About Henderson County, TN

You buy your dream home. It's a new, nicely developed subdivision in a small rural community. The road was gravel when you purchased. You were told by the County, the road would be paved when there were three homes in the new development. Now three years, and 20 homes later, your road is still a muddy mess. You figure up the tax revenue collected by the county and it's pushing $50,000 from just your neighbors.

Now, throw in this mix a rule change by the county, that the road must be paved before the county will accept ownership. Now half the road is owned by the county, and the rest by the developer. The developer has agreed to pave his portion, but the county still refuses because they have spent the money allocated year after year to this project. Ten of the first built homes will remain on a gravel road, the newer homes will have a nicely paved road. Just wait until these folks beat down the door at the courthouse.

There are numerous new developments in Henderson County with this problem. The County refuses to address saying they have no money, no budget, no resources to rectify this situation. The citizens of Henderson County, TN. deserve better service and consideration than this. After all, they are hard working, tax paying, good neighbors.

Add to this frustration the amount of taxpayer money allocated to the new county jail. Several million dollar project to give the criminals of Henderson County a Hilton in which to reside. Sorry, mayor and alderman, but most of us don't really care where the criminals live as long as they are locked up somewhere. We do care about the safety and quality of life for the law abiding residents of Henderson County.

Maybe this issue seems petty to the county government, but I assure you, to the new comers to the area who have sought out Henderson County in which to live, who have seen their property values decrease, and their property taxes increase, this is not petty. Paving their roads will most definitely improve their values and make their properties more attractive for resale.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if all the new developments in Henderson County got rid of the mud and potholes. At least those who have been waiting patiently for three years.

Linda Lipscomb RE/MAX Unlimited 870 W. Church St. 731-249-5376

http://LindaLipscomb.com

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Not sure of the author....a good friend emailed this to me today.

Hope this ended your week with a laugh.

Happy Mothers Day!!!!!

Linda Lipscomb

RE/MAX Unlimited

870 W. Church St.

Lexington, TN.

http://LindaLipscomb.com

731-249-5376 731-695-1118

It's funny to me how we get up every morning, go through a routine fall back in bed at the end of the day and get up the next day and do it again and years go by without much notice. Depending on the stage of life we are in the routines vary; it might be college time for some, career, significant other, children and family. All through life we are presented with choices, sometimes we know exactly what to do and the exact outcome we want and other times situations come from left field and turns everything upside down to a different path.

This is what happened to our family. Married for a few years my daughter was 3 and my son 6 months, and we found out that my mom needed a quadruple bypass. She had an excellent surgeon but she never completely recovered from this procedure and unfortunately this was only the first of many surgeries in her future. My sister and I spent countless hours in Dr. offices, hospitals and months in nursing homes for rehab. In the beginning she would travel and spend time with my sisters family in New Jersey, but flying eventually became to much. Eventually it became obvious that she wasn't eating properly, keeping up with medications and becoming a fall risk to often to live alone; so our choice was for her to move in with my family. I found myself part of the "Sandwich Generation" balancing small children and aging parent, something I had never imagined and was not a part of the exact outcome I had planned for my young family. Thankfully my husband was always supportive no matter what was put aside in our life.

Mom had lived with us for seven years when she fell out of the bed during the night and couldn't get up to wake me, so I found her hours later. Our family Dr. was very tactful and persuasive in the fact that she was to the point of needing more than I could provide, she was going to need rehab and I needed to consider full time skilled care. Mom had rehab at several nursing homes in WI where we had lived and in NJ by my sister and we always hoped she wouldn't have to stay full time. This decision had become as important to me as where would my children grow up and attend school; but this was a decision I did not want to make.

Welcome to Lexington Manor, Lexington Tennessee. The outside of the building is immaculate, beautiful landscaping surrounding a huge front porch full of rocking chairs, and the windows are painted for every holiday and season. From the moment I sat down with the admitting director I was taken care of. They understood that this was incredibly difficult for me and that I wasn't convinced that she was staying. They had all the paper work in order for me to easily complete, when mom arrived from the hospital the staff was in high gear with admitting procedures, getting her comfortable and helping me get her belongings arranged.

In come the nurses, they were efficient, helpful and most of all kind. It probably wasn't the three I have pictured here since my mind wasn't on taking pictures that day but these ladies have made a life long impression on me with their skill and care for the residents they are charged with caring for. I can not say enough about this facility! The staff is always on top of their game, from housekeeping, nursing assistants, maintenance guys-everyone treats this job as it's their family. The one thing that I can't impress enough is how I have never come across one staff member who is ever rude, impatient, or unpleasant. There is constant contact with the family concerning any needs, and they know exactly which resident your there to visit. The activity schedule keeps them busy, normal exercise and bingo but add diner out, baseball games in Jackson, horse and carriage rides, family dinner night to name a few. Local churchs are here every weekend with activities too. They take top notch care of the building and residents rooms.

It only took a few weeks to realize that I had hit the jackpot for skilled care facilities with Lexington Manor, and I was as comfortable as I could be. I finally stopped crying every time I left her there.

Mom stayed at Lexington Manor for nine months until she passed away July 23, 2008. She always said "If I can't live with you this is the next best place to be-the people are so nice here". Today would have been her 80th birthday...Thank you Lexington Manor for the special care you gave and helping me make one of the hardest choices in my life the right choice

My choices directly effected every aspect of my life...I was blessed to be able to help my mom for as long as I did, my children are compassionate for the elderly because of the experience. God always met our needs and we are blessed.

On Friday April 17th at 2:00 pm on the steps on Henderson County Court House CASA will be holding a press conference to recognize Representative Steve McDaniel for his role in getting the CASA program started in Henderson County and to recognize all volunteers and board members and to kick off a million penny campaign.

Thank you Steve McDaniel for bringing this program to our community!!

Henderson County CASA will be starting a volunteer class on April the 6th to April the 24th three nights a week if you or someone you know has some extra time. This is a wonderful thing to do. We help kids in the court room and make sure they don`t fall threw the cracks. Volunteers are needed!!!

The City of Lexington invites YOU to the 2009 Festival of the Lakes Fireworks Celebration held this July 4th.

Last year, an estimated 25,000 spectators gathered around Beech Lake to enjoy the fireworks. This year's event will, no doubt, be another high profile event in our community.

Plans are underway now to make this event even bigger and better than last year. Lexington was pleased by last year's turnout and promises to make this year's event even more memorable.

So, please, plan to join us for 2009 Festival of the Lakes. It will be spectacular.

RE/MAX Unlimited SOLD on Henderson County 870 W. Church 731-249-5376

Linda Lipscomb http://LindaLipscomb.com