By Jim Glenn While vision loss is one of the most feared disabilities we can experience, experts say half of all blindness can be prevented. That’s why I’m so pleased Medicare now covers glaucoma screening for certain at-risk people.As of this year, Medicare will help pay for an annual eye exam for all Medicare beneficiaries…

Business Pulse / By James Clark Even though some folks compare my community contributions to those of Superman, I am inexplicably omitted from the list of hometown heroes. In this doctored computer photo, I look pretty sharp in a cape flying through downtown McMinnville. I’m still in shock, and yes I am a bit hurt,…

Delna Louise Chisholm, Bob Nelson, Benjamin Luke Strawser, Mary Alice Terry, Leonard Parker Walker Delna Louise Chisholm, 77McMinnville resident and Republican City, Neb., native Delna Louise Chisholm, 77, died Aug. 24 at her home after an extended illness.A homemaker and a member of the Lutheran Church, she was the daughter of Raymond and Louise Hecht…

By Mike Vinson / Columnist Concerning my interest in words, their origins, meanings, usages, relationships, etc., I suppose I am indebted to the late Lela Tubbs, my first-grade teacher at Centertown School, and my late father, Carlos Vinson.Literally and effectively, Mrs. Tubbs was from the “old school,” in that she labored hard to ensure each…

By Amy Satterwhite / Columist When I scanned a school annual last year, I unintentionally found something written at the back that shouldn’t have surprised me, but it did.Among the reflections of the year and under the category “things that happened this year,” it simply said that terrorists attacked our country. Encrypted in the not-yet-perfected…

Our Viewpoint McMinnville city voters will find themselves in an interesting quandary this November if a referendum to raise the local sales tax 3/4 of a cent — while slashing the property tax — makes the ballot.It’s a dilemma that’s hard to figure.On one hand, the sales tax is Tennessee’s greatest albatross. Now zooming in…

Vicki Monroe Spivey’s Station Pure Art is presenting what is to be a very special art exhibition by artist Monty Wanamaker, representing more than four decades of creativity. The show, scheduled for September and October, will feature works dating back to the early 1960s with selections spanning the entire career of the artist to be…

The Ole Country Store, located in Fairfield Village at Warren County Fairgrounds, will open its doors for business Sept. 7 and 8 during the gospel singing as the 49th annual fair exhibition gets under way.Those planning to sell items from the Ole Country Store may obtain the necessary roster sheet and labels while registering Aug.…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Boyd Lady Bronco soccer team finished the week at an even .500 after falling to a tough Friendship Christian squad 7-3 at home Thursday.The first half was all Friendship, as Caitlin Zimmerman scored their first goal with 10 minutes off the clock. Five minutes…

By Duane Sherrill / Columnist Knee injuries have become the beginning of the end for many of the league’s top running backs, who like great prize fighters, tend to push the envelope past their prime even after the writing is on the wall.The “retirement” this week of Denver Bronco great Terrell Davis is the latest…