By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard POTTER Ten clerks were cited and eight local stores face fines or suspension of their alcohol licenses after an underage operative bought beer there.“The operations were conducted during the past week, with store clerks being approached during daylight hours and at night,” said District Attorney…

By Jim Glenn / Columnist Those of us who work at Social Security have always taken great pride in the fact that our programs touch the lives of millions of Americans each and every day. But we can now also be proud of the fact that just last month the Social Security Act was voted…

By James Clark I was sitting around the office sifting through Associated Press wire reports when I stumbled upon something you probably didn’t know: The first international camel beauty pageant was recently held in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous region of China.The first of what promises to be an annual event featured nearly 100 dressed-up camels…

By Janice M. Howard / Style Editor for the Southern Standard The fifth annual Warren County Princess Pageant for girls ages 12 to 14 will be an event of April 24 at the Warren County High School Auditorium, beginning at 7 p.m. WCHS Junior Varsity Pioneerettes Dance Team is sponsoring the competition.Reigning Warren County Princess…

By KARIN MILLER / Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE (AP) — Nurses and pediatricians support legislation that would limit the sale of junk food and soft drinks at Tennessee schools, lawmakers were told Thursday. Tennessee has the nation’s third-highest rate of obesity and one of the highest rates of Type 2 diabetes among schoolchildren, according to…

By TOM SHARP / Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE (AP) — A group of anxious TennCare enrollees urged Gov. Phil Bredesen to be careful Thursday as he ponders how to change the state’s health care program for the poor and uninsured. Bredesen will present his TennCare proposal to the joint session of the Legislature next week.…

By TOM SHARP / Associated Press Writer BREDESEN NASHVILLE (AP) — Gov. Phil Bredesen began laying the groundwork Thursday for his TennCare reform proposal, warning he will propose major changes that may be difficult — and possibly the last hope for the program’s survival. Bredesen is scheduled to release his TennCare reform plan on Tuesday.…

TO THE EDITOR: I’m a senior at Warren County High School, and I am absolutely disgusted with this place.I think everyone is aware of the change in dress code this year. They claim their motive was that the clothes we are wearing are a distraction. The entire four years I have been here, I have…

TO THE EDITOR: Since 1981, the McMinnville Jaycees have overseen the softball complex at the Warren County Fairgrounds. We have been responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the ball fields since that time. This was made possible by funding from Warren County.In recent years, due to economic difficulties, that funding was cut, making the…

By Morton Kondracke / Columnist President Bush richly deserves the sudden plunge taken by his poll ratings last week. But his numbers are likely to turn around once his re-election campaign gets started.For the first time ever, the Gallup poll showed Bush’s approval rating at under 50 percent — 49, to be exact — an…