News 2012

With the first full day of the Cannon County Winter Break scheduled for December 20th, the Cannon County Lionettes and Lions basketball teams might have started their break a little early.  Friday night the Lionettes took their 10-0 record into nearby McMinnville to face Warren County.  The Lionettes were sluggish throughout the game and after allowing Warren County to hang in the game, the Lady Pioneers used it to their advantage to jump out to a nine point fourth quarter lead.  Cannon was able to close within one but clutch free throw shooting by the Lady Pioneers gave them the upset 39-36.  Abby Jakes was the leading scorer in the loss with 15 points.  Lionettes now drop to 10-1.  The Lions were looking to come back strong after a heartbreak loss to Dekalb Tuesday night.  They were able to stay close to Warren County until a flurry of turnovers resulted in Warren County points to open a 16 point Pioneer lead at the end of the third quarter.  Cannon was able to close within 9 points but Warren won by 10.  65-55.  Cory Henley led the Lion attack with 15.  Lions and Lionettes will open Sun Drop Romp Christmas Tournament play Thursday starting at 4:30 in the afternoon.

The new Agriculture Building at the Cannon County High School will be named the Stratton Bone Livestock Center.  The former Representative was the key figure in getting the project off the ground.  The motion was made and passed concerning the matter at last nights Cannon County Board of Education meeting.   The Cannon County Education Association presented the School Board with the results of the collaborative conferencing.  The next step was to elect 8 members to the management team.  Three of those positions were filled last night with Board members Bruce Daniels and Nathan Sanders and Central Office Coordinator of School Health Connie Foster.  The other 5 will be chosen by Cannon County Director Of Schools Barbara Parker.  
The Board approved Laura Kaney, who will provide mental health counseling for students with traditional insurance and approved Woodbury Grammar School’s principal Bonnie Patterson request to apply for a $10,000 grant from Nissan.  The winners of the recent Junior State Beta Club competitions were announced.  Jake Parrish of Westside took third place for campaign speech.  Westside Elementary placed third for Campaign Skit.Woodbury Grammar took second.  McKenzie Turney of Auburntown finished second in the speech competition.  Jake Walkup of the Woodbury Grammar School was named the Chaplain which was the first state jr beta club officer to come out of Woodbury Grammar School
 

It’s White Out Night in Warren County and basketball fans on both sides of the ball are encouraged to come to Warren County High School decked out in all white clothing for the McMinnville promotion.  The Cannon County Lionettes take their 10-0 record into McMinnville coming off their latest win over Dekalb County.  The Lady Pioneers stopped a three game slide Saturday night with a victory over Centennial that took their record to 6-4.  The Cannon County Lions lost a heartbreaker to Dekalb Tuesday night by two points.  They look to rebound in this non district contest against a Pioneer team that has dropped 6 out of their last 8 games.  Coverage time begins at 5:45 with the Coaches Corner with the tip off at 6:00. WBRY-AM 1540/FM96.7 will carry the live broadcast.  You can also check out the game streaming live on wbry.com tonight.

