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2013 2013 BenchmarksBenchmarksThe Greeneville Sun March 30, 2013The Greeneville Sun March 30, 2013

ALAN BROYLESGREENE COUNTY MAYOR

W.T. DANIELSGREENEVILLE MAYOR

TOMMY CASTEELBAILEYTON MAYOR

MIKE SOLOMONBULLS GAP MAYOR

TOMMY GREGGMOSHEIM VICE MAYOR

JOHN FOSTERTUSCULUM MAYOR

DR. VICKI KIRKGREENE COUNTY DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS

DR. LINDA B. STROUDGREENEVILLE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS

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BY KRISTEN BUCKLESSTAFF WRITER

The past year has not been without its challeng-es for the Greene County Commission, but neither has it been without some success.

Now serving in his 19th year as mayor, Alan Bro-yles has busily sought out change while navigating through difficult finan-cial times.

While county revenues remained with little to no growth this year, projec-tions indicate that costs have been high in several areas — from insurance to numerous unexpected capital projects.

“We always try to stay on the conservative side of things and try to look at the different ways we can get more for the tax-payers’ dollar,” Broyles said.

“I’m really proud of all the elected officials and all the department heads for taking the conserva-tive approach to spend-ing.”

In setting the budget this past year, the Coun-ty Commission approved a sizable deficit, bud-geting $21.2 million in expenditures and only an estimated $20.4 million in revenues.

The plan was to pay this amount out of the coun-ty’s savings, the County General Fund (the fund out of which most depart-ments operate).

‘WORST TIME EVER’While the commission

also approved a 20-cent tax increase against the mayor’s recommendation, these additional funds all went to other areas of the budget, including the school system, employee raises and aid to the Highway Fund’s savings.

The idea of a property tax increase was hotly debated.

“Obviously, it was very unpopular with some — and I can see why,” the mayor said.

“I was just totally against the tax increase. I thought that it was something that should have been studied more and thought out,” he con-tinued.

“I didn’t feel it was the right thing to do. There isn’t a good time to even talk about a tax raise, but with the downswing in the economy and the hardships that the Greene County people are facing, this was the worst time ever.”

FUND BALANCEBudget Director Mary

Shelton has estimated that there is about $3 million remaining in the fund balance, which is well under the $5 million Broyles has advocated in recent years.

“I think that we’ll come out of this year with a respectable fund bal-ance,” he said. “Maybe not as much as we would wish for, but one that we could live with.

“We’ve got to always stay on our toes and try to preserve our fund bal-

ance and not spend money that wasn’t budgeted.”

INSURANCEChanges to county

health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obam-acare, and an ongoing upward trend in costs is also becoming a “big con-cern” for the county in maintaining the Insur-ance Fund, he said.

For the past couple of years, the county has maintained the same funding without increas-ing employee premiums or deductibles.

In addition, the county clinic is now well estab-lished, as are new well-ness programs for the county employees.

Whether the county can continue to maintain this policy of not increas-ing employee premiums or deductibles, however, will be a serious question to face, Broyles said.

“The Insurance Com-mittee has a hard task ahead to try to decide what’s going to happen with employee insurance benefits,” he said. “There are a lot of uncertainties out there.”

JAIL DECERTIFIEDOne such looming

uncertainty for the coun-ty has been the decer-tification of the Greene County Detention Center in 2012 because of crowd-ed conditions that the Tennessee Corrections Institute (TCI) deemed unsuitable on the basis of “human rights and

human needs.”Decertification, the TCI

has cautioned, can great-ly increase the county’s legal liability and could result in a judge forcing the county to build a new jail.

In addition, the decerti-fication could also result in the loss of state and/or federal inmates, whom the county is paid to house.

“The liability situa-tion is a serious one. We do have federal lawsuits pending against us now, and I think everyone real-izes that if some kind of mechanism is not put in place to try to find more space for our inmates, then certainly the ham-mer is going to fall hard,” Broyles said.

“It’s going to be tough because what many peo-ple don’t realize is that the housing of state and federal inmates helps to fund our General Fund budget.

“If we lose the state and federal inmates, it’s going to be devastating to our next year’s revenue projections.”

Finding the money to renovate the current facil-ity or build a new facility is proving a great chal-lenge, however, because the county has already reached its maximum financial capacity on issuing revenue bonds.

Earlier this month, Mayor Broyles introduced to the discussion lease-to-own proposals.

“The only way that we could even talk about

adding onto the facility or even building a facil-ity is to see if a developer would be interested in coming into the county to build the jail for us on a lease-purchase agree-ment,” the mayor said.

CAPITAL PROJECTSThe County Commis-

sion also continues to address the need for maintenance of the cur-rent detention center. That concern led to the commission’s voting in February to replace the 30-year old detention center roof.

The project came with an approximate $140,000 price tag that will be taken from the County General Fund savings until the Capital Projects Fund can afford to cover the cost.

As of February, the Capital Projects Fund only contained $70,000. With only $3,700 in monthly revenue going into the fund, it will take more than two years for the fund to cover the jail roofing expenditure.

Another capital project related to TCI certifica-tion was the Sheriff ’s Department’s Work-house, which needed a year-round outdoor rec-reation area in order to meet state standards.

Other capital projects have included last year’s

energy improvements to many of the county build-ings, which Broyles said are lowering utility bills and leaving employees with a more comfortable work environment.

“I think it was a good investment to participate in this project,” he said.

POSITIVE INDUSTRIAL NEWSAnother success story

for the county in the past year has been the promise of additional jobs through growth at industries such as US Nitrogren, Huf and DTR Tennessee.

“We’ve been really fortunate to have some economic activity in the county,” Broyles said. “We hope that it contin-ues.”

The mayor also praised the recent location of a Food City store at the old Walmart building.

He credited that devel-opment to the joint tax increment financ-ing venture by Greene County and the Town of Greeneville that gave Food City a property tax break on the cost of needed improvements to the building in order to help Food City pay for the improvements.

