147th Year • No. 1 statesgraphic.com Haywood County, Tennessee One Section, 14 Pages $1.00 BROWNSVILLE Thursday, January 3, 2013 INSIDE see page 8 Sports see page 6 SHOP ONLINE @ DONNIEHATCHER.COM Local business damaged by fire Photo by Jennifer Willis Cuz’s restaurant was the victim of an early morning fire on Wednesday, January 2. According to the Brownsville Fire Department, the call came in at 3:39 a.m., and firefighters were on scene until 5:45 a.m. The fire originated in the bathroom area, and caused a 50 percent loss. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Hometown Hero Jimmy Studdard, Director of the Haywood County Ambulance Authority, picked up a brand new 2013 Chevrolet Ambulance from Woodbury, Georgia Thursday, December 20. The state inspector visited Friday, December 28 and, after checking all of the equipment, informed them that the new ambulance met state require- ments. It was officially put in service, and the first call was made in the new ambulance before the inspector even left. According to Studdard, the new ambulance cost $95,200, and is an advanced life support unit. The funding for the new vehicle came from the county budget. New ambulance in service at HCAA Photos by Jennifer Willis BY JENNIFER WILLIS jwillis@statesgraphic. com Emergency crews were dispatched to a vehicle versus semi-truck accident on Hwy 70 East Friday, December 28 at approximately 3:18 p.m. According to a preliminary report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, a 1984 F-100 pickup truck, driven by Ed King, 55, of Toone, was traveling west on Hwy 70 East. Two passengers, Edward King of Brownsville, and Mark Lemon of Bells, were traveling with King. A 2010 IHC driven by Iucus Conley, Jr., 45, of Coffeville, MS, was also traveling westbound on Hwy 70 East, and attempted to pass King’s vehicle in a no passing zone. As Conley passed King, the trailer of his semi impacted the rear of King’s vehicle. Ed King was transported to Jackson Madison County General Hospital, and the three other individuals involved were not injured. King’s condition was unknown at press time. Conley was charged with following too closely and improper passing. Two-car accident on Hwy 70 leaves one injured Photo by Jennifer Willis One man was injured in a semi versus vehicle accident on Hwy 70 Friday, December 28. Coming to Brownsville see page 14
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147th Year • No. 1 statesgraphic.com Haywood County, Tennessee One Section, 14 Pages $1.00
BROWNSVILLE Thursday, January 3, 2013
INSIDE
see page 8Sports
see page 6
SHOP ONLINE @ DONNIEHATCHER.COM
Local business damaged by fi re
Photo by Jennifer Willis
Cuz’s restaurant was the victim of an early morning fi re on Wednesday, January 2. According to the Brownsville Fire Department, the call came in at 3:39 a.m., and fi refi ghters were on scene until 5:45 a.m. The fi re originated in the bathroom area, and caused a 50 percent loss. The cause of the fi re is under investigation.
Hometown Hero
Jimmy Studdard, Director of the Haywood County Ambulance Authority, picked up a brand new 2013 Chevrolet Ambulance from Woodbury, Georgia Thursday, December 20. The state inspector visited Friday, December 28 and, after checking all of the equipment, informed them that the new ambulance met state require-ments. It was offi cially put in service, and the fi rst call was made in the new ambulance before the inspector even left. According to Studdard, the new ambulance cost $95,200, and is an advanced life support unit. The funding for the new vehicle came from the county budget.
Emergency crews were dispatched to a vehicle versus semi-truck accident on Hwy 70 East Friday, December 28 at approximately 3:18 p.m.
According to a preliminary report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, a 1984 F-100 pickup truck, driven by Ed King, 55, of Toone, was traveling west on Hwy 70 East. Two passengers, Edward King of Brownsville, and Mark Lemon of Bells, were traveling with King.
A 2010 IHC driven by Iucus Conley, Jr., 45, of
Coffeville, MS, was also traveling westbound on Hwy 70 East, and attempted to pass King’s vehicle in a no passing zone. As Conley passed King, the trailer of his semi impacted the rear of King’s vehicle.
Ed King was transported to Jackson Madison County General Hospital, and the three other individuals involved were not injured. King’s condition was unknown at press time.
Conley was charged with following too closely and improper passing.
Two-car accident on Hwy 70 leaves one injured
Photo by Jennifer Willis
One man was injured in a semi versus vehicle accident on Hwy 70 Friday, December 28.
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According to About.com, the top ten New Year’s Resolutions are:
1. Spend More Time with Family & Friends
Recent polls conducted by General Nutrition Centers, Quicken, and others shows that more that 50% of Americans vow to appreciate loved ones and spend more time with family and friends this year.
2. Fit in FitnessThe evidence is in for
fi tness. Regular exercise has been associated with more health benefi ts that anything else known to man. Studies show that it reduces the risk of some cancers, increases longevity, helps achieve and maintain weight loss, enhances mood, lowers blood pressure, and even improves arthritis.
In short, exercise keeps you healthy and makes you look and feel better.
3. Tame the BulgeOver 66 percent of
adult Americans are considered overweight or obese by recent studies, so it is not surprising to fi nd that weight loss is one of the most popular New Year’s resolutions. Setting reasonable goals and staying focused are the two most important factors in sticking with a weight loss program, and the key to success for those millions of Americans who made a New Year’s commitment to shed extra pounds.
4. Quit SmokingIf you have resolved
to make this the year that you stamp out your smoking habit, over-the-counter availability
of nicotine replacement therapy now provides easier access to proven quit-smoking aids. Even if you’ve tried to quit before and failed, don’t let it get you down. On average, smokers try about four times before they quit for good. Start enjoying the rest of your smoke-free life!
5. Enjoy Life MoreGiven the hectic,
stressful lifestyles of millions of Americans, it is no wonder that “enjoying life more” has become a popular resolution in recent years. It’s an important step to a happier and healthier you! Just get out and try something new! Take up a new hobby.
6. Quit DrinkingWhile many people
use the New Year as an incentive to fi nally
stop drinking, most are not equipped to make such a drastic lifestyle change all at once. Many heavy drinkers fail to quit cold turkey but do much better when they taper gradually, or even learn to moderate their drinking. If you have decided that you want to stop drinking, there is a world of help and support available. There are a number of treatment – based programs, as well as support groups for families of alcoholics.
7. Get Out of DebtWas money a big
source of stress in your life last year? Join millions of Americans who have resolved to spend this year getting a handle on their fi nances. It’s a promise that will repay itself many times
over in the year ahead.8. Learn Something
NewHave you vowed
to make this year the year to learn something new? Perhaps you are considering a career change, want to learn a new language, or just how to fi x your computer? Whether you take a course or read a book, you’ll fi nd education to be one of the easiest, most motivating New Year’s resolutions to keep.
9. Help OthersA popular, non-selfi sh
New Year’s resolution, volunteerism can take many forms. Whether you choose to spend time helping out at your local library, mentoring a child, or building a house, there are many nonprofi t volunteer
organizations that could really use your help. Or if your time is really in short supply, maybe you can at least fi nd it in you ti donate the furniture, clothing and other household items that you no longer need, rather than leaving them out by the curb to fi ll up our landfi lls.
10. Get OrganizedOn just about every
New Year resolution top ten list, organization can be very reasonable goal. Whether you want your home organized enough that you can invite someone over on a whim, or your offi ce organized enough that you can fi nd the stapler when you need it, these tips and resources should get you started on the way to a more organized life.
Did you make a New Year’s resolution?
The Southwest Human Resource Agency Head Start Program is now accepting applications for three and four-year-old children to attend Head Start classes beginning in Fall, 2013. Head Start serves children the year before they are eligible to attend kindergarten.
The Head Start Program is designed for pre-school children of low-income families who are on or under the poverty guidelines. Head Start provides medical and dental services, nutritional services, family services, and educational experiences for the entire family. Disabled children are included as an important part of the Head Start Program. Special provisions are made for children who may need special furniture, feeding utensils, equipment such as wheelchairs, braces, hearing aids, etc. There are no fees for any of these services or participation in the program for the children of families who qualify. We now have an Extended Day Care services class option offered at the Brownsville Head Start Center. This class provides extended Day Care services. The class is open from 6:00 a.m. through 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Children attend class up until time for them to start
kindergarten. A parent fee of $25 a week is charged for the day care hours. Families who receive childcare assistance through Southwest HRA pay a parent fee that is usually lower, and will be accepted as your weekly parent fee. To participate in Extended Day Care services, the parent or guardian of the child must be working, attending school, or the adult in the household must not be capable of being the child’s before and after school caretaker. ATTENTION: We do not provide t r a n s p o r t a t i o n .
For possible transportation for a fee, contact SWHRA Transportation at 1 - 8 0 0 - 3 7 2 - 6 0 1 3 , extension 1130.
Applications may be obtained from the Southwest Human Resource Agency Offi ce located at 1527 White Ave. in Henderson, by contacting Carrie Williams Buck, Assistant Director for Family and Community Partnership, or Mayriene Moten, Family Service Specialist at 1-731-989-5111. You may contact Family Case Managers Mary Jones, Tahesia
Owens, or Gwendolyn Clark at 1-731-772-0526. Gwendolyn Clark may be contacted for the Stanton Center at 1-731-548-2275.
Pre-registration in Haywood County for the Brownsville, College Hill, and Stanton Head Start Centers will be on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, January 8-10 from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. Pre-registration for the Brownsville and College Hill Head Start Centers will be held at the College Hill cafeteria. Pre-registration for the Stanton Head Start Center will be held
at the Stanton Center on Lafayette Street.
Information needed at this time includes the child’s name, birth date (please bring child’s birth certifi cate), child’s immunization (shot) record that is obtained from the health department or the child’s physician, a copy of the child’s TennCare card, Social Security numbers for all family members, Food Stamp case numbers, and family income verifi cation. Verifi cation of income must be provided by individual tax form 1040, W-2 forms, pay stubs, pay envelopes,
or written statements from employers for A F D C / F o o d s t a m p D e t e r m i n a t i o n V e r i f i c a t i o n .
Please make every effort to enroll your child on this date. The minimum i m m u n i z a t i o n requirements for enrollment is Head Start is: D.T.P (Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis), 4 (four); Polio, 3 (three); MMR ( M e a s l e s - M u m p s -Rubella), 1 (one); Haemophilus (HIB), 3 or 4 (three or four); Varicella (chickenpox), 1 (one); Hep B, 3 (three); Hep A, 1 (one); and PCV, 4 (four).
SWHRA now accepting applicationsfor Head Start Program
The Brownsville States-Graphic, Thursday, January 3, 2013 — Page 3
Haywood County Commission Meeting
3rd Monday of every month – 7 p.m.
Haywood County Election Commission
2nd Thursday of the month – 5:30 p.m.
Haywood County Planning Commission
2nd Thursday of every month - 7 p.m.
Haywood County School Board Meeting
2nd Tuesday of every month – 6 p.m.
Stanton Planning Commission Meeting
3rd Thursday of the month – 7 p.m.
Stanton Town Meeting3rd Tuesday of the month
– 7 p.m.
