By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard WEDDINGTON City alderman candidate Ray Weddington said if elected as one of seven vying for a four-year term in November, he will treat public office as a sacred trust.A graduate of Morrison High School who has worked in customer services for General Shale Brick for…

By Beth Furbush / Better Business Bureau News Dear BBB: “Nearly every day I receive yet another credit card offer in the mail. How do I know which ones are legitimate, and what can I do to stop the deluge?”BBB: It’s the rare person who doesn’t open the mailbox to a stack of credit card…

By Jim Glenn / Social Security Social Security is part of almost every older American’s life. It’s the dependable check in the bank every month.As President Bush has said, “For more than six decades it has protected our elderly against poverty and assured young people of a more secure future. It must continue to do…

By James Clark / Business Pulse At 79, Lizzie Burks is the oldest worker at Vigorelli Sportswear. The McMinnville business cranks out clothing merchandise for Cracker Barrel stores in 26 states. (James Clark photos) If getting a non-stop supply of credit card offers in the mail isn’t enough, now I’m bombarded by junk every time…

Jerry Lee Pollard, Dewey F. Robinson, W.T. (Toome) Dunlap Jerry Lee Pollard, 49McMinnville resident and Indianapolis, Ind., native Jerry Lee Pollard, 49, died Sept. 5 at his home after an extended illness.A front office manager for Embassy Suites and a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, he was the son of Mary Pooler of…

By Ed Kimbrell / Columnist Many of you carry in your childhood memories those first moments with baseball. Mine came through the magic of radio, those voices that would enter my little world like magic and to this day I can remember the music and voices and news of the Chicago powerhouse, WGN (AM, of…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Warren County Middle School teacher Marsha Newman has received the prestigious Apple for the Teacher Award. She will be featured on Ch. 4 sometime next spring. (Will Stewart photo) Warren County Middle School teacher Marsha Newman is one of 43 Midstate teachers selected to receive…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Got goat’s milk? Twins Brittany, left, and Whitney Dillard pose with some of the dairy goats raised by their grandparents A.G. and Peggy Roberts. (Charles W. Johnson photo) “Got milk?” Most of us have seen these ads, either in print or on the tube…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard County Clerk David Smartt administers the oath of office to incoming County Executive Kenneth Rogers, who was one of many county officials to begin their terms in office last week. (Duane Sherrill photo) The Warren County Commission, including 11 new members, met for the…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Saying liquor by the drink would change McMinnville forever, opponents of the legal liquor measure have begun organizing in an attempt to again block the initiative.“People just don’t realize how much baggage comes with it,” said Central Church of Christ pastor Kirk Brothers, who will…