News 2013

The Cannon County Lions and Lionettes take the floor at Robert A Harris Gymnasium tonight for a pair of contests against neighboring Coffee County Red Raiders and Lady Red Raiders from Manchester.  The Lionettes are 4-0 after blowing by four opponents in two days last week.  Abbey Sissom who signed with MTSU over a week ago will bring her 20 point game average on the home floor against the Coffee County Lady Red Raiders.  The Manchester team is 1-2 having lost their last game played against the Grundy County Lady Jackets 58-55 a team that Cannon beat rather easily in their first game of the year.  The Boys game should be a challenge for the Lions as Coffee County is 1-2 but they were able to make it look easy against Grundy County in their last game 74-36. High school basketball coverage will start at 5:45 tonight with the Coaches Corner followed by the tipoff at 6:00.  You can hear all the action on AM-1540/FM96.7 WBRY, online at wbry.com and on your android or iphone based smart pads and phones through the app TuneIn Radio at WBRY  
 

A couple of dates to put on your calendar as auditions will be held at the Cannon County Arts Center for upcoming productions  Auditions for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Jr. and The Secret Garden (children’s roles) December 8th at 2:00PM and December 10th at 6:30PM
Come prepared with 16 bars of music from the show
or in the style of the show. An accompanist will be provided.
Auditions will also consist of cold readings from the script.
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Jr. is directed by Janine Morgan.
All roles available for ages 8-18.
Contact: janinelmorgan@me.com with questions.
The Secret Garden is directed by Scarlett Turney.
We are auditioning for one girl age 8-14
and one boy age 8-14.
We will announce the adult auditions at a later date
that will be posted on our website.
Contact: scarlett.turney@gmail.com
 

Prospective high school students wanting to have first priority for key academic scholarships for the 2014-15 academic year will have until Monday, Dec. 2, to apply. 
Applications postmarked Dec. 2 or hand-delivered to the admissions office by 4:30 p.m. that day will be eligible to be considered for major scholarship awards and also the prestigious Buchanan Fellowship.
 
MTSU’s freshman academic scholarship deadline normally is Dec. 1. Because Dec. 1 falls on a Sunday this year and because MTSU will be closed Nov. 28-29 for the Thanksgiving holidays, the university will allow an extra day for prospective students and their families to submit the paperwork and include the nonrefundable application fee.
 
Prospective students and their families can visit the admissions website, http://www.mtsu.edu/admissn/, to learn more. For important dates, visit http://www.mtsu.edu/admissn/dates_admissn.php. For scholarship information, visit http://www.mtsu.edu/scholarships/.
The Buchanan Fellowship for top scholars is MTSU’s highest academic award for first-time freshmen who meet academic requirements, including a high school GPA of 3.5 or higher, a composite ACT score of 29 or higher or SAT greater than or equal to 1280 and other requirements (http://www.mtsu.edu/honors/scholarships.php). Twenty recipients are selected by the University Honors College, with funding provided through the financial aid office.
Successful Buchanan applicants generally possess qualifications that equal or surpass those required for other MTSU academic scholarships. Students accepted to the program participate in a specially designed cohort curriculum of courses limited to Buchanan Fellows.
 
Freshman academic scholarships include Chancellor, Presidential, Academic Service and Provost. All require a minimum GPA of 3.5, plus outstanding ACT/SAT scores.
 
“MTSU is an institution where if you bring us your best, we will do our best to make sure you succeed,” said Laurie Witherow, associate vice provost for admissions and enrollment services. “Any student who meets our admissions standards can be successful and we pledge to have all of the programs and resources in place to support you through to graduation.”
 
For students who qualify for National Merit/Achievement/Hispanic, Valedictorian/Salutatorian and International Baccalaureate scholarships, the priority deadline is Feb. 15, 2014. However, they should apply by Dec. 2 to be considered for additional academic scholarships.
 
For more information, call the admissions office at 615-898-2111 or the scholarships office at 615-898-2830.
 

This weekend is the Cannon County Country Christmas Merchants Open House.  WBRY continues it’s spotlight on several businesses daily that are participating in the Friday and Saturday family shopping activity.  Pat Sissom and the Briar Rose Flower and Gifts offers flowers for any occasion including Christmas.  Briar Rose will have refreshments and special buys all throughout the two day event.  Briar Rose is located at 115 North Cannon Street . The Cannon County Courthouse will be participating in the event.  Although the Courthouse doesn’t necessarily have anything they sell for Christmas Shoppers, they are sponsoring the refreshments in conjunction with the visit from Santa and County Executive Mike Gannon is responsible for securing the Middle Tennessee Mule Skinners organization that will chauffer Santa around the square.  Another business that will be offering shoppers special deals this weekend is Jennings Jewelers 215 West Main Street.  Joann Tate and staff offers fine quality jewelry at affordable prices.  They will also be serving refreshments during the two day open house.  In addition they will offer door prizes.  You can start your Christmas layaway at Jennings Jewelers this weekend.  WBRY will continue it’s series all this week on the Merchants participating in the Christmas Open house this Friday and Saturday
 

