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Deputy's deadly force justifiedA Tipton County deputy’s use

of deadly force last month was justified, the grand jury decided this week.

Sgt. Justin Browder, a 10-year veteran of the Tipton County Sheriff’s Office, was cleared of wrongdoing in the shooting that killed Richard Jeffrey Rykiel on Tuesday, June 12.

Family members called 911 because Rykiel was suicidal and armed with a gun. By the time Browder arrived at the scene Rykiel was no longer armed

with the gun, but rather a butch-er knife. The family members were outside the Marshall Road home when Browder, the first to arrive, made it to the residence.

The in-car dash cam shows Rykiel outside the house, con-fronting Browder with the butcher knife raised in his right hand. Browder gave numerous commands for Rykiel to dropt he knife, however Rykiel disre-garded and yelled at the officer to shoot him. Browder also com-manded Rykiel’s family mem-

bers, who were standing close to him, to move away.

Rykiel continued to move clos-er to Browder while Browder took seven steps backward to give Rykiel ample opportunity to comply with his commands.

Rykiel did not comply, how-ever, and Browder fired two shots: one into his abdomen, the other into his chest. He was pro-nounced dead a short time later.

“Law enforcement is a danger-ous job and the unknown looms around the corner on every call

we make,” said Sheriff Pancho Chumley. “It is always a tragedy when a human being loses their life.”

As is protocol, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation respond-ed to the scene and conducted an investigation. They have deter-mined Browder’s actions were consistent and in compliance with the Tipton county Sheriff’s Office use of force policy.

Autopsy results show Rykiel’s blood alcohol concentration was .15 percent, nearly twice the .08

Grand jury clears deputy

who killed Munford

manBy ECHO DAY

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SPORTS

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL? Area high schools began practicing this week, gearing up for what is promising to be a great season. For more information, see page A11. Photo by Jeff Ireland.

Early voting set to begin

DECISION 2012

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Voters, get ready. The county general and state primary

election officially gets underway in Tip-ton County tomorrow when early voting begins.

The Tipton County Election Commis-sion office, located at 113 E. Church St. in Covington, as well as the City of Munford board room (69 College St.), will be open for early voters July 13-28, Monday through Saturday.

The hours for Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays will be 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The offices will be open 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturdays.

Election day is Tuesday, Aug. 2.Leading Republican candidates for U.S.

Senate include Fred R. Anderson, Mark Twain Clemens, Bob Corker, Brenda S. Lenard and Zach Poskevich. Democratic candidates for this office are Mark E. Clay-ton, Larry Crim, Gary Gene Davis, Dave Hancock, Park Overall, T.K. Owens and Benjamin Roberts. Corker is the incumbent

Republicans on the ballot for U.S. House of Representatives are incumbent Stephen Fincher and Annette Justice. Democrats running for this office are Wes Bradley, Timothy D. Dixon and Christa Stoscheck.

Incumbent Mark Norris and Woody Degan are the Republicans running for Tennessee Senate. There are no Democrats running.

The Tennessee House of Representatives’ District 81 seat is being given up by Speaker Emeritus Jimmy Naifeh this year. Repub-licans Rory Bricco, Randy McKee, Debra Moody and Terry Mullins are running for the seat as are Democrat Conneye Albright and Independent Tommy Hill.

Also on the ballot are county commission candidates John W. DeLancey (incumbent), Tom Emerson and Mike Joyner (District 4) and Terry Colin (District 5); assessor of property candidates Randy Baskin, Rose Cousar, Greg Stimpson and Scott Taylor; school board members Thomas L. Taylor (District 1), Marty Burlison and Patricia Jackson (incumbent; District 3), Susan Grif-fin (incumbent) and Farrel Vincent (District 5), Alvis Ferrell (District 7) and Wanda H. Scott and Jack Strong (incumbent; District

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Covington's CERT team best in nationBy SHERRI [email protected]

For the second time in the past month, students at Covington High have received national recognition. This time the recognition was for tri-umphing over 48 teams representing 25 states to take the top Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) award during the annual Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) National Leadership Confer-ence.

Seniors Tony Joe Connell and Anna Claire Goforth won first place in the CERT event during the four-day na-tional conference held June 20-23 at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Fla.

“I am so proud of them,” said Cov-ington High Career Technical Edu-cation and CERT instructor Jennifer Downing. “They competed against 48

teams and California and Texas were really the biggest competitors but we just went in there and won it!”

Over 7,000 students attended the 37th annual health occupations con-ference taking part in educational symposiums, exhibits, various tests and competitions and explore the world-famous resort area. This year’s theme and student motivator was: “HOSA: It’s in our hearts to keep yours beating!”

Tony Joe and Anna Claire spent two days in competition for the emergen-cy preparedness award. Round one was a comprehensive written exami-nation. Upon successful completion of the two-hour exam, they advanced to round two – CERT skills testing – where they had to demonstrate sev-eral skills critical for emergency pre-paredness and triage to local Florida CERT members during a earthquake scenario.

“We had to show them that we knew how to open airways, control bleeding and perform a head-to-toe assessment,” explained Anna Claire. “We also had to show we knew what to do for triage and demonstrate lift and carry.”

The students had been preparing for the past two years since Coving-ton’s CERT program began. In ad-dition to classroom instruction, the students are provided training by the Covington and Munford fire depart-ments.

“CERT training is something very important that every citizen should have,” added Downing. “In the case of a disaster, first responders may not be able to provided assistance right away and folks would have to be able to take care of themselves until help could arrive.”

Anna Claire, the daughter of Steve Goforth of Brighton and Chad and

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Applebee's, Dairy Queen coming right upBy SHERRI [email protected]

Covington and Atoka will soon see two major new eateries as Applebee's and Dairy Queen will soon break ground.

Michael McGough with Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar has submit-ted a building/site plan with the City of Covington to build the popular eatery at Lanny Bridges Ave. and

Hwy. 51, in front of Wal-mart.

Covington Mayor Da-vid Gordon is excited to know the restaurant will be at the north end of the county.

“I think it sets us apart,” said the mayor at Tues-day’s board of Mayor and Aldermen. “We’re a little community of less than 10,000 folk and I think you won’t find many places of this size that have a res-

taurant like this. It’s some-thing a little special and I think it will draw folks here to Covington that haven’t been coming.”

Construction of the res-taurant is expected to be-gin in September and open for business by December 2012.

In the south end of the county, it's been all about ice cream lately. Popular frozen yogurt shop Yo-gurt Isle opened in May

and a new Dairy Queen will soon be under con-struction at the corner of Kimbrough and Hwy. 51, across from the Kroger gas station.

Demolition on the site will begin soon, said Town Administrator Brian Ko-ral, and construction is ex-pected to be completed by summer's end.

These are the first new chain restaurants in the county since 2010.

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percent legal limit. Additionally, he had not been taking prescribed medication as directed.

“There is no question that Deputy Browder acted legally, appropriately and just as he was trained to do when confronted with such a dangerous situation,” said District Attorney General Mike Dunavant. “As a result of the Tipton Grand Jury’s finding of justification in this matter, the Office of the District Attorney is closing its file on this case and requesting that the TBI do the same.”

Rykiel was the only individual injured during the incident. Jeff Ward, the attorney for the Rykiel family, said he plans to review the findings

with the family later this week and they would decide what further actions, if any, would be taken.

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In 2012, a government-issued photo ID will be required for the first time.

“We’re asking everybody to please remember to bring a photo ID this year,” said Neil Bell, Tipton County’s administrator of elections.

Driver service centers are offering free photo IDs to those who want to vote but do not have one. Proof of citizenship (i.e. a birth certificate) and Tennessee residency are required. More information on photo IDs can be found at www.tn.gov/safety/photoids.shtml.

Voters who show up without a photo ID can cast a provisional vote. The voter will have until two business days after the election to provide an ID. The federal general election, which includes the presi-dential race, will be held Nov. 6.

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Heather Reynolds of Covington, said she was very happy they had won the competition.

“I am really excited that we placed first over teams that have had a CERT program in school for years. Being in HOSA and participating in CERT has helped me to realize that being in the medical field is something I really want to do.”

Tony Joe added, “It was neat to see how other students from across the country tackled emergency situations differently from us, but it was really great to see the name Covington High up on the screen in front of more than 7,000 people when it was announced we had won first place!”

Tony Joe, the son of Teresa and Randy Connell of Burlison, said this experi-ence has reaffirmed his desire to enter the medical field.

“This was a great experience and the simulations were very life-like,” he ex-plained. “I think I’ll start out with nurs-ing but I’ve had the desire to become a gastroenterologist ever since my mom was sick with her liver.”

CHS senior Haley Johnston also at-tended the national conference and re-ceived national recognition for the CHS HOSA chapter newsletter.

HOSA is a national student organiza-tion endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science Education Division of ACTE. HOSA’s two-fold mission is to promote career opportunities in the health care indus-try by providing a unique program of leadership development, motivation, and recognition exclusively for second-ary, postsecondary, adult, and collegiate students enrolled in HSE programs.

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Correctional officer indicted

on two statutory rape chargesBy ECHO [email protected]

A Tipton County cor-rectional officer was indicted on statutory rape charges this week, the district attorney an-nounced Tuesday.

In April, Jason Co-chran, 29, was accused of having an inappropri-ate relationship with a 17-year-old female and placed on administrative leave.

A press release from District Attorney General Mike Dunavant said the alleged incidences oc-curred on March 9 and March 15.

“The allegations in this

case were originally dis-covered by the Tipton County Sheriff’s Office during an internal inves-tigation,” said Dunavant.

Sheriff Pancho Chum-ley said the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation investigated the case as

an independent agency and Monday the Tipton County Grand Jury re-turned a true bill against Cochran.

“This type of conduct will not be tolerated and is certainly not the cur-rent standard of quality employees at the sheriff’s office,” said Chumley. “Just as in this case, even when we have not re-ceived a complaint from a victim, if we become aware of any question-able conduct by any em-ployee, we will request it be investigated. I feel this is the only way to main-tain the standards the citizens of Tipton County deserve and I demand at

the Tipton County Sher-iff’s Office.”

Dunavant said it is not alleged Cochran com-mitted the offenses in his capacity as a law enforce-ment officer. Cochran’s employment with the de-partment has since been terminated.

He will be arraigned today in Tipton County Circuit Court. He was ar-rested Monday morning and released on a $2,500 bond.

If convicted, Cochran faces a possible range of sentence of 2-4 years on each of the aggravated statutory rape counts.

By SHERRI [email protected]

A new ministry of the United Methodist Church for women and young girls will be starting in Covington. The program aims to help women and their families transform their personal situations by improving their read-ing skills.

The program, Faith That Works, is the con-cept of Covington na-tive Marilyn Barbee, who has dreamed for years of helping her community through an outreach pro-gram.

“Faith That Works read-ing program is a faith and secular based program that will enable women, girls, and families to improve their reading skills through utilization of biblical and secular books and other resource materials,” explained

Barbee. “Our theme is ‘Believe to Achieve.’ The purpose of the reading program is to increase each student’s reading level, thereby improving their academic perfor-mance, which in turns will transform their lives through increase reading comprehension.”

Each 90 minute ses-sion will take place on Saturdays from 10-11:30 a.m., beginning on July 21 through Sept. 22 at the Housing Authority Com-munity Building located at 702 Jackson Ave. in Covington. Participants will read aloud, engage in small group discus-sions, complete vocabu-lary and spelling work-sheets, journal writing and complete tests and engage in interactive lec-tures with biblical and secular based books and other resource materials.

“The goal is to service

the adult and child at each session,” explained Barbee. “I also hope to start a book club to in-spire adults and children to discover the joy of reading while develop-ing literacy skills and confidence in a safe en-vironment. I believe that this program will have a great impact on the com-munity, economically, educationally and may help lower crime rates.”

Class participation is limited to 20 couples. The adult woman must par-ticipate each week with their child who must be between the ages of 8-12 years. Both the adult and the child must be able to attend all eight sessions.

“I was led to start this program a few years ago so I went to school to pre-pare myself to be able to help others in this area,” explained Barbee, who has earned several de-

grees including a Mas-ter of Arts in Religion, a Master of Divinity and a Master in Reading Edu-cation. “Being a life-long learner I plan to continue the journey and pursue a Doctorate in Higher Adult Education. but I want to pause and imple-ment this program to give back to this com-munity what I have so learned on this journey, that is believing you can achieve.”

For more informa-tion or to register for the program, contact Marilyn Barbee at (901) 652-2765 or by email at [email protected] or the church at (731)-285-1465. Registration forms are also available at the Covington Housing Au-thority.

New reading program set to begin

Fincher to host job fairsCongressman Stephen Fincher (R-TN) announced two upcoming job fairs con-

necting employers with job-seekers. The TSBDC and Workforce Development will be on site providing workshops on resumes and interviewing skills.

The Jackson job fair will take place today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Jackson State Community College, 2406 North Parkway. Participating companies include UPS, ATT, West Tennessee Health Care, Regions Bank, Domtar Corporation, Modern Woodmen of the World and Labor Finders.

The Covington job fair will take place on Friday, July 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Dyersburg State Community College, 3149 Hwy. 51 South. Participating com-panies include ATT, Staff Mark, Regions Bank, Marriot Memphis, Delfield, and Mueller Industries

Resume development, interview techniques and career coaching will be avail-able on-site.

For more information, see fincher.house.gov.

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My friends had been attend-ing Sunday School all our life but when we got a certain age Momma said all of us had to go to Rose-mark grammar. The big boys and the older philosophers had al-ready warned us there was a law requiring our attendance. As long as we could play ball I was looking forward to traipsing up the black-top and partaking.

Believe it or not but there was a time in his-tory that a stump jump-er did exactly what he was told and didn’t ask why? He didn’t even think, why? I’ve had my noggin busted and hadn’t said a word. I ran away, past the edge of the store porch and asked why he knuckled my head and the reply was, “I knew what you were think-ing.” Remember when grown-ups didn’t even utter as all they had to do was mean eye gaze and you would straighten up and fly right?

All we wanted to do was play ball, showoff on the monkey bars and knife fling some mumble peg. Arvis, Phil and Lynn were pretty good so they couldn’t wait. But we found out we had some books to learn readin’ ’ritin’ and ’rithmetic. Just a waste of time as I could read

the funnies in the evening Press-Scimitar when Daddy finished. I loved Captain Marvel, the plastic man, green hornet and superman

in the funny books so I didn’t need higher learning. At santy time I looked at the pictures in the Sears and Roe-buck catalog and asked Momma, so I had all the matriculation I needed. I thought.

On one of our front porch talks many years later, Momma and I re-lived the past learning. While steadily rocking, flossing and alternately

giggling, she explained to younger brother Barry

how I enjoyed going to school but not studying as all I wanted to do was play ball. Rules changed in the thirteen years that followed.

After we had been attend-ing school for about six weeks or so Mrs. Douglas our first grade teacher decided we were ready to be introduced to the ‘lie-berrry’ (li-brary). Understand when we were incarcerated we sat up straight in the little hard desks with the tray underneath holding our books. We raised our hand for attention and didn’t utter a sound until recog-nized. No gum chewing, scraping the floor with your tennis shoes, no rubber band shooting paper wads,

no pencil throwing or pulling long pig tails on Mattie, Ann or Edna’s scalp.

The lay out of the school was downstairs for all the younger grades but the upstairs held the huge (to us) two hundred seat au-ditorium and our Principal, Mrs. Margaret Cason’s office on one side. The loudest, famous bell that controlled the entire school was punched by her or Mrs. McCreight our secretary on the hour to change classes or exit the premises. The bell could be heard all the way to B and M grocery. No one else was al-lowed near the freight train sound-ing alarm. Some more rules.

On the other side of the stage with heavy burgundy century old musky smelling curtains was the ‘lie-berrry’ behind heavy double doors. Some way the glass was bubbled up and you could see movement but really not iden-tify the individual. We would guess and figger but Tom and Paul weren’t really positive. Mrs. Douglas told us that we were go-ing into the ‘lie-berrry’ soon and be ready for a new experience. All of us were excited and scared. I knew what blackberry, strawberry and hackberry were, but what is a ‘lie-berrry’?

Just some more curious memo-ries in our wonderful South…Glory!

Relive your first trip to the ‘lie-berry’

SOUTHERN RAISIN'OTIS GRIFFIN

Many folks assumed that I would be running for the District 81 State Representative race this year. Frankly I thought I would too, but I took an assignment in Wyoming, fell in love with the area and so decided to stay on for a few years. Family matters, health and other considerations easily overrode politics. There were those who argued I was a shoe-in and had worked so hard

that I deserved the office. That thought actually made me uncomfortable. No man or woman should consider themselves entitled to any office or position in govern-ment. I see so many from both parties take office and the people for granted. The homesteading we see in Washington and our state capitols through incumben-cy has created a ruling-class who believe that govern-

ment is, as a Frenchman once said, a “a cow to be milked rather than a guard dog to be fed.”

There are four good people running for the Republican nomination. There are a couple of folks running for the Democratic nomination, but the demographics of the district that undid the gerrymandering of 10 years ago, reuniting Tipton County, make it very unlikely a Democrat could win this race. Still, Republicans should never take the office for granted as Mr. Naifeh did for over three decades.

Rory Bricco, Randal McKee and Debra Moody are all good folks, and I have known them all for years. But of all four candidates for the Republi-can nomination, my support must go out to Terry Mullins. I’ve known him since 1991 when we were both active duty Navy. Terry was a Lieuten-ant Commander in charge of a Mobile Mainte-nance group supporting naval aviation and I was one of his First Class Petty Officers in charge of the Avionics repair shop.

Of all the people I know, no one has been more consistent as a leader, more energetic as a patriot, nor more committed to serving others than Terry Mullins. He came from very humble beginnings; the oldest of four children who helped his mother keep the family in home-grown goods to eat, especially pinto beans which he says was a staple three meals a day. He actually still likes pinto beans.

Terry enlisted into the Navy and earned a com-mission after he had achieved the rank of E-6. Terry went on to work for FedEx, where I would work later, working himself up to a position that ran promoting safety throughout the corporation. His influence with top executives down to the newest package handler was phenomenal to see. He could work with and relate to anyone, just as he could as a naval leader.

