Stories from Friday, October 25, 2013

By Jessica Moore Staff Writer Every year the Lewisburg Rotary Club recognizes a Volunteer of the Year. After this year's voting it was decided the 2013 Rotary Volunteer of the Year award would go to David Sanders. Sanders was born in Lewisburg and graduated from Marshall County High School in 1969. ...

By Jessica Moore Staff Writer The Book Club at the Senior Citizen's Center had their third official meeting Wednesday and featured a very special guest, local author Linda Gupton. Gupton is a fourth-generation resident of Lewisburg. She is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University and is a retired teacher. ...

By Karen Hall Editor On Wednesday, Marshall County's first-responders -- fire, police, and ambulance -- received certificates from the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency recognizing them for participation in an all-day class on search operations, held Sept. 7...

By Gary Marino Special to the Tribune A chilly Saturday found the Forrest Rocket Band of Blue in Muscle Shoals, Ala. for the 2013 Tennessee Valley Invitational 21st Annual Marching Contest. At 7:30 a.m. the Band of Blue met Director Billy Bateman at Forrest for some last-minute fine tuning in marching and music. By 10 a.m. the band was heading south to Alabama for a full day of competition...

Hoyt C. Harris M.D., 93, passed away Wednesday morning, Oct. 23, 2013, at River Park Hospital in McMinnville. Dr. Harris, born May 27, 1920, was the only child of Otie Poore and Bob Floyd Harris. After graduation from Dibrell High School, he attended David Lipscomb College and, in 1942, graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Middle Tennessee State University. Four years later, he received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee Medical School in Memphis...

Mac Edward Blackwell, 61, of Bristol, Tenn., formerly of Chapel Hill, died Tuesday morning, Oct. 22, 2013, in Bristol. Mr. Blackwell was born in Marshall County, and was a son of the late Albert Terry and Bernice Eggelston McElhaney Blackwell. He was a factory worker and former radio personality, working in both the Lewisburg and Columbia radio areas. Mr. Blackwell was a member of the Church of Christ...

After garnering their first win of the year on Saturday, the FMS Lady Rockets travelled to Lynchburg on Monday to take on the Moore County Raiderettes, who handed Forrest a lopsided 41-13 loss. "We need to keep our heads up and come together as a team," said FMS head coach Rhea Webb. "We have the talent here, but we just have to depend on each other and come together as a team."

It is always tough going to Lynchburg to play Moore County, but the FMS Rockets rallied from an early first half deficit to beat the Raiders 47-30 in the Duck River Valley Conference opener for both clubs. The Rockets fell behind 9-5 in the first quarter before an Alex Huey three-bomb cut the Moore County lead to a single point at 9-8, but the Raiders finished the period with a 6-2 run to take a 15-10 lead after the first six minutes.

The Cornersville Middle School Lady Bulldog turned in a spirited effort in their first game under new coach Peyton Newton, but came up short on the scoreboard, as they dropped a hard fought 30-26 decision to the Bridgeforth Lady Bobcats on Tuesday night in Pulaski. Having defeated CMS handily twice last season, the Lady Bobcats appeared headed for another easy victory on Tuesday after building a 20-6 lead early in the third quarter.

On Tuesday night, the Cornersville Middle School Bulldogs were unable to overcome a poor shooting performance, as they suffered a 21-11 road loss to the Bridgeforth Bobcats in their season opener. After scoring just five points against Bridgeforth the last time they ventured down to Pulaski a year ago, Cornersville once again saw their offense go ice cold on Tuesday and trailed 11-0 at the end of the first half.

The FMS Lady Rockets displayed some early season resiliency, coming back from a lopsided defeat at Moore County on Monday to put the clamps on Westwood 33-16 Tuesday night in their home opener in Chapel Hill. "I am proud of the girls, they battled and fought hard tonight," said FMS head coach Rhea Webb. "We told them today's a new day, tonight's a new game and they did not let last night affect them and they came out ready to play tonight."

The FMS Rockets made it three wins in row to continue their early season hot streak, holding off a late Westwood comeback to win 33-26 in Tuesday night's home opener. "A win always feels good, rather in a row or not, but this has been a nice run and the boys seem to be enjoying it," said FMS head coach Randy Toombs. Forrest also seems to enjoy starting from behind as Westwood led 10-5 after the first quarter before the hometown Rockets turned the table on their namesakes, outscoring the Manchester squad 13-2 in the second period.