By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard BASHAM Patricia Basham looks at Tennessee’s budget problems and sees an opportunity to save some money.But her ideas, which echo those of the state association of housing authorities, won’t see the light of day until laws are changed.Basham, who is a 40-year veteran of the…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON and AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporters Gov. Phil Bredesen unveiled a budget Monday which trims state spending for the first time in over a decade. Local governments across Tennessee may find themselves reeling from major funding cuts, as well as searching for alternative revenue, if the $21.5 billion state budget proposed…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Union Planters will pursue federal charges against an employee of its local bank who allegedly was the beneficiary of an unauthorized loan.“We do prosecute in such cases, but we leave that judgment up to the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s office,” said Union Planters senior vice…

By Beth Furbush / Better Business Bureau News Dear BBB: “Just how safe is it to give out my credit card information on the Internet? I’m afraid someone will misuse it.”BBB: The Internet has changed the way we do business, truly making ours a global marketplace. People here in our own community conduct business with…

By James Clark / Columnist If you want to display your name or company logo on shirts, pants, jackets or any type of clothing, Paul Kring is the man to see. He’s pictured with his dog, Kia. American intelligence has discovered a way to fight this seemingly certain war with Iraq — by bombarding the…

Georgia Magnolia Adcock, 84Green Hill community resident and DeKalb County native Georgia Magnolia Adcock, 84, died March 8 at Raintree Manor Nursing Center after an extended illness.A homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late George and Bertie Cantrell Haley; and was preceded in death by her…

By Morton Kondracke / Columnist There’s probably not much that President Bush can say or do to convince the world’s population — and most Democrats — that he’s not a reckless foreign policy cowboy.He’s just going to have to win the Iraq war in short order and with minimal casualties, hope that Iraqis dance in…

By Ed Kimbrell / Columnist More than 500 journalists have been trained by the Pentagon for war coverage and now they are moving, along with troops, into position. Theirs is one of the most glamorous and dangerous of all assignments, and they deserve our respect for asking to be aboard as the war begins.It’s obvious…

By Charles Johnson / Columnist Music is a wondrous thing. It’s as varied as any art, delving into the realistic and surrealistic as easily as a Rembrandt or Dali. While some music is obscure and experimental, it still seems to find an audience if, by definition, it is good music on some level.It’s the definition…

Our Viewpoint The tragic events reported in last week’s Southern Standard are a painful reminder to the importance of making safety a constant priority.Just as people throughout the community hate to read about a small boy drowning or an elderly woman dying from injuries she sustained in a fire, the newspaper doesn’t enjoy reporting such…