Terry has since retired from the Navy and FedEx, runs his own landscaping business, was his own general contractor in the construction of his home, and is active in so many things within the community. There is nothing he can’t do! He worked with me in 1996 when Theta Rone ran against Jimmy Naifeh. He helped us again in 2002 when Tony Lopez ran, and again in 2004 during Dr. Cannon’s race. When I called him in 2010 to help once more, Terry asked me, “Who are we helping this time?” When I said it was me, Terry looked me in the eye and reminded me there was no position of power or money that was worth a man’s reputation, then he jumped on board.

When I decided not to run I put a lot of consid-eration into who I thought would be the best ser-vant to run for this race. I considered many, but based on what I know about Terry it was easy. I have witnessed his ability to navigate between top executives and the average blue collar work-ing stiff like many of us are or have been. He’s been both the working blue-collar man and the top leader. I know of his ability to find a way to reach a solution without having to compromise our first principles.

Terry Mullins has accumulated the most varied set of skills, experiences and knowledge of any-one I have ever known. When he goes to Nash-ville, he will more than anyone, including myself, understand all there is to know about the issues. With his Will Rogers-like persona, he will be able to fight the good political fight in such a way that he won’t make his opponents the enemy. You cannot help but like the man, and that, along with his unique mix of military, corporate, work-ing and academic experiences, will make him the most effective representative in Nashville.

Finally, as I stated earlier, incumbency has be-come a pariah within politics. Terry is the only can-

Your next District 81 state rep?

JIM HARDIN

Supporting Vincent

Dear Sir,O.K., in the spirit of full disclo-

sure, yes, Farrel Vincent, Candi-date for Tipton County School Board, Munford District 5, IS my baby brother. I usually do not share that information, because he was a spoiled, bratty little twerp who was a pain in my neck for more years than I’ll ever admit.

I will now PROUDLY confess that I will be voting for Farrel Vin-cent for school board, NOT because he is my brother, but because there is no more qualified person for the position. I have been blessed to witness the outstanding Godly man he has become. He served honorably in the U.S. Navy for 20 years and retired with a spotless reputation and numerous com-mendations. He was a true leader who inspired those who worked under and over him.

After retirement, he finished his college degree in Education, with honors, and began a new career as a teacher in Tipton County. I con-fess I’m a little tired of hearing all the folks who learn I’m his sister say, “You’re Mr. Vincent’s sister? ...” My son/daughter think he’s the best teacher they ever had!” Or,

“My son/daughter hated school until they had Mr. Vincent.” But it’s true, Farrel was totally dedicated to being the best teacher he could be. He worked hard to teach the skills that were necessary, but was always an outstanding example of integrity, honesty, and Christian values for his students and those who worked with him.

If he is blessed with your votes and earns a seat on the Tipton County School Board, he will, without a doubt, be the hardest- working and most-involved mem-ber you have ever seen. Has any other candidate knocked on every door in the Munford district? Well, if not “every door,” darn close. Of course there was a small incident with a huge mama Pit Bull dog, but Farrel needs to tell you about that.

He has some fresh, specific ideas that will benefit the students and teachers in this county, and will dedicate himself to his job, just as he dedicated himself to Munford High School for the many years his daughters were in the band. (I may still have some oranges.) Both daughters, by the way, now teach in Tipton County schools. He will be an outspoken advocate for the students, the teachers, and the tax-

payers in Tipton County. I’m sure you’ve heard many

teachers say, “If only we had some-one on the board who knows what teaching is like.” Well, Farrel Vin-cent has been there and done that, and has come out of the trenches to put his knowledge to work for all in Tipton County. Those are a few of the reasons I’m voting for Farrel Vincent for School Board Munford District 5.

I could go on, but then you may call me biased just because he’s my brother. I’m really not. I just choose to look at the man he has become, and not the pesky little brother he was.

Sincerely,Leah Rae Coop

Terry Mullins: A leader

A leader relies on his faith in God and life experiences to guide him through decisions.

A leader is grounded in self-discipline, tolerance, diligence and determination.

A leader will sometimes “think out of the box” to address diffi-cult, seemingly hopeless situa-tions.

SEE LETTERS, PAGE A5SEE HARDIN, PAGE A5

www.covingtonleader.com THE LEADER • Thursday, July 12, 2012 • A5

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DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ARREST OR DETAIN ANY OF THE SUBJECTS OF THE WARRANTS LISTED IN THIS DATABASE. The list is current at the time of publishing and therefore recent changes in the status of warrants may not be reflected. It is possible that some warrants have been resolved and the matter is no longer pending. This information is being provided as a service to the public; however, neither the Tipton County Sheriff ’s Office nor The Leader cannot guarantee nor assume any liability for the accuracy of the information at the time of use. All warrants must be verified for accuracy through our system prior to an apprehension. All persons charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. NO ATTEMPT SHOULD BE MADE TO APPREHEND THESE INDIVIDUALS EXCEPT BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PEACE OFFICERS. SOME INDIVIDUALS MAY BE ARMED AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. If you recognize a name on the list, if you find your name, or if you find a discrepancy, please contact the Tipton County Sheriff ’s Office at 475-3300 or via email at [email protected].

CRIME STOPPERS OF TIPTON COUNTY INC. is offering a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the person or

persons responsible for the deaths of:

John Curtis Rann, a 24-year-old white male who was found dead with several gunshot wounds on Black Springs Hill Road in southwest Tipton County on

Dec. 5, 1986. Rann had been missing since November 26, 1986.

Johnny Poole, a 23-year-old white male whose partially burned body was found on Oct. 25 1988,

in his burning pickup truck near the boat landing at Piljerk, on the Hatchie River. Poole had a gunshot

wound in his back.

If you have any information about either of the crimes, call Crime Stoppers at 901-476-4411. You

will NOT be required to give your name or testify in any court. The source of information given to Crime

Stoppers will be held in strict confidence.

Fleming, Tuwan DarrellBorn: 9/5/1976

3506 Rabbit Run Rd.Memphis, TN 38115

Charge: Delivery of cocaine

Briggs, Amanda Katherine

Born: 11/5/19765885 Shelby Oaks Dr.Memphis, TN 38134

Charge: Possession sch. II drug

Burns, Hubert HueBorn: 7/30/1979

225 Scott St.Ripley, TN 38063

Charge: Delivery of cocaine (x2)

Campbell, Bernard Devent

Born: 2/10/19781012 Douglas Ave.

Covington, TN 38019Charge: Delivery of cocaine

Cartwright, David O’Brian

Born: 1/1/19791737 Shoaf St.

Covington, TN 38019Charge: Possession sch. III

drug

Christoher, Anthony Dewayne

Born: 6/25/19824125 Northside St.

Memphis, TN 38127Charge: Delivery of cocaine

Crenshaw, Shawna DawnBorn: 4/30/19714062 Gilt Edge

Munford, TN 38058Charge: Theft over $500 x 2

Davis, Ricky LeeBorn: 3/24/19671101 Brewer Rd.

Somerville, TN 38068Charge: Habitual motor

vehicle offender

Douglas, CurtisBorn: 2/26/1972

404 Brown St.Covington, TN 38019

Charge: Forgery

Drummer, Tameca Leigh

Born: 4/25/1974905 Pearce St.

Memphis, TN 38107Charge: Felony failure to

appear

FINANCIAL FOCUS

! Arthur, Christena Lee, 35, domestic assault, poss. of drug paraphernalia with intent to deliver; July 5, TCSO! Austill, Adam David, 28, disorderly conduct, July 7, TCSO! Bennett, Richard Allen, 38, sexual battery, July 1, TCSO! Bilderback, Michael Todd, 43, poss. sch. II drug with intent, obstruction of highway; July 5, CPD! Campbell, Anthony Cordarrell, 22, failure to pay child support, driving on rev./canc./susp. license, no seatbelt; July 3, TCSO! Culver, Olive Virginia, 39, domestic assault, July 5, MUPD! Dodson, Mario Jermaine, 37, domestic assault, July 3, CPD! Douglas, Clinton Lee, 49, theft of services, July 2, TCSO! Dowell, Brandon Antawn, 29, domestic assault, simple poss. marijuana, poss. of drug paraphernalia with intent to deliver; July 5, TCSO! Drafn, Michael Wayne, 33, agg. assault no injury, July 3, TCSO! Dyson, Latara Nichole, 23, domestic assault, July 6, TCSO! Emerson, Theophilus Devon, 35, failure to pay child support, July 3, CPD

! Ferguson, Rontavious Solmone, 18, criminal trespass, July 6, MPD! Fultz, James Steven, 32, theft under $10,000, July 4, TCSO! Garcia, Kevin Charles, 38, driving on rev./canc./susp. license, failure to pay child support; July 3, TCSO! Goforth, Trey Allan, 18, agg. burglary, assault, vandalism, theft under $500; July 4, CPD! Graham Jr., Roderick Derrick, 23, domestic assault, July 7, TCSO! Grandberry, Lee Ernest, 25, domestic assault, July 3, CPD! Guzman, Christian, 25, hunting violations, July 4, TCSO! Harkins, Jeffrey Lawrence, 48, failure to appear, July 5, TCSO! Harkness, Lisa Rene, 41, domestic assault, July 5, TCSO! Harris, Tina Marie, 35, theft over $500, July 5, CPD! Harrison, Ethan Taylor, 20, domestic assault, July 5, MUPD! Huggins, Joseph Heath, 31, theft, evading arrest, reckless endangerment; July 4, TCSO! Jordan, Benjamin Scott, 35, driving on rev./canc./susp. license, July 2, MUPD! Kellum, George Glen, 40, domestic assault, poss. sch. VI drug; July 4, TCSO

! King, Dricila Cinderella, 22, theft, July 5, TCSO! Leek, Robin Heath, 27, theft under $10,000, July 2, TCSO! Marshall, Emily Jill, 37, theft under $500, July 4, TCSO! Mason, Michael Edward, 26, agg. burglary, vandalism, agg. assault no injury; July 5, TCSO! McClain, Robert Elseworth, 47, DUI second offense, reckless driving, driver to exercise due care; July 7, THP! McPherson, Ricky Daniel, 27, violation of sexual offender act, July 3, TCSO! Merriman, Jimmy Ray, 31, failure to pay child support, July 5, TCSO! Middlebrook, Marquise Deangelo, 24, domestic assault (x2), theft, theft under $500; July 2, TCSO! Moody, Michael Wayne, 37, agg. assault no injury, July 1, TCSO! Moore, Marquise Deshon, 18, burglary, theft over $500, July 2, CPD! Moore, Michael Lynn, 38, driving on rev./canc./susp. license; July 4, BPD! Moreno, Freddy Jose, 55, worthless check, July 7, MPD! Murphy, James Tyrone, 41, driving on rev./canc./susp. license, July 6, CPD! Powers, Cortney Leavell, 23, agg. assault no injury, July 4, CPD! Richardson, Secielia Marie, 22, delivery of marijuana, felony failure to appear; July 3, TCSO

! Robertson, James David, 44, assault, July 3, TCSO! Rogers, Cody Wayne, 20, robbery, underage consumption of alcohol; July 7, MUPD! Sansom, Tina, 52, criminal impersonation, false report, driver to exercise due care, driving on rev./canc./susp. license; July 1, MUPD! Smith, Susan Leigh, 46, DUI fourth offense, July 6, TCSO! Snipes, Debbie Mitchell, 43, DUI rst offense, consent law; July 4, MUPD! Swain, Shawnveccheo De’Wayne, 20, agg. assault with injury, false imprisonment; July 6, TCSO! Thomas, Eddie Tyrone, 23, theft under $10,000, July 2, TCSO! Thompson, Misty Donyell, 36, failure to pay child support, failure to appear; July 5, TCSO! Tucker, Joe Junior, 45, driving on rev./canc./susp. license, driving left of center of road; July 7, MUPD! Washington, Geovon Niikaika, 22, mfg/del/sell controlled substance, July 7, TCSO! Wherry, Channey Thomas, 55, poss. sch. II drug, July 5, TCSO! Williams, Cornelious Lashawn, 19, burglary, theft; July 6, TCSO! Wolfe, Kyle Harold, theft, July 6, TCSO! Yanov, Lisa Maria, 22, resisting, July 3, TCSO

Disclaimer: These persons are innocent until proven guilty. They will face charges in Tipton County General Sessions or Circuit Court unless warrants for their arrest were issued in another county (this may or may not be denoted in the listing of charges).

Under arrestThe following persons were booked into the Tipton County Correctional Facility during the week of July 1-7.

LETTERSContinued from A4

This week, Major League Base-ball’s All-Star Game is scheduled to be played in Kansas City. Whether you’re rooting for the American or National League, you’ll no doubt admire the ability and athleticism exhibited by these tremendous ball-players. Of course, any all-star team is made up of players who bring different talents to the game. And this same ap-proach — of combining a collection of skills to-ward one common effort — can be found in other endeavors, one of which is investing.

Here, then, is one possible lineup of investment moves to consider:

• Diversify. All investments have both benefits and risks. As an investor, your goal is to help maxi-mize the benefits and minimize the risks — and one of the best ways to do this is by diversifying your money across a range of assets. Diversifying can help you reduce the impact of market volatility that might affect your portfolio if all your money was tied up in one particular asset class, and that as-set went through a “down” period. Keep in mind, though, that diversi-fication, by itself, cannot guarantee profits or protect against loss.

• Rebalance. Even without your taking significant actions, your portfolio can evolve in ways that may not be to your liking. For ex-ample, if some of your more ag-

gressive investments ap-preciate greatly, they may eventually constitute a larger percentage of your holdings than you had planned — and in doing so, elevate your over-all risk level. To prevent this from happening, you should meet with your fi-nancial advisor periodi-cally to “rebalance” your portfolio.

• Seek quality. Many people latch onto “hot” investments, only to be disappointed when they “cool off.” Instead seek quality vehicles — the ones that generally lose the least ground when the market is down and recover more quickly when the market rallies. When you invest in stocks, for instance, look for those companies that have strong management teams, com-petitive products and good busi-ness models. When you purchase bonds, look for those with high ratings from the independent rat-ing agencies.

• Stay invested. It’s tempting to “take a breather” from investing when the financial markets are vol-

atile. But if you stay on the invest-ment sidelines, you may miss out on the beginning of the next mar-ket rally. If you’ve built a diversi-fied portfolio of quality vehicles, it may be easier to stay invested.

• Know your risk tolerance. If you find yourself constantly fret-ting about the market’s ups and downs, to the extent that your worries are affecting the quality of your life, you may have a portfolio that’s unsuited to your risk toler-ance. Conversely, if you’re dis-satisfied with the growth of your investments, you may be invest-ing too cautiously, which could be a concern when you’re striving to reach long-term goals, such as a comfortable retirement. Ultimately, there’s no one “right” way for ev-eryone to invest, but you do need to match your portfolio’s composi-tion with your individual risk tol-erance and time horizon.

Your financial advisor can help your find the “lineup” of invest-ment moves that is right for you. Put it to work soon.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. Steven Jones is an Edward Jones Financial Advi-sor in Atoka. Visit him at 360 Atoka McLaughlin Drive or call 901-837-9772.

A lineup of investment moves worth considering

FINANCIAL FOCUSSTEVEN J. JONES

didate of the six running firmly committed to term limits, pledging to serve only two terms himself. Although I would be OK with four terms as a lim-it, I know that Terry will honor his word, because I have never known him to do otherwise. We need a shakeup in Nashville and Terry Mullins will defi-nitely do that, but in such a way that his opponents will often come to see his side or at least respect his character and integ-rity, both much needed in Nashville today.

A leader seems to be the first to recognize problems and is quick to respond with little regard to the “status-quo.”

He moves to correct the problem uninhibited about how “the estab-lishment” might view his position.

We need such a leader in the Tennessee House of Representatives for Tipton County.

With his excep-tional military experience,management of the key Safety Depart-ment at FedEx ,as well as the organization and management of his small business, where these leadership qualities emerged and were nur-tured, Terry Mullins can and will fulfill that need. Information about Terry that is available at www.terry4tipton.com meets and exceeds the criteria spelled out in the TEAM ACT.

Governor Haslam, in cooperation with pub-lic safety employee and teacher unions, employ-ers and legislators for-mulated and passed the TEAM ACT.

It changed the evalu-ation process for state employees to one based more on measurable pre-defined job performance.

As a future state and Tipton County employee, one should measure and compare Terry’s prior performance when decid-ing who will provide the best future performance when employed by Tip-ton County taxpayers as our state legislator.

Terry’s speaking abil-ity and academic accom-plishments provide him the communication skills required to be the voice for all T-County.

Republicans, Demo-crats, farmers, bankers, merchants, single-parent households, truckers, construction workers, and especially the unem-ployed will be adequate-ly represented by Terry Mullins.

There will be no “spe-cial interest”group that determines his final deci-sions.

And along with all these attributes, he is in favor of, and will work toward term limits to help eliminate lifetime

careers in politics. We feel Terry is the

most qualified candidate and we ask you to join us and vote for Terry Mull-ins for State Representa-tive, District 81.

At this time of econom-ic uncertainty and lack of jobs our county needs a real leader in the Tennes-see House of Represen-tatives - Terry Mullins is such a leader.

Dr. Jessie Cannon

HARDINContinued from A4

Class of 1972 40th Reunion

October 20,2012

Contact:Mike Travis at 870-278-9367 or

[email protected] [email protected]

For more information.


www.covingtonleader.comObituaries

The Community Calen-dar is a free service offered by The Leader. We make every effort to include all submis-sions for this section, how-ever these items are printed as space becomes available. To guarantee your event to be in the paper would re-quire paid advertising. A complete list appears in the Community Events section on our web site, www.cov-ingtonleader.com

July 17-18AARP Driver Safety

Course will be offered July 17-18, at Tennessee Technology Center, 1600 Hwy 51 South, in Cov-ington. The cost of the course is $12 for AARP Members, $14 for non-members, and the cost to educators (during July and August only) will be $5. Class hours are 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. To reg-ister, call Jim Novotny at 476-0477.