Dr. William (Bill) Jennings is the Squadron Commander of the newlychartered Sons of the American Legion Post 279, Squadron 279.
Squadron Commander Jennings assumes command of the thirty member
Squadron, of which 28 are charter members.
The first meeting of the Squadron was on Thursday, December 13,
2012. During this meeting Squadron Officers elected were:
Commander-Dr. William(Bill)Jennings; Adjutant-Daniel Hass; Finance
Director-James E.(Butch)Stone; Sergeant-Of-Arms-Donnie Swann; the
position of Chaplain-an appointed position will be filled at the
January meeting.
The Sons of Squadron 279 and the members of the Auxiliary are
separate organizations, and function separately. These two
organizations support the American Legion Post 279, all working as
one dynamic team, to support our Veterans, our youth, and our
community.
Commander Jennings stated that it was a great honor to be
seclected as the first Commander of Squadron 279. He emphasized
that this was a great way for the sons to honor the military
service of their fathers and grandfathers. His father Marvin
Jennings served in World War II, as a crew member on a B-17, with
the 8th United States Army Air Corps, later 8th United States Air
Force. His father was on a mission to ferry B-17 aircraft across
the Atlantic to Europe. His B-17 crashed into the top of a
mountain in IceLand. The crew survived the crash and survived the
sub-zero weather for over a week before they were rescued by the
men from a distant and remote village. I remember that it took
five years for me to convince Marvin Jennings to tell this amazing
story of survival to the students at our Cannon County High School
Veterans Day Program. Being an Aviator myself, I can attest that
the odds of surviving an airplane crash, and then to survive for
over a week in sub-zero weather before being rescued, is about as
low as you can get. Very seldom does anyone survive the crash
alone, and very seldom does anyone survive over a week in sub-zero
weather. I also remember that Robert (Bob) Fuller, another
Woodbury man, who was serving in the United States Army as a MP
(Military Policeman) in Greenland got word of the crash and
visited Marvin in the Hospital while recovering.
Commander Bobby Ferrell, American Legion Post 279,congratulated
Commander Bill Jennings on assuming his new command of Squadron 279.

Everyone at both libraries wants to wish you Happy Holidays! It is hard to believe another year is almost over, but what a year it has been!  The building project is nearing completion and you can begin to look for us on the main floor shortly after the first of the year.  We hope you will all enjoy this beautiful new space.  We will have some closures to complete the move back upstairs, retrieve everything from storage and reconnect the public use computers in their new home.  We will release those dates as soon as we are sure of them.  Please watch our facebook page and website (www.cannoncolibrary.org) for updates. 
Both library outlets will be closed for the holidays on December 24th -26th,  December 31st, and January 1st.
 
If you haven’t tried it yet, please take a look at the new and improved online catalog for the libraries.  You can establish your own online account using your library card number and the password “userpass”.  After you enter this word, you will be asked to create a password of your own.  That’s all it takes.  Then you will be able to place holds, renew materials, and check on due dates 24 hours per day.

Judge Susan Melton presided over General Sessions Court on Tuesday.  Some of the results of the various cases included:Jason Wayne Arnold’s charge of harassment was retired for 11 months 29 days.  He was ordered to pay the litigation tax.
Ronica Renee Arnold’s charge of passing a worthless check was retired for 30 days.  She was ordered to pay restitution and the litigation tax.
Matthew Atchely Bouldin pled guilty to violating the move over law.  He was fined $100.00 plus the costs.
William Kevin Bryant pled guilty to 2 counts of driving on a suspended license.  In each count he was sentenced to 11 months 29 days in jail.  Those sentences were suspended upon equal time on probation, losing his license, paying a $50.00 fine and the costs.
Randall Ewing Council agreed to the violation of his probation.  He was ordered to serve his original sentence of 11 months 29 days.
Michael Daniel Dilts’ charge of violation of an order of protection was retired for 11 months 29 days.  He was ordered to pay the litigation tax.
William H. Drake, Jr. agreed to the violation of his probation.  He was ordered to serve his original sentence of 6 months.
Anthony Quinn Epperson, Jr. agreed to the violation of his probation.  He was ordered to serve 45 days and his probation was extended 10 months 29 days.
Anthony Randall Gentry pled guilty to driving without a license.  He was sentenced to 30 days in jail.  That sentence was suspended upon equal time on probation, paying a $2.00 fine and the costs.
Timmy Harvey George agreed to the violation of his probation.  He was ordered to serve his original sentence.
Kimberly Lynne Markum pled guilty to driving without a license.  She was sentenced to 30 days in jail.  That sentence was suspended upon equal time on probation, paying a $2.00 fine and the costs.
Corey Scott McNeese pled guilty to 2 counts of driving on a suspended license.  In each count he was sentenced to 11 months 29 days in jail.  Those sentences were partially suspended upon serving 9 months, equal time on probation, and paying the costs.
Stephanie Michelle Mooneyham agreed to the violation of her probation.  She was ordered to serve 21 days and her probation was extended 11 months 29 days.  In another case Mooneyham pled guilty to possession of a schedule III drug.  She was sentenced to 11 months 29 days in jail.  That sentence was partially suspended upon equal time on probation, paying a $750.00 fine and the costs.
Jon Paul Nelson pled guilty to criminal trespass.  He was sentenced to 30 days in jail.  That sentence was suspended upon equal time on probation, paying a $25.00 fine and the costs.
Justin Patrick Richardson agreed to the violation of his probation.  He was ordered to serve 43 days and his probation was extended 34 months 15 days.
Donald Carl Southers pled guilty to driving while license revoked 2nd offense.  He was sentenced to 11 months 29 days in jail.  That sentence was partially suspended upon serving 45 days, equal time on probation, losing his license, paying a$500.00 fine and the costs.
John Kevin Twilla pled guilty to reckless endangerment.  He was sentenced to 11 months 29 days in jail.  That sentence was partially suspended upon serving 5 days equal time on probation, paying a fine and the costs.  In another case Twilla pled guilty to violating the implied consent law.  He was ordered to lose his license for 1 year and pay the costs.
Tequila Miller pled guilty to harassment.  She was sentenced to 11 months 29 days in jail.  That sentence was partially suspended upon serving 5 days, equal time on probation, and paying the costs.

