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saw the vehicle they were looking for, a maroon Chevrolet Blazer, near Enville.

Treece’s relatives arrived on the scene and Justin Keith Treece, of Enville, Tenn. told Lamberth that Treece wanted to surwho is wanted as a suspect in a shooting render but was afraid because of all of the law enforcement personnel in Dickson, Tenn., turned on the scene. himself in to the Trooper Treece’s relatives made Kennie Lamberth, of the Tencontact by phone with Treece. nessee Highway Patrol, last Lamberth followed them Sunday near Enville. to Treece, who surrendered Lamberth, who knows peacefully. Treece was arrestTreece’s parents, was told by ed and taken to the McNairy them that Treece would turn County Jail. Spokespersons himself in. from the jail and sheriff’s “He was surrounded. It department told the Indesaved a lot of time,” said Sgt. pendent Appeal last Monday William L. “Barry” Siler of the that Treece was no longer at THP. the county jail and had been A search for Treece was TREECE transported to Dickson County. conducted by the McNairy, A spokesperson for the DickChester and Hardin County Sheriffs’ Departments, THP, Adamsville son County Jail confirmed that Treece was Police Department and the Tennessee in their custody and that bail had been set Wildlife Resource Agency.

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Independent Appeal Staff Check your pockets...you may find $1 million.

An unknown McNairy Countian has hit the Mega Millions lottery for $1 million, but as of yet, no one has come forward to claim the prize.

A player who purchased a Mega Millions ticket in Guys started the New Year with a $1 million win. The ticket, which is the 102nd worth $1 million or more since the Lottery began, matched five numbers drawn in last Friday night’s Mega Millions game. The prize was increased from $250,000 to $1 million because the player added the Megaplier option.

Tennessee Lottery officials said that no additional information about the winner will be available until the prize is claimed.

Adamsville loses two heroes in two days

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In a tragic week for the citizens of Adamsville, the town lost two legendary public servants last week. Heroes Bill McCall, the town’s long-time police chief who retired earlier this year, and Barry Hodge, the town’s assistant fire chief, both died last week. McCall died Jan. 3, and was a veteran of the National Guard. He retired after 30 years from the Adamsville Police Department where he served as Adamsville’s Police Chief. McCall was also well-known as a Pastor of New Hope Fellowship Church in Adamsville. Hodge died Jan. 4, and worked for Adamsville Fire Department for more than 35 years where he was the Assistant Fire Chief. He was also a self employed plumber and worked for the Adamsville Rescue Squad from 1979 to present. Read next week’s Independent Appeal for complete tributes to these fallen heroes.

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After four years, Jesus Cares continues to grow

By Christen Coulon

Jesus Cares: By The Numbers

Editor

It began with an idea...

While every church strives to provide help to those less fortunate, no single church in the area had the resources to care for and provide a leg up for every individual in need in McNairy County.

“Several years ago at a ministerial meeting, several area ministers decided, ‘hey, we have got a problem,’” said Jim Gray, president of Jesus Cares Ministries. “That problem had to do with people banging on their door. There was someone out there all of the time, needing a place to stay, clothes, money, gas or something. ‘What are we going to do?”

Several of the larger churches in the area banded together to form the Transient Ministries, Gray said. Initially, the ministry had an annual budget of about $2,500. When a person in need came to the attention of the ministry they would write a check and do what they could.

“But after a while they decided they needed something better than what they had,” Gray said.

Gray credited Jimmy Whittington with stepping in and reaching across the aisle to bring everyone together to form Jesus Cares.

“He can reach across the line and get you

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Number of years that Jesus Cares has been in existence.

– $2,200 –

The amount of money the Ministerial Association spent on the transient ministry prior to Jesus Cares.

– $5,300 –

The amount of money Jesus Cares will spend this year on the transit ministry, which includes meals, temporary room for a night, bus tickets, and miscellaneous.

– 51 –

Number of Jesus Cares office staff volunteers that work at least 1 day a month.

– 54 –

Number of Jesus Cares Thrift Store volunteers that work at least 1 day a month.

– 49 –

Number of participating churches in the Jesus Cares ministry.

– $54,000 –

Amount of income Jesus Cares Thrift Store generates in a year to assist in paying utilities.

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Number of families a week served with Loaves and Fishes food from the Jesus Cares Office.

– 352 –

Number of families served by Loaves and Fishes in Adamsville on the 4th Thursday of every month.

– 24 –

Average number of people that attend the required Financial Management Monthly Class at the Jesus Cares Office.

– 60 –

Number of volunteers assisting Loaves and Fishes in the Adamsville Food monthly distribution.

– 39 –

Number of donated appliances, given by Jesus Cares in the last 12 months.

– 14 –

Number of beds Jesus Cares has furnished to McNairy Countians in the last 30 days.

– 174 –

Number of pieces of furniture furnished to the needy and/ or sold very reasonably to assist in utility payment this year.

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Average price of a garment at the Jesus Cares Thrift Store.

– 960 –

Average number of garments a week sold by Jesus Cares Thrift Store.

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Estimated number of pieces of clothing given to McNairy Countians last month at Jesus Cares Thrift Store.

– 104 –

Number of adults assisted in the homeless program in the past 3 years.

– 86 –

Number of children in those homes.

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Number of coats given by Jesus Cares at a Loaves and Fishes food giveaway in Adamsville, Thursday Nov. 8, 2012.

– 318 –

Number of people in McNairy County still identifiable as homeless that we have not been able to help yet.

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Man charged for allegedly threatening kids with BB gun

By Jeff Whitten Head News Writer

Damon Dudley was charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly threatened several juveniles with a firearm in Selmer.

On Dec. 30, 2012 Ptl. Matt Rickman and Sgt. Ted Roberts were dispatched to several juveniles who claimed to have been threatened with a firearm.

In their report, the juveniles said that they were sitting on a trailer

when a white male, later identified as Damon Dudley, came out of 331 Pharr Ave., started yelling at them to get off his trailer and pointed what appeared to be a 9 mm handgun at them. Fearing for their safety, they went to a neighbor’s home and called the police.

A witness told the police that she saw Dudley screaming at the youths but did not see a gun since she was not paying attention at the time.

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then talked to Dudley.

Dudley then consented to a search of the residence at which time Hitchborn found a black powerline BB gun in the couch between the cushions.

Dudley was placed under arrest and transported to the McNairy County Jail. On the way, Dudley admitted having the gun on him, but denied pointing the gun at the kids.

Dudley was released without bond and will appear in General Sessions Court on Feb. 14 to face the charge.

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McNairy County welcomed its first newborn of 2013 last Saturday at McNairy Regional Hospital. Eden Lee Sykes was born Jan. 5 at 9:57 a.m. to proud parents Linda Perkins and Eddie Sykes of Selmer. Sykes, a healthy baby boy, weighed in at 7 pounds, 12 ounces and measured 18.5 inches at birth. The new family will take home a gift pack loaded with goodies from Tonya Boles Photography, Special Events, Vine & Branches, Rite Aid, Whatta Pizza, Los Aztecas, McNairy Regional Friendship Station Gift Shop, Modern Florist and MRH.

Final Leapwood burglary suspect in custody

January 2013

By Christen Coulon Editor

All three suspects who were wanted by Sheriff’s deputies following a Leapwood burglary at the home of Ryan Sisk at 184 Pickens Road Dec. 28, 2012, have been captured.

Steven Matthew Hicks and his wife Sharon A. Hicks were arrested following a manhunt on the night of the incident, and Jonathan Micheal Beckham was arrested on Jan. 2. The suspects have been charged with aggravated burglary and theft of property. Joe Little was originally sought by authorities as a fourth suspect in the burglary, however Sheriff Guy Buck said that Little spoke with his department and has been cleared of all charges related to this case.

The manhunt began following a 911 call from Sisk who interrupted a burglary in his home at about 4 p.m.

Sisk reported several guns missing from his home as well as other items of value.

Sisk is reported to have fired shots at the fleeing suspects, disabling their vehicle before reporting the crime and a description of the vehicle to officers.

Deputies swarmed the Leapwood area for several hours following the bugulary looking for the armed suspects, who split up at some point during the pursuit.

With steady rain and temperatures hovering just above freezing, Buck said that weather conditions hampered their efforts, but his officers maintained the search using every advantage at their disposal including contacting the cell phone carriers of the suspects to ping their phones.

Buck commended his officers for their hard work in the investigation.

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Unemployment in McNairy County fell 0.6 percentage points, to 8.5 percent in November, according to preliminary non-seasonally adjusted figures released by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

However, it fell because there were fewer people in the labor market.

The labor force fell by 90, there were 20 fewer people working, and there were 80 fewer people unemployed. The number of people working plus the unemployed will not always equal the labor force due to rounding, according to a spokesman from the department.

Over the past year, the unemployment rate has fallen by 0.7 of a percentage point.

Of surrounding counties, Alcorn and Chester Counties had the lowest unemployment rate at 7.5 percent, followed

by Hardin County at 8.6 percent and Hardeman County at 10.1 percent.

Unemployment figures for Alcorn County are from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.

Tennessee’s unemployment rate also fell 0.6 percentage points, to 7.6 percent from October and the national rate held steady at 7.8 percent in December. The number of people in the nation’s labor force increased 192,000, the ranks of the employed people increased by 28,000 and the number of people unemployed rose by 164,000.

The average length of unemployment in the nation was 40 weeks, down from 40.2 weeks the previous month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Counting discouraged workers and those working parttime who want full-time work, the seasonally-adjusted national unemployment rate was 14.4 percent, down 0.2 percentage points from October.

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Vets needed at Post 162

By Christen Coulon Editor

The McNairy County American Legion Post 162 wants you!

The growing post, headquartered in Selmer, has expanded its community involvement in recent years and is looking to grow their ranks in order to do more.

Currently, the post has 62 active members and is open to honorably discharged veterans from all five branches of the armed service.

“Basically speaking, we are a service oriented organization,” said Alex Smith, post commander. “We are chartered at both the (national) and the state levels.”

Smith said the legion was formed by World War I veterans who got together to begin an organization to take care of veterans.

“Veterans take care of veterans. If one of our post members has a problem. we are supposed to help them out,” Smith said.

The organization also lends a helping hand to the families of fallen veterans and serves as honor guard to assist in military funerals.

Smith said that the lobbying arm of the group is responsible for drafting most of today’s veteran’s benefits.

“If it weren’t for the American Legion, there would be no VA benefits today,” Smith said.

Nationally, the organization boasts more than 2.5 million members and some 14,000 posts.

In years past, local participation had dwindled in the post, but through the concerted effort of the post’s members, things have turned around, and membership and participation has

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and I to work together to accomplish a universal goal...and that is helping our brothers and sisters,” Gray said.

Bylaws were established and rules were put in place to guide the organization as to how help would be administered to individuals.

Gray said they do not just provide handouts. He said that the rules are important to ensure that the organization spends its money doing the most good and that it is helping people help themselves. He said that if you are looking for a continual handout you need to go somewhere else or to the federal government.

And if you really need that continual help, Gray said they will point you in the right direction to get it.

“If you qualify, if you deserve something, we will help you get to it,” Gray said.

In the short time that Jesus Cares has been in operation it has grown beyond the transient ministry into a ministry that helps more people with an annual budget of more than $150,000.

The help they provide ranges from securing emergency assistance for local families who have hit hard times to putting up a wandering soul in need of a hotel for the night.

He said that when local churches are presented with these situations now, they know they can help. They contribute to Jesus Cares for that reason and when they come across these people they send them over.

Gray said that it is a rewarding organization to work with and said that through the work of the dozens of volunteers, hundreds of people have received help through their organization. He said that the program has been in operation now for four years and has seen some of its success stories. It is there to help when others are not. Helping people through the rough patches and getting them back on their feet.

Sometimes people need a lot of help and sometimes people just need a meal or two to get them to the end of the month, Gray said. To help feed the hungry, Jesus Cares has partnered with the local food pantry, Loaves and Fishes, to help distribute the food to people in need.

“We have filled as many as 20 barrels of food per week out of this office and we are only open three days a week,” Gray said. “Loaves and Fishes owns the food, we help them distribute it.”

Many residents are also familiar with the Jesus Care thrift store, run by volunteer employees, which serves two roles. The $54,000 per year in revenue the store generates for Jesus Cares programs is wonderful, however, the store also serves as a warehouse of household items for families in need. Gray said the store gives away about six pieces of clothing for every one they sell.

Today, local churches contribute as much as a third of the total budget for Jesus Cares and the store is a necessary part of their organization, generating another third of the program’s total budget with the remainder of

the budget earned through various other fundraising efforts including the annual Spring Fling.

Gray stressed the need to do the most with the limited resources of his organization. To do this, he said they have to help people help themselves.

Because of this, one of the rules of the organization states that if you receive help you must attend a free financial management class.

“If we spend money on you, if you come in and need some help in light, gas, water...you must attend one of these classes,” Gray said.

He said that if you do not attend one of these classes, you cannot come back a second time for help.

“I cannot help you if you do not help yourself, that is one of the reasons you are here in the first place is because you did not manage your money right,” Gray said. “It will teach you some sound financial practices that we all need to learn.”

Currently, Jesus Cares is looking to expand by opening a second thrift store in the Adamsville area.

Gray said that he would like to use the second store to fund transitional housing in McNairy County, an area in which the organization spends a lot of money through hotel rooms.

Jesus Cares is a completely volunteer organization with no paid employees. Their offices are located at 120 West Court Ave. in Selmer with the thrift store located on the next block at 137 West Court Ave. If you would like to volunteer, donate or if you need more information about Jesus Cares contact the Jesus Cares office at (731) 645-4388.

PUBLIC NOTICE FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN IN K-12 SCHOOLS The Technology Department will have a meeting Thursday, January 10 at 6 p.m. in the Courtroom of the Courthouse.

A discussion of our policy involving Bullying in schools and on the Internet will be the topic. Representatives from our school system will be present to answer questions.

started to grow.

Smith said that he would like to see more McNairy County veterans participate in the organization.

“The local post itself is run by an executive board that is comprised of mostly officers from the post and one or two of the members,” Smith said.

Smith said that the post is run by the board and all decisions, including changes to its bylaws, are decided by the board.

Recently, the board has focused its efforts on educating the public on flag etiquette including the proper use, display and disposal of flags.

The post has installed an unserviceable American flag collection box in front of the door at Food Giant in Selmer.

Smith said that he has noticed a lot of Americans do not know how to dispose of an American flag after it’s used.

“We are getting really active in community work,” Smith said. “I would say about 90 percent of the people in the county don’t know what to do with a used American flag.”

He said the post plans to have a public flag disposal ceremony on Flag Day, June 14, 2013. The public will be invited and may bring some of their used flags to the ceremony.

The post also offers flags for sale to the public, and they can be purchased through the local post or the American Legion website at www.emblem.legion.org. They have many sizes to select from and are of the highest quality at competitive prices.

Post 162 meets on the first Thursday of each month at 174 Warren Ave. in Selmer.

Annual membership dues are $32.50 per year. For more information on the local branch of the American Legion, call (731) 439-2880.

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at $1.5 million.

“I just happened to be in the right place at the right time and they put their trust in me,” Lamberth said.

On Jan. 1, Matthew Draper and Cody Jackson were shot at a Holiday Inn Express in Dickson at the I-40 and Hwy. 46 exit (exit 172).

Both Draper and Jackson were transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, where Draper died, according to a spokesperson for the Dickson police. A spokesperson from the Vanderbilt hospital said Jackson’s name was not in the system, which means either he is not there or is a “no info” patient.

Treece is charged with felony murder and attempted first degree murder.

Jessie Mulder, Treece’s girlfriend, who had been sought as a person of interest in the case, was questioned and released by authorities, according to Buck. A person of interest is someone involved in a criminal investigation, who has not been arrested or formally charged with a crime.

Dickson is part of the Nashville metropolitan area.

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Alleged Walmart thieves turn themselves in

By Jeff Whitten Head News Writer

Two men suspected of robbing the Walmart in Selmer and other Walmarts in the Mid-South have turned themselves in to the Oseola, Ark., police department, according to media reports.

In the early morning hours of Nov. 21, 2012, Selmer police officer Quinton Garland went to Walmart for a business check and discovered while talking to the store manager that two unknown black males came inside the store and took some merchandise, according to an offense report provided by the Selmer Police Department.

One of the suspects was wearing an orange toboggan with a brown jacket and brown pants and the other was

wearing all black.

The suspects got a shopping cart, and made their way through the middle aisle, and went to the hardware area and got two rubber hammers.

They then went to the electronics department, broke the glass case display and took over $8,000 of merchandise, consisting of five iPads. They then fled through the emergency exit doors on the far side of the building.

On Dec. 3, Tyrone Bernard, 19, and Daniel Robinson, 18, both of Memphis, Tenn., turned themselves in to the Osceola police. They admitted to electronic thefts in Arkansas Walmarts in Jonesboro, Paragould, Pocahontas and Osceola, according to these reports.

The pair is suspected of between 10 and 15 similar

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Walmart electronic thefts in West Tennessee, North Mississippi and Eastern Arkansas.

The two men are being held without bond.

Bernard and Robinson have been charged with theft of property valued between $10,000 and $60,000 in connection with the Selmer theft, according to Selmer police Lt. Roger Rickman.

Rickman said the two defendants would eventually be brought to McNairy County for trial, but since they were charged with so many crimes in so many places, it would be difficult to predict when this would happen.

Bernard and Robinson are also suspected of similar “smash and grabs” at Walmarts in Covington, and Brownsville, Tenn., Batesville, Miss., and Forest City, Ark.

Bethel issues Pee Wee back pay

By Jeff Whitten Head News Writer

Staff Photo by Christen Coulon

The Selmer police were looking for an occupant who fled the scene of a one-vehicle accident last Monday night in Selmer. The accident involved a late model Jeep Cherokee on New Bethel Road which left the right side of the street and flipped into a ditch landing upside down. The two men who were confirmed to be inside the vehicle when the accident occurred were both on their feet a short time later.

One man, who is yet to be identified, left the scene stating that he was going to get help and did not immediately return. An accident report on this crash was not complete as of press time. The Independent Appeal will run an update to this story if any further newsworthy information surfaces.

Selmer firefighters quickly extinguish car fire

Staff Photo by Christen Coulon

An automobile fire on Warren Avenue in Selmer last Thursday left a Pontiac Bonneville severely damaged. The fire began shortly before 5 p.m. last Thursday in the car’s engine, and flames could be seen shooting up to five feet above the vehicle.

The Selmer fire department responded within minutes. Once on scene, firefighters quickly extinguished the fire using fire retardant foam.

The Bethel Springs Board Aldermen voted, at its meeting last Monday, to approve nearly $5,000 in back pay for Police Chief T. E. “Pee Wee” Sowell for the three months last year he was suspended and could not draw unemployment benefits.