July 19The NARFE (National

Active & Retired Fed-eral Employees) Associa-tion, Chapter 1382 meet-ing will be held at noon, Thursday, July 19 at Old Timers Restaurant in Millington. For more in-formation, call Carolyn Cribbis at 413-7123.

July 21Shiloh C.M.E. Church,

1580 Hwy 14, will pres-ent a Spring Fling and Fashion show on Satur-

day, July 21 beginning at 6 p.m. Come celebrate an evening of fashion and the latest designs.

July 31Booker T. Leigh of the

UT-Extension Office and Tipton County Master Gardeners are hosting a diagnostic clinic from 3-5:30 p.m., at Munford Park and Recreation Cen-ter at 63 College St. For more information, call Leigh at 476-0231. The clinic will also be held on Aug. 14.

Aug. 14Booker T. Leigh of the

UT-Extension Office and Tipton County Master Gardeners are hosting a diagnostic clinic from 3-5:30 p.m., at Munford Park and Recreation Cen-ter at 63 College St. For more information, call Leigh at 476-0231.

August 21- 22 An AARP Driver Safe-

ty Program class will be held on August 21 and 22 from 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the TN Technol-ogy Center, 1600 Hwy 51 South, Covington. Host-ed by Brighton Bank, please contact Vicki Smith at 476-5353 to sign up. Instructor is Jim No-votny, 476-0477.

August 25Tipton County Vet-

erans Council Pancake Breakfast will be on

Aug. 25, at Restoration Church, 60 E Main St in Munford from 7-10 a.m. For more information visit www.tiptonco.com/docs/2012_Pancake_Break-fast_Veterans.pdf

The annual Miss Tip-ton County Scholarship Pageant will be held Sat-urday, Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. in the historic Ruffin The-ater. Any young woman, age 17 through 24, who is interested in compet-ing for the title of Miss Tipton County 2013 may email Mary Gail Elam at [email protected] or Robyn Scott at [email protected] for an ap-plication. You may also find an application on the web site MissTennes-see.org. The deadline to apply for the pageant is Friday, Aug. 3. Anyone who has questions about the pageant may email Mary Gail Elam.

September 14-16Munford High School

Class of 1992 20-year re-union September 14-16. For more info visit http://www.classquest.com.

October 20The class of 1992 20-

year reunion is getting close! Classmates, save the date of October 20 and find us on Facebook under “CHS Class of 92” for details. If Facebook isn’t your thing, email us at [email protected] so we will have a way to contact you.

On-going eventsHouse of Hope hosts

AL-ANON meetings at 1425 Munford-Drum-monds Rd. every Satur-day from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and each Tues-day (book study) from 7 – 8 p.m. For more in-formation contact [email protected]

Mason Police Depart-ment is looking for State Certified individuals in the Medical fields to add to the Mason volunteer First Responder Team. Volunteers will be call upon to help saves lives in Mason and surround-ed area. Volunteers will assist with traffic crashes; respond to medical emer-gencies and help conduct search and rescue mis-sions. Requirements are: must be 21yr old or old-er, pass a criminal back-ground check, posses a valid Tennessee driver license and must have a current National Regis-try License in the any of the following fields: First Responder; EMT; Para-medic; RN, etc. Please contact Mason Police De-partment 901-294-2189 or come by Mason City hall at 12157 Main Street, Ma-son

The Tipton County Animal Shelter on Hwy. 51 desperately needs cat food, paper towels and other misc. items. Call 901-837-2219 for more info.

Jennie Louise Wells VandergriftAugust 22, 1933 – July 1, 2012

Jennie Louise Wells Vandergrift, 78, of Brighton, checked out Monday, July 1 to go to her heavenly home.

A memorial service for Miss Lou-ise will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Sun-day, July 22 at the Brighton Baptist Church. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. The widow of Arnold Vandergrift,

she is survived by two sons, Jimmy (Caren) Vandergrift and Bryan Vandergrift, both of Brighton; one daughter, Vannice Crocker of Brighton; two sisters, Annie Irene Hill of Kingsport and Helen McQuiston of Brighton; three brothers, Billy Wells of Jacksonville, Fla., Whit Wells and John Earl Wells, both of Brighton; six granddaughters and 10 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Bob Wells. In accordance with Miss Louise’s wishes, her body was donated to the University of Tennessee.

The family requests that memorials be made to Brighton Baptist Church, P. O. Box 29, Brighton, TN 38011.

Friends may sign an online guestbook at www.cov-ingtonfuneralhome.com.

The Leader(Covington, Tenn.) July 12, 2012

Callie Elizabeth KercherJune 26, 1991 – July 2, 2012

Callie Elizabeth Kercher, 21, of Brighton, died Monday, July 2, 2012, in a motorcycle accident on Highway 59, in Brighton.

Callie graduated from Brighton High School and was a member of Holly Grove Cumber-land Presbyterian Church. She attended Dyersburg State College and was employed by David’s Diesel. Callie was a very loving person and was passionate about outdoor activities such as shing and hunting.

She is preceded in death by her sister, Kendall Ma-rie Kercher. Survivors are her mother, Melanie Bot-ner Dennis, step-father, John A. Dennis, father, Nor-man L. Kercher, Jr., step-mother, Catherine Kercher, sister, Lacey Merritt Kercher, brother, Norman Lee Kercher, III, step-sister, Lydia Christine and her hus-band Jeff, step- brothers, Aubry and Wesley Den-nis and grandparents, Norman and Barbara Kerch-er, Sr., Rita and Grady Coker, Candy and Gary Dennis, great-grandparents, Talmadge and Betty Dennis, and Melba Ruth Johnston, aunts and uncles, Ted and Tere-sa Botner, Jr. and Sandy and Greg Austin and Vernon and Brenda Smith, III. Callie will be missed by all.

A memorial service was held on Thursday, July 5 at Holly Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Friends may sign an online guestbook at www.coving-tonfuneralhome.com.


Laverne West JonesMarch 1, 1913 – July 4, 2012

Laverne West Jones passed away at Covington Care Nursing Home on Wednesday, July 4 after a brief ill-ness at the age of 99. She was preceded in death by her father, Conway West; her mother, Lillian Parr West; her brother, Clyde West; and two husbands, William Reece Fleming and Vance Jones.

Funeral services took place Saturday, July 7 at Ma-ley-Yarbrough Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Face of ciating. She was buried at Walton Cemetery.

She is survived by her sister, Fanny Mae King of

Jackson, Miss.; two sons, Billy Fleming of Covington and Jerry Fleming of Fort Myers, Fla.; grandchildren Elizabeth Fleming McDougal of Franklin Chris Flem-ing of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Roger Fleming of Atlan-ta, Ga. and Hunter Fleming of Gainesville, Ga.; and great-grandchildren Ryann and Knox McDougal of Franklin.

Ms. Jones was a graduate of Memphis State Uni-versity and was a retired teacher. For most of her ca-reer she taught school at the Owen School in the Oak Grove Community in Tipton County and later taught in the Memphis City School system.

She was a member of Covington First United Meth-odist Church and was a Past Worthy Matron, Mun-ford Chapter #380 Order of the Eastern Star.


Pearlie Hayes CrenshawDate of Death – July 5, 2012

Pearlie Hayes Crenshaw, daughter of the late Syl-vester and Ella B. Johnson Hayes, expired Thursday July 5, 2012 at her residence in Mason.

Visitation will take place Friday, July 13 from 1-7 p.m. (wake 6-7) at Palmer Funeral Home. Services will be Saturday at First Baptist Church Keeling at noon, burial in church cemetery all in Mason.

Her 78-year journey will always be in the hearts of her loved ones she leaves behind. Husband: Emerson Crenshaw of Mason. Eight children: William Hayes (Pearlie Mason), Charles (Gleanda) Crenshaw both of Somerville, Mary Harris of Cordova, Beverly Boone, Darlene Holt and Michael Crenshaw all of Memphis, Emerson Crenshaw, Jr., of Arlington and Curtistine (Chris) Chiozza of Bartlett. Three siblings: Shirley Green and Robert Hayes both of Saginaw, Mich., Albert Hayes of Memphis, 14 grandchildren,17 great grandchildren, 3 great-great grandchildren, a host of nieces, nephews other relative and friends. Seven sib-lings precede her in transition.


Margaret Ann Bryant GillihanDate of Death – July 7, 2012

Margaret Ann Bryant Gillihan, 77, passed away July 7, 2012 after a long illness. Visitation took place Mon-day, July 9 from 5-8 p.m. at Munford Funeral Home with services Tuesday, July 10 at 11 a.m. She was bur-ied in Helen Crigger Cemetery.

Margaret Ann was born August 31, 1934, in Cov-ington and graduated valedictorian from Byars Hall High School. She married Melvin Gillihan and they had 57 happy years together in Munford. She was a member of the Mary Bryan Book Club for more than 50 years and taught Sunday School at Munford First United Methodist Church. She also volunteered de-livering meals for the Meals on Wheels program. Her loving words of wisdom and encouragement will be greatly missed by all.

Besides being survived by her husband Melvin, Margaret Ann leaves her mother, Elizabeth Bryant and her brother Elton Bryant, both of Covington, and brother Raymond (Liz) Bryant of Jackson. She also leaves three children, all of Munford, Tab (Lisa) Gil-lihan, Mary (Mitchell) Higdon and Margaret (Dick) Youmans, eight grandchildren and six great-grand-children.

Munford Funeral Home had charge of arrange-ments.


Sandra Jean RalphDate of Death – July 7, 2012

Sandra Jean Ralph, 69, of Atoka, died on Saturday, July 7, 2012 at Covington Care Center. She was a member of Atoka Presbyterian Church.

Funeral services were conducted on Monday, July 9 at Munford Funeral Chapel. She was buried at R.H. Munford Cemetery.

Ms. Ralph leaves behind sisters Kim Miller and Al-lison Harrison, brother Kevin Gragg, two nieces, three nephews and one great-niece.

Memorials may be made to Covington Care Cen-ter.


BACK TO SCHOOL FESTIVALThe Tipton County Community Advisory Board (CAB), United Health Care and Tennessee Vol-

unteer State Health Plan Group will be sponsor-ing a free Back To School Festival at Covington High School from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on July 13. The CAB will also be assisting United Health

Care and Tennessee Volunteer State Health Plan Group with distributing free school supplies and

food to all school-age children (kindergarten through 12th grade). All children must be pres-ent and accompanied by an adult to receive the

free school supplies.

For additional information concerning this free event, please contact JB Owens-Leverette, CAB President, at 901-475-1282 or Diane Wynn, CAB Vice President, 901-476-2364 or Barbara Bond, Resource Linkage Coordinator, DCS, 731-421-

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Seeking and Saving the Lost

Seminar will take place at:The Gilt Edge Church of Christ10726 Highway 59W, Burlison, TN 38015

901-476-8482

July 15th-20thSunday10:00 A.M. “The Need and Where I Am”11:00 A.M. “Our Great Example”6:00 P.M. “You’ve Got to Start Somewhere”

7:30 Each WeekdayMonday “Cold is Cold!”Tuesday “Let’s Get Practical”Wednesday “Tools in the Toolbox”Thursday “There’s More Than One Way to Skin a Cat”Friday “Closing the Backdoor”



YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR EVENTS

Tipton County Commission on Aging

events sponsored by

Jim Baddour III, DDS and StaffTCCA and the Covington Senior Center are seeking volunteers for upcoming programs. We are currently seeking volunteers for jewelry making and kiln fired ceramics. If you are interested please contact Kelly West at 901-476-1068.

Just for FunCreative Aging- On Friday, July 13 at 10 a.m. in the Din-ing Hall of the CSC, Creative Aging presents The Beverly Brothers.

Craft Club- The craft club meets this month on Monday, July 23 at 10 a.m. in the dining hall of the CSC.

Book Club -The TCCA Book Club holds a light discussion about various books or articles each month. Facilitator, Mrs. Charlene Mashburn will be in the craft room of the CSC on Monday, July 16 at 10 a.m.

Bible Study- NEW DAY FOR THIS MONTH ONLY-This month Bible Study will be held at the CSC on Tuesday mornings at 10 a.m. This non-denominational class is open to all. The facilitator this month is Mr. Chris Dow-ell.

Bending Needles Quilting Club - Experienced hand stitch quilters are welcome to join the club. The quilters meet each Thursday and Friday morning from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the craft room.

Bingo - Bingo will be held in the dining hall of the CSC on Friday, Jul. 20 and 27 beginning at 10 a.m. each day.

Microwave Cooking - Join Kelly in the craft room of the CSC on Monday, July 30 at 10 a.m. for some deliciously simple recipes you can prepare in your microwave.

Lunch Trip -The CSC will be taking a lunch trip to the Covington KFC on Wednesday, July 11. Vans will leave the center at 11a.m. and return at 12:30 p.m.

Wii Games - Wii is back! Join Kelly in the dining hall of the CSC on Thursday, July 12 and 26 at 9 a.m. for Wii video games.

Tipton County Public Library -The TCPL will be presenting special programs at the CSC on Thursday, July 12 and 19 at 10 a.m. Thursday July 12 – Fur Box: Animals of Tennes-see, July 19- Puppet Show and Storytelling.

To Your HealthHealth Screenings - Covington Manor will be testing blood sugar and blood pressure in the dining hall of the CSC at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, July 11. Ms. Cindy from Baptist Home Health will be here on Wednesday, July 18 at 9 a.m. to test blood pressure. Covington Care will be in the din-ing hall of the CSC on Wednesday, July 25 at 9:40 a.m. to check blood pressure. TCCA has partnered with local healthcare providers to offer this service. The healthcare agencies volunteer for these clinics free of charge and oc-casionally they are called away to emergencies so please understand if/when they are unable to come. Clinics are also available at Garland and Munford Senior Centers.

Get Fit, Stay Fit - Join other seniors every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9:15 a.m. at the CSC for 45 min-utes of great stretching and strengthening exercises. This is just right for everyone 55 and older.

Tap Dance Class - Kay Catterton, our volunteer instructor always welcomes new students. The tap class meets on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. in the TCCA dance room. The cost is $3 a class.

Line Dance Class - Classes meet every Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in the TCCA dance room and at the Munford Senior Center every Monday at 9 a.m. Contributions are wel-comed at both sites. Mrs. Juanita Joyner is the instructor.

Ballroom Dancing - Ballroom Dancing classes are every Wednesday at 12 p.m. in the TCCA dance room. Rich-ard Bishop is the instructor and the cost is $8 per class. Singles and couples are welcomed!

Caregiver Programs“Helen’s House” Adult Day/ Respite Service - Helen’s House currently has openings offering a great opportunity for those with some degree of memory loss or dementia to have a safe and therapeutic experience while their fam-ily caregivers enjoy a time for personal business or other activities. Helen’s House is licensed by the State of Ten-nessee. Helen’s House is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please call Anita for more information or to receive a registration packet.

Caregiver Wellness/Support Groups meet across Tipton County…All shared information is confidential - “what is said here, stays here”- Meal contributions are requested and transportation is available on a limited basis.

• South Tipton Caregiver Wellness Group - This group meets the second Tuesday of the month at Munford Pres-byterian Church Fellowship Hall from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

• “…For Men Only” Caregiver Wellness Group- This group meet the second Monday of the month at TCCA meeting room from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The facilitator is Mr. Russell Lindsay.

• Lunch Bunch Caregiver Wellness Group- This group meet the third Tuesday of the month at TCCA meeting room from 12:30 to 2 p.m. The facilitator is Mrs. Darlene Hopper Spaulding.

• TCCA Breast Health Wellness Group- Please join Sue Wheeler on the second Monday of the month at Coving-ton Senior Center dining room from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Tipton County Commission on Aging 401 S. College, P.O. Box 631

Covington, TN 38019 901-476-3333/901-476-3398- Fax

Covington Senior Center Kelly West 476-1068

Helen’s House - Anita Feuring 476-1068 www.tiptonaging.org

Winfrey, Hale families unite

Tikita Winfrey of Covington became the bride of Byron Hale, Sr. of Covington on Saturday, May 12, 2012 in a ceremony officiated by the Reverend James D. Dowell, Jr. and attended by a host of family and friends at The Balcony in Munford at three o’clock in the afternoon.

The bride is the daughter of the late Chester and Jeanette Winfrey. The groom is the son of Mr. J.W. Hale of Ala. and Mr. Walter and Veronica Wright of Covington.

The bride was given in marriage by her uncle, Mr. Tyrone Burton. She wore a stunning white corset wedding dress with delicate beading throughout the bodice. A full-length tulle and beaded appliquéed veil was held in place by a beautiful diamond and crystal tiara. The bride carried a bouquet of while lilies.

Nikita Winfrey, Misty Winfrey and Kimberly Hodge served as the maids of honor. The bridesmaids were Conswalla Draine, Roma Currie, Shauntay Dowell, Cassandra Taylor, Lori Currie, LaKesha Tipton, Tina Stowers, Wendy Currie, Charlotte Tipton, CorSandra Dowell, Janetta Currie and Taletha Burton. Junior bridemaids were Lonya Taylor and Kyania Hale. Daughters of the bride and groom, Tyliyah Winfrey and Danyale Hale, were the flower girls, along with Camille Commage, Mariah Currie, Shania Williams, Cortashia Flowers, Cormareanna Winfrey and Cor-breya Dowell. The groom’s son, Byron Hale, Jr. served as the ring bearer.

Tyrell Pierre served as the best man. Cameron Com-mage, Calvin Currie, Sr., Billy Grandberry, Reginald Hale, Eric Winfrey, Ramar Winfrey, Thazer Currie, Jr., Terrian Tipton, Kevin Hale, Charles Brown, Jr., Mi-cheal Jackson served as the groomsmen. Tyrone Smith, Jr. and Robert Barbee, Jr. were the junior groomsmen.

Honored guest was the bride’s grandfather, Rast Currie, Sr. of Covington.

The reception was held at The Balcony where guests enjoyed music by Mr. John Hankins and a white and sage colored, three-tiered waterfall wedding cake.

Mrs. Stephanie Young was the wedding coordina-tor, Travis Malone the photographer and Christopher Sherfield catered the event.

