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Property tax stays the same -- for this year (05/23/12)
Bedford County Financial Management Committee, meeting Tuesday night, recommended a county budget and a school budget that won't require a property tax increase. But those budgets spend more than they take in by eating up the county's fund balances, and they have very small fund balance amounts to rely on as cushion...

Bedford: A healthy haven (04/12/12)
According to a new study, Bedford County is better than most Tennessee counties in health outcomes -- mortality and morbidity -- but worse than the state in the health factors that supposedly lead to good outcomes. The annual County Health Rankings, published online by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, and Community Catalyst, show Bedford County as 27th out of 95 Tennessee counties when it comes to health outcomes...

Landfill 'sale' just a transfer (03/23/12)
The site of the closed Quail Hollow Landfill near Raus appeared in local real estate listings to have been sold last week, catching the attention of neighboring residents, but in fact it was just an internal transfer from one division of Waste Management Inc. to another...

Tracy joins effort against insurance demand (02/15/12)
State Sen. Jim Tracy of Shelbyville was among 77 lawmakers in Tennessee and 400 state legislators nationwide who filed an amicus, or "friend of the court," brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to reject the authority of Congress to enforce the individual mandate of the health care reform passed by President Obama...

Caring helpers: Tennessee Cares for Kids steps in to supply items for children in foster care (02/10/12)
A Maury County non-profit ministry is expanding to Bedford County this year. Tennessee Cares for Kids got its start a year ago in Columbia, and provides immediate clothing, personal and school supply needs of children entering foster care. Then known as Maury County Cares for Kids, the group had long-range plans in place to grow the ministry into other counties over a period of time...

Quake drill is critical (01/19/12)
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency is encouraging schools, families and businesses to participate in an earthquake drill next month. Registration is open for the second annual Great Central U. S. ShakeOut earthquake drill, scheduled for Feb. 7 at 10:15 a.m.. Last April, more than 3 million people in 11 states, including 250,000 Tennesseans, took part...

Temporary homes offer children safety, security (12/13/11)
A generation that remembers still speaks of a time when a hungry man could knock at the door of a farmhouse and ask to be fed. A glass of milk, a biscuit from that morning's breakfast. It was the Great Depression. Times were tough, but families took care of their own, taking in cousins or nieces and nephews temporarily when their parents couldn't provide for them...

Lights of Love shine at Christian Care Center (12/06/11)
Take a break from holiday shopping, and join the residents of Christian Care Center for their annual open house and Lights for Love this Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Lights for Love is an annual tradition, sponsored this year by the Bedford County Medical Association Alliance. BCMAA is a non-profit volunteer organization of physician spouses dedicated to promoting good health to all Tennesseans and supporting the family of medicine. It's led locally by Barbara Blanton...

County to sell nursing home (11/09/11)
Bedford County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday night to sell the county-owned nursing home on Union Street, along with the vacant adjoining building that once housed Bedford County Medical Center, to Care Centers Management Consulting, the Johnson City-based firm that currently leases and operates the nursing home...

Only 1 bidder for nursing home (10/26/11)
Bedford County received only one bid for its nursing home and former hospital facility on Union Street -- from the company which is currently leasing the nursing home, Johnson City-based Care Centers Management Consultants. CCMC has bid $3,040,520, less $240,520 it claims the county owes it for improvements which had to be made to bring the building in compliance with state law, for a net cash bid of $2.8 million...

City takes closer look at safety (10/06/11)
The city of Shelbyville is intending to "step up safety" following two critical state audits that have resulted in the reactivation of its employee safety committee. In May, the city received an inspection from the Tennessee Municipal League's Risk Management Pool, followed by a state Occupational Safety and Health Administration check in August, with both groups citing several relatively minor issues...

Johnson had close call during attacks (09/11/11)
In September 2001, Scott and Alice Johnson were living in Washington, D.C. Scott was working as an agent for the U.S. Air Force, while Alice taught at a local elementary school. Their two children were in high school in northern Virginia...

