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Bethel Springs PD: Is this the end?

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By Jeff Whitten Head News Writer

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After surviving a one-month abolishment of its force and multiple rounds of suspensions in 2012, a State of Tennessee administrative policy could finally spell the end for the Bethel Springs Police Department.

On June 24, Bethel once again found itself without a police force.

According to documents from the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission, a June 14 request by the Bethel Springs Board of Aldermen for an eligibility waiver for Benny Jennings for the dis-

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charge under honorable conditions (general discharge) he received from the military in 1974,was denied on June 24.

The town was also notified that their only other officer, Police Chief T. E. “Pee Wee” Sowell, apparently lost his grandfathered status allowing him to serve without certification when he was terminated in November 2012.

Sowell was grand-fathered in prior to 1970, releasing him from the requirement that he attend the police academy. This requirement did not exist when Sowell first became an officer in the 1960s.

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Pictured above is Police Chief T. E. “Pee Wee” Sowell in 2012.

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Historic church seeks to save monuments

By Jeff Whitten Head News Writer

The Bethel Springs Presbyterian Church is the oldest established church in McNairy County and is one of three sites on the National Register of Historic Places of the National Park Service (The other two in the county are the Big Hill Pond Fortification and the Wray’s Bluff Fortification in Pocahontas).

The church was founded on Sept. 7, 1828 by some of the earliest settlers in the county, some of whom came when the area was in Indian country.

The original building sat on what today is the cemetery and served as a field hospital in the Civil War, according to church Treasurer Gail McCullar.

The original building was located about 30 yards from the present one, which was built around 1995, according to church elder Sammy Henry.

Damaging winds and falling trees from the Jan. 30 storm did not seriously damage the church, but it did down some of the monuments in the cemetery. Some of them are broken and cannot be repaired. The church needs your help in restoring these historical memorials, thereby respecting those buried there.

Some of the monuments are marble and are deteriorating. If this continues, it will become impossible to read them.

Many in McNairy and surrounding counties have ancestors buried there. Names on the markers include Wilson, Ammons, Hendrix, Swaim, Etheridge, Stovall, Lockman, Rhodes, McRimmon, Pigott, Scarborough, Sanders, Lee, Rowsey, Kerr, Rankin, McCullar, McCollough, Gillespie, Dismukes, Archer, Hill, Tedford, Cobb, Simmons and many others.

“A lot of people in the county don’t real-

v What you can do Send your tax deductible donations to the Bethel Springs Presbyterian Church, P. O. Box 116, Bethel Springs, TN 38315 and designate the gift as a donation to the cemetary fund. All money collected goes to the restoration and preservation of the cemetary and the history of McNairy County. ize that they have ancestors buried in the cemetery. There are some people that have the same last names as those buried in the cemetery that have lived here all their lives,” McCullar said.

Gail’s family has been attending the church for five generations and her husband David McCullar’s family has been attending the church for seven generations.

David’s ancestors were charter members of the church, according to Henry. Gail’s great-grandfather was an elder of the church from 1865 until his death in 1930.

Some of the markers have birth dates before the Revolutionary War. For example, Robert Rankin’s marker says he was born on March 29, 1759 and died on Dec. 21, 1840.

Some veterans of that war are buried there, Henry said.

“Help us preserve this great heritage for generations to come,” said a statement from the church.

The church does not get any funding from outside sources.

“We’re just trying to preserve the history there,” Gail said.

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Toddler dies in tragic accident

By Jeff Whitten Head News Writer

One-year-old Colton Walker Mast was killed June 22 after being struck by a pickup truck.

According to an investigative report by Lt. Brad Johnson, provided by the McNairy County Sheriff’s Department, William Mast, Jr., Colton’s father had been un-hooking a utility trailer in the yard prior to the crash. When William pulled his truck back to the driveway, the child inadvertently walked into

the path of the vehicle on William’s blind side.

The child was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to McNairy Regional Hospital.

The crash is still under investigation.

Colton was the son of William and Carolyn Weaver Mast of Bethel Springs. He was the grandson of William Mast, Sr. and Emma Mast of Bethel Springs and Abe and Emma Weaver of Louisville, Ky. Colton had two sisters, Brooke and Britney Mast.

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Because of this, Sowell would have to go through the certification process in order to continue serving as a police officer, according to Katelyn E. Abernathy, Public Information Officer for the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance.

Mayor Kay Cox first found out about the problems in the certification from Jennings around June 15 or 16.

According to Cox, she then called P.O.S.T. who told her that Jennings could never be a police officer because of his military record and that Sowell’s grand-fathered status ended with his termination in November 2012. Even though he was rehired, they said that he would

be required to gain certification due to his break in his service.

Cox said that she still, as she has in the past, favors abolishing the police department and using the money for other purposes.

“We can find a wiser use for the money,” Cox said.

The town is currently working on its annual budget, and a decision on the future of the department could come as soon as next week.

Despite the loss of Bethel’s police force, the McNairy County Sheriff’s Department will still have police protection and patrols within the town.

“Nothing has changed (for Bethel Springs).

As far as police coverage, it will be business as usual. We will still serve Bethel Springs and answer all 911 calls in that area,” said Sheriff Guy Buck.

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Jan. 27, 2012- June 22, 2013

By Carolyn Mast Colton’s Mother

Colton was a bright spot in all of our lives. He adored his big sisters! He always loved going outside with them or whomever would indulge him; he would go search for his shoes and bring them to mommy to put on his feet. His shoe drawer finally broke from all the times he would open it and pull down because he was just a little too short to reach it while standing on his tippy-toes. All the things that he would pull out and scatter throughout the house will be greatly missed.

Colton adored his daddy! Whenever he heard daddy was home, his little face would light up. He followed his daddy wherever he could. He loved to give his daddy hugs and blow him kisses.

He was loved by all who he came in contact with. His mischievous smile would win everybody’s heart over. Your heart couldn’t help but smile when he was nearby.

Colton will be greatly missed by all! Mommy will miss kissing his cute chubby cheeks! He is now in heaven with his brother Weston, who also left this earth too soon. They are joined in heaven forever praising our precious Savior.

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More on United Stainless expansion plans

By Jeff Whitten Head News Writer

More details emerged last week on the United Stainless expansion that was first reported in last week’s Independent Appeal.

Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty, along with United Stainless, Inc. President Greg Sturicz, announced June 25 the company will expand its facility in Selmer, Tenn. The stainless steel tubing manufacturer is expanding one of its existing product lines to offer custom cutting and fabricating, resulting in a $3.4 million investment and the addition of 25 new manufacturing positions over the next two years.

Located at 130 Three Star Drive in Selmer, the expansion will include a 30,000 square foot building addition that will accommodate additional cutting and fabricating equipment along with more efficient storage and handling.

“My experience here with the local community has been fantastic,” Sturicz said. “The workforce that we have had here is wonderful...I consider the State of Tennessee a great place to do business, and the City of Selmer is a great neighbor for us. I can’t say enough about it.”

United Stainless provides a wide range of stainless and corrosion resistant alloys for superior strength, bend ability, temperature require-

ments and longevity. Headquartered in Beloit, Wis., United Industries currently operates two companies in Selmer – United Stainless and United Industries Cutting & Fabricating.

“Tennessee is an attractive location for companies around the world with our businessfriendly environment, solid workforce and tradition of quality manufacturing,” Hagerty said.

“Servicing nearly a dozen countries globally, United Stainless continues to grow, succeed and drive job creation throughout southwest Tennessee.”

United Stainless Vice President of Manufacturing Steve Glidewell said they would like to give special thanks to the local and state government officials who have participated and assisted in the planning and development of our facility expansion.

“We are very pleased that United Stainless has once again chosen Selmer for an additional expansion to their business,” Selmer Mayor David Robinson said. “We look forward to the additional jobs that will be created in the community.

They are a pleasure to work with, and we look forward to a long relationship.”

“We are extremely excited that United Stainless has made the decision to reinvest in Selmer/McNairy County,” McNairy County Mayor Ronnie Brooks said. “United Stainless has been an outstanding asset to Selmer (and) McNairy

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County.”

“United Stainless has been an excellent corporate citizen, and we are excited about working with them on their new expansion,” Ted Moore, executive director of the McNairy Regional Alliance, said. “This is their eighth expansion over the past few years. It says a lot for the company as they continue growth in these difficult economic conditions. Those expansions have allowed them to more than double the number of employees and operate from two locations in Selmer. We appreciate the positive economic impact they have on our local economy.”

The Alliance is a combination of the Economic Development Commission and the Chamber of Commerce.

“I am delighted that we will see these new jobs coming into McNairy County as a result of the expansion of United Stainless,” said St. Sen. Dolores Gresham, who represents McNairy and other counties. “McNairy County is a great location for new and expanding businesses. I look forward to continuing to see that our communities have the infrastructure they need to make our area attractive to companies looking to locate here.”

“This is very good news for McNairy County,” St. Rep. Barrett Rich, who represents McNairy and other counties, added. “I congratulate United Stainless and all of our city, county and state officials who worked to help make this happen.”

walked around by all of the registers and then went to electronics.

The man then went to the hardware department and took a hammer. He then went back to electronics and paced until the associates went to a different area. He then took the hammer and pried open the cash registers and took the money in them.

He then exited the store through the regular exit and left in his car from the parking lot.

Anyone seeing this man or having any knowledge about this robbery should call the Selmer Police Department at (731) 6457907.

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According to the McNairy County Sheriff’s Department, Templeton’s missing mower was also recovered along with the tractor.

The tractor, a blue 2002 New Holland TM 125, and the new Rhino Boom Mower, have both been returned to their rightful owner.

On June 21, Deputy Amy Ballard responded to a call from Templeton, who said he had arrived at Leapwood Enville Road to find that his tractor and Bush Hog were missing.

Templeton, who is a former county mayor and Stantonville farmer, said he spoke to a neighbor, who had not seen the tractor for four or five days.

Templeton said that since there were no fresh tracks in the dirt, it made him think the tractor had been gone before the rain on the night of June 17.

No arrests have been made in the case and the investigation into the theft is ongoing. Those with information on this case are encouraged to contact the McNairy County Sheriff’s Department.

The Beef House makes fresh start in Selmer

By Christen Coulon Managing Editor

The Beef House, formerly Joe’s Beef House, a favorite dining option for many McNairy County residents, has moved to a more visible location in the old Fannie’s Florist Building at 375 Mulberry Ave. New owners and McNairy County natives Dottie and Craig DeForest opened the restaurant at a new location last Monday and plan to offer many of the same menu items that people have come to expect, along with several new and modified recipes.

Dottie said that opening the restaurant is a life-long dream of her husband’s and said that he would be putting his experience as a career chef to work at The Beef House. Previously, Craig has worked at local dining hotspots Pusser’s, Pickwick Inn and the Saw Meal. “(Craig) has always wanted to own his own restaurant,” Dottie said. “This is all he has ever done.”

The DeForests, who were married six months ago, said that they

were looking at different locations for a restaurant and happened to mention the endeavor to Anthony Carr, former owner of Joe’s Beef House. At the time, Carr said that he would get them a price that night. They were able to work out an acceptable price, and the DeForests immediately began preparing for the opening.

Dottie said that the move to the new location was already in the works when they purchased the restaurant, and they decided that it would make sense to take over as the business moved to a new location.

The new restaurant will offer several dining rooms, along with two private dining areas that are available for group reservations.

The DeForests also said that they would be extending the hours of the business and its days of operation. In addition, beginning on July 22, they will offer breakfast service.

Craig said that he plans to offer more fresh food options for their menu but said that customers will still be able to find their favorite dishes on the menu including a salad bar, the plate lunches and

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Dottie DeForest, co-owner of The Beef House in Selmer, waits a table on the restaurant its opening day.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2013

Local economy takes turn for the worse in May

By Jeff Whitten Head News Writer

Unemployment and foreclosures rose and sales tax collections fell in McNairy County in May. Local sales tax collections in the county fell 6 percent in May to $259,000, according to the Tennessee Department of Revenue. Sales taxes are a percentage of retail sales, though an imperfect indicator, because sales tax is not collected on all items and is a smaller percentage on some items, such as food.

Unemployment rose to 11 percent in May, from 10.3 percent the previous month, according to the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. It has increased by 1.7 percentage points over the past year.

The labor force increased by 70 to 10,590, and the number of unemployed increased by 90 to 1,170. The number

of people with a job fell from 9,440 to 9,420.

There were eight new foreclosure filings in the county in May, up one from April, according to Realtytrac. This is down from 14 new filings in June 2012.

The foreclosure rate for the county was 0.06 percent, for the state was 0.07 percent and for the nation was 0.11 percent.

There were three new filings in Adamsville, two in Selmer and one in Bethel Springs, Guys and Stantonville.

At 0.4 percent, Guys had the highest foreclosure rate in the county, followed by Stantonville at 0.18, Adamsville at 0.1, Bethel Springs at 0.06 and Selmer at 0.05 percent.

There were 20 homes sold in Selmer, 11 in Adamsville, four in Ramer, three in Bethel Springs and Michie, and two in Milledgeville and Finger.

The median sales price was $74,000 in Adamsville, $60,940 in Selmer, $60,500 in Ramer, $45,250 in Stanton-

ville, $32,000 in Bethel, $26,000 in Finger and $9,000 in Michie.

The median sales price for the entire county was $45,500.

At 8.3 percent, Alcorn County, Miss., had the lowest unemployment rate of surrounding counties, followed by Chester County at 9.3 percent, Hardin County at 9.9 percent and Hardeman County at 12 percent. Figures for Alcorn County are from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.

The state unemployment rate increased 0.3 percentage points to 8.3 percent in May. The unemployment rate increased in 82 counties, decreased in eight counties and stayed the same in five counties.

Williamson County, in the Nashville metropolitan area, had the lowest unemployment rate in the state at 5.7 percent. Scott County, which is located in East Tennessee

AiM Photo Contest showcases work of local artists July 13

By Emily Pitts Staff Writer

Showcasing McNairy County artists is what Arts in McNairy does best, and the county’s many amateur photographers are no exception. Photos from the annual AiM Photography Contest, which accepted entries in April and May, will be on display for the public to view at the Latta Visitors’ and Cultural Center gallery beginning July 13.

The opening reception for the exhibit, where all the photos from the contest in addition to the winning entries will be on display, is set to begin at 2 p.m. in the gallery and last until 4.

In addition to this reception, the AiM Visual Arts Committee is planning a special event to kick off the photography contest’s first display in the Latta. The photography contest began in April with a special symposium featuring the Shiloh Eagle Photographers; the reception will begin with a workshop entitled “Photoshop for Nature Photographers.”

The workshop, facilitated by Shiloh Eagle and Wildlife Photographers and hosted by AiM in the Latta theatre, is free and open to the public and will begin at 9:30 a.m. The speaker is Joseph Romans, a sports and nature photographer from North Alabama.

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for nature photographers, but there will be good information for all photographers,” said Lanessa Miller Coulon, organizer and one of three jurors for the contest. “Participants are encouraged to bring their laptops to follow along with the tutorial as well.”

In addition to the interactive events newly offered this year, the photography contest itself has been revamped. The contest was open to entrants of all ages who have a connection to McNairy County, and prizes were awarded in four divisions: portrait, environment, moment and artistry.

According to Coulon, environment was one of the most popular categories. “We had a lot of landscapes,” she said.

The contest also had a digital component this year. Photographers had the opportunity to post their digital photos on a Facebook Photo Forum in a contest to receive free printing, matting and an entry fee waiver for the official contest. Leslie Miller Klosterman, Julie Martin and Rod-

ney Murray were the three photographers selected to receive hassle-free entry, and their photos will be on display at the photography reception and show.

The photos were judged by jurors and were awarded prizes based on their composition, lighting, use of depth of field, point of view and contrast and creativity and originality.

“The winning photos display technical skill, dynamic composition and interesting subjects,” said Coulon.

At the reception, AiM will be giving away over $500 in cash prizes for the contest. One photographer will receive a Best in Show award and $100. A 1st place prize of $70 and a 2nd place prize $35 will be awarded in each of the four award divisions. All 3rd place photographs and honorable mentions will receive entry fee waivers for the 2014 contest.

Following the reception, photos will be on display at the Latta Center gallery through the month of August.

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Bethel recorder kisses job goodbye

By Jeff Whitten Head News Writer

In the midst of yet another altercation with Alderman Sherry Smith, Bethel Springs City Recorder Erin Pickle got up, walked to the door, blew a kiss to the audience, said goodbye and walked out of last Monday's special called budget meeting.

