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Lookout Mountain, Ga., Has No-Tax-Increase Budget; Utility Mess Keeps Lula Lake Closed In Front Of Town Center Friday, May 14, 2021 - photo by Gail Perry
After a public meeting, the Lookout Mountain, Ga., Council passed the fiscal year 2021-2022 budget on first reading. There will be no property tax increase this year. Property reassessments are currently being done and the values are increasing, but Mayor David Bennett said the millage rate will be lowered so people will not see an increase in their taxes.
The city will be receiving around $500,000 divided between the next two years that will come from the Federal Cares Act which is providing the money to state and local governments to help them recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Timothy Lopez, charged in the Nov. 26 shooting death of Derick Velarde, was released on ankle monitoring Feb. 4, following a Feb. 3 dangerousness hearing before First Judicial District Court Judge Jason Lidyard. Lidyard said the state did not meet its obligation to prove Lopez was a danger to the community and that the incident was focused on one person.
   Assistant District Attorney Brittany Davila is prosecuting the case and made the argument to keep Lopez incarcerated at the Rio Arriba County Adult Detention Center, where Lopez has been since the shooting. She called three witnesses, all New Mexico State Police officers.
   Agent Daniel Martinez testified that through statements he learned Jimmy Campbell rode with Derick Velarde to La Tiendita Nov. 26 and described Lopez, the man who allegedly shot Velarde.
Our Mountain Garden At Lookout Mountain, Ga., Nearing Completion Friday, February 12, 2021 - by Gail Perry Our Mountain Garden in Lookout Mountain, Ga. just off of Witt Road is right on schedule and nearing completion, said Jimmy Campbell at the February town council meeting He is the community volunteer who has headed up the project since its inception. Most of the plantings are in and have benefited from the rainy winter. Next week, a meeting has been planned with others who have been involved in the garden’s creation to finalize plans for a stone patio. Mr. Campbell wants to make sure it is designed to accommodate groups of students to use as a classroom or for community activities such as a small live band.
The death has taken place at his residence of Jimmy Campbell of Campbell Stairs, Glassaghbeg, Cloghan.
Requiem mass at 2 o’clock tomorrow Sunday in the Church of our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Glenfin.
With burial afterwards in Cill Mhuire Cemetery.
Due to HSE and Government guidelines, wake funeral and interment are private to family only with a maximum of 10 people permitted.
The requiem mass will be streamed live on the Glenfin Parish Facebook page.