By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard C.N. Womack congratulates Julia Carter after she was given the Bell Ringer Award at the annual CHEER Mental Health banquet Thursday night. McMinnville?s CHEER Mental Health Association presented its 34th annual Bell Ringer Award to longtime mental health activist and local National Alliance for the…

By JAMES CLARK Editor for the Southern Standard For a 16-year-old, Katy Campen has seen her share of the world. After trips to Japan, England and France, Campen will be off to visit Australia this Saturday. ?I love being exposed to the different cultures,? said Campen. ?I?m sure I?ll see some beautiful scenery in Australia…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard Noon Exchange Club member Bill Zechman presents the 2006 Humanitarian Award to longtime local soccer coordinator and coach Emily Panter. Longtime Warren County soccer coordinator and coach Emily Panter was named the Noon Exchange Club?s 2006 Humanitarian of the Year during the club?s annual banquet…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard GLENN Harold Glenn has announced his candidacy for re-election as Warren County Road Superintendent. In announcing his bid for re-election, Glenn recalled what prompted him to seek office in the beginning. ?Before I was elected in 1994, I was self-employed for many years and my job…

In one of the many unusual money-making ventures at Bonnaroo, a woman known only as the Silver Statue awed people Friday by remaining completely motionless for minutes at a time. She would play her drum for a few seconds when someone placed a tip in her jar. Bonnaroo ends this evening with performances by Steve…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard FISK A jail shakedown has led to felony drug charges against the man who terrorized the county just before Christmas last year, wounding one man during a pair of drive-by shootings. The defendant, Deonray J. Fisk, 26, has been charged with two counts of possession of…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard A resolution proposing a pay raise for Warren County commissioners will go before the full commission at its meeting Monday night. The proposal, which will be presented by Budget and Finance Committee chairman George Smartt, is expected to generate heated discussion among commissioners, some of…

SAVANNAH, Tenn. (AP) The state fire marshal?s office has determined a blaze which destroyed a Hardin County fire station was arson. Hardin County’s Bruton Branch District No. 14 fire station housed an engine, a tanker truck, a squad truck and a 1947 antique model show engine that was being restored. All the vehicles were destroyed.…

Thomas Vaughn Several days after the death of arch-terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the significance of his demise is still being widely discussed and hotly debated.? Some experts on terrorism hail his death as a major milestone in that war.?Others caution that taking out one terrorist, even of his magnitude, will do little to cure the…

Charlie Johnson Most of us realize that language takes on a different sound and lingo depending on the location within the speaker?s country. These distinctive speech patterns have a specific term to describe them. They?re called dialects, and every country and language has them. Of course there are a lot of other terms commonly used…