Tennessee Driver License Service
County Clerk, Sonya Castellaw issues Tennessee
Driving License and ID renewals and duplicates
Wednesday and Thursday of each week from 8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m. Telephone: 772-2362
Emergency Medical First Responder
program
The Haywood County Ambulance Authority will hold an Emergency Medical First Responder refresher class beginning on January 8 at 6p.m. for those that currently have a
license and are in need of renewing. There will be a new class for those wishing to obtain a First Responder license beginning January 22 at 6p.m. The classes will be held at the Haywood County Ambulance Authority. The program is open to residents of Haywood County ages 18 and older. For more information, contact Assistant Director Donnie King or First Responder Instructor Jere Wright at 731-772-4979 or 731-635-6485.
First United Methodist Church
Brownsville First United Methodist Church will host a Gospel Singing on Friday, January 4 at 6:30 p.m. The Women of Faith Trio from Collierville will be featured. Everyone is invited – a love offering will be received. The church is located in downtown Brownsville at 117 E. Franklin.
Haywood
On the AgendaBrownsville City Board Meeting
2nd Tuesday of each month – 5:30 p.m.
Brownsville City Planning Commission
5th Thursday November 29th Due to the Thanksgiving
Holiday – 4 p.m.
Brownsville Historic Zoning Commission
3rd Thursday of every month - 4 p.m.
Brownsville City Court Room
Brownsville Utility Board1st Tuesday – 5 p.m. at the Utility Offi ce
Community & Church News
There’s simply never been a better time to make your move and finance a newhome with First State Mortgage! Make your move today and give us a call!
2013 CDBGThe City of Brownsville will hold a Public Hearing on January 16, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at the Brownsville City Hall. The purpose of this meeting is to present information to the public on the FY 2013 Community Development Block Grant Program. Concerned citizens are encouraged to attend and comment on possible projects.
Persons with disabilities requiring special accommodations should contact Mayor Jo Matherne at (731) 772-1212. The City of Brownsville ensures compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; related statutes and regulations that no person shall be excluded from participation in or be de-nied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance on the grounds or race, color, sex, or national origin.
Jo Matherne Mayor
After voting in favor of legislation to rescue 99 percent of the American people from a tax rate increase, U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said “it’s time to move on to the spending reductions that will be part of the debt ceiling package.” “I am disappointed we could not address our country’s fi scal issues all at once, but unfortunately, the president made
it clear that he was only willing to do this in two steps and leveraged the country and the economy to force revenues to be dealt with fi rst.
Now that we’ve addressed the revenue part of the equation, it’s time to move on to the spending reductions that will be part of the debt-ceiling package. Passing f u n d a m e n t a l entitlement reform is the most important
action we can take in ensuring our country’s solvency and now we must have the courage to fi nish the job and make the tough choices necessary to get these problems behind us once and for all,” said Corker.
Earlier this month, Corker offered legislation to raise the debt ceiling by roughly $1 trillion in exchange for roughly $1 trillion in reforms to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
Corker: It’s Time to Focus on Entitlement Reform
Senate Education Committee Chairman Dolores Gresham (R-Somerville) said today that Tennessee has a number of resources in place to help schools in the state assess security procedures to prevent a school tragedy like the one that occurred in Newtown, CT from taking place. In addition, Gresham said the Tennessee Department of Education will hold a statewide School Safety Summit in January to discuss ways to further strengthen school safety measures to protect students.
“Tennessee already has a number of requirements and resources in place to help keep our students safe,” said Chairman Gresham. “But, this tragedy serves as a stark reminder that we must continually examine our protocols and training to see what needs to be shored up and if additional measures need to be taken.”
The statewide Safety Summit will be hosted by Williamson County Schools and will also include community leaders from various localities as well as offi cials from all of Tennessee’s
school districts. The Summit will stress proper training and i m p l e m e n t a t i o n of safety measures that will strengthen procedures already in place in Tennessee.
“As a retired Marine, I understand how important it is to be ready for the worst case scenario,” added Gresham. “There is no doubt that proper training is critical in situations like the one that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School. It can be a matter of life and death.”
Gresham said some of the current procedures and requirements in place for school safety includes:
The Tennessee’s Schools Against Violence in Education (SAVE) Act, which requires every district to annually review, update and submit to the state the system’s Emergency Preparedness Plans. These plans include visitor screening procedures, weapons reporting and bullying policies for every public school in Tennessee;
The state awards annual grants to school districts through the Safe Schools Act of 1998. These funds are used for a variety of school
safety enhancements, including School Resource Offi cers, security enhancements and violence prevention training;
The state provides an annual school safety institute for district personnel in charge of safety and security, and another on workplace violence training for district safety and security directors; and
T e n n e s s e e Schools Prepare is a collaboration between Vanderbilt University and the Tennessee Department of Education which supports schools in the development of effective crisis response teams and strategies.
“We have to stay ahead of events and work hard to predict any kind of scenario that our school offi cials might face,” Gresham continued. “Sandy Hook School had many good safety procedures in place. There are lessons to be learned about where and how these measures broke down even in a school that stresses safety. I am very pleased that this Summit will be held and hopeful that it will result in further action to protect our students in Tennessee.”
SchoolSafety
Summitto be held
in January 2013
The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce D e v e l o p m e n t is warning the approximately 30,000 u n e m p l o y m e n t claimants who are receiving federally extended u n e m p l o y m e n t insurance that they are facing the abrupt end of those benefi ts when the program expires January 2, 2013. Congress created the Emergency U n e m p l o y m e n t C o m p e n s a t i o n (EUC08) program in 2008 to provide u n e m p l o y m e n t benefi ts to workers who have exhausted the fi rst 26 weeks of state benefi ts (maximum). The original legislation has been amended 10 times since it became effective July 6, 2008. “We want to alert claimants that they are fast approaching the end of federal extended benefi ts,” said Labor Commissioner Karla Davis. “EUC08
assistance was created as a stopgap measure for the long-term jobless until they could get work. With that ending in a couple weeks, we encourage claimants to use Jobs4TN.gov and to visit one of our Career Centers across the state for help in fi nding jobs.” The last payable week for all claimants receiving EUC08 federal benefi ts will be the week ending December 29, 2012, meaning claimants will certify for that week and receive their last payment the fi rst week of January. All claimants in the EUC08 program — no matter how many weeks they were initially notifi ed they would receive, what tier of EUC they are in, or the amount of balance in that tier — will receive their last EUC08 payment during the fi rst week of January. After January 2nd Tennessee will return to the system in which an approved
new claim could have a maximum of up to 26 weeks of Tennessee U n e m p l o y m e n t C o m p e n s a t i o n benefi ts. Additional updates will be provided on the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development website at www.tn.gov/labor-wfd. Jobs4TN.gov is a database of more than 90,000 jobs from job orders placed directly by Tennessee employers as well as job from major job search engines corporate sites. Once registered, jobseekers can easily connect with employers and be notifi ed when jobs for which they are qualifi ed are posted. The Tennessee Career Centers are a network of offi ces across the state where job seekers can get assistance and career information. Each center offers Internet access, workshops, job placement, recruitment, and training referrals.
END OF 2012 BRINGS END TO ALL FEDERAL
EXTENSIONS OF UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS
AN ESTIMATED 30,000 TENNESSEANS WILL SEE
IMMEDIATE STOP IN ASSISTANCE
OpinionThursday, January 3, 2013
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PeeplesBy 28th Judicial District Circuit Court Judge Clayburn Peeples
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with Jerry Wilson
Off the Beaten Path
I was going through some old family papers the other day and came across a couple of receipts attesting to the fact that both my great-grandfather and my great, great-uncle had worked, at some point in the 1890’s, on the county roads for three days in lieu of paying road taxes.
It’s hard to even imagine such a law today, but 130 years ago this week, in 1882, it went into effect, and each county in Tennessee was required to designate road districts, and within each road district, every man between the ages of 18 and 50 was required to work on the highways and roads in the district in which he lived, for at least three, but no more than six days per year, or, in the alternative, to pay a tax levied against him in order to avoid such work.
Those who could afford to, paid the tax, but many, many Tennesseans, like my great-grandfather, took up shovel and rake and took mini “vacations” with the county road gang every year.
Some vacation. Tennessee roads were terrible at the time, rut fi lled muddy bogs in the winter and spring, choking ribbons of dust in the summer.
Those who chose to work out their taxes were put to work with plows, shovels, axes and scrapers with which they would plow up each road in the county and rake it toward the middle.
For about 25 years, that system of road maintenance prevailed in Tennessee, but needless to say, it was not a satisfactory way of building, or maintaining roads, and fi nally, in 1907, with horseless carriages no longer on the horizon but actually sputtering down paths and lanes all across the state, the legislature authorized creation of a state highway commission, with a commissioner charged with the responsibility of linking every county seat in the state with a good road system.
And how did they decide to pay for all this? The new roads would be built and maintained from surplus money in the state education fund.
Ha! That meant, of course, that they weren’t fi nanced. There was no surplus in the education, or any other, fund in the state, so roads across the state remained glorifi ed dust paths until so many of those newfangled automobiles were traveling them that something had to be done.
In 1913 they passed another road bill, this one funded, but badly. Then, as now, Tennessee was a “low tax/low service” state, and spending tax revenues on public works projects was anathema to many legislators. What little money that
was appropriated, often ended up in the pockets of county court house gangs instead of being used on roads.
Ten years later, when Austin Peay became governor, the state was beyond broke, more than three million dollars in debt, to be exact. We were right near the bottom of state rankings in per capita spending for government spending, dead last in teacher salaries. Across the entire state, there were only 244 miles of paved roads, and travel from one side of most rivers to the other was by ferry only.
Peay’s challenge with regard to roads was twofold. First, he had to clean up and modernize the delivery of state services, and then he had to fi gure out a way to fund those services.
With regard to the fi rst task, he reorganized all of state government and did so well at it that the three million dollar defi cit turned into a 1.5 million-dollar surplus. He also conceived an extremely ambitious, statewide road building effort, funded by a gasoline tax, set aside exclusively for highway construction and upkeep, and auto licencing fees, but to pass his plan, he had to have support from rural legislators who were cool to the idea. It appeared he didn’t have the votes to pass the appropriations portion of his program, but at the last minute, one of the rural legislators proposed a tradeoff with him.
If he, the governor, would support the Butler Act then rural legislators would vote to fund his highway bill. The Butler Act made the teaching of Darwin’s theory of evolution in public schools a criminal act.
The governor reluctantly agreed, telling friends privately that he knew the act was unconstitutional, but that no one would be “fool enough” to try to actually enforce it.
He was wrong about that. Only weeks later, a young Dayton, Tennessee high school
teacher found himself charged with violating the act in what would become one of the most famous trials in American history, the Scopes Monkey Trial. The fi rst event broadcast nationally over the radio, it galvanized the nation’s attention, and for two weeks in the summer of 1925, Tennessee was the laughingstock of the nation.
But that notoriety was a small price to pay for what has become one of the fi nest, if not the fi nest, highway systems in the country. The provision in Governor Peay’s bill that gasoline taxes be used exclusively for highways has remained law for the past 87 years, and we’ve gone from terrible roads to terrifi c ones because of it.