Sowell was suspended by Mayor Kay Cox from April until July for allegedly altering a traffic ticket to a warning after it was turned in to the office. The Assistant District Attorney General's office investigated the matter but declined to bring charges, citing lack of criminal intent. The board voted to abolish the police department, lay Sowell off, let him draw unemployment and use the resulting funds to reduce water bills at the November meeting. The board then voted to reinstate Sowell who at last month's meeting.

Vice-Mayor Shirley Williams presided over meeting because Cox is hospitalized.

Williams asked the audience to pray for Cox. In the water report, City Clerk Deborah Sullivan said that the city lost 40 percent of its water in the last month. The city is applying for a $367,000 grant to replace old water lines and master water meters, which may be contributing to some of the leaks.

“This month we had some lines break,” Sullivan said in explaining the large loss.

The board approved some proposals changing procedures for city employees.

A motion, by Smith to require Street Dept. employees clock in at City Hall, to work from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday and to leave city trucks at city hall rather than allowing employees to take them home, was approved by a 3-1 vote, with Alderman John Wood casting the lone no vote, with Williams, Smith and Bizzell voting aye.

Smith estimated that leaving the trucks

Mayor’s series: Brooks seeks economic development, animal control in 2013

By Jeff Whitten Head News Writer

This is one in a series of articles in which local mayors give their vision and goals for the new year.

County Mayor Ronnie Brooks, who was elected in Aug. 2012 to fill the unexpired term of Jai Templeton, who was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture in Tenn. Gov. Bill Haslam’s Administration, in June 2011. Wilburn Gene Ashe was selected by the County Commission to serve from then until the 2012 election.

The first priority cited by Brooks was economic development. Brooks first recounted the progress of the past year in this area.

After laying off hundreds, Masco last began a new product line, which resulted in hiring people at the Adamsville plant for the first time in a long time.

This was followed by Spectrum landing a new contract, resulting in their expansion to the former Selmer Apparel building, which will create new jobs for McNairy Countians.

“It is a privilege to serve the people of McNairy County and an honor to be given an opportunity to be a part of changing the direction of our county. I have been very excited about current economic development projects that have emerged over the last four months and the potential investments that are in their early stages.

We are fortunate to have so many talented and dedicated people who are continuing to communicate with potential industry and tirelessly making the connections to better our recruiting possibilities. Through those efforts an anticipated project, estimated at one hundred million dollars, will not only create needed jobs, but increase our county’s ability to compete for industry. Industrial development is very competitive and expensive, requiring large investments from communities, but with drive and determination the outcome can only be posi-

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Brooks was referring to the solar farm project. It is anticipated that there will be one or two sites. One that has been discussed is on Highway 142, and the other is the old Liberty building in the Highway 45 industrial park.

Financing for the project is currently being sought through the Tennessee Valley Authority. Brooks anticipates that the project will take nine months to a year for construction once everything is approved.

“I think that’s something we can get excited about. It looks really good,” Brooks said.

Brooks noted the importance of economic development for other county services.

“Industrial Development is obviously of major concern for out county’s future, because those tax dollars provide services for our residents. Among those services would be the ongoing need for animal control. In February we will begin organizational meetings with all animal activist groups and concerned citizens to start the process of developing a plan that relieve this ever present problem. The primary goal of the meetings would be to establish an organization that is willing to do what needs to be done to ensure this process moves forward. Please watch the newspaper for information regarding time and place for meetings,” Brooks said.

“I have just shared with you two out of a host of projects that will need continued support from you, the citizens of McNairy County. I will put all my efforts into keeping you informed on all issues as they develop. Also ,I extend to all the continued need for community spirit and support for all activities sponsored by your communities. The better we feel about our county and communities, the more productively we can promote what we have to offer here in McNairy County,” Brooks concluded.

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“We've just compromised his (water dept. head John Ross Gage) efficiency,” Wood argued against the proposal.

The board approved a motion by Bizzell to have employees separate time spent working for the Street Dept. from that working for the Water Dept. and to pay them separately for work in each department. All board members except Wood, who passed, voted for this motion. Bizzell's concern was that labor costs for the streets that was paid for out of the water department would increase costs and water bills.

The board voted to call a special meeting on Jan. 22 to revise the employee handbook.

The handbook has not been revised since 2008.

They also voted to require city departments to have the required yearly inventory done within 30 days of Jan. 22.

A motion by Smith to give employees Martin Luther King Day off died for the lack of a second. Bizzell said this would give city employees 20 paid days off, and this was an excessive amount. Ten days are holidays, including election day, which does not occur every year.

“Ten paid days is a lot of days,” Bizzell said.

The board voted to authorize Smith to sign checks. The Mayor, Vice-Mayor and City Recorder are already authorized to sign checks. Two of the four must sign every check.

The board voted 3-1 to approve a motion by Wood to authorize City Recorder Erin Pickle to pay certain monthly bills, such as utility bills, that become due before meeting.

Alderman Sherry Smith was the only no vote, on this motion, which included payment of bills. Williams, Wood and Bizzell voted yes.

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Common Sense: The fiscal Moore volunteers for family cliff deal...What’s in it for you

By Jeff Whitten Head News Writer

By Jeff Whitten Head News Writer

We went over the fiscal cliff, though by just by a little and lived to tell about it. Legislation preventing income tax rates from going up for more than 99 percent of taxpayers was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Jan.1, a bit less than a day after the deadline passed for the tax increases and automatic spending cuts to go into effect. The bill has been signed by Pres.

Barack Obama.

The bill delays the cuts by two months, in order to give Congress time to do a more thoughtful job of cutting spending. It also extends unemployment benefits for one year for 2 million people whose benefits were due to expire.

The deal extends for five years the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit, a non-refundable credit (you can get more from it than you owe in taxes) for lower and middle income Americans. The new law also extends American Opportunity Credit for college-related expenses.

It does not extend the 2 percent Social Security payroll tax cut. This means taxes are going up on everyone who works.This tax cut was intended only to be a temporary anti-recession measure. Social Security is financed by a 12.4 percent tax on the first $113,000 of income, with half being paid by workers and half by employers. Only 4.2 rather than the usual 6.2 percent was deducted from workers’ paychecks in 2011 and 2012.

Individual taxpayers making less than $400,000 and married couples making less than $450,000 a year will pay the same income tax rates they were paying before. Those with incomes above these thresholds will see their income tax rates go up from 35 to 39.6 percent.

Some provisions of the farm bill

were extended for nine months, preventing the doubling of milk prices, the “dairy cliff.”

The measure delays the “doc fix”, a scheduled 27 percent cut in Medicare payments to doctors.

This legislation cancels a Congressional pay raise that Obama had authorized.

Dividends and capital gains, like from some selling real estate, will still be taxed at 15 percent, unless you make more than $400,000 a year, in which case you will now be paying 20 percent.

The estate tax will rise from 35 to 40 percent, with the first $5 million exempted.

The Alternative Minimum Tax, which was designed to make sure wealthy people paid some income taxes, will be permanently indexed for inflation. Because it had never been indexed, many middle class families would have had to pay it, contrary to its intended purpose.

Personal exemptions will be phased out and itemized deductions will be limited for individuals making over $250,000 a year and families making more than $300,000.

However, the fiscal cliff deal will not end the lurch from crisis to crisis. In addition to the spending cuts, the federal government will run up against the debt ceiling some time in February or March.

The last time this issue came up, in Aug. 2011, the debt ceiling was only raised at the last minute, leading one rating agency to downgrade the country’s credit rating, citing the political chaos. A budget has not passed both houses of Congress since April 2009, and that was technically an Omnibus Spending bill.

The government has been funded by short-term, stopgap “Continuing Resolutions” every couple of months since then. This hampers the ability of agencies to do long-term planning.

Rose Moore’s family led her to win the Volunteer Award at the Citizen of the Year Awards Banquet, sponsored by the Selmer Rotary Club and the Selmer Lions Club.

Moore, a Volunteer Leader with the Tennessee 4-H, is a long-time volunteer with this organization.

“I started out as a Volunteer Leader, just helping wherever I needed to be. I’ve worked up. I’ve gone to 4H Roundup. I’ve gone to 4H Congress,” Moore said.

She has traveled everywhere in Tennessee and Kentucky for 4H trips.

Moore was selected to serve on the state volunteer committee. She has helped with the wildlife judging, forestry judging team, the outdoor meat cookery team and the livestock judging team.

“I just help them all. I just help the youth wherever they need me to be,” Moore said.

She also volunteers with the Boy Scouts of America.

“I have three sons and Boy Scouts has been a major part of our life. I do everything from camp with the boys to transporting them.

Right now I’m serving as a Wolfpen Leader in Cub Scouts,” Moore said.

She has worked with the older boys as the popcorn chairman for the Shiloh District. Selling popcorn is a fund raising project for the scouts.

“I just volunteer whatever they need me to do also in the Boy Scouts. I’m just as actively involved with the Boy Scouts as the 4H,” Moore said. Moore is a member of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church and is involved in many activities there.

“Most everything I do revolves around our children and the activities they are involved in,” Moore said.

Two of her children are grown, but two are still at home with Moore and her husband, Roger Moore.

Their children’s names are Carson, Rice, Amber and Wesley.

Moore has homeschooled all of their children.

“We are a member of the Hardin and McNairy County Eagle II Homeschool Group,” Moore said.

Moore teaches the books while her husband teaches life skills and agriculture, since they live on a farm.

“We raise cattle and hogs. Our two youngest ones have taken an interest in the hogs.

Years ago, we had a good-sized hog operation and now our youngest have decided they want to pick that up, so they started that back up.

There’s a lot of agricultural learning that goes in with that—a lot of educational stuff they do there, so that’s Roger’s end of it, the agricultural part, but the rest of it—the math and science is pretty much here in the home,” Moore said.

“The Lord called us to homeschool and we have tried to be obedient to that and He’s just equipped us with the ability to do it,” Moore explained.

Moore, who is a lifelong McNairy County resident, graduated from McNairy Central High School in 1982.

Moore’s parents are Mary Frances and “Sleepy” Tull.

“Nobody knew his real name, it was Sleepy Tull. He’s been gone for a long time, but older people will know him. We’ve grown up in the Curtis Hill community and now I live just a few miles away in the Rowsey Bottom area,” Moore said.

The Moore’s oldest son, Carson, is a welder who graduated from the Tennessee Technology Center in Whiteville, Tenn.

Their oldest daughter, Amber, who now lives in Germantown, Tenn., has a degree in cosmetology from Paul Mitchell The School in Memphis, Tenn.

“There is hope for people after homeschooling. They’re smart people, too,” Moore said.

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Julie Harstin presents Rose Moore with her Volunteer of the Year Award.

Tennessee fights transparency for child welfare agency

By Erik Schelzig Associated Press

The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services has been reporting to a federal court for more than a decade on how it is handling foster care, yet it faces no such scrutiny of its handling of children suffering from abuse or neglect.

The state reports that 120 children investigated by the Department of Children’s Services after reports of abuse or neglect died between 2009 and 2011. There were 31 more deaths during the first half of 2012, DCS says.

DCS refuses to divulge anything but bare details about the deaths, such as the child’s age, gender and home county. It won’t release what actions it took in the cases.

DCS even keeps the names of the children who died secret.

The agency’s refusal to disclose its case records to the public is being challenged in court by a coalition of 12 news media organizations, led by The Tennessean newspaper. A hearing on the challenge is set for Tuesday.

A public records lawsuit by the coalition seeks to open the files on the children who died, arguing that “the public has a strong interest in knowing what actions DCS took — or failed to take — in order to protect them.” The group that filed the challenge includes The Associated Press and newspapers and broadcasters in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis and Nashville.

Commissioner Kate O’Day has said privacy concerns about the children are the motivation for keeping details about their cases secret. The confidentiality requirements are “not to protect DCS, they’re really to protect the families,” she told The Tennessean.

Gov. Bill Haslam has said he agrees with the legal analysis by state attorneys that Tennessee isn’t required to release detailed information in the event of child deaths.

That stance is in contrast to other states, where judges, lawmakers and state officials have decided greater transparency improves child welfare agency performance or is required by public records laws.

O’Day and Haslam have declined to elaborate on the state’s privacy claim, citing the pending lawsuit.

The deaths reported by DCS included infants, toddlers, grade-schoolers and teenagers, and the causes included bodily fractures or injuries, gunshot wounds, natural causes and drug exposure.

The agency said it confirmed abuse or neglect in 47 cases, including a 10-month-old boy from Knox County who drowned in April after DCS closed its investigation.

The DCS summary doesn’t answer if the abuse or neglect contributed to that death or if abuse and neglect had a role in any of the other deaths.

Advocates for abused and neglected children argue that state child welfare departments get more benefit than harm from greater transparency.

“It is critical for the public to be able to review information pertaining to abused and neglected children who die or almost do so,” said Noy Davis, a legal consultant for First Star, a Washington-based group that battles child abuse and neglect.

“The public access is necessary so that we can be as-

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sured that any systemic changes that need to be made to avoid the deaths of other children are in fact made,” Davis said in an email.

The DCS policy against disclosure predates the Haslam administration. In 2009, the department cited the privacy of surviving relatives in refusing to discuss its involvement in the case of a 15-year-old Dyersburg girl who accused her father of abuse and then was moved two doors away into foster care.

A week later, the father fatally shot the girl, her foster father and himself.

DCS has been under federal court oversight since 2001 after settling a class action lawsuit over its high number of children in foster care. The settlement limited the number of cases assigned to case workers, required better training and appointed a monitor to report on whether the state was making progress reducing the numbers of children living in institutions, placing siblings in the same foster home and many other measures.

The federal monitoring doesn’t review DCS handling of cases where children it had investigated died.

DCS is obliged to report such deaths to the General Assembly within 45 days. In September, DCS attorney Douglas Dimond acknowledged the department hadn’t been making the legislative reports.

In other states, there’s a trend toward greater transparency for child welfare agencies.

Kentucky, like Tennessee, had cited privacy in refusing to release records related to child deaths and near deaths. In 2011 it lost a two-year court battle over access to records waged by The Courier-Journal of Louisville, the Lexington Herald-Leader and the Todd County Standard.

A judge ordered the state to release files about the fatal beating of 9-year-old Amy Dye by her adoptive brother, and they showed social workers had ignored reports the girl was being abused. The commissioner of Kentucky’s Department for Community Based Services resigned.

The same judge last year ordered even more disclosure, telling the state the only information it could redact was the name of a child victim who was hurt but didn’t die.

Arkansas lawmakers in 2009 enacted a law requiring the public notice about the deaths children under state care, including the release of children’s names. The changes followed the deaths of four children in foster care.

In Florida, after 10-year-old Nubia Barahona’s partially decomposed body was found in the back in her adoptive father’s exterminator truck last year, the state Department of Children and Families released hundreds of pages of records about its interactions with the child and the family.

An investigation revealed that caseworkers missed the signs that Nubia was routinely abused. It was the biggest scandal to hit the agency since it was reorganized nearly a decade earlier in the aftermath of the Rilya Wilson case.

That’s when officials found 5-year-old Rilya Wilson had been missing for more than a year before officials noticed — in part because a caseworker filed false reports saying the girl was fine.

Rilya’s case led to greater transparency standards, and a state child death review team releases records and case histories in cases of child abuse and neglect.

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A 2011 report last year by the U.S. Government Accountability Office warned of flawed methods to tally and analyze the deaths of children who have been maltreated and found the latest annual estimate of 1,770 such fatalities is likely too low at least in part because of confidentiality and privacy constraints.

The GAO report also noted that states receiving federal grants to improve their data collection systems are restricted from releasing records, except in instances of neglect and abuse that resulted in the death or near-death of a child.

Associated Press Writers Kelli Kennedy in Miami and Andrew DeMillo in Little Rock, Ark. contributed to this report.

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MISSION STATEMENT: The Independent Appeal strives to promote and advance McNairy County, educate and inform its citizens, while protecting the people’s right to know, and the rights and interests of our readers and advertisers.

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The Sunday School Lesson A recent Sunday School class dealt with family matters—the closeness of a tight knit family. The text was from Ephesians 5:21-24, KJV. V. 22—“Wives submit yourself unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. V. 23—For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. V. 24—Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.”

This “submission” is a controversial issue with some people. Also, to fully understand would mean we should know more about the Greek/Roman culture of 2,000 years ago.

The class was in agreement that the scripture did not include immoral behavior, etc. Some believe it means “wives to husbands, husbands to Christ and submission of children to parents. Some believe that these first 20 verses of Ephesians emphasize always following Christian conduct. Much controversy can be discussed along these lines of Scripture.

The consensus of the class was that the husband is the head of the household. The husband, as dictated in the Bible, should be the rock upon which the home is founded. The wife, to a degree, is a partner to the union; the children are to be submissive to the parents. The household should live in accordance to principles taught in Christian faith. In other words, the ideal thing is to live in Christian accord.

Family values have suffered It was pointed out that Christian values have suffered in decline the past half century. Actually, it started earlier. The World War II years took the mother out of the home. Some worked at defense jobs then the textile/shoe industry furnished jobs for mothers previously unemployed. For the first time in American history, children came home from school to an empty home.

Also, for the first time, Americans bought liberally on credit. America was coming off the Great Depression when households had little. Buying “on time” meant payments—it also meant a better way of life (ie) electricity, automobiles and appliances for the first time became a luxury.

The liberal 60s The 1960s brought social revolution to America.

The Victorian era of social values died a quiet death.

It became the norm, “If it feels good, do it!” The 1960s was a turning point as drugs crept into our culture. Both parents working to keep up payments left our children at home alone too much.

The end result was the degeneration of the home as family values decline. Americans married, got divorced and then married another. Finally, they just started to live together without benefit of marriage in violation of God’s commandment. In short, we Americans turned a deaf ear to morality.

As the home declined, urban areas were hit with more and more crime. School children are no longer safe in classrooms. Our recklessness and lack of moral character has bred millions of criminals walking the streets of cities. They prey on the old, young and helpless as both classes are vulnerable.

Sad to say, those who grew out of the 1960s social revolution are now employed in leadership roles in America. Sensible heads are badly needed on the political scene. The days of a deal made on a handshake are gone forever.

We live behind tightly locked doors with loaded weapons readily available. God have mercy on us!

By Bill Wagoner, county historian Stantonville

E-mail to: submissions@independentappeal.com

Volume 110, Number 34, Wednesday, January, 2013

Mcnairy voices

Letter to the editor

I am writing to address a concern about the Family’s First Program through The Work Force Development Office on North 2nd Street in Selmer.

I signed up for the program two months ago and have made several attempts to contact the representative with no success. I have also attempted by phone with no success.

I am to meet the requirements of this program and fear that others may be having this same problem.

Something should be done about this. Family’s First is the only income that my four boys and I have. $264 a month. I am trying to be responsible and hold up my end of the program but she the Representative does not. We need a better Family’s First Work Force Development Representative.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Independent Appeal welcomes your opinion. Letters to the editor are subject to editing or omission for length, style or libel. All letters must include the writer’s name and signature, as well as a phone number and address for verification. The Independent Appeal does not publish anonymous letters. Letters deemed suitable for publication will run as soon as possible after receipt on a space-available basis. Because of space limitations, letters should be limited to 400 words, about two double-spaced, typed pages, one letter per person every 90 days.

