Closing Courthouse for COVID-19 action stalls
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CLINTON, Tenn. An attempt to close the Anderson County Courthouse and other county-owned buildings to foot traffic for a period of time due to COVID-19 concerns failed to pass Monday night.
Anderson County Commissioner Catherine Denenberg made the motion to close the Courthouse and other buildings, and fellow commissioner Theresa Scott seconded. Both represent areas of Oak Ridge. Scott explained the measure would apply not just to Anderson County courts, but also other offices such as the Department of Motor Vehicles and the office of Anderson County Clerk Jeff Cole.
Scott shared statistics on deaths and hospitalizations. She said that measures such as requiring masks would not work well enough for preventing the spread of COVID-19.
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A company manager told Oak Ridge city officials that an air ionization method is one way to reduce diseases such as COVID-19 at Oak Ridge Schools.
“It could really save a life,” Russ Nelson, business development manager with Energy Savings Group, told the officials at a joint meeting of the Oak Ridge City Council Budget and Finance Committee and the Oak Ridge Board of Education.
Board of Education member Angi Agle said she supported that measure.
“The air purification system is mandatory,” she said. “I’m not convinced this pandemic will be the last.”
“We buried my father yesterday. He died from COVID,” she said. Thomas E. Douglass, her father, died on Dec. 6 in Oak Ridge. The 84-year-old man was retired from Y-12 National Security Complex, where he was manager of mechanical engineering, according to his obituary.
BY PENNYLYNN WEBB
pwebb@palestineherald.com Dec 14, 2020
Dec 14, 2020
Pictured are Arlene McReynolds, Monica Meade, Elaine Huddleston and President Tammy Norris of Pionette garden club, Linda Jean Brown, Event Organizer, Lilly Duncan of The Stock Pot, Sherry Kirkwood of Cars of Palestine and Lynn Willhite of WE CARE Palestine. COURTESY PHOTO
The Dogwood Garden Club named the winners for this yearâs Festival of Trees Saturday, Dec. 12.
Bette Pollock is the one responsible for the idea for WE CAREâs winning tree.
WE CARE Palestine received first place for the second year in a row, after being named the 2019 first place recipient. The non-profit was honored with $1,000 for its win.