Stories from Friday, June 20, 2014

By Karen Hall Editor Wednesday, June 18, was an exciting day for Calsonic Kansei North America, as they celebrated 30 years in the United States, and opened their new distribution center in Lewisburg. "It's a huge milestone for us. This is a big event for us on a global basis," said Mike Layne, senior vice president of administration and finance. "We're very proud of our heritage."...

By Karen Hall Editor Lewisburg city councilmen were still talking about their budget work session Tuesday evening while they were enjoying CKNA's hospitality on Wednesday. A tape recording of the work session starts with Mayor Jim Bingham stating, "It looks like being the first time in over a quarter of a century that we're going to raise taxes!"...

By Karen Hall Editor In response to an order issued by Chancellor J. B. Cox on June 13, Sheriff Norman Dalton handed over records to Alex Friedmann this week. Friedmann, managing editor of "Prison Legal News," a project of the Human Rights Defense Center, started requesting public records from Dalton and the Marshall County Jail in February. ...

By Karen Hall Editor Just days before his jury trial was due to start, a Lewisburg man pleaded guilty to three counts of rape of a child, a Class A felony punishable by up to 60 years in prison. Tommy L. Bryant, 37, of Rambo Hollow Road, received a sentence of 25 years on each count, but the sentences will all run at the same time. Bryant must serve 100 percent of his sentence before being released, and then remain on community supervision for the rest of his life...

Pamela Osborne, 51, died suddenly at her residence on Monday, June 16, 2014. Mrs. Osborne is survived by one daughter, LaKiesha Montgomery of Lewisburg; four brothers, Allen Leggs of Eagleville, Michael Oliver of Lewisburg, Lenzie Oliver of Dayton, Fla., and Dwight Oliver of Nashville; two sisters, Deboorah Oliver of Lewisburg and Nancy Oliver of Murfreesboro; and seven grandchildren...

Christine Mealer Dalton, 75, of Lewisburg, died Wednesday, June 18, 2014, in Maury Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Dalton was a native of Marshall County, and daughter of the late Samuel and Sammie Lee Thompson Mealer. She was a homemaker and member of the Church of Christ...

Having already sewn up the 2014 Marshall County Babe Ruth League championship, A-Plus Collision Center (11-1) ended their season in fitting fashion by defeating the second place Elks 8-1 in five innings on Tuesday night. APCC held a 3-1 lead through the first four innings of play before erupting for five runs in the top of the fifth to bring the mercy rule into effect. Aided by their late offensive flurry, A-Plus Collision Center finished with six hits and six walks against two Elk hurlers. Jarvis Lyttle (2 RBI) and Tristan Underwood (1 RBI) both tallied two hits to lead APPC at the plate, while starting pitcher Brayden Gentry (1 RBI) and Jarmaria Ridley each had one hit.

Coming off a controversial loss to Nichirin three days earlier, the Elks (8-3) took out their frustrations on Marshall Medical Center (2-9) on Monday afternoon, as they rolled to a 13-3 victory in five innings to complete the sweep of the season series. Despite Monday's win, the second place Elks were officially eliminated from contention for the Marshall County Babe Ruth League title when first place A-Plus Collision Center defeated Nichirin later that night.

Marshall Medical Center secured a third place finish in the Marshall County Babe Ruth League standings by defeating Nichirin 11-1 in four innings on Tuesday afternoon in their season finale. Nichirin (2-10) trailed just 1-0 through the first two innings of play, but MMC (3-9) got their bats going shortly after that point and exploded for 10 runs over the next two frames to bring the mercy rule into effect...

On Monday night, A-Plus Collision Center (10-1) officially dethroned the Elks as the champions of the Marshall County Babe Ruth League when they defeated a mistake prone Nichirin squad 9-1 in five innings to claim the 2014 title. After knocking off the second place Elks three days earlier, Nichirin looked to topple another title contender on Monday, but APCC quickly doused their upset hopes by building an 8-0 lead through the first three innings of play before coasting to their 10th win of the season. "It's a great feeling. These guys took care of business all year," said A-Plus Collision Center coach Mike Bailey.

Lewisburg's Allen Vore turned 91 years old on a rainy Saturday May 17, but he still played golf like he always does every day with the afternoon big group at the Lewisburg Recreation Center. On Sunday, Vore was teamed up with Karl Fisher, Willie Mitchell, and Mike Atkins, who witnessed the best belated birthday present of all for Vore when he aced the 170-yard, Par 3 fourth hole on the Ewell Butler Golf Course. "Allen will live off this for the rest of the summer," said his daughter-in-law Gayle Vore. "He is already on cloud nine."