FCE Club: Bonner
Members of Bonner Family and Community Education Club convened at 10 a.m. Feb. 13 at the home of Freda Bouldin for the monthly meeting. Co-hostess for the day was Dot Hall with Yvonne Gunter as a guest.Mrs. Bouldin presented an interpretation of Psalms 23 and the group sang “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.” The Homemakers…
Read MoreLangston, Starkey set wedding date
Amanda Dawn Langston will become the bride of Steven Jonathan Starkey during a nuptial ceremony taking place March 20 at Historic Falcon Manor. (Photo provided) The engagement of Amanda Dawn Langston and Steven Jonathan Starkey is being revealed. The couple has set March 20 as their wedding date with the ceremony taking place at 2…
Read MoreHolly, Wood and Vines: Theme for lawn, garden show
The spotlight will focus on gardens, flowers and landscape designs with star qualities at the Nashville Lawn and Garden Show March 4 through 7 at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday.“Holly, Wood and Vines” is the theme for the 14th…
Read More‘C’ is for cookie: That’s good enough for me
By Janice M. Howard / Style Editor for the Southern Standard “Get Going, Girlfriends!” Theme for this year’s Girl Scout Cookie Sale is encouraging girls to set goals and develop team-building skills as they sell cookies to the public. Booth sales will continue through March 7.Once again, about 250 girls from Daisy through Senior Girl…
Read MoreMarge Schott’s outspokenness is her legacy
By JOE KAY / AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Marge Schott loved her baseball team and her dog. She never cared much for holding her tongue. As owner of the Cincinnati Reds, she readily shared favorable opinions about Hitler and inflammatory comments about minorities, drawing suspensions from baseball for giving the game a black…
Read MoreManning ready to look ahead after signing $98 million deal
By MICHAEL MAROT / AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Peyton Manning wanted to focus on the future. Everybody else wanted to talk about his paycheck. On a day Manning won the equivalent of the NFL lottery by signing the richest contract in Colts history, the league’s co-MVP seemed more interested in fulfilling his ultimate…
Read MoreTitans sign LB Bulluck, TE Kinney to long-term deals
By TERESA M. WALKER / AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Titans heard all the dire predictions that this would be their most painful offseason yet. Thanks to a variety of deals, they squeezed under the salary cap Tuesday in style. The Titans announced they reached agreements on multiyear contracts for All-Pro linebacker…
Read MoreTitans remain in full chase mode for Super Bowl
By TERESA M. WALKER / AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Titans remain in full chase mode for another Super Bowl berth, spending what they need to compete and willing to draw the line only when they have serious questions. The Titans restructured or extended a handful of contracts and reached new, long-term…
Read MoreDonnelly’s surgery goes well
MT Media Relations NASHVILLE — Middle Tennessee Athletic Director James “Boots” Donnelly’s open-heart surgery on Tuesday morning went “extremely well” according to Dr. Stephen Hoff, who performed the four-hour surgery at Saint Thomas Hospital. Donnelly, 60, had quadruple by-pass surgery and the doctors felt it went so well that he will be out of intensive…
Read MoreUpon Further Review: Webber, not school, should be punished
By Dale Stubblefield / Columnist Now some of you may already know about the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s decision this past weekend on a high school being asked to forfeit their championships.But for those of you who may not, over the weekend Detroit Country Day High School was asked to forfeit championships they won…
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