Stories from Wednesday, July 12, 2017

“We live in the greatest country,” said Tennessee Commissioner of Veterans Affairs Many-Bears Grinder, “and the reason this is so is because of the grace of the good Lord and men and women like Jeremy.” Spc. Jeremy Tomlin of Chapel Hill, killed in April when his UH-30 Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a training mission in Maryland, was honored on Monday with the dedication of signs naming a bridge after Tomlin. ...

The Cornersville Board of Mayor and Aldermen had a full slate of business at their monthly meeting on Thursday, focusing on the town’s budget and the state of various structures around town. Aldermen unanimously accepted the proposed budget and tax rate on first reading, for the coming year...

Judging from the number of phone calls that came into the Tribune office, there were plenty of people unhappy about the demolition of the bank building in Belfast last week. The former First National Bank location, previously the Bank of Belfast prior to a merger, is being torn down, to be replaced by a Dollar General...

American Legion Auxiliary Volunteer Girls State was held May 28, to June 3, 2017, on the campus of Lipscomb University in Nashville. Girls State is a nation-wide leadership and citizenship training program offered to young women. High school juniors during the 2016-2017 academic school year were elected by the faculty at each high school. Seven ladies from Marshall County attended this year...

By Matthew Webb Marshall County Extension Agent We are now in July and we are on the verge of having problems with internal parasites in sheep and goats. Internal parasites or “worms” as most of us call them are a problem in the summer months of late June, July, August, and September. ...

As per the direction of the TWHBEA (Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders and Exhibitors Association) Bylaws year a determination is to be made as to the number of directors to be elected from each state, province, country or region, based on the number of members from each. This year per direction by the Executive Committee those numbers were determined at our largest member total on December 31, 2016...

Hope everyone had a great July 4th on Tuesday. The July 4th celebration in Lynnville was certainly a good one at the Robby Dunnavant Park located on the Industrial Park Drive. There was a great crowd at the event and the fireworks were seen as far a Highway 31 North in Old Lynnville. ...

Boy, I could use a vacation about now - like millions of other hardworking Americans. According to a recent study by the U.S. Travel Association’s Project Time Off, 54 percent of American employees ended 2016 with unused time off - a total of about 662 million unused vacation days...

Once upon a time, praising the essence of what is America was a good thing. Normal even. Not anymore. Do that now and you are written off as a racist or a member of the alt-right. Mention God and country and you are branded a “Nazi.” Talk about traditional family values and you are a homophobe. Discuss following the rule of law about immigration and you are labeled with all sorts of “phobes.”...

If you’d told me last week there were two California politicians who believed in borders, proving residency and preventing identity theft I would have thought you were auditioning for an anchor chair on CNN. Even one actually happening would not have seemed even remotely possible, yet all three were witnessed by credible observers...

DEAR ABBY: I’m a mother of three beautiful little girls. I’m nervous about having to talk with my oldest about puberty and sex. She’s turning 10, and I know I need to start explaining certain things to her, but I have no idea how. My mother never sat me down and talked to me about anything, really, so my mom would not be of much help. Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated. -- MINNESOTA MOM OF THREE...

Lorene P. Peacock went to be with her heavenly father July 7, 2017. Visitation will be July 12, 2017, 4 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. at Superior Funeral Home, 460 East McLemore, Memphis, TN. Funeral services will be July 13, 2017, 2 p.m. at Allen Bethel AME Church, Lewisburg, TN. Interment will be at Beechwood Cemetery, Cornersville, TN.

Peggie Ann Plott Newberry, age 84, peacefully entered heaven on Tuesday morning, July 11, 2017, at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, TN. She was born September 29, 1932, to the late Verner and Lucille Thompson Plott in Covington, VA. Peggy, a homemaker and a retired government civil servant, enjoyed writing poetry, reading, singing, cooking, crocheting, and spending time with her family and beloved cat, Gabby. ...

The Marshall County 14U Babe Ruth all-stars hosted the state tournament at the Jonathan D. Hollingsworth Field in Lewisburg and were looking for a berth in the SE Regional Tournament in Ocala, Florida the first week of August. After a big 8-0 win over Mt. Juliet in the opening round on Friday, Marshall County took down Lawrenceburg 7-2 on Saturday to get within one win from advancing before back-to-back losses to Tullahoma on Sunday and Monday ended their postseason. Logan Courtemanche took the ball in Friday night’s opener and pitched 5.2 innings of no-hit baseball before leaving the game on a pitch count.

Amateur golfers from Marshall, Lincoln, Giles, Bedford, and Maury counties will tee it up for The 2nd Annual Greater Lewisburg City Golf Championship, sponsored by First Farmers & Merchants Bank at Saddle Creek Golf Club on August 5 and 6. The 36-Hole Flighted Tournament will determine the area’s best players in four divisions with men up to age 59 playing the white tees...