No matter what your age, keeping your brain sharp and staying on top of things is a concern for many. For parents of young children, finding ways to stimulate children’s intellect while keeping them interested can prove difficult. On the opposite end of the spectrum, senior citizens often face similar hurdles as they seek to…

By JAMES CLARK Editor for the Southern Standard Sixth-graders in beginning band play the alto saxophone at the Pork and Bands concert. Pictured are Centertown student Lee Roberts, left, and WCMS student Kloe Reynolds. Mouth-watering BBQ and toe-tapping music were on the menu last weekend when local students treated their parents and members of the…

Southern Standard readers are invited to extend happy birthday and anniversary best wishes to friends and loved ones through this weekly column. Please submit your messages by our noon deadline each Thursday. No more that three wishes to any individual, please. Happy Birthday Wishes: May 19 ? Happy birthday Michael Kirby. Love, Long Mountain Church.…

Margo Howard Dear Margo: I am 39 years old and horribly single. I’ve had a lot of bad luck meeting the wrong guys. They are either married or have a girlfriend or just looking to get laid. I admit to being in a rut just going to work and coming home, with an occasional family…

According to the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), about 177,000 people under the age of 20 suffer from diabetes. Those numbers figure to rise in the coming years. That’s thanks in large part to rising obesity rates among children, who are becoming increasingly susceptible to type 2 diabetes, a condition formerly known as adult-onset diabetes.…

Photo provided Senior 4-H members of the year include finalist, from left, Drew Milligan, Jesse Paz, Erika Betschart, Joshua Moore, Level I winner and Ryan Bush, Level II winner.

Photo provided Lauren Lytle, at right, is honored with the Junior High 4-H Member of the Year. Others honored are, from left, Lindsey Clayton, McCain Smock and Allen Betschart.

First Assembly pitcher Melissa Hollis delivers a strike. The Warren County Church Softball Leagues began play last week, including the always-competitive women?s division. The Church league, which also features men?s and youth divisions, promotes good fellowship, sportsmanship and fun during each summer session. The leagues play each Tuesday and Thursday at the Warren County Fairgrounds…

By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Brandon Lowry, who like Oleksik and current Pioneer head coach J.W. Holt was a member of the 1992 state champion WCHS squad, had his winningest season ever at Chattanooga Arts and Sciences, as the Patriots won their regular season district championship and went on to district…

(AP) The Toyota Camry will become the first foreign stock car in Nextel Cup racing when the 2007 season begins. Sitting on a crowded concrete floor in the new Toyota Racing Development, USA shop, among the many tubeframe chassis and race trucks in various stages of readiness, are the unfinished chassis for a NASCAR Car…