After a two-week honeymoon in Las Vagas, Ne-vada, the couple will make their home in Covington.

By DEREK E. BALTIMORESenior Consulting Financial Group, Inc.

Last Thursday, the Supreme Court of the United States of America ruled in favor of the President's signature piece of leg-islation; the Affordable Care Act – aka Obamacare. When the rul-ing finally came down, people of both sides of the isle were scrambling to "spin" each side's perspective as they attempt to better them-selves and their respective parties in anticipation of the November elections.

In discerning all of the information published in the newspapers and web sites over the past week, it is easy to see that we live in a sharply divided, political nation adrift at sea, with no wind or even operable sails should a gust appear out of nowhere. Many will say that the call to action of the presumptive Republican nominee to repeal the law as the first act of his presumed admin-istration is the right call. Still oth-

ers will say it is clearly a victory for President Obama; and a much needed and necessary change to the spiraling health care train wreck that is currently and pres-ently in force and all around us. Others will say that the impact of government controls and regulation are reminiscent to authoritarian governments, too far-reaching into our lives as citi-

zens in a democratic society – impos-ing actions into the freedom that would have our founding fathers spinning in their graves – as simply an attempt to quell the bleeding of a system that is

"too broke to fix." In Chief Justice John

Roberts opinion, he wrote, "The court's job is not to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices." What he could have meant: the chief jus-

tice's job is to get the court out oft he way while the politic still remains suspended between rec-ognizing the unsustainability of the current welfare model and deciding what to do about it.

Reality could not have instruct-ed the President more plainly. The last thing we needed, with our country staggering with debt and an already unaffordable en-titlement structure is yet another entitlement – a Rube Goldberg one no less! The last thing we needed was Obamacare. The nation and the times were ask-ing Mr. Obama to reform health care, not to double down on ev-erything wrong with the current system.

As noted from a Wall Street Journal opinion piece by Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., even with this week's court success, he failed. It is not as if there wasn't a deep well of policy understanding that he could have drawn on to take the country in a better direc-tion. Regardless of the Supreme Court ruling, reality will pass its own judgement of the Affordable Care Act –and it likely will not be favorable. God willing.

SENIOR FOCUSDEREK E. BALTIMORE

Suspreme Court ACA decision 2012: The "end all" or the means to an end?

The annual Miss Tipton County Scholarship P a g e a n t will be held Saturday, Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. in the historic Ruffin The-ater. Any young woman, age 17 through 24, who is interested in compet-ing for the title of Miss Tipton County 2013 may email Mary Gail Elam at [email protected] or Robyn Scott at rmf79@

hotmail.com for an applica-

tion. You may also find an applica-

t i o n on the web site MissTennessee.org. The deadline to ap-ply for the pageant is Fri-day, August 3. Anyone who has questions about the pageant may email Mary Gail Elam.

The following are marriage li-censes for the month of May 2012 and were recorded in the county clerk office of Mary Gaither.

Allen, Kevin Joseph and Heather Nicole Roberts of Munford

Jeffrey Lynn Alsbrook, Jr. and Brandee Rachelle Lee Swords of Drummonds

Blake Cahill Betterton and Cara Markee Bellora of Mil-lington

Stoney Ray Burns and Sha-ron Key Porter Edwards of Henning

John Joseph Butt and Amanda Leigh Beasley Jack-son of Cordova

Jason Andrew Coats and Stephanie Renee Champion Wilson of Brighton

Jewell Dwayne Cochran and Christina Nicole Sellers of Munford

Jordan Elliot Collins and Tarka Lashae Mitchell of Memphis

William Brian Cooper and Candice Lee Gibson Wright of Brighton

Michael Lee Cornelius and Deborah Danielle Swann of Millington

Darryl Craig and Roslyn Yvette Johnson of Covington

John Edward Curry and Leasa Anne Carson Miller of Covington

Jessie Everett Dungan and Chasidy Lynn Laxton Mor-rick of Stanton

John Henry Erb, Jr. and Kathleen Nicole Coleman Null of Brighton

Thad Phillip Fletcher and Lora Jean Pinner of Munford

Teddrick Lovett Flowers and Laquisha Reunta Smith of Memphis

Henry Lee Forbess and Debbie Diane Young Black-burn of Drummonds

Darrell Matthew Franks and Nikole Elizabeth Korte-bein of Louisiana

Adam Bradfor Gilliland and Lauren Nicole Gam of

MunfordOliver Lee Grose, Jr. and

Tameka Lashae Steele of Atoka

Bryon Damon Hale and Tikita Natasha Winfrey of Covington

Franklin Wayne Haley, Jr. and Stella Louise Meade Bea-sley of Covington

Eric Duane Hallford and Maria Renee McCollum Sut-phin of Munford

Caleb Nathaniel Holling-sworth of Heather Michelle Morton of Cordova

Lawrence Terrill Jones and Erica Nicole Wakefield of Covington

David Lee Kane and Heath-er Faye Nichols Lippincott of Brighton

Allen Vaughn Lewis and Beverly Dianne Higginboth-am Whitecotton of Drum-monds

Daniel Ray Long and Lisa Marie Lavallee of Munford

Josh Daniel McConnie and Sarah Nicole Knight of Ma-son

Terry Joe McDougall and Madonna Lynn Varanelli of Millington

Eric Tyrone McMahan and Charla Dequan Johnson of Drummonds

Bryant Edward Miller and Kristina Michelle Tillery of Atoka

Jason Wayne Moore and Tiffany Louise Baker Crunk of Munford

John Alexander Ozment and Nelda Ann Turnbo of Memphis

Johnny Joe Pilkington, Jr. and Kellie Lee Spencer Moore of Covington

Michael Allen Poole and Abagail Hutcherson Morris of Covington

Bryon Walter Rahilly, Jr. and Jennifer Lee Walker Hutchinson of Atoka

Zachary Ty Robinson and Alexandra Marie Stubbs of Atoka

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Welcome Back Burlison! Well, to take and modify a quote from a famous writer, I’d like to say this, “The rumors of my de-mise have been greatly exaggerated.” I know it’s been three weeks since I’ve been able to write, however, I AM still here. I want to thank those of you who have asked me about the column and if I was still writing. It let me know that there actu-ally IS someone out there reading it.

So where have I been? Well, I made the decision (I sometimes feel like it was the wrong one) to go back to school. I went to school and received my Paramedic diploma back in 2000, which is just about equivalent to an Associates Degree. How-ever, I had been wanting my Bachelor’s Degree ever since. Back in March and April it appeared that opportunity had finally opened up. So, I began a weekly trek over to Jack-son to spend some time at Union University working towards my degree. Let’s just say that college is a great deal more difficult when you’re 42 than 18. Trying to juggle family, work, church, and school as well as other things like writing a weekly column hasn’t been easy. And to put it simply, things get dropped.

I have really struggled with not being able to write this column as I enjoy finding out what’s going on in Burlison and sharing it with oth-ers. However, after prior-itizing everything I had to do, something had to give. But that really did bother me. Many of you know that I am a pastor and as such, I always try to ap-ply God’s wisdom to life (not as successfully as I’d

like, though). I was actu-ally encouraged by a short scripture in Philippians, chapter 3, which reads, “I can do all things through Christ who strength-ens me.” Unfortunately, what jumped out at me most was the “I can do all things…” portion of that, as though I am supposed to do it all. I realized that verse is saying that I can do anything that I need to do and shouldn’t place unrealistic expectations to do everything, and by everything I mean the things I need to do as well as those things that aren’t being done by others.

I know most of us are busier than ants at a pic-nic, but sometimes we do it to ourselves. I’ve definitely learned here re-cently that it’s important to prioritize what needs to be done, attend to the most important things first and then get to the things you’d like to do later. Sure, you might not get to do what you WANT to do, but that’s just part of being an adult.

Well, with all that said the news in Burlison is… well I haven’t received too much, actually. Burli-son has been ticking along much like the rest of the

county, hot and dry. We’re trying not to pass out from the heat and praying for rain. If you have any news, birthdays, anniver-saries, prayer requests or anything else on your mind, I’d sure like to hear from you. Send me an e-mail to [email protected] or call me at (901) 569-1090. Until next week, take care.


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By RUSSELL B. BAILEYTipton County Historian

With his army evacuat-ing Corinth, Gen. G. T. Beauregard ordered the withdrawal of Confed-erate forces from Fort Pillow and Randolph on May 28, 1862. The first to leave the fort were the Pointe Coupee Louisiana Artillery on the 31st.

During the first week of June, the bombard-ment of Fort Pillow con-tinued. On the 2d, the 1st Tennessee Heavy Artil-lery were ordered to the river defenses at Vicks-burg. Captain H. J. Maley of Covington, resigned as commander of Co. C. Two thirds of his men re-fused to go. Most of them went to their homes and later joined companies of the 7th and 12th Tennes-see Cavalry. The next day the artillerymen boarded the steamer Golden Age at Fulton, bound for Vicksburg.

On the 2d, more than 800 soldiers of the 12th Louisiana Infantry, the largest and best-armed regiment of the com-mand, was ordered to evacuate Camp Green (8 miles east of Fort Pil-low) and the picket post 8 miles east of the Camp. They were ordered to cross the Hatchie on a pontoon bridge march-ing overland to Ran-

dolph, some of the troops via Covington. Farmer’s wagons were pressed into the service to haul bag-gage and supplies. Hav-ing rained for three days, the soldiers marched in six inches of mud every step of the way. One of-ficer wrote that his feet were solid blisters. The next day the Louisiana soldiers boarded a river steamer at Randolph en route to Grenada.

A skirmish near Coal Creek between rebel and federal scouting parties resulted in the death of a Confederate officer on June 3. Seven Southern sailors were captured when they went ashore to a plantation to get ice. The gunboats exchanged shots as well. Follow-ing this engagement, the Confederate rams at Fulton were loaded with commissary stores and ammunition with the help of Gen. Jeff Thomp-son’s Missouri Marines.

C. W. Read, an officer of the regular Confed-erate navy stationed at Richardson’s Landing wrote, “As soon as Com-mander (Robert) Pinkney heard of the evacuation, he hurried away (from Ran-dolph), leaving everything standing—the executive officer of the General Polk, Lieutenant Stone, disobeyed orders, and saved two guns. The gun-boats left Ran-

dolph twenty-four hours before the last transport got away from Fort Pillow. The gun-boats “Maurapas” and “Pontchartrain” had already been sent up White river…I had been in com-mand of the battery below Randolph but a few days, when I received orders to dismount my guns and ship them up White river to Lieutenant Fry. I was then sent to Vicksburg to recruit men for Pinkney’s boats."

Colonel W. H. Jack-son’s Tennessee Cavalry was ordered to cover the withdrawal of the Fort Pillow garrison and to burn all cotton subject to capture. From May 22-29, Lt. John T. Douglas com-manding 24 men of Cap-tain Lafayette Hill’s Co. I, from Covington, was at Camp Green. Tipton’s other cavalry companies, Captain John U. Green’s Co. B. and Captain Sam-uel T. Taylor’s Co. K, were at Jackson drawing rations for their horses. On May 30, the troopers passed through Nut Bush on their way to Ripley.

Jackson’s Cavalry did not arrive at Pillow until late on June 3 where they found Gen. Villepigue with less than a hundred men who were in the process of destroying the military and commissary stores that could not be hauled away.

Hi everyone, I’m sure a few people have a big smile on their face from what rain was received in Tipton County. However, we out here at Almyra only got a sprinkle here and there. I do think the grass looks a “little” greener. I’ve learned to not pay a lot of attention to the weather predic-tions. I’ve heard four days of rain for over two weeks now. I know, “the Lord’s in charge,” so we need to dwell on something else I suppose.

A memorial will take place on July 22 at 1:30 p.m. at Brighton Baptist Church for Louise Van-dergrift.

As of the present time, Charlie has still not re-ceived a report on his thy-roid surgery. Thanks for the many calls and cards and your concern.

Salem Presbyterian Church

Worship is at 11 a.m. The minister is Rev. Charles Todd. Everyone always welcome.

Ladies Bible Study and Day of Prayer will be this Thursday, the 12th at 7 p.m. at the church. Joe and Lillie McDaniels will meet with the Young Marrieds

study group at 6 p.m. July 22 in their home. Happy birthdays this week go to: Hadyn Ridinger, Lydia Wright, Kenny Stewart, Brody Cope and Rebbec-ca Regen. Hope they are each the greatest!

Sharon Presbyterian

ChurchWorship is at 9 a.m.

Rev. Charles Todd is the Minister. Everyone al-ways welcome. We are al-ways so thankful for our Dunlap residents that are able to be with us. Happy birthday this week to our friend and neighbor, Mr. Thornton Fee. Hope it’s the greatest!

Covington Church of

ChristWorship is at 8:45 a.m.

and again at 11 a.m. on Sunday mornings. Brother Mike Rogers is our minis-ter and Brother Jeff Phil-lips our associate minister and youth director. Bible Study is at 10 a.m. Sun-day mornings and again at 7 p.m. on Wednesday night. Everyone always welcome. Wednesday night Summer Series speaker on Wednesday the11th was Stan Phipps. On Wednesday night the 18th our speaker will

be Doug Burleson. The Covington Youth Group is sponsoring a “Back To School Supply Drive” in conjunction with the Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse. We congratulate Jeddidiah Phillips and Aaron Stewart on receiv-ing Camper of the Week and to Chloe Dalrymple for “Most Outstanding Bible Student of the Week at West Kentucky Youth Camp. Happy birthdays this week go to Charlie Morgan Halford, Evan Nowak, Mike McLean, Eric Keith, Craig Clay, Beau Phillips and Shelly Halford. Hope they are each the greatest! Happy anniversaries go to Jason and Tyyla Boswell and J.J. and Brandy Brown. Con-gratulations and much happiness! We have sev-eral to remember on our prayer list. Please contin-ue your prayers for all of these and more.

In closing you can for-get what I said about our rain. As I sat here on the computer Monday eve-ning, we received a real live “pour down.” Please keep our country in your prayers at all times. Have a great week.

BurlisonJohn W. Werner • 569-1090• [email protected]

The Gilt Edge Church of Christ will be having its annual gospel meeting July 15-20. The speaker will be minister Robert Long of Waverly, WV. The Sunday ser-vices are at 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and at 3 p.m. The church will be having a potluck at the Burlison Community Center form 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. The church is located at 10726 Hwy. 59 W., Minister Daniel Dalton.

Southern-style pro wrestling will be at Garland Community Church on Satur-day, July 21 at 8 p.m. For more information visit [email protected] on Facebook.

Please remember those in the hospital, nursing home and those serving in the military and their families.

Until next time.

Gilt EdgeJohnny Bylue

Martha Drumwright of the Helen Tucker Adult De-velopmental Center talked about what the center does for those it serves at a re-cent meeting of the Cov-ington Lions Club. Corky Mullins (right) was the pro-gram chairman and Lowell Friend is club president.

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When the boats of the Tipton County Emergen-cy Unit (TCEU) launch on the waters of the Hatchie or the Mississippi Rivers, the volunteer personnel manning the county’s only water rescue unit are never quite sure of what they may find.

Last Wednesday, July 4th, finding a man asleep on a sandbar in the Mis-sissippi was the last thing they expected.

“When we came up on him, he was lying on the sand with cardboard over his face,” said Dexter Hartsfield, TCEU mem-ber. “We weren’t sure what was going on. Turns out he was just sleeping,” he added, laughing.

The mid-week holiday gave the unit an oppor-tunity to take to the wa-

ters as a goodwill ges-ture. With cases of water, bottles of sunscreen and lifejackets, they cruised up and down the Missis-sippi assisting boaters.

“We knew that folks would be on the wa-ter and with the high temperatures, we just wanted to make sure ev-eryone was okay,” said Hartsfield. “We’re trying to let people know that we’re here to help; we’re not just a body recovery unit.”

The gentleman they found was David L. Vanini, a native San Fran-

ciscan, who decided to paddle down the mighty Mississippi in honor of his 64th birthday.

“I’m having the adven-ture I conceived years ago,” Vanini explained to this reporter when he was located, once again on a sandbar the follow-ing night. “I’d always thought of doing a long river trip with my row-boat. When I was living in Europe, I had the idea I wanted to float down the Danube to the Black Sea … then, I thought about the Rhine but never got around to it. A couple of years ago the idea resur-faced and so I thought, why not the Mississippi? It’s in a country whose language I know and the Mississippi is even big-ger than the Danube and the Rhine and the weath-er would probably even be better.”

Vanini, who currently lives in Satuma, Fla., embarked on his adven-ture on May 17, his 64th birthday, launching his cypress-wood rowboat in St. Paul, Minn.

“I had planned to make the trip for my 63rd birthday in May 2011, but there was a lot of flood-ing last year, so I wisely deferred the matter to the next year. I decided to launch on my birthday for dramatic effect,” he added, laughing. “Here you have a man on his last year before he be-comes a senior citizen in search of the fountain

of youth in a boat aptly named Ponce de Leon.”

His best friend, Johnny Smith, nephew of famed boat builder, Myron Warr, built his boat out of cypress logs, which had been submerged in Dunn’s Creek, a tribu-tary of the St. John’s Riv-er system in Florida for more than 70 years.

“The Ponce de Leon is a Florida flat-bottom creek boat built by my friend,” he said, proudly. “It’s basically a Warr design. That wood was felled in the 1930s and had been sitting in the water for decades. Johnny built it custom for me, curving up the bow and transom so not much of boat rests in the water. It makes it a very fast boat for turn-ing.”

He said he has been averaging about 30 miles a day, rowing along side

the bank of the Missis-sippi, stopping at night to pitch his tent on a sandbar and to have a hot meal if he finds drift-wood.

“At first I was like, ‘Oh, God, I rowed 31 miles to-day, I’m hungry as hell and I have to pitch a tent… maybe I’m not go-ing to do it tonight,’ but then, something recharg-es me and I continue on,” he said. “Now, it’s second nature. I’ve rowed over a thousand miles since I launched and I figure I have about 640 miles un-til I hit New Orleans. ”

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adventure alone but said he doesn’t mind the self-imposed solitary life.

