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Joyce Brooks Brown

BrooksBrown seeking re-election Joyce Brooks-Brown is announcing her candidacy for re-election as Gibson County Court Clerk in the May 6 Democratic Election.

Brown was first employed in 1977 as deputy clerk by retired County Clerk Josephine Jackson. After the retirement of Diane Taylor in 2010, Brown was elected to her current position.

Brown is married to Arnold Eugene Brown, and they are proud parents of a daughter, Brooke Renee Brown, a medical student at the University of Memphis.

They are active members of Mt. Pilgrim Christian Methodist Episcopal Church where she serves as President of the Stewardess Board, Member of the Usher Board, and Gospel Choir. Brown also serves see page 2

UT bound students can seek Crafton Scholarships Each spring the E. C. Crafton Memorial Scholarship Committee considers applications for scholarships for the next school year. Area students planning to enter a career in a health care area at any campus of the University of Tennessee may apply for an E.C. Crafton Memorial Scholarship.

The E.C. Crafton Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in 1980 to commemorate a life of giving by a beloved physician from Trenton. Dr. E.C. Crafton was a founder of Gibson General Hospital and a physician in Trenton from 1953 until his death in 1980. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee see page 3

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DISNEY PERFORMING ARTS - The Gibson County Marching Pioneers performed at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida during spring break week. The band performed right before the Main Street Electrical Parade, passing Cinderella Castle and onto Liberty Square and Frontierland. This is the Maching Pioneers second visit to the resort with the Disney Performing Arts Program, having performed the first time in 2001. The band is under the direction of Jeremy Tate. (photo

by Melinda Wylie)

GCHS Marching Pioneers perform at Disney World The Gibson County High School Marching Pioneers members became stars of their own Disney show on April 2 when they entertained resort guests at the Magic Kingdom Park. They traveled from Dyer to the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida to take part in the Disney Performing Arts Program.

The Marching Pioneers members, under the direction of Jeremy Tate, put on a fantastic show, entertaining Disney Park guests from around the world as they marched down Main Street, U.S.A. The band performed right before the Main Street Electrical Parade, passing by the iconic Cinderella Castle— and then into Liberty Square and Frontierland. This location gave members the unique experience and opportunity to shine, while also elevating their performance skills at a highprofile venue.

This was the group’s second visit to the resort with the Disney Performing Arts Program, having performed for the first time in December 2001.

Vocal, instrumental and dance ensembles from all around the world apply to perform each year as a part of Disney Performing Arts at both the Disneyland Resort in California and the Walt

Disney World Resort in Florida. Once selected, they are given the opportunity to perform at the resort for an international audience of theme park guests. Millions of performers have graced the stages of the Disney Parks in the more than 25-year history of the program.

For more information, visit www.

DisneyPerformingArts.com or call 1-800-603-0552.

About the Disney Performing Arts Program Disney Performing Arts unlocks student potential and helps young people make their own dreams come true – whether it’s performing in front of an international audience of thousands at Disney theme parks and resorts or honing their craft in enriching workshops and clinics taught by entertainment professionals.

Every year, thousands of vocal, instrumental, and other ensembles travel from around the world to participate in Disney Performing Arts programs at the Disneyland Resort in Southern California and the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.

Disney delivers workshops and performance opportunities that enrich, inspire and often lead to life-changing personal achievement.

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GC Trustees discuss hiring options for football coach

BY CRYSTAL BURNS Morgan Cruce, head football coach at Gibson County High School, is flying solo.

With less than eight weeks remaining in the school year, Cruce has no assistant coaches to help him conduct spring drills, practices, and weightlifting sessions.

One assistant coach gave up his coaching duties due to illness, and last week Tom White, an assistant coach who served as the In-School Suspension (ISS) supervisor at GCHS, tendered his resignation.

The Gibson County Special School District board had a lengthy discussion at last Thursday’s board meeting on how to best allow Superintendent Eddie Pruett to hire immediate help for the Pioneer football program.

The board offered two motions and an amended motion that were all withdrawn before settling on an option to make the ISS position at GCHS a certified teaching position immediately and for the remainder of the 2013-14 school year. Board members approved the motion see page 3

Garrett Outdoors now open in Dyer

BY CINDY EAST Spring has finally arrived and the days are getting warmer and longer. Many in the area are thinking about wetting a hook in one of the area lakes or fishing holes.

If you are a big crappie fan then Garrett Outdoors is the place to go for all your fishing supplies. Russ Garrett opened shop on October 1st of 2013 at 573 N. Main Street in Dyer. (It is located right next door to his mother’s beauty shop, Sue’s Hair Design.)

Garrett Outdoors specializes in handmade crappie jigs and jig heads and carries a full line of crappie fishing supplies. They also stock some supplies for catfish and bass fishing. If you need a new rod and reel or any kind of fishing pole, Garrett’s stocks them. Need live bait? Yes - they have that too. Minnows, night crawlers, crickets, wax worms, etc.

Garrett has been fabricating crappie jigs in his shop at home for many years and has done a lot of wholesale business. He learned how to make them when his father bought him a kit when he was around 12 years old. “I taught myself how to make them, with Dad’s help,” said Garrett.

After 30 years working with a company, Garrett lost his job. “Losing my job and the bad economy pushed me into this. I already had a lot of the stuff I needed for this business and it all just came together. I have been going to flea markets, boat and sport shows for about three years selling my jigs just about every weekend.

I’ve cut that down now to about once a month but I’m going to stop that and just be at home. I’ve always fished and I knew how to make the jigs so I decided to give it a try,” Garrett said.

Garrett has lived most of his life in Dyer and now lives in Rutherford. “My address is in Rutherford but I’m just right on the edge of Dyer,” he said.

The peak time for fishing is January through May, but people fish year round, said Garrett. “I don’t get to fish much any more. I’ve dedicated my time to making this work. I still do a little guiding on the side and plan to pick back up my fishing time when the business gets going good. I used to fish 150 to 200 days a year, but not

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near enough now.”

“I strive to run a clean honest business. I hope this will be good for Dyer and the surrounding area. People will have somewhere to go for fishing supplies without having to drive 20 miles. And if we don’t have something here we can get it,” added Garrett.

The business hours for Garrett Outdoors are Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. The phone number is 414-2483.

see page 3

BAIT YOUR HOOKS – Russ Garrett opened Garrett Outdoors in Dyer located at 573 N. Main Street.

Garrett sells handmade crappie jigs and countless other fishing gear such as rod and reels, fishing poles and live bait.

Gibson Co. Memorial Libray to host book signing “Don’t you think God can let Daddy come back for a few minutes?”

That’s the simple question 2 1/2-year-old Reagan Vaughn asked his mother Kimberly about two months after his daddy’s death. His Daddy is Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer Aaron C. Vaughn, who along with 29 other warriors was killed August 6, 2011, in Afghanistan when their CH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down

by Taliban forces. He was a member of the elite fighting unit NAVY SEAL Team Six that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

In memory of his son and in order to show the world what truly happened that day, Aaron’s father, former Obion County resident, Billy Vaughn wrote the book Betrayed: the Shocking True Story of Extortion 17 see page 3

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Insight & Opinion Minding your manners matters

Clayburn Peeples reports: Like most moms and dads, my lovely young wife and I have tried to teach our girls manners on a daily basis, but as every parent knows, that’s more easily attempted than done. In our efforts, we have consulted numerous etiquette books, most of them more than 40 years old.

This because many of the new books advocate what one author referred to as “unisex manners.”

That means gentlemen should no longer help ladies put on their coats.

Who should open the door?

The person, male or female, who gets there first.

And that old rule about the gentleman walking on the outside, on the street-ward side of the sidewalk? It clearly serves no practical purpose today, modern manners experts say, and is demeaning to women in that it assumes female frailty.

Same thing with holding the lady’s chair as she seats herself at the table. It’s insulting to a woman to suggest she needs that assistance.

My wife and I think otherwise, but we both know that as our girls get older they will decide such questions for themselves, and probably their attitudes, as much as we hope they will be influenced by ours, will be different.

After all, sometimes the social conventions of one era truly make no sense in another, and need to go.

Dueling, for example, was

once the gentleman’s way to respond to an insult. No sane person would like to see that custom return.

At dinner, there is certainly no need to place finger bowls on the table. Finger bowls provide a good illustration of how one generation’s etiquette sometimes become another generation’s humor.

There are many other examples. Consider this advice from an 1873 etiquette book; “No girl should permit a boy to be so familiar as to toy with her hands, or play with her rings; to handle her curls, or encircle her waist with his arm. Such impudent intimacy should never be tolerated for a moment.”

As the father of three young girls, I’m thinking “Amen!,” but of course, the whole idea is hopelessly out of touch with the times in which we live.

That problem, we hope, is a few years down the road for us. Right now it’s difficult enough to teach the girls how to speak properly to adults and behave properly at table.

One reason is that it’s hard to say what is proper these days. The new rules are sometimes ambivalent, but some of the old advice was downright bizarre.

After dinner, for example, if there was going to be dancing, a 1901 etiquette book advised that a gentleman should remove his sword before asking, and should he ask an unmarried lady to dance more

than one dance, he could expect her parents to demand to know his intentions.

Well I guess so.

A gentlemen, on arrival, said an 1873 etiquette book, “should not be perfumed with cologne or musk, onions or tobacco, the odors of the hen-house or the barn.” A lady, according to a 1902 guide, should wear neither bracelet nor necklace when walking on the street. “Only with full evening dress should a woman blaze with diamonds or drip with pearls or scintillate with rainbows of emerald, sapphire and ruby.”

Women were once told that their first social duty was to “never be in the way,” especially in conversation, and even more specially when the conversation dealt with a “masculine topic.” Topics of special interest to men, such as the turf, the exchange or the farm, were not to be discussed in the presence of ladies, and discussions in front of women about politics or religion were taboo, as was any topic that might lead to animated disagreement.

Even for “agreeable” topics, there were still separate rules for men and women. One must never, men were told, begin a conversation with a lady by asking a question, even an innocent one like, “How are you roses?” Instead, he should say something like, “I trust you roses are blooming this week.”

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March 29 became a day of elation for county leaders who’ve been pushing to gather $500,000 toward a college campus in Gibson County. Only a few days before the April 1 deadline, a check for $100,000 arrived at the Greater Gibson Chamber of Commerce, more than completing the one-half million dollar goal set by the county higher education committee.

The Gibson County Utility District, under fire because of a reported $4 million reserve, plans to reduce rates in the future, but Floyd Burrow, chairman of the board, said he didn’t know when.

Burrow, a member of the gas commission board since 1952, when he was the mayor of Milan, said the gas district had a remarkable success story that has never been told, primarily because of the nature of its existence.

50 YEARS AGO April 16, 1964 Hitch hiking chickens, about a week ago one of the Dyer Fruit Box trucks pulled in at the factory and after having parked for a short time a frying size chicken alighted from underneath the truck where it had taken roost while

the truck was being unloaded at Bowling Green, Ky. Some of the employees kept watch, while the truck was being loaded for a return to Bowling Green, thinking maybe it would get back on for a ride back to where it came from, while one other employee, who too, watched it, hoping it would stay around, and he said if it did he would have fried chicken. But a possum got it.

