State Representative Terri Lynn Weaver Calls for TDOT To Fix Drainage Problem in “Kill Zone” on Highway 70 at Liberty

May 4, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

The spot on Highway 70 at Liberty where 19 year old Savannah Buckley lost her life Monday morning is particularly dangerous especially when it rains.

Several wrecks have occurred there in recent years including a few fatal crashes due to hydroplaning. 36 year old Sarah Marie Bullington Clark was killed in a crash there on the morning of Tuesday August 19, 2014 while she was on her way to work.

After learning of this latest crash involving Buckley, State Representative Terri Lynn Weaver has taken action and is urging the Tennessee Department of Transportation to fix the drainage problem immediately in the “kill zone” on Highway 70 at Liberty.

In a correspondence Monday to Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Clay Bright, Representative Weaver wrote “ Today I was informed of a fatal crash which took the life of yet another young woman on her way to work. Nineteen year old Savannah Buckley lost her life due to hydroplaning on Highway 70 at Liberty. The same location that a dear young friend of mine, Sarah Bullington Clark, lost her life several years ago, also due to hydroplaning”.

“There is an approximately 10 foot spot where Highway 53 to Woodbury intersects Highway 70 at the location of the Baptist Church, wherein drainage flowing down the hill runs across the roadway. There have been numerous other accidents and “close calls” of motorists fishtailing and hitting that part of the curve where it doesn’t take much rainwater to cause an issue.”

“I am asking you to please correct the drainage issue immediately. Monies have been budgeted to finish Highway 70 from Highway 96 to Alexandria; please do what is necessary to include a solution to the above-referenced “kill zone” that has already taken the lives of two young individuals, and endangered the lives of many more. Please contact me with what can be done to correct this dangerous roadway condition”, wrote Representative Weaver.

May 3, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Another Smithville landmark which many will remember from years ago as the old Knowles Hospital building is coming down.

Demolition began Monday on the 11,000 square foot facility which stood for decades situated on 1.25 acres overlooking Broad Street.

Chad Hale recently purchased the property with plans to re-sell it after the structure is removed. Over the years the building, which has not been in use for some time, has become outdated and damaged by vandals and thieves and it now poses more of a liability risk. A sizeable investment would have been necessary to rehabilitate the building and bring it up to codes. Hale said the property will be more valuable without the building than with it.

For years the building was home to Knowles Hospital until the 1980’s when it became Doctor’s Hospital with a change in ownership. After a while the medical facility ceased operations there. Over time the property has changed hands with different owners and uses.

April 6, 2021
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The TN Dept. of Education School Nutrition Program hosted the 3rd annual Junior Chef competition this year for high school students. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s competition consisted of a recipe contest where students submitted a recipe that will be judged by a team of experts. The first, second, and third place winning teams will receive scholarships from Sullivan University, and the first place team will then compete in the Southeast Regional Junior Chef Competition.

DCHS entered the contest with last year’s reigning champs, The Biting Tigers! The DCHS Biting Tigers consist of Jacklyn Kleparek (Sophomore), Sophia Angeletti (Junior), Kaitlyn Jackman (Junior), and coach/culinary teacher Linda Parris. They entered the recipe, Turkey Balls and Zoodles, which is comprised of spicy traditional turkey meatballs covered in a fresh marinara sauce topping over
zucchini cut noodles.

The Biting Tigers took 3rd place in this competition! Each team member received a $4,000 scholarship to Sullivan University in Louisville, KY. Congrats team.

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