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The McMinnville Warren County Senior Center is now offering the Arthritis Foundation Exercise Class (formerly known as the PACE class). It will be on Mondays and Thursdays, 9-10 a.m. beginning April 23 at the Fitness & Wellness Center located at 801 Morrison Street. Donna Roberts, instructor, received training from the Arthritis Foundation to teach this…

Sarah Elizabeth Collier and Bradley Edward Harris of Memphis will be married June 2 in a nuptial ceremony taking place at Lakeside Resort in Smithville. Announcing the couple?s engagement and forthcoming wedding are the bride-elect?s parents, Charles and Bonnie Collier of Rock Island, and Wesley and Patricia Bryan. The prospective bridegroom is the son of…

By Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, I have a life insurance policy that I?ve been thinking about dropping because I don’t really need it any longer but my neighbor was telling me I could sell it to a life settlement company for a nice profit. What can you tell me about life settlements? Interested In…

By Margaret Hobbs Some of the ladies attending the Go Red Luncheon, from left are, Jennie Foster, Karen Wilson, Becky D. Grissom and Edith Davies. Go Red for your heart, for your health, for your life and for the women you love, is the thought presented at the Go Red for Women Luncheon held recently…

Church league meeting The Warren County Church league will hold its final organizational meeting for the 2007 season Monday, April 30, at 7 p.m. at the Ben Lomand building on North Chancery St. Churches interested in having a team in the church league should have a coach at this meeting, as this will be the…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? When basketball scouts arrived at last summer?s Nike All-America Camp, they gazed as intently at their cell phones as they did at the games. Then they started sending messages, one after another. This is the new college recruiting world, where technology is essential. Call a player on his home phone or send…

NASHVILLE (AP) ? Titans cornerback Adam ?Pacman? Jones said Friday night he will appeal his season-long suspension and thinks NFL commissioner Roger Goodell made him the league?s poster boy for disciplining players. Jones has not talked to reporters since the suspension for conduct detrimental to the NFL was announced Tuesday. Jones? attorneys had said they…

(AP) ? Barry Bonds and Carlos Lee put on quite a show in Pennsylvania. Bonds hit his 736th and 737th career homers before being lifted in the fourth inning of the San Francisco Giants? 8-5 win in Pittsburgh. That wasn?t even the best performance of the night in the Keystone State as Lee clubbed three…

GLADEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ? Marcos Ambrose could have stayed in Australia, racing cars and earning nice paychecks. Maybe buy a boat, a farm and settle down with his new wife. Instead, he came to the United States to pursue his dream of becoming a NASCAR driver. His biggest problem? He should have emigrated sooner. The…