“We’re just really opti-mistic that more good things are going to hap-pen this next year,” he said.

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BY SARAH GREGORYSTAFF WRITER

Mayor W.T. Daniels says the Town of Greeneville is more streamlined and efficient than it has ever been, thanks to a change to the council/administra-tor form of government that was made official in 2012.

As examples of the change he says he sees, Mayor Daniels points to a culture in the Town government that he said encourages department heads to work together, encourages long-term planning initiatives such as Vision 20/20, and encourages progress toward the expan-sion of the Walters State Community Col-lege Greeneville/Greene County campus.

PUTTING POLITICS BEHIND Daniels said the change to the council/

administrator form of government, which culminated in the hiring of City Admin-istrator Todd Smith, was a major step forward.

“We need to put politics behind us and do what’s in the best interest of the people and the Town,” he said in a recent inter-view.

“It’s easy for people to talk about ‘me, me, me,’ but, let’s talk about where we’re going to be 10 years from now,” he said.

“We aren’t different from any other municipality in the State of Tennessee,” Daniels said regarding issues such as tight budgets and reduced revenues.

But the difference for Greeneville, he said, is that “we [at Town Hall] are much, much more professional than we used to be.”

Daniels is currently serving his second two-year term as mayor after serving more than two decades as an alderman.

“I’m not throwing stones at what used to be, but I think changing our form of government was a step in the right direc-tion,” he stated.

Daniels said that the nature of the city administrator’s position is inherently pro-fessional.

An administrator is hired based on qualifications and merit rather than being elected in what is, as Daniels sees it, essentially “a popularity contest.”

A CHANGE IN CULTURETown Hall has seen a change in its

culture since the switch to the council/administrator governing structure and the hiring of Smith, the mayor said.

The Town’s employees are getting together in more workshops, retreats, and other work sessions to share ideas, he said.

“Some of the things we do now, we didn’t do in the past,” he said, adding that he and Smith “sit these employees down and say, ‘What do you think? You’re the ones who are dealing with the public where the rubber hits the road.”’

He said the retreats, in particular, have been of great help.

“I think the employees are our biggest asset. We’ve got people who know how to provide customer service,” he said, offer-ing high praise to department heads.

WALTERS STATE EXPANSIONMayor Daniels says he is looking for-

ward to the WSCC expansion and what it will mean for the Town in terms of work-force and economic development.

“I think that’s huge for Greeneville,” he said, adding that the Town is “playing a part, in that we’re providing all the storm water drainage investment,” he said.

“It’s really going to help in economic development and job creation,” the mayor added.

Recently, Greeneville has worked with the county — specifically, the Greene County Highway Department — to install storm water drainage along Col-lege Street.

“We had an opportunity to work with the road department, and [Greene Coun-ty Road Superintendent] David Weems has been outstanding. I can’t say enough about David Weems and his department,” Daniels said, praising the crews’ work.

WORKING TOGETHERDaniels points to working together to

assist the WSCC expansion as an exam-ple of a successful joint venture between Greenevile and the county’s governments — the type of cooperation, he says, that will help all citizens prosper.

“We’re trying to build that relation-ship with the county. I’ve always said the stronger the city, the stronger the county, and vice versa — the stronger the county, the better the city.”

“We just need to work together. City residents are part of the county. We pay county taxes, too,” he said.

“But, you’ve got to make things happen. They just don’t happen by accident.”

SUPPORTING EDUCATIONDaniels says he places extra emphasis

on education because, in his view, it leads to opportunity.

“I’m definitely sold on education,” he said.

The Greeneville City School System, in particular, is a great source of pride for the community, according to Daniels, who often comments on the quality education offered here compared with the relatively small size of the community.

“I am really proud of our school system,” he added.

OFFICERS IN SCHOOLSThe decision to support the Greeneville

City School System with school resource officers from the Greeneville Police Department as enhanced security mea-sures was an important local highlight in

recent months, the mayor said.“I take a lot of pride in the fact that

we’re trying to be pro-active,” he said, noting a meeting held with Police Chief Terry Cannon, Administrator Smith, and Director of Schools Dr. Linda Stroud following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., in December 2012.

The result of that meeting was a decision to place a Greeneville Police Department officer in each of the city’s six schools. That began in early Janu-ary.

The Greeneville Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted in January to provide funding to continue the officers’ place-ment through the end of the school year.

Decisions concerning next year’s security enhancements will be made after the current session of the Tennes-see General Assembly, as Greeneville officials anticipate that lawmakers in Nashville will passing some sort of leg-islation regarding school safety.

The decision to provide the resource officers, Daniels said, has been met with high praise from parents, students, and school system employees alike.

ATTRACTING OPPORTUNITYThe mayor said continuing to support

education and creating conditions that attract industry are his focus.

Downtown revitalization — part of the Town’s Vision 20/20 initiative — is a key point in attracting industry, he said.

The mayor sees a level of excitement both in and outside Town Hall about revitalization.

“I think people are excited that we’re coming up with ideas and throwing it out on the table, so to speak,” he said.

LOOKING AHEADWhen asked to look ahead to the

upcoming budget, Daniels said he expects the document to be balanced.

“I don’t think there will be problems for us balancing the budget at all,” he said. “I don’t expect — in any way, shape, or form — a tax increase for next year.”

The Town’s financial condition is a source of pride, he said.

“We’ve built our reserves; we’ve cut expenses. Overall, I’d have to say, Greeneville is in pretty good shape. Pretty strong.”

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BY LISA WARRENSTAFF WRITER

There were many changes — some uplift-ing and some heart-breaking — for the Town of Mosheim dur-ing the past year.

In June, the town lost one of its pillars when long-time Mosheim Alderman Claude B. Weems Jr. was tragi-cally killed in a farming accident.

Known affectionately as “Junior” to his fam-ily and a multitude of friends, Weems, 79, was a member of the first Mosheim Board of Mayor and Aldermen in 1974 and served as the town’s mayor from 1978-82.

