By Dale Stubblefield / Columnist As a young boy, I started collecting baseball cards. I always slipped a pack of cards into my mom’s grocery cart every time she went shopping. I thought she would never notice, and she never said anything about it until we got in the car.I was always hunting for my…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Warren County High School’s football program held its second annual golf tournament Monday at the McMinnville Golf and Country Club, with 14 teams teeing off to support the Pioneers.Prizes were awarded in two different flights, with the foursome of Brent Brock, Travis Barnes, Daniel Chisam…

Our Viewpoint Just about everyone has an opinion about the wave of Bonnaroo traffic which has flooded the county, and the series of police encounters which have awaited the travelers in Warren County.There are two sides to every story and that’s certainly true in this instance.One side has angry citizens who are concerned with Warren…

The summer reading programs at Magness Library are not only for children. As a matter of fact, Magness has two programs for adults this summer. Both will start this Monday. “A Historic Summer” will continue through July 19, and “A Mysterious Summer” through July 29.The first of these, “A Historic Summer” will focus on history…

By Janice Howard / Columnist Father’s Day, an American tradition that began in the early 1900s, is becoming an international occasion — a day for giving thoughtful gifts, gathering all the family together for a feast, or reflecting on pleasant memories with dad in days gone by.The observance of Father’s Day is said to have…

By Janice M. Howard / Style Editor for the Southern Standard Out come the floor mats in the aerobics room at the Civic Center as David Watson, left, Charlotte Winfree and Ken Kirby work through preliminary stretching exercises. (Photos provided) The Civic Center served as the official host site when area senior adults gathered to…

Results from the regular Friday night Warren County Saddle Club show are as follows:• Conformation halter, quarter horse — Suzanne Ware, first; Jenny Jones, second;• Conformation halter, saddle horse — Lucy Eastman, first; Wanda Barnes, second;• Western Pleasure, youth — Robin Bost, first; Luke Morrison, second;• Western Pleasure, adult — Alan Shepherd, first; Clark Ware,…

By James Clark / Columnist As much as I hate to say it, school officials might as well install a merry-go-round at the high school. They could call it the coaching carousel.If there’s one constant with Warren County athletics, it’s that coaches come and coaches go. And this takes place with alarming regularity.It hasn’t been…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard April Burkett of Womack Printing puts the tag on Cumberland Bank runner Leanne Smith during Friday night’s game in the girls’ senior fastpitch league. (Dale Stubblefield photo) Friday night Womack Printing moved into first place with a 10-4 win over Cumberland Bank. It would take…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Not many golfers can say they played in the U.S. Open. In fact, most weekend hackers find themselves daydreaming about being — or, in some cases, pretending to be — on the tee box hitting one down the middle of the fairway as the crowd…