Area not immune to terror (09/11/11)
Shelbyville may seem like an unlikely place to find terrorists, but that doesn't eliminate the need for vigilance or homeland security, according to Scott Johnson, director of Bedford County Emergency Management Agency and a terrorism liaison officer for the state...

New leader joins Christian Care Center (09/02/11)
Christian Care Center welcomed new administrator Mike Rabuka this week. A registered nursing home administrator, he recently transferred to the area from Clarksville. Rabuka will be responsible for the overall operations of the building, management of staff, the center's budget and day-to-day operations...

County moves closer to sale of nursing home (07/13/11)
Bedford County Board of Commissioners voted by a 15-1-1 margin Tuesday night to issue a request for proposals for the sale of the county's nursing home license and facility. That doesn't guarantee that the facility will be sold; the county could decide to reject all bids...

Child facilities gain support from planners (06/24/11)
Bedford County Planning Commission has recommended that child care facilities be allowed as special exceptions in the A-1 (agriculture) and R-1 (residential) zones; currently, they aren't mentioned in the zoning resolution but would presumably be allowed in commercial zones...

Bids may be sought for nursing home (06/22/11)
Bedford County Board of Commissioners' courthouse and county property committee has recommended that the county seek bids from potential buyers of the county-owned nursing home and the adjoining building which used to house Bedford County Medical Center...

County may sue nursing home (06/03/11)
Bedford County Financial Management Committee recommended this week that the county consider a lawsuit against Christian Care Center of Bedford County to recoup $107,000 in utility bills the county claims it is owed, and that the county consider forcing the nursing home to take utility service under its own name...

Healthy response hoped for test (04/03/11)
Bedford and 11 other counties will participate in a drill April 14 to test state and local responses to a public health emergency. The scenario for the exercise involves the release of a nerve agent affecting a limited number of people, and how to deploy medical countermeasures for treatment...

Storm causes little damage (02/25/11)
Scott Johnson of Bedford County Emergency Management Agency said the county experienced "sporadic power outages, downed trees and some temporary flash flooding" as the result of Thursday night's severe weather. "As the strong squall line moved into Marshall County from west to east about 10 p.m., it had some indications of potential tornado activity," wrote Johnson in an e-mail to the Times-Gazette. ...

Juvenile center loses $400K (02/23/11)
Figures presented Tuesday night to Bedford County Financial Management Committee by county finance director Robert Daniel document that the county's juvenile detention center, once touted as a moneymaker for the county, now costs the county more than $400,000 a year to operate and may house only one or two juveniles at any given time...

Storms spring up; be prepared (02/16/11)
In order to survive severe weather, you need to do two things: know, and act. You must know when there is a danger of severe weather. The most-recommended tool for that is a NOAA weather radio receiver, widely available at a variety of local stores...

Higher county costs could cause tax hike (02/13/11)
Bedford County's cost for solid waste disposal could become second only to the county's education budget if Shelbyville does away with garbage pickup, the solid waste authority was warned Thursday. And the county mayor warned that the increased costs could mean increased taxes...

Nursing facility attracts interest (01/20/11)
After hinting last month that it might be interested in selling the county-owned nursing home facility, the county has begun receiving inquiries, according to discussion at Tuesday night's meeting of Bedford County Board of Commissioners' courthouse and county property committee...

County may look at sale of nursing home (12/29/10)
Bedford County Financial Management Committee agreed Tuesday evening that a closer look needs to be taken at the future of the county's nursing home facility on Union Street. Commissioner J.D. "Bo" Wilson said that even though there are 2 1/2 years left on the county's lease of the facility to Johnson City-based Care Centers Management Group, the county should already be looking at its options for the future, including sale of the facility...

Commission: Care center costs county (12/22/10)
When the county leased Bedford County Nursing Home to Johnson City-based Care Centers Management Group in August 2009, commissioners thought they were saving the taxpayers from continuing losses and expenses at the facility. But the county, as landlord, has had to continue to make repairs to the building, including a new roof and a new electric generator, and the cost of those has far exceeded the rent the county receives from Care Centers Management Group, according to discussion at Tuesday night's meeting of Bedford County Board of Commissioners' courthouse and county property committee.. ...

