Senior Centers Provide Hot Lunches for Those Age 60 and Older

January 17, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Interested in a hot lunch and good conversation?

Lunch time meals for individuals age 60 and older and their spouses are provided at Senior Centers in all fourteen counties of the Upper Cumberland. A hot, nutritious meal is served at your local Senior Center at 11:15 a.m. Call your Senior Center for exact times and dates.

Take advantage of this opportunity to have lunch, make new friends or talk with current friends and neighbors while learning about all the great activities provided by the Senior Center.

Interested in having lunch at your Senior Center? All that is required:

1. Call the day before to reserve your meal;
2. Arrive a few minutes early to register for the program;
3. If plans change, call before 9:00 a.m. to cancel your reservation;

For seniors 60 years of age and older, there is no charge for the meal. If you would like to make a donation to the program, which enables more seniors to have a meal, you may do so but it is not required.

The Congregate Meal Program was established in 1972 under the Older American’s Act and is administered by the Upper Cumberland Area Agency on Aging and Disability in partnership with the Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency and local Senior Citizen Centers. For more information call 1-866-836-6678

January 17, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

A Carthage woman was injured after her car left the road and almost plunged into a creek Thursday afternoon on Highway 96 (Lancaster Road) near Center Hill Dam.

According to Trooper T.J. Withers of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 68 year old Deborah Powell was traveling east in a 2016 Chevrolet Cruze when she failed to negotiate a curve and left the road. The car went into a ditch, over an embankment, and almost into a creek before coming to a stop.

Members of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department’s Rescue and Extrication team removed her from the vehicle. Powell was then transported by ambulance to the hospital. Her injuries were not believed to have been life threatening.  The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department and US Army Corps of Engineers Rangers were also on the scene.

January 17, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

A man responsible for a serious injury traffic crash in April, 2017 entered a plea to vehicular assault Wednesday in DeKalb County Criminal Court.

64 year old Terry Owens received a four year TDOC sentence to serve 310 days in the DeKalb County Jail and he will lose his driver license for one year. He has been given jail credit of 310 days from April 8, 2017 to February 12, 2018

The accident occurred at the intersection of Highway 70 and Evins Mill Road.

Trooper Brent Collier of the Tennessee Highway Patrol said Owens, driving a 1997 Chevy, pulled from Evins Mill Road onto highway 70 into the path of a 2014 Kia Serento, driven by 46 year old Michael Adkins of Crossville who was traveling east on highway 70. 38 year old Tosha Adkins was a passenger. 38 year old Rebecca Pelfrey was a passenger with Owens.

According to the complaint, “Mr. Owens smelled of alcohol and admitted to drinking the day of the accident. He was given standardized field sobriety tests at which he performed poorly. Mr. Owens refused to give blood multiple times even after being told about the implied consent law”.

Adkins was not hurt but Ms Adkins was airlifted to Vanderbilt Hospital where she was treated and released. Owens and Pelfrey were taken to Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital by DeKalb EMS where they were treated. Pelfrey was released by Owens was taken into custody.

Members of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department and DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department were also on the scene.

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