The eighth annual Middle Tennessee Grain Conference set for Thursday, January 31, at Coffee County’s Fairground in Manchester offers farmers insight to a number of emerging corn, soybean, and wheat production concerns.            The conference is scheduled to get underway with registration beginning at 7:30 am. Registration is twenty dollars at the door or participants can pre-register for ten dollars by Monday, January 28 at the Cannon County Extension Office. Registration fees include the program and materials, refreshments, lunch, a copy of the conference proceedings, and a grain conference cap. This program, like all UT Extension programs, is open to all eligible persons regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability or veteran status.
            A trade show of various seed, chemical and equipment dealers will begin at 8:00 am followed by a slate of speakers addressing current production topics for corn, wheat and soybeans beginning at 9:00 am. Roller’s Barbeque of McMinnville will cater lunch which will be sponsored by the Tennessee Farmers Cooperative.
                        Following lunch, Dr. Fred Below will provide the keynote presentation “Unlocking the Secrets to Higher Corn Yields”. Below, a professor of plant physiology in the Department of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois at Champaign, has categorized the results of his research into seven management practices or “wonders” that can result in high yielding corn. His study helps growers answer the question of what the latest products and practices contribute to corn yield. Below’s unique “omission plots” allow him and his research team to see the bushel impact when an individual “high tech” practice or input is added or subtracted, then compare it to other plots in which all “high tech” actions were in place in the same research plot. Replicated in various locations over various years, the test results have allowed Dr. Below to identify and rank those seven factors as having the greatest impact on corn yield.
            Complete details on conference topics and pre-registration can be obtained from the University of Tennessee Cannon County Extension Office at 614 Lehman Street in Woodbury, Tn. For questions, please contact Bruce Steelman at 615-563-2554 or visit the Cannon County Extension website at https://utextension.tennessee.edu/cannon.
 

