Song-and-dance floor show returns
Last summer, the Middle Tennessee-based Swing Cat Dancers drew an overflow crowd to the Center for the Arts for their 1940s song-and-dance floor show, Swingin’ at the Roxy. Now, the nationally touring Cats and their two-hour time capsule of swing music will be back in the ‘Boro Jan. 17, 18 and 19 for a 7:30…
Read MoreJudge Ross hears 88-person docket
By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard An 88-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court.Included in court action:• Teresa Baker and Betty Conley were bound over to the grand jury on four counts of theft, and single counts of forgery and fraudulent use of a credit…
Read MoreKuhn says don’t top your trees
By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The city’s urban forester, Nick Kuhn, was happy to see two of these billboards that discourage tree topping go up around town. (Amy Satterwhite photo) Tree topping has long been considered one of the worst things to do for a tree and urban forester Nick…
Read MoreKell off-the-wall when it comes to teaching
By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard KELL If you want students to learn, entertainment can be a very useful tool. So believes Jenene Kell, a first-year teacher at Warren County High School, who will go to great lengths to help students learn physical science.“Half of my students probably think I’m insane,”…
Read MoreArt of porcelain painting alive in White’s studio
By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Donna White works on a porcelain piece, one of many she has created. To help preserve the art form, she teaches classes from her studio in Rock Island. Anyone interested in learning may contact White at 686-2477. (Amy Satterwhite photo) It doesn’t matter much to…
Read MoreParents devastated by police charges: Claim that their children are well cared for
By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Lucky and Tammy Adams say they were wrongly accused by police when they charged them with child neglect. Pictured are family members, from left, Aidan, Lucky Jr., Lucky, Andrew, Brandon, Tammy and Dalton Adams. (Duane Sherrill photo) A couple accused of child neglect says the…
Read MoreGoal is to ensure No Child Left Behind: President’s program enacts rigorous standards
By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard BUSH Editor’s note: The following is the first in a two-part series exploring the No Child Left Behind Act and its implications for the Warren County School System. Mandating new testing measures and greater accountability, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 2001, known popularly…
Read MoreObituary Report for January 8, 2003
Mabel Beatrice O’Neal, Everett Darrell Pearsall Sr., Pauline T. Neal, William B. Bell, Charles Winston Lowery, Vonda Ethleen Rhea Lewis, William Ray (Pete) Sain Sr., Gladys Pauline Urban, Vernon Glen Stanford Mabel Beatrice O’Neal, 89McMinnville resident and Warren County native Mabel Beatrice O’Neal, 89, died Jan. 6 at Raintree Manor after an extended illness.A homemaker…
Read MoreThink about consequences of alternative schedule
To the Editor: Soon to come is an important decision that will have a great impact on our families and community. The Warren County Board of Education is exploring the idea of an alternative calendar for our entire school system. We ask that everyone explore the pros and cons of this concept. We would like…
Read MoreVinson’s Variety: Ray wants rifle for further testing
By Mike Vinson / Columnist For those who read the Jan. 1 edition of the Southern Standard, you very well may have come across and read a story titled, “Ray still seeks rifle suspected of killing MLK.”The Standard picked up the story from an Associated Press (AP) release, as newspapers all across the nation could…
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