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VOL. CXIX, NO. 25 n $1.00 n SERVING RHEA COUNTY COMMUNITIES SINCE 1898 WWW.RHEAHERALDNEWS.COM THE HERALD-NEWS Sunday March 26, 2017 News Tips Email: [email protected] Phone: (423) 775-6111 n n n n n n n ONLINE EXTRAS AT RHEAHERALDNEWS.COM Galleries: Photos from local teams’ sporting events can be viewed and purchased online. To subscribe, call (423) 775-6111 INDEX Viewpoint LifeStyles Academics 4 6 8 OBITUARIES PAGE 3 Cuisine Sports Classifieds 9 10 13 CYnthia “Cindy” Allen Michael “Corky” Caraway Phillip C. Carriger Charles Boyd Smith “Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentle- ness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.” — Galatians 6:1 Bryan College anglers remain No. 1 in the nation SPORTS, PAGE 10 RCHS Eagles sweep series with White Co. SPORTS, PAGE 10 WITH MEMBERS-ONLY DISCOUNT ON ALL MODELS & ACCESSORIES Rhea native to appear on Jeopardy Photo submitted Rhea County resident Jace Cochran, right, is pictured above with Jeopardy host Alex Trebek. Local fans of Jeopardy might recognize a familiar face on an upcoming broadcast of the game show as Rhea County’s own Jace Cochran will appear on an epi- sode set to air on April 4. Cochran, a Rhea County native, attended Rhea County schools and graduated from RCHS in 2004. He obtained his undergraduate history/political science degree from Carson- Newman University before earn- ing his master’s in Political Sci- ence from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Cochran received his Juris Doctor degree (J.D.) from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. Cochran continues to be an active member of the community. He currently works as the Munic- ipal Judge for the City of Graysville as well as an attorney at the Law Office of Jace Cochran in Dayton. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Directors for the Women’s Care Center. A proud Golden Eagle alumnus, he recent- ly participated in the Rhea Coun- ty Baseball alumni game held on March 10 at Rankin Field. “Rhea County is my home and I don’t take the opportunity to practice law here in my home- town for granted. Dayton and the Rhea County community is truly a special place,” he said. BY CHRISTOPHER HALL STAFF REPORTER At a Rhea County Com- mission meeting on Tuesday, county commissioners voted to use $165,000 in Tennessee Valley Authority impact funds to purchase a chipper/spread- er and tractor with a mower for the Rhea County Highway Department. County officials said that some county roads are in dire need of repair and that the Rhea County Highway Department does not cur- rently have enough of the necessary equipment to maintain and repair roads. The Rhea County Com- mission will meet next in a workshop session on Tuesday, April 11, at 6 p.m. in the con- ference room of the Phil Swafford Building. The next regularly scheduled meeting is set for Tuesday, April 18, at 7 p.m. also in the conference room of the Phil Swafford Building. Both meetings are open to the public. FROM STAFF REPORTS THE HERALD-NEWS County approves $165K for road equipment RETC lands $500K state grant The Rhea Economic and Tourism Council [RETC] has landed a $500,000 state grant to develop site access to the future Rail Hub South Industrial Devel- opment site, according to state and local officials. RETC Executive Director Dennis Tum- lin said that RETC will be paying a 5 percent local match, putting RETC’s con- tribution at $25,000. “Since we are a Tier 4 federally dis- tressed county, we only have to contribute a 5 percent local match of $25,000,”Tum- lin said.“The Rhea Economic and Tourism Council was the grant applicant to ben- efit the City of Dayton’s new Rail Hub South Industrial Development project.” Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Eco- nomic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe recently announced that RETC and 17 other com- munities and local organizations through- BY REED JOHNSON MANAGING EDITOR See SHOW, PAGE 2 See GRANT PAGE 2 U.S. ARMY FIELD BAND AND SOLDIERS CHORUS Herald-News photos by Christopher Hall The Herald-News partnered with Bryan College on Tuesday to host the U.S. Army Field band and Soldiers Chorus in Rudd Auditorium at Bryan College on Tuesday. The concert was forced to end early during intermission due to power outages during the Tuesday storm, and The Herald-News would like to thank everyone who attended a wonderful show. To view more photos from the event, see Page 2. Herald-News photo by Christopher Hall A roof from a nearby building blew onto Jacob Myers’ Deli during the storm on Tuesday night. Both county and city officials said the storm caused power outages and fallen trees throughout the area but no injuries were reported.
