Katie Dean announces Macon Co. Townhall

PRESS RELEASE (07-08-2021)
KATIE DEAN FOR CONGRESS

Katie Dean announces Macon Co. Townhall
NC-11 U.S. House candidate holds a townhall in Macon County

Swannanoa, NC ---
Katie Dean is running for Congress in North Carolina’s 11th District. Katie is holding a Townhall on Thursday, July 15, 6pm – 7pm at the Big Bear Shelter [E. Main St. and Little Tennessee River].

Katie is running a working-class campaign for a working-class district. She is focused on economic issues to expand middle-class America and stand up for the hard-working folks in all 17 counties of NC11.

Katie and her husband own a successful auto repair business. They have seen firsthand how difficult it has become to survive a broken economy, especially when accessing affordable healthcare. Katie earned a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Georgia. She went straight to work in infrastructure design for rural municipalities and has extensive experience in environmental remediation and compliance. Katie will deliver actual results for broadband access, navigate the red tape, and bring efficiency to how we spend taxpayer dollars. She will bring authentic and genuine representation to our community.

We invite everyone to attend the Macon Co. Townhall on Thursday, July 15.

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OUTLOOK

Tropical Cyclone Elsa will pass quickly north through Georgia and the Carolinas through Thursday resulting in gusty winds and heavy showers for parts of the piedmont. Following this, an active mid- summertime pattern will develop by the weekend with a chance for showers and pulse thunderstorms each day into the early part of next week.


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Local News

Franklin Town Council - July 2021



Supporting documents posted online at [MaconMedia.com]

2021 Fireworks Display in Franklin, NC [LINK]

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Local Weather

National Weather Map for Today

General forecast through Saturday Night


Franklin area

Today

Scattered showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then isolated showers between 11pm and 4am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%.

Saturday

A chance of showers before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Chance of rain is 60%.

Saturday Night

Showers likely, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 60%.

Highlands Plateau

Today

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11am, then scattered showers, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-70s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then isolated showers between 11pm and 5am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain is 60%.

Saturday

A chance of showers before 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Chance of rain is 60%.

Saturday Night

Showers likely, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 60%.

Otto area

Today

Scattered showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds early increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light winds out of the west. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers between 1am and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light northwest wind. Chance of rain is 40%.

Saturday

A slight chance of showers before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Chance of rain is 60%.

Saturday Night

Showers likely, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 60%.

Nantahala area

Today

Isolated showers, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm by midnight. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the west 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.

Saturday

A chance of showers before 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Chance of rain is 60%.

Saturday Night

Showers likely, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 60%.

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Hazards and Tropical Weather

Hazardous Weather is not anticipated today. The impacts of the remnants of Tropical Storm ELSA will be mainly to our south and east.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Elsa, located inland over eastern Georgia.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.

Tropical Storm Elsa Discussion Number 32
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL052021
1100 PM EDT Wed Jul 07 2021

Doppler radar and surface observations indicate that Elsa is maintaining its intensity. However, these winds aren't close to the center but, rather, in a strong band of convection in the eastern semicircle of the storm. The current wind speed is set to 40 kt in accordance with an earlier sustained wind report of 38 kt, and radar velocities reduced to the surface that would support at least 40 kt.

Some weakening is expected overnight while a significant portion of Elsa's circulation remains over land. However by late Thursday, more of the storm will be moving over water, and a fair number of the models suggest re-intensification could take place. It is a little puzzling why the ECMWF and UKMET models, however, are showing a strengthening tropical storm close to the mid-Atlantic states, especially without a significant trough interaction or warm waters. I'm getting some deja vu in this case after working Claudette from a few weeks ago, with those same models also over-intensifying that storm. The GFS has been relatively consistent in showing only a small intensification of Elsa, and the NHC forecast will continue to be closer to that model's relatively weaker solution.

The storm has turned north-northeastward tonight and is moving a little faster, about 14 kt. Elsa should move northeastward at an increasing forward speed during the next few days as it becomes embedded within fast southwesterly flow ahead of a mid-latitude trough. No significant changes were made to the previous track forecast since guidance remains in good agreement. Elsa is likely to become absorbed north of Newfoundland by another extratropical low by day 4.

