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Vonore Couple Celebrates Pageant Win
Granddaughter Becomes Miss University of Alabama
A college junior at
Tuscaloosa won the title of
Miss University of Alabama
on Saturday and her
Vonore grandparents are
thrilled.
Judges awarded the title
to Miranda Ward, who
competed against 14 other
contestants this past Saturday.
Judging ranged
from individual interviews,
swimsuit competition,
talent, and evening
gowns.
In the individual honors,
Miranda won the talent
portion.
Stout
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derly conduct and with
possession of Schedule IV
xanax was Joseph Warren
Stout, 33, of Old Highway
68.
Poe said he was dispatched
to a Main Street
convenience store where a
man was apparently armed
with a knife. A second
male identified the man as
Stout and pointed Poe to
Maxx Video apartments.
At the apartments, Poe
found Stout threatening
the man and a female.
Stout was “unsteady” and
“loud” and speaking “sluured”
in a “threatening
manner.” When Stout
wouldn’t obey Poe’s orders
to “hold it down,” Poe arrested
him, he said.
At the holding cell at
the Sweetwater Police Department,
Stout pulled
two valium pills wrapped
in cellophane from his
pocket and tried to hide
them, Poe said.
Sweetwater
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Building. The applicant is
Wessam Elsawy.
Wilson said, however,
the site plan he was given
has “some missing components”
and he has “about
eight issues” with it. The
commission approved his
suggestion that the matter
be tabled until the next
workshop meeting.
For the win, Miranda
received a year’s tuition to
the school.
And in June, she will
The planning did approve
two matters
brought before it. One
was the resubdivision of
three lots in the 2nd Civil
District of McMinn
County but which is also
in Sweetwater’s planning
region. The applicant was
Michael Cook. Surveyor
Brent Cofer described the
area.
Also approved was the
resubdivision of six lots located
on Linwood Trail to
a three lot subdivision.
The applicants were Joe
and Mia Barr.
The two matters approved
had been discussed
by the planning commission
at its Feb. 11 workshop.
Present at Monday’s
meeting besides Wilson
and Cofer were members
Lewis McCowan, Buddy
Richesin, Nancy Baker,
Branham Lovingood,
chairman James Matoy,
Mayor Doyle Lowe, and
city/county planner Laura
Smith.
Hamilton
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saps, Hamilton shot at a
second man identified as
Kenneth Travis Hamilton,
a nephew, in a field off
Mecca Pike. Reportedly
firing more than once,
Hamilton wielded a small
handgun and fired at the
other Hamilton.
One round tore
through the victim’s cloth-
compete for the state title
of Miss Alabama.
ing but did not injure him.
Millsaps said he retrieved
the firearm, which
was loaded when he took
it from Hamilton.
Millsaps said Hamilton
initially threw coffee on
the younger man and then
produced the pistol and
chased him around a tractor,
which the nephew
used for cover.
Millsaps said Hamilton
admitted firing at the victim.
Hamilton is free on
$5,000 bond. His attorney
is Bob Jolley.
February 20 , 2013
Reader’s Forum
The Fair Tax Act proposes
a tax on all new merchandise
and services in
place of all income taxes,
payroll taxes, corporation
taxes, and taxes on dividends,
interest, and capital
gains. Critics of the act,
which proposes a 23 percent
inclusive tax, have
confused the issue by saying
that this law is in reality
a 30% tax. To clear up
this misinformation, consider
the following explanation.
The 23 percent tax is included
in the stated price
of each item or service.
Thus for a $100 item, $23
goes for taxes, and the remaining
$77 pays the cost
of the item. This is the
same as saying that if you
are in the 25 percent income
tax bracket, for
every $100 you earn, $25
goes for taxes and you
keep $75. On the other
hand, if you divide $23 by
$77 you come up with a 30
percent tax; but to be fair,
your income tax rate by
this same method would
be calculated by dividing
$25 by $75, which is 33 percent.
And if you add in your
$7.65 payroll tax for social
security, you now pay
$32.65 and keep $67.35,
which is really a 48.5 percent
tax. Thus, the 30 percent
Fair Tax rate looks
good.
Patrick R. Burkett
Bend, Oregon
pbhr25@gmail.com
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