Should the federal government ban assault weapons? Why or why not?

Katrina Bubolz (Selmer): “I believe they should be banned for the public. I don’t believe that these gangs and stuff should have access to them.

They should be banned for individuals and gang use, definitely.

I don’t feel that they should be left on our city streets.”

Brenda Shadburn (Michie): “No, I don’t think they need to.

It’s part of our freedom.”

Theodore “Happy” Robinson (Selmer): “Guns don’t kill the people, it’s the people. I say invite more love in this little town.

It would probably kill the crime down. Introduce them to God.”

Thomas Stewart (Ramer):

Oneal Jenkins (Selmer):

“I don’t think it’s necessarily the guns. It’s the people behind the guns and the younger kids nowadays are able to get on a computer and get these assault weapons. I don’t think they ought to ban them on account of what is going on in the world, but I think if somebody buys a gun, they really need to do a background check, and I don’t think anybody ought to be able to buy a gun until they are about 25.”

“No, I don’t think they should ban them. I think they should keep a list of who has the assault weapons and make sure they are trained and qualified to have them and like that shooting up at that school with that boy, I think that if they have an unstable person in the household and if there is a person taking care of that unstable person, they should make sure there are no guns in excess for that person to go to.

Kevin McMahan (Selmer): “No, sir, they shouldn’t. I believe every man’s got the right to protect his family.”

McNairy Voices is a new feature in the Independent Appeal highlighting the opinions of average citizens about the issues that affect the citizens of McNairy County, the state of Tennessee, and the United States as a whole. The participants are randomly selected on the streets of the county. Their viewpoints are not necessarily that of the Independent Appeal.

ON THE WEB: Go to independentappeal.com and express your opinion on our related online poll.

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Tennessee Bureau of Investigation accepting applications for 2013 TBI Citizens’ Academy

By Kristin Helm Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is now accepting applications for the 2013 TBI Citizens’ Academy open to Tennessee residents interested in learning more about the state’s lead investigative law enforcement agency.

The academy is scheduled for May 7 through May 28, 2012 at TBI Headquarters in Nashville, Tenn. Classes will be held every Tuesday evening during the month of May for three hours as well as one Saturday. It will offer citizens a look at TBI’s work including investigating crime scenes and cyber crime, tracking terrorism information, forensics examinations and other aspects of the bureau’s mission. The academy is designed to develop a better understanding and awareness in the community of TBI

through an up close look at the bureau and its responsibilities across the state. Due to limited classroom size, the academy will be limited to 15 citizens.

Requirements for applicants include: -Must be 21 or older -No criminal history other than minor traffic violations -Physically able to meet training requirements -Must attend one night per week for a three hour session and one Saturday for firearms training with a minimum of 90% attendance -Must sign all required waivers and agreements -Applicants are accepted pending background investigations and approval by the TBI Director To apply, residents should fill out the application located on the TBI website at www.tbi.tn.gov and submit it

by February 28, 2013 to Assistant Director Richard Moore at the address listed on the application.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to members of our community who are serving in the armed forces: • Specialist Allen Alexander • SGT Joseph W. Baggett • SGT Andrew W. Bayless USMC • A1C Dustin Blakney, 19EMS • PFC Andy Bryant • Sgt. Kyle A. Brown, USMC • GySgt. Christopher T. Byrd, USMC • PVT Matlock Caffrey, USMC • Staff Sgt. Susan Cawley • Staff Sgt. Alicia L. Coil, USAF • CPL Mandy L. Cooper, USMC • SPC Mark A. Cooper, US Army • SGT James P. Crain • PFC Anthony “Tony” Crouse • SGT Major Joel Crouse • SP4 Richard Crouse • Aaron J. Cull Senior Airman U.S. Airforce • SGT Bobby J. Dickey US Army • C.W.3 James R. Dickey, Retired • SGT Todd Joseph Drobina, US Army • Captain Bonnie Lynn Dunlop • Corporal Bradley Eisenhut, USMC • Master Sgt. Lonnie J. Ellis, Air Force

• Kip Ellison • LCPL Dwight A. Emily Jr. • PV2 Jana Estes • Specialist Bryan Ray Ferguson • PV2 Skyler Gammill, US Army • Lydia Gillis, US Navy E3 • Malcolm Gillis E6, US Army National Guard • SSGT Stephen R. Graham • Daniel Gray, USMC Lance Corporal • SGT Rob Gray, US Army • A1C Stephanie Lynn Griffin, USAF • SSGT Dustin Hamm, USMC • PFC Isaac Harville • Senior Airman James Taylor Haubrich, US Air Force • Lieutenant Colonel (Chaplain) Billy Hawkins • SPC Matthew Hemby, Army • SGT Brian W. Hendrix • SGT Timothy Hixon • Staff Sergeant Brian Lee Hood • Wes Huffman, Air Force • Private Alex Johnson, US Army • SGT Ricky L. Jordan, USMC • Army Officer 1st Lt. James Lax

• Sergeant Joseph Lilly • Captain Troy E. Mathis • 1st LT Jessica Mayfield, US Army • SPC Ritchie A. McCrary • SPC Dustin McDonald • A1C Amanda K. McMillen, USAF • Joshua Lane Meek, Army • CPL Jeffery Mitchell, USMC • SSGT Patrick Michael Moore, Nat. Guard • SGT Major Paula Norris • Pvt. Justin Overton, USMC • CPO Denise Picard Culverhouse • SPC Jeffery A. Pickett, US Army • SPC William Andrew “Andy” Pickett, Nat. Guard • SPC Robert H. Pittman, II • CPL James Scott Powell • CPL John M. Powell • Ernest Purez, Air Force • E4 Sophia Reinke • SGT. Charlie Rickman, US Army • John Robinson US Navy • S/ST Ryan Robinson Air Force • Angel Rodriguez, Petty Officer US Navy

• SPC Blake Rudd • Specialist Robert Rzasa • Veronica Sebree Petty Officer 3rd Class • Alan Seigers, Army • SFC Patrick Michael Shaughnessy • SPC Hector Soto, Jr., Army • CPL Sam Speck, USMC • SGT Shaun Spicher, USMC • SPC Daniel Sullivan, Army • Jeremy Thompson • ET3 Jeremy Wilbanks, US Coast Guard • PVT Demaro Wiley, SC, Army National Guard • Joseph Lloyd Williams MM3 US Navy • Master Sergeant Stanley Wilson, USAF - Retired • SPC Jeffrey Witoszczak U.S. Army • Petty Officer James Matthew Wolford EDITOR’S NOTE: If your loved one has had a change in active duty status, please contact us at (731) 645-5346.

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Charlene Frances Jaggars

Eugene Todd Whitten

Gene Autry Curtis

Charlene Frances Jaggars was born January 26, 1924 in Michie, Tenn., the daughter of the late Walter Everett and Elsie Forsyth Farris.

She was married to Robert G. Jaggars on November 19, 1944. Mr. Jaggars died on November 5, 1995.

Ms. Jaggars was a member of Fraley’s Chapel Church Of Christ in Corinth, MS. She worked for Brown Shoe Company for many years.

After her employment at Brown Shoe, she worked at Whitfield Nursing Home in Corinth.

She departed this life on Saturday, December 29, 2012 in Corinth, Mississippi at the age of 88 years, 11 months, 3 days.

Survivors are a daughter, Mary Anna Briley and husband Sammy of Selmer, TN; two sons, Farris Jaggars of Counce, TN, Kenny Jaggars and wife Shelia of Stantonville, TN; six grandchildren, Stephen Jaggars, Mark Jaggars, Chris Plunk, Michael Plunk, Ethan Jaggars, Brad Jaggars; six great grandchildren, Cameron Jaggars, Garrison Jaggars, Cade Plunk, Macy Plunk, Matthew Plunk, Chloe Plunk; two brothers, Donald Farris of Kendrick, MS, Dwight Farris of Lebanon, TN. A host of extended family and friends.

In addition to her parents, Ms. Jaggars was preceded in death by a sister, Mavoureen Rickman.

Services were held on January 1, 2013 at 1 p.m. at Fraley’s Chapel Church Of Christ in Corinth, Mississippi, with Farrell Hester officiating. Burial followed in the Fraley’s Chapel Cemetery. Grandsons served as pallbearers. Shackelford Funeral Directors of Selmer was in charge of arrangements.

Eugene Todd Whitten of Selmer departed this life on January 1, 2013 in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 48 years, 9 months, 26 days.

He was born on March 6, 1964 in Memphis, Tenn., the son of the late William Franklin and Loretta Sue Woods Whitten.

Eugene was a faithful member of Fourth Street church of Christ in Selmer. He regularly mailed cards for his church to individuals celebrating a special occasion in their lives, a get well wish to someone sick, or a card expressing care and sympathy in the death of a loved one.

He is survived by a sister, Druscilla Arnold of Selmer, Tenn. and a brother, William Jeffrey Whitten of Selmer. He is also survived by 4 nephews, 3 great nieces, 2 great nephews, and a host of extended family and friends.

Memorial services were held on Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 1 p.m. at Shackelford Funeral Directors in Selmer with Jeremy Weekley officiating.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis.

Gene Autry Curtis was born June 25, 1937 in McNairy County, Tenn., the son of the late William Andrew and Ruby Morgan Curtis.

He was united in marriage to Helen Ayers on December 7, 1955, and celebrated their 57th anniversary in December of 2012.

Mr. Curtis was a member of the Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge, Moose Legion, and received the Fellowship Degree of Honor, along with being a member of the Elks Lodge, and American Legion.

He also had served as past Governor of the Selmer Moose Lodge. Mr. Curtis was a member of the Lorraine Baptist Church in Guys TN. Mr. Curtis worked for various companies such as Sears, Viking Trucking, Ajax Vending, and Tenneco Manufacturing where he worked as a pipe fitter and in millwright. Some of his hobbies were boating, camping, developing property, trading, socializing, and spending time with his family and friends.

Mr. Curtis departed this life on January 2, 2013 in Ramer, Tennessee at the age of 75 years, 6 months, 8 days. He is survived by his wife Helen Ayers Curtis of Ramer, TN; a daughter, Lisa Contreras and husband Don of Seattle, WA; a son, Michael Gene Curtis and wife Lisa of Orlando, FL; a niece, two nephews, two cousins and a host of extended family and friends.

In addition to his parents, Mr. Curtis was preceded in death by two sisters, Lois Curtis, Mildred Kiddy; four brothers, Dewey Edward, Jessie, Granville, and John Fred Curtis Services were held on January 7, 2013 at 11 a.m. at Shackelford Funeral Directors in Selmer, Tennessee, with Bro. Jetta Forsythe officiating. Burial followed in the Lorraine Baptist Church Cemetery near Guys Tenn.

Lavada Kirk Young Lavada Kirk Young was born September 7, 1926 in McNairy County, Tenn., the daughter of the late Stanton and Lula Tackett Kirk.

She was united in marriage to Bedford Eugene Young on May 6, 1955. Mr. Young preceded her in death on February 19, 2002, following 46 years of marriage.

Mrs. Young was a 1947 graduate of Ramer High School.

She was formerly employed by McNairy Central High School in Selmer as a Teacher’s Aide, and also served as manager of the Selmer Antique Mall. Mrs. Young was a faithful member of the Antioch church of Christ. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, and spending time with her grandchildren.

Mrs. Young departed this life on January 5, 2013 in Bells, Tennessee at the age of 86 years, 3 months, 29 days. She is survived by two daughters, Nelda Young and husband Steve and Bobbie Martin and husband William, all of Jackson, TN; two grandchildren, Robert Steven Young, Jr. and wife Maryalice of Raleigh, NC and Nolen Kirk Young of Nashville, TN; a great-grandchild, Mary Catherine Young of Raleigh, NC; a sister, Oleta McCullar and husband Vester Lee of Ramer, TN; two brothers, William Hester Kirk and wife Helen of Collierville, TN and Orval Kirk and wife Betty of Pigeon Forge, TN; a sister-in-law, Lola Williams of Middleton, TN; and many extended family and friends.

In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Young was preceded in death by a sister, Arminta DePoyster, and two brothers, James Ralph Kirk and Robert Milford Kirk.

Services were held on January 8, 2013 at 11 a.m. at Shackelford Funeral Directors in Selmer, Tennessee, with Brian Jackson officiating. Burial followed in the Lake Hill Memorial Gardens at Bethel Springs, Tennessee. Memorial contributions in memory of Mrs. Young may be made to the Antioch church of Christ.

Erma Jean Pierce Erma Jean Pierce was born July 18, 1936 in Ramer, Tenn., the daughter of the late Jesse Eugene and Thelma Christine Lacefield Foster.

Ms. Pierce was a member of the Antioch Church Of Christ in Ramer, Tennessee. She loved going fishing, gardening, was a collector and enjoyed doing charitable work.

Ms. Pierce passed away peacefully on January 5, 2013 in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 76 years, 5 months, 18 days. She is survived by a daughter, Tammie Mullally of Memphis, TN; three sons, Malcolm Pierce and wife Barbara of Garland`, TX, James Pierce and wife Beth of Knoxville, TN, Mark Pierce of Ramer, TN; two sisters, Mary Lou Gable of St. Louis, MO, Mattie Sue Kirk and husband Jerry of Admasville, TN; sister-in-law, Sadie Foster of Ramer, TN; two brothers, Thomas Dewey Foster and wife Glenda of Ramer, TN, Roger Dale Foster and wife Cristina of Bartlett, TN; caregiver, Carolyn Lambert; 7 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren; host of extended family and friends.

In addition to her parents, Ms. Pierce was preceded in death by a daughter, Julie Ann Pierce; a brother, Jesse Franklin (Buddy) Foster.

Services were held on January 7, 2013 at 1 p.m. at Shackelford Funeral Directors in Selmer, Tennessee, with Darren Stapleton officiating. Burial followed in the Antioch Church of Christ Cemetery at Ramer, Tennessee.

Martin Lee Harben Martin Lee Harben was born October 25, 1931 in Hornsby, Tenn., the son of the late Roy Everett and Amy Verna Martin Harben.

Mr. Harben attended, played football, and graduated from the Knoxville School for the Deaf. He loved to joke around with people and enjoyed having a good time. He retired from Brown Shoe Company and then went to work at General Electric retiring in 1993. He was a member of the The Springs United Pentecostal Church in Bethel Springs, Tennessee. He also worked for several years with the Military Education Programs of America, Youth Cadet Progam, and taught sign language class at his church.

Mr. Harben departed this life on January 2, 2013 in Michie, Tennessee at the age of 81 years, 2 months, 8 days. He is survived by his son, Wylie Lee Harben and wife Lisa of Guys, TN; six grandchildren, Heath Rebstock, Heather Hayes, Holly Crum and husband Jason, Ginna Black and husband Zach, Wylie Harben Jr., T.J. Harben; six great grandchildren, Jackson Hayes, Luke, Jacob, Gracie, and Jayden Crum, Zachary Alexander Black; son-in-law, James Rebstock of Michie, TN; two sisters, Mary Ann Blankenship and husband Bobby of Guys, TN, Barbara Gray of Guys, TN; a brother, Roy Marland Harben and wife Frances of Guys, TN; host of extended family and friends.

In addition to his wife, Fannie Mae Harben and parents, Mr. Harben was preceded in death by a daughter, Judy Rebstock; a brother, Robert Wylie Harben.

Services were held on January 6, 2013 at 1 p.m. at Shackelford Funeral Directors in Selmer, Tennessee, with Trent Nethery officiating. Burial followed in the Acton Community Cemetery at Michie, Tennessee.

Serving as pallbearers were Joey Harben, David Harben, Bradley Gray, Ronnie Blankenship, Trent Nethery Jr., Rocky Harben, Robin Harben, Ryan Harben.

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community events • Mifflin Family Dance Mifflin Family Dance at 9000 Highway 200 Luray, Tenn. every Thursday and Friday night starting at 7:30. Various bands such as Tim Young and Family, Wolf River Band and Double Take will be there. Admission is $6. Concessions and game room available.

Bring your family and enjoy the fun! For more information call 989-4460.

January 12 • Fish Fry & BBQ Chicken Sulphur Springs Fire Department will have their Fish Fry and BBQ Chicken Saturday, January 12, 2013.

Time 3 to 6 p.m. Adults $12.00, Children $6.00.

January 19 • Clay Wagoner Memorial Bluegrass Show The Clay Wagoner Memorial Bluegrass Show will be held Saturday, Jan. 19 beginning at 6 p.m. at The Marty (Community Center), Adamsville, TN. Performers for the show will be Crossroads Bluegrass, Flatwoods Bluegrass and Hatchie Bottom Boys. Donations taken for show expenses.

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Fourth Street Church of Christ Every Visitor is an Honored Guest SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

Mary Dorris Willis Mary Elizabeth Dorris Willis was born October 6, 1932 in Hardeman County, Tenn., the daughter of the late William “Billie” Washington Dorris and Christine “Cressie” Marthena Wilson Dorris.

She was united in marriage to Charlie T Willis on September 19, 1953 in Corinth, Miss. She was Baptist in faith and a homemaker.

Mrs. Willis is survived by a daughter, Christine Lavelle Willis Byrd of Memphis, TN; two sons, Charles Keith Willis and wife Angela Marie of Mocksville, NC, Steven Dale Willis and wife Carol Anne of Michie, TN; six grandchildren, Andrew Christopher Byrd, Rebecca Marie Willis, Karlene Nikole Byrd Tutor and husband David, Elizabeth Ashlea Willis Tucker and husband Travis, Sasha Nicole Willis and Fiance’ Travis, Jonathan Ryan Willis; three great-grandchildren, Braysen Daven Willis, Marley Jayne Willis, Samantha Marie Dearden; three sisters, Mildred Delores Dorris Gooch of Opelika, AL, Sarah Marthena Dorris Smith and husband Randy of Hernando, MS, Ellen Gail Dorris Harris and husband Woody of Kearns, UT; two brothers, Paul Wayne Dorris of Toone, TN, Jewell David Dorris and wife Becky of Toone, TN; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, and family.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Willis was preceded in death by her husband, Charlie T Willis on November 18, 2011 after 59 years of marriage; infant sister, Brenda Ann Dorris; sister, Jo Dorris Shearon; and brother W.C. Dorris.

Memorial service for Charles T. Willis and Mary Elizabeth Dorris Willis was held on January 4, 2013 at 6 p.m. at Shackelford Funeral Directors in Selmer, Tennessee, Caplain Merl Dixon officiated. Mrs. Willis was laid to rest with her husband in Corinth National Cemetery.

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• Petra Family Worship Center Petra Family Worship Center has moved to their new Church at 54 Pentecostal Ave. Milledgeville, Tenn. Pastors Paul and Bonnie Young and Church Family would like to invite everyone to come worship with us.

