BABY BOYToree and Thomas Craven are the parents of a son, William True. He was born May 24 at River Park Hospital weighing 7 pounds, 6-1/2 ounces. He is welcomed by siblings, 9-year-old Tiember, and Icie-Mae, age 2.Grandparents are Pat Grissom and the late Trence Grissom; Tommy and Stephanie Craven; and Candee Arnold of Shelbyville.…

Marriage vows were exchanged by Catherine Kaiser and James Timothy Martin during a double ring ceremony taking place May 15 at Germantown Presbyterian Church in Germantown.The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Boysen Kaiser Jr. of Memphis. She is the granddaughter of Catherine Hester Ledbetter, the late Andy Franks Ledbetter, and the…

By MARGARET HOBBS / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Newly-crowned 4-H Dairy Princess, Calli Tess Fryar, strikes a reflecting pose at the close of the annual pageant. (Margaret Hobbs photo) Calli Tess Fryar claimed the 16th Warren County 4-H Dairy Princess Pageant title in a pageant held in conjunction with June Dairy Month activities.…

By Paige Z. Northcutt / Manager, USA Gym Weight Watchers is a very sensible and practical way to lose weight. Why? Because weight watchers has you eating from all 4 food groups and the most of the participants incorporate exercise into their programs, which only helps to enhance the weight loss. By combining weight loss…

By Duane Sherrill The basketball season has been over less than two weeks and already there’s been more action than you can shake a stick at. If nothing else, the rumors alone are enough to keep the NBA on the front sports pages across the country, with or without the Kobe criminal case.In L.A., Phil…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard OK Heating and Air escaped with a one-run victory over Kirby Real Estate Thursday night 17-16 in the girls 7- and 8-year-old coach pitch league at the Sam Martin Jr. field.The two teams combined for 44 hits on the night. OK Heating sent four runs…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Mark Hitchcock, Jamie Stinson, Wayne Grissom and Carl Stanley came away with the top prizes in their respective flights at the recent McMinnville Country Club Championships.After a qualifying round, players in the event were placed into four flights, and hit the links in eight-man, match-play…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Tuesday night in the boys 7-8-year-old coach pitch league, McBride’s Window Cleaning escaped with a one-run win over Dependable Brakes 11-10.McBride’s sent five runs across the plate in the first inning, one in the second and five runs in the sixth. Dependable Brakes scored one…

By Jim Glenn Social Security has a new Internet option that allows people receiving Social Security benefits to go online and change their own addresses or phone numbers on Social Security records – without the need for a Personal Identification Number (PIN) or password. The new Change Your Address service can be found at www.socialsecurity.gov/coa/.After…

By James Clark If you didn’t make it down to the Standard office Friday for your free banana split, don’t worry. I ate it for you.I must admit I’m still riding somewhat of a sugar rush from eating ice cream with chocolate syrup, eating bananas with chocolate syrup, and then when the ice cream and…