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Over half of Tennessee counties should wear masks again, according to CDC

ore than half of the 95 counties in Tennessee now fall under the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s high risk category for COVID-19. That now includes 51 counties including 20 here in Middle Tennessee, according to new data released from the CDC.

McNairy County is at a medium risk, according to CDC data. Many surrounding counties are at high risk according the map. If your community level is under a high risk, then everyone regardless of vaccination status is advised to wear a mask. See “OVER HALF”

ZoneAir – technology that saves lives in the forefront of air quality systems By Janet Rail Publisher

hat if the solution to eliminating pathogens in the air was discovered right here in McNairy County? After years of research and development along with field testing, a new technology was born where no pathogens survive. There is no pathogen ZoneAir will not kill, including COVID-19. Clean air is something we often take for granted. Many microorganisms float through the air of a school, hospital, business, or our homes and can be easily ingested or inhaled into the body causing airborne illnesses. Imagine improving air quality and reducing the transmission of all airborne viruses. This would allow our economy to rebuild and return

to normal in a safe environment at a fraction of the cost of medical care. A major concern for

air quality has appeared in the United States and throughout the world. In recent months, it has

become a public health priority. Nosocomial infections such as staph and MRSA, which are

contracted in hospitals, have been driving the high cost of medical care for years, not

to mention causing many fatalities in their wake. In the last two years of the pandemic, COVID has resulted in 4.7 million deaths and in emotional and economic damages over $1.8 trillion dollars. The lockdown around the world in response to COVID caused an additional $4.9 trillion in economic damage. The major advantage of ZoneAir is saving lives with a technology that in a cost-benefit analysis wins every time over the high cost of treatment across the globe. Never has there been a greater need than today to prevent the spread of viruses. See “ZONEAIR”

Gov. Bill Lee signs executive order to enhance school safety

n Monday, June 6, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed an executive order directing accountability measures for school safety and an evaluation of training for Tennessee law enforcement. The executive order 97 was signed following a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 students and two teachers dead. Debate across the nation was sparked focusing much attention on school safety and gun control legislation. “Parents need to have full confidence that their children are safe at school, and thankfully,

McNairy County early voting turnout mirrors other counties across Tennessee

Tennessee has built a firm foundation with our practical approach to securing schools, recognizing crisis and providing confidential reporting of any suspicious activity,” said Gov. Lee. State agencies are directed to assist and

guide school districts for compliance with current school safety laws, which require annual school safety assessments and updated school safety plans, according to the announcement. By July 1, school leaders will be re-

quired to update school safety plans and to develop additional training and educational materials on school safety for school leaders, educators and staff no later than Aug. 1, according to the order. See “GOV. BILL LEE”

cNairy County early voting totals seem to be following a trend seen across Tennessee. Of the county's approximately 15,700 registered voters 1,932 had voted by mail or in person by the end of the early voting period which ended July 30. Of those who voted early, 1,421 (73.5%) requested a Republican Primary ballot, 280 (14.5%) requested a Democrat Primary ballot and 232 (12%) sought a General Election ballot only.

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West Tennessee Healthcare continues commitment to McNairy County

TH has our health system proudly towards improving We want to served all primary care across of West TennesWest TN. thank Dr. Tim see for 72 years. Above all, we valWe were presented ue our relationship Linder for his with a concept for with Prime Care many years of physicians and emthe expansion of our services that would ployees and look service to involve the City of forward to recruiting Selmer purchasing more providers to patients in the Prime Care clinic practice with us in building, and arrangSelmer, Adamsville West TN, and ing for the construcand Henderson – tion of another faciland to providing exwe wish him ity with assistance panded services in from McNairy Counthe years to come. well in his ty. The county has Editors note: West asked us to provide Tennessee Healthfuture more urgent and care submitted this emergency services statement in regards endeavors. than are currently to their continued offered. commitment to our All discussions community and the were preliminary, and no agree- potential purchase of the West ments have been signed. While Tennessee Medical Group Prime it is true we will be experiencing Care (Selmer) building for $3.9 some transition of physicians in million as proposed by Selmer Selmer over the months ahead, Mayor Sherry Inman to the Selmer WTH is not leaving Selmer. Board of Aldermen in a story pubWe want to thank Dr. Tim Linder lished in the Independent Appeal for his many years of service to last week. It is part on an ongoing patients in West TN, and we wish negotiation to expand emergency him well in his future endeavors. services which would require supWe appreciate Dr. Jim King and port from both the City of Selmer his many contributions to health- and McNairy County. As stated care and the people of McNairy previously, no agreements are County and West TN, in addition signed but discussions continue to his continued involvement with with WTH.

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US Medical Debt Report

How does medical debt vary across the country

Tennessee residents owe more than $3.2M as a result of medical debt, new study finds

ew research has revealed that medical debt in Tennessee is worth more than $3.2M, which is amongst the top 10 highest in the whole of the US. Health experts at NiceRx have revealed the extent of medical debt in the US, by looking at the states with the most and least debt, as well as how ethnicity, age, household income, insurance coverage and disability status can also play their part. You can view the full research here - https:// www.nicerx.com/blog/ medical-debt-report/ Top 10 states with the most medical debt: Texas, Florida, California, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio, Virginia and Illinois. With medical debt in Tennessee costing more than $3.2M, this

means that the average person across the state has medical debt worth around $2,663. The research revealed: Vermont has been named as the state with the lowest amount of medical debt. Across the state, residents owe over $42M combined or $1,323 on average per person. People in Wyoming have the highest average medical debt at $6,516, whilst those living in Massachusetts have the lowest at $975. Americans aged 75

and over have the highest level of medical debt. People in this age bracket have an average debt of $15,510, however, medical debt is most prevalent in those aged 45 to 54 years, with 20% having debt. 26% of black Americans have medical debt which is the highest in the US, whilst Asian people have the lowest prevalence at 8.90%. However, non-hispanic white Americans have the highest average medical debt at $14,540.

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Responsible natural resource management is important to area cotton farmers By Jai Templeton Contributor

he U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol is made up of farmers, ginners, merchants as well as representatives of cotton product companies. The purpose of the protocol is to serve as a verification program for Trust Protocol benchmarks. It uses second and third party audits of grower performance. On-site visits are also a part of the audit process.

The reasoning behind the program is to give consumers of U.S. cotton a transparent lens into U.S. cotton production. The hope is to provide consumers with confidence that the cotton they purchase is grown in a sustainable and responsible manner. This provides a continuous improvement in market viability to U.S. cotton producers as consumers demand for this type of information increases.

U.S. cotton producers have long been world leaders in cotton quality, industry innovation and stewardship of natural resources. In a year of unprecedented cost to produce a crop coupled with troubling weather patterns it is imperative that cotton producers continue to reduce both input costs as well as use of natural resources. More information about the protocol can be found at trustuscotton.org.