Two Kenton High School girls were presented State Future Homemaker of America degrees at the State FHA Convention in Nashville last Friday evening. Carole Dianne Mayhall and Regena Ann Garrett had each earned degrees in their local chapters of FHA before awarding of the state honor.

Gibson County now has three shelters that have been licensed and approve and are now ready to be stocked with food and water, Dr. J. M. Moore, County Civil Defense Director, said today.

Requisition forms have been sent in for supplies to accommodate the following buildings, Brown Shoe Company, Trenton and US Post office and Public Utility Building in Milan.

Brooks-Brown seeking from page 1 on the Tennessee Cares Early Head Start Program, YMCA Board.

Brown is a 1973 graduate of Peabody High School and a 1976 graduate of West Tennessee Business College and is a Certified Public Administrator.

“I am honored to be your County Clerk and my staff and I will continue to provide quality service to the people of Gibson County,” Brown said. “Customers of the clerk’s office know they can count on me by the service I have given over my 36 years of employment. I

enjoy working for you, and I sincerely ask for your vote of confidence in the May 6

and August 7 elections. And as always, “you can count on Brown.”

Gibson Co. Memorial Libray to host book signing from page 1 as told by a Navy SEAL’s Father.

In Betrayed, Billy Vaughn remembers his courageous son and exposes the very haunting questions surrounding this tragedy and the ongoing danger that America’s current military strategy poses to all U.S. families.

On April 24th, at 4:00 p.m.,

Mr. Vaughn will be at the Gibson County Memorial Library for a book signing.

Please join us to show our support for those who are fighting for our freedom every day; and, to honor those who have given the ultimate sacrifice.

For more information, please contact the library at (731) 855-1991.

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10 YEARS AGO April 15, 2004 The city of Dyer is busy preparing information for a Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation grant application. The grant will be written by Barbara Tuck and submitted to the Recreation and Education Service Department.

Two former basketball stars from Kenton and Rutherford and a former Peabody football standout are being honored this week with inductions into the Gibson County Sports Hall of Fame. Sonya Wilkin Dilworth, a standout player at Kenton, Gibson County High and Union and Libby Jill Kemp Faulkner, a star at Rutherford and UT Martin, are this year’s selections representing the Gibson County High School system. Ken White, an all around star athlete, was one of the inductees representing Trenton.

25 YEARS AGO April 13, 1989 Jack Moore, founder of the county’s Central Control service, appeared before commissioners Monday ‘to try and clarify misunderstandings’ about the county’s future emergency 911 system.

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After all, it would be terribly rude to do otherwise.

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Ladies and gentlemen were advised to never eat lozenges or peppermints in a church sanctuary, and told that “all nodding, whispering and exchanging of glances in church is in bad taste.” As late as the 1950s, attendees were advised that “applause is out of order in any religious service.” Hmm. “At funerals – talk to no one,” one author said. If you should by chance catch the

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But there was not unanimity of opinion regarding even that, with some authorities taking the position that a man should not even imply a question in a conversation with a woman, but instead, should wait patiently for her to volunteer information.

Regardless of what the subject was, both men and women were told not to laugh in public. A truly refined man or woman would make no laughing sounds at all.

A gentlemen could begin to

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GCSSD board discusses from page 1 unanimously.

Pruett explained that it’s an extra option he can use if necessary.

“It just gave me more tools that I could use if I needed it,” he said.

Before deciding to utilize an expanded ISS position if needed, the board and GCHS football parents and supporters tussled with why the coaching numbers between GCHS in Dyer and South Gibson County High School in Medina are so different.

SGCHS currently has one head football coach and four paid assistant coaches on staff.

Pruett and Dr. Jared Myracle, Supervisor of Instruction, explained that enrollment numbers dictate the number of teaching positions required at each school. The larger the enrollment is, the more teachers needed. With a large pool of teachers, chances are greater that administrators can hire coaches to fill some of those positions.

Pruett said principals generally work with the head coach to find assistant coaches that can fill the teaching positions open at the school. Potential employees then go through the full application process.

Board members said the solution solves a short-term

issue with GCHS football, but they plan to look at other sports such as baseball when they meet for a budget workshop in June.

“We may be able to work this out over a two- to threeyear period, but we’re not going to be able to work all these issues out in one year with no turnover in teachers,” said Dana Welch, a school board member. “When you have a school that’s growing you can do that, but we don’t.”

Survey says – Dr. Myracle presented survey results for the Class of 2014.

“This is one of the more interesting things that I get to speak with you guys about,” he said. “Each year we survey the senior class in order to determine their post-secondary goals. It’s an important way we measure really how successful we’ve been not only in preparing students but also in allowing them to explore options that are of interest to them.”

At Gibson County High, 88 percent of seniors plan on a post-secondary experience that includes college, vocational or trade school, or the military. That number is 96 percent at South Gibson County.

Data collected over the past three years shows the number of students interested in attending a four-year university has increased by

about eight percent.

“That’s actually pretty significant when you think about both schools,” Myracle said. “That’s definitely an encouraging trend.”

Course approval – The board approved offering two special courses, Freshmen Studies and ACT Prep, at both high schools next year and Graphic Design at SGCHS. The board also approved the following honors courses: English 1, 2, 3 and 4, Dual Enrollment English, Spanish 3 (SGCHS), Dual Enrollment Public Speaking (GCHS), Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2, Statistics (SGCHS), PreCalculus, AP Calculus, Physical Science, Biology, Chemistry, Biology 2, Physics (SGCHS), Anatomy & Physiology, Dual Enrollment Medical Terminology (GCHS), Dual Enrollment US History, Dual Enrollment Sociology (SGCHS), Dual Enrollment Psychology, AP US History (SGCHS), Dual Enrollment Music History (SGCHS), and Dual Enrollment Art History (SGCHS).

Dual Enrollment classes give students the opportunity to earn college credit.

“It’s good to be able to offer these to our students and allow our students to earn several hours of college credit before they begin their actual college career,” Myracle said.

RUSSOM’S CARSTAR HOLDS GRAND OPENING FOR NEW DYERSBURG LOCATION - Members of the russom’s CARSTAR team are (kneeling) Shane Butler, Adam Funderburk and Landon Spencer, (standing: Ricky Bates, Mendy Carnell, Steve Allen, Cindy Holloman, Ryan Russom, Jay Chartrand, LaDona and Brad Russom, and special guest John Burns.

Russom’s CARSTAR celebrates Grand Opening Brad Russom, owner/ operator of Russom’s CARSTAR Collision , along with his staff from both

Dyersburg and Rutherford stores celebrated the Grand Opening of his Dyersburg location on Thursday, April

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A special guest helping them celebrate was John Burns, CARSTAR Area Director of Operations.

Guestsweretreatedtogrilled hamburgers and hotdogs with all the trimmings, as well as numerous door prizes, demonstrations and tours of the facility.

Russom’s is a state of the art autobody repair facility utilizing waterborne paint system, Spanesi Electronic measuring systems and the Cure-Tek system. The technicians are ASE and I-Car Gold certified.

The new facility is located at 2340 Upper Finley Road in Dyersburg.

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ELECT KATHI BURRISS Gibson County Trustee Democratic Primary • May 6, 2014

WOW FIELD REPS PREENT GROCERY CARD - Yorkville-Nebo Churches Relay for Life team held a beef stew supper on April 5th. The fundraiser collected $910 for Relay for Life. Also Woodmen of the World’s Gibson County Field Reps. Anthony Warren and Jerry Whitt awarded Marilyn Parks a $200 Food Rite grocery card for a door prize at the stew supper.

UT bound students can seek from page 1 and of the UT Medical School. The E.C. Crafton Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in his memory through the University of Tennessee.

These scholarships provide financial assistance to worthy area students who are entering a course of study in any medical field at a University of Tennessee campus. Students can be in a professional or preprofessional curriculum.

Since 1982 students in the fields of medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, dentistry, occupational therapy, and nursing have benefited through the Crafton scholarships.

These scholarships are available for renewal as

long as the student remains in a medically related curriculum at a UT campus, however the renewal request must be made annually by the student.

Scholarship amounts are awarded at the discretion of the committee, based on funds available from the endowment.

The scholarship committee is composed of Carol Gordon, Carol Weems and Jim Hall, all of Trenton. Applications can be requested from any committee member and both applications and renewal requests for this year should be submitted

by May 5 to a committee member for consideration for the following school year. For more information contact the committee: Carol

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As I have been on the campaign trail in Gibson County, two questions have been asked: 1. Will the current employees in the Trustee’s office be able to continue their employment? The answer to that is Yes. If I am elected all employees of the office will be able to continue to work in the trustee’s office.

2. What will happen to my retirement status? Because the county is a part of the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System, I will not draw a retirement check as long as I hold office.

The question remains: Who has the most experience and qualifications to be your next Gibson County Trustee? Let my experience and training work for you!

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ELECT DANA DAVIDSON

Gibson County Trustee • May 6th Democratic Primary My family and I would like to thank each of you who have been so supportive to us during my campaign. Our goal has been to meet as many people in Gibson County as possible and ask for your vote. I have enjoyed making the new friendships along the way. As early voting has quickly approached us, we realize we will not be able to speak to everyone.

Please allow me to take this opportunity to kindly ask every voter of Gibson County to consider my experience and training in the Trustee’s office as you go to the polls. With my 19 years in banking experience with BancorpSouth Bank as Head Teller and Assistant Operations Coordinator, which this includes eight years experience as the bookkeeper in the Trustee’s Office, with county government knowledge under the guidance of current Trustee, LeAnne Smith. I am a Certified Public Administrator through the University of Tennessee and have had extensive training with Local Government Data Processing. I feel very confident in taking the active tole as your next Gibson County Trustee.

Your vote and support is greatly appreciated.

Paid by Dana Davidson, Candidate for Gibson County Trustee, Ronnie Davidson, Treasurer

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Community Living New Hope News By Shirley Hooper

Miss Desiree Danielle Smith & Mr. Matthew Wayne Wright

Smith, Wright will unite in marriage Stanley and Myra Smith of Knoxville announce the engagement of their daughter, Desirée Danielle, to Matthew Wayne Wright, son of Wayne and Creeda Wright of Murfreesboro.

She is the granddaughter of Barbara Smith, the late Joe Smith, and the late Floyd and Joyce Neely, all of Knoxville.

Matthew is the grandson of Wilma Wright, the late William C. Wright of Murfreesboro, and the late Fay and Lualice Dodd of Kenton.

Desirée is a 2008

graduate of West High School in Knoxville, and she received her BS degree in nursing from MTSU. She is a RN with UT Hospital in Knoxville. Matthew is a 2006 graduate of Middle Tennessee Christian School in Murfreesboro, and he received his BS degree in Business Administration from UTM. He is pursuing a Master’s Degree in the MBA Program at UT Knoxville.

The couple will marry April 26 at Belmont Heights Baptist Church in Knoxville.

