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Wednesday, October 26, 2005
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Curtis Hooper (Red) Summers Dies |
Red enjoyed treating visitors to his shops to sleight of
hand tricks and was an accomplished magician.
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Funeral services for Curtis Hooper (Red) Summers, age 91, of
McKenzie are planned for Saturday, October 29, 11:00 a.m. at
McKenzie Funeral Home. Burial will be in Carroll Memorial
Gardens. He died Tuesday morning at McKenzie Regional
Hospital. Visitation will be Friday, 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at
the funeral home.
Summers was the owner of Summers Golf and the former owner
of Summers Wholesale. He was a retired Bethel College
professor and a magician. He was member of the McKenzie
First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, McKenzie Rotary Club,
and the International Brotherhood of Magicians.
Survivors include: one daughter, Alice Summers of McKenzie;
a brother, Ray Summers of Trenton; three grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his
wife, Wanda Johnson Summers; two brothers, R.B. and Howard
Summers, and a sister, Dorothy Summers.
Click here for more information about Red
Summers.
McKenzie Funeral Home obituary line is 731-352-4811.
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Eight More Wells Show Contamination |
Four water wells on Highway 436 and three on Hansen
Meadows showed elevated levels of TCE (trichloroethene)
following extended testing after two other wells on Highway
436 previously were found contaminated with the volatile
organic compound. Another well at 60 Hansen Meadows, owned
by James Harris, tested borderline for TCE, according to
Mayor Walter Winchester.
Residences showing elevated levels of TCE in the current
section of expanded testing include Hansen Meadows address
numbers 40 (Floyd Lammersfeld); 80 (Myra Reeves); and 105
(Chuck Sisson); and Highway 436 address numbers 8845 (Rodney
Bogart); 8877 (Britt Barker); 8585 (David Lewis) and 8695
and 8725, which use the same well, owned by Connie Curtis
and including Curtis Monuments.
Winchester said affected households will be provided with
bottled water pending the extension of city water lines,
which have so far been extended as far as 8600 Highway 436.
"We're going to personally deliver letters (to the affected
residents) and ask them if they want to connect to city
water," said Winchester, noting he had been advised rural
residents could not be compelled to agree to the connection.
"But it is in their best interests," he continued, "because
it could cause health problems farther on down the road."
Results of wells tested in the northern, Tower Road region
are not yet complete.
Winchester noted Monday that households in the original
sample (tested in August and September) and flagged in
sample data as having abnormal levels of 1,1-DCE (dichloroethene),
were actually lower than the groundwater protection standard
of 0.007, with contamination values varying from 0.0014 to
0.0010. It is not clear why the chemical was flagged in the
report.
However, another compound, 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane, not
flagged as abnormal in those results upon closer inspection
appears to be higher than the groundwater protection
standard of 0.0002. The contamination level was 0.0010 in
both Ronnie Doster's and Tim Doster's wells.
"Large amounts of 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane were used in
the past on certain farms to kill pests that harmed crops,"
according to a government Web site for the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry (www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts36.html).
It was banned as a pesticide in the early 1980s. It is also
used in some industries to make another chemical that is
used to make fire-resistant materials. It is not found
naturally in the environment.
A colorless liquid with a sharp smell that can be tasted in
water at very low concentrations, the chemical has been
determined by the Department of Health and Human Services to
be a possible carcinogen, according to the Web site, because
of animal studies that resulted in the development of
cancers, among other health issues.
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Trick-or-Treating Monday, Some Cities Set Curfews, Urge Safety |
By Linda Bolton
linda@mckenziebanner.com |
Cities throughout Carroll County have designated Halloween
trick or treating be held on Monday evening, October 31. Since
Daylight Savings Time ends Sunday, trick or treaters will be
have less daylight hours to go house-to-house for candy,
therefore motorists are urged to be extra vigilant.
McKenzie Police Chief Harry Cooper said although no curfew
will be enforced, extra officers will be on duty Monday night
and those caught committing acts of vandalism, such as
throwing eggs, water balloons and other projectile, will be
prosecuted to the maximum extent of the law.
"We want everyone to be safe and enjoy Halloween," said
Cooper. "We urge drivers to watch for small children.
Young masqueraders are invited to go by city hall for treats
on Monday evening.
Huntingdon Director of Public Safety Joe Parker said children
under age 18 in that city are urged to be off the streets by
9:00 p.m. Candy will be given to children who come by city
hall, he said.
Vandalism and throwing object is strictly prohibited. Those
who disobey the law will be required to pay fines and court
costs amounting to $124.75, he said.
"We wish everyone a safe and fun time," he added.
Trezevant Police Department will impose an 11:00 p.m. curfew
Monday evening for safety reasons. The officer on duty will
have candy for local children, said Rhonda Cunningham, city
recorder.
Persons involved in acts of vandalism will be prosecuted there
as well. The fine for a fire hydrant violation in that city is
$500.00, while those throwing eggs or other projectile will
face fines of $118.50.
Bruceton Police Chief Ronnie Stewart said an 11 p.m. curfew
will be enforced in that city Monday evening.
Acts of vandalism and throwing projectile will net the
offender a fine of $100.00, he said.
Hollow Rock city officials have asked that no children under
the age of 12 be permitted to trick or treat without a parent
or adult supervision.
An 11 p.m. curfew will be in effect in that city and persons
caught in acts of vandalism will face fines of $100.00.
City officials will have candy during the day Monday at city
hall for local children, including pre-school and kindergarten
students who traditionally come to the municipal complex for
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Watershed Lake Development to Receive $600,000 Boost |
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WASHINGTON - Carroll County Watershed Authority has
tentatively received a $600,000 boost to develop the proposed
1,000-acre recreational lake in the Leach Community. U.S.
Senators Bill Frist and Lamar Alexander reported the Senate
has approved $600,000 to the Watershed Authority for land
acquisition. The House and Senate will form a conference
committee to determine final funding of this and other
economic development projects.
Dale Kelley, Carroll County Watershed secretary, said the lake
project was awarded $500,000 last year by the federal
government for land acquisition. If the $600,000 receives
final approval, the total will be $1.2 million toward the
project. Kelley said the funding is received as much as one
year after the announcement.
Real estate appraisers are currently completing the value
assessment of the necessary land to construct the lake along
Highway 70S. Purchases of land from the 47-48 owners will take
place in 2006 and the design and construction phase should
begin in 2007 and extend over a 12 to 18-month time period.
"We hope to start filling the lake in 2008," said Kelley, who
anticipates the lake will be ready for use in 2009.
As part of an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
the Watershed Authority must also develop a mitigation site.
Three hundred acres of trees will be planted near Crooked
Creek and two miles of that creek will be put back into its
original channel per the agreement. Kelley said the project is
a "model project" in the United States and has never been
done. In the early 1900s, many creeks in West Tennessee were
channelized to straighten the water flow.
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