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Updated: February 27, 2026 @ 1:37 pm
St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School’s College Counselor Robert MacLellan has been named a 2026 “counselor that changes lives” by the board of directors and member institutions of Colleges That Change Lives (CTCL).
St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School’s College Counselor Robert MacLellan has been named a 2026 “counselor that changes lives” by the board of directors and member institutions of Colleges That Change Lives (CTCL).
Both teams shot the lights out this past week in the consolation round of the district playoffs with Fayetteville beating Moore County in overtime 84-75, sending the Raiders to the fourth seed in the regional tournament.
Lynchburg resident and world class artist Robert “Mutt” Suttles was recently awarded fourth place in an international art contest. Sponsored by the American Art Awards, contestants from sixty three countries submitted entries in the contest.
Recently, Jack Daniel’s Distillery management and employees showed off their logistical skills, but it had nothing to do with whiskey.
Core and Main is being called on the carpet for March’s Metro Utility Department’s (MUD) meeting. Core and Main is the vendor for the new Kamstrup water meters being installed. Most of the new meters have now been installed, and some of those are automatically sending information to readers located in their area. The readers then send that information directly into the billing system as they are supposed to do.
There are presently approximately 1600 meters that are still being read manually, meaning an employee has to physically drive by the meter to get the reading. In previous meetings, Core and Main indicated that readers could be placed to read the vast majority of these, leaving only a few that had to be read manually. However, a large number of the meters were installed with the AMR mode, requiring manual reading, instead of the AMI mode which transmit to readers.
Furthermore, Manager Ronnie Cunningham reports that he was told by the vendor that another site study would have to be done to resolve the issue of placing readers for those meters. Another site study would prolong the time the meters would be read manually for as much as another year, and with an additional cost.
Chair Barry Posluszny immediately declared the issue as “Unacceptable” and directed Office Manager Katie Goodwin to put Core and Main on March’s agenda for them to face the board directly.
Not only do the manual readings take more personnel, they take more time. Both greatly affect efficiency and costs. Some usage will have to be estimated, resulting in variable billing, where automated readings result in consistent and timely billing. This in not what Core and Main sold the board, and the board will be demanding answers.
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