Stories from Wednesday, June 21, 2017

LYNCHBURG, TN (June 19, 2017) – The Motlow State Community College softball program is stretching its recruiting focus and adding some of the immediate area’s top talent in hopes of repositioning itself back into championship contention, according to Head Coach Janice Morey. Motlow has signed 14 incoming freshmen to National Letters of Intent, including 12 from Tennessee, one from Alabama and one from Georgia. The Lady Bucks will return five from the 2017 squad, with all five being from Motlow’s service area.

A-Plus Collision Center broke a four-game losing streak in Monday night’s Babe Ruth opener, putting away a pesky Matthews’ squad 11-4 in five innings. Tristan Griggs had a big game for A-Plus, picking up the win on the mound to move to 3-0 on the season and at the plate, Griggs went 1-for-2 with two RBI, a walk and two runs scored. Blake Mooreland (RBI, BB), Zack Graves (RBI, 2RS), and John Morgan Thomas (2RBI, RS) all had two hits apiece for A-Plus.

On Thursday, June 15 Walker Whaley (4-0) and Matthew McCormick tossed a combined perfect game in a 12-0 run-rule win over A-Plus with Whaley striking out five out of the nine batters he faced in the game before McCormick secured perfection with a 1-2-3 fourth inning. Monday night at the Jonathan D. Hollingsworth Memorial Babe Ruth Park, the young A-Plus squad came back strong, giving the Elks all they had in a 4-1 loss. Carson Cheek started for A-Plus on the mound and gave up one earned run on five hits, while striking out nine and walking zero in 4.2 innings of work.

CB&S Bank hosted the June meeting of the Marshall County Retired Teachers Association. Kathi Calahan and Terri Fowler, employees of the bank, welcomed members to the Annex of Cornersville Church of Christ on June 1st. Following a delightful lunch catered by Russell Catering, a short business meeting was conducted with association president Katie Harris presiding. ...

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been in an extramarital relationship for 10 years. My husband knows, and so do my close friends. I love this man dearly, but neither of us want it to be full-time. I have children at home and don’t want to disrupt anything. We meet once or twice a week. He touches base with me several times a day, and is attentive where my husband never was...

On April 6, Marshall County High School hosted its first monthly Lunch and Learn. We started the program to give our students opportunities to gain insights into different careers without having to interrupt class time or ask them to come back at night. Students get their lunches to go from the cafeteria and bring them to the library where guests speak on various careers while they eat...

This is the first installment of a monthly series spotlighting members of the Marshall County Board of Education. John Dippold, representing the 1st District, was appointed to the Marshall County Board of Education on July 27, 2015, to fill Randy Perryman’s unexpired term. Dippold then went on to win the 2016 election; his current term expires in 2020...

Although longtime Democrat voter and Bernie Sanders supporter James Hodgkinson is the one who pulled the trigger at the GOP batting practice in Alexandria, Va. on June 14, the Democratic Party and its leftist media sidekicks should take a long look in the mirror...

Democrats are enjoying throwing around the word impeachment. They should remember that impeachment is a political process rather than legal one. The House needs the support of its representatives, and those representatives need the support of voters in their districts to really pull it off...

If you haven’t seen the movie, “Lion,” I suggest you do. It’s the true story of a five-year-old from India who goes off with his older brother one night to look for scraps to sell to help support their mother. The older brother leaves the five-year-old asleep on a bench on a train platform. ...

“New Complete Guide to Sewing”; given by Henry & Pat Dowlen. Braden, Donnie “Herman’s Vacation”, “Do Princesses and Super Heroes Hit the Trails?” and “The Missing Grizzly Cubs”; given by Marshall County Chiropractic. Bradford, Granny Annie Mae (Claxton)...

It is “Blackberry Festival” time in Lynnville, Tennessee on Saturday, June 24th. Vendors wanting a booth to sell their wares should contact Lynnville City Hall at 931-527-3158. This will be the seventeenth festival. Hope to see you in Lynnville, Tennessee on June 24th and hope you will stay all day and enjoy the day...

ATLANTA - The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations that July 3 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans in Tennessee as a result of the drought that began on Oct. 25, 2016...

Columbia State Community College’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development recently recognized eight phlebotomy technicians in a pinning ceremony on the Columbia Campus. “It was such a joy to work with such highly motivated and hardworking students,” said Amy Bridges, retired Maury Regional Medical Center laboratory coordinator and phlebotomy co-instructor...

More than 35,000 “ham” radio operators from the United States and Canada will participate in the annual “Field Day” drill, sponsored by ARRL – The National Association for Amateur Radio. Members of the Marshall County Amateur Radio Society will erect antennas and operate radios under simulated emergency conditions at the stage area of Lewisburg’s Rock Creek Park for 24 continuous hours starting at 1 p.m. this Saturday, June 24, 2017...

An observant Marshall County Sheriff’s deputy made a traffic stop that turned into much more on Friday, June 16. Duane Mathena turned in front of Deputy Straley Holton off of Old Highway 99 onto Thick Road. Knowing that Mathena’s drivers license was revoked, Holton turned to give chase...

An apparent road rage incident on Saturday left a Lewisburg man facing serious charges in a Franklin court. Eric Geiling, 49, was charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly pulled a gun on a motorcyclist on I-65 South. The Franklin Police Department stated that the details of the incident were not available to the public due to the pending criminal charges but offered a broad outline of the events in a public statement...

Eye on the ball. Don’t be afraid of it. Feet shoulder width apart. Hands out in front. Mike Tatum, 58, is all about the fundamentals of baseball. “Well I love the game of baseball – I love being out here, to teach them to fundamentally catch baseball and throw it. That’s really what I love,” Tatum said, glancing around the field at Cornersville Middle School, where he’s been the volunteer head coach for more than a decade...

Normally by June, government bodies have their budgets for the next fiscal year set and are just trying to fit in the required three votes to accept the budget before July 1. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting on June 12 in Chapel Hill exposed lingering doubts about their proposed 2017-18 budget...