The
repairs and renovations of the area churches are well on
the way to returning all the spires to the skyline of the
Queen of the Cumberland.
  Hibbs-Askew Building is now
gone, given way to progress.
The Cumberland River at
Clarksville, Tennessee
Feb.4, 2002 at 2300
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LeBaggett@Charter.net
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on the future of the community
A new courts center and jail
expansion were in the works before the storm and
are ongoing now that the final location for each
has been chosen. The restoration of the Historic
Court House is well underway, the new Courts Center
construction is proceeding well with the completion
dated to be Mid-August 2002. Excavation on the jail expansion
is now well underway and foundation work has began.
We continue to struggle with the need for
additional school funding issues to meet the growth in student
population and the state
mandated student/teacher ratio in the Basic
Education Plan. Construction on the new 28
million dollar Rossview High School is completed and classes
started in the new building on
August 14, 2001.
At the January 2000 Commission meeting the school
system ask for another middle school ($13 mil) and
another elementary School($8.2 mil). The request
for the new middle and elementary schools was
tabled. Renovations were undertake on the
science wing at Montgomery Central and is now completed.
Additional
classrooms and a kitchen for New Providence
Middle School were completed and are now being utilized.
The $12 million renovation and
addition to Clarksville High School that started
construction by June 1, 2001is on going on on schedule.
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INTERESTS
Primary
interests are education, current events, law
enforcement, technology and civic organizations.
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LOCAL NEWS
IN BRIEF, 7-29-2001
The budget debate ended with the School System's request for 81 cent
property tax increase rejected, once again, and the
requests from other departments that amounted
another 54 cents increase that also failed. Now we start a
new budget cycle. The stated
intent County Budget Committee and County
Executive to maintain the same tax rate as last
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A QUOTE FOR
TODAY AND TOMORROW AS WELL
The debate about tax reform at the state, county
and city is only a discussion about WHICH OF YOUR POCKETS TO TAKE YOUR MONEY FROM
.If
you look carefully, you will find, hands not your
own DEEP into your pockets.
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Badly damaged but
History and Heart Survive
No lives were lost
and no major injuries sustained, so the next
order of business was to clear the rubble and
begin to rebuild our lives and Community.
About 20 county
departments were displaced by the storm, and
finding temporary facilities was a major
challenge.
Since January 1999
the Community and County Commission have been
involved in the reconstruction of county
buildings as well as addressing the facilities
shortages and problems that existed before the
tornado.
For More Photos Of the Progress Click on the next
or a Photo
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