Stories from Wednesday, September 27, 2017

If you’ve driven through Rock Creek Park recently, you’ve probably noticed some activity by the stage. It’s not preparation for an event or a festival, it’s the creation of a work of art that hopefully lasts as long as the tree it’s being craved from...

Two Lewisburg attorneys are in the running for a seat on the Circuit Court bench for Marshall County. Quinn Brandon Stewart and Robert Dalton applied to fill the upcoming vacancy created after Judge Lee Russell announced his retirement from the bench, effective November 30...

Twelve young women will compete for the title of Miss Lewisburg 2017 on Saturday, Sept. 30. The pageant marks the official start of the Goats, Music, and More Festival, happening the next weekend. Festivities will be held in the auditorium at Lewisburg Middle School. Doors open at 5:15 p.m. with the pageant scheduled to begin at 6 p.m...

Two essays this week, by two very different authors, take us deep into the tribalism that marks our politics. Both should serve as a wake-up call for what we risk losing as a culture - as a nation - if we fail to reconcile our differences and heal long-festering national wounds...

Sports talk used to be so easy. Guys named Mickey, Hank and Barry hit the long balls. Joe, Brett and Tom tossed the touchdowns. But now, “That guy on the Marlins who’s hitting all the homers, what’s his name? Giovanni something?” With enormous patience my son explains for the tenth time, “You mean Giancarlo Stanton.”...

I can’t blame them, really. It’s human nature to want something for nothing. I speak of two tenants who recently moved into a rental unit I own. I made the mistake of renting the unit for one flat rate that included “free” utilities. Since the tenants didn’t have to pay directly for their electricity usage, they cranked the air conditioner day and night. There was no incentive for them to turn it off when they were at work during the day or away for the weekend...

DEAR ABBY: I got pregnant very young and married the father. It was in the ‘60s and things were very different then. I didn’t realize my husband simply did not like children. I attributed it to his being in the Marines, a Vietnam vet, etc. We had never heard of PTSD, but he probably had it. We struggled, and he was very abusive to the children, even when they were small...

Vestle Marsh Cashion, age 89, of Lewisburg, died Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, in Williamson Medical Center. Mr. Cashion was a native of Lincoln County, TN, born March 6, 1928, to the late Joe and Selma Castell Cashion. He was a supervisor with Faber Castell Corporation before his retirement and a member of Cornersville Church of Christ...

The Cornersville Bulldogs finished off a three-game home stand in style Friday night, walloping Perry County 45-0 on homecoming at Frog Bottom. “We talked a lot about not losing our focus,” Cornersville coach Gerard Randolph said. “We want you to enjoy homecoming, but at the end of the day there is a football game that has to be played.” Cornersville has won four games in a row and are off to their first 5-1 mark to start a season since 2007.

After last week’s 20-12 loss at Moore County dropped Cornersville Middle School (CMS) to an even 3-3 on the season, the Bulldogs came up big for Homecoming with a 28-14 come from behind win over Blanche Thursday night at Frog Bottom. “We didn’t really know what the game plan was going to be because we had never seen them before, we didn’t even know what color uniforms they had,” CMS coach Ray Stocstill said. “They really gave us a good battle and it was a hard fought game and you could say that both teams had an opportunity to win because of how hard they played.”

To be the best you have to beat the best and Marshall County put that theory to the test on Friday night with a trip inside the heart of north Nashville against perennial state powerhouse Pearl-Cohn (4-2). For a brief moment, the Tigers looked to have pulled of the near impossible of beating the Firebirds on homecoming when Marshall County quarterback Bryce Wallace hit wide receiver Devon Wilson on a 15-yard slant pass for a touchdown with 2:16 remaining in the fourth quarter for a 24-21 lead.

The Forrest Rockets had victory in their hands for the entire ballgame at Watertown Friday night until the Purple Tigers scored with 26 seconds left and converted a 2-point conversion to win 8-6. “They are very disappointed, but as usual they will pick themselves up and move forward,” Forrest coach Brent Johns said.

The Tigers great success on the football field over the past four years of head coach Thomas Osteen's tenure in Lewisburg has led to increased recruiting attention for his players. For the fourth time in just three years, a Tiger player has committed to play DI football with Dave Roberts’ pledge to play at Austin Peay despite an offer to play at the FBS level...

August 17 Medalists Girls: Leah Hollingsworth-4th (22:23), Naomi Hopper-9th (24:55), Kaitlin Johnson-13th (25:34) Boys: Did not finish/weather

September 19, Don Davidson Park, Fayetteville

The Saddle Creek Golf Club has decided to embark on an exciting new program to reach out to the golfers in the area as they celebrate their 20th anniversary at the club. In an offer far different than the past, the club is offering a five-day a week, two-year membership to the club for $89 per year (plus a $10 administration fee). A weekend and holiday upgrade to a seven-day membership is available for an additional $75 per year.