Stories from Friday, July 7, 2017

Chapel Hill’s Mike Minor continued his stellar comeback season with the Kansas City Royals as he moved to 5-1 on the season when Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning to cap off 9-6 win at Seattle on Wednesday night. Minor pitched the ninth inning to get the victory before Kelvin Herrera threw the 10th for his 19th save. The Forrest graduate faced three batters in the ninth inning, inducing two fly ball outs and picking up his 45th strikeout of the season. Minor has appeared in 34 games for the Royals out of the bullpen this season and has a stingy 1.91 earned run average.

All-Star baseball is in full force this weekend with four state tournaments beginning tonight in Lewisburg as the Marshall County Youth Baseball and Softball League hosts the Cal Ripken 6U, 7U, and 8U all-stars at the Richard Cashion Sports Complex. The Marshall County 6U all-stars open up pool play versus Clay County on Field 3 at 6:30 p.m. tonight with opening ceremonies to follow. The 6U boys play South Williamson at 2 p.m. on Saturday before bracket play commences.

Dear Heloise: I’m getting married in late August, and my fiance wants to TRAVEL to Europe for our honeymoon. I don’t! I’m apprehensive about traveling to a strange place where I don’t know the language, customs, monetary system or foods. I know my fears are unreasonable but how do I conquer them? -- Ginger E., Valdosta, Ga...

Dear Savvy Senior, Do you know of any auto safety products that can help seniors with older cars? My 80-year-old father, who drives his beloved 2004 Toyota Avalon, is still a good pretty driver but he has limited range-of-motion, which makes looking over his shoulder to back-up or merge into traffic very difficult. — Inquiring Son...

NASHVILLE -- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency offers a reminder that the application period for the 2017 Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Big Game Quota Hunts, the regular elk, youth elk, and WMA youth is now underway and will continue through July 26...

Much has been made about President Trump’s tweets. The Never-Trumpers shake their heads in disgust. The #Resistance goes ape, which includes the mainstream media. Even some supporters occasionally cringe. He should just stop tweeting, they all say, but that would be a huge mistake...

“Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.” – Henry David Thoreau. Maybe a hectic lifestyle has prevented you from marking it on your calendar; but July 12 is the bicentennial of the birth of essayist, poet, abolitionist, philosopher, naturalist, surveyor and historian Henry David Thoreau...

Only in Washington, D.C. will you find politicians so wrapped up in themselves, their party, crazed ideology, or something -- that they will not come together to pass legislation for the sake and safety of the American people. Even though the House managed to pass two common sense, safety-focused bills on June 29, it is beyond comprehension that most Democrats voted against Kate’s Law and the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act. The GOP did have a handful of rogue nays, but very few in comparison...

McCullock answered angrily. “It’s a mean, backside biting dog, stupid. What do you think it is? Give me that letter.” Jess threw the letter across to McCullock, who was now sitting up against the wall. He read aloud, “Dear Jess . . . We all have been terribly concerned after hearing of all your run-ins with the poachers...

Greetings from Lynnville, Tennessee. The 4th of July holiday is one of the best family holidays, and we hope that you had a wonderful time. We extend sympathy to the family of Dana Jean Braden of Lynnville. Ms. Braden worked at the Jones High School in Lynnville several years. We also extend sympathy to the family of Seppie Braden of Lynnville. Dana Jean Braden and Seppie were sisters...

A bridge dedication ceremony for Specialist Jeremy Tomlin, 22, is scheduled for Monday, July 10 at noon in front of the Community Elementary School at 335 Highway 41A N in Unionville, TN. “Jeremy was a son, brother and husband who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country,” said Governor Bill Haslam, memorializing the fallen soldier...

• On Wednesday June 28, Officer Dean of the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department received a call from Bear Creek Church regarding vandalism to the church. The owner of the church, Mary Lynn Berlin, showed Dean photos that were taken the day the incident happened. One photo showed a young male with blonde hair, driving a white Toyota Solara with a Maury County license plate #P98-90B around 5:20 p.m. When Berlin approached the vehicle, it drove away through a cemetery...

David McKenzie sits behind a large mahogany desk, a mass of organized folders and papers, his professional distractions, covering most of the surface. The phone rings. A secretary adds to the paper mass. This is what life is like for a busy criminal defense and personal injury attorney who has two offices in two towns, Lewisburg and Fayetteville...

The Lewisburg City Council went back to work, short one member, at their monthly work session on Wednesday. Councilmen discussed the process for filling the vacant Ward 3 seat, vacated when Bam Haislip moved out of the ward recently. After reading Haislip’s letter of resignation into the record, the council chose to follow the same process it used when it chose Jerry Gordon to fill the Ward 4 seat vacated by Trigg Cathey when he took over as general manager of Lewisburg Water and Wastewater...