Stories from Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Rock Creek Park in Lewisburg was full of families on Saturday. It wasn’t just people taking advantage of a beautiful summer day, as the stage filled with dignitaries and the enormous flag suspended from the city’s ladder truck suggested a much more significant event...

While the calendar might say differently, Marshall County students and teachers know that summer’s over. The school year kicks off Thursday with a half-day for students across the district, before Monday’s full day of classes. “The start is probably the best part of the year,” said Superintendent of Schools Jacob Sorrells. “Everyone is excited and ready to go. It’s a fun time of the year.”...

On July 20, Officer Collins responded to the Greenwood Avenue area in reference to a theft from Walmart. Collins spoke to the Lewisburg Walmart manager who stated that he witnessed a female drive away with an electric wheelchair. Haller valued the wheelchair at $3,000. ...

First Farmers and Merchants Corporation (Ticker: FFMH), the holding company for First Farmers and Merchants Bank, today announced unaudited financial results for the quarter ending June 30, 2017. Key highlights of First Farmers’ results for the second quarter of 2017 include: Net income of $2.8 million or $0.63 per common share, up 19% from $2.4 million or $0.52 per common share for the previous quarter and up 11% from $2.5 million or $0.55 per common share for the year-earlier quarter; Net income, excluding special items for each quarter, of $2.8 million or $0.63 per common share, up 19% from $2.4 million or $0.52 per common share for the previous quarter and up 17% from $2.4 million or $0.52 per common share for the year-earlier quarter; Loan growth of $17 million or 2% from the previous quarter and $74 million or 9% compared with the year-earlier quarter; Deposit growth of $39 million or 3% compared with the year-earlier quarter; and a decline in nonperforming assets of $450,000 compared with the previous quarter and a decrease of $1.3 million compared with the year-earlier quarter.. ...

The La Leche League of Lewisburg recently gathered for their regular second Thursday monthly meeting. Seven mothers and their babies and children enjoyed the camaraderie of one another. Discussion lead by Leader Anna Childress included overcoming challenges of breastfeeding in early weeks, being prepared for birth, summertime with children, staying hydrated, traveling with children and babies, working and breastfeeding, and how life changes with the addition of children...

The Marshall County Tribune has received pictures of huge cabbages, gigantic tomatoes, and large squashes, but never a corn stalk with 15 ears! Charlie and Sissy Nichols, who live on Globe Road in Lewisburg, recently found a stalk of corn growing in the fence row between their property and their neighbor. This stalk, a volunteer, actually has 15 ears of corn. The Nichols have a garden with several rows of corn, but not a corn stalk with this many ears...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A yearling filly in Bourbon County, Kentucky, near Lexington, recently tested positive for West Nile Virus. Mosquitos carrying the disease were confirmed in parts of Nashville just days ago. Now is the time to consider your disease management protocol for prevention of West Nile Virus (WNV)...

Dan P. Whitaker was born January 4, 1933, in Coldwater, TN, the son of the late Joe C. Whitaker and Annie Hayes Whitaker, and departed this life on Aug. 8, 2017, at the age of 84. His family has called the State of Tennessee home for well over two-hundred years. ...

Jean McCord Allen, age 90 of Lewisburg, passed away on Aug. 9, 2017, at NHC Lewisburg. She was born to the late Zenious and Brownie Blackwell McCord in the Talley Station Community. She was a graduate of Morgan School, attended Nashville Business School, and worked at Florence Stove. She was a devoted member of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Lewisburg for 65+ years, and was a Christian wife, mother, homemaker, and friend...

Melvin S. Godshall, age 64, of Madison, OH passed away on Aug. 3, 2017, in Madison, OH. Born September 11, 1952, in Doylestown, PA, he was the son of the late Willard Long Godshall and Dorothy Smith Godshall of Lewisburg. Melvin worked for over 25 years for the City of Lewisburg. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, working on his farm, and helping his mother...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — On the monitor below them was a photo from the first time they met. The 14-year-old with an easy smile was holding the winner's trophy from the 1984 Junior World Championship. Next to him was the golden boy from San Diego, slightly taller at the time, holding his trophy as the runner-up...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The owners of the Minnesota Vikings have joined a group trying to bring a Major League Soccer expansion franchise to Nashville, after a failed bid to bring a club to their enclosed NFL stadium. Zygi Wilf, Mark Wilf and Leonard Wilf are minority partners in the Nashville project, according to Nashville Soccer Holdings CEO John R. Ingram. Terms of their investment haven't been disclosed. The expansion fee being charged by the league is $150 million...

LONDON (AP) — Sam Kendricks will soon step on the podium as a gold medalist and hear the only song he knows by heart — "The Star-Spangled Banner." "The anthem is something near and dear," said the Army reservist and pole vault world champion. "I don't know how I'm going to react."...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Even as the PGA Tour aims to end its FedEx Cup around Labor Day, that doesn't mean the end of golf for the year. Golf is the one sport where the length of the offseason is determined by the players, who can take off as much time as they want. Dustin Johnson played two times over three months at the end of last year and plans to do the same. Phil Mickelson once took four months off after the FedEx Cup ended...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Len Dawson had never considered a career in broadcasting until then-Chiefs general manager Jack Steadman, trying to drum up some publicity for his recently moved franchise, talked a local TV station into doing a sports segment on the nightly news...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Don Baylor's one-of-a-kind presence was again with the Colorado Rockies. Baylor, the team's first manager who died Monday after a lengthy battle with cancer, was honored Tuesday night as the Rockies hung his No. 25 jersey inside their dugout at Progressive Field...

Thursday, August 3 Buford Ellington Golf Course Henry Horton State Park Boys Forrest (208) Hunter Ferguson-47 Jarvis Lyttle-50 Conner Lewis-51 JT Ferguson-51 Sebastian Thompson-56 Hayden Pate-60 Grayson Whaley-65 Community (210) Grayson Garrette-47 Stone Ralston-51...

The Marshall County Babe Ruth League 15-year old all-stars are working hard to bounce back after a disappointing showing that produced a 0-3 record at the Southeast Regional Tournament in Greenville, North Carolina. “We went down there and the trip was long, it took most of them 11 hours to get there and we didn’t get a lot of rest before we came back the next day,” said Babe Ruth Wall of Famer Mike Mills. “They just weren’t sharp defensively or offensively and we never seemed to get in rhythm the way the games were set up.” Mills’ squad has an opportunity of a lifetime ahead of them as they earned an at-large bid as the Tennessee state champion in the Babe Ruth World Series at Lawrenceburg this week.