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By Katheryn Blankenship As you drive around you see flowers beginning to show their pretty faces. Before long we will start thinking about getting the garden planted.

We were blessed Sunday morning as the children from Mrs. Cris Adkins class sang the special. These children are in the first and second grades in school.

Brother Jason’s message ‘The Resolution’ from John 1: 14-18. Sunday evening we studied chapter sixteen

of Genesis. We still have several in the church, town and community who need our prayers. We extend sympathy to the family of Phillip Thompson.

Those having birthdays this week; Frances Emerson and Elizabeth Matthews. ’What is done can never be undone, But what is broken can be fixed by God’s grace.’

Until next week, God bless.

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Wednesday evening our minister, Brother Corey Meggs spoke on making disciples, creating an outreach mind set. Why is it hard to separate ourselves from the world and still be sent

by God? We must be in the world but not of the world.

He used Acts 1:8 and Acts 8:1 as bookends. We must start at home and go with His message into all the world.

Our message is to make fully developed followers of God. Sunday morning Brother Terry Owens sang ‘It’s Still the Cross,. What a great way to introduce Easter week!

Brother Corey spoke on ‘difference between truth and tradition’ from John 5th chapter. There are 7 miracles in the gospel of John. Only a few people saw the others.

This one was open to all. The pool at Bethesda was where cripples lay waiting for stirring of the water hoping to be healed. One had waited 38 years. Jesus asks him if he wanted to be healed? He said no one would help him into the water. Jesus healed him immediately. Taking his mat he walked. But it was the Sabbath; the law forbade him carrying his bed. The Jews began to persecute Jesus who also said God, his father worked. This is the turning point starting toward the

crucifixion.

Sunday evening Brother Corey spoke on ‘A church can change.’ Scripture was I and II Corinthians. Paul had much to say about problems in the church at Corinth, which could also be our churches today. He spoke on divisions, discipline, and stewardship struggles we got through. We must look to God’s will for our church.

Following Him is a journey of faith.

It is an exciting time at New Hope. The children’s Easter Egg Hunt will be Saturday, April 19 at 3 p.m. Easter sunrise service will be held at First United Methodist Church in Dyer, Sunday morning, April 20 at 7 a.m. Brother DeWayne Goodgine will be preaching.

Adult Easter Cantata, ‘The day He wore my crown’ will be Easter Sunday and 11 a.m.

Our youth reporter, Darcie Halliburton tells us the children and youth are putting on a play, the E-Bunny.

This will be Sunday at 6 p.m. It is a comedy about a teenager who discovers the true meaning of Easter with some help from friends.

Come out and support the church of tomorrow next Sunday. Patrick and Scarlet Spencer will direct.

Bethpage News By Joyce Brown We had one birthday this week but it was a very important one.

Nathan Lewis celebrated his sixteenth birthday.

Tina and Janice played a beautiful ‘Power in the Blood’ medley during quiet time. Call to worship was ‘We Have Come into His House.’

Bro. Jeff talked to the preacher’s pals about friendship.

Bro. Roger Stacy was visiting with us Sunday and he preached the morning message.

He preached a powerful message from Romans 1:16 and following titled ‘Nothing but the Gospel.’

Sunday night Bro. Jeff was in the pulpit using Romans 5:1-8 as his main text on the subject ‘Results of Justification.’ I jotted down three notes, peace with God, access by faith into His grace, the hope of glory. Much to reflect on, pray about and live by in the coming days. We are so blessed to have a Bible believing, Bible preaching man of God to minister at Bethpage.

We were all glad to see

Carlton and Sonja Williams come in for service Sunday night. Lots of the time they are not able to attend so it is a treat for them and us as well when they get to come.

Congratulations go to Melissa McMackin as she received acceptance into the Masters Program at Union University School of Health Sciences. She will be pursuing her degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner.

It will be a lot of work but will be worth it. We are proud of you Melissa.

Prayers and sympathy are sent to Sandy Thompson, her children and grandchildren and Anne Thompson, her daughter and family in the loss of Phillip this weekend.

One of the good ones slipped away to Heaven and is enjoying the benefits of being in the presence of Jesus. All I know family, is that God’s Grace is sufficient and we pray for it to cover you and comfort you in the days ahead.

God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. 1 John 4:16

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Those at highest risk are encouraged to be vaccinated routinely to keep the body protected. In the event that a suspected rabies encounter occurs, immediate treatment is encouraged and includes two different shots. The first shot is rabies immune globulin. It attacks any rabies virus present in the body. This shot is usually given near the area where the bite or handling occurred. Rabies vaccine is then administered usually as five separate shots over a period of about one month. The two FDA-approved rabies vaccines available are Imovax (Sanofi Pasteur) and RabAvert (Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics).

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Happy 95th birthday to Helen Sanderson Charles and Helen Sanderson moved from Greenville, Mississippi to Kenton in 1950 when Charles became the station manager for Texas Gas. They raised their four children, Billy, Judy, Janet, and Greg. Kenton became their lifetime home place.

Charles died in 1991 at age 71. They were married for 51 years. At the of age 95, Helen enjoys working in her yard, watching sports on TV, reading books, eating out with the girls on Tuesday, and weekly Wal-

Mart trips. She also never misses Sunday morning church at the Kenton United Methodist church.

Helen has four children, ten grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren.

Happy 95th birthday on April 26!

For anyone wanting to send a card her address is 3699 Oak Grove Rd. in Kenton TN 38233. Love your children, Billy and Connie, Judy and Jim, Janet and Jimmy, Greg and Martha.

Helen and the late Charles Sanderson

Woodmen of the World new chapter to come Woodmen of the World is proud to announce a new Chapter being formed in Dyer. This Chapter will serve all of North Gibson County with the ideals and goals to help make North Gibson county a better place to live for future generations. We as a group of area citizens would like to get active in local charities and school

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Teaching our youth the importance of community serves.

If you are interested in transferring your current membership to our new Chapter #1226 or wish to find out how to join a Woodmen of the World chapter, please call Anthony Warren at 731437-9048 or Jerry Whitt at 731-592-9800.

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Keely Mill By Diane Hamlin

BOOKWORM STORY TIME - The Bookworms took advantage of the beautiful weather Wednesday, April 9th, by having a special outdoor Story Time. The Bookworms began Story Time by listening to the story “The Teddy Bear’s Picnic.”

After the story, the Bookworms went outside and had a picnic of their very own, complete with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. After the picnic, the Bookworms made birdfeeders by spreading peanut butter on a toilet paper roll and rolling it in bird seed. After the craft the Bookworms danced to the Hokey Pokey, then had some free time to play outside. You can join the Bookworms next week at 10 at the Gibson County Memorial Library. Those pictured are from left to right Tucker, Emily, James, Tyler, Caleb, Parker, Caroline, Lila, Kennedy, Cameron, Zack, and Grayson, not pictured were Emree, Emmett, Peyton, Connor, Carter and Daniel.

Kenton News By Cindy Lamar One school of thought that many subscribe to is ‘One shouldn’t have to celebrate one’s birthday all in one day.’ Admittedly it is nice to be remembered by others even if that special day has already gone by, especially if that special day is number 98! So, if you are a subscriber to the aforementioned school of thought, be sure to reach out with a special birthday wish because Mr. McKinley Huey celebrated his 98th birthday on April 12. Happy birthday Mr. McKinley and God Bless.

In a sea of over 400 others, Amanda McAlister was in Union City last Friday evening to ‘run for a cause,’ benefiting Cystic Fibrosis, Amanda and the others ran the Glo For A Cure 5k Run. Being an after dark run, runners donned glo-

in-the-dark face painting, blinking lights and florescent t-shirts. The threat of rain before the race was a cause for concern for a while but thankfully, Mother Nature moved on in time for the race to be run safely and without rain. Amanda was one of many to record her fastest 5K time. Congratulations to all those participating for such a good cause.

Surprisingly, Ronnie and Cindy Lamar were back home in Kenton by 10:30 last Thursday morning following a doctor’s appointment in Paducah, Ky. Somebody has to take those early morning appointments and the Lamars, being early risers and desiring to salvage as much of the day as possible are obliged to take the often unwanted appointment times.

Food for thought: ‘You’re no spring chicken’ the doctor said when the lady described her pains. The list had grown with each passing year and his reminder was unwelcome again. His advice wasn’t helpful but he insisted she do as he said every time she came. But she shot back speaking her mind and they both were never the same.’

I’ve never seen a chicken, spring or not with bifocals so she could see, nor seen one having hot flashes or hurting from bad knees.

This chicken that you speak of has never known a backache for one day, nor suffered one night with insomnia or had varicose veins. Hearing loss, forgetfulness, hypertension she’s never known, so you can take your spring chicken and to the butcher you can go.’

Yorkville School to hold reunion on May 2 Friday, May 2, 2014 is the day for anyone who ever attended the Yorkville Schools to be at the Yorkville Community Center.

The event will begin at 3 p.m. for those wishing to visit. At 6 p.m. a barbecue dinner will be served. The cost for the meal is $20 per person. Reservations for dinner must be made

by April 25th accompanied

by payment. Mail your reservations and check to Robert Brown, 245 Woods Lane, Eads, TN 38028.

During the event there will be a special dedication ceremony for the newly framed Yorkville WWII Banner made by Home Ec. teacher Alene Taylor during WWII to honor the Yorkville students who were serving in the military. The flag has 118

Golden Agers Celebrating his dismissal from chemotherapy right now and his anticipation of the short term, mission trip to Ecaudor, Brother Jerry Legg began the meeting of the 20 Golden Agers with prayer that we, Christians not be molded by our culture, but by the Word of God and the Holy Spirit.

Jane Forsythe led the group in prayer for special needs of J.B. Freeze, Dickie Van Dyke, Phillip Thompson, and for Eddie Bone for his upcoming heart-value surgery and for Dot Oliver who faces another surgery next week. Prayers were also uplifted for Kay Rayfield

stars with names. The flag is 71 years old.

A large number of people have already made reservations and the planners are hoping that many more will come and enjoy the day and renew old friendships.

If you need any more information you may call Robert Brown at 901-4866464 or Bettye Ellis are 731-692-3415.

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and her family in the loss of her niece and for Rachel Duck and family in the loss of her niece.

The birthday of Dyer FBC secretary Betty Quinley was recognized as everyone sang ‘Happy Birthday.’

Carolyn Temple led the group singing ‘Standing On The Promises’ and ‘All The Way, My Savior Leads Me.’ President Gary Baker led the group is a devotional concerning ‘Why We Should Keep Waiting For God’ with his scripture reference Isaiah 38: 10. At the scripture reading just at that moment our 97 year-

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old Mrs. Gladys Etheridge sustained a few seconds of loss of consciousness right there upright in her chair. In response to the call to 911 the 2 emergency partners checked her out with blood pressure checks, which were excellent and a blood test for her sugar level, which also was normal. After asking her to walk around a bit, they determined that she had no health problems that needed further help.

We are so fortunate to have emergency aid for health issues announced by a phone call. The emergency personnel in our county are excellent.