The progress was almost immediate. Back then it didn’t take so long to get started on public works projects, and during Peay’s four years in offi ce the state went from 244 miles of paved roads to more than 4,000. Highways 45 and 51 were begun, as was the Memphis to Bristol Highway. The Tennessee portion of the Dixie Highway, so treacherous in 1920 that north and south bound travelers would literally ship their automobiles from Nashville to Chattanooga by train rather than drive the distance, was paved and made passable. Before the decade played out, 17 new bridges spanned the major rivers of the state.
By the end of the 20’s, Tennesseans were traveling on a highway system that had become a proud symbol of Southern progress, progress that has continued, and continues, even today, in this depressed economy. Just take a drive on other states’ roads, and you’ll know how really good ours are.
And it all came to pass, in part, because of some long-ago monkey business between the governor and the legislature. What is it they say about making sausage and passing legislation?
Paved With Good Intentions
The New Year has begun, and there are a lot of people who have made New Year’s resolutions. I have never really been one to make New Year’s resolutions, and really had no intentions of making any this year. I personally think that if there are things you want to change in your life, you don’t need a holiday to resolve to do them.
However, my sister-in-law posted something on Facebook a few days ago that really caught my attention. It said, “My New Year’s resolution is to simply remember to write 2013 instead of 2012.” I fell in love with the simple quote as soon as I read it.
So many times I catch myself thinking about things that have happened in the past, even though I know that there is nothing that I can say or do to change anything that has
already been done. But, I guess it’s my nature to wonder “what if.” It is also my nature to be a worrier. I worry about a lot of things that will not change no matter how much I worry.
So, this year I have decided to do something a little different and actually make a New Year’s resolution or two. I resolve to forget about what has happened in the past, and focus on writing my future. I resolve to try not to worry so much and just enjoy life. I resolve to slow down and take time to do some of the things that I enjoy doing that I haven’t been able to fi nd the time for in years. I resolve to simply be happy and enjoy this crazy thing called life. Worry will not change anything, nor will focusing on the past, and if I tell myself that enough, maybe, just maybe, I can learn to let go and relax.
So, with all of that said, I say bring on 2013! I am looking forward to my son turning the big 5-years-old in about a month, and my daughter turning 9 this summer. I am looking forward to taking a vacation with my sweet family. I’m not really looking forward to turning 32 in a month and a half, but I guess I should just be thankful that I get to celebrate another birthday. I am looking forward to celebrating twelve years of marriage. I guess you could say that I am just looking forward to making memories and living life.
I want to take a moment to wish my dad, Jere Wright, and my sister, Kristine Osteen, a VERY happy birthday! They share the same birthday, which happens to be today (January 3). I love you both very much!!
Happy New Year!
We have fi nally said goodbye to the year 2012. I’m sure that eventually many of us will be able to look back and see some of the great things that occurred in 2012. But for some of us, it was a year in many ways that we would just as soon forget.
Does anyone out there have any workable solution to solve all the problems that have already invaded our society and to get a jump-start on those that may be lurking in the background? Perhaps, I could google up “magic wand” and fi nd one available on the Internet that would fi t the bill. Not likely, huh. Maybe, I could call up some of my buddies on news talk radio and get a workable solution.
I’ve received a number of quick fi xes according to the party on the other end of the line dishing out the remedies. What is left for us to do? Not all is lost. We can do what red bloodied Americans
have done since its formation. We can roll up our sleeves and meet these problems head on.
We can never individually solve the problems. However, we can do the next best thing by holding our elected offi cials accountable for their actions. We need educated, trained and experienced professionals to run such a business as the United States government. There are some who believe that the requirements spelled out in the U.S. Constitution are not strong enough.
The U.S. Constitution states that in order to run for the offi ce of President of the United States, a candidate must be a natural born citizen, 35 years old, and have been a resident of the U.S. for 14 years. To run for the offi ce of the U.S. Senate, a candidate must be at least 30 years old, a U.S. citizen for at least nine years at the time of the election to the senate and must
reside in the state. To run for the offi ce of U.S. Representative, a candidate must be at least 25 years old, a U.S. Citizen for at least seven years, and must reside in the state represented. There are no additional requirements listed
I do not advocate altering the Constitution. It has worked very effectively since its ratifi cation. Elected offi cials can certainly be held accountable without changing the U.S. Constitution.
This action is certainly not all that needs to be done, but it could be a great beginning. It would also be nice to set some individual a c c o u n t a b i l i t y standards for ourselves as well. Maybe these words from the inauguration address of President John F. Kennedy would be a good start: “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”
Driving forward
Community Thursday, January 3, 2013
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Brownsville States Graphic(Brownsville, Tenn.) January 3, 2013
On September 14, 2012, at the Boston Public Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, Miss Julie Christine Schrade became the bride of Mr. Adam Obadiah Cook. The bride is the daughter of Judith Schrade of Saratoga Springs, New York, and John Schrade and Cindy LaPell of North Creek, New York. The groom is the son of David and Kathryn Cook of Brownsville.
The bride is the granddaughter of Donna Bye and the late Arden Bye of Fargo, North Dakota, and the late Jack and Nancy Schrade formerly of Lighthouse Point, Florida, and of Olga LaPell and the late James LaPell of
North Creek, New York. The groom is the grandson of Lilma Cook and the late Frederic Cook of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and of Lucille Masterson Doherty and the late James J. Masterson of Lady Lake, Florida.
The private ceremony with immediate family present was offi ciated and solemnized by the groom’s father, David L. Cook, of Brownsville as authorized by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The ceremony included the groom’s parent’s wedding message, “Come Forth into the Gentle Light of New Dawn” written by the groom’s father 40
years ago and a prayer written by Judge Lyle Reid of Brownsville. Readings were taken from the Celtic Love Cross. I Corinthians, a Traditional Irish Blessing, and one authored by Fred Silverstein of Brownsville. Prior to exchange of the rings, Love Speeches written by the bride and groom to each other were shared. Kathryn (Katie) Virginia Freeman, niece of the groom, was the fl ower girl, and she presented the rings for exchange.
Immediately following the ceremony a wedding luncheon was attended by family at Stephie’s on Tremont Street in Boston, Massachusetts. On the evening of September 15, 2012, a cocktail reception celebrating the couples’ marriage was held at The Woodward-Ames Hotel at One Court Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The event was attended by the bride and groom’s family and friends coming from many parts of the country including several from Brownsville. The bride and groom’s entrance was followed by their fi rst dance to “It Had to Be You.” The couple spent a lovely honeymoon on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts after all the festivities. They are now making their home in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Miss Schrade weds Mr. Cook
Centenarian Plus, Mrs. Mary Jone Rayner Ellison turned a glorious 101 years young on December 6. A mother of six daughters and two sons, Mrs. Ellison celebrated her special day surrounded by family and friends. She is a member of Willow Grove M.B. Church of Haywood County and her pastor is Rev. Tom Averyheart.
Ms. Edna Muriel Stuart-Austin, age 84, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 in Regional Hospital of Jackson.
She was preceded in death by her parents: Paul Stuart and Margaret Scott Stuart: a daughter: Connie Tiner and a brother: Johnny Stuart.
Funeral services were held December 31, 2012, at Harmony Baptist Church in Whiteville with Bro. Butch Westover and Bro. Jerry Wilson, offi ciating. Burial followed in Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis.
She is survived by her husband: Luther Austin, Whiteville; two sons: Bruce
Harber, (Kay), Memphis and Ronnie Harber, (Stephanie), Metairie, LA; two sisters: Peggy Lewis, (Jerry), and Brenda Morris, (Jerry), all of Whiteville; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Harmony Baptist Church, 4684 Eurekaton Rd., Whiteville, TN 38075.
Ms. Edna Muriel Stuart-AustinDate of Death - December 26, 2012
Mr. James Bedford, age, 90 of Mountain Home, AR, departed this life , December 27, 2012, at his home. James was born January 27, 1922 in Stanton, the son of Will Elmer and Louise (Holland) Bedford. James was united in marriage to Mary Theresa Zurick in Munster, IN. on November 12, 1954.Mr. Bedford is survived by two daughters: Nancy (David) Osmon and Carol Bedford both of Mountain Home; one grandson: Michael (Bonnie) Bedford of Bentonville, AR; one granddaughter: Rachael (Greg) Schwent of Fredrickstown, MO: two step-grandsons: Scott (Dwanna) Osmon of Mountain Home and Steve (Chris) Osmon of Chesterfi eld, MO; two great grandsons: Bretton Bedford and Racan Schwent; fi ve step-great grandchildren: Alex, Hannah, Dylan, Grant and Tatum Osmon; two sisters: Rowena Houston of Mountain Home
and Dorothy Cranfi ll of Virginia Beach, VA; one sister-in-law: Esther Zurick of Las Vegas, NV and many nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews.He was preceded in death by his wife: Mary Bedford; his parents: Will Elmer and Louise Bedford; two sisters: Louise Pleska and Ann Lain; one brother-in-law: Harry Zurick; three sister-in-laws: Helen Stefanich, Sophie Bednash and Paulina Zurick; one niece: Gloria Lyons; and one nephew: Michael Zurick.James enlisted in the U.S. Navy on March 21, 1941, as an apprentice Seaman. From there he transferred to the Naval Training Station in Norfolk, Virginia. James served on the USS Prairie, USS Markab, USS Satterlee and USS Chukawann during World War II. James was released from active duty on March 14, 1947, and honorably discharged in Bainbridge, Maryland, as a Metalsmith First
Class. After the war, James
settled in Memphis managing his restaurant, “Duck Under” located across from Memphis State University. Later, James relocated north, living in Illinois and Indiana, while working for Inland Steel in Chicago Heights for 30 years.
Much of his free time was spent outdoors, growing a garden, fi shing, and hunting with his Irish setters, which he breed and raised. In 1979 James and Mary moved to Mountain Home, where they both enjoyed their love of horses and farm life. James will always be remembered for his strong work ethic and mischievous sense of humor.
A graveside memorial service, under the direction of Lea and Simmons Funeral Home, will be held at the Stanton Cemetery, January 5, 2013 at 11 a.m. with Pastor Paul Lore, Sr. offi ciating.
Mr. James Lawrence Bedford Date of Death - December 27, 2012
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Mrs. Mayme Dell Rives Bowles Dotson, 96, died Friday, December 28, 2012, in Nashville. Funeral services, under
the direction of Ralws Funeral Homes, were held January 2, 2013, at St. John Baptist Church in Stanton. Interment followed in Douglass Chapel C. M. E. Church Cemetery in Stanton. “Miss Mayme Dell” was a mentor and a shaper of young lives, having taught fi rst grade at Douglass Junior High School in Stanton for forty-three years, retiring in 1981. She was a member of Douglass Chapel C. M. E. Church in
Stanton most of her life. Mrs. Dotson is survived by two sons: John Titus Bowles (Virginia) of Stanton and Dr. Harvey Wayne Bowles (Farideh) of Brentwood; three grandchildren: Kimberly Bowles of Alton, Illinois, Keenan Bowles of Nashville and Daniel Rives Bowles of Brentwood; several sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, special cousins and untold numbers of other relatives and friends.
