By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Christy Carpenter, a Technology Center student in the school’s surgical technology program, practices preparing surgical instruments. (Will Stewart photo) “Scalpel.” “Suction.” “Clamps.” These operating room commands are answered on TV and in real life by surgical technologists: highly trained professionals without whom successful surgery would…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Bouldin Corporation may have encountered the first significant obstacle in its WastAway project during the Health and Welfare Committee meeting Tuesday night – a small, but vocal, group of protesters who live near the former Aquatech building where WastAway will be located.At the meeting,…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard With the pro-liquor movement already in full swing for the upcoming city referendum this November, opponents of legal liquor in McMinnville will come together today in an effort to stop the initiative.According to Kirk Brothers, Minister at Central Church of Christ and staunch anti-liquor activist,…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard With Sheriff Jackie Matheny looking on, deputy Daniel Chisam points to where chemicals from a meth lab ate through the bag where they were stored. (Duane Sherrill photo) A stakeout hit paydirt Friday morning when a pair of alleged meth producers were caught returning to…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard HULETT A tour of Warren County Jail turned out to be a sobering and educational experience for members of the Safety Committee last week. The committee met with Sheriff Jackie Matheny and Chief Deputy Danice Taylor, who is also a fellow commissioner, to discuss…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Suspect Stephen Foutch hides his face from the camera as patrolman Robert Hutchins leads him to an awaiting patrol car Friday afternoon at Rosewood apartments. (Duane Sherrill photo) Two people were arrested Friday afternoon after an alleged meth lab was found at their Rosewood apartment,…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard HEFNER Officials at Tennessee State University are upset $1 million in federal funds that Congress tentatively earmarked to enhance nursery research will go to the University of Tennessee rather than TSU’s local Nursery Crop Research Station.In a letter to Sen. Bill Frist, TSU President James…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Ben Lomand CEO Levoy Knowles, center, chats with the company’s Van Buren County director Donald Hollingsworth, left, and Grundy County director Bobby Thompson during grand opening ceremonies Friday at the new Plant Operations Center. (James Clark photo) Ben Lomand Telephone has a new look…

By Barry Clouse Now that students are off at college with expensive computers, TVs, stereo equipment and bicycles in tow, the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants suggests parents add an insurance review to their preparation checklist. A review of your homeowners, auto insurance and health insurance policies can help to ensure your college student…

By Bruce Williams DEAR BRUCE: I need to price check some car insurance and don’t know where to go. I am afraid of giving so much information on the Internet. P.S. I have teens. — J.L. Lindstrom, Calif.DEAR J.L.: Lots of luck. Your postscript may be goosing the number substantially, since no insurance company is…