Our Sunday school hour began with everyone standing and singing the hymn ‘When the Roll Is Called up Yonder.’ Lane Flesher opened us in prayer. We dismissed to our classes.

Christy Skelton opened the adult class in prayer before teaching us our lesson ‘Forge Godly Friendships’ from Proverbs 22. Tempers and trustworthiness have an impact on our relationships.

Nurturing lasting friendships requires us to be wise and consider the consequences of our actions. Shirley King closed us in prayer.

Our Sunday morning worship hour began with Elaine Fields playing the piano and Mike Fields and the church choir leading us in our offertory hymn ‘Kneel at The Cross.’ Mike Fields opened services in prayer.

We wished Kennedy Churchwell a happy birthday. Rejoice in the Lord always.

Bro. Steve welcomed everyone and made our

announcements. We had a time of reciting our Bible verse and giving of our praise reports. Bro. Steve began our time of worship by leading us in prayer.

The choir then led the congregation in the hymns ‘On Day’ and ‘The Old Rugged Cross.’

We were blessed on Sunday morning to have Jenny Nolan from Clear Creek Church come to be a part of our worship hour.

Jenny portrayed Mary Magdalene as she told the story of Jesus’ crucifixion and His resurrection. Jenny then shared her powerful testimony with us. We thank Jenny for her testimony and words of encouragement.

Scott Fields dismissed services in prayer as the hymn ‘His Way With Thee’ was sung.

A 70th Anniversary celebration reception was held in the church fellowship hall from 2 to 4 in honor of Connie and Frances Powell. The couple say they have been well blessed.

Congratulations Mr. Connie and Mrs. Frances we wish

you many more blessed years together.

Our Discipleship Training Hour began with Felichia Fields leading us in the hymn ‘Heavenly Sunlight.’

Mike Fields opened the adult class in prayer before teaching us our lesson ‘Every Disciple A Minister’ from Ephesians 4:11-12. Al Margadonna closed us in prayer.

Our Sunday night worship hour began with the hymn ‘Are You Washed in the Blood?’ Bro. Steve welcomed everyone and we began our time of prayer requests. Mike Fields led in prayer over all our requests.

Bro. Steve delivered our message ‘Gethsemane’ from Mark 14.

Tonya Fields dismissed services in prayer as the hymn ‘Jesus Is Calling’ was sung.

On Saturday the church youth held a ‘Walk the Cross’ at the Dyer Park.

We thank everyone who participated in this event.

Read your Bibles, pray, and we hope to see you in church on Easter Sunday.

Mason Hall FCE Club The Mason Hall Family and Community Education Club met recently at the community center. The hostesses for this month were Charlotte Pierce and Marilee Little. They had the center beautifully decorated for Easter. President Frances Allen welcomed 15 women, six men, four visitors and Obion County Extension agent, Benita Giffin.

After recitation of the club creed and Pledge of Allegiance, Mrs. Allen read the thought for the day, “Your temper is like fire. It gets very destructive when it gets out of control.”

Bennie Patterson misplaced the devotional she had planned to use and read Psalm 63:3 in its place, ‘Because Your love is better than life, my lips will glorify You.’ One could say this verse is perfect for everything. Many people were remembered and lifted up in prayer. The Secretary and Treasurer reports were read and approved.

Club members went over the clubs communications, shut-in visits, and social services. Mary Louise Davis carried many lap quilts to the Obion County Nursing

Home. They were very grateful to receive the quilts.

Mrs. Davis then recruited Mrs. Allen to assist in carrying a few more to the Veteran’s Nursing Home in Humboldt.

The residents were very proud to have them.

Mrs. Giffin’s program this month was about high blood pressure. She spoke on how a person can have high blood pressure and not show any signs. She said that keeping a healthy weight and diet, exercising daily, not smoking, and managing stress were a few ways to keep it under control. She gave a reminder

that even though medicine can control high blood pressure, it cannot cure it.

The club elected a committee last month to begin working on a cookbook that will include famous recipes from current club members and those who have passed on. This month the committee met and presented ideas to the club. The committee has begun the process of creating the cookbook and hopes to have it ready soon.

The club meets the 1st Thursday of each month.

Visitors and new members are always welcome.

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RELIGION Obituaries

Sunday School for Shut-Ins By Mary King When you’re ready please read John 11:1-7.

Persecution comes from nearly every direction.

Lazarus had died. He was a friend of Jesus. The sisters of Lazarus sent a message to Jesus that the one He loved was sick. Jesus wouldn’t love one person more than another. Jesus came to save and wouldn’t let them be confused about His love for everyone.

Sickness and death only proved one to be a member of the human race.

Mary, Martha, and Lazarus – God loved them all equally- Lazarus had died and his sisters don’t understand why of how this could have happened.

The women sent Jesus an invitation to come and help their brother, but Jesus didn’t go immediately. So many things we can’t understand about out Creator. We can’t understand why people die when we want them here and love them so much.

Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, none of them understood and we don’t either. “So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days.

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles

away. And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. Now Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know whatever You ask of God, God will give You.�

John 11:17-22(NKJV).

I love Martha, she has a wonderful faith.

Jesus was God in the flesh on earth (John 1:1-14). Our loved ones don’t’ become God when they get to heaven.

Jesus didn’t become God when He got to heaven again, He was already God Creator before He left heaven. He left heaven’s wonderful splendor to come here and save us. (2 Corinthians 5:21). Oh what love has been showered on us. Since Jesus isn’t seeing by mortal eyesight, they don’t need their mortal eyesight either. They’re with Him and they see as He sees.

They see in love.

They can see us from heaven because their last exhale here was their first inhale there because of who Jesus is.

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Funeral service for Mr. Phillip Allen Thompson were held on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, in the Chapel of Karnes and Son Funeral Home in Dyer, with Bro. Dewayne Goodgine officiating. Interment was held at Rutherford Cemetery.

Mr. Phillip Allen Thompson was born April 9, 1963, to Richard and Anne Holderfield Thompson. Mr. Richard Thompson preceded him in death. Mr. Phillip Allen Thompson was a former employee of Eaton Corporation in Newbern until he became disabled. He was also a member of the Dyer First Baptist Church.

Mr. Phillip Allen Thompson is survived by his wife, Sandy Hicks Thompson; two sons, Allen Thompson and wife Kim, and Austin Thompson; one daughter, Aimee Patton and husband Eric; three grandchildren, Haley Thompson, Carly Thompson, and Weston Thompson; his mother, Anne Thompson, and one sister, Lori Carter, all of Dyer, Tennessee.

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Rutherford - Graveside services for Mrs. Audrey Fern Jernigan, age 77 of Rutherford, TN were held on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at Walnut Grove Cemetery in Rutherford.

Shelton Funeral Home in Trenton was in charge of the services.

She passed away at Baptist Hospital in Union City on Sunday, April 13, 2014.

Mrs. Jernigan worked for the Kellwood Company in production in Rutherford and also at Dyer Nursing Home in Dyer.

She is survived by two daughters, Onda (Billy) Hill of Kenton, TN and Debra (Jon) White of Bradford, along with four grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and one step great-grandchild.

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Texas-MaryHelenHarrison passed away Saturday, March 8th, 2014. She was born Mary Helen Halford on November 5th, 1921 just three months after the U.S. formally ended World War I. The youngest of 5 brothers and sisters, Mary Helen grew up on a cotton farm in Rutherford. In 1939, after sneaking into the local pool hall at age 17, she met a young man named Harry Holmes Harrison. Her mother was cautious about this young man and would only allow Mary Helen to go out with him if they double dated with someone she trusted. Their love blossomed and they were married on July 15th, 1940. They had 4 children starting in 1942, and spent the majority of their lives together in Canton, OH from 1944 until 1983. Harry and Mary Helen returned to Tennessee by way of Dyer in 1983 and remained there until 2003 when they moved to Texas to live with their eldest son and his family.

Mary Helen was the ultimate homemaker, caregiver, mother, and wife.

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Mary Helen knew that raising a family and giving them a safe, happy, clean home with good food in their bellies was the best thing she could do for them. She didn’t view herself as a servant or see her life as one of servitude.

She was the glue; the thread that sewed the entire family together.

She was famous for her fried chicken, chocolate chip cookies, and boiled custard.

She was an avid quilter and hand made a special quilt for each of her granddaughters.

They all still have them and cherish them.

Mary Helen is survived and greatly missed by her two sons, two daughters, six grandchildren, 10 greatgrandchildren, and three communities that were all made better by having Mary Helen in their lives.

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Community Calendars NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER One voice united in prayer. Thursday, May 1, 2014 at 10 a.m. Milan First Baptist Church.

Speaker is Callins Bonds. Meal is $8 reservation by April 25. Gibson Baptist Association, 8551202, P.O. Box 186 Trenton, TN 38382.

WHITE SQUIRRELL EASTER EGG HUNT The Kenton White Squirrel Committee will sponsor an Easter Egg hunt on April 19 at 11 a.m. at the Kenton City Gym and Youth Center for ages newborn to 10 years old.

GC UTILITY DISTRICT MEETING The Gibson County Utility District Board of Commissioners April meeting will be on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 5:30 p.m. at the district office.

SUNDAY EASTER SERVICE Dyer United Pentecostal Church at 662 S. Main Street in Dyer will have a Easter Sunday service at 10 a.m. with Dave Peterson singer/song writer/recording artist as the speaker.

EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE Easter Sunrise Service sponsored by the Dyer Ministerial Alliance will be held at First united Methodist Church in Dyer at 7 a.m. April 20, 2014. Everyone in invited!

RUN TO REMEMBER Run to Remember, 3rd annual 5K/10K Run/Walk in memory of Luke Flowers with proceeds to benefit Dyer School Relay for Life will be April 19, 2014 at 9 a.m. behind Dyer School.

Registration will begin at 8 a.m. The entry fee includes a t-shirt. Prizes will be awarded and refreshments will be provided. For more information please call Pam Grady at 234-5323 or Kelly Croom at 343-9585.

RELAY FOR LIFE CAPTAIN AND COMMITTEE MEETING Relay for Life team captain and committee meeting will be held Thursday, April 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria at the Dyer Elementary School. Please enter from the back next to the playground. All team captains and committee members are encouraged to attend.

‘Chicago’ tribute band to perform in Union City Community Concert Association of Union City/ Obion County will host Transit Authority, the premier tribute band to the historic music of Chicago, for its last concert of the 2013-14 season.

The band will appear at 7:30 p.m. April 26 at the Union City Civic Auditorium. Following the performance, patrons will be treated to a reception at the Hampton Centré.

This eight-piece powerhouse ensemble includes some of the Midwest’s most talented musicians.

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Salem Methodist What a great week we’ve had at Salem! Our Spring Revival, which was led by Bro. Darryl Ridgley, was so uplifting and inspirational!

A feel good message has it’s time and place, but what Bro. Darryl brought us was heartfelt, yet true to the Word of God. Sometimes offensive, but mostly right on target with what we needed to hear. I thank God for men like him who love God and His people enough to tell the stories of old and win souls for the Lord!