Mrs. Mayme Dell Rives Bowles DotsonDate of Death - December 28, 2012
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Mrs. Rachel Rogers Murphy, age 73, went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 24, 2012, in Pleasant Prairie, WI.
She was preceded in death by her parents: William Rogers and Eunice Sasser Rogers; a brother: Willie Leon Rogers; and
three sisters: Gertie Virginia Gilliam, Mary Evelyn Swain, and Cornelia Ann Walker.
Funeral services were held December 29, 2012 in the Brownsville-Bells Funeral Homes Chapel in Brownsville with Bro. Mark Hodge offi ciating.
Burial followed in Zion UM Church Cemetery.
In Lieu of fl owers, the Family request donations be made to the Brownsville-Bells Funeral Homes, 107 S. Lafayette Ave., Brownsville, TN 38012 to offset funeral expenses.
Mrs. Rachel Rogers MurphyDate of Death - December 24, 2012
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Mr. Calvin Taylor, age 42, passed away at Humboldt Rehabilitation Nursing Home on December 31.
Funeral services, under the direction of Thompson’s Mortuary, will be Saturday, January 5 at 2:30 p.m. at
Mercer Baptist Church of Brownsville with Rev. Wilburt Atkins offi ciating.
Visitation will be Friday, January 4 at Mercer Baptist Church from 6:00 p.m. till 8:00 p.m. and January 5 from 1:30 till 2:30 p.m.
Mr. Calvin TaylorDate of Death - December 31, 2012
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Mrs. Manuela Servin, 64, passed away January 1, 2013 in the Jackson Madison County General Hospital.
Funeral services, under the direction of Lea and Simmons Funeral Home will be Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
in the St. John’s Catholic Church at 11a.m. Burial will be at a later date in Mexico.
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Mrs. Manuela ServinDate of Death - December 27, 2012
Hometown Hometown HeroHero
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Anna Burch was November’s Student of the Month at the Boys and Girls Club, and Club Director Alisa Hopson couldn’t stop bragging about what an amazing child she is. She explained to me some of the struggles that Anna has faced, and that she suffers from juvenile diabetes. She went on to tell me how much Anna helps out at the Club, and threw the idea out there for me to write a story about Anna. I, of course, wanted to know more about Anna. I contacted her foster mother, Beverly Pocock, and scheduled an interview. Little did I know that I would leave that interview and cry on my way back to the offi ce. This is Anna’s story…
Anna Burch is a beautiful, bright, sixteen-year-old girl with a very contagious smile. However, behind that smile is a child that has endured more than most people three times her age have had to endure. She has lost both of her parents and her grandfather in the last 15 months, and has had to cope with moving to a new town with foster parents. On top of that, she is trying to keep her juvenile diabetes under control, and still manage to have somewhat of a “normal” childhood.
Anna’s mother became ill when she was just 43-years-old. Anna, therefore, became her “nurse” at the age of 15. “I pretty much did everything for my mom,” said Anna. “I cooked for her, helped her bathe, and even changed her diapers.” After nursing her mother for almost a year, her mother died of kidney failure on September 3, 2011. “It was so hard for me,” Anna said with tears in her eyes (and mine). “I always fi gured she’d be ok, she’d get better, and things would go back to like they were before she got sick; but, she didn’t.” During her mother’s illness, Anna’s father was also struggling with failing health.
Just a few days shy of four months later, Anna lost her grandfather on December 30, 2011. Her father, who had been ill since he was 38, underwent dialysis, suffered a stroke and a heart attack, and had a pacemaker put in place. But all of the medical treatments he received were to no avail, and he died on
January 29, 2012.After the loss of her mother,
Anna’s father was too ill to care for her and her siblings. They were placed in foster care. Anna and Ray, have lived with the Pocock’s since November 9, 2011. CJ lives with his mother in Southaven, MS, Danielle, who is handicapped, lives with an aunt and uncle in Florence, AL, and Tray and Stephen are adults and live on their own.
I asked Anna about what it was like to live in a foster home, and she said, “It was a struggle at fi rst. I had just lost my mom, and I didn’t want to leave my dad, but things are good now.” Anna went on to say that the Pocock’s have been a big help to her. They attended her father’s funeral with her, and, according to Anna, are very understanding. “I don’t feel like a foster child here,” she said. “I feel like part of the family, and I love them.”
Anna also struggles with juvenile diabetes, a disease she was diagnosed with at the age of ten. She is insulin dependent, and monitors her blood sugar at least six times a day. She must inject herself with insulin four times a day, stay within a particular “carb range” when eating or drinking anything. She also has to be cautious of her blood sugar level when participating in physical activity. For instance, Anna has to have a snack before and after PE class at school. She also has to check her blood sugar at least three times a day while she is at school. “Haywood County Schools have been wonderful as far as working with me and my needs,” said Anna. She says her A1C level has been really good the past year, and she is continuously working on getting her diabetes under complete control.
Anna is a sophomore at Haywood High School, and loves Child Development class. She attends the Boys and Girls Club after school, and has joined their knitting club. “I just caught on to knitting really fast, and I love helping the younger kids,” said Anna. “It feels so good to know that the little kids look up to me, and always want to be with her.” I asked Anna how she liked attending the Boys and Girls Club, and she said, “Going to the Club always brightens my day. I love it!”
When Anna graduates high
school, she either wants to be a journalist or a cosmetologist. She said she loves to write, but she also loves to do hair. I have no doubt she will excel in whatever fi eld she chooses to pursue.
Anna is a hero because she has suffered so much loss, and yet still holds her head up high. She is an inspiration to those around her, and can lighten up a room just by smiling. I tried to hold back tears the entire interview, but could no longer hold them back when I sat in my car to leave. I left in awe of what a truly amazing individual Anna is, and it was absolutely, without a single doubt, my honor to have met her. Thank you, Anna, for sharing your story with me, and for allowing me to share it with others. You’re an inspiration to me, and to so many others. God bless you.
Anna Burch
Anna Birch
Anna ready to attend last year’s ROTC Ball.
Anna stands with the snowmen they made last week.Anna celebrating her sixteenth birthday.
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good, for those who love Him (Rom. 8:28). That’s what He said, so that’s what I believe. But, it is entirely different to trust that God is working all things for good when someone you love dearly dies suddenly, or your house burns down, or an earthquake destroys everything you own. When you can trust God’s promise without having the facts of how and why it is all working out…That is faith!
In the hardest times, the darkest times, when everything seems like it is crashing around you…we can say with Mary, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” (Luke 1:38) No matter what, we have God’s message of hope. We either trust Him or we don’t.
This week we present part two of the top 11 (There were too many good stories for just 10.) sports stories of 2012 in Haywood County.
It was a year of redemp-tion in Brownsville as sev-eral programs made major improvements.
No. 1: Haywood base-ball pulls off major turn-around
The 2011 Haywood baseball team won just four games. The year before was no better.
But 2012 was a differ-ent story for the Tomcats and third-year coach Chris Messer.
Haywood swept two games from district pow-erhouse Dyersburg in mid-April and announced its arrival on the scene as a baseball team to be taken seriously.
Finishing 21-16, the Tomcats won 20 games for the fi rst time in the pro-gram's history and made a run in the district tourna-ment, nearly knocking off
state tournament qualifi er Covington.
It was quite a season for a sport that had previ-ously been an afterthought behind football and basket-ball.
Messer has built the program from the bottom up, targeting players at the middle school level and putting more of an empha-sis on summer baseball.
“I talked to the eighth-graders and 30 of them signed up for baseball,” Messer said. “We've got in-terest going. We just have to build on this … If we can get programs going like that and get baseball huge in this county we have a chance for the next I don't how many years to be good in baseball.”
No. 2: Football program makes run at playoffs
The Tomcat football team went just 3-7 this year, but the improvement the team made from 2011 was unmistakable, not to men-tion exciting.
Second-year head coach Slade Calhoun's spread of-fense took hold this year
and results were dramatic as players like Bryce Young, Martez Comage and Justice Brown put up huge num-bers.
The team's offense av-eraged 32 points and 433 yards a game, picked up a big win over Dyer County and remained in the playoff hunt all year.
Haywood's best game was probably a narrow 35-28 loss to Milan, which advanced all the way to the Class 3A state title game.
With plenty of talent returning, including QB Young and WR Comage, 2013 could be even better.
“We know what plays we do well now,” Calhoun said. “Next year we're go-ing to have less plays, but go faster. The speed of light. Just fast. We had a lot more plays at the beginning of the season than we fi nished with.”
No. 3: Dancy leads team to success in year one
There's no doubt about one thing: Kendall Dancy's fi rst season as Haywood's basketball coach provided a ton of excitement.
Playing at a break-neck pace and lighting up the scoreboard most of the sea-son, the Tomcats kept their fans on the edge of their seats all year.
And the team won a lot of games, too.
Haywood fi nished third in a very challenging dis-trict before losing to Liberty in the region tournament to fi nish 21-9.
The bulk of the team was freshmen and sophomores, meaning things are looking up for 2013.
“We're a young team, we won 20 ball games and we return everybody but one senior,” Dancy said after the Liberty loss. “I'm proud of my coaching staff, the administration and my ball team. I'm looking for-ward to next year. We'll be back.”
No. 4: Tracksters qualify for state
Haywood track coach David Claybrooks III made a mark in his fi rst season at the helm.
Six Lady Tomcats quali-fi ed for the Class A-AA state meet in Murfrees-
boro: Chelsey Owens (long jump, triple jump, 4x200), Ebony Clark (4x200, 4x400), Natasha Bommer (4x200, 4x400), Alexis Pee-ples (4x200), Chelsi Jones (4x400) and Jabria Nixon (4x400).
It was the most Hay-wood track athletes to qualify since the 1990s.
“It shows the character and how hard they worked this year,” Claybrooks said. “I was proud of the girls. We made it out of the west sectionals and on to state. That's a big deal. Not very many people get to say they made it to state.”
No. 5: Lady Tomcat soc-cer improves under new coach
From 2009 to 2011, the Haywood Lady Tomcats soccer team won a com-bined six games.
This past season, under fi rst-year head coach Mixon Moore, the team won seven and beat several teams that have dominated Haywood in recent years.
Two of Haywood's fi nal four losses came to Dyers-burg, the region champs.
“I'm ecstatic about this season,” said Moore. “I'm so proud of them. I feel like we'll be able to compete better in the tournament next year … This is the third high school team I've worked with, and next year could be one of the best teams I've worked with. There's so much potential.”
No. 6: Sharpe qualifi es for state
Haywood sophomore Mary C. Sharpe made a little history in the spring, becoming the fi rst Hay-wood player to qualify for the state singles state tour-nament.
Sharpe won district and region titles en route to a state berth. This past sum-mer she was named the Outstanding Player of the Week during a camp at Mississippi State.
“It was a great experi-ence for her,” coach Stark Davis said about Sharpe, who went 15-2. “She fi n-ished in the top eight in the state. It was a thrill to have someone up there.”