He returned to the board in 1999 and had been serving as 2nd Ward alderman since then.

In addition, since 2002 he had been a member of the Greene County Board of Education, rep-resenting the 4th School Board District.

‘I’M GOING TO MISS HIM’Long-time Mosheim

Mayor Billy Myers said that he knew Weems his entire life. The two men were first cousins as well as close friends.

Myers said Weems was dedicated to helping members of the commu-nity, both in his position as a Mosheim alderman and as a member of the Greene County School Board.

“He was always ready to do anything I’d ask him to do, to help me,” Myers said. “I’m going to miss him bad for a long time.”

Following Weems’ death, Mosheim resi-dent R.L. “Tom” Car-penter was appointed by the Mosheim Board of Mayor and Aldermen to fill the vacant alder-man’s position.

GREGG’S ROLE INCREASESThe board also elect-

ed Alderman Tommy Gregg to fill Weems’ position as the town’s vice mayor.

Due to lingering health problems experi-enced by Myers, Gregg has been actively serv-ing as vice mayor for Mosheim.

Because of Myers’ lim-ited mobility due to an orthopaedic issue, the mayor has been unable to attend Mosheim meetings and other

events for the past sev-eral months.

However, according to Gregg in a recent interview with The Greeneville Sun, “Mayor Myers seems to be mak-ing headway” in his recovery.

“He’s in therapy, and hopefully he can make a comeback,” Gregg said. “He wants to make a comeback.”

UPBEAT ABOUT FUTUREDespite such setbacks

experienced during the past year, Gregg said that he and his fel-low Mosheim officials feel extremely positive about the town’s future — especially with the addition of the new US Nitrogen plant that is expected to be fully operational by early 2014.

“Things are going smoothly,” Gregg said about the continu-ing construction of the town’s newest industry, which is expected to add at least 80 new jobs.

Gregg said that the Town of Mosheim con-tinues to work on a wastewater service agreement with US Nitrogen.

“I think we’re real close. We’re trying to accommodate them the best we can,” Gregg said.

WASTEWATER UPGRADESOnce that agreement

is reached, Gregg said that the town is look-ing to make further upgrades at its waste-water treatment facil-ity.

“We’re looking at expanding at our wastewater treatment plant in order to fur-ther accommodate any future industries and to make sure that we can fully accommodate US Nitrogen and all of their needs,” Gregg said.

The town has already completed some upgrades to the waste-water plant, such as the installation of new basins.

Gregg said he was confident the plant would be able to han-dle the wastewater f low from US Nitrogen once the plant becomes fully operational.

“We will be able to handle it,” Gregg said.

In other matters, the former Quick Stop Mar-ket was demolished dur-ing the past year and is being replaced with a

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LONG LIST OF GOALSMosheim has multiple

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The project that the board is likely to address first, Gregg said, is a historical walking trail at Bridge Burners Cem-etery, formerly known as Harmon Cemetery.

Officials will deter-mine more details on the length of the trail and then estimate a cost before applying for grants.

“We have to turn this in by May,” Gregg said.

“The minimum grant you can apply for is $20,000 with a $5,000 match. The maximum is $200,000 with $50,000 matching.”

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BY KEN LITTLESTAFF WRITER

The city of Tusculum recently acted on a significant policy change proposed in 2012 and also took steps to move the planned reconstruction of a section of Ball Road forward, Mayor John Foster said in a recent interview.

Foster listed several accomplishments during the past year.

ELECTION DATE CHANGEDA proposal last year by Commis-

sioner Barbara Britton to change future city elections to coincide with the November general election was formally adopted by the Board of Com-missioners in January.

The change aligns city elections to coincide with November general elec-tions, while also continuing to provide four-year staggered terms for the Board of Mayor and Commissioners.

“It’s savings for the city and with the [change] to the general election, we will have a bigger turnout,” Britton said.

The election date in Tusculum had been the first Tuesday in June in odd-numbered years. The ordinance changes the city election date to coincide with state and county general elections in November.

Britton estimates the change should save about $3,500 per election.

TERMS EXTENDEDThe even-numbered, election-year plan

requires the terms of the three cur-rent Tusculum city commissioners to be extended 17 months.

Under Tusculum’s manager-commis-sion form of government, three commis-sioners are elected to staggered four-year terms.

After each municipal election, the three commissioners choose a mayor and a vice-mayor from among their number to serve two-year terms in those offices.

Foster was re-elected to a commis-sioner position in June 2009. Under the former Tusculum election cycle, his term as commissioner would have been up on the first Tuesday of June.

With the passage of the ordinance, Fos-ter’s term will be extended 17 months, to the countywide general election in November 2014.

Britton and Vice-Mayor Alan Corley were elected to four-year commissioner terms in June 2011. Under the new ordi-nance, their terms will be extended 17 months from June 2015, to the general election of November 2016.

“The commissioners to be elected in the November general elections and every four years thereafter shall be elected for a four-year term of office,” the ordinance states.

BALL ROAD PROJECTIn 2012, the city signed a contract with

the Tennessee Department of Transpor-tation (TDOT) for its section of a long-needed repair project on Ball Road.

Part of the two-lane road, a major artery for trucks entering and exiting Jarden Zinc Products and the Greene County landfill, is in Tusculum.

About 85 heavy trucks use the road every day, Foster said.

A 650-foot segment of Ball Road is unstable, and has been repaired numer-ous times.

TDOT officials initially told Foster the work would be let to bid this year. Then, the date was changed to the second half of 2014. Foster said it now appears bids will be let in 2014.

The estimated cost is about $700,000. In May 2012, the board committed up to $109,000 to pay for 50 percent of right-of-way and utility relocation costs, with the money to come from an existing street improvement fund.

TDOT will pay all other project expenses.

EDENS ROAD WORKAnother TDOT project that will likely

begin in 2014 is safety improvements to the intersection of State Route 107 at Edens Road.

