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Volume 116, Number 1 Gainesboro, Tennessee, Tuesday, January 1, 2013 1 Section, 12 Pages

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Thursday, Jan. 10 has been declared Food Service Staff Appreciation Day by a resolution passed by the Jackson County Board of Education.

Students will be recog-nizing and expressing their appreciation to the food ser-vice staff in their schools using an Alice in Wonder-land theme. There will be a variety of activities in each school to honor and celebrate the work of the food service School Board

MinutesDec. 17

The Jackson County Board of Education met in quarterly session on Dec. 17, 2012 at 6 p.m. at the Central Office. Members present were Dewey Mabery, Jeff Lynn, James Robert Chil-dress, Scott Heinrich (arrived late), Mark Brown and Sandy Ragland. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Dewey Mabery.

A motion made by Mark Brown, seconded by Jeff Lynn, approved the following consent agenda: Adopted the agenda, approved the Nov. 19 meeting minutes, approved Federal Amendment #3, ap-proved Quarterly Reports, approved Family Medical Leave for Sabrina Wade, Gainesboro Elementary Of-

fice (Nov. 29, 2012 thru Jan. 31, 2013), accepted a resig-nation letter from Barbara McAboy, Gainesboro Ele-mentary Cafeteria (effective Nov. 29, 2012) and accepted a resignation letter from Jes-sica Oakley, Dodson Branch Nurse/Attendance (effective Dec. 18, 2012). Voting was as follows: Sandy Ragland, Yes; Mark Brown, Yes; Scott Hei-nrich, (arrived late); James Robert Childress, Yes; Jeff Lynn, Yes; Dewey Mabery, Yes. Motion carried.

Ronnie Scott, Technol-ogy Coordinator, informed school board members of technology updates through-out the school system and announced the new district

Get Fit Winners - On Dec. 19, awards were presented to the Jackson County winners of the Highlands’ Get Fit Challenge at the Gainesboro-Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Office. The Get Fit Challenge is an annual competition among the four Highlands Initiative Counties: Jackson, Overton, Putnam and White. The Jackson County Health Department won third place in the overall rankings and first place in Category One. Eaton Corporation won first place in Category Two and Jackson County Middle School won first place in Cat-egory Three. Individual winners from Jackson County Included Ethan Norman who received $50 for coming in third place with 13,713 points, Phillip Norman received $75 for placing second with 16,282 points and Renee Cooper was awarded $100 for placing first with a whopping 18,067 points. “We are very proud of how well the Jackson County teams have performed over the past two years in this regional competition and hope to do even better next year,” stated Jennifer Scott Jackson County Chair. See more on page 4.

Get Fit Winners Receive Awards

On Dec. 26, 2012, the Gainesboro Police Depart-ment, assisted by Deputy Chris Carter of the Jackson County Sheriff’s Depart-ment, investigated a motor vehicle crash involving a semi-rig that ran over the embankment in front of the Dollar General store. Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Garrison also as-sisted in the crash investi-gation. At the conclusion, the two occupants were arrested on various and multiple charges.

Arrested was Brian Lee Rice of 233 Scantland Lane, Gainesboro. He was charged with one count of Driving Under the Influ-ence, one count of Reckless Driving, one count of Un-authorized Use of Vehicles, three counts of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, one count of Possession of Schedule II Narcotics, one count of Possession of Schedule III Narcotics and one count of Introduction of Contraband into a Penal Institution. He is being held in the Jackson County Correctional Facility on a $14,000 bond. His arraign-ment is Jan. 3.

Also arrested was Teresa Lenoir Shirley of 276 Logan Spears Road, Hilham. She was charged with one count of Posses-sion of Drug Paraphernalia. During the records check of both individuals, Shirley was found to have an active warrant issued out of Jack-son County for Worthless Checks. She is being held in the Jackson County Cor-rectional Facility until her arraignment on Jan. 3.

Johnson’s Garage pro-vided the wrecker service to remove the rig from

Crash Investigation Leads To Arrests

where it went over the em-bankment.

“It is very fortunate no one was hurt during this incident,” stated Chief Rick Larnerd. “The potential was there for very serious injury. Through continuing teamwork, the Gainesboro Police Department and Jackson County Sheriff’s Department took a high volume of illegal narcotics and an impaired driver off our streets. We will hold these two accountable for their actions by prosecuting them to the fullest extent of the law.”

If you have informa-tion about a crime, you can report it by calling 931-268-0416. You may also report it by visiting www.gainesboropolice.com or visiting the Jackson County Sheriff ’s or Gainesboro Police Department’s Face-book pages.

Teresa Shirley

Brian Rice

staff. A student led A-Team (A for appreciation) is plan-ning activities designed to get their fellow students and the community involved in the expression of apprecia-tion for these valuable staff members.

“Many people in our community do not realize the importance of our school food service staff,” said School Superintendent Joe Barlow. “They provide breakfast for a significant number of our

Scott Announces New District Website

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The Upper Cumber-land Human Resource Agency would like to re-mind those who receive assistance through the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program, known as Commodities; it is time for recertification of their commodities card. With 2013 deliveries right around the corner, it is very important for recipients to recertify their commod-

Food Service Staff To Be Honoredstudents and a nutritious lunch for an overwhelming majority of our students. Without them, many of our students would not be ready to learn.”

Food Service Staff Ap-preciation Day is one of eight days set apart during the year to honor school system em-ployees as part of the system’s Employee Appreciation Pro-gram promoted by Utrust.

“The program is intended to instill an ‘attitude of grati-tude’ in the students and give them practical opportuni-

ties to develop and practice leadership skills,” said Dr. Dan Tollett, founder of the program and administrator of Utrust, the organization which promotes the pro-gram statewide. “At the same time, they are carrying out an equally important task of thanking employees for their work,” Tollett continued.

For information on how you can be a part of this program to show gratitude to school employees, contact your local school system or system coordinator.

UCHRA Commodities Recertification

ity card with their local county offices prior to the first pick-up date. Recer-tification date starts Jan. 2 and will continue until Jan. 18.

If you think you or someone you know quali-fies for this program, please contact the UCHRA office in your county for more information. The UCHRA county telephone: Jackson County, 931-268-9840.

JC Boys Play Crossville

SENTINEL Photo/Michael Vigeant

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