GOV. BILL LEE.........................................................................................From page 1 “This order strengthens accountability and transparency around existing school safety planning and assures Tennessee parents that our efforts to protect students and teachers will continue,” said Lee. For parents For parents, it will create a School Safety Resources and Engagement Guide to help parents know how to engage and advocate for better safety protocols at their children’s schools, according to the announcement. The guide will include how to report suspicious or concerning activity to the SafeTN app, access mental health resources for their child, or inquire about building security and safety plan compliance at their children’s school, according to the release. For schools The new executive order will also require local

districts to receive guidance from the State Fire Marshal’s Office and other state agencies on how to improve building security and safety. Other guidance for schools will include the following: an increase in periodic audits of Tennessee local school security assessments and school safety plans, including but not limited to random in-person verification by state officials of a school’s implementation of the approved assessment for a facility; a set of best practices for school leaders to enhance building security and safety against unauthorized intruders; and information for district and local government leadership on financial resources for school safety available through state programs and the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement Act. The plan will also update the School Safety

Plan template for local districts to be published no later than July 1 to include: A description of deficiencies identified provided by local school districts when conducting school security assessments; A description of district spending on school security and other school safety initiatives and how such expenditures mitigate deficiencies; and designation of a single point of contact for each district for school safety matters. For law enforcement This summer, the state’s Department of Commerce and Insurance will reassess law enforcement training standards including enhancing potential active shooter scenario training by July 1, according to the governor’s announcement. The order also considers whether armed security guards in school districts should be given active shooter training as well.

Perennial Milkweed adds beauty to the garden and feeds pollinators KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee is fortunate to have 14 native species of milkweed (Asclepias sp.). Most are easily grown from seed and can do well in landscape plantings. All are excellent plants for feeding our native pollinator insects. Butterflies, bees, beetles, flies, moths and a variety of wasp species obtain nectar from milkweed plants. Milkweeds have become synonymous with the monarch butterfly. Yet, the monarch is one of many insect species that depend on milkweed to complete their life cycle. Other insects use the plants as their sole food source. You will also see them on milkweed, and they should not necessarily be viewed as pests. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), also known as butterfly weed, is the most identifiable milkweed species, featuring orange flowers that open in early June. It is also known as “chiggerweed” because it is often found in pastures and roadsides growing with other weeds that people associate with finding chiggers. Yet butterfly milkweed does not harbor the biting arthropods. This milkweed is one of the smaller, more tidy species you can grow in your garden, staying about 24 inches tall. However, it may struggle in overly fertile soils in the home landscape while thriving in a range of poor soils, including heavy clay. Full sun is a must, otherwise the plant stretches to the sun and often flops over.

Butterfly weed is best grown from seed in the location you want it to grow and needs to be left alone after planting. Over time it develops a tap root that is very large and woody, making it nearly impossible to dig up when the plant is mature. Also, the plants are very slow to break dormancy in spring before warm weather arrives, so it is difficult to find it well-grown in pots at early spring plant sales. Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is also often seen in Tennessee pastures and roadsides. This prolific grower can mature up to 5 feet tall, and its suckering habit will lead to large colonies over time. Common milkweed has pinkish purple, ball-shaped clusters of flowers under its leaves. It is best grown in a wild setting where space is plentiful, otherwise it can dominate a flower bed and tower over, and shade, smaller perennials. This species has wonderfully fragrant flowers, reminiscent of the scent of a rose, and pollinators love them, especially monarch butterflies. When the milkweed is in bloom, you can hear the insect activity simply by standing beside the plant. Common milkweed blooms early to mid June,

around the time when butterfly weed blooms. This is the milkweed that is often mowed by road crews. It rebounds quickly and provides fresh leaves for late summer monarchs. Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) is lesser known, but it is an easy species of milkweed to grow. Also known as red or rose milkweed, its native range is mostly in Middle and East Tennessee. It grows naturally in wet areas yet tolerates a wide range of soils. Unlike the root systems of common milkweed and butterfly weed, swamp milkweed has a fibrous root system and can easily be divided. It is also grown easily from seed. Swamp milkweed can get 4 feet tall, and its clear pink flowers appear in early July on the Cumberland Plateau (USDA Zone 6b) and earlier for warmer zones. Swamp milkweed is a great plant in the landscape but appreciates extra water in extremely dry periods. Other interesting milkweeds in Tennessee include poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata), whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata), clasping milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis), and redring milkweed (Asclepias variegata). Researchers have found that habitat for the Eastern monarch butterfly can be improved by cutting back perennial milkweeds in early to mid-summer to encourage new young growth that is more attractive to egg-laying adults that are creating the final generation of the late season southern migration. The plants can be cut back to about 2 to 4 inches tall just when the plants are beginning to flower. To provide a floral display, try cutting back only half the patch to create caterpillar habitat. The University of Tennessee Gardens in Knoxville, Jackson and Crossville grow native milkweed species. The UT Gardens, Crossville, has all three of the species described in this column in its Butterfly Garden. Go for a visit and check them out! The UT Gardens includes plant collections located in Knoxville, Crossville and Jackson. Designated as the official botanical garden for the State of Tennessee, the collections are part of the UT Institute of Agriculture. The Gardens’ mission is to foster appreciation, education and stewardship of plants through garden displays, educational programs and research trials. The Gardens are open during all seasons and free to the public. For more information, see the Gardens website: utia.tennessee.edu/ state-botanical-garden.

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Students greeted by School Resource Officers on first day of school By Janet Rail Publisher

s kids across the county returned to school Tuesday, they were greeted by School Resource Officers (SROs). A collective effort of resources across the county worked together to make SROs a possibility for all schools in McNairy County K-12 as they considered the value and security role these officers play in keeping students and staff safe. “I am super excited. In 2011 when the Sandy Hook shooting happened, I made a plea to the county commission to put an SRO at every school. I am sure there were financial challenges and every year since we have brought forth the idea to place SROs and I am so blessed that four years ago we were able to get them into the high schools and it has been a success. Because of that, it made this opportunity a lot easier. This was a collaborative effort between all of the stakeholders who got together in one room three weeks ago and here we are with SROs in every school,” said Guy Buck, McNairy

County Sheriff. “If I don't achieve anything else as sheriff, in my whole career, getting officers in the schools has been a passion of mine and I feel like I have done something,” said Buck. “It is a great thing that was financially supported by the county and school board to allocate the funding to make our schools safe.” Hiring these officers did leave a void in both the Selmer Police Department and the Sheriff's Department as both lost three officers in the process but all were willing to make it work. SROs will serve as a valuable liason and provide a peace of mind to faculty, staff, parents and students. This program began four years ago when the state provided grants to add 220 SRO's in schools allowing McNairy County to hire two SROs for both high schools. All SRO's have been in training, however, the officers were just approved three weeks ago so training will be ongoing. “We will make sure that all officers meet the state certification for SROs. We plan to do a lot of training in the schools

SRO Mary Kate Haines on the first day of school with Selmer Elementary Students Sofia Bartova, 6; Everly Kiser, 7; Mary Kate Austin, 11; Whit Weatherford, 10; Josh Hill, 8; Eden Sykes, 9 and Terry Robinson, 9. with both the SROs and the school staff. As we have gone around to the se schools, like yesterday at Selmer Elementary, the intent is to make everyone familiar with their Emergency Operating Procedures (EOP) and real world scenarios about what it looks like inside their classrooms and how they apply that plan and provide more information our expectations during a potential threat,” said Buck. SROs will work under the Sheriff's Office and provide a presence on campus to be a reliable,

visible, on-site presence to watch for crime but allow faculty to provide student discipline. The first move when an active shooter arrives it to sound the alarm. “Our school is populated with cell phones so the alarm will get out. Our job is to eliminate the threat first and foremost. Stopping the dying and the preservation of life comes after stopping the threat because if you can't stop them, everything else just continues to happen,” said Buck. According to Buck,

MCNAIRY................................................................................................................................................From page 1 Local Administrator of Elections Joanie Collins said that was a much lower turnout than what voted in the last cycle four years ago. She added that early voting had typically been about 50% of the total vote. If that holds to be true in this election this could be one of the lowest county general election turnouts in recent history.

