144th Year • No. 55 Haywood County, Tennessee $1.00Two Sections, 20 pages

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Thursday, June 3, 2010

Efforts to help Haywood County re-cover from the surprise flood that oc-curred earlier this month are continu-ing.

Representatives from FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration are still located at the Haywood County Parks and Recreation Center, and are currently still taking application for di-saster assistance.

According to FEMA Field PIO Mi-chael McCurdy, federal assistance has reached more than $151 million in di-saster grants and low-interest loans approved since the major disaster dec-laration May 4 in West and Middle Ten-

nessee.Approximately 1,033 federal and

state employees from across the coun-try are working to help 58,000 disaster survivors who have registered for as-sistance.

Unfortunately, that is a number that still seems low to McCurdy.

“I doubt that’s all the people that were affected by the flood,” McCurdy said.

Over $125 million in Individual As-sistance (nearly $110.1 million in hous-ing assistance, such as rental and home repair assistance, and $15.4 million in other needs assistance, such as person-

al property lost due to the storm); and almost $26 million in U.S. Small Busi-ness Administration (SBA) low-interest loans have been approved.

McCurdy believes that the lower than expected turnout, may have to do with some believing that they don’t qualify for assistance.

That isn’t all FEMA and the SBA has done so far.

* Through the Individuals and House-holds Program (IHP), $125,575,629 has been approved for housing and other disaster-related needs in the form of grants delivered directly to individu-als;

* Housing assistance of $110,092,771, to help pay for emergency rental assis-tance, temporary lodging and housing repairs, has been approved for nearly 25,000 residents;

* Other needs assistance of $15,482,858 has been approved for more than 8,000 survivors to help cover per-sonal property loss, medical costs and other serious disaster-related expenses not covered by insurance to individuals and households;

* The SBA has approved $25,988,900 in low-interest disaster loans for homes and businesses in designated counties;

FEMA and SBA continue efforts to help

“We have Armed Forces Day for our armed forces, and Veteran’s Day for our veterans. But today, we honor all those that have died for our country, Lt. General John Glad Castellaw said Monday to the 70 plus crowd that gathered in front of the courthouse.

General Castellaw was the speaker for this year’s Memorial Day program that was presented by the local chapters of the Veter-ans of Foreign Wars.

“Some [fallen soldiers] are fa-mous. Some not so much. And some not at all,” Castellaw contin-ued. “But they were all united in that they died in combat for this country.”

The program has been held in the County for 103 years, Malcolm C. Wright VFW Post 4838 Com-mander Ray Dixon said.

Dixon revealed the number of

deceased soldiers from Haywood County from each major war of the 20th Century. Although the monument at the courthouse has the name of 108 deceased soldiers, Dixon revealed that number is much higher.

He also mentioned, that any deceased from the current War On Terror, could be added, although, a little reluctant.

“We pray that we don’t ever have to take the chisel out,” he said. “I know you pray the same thing.”

It’ was a statement surrounded by a fearful reality of how many have died in long dormant com-bat, as well as current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Officials have listed over 5,000 causalities from Iraq and Afghani-stan.

After opening remarks from

Dixon, and a prayer led by Chap-lain U.S. Army Retired Lt. Col Bar-ry Presley, the program continued with a few words from DAR Rege-

Memorial Day service held in front of courthouse

Lt. General John Glad Castellaw speaks.

One Heart performs, “Statue of Liberty” during Memorial Day Service on courthouse lawn

On Thursday, 27 May 2010, officers from the Brownsville Police De-partment’s Criminal In-vestigations Division re-sponded to 1042 Hunger-ford in reference to some suspicious items that the resident had found out-side his home. Upon ar-rival, investigators found three (3) Molotov cock-tails hidden beneath the culvert at the intersection of Hungerford and N. Washington. Two of the items were made in 20 oz. plastic soda bottles, and each contained approxi-mately 3 inches of rub-bing alcohol and had pa-per towels for wicks. The larger item was made in a 1-gal. “Evan Williams” whiskey bottle, and was apparently filled with three inches of gasoline and rags. This item also had a paper towel wick. At this time there are no suspects in the case, but it is under investigation. Brownsville Police De-partment officials did contact the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-arms, and Explosives for advice and assistance in this investigation.

Molotov cocktails are home-made bombs, used to start fires and explo-sions. Normally made in glass containers, Molotov cocktails are designed for the wick to be lit and the explosive device thrown at whatever target the bomber has designated. The bottles break causing the flammable liquid to spread, assisting the fire in spreading quickly and causing as much damage and destruction as pos-sible.

