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Scenes from Oath of Office ceremonies, September 1, 2010

Constitutional Amendment

Slate of candidates set in Stanton
August 19, 2010


Four incumbent aldermen and one challenger complete the list of city council candidates for the Stanton municipal election set for November 2.
Mayor Allen Sterbinsky will run unopposed.

The qualifying deadline passed Thursday at noon.

Incumbent Aldermen A.D. Miller, Ruffie Jones, Emma Delk and Frank Fawcett are all running for reelection. Veronica Ronnie Polk is also running for alderman. According to Stanton’s charter, the top four vote recipients are elected to Stanton’s town council.

Two other people, Patricia Tyus and Cassandra Rivers, expressed interest in running for alderman. Both picked up petitions but did not file them.

Stanton candidates

Brownsville voters may get package store question
August 18, 2010

First there was liquor by the drink — that was made legal in Haywood County four years ago this November — then the Brownsville City Board made package beer and beer by the drink legal.

What’s next they said?
Package stores?
Could be.

Brownsville Radio has learned that a petition is being circulated — and we obtained a copy of it — asking that the question be put on the ballot this November.

The petition asks the same question as that which could appear on the ballot:

"Pursuant to TCA 57-3-106 (local option election), we, registered voters of the City of Brownsville, TN, do hereby request the holding of a local option election to authorize retail package stores to sell Alcoholic Beverages as provided by law."
So what’s required?

Election Registrar Andrea Smothers says the petition must be signed by at least 590 qualified, City of Brownsville registered voters. The petition must be filed not less than 60 days prior to the November election. The deadline, according to Smothers, is September 3.

The November election is a General Election meaning voters from all over Haywood County may visit the polls. But if the whiskey store question appears on the ballot, only Brownsville voters will see it. “Only registered voters of the jurisdiction (Brownsville) requesting the referendum may participate,” according to Smothers. A simple majority —either way — wins the election.

Alcoholic beverages eligible to be sold in so-called liquor stores include alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine and every liquid containing them that is “capable of being consumed by a human.”

The alcohol by the drink question passed easily in November 2006, failing at only four of Haywood County’s fifteen polling places. Three of the four were rural boxes.

Through August 18, the election commission had validated 169 signatures from petitions that had so far been submitted.

A copy of petition may be found by clicking on the blue type.


August Election Results

Election 2010

Faces with names needs photos
June 4, 2010

A Tennessee woman is on a mission to provide The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund with photos of Tennesseans killed during the Vietnam War.
Judy Gorman King, of White Bluff, Tennessee, has organized the names by county and is asking that anyone with photographs of those on the list contact her or send a photo.

According to King, an education center is being built nearby the Vietnam Memorial in Washington. A display to include the photos of those lost in the war is planned for the center.

King has submitted a list of Haywood Countians including:

William Coleman, Jr., Army
Andrew Currie, Marine
William Alford Ferrell, Army
William Lewis Haak, Marine
Richard Keith Johnson, Army
Larry Adrian Land, Marine
RT Perry, Army
Albert N Wright Jr., Marine
Billy Lee Wright, Army
James Edward Young, Army

King also lists the name of Norman Lane but reports she has Lane’s photo.

King’s contact information is:
Judy Gorman King
PO Box 226
White Bluff, TN 37187
e-mail: kingfieldpoet@yahoo.com 
 

Disaster assistance available to Haywood County
May 6, 2010

Haywood County has been designated for disaster assistance as part of Tennessee’s federal disaster declaration, according to officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The declaration resulting from severe weather occurring here May 1 through 2.

People and businesses affected by the storm may apply by calling FEMA at 800-621-3362 x 1.

You must have the following information to make application:

  • Address of affected home or business.
  • Names of all people living in the residence when the flood occurred. This includes children from a divorce or elderly parents who live at the residence at least 50% of the year.
  • Social Security numbers for all residents.
  • Type of insurance on the dwelling if any.
  • Phone numbers where residents may be contacted.