“I’ve met people, con-versed with them but I haven’t had a roof over my head since May 17,” he said, smiling. “But I’ve always had a penance for being alone. I don’t really mind it. When I started I said to myself, ‘Do I need to go with anybody; I don’t think, I’ve rowed in much tougher water.’”

Vanini, a published au-thor, explained he was a world traveler and was known for doing things out of the ordinary, spending 11 years farm-ing organically in Ireland and living in Norway for many years. He also speaks Norwegian, Ger-man, Italian, French and Spanish.

“I have been to 47 coun-ties and I have various places in the world that I love and I guess I will be missing them all on my death bed except for one if I happen to be in it,” he said. “I was a bit of a reb-el growing up. Not doing anything authority told me to do, hating school, non-conforming and I’m still doing it. Of all the guys I went to school with, they are doing nothing… sitting in their living rooms, getting drunk every afternoon and the only exercise they are getting is switch-ing channels with the re-mote control. They’re the type of people who get stuck in a rut needing to conform. Now, they are confirming to themselves that when you get to a certain age, you can’t do anything anymore and for me that’s insanity. I want to be with people in their 20s and 30s who are looking forward to living, not with people who say, ‘well, in my day’ and al-ways looking backwards. I don’t normally hang around with people my own age because I think most of them are dead,”

he said laughing.Vanini is not sure

where his trip will end, but that New Orleans is a possibility, explaining he may stop when he runs out of food.

“I have about 32 more days of food left, so per-haps when that runs out I’ll stop but I have no end destination right now. I just take it day-by-day.”

Vanini revealed he is writing a book based on his experiences and when he finally stops will head back to San Francisco to see his 80-year-old moth-er.

“I may call the book ‘The Latter Day Voyage of the Ponce de Leon,’ but I’m not sure yet. It’s a working title and a bit long!” he added, laugh-ing. “But my mother is not doing well so I’ll spend some time with her before I finish the book. After that, I was think-ing of driving to New York in April and taking a ship back to Norway to live for a bit. Norway is the land that I love more than any on the earth. It’s an absolutely beautiful country. ”


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Charleston Volunteer Fire Department is holding an auction, Saturday, July 14, at 6 p.m. at the Charleston Volunteer Fire Department (at the corner of Hwy 179 and Davis Rd.)

There will be a live auction, a silent auction, and raffle drawings. Several items including a 20 gauge shotgun, .17 caliber rifle, wildlife hunts, sporting goods, automotive, tools, crafts, haircuts, home decor, cakes, pet products, and much, much more will be auctioned off.

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Goodwill gesture finds modern day Tom Sawyer

David Vanini poses with his boat, the Ponce de Leon, which he is rowing down the Mississippi Riv-er. He left St. Paul, Minn. on May 17 and was located on the river in Tipton County on July 4. Photo by Sherri Onorati

Dale Burse shows David Vanini some of the emergency supplies the Tipton County Emergency Unit brought for his use for the rest of his almost three-month journey. Photo by Sherri Onorati

Members of the Tipton County Emergency Unit who found David Vanini on the Mississippi River are from left to right, Dale Burse, Vanini, David Womack, Dexter Hartsfi eld, Julie Hartsfi eld, Mike Buchanan and Dustin Kemp. Photo by Sherri Onorati



Members of the Munford High School football team go through workouts Tuesday morning in helmets and shorts. The fi rst offi cial day of practice was Monday and area teams including Covington, Brighton and Tipton-Rosemark all took advantage of slightly cooler weather to get some work in. July 30 is the fi rst day teams can begin to practice in pads. The season begins Aug. 24. Photos by Jeff Ireland

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Sports HappeningsBrighton soccer registration

Registration for Brighton AYSO Fall Soccer will be held July 14 from 10 a.m. to noon and July 10 from 6-8 p.m. at Old Brighton High School. Boys and girls ages 4-18 are eli-gible and the cost is $65. For more information, call Patti at 474-2423, or e-mail [email protected].

Fall soccer sign-upsMunford Parks and Recreation fall soccer sign-ups are

July 9-27. The cost for boys and girls ages 3-17 is $68. Prac-tices start the week of Aug. 13. Practices will be once a week. Games start Sept. 1 and go through the end of October on Satrudays. Payment plans are available. Log on to www.

munford.com to register, or visit the rec center.

Baseball campA baseball camp in Munford is being held July 16-19 from

6-8 p.m. at Centennial Park. The deadline to register is July 13. The cost is $35 for ages 5-12.

Football sign-upsThe Brighton Cardinals, a new youth football league, is

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A brand new football league has formed giving kids in Tipton County another option to compete and stay ac-tive.

West Tennessee Youth Football was organized a few months ago and in-cludes two teams in Jackson, one in Haywood County, one in Memphis, six in East Arkansas and one in Brighton.

Sign-ups for the local team will be every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Brighton High School parking lot for ages 6-12. There will also be sign-ups for cheerleaders.

“Our goal is to increase the level of competition in this county,” said Natasha Gray, the organization's area director. “We want to give more chil-dren the chance to play football and cheerleading.”

Gray said there are plans to add more teams this season and to eventu-ally branch out into other sports and other areas in Tipton County and West Tennessee.

Games will be played at Brighton High School and 10 players signed up last week.

“We are here to teach teamwork, spirit of competition and values of hard work,” Gray said. “We want to keep kids out of trouble, to get them moving and to help them with any social skills, like interaction they nor-mally won't get.”

The fees are $301 for football, which includes uniform and equipment, and $229 for cheerleaders. Sign-ups will run through the end of August.

“It's not about winning,” Gray said. “It's about the kids enjoying them-selves and having fun. That's what sports is all about.”

For more information, call 687-1579 or e-mail [email protected].

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Wes Cramer is a fellow that I met last year at the Sequecentennial at Fort Wright, Randolph, Tenn.

He and I visited the powder maga-zine that was built by the Confeder-ate Army (CSA) to supplement the batteries at Fort Pillow. Since the magazine was ba-sically a man-built cave, we could not see a lot. We went to Wes’s house to get some flash lights to help us explore the magazine. It was then that I discovered that Wes Cramer was both an artist and a master crafts-man.

He had built a 16-foot canoe out of redwood,

purple heartwood (from Africa), ambrosia, maple, and ash for the stern and yoke. The gunnels (sides)

of the canoe are made from white oak , the seats are ma-hogany, some from South America and some from Af-rica.

He has to get these varieties of wood from the Woodwork Shop in Bartlett at 8500 Wolf Lake Dr., 901-755-7355.

Stems are made from ash and made in four pieces (two inner and two outer at each end of the canoe). These stems must be steamed to be formed,

and once heated it must be formed in a minute or less to avoid cracking. If it cracks you would have to discard that stem and start over.

The canoe is reinforced inside and outside with fiberglass matte and clear epoxy resin. It is hand- sanded down up to 12 times during the course of construction. The seats are traditional woven cane.

In the 16-footer that Wes has there are two seats. Remember, the front seat in the canoe is designed to allow the paddler to paddle from the seat or from a kneel-ing position, whereas the rear seat is located more to the rear in the tradi-

tional fashion.All the wood strips

have to have a bead (¾ inch by ¼ inch by 16 feet on a 16-foot canoe). The strips are interlocked by bead and cove joints which includes the entire length of the canoe for strength and stability.

All the interior and exterior wood is left in its natural color and the color is enhanced after Wes applies the fiber glass resin. It also helps maintain the vividness of the colors. After the resin applies and dries, it must be sanded two to three times until you have the boat completely smooth.

To protect the natural vivid colors of the wood you spray on gloss spar

varnish to maintain ulti-mate UV protection and marine durability.

Now, if you would like to own or see the canoe he has on display throughout the county or at his home at 1314 Glen Springs Road in Drummonds, it's right down the road from Glen Springs Lake.

Wes can only build two or three canoes a year in sizes 14 x 20. If you would like to place an or-der, he can be reached at 901-835-5279.

The canoe can prob-

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The Munford High School soc-cer teams have once again received the TSSAA Outstanding Award for academics, the highest award for GPA from the Tennessee Second-ary School Athletic Association.

The boys team posted a 3.33 GPA, while the girls were just be-hind them with a 3.32.

“All of the players have worked very hard this season to improve on the field, but they know that the classroom is also very important,” said Kyle Selby, who coaches both

teams. This is the third straight year

that the girls have received the outstanding award and the first for the boys.

The boys have received the ex-cellent award the past two season for a GPA above a 3.00.

Along with this team award the following student athletes received TSSAA award for individuals with a GPA of a 3.5 or above in the se-mester while playing a sport: Lau-ren Agcanas, Shelby Bampfield and Alex Selby, all with a 4.0. Me-gan Benoit, Abby Drexler, Maggie Billings, Maggie Johnson, Hannah

Montgomery and Aileen Brow-er also received the individual award.

The following boys received the individual GPA award: Zach Kurtzman (4.0), Robby Roach (4.0), Alex Cherry, Erik Furseth, Gunner Glass, Troy Moyer and Fredrik So-rum.

“We would like to thank the parents, teachers and administra-tion for the support of all of these young men and women through-out the 2011-12 school year,” Selby said.

Making the gradeMHS soccer teams excel in the classroom

Stephen Tynes, left, director of schools at Tipton Christian Academy, was a recent guest speaker at the Coving-ton Exchange Club. Bill Rice was the program chairman.

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Atoka - 837-6657

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BRIGHTON PHARMACY & GIFT SHOP1880 Old Hwy 51 • Brighton, TN 38011

Phone: 901-837-8981 • Fax: 901-837-8986Chuck Porter • Owner/Pharmacist

Robin Porter • Owner/Buyer

RWJ’s Home Improvements & Janitorial ServiceRoofing, Fencing, Interior & Exterior Painting, Vinyl Siding, Block Sod, Concrete Patios & Sidewalks, Lawn Services, Sheetrock Work, Finishing Work, Deck Construction, House Keeping, Holiday Decorations, Pressure Washing Patios & Gutters

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ACTS II COMMUNITY CHURCH106 Star Shopping LaneCovington, TN 38019901-475-1732

ANTIOCH M.B. CHURCH1785 Wooten StreetCovington, TN 38019901-476-5811

ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH190 Antioch RoadMunford, TN 38058901-837-9635

ASSOCIATED REFORMED PRESB81 Church AveBrighton, TN 38011901-476-7233

ATOKA U.M. CHURCH609 Atoka-Munford AveAtoka, TN 38004873-8454

ATOKA EVANGELICAL PREB 1041 Atoka Idaville RdAtoka, TN 38004837-3500

AVERY CHAPEL CME2365 Leighs Chapel RoadCovington, TN 38019901-476-2337

BEAVER BAPTIST 9344 Holly Grove RdMunford, TN 38058901-837-2904

BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH55 Andrea Dr.Munford, TN 38058837-2247

BETHEL CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN3406 Tracey RdAtoka, TN 38004837-0343

BIG HATCHIE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION1390 Hwy. 51 N Covington,TN 38019901-476-6759

BRIGHT HILL M.B. CHURCH4650 Ballard Slough Rd.P.O. Box 166 Burlison,TN 38015901-476-3227

CAMPGROUND U. M. CHURCH3183 Drummonds RoadDrummonds, TN 38023837-4629

CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH211 Main Street NCovington, TN 38019476-8782

CAREY CHAPEL AME4955 Ballard Slough RdBurlison, TN 38015475-2288

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH2010 Highway 51 SCovington, TN 38019476-4433

CALVERY BIBLE CHURCH894 Munford AveMunford, TN 38058837-8563

CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH755 Lucy Kelly Rd.Brighton, TN 38011901-475-4422

CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH400 South Maple StreetCovington, TN 38019901-476-6858

CHARLESTON BAPTIST CHURCH8642 Hwy 179Stanton, TN 38069901.476.8479 CHURCH OF CHRIST873 Hwy 51 N. (Quality Inn)Covington, TN 38019901.475.9443

CHRIST CHURCH AT CASPER CREEK6849 Center College Rd.Millington, TN 38053901.840.3637

CLOPTON U. M. CHURCH5285 Brighton Clopton RdBrighton, TN 38011901-476-5512

COLLINS CHAPEL C.M.E. CHURCH303 W. Ripley AvenueCovington, TN 38019901-476-3094 -Church House901-826-5132- Pastor

COVINGTON ASSEMBLY OF GOD1861 Hwy 51 SouthCovington, TN 38019901-476-9592

COVINGTON ASSOCIATED REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN133 W. Washington StreetCovington, TN 38019901-476-2222

CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY CHURCH 3030 Drummonds RdAtoka, TN 38004

901-840-4326

CROSSROADS COMMUNITYCHURCH AT THE NAZARENE3865 Beaver RdMunford, TN 38058901-837-2545

EBENEZER CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH70 Witherington RdMason, TN 38049901-294-2670

ELM GROVE CHURCH OF CHRIST2016 Elm Grove RdBurlison, TN 38015901-476-5440

ELM GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH1108 Elm Grove Rd.Burlison, TN 38015901-476-8799

FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH900 Simmons RdDrummonds, TN 38023901-837-2683

FELLOWSHIP BIBLE CHURCH6920 Highway 59 WBurlison, TN 38015901-476-1008

FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH1422 Old Hwy 51Brighton, TN 38011901-837-0950

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ATOKA102 Kimbrough AveAtoka, TN 38004901-313-2919

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF MUNFORD521 Giltedge Rd. Munford, TN 38058901-837-1559

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF COVINGTON211 S. Main St.Covington, TN 38019901-476-2489

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF MASON359 Hwy 70 EMason, TN 38049MasonBaptistChurch.com

FIRST BRIGHTON BAPTIST CHURCH132 East Woodlawn Ave.Brighton, TN 38011476-6180

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF COVINGTON403 S. Main St. Covington, TN 38019901-476-2434

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH145 West Church AveCovington, TN 38019901-476-9694

GARLAND BAPTIST CHURCH1756 Garland Dr.Covington, TN 38019901-476-9691

GARLAND UNITED METHODIST1613 Garland DriveCovington, TN 38058901-476-9334

GATEWAY BAPTIST CHURCH1915 Rosemark RdAtoka, TN 38004901-837-8087

GETHSEMANE BAPTIST CHURCH2256 Mt. Lebanon RoadCovington, TN 38019901-475-1356

GRACE TEMPLE APOSTOLIC CHURCH8923 Mt Carmel RdCovington, TN 38019901-475-1008

GREAT EXPECTATIONS COGIC2053 Highway 51 S.Covington, TN 38019901-476-6666

GREATER ST. JOHN MBC411 Shelton Street Covington, TN 38019901-476-4765

GRACE OUTREACH WORSHIP CENTER795 Tennessee AveCovington, TN 38019

HARVEST CENTRAL ASSEMBLY OF GOD9703 Hwy. 59 SMason, TN 38049901-294-2135

HATCHIE CHURCH OF CHRIST1372 Highway 51 NCovington, TN 38019901-476-9709

HOLLY GROVE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN4538 Holly Grove RdBrighton, TN 38011901-476-8379

HEBRON COMMUNITY CHURCHRayburn Rd. Covington, TN 38019

HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH2086 Atoka-Idaville Rd.

Atoka, TN 38004901-491-8138

HOPEWELL UNITED METHODIST3866 Munford Giltedge RdMunford, TN 38058

HOSANNA MINISTRIES13779 Hwy 51 S.Atoka, TN 38004901-840-4540

JEHOVAH'S WITNESS OF COVINGTON1150 Old Brighton RdCovington,TN 38019901-475-2110

JESUS THE WAY OUTREACH CENTER795 Tennessee DriveCovington, Tennessee 38019

KELLEY’S CHAPEL CHURCH OF GOD 692 Garland Detroit Rd.Burlison, TN 38015

LIBERTY BAPTIST2097 Holly Grove Rd. Covington, TN 38019901-476-5273

LIGHTHOUSE PRAISE TEMPLE826B HWY 51COVINGTON, TN 38019901-294-3866

LIGHTHOUSE APOSTOLIC2536 Tracy Rd.Atoka, TN 38004901-837-9138

MASON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH11733 Hwy 59Mason, TN 38049837-8308

MT. HERMAN CHURCH3492 Quito-Drummonds Road, Millington, TN 38053(901) 835-2886

MT. LEBANON ASSEMBLY7560 Hwy 51 NorthHenning, TN 38041

MT. LEBANON BAPTIST1837 Mt. Lebanon RoadCovington, TN 38019901-476-3417

MT. TIPTON CHRISTIAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHBrighton Clopton Rd.Brighton, TN 38011901-476-1165

MT. ZION CHURCH838 S. Tipton StreetCovington, TN 38019901-476-3233

MUNFORD BAPTIST CHURCH1253 Munford AveMunford, TN 38058901-837-9276

MUNFORD FIRST UNITED METHODIST 57 Tipton Rd Munford, TN 38058901-837-8881

MUNFORD PRESBYTERIAN60 East Main StreetMunford, TN 38058901-837-6721

NEW BEGINNING CHURCH1460 Atoka Idaville Rd.Atoka, TN 38004901-412-0241

NEW BEGINNINGS CHURCH2357 Wilkinsville RdDrummonds, TN 30823901-835-5683

NEW HORIZON CHURCH OF GOD1099 Hwy 51 NCovington, TN 38019901-489-0447

NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH5123 Highway 176 Covington, TN 38019901-476-0062

NEW LIFE PRESBYTERIAN CHRUCH133 Munford AveMunford, TN 38058901-837-6804

NEW SALEM UNITED METHODIST7803 Munford Gilt EdgeBurlison, TN 38015901-476-8536

OAK GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH4048 Highway 59 WCovington, TN 38019901-476-7259

PLEASANT GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH4625 Highway 59 SCovington, TN 38019901-476-7016

PLEASANT GROVE METHODIST 314 Gainesville RdCovington, TN 38019901-476-3162

POPLAR GROVE ASSEMBLY OF GOD2600 Glen Springs Rd.Drummonds, TN 38023901-835-2611

POPLAR GROVE U.M.C.228 Quito Drummonds Rd.

