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  • Classes teach CPR basics without the costly fees

    A small gathering of South Harriman Baptist Church congregants know about saving souls.

    Now they are better prepared at saving lives.

    The group took Harriman Fire Department’s Friends and Family cardiopulmonary resuscitation class to learn the basics.

    The free class is a starting point, but it doesn’t give the participants certification.

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  • Inmate lawsuit says treatment was denied

    By DAMON LAWRENCE

    dlawrence@roanecounty.com

    Brandi Rene Buckholtz is suing Roane County and Sheriff Jack Stockton, alleging she contracted the treatment-resistant bacterial infection MRSA when she was an inmate at the Roane County Jail.

    Knoxville attorney Bob Vogel filed the lawsuit on her behalf in U.S. District Court in March. Southern Health Partners Inc. is also a defendant in the lawsuit.

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  • CLARIFICATION

    A story in the June 2 edition of the Roane County News focused on the 2007 sale of land for the Plateau Park Partnership. This story mentioned Tom Kilby Sr. as a business associate of Fred Stout. At the time of the sale of land for the Plateau Park project, Tom Kilby Sr. had no ownership interest in the land, and therefore did not profit from its sale.

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  • Motto not questioned in city building

    A simple suggestion was behind the Kingston Police Department’s decision to post the national motto “In God We Trust” at its office in the new city hall building.

    “We put that here when we moved in,” Chief Jim Washam said.

    “(Councilman) Norm (Sugarman) had the idea. We asked around, and everybody was for it and thought it would be a good thing for our new building.”

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  • RSCC athletes killed when train hits car

    Two young people are dead —  and at least two more were hospitalized as of press time from injuries sustained after their car was struck by a train Friday evening in north Harriman.

    Roane State Community College Raiderette basketball player Jadah Gallaher, 18, of Harriman and Raider team member Roderick Patrick Drummond, 22, of Greenville, S.C., died in the crash at the railroad tracks on Tanglewood Drive.

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  • Rockwood park head reinstated, but on leave

    Rockwood City Attorney Greg Leffew recommended ousted Rockwood Park and Recreation Director Jody Mioduski remain on administrative leave and the resolution to take him out of office be revisited at a future City Council meeting.

    Mayor James Watts agreed, and Mioduski — who was terminated by majority Council vote on May 22 without discussion or explanation ­— will remain on the city’s payroll until Council members can again meet to discuss the issue.

    “We are going to follow what the law says,” Watts said Friday.

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  • RISING FROM THE ASHES

    Outdoor enthusiasts have something to enjoy in the shadows of the Kingston Fossil Plant with the opening of Lakeshore Park.

    “We have over two miles of paved walking trails,” TVA Senior Vice President of Projects Bob Deacy said. “Kayak/canoe launches, fishing piers, boat dock and ramp, pedestrian bridge and picnic area.”

    Officials marked the opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday.

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  • Rockwood water, sewer pay off gas dept. debt two years early

    Rockwood’s water and sewer departments made their final payment on their debt to the gas department late last month.

    Councilman Pete Wright shared the good news with Rockwood City Council late last month — on the same week the final payment toward the approximately $1.165 million debt was made.

    “We are two years early,” said Kim Ramsey, who inherited the issue when she was named manager of Rockwood Water, Sewer and Natural Gas in 2011.

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  • Harriman woman to plead to theft of gov’t funds

    Money that Kathy Ann Winters pilfered from the Alcoa City Schools and two professional organization was used to make purchases from department stores, buy gas and pay her mortgage and car notes.

    That’s according to a plea agreement the Harriman woman signed on May 15.

    She plans to plead guilty to one count of theft of government funds.

    A hearing is scheduled in U.S. District Court on Wednesday.

    “The defendant is pleading guilty because the defendant is, in fact, guilty,” the plea agreement said.

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  • ‘Hey, lady!’ comment dismays speaker

    Westel resident Ann Pickel Harris got an earful from Roane County Commissioner George Nelson when she spoke ill of TVA at a recent work session.

    “Hey, lady! How do you know there’s arsenic over at the TVA?” Nelson asked.

    “Because the test said that, sir,” she responded. “You should have read it.”

    Nelson disagreed.

    “I live out there,” he said.

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