There is greater confidence tonight that some portion of North Carolina and the mid-Atlantic coast will receive tropical-storm force-winds, so the Tropical Storm Watch has been upgraded to a Tropical Storm Warning in those areas. Areas to the north remain less certain, and remain under a Tropical Storm Watch.

Key Messages:

1. As Elsa moves across southeastern Georgia into the Lowcountry of South Carolina tonight, heavy rainfall may result in considerable flash, urban, and minor river flooding. Heavy rainfall, from North Carolina across the mid-Atlantic and into New England Thursday and Friday, could lead to isolated flash and urban flooding.

2. Tropical storm conditions are expected along portions of the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina tonight. Tropical storm conditions are also expected along the coasts of North Carolina on Thursday and the mid-Atlantic by Thursday night. Tropical storm conditions are possible in the southern New England states and New York by Friday.

FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS

INIT 08/0300Z 32.1N 82.3W 40 KT 45 MPH...INLAND
12H 08/1200Z 34.1N 80.7W 35 KT 40 MPH...INLAND
24H 09/0000Z 37.1N 77.3W 35 KT 40 MPH...INLAND
36H 09/1200Z 40.4N 72.9W 40 KT 45 MPH...OVER WATER
48H 10/0000Z 44.5N 67.0W 40 KT 45 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
60H 10/1200Z 49.0N 60.0W 40 KT 45 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
72H 11/0000Z 54.0N 50.0W 35 KT 40 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP

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Almanac

Air Quality

Air quality is in the lower range of yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the lower range of yellow.

Fire and Smoke Map
(There are no significant sources of smoke in the region as of 3am on 04-22-2021.)

Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (0.5 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Dock being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (2.2 out of 12).


Weather Extremes for Macon County on July 6th


Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1977
Lowest Temperature 44°F in Highlands in 1913
Greatest Rainfall 4.50 inches in Highlands in 1916
Greatest Snowfall (No snowfall recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)

July Weather Extremes for Macon County

Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on 07-29-1952
Lowest Temperature 34°F in Highlands on 07-27-1911
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on 07-29-1879
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1872

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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)

The Macon County Art Association (a not for profit member organization) is offering classes in encaustic painting on Specified Fridays from 10AM-12PM at the Uptown Gallery 30 E Main St Franklin NC. Specific class dates are Friday July 9 and 23, August 3 and 27, September 3 and 17, October 29.

For more information contact the instructor, Karen Smith, at karen@programservices.org

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National News Roundup

Driving into Blinding Dust Storm - Texas or Jupiter?



President Biden Delivers Remarks on the Benefits of his "Build Back Better" Agenda (July 7, 2021)



Former President Trump announces lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter and Google (July 7 Press Conference)



NBC Nightly News Broadcast (Full) - July 7th, 2021



PBS NewsHour full episode, July 7, 2021

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On This Day

July 8th is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 176 days remain until the end of the year.



Historical Events

(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)


939 - The Major Occultation, or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi
• [Wikipedia: Major Occultation]
• [VIDEO Lecture: The Major Occultation]
• [LINKTEXT]

1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch.
• [Siege of Jerusalem (First Crusade)]
• [First Crusade]
• [Siege of Jerusalem, 1099: What REALLY Happened...]
• [The First Crusade: Siege of Jerusalem 1099 AD]

1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese fleet, defeats an Angevin fleet sent to put down a rebellion on Malta. (War of the Sicilian Vespers: Battle of Malta)
• [Battle of Malta]
• [War of the Sicilian Vespers]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Roger of Lauria]

1497 – Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Vasco da Gama]

1579 – Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
• [Wikipedia: Our Lady of Kazan]

1663 – Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal charter to Rhode Island.

1709 – Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's status as a major power in Europe.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Poltava]
• [Poltava – The Great Northern War – Sabaton History 057 [Official]]
• [Wikipedia: Great Northern War]

1716 – The Battle of Dynekilen forces Sweden to abandon its invasion of Norway.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Dynekilen]

1730 – An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages more than 1,000 km (620 mi) of Chile's coastline.