A sweet, sweet Spirit filled the sanctuary the last night as many came forward to profess their love for Christ and express their willingness to live each day for Him. Sunday night the pews were filled once again to welcome the Hinkle Family from Texas. What a blessing it was to hear their testimony of the love they have for the elderly and those tucked away in nursing facilities. They have ministered to so many who can’t come to church any longer and may never hear the Word. Through their ministry many lives have been forever changed. It was a great night of worship

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as well as fellowship with family and friends from far and near.

Sunday morning worship began with great singing from the choir. Cindy Landrum sang a special, ‘He Wrote a Pardon on my Heart,’ in memory of Melba Storey, who sang the same song Easter morning, April 10, 1990. Cindy told of how we had just ended our PreEaster revival where four of our young people came forward to be baptized. As Cindy sang, you could hear Melba’s sweet, one of a kind voice ever so slightly in your mind. Thank you Cindy for blessing us with your God given talents each Sunday.

Bro. Mike’s message this week was taken out of Luke 19:29-44 ‘Triumph and Tragedy.’ Can you imagine being one of so many in the crowd that day in Jerusalem when Jesus rode into town?

The disciples shouting praises to the King. How wonderful a sight! But to know that this place so full of spirit would one day be a place of ruins. Jesus wept for those who could not see it. How mighty was His love for them!

Jimmy Butler and his wife Melanie need our

prayers at this time. They were in Nashville Friday, at the hospital where Jimmy was to undergo testing, when he suffered a heart attack. We were told Sunday that Jimmy made it through surgery and it was nothing short of a miracle that he was still with us. What an awesome God we serve!

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Jimmy and Melanie as they venture down the road to recovery and the many long days ahead. We love you both and are here for anything you may need.

Our annual Easter Egg Hunt will be Saturday, April 19th at 10:30am at the church. We will have refreshments following the egg hunt as well.

David Flowers was our only birthday this week.

We hope you had a good one, David, and wish you many more! Those needing our prayers this week are: Jimmy and Melanie Butler, the family of Phillip Thompson, Vicky Roberts, Shane Kosark, the Reese family, Maggie’s son-in-law, and Dan and Stella Smith.

I’ll leave you with this thought for the week: until God opens the next door, praise Him in the hallway.

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Sports & Education

Lady Pioneers 5-0 in district with win over South Fulton

BY LORI CATHEY The Gibson County Lady Pioneers played four games this past week. First the Lady Pioneers took on the South Fulton Red Devils.

Allie Smithson lead off the first inning with a single and stole second base. Chay Poyner with a single to center field scored Smithson. Poyner stole second base and scored on a single by Sydney Inman to left field. Claire Whitworth reached on an error and Lynsey Crews was hit by a pitch to load the bases.

Katelyn Rickman singled to right center to score Inman and Whitworth to give Gibson County a 4 -0 lead. South Fulton scored two runs in the bottom of the inning to make it 4-2 Gibson County.

In the second, Poyner singled followed by Justyce White single to left field.

Poyner stole home and Whitworth singled to right –center field and to score White to give Gibson County a 6 to 2 lead.

In the top of the fifth inning Rebecca Lee and Crews both singled. Macie Cole singled to center field to score Lee to make it 7 to 2 Gibson County.

The Lady Red Devils scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth and seventh innings. The Lady Pioneers held on for a 7 to 6 district win over South

Fulton.

Lady Pioneer Rebecca Lee pitched a complete game while striking out 6, walking 2 and giving up 6 hits. Macie Cole was named the player of the game. Hitting stars for the Lady Pioneers were Lynsey Crews 2-3 with 2 RBIs, Macie Cole 2-4 with an RBI and Chay Poyner 25 with 2 runs scored and a RBI. Katelyn Rickman 1-3 with a RBI, Sydney Inman and Rebecca Lee both were 1-4 and Allie Smithson was 1-5.

On Thursday the Lady Pioneers played a doubleheader with West Carroll in Atwood. The Lady Pioneers won the first game 1-0 and lost the second game 2 to 1.

Gibson County’s Chay Poyner doubled to center field to start the game.

Sydney Inman and Claire Whitworth, with back-toback walks loaded the bases.

All three bases’ runners were stranded on base to end the first inning.

In the top of the fifth inning Poyner leadoff with a single followed by a single from Inman but Gibson County could not score.

After the fifth inning, the “international tiebreaker” rule was put into effect. By starting an inning with a runner on second base and nobody out, the offensive team can bunt the runner to

ON THE BALL - Lady Pioneer softball player Macie Cole goes after the ball for a out in center field during Saturday’s game. (Photo by Lori Cathey)

third base. This forces the defense to pull its defense in and creates a variety of ways to score. While the international tiebreaker is an effective way to speed an extra-inning game to its conclusion, it can be a difficult way to lose a game.

Lady Pioneers Claire Whitworth started the sixth inning off on second base with no outs. Whitworth scored on a single by Lynsey Crews to give Gibson County a 1 to 0 lead. The Lady Pioneer’s defense held West Carroll for a 1 to 0 victory.

Chay Poyner led Gibson County 2 for 3 with a double.

Lynsey Crews and Sydney Inman both were 1 for 2.

Rebecca Lee was player of the game. Lee allowed no runs, gave up1 hit, walked 1 and struck out 5.

In the second game, West Carroll scored a run in the first inning off two singles and added another run in the third inning to take a 2 to 0 lead over Gibson County.

The Lady Pioneers got their first hit in the bottom of the fourth when Justyce White doubled to center field with two outs but the next batter grounded out to end the inning.

In the bottom of the fifth Lynsey Crews reached on an error and scored the only run for Gibson County on a wild pitch. The Lady Pioneers lost

2 to 1 against West Carroll.

On Saturday the Lady Pioneers faced Crockett County at Alamo. This game was a defensive and pitching duel. Nether team scored until the sixth inning.

In the top of the sixth with two outs Gibson County’s Chay Poyner singled to right field and Justyce White followed with a single up the middle. Sydney Inman walked to load the bases.

Senior Lynsey Crews singled down the right field line to score Poyner and White to give Gibson County a 2 to 0 lead. The Lady Pioneers gave up a run off an error for a 2 to 1 victory over Crockett County.

Leading the Lady Pioneers was Lynsey Crew 2-2 with 2 RBIs and a walk. Chay Poyner and Justyce White both were 1 for 3 with a run scored. Gibson County’s Rebecca Lee was the player of the game pitched 7 innings with 6 strikeouts and only 1 walk and gave up 6 hits.

Lady Pioneer Chay Poyner was named player of the week. She was 5 for 12 with a .416 batting average, with a double, 2 RBIs and scored 3 runs. Defensively Poyner had 20 total putouts and 2 assists.

She had a solid performance behind the plate and caught one base runner stealing.

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THROWING TO SECOND - Lady Pioneer catcher Chay Poyner throws down to second base to get a base runner out who was stealing. (by Lori Cathey)

PLAYER TAGG - Lady Pioneer first baseman Claire Whitworth puts a tag on a Crockett County runner trying to steal a base. (Photo by Lori Cathey)

HUSTLE FOR THE BALL - Lady Pioneer pitcher Rebecca Lee hustles to make a catch for an out as thrid baseman Justyce White backs her up. (Photo

by Lori Cathey)

Pioneers baseball ends week with 2-1 record

BY LORI CATHEY The Gibson County Pioneers started this past week on the road against the Greenfield Yellow Jackets.

Gibson County scored first in the bottom of the second inning and held a one run lead. Mac Hicks and Carter McMackin both reached on errors.

Cody Reynolds came in to courtesy run for McMackin.

Riley Sweatt walked to load the bases. Reynolds scored on a sacrifice fly by Jackson Cantrell to give Gibson County 1-0 lead.

In the third inning Grant Jones reached on a throwing error and Addison Davidson.

Jones and Davidson completed a double steal.

Jones and Davidson both scored on consecutive errors

by Greenfield’s infield to take a 3 to 0 lead.

Gibson County second baseman Jones and first baseman Sweatt turned a double play to end the inning. Greenfield scored

three runs in the top of the sixth inning to tie the game at 3 all.

Nick Wylie led the sixth off with a double and Hunter Cooper came in for a courtesy run for Wylie. Cantrell doubled to centerfield and Cooper scored on an error by the centerfield to make it4-3.

In the top of the seventh inning Gibson County starting pitcher Nick Wylie got the first two batters to ground out and the last batter hit a hard line drive to third baseman Hicks for the final out. Gibson County won 4 to 3 over Greenfield.

Nick Wylie was the winning pitcher. He pitched a complete game giving up no walks; no earned runs and had 3 strikeouts. Hitting for Gibson County were: Jackson Cantrell 1-2 with a double and RBI, Nick Wylie and Mac Hicks each were 1-3 with a double and Andrew Hughes was 1-3.

Gibson County High

School’s baseball team honored eight seniors Tuesday night in a 3 to 2 win over Bradford High School.

In the top of the first inning Peyton Akin bunted for an infield single but was caught stealing second base. Grant Hampton singled to left field and Dylan Bradford singled up the middle. Peyton Pruett was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Hampton scored on a walk to Logan Carr to give Bradford a 1 to 0 lead.

Cameron Prett hit the ball to deep center field and Gibson County‘s Taylor McKinney made a great running catch for the out to end the inning.

Gibson County’s Carter McMackin walked in the bottom of the second inning and Riley Sweatt singled to left field. McMackin stole third base and Nick Wylie hit into fielder’s choice to score McMackin to tie the game at 1 apiece. Back-to-back walks to Cody Reynolds and Andrew Hughes loaded the bases with two outs. Wylie

scored on a walk to Addison Davidson to make it 2 to 1 Gibson County.

Bradford’s Akin started the fifth inning off with a walk, Bryant Cash ground out to the first baseman Sweatt. Akin scored on a double to deep center field

by Hampton to tie the game at 2 all. Dylan Bradford hit a single to right field but Hampton was tagged out at third base. Davidson led the inning off with a single up the middle and stole second base. Mac Hicks singled to left field and advanced to second base on an error by the short stop. McMackin was intentionally walked to load the bases with one out. Sweatt hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score Davidson to give Gibson County a 3 to 2 lead.

In the seventh, Bradford’s Akin hit a line drive to the second baseman Jones for an out and then Jones threw to Sweatt at first base for a double play. McKinney

came in to pitch and got Bryant Cash to fly out to third base to end the game.

Addison Davidson pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up only two earned runs. He gave up 7 hits, struck out 3 batters and walked two. Davidson also went 1-3 with a walk, RBI and a run scored. Taylor McKinney and Mac Hicks both were 1 for 3. Riley Sweatt and Jackson Cantrell each were 1 for 2.

The Pioneers faced 13-AAA Dyer County Wednesday afternoon at Newbern. Neither team scored in the first two innings. In the top of the third inning Jackson Cantell lead off with an infield single follow by a single to left-center field by Andrew Hughes. Grant Jones bunted for an infield single to load the bases with no outs.