Sunday School 10:00 a.m.; Worship Service 11:00 a.m.; Sunday Night 6:00 p.m.; Thursday Night 7:00 p.m.

January 9 • Bible Study Mt. Vinson United Methodist Church will have a Bible Study and Food Jan. 9, 2013. Eat at 6 p.m. Study to follow.

Everyone is welcome. Located 2200 Tommy Sanders Rd. January 12 • Jesus Fellowship Church singing Singing at Jesus Fellowship Church on Highway 45 North in Selmer at 6:30 featuring The Martin Young People and Center Point Holiness and other singers. Everyone welcome.

January 17 • Organizational meeting for Jesus Cares Jesus Cares is considering opening a second thrift store in the Adamsville area, for the purpose of raising funds for transitional housing in McNairy County. An or-

ganizational meeting has been scheduled for Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. at the Marty in Adamsville to answer any questions about Jesus Cares. At least 30 volunteers are needed, to participate 1-2 hours per week/month to help sort and hang donated items. Volunteers are also needed to assist in directing the store.

January 20 • Concert at Riverview Baptist The Lefevre Quartet will be in concert at Riverview Baptist Church in Savannah, Tenn. on Sunday night, Jan. 20, at 6 p.m.. This award winning quartet is a favorite among gospel music fans. Riverview Baptist is located at 269 Wayne Rd., Savannah, TN. February 3 • Lakeview Baptist Church Beginning on February 3, 2013, Lakeview Baptist Church will be having Sunday Worship services at 9:00 a.m. and at 11:15 a.m. Bible study will be at 10:00 a.m. We will not be having services on Sunday nights.

We would be honored to have you visit us in person, but if that is not possible, you can join us in worship via our live web broadcast at: www.LakeviewSelmer.com.

Click on “Watch LIVE Video Now”. We also have previous services available for viewing. If you have any questions, call the office at 731-645-9777.

Girl Scouts taking cookie orders through January 28 Submitted Girl Scouts Heart of the South Council

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The Girl Scouts Heart of the South council is gearing up to kick off pre-order cookie sales, which began Jan 5.

Girl Scouts will begin taking orders this Saturday through January 28. Cookies will then arrive between Feb. 16-21. Booth sales will begin Feb. 22 and run through March 17.

This year, Girl Scouts of the USA is celebrating the release of a new cookie box design. To celebrate, Feb. 8 has been designated National Girl Scout Cookie Day. The goal of this day will be to raise awareness of the five skills that Girl Scouts gain through the cookie program: Goal Setting, Decision Making, Money Management, People Skills and Business Ethics.

Jenny Jones, GSHS Director of Marketing and Communications, said, “The Girl Scout Cookie Program supports girls in their development of leadership skills and

so much more. We want to thank everyone for supporting the girls as they begin this year’s program. Every time you support girls through the Girl Scout Cookie Program, you are increasing girls’ abilities to make the world a better place in your own community.”

The Girl Scouts will again be offering the “Savannah Smiles” cookie, which debuted in 2012 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of GSUSA. Other cookie offerings include the traditional varieties: Thin Mints, Samoas, Do-Si-Dos, Tagalongs, Trefoils, Dulce de Leche and Thank You Berry Munch. Find your local Girl Scout Cookie Professional (Girl Scout) at GirlScoutCookies.org to order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies. Girl Scout Cookies are priced the same as last year at $3.50 per box.

All proceeds raised through the Girl Scouts Heart of the South Council cookie program remain within the council and help to facilitate the needs of local Girl Scout troops. Buy cookies. Support girls.

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Bernice Hysmith Williams Bernice Aline Hysmith Williams was born August 4, 1919 in Finger, Tenn., the daughter of the late Fuller and Velma Browder Hysmith.

She was united in marriage to Ward Raymond Williams on September 17, 1938. Mr. Williams preceded her in death in October of 1986.

Mrs. Williams was a homemaker, and a member of the Finger Church of Christ in Finger TN. Some of her favorite pastimes were watching soap operas, playing with her dog Bufford and spending time with her family.

Mrs. Williams departed this life on December 31, 2012 in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 93 years, 4 months, 17 days.

She is survived by a daughter, Mary Lou (Williams) Fortune of Odessa, TX; a son, Earl Williams and wife Martha of Finger, TN; two sisters, Beulah Vandiver,and Willie Morton; six grandchildren, Jerry Slaughter and wife Lisa of El Paso, TX, John Fortune of Odessa, TX, Jason Fortune of Odessa, TX, Janet Carrillo and husband Luis of San Antonio, TX, Debbie Williams of Finger, TN, Randy Williams of Finger, TN; Eighteen great grand children and three great great grand children.

In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Williams was preceded in death by three sisters, Gladys Tacker, Emma Maness, Charlene Jones; three brothers, Tommy Hysmith, Eddy Hysmith, John D. Hysmith;and a grandson Johnny Williams.

Services were held on January 4, 2013 at 11 a.m. at Shackelford Funeral Directors in Selmer, Tennessee, with Tony Moss officiating. Burial followed in the Finger Cemetery at Finger, Tennessee.

Roy David Green Roy David Green was born December 2, 1949 in Coco Sola, Panama, the son of the late Monte and Flossie Flatt Green.

Mr. Green was a carpenter working in residential construction. He enjoyed working in his yard, gardening, being around people, and loved animals.

He served his country honorably in the United States Army during the Vietnam Conflict.

Mr. Green departed this life on January 2, 2013 in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 63 years, 1 month. two sons, David Allen Green of Council Bluffs, IA, Phillip Green of Lexington, TN; four grandchildren, Emily, Austin, Jacob, and Autumn Green; three sisters, Connie Mitchell of LA, Barbara Fredenburg of Omaha, NE, Joyce Milledge of Omaha, NE; a brother, Steve Green of Council Bluffs, IA; host of extended family and friends.

Graveside services were be held on January 5, 2013 at the Mt. Vinson Cemetery in Stantonville, Tennessee with Jetta Forsythe officiating.

By Mrs. T.C. Williams Contributor

Jerry Lenzing Jerry Lenzing age 80, was born on June 6, 1932 in New York City to the late Fred and Annette Lenzing. He died in Stantonville, Tenn. on January 6, 2013.

Jerry served in the army (82nd Airborne between 1950). He retired from American Motors (Chrysler) in Kenosha, WI and moved to Stantonville, Tenn. 23 years ago. Jerry worked 10 years for Murray Guard at Aqua Glass. This is where he met a lot of wonderful local people that became friends.

Some of his past times were gardening, yard work (especially mowing), working with wood, being with his dog Toby, and enjoyed spending time with his friends at the local pubs, where he would shoot pool, darts, and occasionally dance.

He is survived by his wife, Jane Lenzing; one son, James Lenzing and wife Joyce of Tenn.; two daughters, both of Wisconsin, Debra Bauer and her husband Gene, and Anita Lenzing; four stepchildren, Steve, Karen, Victor, and Patrick; four grandchildren, Jamie, Jeremy and wife, Randi, Ayla, and Josie; one great grandchild, Lucus; step-grandchildren; step-great grandchildren; brother-in-law, Mike Skelton and wife Gail; and sister-in-law, Lena Shore.

Thanks to all the friends and family that prayed for him during his battle with cancer. His wishes are to be cremated with no service. Special thanks to the West Clinic, Magnolia Hospice, the Cancer Center of Magnolia Radiation and Deaconess Home Health.

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Another year has come and gone. By the time you read this it will probably be 2013. With that being said we hope that everyone has a prosperous year in 2013.

With all the challenges we face in 2013 I would like to start the new year off with a bit of humor. To help save the economy the government will announce next month that the immigration department will start deporting seniors ( instead of illegals) in order to lower Social Security and Medicare costs. Older people are easier to catch and will not remember how to get back home.

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Home going celebration for Rodrick A Sanders was held on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 1:00 PM at Cypress Creek First Baptist Church in Selmer. Burial at Bethel Springs Cemetery, professional services entrusted to Selmer Mortuary, Selmer Tennessee he was born to the late Arthur Lee and Arlene Sanders.

He lived in Bethel Springs almost all of his life, he attended school in McNairy County, he was loved by all who knew him we extend to the family our deepest sympathy in their loss.

Erica and Jayla Jones from Laverne Tennessee came down for their uncle's funeral on Saturday

that was held in Bolivar.

We extend to the family our deepest sympathy.

The Welch family held their annual Christmas dinner in the home, of Yevette and Bobby Damron.

The family enjoyed a delicious Christmas meal with all the trimming a good time was had by all.

Christmas dinner was held in the home of Nathaniel and Shirley Williams their children from Nashville and a friend from Atlanta came down for the day spent the night, gifts were exchanged and a delicious dinner was served.

Yvonne Mcniece from Cleveland Tennessee came down to visit family and friends for the holidays she spent the night with her sister Mozella Baldrige.

Nora Elizabeth Hudson and family from Flint Michigan were at home for the holidays visiting her daughter Crystal Harris and family, sister Marilyn Wade and family they had a wonderful time.

Megan Wade spent several days in the hospital with the flu but is much better recuperating at home.

A prayer for the year: The Lord bless you and keep you, His holy light guide you, His angels protect you,and stay close beside you, His wonders inspire you, His glory astound you... and all through the new year, his sweet peace surround you.

So until next time be kind to yourself and others!

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Bethel Springs Christmas lighting contest These are the winners of the Christmas lighting contests. Thank you for your cooperation. Shirley Williams, Alderman of Bethel Springs.

Most Creative Atkins - Wright Street Moore - Buena Vista St. Racknor - Buena Vista St.

Most Traditional Crows - Polk Street Hickman - Main Street WatRidge - Masseyville Road

Most Original Williams - Bethel Purdy Rd. Williams - Wisdom Street Jackson’s - Turner Street

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Ninety six arrested over the New Year’s holiday Submitted Tennessee Highway Patrol

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Joe Barker, executive director of the Southwest Tennessee Regional Development District spoke to the Selmer Rotary Club last Monday about the growth potential for the region. Barker said that he has never been more optimistic about the future of the area, but warned that education and health factors in the area were still hindering development. Only 54.6 percent of West Tennesseans have a high school diploma and the adult per capita obesity rate for the area stands at 34.4 percent.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol arrested 96 individuals on suspicion of impaired driving in the “No Refusal” enforcement effort over the New Year’s holiday period.

The holiday period ran from 6 p.m., Friday, December 28 through midnight on Tues-

day, January 1, 2013. Two suspects refused to take a breathalyzer test, resulting in warrants for a blood sample under the “No Refusal” law.

The “No Refusal” law allows law enforcement officials to seek search warrants for blood samples in cases involving suspected impaired drivers. The goal is to deter impaired driv-

ing and reduce fatal crashes on Tennessee roadways.

Overall, seven people were killed in five total crashes during the New Year’s Eve period, compared to five vehicular fatalities during last year’s period. Two of the vehicle occupants were not wearing seat belts. Additionally, two people killed were pedestrians.

Criminal Trespass- Fined 0+Cost. Sentenced to 12 Days. Supervised Probation.

Stanley P. TreeceDriving While License Revoked- Dismiss Defendant Ordered Not To Drive Until Defendant Has DL. Chasity Westenhoefer- 976 Atkins Lane, Selmer TN 38375- Driving While License Suspended- Dismiss On Payment Of Cost. Defendant has Paid. Supervised Probation.

Steven Chas Richard354 Matt Rd. Ramer TN 38367- Driving While License Suspended-D

Danyelle B. Thompson255 Stanfield Lane, Olive Hill, TN 38475- Driving While License Suspended-Fined $25+Cost.

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Corissa S. Trice-737 Gravel Hill Road, Ramer, TN 38367-Simple Poss/ Casual Exchange-Fined $250+Cost. Sentenced to 48hrs. Supervised Probation For 1year. Drug Evaluation and Couseling/ Rehab As Determined Through Evaluation.

David E. King-5620 Guys Chewalla Rd. Ramer TN 38367-SpeedingDismiss on Attending Drive School.

court briefs Tony A. Plunk-302 Clarence Barham Rd., Bethel Springs, TN 38315-Assault-AttemptFined 0+Cost. Sentenced to 10 days. Supervised Probation.

Gregory B. Gray-616 Perkins Street Adamsville, TN 38310-Carry WeaponDomestic Violence/Order of Protection- Fined 0+Cost.

Sentenced to 30 days. Supervised Probation.

Chasity Westenhoefer- 976 Atkins Lane, Selmer TN 38375- Driving While Suspended- Fined $50+Cost. Sentenced to 13 Days. DL Suspended for 6 Months. Supervised

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James L. Cobb- 411 Neely Sharp Rd. Adamsville TN 38310Driving While License Revoked-2nd Or Subsequent- Fined $50+Cost.

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Scottie R. Hilliard- 30 Rippy Lane, Selmer, TN 38375- Driving While License Suspended- 2nd Or Subsequent- Fined $150+Cost. Sentenced to 10 Days. Supervised Probation. Not to Drive in TN for 6 Months.

Glenda M. Gilmore155 Dickson Rd. Milled-

geville, TN 38359- Theft of Merchandise- Shoplifting-Dismiss on Payment of Cost. Victim Did Not Appear. Supervised Probation.

Kayla Hinson- 333 Perry Street, Milledgeville TN 38359- Assault-Attempt-Dismiss on Payment Of Cost. Victim Appeared and Did Not Want to Prosecute. Defendant No Prior Assault Charges.

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Anna S. Koshkalo-12385 Hwy 225 Bethel Springs, TN 38315- Public Intoxication- Fined $25+Cost. Sentenced to 2 Days. Supervised Probation.

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Randall L. Weeks9411 Leapwood Enville Rd. Adamsville TN 38310- Domestic AssaultDismiss On Payment Of Cost and Alcohol Evaluation and any Counseling Ordered. Victim Appeared and Wished For case to be Dismissed. Supervised Probation.

Marvin D. Murphy8455 Morris Chapel Rd. Bethel Springs TN 38315- Public Intoxication- Fined $25+Cost.

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Cardinals caught in Tiger trap

By Andrew Alexander Sports Writer

When Adamsville traveled to Hardin County last Saturday, both the boys’ and the girls’ teams coughed up leads to their rivals across the river, and both came home emptyhanded.

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The Lady Cardinals played a strong first half against the Lady Tigers, but they just could not keep up the pace in the second, yielding a 12-point loss to Hardin County.

Ralanda Lloyd scored a team-high 16 points for Adamsville, and Shakeema Dilworth hit double figures as well with 11, but it was not enough as the Lady Tigers came on strong after halftime.

Adamsville was down 23-20 after one quarter but bounced back in the second to take a three-point lead at halftime.

In the second half, the Lady Cardinals managed only 16 points against the relentless Hardin County pressure, enabling the Lady Tigers to avenge the one-point loss they suffered at Adamsville on Nov. 20, 2012.

The Lady Cardinals shot an impressive 61 percent from the field, but they only hit five of their 15 three-point attempts.

Adamsville (7-6, 1-2) journeyed to Scotts Hill (11-4, 2-1) last Tuesday after deadline looking to even its district record against the always-tough Lady Lions. See our Facebook page for updates.

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(AHS) Ralanda Lloyd: 16 Pts, 3 Reb, 1 Ast, 1 Stl; Shakeema Dilworth: 11 Pts, 6 Reb, 2 Ast, 1 Stl; Keantinez Lloyd: 9 Pts, 2 Reb, 3 Ast, 2 Stl; Simone Wilson: 7 Pts, 7 Reb, 1 Ast; Robin Moore: 3 Pts, 3 Reb, 1 Stl; Taylor Hutton: 3 Pts, 1 Reb; Anna Shelton: 3 Pts, 1 Reb; Alli Pettit: 2 Pts, 2 Reb, 1 Ast; Bailey Wicker: 2 Stl; Madelynn Lynch: 1 Blk Photo by Tee Hutton

Bailey Wicker fronts a Lady Tiger in Adamsville’s 12-point loss to Hardin County last Saturday night.

Tennessee’s ‘Basket-Vols’

Bobcats tame Tigers

By Brian Azevedo Sports Writer

By Brian Azevedo Sports Writer

After the football season is over, most diehard Tennessee fans, like myself, make the transition to the hardwood.

When most of the nation thinks of Tennessee basketball, they think of the great Pat Summitt and her Lady Vols, who have been a national powerhouse for years.

Summitt, who took over as head coach for the Lady Vols at age 22 before the sport was even NCAA sanctioned, was born and raised in Tennessee. She is one of only three coaches to surpass 1,000 wins. She also has the most wins of any coach, regardless of gender.

Summitt and the Lady Vols are always in the national spot light – generally speaking – and she was able to come away with 16 SEC championships, 16 SEC tournament championships, and eight national titles.

Summitt resigned from the head coaching position after last season due to health reasons and left the Lady Vols with an impressive 1,098-208 record.

This season, the Lady Vols are led by new head coach Holly Warlick and are 11-3 thus far. After a big win over SEC opponent Georgia, the team broke into the top ten this week and are ranked No. 9 in the nation.

The mens’ team has had a lot to live up to over the years with the success of the Lady Vols.

The Volunteers are led by second-year head coach Cuonzo Martin, who took over after Bruce Pearl was let go from the position. Martin leads a team that is somewhat over-shadowed by the Lady Vols’ success.

The Volunteers have won four conference tournament championships, but none have come since 1979. The Vols have, however, won nine regular season conference championships in recent years, including in 2000 and 2008.

The Vols have not experienced the same national appeal the Lady Vols have had over the years, but they have made the NCAA tournament 19 times, but they’ve never won a championship.

The closest they came to the allusive title was in 2010 when the Vols lost in the Elite Eight to Michigan State.

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The Bobcats were able to come away with the district sweep last Friday night when the Lexington High School Tigers came to town.

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The Bobcats held onto a one-point

lead with only 40 seconds left to play and came away with their second district win of the year.

McNairy came out and got a quick start with a six-point lead after the first quarter.

The Bobcats were, again, led by a solid game from CJ Barnes, who finished with a team-high 23 points.

Barnes and the Bobcats took their lead into halftime up 36-28.

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As they have in previous games, the Bobcats struggled in the second half and were out-rebounded by the Tigers.

Fortunately, they were able to hold onto their lead in the third, and after only being up one point late in the fourth, they held on for the win.

“We didn’t do that great of a job on defense and on the boards,” said

Elijah Sanders makes a move on the baseline and drives to the basket against the Tigers. Sanders ended his night with seven points and six rebounds.

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Adamsville splits with Riverside

Tiger Trap From Page 1B

Hardin Co. Adamsville

By Andrew Alexander

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The Cardinals came out hot against the Tigers, but Hardin County dominated the fourth quarter to steal a win away from Adamsville.

Playing in a hostile environment, the Cards handled the noise well in the first quarter as they took a 17-10 lead, but the Tigers, behind a boisterous crowd, outscored Adamsville 16-4 in the second quarter to take a five-point lead into halftime.