1758 – French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.

1760 – British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France.
• [Battle of Restigouche]
• [THE HISTORY BUFF Battle of Restigouche]

1775 – The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
• [Wikipedia: Second Continental Congress]
• [Wikipedia: Olive Branch Petition]
• [Loyalist vs Partiot Olive Branch Petition]
• [Dramatization from HBO's John Adams Mioniseries]
• [History Brief: The Second Continental Congress and the Olive Branch Petition]

1776 – Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
• [United States Declaration of Independence]
• [Re-enactment of the First Public Reading of the Declaration of Independence, July 8, 2012] (Independence National Historical Park)

1808 – Promulgation of the Bayonne Statute, a royal charter Joseph Bonaparte intended as the basis for his rule as king of Spain.
• [Bayonne Statute]
• [Wikipedia: Peninsular War]
• [Feature History - Peninsular War]

1822 – Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.

1853 – The Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade.
• [Perry Expedition]

1859 – King Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.

1864 – Ikedaya Incident: The Choshu Han shishi's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
• [Ikedaya incident]
• [Shinsengumi Ikedaya Incident - Sherlock Investigates Japan]

1874 – The Mounties begin their March West.
• [Wikipedia: March West]
• [North-West Mounted Police: The Great March - Documentary Feature]
• [Cypress Hills Massacre]

1876 – The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
• [Wikipedia: Hamburg massacre]
• [Today's Toast - July 8 - Hamburg Massacre Victims]

1879 – Sailing ship USS Jeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
• [Wikipedia: USS Jeannette (1878)]
• [Wikipedia: Jeannette expedition]
• [Jeanette: The Mother of Modern Arctic Exploration]

1889 – The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.

1892 – St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
• [The St. John's Fire of 1892]

1898 – The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
• [Wikipedia: Shootout on Juneau Wharf]
• [Soapy Smith: A Very Bad Man]
• [Soapy Smith: Gold Rush Goodfella]
• [Skagway Stories: Who was Frank H. Reid?]

1912 – Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.

1932 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.

1933 – The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa is played at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town.

1937 – Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
• [Treaty of Saadabad]

1947 – Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash-landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
• [Wikipedia: Roswell incident]
• [Roswell Incident: Department of Defense Interviews - Robert Shirkey / Walter Haut]
• [Unlocking & Debunking The Roswell UFO Mystery | Studio 10]
• [Roswell - Alien Wonderland]
• [Ask an Expert: The Roswell Incident]
• [Roswell, JFK: Why some people want to believe in conspiracy theories]

1948 – The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).

1960 – Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Francis Gary Powers]
• [1960 U-2 incident]
• [Gary Powers' U-2 is Shot Down Over the Soviet Union - Animated]

1962 – Ne Win besieges and blows up the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement.

1966 – King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.

1968 – The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.

1970 – Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975.
• [Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975]
• [Nixon and the American Indian: The Movement to Self-Determination]

1972 – Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani.

1979 - Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14)

1980 – The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland who defeat New South Wales 20–10 at Lang Park.

1980 – Aeroflot Flight 4225 crashes near Almaty International Airport in the then Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (present day Kazakhstan) killing all 166 people on board.

1982 – A failed assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein results in the Dujail Massacre over the next several months.
• [Wikipedia: Dujail Massacre]
• [Dujail Revisited]
• [Trial resumes, Saddam complaints, witnesses, Dujail video] (AP Video)

1988 – The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.

1994 – Kim Jong-il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung.

2003 – Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.

2011 – Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
• [Shuttle launch: Last launch of Atlantis on CNN]
• [PBS Livestream: Final Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis]
• [Wikipedia: STS-135]

2012 - Tens of thousands protest over election corruption in Mexico City after Enrique Peña Nieto's win in the country's presidential election.
• [Wikipedia: Protests]
• [University Students Protest and Kick Out Mexican Presidential Candidate from Campus]

2014 – Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers.

