Hurdling hound: Schutzhund Club has local chapter
By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Middle Tennessee Schutzhund Club president Richard Scott works his dog, Odin, at the local trials course on Wheeler Road near Viola. The dogs must excel in three areas to claim Schutzhund status, tracking, obedience and protection. If you want to see the ultimate in…
Read MoreLlewellyn may be finalist for muzzle award
By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) LLEWELLYN McMinnville City Administrator Herb Llewellyn may be a finalist for a national award which is not so prestigious.The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Speech, having heard of Llewellyn’s policy preventing city employees from writing a letter to the editor of…
Read MoreMedia Musings: Newspaper joke not so funny
By Ed Kimbrell / Columnist Some observations and jottings from a timeworn notebook:FROM THE I THOUGHT EVERYBODY WOULD LAUGH CATEGORY – Today’s students love The Comedy Channel and freewheeling humor on late night talk shows and MTV. Satire, ridicule and abuse of our current culture are staples and it often appears there are no limits…
Read MoreWhat’s the Word: It’s hard to put war into words
By Charles Johnson / Columnist As most of you know by now, this column is called “What’s the Word.” And as most of you are aware by now, the word today is “war.”It’s on all our minds as we watch it unfold in real time on our television screens. In fact, it’s almost inescapable. Every…
Read MoreArmstrong put on the hot seat and responds
Our Viewpoint The Standard was quick to jump jail architect Jim Armstrong when it appeared he was on the verge of missing another deadline, which incited some county commissioners to start talking about his termination.But Armstrong answered the challenge, meeting his ultimatum deadline last week, and saved his job in the process. He also saved…
Read MoreLakeside Resort accepts students
Lakeside Resort in Smithville, in association with Pellissippi State Technical Community College and Motlow State Community College, is currently accepting students for the Spring 2003 Culinary Arts Program and Hospitality Management courses.Students, who must possess a high school diploma or GED, will receive 18 college credit hours upon completion of each course.The 18-week Hospitality Management…
Read MoreAirman visits Gann’s class
While on leave recently, Senior Airman Nathan Cantrell visited the class of second-graders taught by Wanda Gann at Morrison Elementary School. He is stationed with the U.S. Air Force in Aviano, Italy.Cantrell, himself, is a former student of Mrs. Gann. He is the son of Beth Bouldin and Thomas Cantrell.The youngsters were excited to hear…
Read MoreJunior Miss pageant contestants total 33
By Janice M. Howard / Style Editor for the Southern Standard The eighth annual Junior Miss Warren County Pageant will be an event of March 29 beginning at 6 p.m. Junior Auxiliary of McMinnville and Middle-Tennessee Radiology, the crown corporate sponsor, are presenting the competition at the Civic Center.Admission is $6 per person.Steffen Jenee-Maree Northcutt,…
Read MoreObituary Report for March 21, 2003
Alvie Evon Potter Sr., 61Spencer resident and Sequatchie County native Alvie Evon Potter Sr., 61, died March 19 at Centennial Medical Center after an extended illness.A machine operator and U.S. Army veteran, he was the son of the late Auby Franklin and Evelyn Heard Potter and was preceded in death by brother Auby F. Potter…
Read MoreThe Village Idiot: The magic found in movies
By Jim Mullen / Coumnist I was in Smalley’s Video store around New Year’s when a housewifey-looking woman came in to return a stack of tapes. She was 35ish, short hair, perky — an average-looking small-town mom. Mrs. Smalley asked her if she liked any of the videos she was returning.“Well, I liked ‘I Cut…
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