In December 2012, the Board of Mayor and Commissioners approved a contract with TDOT for the project.

Safety improvements at the intersection are estimated at $179,000.

The city will be responsible for mainte-nance after the project is completed, but TDOT will pay for all the work.

Foster said discussions about the inter-section date to at least 2008.

“The state has decided to do a lot of work at that intersection,” Foster said. “This one came to the top as a problem area.”

Plans include installation of fluores-cent yellow crossroad signs on approach-es, and flashing beacons.

SEWER PROJECT OK’DThe city received approval in October

from the U.S. Environmental Protec-tion Agency for a proposed sewer project along East Andrew Johnson Highway.

The project is designed to provide sewer service to several businesses along the East Andrew Johnson Highway corridor that runs through the city, and hopefully attract new businesses.

“There are also a few residents that will benefit from the project,” Foster said.

The project is estimated at about $1 million.

The work would be partially funded by a $485,000 matching federal grant. The city would be responsible for the remaining expenses, or about half the total.

The project will involve installation of an underground wastewater treat-ment plant on a two-acre tract.

Construction should begin this year, Foster said.

OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTSFoster also touched on other accom-

plishments.• Safety improvements were made

to city hall property at 145 Alexan-der Street. Handrails were installed along the sidewalk leading to the parking lot and in the middle of the front steps leading to the city hall entrance. Lighting was improved, and a lamp post will be installed.

• The board adopted an ordinance to add a definition of grading and require a grading permit on commer-cially zoned property. Another ordi-nance requires a site plan for develop-ment activities.

• The board contracted with the Uni-versity of Tennessee’s Municipal Tech-nical Advisory Service to update the city’s municipal code book.

• The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration completed its peri-

odic inspection of city property “and made only two minor suggestions,” Foster said.

• A new $5,000 salt spreader was pur-chased.

LOOKING AHEADFoster said the city will build on the

accomplishments of 2012 by furthering several projects this year, including the East Andrew Johnson Highway sewer work to provide service for existing retail businesses and attract future development.

Field work and engineering draw-ings will be finalized on the Ball Road project to prepare for bid letting in 2014.

Preliminary work will also be done for planned major safety improve-ments at the intersection of Edens Road and the 107 Bypass in 2014, the mayor said.

In anticipation of the county trans-fer station closing near Tusculum and the need to haul garbage to a site near Morristown after July 1, the city is considering purchasing a new garbage truck to replace a 22-year-old model.

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Wastewater plant upgrades in preparation for future industrial and com-mercial growth highlighted the past year in Baileyton.

Mayor Tommy Casteel, Vice Mayor Ken Bailey and Aldermen J.D. Sensabaugh, Don Kilday and Doug Carter have applied for grants and low-interest loans for the upgrades over the past two years.

The town has received two grants through the First Tennessee Development Dis-trict in Johnson City, includ-ing a $34,600 grant in Janu-ary and an earlier $63,000 grant in 2011.

The town was also award-ed a $322,000 Community Development Block Grant for the improvements in Octo-ber 2012 and a $305,000 Water Quality Control Bond in January.

Gov. Bill Haslam announced the October grant, along with a sepa-rate grant of $421,000 to the Glen Hills Utility District, for water line extensions.

Casteel noted that the grant includes a nearly $40,000 match which the town would have to provide, but he said the grant will be beneficial.

HIGH BIDSThe board received bids

taken by Cathy Walden, of W&W Engineering, for the infrastructure project in June, but the bids came in much higher than expected.

The Tennessee Depart-ment of Environment & Conservation’s Water Qual-ity Control Board required Baileyton to begin the upgrades around 2007, when the plant began to reach capacity, Walden said.

The town put the second phase of the project out for bids on schedule in fall of 2012.

Accepting the lowest bid submitted, which came from W&O Construction, would have required the board to increase its loan request from Rural Development by $537,000.

As a result, the board unanimously agreed to quickly re-bid after cutting some of the less-essential items from the specifica-tions.

As a result of receiving the Community Development Block Grant, the board was later able to add these items back into the project.

“It’s going to double the capacity of our plant from 100,000 to 200,000 gallons per day.

“They’re putting in new clarifiers. It’s just like put-ting in a new plant,” the mayor said.

RATE INCREASEIn July, the board

increased sewer rates by 10 percent because of sewer system revenue loss.

n May, Baileyton officials noted in a meeting that the revenue loss was due in large part to unexpected expenses related to sewer

repair work.The town is being man-

dated by the State of Ten-nessee to increase its rates.

Casteel estimated that the rate increase will aver-age about $2.49 per month for most customers. Bailey-ton has had no increase in sewer rates in about three years.

“The biggest problem we’ve had is just people not paying their bills,” Casteel said.

In addition, he said 22 pumps failed this year, requiring replacement or repair at costs of $2,750 to $3,673.

GROWTHOnce the improvements

are complete, however, the town will be able to add more business, something that has really not taken place in the past year, Casteel noted.

“The people are still want-ing a supermarket — you know, a grocery store. Any kind of home business,” he said.

“In the surveys we took, they just want it to be kind of a retirement community.”

That quiet community life is good for working families as well, Casteel added.

“The Interstate [I-81] goes through Baileyton,” he said. “It’s easy for people to hit the Interstate and travel and come back home.

“It’s a good place where one family works in Knox-ville and one works in King-sport. We actually have sev-eral people like that.”

WALKING TRAIL ADDEDAs part of building that

community atmosphere, the board also voted this year to add a walking trail to the Baileyton Park, on Horton Highway.

The board accepted an $18,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Pro-gram in March 2012 to aid in adding the walkway.

This grant also required a $6,000 local match. Togeth-er, these funds allowed for the placement of the quar-ter-mile walkway.

“We plan on doing a lot more on it next year,” Casteel said.

UTILITIES SETTLEMENTThe board also reached

a settlement in the past year in a lawsuit involving North Greene Utilities, Inc. (NGU).