2019 – US financier Jeffrey Epstein indicted on further charges of sex trafficking of minors
• [Wikipedia Bio: Jeffrey Epstein]
• [Secret indictment against Jeffrey Epstein unveiled]
• [Epstein indicted on sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy]

2020 – IAustralian city of Melbourne goes back into lockdown for six weeks after second outbreak of 700 active cases

2020 – IAmericans and Polynesians made contact around 1200 A.D. according to new genomic study in "Nature", people from eastern Polynesia had DNA from indigenous Colombia
• [Native South Americans were early inhabitants of Polynesia]
• [New Genetic Evidence Of Polynesian and American Contact]
• [Native South Americans reached Polynesia early] (PDF)

2020 – US government issues directive that more than 1 million international students will be stripped of their visas if their courses entirely online

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Rain chances will increase more sharply tonight and remain elevated for the first half of Thursday, as a trough of low pressure approaches from the west, and Tropical Cyclone Elsa passes through Georgia and the Carolinas. An active mid-summertime pattern will develop by the weekend with a chance for showers and pulse thunderstorms each day into the early part of next week.


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Local News

Franklin Town Council - July 2021



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2021 Fireworks Display in Franklin, NC [LINK]

Bob Scott Announces Retirement

PRESS RELEASE (07-06-2021) BOB SCOTT, MAYOR OF FRANKLIN

It’s time for me to pack up my bust of Harry Truman and my “No Sniveling” desk plaque and move on. I will not be seeking a fifth term as mayor.

Most politicians bow out saying “to spend more time with family.” Which is code for getting out before an indictment or a scandal breaks. Not me. I am just too darn old. Franklin needs a new mayor.

I would have run again, but Council Member Jack Horton has filed to run for mayor. Jack is qualified and well known across the state. I can leave knowing that if elected, Franklin will be in good hands with Jack.

I will be gone in three months from Town Hall. I will leave knowing I had little support from some other politicians in trying to save our hospital from a for profit company. A huge disappointment. There were other ideas I had which were blocked, for whatever reason, in the last two terms I have served.

I do hope to get the skate park in place. Turn the Sunnyside property into public use with recreation facilities, and use federal relief funds to improve our infrastructure.

I campaigned on open government. In my four terms, the town got away from being a “who you know” town. It is now a “what you know” town. We have professionalized Franklin’s government. We are a town we can all be proud of. Our employees deserve the credit. Not me.

We have had very few closed meetings during my time as mayor. My philosophy has been one of instead of finding a reason to go behind closed doors find a reason to keep the doors open. I always have believed the mayor and town council exists for only one reason. To conduct the public’s business.

I hope the Town Council will keep working to preserve the fascination which makes Franklin a delightful place in which to live and work.

The toughest year of my service has been the year of the pandemic. Mayors across the nation became the lightning rod for anger and frustration. I certainly was. On social media I was called unique expletives I did not know existed. But on the other hand, I have had folks who understood town government. There was more support than anger. In looking back, I adopted the understanding that people were angry, scared and facing hardships. As mayor, I was a convenient politician to jump on. I was accessible. I answer my phone. You can catch me ambling along our sidewalks.

I do have some future plans. I have hobbies I have neglected. I will return to writing and photography. America is in serious danger as Democracy is in peril. I will find some way to express my contempt of authoritarianism.

Please never allow Franklin to become partisan. We are just fine as a non-partisan unit. Please fight to keep it non-partisan from those who want to change it for political power.

Does anyone have a small backhoe I can borrow to clean out my office? I need it by the first Tuesday in November. It has been a hoot to serve as mayor. My high school teachers would be astounded.

Mayor Bob Scott
Town of Franklin, NC

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Local Weather

National Weather Map for Today

General forecast through Friday Night


Franklin area

Today

Isolated showers between 7am and 1pm, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 5am, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday

A chance of showers before 9am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday Night

Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 9pm and 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light winds out of the northwest. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%.

Friday Night

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 1am, then a slight chance of showers between 1am and 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 60%.

Highlands Plateau

Today

Isolated showers, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 9pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday

A chance of showers before 9am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Patchy fog before 1pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday Night

Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 9pm and 4am. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph before midnight. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.

Friday Night

Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 60%.