Thursday, August 4 will be the day for both Democrat and Republican state and federal primary ballots as well as county races across Tennessee. Locally, Eastview and Michie have municipal races on the ballot. While the primary ballots are relatively quite as are most county positions there are some contested races. Incum-

bent County Mayor Larry Smith is being challenged by independents Darrell Goodrum and Clifford Wynn. Veteran Register of Deeds Brian Neal Dickey faces cosmetologists Adria Hariston. McNairy County voters will also decide contested races in three constable races, three school board member races and four of the seven county commis-

sion districts. Polls will open at 9 a.m. on Thursday and close at 7:00 p.m. that evening. You must be in line by 7:00 p.m if you wish to vote. For more information or if you have questions about which of the 16 precinct locations that you should vote at please contact the McNairy County Election Commission at 731-6456432.

ZONEAIR................................................................................................................................................From page 1 ZoneAir, developed in Adamsville, is an environmentally friendly technology that has global potential in not only saving lives, but saving energy, water, improving air quality and eliminating chemicals with the ultimate goal of creating jobs for the people of McNairy County. A team of professionals lead by Benard Blasingame, Chairman ZoneAir, together with several talented and dedicated employees and engineers have a small 14,000 ft. facility that has the capacity to produce 12,000 ZoneAir units within the next three years and can expand to 24,000 units per year within five years. Over several years and $30M invested allowed ZoneAir to attain their mission of proven technologies that improve air quality and have proven to be the most effective in providing protection from the spread of COVID and all other known pathogens. ZoneAir systems use proven patented and patent pending technologies in its proprietary 24/7 unique monitor-

ing system to improve air quality. ZoneAir has evaluated, and deployed this solution in hospitals, operating rooms, Federal facilities, universities and offices. Recently ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers) recognized energized oxygen/ozone as the best solution in disinfectant. Target markets for ZoneAir are classrooms, medical facilities, offices, hospitals, hotels and residential homes. The first market developers are focusing on are classrooms as children are more susceptible to viruses. ZoneAir is a complete air quality system. To guarantee it continues to operate properly, the system is monitored on site and remotely 24/7 in a monitoring center in Adamsville. Adjustments are made in real time. Using a patent pending solution of ultraviolet irradiation, photocatalytic oxidation – titanium dioxide, programmable ozone generation, patented RF enhancement, the two phase operation of occupied and unoccupied

space. The software and motion detection automatically switch between phases. Data is collected on each unit where it is aggregated and analyzed. A very talented and proven professional advisory team is launching a national marketing program to several hundred marketing specialist throughout the U.S. Marketing specialist are trained to survey and evaluate the specific needs of each facility and design a system specific to those needs. Blasingame is proud of his team and excited about the progress in achieving their goal of environmentally friendly technologies and their potential to make a difference right here at home and globally preserving precious resources while creating a safer living environment. “We thank God for the potential of again providing manufacturing jobs for the talented people of McNairy County and beyond,” said Blasingame. ZoneAir met the approval by the State of Tennessee Department of Education for qualified stimulus funding

and would approve the product and funding from state entities according to Jay Klein, Dir. of Legislative Affairs, TN Department of Education. Room Air Sanitizer units are designed to be discrete and small enough to be place in any room or designed to go into duct work. Their small footprint does not diminish the capabilities of this system. ZoneAir systems circulate the room air within its own system, cleaning the air continuously. Sensors monitor UV-C status, ozone status, temperature and motion in a treated room and drive optimal performance with minimum experience for clients. Adjustments based on data streams, in addition to input from CDC and other databases, can be made to track pandemic prevalence rates in various geographies. Ozone is the refreshing smell of the air after a spring rain. “It's God's way of cleansing the earth.” For more information contact ZoneAir, Corp., 330 South Maple Street, Adamsville, Tennessee or call 731-224-9110 – www.zoneair.com.

everything hinges on stopping the threat. The way we prevent is to enforce the rules as hard as we can and still make the school accessible. A single point of entry, controlling other access points and monitoring for failures in the security plan and identifying weaknesses in that plan are things Buck said will be critical to the safety of schools. “We haven't been in many of these schools so we want the SROs, as they work in their schools, to identify weaknesses so that we can share with the school system and come up with solutions. We don't want to make the schools prisons or to be behind walls, we want a happy medium where the students are as safe as they can be in the environment they are in,” said Buck. Working on locks and cameras but as we get further into these roles, we may decide to make some changes to improve safety measures. The Sheriff's department met with all teachers and faculty at each school during their inservice training to show how to apply the EOP in

classrooms and outside the classroom areas like common areas and the cafeteria. We also gave each teacher, up close and personal, inside their classrooms what they need to be looking at everyday to prevent children being accessible to a bad guy. For example, if there is a window on the classroom door what can a shooter see and how to harden that area with filing cabinets and books to further protect students. The teachers know to stay locked down until they know it is safe to come out. Serving as SRO's are Wes Moore, McNairy Central High School; Dameon Blue, Adamsville High School (both serving three years). Mary Kate Haines, Selmer Elementary School; Jason Gray, Michie Elementary School; B.V. Cathey, Bethel Springs Elementary; Samuel Grooms, Ramer Elementary; Nick Inman, Selmer Middle School and Aaron Dickey, Adamsville Elementary/Jr. High. SROs report to the sheriff and all believe in their value and that it was money well spent.

OVER HALF..............................................From page 1 Additionally, they suggest you stay up-to-date on Covid vaccines and get tested if you present symptoms. Those who have are at high risk for severe illness should take extra precautions. West Tennessee counties under high risk include: Shelby, Fayette, Hardeman, Chester, Decatur, Henderson, Madison, Haywood, Tipton, Crockett, Lauderdale, Dyer, Gibson, Obion and Weakley. The CDC divides every county in the U.S. into three categories: high, medium and low. If your community level is under a medium risk,

then those at high risk for severe illness should talk to their doctor about what precautions to take like wearing a mask. Plus, folks should stay up-to-date with vaccines and get tested if you have symptoms. If your community is at a low risk, then the CDC recommends staying up-to-date with vaccines and getting tested with symptoms. The CDC says Tennessee’s positivity rate is now at 28.2% for the week of July 10th to 16th. 12 deaths were reported in that time period. As of July 19, 770 people are hospitalized with 113 in the ICU.