Freshman Dakorea Dilworth had a solid performance against the rival Tigers, finishing the game with 11 points, but Hardin County still led 32-31 after three quarters.

In the fourth, the Tigers found their groove and outscored the Cardinals 20-7 on their way to a 14-point victory. The win gave them their second sweep of Adamsville in as many seasons.

Tucker Campbell scored a team-high 12 points for AHS and had eight rebounds.

Adamsville (8-7, 1-2) traveled to Scotts Hill (8-6, 0-3) last Tuesday after deadline for the team’s fourth district game of the season. See our Facebook page for updates.

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(AHS) Tucker Campbell: 12 Pts, 8 Reb; Dakorea Dilworth: 11 Pts; Lane Burcham: 5 Pts, 6 Reb; Ross Burcham: 5 Pts; John Mark Pettit: 3 Pts, 3 Reb; Jack Majors: 1 Pts

Adamsville began the second half of the season with a pair of district contests at Riverside High School last Friday night, but only one team came home with a win.

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Despite turning the ball over 20 times against Riverside, Adamsville was able to pick up its first District 15-A win against the Lady Panthers.

“I just asked them to play hard, and that’s pretty much what won us the game,” said Lady Cardinal head coach Kevin McClain. “We played hard the whole game. We fought, and fought, and fought, and came out on top.”

The Lady Cardinals were led by Shakeema Dilworth, who finished the game with a team-high 15 points. They also hit 76 percent of their free throws and shot 44 percent from the field to aid in the victory.

Fouls were troublesome for AHS, and the team needed to rely on some younger players as time winded down on the first half with the Lady Cards clinging to a small lead.

“We got in foul trouble. We had four girls with two fouls at that time, and you just have to keep going down the bench and hope they can stay in there and get the job done,” McClain said of his younger players. “They did a really good job tonight of keeping us close. I was proud of them.”

Riverside mounted a five-point lead by the end of the third quarter, but Keantinez Lloyd hit a couple threes when the fourth quarter began to keep AHS close. She scored 10 points in the game. Dilworth hit a three for the Lady Cards with less than two minutes remaining to tie the game 52-52.

Simone Wilson drove the lane with less than one minute left, drew a foul, and sank the go-ahead free throw.

Staff Photo by Andrew Alexander

Tucker Campbell tries to swing a bounce pass around a Riverside defender in the Cardinals’ 72-63 loss to the Panthers.

Dilworth went to the line with 11 seconds remaining and iced the game by sinking both.

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(AHS) Shakeema Dilworth: 15 Pts, 4 Reb, 2 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk; Keantinez Lloyd: 10 Pts, 4 Reb, 3 Ast, 3 Stl, 1 Blk; Simone Wilson: 9 Pts, 7 Reb, 2 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk; Robin Moore: 7 Pts, 10 Reb, 1 Ast; Alli Pettit: 6 Pts, 4 Reb, 3 Stl; Ralanda Lloyd: 3 Pts, 3 Reb, 1 Stl; Makena Parrish: 2 Pts, 2 Reb; Bailey Wicker: 2 Pts, 1 Reb, 2 Ast; Olivia Johnson: 1 Pts; Taylor Hutton: 3 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk; Anna Shelton: 1 Stl

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The Cardinals struggled through their third District 15-A contest of the year, despite holding a lead at halftime.

Riverside’s three-point shooting kept the Cardinals from clawing their way back into the game, even though Tyler Hammock shot lights-out beyond the arc as well, scoring 15 of his 17 points from beyond the arc.

The sloppy first half ended with Adamsville leading 33-29, but Riverside exploded in the third quarter to take a 54-42 lead on the 16-point swing.

The Cardinals made a run at the lead in the final quarter and cut the Panther lead to one point following Hammock’s fifth three-pointer of the night, but Riverside answered with a 7-0 run to keep the game out of reach for AHS. Tucker Campbell led Adamsville in scoring with 18 points, and Lane Burcham finished the game with 15.

AHS RHS Staff Photo by Andrew Alexander

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Brandon White takes a charge as Jake Miller attempts to swat the ball away from a Tiger attempting to score.

Simone Wilson brings the ball down the court looking to score. She finished with nine points against Riverside.

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Independent Appeal v Page 3B

Ramer dominates Savannah Christian

By Brian Azevedo Sports Writer

The Ramer Eagles were able to pick up two wins when they traveled to Savannah, Tenn., last Thursday to take on another set of Eagles at Savannah Christian Academy.

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Both teams started the game slow, but it was the Lady Eagles from Ramer who were able to come away with a 8-3 lead after the first quarter.

The Eagles took a 14-9 lead into halftime, and they continued to play well in the second half. They were led

by Halle Jobe, who finished the game with 10 points.

The Lady Eagles held on to their lead the entire game but had to fight off a late surge from SCA in the fourth quarter that brought the team within six points.

Fortunately for Ramer, the team was able to hold on for its sixth win of the year.

The Lady Eagles (6-5, 2-3) began

play in a tournament hosted by Pickwick Southside last Monday and took a loss to Clifton. See next week’s issue for complete tournament results.

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(Ramer) Halle Jobe: 10 Pts; Olivia Harris: 8 Pts, 3 Reb; Kaytlin Weathers: 8 Pts, 2 Reb; Grace McMahan: 2 Pts, 2 Reb; Mary Grace Hunter: 1 Pts, 1 Reb

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The Ramer Eagles had a tough time getting started, but after a 10-10 tie in the first, their offense took off.

Ramer came out in the second quarter and went on to show their strength against SCA. The Eagles outscored the home team 13-6 in the second quarter and took a seven-point lead into halftime.

The Ramer offense kept its foot on the gas in the third quarter and got a big boost from Kylin Wynn who had a great second half.

The Eagles took a 12-point lead into the fourth quarter and easily held on for the win.

“Kylin Wynn played an outstanding second half,” said Ramer head coach Jeremy Blakely. “He scored all 12 of his points in the third and fourth quarters. He was one of the reasons we eventually pulled away from SCA. “That is one of the things I love about this team; We have very strong bench players. We have probably 10 different people that might lead us in scoring on any given night.”

Ramer (10-1, 5-0) tested their mettle against Clifton last Monday and won in their first game of a tournament hosted by Pickwick Southside.

See complete tournament results in next week’s issue.

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(Ramer) Kameron Atkins: 15 Pts, 8 Reb; Kylin Wynn: 12 Pts, 7 Reb; Grant McMaStaff Photo by Brian Azevedo han: 5 Pts, 2 Reb; Chase Burdette: 4 Pts, Chase Burdette gets the shot off in transition 9 Reb, 2 Ast; Austin Brown, Logan Essary: last Thursday in Ramer’s 18-point victory over 4 Pts; Landon Fowler, Ryan Nixon: 2 Pts SCA.

BancorpSouth Players of the Week

Tigers Tamed From Page 1B

MCHS head coach Steve Forsythe. “We gave up 22 offensive rebounds, and we have to fix that. We also had another bad third quarter, and I will be making adjustments to fix that. The guys played hard and got a big district win... we will take a ugly win.”

McNairy Central (7-8, 2-2) continued their tough road through District 14-AA last Tuesday when the team hosted Liberty after deadline. See our Facebook page for updates.

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McNairy Central’s CJ Barnes is presented BancorpSouth Player of the Week honors

by Andrea Littlejohn. Barnes averaged 28 points, 7.7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2.7 steals in games against Sycamore, USJ, and Lexington.

sports On-Deck High School Bowling Wednesday, Jan. 9 – 3:00 p.m.

AHS (B) vs Brighton (Region 8 Tournament @ Bartlett Lanes) Thursday, Jan. 10 – 1:00 p.m.

AHS (G) vs Brighton/Dyersburg (Region 8 Tournament @ Bartlett Lanes) High School Basketball Thursday, Jan. 10 – 6:00 p.m.

Clarksburg @ AHS (JVG – 4:30 p.m.)

MCHS @ Hardin Co. (Freshman) Friday, Jan. 11 – 6:00 p.m.

AHS @ Sacred Heart (JVB – 4:30 p.m.)

MCHS @ Bolivar (JVB – 4:30 p.m.)

Saturday, Jan. 12 – 6:00 p.m.

Collinwood @ MCHS Monday, Jan. 14 – 6:00 p.m.

AHS @ Lexington (Freshman) Tuesday, Jan. 15 – 6:00 p.m.

TCA @ AHS (JVB – 4:30 p.m.)

Junior High Basketball Thursday, Jan. 10 – 6:00 p.m.

Adamsville @ Savannah Christian Michie @ Bethel Ramer @ Selmer Friday, Jan. 11 – 7 p.m.

Ramer vs Scotts Hill (Pickwick Tournament) Monday, Jan. 14 – 6:00 p.m.

Bethel @ Hardin Co. Michie @ Pickwick Ramer @ Toone, Miss.

Chester Co. @ Selmer

County Basketball Standings -Girls- Selmer Michie Bethel Ramer Adamsville

Record 8-2 (6-0) 9-2 (4-1) 7-4 (2-4) 6-5 (2-3) 0-9 (0-6)

-Boys- Ramer Bethel Adamsville Michie Selmer

Record 10-1 (5-0) 8-3 (4-2) 5-4 (4-2) 1-10 (1-4) 1-9 (0-6)

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McNairy Central’s Mallorie Sweat is presented BancorpSouth Player of the Week honors by Andrea Littlejohn. Sweat averaged 12 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals in games against Sycamore, Middleton and Lexington.

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(MCHS) CJ Barnes: 23 Pts, 8 Reb, 2 Ast; Stuart Littlejohn: 18 Pts, 1 Reb; Elijah Sanders: 7 Pts, 6 Reb; Vozzie Richardson: 6 Pts, 1 Ast; Reginald McNeal: 4 Pts, 2 Reb, 2 Ast; Clay Dancer, Jonathan Nixon: 3 Pts; Lane Brewer: 2 Pts, 1 Reb

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The Lady Bobcats continue to play well at home as they notch another big district win against the Tigers.

College Bowl Pick’em Final Standings Contestant (City) Points Correct Michael Crowe (Selmer) 485 24 Cherri Tomaszewski (Selmer) 484 25 Christopher Moore (Selmer) 481 25 Stacy Dancer (Adamsville) 474 22 Bill Wilbanks (Selmer) 474 22 Keith Jarnagin (Selmer) 473 23 Larry Tomaszewski (Selmer) 472 28 Martha Williams (Selmer) 471 24 Codye Tomaszewski (Selmer) 470 24 Roger Williams (Selmer) 467 26 Jill Coggins (Jackson, Tenn.)

467 24 Linda Tomaszewski (Selmer) 466 25 Jeremiah Coggins (Jackson, Tenn.)

460 24 Gary Tomaszewski (Bethel) 460 21 Eric L. Smith (Selmer) 459 25 Joe Campion (Selmer) 458 22 Katie Turner (Selmer) 457 25 Chris Combs (Adamsville) 456 24 Jeremy Wigginton (Michie) 455 24 Kim Black (Bethel) 455 22 Darryl Weatherford (Bethel) 452 22 Greg Sisk (Bethel) 450 25 Skip Jones (Jackson, Tenn.)

449 22 Jeff Wilbanks (Selmer) 440 23 Roy Newton (Bethel) 439 22 Larry Doles (Ramer) 437 20 Mary Kay Daley (Selmer) 429 23 Zolon Clayton (Selmer) 423 24 Nick Surratt (Hickory Flatt) 422 23 Christopher Daley (Selmer) 421 22 Paul Garrison (Michie) 417 24 Mike Daley (Selmer) 410 20 Climmie Young (Bethel) 406 23 Hazel Addington (Ramer) 406 20 Nathan Reagan (Hickory Flatt) 404 19 Andrew Alexander (Leapwood)* 400 21 Gary Trapp (South Bend, Ind.) 400 21 Owen Addington (Ramer) 399 24 Tyler Alexander (Leapwood) 398 22 Gary Bizzell Jr. (Bethel) 387 23 Fredrick Culver (Selmer) 383 20 Zachary Weatherford (Michie) 379 20 Abby Daley (Selmer) 376 22 Christen Coulon (Selmer)* 337 18 Gary Curlin (Bethel) 304 18 Renee Hembree (Bethel) 290 15 *Not eligible for prizes*

The Lady Cats jumped out to a six point lead after the first quarter, and never looked back. Led by Zipporah Woods and her 14 points, the Lady Cats kept the lead and went into halftime up eleven.

The second half was the same story.

The Lady Cats put their foot on the gas and never let up. The girls extended their lead in the third quarter and went into the final period of play up 13 points.

The Lady Cats held on to their lead, despite losing Mallorie Sweat late in the game to an ankle injury, and came away with the big district win 55-39.

McNairy Central (13-2, 3-0) tried to keep things rolling in the right direction last Tuesday after deadline when they played host to another district foe, the Liberty Lady Crusaders.

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(McNairy) Zipporah Woods: 14 Pts, 8 Reb; Brianna Phelps: 11 Pts, 2 Reb, 6 Ast; Mikaela Rowland: 10 Pts, 5 Reb, 3 Ast; Mallorie Sweat: 8 Pts, 4 Reb, 2 Ast; BreAnna Burge: 7 Pts, 1 Reb, 3 Ast; Porsha Chappell: 3 Pts, 2 Reb, 4 Ast; Kaitlyn West: 2 Pts, 1 Reb

Basket-Vols From Page 1B

The Vols are currently 8-4 and are getting ready to start their conference schedule against Ole Miss after suffering an 85-80 loss to in-state rival Memphis.

(This column is the opinion of the writer and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Independent Appeal or its owner.)

sports Briefs AHS, MCHS Freshmen Split Wins The Bobcats and Cardinals got together for a freshman game last Thursday, but neither McNairy nor Adamsville could claim the sweep. The Lady Cardinals defeated the Lady Bobcats 41-27, and the Bobcats defeated the Cardinals in a close one 4442, despite only hitting 5-of-22 free throw attempts.

MCHS will travel to Hardin County on Jan. 10, and AHS will make a trip to Lexington on Jan. 14.

SEC Domination Continues in BCS National Championship Winning the school’s third national title in four years, the Alabama Crimson Tide destroyed Notre Dame 42-14 in the BCS National Championship last Monday night in Miami, Fla. The win marked the seventh consecutive national championship for the Southeastern Conference, and it gave Alabama its 15th title in school history and 10th since the poll era began in 1936. The Crimson Tide was led by junior quarterback AJ McCarron, who completed 20 of his 28 passes for 264 yards and four touchdowns.

Alabama ran for 265 yards in the game as Eddie Lacy and TJ Yeldon both eclipsed the 100-yard mark and scored a touchdown. Notre Dame failed to score in the first half and trailed 35-0 before scoring its first touchdown with four minutes remaining in the third quarter. The Fighting Irish struggled to make tackles in the open field, and they also struggled to run the ball as the team rushed for only 32 yards. It was Notre Dame’s first national championship appearance since 1989.

Titans Stomp Jags Thanks to some excellent returns on defense and special teams, the Tennessee Titans (6-10, 1-5) picked up a 38-20 victory against the Jacksonville Jaguars (2-14, 2-4) in their final game of the season on Dec. 30, 2012. Zach Brown had a pair of interception returns for touchdowns – one in the second quarter and one in the third – and Darius Raynaud returned two punts for touchdowns – one for 69 yards with less than a minute to go before halftime and one for 81 yards just two minutes into the third quarter. Offensively, the Titans accumulated just 221 yards as Jake Locker threw for 142 and Chris Johnson rushed for 56. Johnson did score his sixth touchdown of the year on a two-yard run in the first quarter to put Tennessee ahead early. The team opted to keep head coach Mike Munchak, who has a 15-17 record in his first two seasons, on-board despite seven NFL head coaches losing their jobs one day after the regular season ended. Tennessee will have the 10th pick in the upcoming 2013 NFL Draft in April.

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Comebacks fall short at SMS

By Andrew Alexander Sports Writer

When the Lions and Rebels collided for the second time last Monday, the end result was no different than the first time they met.

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Hunter Pearson scored 15 points for Selmer, but with three Bethel Rebels reaching double-digit scoring as well, the Lions could not keep up.

Dylan Crabb hit a shot at the buzzer to put Bethel up 16-9 going into the locker room at halftime, but his second buzzerbeater was more impressive.

With the Rebels leading by 13 as time expired on the third quarter, Crabb drilled a shot from half-court as the buzzer sounded to give his team a 32-16 advantage. He finished the game with 13 points, Keenan Davis scored 12 and Jeremiah Sanders had 10.

“We played a solid game all the way around,” said Rebel head coach Skylar Crayton. “I think we thought the game was over [in the fourth quarter]...I had to push them a little more to finish the ballgame, but that's been our motto all year; make sure we finish.”

Selmer made up ground in the fourth quarter, outscoring Bethel 18-12, but the whole dug in the first three quarters was

just too deep.

The Rebels (8-3, 4-2) will host Michie on Thursday, and the Lions (1-8, 0-6) will host Ramer.

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(BJHS) Dylan Crabb: 13 Pts; Keenan Davis: 12 Pts, 4 Reb; Jeremiah Sanders: 10 Pts, 5 Reb, 2 Blk; Dalton Gates: 9 Pts, 4 Reb; Riley Nerren: 4 Reb, 1 Blk; Thomas Stevens: 2 Reb; Avery Davis: 1 Reb; Garrett Spencer: 1 Reb (SMS) Hunter Pearson: 15 Pts; Debarrian Marcell: 9 Pts; Tristan King: 6 Pts; Carson Kennedy: 2 Pts; Chaseton Whitten: 2 Pts

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Playing at home after a long layoff, Selmer blasted out of the gate like a rocket, leaving Bethel to climb out of a 16-3 crater after halftime, and they did.

“We really slacked up in two quarters, and it let them in the ballgame,” said Lady Lion head coach Robin York. “I was disappointed with the second and third quarters. I was okay with the first and fourth, but we have to maintain it for all four quarters.”

The Lady Rebels came out of the break in rally-mode, outscoring the Lady Lions 12-3 in the third quarter. With less than 20

seconds to play in the period, Katie Turner hit back-to-back three-pointers to cut Bethel’s deficit to four points. She finished the game with a team-high eight points.

“If we would’ve started the game like we ended the game, we would’ve had a better chance of winning,” said Lady Rebel head coach Skylar Crayton. “Not taking any credit away from Selmer. They’re a great team, but like I told my girls, we have to give ourselves a chance to win the ballgame.”

Selmer woke up in the fourth and began the quarter on a 7-0 run before slowing the pace of the game to sure up the win. Selika McCord scored a team-high 15 points and was a problem for Bethel all night long.

The Lady Lions (8-2, 6-0) will host Ramer on Thursday, and the Lady Rebels (74, 2-4) will host Michie.

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Staff Photo by Andrew Alexander

Bethel’s Dylan Crabb looks for an open man.

