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THE CHRONICLE
of Mt. Juliet
The Largest Circulation in Wilson County 
Celebrating our 28th year as the leading newspaper in Mt. Juliet and West Wilson County
 www.thechronicleofmtjuliet.com
 Volume 29 May 13, 2009 Number 18
Page 10
MJ plannershash outBel Air atBeckwith
Page 3
 You Heard it First
Page 6
TDOTgivesReverse Lverdict lateTuesday
Why did MJplannerKeylonsuddenlyresign?
Page 9
New faces inMJ City govtrise questionsin City court
Page 5
MJHS wins opening
 
MJHS wins opening
regional game
regional game
See sports story on Page 10 for more details.
 Photo by Randy Self 
 / www.Selfphoto.ifp3.com
 
Page 2, The Chronicle of Mt. Juliet, May 13, 2009
 
Lora Heckmannhad made a batch of slice-and-bake peanut buttercookies one afternoonfor her daughter to enjoy when she picked thealmost 2-year old upfrom day care, just likecountless other momsacross the country. Thedifference on that fatefulday in 2001 was that aftertwo bites the toddler wascovered in hives.A call to herdoctor’s of 
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ce sentHeckmann home togive her daughter someBenedryl. But shortlyafter, little Grace beganhaving trouble breathing,and her mother hurriedher to the emergency room,a response that today,given the knowledge aboutfood allergies availablenow, would have been theinitial answer.“We have no familyhistory of the allergy,”Lora Heckmann said onMonday. “And in 2001it wasn’t in the news asmuch. There is still a lotof research to be done.” Grace and her friend DixieFlesher, both 8 years oldnow and in Mrs. Ingram’ssecond grand class atMt. Juliet Elementary,decided to do what theycan to help facilitatefood allergy researchby holding a bake salethis Saturday duringthe Willoughby Stationcommunity yard sale. Thegirls will be camped outat 1335 Sydney Terraceand will have peanut-and nut-free goodiessuch as muf 
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ns, cookies,
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MJ girls holding bake sale to benefit food allergy research
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Grace Heckmann (right) has severe peanut and tree nut allergies. Her friend, Dixie Flesher (left) ishelping her raise money for FAAN (Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network). The MJES 2nd graders willhold a bake sale during the Willoughby Station community garage sale on Saturday. Grace’s motherLora Heckmann stresses, for the sake of new parents, the fact that doctors recommend not giving peanutbutter to children until after the age of one. If there is a family history of allergies or asthma, theyrecommend waiting until the child is three.
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Connectivity in MJ: first steps approved for Bel Air
First steps towardanother major developmentthat could result inhundreds of jobs, homesand opportunities in Mt. Juliet were approved by cityplanners Tuesday night.The conceptualpreliminary masterdevelopment plan and thepreliminary plat for thedevelopment plans wereunanimously approved with conditions by the Mt. Juliet Regional PlanningCommission at a rescheduledmeeting Tuesday night aftera lengthy workshop to ironout early details for theproject.Bel Air at Beckwith,the 500-plus acredevelopment planned for thearea off the Beckwith Roadinterchange of Interstate 40,has passed the
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rst hurdle with City planners andof 
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cials, with all in charge“in agreement” about initialdesigns.“The theme of thisin connectivity,” remarkedproject designer Rob Porter with Civil Site DesignGroup. A major bene
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t of the portion of the projectapproved by planners is theamount of green space andpark/sports
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eld that willdot the landscape.“We’re very excitedabout the mixed use of retail,residential, commercial andindustrial and green spaceuse we’ll be able to utilize with this development,”Porter remarked duringthe workshop. “It’s reallysomething that the areahasn’t seen before.”The preliminary plansinclude four or
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ve socceror football
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elds and parkacreage that will be donatedto the City by land owners,Porter said. Included inplans is approximately onemile of 10-foot wide pavedgreenway tract which is setto connect with Lebanonparks greenway areas.Porter said therecould be approximately 400residential units to impactMt. Juliet, but the additionin schools and
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re and policeprotection would come withthe increased sales taxrevenue garnered by theproject. Infrastructure, hesaid, for the project wasimplemented at the time theBeckwith interchange wasbuilt. He added that withinMt. Juliet, the estimatedretail space could be asmuch as 500,000 squarefeet and around 400,000square feet of of 
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ce space.For the entireproperty, the number couldbe as many as three millionsquare feet of of 
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ce space.In other business, arequest to rezone the CharlesDuncan property located atthe corner of Lebanon Roadand Grandview from RS-40 to CG and a request torezone the Martin propertylocated at 10375 and 10396Lebanon Road from RS-40/RS-10 to CG were bothunanimously approved fora positive recommendationto the Mt. Juliet citycommission.The plot plan fora residential accessorybuilding to be located at 412Willis Pass was unanimouslyapproved.The site plans forMt. Juliet Commons Lot36, located on LebanonRoad, and a modi
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cation forBeckwith Farms Lot 1 and3 Landscape Plan, locatedon Rutland Road, wereapproved.On the consentagenda, a sewer letter of credit for Lynnhaven to bereleased, for ProvidencePhase A Section 1 to bereduced to $16,490, anda sewer letter of credit forProvidence Phase B Section3 were all unanimouslyapproved.
 Architect’s rendering of Bel Air at Beckwith
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