TO THE EDITOR: This is in response to the Friday, Nov. 12 edition of the Standard editorial section. The article and picture of the dead horse in the Nov. 10 edition was in very poor taste and totally unprofessional, but the column by James Clark was more than less desirable and more or less put…

TO THE EDITOR: I am just learning of the planned demise of the beautiful downtown tree. As I recall, a group of Junior Auxiliary ladies went through much red tape to get the tree planted many years ago. Yes, it has grown tremendously. What a beautiful example of prosperity, growth and strength.This tree became the…

By Diana West In the space between the fog of war (confusion, peril and instant reflexes) and the edited news break (carefully scripted and produced filler between Viagra commercials), a young Marine hangs out to dry.Maybe I should say he hangs crucified, although that particular metaphor these days isn’t just politically incorrect, it’s radioactive. But…

By George Plagenz Do we need a new set of commandments? Certainly we are not doing very well with the 10 we have. And it won’t help to bronze and display them in front of the Court House or City Hall where everybody can see them.Of course we are not even sure it is constitutional…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Friday afternoon at Warren County Middle, the eighth-grade Pioneers played host to DeKalb County Middle in a game played in front of the WCMS student body.The Pioneers gave their classmates plenty to celebrate, as they opened up an early lead on the way to a…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard WOODBURY — Cannon County High School’s girls pulled away in the second half Thursday night, and handed the visiting Lady Pioneers a 53-42 loss in a Hall of Fame Classic contest at the Robert A. Harris Gym.Led by 10 second-half points from Erin Todd, who…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard WOODBURY — The Pioneer basketball team turned up the heat in the fourth quarter Thursday night, on the way to an eight-point victory over Cannon County in a Hall of Fame Classic contest.Warren County’s boys, who improved to 2-0 with the win, shut out their…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 206-person docket was heard Thursday in General Sessions Traffic Court. The unusually large docket comes due to cancellation and downsizing of the traffic dockets for various reasons the past few weeks.Included in court action: Bruce A. Thurman was directed to serve 45 days of…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard With time running out to donate shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child, organizer Wendy Curran hopes more people will step forward.So far, around 500 shoeboxes have been received, well below the 1,400 received last year. She is hoping a last-minute push today and briefly tomorrow morning…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard With President Bush capturing a rare Republican win in Warren County in the recent election, the local party is setting its sights lower, but closer to home, in 2006 as it takes aim at the county commission.“We want to have someone to run in each…