Columbia State announces Greenlea Lipford as a Spring 2022 Graduate COLUMBIA, TN - Columbia State Community College is pleased to announce and congratulate 594 spring 2022 graduates. The following students graduated from Columbia State this fall and earned adegree or technical certificate. Greenlea Lipford of Michie, Tennessee, graduated with an Associate of Science Degree in Tennessee Transfer Path Psychology. Columbia State Community College is a two-year college serving a nine-county area in southern Middle Tennessee with five campuses, including Columbia, Williamson, Lawrence, Lewisburg and Clifton. Columbia State was established in 1966 as Tennessee's first community college. The Tennessee Board of Regents is the governing board for The College System of Tennessee: the state's 13 community colleges, 27 colleges of applied technology and the online TN eCampus serving nearly 100,000 students.

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Quite a few towns have changed their names over the years By Bill Carey

few weeks ago, I wrote a column about how Benton County once changed the person that the county is named for without changing the name. This led a reader to ask me about how many towns in Tennessee have actually changed their names. Quite a few, actually. In fact, here is only a partial list: The Anderson County seat used to be known as Burrville, but it changed its name to Clinton after Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton. I supposed this makes Aaron Burr one of the early victims of “cancel culture.” Gatlinburg was once known as White Oak Flats. In fact, there’s a cemetery in Gatlinburg called White Oak Flats Cemetery, just off the Parkway. In its pre-incorporation days, Bluff City went by at least four different names: Choates Ford, Middletown, Union and Zollicoffer. (Zollicoffer was a Confederate general who was killed at the Battle of Mill Springs in Kentucky, after accidentally riding up to the wrong troops.) Johnson City also went by at least four different names prior to its incorporation—Green Meadows, Blue Plum, Johnson’s Depot and Haynesville. On my recent trip to the Rhea County seat of Dayton, I saw a display in the courthouse that

The reason there’s a business in Clinton called Burrville Antiques is because the whole town used to be called Burrville! explained that the town used to be known as Smith’s Crossroads. Monterey was once known as Standing Stone because of a 12-foot-high monolith that existed in present-day Putnam County prior to the arrival of settlers. Unfortunately, most of it was destroyed by railroad builders. In 1961, the Davidson County town of Dupontia (which had originally been named for the nearby DuPont plant) changed its name to Lakewood. Lakewood is now part of Metro Nashville. The Monroe County seat of Madisonville was

originally known as Tellico, or Tillico. I have run across this many times, since Tillico was a frequent stop on advertised stagecoach routes. For a while, the West Tennessee town of Jackson was known as Alexandria. In fact, I have found ads for businesses that describe the community as Alexandria. Prior to 1980, Farragut showed up on maps as Campbell’s Station. Here are a few other names that I’ve either found or been told by readers over the years: Dover was called Monroe; Fairview was Jingo; Portland was Richland Station; Dickson was

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Smeedsville (with an “M”); Watertown was Three Forks; Alamo was Cageville; Savannah was Hardinsville; and there are many others. So why have so many communities changed their names? According to Robert Brandt, author of Touring the Middle Tennessee Crossroads, a lot of them did because of confusion caused by other similarly named places. “For example,” he tells me, “there was already a Hillsboro, Tennessee, so the village in Williamson County changed its name to Leipers Fork. Crocker’s Crossroads sounded too much like Tucker's

Crossroads, so the locals picked the name Orlinda from a list the post office made available.” However, over the years there have been several times where ambitious business leaders thought a name change would help the town. Here are a few examples: Mossy Creek changed its name to Jefferson City in 1901. Newspaper articles about the name change indicate that officials from Carson-Newman College led the way in changing the name, because (apparently) they didn’t think people wanted to send their children to a college in Mossy Creek.

The Coffee County town of Manchester was known as Mitchellsville, but changed its name in an attempt to turn that community into Tennessee’s version of the industrial Manchester, England. The Hancock County seat of Sneedville was originally known as Greasy Rock, which strikes me as a pretty cool title if the place had a microbrewery or rock festival. However, being known as the place where Native Americans used to cut up dead animals didn’t strike the residents of Hancock County as a good idea. So, in 1847, Greasy Rock became Sneedville. Finally, in 1939, the Anderson County town of Coal Creek changed its name to Lake City. Its residents did this because coal mining had declined, Norris Dam was being built, and there was hope that a name change would bring tourists. Lake City never really took off, but hope springs eternal. A few years ago, Lake City’s residents changed the name again, to Rocky Top, in hopes that the name change would result in the development there of a theme park. The state government changed all the signs along Interstate 75, but still no word about the theme park. Bill Carey is the founder of Tennessee History for Kids, a non-profit organization that helps teachers cover social studies.

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OBITUARIES

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2022

Celess Lee York June 22, 1922 July 28, 2022

Todd Dees Parker May 11, 1967 July 30, 2022

eless Lee York passed away Thursday, July 28, 2022, at Adamsville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Adamsville, Tennessee at the age of 100 years. One of nine children, Mrs. York was born at home on Thursday, June 22, 1922, in Stewart, Mississippi, the daughter of the late John Limuel and Nancy Riles Dendy. At the age of 20, Celess went to work in Prairie, Mississippi, with The Gulf Ordinance Plant, a military munitions plant formerly a Proctor & Gamble plant, but was taken over for the war effort from 1942 until the war ended. There she met and married Fred Lee of Shiloh, Tennessee. Soon after moving back to Shiloh, they opened a store called The Trading Post which they ran until Fred's death in 1961. Later, she married Luther York of Jackson, Tennessee, originally of Ramer. Having lived through the Great Depression and war times, Celess would often tell of coffee and sugar rationing. She would also tell of picking and chopping cotton in the hot Mississippi Delta. She appreciated what she had, always thanking God for her blessings whether they be large or small. A life-long member of the Huntsville Baptist Church in Huntsville, Mississippi. Celess was a good and kind lady. She enjoyed square dancing, bluegrass, gospel, and country music,

and certainly an occasional trip to Tunica. She was loved by her family and friends. She is survived by two daughters, Brenda Brown of Guys, Tenn., and Jean Todd and husband Don of Adamsville, Tenn.; six grandchildren, Gina Brown of Guys, Tenn., Lisa Engle and Randy of Adamsville, Tenn., Paula Hardy and husband Mike of Murphy, Texas, Michelle Clemons and husband Kevin of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Kerri Haubrich and James of Selmer, Tenn., and Oneal Brown and wife Brandy of Michie, Tenn.; seven great grandchildren, Sarah Cagle and husband Jonathan of Lexington, Tenn., Hannah Montgomery of Corinth, Miss., Paige Deer and husband Scott of Adamsville, Tenn., Taylor Haubrich and wife Kaleigh of Michie, Tenn., Bethany Brown,Macy Brown, and Isabella

Teresa Hill Green September 19, 1950 July 24, 2022

eresa Hill Green was born September 19, 1950 in Bethel Springs, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Claude and Myrtle Wilson Hill. Teresa was kind, passionate and loving to everyone. She had a quick wit, an artistic flair, and had a love for flower gardening. Teresa departed this life on July 24, 2022 in Adamsville, Tennessee at the age of 71 Years, 10 Months, 5 Days.

