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Venable: Only their memories remain
Carolyn Lequire remembers it as "the decade of goodbyes." She rattles off names, one by one, just as they disappeared from the Jackson community of her youth during the run-up to completion of Tellico Dam.
12, at Buddy's Bearden Banquet Hall off Kingston Pike. Enjoy music, shopping, baked goods, food items, small holiday crafts, auctions, cakewalks and a 'white elephant' sale.
Vibrant senior volunteers giving back
It's an unquestionable fact: The population of senior citizens is burgeoning, growing daily, while the age groups available to provide services is shrinking.
Living longer, living large: Senior population growing, getting older
If a slogan could be applied to Orabell "Obie" O'Conner's life, it might be the adage: "Live well, laugh often, love much," but perhaps with the addendum, "Don't worry, be happy." She was born in Grand Lake, Mich., not too far from where the first Model T Fords were being produced.
Southern Appalachia Railway Museum's Secret City Scenic Excursion Train will run trips to see the changing fall colors each full weekend in October.
Tellico Village Women's Club hosts annual Home Tour
GFWC Tellico Village Women's Club is hosting its 14th Annual Home Tour Sunday. Five beautiful and unique homes will be featured.
Tellico club to feature Durkot
From Staff Reports Originally published: September 24. 2009 3:01AM Last modified: September 23.
Loudon city leaders agree to drop liquor fees from 8 to 5 percent
Loudon's two liquor store owners were back before the Loudon City Council Monday, requesting a reduction in inspection fees established by the ordinance adopted late in January.
Volunteers complete ALS patient's dream car
This week, a Loudon County man diagnosed with ALS found out how close an online community can be.
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Good-Ole-Boy Watch: OORC Says Chancellor Williams cited no case law or statutory authority
The Office is also aware of a Chancery Court ruling from Loudon County that upheld a copying policy that charges for the labor associated with producing requested records "Ms. Hodge then shows her inclination to disregard that ruling in these words:
....while respecting the Loudon County Chancellors ruling, this Office is compelled to rely upon the opinions issued by the higher courts of this State as well as the actually statutory language adopted by the General Assembly relative to what can be charged when producing copies."In explaining this inclination, Ms. Hodge then writes the following:
It is important to note that this Office was unable to discern the basis upon which the Chancellor was relying in rendering his opinion due to the fact that he cited no case law or statutory authority when the ruling was made." (Emphasis added)Thus, it now appears that we have an opinion from the Office of Open Records Counsel that Chancellor Frank Williams opinion could have been (or could still be) overturned on appeal.
www.house.gov | David Divelbiss
J.J. Duncan Criticizes Congressional Spending, Omits His Own Earmarks
At a time when most families are having to tighten their belts and be more careful in their spending, the Congress keeps giving big increases to every department. In fact, this Congress is the biggest spending one I have ever been in."Conspicuously absent from this newsletter was any mention of Mr. Duncan's own 1,019 percent increase in earmarks for his own district, and any attempt to explain how it is "different" when he does it. Perhaps that will be included in another franked-mail blitz during the coming year. Anyone wishing to contact Mr. Duncans office can visit this e-mail link: http://www.house.gov/duncan/contactform_zipcheck.shtml Anyone wishing to study Mr. Duncans earmark requests can do so at the link accompanying this article.
www.vanshaver.com | David Divelbiss
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Fisherman looking for lifesaving strangers
Fellow Citizens of Tellico Village:
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win."
Loudon County has lost a lawsuit. The case stemmed from a dispute involving the application of the Adequate Facilities Tax .
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Rarity Properties prices drop - Auction yields big discounts!
When David and Sharon Gordon bought a lot in the Rarity Mountain residential community in 2006, they paid $445,000 for the Jellico, Tenn., property. But after a recent auction, that same lot changed hands for only $5,500, a massive discount and a striking example of the difficulties facing some of East Tennessee's high-end residential developments. The Rarity Mountain lot in Campbell County was one of several that hit the auction block on June 27 at a sale of properties foreclosed on by First Tennessee bank. The sale featured lots from four projects developed by Maryville-based Rarity Communities - none of the lots were owned by Rarity itself - and from a Campbell County project previously called The Villages at Norris Lake. Sale records now have been filed on some of the lots, and while they don't all match the drastic Rarity Mountain sale price reduction, they do show significant discounts for buyers. For example, a sale of Lot 1305 at Rarity Bay in Vonore closed at $11,000. In 2006, that lot had been sold for more than $200,000 to a buyer who was later hit with a foreclosure. Lot 577 in Rarity Bay was sold for $22,000 despite fetching a price of $156,210 in 2006. At Rarity Pointe in Lenoir City, the discounts didn't appear to be as severe. A pair of waterfront lots on Taffrail Drive sold for $250,000 apiece after fetching $425,900 each in 2006. Meanwhile, a trio of golf course lots in Rarity Pointe went for $63,250 apiece after going for $225,900 apiece in 2006. While none of those lots were owned by the developer, the low prices are more disappointing news at a time when Rarity Communities already has been buffeted by legal issues. Earlier this month, lot owners in Rarity Club on Nickajack Lake filed a lawsuit accusing Rarity President Mike Ross of engineering the diversion of more than $10 million for purposes other than Rarity Club, purposes that include other projects that he owns or controls. According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Ross said in a letter to lot buyers that he had defaulted on a major loan and faced eminent foreclosure ....... Read Rest of the Story!
www.vanshaver.com | David Divelbiss
Van Shaver Announces Candidacy For County Mayor
To those of you who have so graciously supported my campaigns in the past, I ask for your continued support. To those of you whom I do not know and have not yet met, I hope over the next nine months to have the opportunity to get acquainted with you and earn your support.At this time it is still unknown whether Doyle Arp will seek reelection to the post.
knoxviews.com | David Divelbiss
J.J. Duncan Causes Flap With Extremists and Kooks Remark
You can never satisfy the extremists or the kooks."Roane County is not in Mr. Duncans congressional district. Nevertheless, some Roane Countians are buzzing the knoxnews.com blogs, wanting to know just whom Mr. Duncan was referring to as extremists and kooks. One blogger, posting as R. Neal, asks Rep. Duncan,
So the folks up in Roane County who have had their property destroyed and their lives disrupted by this disaster are 'extremists and kooks'?Another blogger, Shane Rhyne, posts:
If you have expressed concerns about a government agency's mismanagement and how it has put your life and property in danger, you can see the value Rep. Duncan puts on your opinion.Another blog link is: http://blogs.knoxnews.com/silence/archives/2009/07/roane_county_a.shtmlSo far, no clarification from Mr. Duncan.
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More on TVPOA Lawsuit, and Denial of Access to Records
these documents do not exist" , to
documents that may not be duplicated", to
not open for public inspection".
loudon.xtn.net | David Divelbiss
Ft. Loudon Dam Bridge Reopens Early