Cards, Blue Devils split county showdown Cardinals Blue Devils

By Brian Azevedo Sports Writer

The Blue Devils and Cardinals met in Michie for their late-season county match-up last Monday. The Lady Devils came away with the win at home, but Adamsville’s boys helped the Cards avoid the sweep.

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Both offenses took a little time to get into a rhythm, but it was the Lady Devils who were able to pull away early.

Michie added to its three-point lead after the first quarter and took an 11-point lead into the break, up 15-4.

The Lady Cardinals struggled to get any points on the board, while the Michie offense stayed hot. The Lady Devils were led by Aysia Campbell, who scored 12 points for Michie.

After taking a 20-6 lead into the fourth quarter, the Lady Devils hung on, though they were outscored in the final period.

The Lady Blue Devils (9-2, 4-1), who defeated St. Mary’s 30-28 in double-overtime last Thursday, will travel to Bethel for their next game on Thursday, and the Lady Cardinals (09, 0-6) will try to pick up their first win at Savannah Christian Academy.

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The Cardinals started off slow, scoring only five points in the first quarter. However, they were able to hold the Blue Devils to just two points and took the lead into the second quarter.

The Cardinals were able to keep the offense rolling while the Blue Devils continued to struggle to get anything going. The Cardinals took a 14-4 lead into halftime and never looked back.

Adamsville came out in the second half and continued the strong defensive play, and, with the help of leading scorer Kyle Moore, continued to add to their lead.

The Blue Devils did not give up. After being down 20-8 after the third quarter, the Devils were able to outscore the Cards and cut into the large lead.

Unfortunately for the Blue Devils, there was not enough time left for the comeback, and Adamsville came away with a big county win.

The Cardinals (5-4, 4-2) will try for their sixth win at SCA on Thursday. The Blue Devils (1-10, 1-4) took a 36-21 loss to St. Mary’s last Thursday, and they will hit the road to take on a tough Bethel team this Thursday.

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(Michie) Aysia Campbell: 12 Pts, 8 Reb; Mackenzie Parson: 8 Pts, 3 Reb, 7 Stl; Jourdan Dengler: 6 Pts, 4 Reb, 1 Ast; Bethany Bennett: 4 Reb, 1 Ast, 2 Stl; Lauren Foster: 3 Reb, 2 Ast

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Friday, January 15, 2013

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1:00 p.m.

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Milledgeville Fire Department, 24 Park St., Milledgeville, Tennessee 38359

A public hearing will be held for the purpose of informing the citizens of the 2009 CDBG project that has been completed in Milledgeville, TN. Milledgeville submitted an application to the State of TN, Dept. of Economic and Community Development for the funds to complete the 2009 CDBG project. This public hearing will inform the citizens regarding the program guidelines, the amount of funds used for the fire protection vehicle, the type of project, and the benefit received by the community. Milledgeville’s governing body is seeking comments from the public. All area citizens are encouraged to attend. The Milledgeville Mayor’s Office is accessible to persons with disabilities. Persons with special needs who wish to attend should contact the office of the Mayor to make any necessary arrangements which may be needed prior to the time and date of the meeting indicated above.

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Aysia Campbell drives past St. Mary’s defenders for a quick two points in last Thursday’s 30-28 win.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE #1

The Town of Selmer will hold a Public Hearing on January 23, 2013 at 3:30 p.m., at the Selmer Public Utilities Building (500 Peach Tree Avenue). 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 Richard Ashe, Selmer Public Utilities (731) 6457928. The Town of Selmer 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 of race, color, sex, or national origin.

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Mayor Dannie Kennedy City of Milledgeville

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The McNairy County Commission will meet in regular session on the following 2013 dates. All meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. in the McNairy County Criminal Justice Center Large Courtroom unless otherwise announced.

Committee meetings are regularly posted in the courthouse.

January 14 February 11 March 11 April 8 May 13 June 24

July - No meeting August 12 September 9 October 14 November 11 December 9

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SES Students of the Month GEAR UP TN coming to McNairy County Selmer Elementary School and Project BASIC are proud to announce the Students of the Month for November.

November’s theme for Student of the Month was “CITIZENSHIP” (based on the pillars of character each student learns), and all of these students were chosen for their ability to show this particular character trait.

The students learn about character building skills in their guidance classes and also in their Project BASIC classes.

We are all so proud of each of these students. It takes hard work to show “CITIZENSHIP” to your fellow classmates, and each student deserves special recognition for this accomplishment.

These students were each given a special certificate and a treat from McDonald’s. Congratulations to each and every one of you!

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SES November Students of the Month: (Front Row) Shanna Thompson (K), Chassidy Elvington (K), Owen Miller (K), Christopher Rivera (K), Elijah Prather (K); (Row 2) Sydney Smith (1st), Collin Tyler (1st), Dayton West (1st), Jackson Overton (1st), Jackson Anderson (1st), Brianna Penny (1st); (Row 3) Lila Davis (2nd), Makala Oliver (2nd), Mallory Howell (2nd), Halye Rodriguez (2nd), Gemma Crotz (3rd); (Row 4) Evan Friend (4th), Lori Mazariegos (3rd), Trinity Finley (3rd), Jason Davis (3rd), Clayton Bullard (3rd), Peyton Butler (3rd), Jacob York (3rd); (Back Row) Gavin Dickey (4th), Kyleigh Atkins (4th), Brayson Hamm (4th), Abigail Ashe (4th); (Not Pictured) Addie Tull (K), Alyson King (1st), Jack Moore (2nd), Karli Inman (2nd), Rico Gatewood (4th)

Time for seniors 299 graduate from Union to fill out FAFSA High school seniors planning to attend college or technical school this fall should fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, also called the FAFSA, as soon as possible, according to KHEAA. The information on the FAFSA determines if students qualify for federal and state grants and for federal student loans. Also, many colleges use the information to award grants and scholarships administered by the school. Therefore, students should submit the FAFSA even if they feel it is unlikely they will qualify for aid.

The FAFSA asks for information about income, assets and expenses. A formula set by Congress determines eligibility for federal and state aid. If the student is considered a dependent under federal guidelines, both the student and parents must provide financial information. Nearly all students going directly to college from high school are considered dependent.

Some student aid programs have limited money and provide funds on a first-come, first-served basis to qualified students, so it is important to submit the FAFSA as soon as possible.

For faster results, KHEAA recommends that students submit the FAFSA online at www.fafsa. gov, although they may also be mailed to the FAFSA processor.

Apostolic:

JACKSON, Tenn. – Two hundred ninety-nine graduated from Union University on Dec. 15, 2012 during the fall commencement service of the 188th graduating class at West Jackson Baptist Church.

Claude Pressnell, president of the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association, delivered the commencement address. He encouraged graduates to continue pursuing excellence, to serve others and to guard against intellectual hubris. Located in Jackson, Tenn., Union University is a liberal arts-based university affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention. Founded in 1823, Union is the oldest institution affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. The following students from McNairy County graduated from Union: Adamsville, Tenn.

• Elizabeth Davis, Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism, Broadcast Journalism • Phil Mitchell, Doctor of Ministry, Expository Preaching Bethel Springs, Tenn.

• Brandi Henry, Master of Science in Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner; • Cheryl McDonald, Master of Science in Nursing Administration, Nursing Administration Selmer, Tenn.

• Stephanie Howell, Bachelor of Social Work, Social Work • Kathy Hurst, Master of Science in Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner • Lisa Redmon, Master of Science in Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner

Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) is a federally funded college access grant program whose purpose is to increase the number of students in our area who are prepared to enroll in and succeed in college.

Having been awarded this grant, the McNairy County Board of Education, UTMMcNairy Center and local community organizations have partnered to provide services for students and families at no cost to participants.

The program is designed to help young people stay in school, develop good study skills and take the coursework necessary to enhance opportunities after high school.

Not only will this grant involve the 2013-2018 graduating classes at both high schools, 2013 seventh-graders will be the focus group and will receive services for the next six years, including one year after high school.

Seventh graders and parents, there will be two KICKOFF rallies and you may choose which date and/or location to attend.

The first date is Jan. 19 at Adamsville Junior/Senior High School from 10:0011:00 a.m. The second date is Jan. 26 at McNairy Central High School from

10:00-11:00 a.m. GEAR UP seeks to increase your family’s knowledge of what, where and how to plan, prepare and finance postsecondary education. It is never too early to begin planning for your future.

McNairy Central Library will be the site for a very important Financial Aid meeting on Thursday evening, Jan. 17 at 6:30 p.m. The speakers will include Stephen Moten, TN Student Aid Corporation representative, and a panel of financial aid advisors from UTM. Parents of seniors from both AHS and MCHS are invited to participate. You will learn about financial aid, scholarships and receive financial aid counseling in addition to being given the opportunity to complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) with counselors on hand.

You may visit www. fafsa.ed.gov to know the steps to take in preparation for FAFSA application.

This session is particularly helpful for those who have no or slow Internet service, as the computer lab will be available for your convenience.

We look forward to having you join us. For more information, contact Molly Cheshier, GEAR UP coordinator, at (732) 646-2577.

Bethel University awards degrees MCKENZIE, TN – During its fall 2012 commencement exercises on Dec. 8, Bethel University awarded the following degrees: • Stacy Rushelle DeWees, of Ramer, graduated from the College of Education with a Master of Arts in Education.

• Jason Joseph Foley, of Adamsville, graduated from the College of Education with a Bachelor of Science.

MCNAIRY COUNTY CHURCH DIRECTORY

Life Tabernacle 1353 Hwy. 142, Selmer Thomas Davis, Pastor Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Baptist: Freewill: Meeks Grove Freewill Baptist 1030 Tommy Sanders Rd., Stantonville Interim Pastor: Bro. Terrell Tedford Adamsville Freewill Baptist Church Old Shiloh Road Adamsville, TN 38310 Marcus Morrow, Pastor Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m.

Sunday night 5:00 p.m. (with exception of 1st & 3rd Sunday) TV-18 Program 1st & 3rd Sunday at 3:00 p.m., Wednesday night Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

Solitude Freewill Baptist Church 414 Meeks Rd., Adamsville Shane Thompson, Pastor Sunday: 9:45 a.m., 11 a.m., 6 p.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Independent: Calvary Baptist Church Hwy. 22 North, Adamsville Pastor: Jimmy Cates Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Worship: Sun. 11 a.m. & 5 p.m.

Faith Baptist Church 1301 Peach St., Selmer Dr. S. Freed Ware, Pastor Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Sunday: 11 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Fellowship Baptist Church 1308 High School Rd., Selmer Pastor: J.D. Matlock Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

First Baptist Church Finger Finger-Leapwood Rd., Finger Rev. Bobby Bray Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Worship: Sun. 11 a.m. & 5 p.m.

Locke Rd. Baptist Locke Road, Selmer Jim Outland, Pastor Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday: 11 a.m. / Wed. 7 p.m.

Selmer Primitive Baptist Church 331 Falcon Rd., Selmer Elder Clinton Barnett, Pastor 3rd Sunday Each Month: 10:30 a.m.

Southern: Central Baptist Church 675 Dowty Road, Selmer Bro. Stephen Davison, Pastor Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday: 10:45 a.m. & 5 p.m.

Wednesday: 6:30 p.m.

Chapel Hill Baptist 6371 Vernie Kirk Rd., Pocahontas Bro. Frank Bell, Pastor Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday: 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. • Wed.: 7:00 p.m.

Chewalla Baptist Church 190 Chewalla St., Ramer Richard Doyle, Pastor Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Sunday: 10:45 a.m. & 6:15 p.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Clear Creek Baptist Church 1728 Lawton Rd., Selmer Chuck Castles, Pastor Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship: 8:45 & 11 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 8:45 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Covenant Baptist Church 6515 Hwy 57 East, Michie, TN 38357 Pastor: K. Brian Rainey Music & Youth Director: Cameron Miller Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday Night: 7:00 p.m.

Cypress Creek First Baptist Church 14 Falcon St., Selmer Pastor: Clifford E. Wynn, Jr. (731) 645-8094 Sunday School: 9 a.m.

Worship: Sun. 10:15 a.m.

Corporate Prayer Service: 6:30 p.m.

Bible Study: 7 p.m.

Eastview Baptist Church Hwy. 45 S., Eastview, TN Rob Burnes, Pastor Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Bible Study: 7 p.m.

Falcon Baptist Church 777 Falcon Rd., Selmer Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday: 6:30 p.m.

Lighthouse Baptist Church 1780 Mulberry Ave. Selmer Jorgen Runquest, Pastor Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Worship: 11 a.m. & 5 p.m.

First Baptist Church of Adamsville 222 West Main Street, Adamsville Phil Mitchell, Pastor Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 8:15 a.m., 10:30 a.m. & 6:15 p.m.

Wednesday: 6:45 p.m.

Primitive Baptist: Better Hope Primitive Baptist 4235 Leapwood-Enville Rd., Adamsville Elder Gene Gist, Pastor First Sunday of each month beginning at 10:30 a.m. with song service, preaching at 11 a.m.

First Baptist Church of Bethel Springs 142 Jackson St., Bethel Springs Ben Martin, Pastor Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m., 5 p.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday: 6 p.m.

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First Baptist Church of Michie 5658 Hwy 22 S., Michie James Hardin, Pastor Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday: 7:00 p.m.

Unity Baptist Church Unity Church Road, Ramer Dr. Ronald Meeks, Pastor Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m., 5 p.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday: 6:30 p.m.

Church of God of Prophecy 3886 Main St., Bethel Springs James Lawson, Pastor Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Stantonville United Methodist Church 8351 Hwy 142, Stantonville, TN David Harstin, Pastor Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.

First Baptist Church of Selmer 310 W. Court Avenue, Selmer Sunday School: 9 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday: 6 p.m.

West Shiloh Baptist Church 282 W. Shiloh Church Rd., Stantonville Bro. David Simmons, Pastor

First Baptist Church of Finger Finger-Leapwood Road, Finger Bobby Bray, Pastor Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Evening: 5 p.m.

Wednesday: 6 p.m.

Acton Church of Christ 9389 Hwy. 22 S., Michie Joe Story, Minister Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:50 a.m., 6 p.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Michie Church of God of Prophecy 6681 Hwy. 57 East, Michie Roy Bennett, Pastor Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday: 7:00 p.m.

Sulphur Springs United Methodist Located on Sulphur Springs Rd., Selmer Jim Barber, Pastor Children’s Church: 11 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m., 6 p.m.

Forty Forks Baptist Church 672 Ed Barham Rd., Bethel Springs Randy Smith, Pastor Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Friendship Baptist Church 2370 Friendship Rd., Ramer Bro. Joy Foster Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.

Good Hope Baptist 678 Good Hope Church Rd., Adamsville Tim Elrod, Pastor Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Sunday: 10:45 a.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Grace Baptist Church 1255 Connie Smith Rd., Selmer Sunday School: 9 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

No Sunday Evening Service Wednesday: 6:30 p.m.

Gravel Hill Baptist Church 86 Tom Baker Rd., Ramer Pastor: Bro. Eric Jones Church Phone: 645-6776 Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Lakeview Baptist Church 877 W. Cherry, Selmer Bro. Harold King Sunday 8 a.m.

Bible Study 9 a.m.

Second Worship Service 10 a.m.

No Sunday P.M. Service Wednesday: 6:00 p.m.

Mt. Gilead Baptist Church 6185 Rowsey School Rd., Bethel Spr. Rev. Mike Hollaway, Pastor Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.

Sunday Discipleship Training: 5 p.m Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Mt. Zion Baptist Church Litt Wilson Rd., McNairy, TN Bro. Danny Rowland, Pastor Sunday: 11 a.m., 7 p.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Church of Christ:

Adamsville Church of Christ 243 E. Main St., Adamsville Van Vansandt, Minister Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

Cypress Tank Church of Christ 2645 Cypress Tank Rd., Pocahontas Dr. Brian Jackson, Minister Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m., 5 p.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Eastside Church of Christ 1366 E. Poplar, Selmer Luke DeLavergne, Minister Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Forrest Hill Church of Christ Forrest Hill Subdivision Hwy. 45 S., Selmer Donald Woods, Minister Fourth Street Church of Christ 142 N. Fourth St., Selmer Jeremy Weekley, Minister Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m., 6 p.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Liberty Church of Christ 1005 North Liberty Road Michie, TN 38357 731-239-4500 Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.

Sunday: 10:00 a.m., 5 p.m.

Wednesday: 7:00 p.m.

Stantonville Church of Christ 8228 Hwy. 142, Stantonville Larry Redmond, Minister Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m., 6 p.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Church of God: Center Ridge Pentecostal Church of God 910 Center Ridge Rd., Bethel Springs Rev. Terry Resley, Pastor Sunday School: 9:45 Sunday Morning Service: 10:45 Sunday Night Service: 5:30 Wednesday: 7:00

Olive Hill Baptist Church 46 Olive Hill Church Lp., Guys, TN Cody Hill, Pastor Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday worship: 11 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Piney Grove Church of God 888 Rose Creek Rd., Selmer Pleasant Site Baptist Church Aaron Moss, Pastor 1868 Pleasant Site Rd., Selmer Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Bradley Woolworth, Pastor Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m., 6 p.m.

Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Church of God of Prophecy: & 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday: 6:30 p.m.

Church of God of Prophecy Hwy. 22 N., Adamsville Ramer Baptist Church Alvin Jones, Pastor 3899 Hwy. 57 West, Ramer Sunday School: 10 a.m.

James Young, Pastor Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.

Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday: 6:30 p.m.

Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday: 6:30 p.m.

Church of God of Prophecy 1642 Curtis Hill Church Rd., Selmer Second Baptist Bethel Springs 1004 Peach St., Selmer Richard Horner, Pastor Tony Polk, Pastor Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10 a.m., 11 a.m Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m. & 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Wednesday: 6:30 p.m.

Cumberland Presbyterian: Court Ave. Cumberland Presbyterian Church Rev. Richard Reid 234 W. Court Ave., Selmer Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m.

Mt. Vernon CP Church 3101 Mt. Vernon Rd, Ramer Jeff DeWees, Pastor Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

New Salem Cumberland Presbyerian Church 453 New Salem Rd., Bethel Springs Earl Phelps, Pastor Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m.

New Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church New Bethel Road Rev. Jeff Powell Worship Service: 9:45 a.m.

Ramer Cumberland Presbyterian Church Highway 57 West Ramer, TN Pastor: Albert Brown Sunday School: 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Methodist: Adamsville First United Methodist 225 E Main St., Adamsville Rev. Dr. Toni Watson Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Buena Vista Methodist Church Tull Road, Bethel Springs Jim Barber, Pastor Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m.

First United Methodist Church P.O. Box 265, Selmer Rev. Terry Presson Pastor Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m.

Wednesday: Supper 6:15 p.m. & Studies 7 p.m.

Hickory Flatt United Methodist Church Puron Rd., Hickory Flatt Dick Humphrey, Pastor Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

Worship - 10:15 a.m.

Lebanon United Methodist Church 250 Chambers Store Rd., Michie Stephen Webb, Pastor Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.

Sunday School: 11 a.m.

Wednesday: 5:30 p.m.

New Hope United Methodist Church Sticine Road • Michie, TN Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.