Brown all of Michie, Tenn.; seven great great grandchildren, Kenlee Haubrich and Sophie Haubrich both of Michie, Tenn., Patrick Cagle and Wally Cagle both of Lexington, Tenn., Cason Montgomery and Eden Montgomery both of Chewalla, Tenn., and Harper Smith of Corinth, Miss.; and a sister, Polly Hair of Clarksdale, Miss. In addition to her parents and husband, Mrs York was preceded in death by a son, Greg York; a son-in-law, Ray Brown; four brothers, Houston Dendy, Ruston Dendy, Denver Dendy, and JL Dendy; three sisters, Laura Hamlin, Fanny Henson and Bessie Dendy. A Graveside Service was held at 1 p.m. on July 30, 2022 at the Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery in Shiloh, Tennessee, Paul Childers officiated. www.shackelfordfuneraldirectors.com

She is survived by two sons, Joe Shay Cook of Jackson, Miss., Jason Green of Cherryville, Mo.; three sisters, Marsha Bennett of Adamsville, Tenn., Janie Clark and husband Randy of Arkansas, Martha Stevenson of Union City, Tenn.; five grandchildren; niece, Cynthia Lynn Ranek of Adamsville, Tenn.; nephew, Michael Shane Ratliff of Festus, Mo.; and a host of extended family and friends. In addition to her parents, Miss Green was preceded in death by a sister, Sue Hill; two brothers, Ray Hill, Larry Hill. Private Graveside Services were held on July 30, 2022 at Serenity Gardens in Adamsville, Tennessee.

odd Dees Parker was born May 11, 1967 in Corinth, Mississippi, the son of Sammy and Shelia Dees Parker. He was united in marriage to Jill Mask on May 1, 2006. Todd was a 1985 graduate of Adamsville High School, where he was a standout pitcher for the Cardinals baseball team and played football his Senior year. He attended Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville where he pitched for the Tigers. He transferred to Jackson State Community College after being recruited to pitch for the Green Jays. Following an injury to his pitching arm Todd entered military service, joining the United States Air Force in April of 1989. He completed two tours of duty overseas during Operation Desert Storm, earning the Outstanding Unit Award, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Air Force Training Ribbon, and the Kuwait Liberation Medal. Todd worked as a City Carrier for the United States Postal Service in Selmer for 30 years. He knew everyone on his route and would always take time to listen to and visit with his customers; he had a genuine interest in and love for people. Weight-lifting, hunting, taking care of his yard, talking about food and traveling,

especially with family to the beach, were among Todd's favorite activities. He was a faithful member of the Stantonville church of Christ and a true friend to many. Generous and caring, Todd was always ready to help. He had a great heart and a positive attitude, always preferring to look for the best in people and the silver lining in every situation. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Todd departed this life on July 30, 2022 at his home in Selmer, Tennessee at the age of 55 Years, 2 Months, 19 Days. He is survived by his wife of 16 years, Jill (Mask) Parker of Selmer, Tenn.; his parents, Sammy and Shelia Dees Parker of Michie, Tenn.; a sister, Tonya (Parker) Williams and husband Walter of Michie, Tenn.; in-laws Bobby and

Wanda Mask of Selmer, Tenn.; a brother-in-law, Todd Mask of Kossuth, Miss.; two nieces, Lauren Elizabeth Mask and Ava Lynn Mask; and many extended family and friends. Todd was preceded in death by paternal grandparents Norvin and Madeline Parker and maternal grandparents Mark and Velma Dees. Services were held on August 2, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. at Shackelford Funeral Directors in Selmer, Tennessee, with Randy Cook and Matt Cook officiating. Burial with military honors followed in the Stantonville Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Stantonville church of Christ Building Fund, 8228 Highway 142, Stantonville, TN 38379 or the Lisa Ross Parker Foundation, 101 Creekside Crossing, Ste 1700-121, Brentwood, TN 37027.

Card of Thanks Words can't express the gratitude we have for the kindness shown to us in the loss of our special loved one, Curry Lockman Hendrix. Your heartfelt comments about Curry on social media, Facebook, the tribute page at Shackelford's but especially to us personally, is overwheming. Your visits, your kindness through flowers, food and donations to the Math department at MCHS is so appreciated. We knew he was special but didn't realize how special he was to everyone else. Our hearts are broken but we know now he is walking, laughing and teaching math. Thank you all for everything. Judy Martin Hendrix Connie & Barry Redmon & Family Jay & Laura Hendrix & Family Andy & Jeana Hendrix & Family Greg & Rachel Martin & Family

Events and Happenings EVERY FIRST SATURDAY PANCAKE BREAKFAST SELMER MASONIC LODGE 1st Saturdays 4The Selmer Masonic Lodge sponsors a Pancake Breakfast the 1st Saturday of every month form 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. at 153 S. Fourth Street, (behind the courthouse) to benefit Autism. Pancakes, Ramer sausage are served for a donation. Come enjoy and support a great cause. GOD’S WAY MINISTRIES OF CHARITY Giveaway - Everything Free 4Tuesdays & Thursdays 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. & Every 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month 8 a.m. to 12 noon. Clothes, dishes,

home decor, toys. 1111 Peach Street, Selmer, TN 38375. FIRST FRIDAY August 54The McNairy County Chamber of Commerce announced First Friday, August 5, downtown Selmer. Shops remain open from 5 to 8 p.m. with live music, special offers and more. This is a monthly event and all are welcome to stroll the streets, support local businesses and have a great time. CHAPEL HILL BAPTIST CHURCH HOST SINGING August 64Chapel Hill Baptist Church will host a singing on Sat., Aug. 6. A meal will be served at 5 p.m. followed by

music featured by “Old Town Tradition” and “Rachel Womack” along with other singers beginning at 6 p.m. All are invited to 6371 Vernie Kirk Rd, Pocahontas. CHAMBER COFFEE AT THE HOME AND MUSEUM OF THE LEGENDARY SHERIFF BUFORD PUSSER August 12 4 The McNairy County Chamber of Commerce will host a Chamber Coffee at the Home and Museum of the Legendary Sheriff Buford Pusser on Friday, August 12 startign at 9 a.m. This is an excellent business networking event. Everyone is invited.

