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Page 4 - The BUZZ 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 (Continued from pg 1) 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 (Continued from pg 1) 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 (Continued from pg 1) 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 Reader’s thoughts, comments, and opinions are welcome. The Buzz reserves the right to publish (or not publish). All letters must be submitted with name and address. Your letter may be sent to The Buzz, 113A Main Street, Madisonville, TN 37354 or e-mail us at thenewbuzz@gmail.com. Thanks For Readin’ The Buzz!
February 20 , 2013 Page 5 - The BUZZ DRAGNET As February got up to speed at mid-month, one to two to three of more individuals came under the long arm of the law. Charged by Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Bryan Martin with driving Serving Breakfast & Lunch And Don’t Forget Our Homemade Desserts Carry-out Available! Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. 423-442-3343 440 Isbill Rd Madisonville under the influence (DUI) on February 15 was Tracie M. Hutchinson of Cannon Ridge Road, Tellico Plains. Martin found her in a Chrysler on Tellico Street in Madisonville, where she displayed speech that was described as slurred and eye pupils appearing to be constricted. Martin said she performed sobriety testing poorly, relating that witnesses had seen her in a business earlier taking pills and almost falling as she left the business. When she refused to blood testing, Martin charged her with violation of implied consent. A day later, Madisonville Police Patrol Craig Summey arrived at a business whose owner re- Voted "Best Pizza In Monroe County" ported Kory Mantrel Cook of Bristol, Tennessee, as running through his store and rolling in the floor. Summey located Cook and determined him unsteady and his speech slurred and Cook corroborated his condition by telling Summey he had consumed a half fifth of vodka, smoked seven grams of marijuana, and snorted three grams of meth. Summey charged Cook with public intoxication (PI). 2 LARGE 1 TOPPING PIzzAS ONLY 14.99 On February 10, PI came into play as Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputy Scott Hunt charged Michael William Ellis and John Scott Lloyd, both of Highway 68, Tellico Plains each with the offense. The duo were referenced as prowlers at a Coker Creek apartment complex and when Hunt pulled into the parking lot at the complex, there they were, behaving with unsteady movements and smelling of alcohol. Sheriff’s Deputy Tillman Steele charged Thomas Jamie Burchfield of Highway 411, Madisonville with resisting stop frisk halt arrest on Monday, after he and Sheriff’s Captain Bill Johnson attempted to serve a warrant on Burchfield. Burchfield evaded the two and lit out across a field, on foot, and kept running even though Steele called for him to stop. Steele arrested Burchfield when Burchfield ran out of steam and sat down. And Madisonville Police Captain Daniel Dockery charged Ranny Lee Stroupe of Hill Loop Road, Madisonville with theft on February 6, when Stroupe allegedly took security wire from merchandise at the Walmart and got away with it to the tune of $128 worth of store items. Stroupe remained at large until Tuesday, when he was picked up and served with the warrant. Monroe County’s “Weather Now!” 337-5000
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