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2001-2004 ARCHIVES
2005 ARCHIVES
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News Headlines
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
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Community-wide Celebration Slated for Saturday, January 7 |
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Better than a New Year's celebration is a welcome home party
for the soldiers of McKenzie's 230th Engineer Battalion, Co.
A, and everyone is invited. Come and share in the excitement
and joy as area soldiers are welcomed back into the fold of
family, friends, and community.
The event will be held at the McKenzie high School gymnasium
Saturday, January 7, from 9 to 11 a.m.
Carroll County Chamber of Commerce President Brad Hurley
will emcee the event which is expected to also be attended
by state Senator Don McLeary, state Representative Mark
Maddox, county Mayor Kenny McBride and Carroll County
commissioners from the McKenzie area. Also invited are
Governor Phil Bredesen and Major General Gus Hargett,
Tennessee Adjutant General.
The soldiers will head to Milan in the afternoon where the
celebration will continue with the Milan detachment of
Company A and members of their local community.
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McKenzie Regional Delivers 500th Baby in 2005 |
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MCKENZIE - Austin Alexander is the 500th baby delivered at
McKenzie Regional Hospital in 2005. The young lad arrived
Tuesday, December 20 at 3:38 p.m. He weighed seven pounds
and 13 ounces and was 21 inches tall. April Cash of
Trezevant is the proud mother. The birth was attended by
Anita Baker Ross, a certified nurse midwife.
McKenzie Regional Hospital usually delivers 300 to 400
babies each year with a spike of 527 in the year 1994,
according to Shelly McArthur, OB Nurse Manager. This year's
average is 1.4 babies born daily at the hospital. The first
baby born in 2005 at the hospital was A'quazia Kennedy of
Union City.
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Driver Injured Following Highway 22 Accident |
A Clarksville driver's pickup truck was heavily damaged when
it collided into the rear of a dump truck.Two
persons miraculously escaped serious injury in a rear-end
collision on Highway 22 Monday, December 19 at noon.
According to Trooper Shane Steele of the Tennessee Highway
Patrol, Louis Collobert, 28, of Clarksville and Raymond
Wetherington, Jr., 44, of Henry were each traveling north
toward McKenzie when the mishap occurred. Wetherington's 1997
International Eagle dump truck was slowing to turn right into
Carroll Lake Road when it was struck in the rear by
Collobert's 2005 GMC pickup truck, which was traveling at full
speed.
McKenzie Fire and Rescue team was summoned to the scene to
extricate Collobert, who had already been removed from the
wreckage by another motorist. He was transported to McKenzie
Regional Emergency Room, where he was treated for minor
injuries.
Wetherington was not injured. |
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Carroll, Henry Jobless Rates up Slightly, Weakley Down |
By Linda Bolton
linda@mckenziebanner.com |
Unemployment rates in Carroll and Henry counties increased
in November, while Weakley County's jobless rate fell
slightly, according to latest figures released by the
Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
"There were no significant changes in Carroll or Henry
counties," said Judith Bradberry, state labor market analyst.
"Weakley experienced seasonal increases in manufacturing
employment."
Carroll's jobless rate for November is 7.1 percent, up from
6.7 percent in October. From a labor force of 13,670, a total
of 12,710 persons were employed, leaving 960 unemployed.
Although Carroll's unemployment went up, the November rate is
still lower than one year ago when the jobless rate was
reported at 7.7 percent with 1,060 persons unemployed.
Henry County's unemployment rate for November is 7.2 percent,
up two-tenths of a percentage point from October, according to
the state report. From 14,120 available workers, a total of
13,100 were employed, leaving 1,020 unemployed.
Weakley County's jobless rate fell one percentage point to 6.1
percent in November. From a labor force of 15,440, a total of
14,490 were employed, leaving 950 unemployed.
Tennessee's unemployment rate for the month of November is 5.8
percent, up 0.2 percentage point from the seasonally-adjusted
October rate of 5.6 percent, Commissioner of Labor & Workforce
Development James Neeley announced. The national unemployment
rate for November is 5.0 percent, the same as the October
rate.
"The business survey shows Tennessee's employment growth is
slowing, relative to the nation, causing the unemployment rate
to moderately rise," said Commissioner Neeley. "On the
positive side, some sectors continue to do very well with
steady year-over-year growth, like health care and trade.
Durable goods manufacturing is also showing modest growth."
October-to-November figures show retail trade jobs grew by
5,000. Government employment grew by 1,800 and food services
and drinking places employment rose 1,400. Month-to-month
seasonal decreases took place in arts, entertainment and
recreation, down 1,600 jobs; construction declined by 1,000
jobs, and manufacturing jobs decreased by 200.
From November 2004 to November 2005, health care and social
assistance jobs increased by 6,600.
Trade/transportation/utilities increased by 6,000 and jobs in
food services and drinking places rose by 3,700. Employment
decreased in administrative and waste services by 2,100,
information by 1,900, and accommodations by 1,700. |
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Mohon Plant Closing in Paris; 300 Workers to be Displaced |
By Linda Bolton
linda@mckenziebanner.com |
Mohon International Inc. is closing its Paris plant in
February, eliminating 300 jobs in the Henry County area,
according to company officials. The directors of Sagus Inc.,
the parent company of Mohon, voted to cease operations at the
plant during a recent visit to Paris.
Jim Arthurs, vice-president of Mohon and said more than one
hundred employees were laid off on December 20 with the
balance to be laid off in waves during January and February.
The final layoff is expected to occur on February 17.
Although Arthurs wasn't sure of the exact number, he said
quite a few Carroll County persons are among those employed at
the Paris plant.
The decision came despite efforts of state, county and city
officials as well as local officials of the company, to retain
the manufacturing company.
In a press release issued to media, the companies (Mohon and
Texwood Furniture) announced "they intend to exit from their
veneer plywood businesses, ceasing all production at their
shared plant in Paris, TN."
The release said the decision was "precipitated by a tornado
that struck the facility on November 15, destroying a large
section of the plant and key pieces of equipment critical to
the production process.
A company spokesman said the cost of rebuilding and expected
loss of market share during the rebuilding process made
continuing business impractical.
Governor Phil Bredesen and other state officials also had
visited the plant and tried to assist the company.
Paris City Manager Carl Holder said a group of local investors
is putting together a plan in hopes of acquiring the real
property, machinery, and rights to the trademark name Campbell
Rhea. If successful, a new company would be formed, retaining
40-50 percent of the present business.
"Of course, this is all contingent upon Sagus, the parent
company, being willing to accept the offer," he added.
Sagus acquired Mohon in 1998. The company began manufacturing
school laboratory furniture in 1951 as Campbell Rhea, was then
acquired by Riley Mohon and the name was later changed to
Mohon International. The Texwood firm was moved to Paris in
2004 from Taylor, Texas. |
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