MCNAIRY COUNTY CHAMBER AND TOURISM WILL HOST A LADIES’ LUNCHEON August 254The McNairy County Chamber of Commerce will host a Ladies’ Luncheon at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 25 at the Latta building. Hannah’s Kitchen will be catering for the event. Reserve your tickets today by calling Jessica at 731-645-6360. More details coming soon. NEEDLES N PINS QUILTERS CHAMBER COFFEE MCNAIRY COUNTY MUSEUM August 314The McNairy County Chamber will host a Chamber Coffee at the McNairy County

Historical Museum for Needles N Pins Quilters on Wednesday, August 31 starting at 9 a.m. This is an excellent business networking event. Everyone is invited. ATTENTION BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS Upcoming Event Sept. 4The Pink Ribbon Banquet and Fashion Show will be held Saturday, Sept. 17th at 6 p.m. at the Selmer Community Center. This is a Breast Cancer Awareness Event and we are seeking survivors to participate in the fashion show and be an inspiration to others. Please contact Edna Barnette 731-645-3799 or 731-610-6600 or email: womenofcourage3@ gmail.com.

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THE SOUTH MARGIN OF PROPOSED ALLEY AND THE WEST MARGIN OF ANOTHER PROPOSED ALLEY; THEN SOUTH 4 DEGREES 27 MINUTES EAST, WITH THE WEST MARGIN OF PROPOSED ALLEY, 136.60 FEET TO A STAKE, THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID KIRK LOT; THENCE NORTH 86 DEGREES 48 MINUTES WEST, WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID KIRK LOT, 314.48 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

THE PROPERTY, ALL AS REQUIRED BY 26 U.S.C. 7425, T.C.A. 671-1433, AND 28 U.S.C. 2410 (C). THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS OF T.C.A. 35-5-101 ET SEQ. HAVE BEEN MET.

address of your residence is unknown and , as to the Unknown Heirs of Thomas L. Sanders, Jr., the Court having determined that your identity and the address of your residence is unknown, pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated sections 21-1-203 & 204, you are hereby served by publication as to your status as defendant in the above-captioned litigation with respect to any interest you may claim in real property located at 274 Finger Leapwood Road, Finger, Tennessee 38334. Take notice that on August 8, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. the Court will hold a hearing on this matter in the Chancery Court of McNairy County, McNairy County Courthouse, 170 West Court Avenue, Selmer, Tennessee 38375, the Honorable Martha B. Brasfield, presiding, and should you neither appear at said hearing, nor otherwise answer or defend the cause of action against you, judgement will be entered against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

iron pin; thence South 58 degrees 08 minutes 45 seconds East parallel to the said road 210.04 feet to an iron pin; thence South 33 degrees 00 minutes West 210.00 feet to an iron pin in the Northern right of way of said road; thence North 58 degrees 08 minutes 45 seconds West with the Northern right of way of said Michie-Hamburg Road, 210.04 feet to the point of beginning.

Default having been made in the terms, conditions, and payments provided in a certain Deed of Trust dated JUNE 15, 2007, executed by LEON MANESS AND EYVONNE MANESS, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to SANDY WILSON, Trustee, of record in DEED OF TRUST 388, PAGE 990, for the benefit of REGIONS BANK, in the Register's Office for MCNAIRY County, Tennessee and to J. PHILLIP JONES AND/ OR JESSICA D. BINKLEY, either of whom may act, appointed as Substitute Trustee in an instrument of record in the Register's Office for MCNAIRY County, Tennessee, to secure the indebtedness described, the entire indebtedness having been declared due and payable by REGIONS BANK, being the present owner/holder or authorized agent, designee or servicer of the holder/owner of said indebtedness, has requested foreclosure proceedings to be instituted; and as provided in said Deed of Trust, I, J. PHILLIP JONES/JESSICA D. BINKLEY, will by virtue of the power and authority vested in me as Substitute Trustee, on MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2022 AT 12:00 P.M. (NOON), LOCAL TIME AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE MCNAIRY COUNTY COURTHOUSE, IN SELMER, 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: PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF MCNAIRY, TENNESSEE: THE 5TH CIVIL DISTRICT OF THE FOLLOWING TRACT OF LAND, LYING AND BEING IN MCNAIRY COUNTY, STATE OF TENNESSEE, AND BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A STAKE IN THE EAST MARGIN OF COUNTRY CLUB LANE, THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE KIRK LOT, BOUGHT FROM MASSEY, RUNS THENCE NORTH 12 DEGREES 19 MINUTES WEST, WITH THE EAST MARGIN OF COUNTRY CLUB LANE, 200 FEET TO A STAKE; THENCE NORTH 54 MINUTES WITH THE EAST MARGIN OF COUNTRY CLUB LANE 43 FEET TO A STAKE; THENCE NORTH 15 DEGREES 39 MINUTES EAST, WITH THE EAST MARGIN OF COUNTRY CLUB LANE, 84 FEET TO A STAKE AT THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF A PROPOSED ALLEY; THENCE SOUTH 58 DEGREES EAST, WITH THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF SAID PROPOSED ALLEY; 382 FEET TO A STAKE, THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF

BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO LEON MANESS AND WIFE, EYVONNE MANESS, BY DEED DATED JULY 15, 1968 OF RECORD IN DEED BOOK 65, PAGE 420, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF MCNAIRY COUNTY, TENNESSEE. SAID EYVONNE MANESS HAVING SINCE DIED ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 9, 2012 LEAVING LEON MANESS AS THE SOLE SURVIVING TENANT BY THE ENTIRETY. SAID LEON MANESS HAVING SINCE THEN DIED ON OR ABOUT NOVEMBER 18, 2014 BEING SURVIVED BY A SON, TIM MANESS. THIS IS IMPROVED PROPERTY KNOWN AS 1277 COUNTRY CLUB LANE, SELMER, TN 38375. MAP 080P GROUP A CTRL MAP 089A PARCEL 004.00 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. ANY R E P R E S E N TAT I O N CONCERNING ANY ASPECT OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY BY A THIRD PARTY IS NOT THE REPRESENTATION/ RESPONSIBILITY OF TRUSTEE(S)/ SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE(S) OR THEIR OFFICE. 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 A D V E R T I S E M E N T, THEN THE NOTICE OF THIS FORECLOSURE IS BEING GIVEN TO THEM, AND THE SALE WILL BE SUBJECT TO ALL APPLICABLE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES RIGHT TO REDEEM

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 IF YOU PURCHASE A PROPERTY AT THE FORECLOSURE SALE, THE ENTIRE PURCHASE PRICE IS DUE AND PAYABLE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION IN THE FORM OF A CERTIFIED/BANK CHECK MADE PAYABLE TO OR ENDORSED TO LAW OFFICE OF J. PHILLIP JONES. NO PERSONAL CHECKS WILL BE ACCEPTED. TO THIS END, YOU MUST BRING SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO OUTBID THE LENDER AND ANY OTHER BIDDERS. INSUFFICIENT FUNDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. AMOUNTS RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF THE WINNING BID WILL BE REFUNDED TO THE SUCCESSFUL PURCHASER AT THE TIME THE FORECLOSURE DEED IS DELIVERED. OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: TIM MANESS THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. This is improved and unimproved property known as 1277 COUNTRY CLUB LANE, SELMER, TN 38375. J. PHILLIP JONES/JESSICA D. BINKLEY, SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE 1800 HAYES STREET NASHVILLE, TN 37203 (615) 254-4430 www.phillipjoneslaw.com F22-0648 (10055) (13,14,15) ——————————— IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF MCNAIRY COUNTY, TENNESSEE REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC., Petitioner, vs. SHERRY L. LEDBETTER, PATICIAN A. WOOD, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, JOSEPH GALEN SANDERS, AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THOMAS L. SANDERS, Jr., Respondents. Civil No. 9519 ORDER OF PUBLICATION NOTICE OF SUITE AND ORDER TO APPEAR To: JOSEPH GALEN SANDERS To: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THOMAS L. SANDERS, JR. As to Joseph Galen Sanders, the Court having determined that the