Now in his second year as head coach of the Hay-wood High basketball team, Kendall Dancy learned a few things last season.
“It's not how you start, it's how you fi nish,” said Dancy. “That's what people remember … I coached
more for the present last year. Now I'm thinking more about the entire sea-son.”
That philosophy is part of the reason why Dancy's team played in three out-of-town tournaments in November and December, including a trip last week to Heber Springs, Ark.
The tournament opener
was canceled due to in-clement weather.
On Friday the Tomcats (8-7) defeated Estem (Little Rock, Ark.) 78-41. Kyler Douglas led Haywood with 17 points and 12 rebounds and Kendal Middlebrooks added 15 points.
Haywood faced off with Riverview (Searcy, Ark.) on Saturday and dropped a
72-65 decision. Douglas tallied 18 points
and eight boards and Jeffrey Starks fi nished with 16.
Dancy said he believes playing in tournaments in November and December will help the team when the postseason tournaments that are played in February and March come around.
“I was really pleased
with the way we played as a team,” Dancy said. “I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.”
Haywood has had sev-eral players out with inju-ries in the fi rst two months of the season. Those guys are getting healthy now.
to be prepared when tour-nament time comes. That's what playing in these tour-naments does.”
The Tomcats return to district action this weekend at home. Haywood plays South Gibson on Friday and Ripley on Saturday be-fore traveling to Milan on Tuesday.
Haywood prepares for the stretch run
From left, Ebony Clark, Natasha Bommer, Alexis Peeples and Chelsey Owens were among six Haywood qualifi ers for state.
Houston Cozart was one of the reasons Haywood baseball won 20 games this year for the fi rst time in program history.
New Lady Tomcat head coach Mixon Moore led his team to a lot of success in 2012.
Bryce Young and Haywood's offense put up some impressive numbers in 2012.
Nigel Peeples looks to pass to Montravious Maclin (23) or Sadarius Delk (44) during a very successful season under fi rst-year head coach Kendall Dancy.
Mary C. Sharpe, pictured with coach Stark Davis, advanced to the state tournament in 2012. Photo submitted
Photo by David Claybrooks
Photo by Jeff Ireland
Photo by Jeff Ireland
Photo by Jeff Ireland
Photo by Jeff Ireland
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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE #2
The City of Brownsville will hold a Public Hearing on January 16, 2013 at 11:00 a.m., at the Brownsville City Hall. The purpose of this meeting is to present information on the completion of the City of Brownsville Sewer System Improvements Project funded under the 2011 Community Devel-opment Block Grant Program.
Persons with disabilities requiring special accommodations should contact Mayor Jo Matherne at (731) 772-1212. The City of Brownsville ensures compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; related statutes and regulations that no person shall be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance on the grounds or race, color, sex, or national origin.
Jo Matherne Mayor
The Tennessee Technology Center at Ripley, a Tennessee Board of Regents institution, is cur-rently seeking applications for the position of Counselor/Recruiter. This position shall have primary responsibility for multi-campus student recruitment, retention, and placement initia-tives. Additional position responsibilities shall include but not be limited to, student record maintenance, counseling, student due process administration, marketing plan formulation, report generation, and the coordination of student life activities.
Qualifi cations: Bachelors Degree in Educational Counseling or a related discipline. Minimum three years experience in career technical education in such fi elds as teaching, counseling Hu-man Resource Management or like disciplines. Must be amenable to limited travel and evening and weekend work.
Knowledge and Abilities: Above average interpersonal skills coupled with an understanding of essential academic and career technical aptitudes necessary for student success. Ability to deal effectively with students, co-workers and outside agency personnel. Some knowledge of Financial Aid administration a plus. Software application skills should include Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Salary: Commensurate with experience and Tennessee Board of Regents guidelines.
Review of applications will begin January 16, 2013, and will continue until the position is fi lled. Interested applicants should submit cover letter, resume, college transcripts, and letters of reference to:
Employment CoordinatorTennessee Technology Center at Ripley
The Tennessee Technology Center at Ripley is an AA/EEO employer.
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ACROSS1. Mt. Everest, McKinley and such6. Cleopatra’s cause of death9. Crack in a lip13. *Hot toddy, e.g.14. Former Chinese communist leader15. Glowed or beamed16. Pronouncements17. “___ to Joy”18. Bird of prey weapon19. Hungarian composer Bela ______21. *Popular winter sculpture23. Thus far24. Greenish blue25. Former refrigerant28. *A snow____ is one for trekking on snow30. Astronomer’s sighting35. Miners’ bounty, pl.37. One who “____ on the safe side”39. Start eating!40. Heaven’s Gate, e.g.41. 1:3, e.g.43. Captured in fun44. “Well-_____ machine”46. Falls behind47. Like tiny print48. Like number 1 to hydrogen50. Cuzco valley empire52. Jack Kerouac’s Paradise53. Pottery oven55. Everybody or everything57. *_______ break61. Done after a trip64. Wombs65. Gas station abbreviation67. Florida Key, e.g.69. Turf, as opposed to surf70. Unagi71. *Heard on sleigh ride?72. Cab blower73. *Snow falls from it74. Irregularly notched
DOWN1. Sum it up2. Where a baby goes3. Maryland Institute College of Art4. Diary note5. *Used for gliding6. In a frenzy7. “___ but true”8. Literature in metrical form9. Tobacco mouthful10. River islet11. Dwarf buffalo12. In the Ivy League15. Pitted peach, e.g.20. Not the same one22. Indian restaurant staple24. Feeling no doubt25. *Hot treat26. *Ingredient in infamous cake27. Played by Yo-Yo Ma29. Kind of surgeon31. Marty McFly’s antagonist32. Tangerine-grapefruit hybrid, pl.33. Tarzan’s swing rope34. *Snow impression36. Kind of cell38. *Capricorn or Aquarius, e.g.42. Extinct Italic language45. Tiny antelope49. Result of Truman’s National Security Act of 194751. *Kind of skiing54. Ancient Greeks’ harps56. Lightsaber beam57. Be quiet!58. “The Simpsons” palindrome59. Malicious look60. Ayatollah’s home61. Pre-swan state?62. Greek muse of history63. Party casks66. Expresses mild alarm or surprise68. “___ End” by The Doors
THEME: WINTER FUN
If eating healthier and getting more exercise tops your New Year’s resolution list, consider extending these worthwhile goals to the whole family.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, childhood obesity in this country has more than tripled over the past 30 years. But you can help your family get the right nutrition and exercise to stay healthy.
“Not only is it extremely important for kids to get all the vitamins, nutrients and physical activity they need to stay healthy, but habits formed early in life -- both good and bad -- can last a lifetime,” says Dr. Thomas McInerny, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
The AAP is offering some healthy living tips for parents to help kids get on the right track for the upcoming year.
Improving Eating Habits
You may have bad childhood memories of being forced to sit at the table until you cleaned your plate. Don’t perpetuate this method of mealtime management! It sends the wrong message by emphasizing quantity over quality and can lead to signifi cant overeating. Foster a healthier attitude toward food by focusing on what you serve in the fi rst place.
Establish a routine with regular meal and snack times. Always eat meals at the table. Children who eat meals with their family consume more fruits, vegetables, fi ber, calcium-rich foods and vitamins.
Once kids are old enough, encourage self-feeding as much as possible.
Avoid soda, which is full of empty calories or artifi cial sweeteners. Milk and water are the best drink choices for your child. Offer whole milk or 2 percent milk to children ages 12 months
to 2 years old, unless your pediatrician recommends low-fat milk. After age 2, offer low-fat milk. Limit juice to four to six ounces a day.
Kids can be picky at fi rst, but don’t let a refusal of a new food stop you from trying again. Offer new foods multiple times in multiple ways. For infants, you may need to even try 10 to 15 times over several months. Parents are extremely infl uential and can serve as a child’s best role model. Eat a variety of foods of different fl avors, colors and textures.
Encourage Active PlayDon’t let a full day go
by without active play. Take trips to the park, play in the yard, go for walks and make physical activity a part of your family’s daily routine. Reduce the amount of time spent in devices that restrain movement, such as strollers and bouncy seats.
Limit screen time, including TV, video
games and computers, to less than two hours a day. Avoid placing computers or television sets in children’s bedrooms so they can get the best sleep possible.
Encourage your kids
to take part in sports teams, gymnastic and dance classes, and other activities that will get them moving.
More ideas about healthy living for families can be found at www.
healthychildren.org/growinghealthy.
“No matter how old your child is, it’s never too early to establish household routines that foster healthy habits.,” says McInerny.
Healthy New Year’s Resolution Ideas for Kids
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Wellwood/Zion News
Crestview NewsWow! It’s hard to
believe we are now in a brand new year, 2013. We hope all of you have a great year!
Thank you to all our volunteers who came last week: Christ Temple ladies, First Assembly of God Church ladies, Willow Grove Baptist Church and Bingo ladies. We certainly appreciate
all of you visiting with us.
Our sympathy goes to the family of Mrs. Mary Johnston, she is truly missed.
Thank you to Mrs. Dora Mann for donating bananas for our fruit bingo last Saturday. We certainly appreciate her thoughtfulness.
We welcome Mrs.
Pattie Ann Coburn to our facility and hope she enjoys her stay with us.
Thought for the month of January: Have you heard these old sayings? “When oak trees bend with snow in January, good crops may be expected. January fog means a wet spring; January warm, the Lord have mercy.”
Wow! I don’t think I’ve recovered from the holidays!!
Deane Walton certainly has something to boast about this New Year! Her grandson, Ryan Watson, son of Middle School Police Offi cer, James Watson and wife, Rebecca Watson (her daughter), made a 32 on his ACT score!!! He is only 15 years old! Amazing! That puts Ryan in the 30 Plus group at the high school! What an incredible honor! Way to go, Ryan!!! The world is yours!!
The Jacksons went to Nashville to celebrate with their dad’s (Butch) four brothers and sisters. Everyone was ecstatic to have him there after his successful battle with cancer this past summer and winning! They hosted their immediate family in Brownsville on Christmas Eve, including Kimberly’s husband, Saul Briseno being back from Afghanistan early! Not to mention Peggy’s recovery from back and foot surgery during all of this! The whole family agreed it was the best Christmas they have ever had. They have so much to be thankful for!
It’s true! Our very own Alan Callery is actually going to retire from Insouth Bank, Friday, January 4! I can’t believe it! He is a major institution up there! We will be sad to see you go, Alan, but
hope you accomplish everything you intended, once you’ve tossed aside your ‘work’ clothes for civilian duds! We will miss you! Thank you for all you’ve done for our youth and community.
New Chamber Director, Reneé Moss, certainly had her plate full recently! Her youngest daughter, Tonya, and her fi ancée, Chris Knight, had their wedding at her historical home, in the backyard and the reception was also held there. Tonya’s daddy walked her down the aisle and also married her and Chris (he is a preacher). Her sister Dianna was the maid of honor. All of their family and friends attended and had a terrifi c time! Congratulations to Tonya and Chris on their marriage!
