News 2015

The semifinals of the Cannon County Chapter of the American Cancer Society’s annual Cancer Tournaments continues tonight with the semi-finals of the Grammar School mid season event.  First game this afternoon will be at 4:30 this afternoon as the Auburntown Lady Knights meet the West Side Lady Eagles.  The second game of the night will feature the boys matchup between Woodbury Grammar School taking on Woodland.  Then the two girls team will tip off against each other at 7:00 before Westside boys meet Short Mountain in the other semi-finals at 8:15.  The tournament continues tonight with the Consolation and Championship games played on Saturday.  The tournament is held at the Woodbury Grammar School.

The Cannon County Lionettes fans caught a glimpse of what the rest of the season could be like as long as Kelli Davis and Autumn King carry the team on their shoulders.  The duo helped the Lionettes Tuesday night hold off a Macon County run by continually breaking a full court press in the fourth quarter.  Post player Maleah Scott also benefited from the tandem after she was found multiple times deep inside the paint for easy layups.  Scott and Davis both finished with 18, King with a game high 22 as the Cannon County Lionettes beat Macon County to earn their second win of the season and first win in District 8-AA play 77-61.  Addie Hale came off the bench to score 9 points on three three pointers as the Lionettes started settling into their roles as a team.  Cannon’s overall record is now 2-6 and 1-1 in District 8-AA. The Macon County Tigers boys basketball team returned a lot of players from last year’s squad.  Coming into the game the Tigers were expected to be in the thick of the District 8-AA race and even more so since they knocked off Livingston last Friday.  Cannon came into the game looking to rebound after a tough overtime loss to Central Magnet of Murfreesboro Friday night.  The game in the first quarter went back and forth between the two teams and it looked like at first it was going to be a close game.  However Macon County used a little run midway through the second quarter to open up a 14 point lead in which Cannon could not close the gap in and Macon County starts the district play with a 76-49 win over the Lions.  Once again the Lions struggled from 3 point range.  Briar Jakes led the team with 15 points while Austin Martin finished with 11.  Macon County placed 5 players in double figures.  The Lions fall to 3-5 overall and 0-2 in District play.  Next up for the Lions and Lionettes is a trip to nearby Carthage for a district 8-AA battle against Smith County Friday night.

Pleasant View Baptist Church is pleased to announce their fifth annual Toys For Christ Event.  Toys for Christ is a free toy store designed to help families in need during the Christmas season. On December 12th the Woodbury Community Center will be flowing with toys, the true message of Christmas and kind people ready to serve.  
This event has become a major outreach to Cannon County as well as the surrounding areas as it has been able to help countless families who have found themselves in financially difficult times.
The event is free however there are few things that are required in order to participate in the toy store.
1.  Birth certificate or social security card of each child
2.  Identification of the person shopping for the child (Note…only a parent, grandparent or legal guardian of the child may participate as a shopper.  A maximum of four children may be shopped for by a shopper.  A child may only be shopped for once.
3.  A completed registration form obtained from the Toys For Christ Staff on the day of the event.
4.  Shoppers must participate in a five minute Gospel Presentation.  
The event will take place at the Woodbury Community Center on December 12th beginning at 9:00A and continuing while supplies last.
If you have questions or need more information, please contact Petrina Hill at 615-427-3562 or Pastor Jeff Crips at 615-556-8220.  You can also reach them at pleasantviewbc@yahoo.com

The Cannon County American Cancer Society’s mid season Cancer basketball tournament got underway Monday night at the Woodbury Grammar School.  The Westside Lady Eagles advanced to the semifinals beating Short Mountain.  They will play second seeded Auburntown Thursday.  In the other girls bracket the Woodbury Grammar School Lady Cubs handed the Eastside Lady Eagles a loss to advance to the next round.  They will face the undefeated Woodland Lady Warriors on Thursday. In the boys division third seeded Woodland beat sixth seeded Eastside to move into the semifinals where they will meet Woodbury Grammar School.  Short Mountain beat Auburntown in the quarterfinals Monday night to advance to meet the number one seed Westside Eagles of the tournament.  All games Thursday will be played at the Woodbury Grammar School.

The second of four consecutive district basketball contests for the Cannon County Lions and Lionettes is tonight at Robert A Harris Gymnasium.  Both ball teams host the Macon County Tigers teams from Lafayette.  Both girls basketball teams are struggling in the early season to pick up wins.  The Lady Tigers have won two out of their last three but lost to Livingston by 19 Friday night.  The Tigers boys team should be one of the top teams in the District.  They are 6-1 overall with their last game a loss to Clay County Saturday night.  The Lions have dropped two straight including a disappointing loss in overtime to Murfreesboro Central Magnet.  Their record is now 3-4.  The Lionettes hope that the return of Autumn King can help in securing their second win of the year.  WBRY AM 1540/FM107.9 will have the live broadcast of the games tonight beginning at 5:55 for Coaches Corner and 6:00 for tipoff.  You can also hear the games live streaming on the website wbry.com and through WBRY by the Smart Phones and Tablets using the Tune In Radio app.  