Franz Walkup, who was seriously wounded while serving in Afghanistan was scheduled to make an appearance and participate in the Cannon County Veterans Program and parade but was unable to due to recovery from a surgery he had a couple weeks before the event.  Franz did make it back to Woodbury for a brief visit to Cannon County High School last week.  Since November is dedicated to remembering and honoring veterans, the Cannon County community blood drive Thursday will be dedicated to the honor of Sgt Walkup.  The blood drive will take place at  the Woodbury Lions Club Building located at the corner of West Lehman Street and West Adams tomorrow with the drive starting an hour earlier than normal from 11A to 6P.  Of course walk ins are always welcome but you can schedule appointments too.  Use sponsor code WoodburyCommunity19 to schedule your appointment online at redcrossblood.org  

An Autism Support Group is forming in Woodbury.  The group is looking for people with children with Autism or an Autism Spectrum disease and want to join a support group where they can get helpful information, call Al at 563-9206 or or Terri at 563-9449.  If no answer leave a message with your phone number and they’ll get back to you.  Meetings will be held at the Stones River Hospital.  

Tennesseans aspiring to pass the current version of the GED® test before the end of 2013 can take advantage of an expanded test-retake policy just announced by the GED Testing Service, according to Labor & Workforce Development Administrator Marva Doremus. The change enables more people to retake the test before the present GED test version expires December 31, 2013. 
“The GED test is given in three forms. People who have taken all three versions of the GED test this year are allowed to retake the test or certain parts as long as it has been 60 days since the test-taker took that particular form of the test,” said Doremus. Previously, test takers were limited to take the GED test three times per year.
 
The change in the retake policy is especially aimed at assisting those who have started the GED test but have not finished and passed every section. All scores will expire at the end of this year, and test-takers will have to start over with the new revised GED test or the alternative high school equivalency test called HiSET™ that will also be offered in Tennessee.
 
For details on taking the GED test or retaking certain parts before the close of 2013, contact the Adult Education Division of the Department of Labor & Workforce Development at 1-800-531-1515 or visit the department’s Website at http://www.tn.gov/labor-wfd/AE.

Unless the United States Congress comes up with a new bill to fund the Highway 70S Bypass, the project itself will continue to stall.  Wes Hughen with the Tennessee Department of Transportation gave an update to the Cannon County Commission about the project.  Hughen passed out 6 maps of the project itself.  Hughen said that there is a Transportation Planning report that selected some alternates for the environmental document that TDOT must have.  Hughen stressed that the County needs to decide what kind of road they want whether it be a 2 lane, or a 4 lane and where they want it.  Then the County must get together with its Regional Planning Organization to determine if this project is significant for the county.  However the Tennessee Department of Transportation operates under no debt whatsoever and because TDOT would be short on funds by almost a million dollars this will be a project that if the preliminaries were started now would not be  completed until at least 15 years from now.  The Cannon County Planning Commission will be talking about this issue in upcoming meetings.  

The Tennessee Volunteer Region will be hosting an upcoming Save-A-Life Saturday event on Saturday, December 7th thanks to a generous $25,000 grant given by the First Tennessee Foundation. The event will be offered at 5 locations throughout Middle Tennessee from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.  Each 3 hour session includes FREE, full Adult CPR/AED and a conscious/unconscious choking training. Each student with receive a 2 year certification that meets OSHA guidelines.  Pre-registration is required.Call 615.250.4277 for more information.
The Red Cross is able to provide this free training through the generous support of the First Tennessee Foundation. Space is limited for the public to take advantage of this free training opportunity.
Those unable to attend a Save-a-Life Saturday event can also visit www.redcross.org/prepare/hands-only-cpr to see lifesaving skills being taught or download the official American Red Cross First Aid app available for iPhone and Android devices. The American Red Cross First Aid app provides instant access to the information on how handle the most common first aid emergencies. The public can also register to take a full, certified CPR course at www.redcross.org/take-a-class or by calling 1-800-RED-CROSS.  The free training will take place at First Tennessee Bank at 305 West Northfield Blvd Murfreesboro.
Also the American Red Cross will be conducting a Blood Drive Thursday from noon till 6 at the Woodbury Lions Club Building
 

The Arts Center of Cannon County announces this year’s Christmas Dinner Theater will be Nothing is silent about this night where four singers serve up cool versions of Sinatra mainstays like “Fly Me To The Moon”, “New York, New York”, “That’s Life”, as well as “Mistletoe and Holly”, “The Christmas Song”, “Winter Wonderland”, “Silver Bells”, and “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”. Dinner and Show is$30 with the meal prepared by The Blue Porch To purchase tickets call 615-563-ARTS, Tuesday thru Saturday 10AM-4PM