The Sequatchie County Cancer Support Network is sponsoring a Walk/Run event on Sunday at 2 p.m. at Sequatchie County Middle School. The money received from registrations to participate will go to the network and the money stays in Sequatchie County. Those that participate will receive goodie bags.
The Sequatchie County-Dunlap Chamber of Commerce board of directors is in the planning process for a festival that would be held the second weekend of April 2011. There has been discussion of title and theme and the chamber would like suggestions and/or volunteers from the community to plan this festival. Some of the names that have been mentioned would be in honor of springtime flowers and shrubs such as Dogwood, Redbud and Daffodil. The desire is to plan an event that would be successful and repeatable on a yearly basis. Contact the chamber office at 949-7608 if you would like to participate or have suggestions.
It is census time in the United States and the chamber board wants to stress the importance of an accurate census count, which has tremendous impact upon services, grants and overall funding for the city and county. Please complete your form as soon as possible and return to the U.S. Census Bureau as directed. If for any reason you did not receive a packet, they are available at City Hall and the Sequatchie County Public Library.
The Hidden Falls golf course is now officially closed. The local group to form a new corporation has met and the deposit money is scheduled to be returned to each individual.
County Executive Michael Hudson said officials from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation visited him and said the county had met its goal of 25 percent waste reduction and would be used as a statewide model for solid waste management and how it should be managed.
The county executive’s office will be handing out more than 1,000 T-shirts to students and teachers promoting litter pickup. The shirts are being paid for out of the state litter grant and were produced by the local business Sport’s Place.
Mr. Hudson recently met with the Southeast Development District and got a report on the community development block grant for the county’s portion of the East Valley water extension project. The grant is well on track and is expected to be funded, he said. Combined with the city’s money, the county grant will complete the East Valley project.
And expected $1 million energy grant for the county will be used to replace two heating and air units at the courthouse and one at the library. The balance will go to the school system for energy upgrades.