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  • Harriman Happenings, Jan. 27

    The Roane County chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People had their annual Freedom Fund Banquet on Saturday, Jan. 18, at Jamieson Development Center.

    More than 100 people attended the banquet. The theme was “Impacting the Lives of All People.” We shall not be moved. The Rev. Willie Gallaher did a wonderful job as master of ceremonies. The Negro Anthem “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was sung by all. Ms. Mary Hickey was pianist.

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  • Forty years at today’s country store

    Lou Dunn felt right at home when she came to Cracker Barrel Restaurant and Old Country Store.

    Dunn, who is celebrating 40 years with the company, got her start at the original Harriman location on Roane Street, where Ruby Tuesdays sits today.

    “I just loved it,” said Dunn, who has owned her own antique business in Knoxville and has worked in guest relations and customer service prior to becoming retail manager at the country store.

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  • Volunteer Electric gives Midway PTO $2,500 donation

    Volunteer Energy Cooperative’s VECustomers Share program awarded $2,500 in grants to Midway High School’s PTO.

    The program, founded in October of 2001, has donated more than $4.7 million to various community-service organizations.

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  • Lackey recognized by fellow surveyors

    Local land surveyor Eugene Lackey from Oliver Springs was awarded the membership rank of Fellow in the Tennessee Association of Professional Surveyors by the organization’s Board of Directors on Nov. 7, 2013.

    Tennessee Association of Professional Surveyors is an organization of Tennessee Surveyors created for the purpose of advancing the educational status and adding to the professionalism of the membership along with providing for ethical relationship of the surveyor with the general public.

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  • A VIEW from LICK SKILLET: Should taxpayers pay for Chuck’s campaign?

    Well, gentle reader, election year 2014 is getting off to a sprightly start, isn’t it?

    As you have no doubt heard, there are going to be at least two heated Republican primaries in the two Congressional races in which Roane County has had direct interest in the recent past, i. e. the Third and the Fourth Congressional districts.

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  • TVA says power-usage peak this week may exceed Jan. 7 cold spell

    TVA was once again preparing for colder-than-normal temperatures that will create greater demands on its electric system, the agency announced in a news release this week.

    Consumers should be preparing, too.

    TVA’s power system remains secure and stable at this time, the agency said, and steps are being taken to keep it that way.

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  • VEC customers in Roane lose power

    About 4,200 VEC customers, including some in Roane County, lost power early Wednesday morning as another frigid arctic blast hit the region.

    The Ten Mile area of Roane County suffered an outage at about 5:49 a.m. due to overheated equipment. That resulted in the loss of power for about 1,000 customers. Crews repaired the damage and restored power at about 7 a.m.

    The majority of outages are “blink” outages caused when equipment overheats due to the extremely high demand for electricity. This causes a breaker to stop the flow of electricity.

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  • Yager bill may net more school funds

    State Sen. Ken Yager is sponsoring a bill in the General Assembly to change the Basic Education Program. That could mean more money for Roane County Schools.

    The state defines the Basic Education Program as the “funding formula through which state education dollars are generated and distributed to Tennessee schools.”

    The Yager bill was filed this week.

    “As introduced, requires the use of the TACIR model as the fiscal capacity index for the BEP,” the brief description of the bill states.

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  • County paves way for foster care facility

    Businesses in the Roane County Industrial Park could soon have a new neighbor.

    Earlier this month, the Roane County Commission approved a request by Steve Scarborough to rezone a parcel from heavy industrial to occupational/institutional.

    The property is located in the industrial park at 503 Cardiff Valley Road. According to the resolution, Omni Visions Inc. is planning to locate a foster home there.

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  • Downtown demo a possibility

    Three downtown Roane Street buildings, and an Old Roane Street property may soon be no more.

    The city of Harriman is taking bids for the demolition of the old Edwards Shoe Store building, neighboring Looking Good Hair Salon, which burned in a fire, and an apartment building that has been quarantined because of methamphetamine on Roane Street, as well as the home at 338 Old Roane St.

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