Drummonds, TN 38023901-835-2568

PARADISE BAPTIST CHURCH520 Simonton St.Covington, Tennessee 38019

QUITO UNITED METHODIST4580 Quito Drummonds Rd.Millington, TN 38053901-835-2318

RANDOLPH ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH1135 Randolph Rd.Burlison, TN476-8244

RAVENSCROFT EPISCOPAL CHAPEL8219 Holly Grove Rd, Brighton, TNHoly Eucharist, 1st & 3rd Morning Prayer - 2nd & 4th 8:45 a.m.837-1312

REDEEMING GRACE LUTHERAN 1496 Munford Ave.Munford, TN 38058901-831-3980

THE REFUGE749A N. Main StCovington, TN 38019901-603-3897

RIVER OF LIFE 220 Beaver RdMunford, TN 38058901-837-8781

SALEM PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH3400 Atoka-Idaville RoadAtoka, TN 38004901-837-8210

SHILOH MB CHURCH584 John Hill RdBrighton, TN 38011901-476-0081

SIMONTON ASSEMBLY OF GOD4100 Munford Gilt EdgeBrighton, TN 38011901-837-2168

SMYRNA BAPTIST CHURCH7512 Hwy 59 WBurlison, TN 38015901-476-6178

SOUTH TIPTON ASSEMBLY OF GOD538 Simmons Rd.Drummonds, TN 38023837-2140

ST. ALPHONSUS CATHOLIC CHURCH1225 Highway 51 SCovington, TN 38019901-476-8140

ST. LUKE BAPTIST CHURCH632 St. Luke Rd.Covington, TN 38019901-476-9746

ST. MARK AME CHURCH842 Tipton RoadMunford, TN 38058(901) 837-1456

ST. MATTHEW'S EPISCOPAL303 S. Munford StreetCovington, TN 38019901-476-6577

ST. MATTHEW MB CHURCH296 Mason-Charleston Rd. Stanton, TN 38069901-476-5935

ST JOHN MISSIONARY CHURCH2086 Atoka-Idaville RdAtoka, TN 38004901-837-2474

ST. JOHN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH1602 Highway 59 WestCovington, TN 38019901-4767645

ST. PAUL EPISCOPAL CHURCH2406 Hwy 70 EastMason, TN 38049901-294-2641

ST. STEPHENS M.B. CHURCH3827 Hwy 51 NorthCovington, TN 38019901-476-1559

TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH4258 Highway 179Covington901-756-1071

TEMPLE OF PRAISE8323 Richardson LandingDrummonds, TN 38023901-835-3462

TIPTON CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST470 Watson RdMunford, TN 38058901-837-8356

TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH5954 Brighton Clopton Rd.Brighton, TN 38011901-476-8889

TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH11886 Main St.Mason, TN 38049

VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH5422 Drummonds RdDrummonds, TN 38023

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Obituary Line: 476-9753 • Fax line: 476-1349

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Covington476-8614

68 Doctors DriveMunford837-0188

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Phone901-476-9525 901-476-0714

“Natural Gas is Best”First Utility DistrictF

Tipton County

Sunday School 9:00 am & 10:30 am

Sunday Worship9:00am,10:30am,6:00 pm

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Wed. Services - 6:30 pm

TV Broadcast onMillington

Cable Sunday's 10 a.m. & 9 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH5010 West Union, Millington, TN 38053

901-872-2264

Wooten Tractor Co.2031 Highway 51 South • Covington , TN 38019

Phone : 476-2631WOODSSALES & SERVICE

Steven Newman - Manager2054 Highway 51 South • P.O. Box 189

Covington, TN 38019-0189Of ce: 901-476-4936

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Tipton County Gun Trader1015 B Hwy 51 North • Covington, TN

(901)476-0607Jay Ridings Cell: 619-5991 John Evans Cell: 201-9426

RL COULSTON & SONSBuilding Supplies / Contractor

Covington, TN 476-9718

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Church bulletins, the sec-tion where we will share news briefs and church-re-lated events, will run when space is available. To submit something to this section, call Echo Day at 901-476-7116 or send an email to [email protected].

July 14All youth invited! Great-er St. John, 411 Shelton St., will have its Youth Extravaganza on Satur-day, July 14 at 6 p.m. T.J. Lewis, Pastor. For more information contact Mi-chelle Walker 476-5880.

July 15Cornerstone Assembly of God, at the junction of Mt. Carmel Rd. and Austin Peay, will have its Home-coming on July 15 with Brother Tracy Henson preaching Sunday morn-ing. The Hensons will be singing after lunch. Ev-eryone is invited.

Central Christian Church, 400 S. Maple in Covington, will host Brother Derry Gray as a guest speaker for both the morning and eve-ning services. On Jul 22, Brother Jimmy Rogers will bring the message for both morning and evening services.

July 16-20Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church of Brighton will

have their annual revival, July 16-20, beginning at 7 p.m. nightly. Our guest evangelists include: Pas-tor Darrel Wynn, Pas-tor Darrel Rozell, Pastor Ronnie Porter, Pastor Clarence Nelson, and Pastor Troy Hall. For ad-ditional information call 496-5154.

July 18-20Smith Grove Baptist Church will be hosting a three-day revival begin-ning at 7 each night. Rob-ert L. Fields is host pastor and Pastor James Powers of Cedar Grove Baptist Church in Mason will serve as the evangelist.

July 22Start the upcoming school year off right: with a blessed backpack! St. Matthew's Episcopal Church will host its sec-ond annual Blessing of the Backpacks on Sun-day, July 22 at 10:30 a.m. Everyone invited. Please bring your backpack and feel free to bring one to donate to the less fortu-nate.

VBSJuly 15-19Munford Church of Christ, 435 S.Tipton, will be hosting VBS from 7-8:30 each night. This year's theme is God's Creation – Digging for Answers. Learn God's

word, enjoy activities, crafts, games, and songs. For more information call 837-8639.

July 17-20St. Matthew M.B. Church and St. Luke M.B. Church will be hosting a Praise in the Park VBS at Frazier Park on July 17-20 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. To regis-ter, call 476-5935 or go to [email protected].

July 19-20Hopewell United Meth-odist Church, 3866 Mu-nford-Gilt Edge Road, Munford will have Vaca-tion Bible School on July 19 and July 20 from 5:30 - 8 p.m. July 21st is Fam-ily Day, children to be at church at 4:30 pm, par-ents at 5:00 p.m. Program on Sunday, July 22 at 9:30 a.m. For more informa-tion, please contact Terri Frazier 901-827-7701

July 23-25Campground UMC, 3183 Drummonds Rd., will hold Vacation Bible School from July 23 – July 25 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

August 19Crosspointe Baptist Church will hold its re-vival on Aug. 19-22. Guest Speaker: Brother Jerry Chaddick. Worship Guest: Luke Garrett. Sun-day, Aug. 19 at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 20 - Wednesday, Aug. 22 at 6:30 p.m. For more in-

formation: 901-872-4413

ON-GOINGChristian Church Sun-day school starts at 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning worship 10:45 a.m. and Sunday Evening worship at 6 p.m. Youth and adult Bible Study meets every Wednesday at 6 p.m. at 400 S. Maple Street.

Gateway Baptist Church will meet each Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. for Celebrate Recovery, a program de-signed to share experi-ence, strength, and hope in overcoming life’s hurts, hang – ups, and habits where anonym-ity is a requirement. If you have any questions, please call 901-837-8087.

Paradise Baptist Church will be hosting a free fitness program for the public every Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. at 520 Simonton St., in Cov-ington. All ages are wel-come, and the public is invited. For more de-tails, please email pastor, Minister Shelia Bryant at [email protected] or call the church at 491-7061.

Brighton ARP Church will be hosting a grief support group at 7 p.m. every third Tuesday of the month. The Church is located at 81 Church St. Brighton. 476-7233 for more information.

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By RALPH KELLEYSpecial to The Leader

Before we can even start this lesson, we must determine who this man is that is spoken of in verse six:1. He came from God.2. He was a true prophet of God.3. He was not the light.4. His mission was to bear wit-ness to the light.

To bear witness to the light was to bear witness to the coming of the Messiah. Jesus said of this man in John 5:35, “He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light“. The writer of this gospel made a difference be-tween a dim and borrowed light and the true light which lights every man coming into the world.

As the true light, the Messiah was self-revealed, independent, pre-existent and eternal. He was the perfect light, and the source of the light that was within Him was also identified with our Father.

The purpose of sending this man was that all people might believe in the Messiah, the Christ, the Anointed One. This man who was sent from God, went ahead of the Messiah to announce His coming and to prepare the people to receive Him. Because many would not believe in the coming Messiah of this message, was due to the hardening of their hearts and the prejudice on their part, and no blame was placed to the account of the herald who went before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah.

Who is this man? The coming of the true light

into the world tells us of the ap-pearance of the Messiah as the Redeemer, and also tells us of His pre-existence, and showing us that it was by His own will that He came. By His coming into this world is a reference that He “lightens every man." I do not believe we can deny that the coming of Jesus has reached and benefited, in some degree, every person who has been born since

the coming of Jesus. The greatest pity is that this light, which leads to eternal life, is available to every man, but not all will choose to accept Him.

“He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world knew Him not.”

These words are incredible in that the very Creator of the world, should set aside His total glory and powers as God, and choose to come to earth as a man, subjecting Himself to all of the inconvenienc-es and limitations of human flesh.

And then to face the stiff-necked, inflexible and rebellious refusal of His people to acknowl-edge Him when He came. I do not believe that God was taken by surprise by the refusal of man to accept the Messiah when He came. Isaiah 53:1 tells us, “Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” I believe the rep-etitious use of the word “world” shows the tragedy of mankind not knowing Jesus when He came.

Let there be 'the light'

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Musician Needed: Local churchseeking a christian, dedicated, andtalented musican. Call 496-5154 or484-0588 if interested.

PROFESSIONAL 117

FULL TIME social worker needed forthe Tipton County Carl PerkinsCenter. Bachelors degree in socialwork or related field required. Twoyears social work experiencepreferred. Send resume withreferences and salary expectation to707 South Main Street, CovingtonTn. 38019

SALES & MARKETING 120

The Leader is seeking an advertisingsales representative. Positionrequires an ability to call on businesscustomers and sell advertising. Theideal candidate will be adept atdeveloping leads, making cold calls,and working with customers to helptheir advertising message havemaximum impact. Additionally theadvertising representative will beable to grow a sales territory, workunder deadline pressure and dem-onstrate an ability to meet salesgoals. It’s a very, very fast paced jobwith daily, weekly and monthly dead-lines for a detail-oriented person witha great personality and good market-ing skills. The position includes com-petitive benefits package thatincludes access to a 401(k), threeweeks of annual paid time off, andBlue Cross/Blue Shield insurance.Hours are generally 8-5, M-F, butcould require additional work to getthe job done at busy times of themonth. Interested? Email [email protected] or faxa resume to 901-476-0373. No calls,please.

DOGS, CATS & SUPPLIES 201

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Free Puppies, 8 weeks old. 1/2 Lab,1/2 Blue Heeler. Excellent Pets. 901-476-9894.

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FORMAL GOWNS. (PROMDRESSES) 1 short (red w/-rhinestones), 2 floor length, 1-strapless black sparkle, 1 peachsparkle. Sizes 4, 6 & 10. $60 each.Call 901-832-0226.

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Safety and Environmental ManagerKomatsu America Corp., a leader in construction and mining equipment, has an immediate need for a Safety and Environmental Manager at its Parts Operations facility located in Ripley, TN. The Safety and Environmental Manager will ensure the facility is in full compliance with the required OSHA safety programs, Process Safety Management, and other Federal, State and Local regulatory programs. In addition, manage the onsite safety programs, workers compensation claims, disaster recovery training, and also ensure all policies and procedures are being followed and maintained.Position Responsibilities/Essential Functions:• Managing overall safety program for local facility• All safety training including forklift operation, safety rules Hazmat, etc.• Assisting supervisors with near misses and accident reporting• Developing and driving root cause analysis for accidents• Driving preventative countermeasures to potential accidents• Leading teams to improve workplace safety utilizing programs such as: KYT, SIP, open employee communication, etc.• Develops policies and procedures to ensure compliance with regulations and guidelines• Designs/manages safety training for all levels of employees• Maintain and manage a disaster recovery plan for the local facility• Communicate safety record and safety activities in corporate monthly safety meetings, including an annual international safety conventionExperience/Knowledge:• Bachelors of Science Degree, preferably in a Safety and Environmental eld, Master’s degree a plus• Possesses a strong sense of integrity in all aspects of how they conduct themselves.• Possesses excellent analytical and organizational skills.• Is a strong communicator; speaking, listening and writing.• Has a strong sense of professionalism and possesses strong interpersonal skills.• Must know Microsoft Ofce Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint• Must be capable of creating professional PowerPoint presentations to be used at the corporate level• Demonstrates a sense of urgency in accomplishing goals and objectives to ensure success• Demonstrates an unyielding commitment to continuous improvement• Expert knowledge/experience of OSHA and TOSHA compliance• Knowledge/experience in handling workers compensation claims• Must be able to travel internationallyAn excellent compensation and benets package, including company matching 401(k), accompany this opportunity.Interested parties may apply for the position of online: www.komatsuamerica.com.

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JOB OPENINGNorthwest Tennessee Economic Development Council’s Head Start/Early

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**Applications for this specic position will be accepted until 07/23/2012However, this program accepts employment applications on an on-going basis.

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ENGINEERING ASSISTANTSouthwest Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation is accepting applications for an Engineering Assistant. The position requires an Associates Degree in Engineering Technology or similar course of study which includes trigonometry/geometry and other technical studies or 5 years relevant utility experience in distribution design, surveying, and/or mapping. Must possess excellent organization and communication skills. Must be able to gather technical data and present effectively in a reporting format to others. Must have a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of common varieties of computer operating systems, hardware and software including Computer Aided Drafting. Must work well with others and contribute to the team environment. Work in conditioned ofce environment with some eld work required. Working extended hours through large system events will be required. Applicant is not required to live in Brownsville city limits, but within a reasonable distance, Covington, Jackson, etc. Applications will be accepted until July 25, 2012, and can be picked up at any Southwest ofce. Send application, salary history, and three references to: Mickie Webb, Vice President of Human Resources, Southwest Tennessee EMC., P. O. Box 959, Brownsville, TN 38012 or e-mail [email protected].

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JOB OPENINGThe City of Munford will be accepting applications through July 2th, 2012 for the position of

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NANNY WANTEDFull Time position available for Nanny of infant and small child to be kept in my Brighton TN home. Light housekeeping and organizational abilities a plus. Must have prior experience. References REQUIRED. Only serious inquiries. Please mail contact information and references to ATTN:NANNY P.O. BOX 402 COVINGTON TN 38019

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

SALE

STATE OF TENNESSEE, TIPTON COUNTYWHEREAS, Randy Ger-ald Reed and JoAnn Reed executed a Deed of Trust to EquiFirst Corporation, Lender and Duke N Bras-fi eld, Attorney, Trustee(s), which was dated Septem-ber 13, 2007 and recorded on September 20, 2007 in Book 1364 at Page 290, Tipton County, Tennessee Register of Deeds.WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debt(s) and obligation(s) thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the cur-rent holder of said Deed of Trust, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Compa-ny, National Association as grantor trustee of the Pro-tium Master grantor Trust, (the “Holder”), appointed the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee, by an instrument duly recorded in the Offi ce of the Register of Deeds of Tipton County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; andNOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the en-tire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Holder, and that as agent for the un-

dersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, Substitute Trustee, by virtue of the power and authority vested in it, will on July 24, 2012, at 12:00PM at the usual and customary location at the Tipton Coun-ty Courthouse, Covington, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the high-est and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Tipton County, Tennessee, to wit:Parcel ID Number: 145D-A018.00Address/Description: 686 Simmons Road, Drum-monds, TN 38023.Legal Description in Book 535, Page 145 of Convey-ance Deed, Register’s of-fi ce for Tipton County, Ten-nessee.Current Owner(s): Randy Gerald Reed and JoAnn Reed.Other Interested Party(ies): None Know.The sale of the property de-scribed above shall be sub-ject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any and all liens against said proper-ty for unpaid property taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority creat-ed by a fi xture fi ling; a deed of trust; and any matter than an accurate survey of the premises might disclose; andAll right and equity of re-demption, statutory or oth-erwise, homestead, and

dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to an-other day, time, and place certain without further publi-cation, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above.This offi ce is attempting to collect a debt. Any informa-tion obtained will be used for that purpose.Brock & Scott, PLLC, Sub-stitute Trustee M.Todd Jackson, TN BPR 23455Brock & Scott, PLLC, Sub-stitute Trusteec/o Tennessee Foreclosure Department 5431 Oleander Drive, Suite 200Wilmington, NC 28403PH: 888-251-0331 FX: (910) 392-8597File No.: 12-13450

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE

TRUSTEE’S SALE

WHEREAS, default has oc-curred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated February 3, 2009, executed by ELIZABETH M. FLORES, JOINED BY HER HUSBAND JEROME D. FLORES, conveying cer-

tain real property therein described to ARNOLD M. WEISS as same appears of record in the Register’s Offi ce of Tipton County, on February 10, 2009, as In-strument No. 125092, in Book 1426, at Page 279; and WHEREAS, the benefi cial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, Notice of the Right to Foreclose (“Notice”) was given in compliance with Tennessee law by the mailing a copy of the Notice to the parties at least sixty (60) days prior to the fi rst publication of the Substitute Trustee’s Sale. WHEREAS, the under-signed, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., having been appointed by as Sub-stitute Trustee by instrument fi led for record in the Regis-ter’s Offi ce of Tipton County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the en-tire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Substitute Trustee or its duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substi-tute Trustee will, on July 20, 2012, 11:00 AM at the Tip-ton County courthouse door where the foreclosure sales are customarily held At the