Roland and Ann Reid had their annual Christmas Eve dinner and were so tickled to have all the children with them. Dr. Joe Reid and Dr. Frank Ison from Phoenix, AZ (who got caught in the snow storm in Dallas on Christmas Day, trying to fl y back to the PX, as both were on duty the 26th, ended up roughing it in Dallas, fi nally getting home at 4:30 the next day). The other children home for Christmas were Betty Reid Hutcherson; her children, Stephanie and Jimmy Angotti, sons, Will Vestal and Brian Angotti of Lakeland, Reid
and Kathy Hutcherson , Judge J.R. Reid, Anna and Michael Reid, R.C. Waddell, Nancy and Karl Wakefi eld; daughter Kerry Ann, husband Michael David, son Tanner, Christy and daughter Palmer Wakefi eld of Covington and special yearly guests, Ann Marie and Alex Sceals. This was such a great blessing for the Reid’s, following Ann’s illness in the fall!
Ray and Kathryn Dixon managed to work in a few days at Opryland with Dr. and Mrs. Jerrell White, Ray’s Union University college roomie. While there, the group had a terrifi c time eating at The Opry Grill and the Cascades! You know it was fantastic!
Cherith Grisham is the proud aunt Che Che to baby Cadence Leilani McGowan, 7 lbs. 3 oz. She is the new daughter of brother, Brandon McGowan! Cherith says baby Cadence defi nitely has the pouty lip thing all worked out already! Cherith is engaged to Merrick Ing and will be getting married in a few months! Congratulations to Everyone!
Chamber Awards Banquet coming up January 22!
Happy New Year ,everyone!
Let me hear from you! Aroundtownmarty@ aol.com or 780-4111
Dr. Mark McSwain delivered a magnifi cent sermon Sunday morning at Zion Baptist Church. His focus was on moving forward in the New Year with power! Using I Thessalonians 1, he challenged us to commit to four things in 2013. First, to be at Zion every Sunday in January; second, to pray for your church every day; third , to forgive everyone that has injured you and fi nally, prepare to move forward.
It was a delight to see our pianist, Rachel Stewart back with baby Sean. Bobby was called out with his job just as they were leaving, but Grandma Lisa was there to help. Thanks to Betty Morris for volunteering in the nursery for the
early service.Hannah Conway is
spending a few days with her sister Sarah in Texas after she came home for Christmas! I’m sure she will enjoy her break from Union University.
There was no community prayer breakfast Thursday. The guys would like to encourage all men to join this faithful prayer group that meets Thursday mornings at 6:00 at ZBC.
Zion’s seniors will have lunch (using their free meal tickets) at Sugar Creek Retirement Center January 8th at 11:00. See Elsie Haynes if you have any questions.
Bible Drillers need to begin studying verses at home. Watch the bulletin for upcoming start dates. Discipleship Training
will resume next Sunday evening at ZBC.
Continue praying for sick folks and their families, military personnel and families, shut-ins, those mourning loss, and the leaders of our country.
Also, don’t forget to pray for and support Kelly Stewart and Sara Littlejohn as they plan their mission trips to Romania. You may contact them directly to donate to this worthy cause.
Call me at 772-4257 or email me at [email protected] if you have news. Thank you to the person that reminded me that not everyone reads “Facebook”. Many still read the newspaper. People want to know!
It seems that when it rains, it poors. Just when you think things can’t get any worse, my niece Connecticut “Connie” Lee had a stroke a little over a week ago. She has been at Regional hospital ever since, and last week her daughter, Shantell, was admitted into the same hospital. Barbara Bond recently spent a few days with her daughter and son-in-law in Denver, Colorado. I’m sure she had a wonderful time, she usually does. Beverly Howse took some time off over the Christmas holiday’s from doing hair, and she and her husband, James Howse, spent the holiday in Orlando, Florida. That sounds like a wonderful winter vacation. I’m sure she couldn’t wait to get back to that precious grand-baby, Jeremiah. My daughter, Marketta, told me that is such a pretty baby! Happy belated birthday to Annie Flora Forrest who recently celebrated her 99th birthday. My condolences to the families of Robert Coleman, Alonzo “Peete”
Anthony, the son of Patricia Merriwhether and the late Alonzo Anthony, and Connie Smith, the daughter of Juanita Smith and the late B.C. Smith of the Denmark community. Sick and Shut In: Mrs Gail Wade’s mother, Mrs Washington, Alma Ruth Bryant, Pearline Bond, Butch Wilson, Emma Lue “Goldie” Graves, Fletcher Lewis, Margero Harris, Victoria Dickerson, Rosie Lee Hines, John Duckworth Sr. L.C. & Elma Pirtle, Luvenia Boyd, Edward Vaulx, Jr., Annie Flora Forrest. Thought For The Week: ‘Being Whole Hearted For God” In the natural, what does it mean to give someone your whole heart? Not a half or a part, but your total, complete heart. You have a love for them and nothing or no one could ever take their place, and you would most likely do anything for them. Notice I said most likely, because it takes time getting to the place of giving your all to them and the relationship. Developing a wholehearted desperate
love and want for God, requires more turning away from the things of this world and our own personal things that we love and give so much attention to. But as we become more intimate with Him, He’ll help us keep our focus and take care of us in every situation that comes our way. “But seek fi rst the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Suffi cient for the day is its own trouble.” (Matthew 6:33-34, NKJV). When we commit to surrendering all and putting Him fi rst in our lives, those other priorities will fall into their proper place. He’s the one who gave us what we have anyway, so He will help us balance them. Let’s be wholehearted for God which is the fi rst and greatest commandment of all, and we will be continually pleasing unto Him.
By Sylessie Ross
Union News
HAPPY NEW YEAR!Here’s wishing everyone
a prosperous and happy 2013.
Sorry I didn’t get the news in last week but I had some issues with my computer, so I will try to get two weeks of news in this week.
Please continue to keep the family of Mrs. Edna Austin in your thoughts and prayers. Mrs. Edna was called Home on Wednesday, December 26th. She is survived by her loving husband, Mr. Luther Austin; two sisters, Peggy Lewis and Brenda Morris; two sons, Bruce and Ronnie; seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren as well as numerous other family members within the community. She will be missed.
Linda Edmonds enjoyed spending Christmas in the home of Ronnie and Sheri Richards. All seven of the Richards grandchildren were there also.
Christmas was busy for The Williams this year. This year I got to do a little cooking for the family, on Christmas Eve my Mama, Olivia Watson, Doug Jones, my Uncle Jimmy, Aunt Nancy Swain and my niece Emily Watson from
Kansas City, Missouri came for supper. On Christmas Day, Travis, Krystle and I went to Mama’s for breakfast and got to see my nephew, Tyler Watson, and spend more time with Emily. Then, we went to visit my nephew, Hunter Roten and my niece, Hayley Roten. We also went to visit with a great friend and former co-worker of mine, Ms. Dollie Lewis. We left there and headed to Jackson General to visit with Aunt Pattie Coburn who had fallen and broke a hip and arm. While visiting with her we also got to visit with her children, Scottie, Robbie and Lucinda as well as Lucinda’s husband, Terry. Aunt Pattie has since been transferred to Crestview for rehabilitation.
On Sunday, December 23, the Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Women revealed to the Mt. Pleasant Senior Adults, who their Secret Pals were for the 2012 year.
Sympathy to the families of Mr. Dorsey Wateridge, Mr. Johnny Bishop, Mrs. Willette Reid, Mr. Kenneth Dancy, Jr., Mrs. Mamye Dotson, and Mrs. Juanita Nixon in the loss of their loved ones.
Prayer requests this week include Jimmy Pope, Jena Antwine, B.K. Kelly, Joyce Goodman, Lynn Whittiemore, Enid Powell, Dorothy Bruce, Pattie Coburn, Anneli Meyers, Roscoe Martin, Ceree Canady, Carol Bruce, Christine Glover, Odis and Bonnie Elrod, The Nation and The Community,
In closing, our Thought for the Week is by Jennifer Woods of Arkansas. “To pray for another is a gift of love.” What a great way to start off 2013 ----PRAYER! The world, our nation, our schools, our churches, our communities and each other need prayer. God wants us to pray for one another. It doesn’t matter if our prayers are silent or spoken. It doesn’t matter if our prayers are eloquent or simple. Our prayers are from our heart to God. He hears even the silent cries. Prayer is the one thing everybody can do.
If you have news to share, please contact me at 772-1885 after 5:00 p.m.
Until next week, God bless.
By Katherine Hornrn
Librararyry CornerHappy New Year,
Everybody! *tweet . . . tweet . . . tweet . . .toss confetti . . .tweet* What an exciting time – a New Year! The library had some major milestones in the year 2012. We had the 100th Anniversary of Library Service in Brownsville/Haywood County. We also had the 20th Anniversary of the Elma Ross Public Library Building. We offered a series of free computer classes throughout the year. And in keeping with the “out with the old and in with the new philosophy’, the library implemented a new circulation program that is on-line and can be accessed at any time, even from your home. The URL link for the Agent Verso Catalog is: http://tenv-verso.auto-graphics.com/iluminar/home.asp?lid=ross The
library even has a new website. The URL for the website is: http://elmarosspubliclibrary.webs.com You may access the on-line catalog from the website, too!
What are some of the other “new” things that we are going to have here at the library? We will be starting a new courier service (fi ngers crossed) for Inter-Library Loan program. This means, that if you need a book that is not currently in our collection, you may request it from another library in Tennessee and the new courier service will allow us to receive these borrowed items a little faster than the current system.
We will be offering free computer classes again this year. We have some new programs that the staff is learning that we hope to share with our
patrons a little later this new year. These programs are: PrintMaster 2012 (publishing software), Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing (typing software), Quicken Willmaker (legal software), Scrapbook Boutique (digital scrapbooking software), Calendar Creator (calendar software), and Lineage Family Tree (genealogy software).
We are also offering a new Family Game Night event on Friday, January 18th, at 7pm. We’ll have Monopoly, Scrabble, and a number of other board games to choose from this evening. Please call the library at 772-9534 to sign up for this new family fun event!
We are looking forward to this new year and we hope that you are too!
Happy Reading!
CorrespondentsThursday, January 3, 2013
The Brownsville States-Graphic
page11Sugar CreekSugar Creek
Senior Living Community NewsSenior Living Community NewsBy DeDeBy DeDe
By Martha H. Jones
Holly Grove News
By Gail Barden
Allen News
Reneé Moss Chamber of Commerce Director
“Forgetting the Past” was the subject of the message. All of us want to live a life with purpose, so how can we do that? To begin, we must confess our sins and trust Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, avoid being trapped in the past, fi le away our yesterdays and not keep looking back. Our focus must be on the present. The future must be opened to the leadership of the Lord. Prior to the message, Rachel Lomax was baptized. Rachel’s family was there to share this important event with her. At the invitation, Drake Austin and Autumn Overton were welcomed into the church on profession of their faith.
The special music was brought by Beth and Makayla Baker and Jimmy Duval singing “Glorious.” Later, Sharon Wynn told of her work in Nicaragua as missionary and teacher at the Christian Academy. Sharon sang “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” and “Thread of Hope.”