Meth ChargesAccording to a press

release from Browns-

ville Police Department Chief Chris Lea, Tuesday, May 25, officers of the Brownsville Police De-partment and the West Tennessee Violent Crime and Drug Task Force ar-rested Mark Lemon, Jr. following a traffic stop in Brownsville, TN. Lem-mon was wanted on fel-ony Methamphetamine-related warrants by the Drug Task Force, and was spotted riding in the passenger’s side of a ve-hicle in Brownsville. Fol-lowing the traffic stop, Lemon gave officers a false name. Officers veri-fied his identity, and also found precursors used in the production of Meth-amphetamine on Lem-mon’s person.

Lemon was charged with the following crimes, and is being held in the Haywood County Jail without bond pend-ing his arraignment:

Promotion to Manu-facture Methamphet-amine

Manufacturing Meth-amphetamine

2 counts of Conspiracy to Manufacture Metham-phetamine

Felony Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

Criminal Imperson-ation

Stolen Car and other crimes

Saturday May 15, at

4:28 a.m., officers were dispatched to 2290 N. Washington in regards to an alarm being tripped. Upon arrival units found the back entry door glass and the front entry door glass had been broken. Nothing was taken from the building.

Police find Molotov Cocktails

In triumphant stride, nine local athletes com-peted among the best in the state, and now will

compete among the best in the nation. The Hay-wood Special Olympics Basketball team has ad-vanced to the national tournament that will be held in Lincoln, NE. later this summer.

Winning first place in the state competition last year in Nashville gave the Haywood team an automatic bid to the 2010 national tournament that will be held July 18 through July 24. This year, the team placed sec-ond in the state.

Costs for travel and expenses is $6,500 or $650 per team member, if you would like to make a donation or help sponsor a child for the trip an ac-count has been set up at Regions Bank in Browns-ville. Or you can mail in your donation to: Area 8 Special Olympics, 1900 12th Ave. South Nasville TN 37203.

Haywood team advances to Nationals

Pictured Back Row (L-R): Coach Travis Mortin, Justin Thompson, Kevin Jones, Quenta Reed, Shaquille Carter, Floyd Boyd Jr., and Chrystal Roach. Front Row (L-R): Julius Hughes, Xavier Robertson, Mark Michael, and James Morgan. Not pictured, Cordarios Baltimore.

Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast

Thu6/3

90/69Mostly sunny in themorning then in-creasing clouds withsome scattered thun.

Sunrise Sunset5:42 AM 8:08 PM

Fri6/4

90/72Partly cloudy,chance of a thunder-storm.

Sunrise Sunset5:42 AM 8:09 PM

Sat6/5

94/75Mix of sun andclouds. Highs in themid 90s and lows inthe mid 70s.

Sunrise Sunset5:42 AM 8:09 PM

Sun6/6

96/70Mix of sun andclouds. Highs in themid 90s and lows inthe low 70s.

Sunrise Sunset5:41 AM 8:10 PM

Mon6/7

88/70Mix of sun andclouds. Highs in theupper 80s and lowsin the low 70s.

Sunrise Sunset5:41 AM 8:11 PM

Memphis91/72

Chattanooga83/66

Knoxville88/67

Nashville91/69

Covington92/70

Tennessee At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Athens 87 66 t-storm Greeneville 85 65 t-storm Milan 89 68 t-stormBristol 84 64 t-storm Jackson 89 68 t-storm Morristown 87 66 t-stormChattanooga 83 66 t-storm Jamestown 86 66 t-storm Nashville 91 69 t-stormClarksville 88 68 t-storm Jefferson City 86 67 t-storm Oak Ridge 88 67 t-stormColumbia 88 66 t-storm Johnson City 84 64 t-storm Paris 89 66 t-stormCookeville 88 66 t-storm Kingsport 87 67 t-storm Pulaski 90 67 t-stormCrossville 84 65 t-storm Knoxville 88 67 t-storm Savannah 90 67 t-stormDayton 88 67 t-storm Lewisburg 87 65 t-storm Shelbyville 89 67 t-stormDyersburg 93 70 t-storm McMinnville 88 67 t-storm Sweetwater 87 66 t-stormGatlinburg 81 59 t-storm Memphis 91 72 t-storm Tullahoma 87 67 t-storm

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 86 68 t-storm Houston 90 72 t-storm Phoenix 96 71 mst sunnyBoston 83 62 t-storm Los Angeles 76 62 pt sunny San Francisco 74 58 cloudyChicago 72 54 pt sunny Miami 91 79 t-storm Seattle 64 52 pt sunnyDallas 94 73 t-storm Minneapolis 80 62 mst sunny St. Louis 83 68 t-stormDenver 84 59 cloudy New York 86 69 t-storm Washington, DC 90 72 t-storm

Moon Phases

FullMay 27

LastJun 4

NewJun 12

FirstJun 19

UV IndexThu6/310

Very High

Fri6/410

Very High

Sat6/510

Very High

Sun6/610

Very High

Mon6/79

Very High

The UV Index is measured on a 0 -11 number scale, with a higher UVIndex showing the need for greaterskin protection.

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