Mayor Kay Cox then revealed that Pickle had another job but waited until she closed the books out on this fiscal year to announce her departure.

“You don't have a recorder anymore—she's gone. I know you're happy. We've lost the best recorder that we've ever had,” Cox told Smith.

Cox rebuked Smith for treating Pickle badly and causing her to leave.

“You accused her of stealing money all the time,” Cox said to Smith.

Smith denied accusing Pickle of stealing money, saying it was her job to investigate city finances.

“Since you haven't got anybody to argue with, maybe we can go on,” Cox said to Smith.

Smith denied she had a personal conflict with Pickle but said she needed answers to some questions.

“You're not going to get them now because there's not anybody here to get them from,” Cox said.

As in the past three meetings, the controversy erupted when Smith accused Pickle of making intrafund transfers without them

having been voted on by the board and asked her where the money was.

Pickle replied that one was made in 2005, five years before she became city recorder.

One was made from the general fund to the water fund in order to pay contractors who installed the water meters, before the grant money to pay for them arrived. Pickle pointed out that it is standard procedure to transfer money from the water to the sanitation fund, because utility customers pay their garbage and water on the same bill. The auditor and state comptroller approved all of these transactions, Pickle said. Some of the transactions would require a resolution of approval by the board, she added.

Pickle is a Certified Municipal Financial Officer. Cities are penalized by the state if they do not have one. They are given two years after a CMFO departs before these penalties are imposed.

City Clerk Deborah Sullivan is now studying to become a CMFO. The board again failed to take any specific actions to reduce the deficit. It instead voted to adopt the old budget and amend it as needed.

A budget, compiled by Pickle based on last year's budget minus one-time revenues and expenditures, greatly reduced the deficit in the general fund and eliminated it in the water fund.

The general fund deficit was narrowed to $15,000, while the water fund deficit turned into a $2,000 surplus.

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Businesses in McNairy County: Portrait of a bygone era

By Jeff Whitten Head News Writer

Prior to integration, there was a thriving African-American business scene in McNairy County, according to Shirley Williams.

Williams spoke to the McNairy County Historical Society’s June 26 meeting in Selmer on this topic.

These African-American entrepreneurs made a virtue out of necessity. Since they were unable to sell to white customers because of segregation, they vied to fill the economic needs of the African-American community, which was barred from buying from white merchants. After integration, many African-American businesses ceased to exist.

Williams’ research went all the way back to the beginning of the 20th Century.

Her story begins in Bethel Springs, which was then quite different economically from what it is now. Downtown Bethel, rather than having the life sucked out of it by being bypassed by the Highway 45 Bypass as it is today, thrived due to the nearby railroad.

“After talking to people, we found out we had a richer history of businesses in the African American community than we realized,” Williams said.

“Entrepreneurship in McNairy County has a rich history,” Williams said.

Belle Floyd had a cafe in Bethel Springs around the turn of the 20th Century that served soul

food. She would sell bags of food to people on trains.

“She had the first fast food in Bethel,” Williams said.

At one time Bethel was a great railroad stop, Williams explained.

Floyd would board the trains while they were stopped and sell the bags of food. At that time, African Americans could not go into the dining car.

“She had a thriving business,” Williams said.

“I would like to label her as the first McDonalds in Bethel Springs,” Williams said, as the audience chuckled.

Sam Floyd (no relation to Belle) and Pinkie Wiley had a blacksmith shop in Bethel around this time.

They supplied horses and stagecoaches to get people getting off the trains to other parts of the county.

Aaron Tonsil, George Urban and M. F. “Fonzie” Wilson were carpenters in Bethel at this time.

John G. Wilson had a crafts and hobby shop. He whittled items for sale in his store.

King Moore had a taxi business after the dawn of the age of the horseless carriage. He ferried customers around in a Model T Ford for $0.25 to $0.50 a ride.

“This was big money in those days,” Williams said.

Hattie Wynn had a flower shop. She would later teach school at Adamsville.

Vether Campbell was known throughout the county for his molasses. He was known as “The Molasses Man.”

“He had a certain technique that nobody else had,” Williams said.

There was a cafe in Guys called Willie B’s. It was in the Walking Tall movie, though the name was changed to Willie Ray’s.

The Round Town Motel and Restaurant, located along the Mississippi state line, was owned in the early 1970s by Bobby and Hazel Ratcliffe. It was previously known as the Shamrock Motel and Restaurant and was also in the Walking Tall movie.

There are, of course, many African-American-owned businesses, which now serve a multiracial clientele. Williams mentioned several of these in her presentation.

The Durr Monument and Vault Company in Guys is one of these. It has been in business since 1994 and is owned by Paul and Shelia Avery Durr. Nicky Adkins owns Moody’s Auto Sales.

Homer Watson owns the Heavenly Hand car wash in Selmer.

Terry Yarbrough owns A-1 Construction. Dr. Barton Chase runs Family Practice in Ramer.

The most recent AfricanAmerican-owned business to open is the Smokin’ Pig barbecue place, owned by Larry Stackens and Lamon Massengill.

Williams is originally from a small unincorporated town called Holladay, Tenn., in Benton County. She lived in Nashville for many years. She met her husband at Tennessee State University.

They moved to McNairy County in 2000.

Reformers Unanimous opens McNairy County Chapter at Faith Baptist

By Christen Coulon Managing Editor

Faith Baptist Church in Selmer has begun hosting a chapter of Reformers Unanimous, a Christ-centered addiction recovery program. The program will focus on helping people stay clean for the rest of their lives after treatment or incarceration.

Reformers Unanimous touts an 82 percent recovery rate for members who complete the program. It was founded in April 1996 by Steve Curington, who was able to beat a 10-year addiction to drugs and alcohol by drawing on the support systems available through his faith in Jesus Christ, his church and his understanding of God’s principles of life from the Bible.

“We show them how to live the rest of their life without addiction,” said Faith Baptist Pastor Murray Kimball Jr., who is also serving as the local director of the Reformers Unanimous chapter. “We tell you how to get clean and stay clean.”

Kimball said that he has already begun working with McNairy County Sheriff Guy Buck to begin a program at the local jail on Saturday nights.

“They just kicked it off, but we were excited that they are there,” Buck said.

Buck said he liked the program because it was a formal, accredited program that the inmates could use to show that they have worked to make progress on their addictions.

Buck said that RU was filling a vital

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need in the community, because many of the inmates leave the jail ill-equipped to deal with their problems, and it offers them valuable life skills that they can use moving forward.

The current program at the jail facilitated by RA Johnson of Faith Baptist has already attracted 40-60 members each week.

The main portion of the local chapter of RU will begin serving members at Faith Baptist Church every week on Thursday nights beginning July 11 from 7-9 p.m.

Kimball said the Thursday meeting will meet every week without a break once the program begins.

“If Christmas falls on a Thursday, we will have a meeting that night,” Kimball said.

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Mcnairy voices What are your plans for the Fourth of July?

Jeremy Robinson (Selmer):

Ellen Teresa Irons (Selmer):

Phyllis King (Selmer):

“Cook barbecue —a hog or so. Maybe half a hog, some ribs, something good.”

“I’m not planning on doing anything. My children are out of town.”

“Just spend time with my family, maybe grill out.”

Patricia Arnold (Bethel Springs): “Most likely, just sit at home.

I may end up going and watching some fireworks.

I don’t know where, though.

I’d have to find out.”

Roger Damron (Selmer):

Shirley Cupples (Selmer):

“Stay out of the heat.”

“I am going to be working.

I have a dress shop in Selmer.

We’re going to be open.”

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.

On Thursday July 4, 2013, we will be celebrating or commemorating the 237th anniversary of the birth of our Declaration of Independence. Known as either the Fourth of July or Independence Day, July 4 has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1941, but the tradition of Independence Day celebrations goes back to the 18th century and the American Revolution (177583). In June 1776, Representatives of the 13 Colonies, then fighting in the Revolutionary struggle, weighed in on a resolution that would declare their independence from Great Britain. On July 2, the Continental Congress voted in favor of independence, and two days later the delegates adopted the Declaration of Independence, a historic document drafted by Thomas Jefferson. From 1776 until the present day, July 4 has been celebrated as the birth of American Independence, with typical festivities ranging from fireworks, parades and concerts to more casual family gatherings and barbecues.

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“The Spirit of America”

(co-written by Becky Browder Johnston) I knew George Washington before Valley Forge helped Teddy carry his big stick flew the plane for Amelia Earhart watched Clara Barton as she cared for the sick I went with Andy Jackson to New Orleans was with Bowie when he made his knife stood beside Davy Crockett at the Alamo it was for me that he gave his life for I’m the Spirit of America all about what freedom means I’m the Spirit of America the Heart and Soul of American Dreams I flat boated on the Allegheny River walked the trails with Johnny Appleseed held the kite strings for Ben Franklin was there when the slaves were freed I stood on the deck of the USS Arizona as it went to its watery grave I light the torch for the Statue of Liberty and wave the flag over the Land of the Brave for I’m the Spirit of America all about what freedom means I’m the Spirit of America the Heart and Soul of American Dreams Becky Browder Johnston Selmer Native and co-writer of “The Spirit of America”

Citizen thanks county for honoring Dewey Phillips Thanks to all the people in Adamsville & McNairy County for honoring Dewey Phillips. It has been long overdue & I was so glad to see the signs in Adamsville city limits. Dewey was one of my neighbors when I grew up in Adamsville & I know he would be so thrilled to be acknowledged.

Billie Glover Cook

Help America ‘s Forests, plant trees in High-Need National Forests America’s forestland is a prized natural resource, and anyone can help plant trees in these vital areas by joining the Arbor Day Foundation this month.

Through the Replanting Our National Forests campaign, the Arbor Day Foundation will honor each new member who joins in July by planting 10 trees in forests that have been devastated by wildfires, insects and disease.

The cost for joining the Arbor Day Foundation is a $10 donation.

America’s national forests face enormous challenges, including unprecedented wildfires that have left a backlog of more than one million acres in need of replanting.

The Foundation has worked with the United States Forest Service for more than 20 years to plant trees in high-need forests.

Our national forests provide habitat for wildlife, keep

the air clean and help ensure safe drinking water for more than 180 million Americans.

“Keeping our forests healthy is vital to the health of people and the entire planet,” said John Rosenow, founder and chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “By planting trees in our national forests, we will preserve precious natural resources and the benefits they provide for generations to come.”

To join the Arbor Day Foundation and help plant trees in our national forests, send a $10 membership contribution to Replanting Our National Forests, Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Ave., Nebraska City, NE 68410, or visit arborday.org/july.

Woodrow Nelson Arbor Day Foundation

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 • 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 • Private Alex Johnson, US Army • SGT Ricky L. Jordan, USMC • Army Officer 1st Lt. James Lax • Sergeant Joseph Lilly • Captain Troy E. Mathis

• Captain 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 • A1C Kassidy N. Mosier, USAF • 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 • SPC David Poole, National Guard • 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 • A1C Logan D. Mosier, USAF 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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Deborah A. Prater Redfearn

Bob E. Barton, Sr.

Deborah A (Angel) Prater Redfearn was born February 3, 1958 in Ripley, Tenn.

Mrs. Redfearn was a homemaker and a member of the East Side Church of Christ. Her favorite pastimes were making flower arrangements, cooking sweets, collecting angels, and spending time with her family, friends and her dogs.

She is survived by her fiance Joe Harris of Selmer, a son, Terry Patrick Methina of Walnut, Miss.; and a daughter, Karen Dair Carter and husband Joshua of Selmer, Tenn.

Memorial services were held on June 28, 2013 at 3 p.m. at East Side Church of Christ in Selmer, Tenn.

Funeral services for Bob E. Barton, Sr., age 66, were held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, June 30, 2013 in the chapel of Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home conducted by Elder Charles Whitten. Burial followed in Finger Cemetery in McNairy County, Tenn.

Mr. Barton died June 26, 2013.

He was born in McNairy County, Tenn., son of the late Kenzy Sam and Edna Earl Bell Barton. Mr. Barton was retired from Consolidated Aluminum Corporation and was a member of Rocky Springs Primitive Baptist Church.

He leaves daughters, Donna Barton of Beech Bluff, Tenn. and Cheryl Barton (Billy) Orsborn of Brighton, Tenn.; a son, Bobby Barton, Jr. of Jackson, Tenn.; sisters Faye Barton Walden of Lakeland, Tenn. and Dorothy Barton (Bobby) Hedgepath of Bath Springs, Tenn.; brothers, Frank (Jean) Barton of Germantown, Tenn., Ernest Barton of Saltillo, Tenn. and James (Millie) Barton of West Palm Beach, Fla.; five gradchildren and a step-grandchild.

Visitation with the family was from 1 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. prior to services Sunday at the funeral home. Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home, 731-4242424.

Hubert Ray Mathews, Jr. Hubert Ray Mathews, Jr. was born October 26, 1968 in Erie, Pa., the son of Ray and Anavah Mathews of Selmer, Tenn.

Mr. Mathews departed this life on June 26, 2013 in Milan, Tenn. at the age of 44 years, 7 months, 30 days.

In addition to his parents, Mr. Mathews is survived by a sister, Dossie Briggs and husband Jeremiah of Selmer, Tenn.; nieces, Cassie, Hannah, Maranatha and Katie; and nephews, Jason, Ezra, Joshua and Yiriyah.

He is preceded in death by two brothers, Russ Miller and Lance Miller.

Visitation was held on Saturday, June 29, 2013 from 6-9 p.m. and the funeral servicewas held on Sunday, June 30, 2013 at 9 a.m., all held at Rose Creek Village Town Hall. Interment followed in Rose Creek Village Cemetery.

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Barclay Family The family of J.C. Barclay wishes to thank everyone for their cards, prayers, support, flowers and plants, gifts and food during his illness and passing away.

Thank you to Bro. Gregg Worthey and Shackelford Funeral Directors. Thank you also to the Army and National Guard for the Military Funeral.

A special thanks to Dewey Foster.

church events July 7-11 • West Shiloh Baptist Church VBS

It’s Vacation Bible School time at West Shiloh Baptist Church located at 282 West Shiloh Church Road in Stantonville, Tenn. Come join us as we experience the thrill and excitement of a day at the park!

Children ages 4 years through 6th grade are admitted free from Sunday, July 7 thru Thursday, July 11, 2013, 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. nightly. Grab your tickets and head on over to Colossal Coaster World!

For more information contact Debbie Qualls at 731-607-4806. Colossal Coaster World will be an event to remember!

• Harvest Time’s Church Anniversary Service Come celebrate the Lord with us as we commemorate the many years and many people that helped to bless Henderson, Tenn., and the surrounding communities. If you leave not blessed it’s your own fault!

Harvest Time Church of God In Christ will host its Church Anniversary Service, Sunday, July 7, 2013 at 3:30 p.m. at 414 Beechwood Avenue, Henderson, TN. Elder Payne of New Zeal Baptist Church in Chapel, TN will be giving the unadulterated Word of the Lord.

Come be encouraged as this Man of God allows the Holy Spirit to bless the people.

For more information please contact Juanita Szaabo, Director of Public Relations for Harvest Time Church of God In Christ at 731-394-4789, 731-2348448, or email at szaaboj@gmail.com or harvesttime3@hotmail.com. Like Harvest Time Church of God in Christ on Facebook.

July 14 • Riverview Baptist Church Gospel Singing

Riverview Baptist Church will host The Barnetts and the Joylanders on Sunday night, July 14 at 6 p.m.

Join us for a great night of gospel music with two of the most talented families in West Tenn. Riverview Baptist is located at 269 Wayne Road, Savannah.

July 14-17 • Gospel Meeting

Adamsville Church of Christ will have a gospel meeting July 14-17 with Winford Claiborne as speaker.

Sunday services: 9:30 Bible Class, 10:30 Worship and 7:30 Evening Worship. Monday-Wednesday 7 p.m. Everyone invited.

July 15-19 • “Heartbeat Hospital” VBS Forty Forks

Forty Forks Baptist Church will be having a “Heartbeat Hospital” Vacation Bible School beginning July 15 - 19. The church is located 672 Ed Barham

NOTICE OF SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE SELMER/McNAIRY COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD The Selmer/McNairy County Industrial Development Board will meet on Thursday, July 11, 2013, at 4:30 p.m., in the Conference Room of the McNairy County Visitor’s Center, which is located at 205 West Court Avenue in Selmer, Tennessee, in a special called meeting, to discuss and possibly take action with respect to: executing a Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreement with Charford, Inc. with respect to certain real property and improvements situated thereon, located at 1020 Tennessee Avenue in Selmer, Tennessee, which is also identified as Map 080, Parcel 004.02, by the Assessor’s Office of McNairy County, Tennessee (hereinafter “Real Property”); financing of the purchase of the Real Property; and authorizing designated officers of the Board to execute any and all documents related to any of the items set forth herein.

