Stories from Monday, July 3, 2017

Lucas Welch, a 2017 graduate of Forrest High School in Chapel Hill, received a $500 scholarship from Order of the Eastern Star, Lewisburg #318. Lucas plans to attend MTSU where he will major in Engineering and Agriculture.

Dear Heloise: FIDGETY KIDS AND CRYING BABIES can make an airplane trip a nightmare for parents and other passengers. With summer vacations coming soon, have you got any hints for parents of little flyers? Is it appropriate to offer to help? -- Henry in the Texas Hill Country...

Dear Savvy Senior What all can be done to combat dry eyes? Since I turned 50, my eyes have become increasingly dry and irritated.—Constantly Blinking Dear Blinking, Dry eyes is a common problem that affects more than one-third of middle-aged and older Americans. But you don’t have to just put up with it. There are lifestyle adjustments and multiple treatment options available today to keep your eyes moist and healthy. Here’s what you should know...

“Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.” - Galatians 5:1 There are two obvious things about liberty. First, liberty implies bondage, and secondly, someone risked their life to set the prisoner free. Obviously, there is no real liberty without the personal sacrifice of another...

By Phil Valentine The tide seems to be turning. It shouldn’t come as any big surprise. No matter how villainous you make a character, if you beat up on him long enough he’s bound to garner sympathy. What has greatly aided President Trump is, after nearly a year of the non-stop media drumbeat of Russian collusion, there’s still nothing there...

I can’t stop myself from keeping a mental list of words and phrases that have been bastardized beyond repair by journalists. They range from the trite, such as “Breaking News,” to the abused, such as “anonymous sources.” For TV journalists they include crutch phrases such as “at the end of the day.” The next time a cable pundit suggests “there’s no there there,” switch the channel - although, frankly, on cable “it is what it is.”...

“Where have all the graveyards gone? Gone to flowers every one. Oh, when will they ever learn?” – Pete Seeger and Joe Hickerson. “Well, excuse me for living!” That phrase is so 20th century! In the 21st century, we’re moving toward “Well, excuse me for dying.”...

The Fourth of July falling on a Tuesday makes for an awkward work schedule, but that doesn’t stop a full schedule of holiday festivities in Marshall County. The Marshall County Chamber of Commerce sponsors the traditional festivities beginning Tuesday, July 4, at 9 a.m. with the Lewisburg Fourth of July parade...

From staff reports Quick action by Lewisburg K9 Corporal Shaun Crawford prevented a much more serious incident on June 18. According to the police report, Kenneth Byrd charged at Crawford with a knife in his hand, before Crawford deployed his taser and subdued Byrd...

July 1 is the midpoint of the calender year but marks the start of the business year, and as such, Tennessee will see laws passed in the last session of the General Assembly go into effect. In all, 133 new laws hit the books July 1, covering everything from minor adjustments to funeral director training requirements to gas tax increases, which impact the entire state...

The Miss Chapel Hill pageants were put on by the Forrest High School cheerleaders this year on May 12 and 13 in the Forrest Auditorium. The cheerleaders are raising money for their upcoming competition season and they hope to go to Nationals again in February. The cheerleaders would like to thank all of the contestants and their friends and families for supporting this event...

The Lewisburg Rotary Club has designated Dr. Tresha Grissom as a Paul Harris Fellow, the highest honor bestowed upon a Rotarian. The presentation of Paul Harris Fellow recognition is The Rotary Foundation’s way of expressing its appreciation for a substantial contribution to its humanitarian and educational programs. It is named for our founder, Paul Harris, a Chicago lawyer who started Rotary International with three business associates in 1905...