Farm Scene – Red fire ants, long a worry to farmers and ranchers, may have met their match
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) ? Imported red fire ants have plagued farmers, ranchers and others for decades. Now the reviled pests are facing a bug of their own. Researchers have pinpointed a naturally occurring virus that kills the ants, which arrived in the U.S. in the 1930s and now cause $6 billion in damage annually nationwide,…
Read MoreUSDA DCP program enrollment continues
By Steve C. Stubblefield Warren County producers of commodity crops (wheat, corn, soybeans, and grain sorghum) have an opportunity to enroll in USDA?s Direct-Counter Cyclical Payment (DCP) program. The DCP program began with the passage of the 2002 Farm Bill and will end Sept. 30, 2007. Producers who grow corn, soybeans, wheat, or other commodity…
Read MoreLet?s go fly a kite
Kite Day winners in the various categories include, front row from left, Emalee Hale and Kara Caten. At back, Sara McMahan, Bethany Porter, Victoria England, Bonnie Bear holding Ransom Lowery, Kyra Hillis and Treyton Cantrell. Unavailable for photo is J.J. Brown.
Read MoreFCE Club
Hickory Creek FCE members met May 3 at the extension office for their regular meeting. Beulah McBee conducted the meeting, with Vickie Gibbs offering a devotional on ?You are more blessed.? Hilda Lytle offered a report on what brings on asthma and allergies. She told what to do to help prevent them. McBee called the…
Read MoreCystic fibrosis affects over 30,000 people
By Roger Cook Every now and then I am asked to do an article on a particular subject. Most of the time when I am asked, I am away from home and my computer and when I get back home I have forgotten what it was that I was asked to do. I know most…
Read MoreFind out right way to preserve history
By CHARLES W. JOHNSON If you?re a member of a local church, club, charitable or civic organization, have a business here, or are just an individual who cares about preserving Warren County history, then McMinnville City Hall is where you need to be this Thursday, May 10, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. That?s when…
Read MoreOn TOP of volunteer work – Organization aids families with home repair projects
By JAMES CLARK Some high school students make good use of their summer vacations. That will continue this year when hundreds of students volunteer to provide home improvement assistance in a six-county region through Mountain TOP. The TOP stands for Tennessee Outreach Program and Warren County is one of six counties the Altamont-based Christian organization…
Read MoreThe food is in the mail
It?s been said mail carriers always deliver. This time they?re looking to deliver your canned food donations to charity. The 15th annual National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive is this Saturday and all city residents are urged to participate. The guidelines are simple. Leave canned food items by your mailbox on Saturday and they…
Read MoreTime to say goodbye – Centracchio, King leaving high school math department
By LISA HOBBS Most people find math tiring, while others retire from it. Two Warren County High School math teachers will be saying goodbye to the school, but not to their love for teaching. Bob Centracchio and Linda King will be taking their leave from 7:45 a.m. school bells, classrooms, and halls packed with students…
Read MoreThree children injured – Vehicles collide near Morrison Shell
By DUANE SHERRILL Five people were injured in a two-car collision which saw one vehicle knocked up an embankment near the Morrison Shell station Monday afternoon. Among the injured were three children, ages 9, 12 and 13, who were passengers in a 1992 Buick driven by Bridgett G. King, 37. King?s husband was also in…
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