By Margaret Hobbs Top left:Bliss Zechman, 2007 4-H Dairy Princess, congratulates Hannah Lea Turner upon being named Miss Congeniality- Alyssa Ledbetter claimed the title of the 20th 4-H Dairy Princess in the annual pageant held Saturday evening at Three Star Mall. The pageant culminated a day of dairy activities in observance of June Dairy Month…

Ask people about their favorite food and there’s no telling the answers you will get. Most likely, folks will say anything from pizza to lemon chicken to rib-eye steak to chocolate-glazed donuts.Alas, the banana is so often left off the list. When thinking about favorite foods, the banana is many times forgotten.But banana lovers of…

By Margaret Hobbs Bananas are cool! While many students are home all summer, going to the pool or relaxing, some are still busy at work building skills to help the Warren County School System meet federal requirements. One example of this is in full swing at Warren County Middle School at the Migrant-ESL Summer School…

By Margaret Hobbs A professor for a physiological psych class told his class about bananas. He said the expression ‘going bananas’ is from the effects of bananas on the brain. After reading this, you’ll never look at a banana in the same way again. Bananas contain three natural sugars – sucrose, fructose and glucose combined…

By Dale Stubblefield Thursday night in the girls 9- and 10-year-old fast pitch league, Tennessee Metal Fabrication slipped past Security Federal 6-3.For TMF, Keely Jones and Katelynn Lester had two hits each. Madison Taylor, Taylor Knight, Lakin Nunley, Anna Womack and Emily Milstead added one hit apiece.Ty Ramirez and Emma Holmes had one hit each…

By Dale Stubblefield On Thursday law enforcement officers from middle Tennessee converged on the Collins River golf course to help raise money for the family of Shane Tate. Tate was the Grundy County sheriff’s deputy that was killed in the line of duty two weeks ago.The proceeds from the tournament along with sponsorship revenue will…

By Duane Sherrill Okay Vince, even before you were buried beneath a ton of rumble at the end of RAW Monday night, you got me. Without a doubt, Monday night’s draft was by far the most impacting draft since the original brand extension draft lottery back in 2002 with eight main eventers and even the…

WIMBLEDON (AP) ‘ Defending champion Venus Williams scraped through a tight first set and then pulled away for a 7-6 (5), 6-1 victory over British teenager Naomi Cavaday to begin her bid for a fifth Wimbledon title.As reigning champion, Williams was up first on “Ladies Day” on Centre Court as the All England Club enjoyed…

By Dale Stubblefield

Nashville ‘ Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced Tuesday that the club has acquired forward Triston Grant and a seventh-round selection in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for defenseman Janne Niskala.Grant, 24 (2/2/84), has played 197 American Hockey League games with the Philadelphia Phantoms over…