Otto area

Today

Isolated showers, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 5am, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday

A chance of showers before 9am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday Night

A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly around 3am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light winds out of the northwest. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.

Friday Night

Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 60%.

Nantahala area

Today

Scattered showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 5am, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday

A chance of showers before 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night

Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light winds out of the southwest. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%.

Friday Night

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 60%.

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Hazards and Tropical Weather

Hazardous Weather is not anticipated today.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on recently downgraded Tropical Storm Elsa, located about 60 miles west of Tampa, Florida.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.


b>TROPICAL TIDBITS

Tropical Tidbits is a website run by Macon Media's favorite no-nonsense tropical forecaster, Levi Cowan. He does not post material just to get clicks or to sensationalize the storms he covers to "make them more exciting." He is reliable and sober, unlike The Weather Channel crowd of Drama Queen Meteorologists.

Levi typically posts videos late in the afternoon or early before midnight on Youtube. [Youtube Channel]

Elsa to Cross Cuba During Late Monday, Approach Florida on Tuesday (recorded July 5th)

Hurricane Elsa Discussion Number 28
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL052021
1100 PM EDT Tue Jul 06 2021

After an earlier flurry of convective bursting and even the development of a eye in radar imagery, Elsa appears to have leveled off over the past couple of hours. Between 2100 UTC and 0000 UTC, WSR-88D radars from Tampa and Key West indicated areas of average Doppler velocities of 75-85 kt between 8000-13,000 ft, which were co-located with convective bands consisting of 50 dBZ and higher reflectivity values, which equates to at least 65 kt surface winds. Elsa's center also passed just barely to the east of Buoy 41023 around 2100 UTC, producing a sustained wind of 49 kt at 3-meters elevation, which equals a 10-meter wind speed of 55 kt on the west side of the cyclone. The strongest 850-mb flight-level wind measured by an Air Force reconnaissance aircraft so far has been 74 kt. However, radar data indicate that the aircraft just missed the strongest winds in the convection by only about 5 n mi. The initial intensity is being held at 65 kt just in case convection redevelops around the ragged eye feature later tonight.

Elsa is moving northward, or 360/12 kt. This motion should continue tonight and early Wednesday until landfall occurs across the northwestern Florida peninsula. Thereafter, a gradual turn toward the north-northeast is expected by late Wednesday, followed by some acceleration toward the northeast on Thursday as Elsa rounds the western periphery of a deep-layer subtropical ridge and gets caught up by the southwesterly flow ahead of a mid-level trough. The official track forecast lies between the simple and corrected-consensus tracks models and the previous NHC track forecast.

Elsa's inner-core convection looks pretty ragged right now, but the vertical structure has improved based on the reconnaissance data, which indicate that the low-, middle- and upper-level circulations are nearly vertically stacked now. Elsa's ragged eye feature along with the very warm water beneath the cyclone and the upcoming nocturnal convective maximum period could combine to allow convection to redevelop. However, proximity to dry mid-level air just to the west should prevent any significant strengthening from occurring. After landfall, rapid weakening is expected due to increased frictional effects and Elsa's small size. The pressure gradient, however, is forecast by the GFS and ECMWF models to increase between Elsa and a sprawling surface high pressure system over the western Atlantic, which should act to increase the winds to tropical storm force near the coastal areas from Georgia to North Carolina on Wednesday and Thursday. The new NHC intensity forecast is similar to the previous advisory and follows the consensus intensity models HCCA and IVCN.

Key Messages:

1. Heavy rain will impact Cuba tonight resulting in significant flooding and mudslides. As Elsa moves across the western and northern Florida Peninsula through Wednesday, heavy rainfall may result in considerable flash, urban, and minor to isolated moderate river flooding. Mid to late week, heavy rainfall across southeast Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and southeastern Virginia may result in isolated flash and urban flooding, with considerable flash and urban flooding possible across coastal Georgia and the Lowcountry of South Carolina.

2. There is a danger of life-threatening storm surge along portions of the west coast of Florida tonight and Wednesday, and a Storm Surge Warning is in effect for that area.