We hit an auspicious number related landmark date this week: 12/12/12, a numerological wonder not to be repeated in our lifetimes. Since nobody seems to have attached any particular significance attached to this number sequence, why not create your own way to celebrate “Triple Twelve”?Allow us to recommend eating. Lots and lots of eating. The holiday season is packed full of the best foods traditional Southern culture has to offer, but we often deny ourselves even one day of true indulgence because the Ghost of Bathroom Scales Future keeps giving us dirty looks. It’s a perfect time, just this one time, to recapture the tastes of past moments and to truly enjoy this moment we’re in.
On 12/12/12, spend twelve minutes being thankful for the top twelve favorites things in your life, then give yourself twelve hours to eat twelve great Southern foods you wouldn’t ordinarily allow yourself.
You could start with anything on a biscuit: country ham, sausage, honey, jams and jellies. Move on to cheese—cheddars and goat cheeses—you’ll probably want wine with that.  There’s Southern boiled custard, candies—and if you’re inclined to spend some time in the kitchen, sweet potato casserole, and cakes soaked with rum or whiskey. Heck, invite 12 friends over to join you, for that matter! Send 12 baskets with 12 festive local foods to 12 of your favorite people. The options are endless.
The Pick Tennessee Products website, www.picktnproducts.org, is the perfect place to find the local foods and ingredients for any holiday celebration, whether it’s the once in a lifetime kind or the kind that rolls around every year. The site posts statewide directories of nearly 2,000 individual farmers and farm-direct businesses who list more than 8,000 Tennessee food and farm products. Savvy cell phone users can point their phone cameras at a Pick Tennessee Products “QR” code that takes them straight to the website home page.
Pick Tennessee Products is featuring 12 terrific Tennessee foods on Facebook and Twitter beginning on 12/12/12 to celebrate the 12 traditional days of Christmas, which begins on Christmas Day and lasts through Epiphany on Jan. 6.
Find Tennessee farm direct, locally grown and made foods at www.picktnproducts.org. Follow Pick Tennessee Products on Facebook at www.facebook.com/picktnproducts and Twitter at @PickTnProducts.

We hit an auspicious number related landmark date this week: 12/12/12, a numerological wonder not to be repeated in our lifetimes. Since nobody seems to have attached any particular significance attached to this number sequence, why not create your own way to celebrate “Triple Twelve”?Allow us to recommend eating. Lots and lots of eating. The holiday season is packed full of the best foods traditional Southern culture has to offer, but we often deny ourselves even one day of true indulgence because the Ghost of Bathroom Scales Future keeps giving us dirty looks. It’s a perfect time, just this one time, to recapture the tastes of past moments and to truly enjoy this moment we’re in.
On 12/12/12, spend twelve minutes being thankful for the top twelve favorites things in your life, then give yourself twelve hours to eat twelve great Southern foods you wouldn’t ordinarily allow yourself.
You could start with anything on a biscuit: country ham, sausage, honey, jams and jellies. Move on to cheese—cheddars and goat cheeses—you’ll probably want wine with that.  There’s Southern boiled custard, candies—and if you’re inclined to spend some time in the kitchen, sweet potato casserole, and cakes soaked with rum or whiskey. Heck, invite 12 friends over to join you, for that matter! Send 12 baskets with 12 festive local foods to 12 of your favorite people. The options are endless.
The Pick Tennessee Products website, www.picktnproducts.org, is the perfect place to find the local foods and ingredients for any holiday celebration, whether it’s the once in a lifetime kind or the kind that rolls around every year. The site posts statewide directories of nearly 2,000 individual farmers and farm-direct businesses who list more than 8,000 Tennessee food and farm products. Savvy cell phone users can point their phone cameras at a Pick Tennessee Products “QR” code that takes them straight to the website home page.
Pick Tennessee Products is featuring 12 terrific Tennessee foods on Facebook and Twitter beginning on 12/12/12 to celebrate the 12 traditional days of Christmas, which begins on Christmas Day and lasts through Epiphany on Jan. 6.
Find Tennessee farm direct, locally grown and made foods at www.picktnproducts.org. Follow Pick Tennessee Products on Facebook at www.facebook.com/picktnproducts and Twitter at @PickTnProducts.

Two long time rivals in the Cannon County Lions and Lionettes and the Dekalb County Tigers and Tigerettes meet in Smithville tonight.  The Lionettes are looking to improve to 10-0 and although Dekalb has struggled in the district in years past, this year’s Tigerette squad is dangerous.  The Tigerettes are 0-3 but raised eyebrows December 4th when they traveled to Livingston and only lost by two.  The Lionettes coming off a dismantling of the York Institute Dragonettes will try to extend their district record to a perfect 4 and 0.  The Lions are 2-1 in district play and have won 2 in a row.  After dropping the opening contest, the Tigers have won 10 in a row including close victories against Livingston and Smith County.  Tonight’s games begin with the coaches corner at 5:45 with the tip-off at 6:00 at Dekalb County High School.  You can hear the action on AM-1540/FM 96.7 WBRY and streaming live on wbry.com