The board agreed on the $40,000 settlement amount through a mediation agree-ment last December. The amount was significantly less than originally sought.

In the original lawsuit, Baileyton had requested compensatory damages of $300,000, plus interest and costs related to what a law-suit referred to as the “ille-gal” dumping of water into the town’s sewer system.

NGU had contested the utility’s legal liability on the issue in a reply to the suit.

During mediation, the town and the utility agreed to the settlement.

“We reached a settlement with North Greene Utili-

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GOOD RELATIONSHIPSIn reflecting on the past

year, Casteel also noted that he was re-elected to his position as mayor, along with Bailey as vice mayor and Sensabaugh as alder-man.

He praised the good work-ing relationship that he has enjoyed with all members of the board.

"The board has always worked real good with me, and they’ve been helpful,” he said.

He said that the board has accomplished several capital projects, including new lighting at the sewer treatment plant, striping

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Town Recorder Barbara Tilson said that Bailey-ton ended the year with $173,967 in the bank.

The town began the year with $169,359, with esti-mated incoming revenues of $410,295 and expendi-tures of $513,418.

“I think we'’ve had a good year,” Casteel con-cluded.

“Considering the way the economy’s been every-where else, I think we’ve done real well.

“I don’t think it’s hurt us as a town. We always live within our budget anyway.”

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BULLS GAP — Mayor Mike Solomon is a vision-ary.

Since being elected in November, 2012, the rookie mayor has taken a proactive approach about business in the town. He credits the former admin-istration, led by former Mayor William “Bill” Grubb, as taking on some capital improvements to help the town.

“As far as accomplish-ments, I guess being elected in November, 2012. There’s not a lot I can talk about as far as anything I’ve accom-plished in the last year other than taking office and just tyring to get my feet wet.”

Solomon gives the pre-vious administration credit for solving some of the street repair needs. “In the last 12 months, we’ve paved about a third of our streets,” Solomon said, “Hopefully moving forward, we can accom-plish more of the streets. It just depends on what the budget will allow. The credit needs to go to the previous administra-tion. Living here in Bulls Gap, I appreciate what they’ve done.”

The mayor noted that a state adviser was called in to offer suggestions on street repair. “We couldn’t afford to pave all the streets in the town at one time. Hopefully, in the short term, we’ll get the rest done. We’ll do what we can. Hopefully, we’ll get the streets on a cycle where we’re not just pressured to get them done just because of dam-age,” Solomon said.

A snow blade was to have been purchased for the town’s 2010 truck to sweep streets, but this was done in recent months after the first significant snowfall. “During a board meeting, we identified the fact that at the time the truck was purchased, it was agreed to to get a

snow blade for it to wipe the streets. After evalu-ating that after the first big snowfall that we had, we found out that it had never been accomplished, so we accomplished that,” he said.

Another success was that of Bulls Gap’s annual Christmas parade, one of the town’s biggest ever.

Solomon noted that the town is getting a head start on its signature cel-ebration, Archie Camp-bell Days, which was can-celed last year due to a bridge repair on South Main Street near Town Hall.

“Hopefully, we’ll make it more successful this year. We’ve not had it the past two years because of weather and road repair issues. Hopefully, on Labor Day this year, we’ll be in good shape.” Vice Mayor Betsy Stew-art Shipley is chairing a committee for the Camp-bell Days celebration.

The town’s board meet-ings since Solomon has been mayor have been mainly about housekeep-ing issues. “We’ve identi-fied issues and we solve them. It’s an ongoing pro-cess,” he said.

SEEKING YOUNGER FOLKSWhat does Solomon

want to accomplish in the next 12 months and beyond?

“We’ve got an older population in Bulls Gap. Having lived here my whole life, there are sev-eral houses where people have either passed or decided to move away.

“We’ve got people mov-ing from Bulls Gap. We need to identify why that is and see if we can’t reverse that trend to get a younger population in Bulls Gap.

“We need the experi-ence, but we also need fresh ideas.

“That’s the one thing that I would like to iden-tify and see if there is something that the town could do to improve that situation.”

Solomon also noted that the town has several proj-

ects in the works, includ-ing upgrades to the town sewer system. The town has a grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission to construct a new sewer station, but has up to five years to spend the money.

EYE TOWARD TOURISMA town steeped in

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tion is seeking to take a step up in tourism, according to Solomon.

“I would like to use more of our downtown area, like the Archie Camp-bell Museum, the Com-munity Center (the old York Quillen Store build-ing next to Town Hall) and the Archie Campbell Home Place as we did during the recent train excursion to try to make

our downtown kind of a destination,” the mayor said.

“We’ve got several his-toric buildings in down-town. We just need to utilize what we’ve got to be able to get people to remember to come back to Bulls Gap,” he said.

“I would like to be able to utilize our Archie Campbell Museum for different things, I would

like to even have local shows to open the muse-um up for our residents.

“The reason I say that is the museum has been in existence since 1988. I get the feeling personally that a lot of people from town have been in the Morristown museum and viewed what’s been there.

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Dot by dot. Goal by goal.

In a recent interview reflecting on the past year, Kirk took this approach, noting accom-plishments in each of the school board goals within three major categories: Student Success, Staff Success and Steward-ship.

STUDENT SUCCESSOf major importance

among changes in the last year, she said, is implementation of Com-mon Core standards in math.

Common Core is a new standard in instruction adopted by most states including Tennessee.

In elementary school mathematics, the adop-tion of Common Core has meant the incorporation of rigorous word prob-lems, using more difficult numbers such as uncom-mon fractions, Kirk said.

Students begin by work-ing independently, writ-ing answers and explain-ing how they arrived at conclusions.

From there, they gath-er in groups to debate each other’s methods

before the teacher joins the discussion, uniting the entire class.

“It’s about really under-standing the answer rather than just the pro-cess of the problem,” the director said.

In upper grades, she explained, Common Core has affected math to cre-ate more project-based learning, using practical applications.