Tipton County Courthouse, Covington, TN, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following de-scribed property situated in Tipton County, Tennessee, to wit: LOT 95, SQUIRE’S GROVE, SECTION C-PHASE I, AS SHOWN ON PLAT OF RE-CORD IN PLAT CABINET D, SLIDE 104, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF TIPTON COUNTY, TEN-NESSEE, TO WHICH PLAT REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PAR-TICULAR DESCRIPTION OF SAID PROPERTY. PARCEL# 142A D095.00 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 168 WELLINGTON WAY, ATOKA, TN 38004. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal de-scription shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): ELIZABETH M. FLORES and JEROME D. FLORES OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all mat-ters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, ease-ments or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fi xture fi ling; and to any matter that an accurate sur-vey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confi rmation by the lend-er or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescind-ed at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of re-demption, statutory or oth-erwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fi tness for a par-ticular use or purpose. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Substitute Trustee 2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407 Richardson, TX 75082 Tel: (800) 281-8219 Fax: (866) 681-5002 Registered Agent: CT Cor-poration System 800 South Gay Street, Suite 2021 Knoxville, TN 37929 Tel: (865) 342-3522 TS#: 12-0032898 FEI # 1006.161759 06/28/2012, 07/05/2012, 07/12/2012

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE

TRUSTEE’S SALE

WHEREAS, default has oc-curred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated March 20, 2008, exe-cuted by JOHN J WHEEL-ER, AND GRETCHEN K WHEELER, HUSBAND AND WIFE, conveying cer-tain real property therein described to ROBERT M WILSON, JR as same appears of record in the Register’s Offi ce of Tipton County, on March 24, 2008, as Instrument No. 115146, in Book 1388, at Page 467; and WHEREAS, the ben-efi cial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,, who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, Notice of the Right to Foreclose(“Notice”) was given in compliance with Tennessee law by the mailing a copy of the Notice to the parties at least sixty (60) days prior to the fi rst publication of the Substitute Trustee’s Sale. WHEREAS, the undersigned, RECON-TRUST COMPANY, N.A., having been appointed by as Substitute Trustee by instrument fi led for record in the Register’s Offi ce of Tipton County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice

is hereby given that the en-tire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Substitute Trustee or its duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substi-tute Trustee will, on July 19, 2012, 11:00 AM at the Tip-ton County courthouse door where the foreclosure sales are customarily held At the Tipton County Courthouse, Covington, TN, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following de-scribed property situated in Tipton County, Tennessee, to wit: Part of the Anne San-ford Boyd property located in Tipton County, Tennes-see, and being more partic-ularly described as follows: Beginning at a point in the southwest line of South Col-lege Street, said point being the southeast corner of lot herein described; thence North 7 degrees 30 minutes West a distance of 77.0 feet to a point; thence South 85 degrees West a distance of 135.0 feet to a point; thence South 7 degrees 30 minutes East a distance of 77.0 feet to a point; thence North 85 degrees East a distance of 135.0 feet to the point of be-ginning. According to survey of Campbell Surveying Co., Inc., 6263 Poplar Avenue, Suite 702, Memphis, TN 38119, Surveyor, Tennes-see License No. 1546. PAR-CEL # 041G D 00900 000 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 605 S COLLEGE STREET, COVINGTON, TN 38019. In the event of any discrep-ancy between this street ad-dress and the legal descrip-tion of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): JOHN J WHEELER AND GRETCHEN K WHEELER OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all mat-ters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, ease-ments or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority cre-ated by a fi xture fi ling; and to any matter that an accu-rate survey of the premises might disclose. This prop-erty is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confi rmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to anoth-er day, time, and place cer-tain without further publica-tion, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemp-tion, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warran-ties of any kind, including fi tness for a particular use or purpose. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. IS AT-TEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Substitute Trustee 2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407 Richardson, TX 75082 Tel: (800) 281-8219 Fax: (866) 681-5002 Reg-istered Agent: CT Corpora-tion System 800 South Gay Street, Suite 2021 Knox-ville, TN 37929 Tel: (865) 342-3522 TS#: 10-0096614 FEI # 1006.109722 06/28, 07/05, 07/12/2012

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF

TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE

JOSEPH EARL BATES,a resident citizen ofTipton County, Tennessee,PLAINTIFF,

VS. No. 29797

SHAWNA VOLDEN BATES,a resident citizen ofWisconsin,DEFENDANT.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

It appearing from the com-



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House for rent, 3br, 1ba, Newlyremodeled. $400dep, $550mn. 215Boals in Covington. 901-476-8431.

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plaint, which is sworn to, that Shawn Volden Bates, the defendant, is a nonresi-dent of Tennessee and that personal service of process cannot be had upon her, service of process by publi-cation having been ordered, she is hereby required to appear and answer or oth-erwise defend the com-plaint of Joseph Earl Bates, plaintiff, whose attorney is J. Thomas Caldwell, 114 Jefferson Street, Ripley, Tennessee, 38063, within 30 days after the date of the last publication of this notice; otherwise, default judgment may be entered against you for the relief de-manded in the complaint. It is further ordered that this notice shall be published in The Covington Leader, a weekly publication of gen-eral circulation, once weekly for four consecutive weeks beginning June 28, 2012.

Judy Billings,Clerk and Master28jun4wp

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF

FORECLOSURE SALE

Default having been made in the terms, conditions, and payments provided in a certain Deed of Trust dated JANUARY 18, 2002, exe-cuted by DALE FRANKLIN FERRELL, AN UNMAR-RIED MAN, to MONTE S. CONNELL, Trustee, of re-cord in RECORD BOOK 982, PAGE 870, for the ben-efi t of AMERICAN MORT-GAGE SERVICES, INC., in the Register’s Offi ce for TIPTON County, Tennessee and to J. PHILLIP JONES, appointed as Substitute Trustee in an instrument of record in the Register’s Offi ce for TIPTON County, Tennessee, to secure the indebtedness described; WHEREAS, the said Deed of Trust was last assigned to U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; the entire indebtedness having been declared due and payable by U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, being the present owner/holder or au-thorized agent, designee or servicer of the holder/owner of said indebtedness, has requested foreclosure pro-ceedings to be instituted; and as provided in said Deed of Trust, I, J. PHILLIP JONES, will by virtue of the power and authority vested in me as Substitute Trust-ee, on TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012 AT 12:00 P.M. (NOON), AT THE NORTH DOOR OF THE TIPTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN COVINGTON, TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, sell to the highest bidder for cash, free from the eq-uity of redemption, home-stead, and dower, and all other exemptions which are expressly waived, and sub-ject to any unpaid taxes, if any, the following described property in TIPTON County, Tennessee, to wit:PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF TIPTON, TENNESSEE:BEGINNING AT THE CEN-TER LINE INTERSECTION OF THE MASON-GAINS-VILLE ROAD AND GRIF-FIN ROAD; THENCE IN A SOUTHWESTWARDLY DI-RECTION, ALONG GRIF-FIN ROAD WITH THE FOL-LOWING COURSES; S 03 DEGREES, 36 MINUTES, 20 SECONDS WEST, 243.28 FEET TO AN AN-GLE POINT; THENCE S 00 DEGREES, 51 MINUTES, 11 SECONDS WEST, 118.86 FEET TO AN ANGLE POINT; THENCE S 03 DE-GREES, 28 MINUTES, 52 SECONDS EAST, 137.64 FEET TO AN ANGLE POINT; THENCE S 06 DE-GREES, 07 MINUTES, 26 SECONDS EAST, 178.32 FEET TO AN ANGLE POINT; THENCE S 11 DEGREES, 43 MINUTES, 59 SECONDS EAST, 115.49 FEET TO AN ANGLE POINT; THENCE S 04 DEGREES, 12 MIN-UTES, 47 SECONDS EAST, 94.28 FEET TO AN ANGLE POINT; THENCE S 02 DE-GREES, 33 MINUTES, 47 SECONDS W, 208.47 FEET TO AN ANGLE POINT; THENCE S 02 DEGREES, 00 MINUTES, 09 SECONDS EAST, 343.45 FEET TO AN ANGLE POINT; THENCE S 00 DEGREES, 00 MIN-UTES, 00 SECONDS WEST, 125 FEET TO AN ANGLE POINT; THENCE EAST-WARDLY LEAVING SAID ROAD, N 90 DEGREES, 00 MINUTES, 00 SECONDS E, 25.00 FEET TO A SET IRON IN THE EAST R.O.W.

LINE OF GRIFFIN ROAD BEING THE “TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING”; THENCE NORTHERLY, ALONG THE EAST R.O.W. LINE OF GRIFFIN ROAD, N 00 DE-GREES, 00 MINUTES, 00 SECONDS E, 208.71 FEET TO A SET IRON BEING THE NORTHWEST COR-NER OF THIS PARTITION; THENCE EASTERLY, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THIS PARTITION, N 90 DEGREES, 00 MINUTES, 00 SECONDS E, 417.42 FEET TO A SET IRON BE-ING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THIS PARTI-TION; THENCE SOUTHER-LY, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THIS PARTITION, S 00 DEGREES, 00 MINUTES, 00 SECONDS E, 208.71 FEET TO A SET IRON BE-ING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THIS PAR-TITION; THENCE WEST-ERLY, ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THIS PARTI-TION, N 90 DEGREES, 00 MINUTES, 00 SECONDS W, 417.47 TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING AND CONTAINING 2.00 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.BEING THE SAME PROP-ERTY CONVEYED TO DALE FRANKLIN FER-RELL, AN UNMARRIED MAN, BY DEED DATED JANUARY 18, 2002 OF RE-CORD IN RECORD BOOK 982, PAGE 867, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF TIPTON COUNTY, TEN-NESSEE.SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION OF THE TENNESSEE DEPART-MENT OF REVENUE. THIS IS IMPROVED AND UNIMPROVED PROPERTY KNOWN AS 287 GRIFFIN ROAD, MASON, TENNES-SEE 38049.MAP 139 PARCEL 012.03 PI: T S/I: 001 (MOBILE HOME)MAP 139 PARCEL 012.03 (LAND)THE SALE OF THE SUB-JECT PROPERTY IS WITH-OUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND IS FURTHER SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF ANY TENANT(S) OR OTHER PARTIES OR EN-TITIES IN POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY.THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ANY UNPAID TAXES, IF ANY, ANY PRIOR LIENS OR ENCUMBRANCES LEASES, EASEMENTS AND ALL OTHER MAT-TERS OF RECORD IN-CLUDING BUT NOT LIM-ITED TO THE PRIORITY OF ANY FIXTURE FILING. IF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY/ IN-TERNAL REVENUE SER-VICE, THE STATE OF TEN-NESSEE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, OR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORK FORCE DE-VELOPMENT ARE LISTED AS INTERESTED PARTIES IN THE ADVERTISEMENT, THEN THE NOTICE OF THIS FORECLOSURE IS BEING GIVEN TO THEM, AND THE SALE WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE APPLI-CABLE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES RIGHT TO RE-DEEM THE PROPERTY, ALL AS REQUIRED BY 26 U.S.C. 7425 AND T.C.A. 67-1-1433. IF APPLICABLE, THE NOTICE REQUIRE-MENTS OF T.C.A. 35-5-117 HAVE BEEN MET.THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO ADJOURN THE DAY OF THE SALE TO AN-OTHER DAY, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITH-OUT FURTHER PUBLICA-TION, UPON ANNOUNCE-MENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOVE. THE TRUSTEE/SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESCIND THE SALEIN THE EVENT THE HIGH-EST BIDDER DOES NOT HONOR THE HIGHEST BID WITHIN 24 HOURS, THE NEXT HIGHEST BIDDER AT THE NEXT HIGHEST BID WILL BE DEEMED THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER.OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF REV-ENUETHIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. This day, June 28, 2012. This is improved and unim-proved property known as 287 GRIFFIN ROAD, MA-SON, TENNESSEE 38049.J. PHILLIP JONES SUB-STITUTE TRUSTEE1800 HAYES STREETNASHVILLE, TN 37203(615) 254-4430www.phillipjoneslaw.comF12-0658

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE

Default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by a certain Deed of Trust executed May 16, 2006 by Marcus Green, a single person and Dianna Cotton, a single person to Larry A. Butler, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the offi ce of the Register of Tipton County, Tennes-see, in Record Book 1276, Page 440, re-recorded in Record Book 1296, Page 463, and the undersigned having been appointed Substitute Trustee by instru-ment recorded in the said Register’s Offi ce, and the owner of the debt secured, BancorpSouth Bank, having requested the undersigned to advertise and sell the property described in and conveyed by said Deed of Trust, all of said indebted-ness having matured by de-fault in the payment of a part thereof, at the option of the owner, this is to give notice that the undersigned will, on Thursday, July 26, 2012 commencing at 10:00 AM, at the Front (North) Door of the Courthouse, Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee proceed to sell at public out-cry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the follow-ing described property, to wit:Situated in County of Tipton, State of Tennessee.Lying and being in Tipton County, Tennessee, and thus described: Being Lot 86, of Section C of Baskin Heights Subdivision, as recorded in Tipton County Register’s Offi ce, Plat Cabi-net B, Slide 144, being more particularly described as fol-lows: Beginning at a point in the north line of Robin, said point being a common cor-ner of Lots 85 and 86 of said subdivision; thence south-westwardly along said north line 120.0 feet to the south-east corner of Lot 87 of said subdivision; thence north-westwardly along the line dividing said Lots 86 and 87 and a prolongation thereof 170.0 feet to an angle iron; thence northeasterly along the north boundary line of said subdivision 120.0 feet to the northwest corner of said Lot 85; thence south-eastwardly along the line dividing Lots 85 and 86 a distance of 170.0 feet to the point of beginning.Notice of the Right to Fore-close has been given in compliance with T.C.A. § 35-5-117.Tax Parcel ID: 01-081KA-013.00Property Address: 416 Rob-in Cove, Covington, TN.Other Interested Party: BancorpSouth Bank All right and equity of re-demption, homestead and dower waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is be-lieved to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.ARNOLD M. WEISS, Sub-stitute TrusteeWeiss Spicer Cash PLLC208 Adams AvenueMemphis, Tennessee 38l0390l 526 8296File # 2162-095184-FCPublished: July 5July 12July 19Banco r pSou th /Marcus Green

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Case Number 84CH1-2012-PR-3022

Estate of Dennis Dickey, deceasedNotice is hereby given that on June 18 of 2012 letter testamentary (or of admin-istration as the case may be) in respect of the estate of Dennis Dickey, who died May 3, 2012, were issued to the undersigned by the Tip-ton County Chancery Court of Tipton County, Tennes-see. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unma-tured, against the estate are required to fi le the same with the Clerk of the above-named Court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2) oth-erwise their claims will be barred:

(1) (A) Four (4) months from the date of the fi rst publica-tion (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of this notice to credi-tors at least (60) days before

date that is four (4) months from the date of the fi rst publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the notice to creditors, if the creditor received the copy of the notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the fi rst publi-cation (or posting) as de-scribed in (1) (A); or

(2) Twelve (12) months from the dependent’s date of death.

All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the under-signed at once.

Judy Billings, Clerk and Master1801 S. College St., Suite 110Covington, TN 38019

Dennis Dickey personally appeared before me, the undersigned Clerk of Tipton County Chancery Court of Tipton County, Tennessee, and made oath that the at-tached notice, being in the form required by Tennessee Code Annotated §30-2-306 was published in The Lead-er, a newspaper published in Tipton County, Tennessee on and.05jul2wp

NOTICE TO CREDITORS


Estate of Peggy J. McNabb, deceasedNotice is hereby given that on June 21 of 2012 letter testamentary (or of admin-istration as the case may be) in respect of the estate of Peggy J. McNabb, who died June 8, 2012, were issued to the undersigned by the Tipton County Chan-cery Court of Tipton County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against the es-tate are required to fi le the same with the Clerk of the above-named Court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2) otherwise their claims will be barred:

(1) (A) Four (4) months from the date of the fi rst publica-tion (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of this notice to credi-tors at least (60) days before date that is four (4) months from the date of the fi rst publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the notice to creditors, if the creditor received the copy of the notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the fi rst publi-cation (or posting) as de-scribed in (1) (A); or


All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the under-signed at once.


Peggy J. McNabb personal-ly appeared before me, the undersigned Clerk of Tipton County Chancery Court of Tipton County, Tennessee, and made oath that the at-tached notice, being in the form required by Tennessee Code Annotated §30-2-306 was published in The Lead-er, a newspaper published in Tipton County, Tennessee on and.05jul2wp

TRUSTEE’S SALE

Default having been made in the terms of that certain Deed of Trust dated the 5th day of March, 2004, from MARK E. BOWEN and ME-LISSA BOWEN, as Mort-gagor to DONNA B. DOWN-ING as Trustee, as the same appears of record in the Offi ce of the Register of Tipton County, Tennessee, in Book 11 26, Page 194, in said Register’s Offi ce; and

BRIGHTON BANK, the owner of the debt secured,

having requested the under-signed to advertise and sell the property described in and conveyed by said Deed of Trust, all of said indebt-edness having matured by default in the payment of a part thereof, at the option of the owner, this is to give no-tice that DONNA B. DOWN-ING will on Thursday, Au-gust 9,2012, commencing at 12:OO p.m. at the north door of the Tipton County Courthouse, proceed to sell at public outcry to the high-est and best bidder for cash, the following described property, to-wit:

All that land located in Tip-ton County, Tennessee, as described more particularly in Deed of Trust of record at Book 1126, Page 194, in the Register’s Offi ce of Tipton County, Tennessee, known municipally as 9340 Camp-ground Road, Atoka, Ten-nessee, and known on the records of the Tipton Coun-ty Assessor of Property as Map 82, Parcel 1 .10.

This being the same prop-erty conveyed to Mark E. Bowen by Warranty Deed of record at Book 1058, Page 931, in the Register’s Offi ce of Tipton County, Tennes-see. This sale is subject to a right of redemption by the United States of America pursuant to 26 U.S.C. Sec-tion 7425 (d)(l) by reason of Notice of Federal Tax Lien of record at Lien Book 18, Page 374, in the Register’s Offi ce of Tipton County, Ten-nessee. Notice has been timely given to the United States of America pursuant to 26 U.S.C. Section 7425 (b).

