By Rob Nunley NUNLEY There’s a really good chance that the Major League Baseball season will come to a screeching halt Aug. 30.If it happens, it’s due to a myriad of irreconcilable differences between baseball’s players and the owners of its teams. But regardless of the reasons, they all boil down to one simple explanation:…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Three local golf foursomes have advanced to the sectional round of the 2002 Buick Scramble.Twenty-one teams participated in this year’s local tournament, which was held at the McMinnville Country Club and sponsored by Edd Rogers. The field was the largest in the past six years.Taking…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Warren County High School golf team traveled to Willowbrook Golf Course Friday to take on Coffee County Central High School. Warren County split its match with Central, as the Lady Pioneers won by 12 strokes and the boys fell by 17 shots.The Lady Pioneers…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Quarterbacks Joey Haston, front, and Jonathan Bratcher, above, are competing for the top spot on the Pioneers’ depth chart at quarterback as WCHS gears up for its season opener. (Rob Nunley photos) As the preseason winds down, the Warren County High School football…

Applications are available for entry in the annual Warren County Fair Baby Show taking place Sept. 11 at 3:30 p.m. in front of the grandstands. Members of the American Association of University Women, who are the pageant sponsors and coordinators, announce that the forms can be obtained from Your Tot To Teen and J.C. Penney.…

Frances Pauline Lowery Rowland, 78Sparta resident and White County native Frances Pauline Lowery Rowland, 78, died Aug. 13 at White County Hospital.A homemaker, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Edna Knowles Lowery; and was preceded in death by her husband, Jeral Ross Rowland; daughter, Donna Carole Hash; and brothers, Hugh Gordon Lowery…

By George Plagenz / Columnist The Bible doesn’t have much to say about ghosts — except the Holy Ghost.But there is a passage in the New International Version (NIV) in which Jesus speaks of ghosts. It comes after his resurrection. When the disciples saw the risen Lord, they were startled, “thinking they saw a ghost.”…

By Jim Mullen / Columnist MULLEN The coupon said, “Fresh New Country Scent!” and there, floating over a background of tree-covered hills, was a giant can of room deodorizer. And on the front of the can was a picture of my house: A little farmhouse surrounded by rolling hills and trees. Theirs had a white…

By James Clark / Columnist CLARK I pulled my nose from the grindstone last week long enough to do one of my favorite things – go on vacation.One of the aspects I love about vacation, aside from the obvious benefit of sitting around and doing nothing, is the fact that during my travels I have…

Our Viewpoint With a number of Warren County’s once-thriving factories now sitting vacant, there has been a steady push to bring new jobs to the area.Much of that falls on the shoulders of the Chamber of Commerce’s industrial recruiter. At the same time it should also be noted the industrial recruiter can’t do it alone.…