By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard Members of the band The High Strung will perform at WCHS?s auditorium in June. Tickets are already on sale and can be purchased at Magness Library. Magness Library will be sponsoring a unique musical event next month with a performance by up-and-coming Detroit, Mich.-based band…

SLATTON Ty Aaron Slatton, a 2002 graduate of Warren County High School, graduated Sum Cum Laude from East Tennessee State University with a bachelor of science degree in chemistry with discipline honors. While at ETSU, Slatton was inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and also achieved the dean?s list each semester while in…

Photo provided Pictured, from left, are Rebekah Dorris, eighth-grade winner, Sue Anderson, Morrison Ruritan Club, Kara Youngblood, WCHS scholarship winner and Haley Teeters, eighth-grade winner. The Morrison Ruritan Club has recognized Haley Teeters, Rebekah Dorris, and Kara Youngblood for their outstanding scholastic achievements. Haley is the daughter of Phillip and Shannon Teeters. Rebekah?s parents are…

By JAMES CLARK Editor for the Southern Standard ?The Ambassador? William Branch, a member of the Christian rap group The Cross Movement, is scheduled to speak at Pioneer Community Baptist Church this Friday. A rapper from Philadelphia and a show host from The Inspiration Network will be in McMinnville this weekend as part of the…

?Come on and join our Summer Safari,? is the catch phrase of this year?s Magness Library Summer Reading Program. Library staff members invite all youngsters, ages 2-12, to have a really ?wild? time during their 2006 Summer Reading Program, which will run from June 15 to July 13. Early bird registration is going on right…

By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard WIX Warren County Schools was awarded the School Nutrition Association?s District of Excellence in Child Nutrition. The announcement was made yesterday by the Warren County Director of Schools, Dr. Jerry Hale. ?We?re honored to receive this School Nutrition Association designation,? said Hale. ?It recognizes all the…

Lisa Hobbs photo In a Monday retirement luncheon at Falcon Rest, Centertown Elementary School faculty and staff said good-bye to four of their longtime co-workers. Pictured, from left, are Joanna Lorance, retiring after 24 years teaching seventh- and eighth-grade English; Janice Ritchey, retiring after 21 years teaching special education; Faye Tinsley, retiring after 34 years…

Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Tenn., has released the names of students making the honors list for the spring semester. The list includes: ? McMinnville resident Tyler Boyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Boyd, was named to the president?s list for maintaining a 4.0 GPA. ? McMinnville resident Angela Black, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.…

Holly Suzanne Ferrell, a senior at the University of Montevallo in Montevallo, Ala., made the dean?s list for the 2006 spring semester. She is a kinesiology major and the daughter of Layne and Eva Ferrell.

By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard As the hunt for the new urban forester in McMinnville continues, he or she may have a hurdle to jump right from the get-go as a proposed ordinance is already stirring up dirt with the Planning Commission. The proposal, written by McMinnville?s first urban forester, Nick…