Clinton mourns Queener’s passing
David Queener
The Clinton City Council voted unanimously Monday, Aug. 24, to appoint Steve Queener to fill the seat of his brother, Councilman David Queener, who died Aug. 20, for the remaining three months of his term. The vote came during the council’s Monday, Aug. 24, meeting. Flowers brought by Clinton City Schools Director Kelly Johnson sat at David Queener’s place in the council chambers. In comments to The Courier News, Clinton officials paid tribute to Queener and his decades of service to the community. “David Queener was the picture of a public servant,” Mayor Scott Burton said. “He worked with the city of Clinton for over 40 years, served on Clinton City School Board, and served on City Council. He also was involved in youth sports for many years and served for decades with the Anderson County Fair.
Read MoreRocky Top unveils ballfield upgrades
Construction of the new 400-seat bleachers and press box has been completed at the George Templin Memorial Athletic Field in Rocky Top. - G. Chambers Williams III
New bleachers, press box, and concessions stand, along with restroom upgrades, are nearly finished at the George Templin Memorial Athletic Field, City Manager Mike Ellis told the Rocky Top City Council during its meeting last Thursday. Work to erect a new fence around the facilities will begin after Labor Day, and already there are plans to have fireworks displays in conjunction with Lake City Middle School football games scheduled there for Sept. 24 and Oct. 1, he said. The new bleachers and press box replaced the ones removed in April as work began on a major upgrade of the city-owned and operated ballpark. “It’s going to be awesome,” Councilman Jeff Gilliam said. The council last December approved a $904,090 contract for modernizing the ballpark, which included the bleachers and attached press box, concessions stand, and restrooms. First Place Finish, Inc., an Oak Ridge-based contractor, was awarded the contract for the project, for which the city received a state recreation grant of up to $566,000.
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Qualifying reopens
A special election to choose two constables to serve in Anderson County’s constable District 2 will be held in conjunction with the state and municipal elections set for Nov. 3, according to the Anderson County Election Commission. Those two constable seats were supposed to be on the ballot for the Aug. 3 county election, but no candidates filed or qualified to run. The incumbents are Shannon Gray and Jason Stokes, but neither one of them chose to run for re-election. Gray instead ran for and won a District 3 seat on the County Commission in the county election, where he replaced Commissioner Joshua Anderson. Anderson ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for county mayor against Mayor Terry Frank in the May 5 primary.
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