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…
Read MoreUpon 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…
Read MoreMoore 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…
Read MoreAt 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…
Read MoreYouth 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…
Read MoreSchool system shuffles two more principals: Trevathan, Allison are assigned new positions
By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard TREVATHAN The retirement of several key school system administrators and principals has created a ripple effect which will change the makeup of the central office and the leadership of several county schools.The list of changes includes Eastside principal Jane Allison and Irving College principal Michael…
Read MoreCapitol 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…
Read MoreRobbery suspect arrested: Store clerk identifies Whited from police lineup
By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard WHITED A Florida man with a history of armed robbery convictions has been arrested for the robbery of Pit Stop North last month.The suspect, Daniel Whited, 46, is charged with aggravated robbery and is being held at Warren County Jail under $150,000 bond.He is charged…
Read MoreSocial 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…
Read MoreDon’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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