Stories from Thursday, June 14, 2018

The Young Professionals group and the Chamber of Commerce recognized five county residents, under the age of 40, for their contributions to the community and their professional accomplishments on Friday. The first annual awards are mirrored after similar programs in other cities that try to recognize the next generation for their involvement and accomplishments while also encouraging their leadership and engagement with the community...

The Cornersville Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved the first reading of the town’s budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year. The town is budgeting $456,054 in revenues for the coming year against an expected $438,568 in expenditures. Both numbers represent slight increases to the current year’s projections...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dozens of Tennessee farmers are urging the state’s U.S. House delegation to oppose President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs. In their open letter Monday, 42 farmers say the tariffs would raise prices for farmers to update equipment, expand production or renovate farm buildings and storage. They say anticipated retaliatory tariffs would make it harder to export Tennessee crops and would hurt farmers’ ability to make ends meet...

The Chapel Hill Volunteer Fire Department officially welcomed a new piece of equipment on Saturday with a traditional “pushing in” ceremony at the fire hall. The town has added a new fire engine with a 75 foot aerial ladder to the department. “The citizens of Chapel Hill can sleep well at night,” said Chapel Hill Mayor Danny Bingham, with the level of fire protection that the department can deliver...

Russie Garrett was born in Farmington on June 6, 1917. She is the daughter of the late J.P. Burrow and Lizzie Cook Burrow and one of eleven children. She has a sister who turned 99 this year. Russie was married at 15 years of age, to Julius “Dood” Edwards, in Athens, AL. Russie and Dood had one son, William Edwards. They were married for 39 years when Dood passed away...

Hope Bone of Lewisburg, a member of First Baptist Church Columbia won the Tennessee Baptist Convention State High School Bible Drill and will advance to the National Invitational Bible Drill in Atlanta, Georgia. This is Bone’s second consecutive state title after winning the competition in 2017 in the 7th- 9th grade division and competing in 2018 as a 9th grader in the higher 10th-12th grade division, marking the first time that a freshman in Tennessee achieved this accomplishment...

Marshall County Memorial Library May 2018 Memorials Carroll, Mary Thomas “What Would Dolly Do”; with love and fond memories from Judy W. Poteete & Family. Fullerton, Emily “Lexie the Word Wrangler” and “The Sheep Who Hatched an Egg”; given by Carl & Gwen Warren...

The Banquet began with a warm welcome from Alfred Williams, who asked Vice President Gary Davis to come and gave the purpose of the NAACP. Our Master of Ceremonies was Deacon Deon O’Neal and he did a fantastic job. Deacon O’Neal asked the Pastor of Ransom Chapel, Robert Jefferson, to come and offer our prayer. ...

The State Collaborative on Reforming Education chose, out of 800 candidates, a Marshall County teacher for inclusion in the 2018-2019 class of the Tennessee Educator Fellowship. They selected Westhills Elementary’s technology teacher Maury Wood II as one of 38 fellows for the coming school year.. ...