LITERACYIn addition, Greene

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many books in the past year,” Kirk said.

A portion of the 2012-2013 county property tax increase supplemented

this effort to increase the number of books avail-able to students in school libraries.

Parents and families

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These levels help stu-dents determine which books are appropriate so that they are not reading something that is not a challenge, as well as not reading something that is too difficult.

Kirk frequently explains that this method aims to keep students “on their toes,” reaching for a chal-lenge that is not out of reach.

For example, by third grade, she said students should be “reading to learn, not learning to read.”

SMALL-GROUP READINGThe system is also

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The system now has nearly 20 reading special-ists serving to guide teach-ers and students through the new small-group read-ing standards.

Kirk said she considers the reading specialists to be a “professional mile-stone” both for her and

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“It’s all about relation-ships,” Greeneville Direc-tor of Schools Dr. Linda B. Stroud says about suc-cess in the Greeneville City School System.

“I think the unique-ness — the blessing — of Greeneville City Schools is who we are and have been for years,” she said in a recent interview at the Kathryn W. Leonard Administrative Office.

“It’s also a weakness. We can’t ever just assume that, because that’s who we have been, that’s who we will always be,” she cautioned.

“We have to guard that value we place on educa-tion as a community.”

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“I really do think, believe, and hope that it really is a new era of cooperative leader-ship,” she said. “We’re all sharing and working together because it’s our town.”

A high level of coop-eration between the City School System and the Town of Greeneville has been a “blessing,” Stroud said.

In particular, she cited increased security concerns following the December 2012 shooting that left 20 children and six adults dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

The incident — and resulting anxieties — brought about the re-prioritization of capital funds to enhance secu-rity at school facilities.

Stroud said she spent time “thinking, reflect-ing, reading, and pray-ing” about what kind of recommendation to make following the Sandy Hook Elementary School incident.

The Town of Greeneville, she said, was glad to assist.

“I didn’t even have to go to them. The mayor [W.T. Daniels] called me the morning after Sandy Hook,” Stroud said.

On Jan. 3, 2013, Stroud met with Greeneville Police Chief Terry Can-non, City Administrator Todd Smith, and Dan-iels.

The result was the decision to place an armed officer from the Greeneville Police Department in each of

the city’s six schools. Later that same month,

the Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to pro-vide funding to continue the enhanced security measure through the end of the school year.

BUDGET PROCESS“I know our Board of

Mayor and Aldermen support us. There’s not a question in my mind,” Stroud said of the rela-tionship between the Town and the school system.

The amount of funding which the school system has received from the Town has remained the same since 2008, even though the system has faced increasing costs, but Stroud said she doesn’t see that as a “fault.”

“It’s just the econom-ic situation we were in together as a nation,” she said.

The budget process for Fiscal Year 2014 is well under way.

“We’re already looking at places in our budget that we’re cutting fur-ther,” she said, adding that she wants to pres-ent an “honest” budget to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

“I’m not going to play any games. I’m not going to go in with an inflated budget, trying to manip-ulate,” she said.

“It’s an essential par-adigm to me that we always be upfront and transparent with our budget and money.”

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Stroud is known for turning to her faith as a source of comfort and assistance in decision-making.

“The Lord gave me that [phrase] ‘cultivate the mind — impact the heart’ years ago,” she said of the school sys-tem’s new motto and logo used on letterheads and other documents.

However, she never used it in her leadership positions at Greeneville Middle School and Greeneville High School and wasn’t really sure why.

But, when she accepted the position as Director of Schools, she said the reasoning became clear — the motto is represen-tative of a much larger mission.

That mission is not one based solely on achiev-ing high standardized test scores.

“It’s about helping kids learn how to think — cultivate the mind,” she said.

“But then equally, if not more important, is impacting the heart, and that’s the piece we can’t ever forget in edu-cation.”

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“We’re doing a dis-service to our kids by putting them in these

standardized boxes,” she said.

The Greeneville City School System is, like most other school sys-tems in most other states, making an adjustment to the Common Core curriculum, which sets benchmarks for levels of student learning at each age.

“We are embracing Common Core, and we think it is best for most kids. But in my view, it’s immoral to say that if a child can’t do a math problem at a certain age or read at a certain level at a certain age, that they’re less than anyone else,” Stroud said.

“That kid who can’t master algebra at age 14 might have the most unbelievable musical talent,” she said as an example.

“That’s why we con-tinue to value the arts, sports, and ROTC [Reserve Off icers’ Training Course for the armed forces] — all of those other pieces of education that, for many kids, make it bearable to come to school with the advanced rigor that they’re facing now.”

FACILITY CONCERNSA challenge going for-

ward, Stroud said in a recent interview, is dealing with increasing enrollment and lack of space.

“We’re full,” she said. The school system, she

said, needs a new middle school.

As enrollment num-bers continue to grow, “we are fast approaching some hard decisions,” she stated.

A thorough study has shown construction of a new middle school would solve the problem, Stroud said.

“This is a community issue that we are all going to have to realize is real and make some deci-

sions about together,” she continued.

‘SIGNIFICANT FINES’But the fact of the

matter is, enrollment numbers are something Stroud cannot ignore.

State mandates levy

what she calls “signifi-cant fines” — to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars — for exceeding caps on class sizes.

Simply hiring more teachers is not a fix, as

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Maintaining the commit-ment to provide what the Greeneville City School Sys-tem has been able to provide for many years, Stroud said, is now in the hands of the current generation.

“We have to commit to going forward. And that’s not cheap,” she said.

But, Stroud said, she recog-nizes that losing “the estab-lished history of excellence” which the Greeneville City School System provides to the community would be even more costly.

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Cultivate Growth.Communicate the Gospel.

