Fire engine lost in crash
The main fire truck for the city of Norris lies on its side along West Norris Road on Wednesday evening, Nov. 12, after rolling over while responding to a call. No injuries were reported, but the 2012 Emergency One pumper truck was deemed a total loss. - G. Chambers Williams III
A rollover accident last Wednesday night destroyed the main fire truck for the Norris Volunteer Norris Fire Department, but neither of the two firefighters on board was injured, Assistant City Manager Bailey Whited said. According to emergency personnel at the scene, the truck was responding to a traffic accident on Norris freeway around 8:30 when its right-side wheels slipped off the pavement on West Norris Road, causing the truck to roll over when the driver brought it back onto the road. The 2012 Emergency One brand pumper truck, carrying firefighting equipment and a 750-gallow water tank, reportedly rolled over three times, then came to rest on its side on the grass off the left side of the road. It ended up pointing back in the direction from which it had come. It was left in pieces by the crash, with the hood smashed on the driver’s side, among other extensive damage. Whited said that while the truck itself was considered a total loss, “We had minimal equipment loss.”
Read MoreCommission advances $5.8 million shelterproject at Carden Farm
Anderson County is looking to build a new shelter in Carden Farm Park to replace its current facility on Blockhouse Valley Road. - Ben Pounds
With the bids in, Anderson County now expects construction costs for a new animal shelter to be $5,797,512. The Anderson County Commission at its Monday, Nov. 17, meeting approved a motion awarding the bid to the architect’s recommended bidder, subject to U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development approval, with the county paying what Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank called the “soft costs.” Frank said she would write a letter to the USDA to explain how the county would cover those soft costs. Neither the resolution nor Frank named the officially recommended bidder, which she said she did not yet have. The new animal shelter will be near the Carden Farm Dog Park and will replace the county’s current animal shelter on Blockhouse Valley Road. Frank said the commission had earlier authorized a bond ceiling of $5.9 million for the USDA loan-funded project. Given the construction and other costs, the county will be left with $102,488 from the USDA loan for the shelter’s equipment. Frank stated the county had already paid $202,013.06 of $284,730 in architect fees and had the capacity to pay the initial debt-service payments out of the debt-service fund to cover the cost differential.
Read MoreFresh-cut trees arrive at Bluebird
Workers have been busy the past week preparing Anderson County’s only Christmas tree farm for its opening this week. The Bluebird Christmas Tree Farm at 985 Brushy Valley Road will open Thursday (Nov. 20), and owner Leo Collins said last Saturday that there will be plenty of trees available. “We will have our own trees, although not as many as we would like to have, plus we will have our usual stock of pre-cut trees from the western North Carolina and East Tennessee mountains,” he said. “Prices are lower this year as well,” he said. “The trees will be at least $5 less than last year’s, with the larger trees down even more than that,” he said as crew members worked Saturday getting the farm ready for customers. Days and hours will be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday through Sunday until Dec. 21, except for Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 27), when the farm will be closed. It will be open on Black Friday, the next day, Collins said.
Read MoreEast Norris, Dogwood roads repaving complete
Repaving work was completed last week on a section of East Norris Road from Norris Square to Pine Road, and part of Dogwood Road, under a contract approved in June by the Norris City Council. Duracap Asphalt Paving Contractors of Knoxville moved equipment into place on Monday, Nov. 10, and began grinding off part of the old road surface on Wednesday. On Thursday, the paving crew put a new 1.5-inch asphalt overlay on East Norris and Dogwood, from Norris Square to 36 Dogwood Road. Friday, restriping of traffic lanes was done on East Norris Road. The East Norris Road work was $119,000, and the work on Dogwood Road cost $58,000. Norris already had enough money in its current budget to cover those sections.
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