Truck Breaks Pole Then Rolls

Monday, July 27, 2020 Athens, Tennessee

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AUB Repairs Wreck Outage

At about 11:30 Saturday night the driver of the 1996 Dodge R25

pictured below lost control on Co Rd 422 near Englewood cutting

a power pole

in half and

then over-

turning multi-

ple times

coming to

rest next to a

tree. AMR

t r ansp o r t ed

the patient to

Starr Re-

gional Medi-

cal Center in

Athens for

t r e a t m e n t .

E n g l e wo o d

Rural Fire Department responded also along with AUB. THP

Officer Dakota Bromley investigating the accident. Photo by

Lynn Ingram with the Englewood Rural Fire Department.

RESTAURANT SPOTLIGHT

COMMUNITY NEWS YOU CAN USE: MEDIC Regional Blood Center will have a blood drive today, July 27th, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Parish Family Life Center at St. Mary Catholic Church. The Athens-McMinn YMCA will be closed today, July 27th, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon due to a planned water outage by AUB. Applications for Leadership McMinn’s Class of 2020-2021 are currently available and will be accepted through Friday, August 21st. The class will start in September and will meet one day per month for 9 months. Participants will learn about government, industry, crimi-nal justice, media, healthcare, etc. Phone 745-0334.

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The vehicle wreck pictured in the left column caused a lengthy power outage Saturday night and Sunday morning. Wayne Scar-brough said that Athens Utility Board repair crews began working on the damage at about 11:45 p.m. Saturday and finished around 4:30 Sunday morning. All three phases of switch 634 on the Old Niota Road near the intersection of County Road 415 and County Road 422 were opened to isolate the broken pole and get all the required work done. Eighty-nine accounts were knocked out of power for some time during this period.

FRIDAY’S MARKET REPORT: The Dow Jones In-

dustrial Average was down 182 points or 0.7% to 26,470. The

Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 20 points or 0.6% to

3,216, and the NASDAQ Composite Index was down 98 points or

0.9% to 10,363.

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Edward H. (Wortie) Bain, age 85, of Athens, died Saturday, July 25th, at NHC of Athens. He was born on July 26, 1934 in Etowah and grew up in Engle-wood. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and was stationed in Japan. He was associated with Bowater for 40 years as a millwright until his re-tirement. A funeral service will be Tuesday at Smith Funeral Home at 7 p.m. with visitation from 4 to 7 p.m.

Obituaries Athens City Schools Broadcast

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Now that many restaurants in are open again, the Health De-

partment inspections have resumed. The following eateries

were inspected between May 11th and July 16th. A score of

70+ is passing.

Tellico Junction Restaurant (Englewood) - 99

Camp Living Stones Dining Hall (Englewood) - 95

The Spot of Etowah - 95

The Curvy Noodle (Etowah) - 100

Michael’s of Etowah - 98

Springbrook Restaurant (Niota) - 99

Springbrook Lounge (Niota) - 100

Camp Fairview Food (Riceville) - 98

AJ’s Concessions (Sweetwater) - 94

Reagan Station Snack Bar (Sweetwater) - 94

COVID 19 Virus Update

As of Sunday, Tennessee has had 93,936 cases of

COVID-19, with 54,730 recoveries and 967 deaths.

McMinn County reports 423 cases with 259 recover-

ies and 20 deaths. Rhea County shows 444 cases,

with 311 recoveries and one death. Meigs County re-

ports 76 cases, with 34 recoveries. Monroe County’s

total is 257 with 145 recoveries and 7 deaths. Brad-

ley County has 1449 cases, 943 recoveries, and 9

deaths. Polk County reports 105 cases with 51 recov-

eries.

The guest on the Main Street Athens radio show, “Main Street Moments,” this week will be a member of the Athens City School Board. You can hear the program each Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. on WYXI Radio, FM 94.5 and AM 1390 or online at wyxi.com

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