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A8 ROBERTSON COUNTY TIMES NEWS PUBLIC NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID The eld Gas Department will be accepting sealed bids for the annual contract for materials to be used in the construction and maintenance of gas lines. A list of materials may be picked up at the City ce at City Hall, 405 N. Main Street, during normal business hours. Contact Mike Stafford at 382-1621 ext. 226 for questions.

Bids must be received in the ce of the City Recorder by 2:00 P.M., Monday, July 6, 2015. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Lisa H. Crockett City Recorder PUBLIC NOTICE The eld Board of Mayor and Aldermen will hold a special meeting on Monday, June 22, 2015 at 12:00 PM. The agenda for this meeting includes discussion and possible action on the annual budget for the 2016 scal year as well as water and sewer rates.

Other business which may come before such Board will also be considered and transacted. The meeting will take place in the board room of City Hall. The public is invited to attend. Lisa H. Crockett City Recorder ens of children, turned ut to light candles and emember the little girl.

Jessica Pugh and her 7-year-old daughter Jaiden were among them. Jaiden and Tori were close friends who played together at recess every day, her mother said. good for her to come together with other eople in a place where he played with her, that ay she can grieve her Pugh said of her daughter. been hard for her. been really upset.

When little like this, they lose many people, especially someone their age. They really In addition to prayer, the event featured an address from first- grade teacher, Lyn Dorris, who shared an autobiography Tori wrote, titled Grade and The little booklet featured several drawings, most notably elephants and a little blonde girl wearing a shirt with a heart on it, in addition to words. just is Dorris said through tears. was a precious, special little girl who loved with her full heart, everybody, little kids and big kids. She watched out for her rother here at school every day.

What a gift she was and how honored we were to know orris described Tori a a happy child with a reat imagination who loved to read, engage in creative writing and talk about unicorns and rain- ows, two things she oved. he last time the two saw one another, Dorris aid, Tori was getting on the bus on the last day of school. hugged her up tight a nd told her I loved she said. hile Dorris spoke, several members of the crowd openly sobbed. father, Stephen, ugged his son close and wept at times.

A fter the event, Dorris gave booklet to her father, who said he and his family appreciated he support from the hite House community uring their time of mourning. great uncle Charlie Briley agreed. was really nice and he said. as an inspiration, and ou help but smile at her. This whole situation just goes to how you that life can be cut short whether good or bad.

Tori was ood. be greatly missed, but I know an angel. in Heaven atching over us Driver cleared in a ccident The driver involved in the accident that killed icks has been cleared of any wrongdoing in connection with the case, inv estigators announced uesday, June 9. Toxicology results for he driver, identified as enny Davenport, 48, revealed that there was no a lcohol in his system when he backed over Tori Hicks in the McMurty oad driveway he shared with her grandmother on Saturday, June 6, Chief David Hindman said in a telephone interview last week. Davenport will not face any charges in connection with death, the chief said.

had only claimed to have had one beer, and it was two to three hours before the Hindman said of Davenport. had completely dissipated by the time it hap- ened, so we feel like that onfirmed what he told s. I feel like this is just a errible, tragic accident, lain and avenport had fully cooperated with the inv estigation into eath, the chief said. He provided a blood sample Saturday that was sent off to the Tennessee Bur eau of Investigation for testing. he results came back from the lab late Monday afternoon, Hindman said, adding that his department had asked for a rush on the tests.

Tori was playing near the shared gravel driveway between her house and between 5:45 and 6 p.m. on Saturday when the accident occurred. Davenport told police had one can of beer at home before he ecided to visit a group of nearby friends, climbed into his late 1990s-model Ford F-150 and backed ver Tori, Hindman said. he chief said Daven- port was absolutely did not see he said. Tori and her family had gathered at the McMurty Road home, shared by her grandmother, Sherri Birdwell, and 80-year-old great grandmother, to celebrate birthday, Birdwell said last week.

Tori had been playing in the front yard when she somehow fell into the shared gravel driveway, the chief said. The entire incident was caught on video by a family mem- er who was recording a group hug, he added. ori was born Aug. 27, 2 007 to Stephen Howard a nd Krista Paul Hicks.She is survived by her parents and her brother, Thomas Peyton Hicks; grandparents, Stephen Ray and Patricia Briley Hicks, Sherri Clendening, Frank (Tammy) Paul; great grandparents, Thomas (Virginia) riley, Edie Hicks; reat aunts, Darlene, ebbie and Sondra Hicks; great uncles, Artie and Randy Hicks. She was preceded in death by her great grandmother, Charlsie Carlene Briley; great grandfather, Charles R.

Young; great aunt, Deborah Abbott; great uncles, Lonnie Ray Young, Larry Briley and Thomas Lee Briley, Jr. Hicks was buried in Halltown Cemetery last week. Donations may be made to the Tori Hicks Fund at Austin and Bell Funeral Home. VIGIL CONTINUED FROM 1A PHOTO BY NICOLE About 75 members of the White House community, including dozens of children and the family of Tori Hicks, 7, gathered to light candles and remember her during an event at the school on Wednesday, June 10..