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OLD TIMERS’ DAY 2006 ENTERTAINMENT LINE-UP SET

Entries for parade, business tent and craft and food booths needed La Vergne – The entertainment has been set for Old Timers’ Day 2006, to take place Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006 at Veteran’s Memorial Park in La Vergne.

Planning for this year’s event is currently underway and event coordinators are inviting Tennessee area vendors to be a part of this year’s festival. The theme of this year’s event is “How Times Have Changed,” a theme that encourages a day of exciting fun at the festival. The day kicks off with the La Vergne Rescue Squad’s Country Ham Breakfast at 6 a.m.

The parade, which begins at 11 a.m., will conclude near Veterans Memorial Park, the site of the festival. The mayor and alderman kick off the day’s events at 1 p.m.

Performers in this year’s event include: Kyle Brooks, Spencer Ezell, Redd Hot Mamas, Jessica Miller, Wild Ride, Southern Country Cloggers, Stephanie Corbin and Lance Allen. The entertainment runs from 11 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

The entire park will be filled with fun for all ages, including a children’s area, business tent, craft and food booths, music performances, live demonstrations and more. The evening will conclude with a huge fireworks display. Craft and food booth spaces are available for purchase.

Sign-up online to reserve booth space. Businesses not selling items may be in the business tent. Politicians taking part in this year’s election are welcome in the business tent. Booths are reserved on a first come, first served basis. A door prize is required for entry into the business tent. Parade entries are also needed. Sign up on-line to reserve a business space or a place in the parade. Interested vendors should sign up on the web at www.lavergne.org.

Old Timers’ Day 2006 is sponsored the City of La Vergne, Family First Mortgage Corp.®/Leanne Welsh, Family Podiatry Center, Ingram Book, La Vergne Free Will Baptist Church, Service Escrow & Title, Inc., Stone Ridge Farms Apartments, Tee Gees Restaurant, Wine and Spirits Unlimited and more.

LPD ARRESTS END MULTI-STATE CRIME SPREE

La Vergne Police Department (LPD) K-9 Officer Konrad Kaul arrested two individuals Tuesday on possession of stolen property times two and drug paraphernalia and ended a string of felonies which stretched from Oklahoma to Tennessee.

Arrested on the charges were Jason Urian Flow, 30, of Oklahoma City, Okla. and Jessica L. Crider, 29, of Conway, Ark.

At approximately 6:50 p.m. on Tuesday Officer Kaul stopped the two individuals in a van near the Tobacco Outlet on Stones River Road for not wearing their seat belts. When Crider saw that they were being pulled over, she allegedly threw something into the center section of the van, according to Kaul’s report.

During the stop, Kaul ascertained that there was a crack pipe with a crack rock in the van. He also discovered a stolen Arkansas license plate in the vehicle. Upon running the tags of the van, he discovered that the vehicle had been stolen out of Nashville earlier that day.

The two were then taken to the La Vergne Police Department where they both waived their rights.

According to Flow, he left Oklahoma after an altercation in which he broke his right hand. He drove a vehicle he had paid $50 for to a Cherokee Indian Casino on the Oklahoma/Arkansas state line, where the vehicle ran out of gas. He then stole a black pickup truck from the casino parking lot. He drove to Conway, Ark. Where he attempted to purchase crack cocaine. That is where he met Crider.

The two then drove toward La Vergne, where Flow’s half brother lives. The pickup broke down on Dickerson Road and, after assaulting an elderly gentleman who refused to give up his car keys, Flow stole the van from a parking lot along Dickerson Road. The elderly gentleman was a relative of a Metro Nashville Police Department (MPD) officer.
 
Crider allegedly had removed the tag from the pickup and put it in the van. They drove to Flow’s half-brother’s home, showered and drove to pawn a microwave when they were pulled over by Kaul.

While at LPD, Flow allegedly took down the fire alarm in the holding cell and was attempting to flood the cell by trying to break the urinal. He also asked to see a doctor. He was then taken to StoneCrest Medical Center in Smyrna.

He was transported to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office. Kaul has been in contact with a number of different agencies concerning the various felonies that Flow and Crider committed.

Flow is still in the Rutherford County jail with a $25,500 bond while Crider remains in custody on a $19,500 bond. Nashville also has a hold on the individuals for Metro charges.
LA VERGNE RECEIVES FINANCIAL AWARD
City takes top honor for eleventh straight year

La Vergne – The City of La Vergne has been awarded with the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA). This award is the eleventh straight for the city, according to Finance Director Ralph Mullins.

“We have tried for the award for 11 straight years and have received it for each of those years,” he said. “This is a good reflection on the city as well as our auditors – Yeary, Howell and Associates, Certified Public Accountants. We are pleased that we are in good financial shape and that this award certifies that fact.”

The award was based on La Vergne’s comprehensive annual financial report for the year ended June 30, 2005.

The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition for excellence in state and local government financial reporting. In order to be awarded a Certificate of Achievement, a government must publish an easily readable and efficiently organized comprehensive annual financial report. This report must satisfy both generally accepted accounting principles and applicable legal requirements.

A Certificate of Achievement is valid for a period of one year only. Mullins believes that the current financial report also reflects the same professional style of reporting.

“We believe that our current comprehensive annual financial report continues to meet the Certificate of Achievement Program’s requirements,” he said. “We will submit it to the GFOA to determine its eligibility for another certificate.”
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