Robert Shackelford, Board Chairman

Road, Bethel Springs, Tenn. Come out to The Forks and have fun getting your heart checked out. The children are in for a fun VBS this year. Age groups are K6th grade.

Bro. Randy Smith, pastor. Call 731-934-7457, 6101716, 901-826-0443, for more info. or ride.

July 22-24 • Bethel Springs Church of Christ VBS The Bethel Springs Church of Christ is hosting a VBS for ages 2-years through 6th grade. There will also be an adult/teen class. The theme is “Seeking the Wisdom of God,” and will focus on lessons from Biblical Kings Saul, Solomon, and Reheboam, as well as our own (fictional) King Billy Bob of Bethel Springs.

The event will take place Monday July 22 through Wednesday July 24 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

The church building is located at 4487 Main Street in Bethel Springs. For more information call 731-6103667.

July 29 - August 1 • VBS for Solitude Free Will

The VBS at Solitude Free Will Baptist Church scheduled for June 27-29 has been postponed until July 29-August 1 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call Amber Vires at 610-3842.

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls.

I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

Audrey Hepburn

community events July 5 • Stantonville Fish Fry Stantonville Fire Department will have its monthly fish fry on Friday July 5th from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Plates of catfish, chicken, or shrimp or any combination of the three will be served along with slaw, french fries, hushpuppies, a drink and dessert. Full orders are $10 and half orders are $6. Carryouts are available. Come out and support our volunteers!

July 13 • Jesus Cares Customer Appreciation Day Jesus Cares of McNairy Co. Thrift Store presents Christmas in July. Beat the Christmas rush and shop with us at the Selmer Jesus Cares Thrift Store, 137 W. Court Ave. We also will be having our Customer Appreciation Day Saturday, July 13. Please join us for hot dogs, desserts, cotton candy and entertainment. We appreciate the love and support everyone has given the thrift store and the Jesus Cares Ministry. Your support has provided assistance to many people in McNairy County.

• Purdy Community Center Dance Purdy Community Center Dance July 13, 2013, Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. until 10 p.m.

No dance July 6, 2013.

Come enjoy food, fun, dancing two step, line dancing, square dancing, with Ronnie Whitten and Company. With door prizes give away. See you there folks!

• Tractor Show The Tennessee Old Iron Club has announced that a tractor show will be held on Saturday, July 13 at Tractor Supply in Savannah. This is a special show and old tractors and equipment lovers are invited to participate.

Restored and unrestored tractors will be the order of the day.

Dates for shows at Saltillo and Enville will be announced soon. The shows are well attended and feature a lot of old tractors and equipment.

Dickie Meek is the coordinator of the Old Iron Club.

• Prospect Cemetery Upkeep Meeting There will be an emergency meeting regarding the upkeep of Prospect Cemetery on Tuesday night July 16, 2013 at 7:00 pm in the fellowship hall of Union Grove United Methodist Church. Anyone with family members buried at Prospect Cemetery should plan to attend this very important meeting.

July 20 • Back to School Fest A free Back to School Fest will be held on Sat-

urday, July 20 from 10 a.m. until 12 Noon at the Selmer Community Center, 230 North Fifth Street, Selmer.

This is for kids, parents and families. There will be a school supply giveaway (basic school supplies to all school age children while supplies last) Adult must accompany child.

Free food and drinks will be on hand. Sponsored by the McNairy County Community Advisory Board, United Healthcare and Bluecare Tennessee.

• Everyone’s A Princess The “Everyone’s A Princess” pageant gives all “special needs” girls a chance to sparkle. The pageant will be held July 20th at 6:00 at the Selmer Civic Center. Hair and make up will be done for the girls starting at 4:00 by Salon Elite. The pageant is Sunday attire. The ages are 0-21. The cost will be $4 at the door for everyone. Contestants get in free. Since everyone is a princess, everyone gets a crown. For more information or forms, call Brooke at 731-439-3624 or email, meljbs4@yahoo.com. The deadline for all forms is July 6th, to ensure that all girls get a crown. All proceeds go to the Special Needs Athletics.

July 24 • Diabetes Program UT Extension and McNairy County Health Department are partnering to offer you a program to help you learn to be a diabetes self-manager.

This is a skill-building program designed for persons with diabetes or their family members.

This class is being offered every Wednesday at the McNairy County Health Dept. at 10:00 a.m. This program is for 6 classes, begins July 24 and concludes August 28. For questions or to register please contact the Health Dept. at 731-645-3474 ext. 122.

October 5-13 • New England Fall Foliage Tour Explore the abundant charm of New England in the fall as we visit Vermont and New Hampshire along its winding backroads. Admire the scenic splendor of New Hamshire’s White Mountains during a drive along the Kancamagus Highway, take a scenic cruise on Lake Champaign, enjoy lunch and a tour of the Trapp Family Resort in Stowe, Vermont, take a scenic cruise on Lake Winnipesakee, have lunch and a tour of Castle in the Clouds, and much more. Tour will include transportation by deluxe motorcoach, eight nights lodging, 17 meals, two river cruises, and

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By Mrs. T.C. Williams Contributor

The New Bethel UMC vacation Bible School was a great success. Also our summer outreach feeding program is going great as well.

The children are attending the program consistently, where they are given the opportunity to play and interact with other children their age and learn how to enjoy one another in a Christian environment. The program still has openings, so if you know of children or handicapped adults who would like to attend, please call Shirley Williams at 731-9349568.

Jayla Jones of Lavergne, Tenn. spent a week with her grandparents Tamela and Willie Sain, sister Chasity, and other relatives and friends. She had a wonderful time going to the park with her paw-paw.

Lillian Marie Bankhead and daughter from Chicago, Ill. came home for a visit and to check on her home from the storm damage.

Flora Taylor and friend from Milan, Tenn. visited TC, Eugene, and Shirley on Thursday—also Calvin

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Gladys Butler came home last week after spending several days in the Vanderbilt hospital. She is improving real well. Please keep her in your prayers.

The choir of New Bethel UMC have been traveling for the last two weeks. Last week, the choir sang at Mt. Pleasant #2 church in Pinson and this week at Cool Springs Baptist Church in Henderson where they sang for the Singing Convention.

Shirley and Eugene traveled to Benton County to the Friendship CME Church homecoming last Sunday. Dinner was served and the preaching and singing was wonderful.

Weekly thought: Things of the world often pull at our heart, But Lord help me see the end from the start; Open my eyes to where my life's going, What I will reap from all I've been sowing.

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So, until next time, be kind to yourself and others!

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The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security and Tennessee Highway Patrol today announced a decline in traffic fatalities during this year’s Memorial Day holiday period. Preliminary figures indicate eight people were killed in traffic crashes on state roadways during the 78-hour holiday enforcement, which ran from 6 p.m., Friday, May 24 through 11:59 p.m., Monday, May 27.

The eight vehicular fatalities is a drop from the 16 deaths that occurred during the 2012 Memorial Day period. This year’s holiday traffic deaths included five vehicle occupants, one bicyclist and two motorcyclists. Two of the five vehicle occupants were not wearing safety restraints and three of the fatalities were alcohol-related.

“The preliminary statistics on this year’s Memorial Day traffic figures and the decline

in overall vehicular fatalities is an encouraging sign that enforcement efforts and traffic safety education campaigns are effective.

State Troopers, local law enforcement and highway safety advocates are making an impact across the state,” THP Colonel Tracy Trott said.

The THP enforcement activity increased in several categories during this year’s Memorial Day holiday period. State Troopers arrested 116 suspects for driving under the influence and issued 1,384 seat belt citations this holiday. In 2012, the number of DUI arrests and seat belt citations issued were 94 and 1,067, respectively, during the Memorial Day enforcement. The total of commercial vehicle inspections also increased from 550 to 688 during the 2013 Memorial Day period.

Overall, year-to-date preliminary data indicate 353 people have died on Tennessee roadways, compared to 412 fatalities this same time period last year. That is a decrease of 59 traffic fatalities.

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‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’

What does this piece of classic American literature have to do with McNairy County?

Find out next week as the Independent Appeal examines if Bierce’s Owl Creek is really our Owl Creek Editor’s Note

“A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama”...or did he? In next week’s edition of the Independent Appeal we look at the actual locations Ambrose Bierce drew from for his classic fictional story. Did this Union Officer turned American literary icon stumble upon Owl Creek after fighting in the fields of Shiloh? Find out next week.

“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”

By Ambrose Bierce A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. The man’s hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord. A rope closely encircled his neck. It was attached to a stout cross-timber above his head and the slack fell to the level of his knees. Some loose boards laid upon the sleepers supporting the metals of the railway supplied a footing for him and his executioners--two private soldiers of the Federal army, directed by a sergeant who in civil life may have been a deputy sheriff. At a short remove upon the same temporary platform was an officer in the uniform of his rank, armed. He was a captain. A sentinel at each end of the bridge stood with his rifle in the position known as “support,” that is to say, vertical in front of the left shoulder, the hammer resting on the forearm thrown straight across the chest--a formal and unnatural position, enforcing an erect carriage of the body. It did not appear to be the duty of these two men to know what was occurring at the center of the bridge; they merely blockaded the two ends of the foot planking that traversed it.

Beyond one of the sentinels nobody was in sight; the railroad ran straight away into a forest for a hundred yards, then, curving, was lost to view. Doubtless there was an outpost farther along. The other bank of the stream was open ground--a gentle acclivity topped with a stockade of vertical tree trunks, loopholed for rifles, with a single embrasure through which protruded the muzzle of a brass cannon commanding the bridge. Midway of the slope between the bridge and fort were the spectators--a single company of infantry in line, at “parade rest,” the butts of the rifles on the ground, the barrels inclining slightly backward against the right shoulder, the hands crossed upon the stock.

A lieu tenant stood at the right of the line, the point of his sword upon the ground, his left hand resting upon his right. Excepting the group of four at the center of the bridge, not a man moved. The company faced the bridge, staring stonily, motionless. The sentinels, facing the banks of the stream, might have been statues to adorn the bridge. The captain stood with folded arms, silent, observing the work of his subordinates, but making no sign. Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him. In the code of military etiquette silence and fixity

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The man who was engaged in being hanged was apparently about thirty-five years of age. He was a civilian, if one might judge from his habit, which was that of a planter. His features were good--a straight nose, firm mouth, broad forehead, from which his long, dark hair was combed straight back, falling behind his ears to the collar of his well-fitting frock coat. He wore a mustache and pointed beard, but no whiskers; his eyes were large and dark gray, and had a kindly expression which one would hardly have expected in one whose neck was in the hemp. Evidently this was no vulgar assassin. The liberal military code makes provision for hanging many kinds of persons, and gentlemen are not excluded.

The preparations being complete, the two private soldiers stepped aside and each drew away the plank upon which he had been standing. The sergeant turned to the captain, saluted and placed himself immediately behind that officer, who in turn moved apart one pace. These movements left the condemned man and the sergeant standing on the two ends of the same plank, which spanned three of the cross-ties of the bridge. The end upon which the civilian stood almost, but not quite, reached a fourth. This plank had been held in place by the weight of the captain; it was now held by that of the sergeant. At a signal from the former the latter would step aside, the plank would tilt and the condemned man go down between two ties.

The arrangement commended itself to his judgment as simple and effective. His face had not been covered nor his eyes bandaged. He looked a moment at his “unsteadfast footing,” then let his gaze wander to the swirling water of the stream racing madly beneath his feet. A piece of dancing driftwood caught his attention and his eyes followed it down the current. How slowly it appeared to move, What a sluggish stream!

He closed his eyes in order to fix his last thoughts upon his wife and children. The water, touched to gold by the early sun, the brooding mists under the banks at some distance down the stream, the fort, the soldiers, the piece of drift--all had distracted him. And now he became conscious of a new disturbance. Striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. He wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by--it seemed both. Its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. He awaited each stroke with impatience and--he knew not why--apprehension. The intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. With their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. They hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. What he heard was the ticking of his watch.

He unclosed his eyes and saw again the water below him. “If I could free my hands,” he thought, “I might throw off the noose and spring into the stream.

By diving I could evade the bullets and, swimming vigorously, reach the bank, take to the woods and get away home. My home, thank God, is as yet outside their lines; my wife and little ones are still beyond the invader’s farthest advance.”

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in words, were flashed into the doomed man’s brain rather than evolved from it the captain nodded to the sergeant. The sergeant stepped aside.

Part 2 Peyton Farquhar was a well-to-do planter, of an old and highly respected Alabama family. Being a slave owner and like other slave owners a politician he was naturally an original secessionist and ardently devoted to the Southern cause. Circumstances of an imperious nature, which it is unnecessary to relate here, had prevented him from taking service with the gallant army that had fought the disastrous campaigns ending with the fall of Corinth, and he chafed under the inglorious restraint, longing for the release of his energies, the larger life of the soldier, the opportunity for distinction. That opportunity, he felt, would come, as it comes to all in war time. Meanwhile he did what he could. No service was too humble for him to perform in aid of the South, no adventure too perilous for him to undertake if consistent with the character of a civilian who was at heart a soldier, and who in good faith and without too much qualification assented to at least a part of the frankly villainous dictum that all is fair in love and war.

One evening while Farquhar and his wife were sitting on a rustic bench near the entrance to his grounds, a gray-clad soldier rode up to the gate and asked for a drink of water. Mrs. Farquhar was only toe, happy to serve him with her own white hands. While she was fetching the water her husband approached the dusty horseman and inquired eagerly for news from the front.

“The Yanks are repairing the railroads,” said the man, “and are getting ready for another advance. They have reached the Owl Creek bridge, put it in order and built a stockade on the north bank. The commandant has issued an order, which is posted everywhere, declaring that any civilian caught interfering with the railroad, its bridges, tunnels or trains will be summarily hanged. I saw the order.”

“How far is it to the Owl Creek bridge?” Farquhar asked.

“About thirty miles.”

“Is there no force on this side the creek?”

“Only a picket post half a mile out, on the railroad, and a single sentinel at this end of the bridge.”

“Suppose a man--a civilian and student of hanging--should elude the picket post and perhaps get the better of the sentinel,” said Farquhar, smiling, “what could he accomplish?”

The soldier reflected. “I was there a month ago,” he replied. “I observed that the flood of last winter had lodged a great quantity of driftwood against the wooden pier at this end of the bridge. It is now dry and would burn like tow.”

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forcing tranquillity in the men--with what accurately measured inter vals fell those cruel words: From Page 9A “Attention, company! . . Shoulder arms! . . . Ready! . . . Aim! . . . Fire!”

Farquhar dived--dived as deeply as he could. The water roared in his ears like the voice dier drank. He thanked her ceremoniously, bowed to her husband and rode away. of Niagara, yet he heard the dulled thunder of the volley and, rising again toward the surAn hour later, after nightfall, he repassed the plantation, going northward in the face, met shining bits of metal, singularly flattened, oscillating slowly downward. Some of direction from which he had come. He was a Federal scout. them touched him on the face and hands, then fell away, continuing their descent. One lodged between his collar and neck; it was uncomfortably warm and he snatched it out.

Part 3 As he rose to the surface, gasping for breath, he saw that he had been a long time under water; he was perceptibly farther down stream nearer to safety. The soldiers had almost finAs Peyton Farquhar fell straight downward through the bridge he lost consciousness ished reloading; the metal ramrods flashed all at once in the sunshine as they were drawn and was as one already dead. From this state he was awakened--ages later, it seemed to from the barrels, turned in the air, and thrust into their sockets. The two sentinels fired him--by the pain of a sharp pressure upon his throat, followed by a sense of suffocation. again, independently and ineffectually.

Keen, poignant agonies seemed to shoot from his neck downward through every fiber of The hunted man saw all this over his shoulder; he was now swimming vigorously with his body and limbs. These pains appeared to flash along well-defined lines of ramification the current. His brain was as energetic as his arms and legs; he thought with the rapidity of and to beat with an inconceivably rapid periodicity. They seemed like streams of pulsating lightning. fire heating him to an intolerable temperature. As to his head, he was conscious of nothing The officer,” he reasoned, “will not make that martinet’s error a second time. It is as easy but a feeling of fulness--of congestion. These sensations were unaccompanied by thought. to dodge a volley as a single shot. He has probably already given the command to fire at will.

