PRATER Bobby Prater has been selected as Morrison Ruritan’s 2002 Citizen of the Year.Of the many nomination letters received, one said of Prater, “He is one of the most tender-hearted, kind, compassionate men I have ever known. He is a true-life good Samaritan. His door is always open.”Prater moved to Morrison in 1946. He attended…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard CAMPEN There have been no takers to buy the house that sits adjacent to Magness Library’s back parking lot – even for the $1 asking price. So beginning next week, there won’t be a house for sale at all.Citing space constraints and access problems, library…

Marjorie Martin, Ila Velma McGuire, Mary Lydia Lucille Delong Clemons Bottoms, Levon C. Walker, Robert Aaron Whitaker, Willie Albert SmithMarjorie Martin, 75McMinnville resident and Windsor, Canada native Marjorie Martin, 75, died April 11 at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville after a brief illness.A retired Avon distributor and a member of Central Church of Christ, she…

By Janice M. Howard / Style Editor for the Southern Standard McMinnville Jaycees announce the first three children to enter the 2002 Little Miss and Mister Warren County Pageant scheduled April 27 at Hickory Creek Elementary Gymnasium, beginning at 6 p.m. They are as follows:• Lydia Rebecca Wilson, age 5, daughter of Shane and Karen…

To The Editor: I’m a charter member of Warren County Memorial Post 5064 Veterans of Foreign Wars. I wish to appeal to all members to come and exercise your right to vote in our election of officers for the year of 2002 and 2003, on April 18 at the post home at 7:30 p.m. Lots…

By Will Stewart / Columnist As I have recently learned, some lessons come at a very expensive price. I learned last week that despite my wishes to the contrary, I really don’t have that much control over my life and my surroundings.As many of you may remember from a former column of mine, I am…

By Duane Sherrill / Columnist What could otherwise have been an uneventful election year has turned into a real political slobber-knocker with the unexpected retirement of Circuit Court Judge Charles Haston.It’s every attorney for himself, or herself in the case of Peg Stewart. Now is the time to grasp for the coveted bench with the…

Our Viewpoint A 14-year-old mother doesn’t have much of a chance when it comes to raising a child.When the mother is not much more than a child herself – in all likelihood still living with her parents or at least one of them – it’s easy to see the formula for disaster when pregnancy is…

The Original Broadway Musical SWING! will play the Tennessee Performing Arts Center for eight performances, April 16-21.SWING! was nominated for six Tony Awards including: “Best Musical,” “Best Director,” “Best Choreography,” “Best Orchestrations,” and two nominations for “Best Featured Actress.” SWING! was also honored with nominations for “Outstanding Broadway Musical” and “Outstanding Choreography,” by the Outer…

Songwriters Night with Jacky Jack White and friends is being presented April 19 at the Civic Center beginning at 5 p.m. The event is being sponsored jointly by Bob White Music and Families In Crisis and funded in part under an agreement with the Tennessee Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.Award-winning songwriter-singer…