By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Turning Two Baseball School instructor Brent Whitlock instructs a group of campers as this week’s baseball camp in Morrison. (Rob Nunley photos) For years, the fields behind Eugene Whitlock’s Morrison home have been used to raise hay.But this week, part of that land was put…

There were 27 individuals with disabilities in Warren County who were provided services or goods through Family Support Program during fiscal year 2002-03.Among the supports reimbursed were: respite, special equipment, home or vehicular modification, homemaker, personal assistance, transportation, housing costs, special supplies or summer camp. Funding for the Family Support Program comes from the tax…

In the face of ever-increasing strains on families and the values on which they are built, God does not intend for the family to lapse into obsolescence or sink into irrelevance. That’s the message of next week’s homecoming and gospel meeting at Central Church of Christ.“The family was the first human institution God chose to…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Marion Thaxton has been performing with the On the Road Again Show for the past 25 years. So you can bet she’s fired up about Viola Valley Homecoming activities which begin tonight.“The crowds and the excitement – it’s just fun,” said Thaxton when asked…

SEIVERS Warren County Education Association members Tena Self and Barbara Hancock participated in TEA’s annual Summer Leadership Conference July 24-26 in Franklin.Association leaders attended workshops on topics including compliance with the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act/No Child Left Behind legislation and other issues of relevance to educators and public schools.Gov. Phil Bredesen thanked participants…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Leadership Warren is reminding local families the time to get out under the stars for some fun-filled entertainment on Main Street is just around the corner.This year’s movie, “E.T., The Extraterrestrial,” is planned to be shown downtown tomorrow night around 8 p.m. or at dusk…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard BOYD An executive committee has been formed in the search for a new Main Street McMinnville director following the departure of former director Amy-Jo Stanford last month.According to Main Street McMinnville board president Rodney Boyd, the organization has been asked by city leaders to seek…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard This photo of renowned composer Charles Faulkner Bryan with a dulcimer graces the cover of a regional book released this spring by University of Tennessee Press. (Photo provided) Music scholar Dr. Carolyn Livingston considers McMinnville native Charles Faulkner Bryan’s contributions to music comparable to the…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Murder suspect Eric Sullivan listens to evidence during the opening day of his trial Thursday for the May 2000 beating death and robbery of Louie Johnson. Defense assistant Nichole Campbell is seated behind him. (Duane Sherrill photo) Prosecutors hope a do-rag will do in accused…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard PRATER Tempers flared at a meeting of the Nominating Committee Tuesday night when a discussion on appointing the county commission’s standing committees for 2003-2004 veered into a disagreement between two commissioners on how the actions of some of the committees were being reported in…