The intellectual part of his nature was already effaced; he had power only to feel, and feeling God help me, I cannot dodge them all!” was torment. He was conscious of motion. Encompassed in a luminous cloud, of which he An appalling plash within two yards of him was followed by a loud, rushing sound, diwas now merely the fiery heart, without material substance, he swung through unthinkable minuendo, which seemed to travel back through the air to the fort and died in an explosion arcs of oscillation, like a vast pendulum. Then all at once, with terrible suddenness, the light which stirred the very river to its deeps! about him shot upward with the noise of a loud splash; a frightful roaring was in his ears, A rising sheet of water curved over him, fell down upon him, blinded him, strangled and all was cold and dark. The power of thought was restored; he knew that the rope had him! The cannon had taken a hand in the game. As he shook his head free from the commobroken and he had fallen into the stream. There was no additional strangulation; the noose tion of the smitten water he heard the deflected shot humming through the air ahead, and about his neck was already suffocating him and kept the water from his lungs. To die of in an instant it was cracking and smashing the branches in the forest beyond. hanging at the bottom of a river!--the idea seemed to him ludicrous. He opened his eyes in “They will not do that again,” he thought; “the next time they will use a charge of grape. the darkness and saw above him a gleam of light, but how distant, how inaccessible! He was I must keep my eye upon the gun; the smoke will apprise me--the report arrives too late; it still sinking, for the light became fainter and fainter until it was a mere glimmer. Then it be- lags behind the missile. That is a good gun.” gan to grow and brighten, and he knew that he was rising toward the surface--knew it with Suddenly he felt himself whirled round and round--spinning like a top. The water, the reluctance, for he was now very comfortable. “To be hanged and drowned,” he thought? banks, the forests, the now distant bridge, fort and men--all were commingled and blurred. “that is not so bad; but I do not wish to be shot. No; I will not be shot; that is not fair.”

Objects were represented by their colors only; circular horizontal streaks of color--that was He was not conscious of an effort, but a sharp pain in his wrist apprised him that he was all he saw. He had been caught in a vortex and was being whirled on with a velocity of adtrying to free his hands. He gave the struggle his attention, as an idler might observe the vance and gyration that made him giddy and sick. In a few moments he was flung upon the feat of a juggler, without interest in the outcome. What splendid effort!--what magnificent, gravel at the foot of the left bank of the stream--the southern bank--and behind a projecting what superhuman strength! Ah, that was a fine endeavor! Bravo! The cord fell away; his point which concealed him from his enemies. The sudden arrest of his motion, the abraarms parted and floated upward, the hands dimly seen on each side in the growing light. He sion of one of his hands on the gravel, restored him, and he wept with delight. He dug his watched them with a new interest as first one and then the other pounced upon the noose fingers into the sand, threw it over himself in handfuls and audibly blessed it. It looked like at his neck. They tore it away and thrust it fiercely aside, its undulations resembling those diamonds, rubies, emeralds; he could think of nothing beautiful which it did not resemble. of a water snake. “Put it back, put it back!” He thought he shouted these words to his hands, The trees upon the bank were giant garden plants; he noted a definite order in their arfor the undoing of the noose had been succeeded by the direst pang that he had yet expe- rangement, inhaled the fragrance of their blooms. A strange, roseate light shone through rienced. His neck ached horribly; his brain was on fire; his heart, which had been fluttering the spaces among their trunks and the wind made in their branches the music of Æolian faintly, gave a great leap, trying to force itself harps. He had no wish to perfect his escapeout at his mouth. His whole body was racked -was content to remain in that enchanting and wrenched with an insupportable anguish! spot until retaken.

But his disobedient hands gave no heed to the A whiz and rattle of grapeshot among He was now in full possession of his physical senscommand. They beat the water vigorously with the branches high above his head roused es. They were, indeed, preternaturally keen and alert. quick, downward strokes, forcing him to the him from his dream. The baffled cannoneer surface. He felt his head emerge; his eyes were had fired him a random farewell. He sprang Something in the awful disturbance of his organic sysblinded by the sunlight; his chest expanded to his feet, rushed up the sloping bank, and convulsively, and with a supreme and crownplunged into the forest. tem had so exalted and refined them that they made ing agony his lungs engulfed a great draught of All that day he traveled, laying his course record of things never before perceived. He felt the ripair, which instantly he expelled in a shriek! by the rounding sun. The forest seemed He was now in full possession of his physiinterminable; nowhere did he discover a ples upon his face and heard their separate sounds as cal senses. They were, indeed, preternaturally break in it, not even a woodman’s road. He keen and alert. Something in the awful disturhad not known that he lived in so wild a rethey struck.

He looked at the forest on the bank of the bance of his organic system had so exalted and gion. There was something uncanny in the refined them that they made record of things stream, saw the individual trees, the leaves and the revelation. never before perceived. He felt the ripples By nightfall he was fatigued, footsore, veining of each leaf--saw the very insects upon them: upon his face and heard their separate sounds famishing. The thought of his wife and chilas they struck. He looked at the forest on the dren urged him on. At last he found a road the locusts, the brilliant-bodied flies, the grey spiders bank of the stream, saw the individual trees, which led him in what he knew to be the the leaves and the veining of each leaf--saw the right direction. It was as wide and straight stretching their webs from twig to twig. very insects upon them: the locusts, the brilas a city street, yet it seemed untraveled. No — Ambrose Bierce, liant-bodied flies, the grey spiders stretching fields bordered it, no dwelling anywhere. their webs from twig to twig. He noted the pris(Describing Peyton Farquhar’s reaction following an Not so much as the barking of a dog sugmatic colors in all the dewdrops upon a milgested human habitation. The black bodies apparent near-death experience at Owl Creek.) lion blades of grass. The humming of the gnats of the trees formed a straight wall on both that danced above the eddies of the stream, the sides, terminating on the horizon in a point, beating of the dragon flies’ wings, the strokes of like a diagram in a lesson in perspective. the water-spiders’ legs, like oars which had lifted their boat--all these made audible music. Overhead, as he looked up through this rift in the wood, shone great garden stars lookA fish slid along beneath his eyes and he heard the rush of its body parting the water. ing unfamiliar and grouped in strange constellations. He was sure they were arranged in He had come to the surface facing down the stream; in a moment the visible world some order which had a secret and malign significance. The wood on either side was full of seemed to wheel slowly round, himself the pivotal point, and he saw the bridge, the fort, the singular noises, among which--once, twice, and again--he distinctly heard whispers in an soldiers upon the bridge, the captain, the sergeant, the two privates, his executioners. They unknown tongue. were in silhouette against the blue sky. They shouted and gesticulated, pointing at him. The His neck was in pain and lifting his hand to it found it horribly swollen. He knew that captain had drawn his pistol, but did not fire; the others were unarmed. Their movements it had a circle of black where the rope had bruised it. His eyes felt congested; he could no were grotesque and horrible, their forms gigantic. longer close them. His tongue was swollen with thirst; he relieved its fever by thrusting it Suddenly he heard a sharp report and something struck the water smartly within a few forward from between his teeth into the cold air. How softly the turf had carpeted the uninches of his head, spattering his face with spray. He heard a second report, and saw one traveled avenue--he could no longer feel the roadway beneath his feet! of the sentinels with his rifle at his shoulder, a light cloud of blue smoke rising from the Doubtless, despite his suffering, he had fallen asleep while walking, for now he sees anmuzzle. The man in the water saw the eye of the man on the bridge gazing into his own other scene--perhaps he has merely recovered from a delirium. He stands at the gate of his through the sights of the rifle. He observed that it was a grey eye and remembered having own home. All is as he left it, and all bright and beautiful in the morning sunshine. He must read that grey eyes were keenest, and that all famous marksmen had them. Nevertheless, have traveled the entire night. As he pushes open the gate and passes up the wide white this one had missed. walk, he sees a flutter of female garments; his wife, looking fresh and cool and sweet, steps A counter-swirl had caught Farquhar and turned him half round; he was again looking down from the veranda to meet him. At the bottom of the steps she stands waiting, with a into the forest on the bank opposite the fort. The sound of a clear, high voice in a monoto- smile of ineffable joy, an attitude of matchless grace and dignity. Ah, how beautiful she is! nous singsong now rang out behind him and came across the water with a distinctness that He springs forward with extended arms. As he is about to clasp her he feels a stunning blow pierced and subdued all other sounds, even the beating of the ripples in his ears. Although upon the back of the neck; a blinding white light blazes all about him with a sound like the no soldier, he had frequented camps enough to know the dread significance of that deliber- shock of a cannon--then all is darkness and silence! ate, drawling, aspirated chant; the lieu. tenant on shore was taking a part in the morning’s Peyton Farquhar was dead; his body, with a broken neck, swung gently from side to side work. How coldly and pitilessly--with what an even, calm intonation, presaging, and en- beneath the timbers of the Owl Creek bridge.

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SANDY CARROLL

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andy Carroll was born in Corinth, Miss., and learned to sing and play around the age of five at her home in Stantonville, Tenn. First her Mother, Miss Bessie, and then her sister, Pat, and finally her mentor, Mrs. Laura Jane Thompson, taught Sandy to play piano. And play it, she did. Mr. John D. Wyatt from Selmer helped add tap dance and vocals to her repertoire at age seven, and so she was off on a musical journey that would lead, who knew where?

West Shiloh Baptist was fertile ground for learning and playing music, and Sandy has always believed that the soul in her music comes from the lifelong love of gospel which first inspired her in the church. She says the rhythms and melodies that go “for the heart,” still mold her music today.

At the tender age of 15, Sandy formed her first professional group, the Avengers.

A group of McNairy County boys: George Donaldson from Selmer; Joe Distretti, Don Seaton, Joe Nichols and Jack Fullwood of Adamsville; made up the rest of the band.

Sandy attended Union University on a piano scholarship and a partial scholarship from the Stephen Foster Music Club of Selmer. On a side note, her good looks and talent didn’t hurt her in other pursuits. Sandy was also Miss McNairy and Miss Madison County. Sandy left Union to attend Memphis State University, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Music History—earning her way through school singing with various bands, recording jingles for radio and accompanying vocalists on piano.

Moving to Tallahassee, Sandy attended Florida State, where she was accepted in the graduate School of Music in Music Therapy.

From there she went on the road for several years, touring and playing all over the U.S. Returning to Memphis in 1983 with her own unique bluesy sound, carefully crafted and yet born of her roots and varied musical experiences, Sandy spent a year headlining at Lafayette’s Corner on historic Beale Street, where the Memphis blues were born. She would become a Beale Street regular and a highly regarded fixture on the Memphis music scene for years to come.

Writing and recording the singles, “If You Got It” and “Memphis In May” in 1984, Sandy partnered with Jim Dickinson, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Memphis Chapter) seven‐time producer of the year. “Memphis in May” became a regional hit and was adopoted as the unofficial theme song for the annual Memphis in May festivities for several years. Sandy performed at Memphis in May with the Memphis Horns (and special guest Rufus Thomas) and also at the first Beale Street Music Festival. She sang the national anthem at Memphis in May and in front of 30,000 people at the Memphis Showboats football game.

A year later, she left for San Francisco to write and record. After three years on the west coast and a short stay in the Midwest, Sandy returned to her beloved Memphis and West Tennessee roots.

1n 1989, the legendary bluesman, Albert King, recorded Sandy’s, “If You Got It” which appeared on his final studio album, “Red House.” Her reputation as a first rate writer was growing.

With these honors under her belt and a fully matured blues sound all her own, Sandy began writing for her full‐length debut album, “Southern Woman,” which was released in 1993. The album got great reviews, and Sandy was invited on a month long tour of the United Kingdom.

Back in the States, Sandy continued promoting “Southern Woman,” performing at various festivals in the South, including Arts in the Park, Eureka Springs Blues Festival and the Southern Heritage Festival.

She maintained a heavy schedule on Beale Street playing some of the city’s best music clubs including Rum Boogie, Blues City, Black Diamond, Joyce Cobb’s, Kings Palace and Blues Hall.

One of Sandy’s more unique gigs was writing the Memphis Mad Dog football team’s official theme song, “Mad Dog Boogie” recorded by Southern fried soul and blues musician Preston Shannon.

In 1997, the great Luther Allison recorded Sandy’s “Just As I Am” and “It’s a Blues Thing” on his final album, “Reckless,” which was nominated for a Grammy. That same year, Sandy recorded her second solo

Memphis” CD and several other Memphis area projects.

Also in 2001, Sandy was filmed by Memphis’ PBS station WKNO, along with great songwriters Keith Sykes, Teenie Hodges, Nancy Apple, Duane Jarvis and Delta Joe Sanders, as a part of the “In Their Own Voices” concert production. The show premiered in 2001, and the concert footage and interviews have been syndicated on PBS affiliates nationwide.

In 2002 Inside Sounds released a CD entitled “Memphis Belles: Past, Present & Future” featuring Sandy along with Ruby Wilson, Cybill Shepard, Carla Thomas and other legendary female artists from the Memphis music scene. Two years later, Sandy performed live with her Memphis Belle pals to a sold out crowd at the Cannon Performing Arts Center in Memphis.

Following that, a new rendition of Sandy’s popular song “Memphis Rain” appeared on 2005 Inside Sounds CD “In the Mood for Memphis: Vol. 2.”

Revered as much for her song writing as for her vocal

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I would say gospel is where I got a lot of my blues and soul.

I think what really comes out in my music today is the soul and the spirit of the church... I just want to say how proud I am of McNairy County, the new cultural center and the way the presentation was done at the Hall of Fame.

It was a very cool thing.

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— Sandy Carroll

release, “Memphis Rain” which was honored by the Memphis and Shelby County Film and Music Commission. She went on to receive a nomination by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for songwriter of the year.

Sandy wrapped up the 1990s with performances and regular appearances at many venues throughout the South, most notably the Center for Southern Folklore, Elvis Presley’s on Beale Street, and headlining WEVL’s Blues on the Bluff. She also appeared on the Home Shopping Network as the pianist for Becc Lester with whom she had cowritten the song “Paint the Rain,” for her CD, “Circles of Angels.”

The new millennium began with concerts, club and festival performances at Muscle Shoals Songwriters, Beale St. Caravan National Radio Show, B.B. Kings, The W.C. Handy Festival as well as the (invitation only) International Songwriters Festival in Orange Beach, Ala., where she opened for Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham.

In 2001, Sandy’s song, “Just as I Am,” was released by Inside Sounds on the compilation CD “Goin’ Down South.” She also recorded for the McCarty Hite, “Weekend in

and instrumental abilities, Sandy has written for or with Ellis Hooks, Don McMinn, Ana Popovic, Reba Russell, Barbara Blue, Nancy Apple, William Lee Ellis, Rocky Athas, Daddy Mac Blues Band and many, many others.

In January 2006, Sandy’s “Delta Techno” was released on Ringo Records.

Sandy and her husband Jim Gaines wrote and recorded the critically acclaimed album which featured musicians James Solberg, Rocky Athas and cowriters William Lee Ellis and Jim Dickinson.

It is worth mentioning that Jim was himself, a Grammy award winning producer.

In 2007, Sandy released an EP “Rhythm of the Rivers” with five previously unpublished songs and a reprise

of her song “Bound for Glory”. The regional release featured “The Pickwick Song” popularized in Sandy’s home c o m m u n i t y.

Something of a departure from her previous work, Rhythm of the Rivers demonstrated yet another layer of Sandy’s formidable writing skills, many of the songs reflecting her love for home—both her Bluff City musical heritage and her childhood and present day home in the rural Tennessee River country.

In 2008, Sandy joined the elite company of those who have been awarded their own “Brass Note” on Memphis’ historic Beale Street. Sandy’s Note, just outside the Hard Rock Café, commemorates her countless musical achievements, and it is among the highest honors awarded to only the most influential industry professionals on the Memphis music scene. Not too shabby for a Stantonville girl.

In 2011 Sandy’s debut CD with Catfood Records “Just as I Am” was released. Full of new original material, it was the realization of five years of writing, recording and performing. It may be her most poignant and musically mature release to date, and that’s saying something. This fall her second CD with Catfood Records “Unnaturally Blonde” will be released. Make sure to pick up a copy.

You will not be disappointed.

Equally at ease in solo or full band settings, Sandy says “the intimacy of a solo show is a quiet, nurturing moment, and the groove of a band is a rockin’ feast. But the studio is where the ingredients all mix together.” She should know, she’s been mixing it up right for a long time now.

In a county which has turned out some of the finest musical talent West Tennessee has ever produced, Sandy Carroll is a standout artist. Her talents as a singer, songwriter, musician and performer are rarely found in one individual.