Deadline nears for trash decision (12/12/10)
With no place for the county's trash to go after the first of the year, the county's solid waste authority is recommending to the county commission that they ask to join the Interlocal Solid Waste Authority. Approval was given on Wednesday by the ISWA that both Bedford and Moore County would be allowed to join the group, which could bring a considerable savings to the county in the cost of trash disposal...

County must find new disposal site - fast (11/28/10)
Bedford County has until the first of 2011 to find a new place to dump their trash. Cedar Ridge Landfill in Marshall County is closing temporarily due to a delay in its appeal for permission to expand, and also because space is running out for more garbage...

Tornado forecast creates 'a momentary scare' (10/26/10)
Bedford County Emergency Management Agency director Scott Johnson said that local officials had "a momentary scare" when the county seemed likely to fall victim to a tornado. "We did have a momentary scare this afternoon from the storms," stated Johnson in an e-mail to the Times-Gazette....

Engineering fees gain committee's support (08/25/10)
Bedford County Financial Management Committee gave its recommendation Tuesday evening to a schedule of engineering fees which will be passed along to the developers of major subdivisions. The county is contracting with Smyrna-based Dempsey, Dilling & Associates to provide engineering services. The developer of a subdivision will still hire his or her own engineer to draw up plans, explained county commissioner and planning commission member Linda Yockey...

Summer full of fun (07/04/10)
Trips to the pool, library, zoo, park, movie theater, and more: Sounds like a fun summer. The Bedford County School Age Care Program is celebrating its 20th year of operation. Sheree Floyd, program director, has 32 years of experience with child care and has been with the Bedford County SACP for 13 years...

Nursing home repairs backed by commission (05/13/10)
Bedford County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday night to approve a capital outlay note of up to $450,000 to pay for roof repairs to the county-owned building which houses Christian Care Center of Bedford County. The county is working on an arrangement with Johnson City-based Care Centers Management Group, which leases the nursing home from the county, to repay the note at no cost to the taxpayers, according to County Mayor Eugene Ray. ...

Governor 'not wringing hands' on health care bill (03/23/10)
NASHVILLE -- Gov. Phil Bredesen said Monday that while he opposed President Barack Obama's health care plan over the projected $1.1 billion cost to Tennessee, he stands ready to prepare the state for the Medicaid expansion that the measure envisions...

Gordon's change of vote draws heavy criticism (03/21/10)
As House Democrats approach an expected vote today on health care reform legislation, candidates to succeed U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon have been criticizing the bill and Gordon's last-minute decision to support it after having earlier opposed it. The measure seeks to extend coverage to 32 million uninsured people and the Congressional Budget Office estimates the proposal would cost $940 billion over 10 years...

Nursing home in need of upgrades -- report (03/19/10)
Bedford County Board of Commissioners' courthouse and county property committee heard a report Tuesday night about $790,000 or more in capital expenses said to be needed at Christian Care Center of Bedford County, the former Bedford County Nursing Home...

Emergency communications exercise held at fire academy (03/11/10)
Emergency communications units from local, state and federal agencies operating in Middle Tennessee gathered this week at the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy for an exercise designed to improve inter-agency communications in the case of a major disaster or other emergency...

Severe weather season nears (02/25/10)
This is Severe Weather Awareness Week in Tennessee, and Bedford County Emergency Management Agency director Scott Johnson says that every family, every business, and every church or non-profit organization should have a plan for coping with severe weather...

Local residents to attend Nashville 'tea party' (11/06/09)
A number of Bedford County residents are planning to travel to Nashville Saturday to join others from across Tennessee to participate in what organizers are calling "the first ever statewide tea-party." The rally is scheduled to occur at Legislative Plaza from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, a date that organizers hold significant because it marks approximately one year from the 2010 Congressional elections...