3. Hurricane conditions are expected tonight and early Wednesday along a portion of the west coast of Florida, where a Hurricane Warning is in effect. Tropical storm conditions are occurring across portions southwest Florida and will continue to spread northward along the west coast of the state within the warning area through Wednesday morning.

4. Although the center of Elsa is expected to remain inland of the coastline from Georgia through the Carolinas during the next couple of days, tropical storm conditions are expected along much of the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina.

FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS

INIT 07/0300Z 27.3N 83.2W 65 KT 75 MPH
12H 07/1200Z 29.0N 83.1W 60 KT 70 MPH
24H 08/0000Z 31.4N 82.5W 45 KT 50 MPH...INLAND
36H 08/1200Z 33.9N 80.5W 35 KT 40 MPH...INLAND
48H 09/0000Z 36.4N 77.4W 35 KT 40 MPH...INLAND
60H 09/1200Z 39.3N 73.3W 40 KT 45 MPH...OVER WATER
72H 10/0000Z 42.8N 68.0W 45 KT 50 MPH...OVER WATER
96H 11/0000Z 51.0N 54.4W 45 KT 50 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
120H 12/0000Z...DISSIPATED

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Almanac

Air Quality

Air quality is in the lower range of yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the lower range of yellow.

Fire and Smoke Map
(There are no significant sources of smoke in the region as of 3am on 04-22-2021.)

Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (2.0 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Dock being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (0.5 out of 12).


Weather Extremes for Macon County on July 6th


Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1990
Lowest Temperature 47°F in Highlands in 1918
Greatest Rainfall 5.37 inches in Highlands in 1941
Greatest Snowfall (No snowfall recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)

July Weather Extremes for Macon County

Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on 07-29-1952
Lowest Temperature 34°F in Highlands on 07-27-1911
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on 07-29-1879
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1872

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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)

The Macon County Art Association (a not for profit member organization) is offering classes in encaustic painting on Specified Fridays from 10AM-12PM at the Uptown Gallery 30 E Main St Franklin NC. Specific class dates are Friday July 9 and 23, August 3 and 27, September 3 and 17, October 29.

For more information contact the instructor, Karen Smith, at karen@programservices.org

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National News Roundup

All Around Me Are Diseased Faces (Level1 News July 7 2021)



NBC Nightly News Broadcast (Full) - July 6th, 2021



PBS NewsHour full episode, July 6, 2021

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On This Day

July 7th is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 177 days remain until the end of the year.

The terms 7th July, July 7th, and 7/7 (pronounced "Seven-seven") have been widely used in the Western media as a shorthand for the 7 July 2005 bombings on London's transport system. In the Chinese language, this term is used to denote the Battle of Lugou Bridge started on July 7, 1937, marking the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War.



Historical Events

(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)


1124 – The city of Tyre falls to the Venetian Crusade after a siege of nineteen weeks.
• [Venetian Crusade]
• [Venice & the Crusades (1090-1125)]
• [6: Venice and the Fourth Crusade]

1456 – A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death.
• [Retrial of Joan of Arc]
• [The Trials of Joan of Arc ]

1520 – Spanish conquistadores defeat a larger Aztec army at the Battle of Otumba.
• [Battle of Otumba]
• [Fall of Tenochtitlan (1521) - Spanish-Aztec War] History

]

1534 – Jacques Cartier makes his first contact with aboriginal peoples in what is now Canada.

1575 – The Raid of the Redeswire is the last major battle between England and Scotland.
• [Raid of the Redeswire]
• [The Raid of Redeswire - 1575]
• [The Callant returns from Redeswire 2018] (local commemoration)

1585 – The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
• [Treaty of Nemours]
• [French Wars of Religion]
• [Ten Minute History - The French Wars of Religion (Short Documentary)]

1770 – The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
• [Battle of Larga]

1777 – American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
• [Battle of Hubbardton]
• [The Battle of Hubbardton Animated Map]
• [Hubbardton: Vermont's Battle]
• [Saratoga campaign]
• [Burgoyne's Invasion: Saratoga Campaign of 1777]

