By Duane Sherrill / Columnist It’s hot outside and gas is high. This is truly the summer of our discontent.What’s up with the gas prices? It’s getting so you have to pump fast or the price will go up while the nozzle is still in your tank. Some places don’t even display their prices anymore…

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A divorced father struggling to make ends meet, Jules Dervaes decided to grow fruits and vegetables to save money. The family planted every available space surrounding their cottage-style home, located 13 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, and was shocked when the total harvest amounted to 2,300 pounds after the first…

Cody Walker recently exhibited the Supreme Champion heifer at the Region 4-H Livestock show in Cookeville.Cody’s Polled Hereford heifer was named supreme champion of all the breed winners at the show. The Region 4-H show had more than 150 heifers exhibited by 4-H members from 15 different Tennessee counties.On his way to winning the Supreme…

By Mark A. Halcomb / UT Area Nursery Specialist Many nursery tasks are done as rapidly as possible, because there is always something else needing to be done: Before it rains, before dark. Transplanting for example, is done between the ground getting dry enough and digging.Someone explained to me that it is the hurrying (1)…

By J. Dale Beaty / Extension Leader Last’s week sale at the McMinnville barn featured calves that had been weaned and vaccinated according to the guidelines of the Pfizer Select-Vac program. This is the third such sale held at the local barn during the past year and producers have found that weaning and vaccinating calves…

By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar Dear Annie: My 22-year-old boyfriend recently told me that he was raped by a man when he was between 9 and 10 years old. He will not tell me the molester’s name. This was a shock, and I feel very sorry for him. He tried to tell his mum,…

Remember the Warren County A&L fair pageant deadlines coming up:Fairest of the Fair — Applications accepted at Caney Fork Electric side entrance, Monday, Aug. 29 and Tuesday, Aug. 30 from 3-6 p.m.AAUW Baby Show — Deadline to enter the baby show is August 30.Little Fairest of Fair — Registration will be held Saturday, Aug. 27…

The 39th annual Beersheba Springs Arts and Crafts Festival will be held Aug. 27-28 at the Beersheba Springs United Methodist Assembly Grounds.The very popular festival is open to the public from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sunday.There will be approximately 200 exhibitors from several states with many exciting arts and…

Chelsea Amanda Duncan and Matthew Dean Newman are announcing their engagement. The couple will wed at Riley’s Creek Baptist Church on Sept. 23. (Photo provided) Chelsea Amanda Duncan will become the bride of Matthew Dean Newman of Manchester Sept. 23 in a nuptial ceremony taking place at Riley’s Creek Baptist Church in Manchester.The bride-elect is…

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church announces that Floyd Smithey is the new vicar for the upcoming year. He is married to Sherrill Carter Smithey of Memphis. They have two sons, Sam and Jesse and his wife Laura.Floyd is a student at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, In. He has completed three years of…