The national focus is “Keeping Our Children Safe” during National Junior Auxiliary Week which begins today and lasts until Saturday.Locally, the Junior Auxiliary of McMinnville consists of 37 active members, eight provisional members, 26 associate members, and 41 life members. The club was organized 26 years ago.President Kaye Connor and vice president Tonya Scott say…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard The McMinnville Breakfast Rotary Club will holding its eighth annual McMinnville Breakfast Rotary Charity Gala on April 30, 2005 from 7-10 p.m. at the McMinnville Country Club. Tickets are $100 per couple and all proceeds will go to benefit the club’s Romanian Orphanage Project,…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard JERRY FOSTER Jerry Foster has endured the changes that come with 35 years of work in sanitation and says he doesn’t expect to quit anytime soon.Foster started working with the city in 1967 when he was just 17.“I had to go to Nashville to get…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard With Tennessee ranking second nationally in instances of fire death rates, the state fire marshal’s office is reminding Tennesseans to remember to change the batteries in their smoke detectors as they “spring forward” their clocks today.“It’s important to get in the habit of changing the…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard EARLEYVILLE METH LAB A major meth lab was raided and a couple arrested Friday evening in the shadows of a country church as deputies pulled a clandestine lab from a root cellar behind a Short Mountain Road residence.Lawmen say the alleged meth trafficker, Terry Thompson,…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Over the past two years, dozens of girls have gone through the Warren County School System while pregnant, including some girls who got pregnant as early as the seventh grade.While the nation-wide adolescent and teen birth rate has actually decreased by almost half since 1992,…

By Charlie Johnson A change in policy that will allow students to use their cell phones during after-school activities is a move in the right direction. The reason for this move is so students who, for whatever reason, might be late returning from a sports, band or other school-sponsored event would be able to call…

BABY GIRLSharron and Paul Barnwell of Smithville welcome the birth of a daughter, Arianna Brooke Barnwell. She arrived Feb. 16 at River Park Hospital weighing 7 pounds, 5-1/2 ounces.The baby has two sisters, Alexis and Emily Barnwell.Grandparents are Brenda Barnwell and the late Paul Barnwell of Crossville, L.W. Neal, JoAnn and Aubrey Meece of Smithville.…

By Roger Cook I appreciate the education that I received. I appreciate the teachers who were instrumental in the instruction of various courses throughout my educational adventure. Obtaining an education is truly an adventure … a priceless adventure. But sadly few students see education as such.Many do not appreciate the teachers, and thusly don’t appreciate…

By JANICE M. HOWARD / Style Editor for the Southern Standard Applications must be postmarked by April 9 to qualify for entry in the sixth annual Warren County Princess Pageant for girls ages 12 to 14. The competition will be an event of April 23 at the Warren County Middle School auditorium, beginning at 7…