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Woman threatens deli By Jeff Whitten Head News Writer
By Jeff Whitten Head News Writer
Many of you probably know Tony Chapman as a member of the McNairy County Board of Education, but you may not know that, in addition to being a community leader, he is an author and songwriter. He has self-published a book he has written called “I’d Know His Danged Ole Hide in a Tannin’ Yard and Other Things Mommanem Useta to Say.” The book is a collection of sayings like the one in the title and either an explanation of what the sayings mean or humorous stories about them. “Most of the time I tell a story that I have heard or experienced,” Chapman said. Chapman jokingly related a quote from the jacket of the book, “All stories are true. Most have been embellished.” It was published by Chapman’s company, Top Communications, which is in the audio and video production businesses, among others. The book is the fruit of four years of labor by Chapman. “I have always been fascinated by what a lot of people call idioms, but that sounds to much like idiot to me, so I don’t call them that—I call them sayings,” Chapman explained. The book has sold almost all of the first printing of 100 copies and Chapman plans a second printing and maybe a third printing, depending on how it goes. The saying in the title refers to a leather tannery, where the hides are laid out and all look alike. “If you say you would know somebody in a tanning yard, you know them real well. That’s what my Momma used to say to my Daddy,” Chapman explained. At the same time, Chapman is also submitting his book to the major publishers,
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hoping they will pick it up. Chapman also includes some of the lyrics to his songs, which relate to the stories and sayings in his book. “I’ve written a lot of songs,” he said. One of his most requested songs is “Don’t Go Burning Old Glory Whenever I’m Around.” He sang this song at Hee Haw when he was the emcee and at the recent Veteran’s Day luncheon at Bethel Springs. He revised the song after 9/11 and then again when Osama bin Laden was killed. “It’s a work in progress,” Chapman said. Another of the expressions in Chapman’s book is “drunker than Cooter Brown.” Chapman explained that this saying came from the Civil War period. Brown, who lived in a
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An unidentified woman threatened employees on Dec. 17 at the Food Giant in Selmer, saying that she would make the store look like Connecticut, according to an offense report provided by the Selmer Police Department. According to the report, Ptl. William A. “Tony” Westbrooks was parked in the parking lot of Kevin Redmon’s tax office when Anita Wilson came up to his vehicle and told him that a woman called the Food Giant and made a threat against the deli department. Westbrooks asked her if they had caller identification and she said no. He then asked her if anyone called 911 and she said no. She told Westbrooks that the call came in around 4 p.m., about 30 minutes before she went to Westbrooks’ car. Westbrooks told her he was ending his shift at 6 p.m. and would pass it on to the night shift. He also called dispatch and had them make a complaint card out. The next morning, Westbrooks went to the store and talked to manager John Wilbanks. In response to a question from Westbrooks, Wilbanks said no one called 911 to his knowledge. Wilbanks gave Westbrooks their phone carrier information to assist in the investigation. Wilbanks said that Whitney Chandler, the cashier at checkout No. 1 answered the call and she made a statement. “If I get hung up on one more time, it’s going to be like (expletive deleted) Connecticut up in here,” was what Chandler reported that the woman said. Investigator Tony Miller told the Independent Appeal last Thursday that the Selmer police were seeking a court order for the phone records to determine the identity of the caller.
Will back-to-back winter storms bring Christmas snow?
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By Christen Coulon Editor
It seems as though winter has finally arrived in McNairy County, and with a surprise one-two punch of winter storms, we still can’t rule out snow on Christmas day. Just days before the Christmas holiday, a blast of cold air and strong winds hit the county dropping daytime highs into the mid 40s. The storm, which television forecasters have named Winter Storm Draco packed wind gusts topping out near 50 mph. With the wind chill readings outside, the temperatures last Thursday felt more like 25 degrees. Even though it did not bring any snow, Draco did pack a flurry of Christmas decorations as the strong winds that blew through the county last Thursday knocked down trees and sent holiday themed items flying through the air. In Selmer, the storm took out nearly half of the Christmas trees placed there for the Main Street CHRISTmas Festival of Trees.
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A winter storm last Thursday sent a flurry of Christmas decorations flying around the county. A second winter storm set to hit the county on Christmas day is forecast to bring snow to the area.
Cardinal Sports Grill set to open in Adamsville
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Randy and Michelle Geiger will open a sports bar and grill in the old pawn shop building adjacent to where the Saw Meal Restaurant is located now in Adamsville. The name of the business will be the Cardinal Sports Grill. The Geigers also own the Saw Meal. “We’re going to have a small restaurant that will serve beer, wings and things of that nature. There won’t be neon out-
side or anything like that. It will be kept presentable, just a family atmosphere. It will allow us to pull some of the 25 to 40 year olds that are going to Jackson for Wild Wings and stuff like that. It will enable us to pull part of that business. We’ll keep it in Adamsville,” co-owner Randy Geiger said. “It will have TVs all around with sports programs, the Super Bowl, boxing—the general idea is Buffalo Wild Wings. We have five kids at home so it’s not going to be a bar, but we have had a lot of people come in and call from Jack-
son because we advertise up there. They will call on the phone and say, ‘Do y’all serve alcohol?’ ‘No.’ ‘Do y’all serve beer?’ ‘No.’ And they don’t come. We spend a lot of money to advertise up there. We feel like it will keep a little bit of money in Adamsville,” co-owner Michelle Geiger added. The Adamsville Beer Board, which has the same members as the Adamsville City Commission, granted an on-premise beer license to Randy and Michelle Geiger for the business at its Dec. 17 meeting.
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