Scott Wakefield, Senior MinisterTommy Staggs, Associate Minister

Kim Clark, Children’s Minister

Sunday Worship Services: 9:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.Sunday StudyGroups: 9:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Adult LifeGroups: 12 Groups Throughout WeekWednesday KidsClub & 180 Youth: 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Brittontown Church2180 Brittontown Rd., Afton

Roger Dykes, PastorChurch 234-1595

278-6368 Pastor’s Cell

Worship OpportunitiesSunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m.Sunday Evening: 6:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAYWednesday Evening: 7:00 p.m.

Youth Program in Christian Activity Center

Campground Church of God4570 Asheville Highway, Greeneville, TN

Rev. Larrie R. Pike, Pastor Bronson Carter, Youth Pastor423-638-6822 or 638-2219


Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.Children’s Church: 10:30 a.m.

TV Broadcast, Channel 18: 4:00 p.m.Sunday Evening worship: 6:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAY: 6:30 p.m.Children’s & Youth Ministries - Adult Bible Study

Nursery provided for all Services

Cedar Creek Church of God2800 Cedar Creek Road, Greeneville, TN

423-639-3468E.J. Swatsell, Youth Pastor


Worship: 10:00 a.m.Sunday Evening Worship: 6:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAYChildren’s & Youth Ministry: 6:45 p.m.

Adult Bible Study: 6:45 p.m.

Eastside Baptist Church"To Know Christ and To Make Him Known”

195 Serral Drive, Greeneville423-639-2582

David Fox, PastorWorship Opportunities

Life Stages Bible Studies: Sunday 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY7:00 p.m. Kids 4 Truth Club for Children

"Impact" Teen Ministry and Adult Bible Study

www.eastsidebaptist.info

Christ United Methodist Church

Oldest Methodist Congregation in Greeneville307 South Main St.

638-6224Ginger Isom, Pastor

Worship OpportunitiesRegularly Scheduled Sunday Activities:

9:15 a.m. Sunday School

9:30 a.m. Evelyn Murphy Class

10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship Service

4:45 p.m. Promise Kids & Youth

6:30 p.m. Sparrow’s Nest Worship Service

Regularly Scheduled Wednesday Activities:1:00 p.m. Bible Study

5:15 p.m. Meals

6:00 p.m. Bible Study

7:00 p.m. Choir

First Saturday of the Month:10 a.m. Artisan & Crafters

Every Saturday:8 a.m. Wood Cutting

Mondays 5:00 p.m.Quilting Group - Women of the Bible

EverGreene Woodcarvers

First Church of God1505 West Main Street

423-638-4818H. Gerald Rudd, Senior Pastor

Stephen Aiken, Associate PastorDale Gruver, Worship Pastor

Anita Miller,Youth PastorWorship Opportunities

Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.Morning Worship: 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Evening: 6:00 p.m. WEDNESDAY: Wednesday Night Ministries

& Activities for All Ages: 6:30 p.m.www.greenevillefcog.com

Home of Noah's Ark Childcare & Preschool

First Presbyterian Church 110 N. Main St., Greeneville

423-638-4533www.firstpresgreeneville.orgDr. Daniel M. Donaldson, Pastor

Alan J. Kobs, Director of Christian EducationDr. David Hendricksen, Director of Music Ministry

Sunday Worship8:30 a.m. Worship with Weekly Communion

9:30 a.m. Sunday School for All Ages10:45 a.m. Worship (broadcast beginning at 11:00 a.m. on WSMG 1450 AM)

5:00 p.m. Youth FellowshipMUSIC OPPORTUNITIES

Instrumental, Vocal and Handbell ChoirsWEDNESDAY FELLOWSHIP

After School Youth Program, Family Supper, Worship & Education for all

“Simply being the church”

• Casual. Contemporary. Christian.• Kidz ministry available during service.

• Service time: 10:30 a.m. Sunday• Where: 615 W. Main St.

“Crescent School Building”• Web site: www.greenevilleCC.org

• Contact Pastor Will Martin, email: [email protected]

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Greeneville Cumberland Presbyterian Church

201 N. Main St. 423-638-4119James W. Lively, Pastor

Andy Blackwelder, Director of Youth & ChildrenRoy Blakeburn, Pastor of Counseling

Abby Cole Keller, Pastor for Senior MinistriesWorship Times

Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship: 8:15 & 10:30 a.m.

Ministries for All AgesNursery Provided

Wednesday Communion: 5:45 p.m..www.GCPChurch.org

Greeneville Free Holiness1710 Whirlwind Rd.

423-823-2271Mike Lamb, PastorWorship Services

Sunday Worship: 10:00 a.m.Evening Worship: 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday: 7:00 p.m.1st Friday of the month: 7:00 p.m.

Horse Creek Church of God900 Old Jonesboro Rd., Chuckey, TN 37641

423-638-5240Bobby Morrison, Pastor

Billy Dyer, Sr. Youth DirectorPaula Morrison, Jr. Youth Director


Sunday Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.Senior youth Service: 6:00 p.m.

Jr. Youth Service: 6:00 p.m.Sunday evening: 6:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAYWednesday Prayer & Bible Study: 6:30 p.m.

www.horsecreekchurchofgod.com“Where Salvation Makes You a Member”

Kingsley Avenue Free Will Baptist213 Kingsley Ave.

423-639-6785Doyle Pruitt, PastorWorship OpportunitiesSunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.Sunday Evening: 6:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAYAdult and Youth Bible Study: 7:30 p.m.

Limestone Free Will Baptist Church3709 Old State Route 34, Limestone

423-257-3163

Tim Roach, Pastor


Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m.Evening Worship: 6:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Bible Study & Children/Youth Group: 7:00 p.m.

email: [email protected]

Reformation Lutheran Church400 W. Main St., Greeneville, TN

638-4627; fax 638-5431David G. Webb, Interim Pastor

Jessica Siple, OrganistAlice Myers, Choir Director

Mackenzie Payne, Youth Director

Worship OpportunitiesSun. Morning Worship: 8:00 a.m.; 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Church School: 9:30 a.m.WEDNESDAY

Fellowship Meal: 5:30 p.m.Children’s Adventure Bible Club: 6:00 p.m.