Cantrell scored on a walk to Addison Davidson. Taylor McKinney singled to left field to score Hughes to give Gibson County a 2-0 lead. In

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LOCAL STANDINGS District 14 A Baseball 1. Trenton 2. Gibson Co. 3. Bradford 4. Greenfield 5. Humboldt

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the bottom of the inning Dyer County scored three runs to take a 3 to 2 lead over the Pioneers. Dyer County added nine more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning for a 12 to 2 final.

Taylor McKinney led Gibson County 2 for 2 with a triple and RBI. Jackson Cantrell and Andrew Hughes both went 1 for 2 with a run scored and Grant Jones 1-3 with a single.

The Gibson County Pioneer Co-Players of the Week are Carter McMackin and Grant Jones. McMackin defensively had a fielding percentage of .1000 with 15 total putouts and 10 assists.

He had a strong performance behind the plate and caught three base runner stealing.

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Gibson County baseball hold Senior Night for eight seniors

BY LORI CATHEY Gibson County hosted the Bradford Red Devils Tuesday for Senior Night.

Before the start of the game, Gibson County honored senior baseball players Addison Davidson, Carter McMackin, Taylor McKinney, Riley Sweatt, Andrew Hughes, Ryan Carter, Garrett Kent and Cody Reynolds for their years of dedication and hard play.

Through their commitment, dedication, leadership and loyalty to this program, they have etched into their legacy at GCHS one of the best starts in Pioneer baseball history with a 10-2 start.

McKinney is the son of Jenny and the late JT McKinney. He is fouryear starter and enjoys the competitiveness and brotherhood with his teammates most about baseball. Upon graduation he plans are to attend and play baseball at Columbia State Community College.

Davidson is the son of Dana and Mark Davidson.

He has been starting for the past four years and feels that keeping his teammates up is the most challenging thing about playing baseball.

Upon graduation he plans are to attend UT Martin.

McMackin is the son of Tami and the late Scott McMackin. He is also a

four-year starter and hitting his first home run was one of his greatest thrills in playing baseball so far. Upon graduation his plans are to attend and play baseball at the college level.

Sweatt is the son of Jennifer and Terry Sweatt.

As a four-year player he set a goal of starting a new winning tradition for Gibson County baseball.

Upon graduation he plans to attend college.

Hughes is the son of Candy and Ricky Hughes. He is four-year team member and is motivated by his teammates around him and the success of this team. Upon graduation he plans are to attend Arkansas State University Mechanical

Technology.

Kent is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Ozment. He is a four-year player and feels this team has a great attitude, work ethic and is dedicated to Pioneer baseball. He said, “Just don’t give up on GC baseball, its doing great.”

Carter is the son of Lori and Anthony Carter. He is a four-year team member and since he was four years old he has loved to pitch. Upon graduation his plans are undecided.

Reynolds is the son of Janet and Rodney Reynolds. He is a two-year player and loves everything about playing baseball. Upon graduation his plans are to attend Murray State.

TAGGED OUT - Pioneer catcher Cartrer McMackin. tags out Bradford runner Grant Hampton trying to steal home. (Photo by Lori Cathey)

DAVIDSON SLIDES IN SAFE - Gibson County’s Addison Davidson slides safely into thrid as Bradford third baseman Logan Carr catches the ball. Davidson was 1 for 3 with an RBI against Bradford.

SENIOR NIGHT - The Pioneers celebrated Senior Night on Tuesday April 8, recognizing the senior baseball players. Seniors and their family members were recognized before the start of the ball game against Bradford.

Senior members of the baseball team are: (front row) Garrett Kent, Carter McMackin,Taylor McKinney, Addison Davidson, Andrew Hughes, (back row) Cody Reynolds, Ryan Carter and Riley Sweatt.

HUSTLING - Gibson County’s first baseman Riley Sweartt makes a hustling stop to gets a Bradford runner out.(Photo by Lori Cathey

GREAT CATCH - Right fielder Garrett Kent makes a great catch and looks the runner back to first base. (Photo by Lori Cathey)

GOING FOR AN OUT - Center fielder Taylor McKinney makes a great running catch in the outfield for an out to end the first inning. (Photo by Lori Cathey)

UT Martin men’s rodeo team captured its seventh top finish The University of Tennessee at Martin men’s team captured its seventh top finish of the season while the women’s team recorded its second-highest point total of the season at the 46th annual spring college rodeo held at the Ned Ray McWherter Agricultural Complex and NW (Doc) Robinson Arena over the weekend.

The UT Martin men accumulated 875 points, which was 350 more than Missouri Valley College, the second place finisher.

The women’s team racked up 180 points, just 85 points behind team winner Missouri Valley College’s 265 points.

In bareback riding, Tanner Phipps and Colt Kitaif got the weekend off to a good start, splitting first and second with scores of 79 in the first go. Phipps would go on to earn second place (77) in the short go and first in average (156) while Kitaif placed fourth in the short go (68) and average (147).

Tyler Waltz also earned points in the event, finishing third in average (150) after splitting third and fourth in the first go (74) and placing third in the short go (76).

Three UT Martin cowboys enjoyed success in steer wrestling. Alley led the way with a first place showing in average (9.8) after times of 4.9 in both the first go (third) and in the short go (second). Will Lummus (4.6 in first go, second place) and Clay Brewer (5.3 in first go, fourth) also garnered points in the event.

The UT Martin duo of Ben Walker and Zach Mabry excelled in team roping, finishing in second in average (12) after splitting second and third in the short go (5.3) and placing second in the short go (6.7). Clay Brewer and Greg Sullivan also pieced together a pair of solid performances, splitting sixth place with a 16.1 average.

UT Martin boasted the top two finishers in barrel racing. Nealey Dalton swept first place in the first go (13.52), the short go (13.46) and average (26.98).

Right behind her was Dacia Horne, who placed second in the first go (13.59), split second and third in the short go (13.66) and second in average (27.25).

In bull riding, Jerry Rogers concluded a strong rodeo

with a first place finish in average (152) after splitting first and second in the first go (74) and claiming top honors in the short go (78).

The weekend of April 5, the University of Tennessee at Martin men’s team won its fourth straight rodeo while the women’s squad tallied a season-high in points to place second at East Mississippi Community College. Local members placing were Clay Brewer sixth in the first go with a score of 10.6. Kayla Baier pieced together a dominant performance in breakaway roping. She finished first in average (6.6), first in the first go (2.9) and split second in the short go (3.7).

Matt Smith put the finishing touches on a successful outing by finishing in fourth in the first go of bull riding (70).

The Ozark Region and NIRA are in the process of calculating the final national standings before announcing the field for the College National Finals Rodeo, which will take place in Casper, Wyoming on June 15 thru 21. An official announcement will be made soon.

CARTER DELIVERS - GC pitcher #15 Ryan Carter delivers a pitch to a Dresden hitter during Friday night’s game. (Photo by Lori Cathey)

MAKES PLAY - Cody Reynolds, Pioneer second baseman, catches the ball for out to end an inning Tuesday night. (Photo

by Lori Cathey)

HUGHED GUNS THE BALL Right fielder Andrew Hughes guns the ball across the field to home plate to keep a ruuner from scoring.

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GCHS band presents annual spring concert

JAZZ BAND PERFORMS - The GCHS Jazz band performed ‘Lazy Dog Blues during the spring concert last month. (photos by Jennifer McCaig-Cox)

GCHS CONCERT BAND - The GCHS concert band performed last month in a spring concert for family and friends. The concert was held in the GCHS Theatre.

The band is under the direction of Jeremy Tate.

DYER JR. HIGH BAND - The seventh and eighth grade Dyer band performed at the GCHS Theatre last month in the spring concert. The band is led by Director Calyn Evans.

COMBINED SIXTH GRADE JR. HIGH BAND - The sixth grade bands from Dyer, Rutherford, Spring Hill, and Yorkville combined for their spring concet performance.

BY JENNIFER MCCAIG-COX Gibson County High School Band presented their 2014 Spring Concert, March 13, in the GCHS Theatre.

Several ensembles and the concert band wowed the audience of friends and families with their talents.

The Jazz Ensemble directed by Wesley Brockman performed ‘Lazy Dog Blues’ arranged by James Kass. The Concert Band conducted

by Jeremy Tate performed ‘Prestissimo’ by Karl L. King.

The Percussion Ensemble instructed by Tico Parson performed ‘The Heat of the Day’ by Pet Metheny.

The Concert Band performed ‘On An American Spiritual’ by David Holsinger.

The Saxophone Ensemble directed by Wesley Brockman performed ‘Night Train’ arranged by John Berry. The Jazz Ensemble performed ‘Autumn Mist’ by Larry Neeck.

The Concert Band, conducted by Calyn Evans, performed ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ arranged by Michael Sweeney. The also performed

Tenor Saxophones:Taylor Pannell, Dakota Agee; B a r i t o n e Saxophone:Mallory Harrison; French Horn: Johnathan Nevels, Brooklyn Hill, Riley Jo Tate, Elizabeth French, Alyssa Hopper, Taylor Hill; Trumpets: Garner Perkins, Kathryn Cox, Tynia Albea, Beth Crittendon, Melanie Spain, Dylan Turner, Hunter McCall, Maggie Powell, Kaitlin Crews, Dakota Nee; Trombones: Zach Baker, Eli Todd, Brandon Adair, Josh Coleman, Kiragen Crews, Jacob Stigler; Baritones: Aja Francis, Taylor Kelly, Jason Kolwyck, Brandon Crews, Kody Crews Tubas: Kaitlyn Kyle, Mason Wyrick, Ethan Yochum; Percussion: Kari Howard, Maggie Watson, Logan Bates, Logan Rahm, Zach Hopper, Nathan Quast, John David Baker, Erin Reed, Kaytlan Griffin, Brent Jones, Robbie Whitley, Scotty Blankinship, Allison Spain, Mary Alice McKeand, and Shontell Walker.

COMBINED JR. HIGH BAND - The seventh and eighth grade bands from Rutherford, Spring Hill, and Yorkville combined for the spring concert held last month in the GCHS Theatre. The band was led by Director Jeremy Tate

Jr. High bands present ‘Sounds of the Spring’ Dyer, Rutherford, Yorkville, and Spring Hill Band programs entertained friends and family in the Gibson County High School Theatre with their ‘Sounds of Spring’concert held Thursday, March 27. Conducted by band directors Calyn Evans

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‘Phantom of the Opera Medley’ arranged by Michael Sweeney and conducted

by Wesley Brockman. The Concert Band conducted

by Jeremy Tate performed ‘Havendance’ by David Holsinger.

