By Hope Hines / Columnist Things I can’t figure out:• Why a hospital room costs $400 a day. And for that price here’s what you get: One roll-up bed with rails. One metal night stand with cheap tissues. One hard-to-get-comfortable-in chair, and one overhead TV with only eight channels, minus ESPN, of course. Not to…

By Duane Sherrill / Columnist Before you ask, I don’t know what’s become of the rumored embezzlement case at Union Planters Bank since it appears to be a closely guarded secret, kept as mum as the location of the prize egg the local radio station used to hide around here.Since the consensus is that our…

Our Viewpoint The tar has been flying in what has escalated into a full-blown controversy over which company should pave Warren County’s roads.On one side of the highway is Road Superintendent Harold Glenn, who is serving his third term. On the other side is Stan Hillis, owner of the Hillis Group, a local paving company.Thus…

Our Viewpoint Elizabeth (Lib) Chastain made a lifetime out of doing the unexpected. And that’s precisely what made her impact on this community so immense.She joined the Army in 1942 during the middle of World War II. It was a time when women were expected to do many things, but contributing to the military wasn’t…

Superfly Productions, in association with A.C. Entertainment, is proud to announce the initial lineup for the 2003 Bonnaroo Music Festival.Confirmed to take place June 13-15, the second annual three-day music and camping festival will be held on the same pristine 600-acre farm in Manchester, 60 miles south of Nashville.Several of the 60-plus artists that will…

When Fiddler on the Roof opened on Broadway, it was seen as a remarkable combination of cultures. The Russian Jewish culture celebrated in the writings of Sholem Aleichem, and the American cultural form of musical theater. Interestingly this most “American” of art forms, the musical theater, has been created and developed in large part by…

By Janice M. Howard / Style Editor for the Southern Standard Party glitz and glitter transformed the spacious Civic Center auditorium into a festive banquet ballroom Feb. 15 for the seventh annual Father/Daughter Date Night. Anticipation mounted for the younger generation as they arrived on the scene for their first experience at the popular social…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Brittany Frazier stole the show — and the ball, repeatedly — Friday night as she and her Centertown teammates captured the championship in the county JV tournament with a 45-18 blowout of Irving College.Frazier finished with 29 points, including 13 in the third quarter, when…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Twenty-four minutes just wasn’t enough time to settle the score between Centertown and Irving College as they battled for the JV tournament title Friday night.An extra two-minute period didn’t solve anything, either.But in double overtime, the Warriors from Centertown pulled away to edge the Tigers,…

By Kelly Shires / Columnist Should you cut out carbs to lose weight? There has currently been a lot of discussion and differing viewpoints regarding the role of carbohydrates in weight management.Each gram of carbohydrate that is stored in the body is packed with 3 grams of water. Diets that encourage you eat low or…