Committee leaves compensation up to individual members (09/23/09)
Bedford County Financial Management Committee members said Tuesday night that it should be an individual decision, not a county policy, if members of county boards and committees want to give up their pay. Earlier this month, Bill Lewis of Bedford County Solid Waste Authority repeated his challenge to members of county boards and committees to give up their compensation due to the tight economy and its effect on county budgets...

Johnson tells Patriot Day crowd of close brush with Sept. 11 (09/13/09)
Everyone can remember exactly where they were on Sept. 11, 2001 when they heard news of the attacks on America. Whether you were at home, work, attending school or commuting, it's hard to erase that day from memory. For Scott Johnson, director of Bedford County Emergency Management Agency, the day has special meaning. He was supposed to be at the Pentagon for a meeting on that day...

Foster mother accused of statutory rape (05/03/08)
A Shelbyville foster mother has been indicted by the Bedford County grand jury for allegedly having sex with a foster child she had access to. Alea Rhea Rippy, 25, has been charged with eight counts of statutory rape by an authority figure, according to true bills issued by the grand jury on April 21...

$21 million is possible cost of Normandy project (04/26/08)
With one eye on the current drought and the other eye on future flooding, the Tennessee Duck River Development Agency will soon be requesting feasibility studies for solutions -- one of which could be raising the pool level at Normandy Dam 5 feet -- which would mean construction work to raise the actual dam and replace the spillway gates...

Planners address church, cycles, waste treatment (04/25/08)
A new church building, a motorcycle dealership and an improved treatment plant for Tyson were some of the items addressed by the Shelbyville Planning Commission Thursday. A public hearing was held concerning Shelbyville's new subdivision regulations before the commission meeting began. No one spoke about the new rules and the commission approved the regulations after that...

Luncheon honors professional women (04/25/08)
The 15th Annual Professional Women's Luncheon, held Wednesday at the Blue Ribbon Circle, honored four women with its regular annual awards -- and surprised a fifth woman by honoring her for starting the event. The event is sponsored by WLIJ-AM/WZNG-AM...

Utility plan for BCNH will cut costs (04/24/08)
Bedford County Nursing Home presented a plan Tuesday night to the county's Financial Management Committee which will allow it to separate its utility services from the Bedford County Medical Center building. Earlier this year, some county officials, hearing that it would cost up to $50,000 per month to operate the boiler which serves both buildings, were concerned that the nursing home would become a drain on county finances once the hospital moves to a new location this summer. ...

Injunction bars Tyson from advertising claim (04/23/08)
BALTIMORE (AP) -- A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday barring Tyson Foods from advertising that its poultry products don't contain antibiotics thought to lead to drug resistance in humans. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett was a victory for rivals Perdue Farms and Sanderson Farms Inc., who are suing to stop the advertisements...

Bredesen pushes long-term care plan (03/28/08)
Gov. Phil Bredesen said that his own mother, last year, was in a position where she was too sick to be home alone and yet not disabled enough to be in a nursing home. Fortunately, she had "a son who knows a little bit about the system," in the governor's words, and he was able to arrange for her needs to be met...

Tyson says it has corrected sewage issue (03/27/08)
Problems with Tyson Foods' sewage treatment facility at its chicken processing plant in Shelbyville have been corrected, according to company officials. Last Feburary, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) issued a notice of violation to Tyson Foods' environmental office in Shelbyville, stating that the plant's sewage treatment facility discharged effluent into the Duck River with levels of ammonia greater than allowed by the plant's permit...

Tyson CEO says ethanol will lead to higher food costs (03/27/08)
When Dick Bond says that the price of food will soon go up due to increased ethanol production, you'd best listen to him. He should know: he's the president and CEO of Tyson Foods. Bond paid a rare visit to the Shelbyville poultry complex Wednesday to tour the facility and meet with plant management as well as officials from around Bedford County...

Interest shown in nursing home (03/19/08)
A representative of a company which might be interested in buying Bedford County Nursing Home appeared Tuesday night before Bedford County Board of Commissioners' courthouse and county property committee. County commissioners are deeply divided on the issue of selling the home. ...

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