Area News

By Dale Stubblefield Results from Tuesday night action in the girls 7- and 8- year-old softball league saw Aycock Fencing down Sanders Construction 11-6 in five innings. Both teams scored four runs in the first inning. Sanders sent one run to the plate in the top of the third and one in the fifth. Aycock…

By Art Larson Sr. Ever since I attended a stock car race at the Kentucky Speedway, I have been campaigning for a NASCAR Sprint Cup race to be held there. The facilities at the speedway are some of the best in the business. I rate the garage facilities as A-1 since there are enough individual…

By Dale Stubblefield Karaline Deaton keeps her eye on the ball, while she hits a backhand down the line. Deaton is one of the 16 campers who participated in the tennis camp this week at the Civic Center courts WCHS tennis coach David Dunlap kicked off his yearly tennis camps this week at the Civic…

By Dale Stubblefield A local young lady has been selected to the 2008 Tennessee Scholastic Clay Target Program All-State team. LaNae Bess, daughter of Mark and Stephanie Bess of Morrison, was selected as team captain for the women’s varsity team. She was nominated for the honor by State Director and Cumberland County head coach Kim…

Sherene Ashley Semsar of Mount Pleasant, S.C. will wed George Nathaniel Magrath, III of Conway, S.C. on July 12. The nuptials will be held at East Cooper Baptist Church in Mount Pleasant. The bride-elect is the daughter of Mary Elledge Semsar and Mehdi Semsar of Mount Pleasant. Her grandparents are the late Oscar and Neoshia…

Lucky Homemakers met May 19 at 10 a.m. for their monthly meeting. President Sherry Salaman presided, with Jo Ann Ballard serving as hostess. Dima Craddock read for the devotional from I Chronicles 28:20. The roll call was answered by how many books read and ‘A healthy food I eat is. . . ‘ with eight…

Baby Girl Nika Bowdoin Bolhuis was born May 17 at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga weighing 5 pounds, 8 ounces. Parents of the infant are Thomas Bolhuis and Ge-Anne Bowdoin of Calhoun, Ga. Nika is joined by brother, David Hillis. Her grandparents include Thom Bolhuis and Giny Maring, of the Netherlands, and the late Harold and…

By DUANE SHERRILL Sentences were issued in several cases Wednesday in Circuit Court by Judge Bart Stanley. Included in circuit action: ‘ Derek Vinson was given a four-year probationary sentence and must surrender his firearms and perform 40 hours public service work for simple assault, resisting arrest and possession of a weapon. ‘ Amon Chip…

Lisa Hobbs photo Caney Fork Electric Cooperative celebrated customer appreciation day yesterday. Pictured are Chase Newby and big sister Nicolette Newby visting with larger-than-life Louie the Lightning Bug.

By DUANE SHERRILL A pair of men accused of towing away a car, thus stealing it from its rightful owner, were bound to the grand jury this week amid their claims they had bought the vehicle from another man for $150. The defendants, Scotty Smith and James Cook were both bound to the grand jury…