1798 – As a result of the XYZ Affair, the US Congress rescinds the Treaty of Alliance with France sparking the "Quasi-War".
• [ XYZ Affair]
• [Quasi-War]
• [The XYZ Affair]

1807 – The first Treaty of Tilsit between France and Russia is signed, ending hostilities between the two countries in the War of the Fourth Coalition.
• [Treaties of Tilsit]
• [LINKTEXT]
• [Dramatization of Second Treaty] (click autotranslate for English subtitles) [Complete Napoleon 2002 Miniseries] (in English)

1834 – In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began.
• [New York anti-abolitionist riots (1834)]
• [Charles Ives: Study No. 9 ("The Anti-Abolitionist Riots")] (musical tribute)

1846 – US troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the US conquest of California.
• [Conquest of California]
• [Initial Conquest | California History [ep.1]]
• [The Mexican-American War - Explained in 16 minutes]

1863 – The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.

1865 – Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
• [Assassination of Abraham Lincoln]
• [The Lincoln Conspirators] (Slideshow)
• [The Trial and Execution of the Lincoln Conspirators]

1892 – The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
• [Katipunan]
• [Philippine Revolution]
• [What was: The Filipino/Philippine Revolution]

1898 – US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
• [Newlands Resolution]
• [Territory of Hawaii]

1907 – Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
• [Ziegfeld Follies]
• [broadway history- Ziegfield]
• [Lucille Ball Reflects On Being Fired By Florenz Ziegfeld | The Dick Cavett Show]

1911 – The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
• [North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911]

1915 – The First Battle of the Isonzo comes to an end.
• [First Battle of the Isonzo]
• [Life On The Isonzo Front I THE GREAT WAR On The Road]

1915 – Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Henry Pedris/a>]

1916 – The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.

1928 – Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Otto Frederick Rohwedder]
• [Otto Frederick Rohwedder | Automatic Bread-Slicing | #studio64podcasts | #socialtechpioneers]
• [Sliced Bread: Where did it come from? | Stuff of Genius]

1930 – Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
• [Wikipewdia Bio: Henry J. Kaiser]
• [Hoover Dam Construction: Boulder Dam (Part I) (1931) - CharlieDeanArchives / Archival Footage]
• [Six Companies, Inc.]

1937 – The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• [Marco Polo Bridge Incident]
• [Archive newsreel about the Marco Polo Bridge incident]
• [Marco Polo Bridge Incident - The First Battle of WWII]

1937 – The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
• [Peel Commission]

1941 – The US occupation of Iceland replaces the UK's occupation.
• [The 1940 Occupation of Iceland]
• [American Marines Invaded Iceland in 1941]
• [Occupation of Iceland]

1944 – World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.
• [Wikipedia: Banzai charge]
• [Battle of Saipan]
• [100 Year Old Army Veteran Describes the Largest Japanese Banzai Charge Ever! (Battle of Saipan)]
• [Banzai Tank Charge - Saipan 1944]
• [Newsreel: Aftermath of Japanese Banzai charge on Saipan, Mariana Islands during WWII]

1946 – Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.

1946 – Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
• [Howard Hughes XF-11 Plane Crash Beverly Hills CA July 11 1946] (Newsreel)
• [Hughes XF-11]

1952 – The ocean liner SS United States passes Bishop Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world.

1953 – Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.

1954 – Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".

1958 – US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.

1959 – Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.

1963 – Buddhist crisis: The police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of President Ngo Dinh Diem, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest.

1978 – The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

1980 – Institution of sharia law in Iran.

1980 – During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.

1981 – US President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
• [President Ronald Reagan's announcement of Sandra Day O'Connor as a Supreme Court nominee]
• [Sandra Day O'Connor interview (2002)]
• [Wikipedia: Sandra Day O'Connor]
• [First: Sandra Day O’Connor, An American Life]

1983 – Cold War: Samantha Smith, a US schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.

1985 – Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17.

1987 - Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North begins public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Oliver North]
• [Iran-Contra Hearings - Oliver North Testimony (1987)]
• [Congressional committees investigating the Iran–Contra affair]
• [What Was the Iran-Contra Affair? | History]

1988 - Soviet Union launches Phobos 1 to probe Martian moon (unsuccessful).
• [Phobos 1]

1990 - 1st 'Three Tenors' concert featuring Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti at Baths of Caracalla in Rome; recording becomes world's best-selling classical record.
• [Concert]
• [The Three Tenors]

1991 – Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

1992 – The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to go topless in public.