The Cannon County Republican Party is looking for a new Chairman.  This past summer the Cannon County Republican Executive Committee requested that the State of Tennessee Republican Party Executive Committee remove Jim Gibbs from his role.  After a meeting last week of the State Executive Committee, the results of a nine member special investigative committee were released and it was the recommendation of each of the nine members that Mr. Gibbs be removed.  A representative of the Cannon County Executive Committee and Mr. Gibbs were given equal time to present evidence and call witnesses before the full Committee.  A vote was then taken afterwards and out of 54 Committee members present 50 voted for for removal, 3 votes to retain and 1 voted absent.  The Cannon County Republican Party Executive Committee stated that any future emails, editorials, private mail, commentaries or posts on all social media outlets made by Gibbs are of his opinion alone and do not reflect the opinions, beliefs or ideals of the Cannon County Republican Party Executive Committee or the members of the Cannon County Republican Party. The Cannon County Republican Party Executive Committee will meet Monday December 14th in a special called meeting at the Cannon County Courthouse at 6:00.
 

Cannon County S.A.V.E. announces that there are still plenty of angels to adopt for this year’s angel tree project.  You can pick up an angel at any of the three banks in Woodbury, Regions, First National and First Bank.  You can also pick up an Angel at either the Dollar General Market or the Dollar General Store on Jim Cummings Hwy, the Cannon County Courthouse or by seeing any of the staff at the Cannon County S.A.V.E. program.  Deadline to purchase gifts for the designated angels are December 14th.  Please call 615-563-6690 for more information.  

The Office of District Attorney General Jennings H. Jones announces that it will not pursue an indictment of Cannon County Sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Colwell for official oppression against Jim Gibbs former chairman of the Cannon County Republican Party.  The decision was made last week after Gibbs had sent a letter in October requesting that District Attorney Jones investigates the actions of Deputy Colwell during a Sept meeting of the Cannon County Republican Party.   Having examined all available evidence to include statements supplied by all parties that were present on the night of the event, as well as audio and video recordings it appears that Deputy Colwell had good faith belief that the argument between Gibbs and some of the other members of the Republican Party had advanced to the point that his intervention was necessary to prevent an assault from taking place attorney Jones stated. Gibbs had mentioned in his letter that he was removed from the meeting and that his video camera used to tape the meeting had been tampered with.  Attorney Jones also went on to state that Deputy Colwell was calm and non confrontational when removing Gibbs from the meeting and escorted him unharmed from the courtroom of the Cannon County Courthouse to the main floor of the building.  The punishment for  the charge of Official Oppression is harsh as the charge is a class E Felony which bears a sentence of one to six years, the loss of the right to vote, to own weapons, and the immediate removal of the Deputy from his job. Based on these factors it is the opinion of the Office of District Attorney that the punishment brought about by a charge of Official Oppression would greatly outweigh any harm that was suffered by Mr. Gibbs at the hands of Deputy Colwell.  As a result of the findings reached the Office of the District Attorney will decline to bring an indictment against Deputy Colwell for the charge of Official Oppression.  Gibbs was removed from his position as chairman of the Cannon County Republican Party.  More information will follow on that story on wbry.com
 

December 7—Cancer Tournament played at Woodbury GrammarDecember 8—Basketball—CCHS vs. Macon Co. at home, 6:00 p.m.
December 8—School Board meeting workshop, 6:30 p.m., Central Office
December 10—Cancer Tournament played at Woodbury Grammar
December 10—School Board meeting, 6:30 p.m., WGS Library
December 11—Basketball—CCHS vs. Smith Co. at Smith Co., 6:00 p.m.
December 12—Cancer Tournament played at Woodbury Grammar
December 14—Elementary basketball:  West Side at Short Mtn., Woodland at East Side, WGS at Auburn
December 15—Basketball—CCHS vs. York at home, 6:00 p.m.
December 18—End of second grading period
                            Student abbreviated day:  Student dismissal at 10:00 a.m.
December 18-19—Clinton HS Christmas Basketball Tournament

From questions about the United States’ refugee resettlement program, to yesterday’s historic Senate vote repealing much of Obamacare, to Wednesday’s unspeakable tragedy in San Bernardino, California – these are consequential times. I believe you deserve to hear real, unfiltered answers from your elected officials on these subjects, and other issues of importance to you and your family. That is why I am holding a TeleTown Hall on Monday, December 7th at 7 PM CST. I hope you and your family will make plans to dial in and tell me what’s on your mind.In order to join the call, simply dial 877-229-8493 immediately before the scheduled start time on Monday evening. Then, when prompted, enter the participant passcode: 18578. I will kick off the call by giving a brief update on the latest developments in Congress before opening up the lines to your questions.
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