She has the professional accolades, credits and awards to prove it, and yet, she has never lost that small town touch.

There is no doubt that Sandy Carroll is in a class by herself and just as importantly, she is one class act.

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Patriot Park now home to Bill Webb Field

By Brian Azevedo Sports Writer

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Mr. Bill Webb and his wife Tommie are surrounded by family and friends as they are presented with the sign that will hang in center field renaming the field in Bill’s honor.

Last Thursday at Patriot Park, a true legend was honored when Field 1 was renamed Bill Webb Field.

Webb was a long time coach and teacher at McNairy Central before becoming a city judge and county historian. He is a loved member of the community, and that was shown by the large crowd that came out in support.

Alongside his wife of more than 60 years, former players and countless, fans Webb was presented with a large sign that will be hanging in center field for everyone who plays there to see.

“Most people I know that get stuff named after them are already dead. I guess I am a little ahead of the game,” said Webb. “I really am blessed, and I appreciate everyone for coming out here today.

This is a wonderful honor.”

Webb throughout the years has kept a good relationship with his former players and colleagues, and this could be seen by the constant laughing and smiles coming from the crowd.

When asked about his former players, Webb responded, “Well now I bet I couldn’t even get one to first base.”

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Specialists urge caution with Fourth of July Fireworks Submitted Article Vanderbilt University

Specialists at Vanderbilt University are urging parents and children to leave the fireworks displays to the experts this Fourth of July.

Children are often seen at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt for a variety of injuries, including serious damage to eyes from bottle rockets, thirddegree burns related to the use of sparklers, and trauma, often of the hands, from explosive fireworks.

“People may not know, for example, that the tip of a sparkler burns at a temperature of about 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit,” said Purnima Unni, Pediatric Trauma Injury Prevention Coordinator at the Children’s Hospital. “This is hot enough to cause third-degree burns.”

Hearing loss is also a concern for children and adults, with sound levels from fireworks in the range of 125 decibels.

“There are two types of hearing loss that can occur, one is transient and the other is permanent. When you are exposed to loud sounds above 85 decibels, there’s a chance of having permanent hearing loss. Fireworks are in the range of 125 decibels,” said Alejandro Rivas, M.D., assistant professor of Otolaryngology.

Rivas said a show of fireworks can be safely observed as long as it is directed by professionals and spectators wear proper ear protection, noting that any type of earplug should be appropriate.

The three types of fireworks that keep hospital emergency rooms busy during this holiday period are bottle rockets, firecrackers and sparklers.

Last year, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) received reports of six men who were killed by professional-grade, homemade or banned firework devices. In addition, an estimated 8,700 consumers were treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments for fireworks-related injuries.

Last year, between June 22 and July 22, more than 5,000 consumers were treated in hospital emergency rooms due to fireworks-related injuries. Follow-up investigations of incidents showed that most injuries were associated with malfunctioning fireworks or improper use.

Malfunctioning fireworks often result in unexpected flight paths and dangerous debris. Improper use includes igniting fireworks too close to someone, lighting fireworks in one’s hand and playing with lit or used fireworks.

Sixty percent of all fireworks injuries occur during the 30 days surrounding the July 4 holiday. More than half of these reported injuries involve burns to the hands, head and face. About 1,000 reported injuries involve sparklers.

“Fireworks are explosives and need to be treated as such,” said Corey Slovis, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine. “If you do not want your child around explosives, then keep them safely dis-

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SNA’s 2013 baseball season Catch of the rumbles to an exciting end Week

By Brian Azevedo Sports Writer

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It was a day of warm sun, shiny motorcycles and some exciting baseball as the Selmer Special Needs Athletics brought their baseball season to a close.

There were smiles everywhere and some exciting baseball last Monday when SNA closed out their 2013 season with a big blow out.

Thanks to the Harley Owners Group and Bumpus Harley Davidson who came out to support the kids and provide a little entertainment. Bumpus set up a motorcycle that the kids were able to crank up, and the others let the kids climb up and steer their bikes.

With the bikes in the outfield and the excitement in the air, it was time to play ball.

The red team and the blue team took the field, and it was an exciting game. Base hit after base hit came, and everyone was able to run the bases and score in this exciting event.

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McNairy County All-Stars dominate weekend tournament

By Brian Azevedo Sports Writer

Dylan Crabb gets the sign from coach Danny Roberts during the tournament last weekend.

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All City Reds bring home state title

The McNairy County All-Stars continue to play strong baseball and look to go deep into the post season.

Last weekend, the boys took the diamond again and played good baseball.

Getting their weekend started last Thursday, the McNairy County All-Stars took on the Madison Central National team and quickly jumped out to a huge lead. With great pitching and strong offense, McNairy went on for their first win of the weekend with a 21-1 victory.

The next night, it was an in-county showdown when they took on Ramer. Once again it was McNairy who jumped out early and kept the hot offense going, scoring 28 runs against Ramer while not giving up a single run on the mound.

Trying to stay hot, McNairy went into the championship game against Bolivar and tried to keep the bats going. The offense was rolling. Logan Roberts finished with an amazing .692 average for the weekend and also added three home runs to his line score.

All the players hit great. Sidney Rickman, Dylan Parmely, Thomas Stevens and Dylan Crabb also contributed with the long ball, and the team combined to record a .549 average at the plate while combining for 56 total hits.

It was not all offensive, however, as McNairy was solid on the mound as well. Throughout the tournament, eight pitchers allowed only one run on four hits while totaling 31 strike outs. It was a good weekend for McNairy, and they look to keep up the good play deep into the summer.

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MLB in desperate need of face-lift

By Christen Coulon Managing Editor

Major League Baseball is our national pastime, but in recent years interest in baseball seems to be waning.

Maybe it has to do with free agency; the days of blue-collar working stiffs running the bases have been replaced by multi-million dollar contracts. In addition, the sport has lost its hometown heroes who would hold the banner for their team for an entire generation.

There are few players like Babe Ruth, Ted Williams or Ernie Banks re-

maining who would play out their career with the same team.

There is no more loyalty. Now when a player has a few good seasons, he signs a big money deal with a large market team.

Maybe it was the multiple strikes where millionaires walked off their part-time jobs demanding more money.

Maybe it was the cheating scandal which rocked the sport for more than a decade.

I certainly have mixed feelings about this issue.

What initially began as a new classic era for baseball, with multiple sluggers slamming 60-plus homers each year, developed into a scandal as each and every player who hung these records began admitting to using performanceenhancing drugs.

Either way, I would like to see teams and players alike working to enhance the image of baseball. This All-American sport is in desperate need of a facelift to bring in fans from the younger generations.

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Tuck pants into socks to keep ticks off your legs.

Apply EPA-approved repellents to discourage tick attachment. Repellents containing permethrin can be sprayed on shoes and clothing and will last for several days. Repellents containing DEET can be applied to skin but must be reapplied every few hours. Follow label instructions for repellents, and pay particular attention to recommendations for use on children.

Ticks may also be carried into your home on clothing and pets, so examine both carefully.

Reduce tick habitats around your home by removing leaf litter and brush.

Hot and humid temperatures across the Southeast may leave people feeling lethargic, but conditions are perfect for active ticks and mosquitoes. Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt pediatricians want children and parents to be aware of the dangers of tick-borne illnesses and other insect-related infections.

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This can be a much cheaper way to get seed as you can probably get a bushel, which is 55 to 60 pounds, for around 15 or 20 dollars. Clover and oats could also be a good early field option. As long as the deer can find it, they will eat it.

Later in the season you may have to switch it up some and put in different plots depending on the habits of the deer. Many decide to go with a brassica plot and seem to have good luck with these.

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Getting ready for hunting season It is getting close to that time of year once again; hunting season is just around the corner. Most people are getting their bows out and getting ready for the season, but there is much more you can do other than just practicing shooting that can help you this season.

Most people who have their own land and the time will decide to put in a food plot, and this can be extremely helpful when it comes to harvesting trophy animals.

Food plots have many effects on the environment when they are properly placed. You could see a jump in growth of both population and size of the animals you are hunting.

When it comes to food plots you have to put the work into them for sure, but the reward is well worth the extra effort.

Through my experience and through talking with others, it seems that the best thing to plant early is soy beans. This is a crop that deer love and can be somewhat

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Ticks Doctors at Children’s Hospital say tick bites pose a significant threat to children. Cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a tick-borne illness, can become very serious if left untreated. Last year Tennessee Department of Health reported 687 cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever throughout the state.

“We have a very low threshold for treating tick-borne illnesses in the summertime,” said Buddy Creech, M.D., MPH, assistant professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt. “Children can get sick pretty quickly from diseases like Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Ehrlichiosis, and they can even get meningitis from these bacteria.”

He said it’s important for parents and caregivers to perform daily tick checks on children and know the symptoms of tick-borne diseases -fever, headache, rash or sensitivity to light.

Children can sometimes contract these illnesses without a tick actually being found, Creech said, since ticks are adept at taking blood meals quickly and then dropping off. If a tick is engorged, it’s important to re-

use common sense," said Creech.

"Again, being aware of the symptoms and being proactive in preventing bites will help bring down instances of these diseases."

Creech said mosquito repellents with DEET are very effective when applied correctly. Powerful oscillating fans can disrupt flight patterns of mosquitoes and can be very useful in your home’s outdoor areas.

Additional mosquito safety tips from The Tennessee Department of Health include: Eliminate standing water near your home, which can serve as a breeding ground for mosquitoes.

Many containers, even those as small as a bottle cap, can hold enough water for mosquitoes to breed.

Keep windows and doors closed or cover them with screens to prevent mosquitoes from entering your home.

Use insect repellent containing either DEET, Picaridin, oil of lemon eucalyptus or IR3535. Be sure to follow all product guidelines and age restrictions for use of repellents.

Avoid being outdoors at dusk or dawn. If you must go outside during these times, wear long sleeves, long pants and socks to protect yourself.

For more extensive outdoor activity or overseas travel where other mosquito-borne illnesses are present, consider treating clothing with a product containing the insecticide permethrin. Permethrin is not to be used on skin.

Visit Children's Hospital's website for more information on treating bug bites and stings or properly removing ticks. The Tennessee Department of Health offers additional information on recognizing and preventing mosquito- and tick-borne illnesses.

Mosquitoes Although mosquito-borne illnesses like West Nile Virus are rare in the Middle Tennessee area, they are still very serious and can lead to meningitis or inflammation of the brain.

In 2012, the Tennessee Department of Health reported 33 cases of West Nile Virus in Tennessee.

Creech said those traveling for the summer to Florida or other tropical areas should be careful. Some illnesses typically seen overseas, like Dengue fever, are now being reported in the United States.

"When we do experience mosquito bites, we should care for them immediately with soap and water and

Bill Webb

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one smiled just before Webb got up and said a few words. It was clear that he was honored by this and that he was able to share it with his wife, family and friends.

Bill Webb is a living legend in our county and has done so much for this community. It is great the county recognized one of their heroes and the field will forever represent who Webb was and what he stood for.

Jr High Football Coach Michael Harvill will be holding a meeting for all upcoming seventh and eighth graders who are interested in playing football next season. The meeting will be held at the field house at Adamsville High School on July 8, at 6:30 p.m.

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Soccer Camp There will be a summer soccer camp which will run from July 15 through July 19. Early registration, which ends on July 5, will be $75 and late registration will be $90. Please contact Dakota Chandler at (731) 453-5862 for more information.

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All-Stars, the long ball was in play. With home runs from Terry Patterson, Boomer Taylor and Tevon Lynn, it was an exciting game.

After the game is when the kids got to see the motorcycles up close, and there were smiles everywhere. Everyone made new friends, and everyone had a great time at this wonderful event.

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Some of Bill Webb’s former players stand on the first baseline during the field dedication last Thursday.

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Time to sign-up The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has announced the application period for the 2013 Elk and Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Big Game Quota Hunts, the Youth Elk, and WMA Youth will run from June 12 through July 24.

The elk and youth elk hunts were moved to coincide with the application period for the other Fall WMA/Youth Big Game Quota Hunts. Entries must be submitted before midnight (CDT) July 24.

The WMA hunting instruction sheet lists available locations and dates for each of the quota hunts along with drawing rules and regulations. Instruction sheets can be obtained and applications made for the hunts at any TWRA license agent, TWRA regional office or online at the TWRA website,www.tnwildlife.org. Applications cannot be submitted via the TWRA Mobile App or by mail.

There is no fee for current Annual Sportsman License holders, Lifetime Sportsman License holders, or seniors possessing a Type 167 permit in addition to their permanent senior citizen license. For all other applicants, there is a non-refundable $10 permit fee for each drawing entered. There is a $1 agent for applications made at a license agent. When applying at a license agent, hunters must remain at the location while the application is processed to verify the information is correct on the receipt.

For applications made on the internet, there is a $2 internet usage fee. An internet application is not complete until the applicant gets a Temporary Authorization Number, which is found on the Purchase Confirmation page. If entering multiple quota hunts, a person must pay the permit and agent fee(s) for each quota hunt application submitted.

The WMA (elk hunts excluded) priority point system gives a priority point for each year a hunter participates (this year a maximum of eight) without being successful for a hunt. Applicants drawn for a hunt last year will start over with a priority of zero.

After all the drawings are conducted, leftover permits will be sold on-line, on a first-come, first-serve basis beginning Aug. 28 at 8 a.m. (CDT).

The state’s fifth elk hunt will be held Oct. 21-25, 2013 at the North Cumberland WMA. As in the previous hunts, five individuals will be selected to participate. Four of the participants will be selected through a computer drawing conducted by the TWRA. The fifth participant will be the recipient of a permit that is donated to a NonGovernmental Organization (NGO), which this year is the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation.

For the second year, a Young Sportsman Elk Hunt will be held Oct. 26-27. Those applying must be ages 13-16 years old at the time of the hunt. Youth who submit a regular elk quota hunt are not permitted to apply for the youth elk hunt.

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Tips to keep your birds happy Submitted by Joan Casanova When you dine, do you prefer clean and attractive tableware? Does ambiance enhance your enjoyment of your food? Birds feel the same way about their dining habits – the type and cleanliness of your bird feeders directly affects the number and species of birds that will visit your backyard this season.

To attract birds, you need to understand not only what they prefer to eat, but how they like to eat it. For example, while many species prefer seed, some birds like to eat their seed from elevated platforms, others prefer hanging feeders and still others are content to forage on the ground. All birds appreciate a clean feeder to prevent the spread of disease, and none of them like those pesky, seed-stealing squirrels any more than you do.

The bird experts at Cole’s Wild Bird Products offer some guidance for choosing the right feeder styles to attract the maximum number of feathered friends to your yard: Keep it clean – Everyone knows you should clean your feeders regularly to prevent disease, but many feeders are a pain to disassemble, clean and reassemble.

Many people keep feeders less than pristine because of the hassle of cleaning. Look for feeders that make the process easy. All Cole’s tube feeders have a Quick Clean feature that allows you to remove the bottom of the feeder with the push of a button for easy cleaning access– no need to completely disassemble the feeders to clean them.

Tube feeders are terrific – For versatility and wide appeal, it’s hard to beat a tube style feeder. These workhorses of the feeder world can handle seeds both large and small – from sunflowers to petite mixes.

Tube feeders make great all-purpose feeders or excellent starter feeders for people just beginning backyard birding. Most songbirds will happily dine at a tube feeder.

Some seeds are special – Niger is a favorite seed type for finches, siskins and several other appealing species, but not all tube feeders can handle this oily seed. If you’ll be serving niger, consider a specialty feeder like the Nifty Niger Feeder. The feeder dispenses the seed through special, tiny holes to limit the amount of waste.

Cater to the clingy – Some birds, such as chickadees, titmice, woodpeckers and bluebirds, like to cling to the feeder. For these birds, a mesh feeder can be just what the diner ordered. Mesh feeders satisfy a bird’s desire to cling while also keeping larger birds from hogging the feeder. The Mighty Mesh Feeder is great for serving Nutberry Suet, Suet Kibbles, Suet Pearls, raw peanuts and any sunflower-based seed blend.

The beauty of bowl feeders – Bowl feeders are another versatile style and are great for serving not only seeds and seed blends, but also dried mealworms, fruit and suet in either kibble or pearl forms. The Boun-

tiful Bowl Feeder comes with an adjustable dome cover that you can raise or lower to prevent larger birds and squirrels from getting to the food – and it also helps protect feed from rain.

