Lineman Electrocuted

August 25, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

A 55 year old Shelbyville man working in a bucket truck died Monday afternoon in Smithville when a conductive rope he was using touched a hot electric line and electrocuted him

Joseph Charles McAdams died at the scene.

McAdams was among three linemen reportedly working for a company contracted by Comcast when the incident occurred at a job site at 750 South Congress Boulevard.

Smithville Police were summoned to the scene after being notified of an unresponsive man slumped over in a bucket truck. Upon arrival officers were informed by EMS paramedics already on the scene that the man was deceased. The two men who had been working with McAdams told police that they were pulling fiber when McAdams tried to toss them a rope from his bucket truck to their truck. But instead of grabbing a nylon rope normally used by the linemen, McAdams threw over a conductive rope containing copper wire which crossed over and touched a hot wire. The co-workers said McAdams collapsed in the bucket of the truck. EMS was then contacted. Smithville Electric System was also summoned to turn off the power and to remove the rope from the electric wires. After the Medical Examiner was called McAdams’ body was taken to the hospital and his family was notified.

August 25, 2020
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Commercial nursery and floriculture crops have now been added as eligible commodities for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) and the signup deadline has now been extended to September 11, 2020 according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Donny Green in DeKalb and Cannon counties.

If you had nursery or floriculture crops that meet either or both of the following two conditions, you could be eligible for CFAP benefits:

•Inventory that was shipped but subsequently spoiled, or is unpaid due to loss of marketing channels between January 15, 2020 and April 15, 2020; and/or,

•Inventory that did not leave the farm between January 15, 2020 and April 15, 2020, due to a complete loss of marketing channels.

Inventory that may be sold after April 15, 2020, inventory that is normally culled in advance of shipping, or upon delivery, and inventory sold at a discounted price is not eligible for CFAP benefits.

Additionally, the following commodity eligibility changes will affect producers in our counties:1) all sheep are now eligible (previously, only sheep less than two years old were eligible) and, 2) nursery and floriculture crops are now eligible. Green says the specifics of what information is needed to apply for nursery crops, as well as some defintions of eligible nursery crops, can be obtained by contacting the DeKalb-Cannon County Farm Service Agency at (615) 597-8225, Ext. 2.

If you have an interest share in commercially-grown crops (corn or soybeans) or livestock (cattle, sheep, or swine) and have not signed up, or if you have commodities that were added by this rule change, you should immediately contact the FSA office. The application process is very simple and takes less than 10 minutes. To clarify, both sold and unsold livestock are eligible for payment under this program. There is no minimum number of livestock required to be owned to receive benefits under this program.

Again, the deadline has been extended to September 11, 2020.

USDA Service Centers currently are not permitted to have customers in the building. You can telephone the office at 615-597-8225, Ext. 2, email the office at donald.green@usda.gov, or apply online at www.farmers.gov/cfap.

August 25, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

A 29 year old Smithville woman was airlifted this morning (Tuesday) after her car crashed into a tree on Short Mountain Highway.

According to Trooper Bobby Johnson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Tierra Burton was traveling north in a 2004 Mazda 3 when she failed to negotiate a curve and ran off the left side of the roadway. The car struck a fence, road sign, and a large tree. The engine of the car dislodged upon impact. Burton was entrapped and had to be helped from the car by members of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department’s Extrication and Rescue Team and DeKalb EMS. She was transported from the scene by ambulance to a helicopter landing zone setup nearby and was flown to Skyline Medical Center.

Members of the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department were also on site. Traffic was backed up during the crash investigation.

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