Marshall County Post

M ARSHALL C OUNTY P OST "ELFAST s #HAPEL (ILL s #ORNERSVILLE s ,EWISBURG s 0ETERSBURG Vol. No. 35 $1 Thursday, April 18, 2024 A Perfect Score Page 2 Sports Page11 Back Row: Mike Keny, Marshall County Mayor; Kevin McCord, Comm. Training Officer; Shawna Mullis, 911Telecommunicator; Capt. Jimmy Oliver; Billy Lamb, Marshall County Sheriff; Det. Tony Nichols. Front: Eleni Giles, 911 Telecommunicator, Joey King, 911 Telecommunications Director. –Photo by Patty Blackburn Thank You Marshall County Dispatchers T his week has been designated as National Public Safety Telecommu- nicators Week. The telecommunicator or dispatcher is the person who answers the 911 calls. They are the first line of communication between those who call 911 and the police department, sheriff’s office, fire depart- ment, and emergency medical services. They are trained to speak to call- ers, calm the callers down, to ask pertinent questions, and to give life- saving instructions. Mike Keny, County Mayor of Marshall County, Tennessee and Jim Bing- ham, Lewisburg City Mayor, signed Proclamations, declaring the week of April 14 – 20, 2024, as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. The following are the Marshall County Dispatchers. We are proud to have these men and women responding to calls and want to thank them for serving the public. See Additional photos on page 6A. L-R: Cali Feagin, the spokesman for Marshall County Schools Safety and Preparedness Fundraiser and Hope Jenne’, both 2023-2024 members of Leadership Marshall, are pictured at the Leadership Marshall Luncheon. –Photo by Diandra Womble Leadership Marshall Luncheon By Patty Blackburn T he Class of 2023-2024 Leadership Marshall hosted a luncheon on April 11, 2024, at the Lewisburg Recreation Center. The objective of this luncheon, which was attended by approximately 126 individuals, was to raise funds for three organizations in Marshall County – The Marshall County Cancer Founda- tion, the Marlin Swim Team, and Mar- shall County Schools Safety and Pre- paredness (for emergency preparedness kits and stop the bleed kits.) Speakers, from each organization, explained their objectives and how the funds will bene fi t those involved in each organization. The luncheon raised a substantial amount of funds for the three organiza- tions, thanks to a very ambitious Class of Leadership Marshall. 2024 Cornersville High School top ten T he Cornersville High School Se- nior Class of 2024 will graduate on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Seventy-eight seniors are eagerly awaiting on this im- portant once in a life time event. In December, 28 students gradu- ated. Principal Brent Adcox has this spe- cial statement concerning this senior class: “The class of 2024 is a special class for me. I have watched them grow Left to right: Jayli Childress, Lillie Newton, Lily Ledford, Anna Wood, Blaine Woodard, Annabelle Mulliniks, Kale Adcox, Isabella Robinson, Alexandra Rae Williams, and Sarah Holliman. “Is Lewisburg Water stopping the growth of Lewisburg?” C urrently the state regulating agency TDEC (Tennessee De- partment of Environ- ment and Conservation) has a mandated limit on how much water we can withdraw from the Duck River. We are allowed a maximum of 4.0 million gallons per day. In 2023 there were 65 days that we went over 90% of our 4.0 MGD limit. There were 6 days that we went over the 4.0 MGD lim- it, technically breaking state law. We have asked TDEC to allow us to in- crease that to 6.0 million gallons per day. They are rewriting the permits for every city on the Duck River and have told us we MAY get as much as 4.6 million gallons a day. This will not be enough for growth. We are also limited by our water plant maxi- mum capacity which is 4.0 million gallons a day. We were proactive in au- thorizing our engineering See Water, Page 6A See Top Ten, Page 4A