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Midtown annexation IS possible

The state senate bill that created an annexation moratorium does not necessarily protect all of Midtown’s Hwy. 70 corridor from Harriman’s reach after all.
Instead, the bill’s moratorium against any city extending its corporate limits by annexation ordinance from April 1, 2013, to May 1, 2014, only extends to property used primarily for residential or agricultural purposes.
It says nothing about commercial properties.
Also, the citizen voting requirement for annexation is a no-go.

Jim Henry officially DCS director

Forget the interim part: After a short stint filling in, Kingston’s Jim Henry is now the commissioner of the Department of Children’s Services.
Gov. Bill Haslam announced the full appointment Tuesday to the beleagured department.
Henry, the first commissioner of the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, had also been serving as interim director of DCS since February’s resignation of former DCS commissioner Kate O’Day.

Ladd answers sought

After months of holding their tongues on slowdowns that have attended the Ladd Landing Greenway project, Kingston City Council members let loose with a barrage of concerns at a work session on May 7.

Unfortunately, engineer Kent Olson of Vaughn and Melton was the only one present to field the complaints.

Olson was at the meeting as a fill-in for Danl Hall, the man who is actually the chief engineer on the project. Thus, he was unable to answer council’s sometimes-pointed questions as to why the project is experiencing difficulties.

Roane County Tea Party meets; co-chairman in D.C.
Rocky’s case gets rockier

Rocky Houston suffered another setback in his criminal case last week. U.S. Magistrate C. Clifford Shirley Jr. issued a report and recommendation, advising District Court Judge Danny Reeves to deny Houston’s motion to suppress pole camera footage.

Aytes wants to give back $3,000

Gary Aytes’ contract with the Roane County Board of Education calls for him to get a $3,000 raise this year.
Aytes, the county’s director of schools, wants to forgo the pay increase.
It’s an issue of fairness, he said. 
The 2013-14 proposed budget the school board discussed during a work session on Tuesday does not include across-the-board raises for school system employees.
“It’s really not fair for me to get a raise, and nobody else,” Aytes said.

Neighbor denies firing at Tiger Haven

Toby Dean Rhynehart spent almost 24 hours in the Roane County Jail last week.
“I shouldn’t have been in there to start with,” he said.
Roane County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Self charged Rhynehart with reckless endangerment on May 14 after rounds from his firearm allegedly went onto the property of Tiger Haven, a big-cat sanctuary in East Roane County.   

Rhynehart denied the allegations in Self’s report and said he was merely exercising his Second Amendment right on his own property. 

Lady Waves advance to region tourney, Harriman eliminated

The District 3-A Softball Tournament came to a close Thursday night at Tellico Plains.

Two Roane County teams, Harriman and Midway, met in the loser’s bracket elimination game. Midway lived to fight another day with a 6-3 win over Harriman. The victory secured Midway a berth in next week’s Region 2-A Tournament.

Lady Jackets come up just short of region

It’s hard to beat a good team three times in a season.

The Kingston Lady Jackets found out just how hard Thursday evening, as despite sweeping Stone Memorial in the regular season, the Lady Panthers ended Kingston’s season with a 2-1 victory in the District 4-AA Tournament at Alcoa.

Layoffs coming at Toho

Approximately 65 employees will likely be out of work by this fall when Toho Tenax America moves part of its operations to Japan and Germany.
“Despite the hard work and best efforts of TTA’s dedicated and hardworking employees, production at the Rockwood location will be significantly reduced by the end of the third quarter 2013,” said Rob Klawonn, president at Toho Tenax America Inc.
That would be by the end of September.
Klawonn also read a company statement:

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