1993 - Prodigy announces it will offer Cox newspapers.

1997 – The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.

2003 – NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.
• [Opportunity (rover)]
• [NASA Mars Rovers Website]
• [Launch Video]

2005 – A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system, killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers, and injuring over 700 others.
• [Wikipedia: 7 July 2005 London bombings]
• [7/7 London Bombings: 10 Years On] (SkyNews)
• [7/7 London Bombings: How Story Unfolded On Sky News]

2007 – The first Live Earth benefit concert was held in 11 locations around the world.

2012 – At least 172 people are killed in a flash flood in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia.

2013 – A De Havilland Otter air taxi crashes in Soldotna, Alaska, killing ten people.

2016 – Ex-US Army soldier Micah Xavier Johnson shoots fourteen policemen during an anti-police protest in downtown Dallas, Texas, killing five of them. He is subsequently killed by a robot-delivered bomb.

2019 – The United States women's national soccer team defeated the Netherlands 2–0 at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Final in Lyon, France.

2020 - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announces he has tested positive for COVID-19.

2020 - Texas records more than 10,000 daily cases of COVID-19 for the 1st time

2020 - India surpasses Russia to become the world's third-worst affected country, daily COVID-19 cases exceeding 20,000 and total cases over 700,000

2020 - Violent protests in Belgrade, Serbia, at government announcement of weekend lockdown due to COVID-19 surge

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Franklin Town Council July 2021 Regular Meeting

The Franklin Town Council will be meeting tonight in the lower elvel of the town hall at 6pm. Macon Media will be there to record the meeting. The public agenda, agenda packet and a copy of the Clay Macon Hazard Mitigation Plan are embedded below. Video and roll call will be added after the meeting.

Franklin Town Council - July 2021




Franklin Town Council
July 06, 2021 • 6:00 p.m.

1. Call to Order - Mayor Bob Scott
2. Pledge of Allegiance - Vice-Mayor Jack Horton
3. Adoption of the July 6, 2021 Town Council Agenda - Town Council

4. Approval of the Consent Agenda for July06, 2021 - Town Council
A.) Approval of June 7, 2021 Town Council Minutes
B.) Budget Amendments
C.) Re-Appointment of Town Tax Collector
D.) Resolution Authorizing Town Tax Collector to Collect 2021 Taxes
E.) Franklin Tubular Certificate of Satisfaction

5. Public Session

6. New Business
A.) Resolution to Adopt the Clay Macon Hazard Mitigation Plan – Interim Town Manager Justin Setser
B.) Update on Skate Park Request - Interim Town Manager Justin Setser
C.) Discussion on Town of Franklin Employee Recruitment and Retention - HR Director Travis Tallent
D.) Funding Request for TDA – Interim Town Manager Justin Setser
E.) Fire Sub Station Time Extension Request – Interim Town Manager Justin Setser
F.) Discussion on ABC Referendum for Election Ballot – Mayor Bob Scott
G.) Discussion on Pathway Around Wetland – Council Member David Culpepper

7. Legal
A.) Discussion on Draft Ordinance 2021-006, Police and Fire Ordinance Corrections
B.) Discussion on Draft Ordinance 2021-007, Discretionary Warning Citations

8. Announcements

A.) Town Council Meeting Monday, August 2, 2021 B.) Next Free Family Movie night will be on Friday, August 6, 2021 in the Lower Town Hall Parking Lot. The Featured Presentation that Night will be the Princess Bride.

9. Adjourn

Roll Call
(Media Outlets, Elected Critters, and Candidates for Office in attendance will be added here after the meeting)

Macon Media (1)
The Franklin Press (1)
Macon County News and Shopping Guide, Southern Scoop, Highlands Paper (1)

Agenda Packet [Download PDF]



Clay Macon Hazard Mitigation Plan [Download PDF]








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