The Leader - Sept. 22, 2011

By ECHO [email protected]

Earlier this month Darren Walker, a science teacher at Munford Middle School, changed things in his classroom: instead of tables and chairs, students are now using stability balls as seats.

And it’s a change that’s been welcomed.

“The kids are now enthusiastic about com-ing to class,” Walker said. “They’re more focused.”

For students, it’s fun because it’s different; for Walker, it’s about helping his students learn.

“I’m using yoga balls because they promote bet-ter posture and because sitting on them makes the kids more attentive,” he said.

Parents, he said, had sur-prisingly positive reactions to the balls. Pam Taylor, whose daughter Jennifer is in Walker’s class, said she would have loved hav-ing yoga balls as seats in school.

“My daughter was such a wiggle worm in her desk; she said she always felt claustrophobic in it like she needed to stand and stretch her legs,” she said. “Jennifer is so excited about the yoga balls. There are so

many benefits in them that people don’t even realize.”

Where they used to sit in plastic chairs, which allow students to easily lean back and become disengaged, they now sit atop brightly-colored rubber balls. These balls are most often used in yoga and pilates.

Because students have to actively work to stay upright on the balls, they are more likely to remain engaged in the lesson and

are more likely to partici-pate. Studies show chil-dren learn better in an environment that uses sen-sory input, such as making small movements to stay on the balls.

Walker is currently the only teacher with a com-plete set of yoga balls in his classroom. He said he used his $100 Basic Education Partnership grant from the school system to pur-chase several balls; the rest

were purchased by Sherri Yarbro, the school health coordinator.

So far, the change has been welcomed. And it’s also added another dimen-sion to classroom disci-pline.

“If they don’t behave, they have to go back to sitting on a chair,” he said, “and no one wants to sit in a chair anymore.”

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DOMO ARIGATO Munford Celebrate was the place to be Saturday, even for those in non-human form. Officials say approximately 2,500 peo-ple attended the annual festival in the city’s downtown area. The county’s festival season continues this week with Heritage Day in Covington. For more information on the festival, see our special insert in today’s edition. Photo by Shane Waits


On Saturday the scene of a Covington man’s murder became the site of rally in his honor, a rally urging the community to stop the violence.

“We wanted to do something positive for the community,” said Desmond Muex, a classmate of the late Darius “Dee Dee” Heaston who was shot in Frazier Park on Friday, Aug. 19.

Heaston, 20, died the next morning. “When he was killed it took a big toll on

our community,” Muex said. “He got along with everybody, he was laid-back like his mom said, it took us all by surprise.”

Another class-mate, Alyssa Maclin Grandberry, came up with the idea to hold a rally and Muex said he helped organize the event. The group’s mis-sion is to encourage the community to come together to put an end to violent behavior.

“We don’t need to kill each other, we need to love one another,” he said. “This is all about us coming together as a whole.”

Marching with four dozen others, Muex said the group carried posters and chanted “Stop the violence, increase the peace” it moved from the park to Best Street, down Simonton and made its way back to the park. Along the way, people sat on porches and cheered the group on, he said.

“Everyone knew what we were doing and people were giving us their support.” City officials – mayor David Gordon and Covington Police Lt. Cavat Bass – were also on-hand to speak at the rally. Muex said he believed Darius would be honored by the event.

“I think it’s something he’d be proud we decided to do.”

Muex said there are plans to make the rally an annual event.

“We want to make it bigger and better, to show the community that someone does care.”

Teresa Smith marches in the memory of her son, Darius “Dee Dee” Heaston, who was shot to death in a Covington park last month. Photo by Desmond Muex

Group rallies to stop the violence

MMS students are on the ball

Students in Darren Walker’s seventh grade class have made some changes in seating arrangements, ditch-ing the traditional chairs for a more unconventional approach: yoga stability balls. Photo by Justin Hanson

By JEFF [email protected]

The 7th Annual 5K Rotary Run/Walk will be held Saturday at 8 a.m. in Covington, preceding the Heritage Day Festival.

Runners of all ages and skill lev-els, as well as walkers, are welcome to take part in the event, which is sponsored by the Covington Rotary Club.

The majority of the money raised will go to the soon-to-be-opened Boys and Girls Club of the Hatchie River Region, which will serve the

Covington area. “We’re shooting for about 100 peo-

ple,” said race director Clay Crockett. “We usually have about half walkers and half runners. There will be a one-mile track for those who want to walk a shorter distance.”

The first 100 participants will receive a commemorative t-shirt. Refreshments, goody bags and door prizes will also be available for par-ticipants.

“The Boys and Girls Club is set make a great impact in the Covington area,” Crockett said. “Rotary is excit-ed to partner with them to help in

their efforts. The Rotary Club of Covington will continue to support many other worthy causes in addi-tion to its support of the Boys and Girls Club.”

Early registration is $15 for adults and $10 for children under 14. Race day registration is $20. The deadline for early registration is Sept. 22.

Registration begins at 7 a.m. at Shelton Park.

For more information about the race or corporate sponsorship, con-tact Crockett at 359-0126.

Rotary 5K run/walk set for Saturday

“We don’t need to kill each other, we need to love one another.”- Desmond Muex

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Anyone interested in test driving a Ford and helping the Covington High School football program at the same time will have a unique opportunity to do so on Saturday at the Covington Heritage Day with Arts and Crafts Festival.

King Cotton Ford of Covington and the Covington Gridiron Association will have a booth on the back park-ing lot of First Baptist Church where several cars will be available for test drives.

For every test drive from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Ford Motor Company will donate $20 directly to the Covington High School football program.

Anyone 18 or older with a valid driv-ers license is eligible.

“We’ve been trying for a while to find a school to get involved in this,” said

Paul Mann, general manager at King Cotton Ford in Covington. “The deal-ership gets nothing out of this. It’s just something we wanted to do to boost the schools.”

As much as $6,000 can be raised and donated to the football program.

Lee Downing, Covington Gridiron Association president, said Ford donat-ed approximately $5 million across the country last year through the program.

“You don’t have to spend any money. It’s a no-brainer,” Downing said. “It’s not about selling cars on the spot. Its’ really about asking questions about the cars.”

Mann said the Fusion, Focus and other Ford models will be available for test drives.

Those interested can sign up for a specific test drive time by contacting a Covington player or coach or a CGA member.

Test drives to benefit CHS football team

September 29th, September 30th and October 1st are the dates for this year’s Tipton County BBQ Festival and BBQ Cooking Contest. Cobb Parr Park will host a new event this year, the CX Cyclocross on Saturday.

The MBN sanctioned Championship BBQ Contest will begin on Thursday, September 29th with teams bring-ing in their rigs and setting up to cook. Festival committee members are expecting a great turnout for this year’s event. MBN representatives, Henry and Kelly Evans, will be avail-able to help any new teams who would like to try their hand at cook-ing championship BBQ. All proceeds from the event will go to Boys and Girls Club.

The carnival owned by PBJ Happee Days from Marion, Arkansas will return this year, bringing even more rides than last year. The carnival will be set up on the old tennis courts at the park, with the City of Covington providing free rides from the play-ground area over to the tennis courts for free. Helicopter rides will also be offered for a fee from the soccer fields. Free rides to the helicopter will also be provided for festival goers who pre-fer not to walk. There will be bouncy rides and a petting zoo for the chil-dren also.

Always popular with the crowds, The Demolition Derby and the Ken-Ten Truck Pull will take place in the riding arena on Friday and Saturday nights respectively at 7:30, with gates opening at 6:00. Proceeds from the Demolition Derby and the Truck Pull are given to charities chosen by the Ken-Ten membership. Prices for both events are 10.00 for adults and 5.00 for children.

The Riding Club is hosting a kids’ night on Thursday with events at the riding area. Mutton Bustin’, sheep riding, and the Calf’s Throw will begin at 6:30.

Music for this year’s festival will be provided by “The Generation Gap” on Thursday night, from 8:00 until 10:30 live on the stage. On Friday night “Wild Heart” will perform from 8:00 until 11:00. Lawn chairs and blankets are welcome in the team area where the bands will be performing.

The Covington BBQ Cooking Contest is recognized as the oldest contest in the world. Admission to the park is free. All details, prices, pictures and more can be found on the BBQ website: www.covingtontn.com (click on the pig). Contacts are Sandra McCalla (901) 652-0555 or Linda Wilson (901) 476-7104.

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LIONS CLUB Scott Selby with Unilever delivered the Lions Club program on Monday, Sept. 19. The guest of the day’s program chairman Ralph Cousar, Selby spoke about the company’s new ice cream operations and brought samples for members to enjoy. He is pictured with Lions Club president Charles Yoakum, left, and Cousar, right. The civic organization is currently accepting new members. Persons interested in joining the Lions Club are welcome to attend a meeting; the club meets at noon every Monday in the community room at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington.

Brighton High School deals with gun, overdoseBy JEFF [email protected]

According to the Brighton Police Department and Tipton County Schools officials, a Brighton High School stu-dent had a gun on campus Sept. 9.

After an afternoon soccer game the student was caught with a BB gun.

According to Director of Schools Buddy Bibb and Director of Pupil Services Daryl Walker, a disciplinary hearing was held last week and the student was punished.

Walker said the type of punishment, as well as the student’s name, is confi-dential.

“We had a hearing,” Walker said. “The student was punished just like any other student in that situation.”

Addressing the possession of fire-arms, the Tipton County School hand-

book reads, “In accordance with state law, any student who brings or pos-sesses a firearm on school property shall be expelled for a period of not less than one calendar year. The direc-tor of schools shall have the authority to modify this expulsion on a case-by-case basis.”

Brighton Police Investigator Craig Pifer confirmed the incident and referred all questions to the Tipton County School Board.

In an unrelated incident, school offi-cials and Pifer confirmed that two Brighton High School students suf-fered an apparent drug overdose at school on Sept. 12.

Walker said the incident is still under investigation and discipline will be withheld until the investigation is complete.

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One good turn deserves another

Small town life affords us a sense of closeness and appreciation for one another that we should never take for granted. While Tipton County has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, that sense of com-munity and appreciation for one another remains alive and well.

Here are a mere few examples of people working together to achieve positive changes we think are noteworthy.

1) Munford Middle School teacher Darren Walker has kept up to date on recent trends in education and had an idea that he thought would help his class-room. He looked toward yoga balls as replacements for traditional seating in his classroom. With the goal of helping students improve their focus, retain good posture and to give the kids an enjoyable experience to help them learn better, Walker, with the support of the Tipton County School System, implemented the idea. We applaud his efforts in putting the proper focus on the kids and on learning.

2) Alyssa Grandberry and Desmond Muex are tired of violence and rightfully and respectfully honored the memory of Darius Heaston, whose life ended tragically and all too soon thanks to a bul-let. Their rally to Stop the Violence in Frazier Park brought out about 50 people who marched and took up signs to a good cause. We hope the community heard them. Senseless violence and death have no place in our community.

3) St. Luke M.B. Church got behind an effort to help 14-year-old Ashley Ballard who suffered from brain cancer and complications that stemmed from it, and to also help 2-year-old Maliya Irby. Maliya can’t walk or talk due to a terrible condition known as Stage 1 Wilms Tumors, which are cancerous tumors of the kidneys. Additional disorders have been diag-nosed and health care costs for both girls have been extraordinarily high. Led by Odessa Bernard, the benefit raised $3,200 to help the girls.

4) Home Depot proved it plans to both be a part of the community and to be a good steward of its resources when it assisted the Covington Fire Department with rebuilding the fence at its fire sta-tion. And the hardworking firefighters of Covington Fire Station 1 and Station 2 were the beneficiaries of a grill apiece thanks to the generosity of Home Depot.

We’d like to say we’re proud of what our local folks have done to help each other, as anyone can see when they view the “Go, Lucy, Go!” stickers adorning vehicles showing their support for 5-year-old Lucy

Today is the first day of fall. We Southerners like our hot summers with the long days, boating, fish-ing, vacations and a host of many activities best left to the warmer months. With that said, by September we are generally ready for some relief from the scorching hot days and sweltering humidity. Folks from dry desert regions think they know what hot weather is, but I’d rather be in dry 120 degrees over 95 degrees with 90 perfect humidity any day. We are ready for a change in season.

By fall the kids are settled into school, the days are get-ting shorter, the leaves will be turning soon, football season has kicked off to a good start, and baseball still won’t go away. I was listening to NPR late last month – yes, I know us conservatives shouldn’t be listening to NPR, but I do like the business news, bluegrass and old radio pro-grams – to Frank Deford. He made a good case for shortening the baseball season.

I like baseball, but let’s face it, most Americans do not follow baseball like they used to. By football sea-son, we have pretty much tuned baseball out until the division playoffs and the World Series. As we approach the World Series, the weather is no longer conducive to the modern fan who often expects a temperature controlled domed stadium. Football is now really getting interesting as professional teams are vying for a playoff spot and college teams for a ranking. At the same time, basketball is getting ready

Including the post-season playoffs and cham-pionship games, we have roughly five months of professional football but seven months of baseball. Basketball is too long as well at 7 ½ months, but the younger folks like the tempo and the games don’t drag on over three hours, so it keeps the fans engaged much easier. In 1984 a Chicago White Sox and Milwaukee Brewers game went eight hours and six minutes, with 25 innings over two days. That would never happen in any other sport except for chess, and we all know how exciting chess can be to

A time and a season for everything - even baseball

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Hospital is recommended

Dear editor, I had the unpleasant experience of having food poi-soning with extreme dehydration on Aug. 22. The purpose of this letter is to tell you that from the time the ambulance arrived with the very competent EMT personnel, to the emergency room staff to the care I had for the six days I was in the hospital, including the competent care Dr. Richard Guerrant provided, I was very please with the care I received from every-one responsible. I could mention name, but some that should be commended I do not know. Suffice it to say, I was pleased with the care I received at Baptist (Memorial) Hospital-Tipton and recommend the hos-pital to all our citizens needing medical care.

L.C. Bierman, Covington

Almost two score, a decade and one half ago we were final-ly blacktop rolling. Bob Mitchum and Thunder Road would have been proud. My dear friend James bought a Chevy station wagon locat-ed in the depths of a cycle clipped grown up Johnson grass patch behind Dr. Crenshaw’s vet office on Navy Road. Totaling a wrin-kled Benjamin, Andy and Abe this L and N sound-ing Detroit piston clammer was ready to eliminate some high topped Chuck Taylor scurry-ing. Only one slight problem. The sages at Mr. Ben’s pro-claimed the motor was “locked up” which meant, “it was shut down.”

However this was not a major problem back then. Believe it or not, but there was a time in our recent history if a brilliant red-neck hard working farmer had

an equipment problem, he per-sonally fixed it. Two reasons;

(he had self educated his own self but the major denominator of no finances) Halted usually out in the mid-dle of the whompy jawed dirt clods with the sun bearing down, no shade or air conditioning. (not invented) The trac-tor never broke down under shade trees or

in the middle of creeks where there was some relief. Naww Shuhhh!

My fellow American country farmers have you ever desired to interrogate a youth today on the assemblage of a Ford Ferguson. Simple questions? What are those little gray boxes welded on the fenders and why is that log chain dangling? Do you see the block and tackle riding along with the extra hair pin and hook? Ain’t no sty-

rofoam coolers so just baling wire tie the to’ sack wrapped gallon water jug to the side in case you needed a cool swallow later on. Ever wonder about the answers from today’s brilliant intellectual computer user? I’d probably be so skeered I’d run and hide under the bed, pull a Sears sheet down over the side to protect myself from all the ig’nurnce.

Although no one in the rest of the world will readily admit the smartest folks in the world are deep country Southerners. Who could do so much with so little? The farmers with a handful of tools could fix and repair a battalion of tanks. Our Mommas could feed an over-flowing church revival commu-nity gathering with just a teacup of beans, cornbread and sweet tea (with lemon) and probably have a smidgen snack or two left over. In the Good Book it plainly states that Jesus fed a whole raft of five thousand

Southern Raisin’: Plain Southern brilliance

SOUTHERN RAISIN'OTIS GRIFFIN

SEE RAISIN’ PAGE 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].

TIPTON COUNTY’S Most Wanted

Seen one of these people?If so, call:

24-hour number: Central Dispatch 901-475-4300

Sheriff’s Office Tipline: 901-475-3307; email: [email protected]

Tipton County CrimeStoppers 901-476-4411 Or contact any local law enforcement agency to

report any of these people.

Adams, Robert Eric

Born: 7/27/1971610 Terrace Hill RoadMt. Juliet, TN 37122

Charge: Failure to pay child support

Allen, Eric Cortez

Born: 1/5/1985781 Maple DriveAtoka, TN 38004

Charge: Failure to pay child support

Campbell, Bernard Devent

Born: 2/10/19781012 Douglas Ave.

Covington, TN 38019Charge: Failure to pay child

support

Debose, Gregory

Born: 1/30/19783125 Scrub Oak Road

Mason, TN 38049Charge: Failure to pay

child support

Freeman, Rodney Dewayne

Born: 8/21/1983733 Best Street

Covington, TN 38019Charge: Failure to pay child

support

Howell, Charles Laten

Born: 7/13/1977297 Ellis Drive

Munford, TN 38058Charge: Failure to pay

child support

Laxton, Herbert William

Born: 1/23/1982236 Nancy Drive

Millington, TN 38053Charge: Failure to pay child

support

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.

Marbry, Christopher Earl

Born: 8/22/19694535 Atoka-Idaville Brighton, TN 38011Charge: Failure to pay

child support

Bonds, Quinton Teybouis

Born: 2/7/1980422 N. Wilson Street

Halls, TN 38040Charge: Failure to pay child

support

Boyd Jr., Robert Louis

Born: 1/26/1965Front Street

Mason, TN 38049Charge: Failure to pay child

support

If you’re a woman who owns a business, you’ve got plenty of com-pany. In fact, women own more than 10 million U.S. companies, and women-owned busi-nesses account for about 40 percent of all privately held firms in the U.S., according to the Center for Women’s Business Research. Clearly, the good news is that women like you are entering the small-business arena at a rapid pace. The not-so-good news is that you may be facing a retire-ment savings gap in comparison to male business owners.

To get a sense of this gap, con-sider these statistics:▪ According to the U.S. Small

Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy, 19.4 percent of male business owners have 401(k) or similar plans, compared with just 15.5 percent of women owners.▪ The percentage of female

business owners with Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) is about the same as that of male business owners — but the men have more money in their accounts. The average woman’s IRA balance is about $51,000, compared with $91,000 for men, according to a recent report by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. Although these figures change constantly with the ebbs and flow of the market, the differ-

ence between the genders remains significant.

One way to help close this sav-ings gap, of course, is to set up a

retirement plan for your business. But for many women business owners (and male owners, too), the perceived cost of set-ting up and running a retirement plan has been an obstacle. However, the retirement plan market has opened up considerably for small business owners over the past several years, so

you might be surprised at the ease and inexpensiveness of adminis-tering a quality plan that can help you build resources for your own retirement — and help you attract and retain good employees.

With the help of a financial pro-fessional, you can consider some of the myriad of plans that may be available to you:▪ Owner-only 401(k) — This

plan, which is also known as an individual 401(k), is available to self-employed individuals and business owners with no full-time employees other than themselves or a spouse. You may even be able to choose a Roth option for your 401(k), which allows you to make after-tax contributions that can grow tax-free.▪ SEP IRA — If you have just

a few employees or are self-employed with no employees,

you may want to consider a SEP IRA. You’ll fund the plan with tax-deductible contributions, and you must cover all eligible employees.▪ Solo defined benefit plan —

Pension plans, also known as defined benefit plans, are still around — and you can set one up for yourself if you are self-employed or own your own busi-ness. This plan has high contribu-tion limits, which are determined by an actuarial calculation, and as is the case with other retirement plans, your contributions are typi-cally tax-deductible.▪ SIMPLE IRA — A SIMPLE

IRA, as its name suggests, is easy to set up and maintain, and it can be a good plan if your busi-ness has fewer than 10 employees. Still, while a SIMPLE IRA may be advantageous for your employees, it’s less generous to you, as far as allowable contributions, than an owner-only 401(k), a SEP IRA or a defined benefit plan.

As a business owner, you spend a lot of time thinking about what needs to be done today, but you don’t want to forget about tomor-row — so consider putting a retire-ment plan to work for you soon.

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

Women business owners need retirement plansFINANCIAL FOCUS

FINANCIAL FOCUSSTEVEN J. JONES

watch.Baseball is slower than

it used to be. They need to place stricter time limits to pitch the ball with run-ners on the bases, much like the established limit placed on a football team to snap the ball. Baseball needs to wrap the season up by Labor Day and like Mr. Deford says, enlarge the playoffs. In baseball, 8 teams can make the post season. In football, 12 teams make the post season, while 16 teams go on to the post-season in basketball. More play-off opportunities would create more interest from the fans.

I like baseball, my father liked it a bit more, but my grandfather loved the game. Times have changed. I’m not sure professional baseball can survive the A-D-D Millennial Generation, or as my Uncle would say N-W-E (not whooped enough), who has the attention span of a goldfish. They can’t sit through over three hours of mostly spitting, intense staring, hand signals and

pipe organ music. They need quick action and a shorter season.

It’s time that base-ball gets with the 21st Century and adapts to the new customers or be replaced by something else forever. I have felt and said this for many years now. I was glad to hear that there are oth-ers out there like myself such as Mr. Deford say-ing the same thing.

There is a time and season for everything. A time to live, a time to die. A time to fight and a time to make peace. A time to watch baseball and a time to switch it over to football. Baseball, it’s time!

This week on KBJTV > 9/19 9/25/11 {A Local Origination TV Channel since Feb. 1, 1988}

High School Football Game of the week: Covington vs Crocket Co.

733 N. Main St., Covington, TN 38019 [email protected] Voice (901) 476-0426 Fax (901) 476-0455

Monday 09/19/11 Thursday 09/22/11Noon First Baptist Church - Covington Noon Covington City Brd Meeting - replay

12:30 In The Fight - military

6:00 First United Methodist Church - Covington 6:00 PM First Baptist Church - Covington

7:00 Wildlife Chatter with Arnold Bull 7:00 Tipton Co. Legislative Meeting - replay

7:30 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL - delayed 7:30 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL - delayedCHS vs Crocket County followed by Covington City Board Meeting - replay

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Tuesday 09/20/11 Friday 09/23/11Noon First United Methodist Church - Covington Noon First Baptist Church - Millington

12:30 Health & Home Report 1:00 PM Wildlife Chatter with Arnold Bull

6:00 PM In The Fight - military 1:30 In The Fight - military

6:30 UT Connection - Dyersburg 2:00 Covington City Board Meeting - replay

7:00 The Doctor Is In - with Dr. Loren Crown 2:30 Tipton Co. Legislative Meeting - replay

7:30 Tipton Co. Legislative Meeting - 9/12 3:00 Friday Afternoon Movie8:00 TV Classics: "Adventures of Jim Bowie" "Stage Door Canteen: 1943 musicalfollowed by "Life With Elizabeth" all other times KBJ Video Billboard

all other times KBJ Video Billboard Saturday 09/24/11Wednesday 09/21/11 8:00 AM Wildlife Chatter w/ Arnold Bull

Noon The Doctor Is In - with Dr. Loren Crown 8:30 UT Connection - Dyersburg

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6:00 PM First Baptist Church - Millington 9:30 Movie "Arizona Days" - 1937 western7:00 Covington City Board Meeting - 9/13 all other times KBJ Video Billboard

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All work done locally. Call KBJ at 476-0426 for details.

1. KBJ is seen on Comcast Cable channel 19 in City of Covington & channel 5 in other areas of Tipton County.2. All programs are subject to being preempted or rescheduled without notice. All times are tentative.3. Check KBJ's Video Billboard daily for current program titles & other information.

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HARDINContinued from page A4

folks from a platter or two of catfish and a few loaves of Colonial bread. Since we know Jesus was a carpenter, this leads me to believe he was also a farmer that was raised in the South to do so much with so little.

We had so much to do trying to free up some wagon pistons. In the South if it is stuck use coal oil. If sick or hurts use a cure all. Coal oil! So we started pouring back and forth through the block. Maybe the Rosemark boys invent-ed recycling? Just some old memories of rednecks using their heads for more than a hat rack…Glory!

RAISIN’Continued from page A4

Sept. 29-Oct. 1 are the dates for this year’s Tipton County BBQ Festival and BBQ Cooking Contest. Cobb Parr Park will host a new event this year, the CX Cyclocross on Saturday.

The MBN sanctioned Championship BBQ Contest will begin on Thursday, Sept. 29 with teams bringing in their rigs and setting up to cook. Festival commit-tee members are expect-ing a great turnout for this year’s event. MBN representatives, Henry and Kelly Evans, will be available to help any new teams who would like to try their hand at cooking championship BBQ. All proceeds from the event will go to Boys and Girls Club.

The carnival owned by PBJ Happee Days from

Marion, Ark. will return this year, bringing even more rides than last year. The carnival will be set up on the old tennis courts at the park, with the City of Covington providing free rides from the playground area over to the tennis courts for free. Helicopter rides will also be offered for a fee from the soccer fields.

Always popular with the crowds, The Demolition Derby and the Ken-Ten Truck Pull will take place in the riding arena on Friday and Saturday nights respectively at 7:30, with gates opening at 6:00. Proceeds from the Demolition Derby and the Truck Pull are given to charities chosen by the Ken-Ten membership. Prices for both events are $10 for adults and $5 for

children. The Riding Club is

hosting a kids’ night on Thursday with events at the riding area. Mutton Bustin’, sheep riding, and the Calf’s Throw will begin at 6:30.

The Covington BBQ Cooking Contest is recog-nized as the oldest contest in the world. Admission to the park is free. All details, prices, pictures and more can be found on the BBQ website: www.covingtontn.com.

Krull, who continues to be a rallying cry that we can all get behind.

Be proud to be a Tipton Countian. You’ve got plenty of reason to be.

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BBQ Fest to kick off next Thursday

Bobby Gene Ward

March 22, 1945 - September 8, 2011

Bobby Gene Ward, 66, self-em-ployed carpenter, passed away on Thursday, September 8, 2011 at his home.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, Sept. 10 at the Coving-ton Funeral Home chapel with interment in Magnolia Gardens Cemetery.

He is survived by his wife, Joyce Lavelle Ward; three sons, Robert Ward of Shreveport, La., Richard Ward and Phillip Ward, both of Montgomery, Ala.; two grand-sons; two granddaughters; two sisters, Kathy Day of Arkansas and Evelyn Shinault of Michigan; one brother, Jackie Ward of Halls; two step-daughters, Deborah Lavelle and Christie Wilkins and two stepsons, Randy Glover and Kenneth Glover.

Friends may sign an online guestbook at www.covingtonfu-neralhome.com.

The Leader(Covington, Tenn.) Sept. 22, 2011

Dr. Arthur “Art” Miller Pullen

December 10, 1924 - September 10, 2011

Arthur “Art” Miller Pul-len PhD, 86, of Commerce, Texas, passed away on Sat-urday, September 10, 2011, in Plano, Texas.

Dr. Pullen was born Dec. 10, 1924, to Elizabeth Mill-er and Thomas Bernard

Pullen in Covington. He was a U. S. Army Veteran of WW II where he fought in the Battle of the Bulge and was a Purple Heart recipient.

He was a former Radiation Bi-ology Professor at East Texas State University in Commerce and was the first person on campus to re-ceive the Piper Foundation Award which recognized distinguished faculty members. Dr. Pullen was a former Biology Department Head and had served as the interim Dean of the College of Liberal Arts.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Thomas B. Pullen Jr. and his sister Hazel Pul-len Draffin.

Survivors include his wife, Sara Grace Reynolds Pullen of Com-merce; his sons: Mark Reynolds Pullen and Kevin Miller Pullen both of Commerce; his grand-children: Samantha Pullen and Shelby Pullen both of Detroit and Holly Michelle Pullen of Lubbock, Texas.

Memorial services were con-ducted on Tuesday, Sept. 13 at First Presbyterian Church in Com-merce. Rev. Mary Alice Layman will officiate.

Online registry and condo-lences are available at www.jones-walkerandson.com. Arrangements were under the direction of Jones-Walker & Son Funeral Home of Commerce, Texas.


Daniel E. “Dee” Whitesides Jr.

July 21, 1959 - September 10, 2011

Daniel E. “Dee” Whitesides Jr., 52, passed away on Saturday, Sep-tember 10, 2011 at his residence. Born in Memphis, he was a self-employed construction worker.

Graveside funeral services took place on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at In-dian Creek Cemetery with Daniel Brown Potter officiating. Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Survivors include his daughter, Tori Cousar Billings of Gilt Edge; mother Jo Burlison Campbell of Burlison; sisters Kelly Whitesides (Keith) Potter of Brighton; and grandchildren Kyle, Jaiden and

Ian Billings. He was preceded in death by his

grandparents, Mondell and Mar-garet Whitesides and Cabe and Eutha Burlison; his father, Daniel “Danny” Efford Whitesides; and a special child, Jennifer Lynn Mc-Divitt.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospi-tal or Baptist Home Health and Hospice-Covington, 1618C Hwy. 51 South, Covington, TN 38019.


Ricky T. Fletcher

Date of Death - September 15, 2011

Ricky T. Fletcher, 63, of Munford, passed away at his home on Thurs-day, September 15, 2011 after a 19-month

battle with lung cancer. Visitation was held on Satur-

day, Sept. 17 at Munford Funeral Home. Funeral services were held Sunday, Sept. 18 at Salem A.R.P. Church in Atoka with the Rev. John Wingard and the Rev. Charles Todd officiating. He was buried in Salem Cemetery.

Ricky retired from the Tennes-see Highway Patrol as captain of District Four, which includes 10 counties in West Tennessee. Dur-ing his 30-year career with the THP, he received training in nu-merous areas, including VIP Dig-nitary Protection taught by the Secret Service and certification as a traffic accident reconstructionist through Northwestern University.

In 1984, he was selected to at-tend the 136th session of the FBI National Academy at Quantico, Va., in their program for law en-forcement supervisors and later served as president of the Tennes-see Chapter, National Academy Associates.

Ricky recently served as secu-rity coordinator for Tipton County Schools. His military service in-cluded 10 years with the Army Reserves, the Tennessee National Guard and the Tennessee Air Na-tional Guard.

He attended New Life Re-formed Presbyterian Church in Munford. Ricky enjoyed camp-ing and fishing at Reelfoot Lake where he made many friends over the years.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Milton H. and Ammie Ruth Cousar Fletcher; brother Cal-vin Fletcher; and sister Nelwyn Lott.

He leaves his wife of 43 years, Carol Sue; son and daughter-in-law, Scott and Amy Fletcher of Covington; son Kenneth Fletcher of Gilt Edge; sister Kathy (Har-ris) Pritchett of Dresden; and aunt Edna Downing of Randolph. He also leaves three granddaughters – Catharine, Emma and Sarah Fletcher of Covington – and nieces Felicia Lott of Nashville, Becky (David) Whitehead of Drum-monds and Sherry (Tim) Hatchel and Shelley (Albert) Winn, both of Dresden.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospi-tal, the American Cancer Society or New Life Reformed Presbyteri-an Church, P.O. Box 940, Munford, TN 38058.

The Leader(Covington, Tenn.) Sept.

22, 2011

James Addison

Bringle

August 26, 1911 - September 16, 2011

Mr. James Addison Bringle of Covington, Tennessee, died on September 16, 2011. He was 100 years old.

His survivors are his three daughters, Charlotte B. Wilkerson (John) of St. Charles, Missouri, Martha B. Brasfield and Elizabeth B. Ziarko, of Covington, Tennes-see, five grandchildren, Lauren Baker (Grover), Katherine Wilker-son, Ben Brasfield, Sara Brasfield, and Charles Brasfield, two great-grandsons, Josiah and Samuel Baker. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 69 years, Re-becca (Becky) Richardson Bringle, his brother, Max (Bubba) Bringle, and son-in-law, Duke Harris Bras-field.

Born on Aug. 26, 1911, Mr. Brin-gle was the son of Embry Stanley and Charlotte Addison Bringle of Tipton County, Tennessee. He graduated from Byars-Hall High School in 1930. He, his father, and brother operated E.S. Bringle & Sons, a cotton-ginning and seed-buying business. In 1940, he be-came a rural mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service and delivered mail in the western part of Tipton County. During his employment as a mail carrier, he continued to work at the cotton gin and later bought and sold soybeans with a business partner. In 1965, he became postmaster of the Cov-ington, Tennessee post office. In 1974, he was appointed the Clerk & Master of the Chancery Court of Tipton County, Tennessee, and finally retired on Aug. 31, 1986.

He loved sports, and played basketball and football until an in-jury at the age of 14 left him crip-pled. He continued his participa-tion in sports as a manager of the Byars-Hall football team. He was a charter member of the Byars-Hall Booster Club. He was one of sev-eral community leaders who were instrumental in changing a simple piece of land into the Covington athletic field, now the home foot-ball field of the Covington Char-gers. These men purchased the land, laid the irrigation/drain-age system, planted hedges, built fences, and constructed perma-nent seating, all without taxpayer money. He was an active member of the Parent-Teacher Association at Byars-Hall High School and served as its membership chair-man for several years. During his tenure, he doubled the enrollment of the association and encour-aged parent participation with the school and its programs. Because of his hard work, he received a lifetime membership, the highest honor possible in the association.

He was a chapter chairman of the American Red Cross in Tipton County. For many years, he spear-headed the blood drives for the Red Cross Bloodmobile and made every effort to insure that the county reached its quota so that the citizens of Tipton County who became ill could receive blood, paying only the handling costs.

He remained interested in the cotton industry and was a direc-tor of Mid-South Cotton Growers Association for 17 years. He was a member of the Board of Directors of First State Bank and a member of the board of the Covington-Tip-ton County Library. He supported

Habitat for Humanity by donating land upon which two houses have been built.

He was a faithful member of the First Baptist Church of Covington, Tennessee. He served as president of the Baptist Brotherhood and be-gan a Wednesday night visitation program.

Mr. Bringle was known as a person who respected and loved people as individuals, often offer-ing an encouraging word or anon-ymously giving money to those in need.

Visitation was held Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, at the First Baptist Church of Covington, Tennessee, from 12:30 p.m. until 2 p.m. At 2 p.m., the memorial service was conducted, with Rev. Chuck Wil-liams officiating. Interment was at Covington Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to a char-ity of the donor’s choice.


Marshall W. McCommon

December 2, 1947 - September 16, 2011

Marshall W. McCommon, of Berryville, Ark., was born De-cember 2, 1947 in Burlison, a son of John Bernice and Sarah Velma (Joy) McCommon. He departed this life Friday, September 16, 2011 in Springfield, Mo. at the age of 63 years.

He retired from truck driving after many years of dedicated ser-vice. He was a member of Smyrna Baptist Church in Covington and was also a member of the Moose Lodge in Memphis. He loved fish-ing and sports. He truly loved farming and working the land.

On Jan. 6, 1967 he was united in marriage with Rita Annette Schudder who survives him of the home. He is also survived by his daughter, Elizabeth and husband Rob Duncan of Berryville, Ark.; daughter, Marsha McCommon of Berryville, Ark; son, John and wife Michelle McCommon of Mem-phis; three sisters, Paulette Welch of Memphis; Helen Mauldin of Memphis; Charlene Bowman of Lexington; one brother, Elton Mc-Common of Memphis; aunt, Mary Brewer of Paris, Tenn.; nine grand-children, several nieces nephews and a host of other relatives and friends

He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers.

Gathering of Remembrance with family and friends will be 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24 in Memphis. Memorial donations may be sent to the St. Jude’s Children’s Hos-pital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Arrange-ments were made with Nelson Fu-neral Service. Online condolences may be sent to the family at nelson-funeral.com.


Carolyn J. Vandergrift

June 17, 1944 - September 14, 2011

Carolyn J. Vandergrift, 67, of Covington, passed away on Wednesday, September 14, 2011. Born in Covington, she was a homemaker.

Funeral services took place on Friday, Sept. 16 at Maley-Yar-brough Funeral Home with Bro. Dennis Pelelr and Bro. Jerry Mc-Divitt officiating. She was buried at Covington Memorial Gardens.

She leaves her husband, James “Buddy” Vandergrift, daughters Anita (Mark) Davis and Mary Jo Davis of Covington, sons Jimmy (Rebecca) Vandergrift of Coving-ton and Greg (Karen) Vandergrift of Mason, sisters Jeanette Gross of Covington and Paulette Cox of Henning and six grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Bill Lawrence.


Patra Ballard

February 26, 1924 - September 18, 2011

Patra Ballard, 87, of Burlison, passed away on Sunday, Septem-ber 18. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, September 21 at the Covington Funeral Home cha-pel with interment in Randolph Cemetery in Burlison. She is sur-vived by one son, David Paul Bal-lard of Munford; two daughters, Judy Ballard Needham and Patsy Ballard McDivitt, both of Burlison; one brother, William Franklin Pace of Burlison; seven grandchildren, nine great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Friends may sign an online guestbook at www.covingtonfuneral-home.com.


James Harold Love

April 10, 1931 - September 21, 2011

Local businessman, Harold Love, 80, Owner of Auto Trac, Inc. of Covington, since 1958, died September 21, 2011, after a brief illness.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Jane Love of Covington, two children, Hal Love of Covington and Cristi (Tom) Hill of Brighton, six grandchildren, Jamie Love, Bradley Love, Julie Love Pilking-ton, David Love, Jane Evelyn Hill and Lilly Grace Hill; two great-grandchildren, Blaine and Ashlyn. Visitation will be Thursday, Sept. 22 from 5-7:30 p.m. at the Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home Cha-pel and there will be a graveside service on Friday, September 23 at 10:30 a.m. at the R.H. Munford Cemetery in Covington.

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Lifestyles THE LEADER ▪ Thursday, September 22, 2011

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Tipton County Commission

on Aging events

sponsored by

Jim Baddour III, DDS and Staff

SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL SENIOR CENTER MONTH

SAVE THE DATE Tues., Oct. 11, 2011 2-6 pm Brighton Middle School: Kaleidoscope, a health fair for Seniors will be celebrating 16 wonderful years serving the senior citizens of Tipton County!

Be sure to visit the Tipton County Commission on Aging booth at Heritage Day in Covington on Sept. 24.

Just for FunGamepalooza- Gamepalooza has moved to Thursday afternoon from 1-5pm in the downstairs meeting room.

Craft Club- The craft club meets this month on Sept. 26 at 10am in the dining hall of the CSC. The Sept. 26 craft will be a fun ‘surprise’ craft.

Bible Study- This month's Bible Study will be held at the CSC on Thursday mornings at 10am. This non-denominational class is open to all. The facilitator this month is Mr. John Currie.

Bending Needles Quilting Club-The TCCA Quilters have finished their quilt and now you can reap the rewards. They will be selling raffle tickets for $2 each or 3 for $5. Tickets will be sold from now until Dec.15 and are available at the TCCA office. Experienced hand stitch quilters are welcome to join the club. The quilters meet each Tuesday and Thursday morning from 8am to 11am in the craft room.

InformativeOpen Enrollment for Medicare Part D- This year open enrollment for Medicare Part D has changed to Oct. 15 through Dec. 7. You no longer have until Dec. 31. The Aging Commission of the Mid-South will be at the TCCA office on Nov. 16 and Dec. 1 to help anyone needing an unbiased comparison of prescription drug plans.

To Your HealthHealth Screenings- Ms. Rosalyn from Dr. Potter’s office will be here on Sept. 27 at 9am to take blood pressure readings. The healthcare agencies volunteer for these clinics free of charge and occasionally 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.

Take Charge of Your Health – Please join Priscilla Eddins at the CSC on Sept. 22 at 9am as she discusses general nutrition from the USDA “Choose My Plate” program.

Get Fit, Stay Fit- Join other seniors every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9:15am at the CSC for 45 minutes of great stretch-ing 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 10:30am in the TCCA dance room. You are never too old to tap your way to a healthy heart. The cost is $3 a class.

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

Water Aerobics- Water aerobics is easy on your joints but still gives your heart and major muscle groups a great work out! Each Wednesday morning a group of seniors travel to the Mil-lington Y for water aerobics. The bus leaves the CSC promptly at 6:30am and the cost for ten sessions is $30. Currently, there’s room for more riders to attend. Please call the CSC for reserva-tions and contributions for transportation are always appreci-ated.

Caregiver Programs“Helen’s House” Adult Day/ Respite Service- Helen’s House cur-rently 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 family caregivers enjoy a time for personal business or other activities. Helen’s House is licensed by the State of Tennessee. Helen’s House is open Mon-day, Wednesday and Friday from 8am to 3pm. 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 avail-able on a limited basis. Reservations for all meetings are appreciated.

South Tipton Caregiver Wellness Group- This group meets the first Tuesday of the month at Munford Presbyterian Church Fellow-ship Hall from 5:30 to 7pm. The facilitator is Mr. Neil Bell.

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

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

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

TCCA Grandparents/ Relatives as Parents Wellness Group- This is a support group for all relative parents that are facing life changes. This group meets in the TCCA meeting room the second Thursday of the month from 5:30 to 7pm. The facilitator is Mrs. Kathy Strahan.

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Bud and Debbie Neal of Brighton are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming wedding of their beloved daughter Brittany Mize to Alan Jackson of Atoka. Miss Mize is also the daughter of the late Mike Mize.

The ceremony will take place on Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 6 p.m. at the Covington First United Methodist Church. The reception will follow at the Chamber Center.

Miss Mize is the granddaughter of Bill Wallace of Covington, Lela and Ben Neal of Collierville, Houston Mize of Atoka and the late Martha Wallace and the late Christine Mize.

The bride-to-be is a 2006 graduate of Brighton High School and a 2010 graduate of the University of Memphis. She is employed with the Tipton County Board of Education.

Mr. Jackson is the son of Kevin and Linda Jackson of Atoka. He is the grandson of Milton and Carolyn Murphy of Covington, Bradley and Karen Bland of Holly Springs, Miss., and Sandra and Johnny Kinzer of Como, Miss.

He is a 2005 graduate of Brighton High School.

Gene and Kelly Clements of Brighton are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter Jessica Renae to Tony Lynn Harris, son of Tony D. Harris of Brighton and Lisa L. Harris of Senatobia, Miss. The ceremony will take place on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 4 p.m. at the Piersel Group Camp in Meeman Shelby Forest. The reception will immediately follow at the same site.

Miss. Clements is granddaughter of A.C. Clements of Brighton and Larry Cole of Drummonds and the late Sue McKee Cole and the late Janie Clements.

The bride-to-be is a 2004 graduate of Brighton High School and a 2010 graduate of the University of Memphis. She is employed with Memphis Chiropractic Neurology of Cordova.

The groom is the the grandson of Samuel and Geraldine Nall of Munford, Linda Crocker of Senatobia, Miss., and the late E.W. Harris and the late Bill Stepp. He is also the great-grandson of Lynn Malone of Calhoun City, Miss.

He is a 2004 graduate of Brighton High School and is employed by Rocking H Construction.

John and Donna Nix of Covington are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter Brittany to Joseph Shockley, son of William and Nancy Shockley of Covington. The ceremony will take place on Saturday, October 15, 2011 at 6 p.m. at Tabernacle United Methodist Church. The reception will follow at the Chamber Center.

Miss Nix is the granddaughter of James and Wanda Davis of Troy, Tenn., and the late Norris Nix, Sr., and the late Vera Nix.

The bride-to-be is a 2007 graduate of Covington High School. She is currently attending Dyersburg State Community College and will graduate from the RN program in December 2011.

The groom is the grandson of the late Evelyn and Bill Black and the late Durece and Cecil Kellum.

He is a 2005 graduate of Covington High School and is employed with Shock, LLC of Covington.

Josh Blyue and Knight of Brighton visited Josh's parents, Troy and Connie Blyue, a while Friday.

Shannon Morgan had a good birthday on Saturday, Sept. 10. He went to Goat Days in Millington.

Mr. Willie Turner works at Munford Middle School. Sept. 6 was his birthday. The cafeteria girls had him a cake and sang happy birthday to him.

Some folks from Randolph Assembly went to Sikeston, Mo., Sept. 10 and ate at Lambert's. They do it once a year. It was Rev. Larry Rose and Sis, Faye, Don and Patty Billings, Sandra Pugh, Lori Rose, Wanda Wade

and daughter Misty, Misty's friends Destiny and Anna, Tim Gallagher and his children Adam and Averee. They had a good time.

Syndee Pugh spent the week-end with her grandfather, Donald Pugh, and his sister, Sandra, recent-ly.

Rev. Larry Rose had a birth-day Sept. 12. Refreshments were served after the evening services Sunday.

Homecoming at Randolph Assembly God is Oct. 9. Rev.

Don Prescott will preach at the worship services. After the meal The Grog Jump Quartet will sing at 1:30 p.m.

On the prayer list: Mike

Hi everyone. Praise the Lord, he answered our prayers. The rain on Monday gave us the break we’ve all been wait-ing on. I even heard the birds singing when I got up. It arrived at a very good time. Now the fall leaves will have an incen-tive to give us their best performance this fall. I can’t wait. Sometime in the future, whenever the leaves do begin to change, Charlie and I plan to trav-el to Branson, Mo. It’s so pretty to travel at that time of the year.

I would like to thank Mr. Angus Grey from McDonalds for a wonder-ful new cup he gave me last week. I Love it Angus and Thank You!.

Charlie and I seem to be going to funerals a lot these days. Our most recent was Trooper Ricky Fletcher, retired from the Highway Patrol. Our fami-lies go way back. Our con-dolences go out to Carol Sue and sons Scott and Kenneth Fletcher, as well as the entire family.

Neighborhood WatchOur Neighborhood

Watch program has returned again. Our first meeting will be held on Oct. 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the Three Star Fire Dept. We will be having a quest speaker from our local sheriffs dept. Please come and join us and support this worthy cause as we try and keep our com-munity a safe place for ourselves and our children and grandchildren. Hope to see you there.

We welcome all mem-bers, friends and visitors to the fellowship at Sharon Presbyterian.

We are always thankful for our Dunlap residents who are able to come and join us. Remember Mrs. Mary Holland and Sheriff J.T. “Pancho” Chumley in the loss of their mother,

Mrs. Marie Chumley. Also, Mrs. Louise Gumpton as she is not feeling well. Please continue to remem-ber all the others on our prayer list.

Salem Presbyterian's worship is at 11 a.m. each Sunday. This Sunday night the Senior Youth will meet at the manse at 5:30 p.m. for supper and a Bible study. Our Wednesday night suppers will begin on Sept. 28. On Sept. 24, all youth and adults are invit-ed to go to the Tennessee Safari Park. Please see Kim Gray for further information. A love offer-ing to the Mission Fund was given in honor of Mrs. Emily Breen by the Ladies Bible Class. Mrs. Emily is still in very serious condi-tion at the Med. Happy birthdays this week go to Lyndsey Sterling, John Baum, Ginny Kidwell and Dan Miller.

Covington Church of Christ's worship is at 10:30 a.m. each Sunday and again at 5:30 p.m. Bible study is at 9:30 a.m. Sundays and again at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays. We are in special prayer at the present time for brother Kenneth Mason as all the family has been called in. At this time there is request for no visitors. You may call in the afternoons. Also, a special thanks for all the food, but requests for no more food have been made. Our brother Grant Edmonds is still recovering from a gunshot wound and is quite ill at this time. Please continue to remember him and his family.

Happy Birthdays this week go to Hope Collins, Shirley Cook, , Michelle Laxton, Brandon Matlock, Lisa Pinner, Luke McMahan and Kathy McMahan. We extend our deepest sympathy to Tonya Hill in the death of her cousin, Dee Whitsides, and to Ann Chapman in the death of her uncle, Art Pullen.

In closing, Charlie and I had the privilege of

attending my sister Jackie Hicks' installation as the new president of the 2011-2012 EWI meeting last week. EWI is Executive Women International. It is a professional organiza-tion that creates value for its member firms and their representatives through career development, busi-ness connectivity and involvement in local com-munities. Nearly every business in Memphis has representatives. If any of you women own a busi-ness and are interested in joining you may go on line at www.ewimemphis.org.

Have a great week everyone!


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Happy Fall y'all! At least it will be on Friday and I will be glad to see this hot summer leave 2011!

We got two and a half inches of rain Sunday night, the power was off and it was nice! The crops should be made now, although open cotton will have to dry out and whiten back up. We still have one field of corn that's not ready, but when we realized it was replanted a month after all the rest was planted, we backed off trying for a few days!

I enjoyed our Ladies Retreat at Paris Landing this past weekend. The weather was gorgeous and we had a view of the lake out our french doors. It was cool enough to turn the fireplace on but it wasn't allowed until October. Missed it by a few days! We had a great speaker in Kristen Roberson of Jackson, who went to dinner with us in town Saturday night. We did crafts both nights. We constructed houses out of scrapbook paper, wooden sticks, clay, tape and rub-

ber cement! We ate and stayed up talking till the wee hours. We made cards for those who couldn't come this year, sticking candy hearts with sayings on them in appropriate places in the writing. Everyone loved them when they were delivered! Great weekend with the women and all of us thank Heather Keith for getting it all together!

Please keep Kenneth Mason and his family in your prayers; he's home from the hospital, spend-ing time with his family. He has fought hard.

Happy Birthday this week to Preston Stanley on Sept. 17, to Hope Collins on the 20th, to Shirley Cook on the 21st, to Michelle Laxton, Brandon Matlock and Lisa Pinner on the 22nd, to Luke McMahan on the 23rd and to Kathy McMahan on the 24th!

This week's Stuff You Didn't Know: In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts, so in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them to "mind their pints and quarts and settle down". It's where

we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's".

I have four batches of cookie dough and lots of cupcakes in the freezer to get ready for Heritage Day this weekend. Look for me in front of the Chamber Center, say you saw this in The Leader, and get a treat!

I hope lots of folks are here for the 100th Anniversary of Byars-Hall High School. A marker for the school will be dedicated at the Chamber Center at 10 a.m. Saturday morning. It will be installed next week.

This week's Animal Re - I don't have one! We don't have any ani-mals! For the first time since we lived in this house, we don't have a fish, a hamster, a dog, a cat. Nothing to feed, water, clean up after. Well, with four feet, fins or fur! And I like it!

This week's Farmer's Almanac Quote: "If a recipe calls for balsam-ic vinegar, use one tablespoon red wine vinegar and a half teaspoon sugar." I probably wouldn't have the red wine vinegar either! Ha!

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The staff, service recipi-ents, parents and rela-tives had a going away party of Jerry and Terry Boumwman on Aug. 31. We will miss them very much. We wish them the very best.

Staff and service recipi-ents went to Wal-Mart to work on money manage-ment. Plus, we went to the Living Waters book-store in Millington to look around.

The center got some new chairs donated to the center. We appreciate them very much.

The center was closed on Sept. 5, but reopended on Sept. 6.

Staff and service recipi-ents celebrated Mary Marcy's birthday with cupcakes and cake, which was provided by her mother.

Staff and service recipi-ents have been doing a devotion in the front room, Monday through Friday.

Scott's mother came to do tap dancing lessons with the service recipients. Everybody did real good. They are practicing for the Christmas holidays.

The Bus Club went to Tractor Supply, Big Lots and Dollar Tree to look around and purchase some items and learn about money manage-ment. Afterward we went to the car dealerships to look at the cars and trucks, then we went out to eat at IHOP in Millington. Everybody had a wonder-ful time.

Congratulations to Brenda Tipton and Sally Chamberlain on their new jobs at McDonald's. We are very proud of them.

Several of the service recipients went on vaca-tions Labor Day week-end.

We got a donation of two movies and some towels from Sam's aunt. We appreciate them very much.

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Hello everybody - Sure hope and pray you’re all doing well with the changing of the weather, I know I am, I’m lovin’ it! This is my favorite time of year! I don’t like what comes after it (old man winter), but I guess we don’t have much of a choice.

I missed sending my notes last week so I just want to say “Happy (belated) Birthday to Ms. Polly White! We are so glad you got home from the hospital in time to celebrate your birthday, so hope you had a great one.

The 29th of this month is a very special day for Mr. Harold Nelms, he is celebrating his 95th birthday! Happy 95th Birthday Mr. Harold! He’s still walking the halls everyday and getting around great. Then the next day, the 30th, is Mr. Jerry Fuller’s birthday. Happy Birthday Mr. Jerry!

We are planning a great time this year for our “Fall Fundraiser Fish Fry” at First Baptist Church in Covington in the outside pavilion. We’ll have fish, hush-puppies, French fries, cole slaw and all the trimmings. So plan to come on out and eat a good meal and listen to some good gospel singing. We’ll have hot dogs for the kids and a fun time. It all starts at 5p.m. and will last

until 7p.m. Please come on out and show your support for Dunlap Retirement Center. There’s no charge for the fish dinner, but we would surely appreciate any dona-tion of any amount!

I’d like to just keep you informed on the status of our availability of our rooms here at Dunlap. We are down to three rooms available, one is a private room with a half bath, another is a private room with a full bath and the third available room is actually a private suite, which consists of a bedroom and a living room with a full bath. If you know of anyone that might be interested in any of the three, please call me at 476-7014, I’ll be more than happy to give you a tour of our facility and show you the rooms that are available. Dunlap Retirement Center is licensed by the state as a “Home for the Aged.” We are a retirement community. We are not a nursing home nor are we an assisted living facility. We are a non-medical facility, so we don’t employ doctors or nurses, we just give a little helping hand when needed, like cooking three meals a day for you, doing your laundry, cleaning your room and assisting you with medications when needed. If this sounds like a place you would like to live, please give me a call.

Until next week, have a blessed week in the Lord, tell Him you love Him every day, be kind to people, there just seems to be a lot of people who are no longer kind

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Greetings, the times is approaching for our second annual fund raiser, “A Night of Elegance” on Oct. 22 at 6:30 p.m. at the very elegant

Covington Country Club. All tickets are $25 each. There will be a guest speaker presentation of awards plus a very ele-gant dinner along with a few pleasant surprises, which you will be sure to enjoy! President of Jamestown Comm. Health Org (JCHO) is Minister Pearl Andrews, V.P. Katarene Harber, program coordinators are Gwen Cooke and Pam Cobbs Springfield. Contact them or any other JCHO member for your tickets – we all need you there! Prayers are need for Landon Troy King still hospitalized in Nashville. He’s the son of Doris King of Jamestown. Cornell Sherrill’s doing somewhat better now that he’s in rehab in Memphis. Also, Isaiah Burton, Sr. is also fairing well in rehab in Millington. Bessie Cobbs, Jennie Stewart, Ruth Alston, Willie Reed, Jr., Willie Shade Alston, Carlotta Jones, Connie and Christine Brown, the Bass family of Michigan and their niece Barbara Miller of Jamestown on the recent lost of Genevia Bass Grandberry. Katarene Harber, Joseph Heaston, Sr., Ada Fletcher, Patra Ballard, Willie Mae Burton, Posie Reed, John Burton, Jessie Lawson, Min. Pink Sherrill, Jr., Danny Heaston, Rev. Richard Coe and family, Flossie Woods, Rhonda Heaston McLin and family, Beaulah Wakefield, Percy White and family, Robert Smith and family, Theary Alston, Jeffery Mosley, Sr., Johnnie Thompson, Ruth Griffin, Jackie Alston, Nadine Grander, son Bradley and Vernard “Big Boy” Burton. North Start Community Church in Memphis held its third annual women’s conference revival nightly from Sept. 14-16. The theme was “The Issue of Blood,” Matt 9:20-22, Mark 5:25-34 and Luke 8:43-47. Minister Pearl Andrews of Bright Hill MBC, began on Wednesday night with the theme – Revival to Survival. Dr. Cynthia Miller Davis, now of Memphis, will be installed Sept. 25 at 2:30 p.m. at Emmanuel United Methodist Church. Dr. Davis is being installed as McKendree District Superintendent. A lovely reception will follow the ceremony. Dr. Davis grew up in Jamestown and she is the daughter of Amos (A.E.) Miller, Sr. of Jamestown and Dollie Miller Cummings, of Memphis, and the wife of Chaplain Sonny Davis. Congratulations! Birthday wishes to Tyler Brown 20th, John Burton 21, Marquita Dowell and Renee Kelly 22, Cleara Burton 23, Tea Alston and Donya Curringham 24 and to Dawn Cross 25th. Happy Birthday to all!

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Fun&GamesTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

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DID YOU KNOW?September is National Library Card Sign-up Month. There are two

libraries in Tipton County - one at the corner of College and Church streets in Covington and another on Munford Avenue in downtown

Munford. The mission of these libraries is to give free and equal access to each citizen in Tipton County, which means you can check out books or

use computers at no charge.

Visit the libraries in your area today and sign up! For more information, you can find the Tipton County Public Library and the Munford-

Tipton County Memorial Public Library on Facebook.

EducationTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 2011

A12www.covingtonleader.com

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rot sticks; fruit juice or peaches

September 23

Chicken nugget w/roll or bowl of beans w/ham,

Corn on the cob or pickle spears; sherbet or apri-

cot halves

September 26Barbecue sandwich or hot dogs; tater tots or baked beans; fruit juice or pear

September 27Ravioli w/ crackers or chicken patty; green

beans or sweet potatoes; fruit juice or banana

September 28Burrito or ham & cheese sandwich; hash brown or

mixed vegetables; apple or raisins

September 29Manager’s choice

Meal PricesStudents $1.75Reduced $.40Adults $2.25Visitors $2.50

Lunch MenuElementary and Middle Schools

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Coming back to school at CIAA was not only exciting and fun but also filled with a few surprises as well. Several new teachers and staff members have joined us at CIAA, such as the new principal, Ms. Sara Gangaware, the for-

mer assistant principal at Crestview Middle School. Also joining us is Ms. Kelli Ward in Kindergarten, Mrs. Sarah Graham with upper grade SPED, Ms. Kasey Warren in second grade, Mr. Robert “Bobby” Lunsford in seventh grade and Mrs. Sherry Keough in

eighth grade. Also joining us is our new choir teacher, Mr. Chris Buckner. Returning to us this year is Ms. Stephanie Turnbow who is work-ing with our school wide program. Welcome, lead-ers, we are so happy to have you join our fami-ly.

On Thursday, Aug. 25 and Friday, Aug. 26, 10 Dyersburg State Community College stu-dents were rewarded for their academic success. Each was chosen to take part in the 2011-12 DSCC Honors program and signed honors scholarship agreements with the College. The eight of the stu-dents are 2011 high school graduates. Anna Vandiver and Leah King both attended Dyersburg High School. Vandiver is the daughter of Pam Vandiver of Finley. She hopes to major in elementary edu-cation. Leah King, the daughter of Lori Scott and Michael King, plans to major in occupational therapy. Dyer County High School graduates taking part are Cortney Smith, Caitlin Fogarty and Brandy Eastwood. Smith is the daughter of Jeff and Amanda Smith. She is

will be studying social work. Fogarty, who in the nursing program, is the daughter of Tina and James Fogarty. Eastwood will be studying physical therapy and is the daugh-ter of Dana Eastwood and Jeannie Chenault of Dyersburg. The 2011 high school graduates are Kayla Flowers, Stephen Sanderlin and Karolrae Delk. Flowers graduated from Gateway Christian School. She is majoring in psychology and is the daughter of Donna Flowers of Big Sandy. Collierville High School graduate Sanderlin plans to study business admin-istration. He is the son of Don and Julie Sanderlin of Collierville. Delk grad-uated from Covington High School. Biology is her major. Katelyn Brisco and Ashley Diviney are return-ing honors scholars who also signed their scholar-

ship agreements. Brisco, from Munford, is a sopho-more at DSCC and is majoring in biology. Diviney is also a DSCC sophomore. She lives in Memphis

and is studying business administration. To be selected for the DSCC Honors program, an incoming freshman must have a high school grade point average of 3.5 or higher on 4.0 scale and an ACT composite score of 26 or higher. Current students must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher for 12 hours or more of college credit work. To stay in the program, students must complete a minimum of one course with an honors option with a grade of B or high-er each semester after admission to the Honors Program. Honors students must also maintain a min-imum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better on all college-level course work. Each stu-dent participating in the Honors Program is required to complete a special project under the supervision of a DSCC faculty member. For more information about the DSCC Honors Program, please contact Assistant Vice President for Learning Kay Patterson at [email protected] or 731/286-3207.

10 honors scholars signedDSCC Honors program continues to grow

Left: DSCC sophomore Katelyn Briscoe of Munford signs her hon-ors program scholarship agreement. Top right: Jamie Frakes, dean of the DSCC Jimmy Naifeh Center at Tipton County (at far left) and Linda Ballard, assistant professor of Accounting (far right) look on as Karolrae Delk and Asheley Diviney sign their scholarship agreements.

Coming back to school at CIAA

Gene and Phyllis Stephens of Munford are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter Jessica Elaine to Michael Dee Stage, Jr., son of Michael Stage, Sr. and Melissa Sullivan of Horn Lake, Ms. The garden ceremo-ny will take place on Saturday, October 15, 2011 at the home of the bride’s parents. Close friends and family have been invited to attend.

Miss Stephens is the granddaughter of Marie Stephens of Millington and Joan Sanders of Southaven, Ms.

The bride-to-be is a graduate of Munford High School and has attended the University of Tennessee at Martin. She is employed at Conway Services in Cordova.

The groom is the grandson of Paul and Wanda Tudor of Whiteville and the late Gerald and the late Claudia Stage.

He is a graduate of Horn Lake High School and Northwest Mississippi Community College. He is employed with Conway Services.


CIAA unfurls historyBy Echo [email protected]

On Friday, every student at Covington Integrated Arts Academy was gathered in front of the school’s roundabout; it’s a place usually reserved for morning drop-offs and afternoon pick-ups, but that afternoon it was the place where 600 students watched history unfurl. “This is a flag that’s never flown before, but it will fly over Covington Integrated Arts Academy,” announced principal Sara Gangaware. The announcement fol-lowed a student-led assembly commemorating Constitution Day, a day observing the 224th anniversary of the document’s ratification. In the school’s signature style, students integrated the arts into their perfor-mances: singing a medley of patriotic songs, wearing hand-crafted patriotic head-wear, playing patriotic tunes with the school’s band. The Tipton County S.W.A.T. team was also on-hand to post the flag donated by famed Covington patriot Ben Baker while the student body saluted. Some stu-dents held their hands over their hearts, clumsy smiles on their faces. Gangaware said the event was part of a patriotic unit for students that also included the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. “We wanted to do something for 9/11, but so much was already going on,” she said. “The next thing up was this, so we went for it; they’re learning about the Constitution.” It was what Gangaware called a teachable moment. “Everyone participated in learning - that’s what it’s all about.”

PATRIOTIC REMEMBRANCE Kindergarten students prepared for the Constitution Day event by making patriotic hats to wear. Photo by Echo Day

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Total Youth Leadership The following students were selected from the CHS student body to participate in this year’s TOTAL Youth Leadership project: Caroline Cannon, Chalia Claybon, Ryleigh Deverell, Sarah Franklin, Robbie-Gray Maclin, William Gunnar-McMahon, Chelsea Sherrill, Bobby Van Cleve and Whitney Wallace.

No “low riding pants” Male students have been put on notice at CHS that “low riding” pants (pants worn anywhere other than at waist level) will not be acceptable at CHS. An administrator will correct violators. That is all for this week. See you next time on the Charger Beat.

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By David MorganSTAFF WRITER

Covington-area residents are in for a rare treat when the International Gold, Silver and Diamond Buyers (IGSDB) host an event here, from Sept. 26th - Oct. 1st, at the Holiday Inn Express. The company has identified this region as prime territory for purchasing your precious metals—especially gold and silver. The IGSDB estimates that local residents have millions of dollars worth of valuables that they no longer need or want. That is where the IGSDB comes in—they specialize in buying those items from local sellers in the U.S., Canada and Europe.

Items like gold coins, scrap gold, sterling silver and tea sets also diamond rings are in high demand right now, and IGSDB is purchasing massive quantities of them on behalf of their global network of collectors, dealers and refineries.

Currently on an international tour, IGSDB has included Covington on its list of stops for next week. Residents are urged to mark their calendar for this special opportunity to meet one-on-one with gold, silver and diamond specialists.

Because of IGSDB’s low overhead, extensive resources and massive volume, the company is often able to pay out more than other dealers and retailers. Many customers are surprised at how much they are offered for seemingly small amounts. “I had two bent herringbone necklaces, a class ring, and some outdated earrings that I brought to a show. I walked out with $425 in less than 15 minutes,” said a satisfied guest.

Providing an economic boost to each region it visits, the IGSDB projects to pay out $350,000 at each event—a testament to the high volume of items they purchase and the prime prices being paid. Offers are made based on rarity, numismatic value, condition and market value.

Company spokesman Matthew Enright says, “We just paid $4,700 for a loose 1.25—carat diamond. Our mission is to pay local residents on the spot for sterling silverware, fine jewelry, coins and precious metals—especially silver and gold.” The company has seen a huge influx of gold lately. “Customers have been scrambling to cash into the record-high value of gold,” adds Enright. For those who are unsure if their items are genuine gold or silver, or simply costume, company will test it for free. “The best strategy is to bring all items to the show for a free evaluation from our specialists. It always amazes me how a small handful of gold and silver can turn into hundreds of dollars in just a few moments. We test, weigh, and buy items right on the spot,” Enright says.

At a recent show, a small—town dentist had a nice pay day. “I have been collecting dental gold for years from patients who didn’t want their extracted teeth. It really added up—my check is for over $31,000!”

While most people don’t have buckets of dental gold at their fingertips, they do have $750 worth of scrap gold scattered throughout their homes or mismatched earrings.

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Covington-area residents should start collecting their valuables now to bring to the free event, which runs next Monday - Saturday. Deals will be made and money will be paid on the spot. Attendance is expected to be high, but no appointment is needed. Enright encourages everyone to take advantage of this special opportunity to meet directly with specialists from the International Gold, Silver and Diamond Buyers. He concludes, “It’s a great chance for people to cash in their old diamonds, jewelry, coins and scrap gold. This is a seller’s market, so don’t miss out!”

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SportsTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

B1B1www.covingtonleader.com

It annoys me when people talk about “how time flies.”

I always say to myself, “Self, doesn't that person understand that time progresses at the same rate all the time, every-day?”

Unfortunately, as I get older, I find myself doing the same things that annoy me.

I said all that to say this: I can't believe we're already halfway through the high school football regu-lar season.

It seems like just yesterday I was working on our football special sec-tion.

And since we're at the midway point of the season, I thought this would be an excellent time to unveil the first annual Jeff Ireland Leader Midseason Football Awards.

The JILMFAs, if you will. I'm not dead set on the name just

yet, but you get the idea. Here we go …

Toughest breakCovington senior Carlos Williams

was on his way to having an amaz-ing season before it was derailed with an injury in his second game. On the first play from scrimmage of the season he intercepted a pass and returned it for a touchdown. He scored six times in those two games. It would have been nice to see what kind of numbers he would have put up over a whole season.

MVPIt seems pretty clear to me that

Brighton senior receiver Ricky Foster is the best player in the county. The touchdown catch he made in the Cardinals' win over Covington was the best individual play I've seen so far this year. I have yet to see a defen-sive back that can match his athleti-cism.

Je! IrelandSports Editor

Second-half surge

By STEVE [email protected]

Covington’s 28-7 District 13-AA win over the Crockett County Cavaliers Friday in Alamo had a surreal nature to it from the outset.

A full moon rode high behind the clouds that threatened rain and the crowd seemed subdued and fretful. So did both teams.

After CHS took a 7-0 first quarter lead on a 65-yard third-down gallop by Johnston White for the first of his three touchdowns of the night, the Charger offense went into hibernation, managing only seven more plays from scrimmage in the half.

The Cavaliers mounted an unbeliev-able 24-play scoring drive spanning the first and second quarters, during

which they lost 40 yards on penalties, seven yards on a quarterback sack and escaped from a third and 32. Jonathan Jurnette scored on a two-yard run for the Cavaliers.

Crockett ended the third Charger possession of the half with a fumble recovery and mounted a 17-play drive that came up empty to go to the locker room tied at 7-7.

“We came out flat,” said Charger head man Marty Wheeler. “After a good week of practice we did not bounce back after an emotional game. It was a different atmosphere. We were not coachable in the first half.”

Adjustments were made at the half on both sides of the ball, but there was no panic, according to Wheeler.

“Some of our seniors stepped up at halftime and took ownership,”

Wheeler said. “It was good to see.”The second half started with a bang. Covington’s Dedric Smith returned

the opening kick off 44 yards to the Crocket 16, and on the ensuing play Colliar Robinson dragged two or three would-be tacklers into the end zone to put the Chargers up to stay. Josh Watts’ extra point was perfect, as he was all night, and CHS led 14-7.

A seven-play drive later in the third quarter found Covington in the end zone again on a 15-yard run from White for a 21-7 lead.

An energized Charger defense, led by Jadarius Temple’s two sacks and great play from Dakota Phillips, sty-mied the Cavaliers for the remainder of the game.

Starting from their own 16-yard line

Covington remains perfect in district playCovington's Logan Morris (56), Dakota Phillips (65) Derious Somerville (53) and others bring down a Crockett County runner during action Friday night in Alamo. Covington won 28-7 to remain perfect in district play. Photo by Phil Ramsey

SEE CHS, PAGE B2

'I' On the Ball

Cards avenge lossBig nights from Stewart, Foster, Dickerson propel Brighton past JNSBy JEFF [email protected]

Before even leaving the field after Brighton's win over Covington two weeks ago, Cardinal coach Will Wolfe and his players started talking about their plans for getting revenge against Jackson North Side the following week.

Friday night in Jackson the Cardinals executed those plans perfectly.

Brighton scored 28 second-half unan-swered points en route to a 42-14 District 13-AAA win, avenging a 30-point home loss to the Indians last season.

“We talked about it (revenge) for sure,” Wolfe said. “We just didn't want what happened last year to happen again.”

The Indians (1-4 overall, 0-2 district) hung with Brighton (3-1, 1-0) for a while.

After recovering an onside kick late in the first quarter, Brighton drove to the North Side 7 and looked poised to go up 21-7. But Thad Parks scooped up a fumbled exchange and returned it 88 yards to tie the score at 14-14.

That's where the score stayed until the Cardinals' offense kicked it into high gear in the second half.

Antonio Dickerson and Greg Starks scored on short runs in the third quar-

ter to push the lead to 28-14. A one-yard touchdown run by Ricky

Foster and a 13-yarder by Dickerson, his third touchdown of the game, fol-lowed in the fourth.

Brighton quarterback Brady Stewart had another big game.

After throwing two interceptions in the first half, he settled down and finished with 315 yards on 21-of-26 passing.

“We had two interceptions in the first half that really cost us,” Wolfe said. “The kids rallied back and played real good in the second half … Brady made some real strides. He threw the ball 26 times and I think he only made one bad read.”

Stewart's favorite target once again was Foster, who finished with nine receptions for 160 yards.

Artez Harris also had a big night with two catches for 83 yards. Dickerson led Brighton's rushing attack, which pro-duced a season-high 247 yards, with 122 yards on six carries. Starks, who scored Brighton's second touchdown on a seven-yard run, finished with 84 rushing yards.

Adam Craig led North Side with 109 passing yards and 96 on the ground.

Brighton steps out of district play this Friday in a home game against Millington.

A slew of Dyer County defenders swarm an inidentifi able Munford player during action Friday night in Newbern. The Choctaws won, 44-19 Photo by Mike Smith - The State Gazette


Dyer County had a little too much firepower for Munford Friday night in Newbern.

Choctaw quarterback Dylan Dye threw for 258 yards and three scores as Dyer County handed the Cougars their first District 13-AAA loss, 44-19.

Midway through the second quar-ter, Stephen Stewart hooked up with Cedric Williams on a 12-yard touch-down pass to trim Dyer County's lead to 14-7.

After falling behind 24-10 at the half, Munford (1-4 overall, 1-1 district) cut

the lead to 11 early in the third quarter on Tyler Gray's second field goal of the game, but Dyer County (4-1, 2-0) pulled away with three touchdowns, the third of which came on a 64-yard touchdown run by Ky Wilson that pushed the lead to 37-19.

“Not really,” Munford coach Matt Saunders said when asked if his team played well. “We'd been getting bet-ter week by week … A lot of the credit goes to Dyer County. They executed their offense well, but I don't think we executed. I don't think we did a good job preparing for this game.”

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Lady Cards remain undefeated; CHS ties DyersburgBy JEFF IRELAND, STEVE [email protected]

The Brighton Lady Cardinals kept their undefeated record intact with a Tuesday win over Craigmont and a vic-tory last week over Wooddale.

Playing in Memphis against Craigmont, Brighton (7-0-1) won 8-0.

Courtney Carpenter led the way with four goals and an assist. Mo Whitefoot added two assists and Shady Ross and Alex Lowe each had one. Kelsi Williams, Amanda McKinley, Emily Kirk and Lowe each added goals.

Last Thursday at May Complex against Wooddale, the Lady Cardinals

scored four times in the first half to win 4-0.

Codie Davis got the scoring started on an assist from Carpenter. Williams added one goal and Whitefoot had two, one on an assist from Williams.

Amy Janes, Amanda McKinley and Aleah Williams combined in goal to get the shutout.

Brighton will host Munford today at 6:30 p.m. in a key district game. Bartlett visits Brighton on Monday before the Lady Cardinals travel to Covington on Tuesday.

“We have a big game Thursday against Munford,” Brighton coach Sharri Garrett said. “We have been

working on finishing the ball and first touches. If we can control the speed of play the way we have been doing the second half the whole game, we shouldn't have a problem Thursday. Overall, I think our speed and endur-ance should show for a victory.”

With just a couple of weeks remaining in the season, it appears that the CHS Lady Chargers soccer team will head to the playoffs as the second-seeded team in the region behind Dyersburg, which CHS tied this week, 1-1, at Dyersburg.

“It was the best hustle and team play we have had all year against the No. 1 team (Dyersburg) in the region for the past 5 years,” said CHS head

coach Robert Luttrell. “The defense played great. Junior captain Sarah Anne Franklin really stepped up her game."

After a scoreless first half, CHS took the lead 10 minutes into the second on a 20-yard shot from Gabby Glenn that was assisted by Whitney Wallace. The Lady Trojans tied the game with eight minutes left in the match. There is no overtime in regular season high school soccer.

CHS dropped a district match at home to Obion County 3-1 on Sept. 13. Glenn scored the lone goal for Covington in the first half.

The Lady Chargers will travel to McKenzie for a district match today.

SOCCER ROUNDUP

SEE BALL, PAGE B2

SEE MHS, PAGE B2

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Best 1-win teamAfter watching

Munford play several times this year, it’s hard to understand how they have won just one game. Their schedule – Covington, Horn Lake, Millington, Dyer County – has been brutal, but they’re still in the thick of the playoff race. Don’t be surprised to see the Cougars reel off some wins down the stretch.

Best DP impersonationBrighton football fans

had to be wondering how the Cardinals’ pass-happy offense would fare with the graduation of quarterback Danny Potter. It’s done just fine in the hands of junior Brady Stewart, who has stepped in and kept Brighton’s spread offense humming. At the end of the year he figures to be

among West Tennessee’s leaders in passing yard-age.

Pluckiest teamI try to remain basi-

cally impartial when covering games, but I find myself really root-ing for Tipton-Rosemark Academy to pick up a win. They were edged by Bishop Byrne two weeks ago and had their chances last week against Rossville, but came up short again. With some very strong teams left on the schedule, they may not get a win this year, but I give them credit for hanging in there despite being outmanned every Friday.

Munford. He caught nine passes for 77 yards and rushed for 120 more on 18 carries.

Stewart was 16-for-33 passing for 154 yards. Hunter Harden relieved Stewart down the stretch and completed 4 of 7 passes for 114 yards, but each quarterback threw one interception.

Munford’s second touchdown of the game came on a 14-yard run by Stewart.

Dyer County’s final score came on a 36-yard touchdown catch by Thaddeous Medford, who also rushed for 100 yards and two scores.

Despite the loss, Munford is in third place in the five-team dis-trict, one game behind first place Dyer County and a half game behind Brighton. After hosting Memphis Northside this Friday in a non-district game, the Cougars play

at Brighton Sept. 30 and wrap up the district slate Oct. 14 at home against Jackson North Side.

Running the district schedule would put the Cougars in pretty good position for a playoff spot.

“We still have a chance to make the playoffs, which is still the goal,” Saunders said. “People want to ask me what it will take to make the playoffs. It’s pretty sim-ple. Just go out and win your games.”

just before the end of the third period, the Chargers put the game away with a 16-play drive for the final score. Carlos Burton, who Wheeler tabbed as an offensive star for his blocking all night, nabbed a pass to set CHS up first and goal at the CCHS 4 before White plowed in from six yards out for the final tally.

The Chargers held Crockett County (1-4 overall, 1-2 district) to 174 yards of offense.

CHS (4-1, 2-0) finished with 387 yards of offense, rushing 44 times for 369 yards. White rushed for 239 yards and Robinson added 107.

Covington is off Friday before hosting district foe Gibson County on Sept. 30 for homecoming.

CHSContinued from B1

Covington professional boxer Chris Rudd (11-0, 7 KO) recently signed with Let’s Rumble Promotions of St. Louis. Pictured are, from left, Chuck Glover, Rudd, Steve Smith (pro-moter) and coach Jimmy Glover. Rudd, a former member of the Covington Boxing Club, is expected to fight again in late September. The Covington Boxing Club, which practices Monday through Thursday at 5 p.m. at the Covington Senior Citizens Center, is accepting new boxers.


Tipton-Rosemark Academy flirted with picking up its first win of the season Friday night in Rossville.

But a costly turnover and a strong finish by the Wolves resulted in a 35-14 Rossville win.

Down 28-14 early in the fourth quarter, TRA was driving when a fumbled ended the possession.

Rossville (1-3 overall, 1-2 league) tacked on a late touchdown to secure its first DII-A-West win of the season.

TRA fell to 0-4 and 0-2. “That was a tough loss,” said TRA

head coach Dodd Gengenbach. “That (fumble) kind of took the wind out of our sails. The kids played hard, though. We’re still having some issues with turnovers at inopportune times, but the kids kept fighting.”

Rossville appeared to be pulling away when quarterback Weston Locastro scored on a 10-yard run with 7:36 left in the third quarter to push the lead to 28-6.

But Rosemark answered less than than three minutes later when quar-

terback Keith Hamlin scored on a four-yard run and then threw to Logan Stewart for the two-point con-version.

The game clincher came in the final minutes of the fourth quarter on a 26-yard touchdown run by Brad Leininger.

A two-yard touchdown run by Austin Rushing with 11:19 left cut Rossville’s lead to 7-6. A three-yard touchdown run by Leininger mid-way through the second quarter gave Rossville a 13-6 halftime lead.

Hamlin had a solid all-round game for TRA, finishing with 65 yards pass-ing, 55 receiving and 46 rushing.

Freshman Logan Stewart saw action at quarterback and completed 6 of 17 passes for 66 yards. He also caught two passes for 62 yards.

The Rebels hit the road again Friday night with a league game in Cordova against First Assembly Christian School.

“We’re going to be the underdog,” Gengenbach said. “We’ll have to take some chances and see if we can make things happen.”

Wolves take down TRA in DII-A action FridayLate Rosemark rally falls short

Sports Shorts

The Tribe 8-year-old competitive baseball team is holding tryouts Oct. 15 at 2 p.m. at Centennial Park in Munford. For more information contact Bobby Farrell (356-1665), Lisa Farrell (258-0294) or Shawn Smith (359-9211).

The Munford High School Homerun Booster Club is hosting its third annual golf scramble Sept. 24 at Forest Hills Golf Course. For more information contact Wayne Bouler at [email protected].

MHS Alumni Night for Munford football players and coaches will be held at the Oct. 14 home game. Info is needed from for-mer players and coaches. E-mail name and years of service to [email protected], or call 205-454-1494. Oct. 11 is the deadline.

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FaithTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

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By RICK HUFFMANSpecial to The Leader

When I was attend-ing Freed Hardeman, one semester my roommate was a brilliant student from California. He had a photo-graphic memory and could remember verbatim what he heard in a class lecture. Ability, he was without equal. Study, he did not have to. He could cram the night before a big test and ace it every time. He was taking a biology course and there was a lab test he had to take. He had a 100% average in the class. He had calculated that he could make a zero on the lab test and still ace the course. So, what did he do? He did not look at a note, crack the book or study a lick. The day of the test, he went to every station where a speci-men was on display with the test questions in his hand. He did not even try to answer one question but when the test period was over, he wrote his name on the paper and turned in his blank test paper. Obviously he failed the test but he did receive an “A” for the class. This young man was study-ing to be a doctor. We went our separate ways and I lost track of him but I have often wondered if he did become a physician. Let’s suppose he did. Let’s suppose he became a heart surgeon and you needed heart sur-gery. Would you want him operating on you? I would not! Why? Because as a student he had a “just get- by” attitude. All he was interested in was doing just enough to accomplish what he wanted. As a physician,

would he have that same attitude? Suppose he was attaching a bypass into your heart. If he thought three stitches was sufficient for it to hold, would he stop with the three stitches or would he take every precaution and use more stitches to be certain there was no possi-bility the bypass would fail? If prior performance is any indication, he would not take any extra effort. He would be content to do the least he thought would take care of the situation instead of everything in his power to insure that the operation was successful.

Spiritually speaking, many of us are content, if not happy, to just get by. We want to do as little as we can to get by. We sit on the back pew. We never participate in service, teach a class, clean the building, answer a question in class or volunteer for any church work. We may attend once a week and that only on Sunday morning and even then we skip Sunday school. We use any and every excuse not to come to church from a slight head-ache to a sporting event to company came in to having to prepare a Sunday meal to spending quality time with my family (as if attending church is not) to being tired to just doing something for myself to going shopping to sleeping in because this is the only day I can. We leave the waitress a big-ger tip at that fancy res-taurant on Saturday night than we give to the Lord on Sunday. Pray, we do not have to because everything is going well with me. Bible study is a waste; there are

more important things to see, learn and do. If we do attend church, we are content to let others do the work. We consider wor-ship a spectator sport for our entertainment. Heaven forbid should the preach-er preach on something I’m doing wrong or even worse something I should be doing. We are simply along for the ride, riding on the coattails of others. This is totally contrary to what our Savior taught. Repeatedly in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus ham-mered home the point that the Christian is to do more than he has to, more than is expected or required. There is no glory in doing what we must. He told His followers to go the second mile. Matt 5:41 And who-soever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. A Christian will not respond in the customary or expected way but in a way that shows he is the Lord’s and the Lord is his. Matt 5: 38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whoso-ever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. A Christian will not just love and do good to those who love and do good to him. Matt 5: 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neigh-bour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. As Christians we will be a cut above the rest. Matt 5: 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

Jesus told a parable about

ten virgins. Five were just interested in getting by. They carried enough oil to get by under ordinary circumstances, but when circumstances were out of the ordinary and the groom delayed his coming, they realized too late the folly of just trying to get by. Faced with the prospects of run-ning out of oil, they were forced to go into town to buy more. While away, the groom came and they were excluded from the feast. Only the five who had gone the second mile in being prepared and had taken more oil than neces-sary were ready when the groom came. The groom represents the Lord. The virgins represent you and me. Just as some of the virgins took extra effort to be prepared, some of us will do what we can to be prepared. However, some of us are like the foolish virgins, just getting by, hop-ing we have done enough, but not willing to take the extra effort to be sure until it’s too late.

Being saved is not effort-less like rolling down a hill. True, we are saved by grace, but not by grace only. We must work (be obedient to His will). Paul admonished, “… work out your own salvation with fear and trembling”. (Php. 2;12) If the righteous are barely saved, how about us who are just getting by? 1Pe 4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? Why will we gamble when our soul is at stake? Mr 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

Rick Huffman is an elder at

Gilt Edge Church of Christ.

COMMENTARY

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MEN'S MINISTRY

A SLICE OF P.I.E. Above, River of Life men's ministry volunteer James Armstrong shares a little P.I.E. (prayer, information, and evangelism) with a Celebrate Munford attendee on Sept. 17. At left, Munford Mayor Dwayne Cole joins David Wolle and other members of the River of Life men's ministry in sharing P.I.E. at the church's booth. Volunteers personally witnessed to more than 250 people during the daylong event. River of Life Assembly of God Church is located at 220 Beaver Road in Munford. Wor-ship times are:

Visit the church online at www.munfordriveroflife.com for more.

SundaySunday School, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. ; Imagine Senior (Kids Church Ages 6-12),10: 30 a.m.; Imagine JR. (Kids Church Ages 3-5), 10:30 a.m.; church-wide prayer, 5 p.m.

Wednesdays: Adult Bible Study, 7 p.m.; Authentic Youth, 7 p.m.; Royal Rangers and Mpact Girls, 7 p.m.

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FaithTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

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Want to see photos from your church on our faith pages? Send snapshots from a recent event, outreach program, youth group,

awards recognition, etc. to [email protected] for possible publication in an upcoming edition.

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

church, but we're hoping for more effective ways in which to publicize your parish life and aid in recruitment.

We now have a team of contributors in place who will write commen-tary and we are accepting photos and information about your youth groups, outreach, ministries and church events.

We want to fill these pages with happiness, with fellowship, with the reasons you love your church and your faith.

We know that here in the Bible Belt church activities are as much a part of your life as ball games and barbecue and we want our newspaper

to reflect this. We invite you to send

in your submissions (you can email them to [email protected]) and follow along as our faith pages begin to evolve from static content to pages that mirror the way you live your life: not just in words but also through action.

This is not how we've traditionally approached these pages, but after some reflection we believe it's best to move forward, to focus our efforts on what's impor-tant, to focus on the life being lived in church-es all over the county, because that's what it's all about.


Newspapers, as we once knew them, are dying. No longer can publishers print every word of news, every photo submitted, every community event, every church listed in the directory.

But this is a good thing. It forces us to reevaluate our priorities, the impor-tance of the news we're printing and the wants and needs of our readers.

The same can be said for churches: they're not attended as often these days and many do not bring in as much revenue as they once did. When this happens, a church, much like a business,

must do some reevaluat-ing; it's important to stay focused on the issues and activities that are impor-tant to its people while still working hard to reach others.

Along the same vein, because we want to be rel-evant and read and help you in your mission, we have recently reevaluated our faith pages and have made some changes.

The church directory, for instance, will now only be published in the first issue of each month and we have decided to lay the Church of the Week fea-ture to rest indefinitely.

The church directory is an important vehicle which we hope brings new people to your

After reevaluating, changes in store for faith pages

By CAREY KINSOLVINGKidsTalkAboutGod.org

"In some places without free-dom, girls aren't allowed to go to school," says Haley, age 8. "The only people I can think of who would like that are the boys! Boys in our class torture us!"

One time I asked a girl about the same age as Haley why God created boys. "So you could pester them. I love pestering boys," she replied with a gleam in her eye that could only come from being truly skilled at her craft.

While women who can't attend school probably feel enslaved, oth-ers, like Erin, 6, define freedom as "being out of school on weekends and holidays."

If Caroline, 5, had her way, teachers could take a permanent holiday because she defines free-dom as "playing all the time and eating what you want."

Gee, I wonder how long some-one could survive on pizza, ice cream and chocolate cake?

When America's founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence, they proclaimed that certain rights were inalien-able. In other words, they believed these God-given rights supersed-ed all government decrees. These non-negotiable rights include life, liberty and the pursuit of happi-ness.

"It's something when George Washington and his men fought for you to be able to do what you want," says Spencer, 7. "Like if someone told you to go to a certain church, you don't have to go.”

Many Christian colonists came to America to escape religious persecution. Some kept run-ning after they arrived. Roger Williams, a Baptist minister, fled Massachusetts in the dead of win-ter and settled Rhode Island. The state constitution he established provided a haven for all religious dissenters and a model for the framers of the U.S. Constitution.

The idea of inalienable rights given by God permeates the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. The framers realized that a relationship with God is a matter of the conscience and heart, which no laws can coerce.

"Freedom is having the right of speech," says Laiton, 9. Yes, Laiton, the First Amendment to the Constitution guarantees the right to free speech, the right to assemble and freedom from the control of a state religion.

When Jewish rulers forbade the apostles Peter and John to speak or teach in the name of Jesus, Peter and John said: "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard." (Acts 4:19-20)

"God tries to give everyone a big life of freedom," says Cody, 7. "We have freedom because God is the Holy One. God gave his only begotten Son to die on the cross."

Jesus submitted to unjust charg-es, beatings and crucifixion to bear our sins. After three days in the grave, he broke death's grip for-ever for himself and for all who believe in him.

Living in a free country means very little if you're enslaved by

substance abuse, lust, jealousy, anger, bitterness or guilt. Actually, the wonderful political freedoms we have in America are like a dim shadow compared to the true free-dom Jesus offers.

Paradoxically, spiritual freedom comes through declaring depen-dence not independence.

Think about this: True freedom begins by believing in Jesus Christ and totally depending on him as your liberator from spiritual death. Only then can you break the old patterns of enslavement and experience the true freedom of his abundant life.

Memorize this truth: "Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free." (Galatians 5:1)

Ask this question: Are you living in spiritual freedom or slavery?

Carey Kinsolving is a syndicated columnist, producer, author, speak-er and website developer. To see more material like this, visit www.KidsTalkAboutGod.org.

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LegalsTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

B6SUBSTITUTE

TRUSTEE’S SALE

WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by that certain Deed of Trust executed on December 20, 2005, by Willie Burroughs and Wanda J. Burroughs to Archer Land Title Inc., Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Of ce of Tipton County, Tennessee, under Book 1251, Page 151, (“Deed of Trust”); andWHEREAS, the bene cial inter-est of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to US Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee for LSF7 NPL VII Trust; andWHEREAS, US Bank Trust Nation-al Association, as Trustee for LSF7 NPL VII Trust, the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust, (the “Owner and Holder”), appoint-ed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substi-tute Trustee by instrument led for record in the Register’s Of ce of Tipton County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; andWHEREAS, pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 35-5-117 (i), not less than sixty (60) days prior to the rst publication required by § 35-5-101, the notice of the right to foreclose was properly sent, if so required; andNOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebt-edness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and that the undersigned, Nation-wide Trustee Services, Inc., Substi-tute Trustee, or its duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in it, will on Thursday, September 29, 2011, commencing at 10:00 AM at the North Door of the Tipton County Courthouse, Covington, Tennes-see, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described prop-erty situated in Tipton County, Ten-nessee, to wit:A certain tract or parcel of land in Tipton County, in the State of Ten-nessee, described as follows: De-scribed land being a description of a 0.81 acre tract of the Clifford Drake property as recorded at Deed Book 392, Page 446, said property be-ing situated in the 1st Civil District of Tipton County, Tennessee and located on the South side of Solo Road. Beginning at the Northwest corner of the Clifford Drake proper-ty, Deed Book 392, Page 446, also being the Northeast corner of the Lucille Mashburn property, Deed Book 347, Page 90, also being in the centerline of Solo Road; thence in a Southeasterly direction along the centerline of Solo Road and the North line of Drake, S. 87 deg. 00’ 00” E, a called and measured dis-tance of 210.00 feet to the North-east corner of Drake, also being an exterior corner of the Edward Mc-Dow, Sr. property, Deed Book 448, Page 459; thence in a Southwest-erly direction along an East line of Drake and an interior line of Mc-Dow, S 06 deg. 36’ 54” W, a called and measured distance of 45.00 feet to an angle point; thence in a Southwesterly direction, continuing along said line, S 21 deg. 09’ 30” W, a called and measured distance of 143.00 feet to the Southeast cor-ner of Drake and an interior line of McDow; thence in a Northwesterly direction along the South line of Drake and a North line of McDow, N 88 deg. 21 ‘ 19” W a called and measured distance of 170.00 feet to a found iron being the Southwest corner of Drake and an exterior corner of McDow, also being in an East line of Mashburn; thence in a Northeasterly direction along a West line of Drake and an East line of Mashburn, N. 05 deg. 16’ 44” E, a called distance of 184.00 feet, but a measured distance of 184.96 feet to the point of beginning and containing 0.81 acres more or less, excepted out that portion occupied by the R.O.W of Solo Road. Being the same property conveyed to Wil-lie Burroughs and Wanda J. Bur-roughs, husband and wife by War-ranty Deed from Robert E. Smith and wife, Vickie E. Smith, dated July 30, 2004 and recorded August 2, 2004 of record in Book 1154, Page 392, Register’s Of ce for Tip-ton County, Tennessee. Subject to any and all applicable restrictions and easements of record. PROPERTY ADDRESS (for in-formation only): 1398 Solo Road, Covington, TN 38019 Map & Par-cel: 024-029.04PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1398 Solo Road, Covington, TN 38019CURRENT OWNER(S): Willie Bur-roughs and Wanda J. BurroughsThe sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all mat-ters shown on any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a xture ling; and any matter that an accu-rate survey of the premises might disclose.SUBORDINATE LIENHOLDERS: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as sole nominee for EquiFirst CorporationOTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: N/AAll right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the under-signed will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.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.THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COL-LECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trusteec/o RMWNationwide Trustee Services, Inc.1587 Northeast ExpresswayAtlanta, GA 30329(770) 234-9181File No.: 1197.J1102826TNWeb Site: www.j egal.com

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE

TRUSTEE’S SALE

WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated March 4, 2005, ex-ecuted by WALTER HARDISTER, JR., SINGLE, conveying certain real property therein described to LENDERS TITLE & ESCROW as same appears of record in the Reg-ister’s Of ce of Tipton County, on March 9, 2005, as Instrument No. 69442, Book 1192, Page 385; and WHEREAS, the bene cial inter-est of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUST-EE FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-FF6, who is now the owner of said debt; andWHEREAS, Notice of the Right to Foreclose (“Notice”) was given in compliance with Tennessee law by the mailing a copy of the No-tice to the parties at least sixty (60) days prior to the rst publication of the Substitute Trustee’s Sale. WHEREAS, the undersigned, RE-CONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., having been appointed by as Sub-stitute Trustee by instrument led for record in the Register’s Of ce of Tipton County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby giv-en that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, RECON-TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Sub-stitute Trustee or its duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on October 6, 2011, 11:00 AM at the Tipton County courthouse door where foreclosure sales are cus-tomarily held At the Tipton County Courthouse, Covington, TN, pro-ceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Tipton County, Tennes-see, to wit:Beginning at a found one (1) inch iron pipe in the East R.O.W. line of North Maple Street being the south-west corner of the Earl Cromwell property as recorded at Deed Book 720, Page 373, which this 0.34 acre partition is a part, also being the Southwest corner of said partition; also being the Northwest corner of the William V. Huffman, Jr. prop-erty (270, Page 508); thence in a northwestardly direction, along the East R.O.W. line of Maple Street being the west line of Cromwell and this partition, North 01°24’24” West, a called distance of 108.25 feet, but a measured distance of 108.10 feet to a found one (1) inch iron pipe being the Northwest cor-ner of Cromwell and this partition, also being the southwest corner of the Stephen R. Robbins, prop-erty (500/5) thence in a northeast-wardly direction, along the north line of Cromwell and this partition, North 88°02’21” East a distance of 139.98 feet to a found rebar being the Northeast corner of said parti-tion; thence in a southerly direction along the east line of this partition South 00°00’00” East, a distance of 108.17 feet to a found rebar in the south line of Cromwell being the southeast corner of said parti-tion, also being in the south line of Cromwell being the southeast cor-ner of said partition, also being in the north line of Huffman, thence in a southwestardly direction, also the south line of Cromwell and this par-tition, also being the north line of Huffman, South 88°02’40” West, a distance of 137.32 feet to the point of beginning and containing 0.34 acres, more or less. According to survey of Don R. Cole & Associ-ates, TN R.L.S. #1563, P.O. Box 766, Munford, TN 38058, dated November 17, 1994. PARCEL#: 025N-F-010PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 326 N MAPLE STREET, COVINGTON, TN 38019. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the le-gal description shall control. CUR-RENT OWNER(S): Walter R. Har-dister, Jr.OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: N/AThe sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all mat-ters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a xture ling; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is be-ing sold with the express reserva-tion that it is subject to con rmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to ad-journ the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announce-ment at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, 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 warranties of any kind, includ-ing tness for a particular 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 TS#: 11-0044960 FEI # 1006.142960 09/15/2011, 09/22/2011, 09/29/2011

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE

Default having been made in the terms, conditions, and payments provided in a certain Deed of Trust dated OCTOBER 22, 2004, ex-ecuted by JAMES R. SHIRKEY (A/K/A JAMES SHIRKEY), A MAR-RIED MAN (JOINED BY HIS WIFE, TERESA E. SHIRKEY), to MONTE S. CONNELL, Trustee, of record in RECORD BOOK 1169, PAGE 743, in the Register’s Of ce for TIPTON County, Tennessee and to J. PHILLIP JONES, appointed as Substitute Trustee in an instrument of record in the Register’s Of ce for TIPTON County, Tennessee, to se-cure the indebtedness described, the entire indebtedness having been declared due and payable by U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSO-CIATION, being the present owner/holder or authorized agent, desig-nee or servicer of the holder/owner of said indebtedness, has request-ed foreclosure proceedings to be instituted; and as provided in said Deed of Trust, J. PHILLIP JONES, will by virtue of the power and au-thority vested in me as Substitute Trustee, on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2011 AT 12:00 P.M. (NOON), AT THE NORTH DOOR OF THE TIP-TON COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN COVINGTON, TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, sell to the highest bidder for cash, free from the eq-uity of redemption, homestead, and dower, and all other exemp-tions which are expressly waived, and subject to any unpaid taxes, if any, the following described prop-erty in TIPTON County, Tennes-see, to wit:Property located in the county of Tipton, Tennessee:A parcel of land, being remaining part of the Illinois Central Railroad company’s section house property at Covington, Tipton County, more particularly described as follows:Beginning at the southeast corner of property conveyed by the Illinois Central Railroad company to C.W. Pruitt, by deed dated may 21, 1959; thence easterly along the southerly line of section house property a dis-tance of 106 feet, more or less, to a point which is 50 feet westerly from the center line of southbound main track, as measured at a right angle thereto; thence northerly parallel with and 50 feet westerly from said center line of tract a distance of 182 feet, more or less to the north line of said section house property; thence westerly along the north line of said section house property 179 feet, more or less, to the northeast corner of property of said C.W. Pruitt; thence southerly along said C.W. Pruitt easterly property line a distance of 168 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning, contain-ing an area of 23,940 square feet, more or less.Being the same property conveyed to James R. Shirkey, by deed dated October 22, 2004 of record in re-cord book 1169, page 741, in the register’s of ce of tipton county, Tennessee. This is improved property known as 311 Boyce Avenue, Covington, Tennessee 38019.Map 041f Group E Ctrl Map 041K Parcel 009.00The sale of the subject property is without warranty of any kind, and is further subject to the right of any tenant(s) or other parties or entities in possession of the property.This sale is subject to any unpaid taxes, if any, prior liens or encum-brances leases, easements and all other matters of record including but not limited to the priority of any xture ling. If the U.S. Department of the Treasury/Internal Revenue Service, the state of Tennessee De-partment of Revenue, or the state of Tennessee Department of Labor and Work Force Development 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 applicable governmental enti-ties right to redeem the property, all as required by 26 U.S.C. 7425 And T.C.A. 67-1-1433. If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-117 have been met.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. The Trustee/Sub-stitute Trustee reserves the right to rescind the saleIn the event the highest 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: Hilco Re-ceivables, LLC; Teresa E. ShirkeyThis is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.This day, September 2, 2011. This is improved property known as 311 Boyce Avenue, Covington, Tennes-see 38019.J. Phillip JonesSubstitute Trustee1800 HAYES STREETNASHVILLE, TN 37203

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TRUSTEE’S SALEWHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the cov-enants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated April 6, 2010, executed by JONATHAN HUNTER QUINLEY, A MARRIED PERSON AND WIFE, AMBER DA-VIS QUINLEY, conveying certain real property therein described to I. DYKE TATUM as same appears of record in the Register’s Of ce of Tipton County, on April 12, 2010, as Instrument No. 136899, in Book 1472, at Page 670; and WHERE-AS, the bene cial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to BANK OF AMER-ICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRY-WIDE HOME LOANS SERVIC-ING, LP, who is now the owner of said debt; andWHEREAS, 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 rst publication of the Substitute Trustee’s Sale.WHEREAS, the undersigned, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., having been appointed by as Sub-stitute Trustee by instrument led for record in the Register’s Of ce of Tipton County, Tennessee.NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire in-debtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the un-dersigned, RECONTRUST COM-PANY, N.A., as Substitute Trustee or its duly appointed agent, by vir-tue of the power, duty and author-ity vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on October 7, 2011, 11:00 AM at the Tipton County courthouse door where foreclosure sales are customarily held At the Tipton County Court-house, Covington, TN, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the fol-lowing described property situated in Tipton County, Tennessee, to wit: A certain tract or parcel of land in Tipton County, State of Tennes-see, described as follows, to wit:Property described in Book 533, Page 15, in the Register’s Of- ce of Tipton County and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point in the west line of Simmons WiIlkins-ville Road, said point being the southwest corner of the property described in Book 533, Page 15; thence North 1 degree 20 minutes east a distance of 147.0 feet to a point; thence North 86 degrees 30 minutes West a distance of 148.0 feet to a point; thence South 1 de-gree 20 minutes West a distance of 147.0 feet to a point in the North line of Simmons Wilkinsville Road; thence South 86 degrees 50 min-utes East a distance of 148.0 feet to the point of beginning. PAR-CEL#: 145D A 01901 000PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 640 SIMMONS ROAD, DRUMMONDS, TN 38023. In the event of any discrepancy be-tween this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): Jonathan Hunter Quinley and Amber Davis QuinleyOTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: N/AThe sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restric-tive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a xture ling; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the ex-press reservation that it is subject to con 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 another day, time, and place certain without further pub-lication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or other-wise, 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, includ-ing tness for a particular 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 TS#: 11-0054712 FEI # 1006.141143 09/15/2011, 09/22/2011, 09/29/2011


Default having been made in the terms, conditions, and payments provided in a certain Deed of Trust dated MARCH 24, 2006, executed by SHERRY M. GLOVER, AN UNMARRIED PERSON, to KATIE WINCHESTER, Trustee, of record in RECORD BOOK 1266, PAGE 155 AND RE-RECORDED IN RE-CORD BOOK 1271, PAGE 690, in the Register’s Of ce for TIPTON County, Tennessee and to J. PHIL-

LIP JONES, appointed as Substi-tute Trustee in an instrument of record in the Register’s Of ce for TIPTON County, Tennessee, to se-cure the indebtedness described, the entire indebtedness having been declared due and payable by TENNESSEE HOUSING DE-VELOPMENT AGENCY BY AND THROUGH ITS SERVICER AND AUTHORIZED AGENT, U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIA-TION, as provided in said Deed of Trust, J. PHILLIP JONES, will by virtue of the power and authority vested in me as Substitute Trust-ee, on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2011 AT 12:00 P.M. (NOON), AT THE NORTH DOOR OF THE TIP-TON COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN COVINGTON, TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, sell to the highest bidder for cash, free from the equi-ty of redemption, homestead, and dower, and all other exemptions which are expressly waived, and subject to any unpaid taxes, if any, the following described property in Tipton County, Tennessee, to wit:Property located in the county of Tipton, Tennessee:Lots 28 and 29, Robert Wooten subdivision, as shown on plat of record in Deed Book 213, page 48, in the Register’s Of ce of Tip-ton County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said property.Subject to subdivision restrictions, building lines and easements at book 213, page 48, in the Tipton County Register’s Of ce.Being the same property conveyed to Sherry M. Glover, an unmarried person, by deed dated march 24, 2006 of record in record book 1266, page 153 and re-recorded in record book 1271, page 688, in the register’s of ce of Tipton County, Tennessee. Subject to UCC xture ling of re-cord in Record Book 1398, page 414, in the Register’s Of ce of Tip-ton County, Tennessee.This is improved property known as 175 Beaver Road, Munford, Tennessee 38058.Map 112D Group B Parcel 012.00The sale of the subject property is without warranty of any kind, and is further subject to the right of any tenant(s) or other parties or enti-ties in possession of the property.This sale is subject to any unpaid taxes, if any, any prior liens or en-cumbrances leases, easements and all other matters of record including but not limited to the priority of any xture ling. If the U.S. Department of the Treasury/Internal Revenue Service, the State of Tennessee Department of Revenue, or the State of Ten-nessee Department of Labor and Work Force Development are list-ed as interested parties in the ad-vertisement, then the notice of this foreclosure is being given to them, and the sale will be subject to the applicable governmental entities right to redeem the property, all as required by 26 U.S.C. 7425 and T.C.A. 67-1-1433. If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-117 Have been met.The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time and place certain without fur-ther publication, 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 highest 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: Main Street Acquisition Corp.; South-west Tennessee E.M.C.This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.This day, September 2, 2011. This is improved property known as 175 Beaver Road, Munford, Ten-nessee 38058.J. PHILLIP JONES SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE1800 HAYES STREETNASHVILLE, TN 37203(615) 254-4430www.phillipjoneslaw.comF11-2235


WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by that certain Deed of Trust ex-ecuted on February 17, 2006, by Eric E. Ross and Deanna Ross to Charles M Ennis, Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Of ce of Tipton County, Tennessee, under Book 1260, Page 184, (“Deed of Trust”); and WHEREAS, the bene cial inter-est of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association; and WHEREAS, JP-Morgan Chase Bank, National As-sociation, the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust, (the “Owner and Holder”), appointed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substi-tute Trustee by instrument led for record in the Register’s Of ce of Tipton County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; andWHEREAS, pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 35-5-117 (i), not less than sixty (60) days prior to the rst publication required by § 35-5-101, the notice of the right to foreclose was properly sent, if so required; andNOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebt-edness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and that the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc.,

Substitute Trustee, or its duly ap-pointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in it, will on Thursday, Sep-tember 29, 2011, commencing at 10:00 AM at the North Door of the Tipton County Courthouse, Cov-ington, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the follow-ing described property situated in Tipton County, Tennessee, to wit: Lot 10, Gladney Subdivision, as recorded in Plat Cabinet C, Slide 66 and amended at Plat Cabinet H, Page 388 in the Tipton County Register’s Of ce to which plat ref-erence is hereby made for a more particular description of said lot. Subject to the subdivision restric-tions, building lines and ease-ments at Plat Cabinet C, Slide 66 in the Tipton County Register’s Of ce. Being the same property conveyed to Edenland Properties, LLC by Warranty Deed placed of record on September 2, 2005, re-corded in Book 1227, Page 888, in the Register’s Of ce of Tipton County, Tennessee. Property also known as 75 Mundell Cove, Brigh-ton, Tennessee 38011 Parcel No.: 07-080N-B-027.00 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 75 Mundell Cove, Brighton, TN 38011CURRENT OWNER(S): Eric E. Ross and Deanna Ross The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov-enants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a xture ling; and any matter that an accurate survey of the prem-ises might disclose.SUBORDINATE LIENHOLDERS: N/AOTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: N/AAll right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the un-dersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. 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. THIS IS AN AT-TEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE. Nationwide Trustee Ser-vices, Inc., Substitute Trustee c/o PP Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 File No.: 802.0902361TN Web Site: www.j egal.com Insertion Dates: 09/08/2011, 09/15/2011 & 09/22/2011


WHEREAS default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated the 7th day of Septem-ber, 2007, executed by Francis & Wilson Properties, LLC by Jona-than D. Francis, Chief Manager and Brandon Wilson, Secretary, conveying certain real property therein described to Charles M. Ennis, Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Of ce of Tipton County, Tennessee, record-ed September 10, 2007 at 12:50 P.m., at Book 1362, Page 576. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire in-debtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Sara C. Bras eld, having been appointed Substi-tute Trustee, by the virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on October 3, 2011 at 10:05 a.m. at the North Door of the Courthouse in Covington, Tip-ton County, Tennessee, where the foreclosure sales are customarily held at the Tipton County Court-house, 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:Lying and being in Tipton County, Tennessee, and thus described:Beginning at a stake in an old lane or by road, west with Earl Calhoun’s south line 210 yards to a stake the northwest corner of John H. Dickson-Lou Matthews lot; thence south with west line of said Dickson-Matthews lot 65 feet to a stake in said line; thence east in line parallel with Earl Calhoun south line 210 yards to a stake in said by-road; thence north 65 feet with said road to Earl Calhoun’s southwest corner.Being the same property conveyed to Francis & Wilson Properties, LLC by deed recorded in Book 1362, Page 574, in the Register’s Of ce of Tipton County, Tennes-see.PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address is believed to be 111 Huffman Drive, Brighton, TN. 38011. In the event of any dis-crepancy between this street ad-dress and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control.CURRENT OWNER(S): FRANCIS & WILSON PROPERTIES, LLC (JONATHAN D. FRANCIS, CHIEF MANAGER & BRANDON WIL-SON, SECRETARYOTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: NONEThe sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restric-tive covenants, easements, or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a

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325 BOLING ROAD


Lot No. 2 of Leach-Garland Drive Minor Subdivi-sion


William Carter

TRUSTEE’S SALE

SUSAN L. ROSE


TRUSTEE’S SALE

Mark T. Lott

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NOTICE TOCREDITORS

Da-vid Hubert wright

FARM LAND NEAR BOLTON, TENNESSEEFOR LEASE

Bids are invited for the leasing of a part of the land known as the Bolton College Farm which contains approximately 660 cultivatable acres and which is situated on the west side of Brunswick Road and on both sides of Paul Bar-ret Parkway at or near Bolton, Tennessee. The lease term will be three (3) years, beginning January 1, 2012. The owner makes no warranty as to the number of cultivatable acres and bidder is responsible for determining the actual amount of same.

Lessee will be required to enter into a written lease agreement containing the usual terms and provisions, including but not limited to, provisions requir-ing Lessee to maintain the property, including any structures, in a proper state of repair and to prevent the unauthorized removal of timber. Lessee will be required to maintain all soil conversation structures and improvements. All bids submitted are expressly subject to any conservation plan recommended by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the USDA and approved by the Lessor.

Bids are to be enclosed in sealed envelopes with the name of bidder indi-cated on the outer side and mailed or hand delivered to R. Grattan Brown, Jr., Attorney, 6000 Poplar Ave., Suite 400, Memphis, Tennessee 38119, to whom inquiries for additional information should be made.

Lessor reserves the unconditional right to reject any and all bids or to waive any irregularities contained therein. The bids must be received on or before Tuesday, October 25, 2011, at 2:00 p.m.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF BOLTON COLLEGE

PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE

The Town of Atoka will hold a Public Meeting on October 4, 2011 at 6:45 p.m. at the Atoka Town Hall. This is a public involvement meeting to notify the com-munity of the intended project scope for the Town’s upcoming TEP application funded under the Tennessee Department of Transportation Enhancement Program. The Town of Atoka encourages your attendance and welcomes your comments on the proposed project.

Persons with disabilities requiring special accommodations should contact Town Administrator Brian Koral, (901) 837-5300. The Town of Atoka does not discrimi-nate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, familial status, or disability. The Town of Atoka complies with Title VI-Civil Rights of 1964; 49 CFR, Part 26.

Daryl Walker Mayor

PUBLIC NOTICE

As required by United State Environment Protection Agency regulations, the City of Covington must comply with the public participation requirements of 40 CFR 25. Among these requirements is publication of industrial users who do not meet pretreatment standard [40 CFR 403.8 (f) (2) (vii)]. During the reporting period of July 2011, Unilever failed to meet monitoring requirements as requires by the conditions of their discharge permit. Although this occurrence created no impact on the Covington Treatment Facility or threat to the environment, it is considered to be a violation by EPA denition.

The Town of Mason has an opening posi-tion available for City Record. Application can be picked up at The Mason City Hall. Applications must be returned to the Mason City Hall by Oct. 4th, 2011. Hours of opera-tion are M-F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Thank you,L. Harris/Clerk

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This 22nd day of September, 2011.

Theresa Wright SimpsonAdministratrix CTA

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Tipton County Chancery CourtJudy Billings, Clerk and Master1801 S. College St., Suite 110Covington, TN 38019

NOTICE TOCREDITORS

R. D. NO PR2933

ESTATE OF Helen M. Stallworth. (Deceased)

Notice is hereby given that the 15th day of September, 2011.

Letters of Testamentary in the respect of the estate of Helen M. Stallworth, deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the Chancery Court of Tipton County, Tennessee.

All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against her estate are required to le same with the clerk of the above named Court within the earlier of four months from notice or 12 months from decedent’s date of death, otherwise their claims will be forever barred.

This 22nd day of September, 2011.

Frank StallworthExecutor

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Tipton County Chancery CourtJudy Billings, Clerk and Master1801 S. College St., Suite 110Covington, TN 38019

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF

TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE

Joli A. GarciaPlaintiff

vs. No. 29043

Kevin C. Garcia

NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONIN THIS CAUSE, it appearing from the Complaint for Divorce, which is sworn to, that the residence and where abouts of the Respondent, Kevin C. Garcia, is un-known and cannot be ascertained upon diligent search and inquiry. It is ordered that the said Defendant, Kevin C. Garcia,

le an answer in the Chancery Court of Tipton County at Covington, Tennessee, and with Plaintiff’s attorney, J. Barney Witherington IV, P.O. Box 922, Coving-ton, Tennessee 38019, on or before No-vember 14, 2011, or Judgment by Default may be entered and the cause set for hearing exparte.It is further ordered that this notice be published for fourth consecutive weeks in the Covington Leader, a newspaper pub-lished in Covington, Tennessee.This the 22nd day of September, 2011.

Judy BillingsClerk

J. Barney Witherington IVAttorney at LawP.O. Box 922Covington, TN 38019(901) 475-270022sept4wp

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF

TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE

NICOLE D. MCKENZIEPlaintiff

vs. No. 29042

JOHN MICHAEL MCKENZIE

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

IN THIS CAUSE, it appearing from the Complaint for Divorce,which is sworn to, that the residence and where abouts of the Respondent, JOHN MICHAEL MCK-ENZIE, is unknown and cannot be ascer-tained upon diligent search and inquiry. It is ordered that the said Defendant, JOHN MICHAEL MCKENZIE, le an answer in the Chancery Court of Tipton County at Covington, Tennessee, and with Plain-tiff’s attorney, J. Barney Witherington IV, P.O. Box 922, Covington, Tennessee 38019, on or before November 14, 2011, or Judgment by Default may be entered and the cause set for hearing exparte.

It is further ordered that this notice be published for fourth consecutive weeks in the Covington Leader, a newspaper pub-lished in Covington, Tennessee.This the 22nd day of September, 2011.

Judy BillingsClerk

J. Barney Witherington IVAttorney at LawP.O. Box 922Covington, TN 38019(901) 475-270022sept4wp

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TIPTON

COUNTY, TENNESSEENICOLE D. MCKENZIEPlaintiff

vs. No. 29042

JOHN MICHAEL MCKENZIE

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

IN THIS CAUSE, it appearing from the Complaint for Divorce,which is sworn to, that the residence and where abouts of the Respondent, JOHN MICHAEL MCK-ENZIE, is unknown and cannot be ascer-tained upon diligent search and inquiry. It is ordered that the said Defendant, JOHN MICHAEL MCKENZIE, le an answer in the Chancery Court of Tipton County at Covington, Tennessee, and with Plaintiff’s attorney, J. Barney Witherington IV, P.O. Box 922, Covington, Tennessee 38019, on or before November 14, 2011, or Judg-ment by Default may be entered and the cause set for hearing exparte.It is further ordered that this notice be published for fourth consecutive weeks in the Covington Leader, a newspaper published in Covington, Tennessee.This the 22nd day of September, 2011.