Hummingbird feeders are something to sing about – Hummingbirds are endlessly fascinating to watch, but you have to be quick to catch a look at them. Your best opportunity is when they’re eating, and a hummingbird feeder can help extend your viewing time. The Hummer High Rise feeder gives hummers a penthouse-view with elevated perches and keeps ants out of the nectar with a special built-in ant moat.

Those darn squirrels – As much as you enjoy watching their antics, you probably don’t want squirrels on your bird feeder.

These persistent bandits can wipe out a seed supply in minutes and damage even the best-made birdfeeders. One way to keep squirrels away from all your feeders is to install a Tough Bird Feeder Guard from Cole’s on your existing feeder poles.

The simple device uses static pulse to train squirrels not to climb on feeder poles. Use your favorite feeders on your own shepherd staff or pipe-style poles and add the Tough Bird Feeder Guard to keep squirrels

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Firework Safety 101: ·Always read and follow all warnings and label instructions. ·Always have an adult present, and never allow children to play with or ignite fireworks. Sparklers are often considered to be the ideal “safe” firework for the young, but they burn at very high temperatures and can easily ignite clothing. ·The adult igniting the fireworks should always wear eye protection and never have any part of the body over the fireworks. ·Use fireworks only outdoors.

·Be sure other people are out of range before lighting fireworks. ·Always have water handy (a garden hose and a bucket). ·Only light fireworks on a smooth, flat surface away from the house, dry leaves and flammable materials. ·Light only one firework at a time. ·Never throw or point fireworks at other people or animals. ·Never shoot fireworks in metal or glass containers. ·Never re-light a “dud” firework. Douse and soak them with water and throw them away. ·Dispose of fireworks properly by soaking them in wa-

ter and then disposing of them in your trashcan. ·Remember, the safest way to prevent fireworks-related injuries and deaths is to leave the fireworks displays to trained professionals.

Source: 2011 Fireworks Annual Report, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

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PUBLIC NOTICE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION Division of Water Resources 7th Floor, L&C Annex 401 Church Street Nashville, Tennessee 37243 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The application described below has been submitted for an Aquatic Resource Alteration Permit under The Tennessee Water Quality Control Act of 1977, T.C.A. §69-3-108. In addition, federal permits may be required from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Tennessee Valley Authority under §404 of the Clean Water Act and §26a of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, respectively. Section 401 of the Clean Water Act requires that an applicant obtain a water quality certification from the state when a federal permit is required. This notice may cover applications subject to §401.

No decision has been made whether to issue or deny this permit. The purpose of this notice is to inform interested parties of this permit application and to ask for comments and information necessary to determine possible impacts to water quality. Persons wishing to comment on the proposal are invited to submit written comments to the department. Written comments must be received within thirty days of the date that this notice is posted. Comments will become part of the record and will be considered in the final decision. The applicant’s name and permit number should be referenced.

The permit application, supporting documentation including detailed plans and maps, and related comments are available for review and/or copying at the department’s natural resources section.

Interested persons may also request in writing that the department hold a public hearing on this application. The request must be filed within the comment period, indicate the interest of the person requesting it, the reasons that the hearing is warranted, and the water quality issues being raised. When there is sufficient public interest in water quality issues, the department shall hold a public hearing in accordance with Rule 1200-4-7-.04(4)(f).

In deciding whether to issue or deny a permit, the department will consider all comments of record and the requirements of applicable federal and state laws. In making this decision, a determination will be made regarding the lost value of the resource compared to the value of any proposed mitigation. The department shall consider practicable alternatives to the alteration. The department shall also consider loss of waters or habitat, diminishment in biological diversity, cumulative or secondary impacts to the water resource, and adverse impact to unique, high quality, or impaired waters.

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More details on the proposal can be viewed on the Internet at http://www.tn.gov/environment/ wpc/ppo/arap.

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FHU awards Gresham, Daniel attend WestStar degrees to Leadership Program graduation local students FHU AWARDS DEGREES TO MCNAIRY COUNTY STUDENTS HENDERSON, TN— Twelve students from the McNairy County area became graduates of Freed-Hardeman University at spring commencement exercises May 11. A vice president of Pilot Corporation, Bill Mulligan, addressed the graduates, telling them to accept and learn from their failures.

He also told graduates to be sure they are working on the right things, build relationships, leverage assets and get the best people on their teams. Finally, Mulligan said graduates should continue to trust in the Lord. Mulligan also told graduates, “I am envious of you today. You have received valuable religious instruction.”

Those receiving bachelor’s degrees were Ben Carothers, Bachelor of Science in arts and humanities; Cody Chism, Bachelor of Science in criminal justice; Alex Courington, Bachelor of Arts in Bible; Chris Kidwell, Bachelor of Arts in music; Kelsey Kidwell, Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science in child and family studies; Lucy Lopez, Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor of Arts in theatre performance; Jessica Scott, Bachelor of Science in psychology; Rachael Shannon, Bachelor of Arts in communication; Clay Shirley, Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science in arts and humanities; and Sarah Thompson, Bachelor of Science in nursing.

Two graduates received advanced degrees: Kellie Fowler, Education Specialist in school leadership and Yun Kim, Master of Education in curriculum and instruction.

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Tennessee State Senator Dolores Gresham, of Somerville, and Peggy Daniel, of Selmer, attended UT Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program graduation, June 20, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Jackson. Gresham is a WestStar graduate and former WestStar board of trustees member. Daniel is the wife of the late Jimmy Daniel, 1990 WestStar graduate for whom the program’s Jimmy Daniel Make-A-Difference Alumni Award is named. Thirty-three class members participated, bringing the total to 681 alumni over WestStar’s 24-year history. Class participants were chosen to learn new leadership skills and develop strategies for assisting communities in solving problems and maximizing potential.

UT Martin tuition increases six percent MARTIN, Tenn. — The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees approved a six percent instate tuition increase for students attending the University of Tennessee at Martin, effective for the 2013 fall semester. Approval came Thursday during the board’s annual meeting in Knoxville.

Instate tuition and fees will now cost undergraduate students an additional $229 per semester for a total of $3,757 or $7,514 for a full academic year. Full-time undergraduate enrollment is a minimum of 12 hours.

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Among the fees approved was a $50 per fall and spring semester increase in the facilities fee that all UT Martin students pay, totaling $100 for the academic year. Other specialized course fees approved include a fee for art studio classes, a physical education activity class fee, a Reelfoot Lake Field Station fee and a student teaching placement fee.

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Fall semester classes begin Aug. 26 for the main campus and UT Martin centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley and Selmer.

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. Daniel Holt 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 Wednesdays 12 Noon 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.

Selmer Second Baptist 1004 Peach St., Selmer Tony Polk, Pastor Sunday Worship: 10 a.m., 11 a.m & 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday: 6:30 p.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.

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.

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.

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 Pastor: Bro. Don Singleton Sunday School: 9 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Evening: 5:30 p.m.

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 School 9 a.m.

Worship Service 10:15 Lorraine Baptist Church Melvin Qualls Rd., Michie, TN Trent Nethery, Jr., Pastor Sunday School 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11 a.m./6 p.m.

Wednesday: 6:30 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.

West Shiloh Baptist Church 282 W. Shiloh Church Rd., Stantonville James Stophel, Pastor Church of Christ: Acton Church of Christ 9389 Hwy. 22 S., Michie Shawn Weaver, Minister Sunday School: 10 a.m.

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

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

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 Shobeck Dethrow, 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 Olive Hill Baptist Church 46 Olive Hill Church Lp., Guys, TN Sunday School: 9:45 Cody Hill, Pastor Sunday Morning Service: 10:45 Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Night Service: 5:30 Sunday worship: 11 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Wednesday: 7:00 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. & 5:30 p.m.

Church of God of Prophecy: Wednesday: 6:30 p.m.

Ramer Baptist Church 3899 Hwy. 57 West, Ramer James Young, Pastor Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.

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

Wednesday: 6:30 p.m.

Church of God of Prophecy Hwy. 22 N., Adamsville Alvin Jones, Pastor Sunday School: 10 a.m.

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

Wednesday: 6:30 p.m.

Church of God of Prophecy 1642 Curtis Hill Church Rd., Bethel Springs Richard Horner, Pastor Sunday School: 10 a.m.

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

Wednesday: 7 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.

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.

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.

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

Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.

Cumberland Presbyterian:

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.

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.

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

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

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

Sunday School: 10:15

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.

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

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.

Other/Non-Denominational: 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.

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

Wednesday: 6 p.m.

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

Wednesday: 7 p.m.

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

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 Bethel Springs 54 Pentecostal Ave. United Pentecostal Milledgeville, TN 3591 Main St., Bethel Springs FaithPointe Church Phone 731-434-1002 Jeff Young, Pastor 440 Hwy. 64 East, Adamsville Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Ramer Cumberland Presbyterian Church Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.

Mike Sweeney, Pastor Worship Service 11:00 a.m.

Highway 57 West Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Sunday School: 9 a.m.

Sunday Night 6:00 p.m.

Ramer, TN Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

Thursday night 7:00 p.m.

Pastor: Albert Brown First United Wednesday Nights: 7:00 p.m.

Pastors, Paul and Bonnie Young Sunday School: 10:00 a.m.

Pentecostal Eastview Phone 731-632-4999 Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

7810 Hwy 45 S., Ramer www.faithpointechurch.com Rev. Wayne Isbell, Pastor Methodist: Sunday: 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Fellowship Church Monday: 7 p.m.

142 South Y Shopping Center Adamsville First Wednesday: 7:15 p.m.

Selmer, Tennessee United Methodist Wednesday - 7 p.m.

225 E Main St., Adamsville The Sanctuary of MPC Sunday - 10 a.m.

Rev. Dr. Toni Watson 54 Pentecostal Ave., Milledgeville For info call 731-434-0097 Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Rev. Jimmy Kelly, Pastor www.onechurchnow.com Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Sunday School: 10:30 a.m., Youth 5:30 Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Buena Vista Methodist Church Tull Road, Bethel Springs Gateway Holiness Chapel Jim Barber, Pastor 2342 Refuge Rd, Bethel Springs Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m.

Michael Price, Pastor Sunday: 2 p.m.

First United Methodist Church Thursday: 7 p.m.

P.O. Box 265, Selmer Rev. Terry Presson Pastor 1318 Poplar (Hwy. 64) • Selmer, TN 38375 Presbyterian: Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Telephone: 731-645-4188 Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m.

Bethel Springs Wednesday: Supper 6:15 p.m. & Studies Rev. W.H. Arnold, Pastor Presbyterian Church 7 p.m.

59 4th Ave., Bethel Springs Hickory Flatt United Methodist Church Rev. Gary Anderson Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Puron Rd., Hickory Flatt Dick Humphrey, Pastor Bethesda Presbyterian Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

Church Worship - 10:15 a.m.

50 Bethesda Loop, Selmer Bro. Chris Dancer, Pastor Lebanon United Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. • Sat. 7 a.m.-11 a.m. - Corinth only Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Methodist Church Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

250 Chambers Store Rd., Michie Stephen Webb, Pastor First Presbyterian Church USA Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.

800 Poplar Ave., Selmer Sunday School: 11 a.m.

Dr. James Jones, Pastor Wednesday: 5:30 p.m.

Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Fellowship: 10:30 a.m.

New Hope United Methodist Church Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m.

Sticine Road • Michie, TN Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.

Mount Sharon Sunday School 11:00 a.m.

Presbyterian Church Wed. Bible Study 6:30 p.m.

SELMER - FINGER - SAVANNAH 108 Mt. Sharon Rd., Adamsville David Harstin, Pastor TENNESSEE Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Member FDIC Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

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Bethel Springs Elementary students illustrate their favorite books

Submitted Photo

Kindergarten and first grade students from Bethel Springs Elementary School are holding their illustrations they created. Students drew pictures to depict their favorite books. Pictured back row left to right: Georgia Kennedy, Alexander Steinhagen, Havyn Osborn, Valerie Butterfield, Carrissa Moore, Mollie Isbell and Hannah Owens.

Front row left to right: Kirsten Hensley, Jacob Perrigo, Adain Starks, Ryder Plunk, and Lillie Parker. Mrs. Anita Graves, their art teacher, is holding art by Gillian Garner and Hunter Doles.

McNairy County Board of Education 2013-2014 School Calendar FALL TERM TBD ...................... Administrative Days August 5 ............... School In-Service August 6 ............... School In-Service August 7 ............... Staff Development August 7................ Orientation for AHS gr. 7-9, MCHS gr. 9, SMS gr. 5 August 8 ............... First Day of School (excluding students who attended on 8/7) August 9 .............. School Begins for all students September 2 ........ LABOR DAY HOLIDAY* September 4 ........ End of 1st Month September 9 ........ School Dismissed 11:16; .

Parent Teacher Contact 1:00-3:00 October 2 ............. End of 2nd Month October 9 ............. End of 1st Quarter (45 days) October 21-23...... FALL BREAK* October 24 ........... PARENT TEACHER .

CONFERENCE* 12-6 pm; 1st Quarter Report Cards October 25 ........... STAFF DEVELOPMENT*

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Wood Grain Ceramic ...........................$119 sq. ft.

Ceramic Tiles .................................. 69¢ sq. ft.

Pad for Laminate Flooring ......... $500 to $1000 Laminate Floor ....................from 39¢ to $109 Area Rugs .................................. starting at $6995 Crossties ..............................................$6.95 each 6 x 8 Dog-earred Fence Panels .................. $2595 1x4x8 Pine .....................................................$200 1x4x10 Pine ...................................................$250 1x4x12 Pine ...................................................$300 3/8 Beaded ......................................... $14.59 5/8 T-1-11 Siding ...........................$1795 sheet 25 Year 3 Tab Shingles ..................$5499 sq. ft.

35 Year Architectural Shingles ......$6295 sq. ft.

12 x 12 Ceiling Tiles........... 40 sq. ft. box $3995 Tub/Shower Unit ....................................... $21500 Handicap Commodes ................................. $6995 Round Commodes ...................................... $4995 7/16 OSB........$895 per sheet 1x6 or 1x8 White Pine - 500 m

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February 6 ........... School Dismissed 11:16; Parent teacher Contact 1:00-3:00 February 14 ......... STAFF DEVELOPMENT* February 17 ......... PRESIDENTS’ DAY HOLIDAY* February 18 ......... End of 6th Month March 4 ................ STAFF DEVELOPMENT*,11th Grade ACT (11th grade students attend) March 11 .............. End of 3rd Quarter (45 days) March 18 .............. End of 7th Month March 21 .............. 3rd Quarter Report Cards March 24-28 ........ SPRING BREAK* April 18 . ............... GOOD FRIDAY HOLIDAY* April 23 . ............... End of 8th Month

November 5 ......... End of 3rd Month November 27-29.. THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY* December 6 ......... End of 4th Month December 20 ....... End of 2nd Quarter (45 days), Fall Term (90 days), School Dismissed 9:30 December 23-Jan. 3...CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS*

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SPRING TERM January 6 . ............ Classes Resume January 15 . .......... 2nd Quarter Report Cards January 17 . .......... End of 5th Month January 20 . .......... MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY*

May 16 ................. FRIDAY OFF* May 22 ................. RECORDS AND REPORTS* (TEACHERS ONLY) May 23 ................. End of 4th Quarter (45 days), Spring Term (90 days), End of 9th Month, 4th Quarter Report Cards *school dismissed

PEC Moves Forward with Construction of New Facility

After years of consideration and many months of planning, Pickwick Electric Cooperative will move forward with construction of a new complex on Highway 142. The new facility will replace the Mulberry Street location that was built in 1954 and is no longer large enough to handle the equipment and supplies necessary for an efficient and safe operation. Based upon very competitive bidding, the construction cost of this project will be approximately 10.5 million dollars, and we will begin soon to vigorously market our present facility, and the proceeds realized from the sale of our present facility will be applied directly to the cost of the new facility.

The new construction will not impact member rates any more than any ordinary system-improvement work plans. The cost of the building is not an “expense” that hits the bottom line in a single year; it’s an investment in our infrastructure, paid for and depreciated over 50 years.

There will be no rate increase associated with the new construction, and a portion of this project will be paid for by new revenue realized from the rental of fibers from the new fiber optic network that PEC crews are installing across our service area.

Construction is slated to begin this month with an expected completion date in Fall 2014. As the project moves forward, we will keep our members informed through The Tennessee Magazine.

We believe this is a very solid long-term investment which will allow us to meet our goal of providing safe and reliable electric service at an affordable cost.