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VOL. CXIX, NO. 25 n $1.00 n SERVING RHEA COUNTY COMMUNITIES SINCE 1898 WWW.RHEAHERALDNEWS.COM
THE HERALD-NEWS SundayMarch 26, 2017
News TipsEmail: [email protected]
Phone: (423) 775-6111
nnnnnnn
ONLINE EXTRAS AT
RHEAHERALDNEWS.COM
Galleries: Photos from local teams’ sporting events can be viewed and purchased online.
To subscribe, call (423) 775-6111
INDEX
Viewpoint
LifeStyles
Academics
4
6
8
OBITUARIES
PAGE 3
Cuisine
Sports
Classifieds
9
10
13
CYnthia “Cindy” AllenMichael “Corky” CarawayPhillip C. CarrigerCharles Boyd Smith
“Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentle-ness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.”
— Galatians 6:1
Bryan College anglers
remain No. 1 in the nation
SPORTS, PAGE 10
RCHS Eagles sweep
series with White Co.
SPORTS, PAGE 10
9=8="Xnkg"Iu{tz’"N}’42"Jg’zut2"ZT"詐".:89/":<>3?969WITH MEMBERS-ONLY DISCOUNT
ON ALL MODELS & ACCESSORIES
Rhea native to appear on Jeopardy
Photo submitted
Rhea County resident Jace Cochran, right, is pictured above with Jeopardy host Alex Trebek.
Local fans of Jeopardy might recognize a familiar face on an upcoming broadcast of the game show as Rhea County’s own Jace Cochran will appear on an epi-sode set to air on April 4.
Cochran, a Rhea County native, attended Rhea County schools and graduated from RCHS in 2004. He obtained his undergraduate history/political
science degree from Carson-Newman University before earn-ing his master’s in Political Sci-ence from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Cochran received his Juris Doctor degree (J.D.) from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law.
Cochran continues to be an active member of the community. He currently works as the Munic-ipal Judge for the City of Graysville as well as an attorney at the Law Office of Jace Cochran
in Dayton. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Directors for the Women’s Care Center. A proud Golden Eagle alumnus, he recent-ly participated in the Rhea Coun-ty Baseball alumni game held on March 10 at Rankin Field.
“Rhea County is my home and I don’t take the opportunity to practice law here in my home-town for granted. Dayton and the Rhea County community is truly a special place,” he said.
BY CHRISTOPHER HALLSTAFF REPORTER
At a Rhea County Com-mission meeting on Tuesday, county commissioners voted to use $165,000 in Tennessee Valley Authority impact funds to purchase a chipper/spread-er and tractor with a mower for the Rhea County Highway Department.
County officials said that some county roads are in dire need of repair and that the R h e a C o u n t y H i g h w ay
Department does not cur-rently have enough of the necessary equipment to maintain and repair roads.
The Rhea County Com-mission will meet next in a workshop session on Tuesday, April 11, at 6 p.m. in the con-ference room of the Phil Swafford Building. The next regularly scheduled meeting is set for Tuesday, April 18, at 7 p.m. also in the conference room of the Phil Swafford Building.
Both meetings are open to the public.
FROM STAFF REPORTSTHE HERALD-NEWS
County approves $165K for road equipment
RETC lands $500K state grant
The Rhea Economic and Tourism Council [RETC] has landed a $500,000 state grant to develop site access to the future Rail Hub South Industrial Devel-opment site, according to state and local officials.
RETC Executive Director Dennis Tum-lin said that RETC will be paying a 5 percent local match, putting RETC’s con-tribution at $25,000.
“Since we are a Tier 4 federally dis-tressed county, we only have to contribute a 5 percent local match of $25,000,” Tum-lin said. “The Rhea Economic and Tourism Council was the grant applicant to ben-efit the City of Dayton’s new Rail Hub South Industrial Development project.”
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Eco-nomic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe recently announced that RETC and 17 other com-munities and local organizations through-
BY REED JOHNSONMANAGING EDITOR
See SHOW, PAGE 2
See GRANT PAGE 2
U.S. ARMY FIELD BAND AND SOLDIERS CHORUS
Herald-News photos by Christopher Hall
The Herald-News partnered with Bryan College on Tuesday to host the U.S. Army Field band and Soldiers Chorus in Rudd Auditorium at Bryan College on Tuesday. The concert was forced to end early during intermission due to power outages during the Tuesday storm, and The Herald-News would like to thank everyone who attended a wonderful show. To view more photos from the event, see Page 2.
Herald-News photo by Christopher Hall
A roof from a nearby building blew onto Jacob Myers’ Deli during the storm on Tuesday night. Both county and city officials said the storm caused power outages and fallen trees throughout the area but no injuries were reported.
