Stories from Friday, July 21, 2017

The green flag drops at 7 p.m. tonight for the 41st Annual Lions Super Pull of the South in the first of two nights of exciting pulling at Chapel Hill. Here are just a few of the memories of the past four years in the event that attracts fans and pullers from all over the country. ...

Polly Barnes, age 84 of Lewisburg, died Tuesday, July 18, 2017 in Maury Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Marshall County and daughter of the late Josiah Daley and Jennie Mae Hillard Cheatham. She retired from ICP as a production supervisor and was a member of the Presbyterian Church...

Mrs. Connie Jackson Beasley, age 68, of Unionville, TN died Thursday, July 20, 2017, in Shelbyville, TN. Visitation with the family will be held Sunday, July 23, 2017 from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Lawrence Funeral Home. Funeral service will be conducted on Monday, July 24, 2017 ,at 10 a.m. from the Chapel of Lawrence Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery...

Dear Heloise: I read you in the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald. I’ve served as chaplain on many CRUISES and recommend four useful hints: • Don’t complain! Some people have one foot on the ship and still have one foot on the gangplank, and they already start to complain. -- J.K.C. in Nebraska...

Dear Savvy Senior, Is regular heartburn or indigestion anything to worry about? My 60-year-old husband eats a lot of Tums or Rolaids throughout the day to help him manage it, but it keeps him up at night too. What can you tell us? Inquiring Spouse Dear Inquiring, Almost everyone experiences heartburn or acid indigestion from time to time, but frequent episodes can signal a much more serious problem. ...

The Old Man closed his eyes ad turned away, but he was not quite quick enough. The thickened smoke from the campfire had changed its course, swirling unexpectedly around his head as he knelt at the fire’s edge to reposition a burned-through log. The Old Man buried his smoke filled eyes in the faded flannel on his left shoulder. From somewhere across the fire, he heard the taunting voice of Henry Jacobs...

On July 17, 2017, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced over $1 million in grants to 37 states and the District of Columbia to help combat white-nose syndrome (WNS), a fungal disease that has killed millions of North American bats in recent years. Funds will help states find ways to prevent the spread of WNS while increasing survival rates of afflicted species...

“Every man according as he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.” - 2 Corinthians 9:7 God has designed a world of needs, and one way He provides for us is through money. Much is said about money, and one of the most popular bible verses is, “For the love of money is the root of all evil:” (1 Timothy 6:10). Sadly, this “love of money” is behind much of the large religious organizations, just as it was in the days of Jesus...

Have you ever walked into a room, stopped, then thought, ‘What did I come in here for?’ That’s our Republican-controlled Congress. It’s like they can’t remember why they’re there. Let me give them a gentle reminder. REPEAL OBAMACARE! Very few people in Congress understand how they got control of the House and the Senate. ...

And now, a few choice words about Donald Trump... Junior. Seems as if the eldest son of the Trump Crime Family is not the brilliant hotheaded tactician that Santino was in the Corleone Crime Family, but instead more in the mold of Fredo. The Trump most likely to make people offers they can’t understand...

When I’m in, say, Phoenix - with its gorgeous weather, scenery and acre upon acre of beautiful parks and gardens - I generally hop in the car to get from the coffee counter, to the barber shop, to the movie theater, because things are spread out and it’s easier to drive...

Employees of the Marshall County School System are preparing for a new school year. Teachers have been involved in training throughout the summer, and the principals are scheduling open houses and orientation sessions to familiarize parents with the policies and procedures of the school and the system...

Harvey Jones, representing the District 2, was appointed to the Marshall County Board of Education November 24, 2009, to fill Mark Wilkerson’s unexpired term. Mr. Jones then went on to win the 2012 election and re-election in 2016. His current term expires in 2020...

Believe it or not, my only college-era clash with school authorities erupted because the campus was experiencing growing pains. Your cash-strapped author received a ticket for parking on the grass when I simply couldn’t find an authorized parking spot in time for class...

Pioquinto Diaz to Esmeralda Casillas; Derrick Michael Poarch to Ashley Dianne Walter; Clayton Charles Romano to Alicia Nicole Barrow Holliday; Jacob Ryan Whittle to Lauren Elise Dumser. Craig Steven Cash vs. Melissa Michelle Cash; Charles Jackson Lord III vs. Amy Faye Lord; Rebecca Lynn King vs. Bradley Thomas King; Andrea Morton vs. James Gary Rutledge; Jeffery Alan Niezgoda vs. Khiana Nicole Niezgoda...

A man shot a local woman Sunday night in the Mooresville community in western Marshall County. At approximately 4:45 p.m. July 16, a call came across the police scanner reporting a shooting. Marshall County Sheriff’s deputies and an ambulance were dispatched to the scene at 3050 Mooresville Highway in reference to a report of a woman being shot...

The Chapel Hill Police Department finally closed the book on a shooting incident that occurred on Depot Street in Chapel Hill on June 7. Laqueston Dewayne Goff was arrested in Columbia on Wednesday, July 12 and charged with aggravated domestic assault, reckless endangerment, and unlawful possession of a weapon...

A cemetery predating Marshall County’s existence just north of Chapel Hill was destroyed March 27, by a developer working in the new Warner’s Ridge Subdivision. Charges were filed in Marshall County General Sessions Court against William Barry Brown, 55, of Fayetteville, who caused severe damage to the more than two-century-old Riggs Cemetery when he asked an employee of his construction company to clear off the site with heavy equipment...