggins Park, approved a wireless Internet
antenna contract, discussed in-service payments for the
city’s police officers, and heard departmental reports.
Urban Growth Plan
Mayor Dunning suggested that the city of Gleason move
forward with expanding the city’s 20-year urban growth plan
to include property located north of the Highway 22
four-lane. The property in question is situated inside of a
triangle formed by Highway 22 on one side, Janes Mill Road
on another side, and the Middle Fork of the Obion River.
Dunning stated that the property located on the south side
of Highway 22, which is across the road from the proposed
location to be added to Gleason’s urban growth plan, is
already included in the city’s current plan.
“This is an area that has been talked about so
many times for (industrial development),” Dunning said. “I
don’t know if we can get it done, but I’d like to see us get
that added to our urban growth plan.”
Dunning said, “It’s a rather lengthy process.” He explained
that if the board votes to proceed with adding the property
to the city’s urban growth plan, the other mayors in Weakley
County, as well as the county mayor, would have to be
notified, in order to allow other municipalities the
opportunity to make adjustments to their urban growth plans,
if they so desire. He added that a countywide committee
would also have to meet to consider the issue.
Alderman Connell moved to
proceed with proposed expansion of Gleason’s urban growth
plan, which was seconded by Alderwoman Diane Poole and
unanimously approved, with Alderman Richard Horn being
absent.
(Read the rest of this story in the
March 19th print edition of the Dresden Enterprise.) |
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Robbery suspect confesses to additional bank heists |
A Weakley County man accused of robbing a Martin bank last
week at gunpoint has since reportedly confessed not only to
that holdup, but to also robbing a Nashville bank.
According to Metro-Nashville Police, Edward L. Tharpe, 48,
of at 118 East Peach Street in Martin, who is being held
without bond for allegedly robbing the University Plaza
Regions Bank branch on Friday, March 7, has also confessed
to robbing a Suntrust Bank branch on West End Avenue in
Nashville in January.
Two local women, who are charged as accessories in the
robbery of Regions Bank branch - Pamela Wilson, 44, and her
22-year-old daughter, Latoya Wilson - are also jailed
without bond.
Investigators say the F.B.I.’s Violent Crimes Task Force is
also working on the case, and federal indictments against
the three suspects were sought when the federal grand jury
convened in Jackson on Monday, March 17.
Items found in the possession of the three individuals at
the time of their arrest linked them to the Martin robbery.
Tharpe was charged with aggravated robbery and theft over
$1,000, while the two females were charged with being
accessories after the fact with other charges possible.
The trio is to appear for
a hearing in Weakley County Circuit Court on Wednesday,
March 19.
(Read the rest of this story in the
March 19th print edition of the Dresden Enterprise.) |
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Autopsy reports fails to reveal cause of Tina Winkler's
death, case continues |
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By Linda
Bolton
linda@mckenziebanner.com |
“The cause and manner of death is undetermined,” is the
official ruling of an autopsy report concerning the 2007
death of Tina Winkler, according to Carroll County Coroner
Steve Cantrell.
Cantrell, who received the autopsy findings last Monday
morning from Dr. Tom Deering of the Forensic Medical Center
in Nashville, noted, “Toxicology reports were inconsistent
with a drug overdose.”
John Mehr, TBI special agent in charge in Jackson who is
overseeing the case, stated, “Plans are that other tests
will be conducted, which may provide more details concerning
what happened to Mrs. Winkler.” He would offer no further
comments concerning the case.
Kristin Helm, TBI public information officer, told the
Banner Monday, “The case will continue to be investigated
until it’s complete and turned over to the district
attorney.” Mehr also confirmed that is the direction the
case will take at this time.
Winkler, wife of McKenzie
medical doctor Volker Winkler, was found in her PT Cruiser
in a thickly wooded area behind the Winkler home in the Pea
Ridge community near Huntingdon, during the early afternoon
on November 23, 2007. She had been missing since the first
part of November.
(Check out the rest of this story in this
week's print edition of the Dresden Enterprise!) |
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