By James Clark Todd Herzog is president of Accu-Router and chairman of the Business Roundtable Action Committee. So he has fairly keen insight into the overall scheme of Warren County’s economic plight. Todd says to get a glimpse of what to expect in 2008, all you have to do is look back at recent years.…

By James Clark For those who haven’t noticed, Southern Manufacturing Group has built an addition next to its facility on Manchester Highway and owner Ray Jones says the company will begin moving into that addition this month. Normally such large additions mean promising news awaits, and Ray said signs are pointing that way for his…

By James Clark When I talked to Superior Walls president Stacey Harvey on Friday, he said he had just returned from a meeting in Atlanta where he was negotiating a deal to double the coverage area of the local facility. If this deal happens ‘ and Stacey made sure to emphasize the if ‘ he…

By James Clark On the national level, the economy is walking with a perceptible limp. The housing market has tanked, and a number of lending institutions are right behind. Reports were released last week that it was a less-than-robust Christmas shopping season and Wall Street remains on shaky ground. On top of all that, folks…

By James Clark The big news in the Warren County business world is that an actual job fair will take place in this town. There’s no need to adjust your dial. I said job fair, as in a place to go to find employment. This job fair is set to take place Monday from 8…

By James Clark One of the big stories of the week, as it pertains to whacky news, comes to us from south of the border near Monterrey, Mexico. That’s where 10-year-old Diego Palacios did not want to return to school after a truly enjoyable Christmas break. In Diego’s mind, the solution was simple. He would…

BY Gary Clothier HENRY VIII Q: The Mayflower arrived in the New World in 1620. There was to have been a companion ship. What was its name, and why didn’t it make the journey? ‘ M.L., Bowling Green, Ky. A: Left behind in England, the Speedwell leaked prodigiously and could not be repaired. Q: How…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Jeffery Mike Green, 43, was born May 6, 1964 and died Jan. 11 at River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. He was the son of Judy Ewell of Florida and the late Junior Green. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by one daughter, Michelle…

Rock Island resident and Cannon County native Ima May Campbell, 88, died Jan. 10 after a brief illness. A homemaker and a member of Rock Island Church of Christ, she is survived by her husband of 70 years, Hiram Campbell of Rock Island, daughter and son-in-law, Charlotte and Donnie Taylor of Rock Island; grandson and…

Letter to the Editor TO THE EDITOR: I read with interest the letter to the editor Friday in the Southern Standard. The best I could gather from the letter was that the writer wanted to punish the two county commissioners who offered themselves for appointment to the senate seat vacated by Jerry Cooper. George Smartt…