Becky Newbold

In a word association game, “coleman fuel” brought to mind camping for several but for a few, the immediate response was “dope.”

“You mean to tell me, all these people think of nice things like camping and you think of dope,” Tommy Farmer asked the woman.  With a nod she admitted she was a recovering meth addict.

Two offices in voting District 9 will be lacking candidates in the upcoming August 5, 2010 election forcing the hand of members of the Board of Commissioners to make appointments in September.

Unless, write-in candidates become certified before noon of the June 16, 2010 deadline.

One of the positions for the Lewis County School Board is currently held by Mike Hinson, who serves as chairman of the elected body.  During 2010 election members representing odd numbered districts will open to the voter’s choice.

News from The Elephant Sanctuary (TES) continued to develop this week following a shocking announcement last Wednesday that co-founder Carol Buckley would be leaving after 15 years with the Sanctuary.

City of Hohenwald officials, at the conclusion of a short regular March meeting, claimed members of the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) were preying on the citizens of Hohenwald to increase revenue for the State of Tennessee.

City Councilman Mike Hinson who serves as Lewis County’s Circuit Court Clerk, explained to the Hohenwald City Council how members of the THP responded to his inquiry about being in the City of Hohenwald, where City Police monitor traffic and other situations.  “Where are the drugs?” Hinson said the THP official asked.

Photos by Becky Newbold and Brian Parton

Most of the law enforcement and emergency response personnel were busy Friday pulling stranded motorists from ditches and from snow drifts when a blast of arctic weather descended on Hohenwald.

Reports were heard from more than the usual sources last week when the Hohenwald City Council met for the December 1, 2009 meeting.

Chief of Police Larry Joe Hinson, Fire Department Chief Steve Vineyard and Building Inspector Billy Jackson each presented their monthly reports, which were accepted.

Homeowner Lori McKinney addressed the Council again requesting assistance with her home in the Edgefield subdivision.  McKinney explained how a mold study conducted by a lab indicated the mold  problem cannot be corrected until the water is re-directed.

Starting at the top, changes in the City government’s jobs will trickle down to all levels, Mayor Don Jones said Monday.

After evaluating the workloads of employees recently, the mayor announced changes to the employees on November 17, 2009.

A resolution to reinstitute a Code of Ethics for Lewis County officials and employees was deferred Monday evening during the November meeting of the Lewis County Board of Commissioners.  A narrow vote of nine in favor of deferring the resolution passed, with seven voting not to defer.

The Board rescinded the State Mandated Code of Ethics in February of this year when the Tennessee Ethics Commission denied authority to “enforce guiding principles” at the county level following an ethics complaint against then mayor, Kenneth Turnbow.