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Jr. League Baseball: League champ almost decided

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Junior League tournament action continued Friday, as ABC Ice defeated Morris Auto Body 6-1.ABC Ice scored one run in the first, another in the third, one in the fourth and three runs in the sixth. Tyler Gilley and Dustin Morris both had triples in the…

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Upon Further Review… A 96? and he brags about it?

By Dale Stubblefield / Columnist STUBBLEFIELD As many of you may know, in my column last week, I made reference to Mr. Nunley being on a well-deserved vacation and hoped he was relaxing and enjoying himself out on the golf course.Then in his Friday column, I found myself being attacked for wishing him all the…

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Moore Properties upsets NHC

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Moore Properties handed NHC its first loss in Boys’ Training League baseball action Saturday, coming through with a big seven-run sixth inning to take the win 16-8.For Moore Properties, McCrae Thompson had a big night with four hits. Micah McColloch, Ryan MColloch and Kyle Haley…

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At work in the dirt: Girls Junior League tourney underway

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Tammy’s Little Tykes baserunner Angel Lance (8) slides into second base as Love-Cantrell and Cope second baseman Aarin Holmes fields a throw during their game in the Girls Junior League Tournament Monday night. (Dale Stubblefield photo) The postseason tournament for Girls Junior League…

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Youth football sign-ups this week

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) “It’s football time” in McMinnville, Tennessee.The Pioneer Youth Football League is gearing up for its 2002 season, and will hold sign-ups for its various age groups this week.Registration for this year’s league will be held Thursday and Friday at the McMinnville Civic Center…

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Capitol Hill news continues to be all bad

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard CURTISS News coming from the Tennessee House of Representatives continues to be nothing but bad.In addition to failed budget negotiations and the suicide of Rep. Keith Westmoreland last week, Rep. Shelby Rhinehart was hospitalized yesterday morning after suffering a stroke.Rhinehart, who has been fighting health problems…

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Social Security: The program is underfinanced

By Jim Glenn / Columnist The Social Security Board of Trustees has declared the Social Security program to be substantially underfinanced for the long term, while extending the projected solvency of the trust funds by three years.In the 2002 Annual Report to Congress, the Trustees announced:• The projected point at which tax revenues will fall…

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Don’t get hit by the seminar pitch

By Beth Furbush / Better Business Bureau News You may have heard the pitch on television, or received an e-mail or letter promoting a seminar or conference that promises to reveal the latest “insider secrets” for making lots of money fast. While there are legitimate seminar promoters, there are also seminar hucksters whose only goal…

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