Kim Boals, Clerk & Master Elizabeth B. Pagett BPR No. 022635 Attorney for Petitioners 4170 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., Ste. 475 Atlanta, Ga (10039) (10,11,12,13) ___________________ SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE Sale at public auction will be on August 23, 2022 on or about 12:00PM local time, at the East door of the McNairy County Courthouse located in Selmer, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth herein below, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by HARLAN LANE, to Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, Trustee, on February 22, 2018, at Record Book 426, Page 323-343 as Instrument No. 106913 in the real property records of McNairy County Register's Office, Tennessee. Owner of Debt: Reliance First Capital, LLC The following real estate located in McNairy County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record: The following described real estate, situated in Michie, in the County of McNairy, State of Tennessee: Tract 1: Beginning at an iron pin in the Northern right of way of Michie-Hamburg Road, the Southeast corner of the Grover Rickman Lot and the Southwest corner of the Randall Brown Tract; thence North 88 degrees 47 minutes 55 seconds East with the Northern right of way of Michie-Hamburg Road 183.74 feet to an iron pin for a true point of beginning of this conveyance; thence North 33 degrees 00 minutes East leaving die said road 210.00 feet to an

Tract 2: beginning at an iron pin in the Northern right of way of Michie-Hamburg Road, the Southeast corner of Edward-Flatt Lot and Southwest corner of Randall Brown Tract, the true point of beginning of this conveyance thence North 33 degrees 00 minutes East leaving the said road 210.00 feet to an iron pin; thence South 52 degrees 00 minutes East parallel to said road 105.00 feet to an iron pin; thence South 33 degrees 00 minutes West 210.00 feet to an iron pin the Northern right of way of said road; thence North 52 degrees 40 minutes West with the North right of way of said Michie-Hamburg Road 105.00 feet to the point of beginning. Parcel 137-012-02-000 Being the same property conveyed to Harlan Lane, a single person by deed from Virginia Lane, a married person recorded 06/05/2017 in Deed Book 242 Page 724, in the Register`s Office of McNairy County, Tennessee. Tax ID: 137-012.02 Current Owner(s) of Property: HARLAN LANE The street address of the above described property is believed to be 340 Post Office Road, Michie, TN 38357, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control. SALE IS SUBJECT TO OCCUPANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION. 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 TERMS OF SALE ARE CASH. ANY TAXES OR FEES WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PURCHASER. IF THE SALE IS SET ASIDE FOR ANY REASON, THE PURCHASER AT THE SALE SHALL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO A RETURN OF THE PURCHASE PRICE. THE PURCHASER SHALL HAVE NO FURTHER RECOURSE AGAINST THE GRANTOR, THE GRANTEE, OR THE TRUSTEE. OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF HARLAN

PUBLIC NOTICE LANE THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-101 have been met. All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. If the U.S. Department of Treasury/IRS, the State of Tennessee Department of Revenue, or the State of Tennessee Department of Labor or 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. §67-1-1433. This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. MWZM File No. 000022-391-1

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Opioids maker Teva agrees to $4.25 billion settlement n Preliminary agreement would provide cash, naloxone to address opioids crisis NASHVILLE- Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III has reached an agreement in principle on key financial terms with opioid maker Teva, which would provide up to $4.25 billion to participating states and local governments. While critical details of the settlement remain the subject of ongoing negotiations, Teva disclosed the key financial terms in its earnings announcement Wednesday. “This settlement is another major step in holding opioid manufacturers accountable and we expect these funds to make a significant difference in treating opioid addiction disorder in Tennessee and across the country,” said General Slatery. “One problem we encountered with Teva (as we have with

other manufacturers) is the advice it gave when opioids were losing their effectiveness for clearly addicted patients – just up the dosage. I don’t have enough adjectives to describe how poor that advice was.” Teva, an Israel-based drug manufacturer, makes Actiq and Fentora, which are branded fentanyl products for cancer pain, and a number of generic opioids including oxycodone. States alleged that Teva: promoted potent, rapid-onset fentanyl products for use by non-cancer patients; deceptively marketed opioids by downplaying the risk of addiction and overstating their benefits, including encouraging the idea that signs of addiction are actually “pseudoaddiction” treat-

ed by prescribing more opioids; and failed to comply with suspicious order monitoring requirements along with its distributor, Anda. The parties have agreed on the following financial terms: Teva will pay a maximum of $4.25 billion in cash over 13 years. This figure includes amounts Teva has already agreed to pay under settlements with individual States, funds for participating States and subdivisions, and the $240 million of cash in lieu of product described below. As part of the financial terms, Teva will provide up to $1.2 billion in generic naloxone (valued at Wholesale Acquisition Cost or WAC) over a 10-year period or $240 million of cash in lieu of product, at each State’s

election. Naloxone is used to counteract overdoses. The settlement will build on the existing framework that states and subdivisions have created through other recent opioid settlements. A final settlement remains contingent on agreement on critical business practice changes and transparency requirements. The negotiations are being led by the following states: California, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin. While New York is among the 12 states that negotiated this proposed settlement framework, Teva and New York are still engaged in further negotiations.

NASHVILLE– Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III is notifying the Tennessee Code Commission that the U.S. Supreme Court has issued the judgment in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, 142 S. Ct. 2228 (2022). “As required by State law, I am notifying the Tennessee Code Com-

mission that Roe and Casey have been overturned by the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs, returning abortion regulation to the states,” said General Slatery. “Thirty days from today, on August 25th, 2022, Tennessee’s Human Life Protection Act will come into effect.”