Sunday School 11:00 a.m.

Wed. Bible Study 6:30 p.m.

David Harstin, Pastor Pebble Hill Methodist Ch. 2768 Chambers Store Rd., Michie Rev. Alvin Jones, Pastor Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.

Purdy Presbyterian Church Purdy, TN Selmer, 610-1859 Chris Dancer, Pastor Service at 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

Union Grove United Methodist Pleasant Site Rd., Selmer Stephen Webb, Pastor Sunday School: 10:20 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11:20 a.m.

Thurs. Bible Study: 6 p.m.

Mt. Vinson United Methodist 2100 Tommy Sanders Rd, Stantonville Dick Humphrey, Pastor Worship: 9:15 a.m.

Sunday School: 10:15 Pentecostal: Beauty Hill Pentecostal Church Limon Gage Road Bethel Springs, TN Pastor: Jonathan Tubbs Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 a.m.

Bethel Springs United Pentecostal 3591 Main St., Bethel Springs Jeff Young, Pastor Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

First United Pentecostal Eastview 7810 Hwy 45 S., Ramer Rev. Wayne Isbell, Pastor Sunday: 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Monday: 7 p.m.

Wednesday: 7:15 p.m.

The Sanctuary of MPC 54 Pentecostal Ave., Milledgeville Rev. Jimmy Kelly, Pastor Sunday School: 10:30 a.m., Youth 5:30 Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Gateway Holiness Chapel 2342 Refuge Rd, Bethel Springs Michael Price, Pastor Sunday: 2 p.m.

Thursday: 7 p.m.

Presbyterian: Bethel Springs Presbyterian Church 59 4th Ave., Bethel Springs Rev. Dr. Larry W. (Bud) Sizemore Sunday School 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Bethesda Presbyterian Church 50 Bethesda Loop, Selmer Bro. Chris Dancer, Pastor Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

First Presbyterian Church USA 800 Poplar Ave., Selmer Dr. James Jones, Pastor Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Fellowship: 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m.

Mount Sharon Presbyterian Church 108 Mt. Sharon Rd., Adamsville Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Roman Catholic: St. Jude the Apostle 1318 Poplar, Hwy. 64, Selmer Rev. W.H. Arnold, Pastor Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

1st. Saturday: 9 a.m.

Safe Harbor Church 1514 Peach Street, Selmer Bro. Paul Henley, Pastor Sunday: 10 a.m. & 5 p.m.

Wednesday: 6 p.m.

Seventh-Day Adventist:

Bethel Springs Seventh Day Adventist 4352 Main St., Bethel Springs John Johnston, Pastor Saturday Worship: 9 a.m.

Sabbath School: 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

World of Truth Church Hwy. 57 West, Ramer Larry Cooksey, Pastor Sunday: 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Other/Non-Denominational:

God’s Way Church 1121 Peach Street, Selmer Bro. Billy Sanders, Pastor Sunday: 10 a.m. & 5 p.m.

A New Beginning Sol Coulston Rd., Bethel Springs Kenneth Kitchen, Pastor Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Believers’ Church 1431 Peach St., Selmer Bill Linam, Pastor Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m., 6 p.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

First Christian Church 133 N. Third St., Selmer Sunday: 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

City of Refuge Church 300 Emmons Rd., Selmer C.A. “Skeet” Jackson, Pastor Sunday School: 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Faith Pointe Church 440 Hwy. 64, Adamsville Marcus Whitman, Pastor Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Fellowship Church 142 South Y Shopping Center Selmer, Tennessee Wednesday - 7 p.m.

Sunday - 10 a.m.

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Moores School House Full Gospel Fellowship Church 115 Tull Road, Selmer 731-646-1837 David Paseur, Pastor Sunday: 10 a.m., 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday Nights: 7 p.m.

Harvest Bible College Harvest Evangelistic Intl. Ministries Inc. 349 Old Hwy 45 S, Guys Roger Reece, Pastor Sunday Service: 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday Nights: 7 p.m.

Petra Family Worship Center 54 Pentecostal Ave. Milledgeville, TN Phone 731-434-1002 Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Worship Service 11:00 a.m.

Sunday Night 6:00 p.m.

Thursday night 7:00 p.m.

Pastors, Paul and Bonnie Young

Greater Evangelical Ministry 1854 Airport Rd., Selmer Frank M. Holiday, Pastor Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 12 p.m.

Wednesday: 7:30 p.m.

Life Wind Covenant Church 63 Linsey Lane, Selmer Barry Bishop, Pastor Sunday: 10 a.m.

Wednesday: 7 p.m. www.lifewindchurch.com

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TNStars ‘Double Your Money’ School Menus offer extended through June

By David H. Lillard, Jr. State Treasurer

The Tennessee Treasury Department is extending a promotion that allows Tennessee residents who sign up for the state’s TNStars College Savings 529 Program to receive a $50 match for the first $50 they invest in the program. The matching funds promotion will be available through June 30, 2013.

TNStars is a cost effective, easy way for Tennesseans to start saving for their children’s or grandchildren’s college education. The Tennessee Treasury Department estimates that college tuition and fees are rising by at least 7 percent per year. So saving is not an option - it’s a must.

TNStars is a college savings plan created by Tennesseans, administered by Tennesseans, for Tennesseans that allows participants to choose from 15 investment options, ranging from conservative to aggressive. The plan offers low investment fees and money earned on those investments may be withdrawn tax-free, provided it is used to pay for qualified educational expenses for the account’s beneficiary. In fact, the funds can be used at thousands of public or private universities, community colleges, technology centers, vocational schools and any post-secondary institution that is eligible to receive U.S. Department of Education student loan funds.

An account can be established for as little as $25, but Tennessee residents who invest $50 or more will each receive $50 in matching funds from the state deposited into their accounts. In addition to the $50 match, Tennessee residents who roll over their entire account balances to TNStars from other states’ 529 college savings programs or Tennessee’s prepaid tuition program will each receive $100 in incentive funds deposited into their TNStars accounts.

More than a thousand Tennesseans have opened accounts - so don’t be left out! The $50 match and the $100 rollover incentive are some of the keys to help your child or grandchild get the education and training needed for the 21st Century Tennessee specialized workforce.

“This is an easy way people can double their money while investing,” Treasurer David H. Lillard, Jr. said. “I hope this will give Tennesseans the encouragement they need to start accounts with TNStars on behalf of their children, grandchildren, other relatives or family friends. If account holders will commit to saving even small amounts of money on a regular basis, that will add up over time. And providing the money needed to attend college can help our children build better futures - both for themselves and for our state.”

Anyone interested in learning more about TNStars may visit www.TNStars.com or call toll-free to (855) 386-7827.

UT Martin releases Fall Semester Honor Roll MARTIN, Tenn. — The outstanding academic achievements of undergraduate students at the University of Tennessee at Martin have been honored with publication of the Fall 2012 Chancellor’s Honor Rolls for the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, College of Business and Global Affairs, College of Education, Health, and Behavioral Sciences, College of Engineering and Natural Sciences and the College of Humanities and Fine Arts.

Adamsville, Tenn.

• Magan D. Alexander - Highest Honors • Lauren L. Barber - High Honors • Hilary B. Combs - High Honors • Zachary S. Congiardo - Honors • SueAnn E. Cowgill - High Honors • Kamala O. Dalton - High Honors • Todd B. Gean - High Honors • Joseph K. Gray - Honors • Sarah M. Johnson - High Honors • Rachel W. Kimmons - Honors • Mallory D. Leath - Honors • James K. McDaniel - Highest Honors • Tammy R. Moraga - Honors • Chloe G. Mullis - Highest Honors • Kendra A. Patterson - High Honors • Mary K. Searcy - Highest Honors • Caroline D. Sils - Highest Honors • Casey H. Treece - Honors • Cody M. Williams - High Honors • Brandy N. Willingham - High Honors • Doug P. Young - Honors Bethel Springs, Tenn.

• Dustin F. Butler - Honors • Jessica A. Crowe - High Honors • Andrew S. Duncan - Highest Honors • Karrie A. Duncan - Honors • Ashton L. Forsythe - High Honors • Jessica L. Goodrum - Highest Honors • Randal H. Graves - Highest Honors • Bryanna M. Huggins - Highest Honors • Cayla C. Infield - Honors • Victoria E. Key - Honors • Robin Chelsea Kiestler - Highest Honors • Nicolas C. Lopez - High Honors • Jeffrey D. Mitchell - High Honors • Cassandra N. Rogers - Honors • Holly R. Vetter - Highest Honors • Megan S. Wade - Honors • Bryson C. Wilbanks - Honors Finger, Tenn.

• Matthew R. Honey - Honors

Guys, Tenn.

• Tyler W. Ross - Honors Henderson, Tenn.

• Janet I. Maccarino - Honors Michie, Tenn.

• Cody A. Butler - Highest Honors • Jennifer L. Driskell - High Honors • Keri B. Hanna - Honors • Barbara M. Signorelli - Honors • Allen W. Strickland - Highest Honors • Calinda L. Wilbanks - High Honors Milledgeville, Tenn.

• Rhonda K. Wade - High Honors • Brian M. Azevedo - High Honors Pocahontas, Tenn.

• Danielle R. Fuller - High Honors Ramer, Tenn.

• Emily L. Haendel - Highest Honors • Ashley A. Hollingsworth - Highest Honors • Samantha D. Lambert - Honors • Robert B. Reeder, Ramer - High Honors • Lauren B. Robertson - High Honors • Mallory L. Twitty - Highest Honors • Daniel A. Walker - Honors • Jennifer Weathers - High Honors Selmer, Tenn.

• Lacey I. Ballard - High Honors • Randi S. Belton - High Honors • Bryan E. Burks - High Honors • Hannah L. Carroll - High Honors • Justin D. Chandler - High Honors • Austin R. Cheshier - Highest Honors • Anna A. Coln - Honors • Mallory L. Cox - Highest Honors • Bonda M. Cummings - High Honors • Sabrina L. Cummings - Honors • Sarena J. Downs - Highest Honors • Jerry L. Emmons - Honors

AES preps for Common Core

By Amy Seaton AES Campus Reporter

Principal Danny Combs was very pleased with the good number of parents, students, and teachers that came to learn about the new Common Core Standards that have been adopted by the state of Tennessee. Beginning this year, our third through sixth grade students will be held accountable for these standards throughout their academic careers.

Sondra Kiser was on hand to help explain the Common Core Standards to the parents. She encouraged them to visit the tncore.org website to learn more about the standards and the different ways they can help their children at home. Following the presentation, there was a question and answer session for the parents. They learned that the goal of the new standards is to have our children comparable with other students throughout the nation.

So, move over TCAP, here come the Common Core Standards. It is no longer just an A-B-C-D multiple choice answer. These standards will empha-

size thinking, problem solving, and creativity. Students will be assessed on their ability to answer questions, show their computation/evidence, and explain/defend their answer. These are the skills required to be successful in college and careers. The Common Core Standards will not only impact students, but teachers as well. As any great teacher knows, effective teaching requires continuous improvements and modifications. The Core Standards give teachers an opportunity to revisit their instructional methods. The test is no longer purely a paper and pencil format. A feature of this new instructional process involves hands on learning. This type of instruction engages AES students in an in-depth learning experience.

Many people stayed for the delicious pizza available by Little Ceasar’s for the hungry crowd. Also, students enjoyed using the laptop computers during the parent meeting. The AES faculty and staff wish to thank those who attended for their participation and involvement. It was a fun and productive night!

Submitted Photo

AES students work hard on their laptops, trying to prepare for Common Core Standards.

• Allison O. Goodrum - Highest Honors • Sarah E. Goodrum - Highest Honors • Charles C. Graham - High Honors • Jessica L. Holmes - Highest Honors • Jeremy G. Hurst - Highest Honors • Kelsey L. Hutson - Honors • Meredith N. Jaggars - High Honors • Julie A. Johnson - High Honors • Wesley J. Johnson - High Honors • Monica C. King - High Honors • Easton F. Knight - Highest Honors • Allison F. Lambert - Highest Honors • Amanda J. Lowrance - Honors • Katie J. McClain - Highest Honors • Elizabeth A. McLean - Highest Honors • Jami L. Miller - Highest Honors • Hayley M. Mills - Highest Honors • Stephanie M. Mitchell - Highest Honors • Erika M. Murray - High Honors • William B. O’Neal - Highest Honors • Treva M. Parker - Honors • Larence T. Reed - High Honors • Ciera A. Rhodes - Highest Honors • Jeff A. Suggs - High Honors • Hannah L. Wagoner - High Honors • Hannah G. Weatherford - Highest Honors • Nathaniel C. West - High Honors • Samantha L. Wheatley - Highest Honors • Adadison M. Wilson - Highest Honors • Dakota M. Yalda - Highest Honors Stantonville, Tenn.

• Brent R. Drobina - Highest Honors • Sarah J. Killingsworth - Highest Honors • Candace D. Kirby - High Honors • Jyssica Nowlin - Highest Honors • Rachel L. Pilkinton - Highest Honors • Daniel A. Pittman - High Honors • Rachel A. Pittman - High Honors • Lani C. Rinks - Highest Honors • Stephen S. Sweat - Highest Honors

McNairy County Elementary Schools Breakfast & Lunch Menus

Dogs or Chicken Fajita Wrap. French Fries.

Pinto Beans. Garden Salad. Chilled Peaches.

Choice of Juice. Choice of Milk.

Jan. 7

Breakfast: French Toast Sticks/Syrup. Cereals, Variety. Choice of Juice.

Choice of Milk.

Lunch: Popcorn Chicken/Roll or Sloppy Joe. Cheesy Potatoes.

California Vegetable Blend. Mandarin Oranges. Choice of Juice. Choice of Milk.

Jan. 8 Breakfast: Chicken

& Biscuit. Cereals, Variety. Choice of Juice.

Choice of Milk.

Lunch: Steak & Gravy/Roll or Barbecued Chicken/Roll. Fluffy Whipped Potatoes.

Green Beans. Garden Salad. Pineapple Tidbits.

Choice of Juice. Choice of Milk.

Breakfast Pizza or Yogurt Parfait. Choice of Juice. Choice of Milk.

Lunch: Mini Burgers

or Chili/Corn Chips/ Crackers. Baked Potato Halves. Broccoli with Cheese Sauce. Garden Salad. Orange Wedges.

Choice of Juice. Choice of Milk.

Jan. 10 Breakfast: Breakfast Bites/Syrup. Cereals, Variety. Choice of Juice.

Choice of Milk.

Lunch: Pizza or Spaghetti/Breadstick.

Tiny Whole Potatoes.

Green Peas. Garden Salad. Baked Apples.

Choice of Juice. Choice of Milk.

Pizza or Chicken Rings/ Roll or Crispito & Cheese Sauce. French Fries. Tiny Whole Potatoes. Purple Hull Peas. Diced Peaches.

Fresh Fruit. Choice of Juice. Choice of Milk.

Jan. 8

Pizza or Corn Dog or Hot Ham & Cheese Sandwich. French Fries.

California Vegetable Blend. Whole Kernel Corn. Garden Salad.

Diced Strawberry Cups.

Fresh Fruit. Choice of Juice. Choice of Milk.

Pizza or Mini Burgers or Chicken Noodle Soup/ Cheese Toast/Crackers.

French Fries. Broccoli with Cheese Sauce.

Sweet Potato Fries.

Garden Salad. Mandarin Oranges. Fresh Fruit.

Choice of Juice. Choice of Milk.

Jan. 10

Pizza or Lasagna/ Breadstick or Managers Choice. French Fries. Fluffy Whipped Potatoes. Green Peas.

Garden Salad. Baked Apples. Fresh Fruit.

Choice of Juice. Choice of Milk.

Jan. 11

& Biscuit. Cereals, Variety. Choice of Juice.

Choice of Milk.

Lunch: Mini Corn

Jan. 7

Jan. 9

Jan. 9 Breakfast: Sausage

Jan. 11 Breakfast: Sausage

AJHS/AHS, MCHS Lunch Menus

Pizza or Breaded Chicken Sandwich or Soft Shell Taco. French Fries. Mexicali Corn.

Refried Beans.

Garden Salad.

Pineapple Tidbits. Fresh Fruit. Choice of Juice.

Choice of Milk.

AHS Agriculture on the grow lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers. Specific groups of students were placed in charge of the growing of certain plants from seed until the actual production of the crops. The cucumbers are being grown in perlite that is placed in bato pots that allow the nutrient solution to flow completely through the pots and drain back into a reservoir nutrient tank. The cucumbers are harvested when they are 18’ to 24” long. The tomatoes are also being grown in perlite and are beginning to ripen on the vine.

The hydroponic lettuce is being grown in two different growing systems. A tabletop channel system is being used to produce 32 lettuce plants that can be harvested in 40 days. There is a small film of water that flows through the channels that provides the nutrients and oxygen the plants need. Another system that is being utilized is a bioponic tank system. In this system, there are two 500 gallon tanks used with the lettuce floating on the Styrofoam over the water in the tanks. In Submitted Photo the water, there Evan Harris tends plants for the Adams- were 50 catfish released to proville High School Agriculture Program.

The Adamsville High School Agriculture Program’s Greenhouse Management Class has been involved in the production research of hydroponic vegetables during the last few months in the school greenhouse. The science of hydroponics proves that soil isn’t required for plant growth but the elements, minerals, and nutrients that soil contains are.

The students involved in the research at Adamsville High School have learned that hydroponics can be a viable alternative to conventional growing of vegetables.

The crops that are being grown in the school greenhouse include hydroponic

vide a symbiotic relationship within the system between the fish, plants, and bacteria.

There are also two filtration systems installed to maintain water quality. The students are researching the possibility of producing multiple crops (fish and lettuce) in a small area.

The current system has the capacity to produce 80 lettuce plants in 40 days. A real advantage to producing hydroponic lettuce is that we can potentially raise 6-8 different crops per year because of the short production time.

This research project has provided students with a hands-on scientific approach to answering real problems that exist. With the rate of population growing, we will have less land available for production and must have alternative means of producing more food on lesser amounts of land.

