Catherine Jennings TO THE EDITOR: I was one of the many, many out-of-town relatives to arrive in your city on Friday afternoon to witness McMinnville?s class of 2006 graduate from high school. My youngest niece was graduating and our family wanted to make it a memorable occasion for her. My sister asked us to arrive…

Duane Sherrill If you think Jerry Springer is bad, if you want to see hillbillies gone wild, teens out of control, eeny-meeny-miney-moe who?s my baby?s daddy, ?He beats me but I love him,? or you just want to feel better about your own life, try going to court here once in awhile to get a…

William Rusher The Democrats have been on the receiving end of a lot of criticism lately, not only from Republicans, but from allegedly objective observers, for failing to come up with their own proposed solutions for various problems currently afflicting the body politic. “You can’t beat something with nothing,” the complaint goes. It’s all very…

Dustin R. Hillis TO THE EDITOR: In a recent article outlining former sheriff candidate Kenny Taylor?s campaign, he shunned the practice of deputies taking home their department vehicles. This was also a topic of discussion in a letter to the editor from Mr. Winston Jones. I must say I understand where they are coming from.…

Diana West I wonder how many Americans, listening to President Bush bringing his too-little, too-late immigration address to a close, felt like he ran out of track when he concluded: “We honor the heritage of all who come here … because we trust in our country’s genius for making us all Americans, one nation under…

From West Elementary, third-graders Gabriel Gutienez, Allie Simmons and Traeton McCormick finished in the top three spots, respectively, in the grades 2-3 division. Pictured from left are McCormick, Gutienez and Simmons.

Morrison?s Katelyn Smith was third in the K-1 category.

Photos provided Eastside?s Madison McBride was first in the Kindergarten-First Grade category. Winners from Warren County Middle School in this year?s Soil Conservation District poster contest included, from left, Dillon Tubb, Micah McColloch, Kailea King, Jared King and Micah Panter. Not pictured is Kelly Mullican. McColloch, Mullican and Tubb took the top three spots in…

Photo provided Steve Glenn and Maggie Woods are seen approving DCP contracts for Warren County producers enrolling in the 2006 Direct-Counter Cyclical payment program while Hayden Bradley looks on. The final date to enroll without penalty is June 1, 2006. Warren County Farm Service Agency director Steve Stubblefield reminds farmers and landowners participating in the…

J. Dale Beaty Extension Leader By its very name, the Century Farm recognition program exists to recognize those farm families who have held the land and farmed for over 100 years. The Tennessee Century Farms Program was created in 1975 by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture as part of our nation?s bicentennial celebration. In 1985,…