News 2011

The Tennessee Bureau Of Investigation is calling all 5th graders fromacross the state to participate in the United States Department of Justice
National Missing Children’s Day poster contest by entering at the state
level for a chance to be selected as the national winner and awarded a
free trip to Washington D.C. The purpose of the contest is to demonstrate
America’s united effort to bring missing children home safely, while
highlighting the importance of proactive education programs. Each year
more than 1.3 million children are reported missing across the country.
the poster contest also provides teachers with the tools to educate
students and parents about safety and initiate conversations about
preventing child abductions. Fifth graders in Tennessee can enter the
poster contest by submitting them to TBI who will pick a state winner to
enter into the national contest. Applications can be downloaded from the
TBI website at www.tbi.gov. Entries must be postmarked by February 29th
2012 for consideration.

Downloadable books are now offered free of charge via the READS website.You can access the website through a link on the Cannon County Libraries
homepage at www.cannoncolibrary.org. After users click on the READS link,
they will get the option of selecting the Kindle device or app that they
need to deliver the title for reading.
The laptop lab computers have finally arrived at the libraries. The staff
will begin to call those who have registered for the free computer
classes. The staff would also like to remind those that are interested in
signing up for the free computer classes that it’s still not too late to
do so.

There is nothing you can do to stop the progress of Mother Nature, but you can equip a young girl with the knowledge she needs for her journey into womanhood. 1You and the young girl in your life can learn and have fun together by attending a program called “Girl Talk.”“Girl Talk” is an educational program designed to enhance communication between pre-teen girls (ages 9-12) and women who care for them. Topics will be about sexuality, family values, decision making and responsibility.These classes are provided by UT Extension and the Health Department. “Girl Talk” classes will be held on Tuesday nights in October 4, 11, & 18 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the UT Extension, Cannon County Office Downstairs Meeting Room.
Each class is limited to 12 pairs and pre-registration is required. The cost is $30. To pre-register or for more information about “Girl Talk” call Carla Bush, Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, at the UT Extension, Cannon County Office, cybush@utk.edu or 615-563-2554.

The Cannon County High School Girls Volleyball Team’s regular season isalmost through. Three matches are left on the schedule including tonight
as the Lionettes travel to Murfreesboro to participate in a match against
Middle Tennessee Christian School. The Lionettes lost earlier in the
season to the Lady Cougars in Woodbury. Matches start tonight with the JV
at 5:00 and the varsity at 6

Harold Underwood has been vegetable farming since an early age. His peppers have a great favor and tremendous quality. Don’t overlook his vine ripe tomatoes and okra along with a great selection of hot, spicy and sweet peppers. Other items you can find at the Farmer’s Market today include green beans, October beans, sweet potatoes and just in time for Halloween, you can buy pumpkins at the Market.  Market opened at 6 this morning and will stay open today until around 12 noon.  The market is located at the Cannon County Arts Center off John Bragg Highway in Woodbury.  The Farmer’s Market is also opened on Tuesday afternoon to early evening.  

There’s been as few as 80 and as many as 200 but the number of cars and trucks participating in the Color of Fall Car Show downtown on the square today is an unknown number.  Goody Bags and Dash Plaques will be given to the first 100 entries.  Door prizes will be awarded and Trophies will be given to the first place winners in over 30 categories.  Registration takes place from 8 till noon.  Judging begins at 10.  Concessions available and entertainment music is provided.  Participants and spectators alike are encouraged to stop by the chamber table and register to win two tickets to see Disney on Ice at  Bridgestone Arena October 6th-9th in Nashville.  All proceeds benefit the Cannon County Chamber of Commerce.

There was no breakaway first quarter last night  as the Cascade Champions hosted the Lions of Cannon County for homecoming in Wartrace last night.  Cascade got out to a 14-0 lead toward the end of the first quarter but Cannon had a good offensive series, advancing the ball all the way down to the Cascade 3 yard line but before a second could tick away off the clock to start the second quarter,  the Lions lost possession of the football at the 3 with a fumble.  Cascade would take over possession and drive the ball 96 yards for a score which started the downfall of the Lions from which they never recovered en route to a 41-0 shutout.  Cannon’s record falls to 0-6 as they prepare for a district opponent Livingston who shut out White County last night 31-0 running their record to 4-1

The high school football season is halfway done and the Cannon County Lions are still hunting for their first win of the year.  Tonight they
will take a road trip to Bedford County and Wartrace Tennessee visiting
Cascade High School.  The Champions are 3-2 on the year beating Huntland
last week.  Our coverage begins at 5:45 with Murphy’s Matchups, followed
by Friday Night Thunder Pregame at 6:00.  7:00 WBRY will cover every down
of the game with Friday night Thunder postgame afterwards.  Our broadcast
coverage can be heard right here on 1540AM 96.7FM WBRY

According to Cannon County Trustee Wayne Prater, tax payers can expect a delay in receiving their 2011 tax cards due to the late passing of the
2011-2012 budgets for Cannon County by the Cannon Commissioners.  Tax
payers usually recieve their tax cards on or around the first day of
October each year.
Many hours are spent in the Trustee’s office after tax cards are received
in order to send information to mortgage companies and verifying
information.  Every effort will be made to get the cards in the mail at
the earliest date possible.

The month of September is American Indian Heritage Month.  A commemorative Trail Of Tears Walk will take place tonight at the gazebo on Waters Street
next to the Cannon County Courthouse the walk will end at the Woodbury
First United Methodist Church.   The event starts at 6:30.  A memorial
will be held at the Church at 7:00.  The memorial will include guest
speakers from the Muscogee “Creek” Nation of Oklahoma.  They will share a
word of reconciliation in the hope of better understanding between
American Indian people and non-Indian people.  There will also be tribal
singing by the Muscogee Singers from Oklahoma.
The walk is also collecting shoes and outer wear in the Soles 4 Souls
project.  these shoes will be sent to tribal areas in need.  Girl Scout
Service Unit 158 will be helping with the collection and are encouraged to
bring old shoes that will be cleaned and sent to Indian Reservation.
Participants may bring any outer wear hats, scarves gloves and coats along
with the shoes. 
The Trail of Tears came through 39 counties in Tennessee alone. One of the routes passed right down the middle of woodbury on waters Street.
The Commemorative Trail of Tears Walk and Memorial recognizes the hardships suffered by the Five Civilized Tribes of the southeast (the Cherokee, the Muscogee “Creek”, the Choctaw, the Chickasaw, and the Seminole) who walked their own “Trail of Tears” to Oklahoma Indian Territory.
 
The Five Civilized Tribes were removed by force after the Indian Removal Act of 1830 enacted by President Andrew Jackson. The removal of all tribes east of the Mississippi River to the lands west of the Mississippi River is one of the most hurtful images in the history of the United State. Over 46,000 people were forced off their lands and taken under armed guard or forced onto ships, many of them in chains.
They were taken to land promised to them in Oklahoma Indian Territory. Broken treaties and land grabs were common in lands wracked with war and forced removals. Lands in the states of Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Tennessee were all cleansed of the “Indian problem” and the lands taken and sold in lotteries.
The last resistance in the southeast was the with the Creek Wars of 1836 when Secretary of War Lewis Cass dispatched General Winfield Scott to end the violence by forcibly removing all the Creeks to Indian Territory in the lands known as Oklahoma.