By Jim Glenn / Columnist Have you ever wondered if you might now be eligible for monthly Social Security benefits, or if you qualify for Medicare health insurance?Sometimes it’s hard to know where to begin when you are looking for information about large government programs.But now Social Security has introduced a new online service that…

By Beth Furbush / Better Business Bureau News We all enjoy the 24-hour convenience ATM and debit cards provide.Unfortunately, so do criminals. According to industry experts, bank fraud is one of the fastest growing crimes in the country. When you insert your card into an ATM machine, what you may not know is that at…

By James Clark Maybe it’s because I’m getting older. Maybe it’s because I can’t do as many neat tricks off the diving board as I could in my teen-age years. Whatever the reason, my trip to McMinnville City Pool last week just wasn’t as much fun as in previous summers.Something seemed strangely different this year…

Stella M. Martin, Edith Ioda Cantrell, Samuel Booth Sr., Clarence Edward Durham, Louise W. Turner, Edward Allen Grace Sr., Rosie Lee Delbridge Mason Stella M. Martin, 95McMinnville resident and Warren County native Stella M. Martin, 95, died June 14 at her home.A homemaker and a member of Clark United Methodist Church, she was the daughter…

By Joseph Perkins / Columnist Zimbabwe turned away a U.S. donation of 10,000 tons of corn last month, even as the southern African nation faces a dire food shortage. The country refused the shipment because the corn was not certified as free of genetic modification.Better that a quarter of its 12.5 million people quietly perish…

By Ed Kimbrell / Columnist One of the constant charges leveled by conservatives against TV news is it’s liberal, too liberal, and the poor conservatives get little serious coverage.Now comes the most recent research from Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting done for it by an independent firm. It says, in essence, the charge is a…

By Amy Satterwhite / Columnist It’s Father’s Day, and what do you get the person who probably has everything you could possibly afford?If it’s anything comparable to a father of a teen-age girl I was talking to earlier this week, it’s a break. It seems a break from mowing the lawn, fixing the car, aggravations…

Our Viewpoint Local officials worked up to the very last minute and in the end were successful in filing the county’s Chapter 1101 growth plan by the state-mandated deadline.It should have never become a down-to-the-wire issue, but at least representatives from Morrison, McMinnville and the county itself were able to reach an agreement.There were a…

Charlotte Miller, author of the regional bestseller, Behold This Dreamer and Through a Glass Darkly, will be in McMinnville June 21 as a featured author on the Magness Community House and Library’s 2002 Visiting Authors Schedule. A reception, reading and book-signing are planned, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Collection Caf?, 216 E. Main St.Miller,…

Aubrey Watson of Nashville, professional photographer and author of two books, will conduct an indoor photography workshop and slide presentation at The Collection Mall, June 22 from 9 a.m. to noon.The program topic is “Photographing The Natural World.” Watson will cover topics from finding nature subjects to photograph to choosing the best film and lens.…