Greeneville Lutheran Youth Meeting: 6:00 p.m.Bible Study: 6:30 p.m.

www.rlcgvl.org

Riverview Community Church400 Sanford Circle, Greeneville, TN

Arnold Schnell, Pastor

Services on Saturdayat 10 a.m.

Towering Oaks Baptist Church1985 Buckingham Rd.

638-7464 • Fax 638-6026email: [email protected]

Dr. James K. Pierce, III, Sr. PastorWorship Opportunities

Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAYSolid Rock Café: 4:45-5:45 p.m.

All Adult, Youth and Children’s Activities Begin By 6:00 p.m.www.toweringoaks.org

Victory Church of God166 Sanford Circle, Just Off Asheville Hwy. 423-798-1992

Rev. Jim Fillers, PastorWorship Opportunities

Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.Children’s Church: 10:30 a.m.Evening Worship: 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday Evening: 6:30 p.m.Youth Programs: Sun &

Wed 6:30 p.m.

Brown Springs Baptist Church

78 Brown Springs Lane, Mosheim

422-7794 or 422-4472Richard Long, Pastor

Mark Rothe, Minister of EducationDanny Gregg, Minister of Administration

James Sauceman, Minister of Missions/OutreachAndy Williams, Youth Minister

Sun. Worship: 8:15 & 10:45 a.m.Sun. School/Bible Study: 7:30 & 9:30 a.m.

Evening Worship: 6:00 p.m.— WEDNESDAY —

Midweek Prayer Service: 6:00 p.m.Mission Chapters for All Preschool Children and Youth

Members: SB Convention, TN Baptist Convention, Nolachucky Baptist Association


for the system.This, she said, was a goal she

brought with her as director of schools.

Small-group reading is even found at the middle-school and high-school levels, as teachers shift to a more facts-based reading of texts.

Students are now expected to cite specif ic text and read back to find answers, she said.

Writing tests will also undergo significant change, from the current narrative-style test in 5th grade, expository in 8th grade and persua-sive in 11th grade, to now any of the three types at any grade level.

Moreover, test answers must now be typed, requiring the system to consider starting typing classes all the way down at the kindergarten level to properly prepare students.

STAFF SUCCESSStudents are not the only ones

making changes to be prepared.Professional development has

undergone considerable changes this year as Kirk has begun to implement in-house “experts” to pro-vide fellow teachers with resources, coaching and mentoring.

These specialized “experts” include the reading specialists, academic coaches, and other “trail blazers who are moving faster and far-ther” in math, reading and writ-ing, Kirk said.

The focus of this step is develop-ing “competencies” for the system, through which learning leaders gather resources, learn in-depth information, and receive training on how to train other educators.

The school system has partnered with an educational coach, Dr. Mike Murphy, and Evans New-ton Inc., a company specializing in “sustainable school transforma-tion,” to achieve these goals using federal professional development funding.

Once this funding is gone, Kirk said the ability to continue moving ahead and training teachers will still be there, in-house.

“We’re building capacity within our own teachers, so it stays as long as they’re employed here,” she said.

GRADUATION SUCCESSEmployment for students after

they leave the school system is also now a key part of the discussion where student success — and, spe-cifically, graduation success — are concerned.

The Greene County and Greeneville City school systems have teamed this year with local industry to cre-ate “Career Pathways” that encom-pass the majority of job opportuni-ties in East Tennessee.

Kirk participated in a presenta-tion of these pathways during a recent manufacturers meeting.

“They (the Career Pathways) were received very enthusiastically,” she said.

Planning is also under way for more additions to the system’s pro-grams that will include:

• a career fair; • programs to team industries

with schools, including having teachers tour and learn about local industries; and,

• expanding career technology opportunities, advance placement courses, dual credit opportunities, and electives.

STEWARDSHIPThe final school board goal, stew-

ardship, is a diverse one, from increas-ing parent involvement through read-ing programs and literacy nights to focusing on energy savings and capi-tal improvements.

In addition, the school system has sought grants to aid in adding wire-less and upgrading the system’s Inter-net capabilities in preparation for the coming online achievement testing.

SAFETYBecause of national discussions

and tragic school shootings in the past year, school safety has become a major portion of the stewardship discussion.

“It’s not really a school issue; it’s a community safety issue,” Kirk said.

While the county has not yet placed uniformed officers in elementary schools, the school system’s adminis-tration is reviewing security policies and making changes in practices.

“We’re working on using what we do have effectively, and adding what we need,” she said.

As for adding security personnel, Kirk said she does not yet know what the recommendation will be.

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“Today it’s the same stuff to a certain degree that was there five years ago.

“I think we need to change it up. People say, ‘Why should I go to the museum?’ and we could say, ‘Things have changed’ so we can get more people involved in what is going on.

“I don’t want to elimi-nate things there, but I want to put a fresh look on it and to get the citizens of Bulls Gap enthused about coming into the museum.

“We’ve got a Class A-1 elementary and middle

school here. We’re so close to the school that the classes at the school should be able to take field trips in downtown Bulls Gap, to come to the museum, to see what’s in the museum.

“If we don’t utilize that, the kids are missing out on it.

GILLEY’S HOTEL“We have Gilley’s

Hotel that the railroad museum group is excited about redoing. It’s a long-term expensive project.

“I want to encourage them in every way I can, but the town is not in position to do anything financially. We can lend as much moral support as we possibly can.

“If the hotel was in the

shape today I think the railroad museum group wants to see it in, we would have a tremen-dous amount of people in Bulls Gap daily.

“That can’t do any-thing but help us,” Solo-mon stated.

A suggestion was made to talk to more high school students.

“We’ll talk about any-thing,” he said. “I don’t have a problem talking to anybody about any-thing we need to do. I’m all for ideas and I’ll lis-ten to them.

“My opinion is that the only bad idea is one that is not voiced. Nobody can have all of the best ideas . . . You just need to gather ideas and work with them,” Solomon added.

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