Prior to the night services, Autumn Overton was baptized. A commissioning service was held for Greg Baker, youth minister, who will be leaving us soon to enter the ministry
as pastor. Following services, everyone gathered for a reception in the family life center for the Bakers.
Happy birthday to Makayla Hopper, Jerry Taylor, Russell Hight, Allen Lovelace, Bobby Jones, Ray Paris, John Hopkins and Brother Fred Campbell. Happy anniversary to Chase and Charlene Lovell and Danny and Brenda Simpson. If you were watching CBS TV recently, you would have seen a Brownsville young man, Alex Galbraith, a college student. He is helping young people and children to be safe on the internet, a very worthy endeavor.
Milton and Becky Booth traveled to Fulton, KY on Sunday, a week before Christmas, to celebrate the season with Milton’s sister, Abbie McBride, and the family. Jean Climer had her sons, Stephen and Scott Climer, and their families on Sunday before Christmas. Saturday before Christmas, Lynn and Barbara Coburn had their children and their families to celebrate the Christmas season. Robert and Betty Barden celebrated with Bobby and Sherry Barden and family during
Christmas. The Bardens also traveled to Paris, TN to celebrate with Betty’s nephews, Marty Lewis and his wife Libby and family. Roy and Beverly Lewis had Robert and Betty and Glenn Clabourn as their guests on Christmas Day night.
Marjorie Williams’ home on Christmas Day was where her family gathered to celebrate. Those present were Phil and Peggy Emison and family and Brad, David Jimmy and Melissa. Helen Hastings spent Christmas Day with her granddaughter and her family at Bolivar. Betty Doyle enjoyed Christmas Eve with her son Kris, his wife Kiley and daughters Adalee and Evelyn.
People are sick even around Christmas. Leland Simpson is doing well following surgery in Jackson hospital. Others are Sonny Carr, Jan Wynn, Betty Doyle, Fletcher Lewis, Ray and Janie Hight, Debbie Jones and Lorene Qualls. Also include Viola Brown, Jimmy Grammar, Sandra Posey, Louise Coleman, Lucin English, Annalee Myers and Rachel Hopper and her little baby to be born this week.
Another Christmas has come and gone, and I hope that each of you had a wonderful Christmas celebrating the birth of Jesus. Christmas is the best time of the year.
The Lord’s Supper was observed at Allen on Sunday morning. Sunday evening, the annual candlelight service was held. This is always a special time at Allen.
My sweet grandson, Julian, spent the night with Alicia on Friday, December 21, and helped to celebrate our granddaughter, Emily’s, 12th birthday with a bonfi re and hayride that night. On Saturday night, Julian spent the night with us and on Sunday morning, we all attended church with Alicia, Andrew, Claire and Will. After the services, we joined the Russells at Pam and Tommy’s home for more birthday celebration for Emily. We had a great weekend.
Our Barden family
gathered at Mrs. Barden’s farm on Saturday, December 22, for our Christmas celebration. Most of the family was there, and we enjoyed being with everyone.
Christmas Eve, W.A. and I had our Christmas dinner with our children and grandchildren. It just can’t get any better than surrounding ourselves with our wonderful family. We have six precious grandchildren, and we are so blessed to be able to see them on a regular basis. We missed our oldest granddaughter, Krista, who is in Boston and was unable to come home for the Holidays. She is working in research at Massachusetts General Hospital as she prepares for med school.
Happy Birthday to Melissa Kirk, Joan Byrd and Abby Hooper.
Another special little girl celebrated a birthday last week. Happy Birthday, Macy Reed!
We extend our sincere sympathy to the family of Leslie Lewis. Please remember his family in your prayers.
Please remember Ray Poole and family in the death of Ray’s dad, Mr. Dick Porter. Our thoughts and prayers are with them.
Also on our prayer list are Patsy Warren, Dennis Corkery, Bobby Mann, Ceree Canada, Fletcher Lewis, Josephine Willis, Anna Lee Myers, Jimmy Bishop and Butch Wilson.
Our Bible verse for this week is Isaiah 9:6, which states, “For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
If you have news or prayer requests, please contact me at [email protected].
Have a blessed week and Happy New Year!!
On this New Year, may you change your direction and not dates, change your commitments and not the calendar, change your attitude and not the actions, and bring about a change in your faith, your force and your focus and not the fruit. May you live up to the promises you have made and may you create for you and your loved ones the most Happy New Year ever!!!
I have to brag a little bit today. My youngest daughter, Tonya, was married to Chris Knight at my home on Sunday. I’m so glad to be here in Brownsville and making wonderful memories in my new home! It was a beautiful, chilly day for a wedding with a barefoot bride. The weather cooperated, at least no snow or rain. Tonya’s father walked her down the aisle with my mother behind holding her train. Once they arrived at the archway he turned around and married them. I’m sure only a few brides have been married by their father. After the wedding, those
in attendance enjoyed a delicious meal and cake, followed by dancing and entertainment. I must add that the night before I dreamed of my Mamaw Durell, she passed away a few years ago. She never missed an event of any kind, even though she never drove a day in her life. I dreamed that she called me and said, “I’m sorry I can’t make it to the wedding today.” We all felt her presence in our hearts.
Now on to business with our weekly member spotlight on Family Coin-Op Laundry. The laundry is located at 132 East Jefferson Street and has been maintained as a self serve washer service for over sixty years. Today, it is the best place in Brownsville to wash and dry all of your washable items. Special machines are available for washing rugs, quilts, blankets and comforters. Their prices are reasonable. Washer prices range from $2.50 - $4.50. Jean Carney is the manager. She welcomes you to use their services during their normal
business hours: 6 am – 10 pm Sunday – Thursday, open until 12 pm on Friday and Saturday. If you have any questions you may call her at 731-444-0555.
Remember that Awards Banquet nominations are due on Friday, January 4.
The Adult Leadership Class is excited that our project has been approved by the Leadership Board and endorsed by Historic Zoning. We are looking forward to seeing a mural of the Hatchie River on the Mann Building located at the corner of East Main and Jackson. There is a meeting scheduled for Friday, January 4, at 3 pm at the Chamber in the downstairs meeting room with the artist, Rodney Leath.
Please make plans to attend Alan Callery’s retirement reception on Friday, January 4, at Insouth Bank Main Branch located at 111 South Washington Street 3 pm – 6 pm. Our deepest thanks go out to Alan for his support of the Youth Leadership Program!
Working together creates success!
From our home to yours. we wish you all a Happy New Year. We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a joyous New Year. Our residents had a great New Years Party with the help of Ashley and Trista. Games were played, food was eaten, and fellowship and so much fun were had by all. No, they didn’t stay up until the ball dropped, but they did stay up just a little later than usual.
Well, 2013 is up and running, so we need to jump on and enjoy the ride, as we have no other choice. Yes, we would love for time to stand still at times, but life doesn’t happen that way. I know some of you made your new
years resolutions, we did, also. Some of them included more exercise, a brighter outlook on life, spend more time with our families and so on. Whatever your resolution was, make sure you at least attempt it. Some many people make resolutions but never even attempt them.
We had a great Christmas Party on the 21st. Sonny Jackson came by to sing. The smoothie bar man, Randy, was here with his wonderful smoothies. Dr. Pettigrew got us hooked on his smoothies and we love to have him come and visit. We had great food compliments of Lillie’s. Jessie Howell decorated so well. Everyone loved the music, the food,
the smoothies and just being together. We love our little world here at Sugar Creek. It is just a wonderful place to be.
Welcome back, Felice McAfee and Dorothy Morris. Both are back at Sugar Creek and we couldn’t be happier. The residents were all a buzz when they were told of their impending return.
Remember to check in on your neighbors, friends and family during the winter months. We never know what may be going on in their lives that they made need one of us just to brighten their day. Goodbye, 2012, and hello, 2013.
Beyond the LightsJ.P. Moses and Kristina Hudgins of the Haywood County Ambulance Authority
We have made it past the holidays and the holiday sugar monster showed its head. He and the mighty salt shaker are the ones that are responsible for making us feel so rough after the holidays and for the extra few pounds that are possible to put on. Let’s look at a few post-holiday detox tips from healthyliving.com.
#1: Break the sugar and salt habit. The extra sugar, refi ned carbs, and salt taken in during this time of year that we don’t normally eat can leave us feeling tired and bloated. To get back to your usual self, cut out or drastically cut back on these substances for at least three days to get back on track and to give your system time to reset.
#2: Load up on veggies. Detoxing is
all about getting the bad stuff out and the good stuff in. Now that the holidays are over, challenge yourself to eat 12 servings of fresh fruits and veggies per day. Also make clean food the bulk of your diet. Clean food is food that has 5 or less ingredients and none of them can be chemicals that you have a hard time pronouncing.
#3: Start off easy at the gym. It is better to do a little every day than to go for that mind blowing, bone shattering, muscle tearing workout that you may feel that you need to get the calories off. It is better to do a little and then go back tomorrow for a little more so that you don’t end up so sore that you avoid the gym all together.
#4: Water, water, and more water!!! Hydration
is the #1 thing to do during detox. Guzzle water throughout the day. Drink at least 64 ounces of water per day. A good rule of thumb, divide your body weight in half and drink that many ounces of water per day.
#5 Ignore the scale for a few days. This one may be the easiest of all. Because of all of the extra holiday goodies you may be a few pounds heavier than normal. Follow these tips for a week and then weigh. This will help to keep you from feeling so down about that extra water weight that can come off fairly easily.
I hope these tips help for the post-holiday blues. Until next time remember to stay safe and call 911 for emergencies only.
