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Wellington Place of Kingston had its Fall Chili Cook-off to benefit Alzheimer’s Tennessee Friday. Jenn Brackett, resident assistant, left, and Mona Wright, daughter of resident DeeVee Gardner, spoon out sample cups.
 

Athletic trainers and emergency personnel know that when a player suffers a neck injury, the best thing to do is immobilize the neck first.
That knowledge may have saved the life of Roane County High School sophomore Seth Haynes Friday night.
Haynes suffered a broken neck during the game at Sequoyah High School in Monroe County.

He has since gone through successful surgery at University of Tennessee Medical Center.
While the injury is career-ending in terms of football, things could have been a lot worse.

The issue of Jim Ryans serving on the Roane County Board of Public Utilities and the Roane County Election Commission became moot locally when he resigned from the utilities board in July 2012.
Before he stepped down, state officials had sought an opinion on the matter from Tennessee Attorney General Robert E. Cooper Jr.
Cooper finally issued one last week.
“A member of the Roane County Election Commission may not serve as a member of the Roane County Board of Public Utilities,” the opinion said.

Dina Jackson has a unique viewpoint of the gradually changing face of Harriman’s downtown from her office at the visitora center next to the historic Princess Theatre.
Jackson moved her office there late this summer so that the center, which is paid for with a Tennessee Department of Transportation enhancement grant, will be open throughout the week.
“It also helps if people want to come and talk about the buildings downtown,” Jackson said.