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n Scenic Tennessee launches project to identify, map and preserve Tennessee’s best views

Citizens encouraged to nominate views across the state MOUNT JULIET, TN— Scenic Tennessee today announced the launch of Tennessee Vistas (tnvistas. org), a crowd-sourced initiative to identify, map and help ensure the future of Tennessee’s most beloved and significant scenic views. Beginning with a pilot viewshed inventory in the Upper Cumberlands, individuals and organizations across the state will be encouraged to use their smartphones or computers to nominate the views they consider essential to the character, history, economy and/or quality of life in their region. The topranked views will become part of a “Tennessee Scenic Viewshed Register” that organizers hope will be widely used in areas from tourism and education to marketing and long-range planning. “Tennessee is averaging a half-million new residents every ten years,” said Marge Davis, president of Scenic Tennessee and a board member of Scenic America. “We’re lucky to have such a strong economy, but we need to make sure we don’t lose sight of the scenic qualities that draw people here in the first place. As our state continues to grow, this database

can be a resource for local planning boards, developers and other land-use decision-makers. If they choose to make use of the data—for instance, to set aside land for a new park, or to reduce visual impacts when development is unavoidable— Scenic Tennessee and its partners will gladly share expertise and resources. This project gives Tennesseans a say in what our landscapes look like 20, 30, even 100 years from now.” “Tennessee’s natural beauty sets our state apart and is why millions of visitors from around the globe keep coming back year after year,” added Commissioner Mark Ezell, Tennessee Department of Tourist Development. “We applaud Scenic Tennessee’s work in helping identify and preserve these landmarks for generations to come.” How the Inventory Will Work Modeled after a similar initiative developed for Scenic Virginia by landscape

architects at Virginia Tech, Tennessee’s viewshed inventory will proceed roughly by the state’s nine development districts, beginning with a pilot running now through October 3 in four counties in the scenic Upper Cumberlands: Jackson, Overton, Putnam and White. In each region, community members will be invited to submit photos at www.tnvistas.org. Nominated views may be rural or urban, natural or cultural, already protected or prone to development. The only “rule” is that the photographer must be standing on public property that is accessible by publicly maintained roads or trails. Once nominations are in, organizers will hold community ranking sessions (live and online) during which participants will use a simple methodology to score views for scenic quality as well as level of public engagement or concern. The top-ranked views will go into a searchable database—the Tennessee Scenic Viewshed Register—and be placed on an interactive map created for Scenic Tennessee under contract with STS-GIS, the geographic information systems section of the state’s

Strategic Technology Solutions division. The partnership between STS-GIS and Scenic Tennessee is “unique,” said Paul Dudley, STS-GIS location intelligence analyst. While his group primarily assists other state agencies, a dataset of viewsheds “will be a valuable asset to citizens, state agencies, tourism, developers and planning organizations across the state.” Scenic Tennessee in turn benefits from STS-GIS’ extensive arsenal of mapping technology, said Davis. This includes “ArcGIS StoryMaps,” an increasingly popular product in which maps, images, video, text, narration and other media are combined to tell a story or explore a theme. Davis said her group is already planning an annual “Tennessee Top 10 Viewsheds” storymap once the register is complete. The project may also incorporate data layers from other agencies, such as TDOT’s scenic byways program and TVA’s database of scenic overlooks. Scenic Tennessee is launching Tennessee Vistas in partnership with its parent organization, Scenic America, a Washington, DC-

based nonprofit that focuses on scenic conservation issues on the national level while supporting states and communities with local concerns. In supporting Scenic Tennessee’s work in developing this database, Scenic America hopes to inspire other states and regions to take similar steps to preserve and protect their own scenic views. Scenic America President Mark Falzone noted, “We all share a responsibility to protect our scenic views, but in order to do that, we need to identify where they are. This project makes it easy for Tennesseans to play a role in that critical work.” A report on the pilot inventory will be presented October 21 during Scenic America’s 2022 Scenic Symposium October 19-21 in Nashville. Scenic Tennessee is co-hosting the event, which is open to the public. For more information, visit www. scenic.org/resources/conferences/2022-symposium.

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Kent Jones Bicycle Tour, 5K returns for 20th anniversary ride n Featuring four bike routes, 5K at Jackson State Community College JACKSON, TENN. – The Kent Jones 100 Bicycle Century Tour + 5K is back for its 20th Anniversary Ride on Saturday, Oct. 1 beginning at 8 a.m. at Jackson State Community College (JSCC). Known as the KJ100+5K, the up-to 100-mile bicycle tour and 5K serve as a fundraiser for the JSCC Foundation - raising money for student financial assistance. Registration for the event will range from $15 for students up to $40 for families. Those who preregister for the event will also get a limited-edition 20th Anniversary t-shirt, while supplies last. The bicycle tour, beginning at 8 a.m., will feature 14, 32, 62 and 100-mile routes, offering routes for various levels of riders to enjoy. Cyclists on both the 100-mile century and 62-mile metric-century routes will ride through scenic views of both Pinson Mounds and Chickasaw State Parks.

“The KJ100+5K has been such a great fundraiser to host here at Jackson State over the years and I’m excited to be

celebrating its 20th Anniversary,” said Lindsey Tritt, Director of Community Development & Foundation. “I encourage

everyone in the Jackson community to join us in celebration as we carry on Kent Jones’ legacy and make this one of

the biggest rides we’ve ever had.” In addition to the bicycle tour, a 5K run + walk beginning at 9 a.m. will be held on the JSCC campus, allowing friends and family members who are not cyclists to participate. Originally founded in 2001 as the Bagels and Bluegrass Bicycle Century Tour by prominent physician and avid cyclist Dr. Kent Jones, the event was renamed in Dr. Jones’ honor in 2018 as the Kent Jones 100 Bicycle Century Tour + 5K following his passing. Dr. Jones was instrumental in establishing JSCC’s Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program in 1982 while serving as the Chief of Staff at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Since the ride’s inception in 2001, over $40,000 has been raised to help JSCC students. For more information and to register, go to jscc.edu/kj100.

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C Arts in McNairy host book signing with Randy Bishop

andy Bishop, author of eleven books, veteran high school teacher and adjunct history professor at Jackson State Community College will be hosted by Arts in McNairy for a book signing and reception on Sunday, August 28 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Latta Theatre. All eleven of his books will be on display and

available for purchase/ signing. Bishop’s books are largely Civil War-themed and include battlefield books related to Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi along with A Civil War Devotional, March for Union, African American Civil War Medals of Honor, and The Tennessee Brigade. He serves as a city

council member in his hometown of Middleton, Tennessee, and has held various positions in his local church and civic organizations. He and his wife, also a teacher, are the parents of two grown sons and recently became first-time grandparents. Books may be purchased with check or cash at the event.

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asabella Furniture is calling it quits after serving North Mississippi and West Tennessee for 30 years. With burnout cited as one of the primary reasons, the locally owned and operated furniture store of 30 plus years, Casabella Furniture in Corinth, is going out of business and selling everything, including fixtures and supplies. Beloved by locals as one of the most giving furniture stores they’ve ever supported, the store has a 22,000 square foot showroom and offers a wide variety of name brand furniture for the living room, bedroom, theater, dining room, and office as well as bedding, home accents and more. The store closing sale is being managed by www. RetailSalesPro.com and launches with regular prices discounted up to 50% off. After being the owners for over 30 years, Scotty and Patti Casabella, have other business interests and initially wanted to pass the business on to their children, but decided that having a store closing sale would be the fastest way to move on to

the next chapter in their lives. “This has been a very emotional decision and the hardest one we have had to make in our career” Scotty said. “What I will miss the most is the many friendships we’ve established with customers and employees over the years, but maybe one day we will all get to spend time together again” Patti said. The store is conducting an organized store closing sales event that launches privately on Wednesday, August 3 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and open to the general public on August 4th from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Regular store hours are Monday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sundays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.. Casabella Furniture is selling everything in the store until it’s gone. The store is located at 2403 S. Harper Road in Corinth, Miss.

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