2014 Concert Band members are as follows: Flutes: Eva Oliveras, Hannah Hunt, Jeri McCall, Lexi Whitley, Claire Buchanan, Sarah Catherine Thornton, Cherie Leslie, Brittany Weeks, Shelby Croom, Zoe McCurdy, Grace Hollis, Courtney Alexander; Oboe: Maddie Abbott; Bb Clarinets; Jessamy Moore, Kelly Landrum, Kelcey Mabry, Morgan Whitworth, Alexis Williams, Maddie Welch, Callie Vaughn, Brandee Robinson, Haley Powell, Novella Cowan, Madison Langston; Bass Clarinets: Tyniece Albea, Grayson Whitworth; Alto Saxophones: Patrick Hill, Cydney Langston, Mary Beth Chandler, Anna Grace Jones, Nathan Bass, Abbie Sims, Dustin Bell, Autumn Kimble;

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and Wesley Brockman, the sixth grade students from all four schools, and two seventh and eighth grade groups performed. The combined six grade group played three pieces that included ‘Majestic March’ arranged by Paul Lavender, ‘Midnight Mission’ arranged by Brian Balmages, and ‘Shine’ arranged by Rob Grice.

Rutherford, Yorkville, and Spring Hill seventh and eighth grade students, directed by Wesley Brockman, took stage and presented three pieces: ‘Greenbrier March’ arranged by John Edmondson, ‘Legend of The Yankee Clippers’ arranged by James Swearingen, and ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ arranged by Paul Murtha.

The Dyer seventh and eighth graders, directed by Calyn Evans, finished the program with their three pieces, ‘Cold Brook March’ arranged by John O’Reilly, ‘Aztec Sunrise’ arranged by John Edmondson, and ended with a popular medley of ‘One Direction’ songs called ‘One Direction in Concert’ arranged by Michael Brown.

Sixth grade combined band members are Flutes: Savannah Ball, Kaitlyn Bunn Farley, Sharesse James, Hannah Kennedy, Ana Mahle, Alyssa Welch; Clarinets: Sarah Harrison, Brandon Holloway, Allison Lay, Caleigh Patterson, Payton Reasons, Hillary Reynolds, Karleigh Taylor, Rebecca Welch; Alto Saxophones: Krista Davis, Madison Fussell, Caleb Grimes, Deanna Miller, John Stigler, Molly Tate, Jaxon Walls; French Horns: Brylee Bailey, Kailey Campbell,Ashlyn Hall, Leslie Hawks, Lesley Watson; Trumpets: Sunny Green, Benjamin Hanes, Emily Long, Tucker McCoy, Will Owens, Alexis Sawyer; Trombones: Jordan Taylor, Caleb Tosh; Baritones: Darius Allen, Tucker Frame, Kaci Merrick; Tubas: Jack Lowrance, Josh Willard; Percussion: Brianna Bates, Skylar Clayton, Cameron Cox, Courtney Hughey, Dalton Depriest, Ryland McFadden, Trinity Powell, Laquisha Simpson, and Carter Warren.

Dyer seventh and eighth grade band members are: Flutes: Makayla Jackson,

Abbey Landrum, Allie Landrum, Kyndal Pulley, Candy Sansing, Elizabeth Thetford, Julianna Turner, Carleigh Wade; Clarinets: Timia Bonds, Emily Bradberry, Lindsey Brown, Claudia Gillespie, Jamie Gilman, Jessica Griffin, Mariah Guidan; Alto Saxophones: John Patrick Kinton, Savannah Taylor, Carleigh Travis; Tenor Saxophone: Christoper Scates; French Horns: Hannah Patterson, Alaina Eddlemon, Hannah Metcalfe;Trumpets: Madelyn Powell, Katelyn Duck, Celina Faulkner, Lauren Flowers, Emily Moudler, Savannah Paige Ramsey, Lexi Richardson;Trombone: Jarrett Stephenson;Baritone: Kerrington Bonds;Tubas: Ethan Carrell, Kyra Hudson; Percussion: Emily Cooper, Garrett Doss, Jeremy Oliver, Kaleb Sims, Jon Austin Cunningham, James Flores, and Quinton Roberts.

Rutherford, Spring Hill, Yorkville seventh and eighth grade band members are: Flutes: Emma Upchurch, Rachel Williams.

Brittney O’Brie;n Clarinets: Caitlin Watts, Taylor Guinn, Hannah Cooper, Cody Jenkins, Corrinne Rutherford, Marlenne Perez, Chadara Finch; Bass Clarinet: Sheressa Harris; Alto Saxophones: Darius Talib-Din, Darcie Halliburton, Hannah Sawyers, Lydia Todd, Kaitlyn Zarecor, Bailey Scobey, Olivia Winchester, Travis James; Tenor Saxophones: Eva Dwyer, Matthew Whitney; Baritone Saxophone: Henry Todd; French Horns: Catherine Watts, Grace Callins; Trumpets: Tristan Hall, Madison Baird, Justin Stigler, MacKenzie Eddlemon, Susan Eidson, Garrison Wyrick, Jacob Tanner; Trombones: Thomas Lawrence, Brittney Haines, Allahna Raybon, Josh Hairston, Jake Purham, Dakota Henderson; Baritones: Arranna White, Molly Gunnels, Jessica Kirchner; Tubas: Jessica Tanner, Charles Teddleton, Jacob Good; Percussion: Jacob Whitworth, Madalyne Tanner, Toby Carey, Lauren Kelly, Brittany Blankinship, Johnathan Carey, Bentleigh Reynolds, and Logan McBride.

The Tri-City Reporter, Wednesday, April 16, 2014 Page 13

Property Transfers Ian West and wife, Marsha D. West to Thomas G. Downen and wife, Barbara Downen and Gary Powers and wife, Angela Powers – Medina Kenneth L. Davis to James R. Davis and wife, Julie A. Davis – Medina Carl Manikowski to Veronica Soto – 3rd CD Ron Petty Construction Company, Inc. to Dawn Darden – 13th CD Gary L. Henry and wife, Susan D. Henry to Steve McDonald – 12th CD Justion L. Vance to Cassie Shelaine Odle – 2nd CD Robin Elaine Hunter to Jamie Eubanks – Trenton Robert Michael Balentine to Jamie Eubanks – Trenton Mark Lane Moore to Jamie Eubanks – Trenton JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, to Terri Lynn Tritz – Gibson

County Richard S. McCaskill and wife, Lorie C. McCaskill to Glyn M. Roberts and wife, Deborah W. Roberts – 13th CD Elizabeth Hickman Sanders and Susie Hickman Walker and Shirley Hickman and Clint Hickman to Susie Hickman Walker – 23rd CD Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to James Fletcher and wife, Julia Fletcher – Humboldt J. Michael McCallum and Kenny Sutherland, d/b/a MAK Properties to Teri L. Tidwell – Medina Chu Hui Wang and wife, Wen Mei Wang to Lin Xiu Feng and Yu Ying Wang – 13th CD Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to Kelly Elise Blankenship – Medina Fannie Mae, a/k/a

Butler, Newsome named TN Sports Hall of Fame female athletes of the year The University of Tennessee at Martin women’s basketball guards Heather Butler and Jasmine Newsome have been named two of the Tennessee Female Amateur Athletes of the Year, as announced by the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. The seniors join Middle Tennessee’s Ebony Rowe and Tennessee’s Ivy Renfroe as this year’s Female Amateur Athlete of the Year award winners.

Butler, a native of Medina, has certainly left her mark on not only the UT Martin record books, but those of the Ohio Valley Conference and the NCAA in her illustrious four year career. Butler began her career by passing UT Martin alum Pat Summitt as the fastest player to reach 1,000 points as a sophomore before ending her career as the school and conference’s all-time leader in points with 2,865 which ranks 16th in NCAA history. Named the 2014 OVC Player of the Year, Butler ranked ninth in the country in scoring with 23.6 points per game along with setting her third NCAA three-point record with 392 career three-pointers made. Included in her high scoring output was true consistency. Butler scored in double figures in 129 consecutive games - every game of her career - ranking as the second longest streak in NCAA history. Her mark of 129 games in double figures ranks fifth on the alltime NCAA list.

Along with her numerous accomplishments on the court - including four AllOVC first team honors, two outright OVC season championships, four OVC Tournament championships and four consecutive NCAA Tournament berths – Butler was tabbed a Senior CLASS Award All-American first team selection. Her individual recognitions

continue to grow as she has been named a Final Five finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award, nominee for the AllState WBCA Good Works team, CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-America second team and OVC Scholar-Athlete.

A Millington native, Newsome will go down as one of the best players in school and conference history. Newsome is a two-time OVC Player of the Year, three-time OVC Defensive Player of the Year and four-time member of both the All-OVC first team and OVC All-Tournament team. Throughout her career, Newsome has tallied 2,566 points which ranks both second in school and conference history.

The program’s first Associated Press AllAmerican, Newsome has started every game of her 130 game career while setting program single game records in points and assists. Newsome tallied 44 points in a victory over Quinnipiac before setting a new assist record on senior night with 14 assists against Austin Peay.

Newsome averaged 19 points, 5.7 assists, 3.6 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game this season en route to being named a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award and member of Naismith Trophy Watch List. She was also named All Mid-Major Player of the Year, OVC Player of the Year and Mid-Major All-American by College Sports Madness after scoring double figures in 27 of 32 games, including 20 or more points on 12 occasions. She was named OVC Tournament Most Valuable Player on three occasions, scoring 20 points or more in every see page 14

PASCHALL REAL ESTATE Call Don, Wendell or Al at 855-3999 Check our listings at paschallrealestate.com

NOTICE SALE OF VEHICLES Gibson EMC will sell the following vehicles to the highest bidder.

Veh 272 283 288 303

Description Approximate Miles Chevy 2500HD SRW Chassis 160,869 Ford F450 4x4 DRW Flatbed 181,000 Ford F350 4x4 DRW Chassis 145,342 Chevy Uplander Van 117,145

Sealed bids will be received through 10:00 AM on Thursday, April 24, 2014 at Gibson EMC; Attn: Vehicle Bid; PO Box 47; Trenton, TN 38382. (731) 562-1723.

The vehicles will be sold without warranty, as is, where is, with all defects, if any.