Judy BillingsClerk

J. Barney Witherington IVAttorney at Law

INVITATION TO BIDDERS

The Tipton County Public Works Department requests sepa-rate sealed bids for the following:

HAULING RED ROCK AND 33C

Bids shall be received by the Tipton County Public Works De-partment at the Administration Ofce in Brighton, Tennessee 38011. Bids will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. local time on Monday, October 3, 2011. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the public works meeting at 6:00 p.m. on said date.

Bids sent by mail should be addressed to the Tipton County Public Works Department, 8279 Highway 51 Brighton, TN 38011. The bid sheets shall be enclosed in a separate sealed envelope marked “BID ENCLOSED,” thus, preventing the bid from being opened in error.

Bids will not be received or accepted after the time specied above for the opening of the bids. Bids submitted after the designated hour will be deemed invalid and returned unopened to the bidder. A bidder may not withdraw his bid during the rst sixty (60) days after the actual opening bid date.

Bid specications are available on our website www.tcpw.net or can be picked up at the Public Works Ofce in Brighton.

Tipton County Public Works reserves the right to accept and/or reject any and all bids.

TIPTON COUNTY EMERGENCY

COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT

The Tipton County E911 Board Meeting has been changed to the following.

E911 BOARD MEET-ING

MEETINGMonday

October 3rd, 2011@

05:00PM@

COVINGTON CITY HALL

200 WASHINGTON ST.COVINGTON, TN

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONPlantiff: Connie Yvette BettsVs.Respondent: Cedric Dewayne Betts, Sr.

In this case it appearing from the petition for divorce which is sworn to, the address and whereabouts. Respondent, Cedric D. Betts, Sr. ! le a response to Plantiff’s Address 2357 Mason-Malone Rd. Mason, TN. 38049 or contact Plantiff, Connie Y. Betts on or before September 6, 2011 or Judgement by default may be entered and the cause set for hearing ex parte.It is further ordered that this notice be published for four consecutive weeks in The Leader, a newspaper published in Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee.

This 15th day of September 2011Sept. 15, Sept. 22, Sept. 29, Oct. 6

NOTICE TO CREDITORSR.D. No. PR2931

ESTATE OF Mark V. Daniel. (Deceased)Notice is hereby given that the 1st day of Sep-

tember, 2011, Letters of Testamentary in the re-spect of the estate of Mark V. Daniel, deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the Chancery Court of Tipton County, Tennessee.

All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against his estate are required to ! le same with the clerk of the above named Court within the earlier of four months from notice or 12 months from the decedent’s date of death, otherwise their claims will be forever barred.This 15th day of September, 2011Amanda RennerAdministratrix

Tipton County Chancery CourtJudy Billings, Clerk and Master

1801 College St., Suite, 110Covington, TN 38019

Sept. 15, 2011, Sept. 22, 2011

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OFTIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE

JANICE MARBRY AKERS JACKSON, a resident of Tipton County, Tennessee PLAINTIFFVS.STEVEN WAYNE JACKSON, whose residence is unknown and cannot be ascertained upon diligent inquiry, DEFENDANTNo. 29019

ORDER OF PUBLICATIONIt appearing from the Complaint, which is sworn to, that Steven Wayne Jackson, the Defendant, is a nonresident of Tennessee and that personal service of process cannot be had upon him; service of process by publication having been Ordered, he is hereby required to appear and answer or otherwise defend the Com-plaint of Janice Marbry Akers Jackson, Plaintiff, whose attorney is William Dan Douglas, Jr., P.O. Box 489, 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 general circulation, once weekly for four consecutive weeks beginning September 8, 2011.Judy Billings,Clerk & Master

Sept. 8, 15, 22, 29

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE

IN RE: DOCKET NO. PR2927

Estate of JIMMY LESTER GIBSON, Deceased

To: SHARON GIBSON ANDCHRISTY GLOVER McLILLIE WILKINS

It appearing from the petition, which is sworn to, that Sharon Gibson and Christy Glover McLillie Wilkins, respondents, are non-residents of Tennessee and that personal service of process cannot be held upon them; service of process by publication having been ordered, they are hereby required to appear and answer the petition of Estate of Jimmy Lester Gibson, petitioner, 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 demanded in the petition. It is further ORDERED that this notice shall be published in The Leader, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, once weekly for (4) consecutive weeks beginning September 15, 2011.

This 6th day of September, 2011.

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Tipton County Chancery CourtJudy Billings, Clerk and Master1801 S. College St., Suite 110Covington, TN. 38019


ESTATE OF Gladys McDow. (Deceased)Notice is hereby given that the 1st day of Sep-

tember, 2011, Letters of Testamentary in the re-spect of the estate of Gladys McDow, deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the Chancery Court of Tipton County, Tennessee.

All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against her estate are required to ! le same with the clerk of the above named Court within the earlier of four months from notice or 12 months from the decedent’s date of death, otherwise their claims will be forever barred.This 15th day of September, 2011Sally Billings HillExecutrix



Sept. 15, 2011, Sept. 22, 2011


ESTATE OF Girlene Kirby. (Deceased)Notice is hereby given that the 1st day of Sep-

tember, 2011, Letters of Testamentary in the re-spect of the estate of Girlene Kirby, deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the Chancery Court of Tipton County, Tennessee.

All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against her estate are required to ! le same with the clerk of the above named Court within the earlier of four months from notice or 12 months from the decedent’s date of death, otherwise their claims will be forever barred.This 15th day of September, 2011Melissa ByrdExecutrix



Sept. 15, 2011, Sept. 22, 2011


ESTATE OF Jere C. Hill. (Deceased)Notice is hereby given that the 17th day of Au-

gust, 2011, Letters of Testamentary in the respect of the estate of Jere C. Hill, deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the Chancery Court of Tip-ton County, Tennessee.

All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against his estate are required to ! le same with the clerk of the above named Court within the earlier of four months from notice or 12 months from the decedent’s date of death, otherwise their claims will be forever barred.This 8th day of September, 2011William J. Orman, Jr.Elizabeth Victoria H. PowellCo-Executors



Sept. 15, 2011, Sept. 22, 2011


ESTATE OF Mabel Taylor Smith. (Deceased)Notice is hereby given that the 29th day of Au-

gust, 2011, Letters of Testamentary in the respect of the estate of Mabel Taylor Smith, deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the Chancery Court of Tipton County, Tennessee.

All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against her estate are required to ! le same with the clerk of the above named Court within the earlier of four months from notice or 12 months from the decedent’s date of death, otherwise their claims will be forever barred.This 8th day of September, 2011Robert M. Smith, Jr.Executor



Sept. 15, 2011, Sept. 22, 2011

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TENNESSEE FOR THE TWENTY-FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

AT COVINGTONIN RE: THE ADOPTION OF TIMYA TARYN TUCKER,A MinorJAMES L. SNEED and DWANA V. SNEED, PETITIONERS, v. TIMMY T. TUCKER, RESPONDENTNo. 29003NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONIN THIS CAUSE, it appearing from the Petition for Adoption, which is sworn to, that the residence and whereabouts of the Respondent, Timmy T. Tucker, is unknown and cannot be ascer-tained upon diligent search and inquiry.It is ordered that the said Respondent ! le and answer in the Chan-cery court of Tipton County at Covington, Tennessee, and with the Plaintiff’s attorney, Christina M. Burdette, on or before Octo-ber 31st, 2011 or Judgement by Default may be entered and the cause set for hearing ex parte.It is further ordered that this notice be published for four consecu-tive weeks in the Covington Leader, a newspaper published in Covington, Tennessee.This 24th day of August, 2011.Judy BillingsClerk/s/ Christina M. BurdetteChristina M. Burdette BPR#015392Attorney for Petitioners7514 Corporate Centre DriveSecond Floor, Suite 201Germantown, TN 38138(901) 756-787809/01, 09/08, 09/15, 09/22

Home of the Week

493 Fite Road

Atoka TN 38004

Minimum Bid: $23,225.00

(or best offer above minimum bid)

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY. 6 rooms, 4

bedrooms, 2 baths, 2,556 sq feet with crawl

space. This description is believed to be

correct to our best understanding.

DATE & TIME OF SALE:

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Members of the Simonton-Wilcox Camp 257, Sons of Confederate Veterans recently dedicated three veteran headstones at the graves of three brothers who were con-federate soldiers from Covington: John Peter, Josephus C.G. and George W.W. Townsend. Pictured above standing front row (l to r): Russ Bailey, grandson of Jesse White, Avon and Sue Gardner,, Darrell and Craig Wright, Dr. Clau-dia Chapman and Roy Collins. Back row (l to r): David Gwinn, Jesss White, James fields, J.P. Flynn, Harry Billings, Jared Baker, Jack Maharrey, Hon. Chris Fisher, Joe Harrald, Roy Collins. Pictured below: Russ Bai-ley and Dr. Claudia Chapman place flowers on the gravesite of J.C.G. Townsend.

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The following persons were arrested in Tipton County and booked into the Tipton County Correctional Facility during the week of September 11-17, 2011.

! Beaty, Mathew Cash, 18, underage consumption of alcohol, public intoxi-cation (Sept. 11)! Bernard, Chaunquinn Jo Shaben, 25, aggravated burglary, theft under $1000 (Sept. 13)! Betterton, Blake Cahill, 19, disor-derly conduct (Sept. 17)! Boothe, James Clement, 32, public intoxication (Sept. 14)! Broadnax, Patrice Deanna, 21, assault (Sept. 11)! Brotherton, Dana Jeanette, 31, pos-session of schedule IV (Sept. 16)! Brown, Cotis Melvin, 49, driving on rev/susp/canc license (Sept. 14)! Calanno, Marcella Pearl, 48, domes-tic assault (Sept. 13)! Campbell, Robert David, 51, domestic assault (Sept. 13)! Catterton, Cory Dwayne, 19, failure to appear (Sept. 13)! Chamberlain, James David, 28, deliver of counterfeit cocaine (Sept. 16) ! Dean, Corey Harvey, 35, failure to appear (Sept. 16)! Dean Sr. Jason Lavarious, 23, domestic assault (Sept. 16)! Easley, James Edward, 18, theft under $10,000 (Sept. 12)! Ellison, Erica Leigh, 33, domestic assault (Sept. 16)! Endres, Sean Antone, 39, driving on rev/susp/canc license (Sept. 14)! Golightly, John Wayne, 39, DUI 2nd offense, violation of implied con-sent, driving left of center of roadway (Sept. 11)! Grant, Roy Lee, 40, aggravated stalk-ing/stalking (2 cts), criminal trespass-ing (2 cts; Sept. 15)! Greenlee, Jason Phillip, 33, driving on rev/susp/canc license (Sept. 16)! Griffin Jr., Donald Henry, 30, pos-session of schedule II with intent (Sept. 13)! Hall, Cordarrell Marcell, 23, domes-tic assault (2 cts), vandalism, driving on rev/susp/canc license, harrass-ment/intimidation (Sept. 17)! Hall, Eric Daniel, 19, underage con-sumption of alcohol, public intoxica-tion (Sept. 11)! Hennings, Tyronza, 37, failure to pay child support (2 cts; Sept. 13)! Henson, Sammy Joe, 28, aggravated

burglary (2 cts; Sept. 16)! Hewes, Thomas Jay, 34, driving on rev/susp/canc license, disregard stop sign, failure to comply with insurance laws (Sept. 11)! Jones, Robert Litveil, 34, aggravated assault (no injury; Sept. 11)! Joyner, Michael Christopher, 45, domestic assault (Sept. 16)! King, Terrick Tranzell, 40, DUI 3rd offense, violation of implied consent law (Sept. 11)! Larson, Michael Ellsworth, 29, theft under $500, contributing to a minor (Sept. 16)! Max, James Dennis, 54, burglary, theft over $500, vandalism (Sept. 17)! Melvin, Patrick Allan, 51, failure to pay child support (Sept. 15)! Miles, Brittany Nicole, 26, theft under $500 (Sept. 16)! Moore, Gordon Matthew, 29, domes-tic assault (Sept. 12)! Morrow, Courtney, 29, aggravated assault (w/ injury), reckless endan-germent, possession of firearm in the commission of a dangerous felony, possession of schedule IV, possession of stolen property, possession of fire-arm with intoxicated, attempted mur-der (Sept. 17)! Pannell, Michael Lynn, 43, DUI 2nd offense, driving on rev/susp/canc license, violation of implied consent, driving left of center of roadway, dis-regarding stop sign (Sept. 14)! Shahan, Jerry Lee, 44, driving on rev/susp/canc license (Sept. 16)! Slough, Cynthia Marie, 51, aggra-vated burglary, assault, criminal tres-passing (Sept. 12)! Smith, Aundra Bernard, 34, driving on rev/susp/canc license (Sept. 14)! Starks, Tarrence Maurice, 22, posses-sion of schedule VI (Sept. 16)! Weaver, Cynthia Lynn, 48, domestic assault (Sept. 12)! Weaver, Marc Anthony, 25, domestic assault (2 cts), felony failure to appear (Sept. 16)! Wilder, Darius Deauonte, 22, posses-sion of sch. II with intent, possession of sch. IV with intent (Sept. 17)

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

Under ArrestPUBLIC RECORDS

By RUSSELL BAILEYTipton County Historian

As early as Sept. 6, Gen. L. Polk ordered the con-struction of fortifications at Columbus, Ky. John Green Hall, a Covington Mayor and editor of the Tipton Record recalled “the labor performed day after day, under the burning rays of a…September sun…We dug trenches, reared redoubts and erected batteries.”

On Sept. 10, 1861, Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston was appoint-ed Commander of the Western Armies of the Confederacy. That same day Gen. Jeff Thompson’s Missourians skirmished with Federal cavalry and gunboats at Lucas Bend, Mo., six miles north of Columbus, Ky. The 4th and 9th Tennessee Infantry Regiments, including Tipton’s vol-unteers, were ordered to arms. The 4thTen-nessee marched to the skirmish but arrived after the fighting. The Confederates captured a handful of prisoners but suffered the loss of several wounded. The 4th Tennessee camped that night and took the steamer Admiral back to Columbus on the 11th. A wounded Confederates had his leg amputated in the camp of the 9th Tennessee.

Three volunteers of the “Tipton Rifles” 4th Infantry, died of mea-sles in the hospital at Columbus in September:

James McCraw, age 28, on the 14th.

James Knox Polk Harrison, age 22, on the 20th.

William Wilkins Jr., age 22, on the 22d.

(Tipton’s first War casu-alty was Sergeant John Daniel Calhoun of Co.

C, 9th Tennessee Infantry who died at Union City July 5, 1861.)

Lieut. Col. Thomas Logwood’s 6th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion probed the Union lines north and east of Columbus engaging enemy cavalry and infantry for the first time. Major Charles Hill of Tabernacle command-ed his company under Captain John U. Green, and those from Haywood and Hardeman, in skir-mishes on the 15th and 22d. On the 22d, soldiers from Tipton fought the Federals 12 miles north of Columbus near Elliot’s Mills and Mayfield Creek. Union pickets fired on the troopers of Major Hill who then ordered his men to charge “which was done in gal-lant style.” A Memphis newspaper reported:

“Five Yankee rascals paid the forfeit of their lives for their temer-ity..on Mayfield Creek…Mr. Charles Claiborne, youngest of the battal-ion of Hill’s Cavalry was the first to kill a Yankee. His gallant conduct was commended by his supe-rior officers…Mr. John Covington of the same company had his horse shot and he killed the man that shot his horse; Buck Cockrill killed the Federal who shot at him and missed.”

During Sept. 13-18th, Confederates moved toward Paducah. Cheatham’s Brigade marched to Mayfield while Col. William Stephens’ Brigade took the train south to the state the night of the 13th. A soldier of the 9th Infantry recalled the expedition:

“With the heavens for our covering we slum-bered sweetly until the harsh notes of the drum

aroused us to respond to the call of our names on the morning of the 14th…owing to the scarcity of wagons, we did not get off until the morning of the 15th…we marched to Fulton, Ky., 8 miles fur-ther up the State line in an easterly direction…the day was warm the trip was quite pleasant, for in that portion of Ky. the people were as warmly engaged in the cause of the South as they were in Tennessee…on the road we found watermelons, buttermilk, apples, etc…brought there by to give to the soldiers and when we reached Fulton, there were many citizens gath-ered around, both ladies and gentlemen to give us a warm reception…on the evening of the 17th just as the shades of night were closing upon us we left Fulton and on the 18th at 12 o’clock we reached Columbus.”

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