By Morton Kondracke / Columnist The Senate was at its best and worst last week, launching a vital national discussion on Iraq policy and allowing ideology and partisanship to kill a prescription drug plan for seniors.The Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Iraq hearings exposed massive uncertainties about how to handle the threat from Saddam Hussein, letting…

By Joan Ryan / Columnist I, too, have been opening my financial statements each month with dread and reluctance, as if they are letters from a crotchety old aunt who considers bad news the only news worth sharing. And I sympathize with those who are forced to put off retirement because their nest eggs have…

By Duane Sherrill / Columnist Like many of you, the spread in the county executive race came as a huge surprise. Even the candidates admitted they were taken aback by the one-sided nature of the outcome.Almost anyone I talked to leading up to the election said they believed the margin of victory between Kenneth Rogers…

Descendants of Martha and James Monroe Redmon joined together for the annual family reunion held the third Sunday in July with 70 present.Bernice Cantrell gave the welcome and Darrell Russell offered the blessing prior to the noon meal. During the business portion, Rita Prince discussed cemetery funds available and Thelma Redmon was named treasurer to…

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 American Association of University Women, pageant sponsors and coordinators, announce that the forms can be obtained from Your Tot To Teen and J.C. Penney. Entries must be postmarked by…

Warren County Saddle Club results from horse show held August 2 are:Conformation halter, quarter horses: Jason Mitchell, first; Dustin Prater, second;Conformation halter saddle horse, spotted or solid: Rickey Clendenon, first;Western pleasure, youth: Kaley Shepherd, first; Robin Bost, second;Western pleasure, adult riders: Cerissa Tittsworth, first; Clark Ware, second;Lady riders, quarter horse: Kim Bonner, first; Cerissa Tittsworth,…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard YATES The general election of 2002 will go down as one of the heaviest voted elections in county history with 52 percent of registered voters taking to the polls.“It was not only one of the more heavily voted elections, it was also one of the…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard JONES A high school teacher and her boyfriend were bound over to the grand jury this week for allegedly producing methamphetamine in a barn behind their Old Shelbyville Road home.The teacher, Rhonda Ann Jones, 47, and the boyfriend, Kevin Waymon Magness, 34, were bound over…

By Janice M. Howard / Style Editor for the Southern Standard McMinnville Garden Club marked its 75th anniversary at a July luncheon given in the Victorian Carriage House at Historic Falcon Manor. Club members and their guests assembled for the celebration luncheon as long-time club leader Hilda Cantrell introduced past presidents and shared comments that…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard It’s not often the average person gets a break, but area residents are being offered a discount to the popular Nashville Shores through the end of the month.McMinnville Parks and Recreation announced this week the department is selling tickets for the park for $10, which…