PICKWICK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE 731.645.3411 www.pickwickec.com

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Selmer/McNairy County Industrial Development Board (Owner) Separate sealed bids for United Stainless Building Expansion Fast Track Project for site development work including site grading, ground cover/gravel stabilization, extension of water line, storm drainage piping, and erosion control will be received by Selmer/McNairy County Industrial Development Board at the McNairy Regional Alliance at McNairy County Visitors Center located at 205 W. Court Ave, Selmer, TN 38375 until 10:00 A.M., C.T. Thursday, July 18, 2013, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud.

The Information for Bidders, Form of Bid, Form of Contract, Plans, Specifications, and Forms of Bid Bond, Performance and Payment Bond, and other contract documents may be examined at the following: Engineer’s Office:

TLM Associates 117 East Lafayette Street Jackson, TN 38301 Contact – Jason Pirtle.

Office: 731/988-9840 Fax:731/988-9959

Copies may be obtained at the office of TLM Associates, Inc. located at 117 East Lafayette Street in Jackson, Tennessee upon payment of $150.00 (non-refundable) for each set.

The owner reserves the right to waive any informalities or to reject any or all bids.

Each bidder must deposit with his bid, security in the amount, form and subject to the conditions provided in the Information for Bidders.

Attention of bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to conditions of employment to be observed and minimum wage rates to be paid under the contract.

No bidder may withdraw his bid within 60 days after the actual date of the opening thereof.

(Date) July 28, 2013

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miscellaneous

101 - for sale

401 - for sale

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)

Dell laptop $200 under warranty. Also laptop repair. 731925-6183. (TF)

Used Triplewide Home 3BD 2BA $39995. At Easy Living Homes LLC <3 WAY> Humboldt, TN 731-784-5033.(6,7,8) Older Brick Home - Nice Neighborhood. Good location in town. Well built. Priced to sell. $41,500 call 645-3580 for information. (7) 16'x76' 3 bedroom, 2 bath mobile home in good condition.

To be moved, front and back porch included. New carpet, new roof, and newly painted ceilings. $16,500. Call 6459190 (home) 610-1119 (cell).

(5,6,7,8) New 5BD 3BA Doublewide Del. Set and A/C WOW $69995!

100% Financing with a clear deed WAC. Easy Living Homes LLC <3 WAY> Humboldt, TN 731-784-5033. (6,7,8)

102 - for rent

2006 Four Winds Express Camper 36 feet, full slide out, fully self contained. Located at C-16 Perryville Marina $13,000 call 632-0493. (7,8) Casio keyboard w/adapter and platform $100, Ivory Sofa $100, Walnut desk $50, Pedistoll sink $50, Cherry shelf with bottom door $100. Lamps $5 and up. American Tourister $25. 731645-7627. (7) Browning 12 gauge pump, Winchester Model 94 30/30, Remington 300 Win-Mag w/ scope. Will not separate. First $1,000 gets all three. 610-1535.

(6,7) Hybrid Bermuda fertilized quality $4 a bale. New hay. Load in my trailer or yours. In Middleton. Travis Kennedy 731-6093730. (6,7,8,9,10,11)

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

(TF)

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)

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)

ECONOMY INN Motel: Low weekly rates. Free wireless internet, microwave & refrigerator.

(731) 645-6155. (TF)

Stop scratching & gnawing.

Promote healing & hair growth.

Stamp out ITCHAMCALLITS! Shampoo with Happy Jack Itch No More, apply Skin Balm, add Tonekote to diet. Stockdale's (645-3238). (www.happyjackinc. com)(6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15)

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) House For Rent: 4 BD, 2 BA 1030 Peach Street in Selmer $375 a month $200 deposit 901-8492755. (7,8) 2 BD house on 85 Flowers Lane $250 month and $100 deposit. Call 439-6314. (7) 3 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath, Central H/A, storage building, free lawn service, no pets (Don't ask!) $500+Deposit 610-2877.(TF)

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automobiles 201 - autos F-150 Ford Pickup '85 Model Classic, like new $2,500 call 731934-7319. (7,8) 2001 Chevy Venture Minivan.

Excellent mechanical condition. $2,500. Call 731-239-4108.(7,8)

404 - pets/livestock

Mosses Creek Hunting Club is looking for a couple of members for deer hunting. Property is located in Sulphur Springs area. $300 per year for 200 acres. For more information call Garron Carlin, at 731-453-5939. (7)

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services 501 - professional services Harris Asphalt Seal Coating. Free Estimates. 731-439-0343. (4,5,6,7) Harris Home ImprovementConcrete blocks, dirt work, all types of floor repair, bathroom, kitchen, shingle roof, metal roofs, siding & painting. 30 years experience.

Free Estimates.731-439-0343.

(4,5,6,7,)

501 - professional services I will sit with the elderly day or night in home, hospital or nursing home. Please call Sandra at 731-610-2703. (7,8) DOUG BUTLER: House leveling, rotting sills, replace floors, cracking brick - 30 years experience. (731) 239-8945, cell (662) 284-6146. Free estimates. (TF)

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501 - professional services

503 - public notices

503 - public notices

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) 610-4813.

(TF)

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 May 18, 2012, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded May 25, 2012, at Book 406, Page 579 in Office of the Register of Deeds for McNairy County, Tennessee, executed by Jason Abbatoy and Genevieve L. Abbatoy, conveying certain property therein described to W. Aaron Fortner as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Churchill Mortgage Corporation, its successors and assigns; and the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C.,

having been appointed Successor Trustee.

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

CAMPER FOR SALE 2009 Laredo Camper, 28’ RBS Glacier package, aluminum frame super lite, central heat & air, gas stove, electric or gas refrigerator, large slide, chrome wheels, electric jacks, electric tongue, electric awning, cable and satellite ready, used 5 times. Like new condition. Kept under cover.

Phone: (731) 645-9295 Cell: (731) 645-0286

MAXEDON Plumbing & Electrical 610-5541 or 645-8951

Weekends & Holidays - Same Fair Rate

CYPRESS GARDENS APARTMENTS 200 Lewis St. • Savannah, TN • 731-925-6955 Applications available at the complex office

Duties:

LAND LAND LAND

2808 - GREAT pasture land w/fencing, creek, wooded tree line & beaver lake. $44,900.

Equal Housing Opportunity - Leanard Ln.,employer Bethel Springs - 9.75 acres, secluded, wooded. $30,000.

“This insitution is an equal8508 opportunity provider, and lender.”

Equal Housing Opportunity

Managerial experience preferred HR experience required Clear criminal background Reliable transportation

Manage day to day operations of the office Assist in recruitment and training of employees Ensure compliance with company policies

One Bedroom Apartments Two Bedroom Apartments Two Bedroom Townhouse Apartments TTD 7005 phone number 711 - Restricted Subdivision, 2 ac. +/- wooded, view of community lake. $15,000.

Office phone number 731-925-6955 Rural Development USDA

See legals, 9B

OFFICE MANAGER IN McNAIRY COUNTY Requirements:

“Rental Assistance Now Available”

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 authority vested in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee will, on July 15, 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

Send resumes to:

Office Manager P.O. Box 220 Selmer, TN 38375

509 - J.C. Pickett Rd., Finger - 24 +/- acres of secluded wildlife & woods. $65,000.

Maintenance Positions (2)

2711 - 81 acr

North part McNairy Jones Ln. Some op land, secluded, and

215A Court Ave. Selmer, TN

Local manufacturing company has two job openings for second shift maintenance with the following qualifications:

Carla Hall Broker/Owner

(731) 645-4255

www.hallsrealtytn.com

x Excellent mechanical troubleshooting skills. x Ability to set up, repair and perform preventative maintenance with little supervision.

x Minimum of 3 years maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.

x High School Diploma or equivalent. x Must be team oriented and have the ability to work in a fast paced environment.

4612 - Oak St., Selmer - $47,500 * Ready to Move-in * 3 bedrooms * 1 Bath* Carport * Shaded Yard * In Town

1213 - Archer Rd., Bethel Springs - $52,500 * Cabin * Rural Area * 1 Bedroom * 1 Bath * 30 x 40 shop * 6.8 ac. * Treed

x Position 1, must have PLC and electrical/mechani-

1413 - Dixie Ln., Pocahontas - $829,000 * Lake House * 2 Br * 2 Ba * 437 +/- acres * 7 acre Lake * Dead End Rd.

cal troubleshooting skills.

x Position 2, must have the ability to operate conventional machine shop equipment.

Company offers excellent compensation and benefits, including health/dental coverage, 401k and pension plan, educational assistance, life insurance, holidays and vacations. Qualified applicants should send resume to: Neo Products Corporation Human Resources Department P.O. Box 70 Henderson, TN 38340 Fax (731) 989-4257

113 - Cox Ln., Selmer $40,000 * Ranch * Carport * Porch * Deck * 3 Bedrooms * 2 Baths * Shaded yard

Email: (kalexander@neoproducts.com)

3611 - Hwy 64 W - 2 ac +/-

on a 4 lane highway. AlBeautiful condo forlocated sale in gated community read has a barn, and is ready for you dream house. $14,500

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A move-in condition condo in Memphis awaits you! On the ground floor, this condo has a large one bedroom, one bathroom with walkin closet. The large living room and dining room overlook the pond with fountains. Low utilities and very easy to upkeep. This condo is ready for a buyer and the price is cheaper than renting. Call 731610-1017 to discuss buying options today.

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503 - public notices 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: Beginning at the Northwest Corner of the William Gage property described in Deed Book 142, Page 761, ROMC, at an iron pin in the East line of Randall Lambert property described in Deed Book 121, Page 108, thence running with the East line of Lambert, North 00 degrees 13 minutes 42 seconds East 500 feet, to the true point of beginning of this area; thence South 89 degrees 45 minutes 04 seconds East 317 feet, thence North 00 degrees 13 minutes 42 seconds East 600 feet; thence North 89 degrees 45 minutes 04 seconds West 317 feet to the East line of said Lambert tract; thence South 00 degrees 13 minutes 42 seconds West 600 feet to the point of beginning.

ALSO KNOWN AS: 7457 Highway 64 East, Selmer, Tennessee 38375

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, 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: Jason Abbatoy; Genevieve L. Abbatoy

The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be rescinded at the Successor 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. 1286‑234273 DATED May 30, 2013 INSERTION DATES: WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., Successor Trustee

June 19, 2013

June 26, 2013

July 3, 2013

DSaleNoticeTN-Shellie_ awoodard_130530_1119 FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW.MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. COM

13893 5, 6, 7 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 authority vested in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee will, on

INSIDE YARD SALE AT McDOUGLE’S 3690 Hines Gin Road. Saturday, July 6. Open 9 a.m. A little bit of everything. Electric stove, love

seat, recliner, office furn., knick knacks, king mattress set, desk, 5 drawer chest, dishes, paper back books (5 for $1), white farm table and chairs, oak porch rocker - one double.

Bunkie mattress new $45, oak filing cabinet, roll top oak desk. Used tables and chairs, dining table & china cabinet.

Odd bar stools, pub tables and stools. Small curio, coffee and end tables, glider rockers TV & entertainment center, boxes of children’s books. Much more - Need something?

Check here. 645-3069, 697-8153.

MASSIVE MOVING SALE THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY 8 A.M. - 2 P.M.

141 Mollie Drive

Some of everything from appliances to dishes to woodworking tools.

Bring your own empty boxes. You’ll need them.

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Bethel Bar-B-Que

Have Your Yard Sale with Us.

We are located on the Corner of Buena Vista and 45 By-Pass Across from Dollar General.

Great Location - Lots of Traffic.

Set up Rent Free through July 6th.

For more information call 645-0746.

YARD SALE

Friday & Saturday

3268 Hwy 142 Lots of stuff!

Some new, some old.

Too much to list.

Just come and see.

June 28 & 29 July 5& 6 July 5 & 6

YARD SALE

HUGE CARPORT SALE

CARPORT SALE

HUGE YARD SALE

130 Shiloh Terrace, Selmer

FRIDAY, JULY 5 & SATURDAY, JULY 6TH

1058 Country Club Lane

FRIDAY, JULY 5th SATURDAY, JULY 6th

Friday & Saturday July 5th & 6th Lots of items.

Too much to list.

Come see!

YARD SALE

TH

220 Oak Street Selmer 7 a.m. until ?

Table & chairs, seasonal items, clothing. Too much to mention! Great Deals!

Don’t miss out!

YARD SALE

Saturday, July 6th 7 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Mattresses, furniture, jewelry, & clothes.

Too much to list.

YARD SALE Thursday, July 4

1501 Michie Pebble Hill Road Stantonville (beside Amish Sawmill)

Hockey table, furniture, clothes and more.

YARD SALE

Saturday, July 6th

Recliner, rugs, home decor., inground pool equipment, tables, comforter sets, lots more. New garage door openers.

Stantonville, Tenn.

Friday & Saturday July 5 & 6 9 a.m. - ?

Namebrand clothes.

Too much to list.

LARGE 4 FAMILY YARD SALE! Friday & Saturday July 5th & 6th • 8 until?

Lots of nice baby clothes!

Adult clothing, Home Interior, household items, truck cap for 8’ bed, VHS movies and some DVD’s. Too many items to list.

Anything could turn up!

Going South on 45 in Eastview first white house past Dollar General.

Clothing from 6 months to 3X plus sizes, Little boys and girls. Glassware, comforters, quilts, sheets, curtains, shoes, purses, books, VHS movie, DVD, VCR’s, Playstation games. Too much to mention.

Everything cheap. 645-7408.

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July 15, 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:

Northwest corner of Lot Number 15 of the subdivision; runs thence South 00 degrees 41 minutes 30 seconds West with the East boundary of this lot and the West boundary of Lot Number 15, 116.62 feet to an iron pin in the North right of way of Beaverwood Drive, the Southeast corner of this lot and the Southwest corner of Lot Number 15; runs thence South 88 degrees 05 minutes 00 seconds West with the North right of way of Beaverwood Drive, the South boundary of this lot, 100.00 feet to the point of beginning.

Being Lot 16, of Country View Estates Subdivision.

Said legal description is the same description as contained in the previous deed of record.

cessor 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

Gieger and wife, Michelle Gieger, conveyed to Bruce Hamblen, Trustee, the hereinafter described real estate, to secure the payment of a promissory note as described therein, and Whereas, the said Bruce Hamblen, Trustee, was unable to act as such Trustee; and Whereas, Ken Seaton was appointed Substitute Trustee by instrument of record in said Register’s Office in Trust Deed Book 410 page 1, Register’s Office for McNairy County, Tennessee; and Whereas, default has been made in the payment of said indebtedness, and the holder of said Note, Farmers and Merchants Bank, has declared the entire amount due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust, and the Substitute Trustee has been directed to foreclose the Deed of Trust in accordance

with the terms thereto, the public is hereby notified that the undersigned Substitute Trustee will sell the hereinafter described real property to the highest bidder, for cash in hand at the East door of the Courthouse in Selmer, Tennessee, on the 18th day of July, 2013, at 10:00 AM, said property to be sold free from the equity of redemption, statutory redemption, homestead, and all other exemptions of every kind, said property being located in McNairy County, Tennessee, and being bounded and described as follows: A tract or parcel of land lying and being situated in the 3rd Civil District of McNairy County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows: COMMENCING on an iron rod set, in the south right-of-way of U. S. High-

FRIDAY, JULY 5

8 a.m. until 3 p.m.

455 Puron Road in the Hickory Flat Community

Beginning at an iron pin, the Southwest corner of Lot Number 16 of the 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 said lot being a portion of the Adamsville Housing Partners Property recorded in Deed Book 127, Page 425, and located in the intersection of the East right of way of Countrywood Drive with the North right of way of Beaverwood Drive; thence runs 00 degrees 38 minutes 36 seconds East with the East right of way of Countrywood Drive, the West boundary of this lot, 120.60 feet to a steel fence post in the right of way, the Northwest corner of this lot and the Southwest corner of Lot Number 1, of the subdivision; runs thence South 89 degrees 38 minutes 05 seconds East with the North boundary of this lot and the South boundary of Lot Number 1, 100.00 feet to an iron pin, the Northeast corner of this lot, the Southwest corner of Lot Number 2, and the

7582 Hwy 142

ALSO KNOWN AS: 203 Beaverwood Drive, Adamsville, Tennessee 38310

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, 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

The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be rescinded at the Suc-

NEEDED GOD LOVING CAREGIVER

Four (4) Days a Week, Every Other Saturday or Sunday off Pay $8.00 an hour, 5 or 6 hours a day & maybe more if needed.

CAREGIVER Needed for companionship and home-making skills for our Dad who needs one-on-one non-medical assistance.

No certification needed but welcome if you have it. And can see that he take’s his medicines on time every day.

