Corps: Dam is leaking less

The Tennessean has reported the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today announced that the leaky Wolf Creek Dam in Kentucky is seeping less than it had been. The article also said: "The leaky dam upriver of Middle Tennessee in Kentucky is still a 'high risk' dam and emergency work continues to pour a concrete-like material into the structure to shore it up."

A failure at the dam likely would cause flooding downstream along the Cumberland River. Previous coverage of the dam, including a map of potential flood areas in Charlotte Park, can be seen here.

Neighborhood meeting today at 6 p.m.

A neighborhood meeting today at 6 p.m. at 815 51st Ave., N., will address possible re-zoning on Centennial Boulevard at the southwest corner of 61st Avenue N.

This document includes meeting information and is the uploaded version of a document received from Metro Council District 20 Rep. Billy Walls.

Wolf Creek Dam project gets $54 million

The U.S. House Appropriations Committee Thursday approved $54 million for ongoing repairs at the Wolf Creek Dam in Kentucky. The funds were part of a fiscal year 2008 federal spending bill and are "targeted at stopping seepage and stabilizing the lake's level once the fixes are done," according to a report by the Associated Press (via Kentucky.com).

The Army Corps of Engineers has begun an estimated $309 million rehabilitation project and has lowered Lake Cumberland's water level to reduce pressure on the structure. A failure at the Wolf Creek Dam likely would cause flooding along the Cumberland River.

Previous coverage, including a map of potential flood areas in Charlotte Park, can be seen here.

Newspaper back in Kroger, but not on Charlotte

UPDATE: In a statement released July 6, Out & About Newspaper said the publication will return to all three of Harris Teeter's Nashville-area stores. The statement said, "Jennifer Panetta, director of communication for Harris Teeter, notified O&AN Publisher Jerry Jones of the decision on Friday, July 6. Jones said she had requested copies of the publication earlier in the week. A review was finished on July 5, and the company made the decision to allow the publication back in their stores."
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After being removed from Kroger and Harris Teeter stores, Out & About Newspaper will return to eight of 34 Nashville-area Kroger stores. The Kroger on Charlotte Avenue, near Charlotte Park, will not be among the eight to distribute the free newspaper, which serves the local gay community.

Newspaper officials said in a statement: "Out & About Newspaper has identified eight Kroger stores that are in areas of town that the newspaper has high readership. O&AN publisher Jerry Jones said that while the eight stores are significantly less than the original 34, the newspaper never wanted to be in 34 stores."

To read more from Out & About, read the newspaper's full story here.
Past coverage on The Charlotte Parker can be read here.