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Public oticesNThursday, January 3, 2013
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731-772-117242 South WashingtonP.O. Box 59Brownsville, TN 38012
In Haywood County
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALESale at public auction will be on January 22, 2013 at 12:00 PM local time, at the front east door, Haywood County Cour thouse, Brownville, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Charlie C. Ward, a single man, to Richard T. Hayes, Trustee, as trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), solely as nominee for Flick Mortgage Investors, Inc. on August 25, 2005 at Record Book 11, Page 629; conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP having been appointed Substitute or Successor Trustee, all of record in the Haywood County Register’s Office. Default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable. Party Entitled to Enforce the Debt: Owner of Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, NA,The following real estate located in Haywood County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder:Described property located in the Seventh (7th) Civil District of Haywood County, Tennessee, more particularly described as follows:Beginning at an iron stake in the west margin of Hatchie Avenue, 25.0 feet from the center of same, the southeast corner of Marvin Eubanks, the northwest corner of this herein described lot; runs thence with the west margin of Hatchie Avenue South 38 degrees 45 minutes East 125.0 feet to an iron stake; runs thence with the North line of Savannah Edwards South 49 degrees 45 minutes West 197.51 feet to an iron stake; runs thence with the North line of William Dodd North 84 degrees 00 minutes West 125.80 feet to a fence post; runs thence North 43 degrees 00 minutes East with the South lines of Fellowship Baptist Church, Opal Terry and Marvin Eubank 289.79 feet to the point of beginning.Street Address: 1307 Hatchie Street (Per Deed of Trust), 1307 Hatchie Avenue (Per Assessor), Brownsville, Tennessee 38012Parcel Number: 075M-C-009.00Current Owner(s) of Property: Tiffany MichaelThe street address of the above described property is believed to be 1307 Hatchie Street (Per Deed of Trust), 1307 Hatchie Avenue (Per Assessor), Brownsville, Tennessee 38012, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall control.SALE IS SUBJECT TO TENANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION.If applicable, the HB 3588 letter mailed to the borrower(s) pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated 35-5-117. This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat any unpaid taxes; and any restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory right of redemption of any governmental agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat any unpaid taxes; and any restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory right of redemption of any governmental agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place cer tain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. If the highest bidder cannot pay the bid within twenty-four (24) hours of the sale, the next highest bidder, at their highest bid, will be deemed the successful bidder.This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded by the
Substitute Trustee at any time.This office may be a debt collector. This may be an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained may be used for that purpose.Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trusteewww.kirschattorneys.comLaw Office of Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP555 Perkins Road Extended, Second FloorMemphis, TN 38117Phone (901)767-5566Fax (901)761-5690File No. 08-003982
Notice to CreditorsAs Required by TCA §30-2-306
2012-PR-42Estate of Royce B. Burroughs,
DeceasedNotice is hereby given that on December 21, 2012 letters testamentary in respect of the estate of Royce B. Burroughs, who died 10-21-12, were issued to the undersigned by the Haywood County Chancery Court. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against the estate are required to file the same with the Clerk of the above-named Court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2) otherwise their claims will be forever barred:(1) (A) Four (4) months from the date of the first publication of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of this notice to creditors at least sixty (60) days before date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication; or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the notice to creditors, if the creditor received the copy of the notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication as described in (1)(A); or(2) Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death.All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once. Billy R. Burroughs, ExecutorC. Thomas Hooper, III, Attorney Sarah Levy, Clerk & MasterHaywood Chancery CourtJustice Complex100 South DupreeBrownsville, TN 38012(731) 772-0122Publication Dates: 12-27-12 & 1-3-12
Notice to CreditorsAs Required by TCA §30-2-306
2012-PR-40Estate of Lloyd Taylor, DeceasedNotice is hereby given that on December 19, 2012 letters testamentary in respect of the estate of Lloyd Taylor, who died 10-02-12, were issued to the undersigned by the Haywood County Chancery Court. All per-sons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unma-tured, against the estate are required to file the same with the Clerk of the above-named Court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2) otherwise their claims will be forever barred:(1) (A) Four (4) months from the date of the first publication of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of this notice to creditors at least sixty (60) days before date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication; or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the notice to creditors, if the creditor received the copy of the notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication as described in (1)(A); or(2) Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death.All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once. Michael Taylor and John Taylor, Co - ExecutorsDonald W. Wilkerson, Attorney Sarah Levy, Clerk & MasterHaywood Chancery CourtJustice Complex100 South DupreeBrownsville, TN 38012(731) 772-0122Publication Dates: 12-27-12 & 1-3-12
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALESale at public auction
will be on February 5, 2013 at 12:00 PM local time, at the front east door, Haywood County Courthouse, Brownville, Tennessee, conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Loretta Kinnon, an unmarried woman, to Key Title & Escrow Services, Inc., Trustee, on February 9, 2007 at Record Book 35, Page 820; all of record in the Haywood County Register’s Office.
Holder: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
The following real estate located in Haywood County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record:
Described property located in the Seventh (7th) Civil District of Haywood County, Tennessee, to wit:Begins at a stake in the West margin of Bradford Street and being the Northeast corner of lot in the name of Henry Waddell and wife, (Deed Book 130, Page 616) and the Southeast corner of this now described lot; runs thence North with the West margin of Bradford Street 60 feet to a stake being the Southeast corner of Dudley and Archie D. Sanders lot (Deed Book 126, Page 299); thence West with the South line of Sanders 260 feet to a stake, the Southwest corner of Sanders and in the East line of alley or Carl W. Gruenwald (Deed Book 106, Page 353) formerly Dr. T.B. King; thence South with the East line of Gruenwald 69 feet to a stake, the Northwest corner of lot in the name of Ann Marks (Deed Book 126, Page 280); thence with the North lines of Marks and Waddell East 260 feet to the beginning.
Street Address: 415 North Bradford Avenue, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012
Parcel Number: 075D-A-015.00
Current Owner(s) of
Property: Allen D. Watts and wife, Katherine G. Watts, as tenants by the entirety
Other interested par ties: Freedom Mortgage Corporation, Specialized Loan Servicing, LLC, and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.
The street address of the above described proper ty is believed to be 415 North Bradford Avenue, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control.
SALE IS SUBJECT TO TENANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION.
If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-117 have been met.
All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.
If the highest bidder cannot pay the bid within twenty-four (24) hours of the sale, the next highest bidder, at their highest bid, will be deemed the successful bidder.
This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time.Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trusteewww.kirschattorneys.comLaw Office of Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP555 Perkins Road Extended, Second FloorMemphis, TN 38117Phone (901)767-5566Fax (901)761-5690File No. 12-040369
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALESale at public auction will be
on February 7, 2013 at 12:00PM local time, at the east front door, Haywood County Courthouse, Brownville, Tennessee, conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Curtis Lee Palmer and Mary Ann Palmer, his wife, to General American Corporation, Trustee, on July 23, 2003 at Book 257, Page 148; all of record in the Haywood County Register’s Office.
Owner of Debt: Nationstar Mortgage LLC
The following real estate located in Haywood County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and
encumbrances of record:The following described
property located in the 7th Civil District in Haywood County, Tennessee, to wit:Being Lot Number 57, Fairgrounds Subdivision, see amended plat recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 32, Register’s Office, Haywood County, Tennessee.Beginning at a stake in the West margin of Young Street the Southeast corner of the herein described lot, also the Northeast corner of Lot Number 56, Fairgrounds Subdivision; runs thence North 70 degrees 50 minutes West with the North boundary line of Lot Number 56, 100 feet to a stake; runs thence North 22 degrees East 72 feet to a stake; runs thence South 70 degrees 50 minutes East 100 feet to a stake in the West margin of Young Street; runs thence South 22 degrees West with the West margin of said Street 72 feet to the point of beginning.
Street Address: 143 Young Street, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012
Parcel Number: 066L-D-010.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: Curtis Lee Palmer and wife, Mary Ann Palmer
The street address of the above described property is believed to be 143 Young Street, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control.
SALE IS SUBJECT TO TENANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION.
If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-117 have been met.
SALE IS SUBJECT TO ANY INTEREST THAT MAY EXIST IN UNRELEASED DEED OF TRUST OF RECORD AT BOOK 194, PAGE 701, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF HAYWOOD COUNTY, TENNESSEE.
All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.
If the highest bidder cannot pay the bid within twenty-four (24) hours of the sale, the next highest bidder, at their highest bid, will be deemed the successful bidder.
This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time.
NOTICEHaywood County is accepting
bids for the demolition and removal of a building located at 1005 North Washington Ave. and a house located at 7221 Poplar Corner Rd. Specifications may be obtained at the County Mayor’s office. Bids must be recieved by 4:30pm on Tuesday. January 22, 2013 at the County Mayor’s office.
Franklin SmithCountry Mayor
AGENDA
HTL Advantage
The Board of Directors of HTL Advantage will meet on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 9:00am at the Lauderdale County
Chamber of Commerce in Ripley, TN 38063.
Call to Order – Jeff Huffman, Chairman1. Pledge of Allegiance2. Approve Minutes from August 14th, 2012 HTL Advan-3. tage Board Meeting – Jeff HuffmanDiscuss and Consider HTL Advantage Financials – 4. Duane LaveryDiscuss Tennessee Economic Partnership Membership5. Discuss Select TN Site Certification Program Update6. Other Business7. Adjourn8.
Southern Auto Repair
The following vehicles will be considered abandoned and sold for charges and
storage fees if not claimed by January 25, 2013.
2001 Chev Camaro Vin: 2G1FP22K612100144
Owner: Wm Vincent Maddox
Lien Holder: World Finance Corp.
2001 Pontiac Grand AmVin: 1G2NF52T71M526990
Owner: Teresa WelchLien Holder:
Hooper Auto, LLC
Southern Auto Repair213 Anderson Avenue
Brownsville, TN 38012731-780-1575
Notice to CreditorsAs Required by TCA §30-2-306
2012-PR-36Estate of Jesse Lyle Harrell,
DeceasedNotice is hereby given that on December 26, 2012 letters of administration in respect of the estate of Jesse Lyle Harrell, who died 11-04-12, were issued to the undersigned by the Haywood County Chancery Court. All per-sons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unma-tured, against the estate are required to file the same with the Clerk of the above-named Court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2) otherwise their claims will be forever barred:(1) (A) Four (4) months from the date of the first publication of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of this notice to creditors at least sixty (60) days before date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication; or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the notice to credi-tors, if the creditor received the copy of the notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication as described in (1)(A); or(2) Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death.All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once. John Harrell, James Harrell, and Jacqueline Harrell, Co - ExecutorsPat Mann, Jr., Attorney Sarah Levy, Clerk & MasterHaywood Chancery CourtJustice Complex100 South DupreeBrownsville, TN 38012(731) 772-0122Publication Dates: 01/03/13 & 01/10/13
Notice to CreditorsAs Required by TCA §30-2-306
2012-PR-43Estate of Daisy Stephens,
DeceasedNotice is hereby given that on December 31, 2012 letters tes-tamentary in respect of the
estate of Daisy Stephens, who died 12-09-12, were issued to the undersigned by the Haywood County Chancery Court. All per-sons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unma-tured, against the estate are required to file the same with the Clerk of the above-named Court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2) otherwise their claims will be forever barred:(1) (A) Four (4) months from the date of the first publication of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of this notice to creditors at least sixty (60) days before date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication; or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the notice to credi-tors, if the creditor received the copy of the notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication as described in (1)(A); or(2) Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death.All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once. Joe Ellis Stephens, ExecutorsC. Thomas Hooper, III, Attorney Sarah Levy, Clerk & MasterHaywood Chancery CourtJustice Complex100 South DupreeBrownsville, TN 38012(731) 772-0122Publication Dates: 01/03/13 & 01/10/13
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
The Brownsville States-Graphic
page13ADOPTION
HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED- DRIVERS
RENTALOPPORTUNITIES
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MANUFACTUREDHOMES FOR SALE
SPORTING GOODS
MISCELLANEOUSBUSINESS
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HELP WANTED- DRIVERS
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast
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The UV Index is measured on a 0 -11 number scale, with a higher UVIndex showing the need for greaterskin protection.
Warm air leaking into your home during the summer and out of your home during the winter can waste a lot of energy and increase you energy bill. One of the quickest ways to reduce the waste is to caulk and seal all seams, cracks and openings to the outside of your home.
CAULKING TO HELP SEAL
Coming to Brownsville in 2013
Hometown Pharmacy First United Methodist Church Expansion
Uncorked Wine and Spirits Main Street Pharmacy
New classrooms at Haywood Elementary School. The new HUD offi ce. photos by Jennifer Willis