Other interested parties: Clearview Sod Farm. All right and equity of re-demption, statutory and otherwise, homestead and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Trustee. Sale made subject to lien for unpaid City and County property taxes; and any rights of existing ten-ants. The right is reserved to ad-journ the day of the sale to another day, time and place certain without further publi-cation, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above by the Trustee or by an authorized agent on the Trustee’s be-half. TRUSTEE Donna B. Down-ing Publication Dates: July 12, 2012, July 19, 2012, and July 26, 2012

TRUSTEE’S SALE Default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by a certain Deed of Trust executed July 5, 2007 by Lillie Mae McGee, an un-married woman to Arnold M. Weiss, Attorney at Law, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the offi ce of the Register of Tipton County, Tennessee, in Record Book 1353, Page 320, and the owner of the debt secured, Reverse Mortgage Solu-tions, Inc., having requested the undersigned to adver-tise and sell the property described in and conveyed by said Deed of Trust, all of said indebtedness having matured by default in the payment of a part thereof, at the option of the owner, this is to give notice that the un-dersigned will, on Thursday, August 16, 2012 commencing at 10:00 AM, at the Front (North) Door of the Courthouse, Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee proceed to sell at public out-cry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the follow-ing described property, to wit:Situated in County of Tipton, State of Tennessee.Beginning at a stake the southwest corner of the Evi Mai White et al 25.85 acre tract of which this is a part, the same being the south-east corner of the Malcolm Stewart 25.85 acre tract and in the center of the Camp Ground gravel road; thence north 29-1/2 deg. East 174 feet with Malcolm Stewart’s cast line to an iron stake in same; thence south 39-1/2 deg. East 55 feet to an iron stake; thence south 33-3/4 deg. West 155 feet to a stake in the center of the Camp-ground gravel road; thence with the center of said road north 58 deg. West 41 feet to the beginning containing .18 of an acre.Notice of the Right to Fore-close has been given in

compliance with T.C.A. § 35-5-117.Tax Parcel ID: 06-113-031.07Property Address: 2912 Campground Road, Mun-ford, TN.Other Interested Party: Sec-retary of Housing and Urban Development; Tipton Coun-ty Planning Department All right and equity of redemption, homestead and dower waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Trustee. ARNOLD M. WEISS, Trustee Weiss Spicer Cash PLLC 208 Adams Avenue Memphis, Tennessee 38l03 90l 526 8296 File # 7167-094933-FCPublished: July 12 July 19 July 26 Reverse Mortgage Solu-tions/Lillie Mae McGee

REQUEST FOR TITLE

Request for title is being made on a 1993 Ford Mercury Topaz blue in colorVIN # 1MEPM36XXPK624622Anyone holding an interest in this vehicle please notify Don-na Forrester, 2032 Millstone Mountain Road, Covington, TN 38019.By certifi ed mail within 10 days of this publication.

NOTICE TO CREDI-TORS


Estate of Dorothy O. Baker, deceasedNotice is hereby given that on June 29 of 2012 letter testa-mentary (or of administration as the case may be) in respect of the estate of Dorothy O. Baker, who died October 26, 2011, were issued to the undersigned by the Tipton County Chancery Court of Tipton County, Tennes-see. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against the estate are required to fi le the same with the Clerk of the above-named Court on or be-fore the earlier of the dates pre-scribed in (1) or (2) otherwise their claims will be barred:

(1) (A) Four (4) months from the date of the fi rst publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of this notice to creditors at least (60) days before date that is four (4) months from the date of the fi rst publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the notice to creditors, if the creditor re-ceived the copy of the notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the fi rst publi-cation (or posting) as described in (1) (A); or


All persons indebted to the above Estate must come for-ward and make proper settle-ment with the undersigned at once.

Wanda Baker LakeyExecutor, Administrator, Per-sonal Representative


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NOTICE OF COMPLETION

Marbury Construction Company, of Denmark

Tennessee is completing construction on the 2010

CDBG Sewer System Improvements Project

No.: GG-11-34405-00 for the City of Covington. Any person or party

having a claim against the project should notify Mayor David W. Gordon

at the City Hall (901) 476-9613 within the next

ten (10) days.

Greetings, some rain came, but here in Mem-phis, near Bartlett we didn’t see any! But it is cooler now.

Everyone in the Jose-phine Burton family are planning now to attend another wedding on Sat-urday, July 14. Our niece who lives in Nashville, Ms. Carla Burton will be-come the bride of Lorenzo Hawkins III, also of Nash-ville. The bride’s father, our oldest brother, now of Atlanta, Carl, Sr. (C.L.), will escort his daughter on her big day. The mother of the bride is the former Kar-en Watkins of Ripley, now also living in Nashville. Congratulations Carla and Lorenzo!

Happy birthday on Sun-day, July 8 to Mary Stew-art Burton of Jamestown, daughter of Jennie Stewart of Jamestown and the late Noble (N.C.) Stewart. Aunt Mary was married to our late uncle Caesar “Cecil” Burotn, she’s the mother of Mable, Irene, Ronnie and Cortney Burton.

Willie Mae Burton’s birthday was July 6. This Saturday, her children will honor her 90th year with an event in Millington, TN at the Holiday Inn, contact son, Tyrone (Callie) Burotn at 901-476-4172.

The Burton-Bass-Alston family is getting together in the park again this year, July 28-29 at Casper Creek Park in Millington. Sunday morning services with the St. Mark A.M.E. Church of Munford at 11 a.m. Look-ing forward to seeing all of you there for both events. Contact Barbara Cobbs-Miller ASAP if attending.

My church now, North Star Community of Mem-phis will observe its first annual Usher’s Day, Aug. 12 at 2:30 p.m. Guest speakers and church will be Rev. Pearl Lurry and Vision Temple Ecumeni-cal Church of Memphis. A tribute and honor to later usher, Sis. Dorothy Ivra, formerly of Memphis, is

slated on this program. The public is invited, Rev. Steven Miller, Sr., formerly of Jamestown is pastor. Bro Lester Bradford is presi-dent and Sis. Debra Bell’s vice president. I am one of the ushers, looking for-ward to seeing all of you.

Jolly Corteria meeting for July was held at the home of president LaRue Albritton of Jamestown.

Happy birthday also at this time to Shawn Yorkley – 8th, Patrice Taylor –9th, Bobby Young, Jr. –10th, Kenneth Irvin –11th, Kyma Draine –12th and D’etric Hall –13th.

We are in prayers for Jennie Stewart, Doris King, Joseph Heaston, Sr., Posey Reed and family, Isiah Burton, Sr. and family, Gladys Miller and family, Ruth Alston, Connie and Christine Brown, David

and Charlene Sneed, Car-lotta Jones, Jessie Lawson, Flossie Woods, Beaulah Wakefield, Percy White and family, Robert Smith and family, Rev. Richard Coe and family, Min. Pink Sherrill, Jr., Eugene Baker and family, Ada Fletcher, Rhonda Heaston-McLin, Jonnie Thompson, Mary Burton, Shade Alston and family, Jon and Cleo Thompson, Eula Culbreath and family, Tyndall Miller, Menola Holland, Minnie Bommer, Pual Whitley and family, Rev. Kavin King, Jr., Rudolph Boykins and family and Ruth Grif-fin and family.

This is all for this time, remember, “At the end of each day, there should be more gained than loss and more good than evil!” Un-til next time.


NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Board of Mayor and AJdennen of the City of Munford will have a Public Hear-ing on Monday, July 23", 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Building located at 69 College Street, Munford, TN. The purpose is to review and adopt on the second read-ing of the 2012-2013 Budgets for the General Fund, State Street Aid Fund and Drug Fund, and any other business pertinent to the City.A budget consisting of the Available Funds and Appropriations below shall be ad-opted for the Fiscal Year July 1,2012, through June 30, 2013. Available Funds for said budget are as follows:

GENERAL FUND

Local Taxes Licenses & Permits Intergovernmental Revenue Fines & Forfeitures Services Miscellaneous Income Total General Fund

STATE STREET AID Intergovernmental Revenues Miscellaneous Revenues Fund Balance Total Available Funds-State Street Aid

DRUG FUND Court Fines & Costs Fund Balance Total Available Funds-Drug Fund

1,480,25097,300

631,239376,034367,85010,000

$2,962,673

140,706

110,810$251,516

5,50041,082

$46,582

Appropriations for said budget are as follows:

GENERAL FUND Legislative Court Administrative Police Fire Community Dev Streets Street Lighting Health Parks & Recreation Centennial Park Library Total General Fund

STATE STREET AID Streets Total State Street Aid Fund

DRUG FUND Police Total Drug Fund TOTAL ALL FUNDS

39,2658,230

74,9361,140,775

676,29121,057

147,23825,000

0402,484336,20084,213

$2,955,689

151,375$151,375

39,450$39,450

$3,146,514

There is hereby a property tax rate of ($0.9298) per $100 of assessed valuation for the purpose of funding General Fund services. The property tax and any penalties and interest will be rounded to the nearest dollar.

Stacy M. CraigCity Recorder I Treasurer

BEER NOTICEThe following has made application for a license to sell beer for off Premises consumption in Tipton County:

Individual Name: Sultan Ali AlthaibaniBusiness Name: Sal’s Spot

The Business is located at 3523 Wilkinsville Road, Milling-ton, TN 38053 and the nearest church is St. Mark Baptist Church situated approximately 1,628 feet from the estab-lishment, which is on the east side of Wilkinsville Road.

A hearing will be held on this application Monday, July 23, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in the ofce of the Tipton County Executive, Jeff Huffman.

Tipton County Beer CommissionSteve Bringle, Chariman, Wayne Cole, L. K. Dyson, Tommy Hill

Too Good To Be ThroughCONSIGNMENT SALE

Offering gently used, upscale children’s clothing to Tipton County & surrounding areas. If you love name brand clothes for

a fraction of the price, then this sale is for you!

We will also have maternity, juniors’ and women’s clothing/purses at this sale.

Our Next Sale will be JULY 19th - 21st10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

*HALF-OFF* Sale July 21st 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

The sale is sponsored by Trust Company Bank & will be held at their location.

1270 Old Hwy 51 South • Brighton, TN

We will accept VISA, MC, Discover and Cash

*Please visit out website for more information:www.toogoodtobethrough.weebly.com

Michele Pike - [email protected] Camille Ballard - [email protected]

Covington Pediatrics, at 1998 Highway 51 South, is closed. Anyone who wants their child’s records may come by the ofce to get them. The ofce will be open for giving out records from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on these days:Monday 7/9/12, Wednesday 7/11/12, Thursday 7/12/12, Monday 7/16/12, Wednesday 7/18/12 and Thursday 7/19/12. After this time no re-cords will be available.Thank you,Lucky BeasleyWife of Dr. Jimmie Beasley

JamestownDarSay Burton

The Tipton County Community Advisory Board (CAB), United Health Care and Ten-nessee Volunteer State Health Plan Group will be sponsoring a free Back To School Festi-val at Covington High School from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on July 13. The CAB will also be as-sisting United Health Care and Tennessee Volunteer State Health Plan Group with dis-tributing free school supplies and food to all school-age children (kindergarten through 12th grade). All chil-dren must be present and accompanied by an adult to receive the free school supplies.For additional infor-mation concerning this free event, please contact JB Owens-Leverette, CAB Presi-dent, at 901-475-1282 or Diane Wynn, CAB Vice President, 901-476-2364 or Barbara Bond, Resource Link-age Coordinator, DCS, 731-421-2024.

Back-to-School festival

This week’s Farm Report: We got a good half inch of rain last night, first rain we’ve gotten since June 11th. We were really beginning to suffer but the beans soaked it up and the corn may have a better test weight now. Sure cotton is enjoying the moisture too - we don’t have any this year but there’s a lot around. During the last couple of weeks, grandson Cameron Dickey turned 19, Bonnie Atkins Holloway retired from Soil Conservation Service and had a big ice cream social thrown in her honor on June 28th, James celebrated a birthday, I shelled peas all day Monday (yum!) and we celebrated the 4th of July with barbeque from Mason with Clint, Courtney, Liz, Lyla and Justin. Friday night eight of us went for Ladies’ First Friday Dinner and Movie Night and we saw “People Like

Us”. Really, really good movie but rated PG13 for a few words, the worst being said by a child. Don’t like that! But it had a great story and wonderful ending. Fun night! My sympathy is extended to Carolyn Whaley in the death of her nephew, Greg Bryant. That family is in my prayers. Sympathy is also extended to the family and friends of Trey Erwin. He’s out of his pain now - no more tests, needles or treatments. His parents and family are in my prayers now and in the days ahead.

Sympathy is also expressed to the family and many, many friends of dear Louise Vandergrift, who passed away last week. She will be missed and if you never got her cookbook from Wells Kitchen, try to get one now. It’s like reading her story. She was such a sweet, sweet woman. And Sweet Tracy and family have my prayers in the death of Homer Brammer. So sorry for that family’s loss. Catherine McCalla, the Queen of Mt. Carmel, has come home from rehab! Hallelujah! Got to get over

there and visit! Jeff Hanks will have surgery in Au-gust. All those having treatments are in my prayers, along with our servicemen and women and voters. Happy Birthday goes to Lauren Murray on July 1st, Nolan Combs - 3rd, Elaine Shankle and Drew Kinningham - 5th, Sara Anderson - 7th, Charley Morgan Halford - 8th, Evan Nowak - 11th, Mike McLean and Eric Keith - 12th, Craig Clay - 13th and to Beau Phillips and Shelley Halford on the 14th! Happy Anniversary to Grant and Crystal Edmonds on July 4th, Rick and Patsy Moore -5th, Jason and Thyla Boswell -10th and to J. J. and Brandy Brown on the 13th! This week’s Farmer’s Almanac Quote: “Don’t cut salad greens, tear them. Metal from knives may cause leaves to turn brown faster.” Won’t have a column next week either. Just saying . . . Enjoy the cooler temperatures this week! Good-bye 104! Until next week.

Mt. Carmel-CloptonElaine Watkins 476-7093


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As hot, dry conditions continue across the state, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is ask-ing communities to be mindful of their water-usage practices and to adhere to any voluntary or mandatory water con-servation requests made by local utility districts. Private water well users also are encouraged to conserve water and have a plan of action in place as drought conditions persist.

“While most parts of the state have adequate water supplies at this time, there are areas that are experiencing strains on their water systems, and we need to be thinking about the months ahead,” said Environment and Conser-vation Commissioner Bob Martineau. “Regardless, when a utility is working to meet the demands of its customers, both supply and demand are part of the equation. That’s why voluntary mea-sures to conserve water where possible are so important.”

Above average temperatures this spring and summer, coupled with in-sufficient rainfall, have placed a burden on water supplies in several areas of the state. Area reservoirs are at historic lows and the potential for significant rainfall re-charge events in the near fu-ture is minimal.

“Currently, there are nearly 40 public water systems in Tennessee that have experienced issues ranging from de-clining water sources to water demand

exceeding the capacity of treatment plants, distribution pipes and/or pump systems,” added Martineau. “When water utilities ask their customers to conserve, we urge people to respond accordingly.”

Some water systems also have experi-enced issues with taste and odor. Taste and odor issues are generally worse in those areas where stream flow has di-minished and source water is collected closer to the bottom of the stream, or where algae is imparting a taste and odor to the water. Taste and odor issues in water from public water systems are aesthetic in nature, and do not pose a safety or health risk.

Water conservation measures can also play a key role in maintaining the health of Tennessee’s streams and aquatic life. Although secondary to the public’s wa-ter supplies, protecting the state’s wa-tersheds through conservation efforts will ensure they can also recover quick-ly from the impacts of a drought.

The Tennessee Emergency Manage-ment Agency and the Department of Environment and Conservation are working with other local, state and fed-eral agencies to track Tennessee’s water needs and provide support where nec-essary.

The first point of contact for any Tennessean experiencing problems ac-cessing water for critical needs is the appropriate local emergency manage-

ment agency, which then coordinates with TEMA when additional support is required. The contact information for each county’s emergency management agency can be found on TEMA’s web-site at www.tnema.org.

As drought conditions continue, vol-untary conservation measures will be-come even more critical. Just cutting back on typical warm weather activities such as watering lawns and plants, fill-ing swimming pools and washing cars can make a difference.

Voluntary efforts exercised at this stage of the threat may prevent the need to mandate water-conservation practic-es in the near future. There are simple things Tennesseans can do to conserve water, including:

Avoid washing your car at home • with a hose – seek out waterless car washes or commercial car wash systems that recycle waterTake shorter showers • Fix all leaky plumbing fixtures, in-• cluding outdoor hosesInstall sink faucets with aerators, • motion sensors, or automatic shut-offsInstall low-flow shower heads• Run washing machines and dish-• washers only with full loadsInstall low-flush toilets, or put a • one-liter water bottle in the toilet tank

Buy appliances with water conser-• vation features Avoid watering lawns. If you do, • water lawns and gardens spar-ingly in the morning or evening to prevent excessive evaporationLandscape with native plants, • shrubs and trees – they are adapt-ed to periods of drought and may require less water than non-native ornamentalsMinimize use of kitchen sink gar-• bage disposal unitsPut a layer of mulch around trees • and plantsUse a broom, not a hose, to • clean driveways and sidewalks TEMA, the Department of Envi-ronment and Conservation and other state and federal agencies including the Department of Ag-riculture, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, the National Weather Service, TVA, the Army Corps of Engineers and the Tennes-see Association of Utility Districts are part of a drought task force that provides a formal mechanism for agencies to track issues and solutions related to the drought.

For more information about water conservation tips and efforts, please visit TDEC’s website at www.tn.gov/environment/dws/droughtplanning.

Maintaining adequate water supply is an issue of both supply and demandTDEC urges voluntary water conservation measures


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J.D. Rankin, 9-year-old son of Todd and Michelle Rankin, won Reserve Grand Champion with his polled hereford heifer, Vickie, on July 7 at the Blue and Gold Livestock Show in the Ned R. McWherter Agricultural Pavilion on the campus of the University of Tennes-see-Martin. This is Rankin's rst year to exhibit polled hereford cattle. He will be a fourth-grader at Brighton Elementary School this fall. He is the grandson of Neal and Martha (Buntin) Crain of Ripley and David and Sandra Rankin of Whitwell. Courtesy photo.

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