The students in the agriculture program at Adamsville High School are becoming engaged in scientific research in all agriculture classes. Their advisor Jeff Lipford believes “ that students should be prepared for solving real world problems and providing them with the means to research at school will give them an advantage when they pursue post secondary education or enter into the work force.” The students involved directly with the projects are Dylan Gattis, Lucy Jackson, Samantha Jackson, Stone Lipford, Dallas Nelms, Joseph Robinson, Samantha Rowsey, Dylan Shipley, Jacob Terry, Trae Watson, Aaron Weeks, Sarah Whitley, and Dylan Yager.

classifieds

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Independent 1 - REAL ESTATE

2 - AUTOMOBILES

3 - EMPLOYMENT

101 - FOR SALE 102 - FOR RENT 103 - COMMERCIAL

201 - AUTOS 202 - MOTORCYCLES 203 - EQUIPMENT 204 - RECREATIONAL

301 - JOB OPPORTUNITIES 302 - BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

5 - SERVICES

4 - MISCELLANEOUS

501 - PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 502 - BUSINESS DIRECTORY 503 - PUBLIC NOTICES

401 - FOR SALE 402 - WANTED 403 - LOST/FOUND 404 - PETS/LIVESTOCK 405 - YARD/ESTATE SALES

CLASSIFIEDS: FIRST 20 WORDS - $5, EACH ADDITIONAL WORD - 20¢ • GARAGE SALES: 1X2 BLOCK AD - $9, 2X2 BLOCK AD - $18 • MAIL WITH PAYMENT TO: INDEPENDENT APPEAL, P.O. BOX 220, SEMER, TN 38375 or CALL (731) 645-5346

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Real estate

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employment

101 - for sale

301 - job opportunities

SALE - SALE - SALE: Model Displays Must Go New Spacious 4 Bedroom, 2 bath homes starting at $43,500. Single sections start at $29,500. Clayton Homes, Hwy 72 West, Corinth, MS - 1/4 mile past Magnolia Hospital. (TF)

Stockdale's is having a store hiring event Janurary 9th at the current Mid-South Farmers CO-OP at 581 Mulberry Ave. in Selmer.

We will be looking for outgoing, hard working individuals who love the country life. Positions in sales, management and receiving will be available. Come and see us between the hours of 8a.m. to 6 p.m.

(33,34)

Used Mobile Homes Must Move! Singles & Doubles from $12,750! (731) 427-7320. (34) New 3BD, 2BA Double Ready for Your Lot! EZ Financing! $57,900 Set Up! (731)4273388. (34) NEW MOBILE HOMES $0 down with Land 3.4 and 5 bedroom $300 - $650 dep. Call 731-968-4937. (34-37) We BUY, SELL OR TRADE Manufactured homes, top dollar and quick cash and free appraisal. Call 731-968-4937.

(34-37)

102 - for rent KENNETH SWEAT Rental: Committed to providing safe & affordable family friendly homes 1,2, & 3 bedroom apartments, townhouses, trailers, & houses. NO pets!!

NO Crack/Party Houses!! Ref & deposit required. (731) 610-0807, (731) 645-3130. (TF) ALEXANDER APTS. in Adamsville: MOVE IN SPECIAL, No deposit for the month of November! 2 bedrooms & Townhouses. Washer/ Dryer hook-ups included. Call Earl @ (731) 926-0507 or Joanne @ (731) 727-4823. (TF) ECONOMY INN Motel: Low weekly rates. Free wireless internet, microwave & refrigerator.

(731) 645-6155. (TF) Oakwood Apartments in Selmer: 1 bedroom. $325.00 mo. 2 bedroom. $350.00 mo. Both require deposits. No pets. 731-6102877 or 731-645-5288. (TF) 3BD, 1BA in Selmer at 284 Maple Street. $350 month + $200 deposit. Call (901) 849-2755.

(33,34) Newly remodeled 2BD, 1BA Mobile home in Adamsville. Appliances Furnished $325/month+ $200 deposit. 607-0602, 6321352. (34) House For Rent in Bethel Springs. 2BD, 1BA $325 Deposit/ $325 Rent a Month. Call 9340402.(34,35) Mobile Home for Rent. 2BD, 1 1/2 BA. 7 miles west of Selmer Available Jan. 18th $275+ security deposit. 731-610-0796.(34,35) 2BD, 1BA near McNairy Central. Central heat & air, storage building. No pets. $400/month & Deposit. 610-2877. (TF) 2 and 3 bedrooms mobile homes for rent. Call 731-6108657. (34, 35)

103 - commercial Office space available for rent, approx. 1,200 sq. ft. Newly remodeled. Next to Morgan's Jewelry in Selmer, TN. Call 6459699. (TF)

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automobiles 201 - autos For Sale: 2000 Oldsmobile Siloutte Van, great mileage good condition $3,000 OBO. Call 731439-3497. (34)

SELL IT FAST!

Advertise it in the Independent Appeal 731-645-5346

401 - for sale

501 - professional services

Buying junked, wrecked, and good running vehicles. Paying up to $2,000. Call today, get paid today. Call 731-610-8827.

(TF)

AGREED DIVORCES $299.00 plus court costs. 645-8557. (TF)

402 - wanted Need Cash - Call today - buying junk cars, trucks, vans/ suvs, vehicles that run, scrapmetal, and more. FAST CASH, Free pickup. No title needed. (731) 610-8666. (TF) Looking for small stacks of decent size hardwood timber 731-610-8666. (34,35)

Experienced Cook Needed at Ole Monterey Cafe. Apply within Wednesday-Saturday, or call (731) 239-5863. (34)

404 - pets/livestock Free Pets: Puppies to good home, small breed. Mother Rat Terrier and Father Poodle. Call 934-4025 or 610-5827.(34)

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miscellaneous 401 - for sale

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Dell laptop $200 under warranty. Also laptop repair. 731-9256183. (TF)

services 501 - professional services

For Sale: AK 47 Called Maadi and Arm Made in Egypt Asking 700 or best offer. About 200 rounds of Ammo. Phone 662-587-5486 Earl Earnest in Stantonville TN. (34)

Wilson Service Company: We move and install mobile homes!

Licensed, bonded/insured. Also, house leveling, rotten joist/sill replacement, support piers installed, floors and metal roofs.

Call (731)609-8794 or (731)6104813. (TF)

For Sale-Multi colored sectional sofa w/queen hideabed & a recliner on one end. Call 645-6834 good condition.(34)

Adamsville Healthcare & Rehabilitation a HEALTHCARE

Facility Serving you from our heart

We are currently seeking the following position Full time RN WE OFFER: MEDICAL, DENTAL, VISION, 401-K, AFLAC, LIFE, AND DIRECT DEPOSIT, MUCH MORE

Apply in person at: ADAMSVILLE HEALTHCARE LLC (AKA) Tri-County Healthcare Center 409 Park Avenue Adamsville, TN 38310 Or online at: http://grace.vikus.net/app Or Gracehc.com EOE/M/F/D/V

Adamsville Healthcare & Rehabilitation a HEALTHCARE

Facility Serving you from our heart

We are currently seeking the following positions CNA’s Part time Days/Nights

$250.00 Sign on Bonus for Fulltime CNA’s to receive after 90 Days.

WE OFFER: MEDICAL, DENTAL, VISION, 401-K, AFLAC, LIFE, AND DIRECT DEPOSIT, MUCH MORE

Apply in person at: ADAMSVILLE HEALTHCARE LLC (AKA) Tri-County Healthcare Center 409 Park Avenue Adamsville, TN 38310 Or online at: http://grace.vikus.net/app Or Gracehc.com EOE/M/F/D/V

DOUG BUTLER: House leveling, rotting sills, replace floors, cracking brick - 30 years experience. (731) 239-8945, cell (662) 284-6146. Free estimates. (TF)

HEATING & REFRIGERATION Specializing in Freezers, Coolers, & Refrigerators Central & Gas/Electric • Fully Certified • Low Rates

1-731-439-1172

215A Court Ave. Selmer, TN

E.J.'s Residential Construction and Repair. Specializing in all types of residential repairs and new construction. Contact E. J. Frank's @ (731) 926-6974.

(29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36)

Carla Hall Broker/Owner

(731) 645-4255

www.hallsrealtytn.com

For house and business cleaning call (731) 645-3331 ask for Dianne. (34)

2712 - Purdy Rd., Selmer $64,500 * Ranch Brick * Hardwood & Tile floors * 2 Bedrooms * 1.5 bath * lot * In Town

Certified Nursing Assistant19 years experience in home health - looking to sit with elderly. Monday-Friday days only.

731-645-8317 - if no answer leave message. (34,35,36)

INSIDE YARD SALE Rain or Shine

Clothes, Shoes, Home Decor., and much more.

2412 -Little Hatchie Rd., Hornsby - $85,000 * Nice Ranch * 3 Bedroom * 2 Bath * Deck * Mud room * Split bedroom plan * 2 ac. * More acreage available

3312 - Robertson Store Rd., Bethel Springs- $75,000

* Ranch * Shop * Carport * 3 Bedroom * 2 Baths * Level Yard * 1 ac +/* Double Garage * Full front porch ed!!!!

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289 Murry Loop Bethel Springs Just off Hwy 45N

Friday & Saturday Jan. 11th & 12th 8 a.m. until?

3912 - Payne Rd., Finger - $82,500 * Ranch * Garage * 3 Bedrooms * 2 Baths * Fenced Yard * 1 acres +/-

4412 - Lake Trail Lp, Selmer - $98,900 * 2 Story * Large Porch * 4 Bedrooms * 2.5 Baths * 2.05 ac +/- * Dog Pen * Double Garage

legals

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NOTICE OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE’S SALE

der is a 28 X 40 2004 Fleetwood Mobile Home, VIN #TNFL427AB29039-EX12, situated on the above real estate and made a part thereof.

and Number 31 of said subdivision, 286.67 feet to the beginning.

Tract 2: Lot Number 31, Block G, of Dickey Woods Subdivision, a plat of which is record in Plat Cabinet A, Slide 4, in the Register’s Office of McNairy County, Tennessee, and reference is here made to said plat of said Subdivision for the description there given, and said plat is made a part hereof by reference hereto as fully and to the same extent as if copied in full herein.

Street Address: 331 Hickory Street, Adamsville, Tennessee 38310 Secondary Property Address: 328 Dogwood Lane, Adamsville, TN 38310 Parcel Number: 055H-F002.00 & 055H-F-015.00 Current Owner(s) of Property: Tamara L. Irwin The street address of the above described property is believed to be 331 Hickory Street, Adamsville, Tennessee 38310, 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. 355-117 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.

interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF BANC OF AMERICA ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-8, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-8, who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, Notice of the Right to Foreclose (“Notice”) was given in compliance with Tennessee law by the mailing a copy of the Notice to the parties at least sixty (60) days prior to the first publication of the Substitute Trustee’s Sale. WHEREAS, the undersigned, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., having been appointed by as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register’s Office of Mcnairy County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Substitute Trustee or its duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on January 30, 2013, 2:00 PM at the Mcnairy County courthouse door where the foreclosure sales are customarily held At the McNairy County Courthouse, Selmer, TN, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Mcnairy County, Tennessee, to wit: Lying and being in the Seventh Civil District of McNairy County, Tennessee, Beginning at an iron pin found in the Northern prescriptive easement of Berry Bottom Road, said pin being located 25 feet from the centerline of the road, the Southwest corner of the Jessica Lynn Belk property of record in Deed Book 143 Page 322, the Southeast corner of the subject tract, thence North 88 degrees 15 minutes 16 seconds West for a distance of 629.01 feet, with the Northern prescriptive easement of said road, to a 5/8-inch rebar iron pin set 25 feet from the centerline of said road and being located 2.81 feet South of a fence corner post, the Southeast corner of the Elmer L. Miller and wife, Nellie Miller property of record in Deed Book 145, Page 165; thence North 01 degree 09 minutes 54 seconds East for a distance of 415.42 feet, along and with an old fence and the Eastern boundary of the Miller property, to a 3/4inch iron pipe found, the Northeast corner of the Miller property and lying in the Southern boundary of the Elmer L. Miller and wife, Nellie Miller property of record in Deed Book 145, Page 163; thence South 88 degrees 28 minutes 37 seconds East for a distance of 208.20 feet; along and with an old fence and the Southern

boundary of the Miller property, to a 5/8-inch rebar iron pin set on the South side of a ditch, the Southeast corner of the Miller property, said pin being witnessed by a steel fence post; thence North 02 degrees 14 minutes 00 seconds East for a distance of 105.00 feet, along and with an old fence and the Eastern boundary of the Miller property, to a ½-inch iron pin found at a fence corner, the Southwest corner of the James Douglas Butler and wife, Loretta Butler property of record in Deed Book 102, Page 517; thence South 88 degrees 24 minutes 15 seconds East for a distance of 418.85 feet, along and with an old fence and with the Southern boundary of the Butler property to a ½-inch iron pin found at a fence corner in the Western boundary of the aforementioned Belk property; thence South 01 degrees 09 minutes 58 seconds West for a distance of 522.33 feet, along and with an old fence and the Western boundary of the Belk property to the point of beginning. Together with and subject to covenants, easements, and restrictions of record, if any. Said property contains 7.025 acres more or less. PARCEL#: 05517202202 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 1250 BERRY BOTTOM ROAD, Michie, TN 38357. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): ROBIN DAVIS AND KEVIN DAVIS OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; 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 property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time,

and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower 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 Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Substitute Trustee 2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407 Richardson, TX 75082 Tel: (800) 2818219 Fax: (866) 681-5002 Registered Agent: CT Corporation System 800 South Gay Street, Suite 2021 Knoxville, TN 37929 Tel: (865) 342-3522 TS#:110141735 FEI #1006.151701 01/09/2013, 01/16/2013, 01/23/2013 12744 34, 35, 36

Default having been made in the payment and obligations secured by a certain Deed of Trust on property currently owned

by BRENDA GAIL IVEY and which Deed of Trust was executed by Brenda Gail Ivey and Milton G. Ivey dated June 9, 2004 to Jack Buliner, Trustee for First State Bank, Henderson, Tennessee (now Clayton Bank & Trust), of record in the Register’s Office of McNairy County, Tennessee in Trust Deed Book 369, page 1704.

WHEREAS, the undersigned, John E. Talbott, Successor Trustee, having been appointed the Successor Trustee on December 14, 2012 and of record in Trust Deed Book 408, page 355 in the Register’s Office of McNairy County, Tennessee to serve in the place and stead of the Trustee, Jack Bulliner.

WHEREAS. The owner of the indebtedness has declared the total amount due and has directed the undersigned to advertise and sell the property described by said Deed of Trust; THEREFORE, this is to give notice that I, John E. Talbott, Successor Trustee, will on Thursday, January 17, 2013 commencing at 10:30 a.m. at the Front Door of the McNairy County Courthouse in Selmer, McNairy County, Tennessee, cause to be offered for sale wand will cause to be sold at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property in McNairy County, Tennessee, and more particularly decribed as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at the northwest corner of Kiser lot on Powers line running east 60 yards to a stake; thence north 40 yards to a corner and stake; thence west 60 yards to a stake on Powers line; thence 40 yards south to beginning, this plot containing ½ acre, more or less. Now bounded on the north by Strickland, on the west by Powers, on the south by Carper, and on the east

by Strickland, the above mentions Kiser lot now owned by Carper. Said legal description is the same description as contained in the previous deed of record.

This is the identical real estate conveyed to Brenda Gail Ivey from Arnold Wayne Mullins by QuitClaim Deed dated January 19, 1996, of record in the Register’s Office of McNairy County, Tennessee in Deed Book 152, page 761.

Also conveyed is a 30 foot wide perpetual nonexclusive easement of ingress and egress, installation and maintenance of utilities as found of record in the Register’s Office of McNairy County, Tennessee in Deed Book 114, page 131 and Deed Book 190, page 221.

Also conveyed hereun-

Said property is believed to be 757 Dickey Road, Guys, Tennessee 38339, Map 149, Parcel 018.00.

Interested parties include the following: 1) Citifinancial, Inc. pursuant to Trust Deed Recorded in Trust Deed Book 385, page 2282 in the Register’s office of McNairy County, Tennessee.

Said sale will be in bar of all right and equity of redemption, homestead, dower, and subject to unpaid property taxes, if any, and redemption rights of the State of Tennessee or United States of America as noted above. Title is believed to be good but I sell and convey only as Successor Trustee.

This the 19th day of December, 2012.

John E. Talbott, Successor Trustee 117 East Main Street, P.O. Box 126 Henderson, Tennessee 38340 Telephone:(731) 989-0485 12677 32, 33, 34 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on February 7, 2013 at 2:00PM local time, at the east door, McNairy County Courthouse, Selmer, Tennessee, conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed

by Tamara L. Irwin, an unmarried woman, to Larry N. Westbrook, Esq., Trustee, on September 15, 2005 at Book Deed of Trust 377, Page 2288; all of record in the McNairy County Register’s Office.

Holder: PHH Mortgage Corporation The following real estate located in McNairy 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 Third (3rd) Civil District of McNairy County, Tennessee, and more particularly described as follows: Tract 1: Beginning at an iron pin in the Southwest right of way of Barker Drive, the same being the Northeast corner of Lot Number 31, Dickey Woods Subdivision, also being the Northwest corner of the lot herein described; thence South 43 degrees 25 minutes East with said right of way 271.4 feet to an iron pin; thence South 55 degrees 30 minutes 41.7 seconds West 145.34 feet to an iron pin in the North boundary line of Lot Number 20 of said subdivision; thence South 81 degrees 30 minutes West with said boundary line 23.8 feet to an iron pin; thence North 08 degrees 30 minutes West with the East boundary line of Lots Number 30

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated December 17, 2010, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded December 27, 2010, at Book 401, Page 1995 in Office of the Register of Deeds for McNairy County, Tennessee, executed

by Jonathan Leitschuh, conveying certain property therein described to John Clark, a resident of Weakley County as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for First State Bank, its successors and assigns; and the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee.

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the power, duty, and au-

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thority vested in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee will, on February 4, 2013 on or about 1:00 P.M., at the McNairy County Courthouse, Selmer, Tennessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the highest bidder FOR CASH, free from the statutory right of redemption, homestead, dower, and all other exemptions which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said

property being real estate situated in McNairy County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:

amsville, Tennessee 38310

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.

In addition, the following parties may claim an interest in the above-referenced property: Jonathan Leitschuh

Trustee’s option at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above.

W&A No. 700‑218075

P.L.L.C.,

Successor Trustee January 9, 2013 January 16, 2013 January 23, 2013

DSaleNoticeTN-Shellie_ tcrow_121228_1356

Being Lot 16, of Country View Estates Subdivision, a Plat or Plan being of record in Plat Cabinet A, Slide 93, in the Register’s Office of McNairy County, Tennessee.

ALSO KNOWN AS: 203 Beaverwood Drive, Ad-

The HB 3588 letter was mailed to the borrower(s) pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated 35-5117. This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmental agency,

The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be rescinded at the Successor

DATED 2012

December

28,

INSERTION DATES: WILSON & ASSOCIATES,

FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW.MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. COM 12743 34, 35, 36

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LAND SALE

At 10:00 o’clock a.m. on February 2, 2013, in the Chancery Courtroom on the second floor of the courthouse on Court Avenue in Selmer, TN, I will offer for sale at public auction the 222.65 acre timber farm of Blonnie Whitlow, deceased, located on Purdy Road in rural McNairy County, TN. There is a surveyed plat of the property in the Clerk & Master’s Office in the Courthouse and in Plat Cabinet C Slide 144 in the Register’s Office, both in Selmer.

It is shown as Map 70 Parcel 17.00 of the McNairy County Assessor’s maps.

I will require a 3% down payment from the successful bidder on the day of the sale. Balance at closing within 30 days at law office of your choice in McNairy County.

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