Changes Announced at Middle Tennessee Natural Gas

January 8, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The New Year brought new leadership to Middle Tennessee Natural Gas Utility District, as Jim Hodges retired and turned over the duties of Executive Vice President & CEO to Mike Davidson.

Davidson comes to the District after an extended career with the City of Cookeville, Tennessee. Davidson served as Cookeville City Manager from March 2015 through June 2019, and prior to that, he held the positions of Cookeville Finance Director and Director of Cookeville Gas Department.

In addition to new CEO Mike Davidson, Cliff Swoape has been promoted to Director of Human Resources & Communications effective with the new year. Swoape has served the District since 1987 when he began work as a part-time meter painter while he went to college. He has served as Property Maintenance, a Service Technician, a Customer Service Representative, and most recently as Manager of Safety & Training for twenty-two years. Swoape resides in Woodbury with his wife Katherine, their children, and pets. He is looking forward to his new role of caring for the District and its employees beyond just their safety and training needs. Swoape said he remains committed to safety, customer service, and reliability always being top priorities for the District.

Founded in Smithville in 1955, the District is the natural gas provider for all or portions of twenty-two counties in Middle and East Tennessee. The District’s mission is to support the growth of the communities it serves by providing safe, reliable, and competitive natural gas service.

January 8, 2020
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Donny Green, County Executive Director of the DeKalb/Cannon County Farm Service Agency, says the DeKalb/Cannon FSA County Committee met in regular session on Thursday, December 5, 2019 to canvass and tabulate the ballots received in the 2019 Local Administrative Area (LAA) # 3 (DeKalb County) county committee election.

R.V. Billings, Jr. was elected to serve as Committee Member and Nathan Cook was elected as 1st Alternate Committeeperson. Elected members began their terms on January 1, 2020.

The DeKalb/Cannon FSA County Committee met on January 7, 2020 to conduct its Organizational Meeting. The Committee selected R.V. Billings, Jr. as the Chairperson, and Javin Fann as the Vice-Chairperson for 2020. Jimmy Womack, Bob Melton, and Grant Williams serve as members of the Committee. Mary Sanders serves as the Committee Advisor. The Committee meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 8:30 a.m. at the DeKalb/Cannon County USDA Service Center located at 647 Bright Hill Rd.

Green says that the DeKalb/Cannon FSA County Committee and office staff wish to express their appreciation to voters in LAA # 3 who participated in the election by voting and returning their ballots. “The local County Committees are a very important part of Farm Service Agency’s program delivery and administrative processes,” added Green.

For more information about FSA’s County Committees or other program inquiries, call 597-8225 (extension 2) or come by the DeKalb/Cannon County Farm Service Agency office at 647 Bright Hill Street in Smithville. You can also visit the agency’s web site at: www.fsa.usda.gov.

January 8, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Two “DeKalb County Neighbors Helping Neighbors” blood drives are coming up in January.

The first will be Friday, January 10 from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. outside in the parking lot of the Family Medical Center in the bloodmobile. The second blood drive will be Monday January 20 from 12 noon to 5 p.m. at the Community Complex in front of the Senior Citizens location. At the Family Medical Center drive, all donors will be given a “BA Fleece Blanket” and those age 18 and older will be entered in two drawings for a “$200 Pier 1 Imports Gift Card” and a “Las Vegas trip for two”.

You may schedule an appointment at www.bloodassurance.org/dekalb. or www.bloodassurance.org/familymedctr. You may also contact Michiko Martin concerning the Family Medical Center blood drive at 615-597-4395 or mmartin@dtccom.net. You may also contact Jimmy Poss at 615-464-7426 or jimposs72@yahoo.com concerning the blood drive at the county complex.

Walk-ins are also welcome.

Blood Assurance is the sole blood provider for the local hospitals and your donation is needed for an adequate supply. Remember three lives can be saved with every donation.

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