More trash than Hurricane Elvis
On June 12, a strong storm complete with straight-line winds and a tornado roared through Bartlett, knocking down trees and power lines.

Bartlett Cleans Up after Big Storm
The storm that blew through Bartlett June 12 was one for the books. The clean-up may be another book in itself.

Cops Corner
The City of Bartlett will be celebrating Independence Day on Friday July 3, 2009. The location again will be on Appling Road in front of the Bartlett Performing Arts Center. The road will be closed to traffic starting at 4:00pm with the event scheduled to begin at 6:30pm. This has grown to be the second largest event for the city second only to the Christmas Parade. Literally this is a combined effort of ALL City Services to make this a safe and memorable event that is geared to the family. Please be responsible as adults and refrain from drinking alcohol while at this event.

Scotsman walks for charity
June 18, 2009 -- Super Scotsman Rob Calder, a 32 year old bagpiper from Edinburgh, is piping his away across the United States for charity. Calder will spend six weeks "busking" -- playing his bagpipes for tips in public -- from coast to coast, rain or shine, relying on the kindness of locals and people of Scots descent to host him along the way. He will also offer a piping performance for room and board or a charitable donation.

Calendar
From Reports

TWRA will participate in Operation Dry Water
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is teaming with the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators for "Operation Dry Water" the weekend of June 26-28.

First Citizens among top
200 community banks
First Citizens National Bank recently placed in the top 200 community banks in the nation, according to a list from U.S. Banker magazine published in June.

Friends of Bobby Simmons Golf Tournament
The heat was on last Friday as the Friends of Bobby Simmons golf tournament kicked off. With temperatures near 100 degrees and a heat index of 110 degrees the golfers had more than just competition on their mind.

Amateur Radio Week in Tennessee
Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen has proclaimed June 19 - 25, 2009  as "Amateur Radio Week" in Tennessee.

Grandfather's heart is close to home
Growing up, my grandfather has been a major part of my life.

Can God Improve senior home care
Christian Companion Senior Care provides seniors with traditional in-home services, such as bathing, light housekeeping, medication reminders, meal preparation and transportation. Where they differ from others is CCSC trains care-giving professionals to provide spiritual encouragement from a uniquely Christian perspective.

Obituaries
From Reports

Could the Kennedy Health Plan lead
to a 10 percent Tennessee income tax?
Every senator who votes to increase Medicaid eligibility to 150 percent of the federal poverty level should be sentenced to serve eight years as governor in his or her home state. 

Know your rights or you could lose them
"It astonishes me to find... [that so many] of our countrymen... should be contented to live under a system which leaves to their governors the power of taking from them the trial by jury in civil cases, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of commerce, the habeas corpus laws, and of yoking them with a standing army. This is a degeneracy in the principles of liberty... which I [would not have expected for at least] four centuries."--Thomas Jefferson, 1788

Where is the City of Bartlett
From Letters

Four Bartlett Students have been awarded Emerging Leaders Scholarship to attend the U of M
From Reports

Keep safety in sight this Fourth of July
Dr. Artee Nanji