Seeking outstanding individual who is a God loving individual & is one & not just talk, to provide care to our dad in his home.

Duties: companionship, housekeeping, meal preparation, assisting on errands & to appointments, and some personal care services, dressing, hygiene & etc. He has almost new Town Car for errands.

Requirements: Must have a valid driver’s license, reliable form of transportation to his home, current auto insurance, be able to pass a criminal background check anddrug screen.

MUST BE DRUG FREE AND NON-SMOKER Apply in person at 2350 Hwy 64, Crump, Tennessee

DATED June 12, 2013 INSERTION DATES: WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., Successor Trustee

June 19, 2013

June 26, 2013

July 3, 2013

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13892 5, 6, 7 NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE Whereas, on the 25th day of June, 2012, by Deed of Trust of record in the Office of the Register for McNairy County, Tennessee, in Trust Deed Book 406 page 1475, James

PUBLIC NOTICE 45 Storage, Selmer, TN

The following names are delinquent on storage payments: Joe Wallace Ester Dunlap David Bell Jeff Bobo

Payment MUST be made in FULL

by Friday, July 12, 2013 or storage contents will be sold at 12:00 noon on Friday, July 19, 2013. The owner reserves the right to cancel, delay, or reschedule this sale without further notice.

Friday, July 5 Saturday, July 6 7982 Hwy 45 South - 8:00 until ?

7 a.m. until ?

Located at Hwy 45 South across road from Pappy Johns BBQ and behind Littlejohn Monuments and Signs

See legals, 10B

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way 64, said iron rod being a point in the south right-of-way of said Highway 64, conveyed to the State of Tennessee, by deed recorded in Deed Book 152, at page 498, said Register’s Office, the NWC of a tract conveyed to C. A. Smith, Jr. and Michael (Mike) Smith by deed of record in D.B. 110, pg. 238, said Register’s Office, the NEC of a 1.036 acre tract (Tract 3); runs thence along and with said right-of-way of U.S. Highway 64 as follows: N68 degrees 26’21”W a distance of 25.41 feet, N70 degrees 23’00”W a distance of 88.26 feet, N73 degrees 18’42”W a distance of 88.20 feet, N75 degrees 16’02”W a distance of 21.40 feet, to an iron rod set, the NWC of a 1.036 acre tract (Tract 3); runs thence S01degrees 53’08”W a distance of 119.47 feet, along and with the west boundary line of said Tract 3, to an iron rod set, THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACT, the SEC of a 0.236 acre tract (Tract 1), being the NEC of the herein described tract; runs thence S01 degrees 53’08”W a distance of 119.47 feet, along and with the west boundary line of said Tract 3, the east boundary line of the herein boundary line, to an iron rod set, the SEC of the said Tract 3, being the SEC of the herein described tract; runs thence N87 degrees 46’31”W a distance of 80.00 feet, along and with the north boundary line of a 4.245 acre tract, the south boundary line of the herein described tract, to an iron rod set, the NWC of a 4.245 acre tract, being the SWC of the herein described tract; runs thence N01 degrees 53’08”E a distance of 118.99 feet, along and with the west boundary line of the herein described tract, to an iron rod set, the SWC of said Tract 1, the NWC of the herein described tract; runs thence S88 degrees 06’52”E a distance of 80.00 feet, along and with the south boundary line of said Tract 1, the north of the herein described tract, to the point of beginning, containing 0.219 acres or land, more or less.

Office for McNairy County, Tennessee; and Whereas, default has been made in the payment of said indebtedness, and the holder of said Note, Farmers and Merchants Bank, has declared the entire amount due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust, and the Substitute Trustee has been directed to foreclose the Deed of Trust in accordance with the terms thereto, the public is hereby notified that the undersigned Substitute Trustee will sell the hereinafter described real property to the highest bidder, for cash in hand at the East door of the Courthouse in Selmer, Tennessee, on the 18th day of July, 2013, at 10:00 AM, said property to be sold free from the equity of redemption, statutory redemption, homestead, and all other exemptions of every kind, said property being located in McNairy County, Tennessee, and being bounded and described as follows: Being Lot 1 of Majestic Oaks Estates, Phase I, a plat of which is of record in Plat Cabinet B Slide 31, and the distances, directions, measurements and calls contained therein are incorporated herein by reference as fully and completely as if copied in full herein.

vided in a certain Deed of Trust dated MARCH 27, 1996, executed by MARIA C. BROOKS, AN UNMARRIED PERSON, to I. DYKE TATUM, Trustee, of record in TRUST DEED BOOK 232, PAGE 131, for the benefit of FLEET MORTGAGE CORP., in the Register’s Office for MCNAIRY County, Tennessee and to J. PHILLIP JONES, appointed as Substitute Trustee in an instrument of record in the Register’s Office for MCNAIRY County, Tennessee, to secure the indebtedness described; WHEREAS, said Deed of Trust was last assigned to TENNESSEE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, the entire indebtedness having been declared due and payable by TENNESSEE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AGENCY BY AND THROUGH ITS SERVICER AND AUTHORIZED AGENT U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as provided in said Deed of Trust, I, J. PHILLIP JONES, will by virtue of the power and authority vested in me as Substitute Trustee, on TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2013 AT 12:00 P.M. (NOON), AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE MCNAIRY COUNTY COURTHOUSE, IN SELMAR, MCNAIRY COUNTY, TENNESSEE, sell to the highest bidder for cash, free from the equity of redemption, homestead, and dower, and all other exemptions which are expressly waived, and subject to any unpaid taxes, if any, the following described property in MCNAIRY County, Tennessee, to wit:

09 DEGREES 45 MINUTES 03 SECONDS WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 290.24 FEET WITH THE EASTERN RIGHT-OF-WAY OF HILLVIEW DRIVE TO THE SOUTHERN RIGHTOF-WAY OF COX LANE; THENCE SOUTH 85 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 06 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 292.62 FEET WITH THE SOUTHERN RIGHT-OF-WAY OF COX LANE TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 1.769 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF MCNAIRY, TENNESSEE: LYING AND BEING IN THE SIXTH CIVIL DISTRICT OF MCNAIRY COUNTY, TENNESSEE.

Liens in favor of the United States of America or the State of Tennessee: State of Tennessee

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE TENNESSEE, MCNAIRY COUNTY DEFAULT having been made in the terms, conditions and payments provided in certain Deed of Trust executed by Michael Ross and Katherine Ross to NETCO INC, Trustee dated April 25, 2012 in the amount of $87,407.00, and recorded in the Register’s Office of McNairy County, Tennessee in Instrument No. 81224, Deed Book 405, Page 27992808, (“Deed of Trust”); and, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust having been last transferred to Village Capital & Investment,LLC by assignment; and, Village Capital & Investment,LLC, as the current holder of said Deed of Trust (the “Holder”), has appointed as Substitute Trustee the undersigned, , any of whom may act, by instrument filed for record in the Register’s Office of McNairy County, Tennessee with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; therefore, NOTICE is hereby given that the entire amount of said indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Holder, and the undersigned as Substitute Trustee, or a duly appointed attorney or agents by virtue of the power and authority vested by the Appointment of Substitute Trustee, will on Thursday, July 18, 2013 commencing at 12 pm at the Front door of the courthouse, McNairy chancery court; sell to the highest bidder for cash, immediately at

the close of sale, the following property to-wit: Lying and being in the Old 10th Civil District of McNairy County, Tennessee, beginning at a stake at T. C. Browders NEC (now Roten), runs South 2 degrees West 51 poles to a stake and red oak Ptrs. With T.C. Browders East boundary line (now Roten), thence East 22 poles to a stake, hickorydogwood and popular Ptrs., this being on the East boundary line of H.C. Sanders home tract (now owned by Templeton), thence North 51 poles to a stake on Shunpike Road, thence West with Shunpike Road 18 poles to the beginning, and containing 6-3/8 acres. Being the same property or a portion of the same property conveyed to Michael Ross and wife, Katharine Ross by Instrument dated January 10, 1994 from Madine Inman filed on January 14, 1994 in Book 143 at Page 107-108 in the McNairy County records.

Commonly Known as: 633 Bud Brooks Road, Selmer, TN 38375 Parcel Id No.: 072 013.00 Map & Parcel No.: 072-013.00 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 633 Bud Brooks Road, Selmer, Tennessee 38375 CURRENT OWNER(S): Michael Ross and Katherine Ross SUBORDINATE LEINHOLDERS: N/A OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: N/A 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, however, the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The sale will be held subject to any unpaid taxes, assessments, rights-of-way, easements, protective covenants or restrictions, liens, and other superior matters of record which may affect said property; as well as any prior liens or encumbrances as well as priority created by a fixture filing; and/or any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

If the U.S. Department of Treasury/IRS, the State of Tennessee Department of Revenue, or the State of Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development are listed as Interested Parties in the advertisement, then the Notice of this foreclosure is being given to them and the sale will be subject to the applicable governmental entities` right to redeem the property, as required by 26 U.S.C § 7425 and T.C.A. § 671-1433. The sale will be conducted subject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the Deed of Trust. The notice requirements of T.C.A. §35-5-117 were satisfied prior to the first publication of the Notice of Substitute Trustee`s Sale. Substitute Trustee reserves the right 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. MCC TN, LCC 3525 Piedmont Road NE, Six Piedmont Center, Suite 700 Atlanta, GA 30305 (404) 373-1612 www.mccurdycandler. com File No. 12-07896 /FHA Ad Run Dates: 06/26/2013, 07/03/2013 and 07/10/2013 THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Ad #53511: 2013-06-26 2013-07-03, 2013-07-10

THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ANY UNPAID TAXES, IF ANY, ANY PRIOR LIENS OR ENCUMBRANCES LEASES, EASEMENTS AND ALL OTHER MATTERS WHICH TAKE PRIORITY OVER THE DEED OF TRUST UNDER WHICH THIS FORECLOSURE SALE IS CONDUCTED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PRIORITY OF ANY FIXTURE FILING. IF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY/ INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, THE STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, OR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT ARE LISTED AS INTERESTED PARTIES IN THE ADVERTISEMENT, THEN THE NOTICE OF THIS FORECLOSURE IS BEING GIVEN TO THEM, AND THE SALE WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE APPLICABLE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES RIGHT TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY, ALL AS REQUIRED BY 26 U.S.C. 7425 AND T.C.A. 67-1-1433. IF APPLICABLE, THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS OF T.C.A. 35-5-117 HAVE BEEN MET.

Other person or entities interested in this sale: None SOURCE OF TITLE: Deed Book 223 page 320.

Register’s Office for McNairy County, Tennessee.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 723 East Main, Adamsville, TN 38310, designated as Map 55J Parcel 3.04 on Tax Assessor’s Maps THIS the 20th day of June, 2013.

KEN SEATON, ATTORNEY P.O. Box 366 Selmer, Tennessee. 38375

Ken Seaton SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE 13961 6, 7, 8 NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE Whereas, on the 30th day of April, 2012, by Deed of Trust of record in the Office of the Register for McNairy County, Tennessee, in Trust Deed Book 405 page 2771, James Gieger and wife, Michelle Gieger, conveyed to Bruce Hamblen, Trustee, the hereinafter described real estate, to secure the payment of a promissory note as described therein, and Whereas, the said Bruce Hamblen, Trustee, was unable to act as such Trustee; and Whereas, Ken Seaton was appointed Substitute Trustee by instrument of record in said Register’s Office in Trust Deed Book 409 page 3000, Register’s

Liens in favor of the United States of America or the State of Tennessee: State of Tennessee Other person or entities interested in this sale: The Hardin County Bank SOURCE OF TITLE: Deed Book 222 page 228.

Register’s Office for McNairy County, Tennessee.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 751 Glen Abernathy Road, Adamsville, TN 38310, designated as Map 37 Parcel 13.02 on Tax Assessor’s Maps THIS the 20th day of June, 2013.

KEN SEATON, ATTORNEY P.O. Box 366 Selmer, Tennessee. 38375

Ken Seaton SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE 13962 6,7,8

13941 6,7,8 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the terms, conditions, and payments pro-

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BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO MARIA C. BROOKS, BY DEED DATED MARCH 27, 1996, OF RECORD IN DEED BOOK 153, PAGE 543, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF MCNAIRY COUNTY, TENNESSEE. THIS IS IMPROVED PROPERTY KNOWN AS 364 COX LANE, SELMER, TN 38375 PER PROPERTY ASSESSORS OFFICE (A/K/A 364 COX DRIVE, SELMER, TN 38375, A/K/A ROUTE #2, BOX 364, SELMER, TN 38375 PER DEED OF TRUST, A/K/A 539 COX LANE, SELMER, TN 38375, A/K/A 539 COX DRIVE, SELMER, TN 38375) MAP 099D GROUP E PARCEL 001.00 THE SALE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND IS FURTHER SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF ANY TENANT(S) OR OTHER PARTIES OR ENTITIES IN POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY.

BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIN IN THE SOUTHERN RIGHT-OF-WAY OF COX LANE, THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF JEFFERY HUNTER, SEE DEED BOOK 131, PAGE 300, AND BEING IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SUBJECT LOT; THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREE 00 MINUTES 02 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 289.56 FEET WITH THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF HUNTER TO AN IRON PIPE, THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF HUNTER AND BEING IN THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF WAYNE MOORE; THENCE NORTH 84 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 58 SECONDS WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 248.97 FEET WITH THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF WAYNE MOORE TO AN IRON PIN IN THE EASTERN RIGHTOF-WAY OF HILLVIEW DRIVE; THENCE NORTH

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. THE TRUSTEE/ SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESCIND THE SALE IN THE EVENT THE HIGHEST BIDDER DOES NOT HONOR THE HIGHEST BID WITHIN 24 HOURS, THE NEXT HIGHEST BIDDER AT THE NEXT HIGHEST BID WILL BE DEEMED THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER. OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; MCNAIRY COUNTY, TENNESSEE THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

This day, July 1, 2013.

This is improved property known as 364 COX LANE, SELMER, TN 38375 PER PROPERTY ASSESSORS OFFICE (A/K/A 364 COX DRIVE, SELMER, TN 38375, A/K/A ROUTE #2, BOX 364, SELMER, TN 38375 PER DEED OF TRUST, A/K/A 539 COX LANE, SELMER, TN 38375, A/K/A 539 COX DRIVE, SELMER, TN 38375) J. PHILLIP JONES, SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE 1800 HAYES STREET NASHVILLE, TN 37203 (615) 254-4430 www.phillipjoneslaw.com F13-0957 14033 7, 8, 9

Covering McNairy County since 1902

SUBSCRIPTION RATES $ 20 for year in county $ 28 in Tennessee $ 32 out of state $ 1 off for senior citizens

PUBLIC NOTICE

CITY OF MICHIE Proposed Budget Hearing The City of Michie, Tennessee, hereby provides certain financial information for the Fiscal Year 2013-2014 budget in accordance with the requirements of Tennessee Code Annotated Title 6 Chapter 56 Section 206. There will be a public hearing concerning the budget at City Hall on July 11th, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. All citizens are welcome to participate. (The regular monthly meeting for July has been changed to the July 11th date).

GENERAL FUND FY2012 Audited

STREET FUND

FY2013 Estimated

FY2014 Proposed

FY2012 Audited

FY2013 Estimated

FY2014 Proposed

REVENUES: Local Taxes State of TN

$40,892 $50,836 $56,773 $55,012

$61,300 $55,012

0 $16,513

0 $16,442

0 $16,950

Federal Government Other Sources Total Revenues

0 0 $12,804 $10,399 $110,469 $116,247

0 0 $6,875 0 $123,187 $16,513

0 0 $16,442

0 0 $16,950

EXPENDITURES: Salaries Other Total Expenditures

$27,135 $30,850 $80,131 $81,780 $107,266 $112,630

$33,600 0 $89,587 $13,179 $123,187 $13,179

0 $21,933 $21,933

0 $98,265 $98,265

$75,452 $75,452 1

$83,229 $77,738 0

$81,315 $0 0

Beginning Fund Balance $86,558 $75,438 Ending Fund Balance $89,761 $79,055 Number of FTE Employees 2 1

$79,895 $83,229 0

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Patriotic Party in the Park Hundreds celebrate at the Patriotic Party at the Park last Sunday at the Ramer City Park.

The three-hour event sponsored

by Chewalla Baptist Church offered activities for all ages with music, free food for those in attendance and a dazzling fireworks show to conclude the evening’s celebration.

Submitted Photos by Lanessa Miller

Incredible numbers on a Selmer home

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