Seller reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Federal National Mortgage Association, to Scott Powell – Dyer Justin Scott Barden and wife, Allyson Clark Barden to Chadwick Scott Mayo – Milan Appalachian Country, LLC to Brandy Kemp – 13th CD Bobby B. Harper and Betty A. Harper to Kyle G. McBride and wife, Kristi G. McBride – Trenton Douglas Ray Ward, Anita Jane Ward Thetford and Farrah Ferrell to Bruce R. Moore and wife, Theeraporn Moore – Milan William S. Palmer and wife, Stacey L. Palmer to Josh Watt and wife, Mariah Watt 2nd CD Shawnon D. Roberts and

Divorce wife, Melissa K. Roberts to Charles K. Creasy and wife, Glenda L. Creasy – 3rd CD Clara Moore Patterson and Paula Moore Counce to Lyle Swingler – Humboldt Citifinancial Servicing LLC

by Green Tree Servicing, LLC as Attorney-in-Fact to George Karathanasis – Humboldt Donnie W. Knott and wife, Gloria K. Knott to Gary W. Glisson – 22nd CD Benny Doyle, by and through his Attorney-in-Fact Tamara Doyle and wife, Tamara Doyle to Devin Winberry and wife, Brianna Winberry – Milan David C. Mercker and wife, Cheryl J. Mercker to David M. Davis and wife, Bronda M. Davis – Medina

Inspections Hannah’s and Doris Prayer, Humboldt, complete inspection, 89 score, one critical Hannah’s and Doris Prayer, Humboldt, follow-up inspection, 93 score Pizza Hut, Humboldt, complete inspection, 92 score, one critical Domino’s Pizza, Humboldt, complete inspection, 96 score TLC, Trenton, complete inspection, 96 score Wendy’s, Milan, follow-up inspection, 96 score South Gibson County High School Cafeteria, Medina, complete inspection, 98 score TN Cares EHS, Humboldt, complete inspection, 99 score Pizza Hut, Humboldt, follow-up inspection, 96 score El Vallarta, Trenton, complete inspection, 95 score Clenney’s Family Restaurant, Milan, complete inspection, 84 score, one critical Clenney’s Family Restaurant, Milan, follow-up inspection, 89 score Harry and James Taylor VFW Post, Humboldt, complete inspection, 92 score Harry and James

Taylor VFW Post Lounge, Humboldt, complete inspection 98 score To The Last Drop, Trenton, complete inspection, 96 score Danne’s Place, Humboldt, complete inspection, 98 score Elks Lodge Kitchen, Trenton, complete inspection, 94 Elks Lodge Lounge, Trenton, complete inspection, 94 score T&G Miracle Food Express, Humboldt, complete inspection, 96 score Hardee’s Trenton, complete inspection, 89 score, two criticals Hardee’s, Trenton, follow-up inspection, 98 score Little Peoples Jump Start, Trenton, complete inspection 99 score Daddy’s Kitchen Table, Humboldt, complete inspection, 92 score El Sombrero, Humboldt, complete inspection, 87 score, two criticals Dyer Elementary School Cafeteria, Dyer, complete inspection, 98 score Rutherford Elementary School Cafeteria, Rutherford, complete inspection, 99 score McDonald’s, Humboldt, complete inspection, 97 score

INVITATION TO BIDDERS The City of Dyer will accept bids until 4:00 p.m. Friday, April 25, 2014 for remodeling construction for the property located at 235 South Royal Street.

Specifications are available at Dyer City Hall, 105 South Main St, Dyer, Tennessee 38330. Additional information is available from Chief Brad Lindsey at 731-692-2843.

The City of Dyer reserves the right to accept and/or reject any and all bids.

Chris Younger, Mayor

GOING GOING GONE

RETIREMENT AUCTION

Saturday, April 26th, At 10:00 A.M.

“Meadows Bikes & Trikes” Rutherford, TN 22 Miles South Of Union City • 40 Miles North Of Jackson, TN

In Rutherford Along Hwy 45W Four Lane, Take Hwy 105 “Trimble Hwy” W 7/10 Mile To “68 Trimble Hwy” HIGHLIGHTS For Pict ures & Details jamesrcash.com ‘08 Honda Goldwing Roadsmith Trike Conversion, Navigation Model, Fully IRS, 35,435 Miles • ‘09 Honda Goldwing “New” Roadsmith Trike Conversion, Fully IRS, 3,354 Miles • ‘08 Honda Goldwing California Side Car Conversion Trike, Fully IRS, 74,306 Miles • ‘82 Honda GL500 Custom Trike, 32,000 Miles • ‘09 Honda VTX 1300 Touring Bike, 38,115 Miles • ‘07 Suzuki Boulevard C90 Bike, 1500cc, 10,137 Miles • ‘10 Kawaski Vulcan 1700 Classic LT, w/Towpac Instatrike, 3,585 Miles • ‘10 Honda Stateliner Bike, 1300cc, 1,855 Miles• ‘07 Honda VTX 1300 Bike, 18,384 Miles • ‘08 Benelli Andretti 150XT Scooter “New With Only 24 Miles” • ‘06 Harley Davidson Electra Glide Classic Bike, 20,875 Miles • ‘07 Suzuki Boulevard C90 Touring Bike, 27,553 Miles • ‘00 Yamaha V Star 650 Bike, 26,012 Miles • ‘04 Harley Davidson Heritage Softtail Classic Bike, 8,862 Miles • ‘07 Suzuki V Strom DL1000 On & Off Road Bike, 29,731 Miles • ‘06 Yamaha V Star 1100 Classic Bike, Silverado “Only 34 Miles” • ‘07 Yamaha TT-R50 Childs Bike • ‘07 Honda 1100 Shadow Sabre Bike, 2,497 Miles • ‘03 Honda VTX 1800 Bike, Loaded With Chrome, 20,916 Miles • ‘07 Honda CBR 600RR Crotch Rocket, 2,946 Miles • ‘86 Honda 1200 Goldwing Bike “Runs Good” • ‘05 Suzuki GZ250 Bike, 18,151 Miles • ‘07 Honda 750 Shadow Spirit Bike, 3,338 Miles • ‘89 Honda Goldwing GL1500 Bike, 82,000 Miles ‘05 Dodge 3500 Dually Quad Cab, Cummins 5.9, 4x4, Leather Interior, Extended Factory Warranty, New Tires ‘98 S&H 2 Axle Cargo Trailer 32’x8’ Plus Neckover • Clark 4000 Pound LP Forklift, 2 Stage • Snap On Tire Machine 176222, Like New • Craftsman Snap On 54” Tool Box • Lots And Lots of New Parts Including After Market Chrome, Seats, Tires, Helmets, Lights, Cleaning Supplies Wheel Chocks, Riding Gear, Clothing And On And On.....

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Savannah Rogers vs. Tyler Rogers Molly Ann Buckingham Bailey vs. Robert Bailey

Kenneth Hambert vs. Marry Renee Hambert Eduardo De La Cruz Zarate vs. Taron Janee Zarate

Marriages Matthew Allen Jones of Milan and Donya Michelle Webb of Milan Kenneth Wayne Higdon of Trenton and Sonya Lynn Crews Horton of Trenton Jake Wesley Moore of Brownsville and Angelique McAdoo of Lavinia Russell Dale McCartney of Milan and Tina Rae Jenkins Nelson of Milan

Thomas Eules Beasley, Jr. of Dyer and Ivy Kristina Sauls Cantrell of Dyer Terrence James McCary of Milan and Kaitlin Annette Donald of Milan Johns Raymond Wallace, Jr. of Trenton and Holly Marie Ahne Heuss of Trenton Thomas Levander Knott of Milan and Cynthia Marie Willhite Ewers of Milan

Building Permits Frank Martinez, 1210 South College Street, Trenton Trenton TV Cable, 2027A 45 Bypass South, Trenton Brandy Keeling, 819 George Street, Trenton Robert Barker, 109 Fruitland-Eldad Road, Humboldt Coby Holt, 276 Stinson Road, Milan SBA Properties, 2B Pete Wren Road, Bradford Robert and Belinda

Burns, 5 Cherrywood Place, Medina Mason Ashburn, 221 Narrow Gauge Road, Trenton Janice Wygant, 418 Concord-Cades Road, Trenton Teresa Altman, 79 Bobby Burgess Road, Trenton Rosemary Fuller, 491 Christmasville Road, Trenton Johns Ellis, 25 Lesia, Humboldt

ACCEPTING BIDS The CTE (Vocational) Department at Gibson County High School located at 130 Trenton Hwy. Dyer, Tn. will be accepting bids on ‘individual’ pieces of equipment in the former General Metals shop, delivered or postmarked no later than Thursday April 17, 2014. (the GCSSD will be closed for Spring Break Mar 31-Apr 4, 2014) A partial list of the equipment includes items such as (Roper Whitney) Foot Shear, Brake; (Dake) 25T H Frame Press; (Rockwell) 20” Bandsaw; (South Bend) 3ea. / 12”x36” Lathes, 1ea. / 15”x48” Lathe; (Deburring)Edger.

For a complete list and pictures, visit the Gibson County Special School District District web site (http:// www.gcssd.org).

For more information and a list of equipment and machinery, contact CTE Director David Brewer at 731692-3616, or e-mail (brewerd@gcssd.org).

Gibson County Special School District reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Mail or deliver sealed bids to: Gibson County Special School District Attn: CTE P.O. Box 60 130 Trenton Hwy. Dyer, Tn. 38330

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Dyer Jr. High students win energy essay contest

ESSAY WINNERS – Pat Riley, (left) General Manager with Gibson Utility District, presents certificates and iTunes gift cards to essay winners Aubrie Croom and Alex Jones at Dyer Jr. High School. Principal Brad Garner congratulated the students.

ADVISORY BOARD – Members of the Gibson County Carl Perkins Center advisory board and executive committee were recognized during the annual

Two Dyer Jr. High School students recently won an essay contest on the topic of ‘Careers in Energy’ as part of a collaboration between Gibson County and Tennessee Renewable Energy and Economic Development Council (TREEDC) and Tennessee Energy, Industry and Construction Consortium (TEICC). Gibson Utility District General Manager Pat Riley is a TREEDC board member and presented a first place award to Alex Jones, a seventh grader and a second place award to Aubrie Croom, an eighth grader. The students

received a certificate and $50 and $100 i-Tunes gift cards.

February 10 – 14, 2014 was ‘Careers in Energy Week. TEICC and TREEDC and statewide partners challenged middle school seventh and eighth grade students in West Tennessee to write an essay describing how “Energy Workers Make a Difference.’ Participating students described the energy sectors that hire those positions and which careers, if any, she/he might be interested in and why.

The essay had to be typed, doubled spaced and 500-600 words long. The entries were

electronically submitted.

The students were provided a video overview at the Get into energy website htpp:// engineer.getintoenergy. com/get-into-energy.php.

Students then viewed the Energy Careers sections at www.getintoenergy. comcareers.php and reviewed the various energy careers such as line workers, technicians, power plant operator, pipefitters or engineers.

Other schools that participated in the essay contest in Gibson County were Medina-South Gibson, Milan, Bradford, Spring Hill, Yorkville, and Rutherford.

gala, dinner and auction last Saturday night in the Humboldt Medical Center Conference Center.

Butler, Newsome named TN from page 11 OVC Tournament game of her career.

Butler and Newsome leaves UT Martin as the OVC’s top two career

scorers, ranking as the first pair of teammates to ever rank first and second on the conference’s scoring list. The pair led the team to 87 wins in four years, the program’s first two outright OVC season championships, four OVC Tournament championships and four NCAA Tournament berths.

This year’s honorees will be recognized at the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame Celebration on Saturday, May 17 at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Nashville. The 2014 Hall of Fame Class includes: Eddie George, Popeye Jones and Hope Hines.

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BARNEY SHAKES HANDS WITH OTIS – The Mayberry Deputy entertained the crowd at the Carl Perkins Center’s gala and auction last Saturday night. Here he picks on an audience member, calling him Otis the drunk, from the popular hit television show, “The Andy Griffith Show”. David Browning’s portrayal of Barney Fife had the crowd rolling with laughter.

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BARNEY AND PEG – David Browning, aka The Mayberry Deputy, poses with his wife, aka Peg from the diner, during the 16th annual Gibson County Gala Dinner and Auction benefiting the Exchange Club Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse.