News 2015

 The prek-8th grade parent/teacher conference scheduled for tomorrow evening has been re-scheduled for Monday, March 9, 3:00-6:00 p.m.  

High School basketball gurus call it a huge surprise.  Cannon County Lionette head coach Michael Dodgen just simply said the Lionettes have finally bought into the game plan.  Whatever the reason is the Lionettes trek from the number five seed in the district tournament all the way to tonight’s sectional game could be considered a cinderella type run.   The Lionettes played the top four finishers in the district regular season close and remained competitive in most of the games but still were swept by each.  The district tournament started and it was time that the Lionettes put into practice what they learned against each of the teams they couldn’t beat in the regular season and the result was totally eliminating two teams from the postseason and claiming a region tournament championship.  Monday night at Robert A Harris gymnasium they take the next step in their trek to possibly begin play Thursday in Murfreesboro but this team looks at it one game at a time and tonight they are familiar with their opponent as it is a rematch of last years sectional game.  The Sequoyah Lady Indians come to Woodbury this time after dropping their region championship to McMinn Central Saturday night.  The Lady Indians are 18-12 and the outlook is good for the Lionettes as Sequoyah has not been able to collect any wins against what would be considered ranked AA basketball programs however they did surprise the Lady Chargers in the district tournament championship only to be brought back to earth in Saturday’s game.  The Lionettes have put a little consecutive winning streak going themselves.  It stands at five right now.  The team understands that loss number 10 on their record after tomorrow night means their season is over.  We encourage all our listening audience and beyond to come support the Cannon County Lionettes as they play their third consecutive sectional game and attempt to make it a third straight appearance in the state tournament which starts Wednesday.  The game starts at 7:00 Monday evening.  Tickets will be on sale starting at 5:45 in the afternoon at the door for $7.00.  If you can’t make it tonight, you are more than welcome to hear the live broadcast of the game on AM-1540/FM96.7 WBRY streaming online at wbry.com and through your smartphones and tablets through WBRY by using the Tune In Radio app.
 

For the first time in school history the Cannon County Lions and Lionettes basketball teams each have won their respective region tournament in the same season.  Saturday night before a packed crowd at Sequatchie County High School in Dunlap Tennessee the showdown between Livingston and Cannon for the region championship brought everything to the table that a championship game should.  No lead was more than 8 at any one point in the game and while Livingston controlled most of the tempo and the game itself, a late surge by the Cannon County Lions fueled by AJ Daniel knocking down 9 points in the final frame allowed Cannon to grab the lead midway through the final quarter and hang on for their 15th consecutive win in a row and third over their district opponents for final score of 63-59,  Four Lion players scored in double figures as Region Tournament MVP Josh Reuhlen made a difference in the third quarter scoring 8 of his game high 17 points.  All Region Tournament Team Members Austin Martin scored 15, AJ Daniel with 14 and Jacob Nave had 11.  Cannon will host a sectional game Tuesday night at Robert A Harris Gymnasium at 7:00.  Tickets will be $7.00 and will only be sold starting Tuesday night at the door at 5:45.  Their opponent will be the loser of the Chattanooga Brainerd and Chattanooga Central Region 3-AA championship which will be played Monday night.  

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture will celebrate Weights and Measures week March 1-7, 2015. Weights and measures inspectors keep pace with rapidly advancing technologies to ensure fairness in the marketplace. This year’s theme, Weights and Measures:  On the Path to Tomorrow, recognizes this vital element of our free-market society.“You should get what you are paying for, and inspectors play an essential role in the health of the economy,” Commissioner Julius Johnson said. “We value our weights and measures system as a crucial service to the citizens and businesses of Tennessee.” 
Fueling stations and grocery stores employ state-of-the-art weighing and measuring equipment.  Railway cars and highway vehicles are weighed while in motion. Motor fuel must be sampled and tested. Those are the areas in which inspectors use their skills to guarantee accuracy and equity for the consumer and a level playing field for commerce.
Weights and measures inspectors oversee approximately 94,000 fuel pumps and 16,000 scales in Tennessee. Based on data from the National Conference on Weights and Measures, inspection services cost each taxpayer less than $1 per year. “Weights and Measures Week serves as a reminder of the great value citizens receive for a minimal investment in the inspection program,” weights and measures administrator Bob Williams said.
The Tennessee Weights and Measures laboratory maintains and houses the primary standards of mass, volume and length for the state. Department officials are in the design and planning stage for construction of a new metrology lab, which will include the most current equipment and testing capabilities.
Tennessee is a member of the National Conference on Weights and Measures. In 1905, NCWM was formed to develop model standards for uniform enforcement from city to city and state to state. The organization has set the example to develop and amend national standards to keep pace with advancements in the marketplace.

It has been a long time in the history of District 8-AA that a 5th seeded team going into the district tournament made an appearance in the district tournament championship game and won the region tournament championship game but the Cannon County Lionettes accomplished that feat Friday night with a thrilling 50-45 victory over the Central Magnet Tigerettes.  Cannon was actually seeded 2nd in the region tournament after earning victories in the district against Smith and Livingston.  The championship game was canceled due to weather.  The Lionettes didn’t skip a beat blowing out Bledsoe County in the first round of the region and then they took care of Upperman to earn their way to the first place game and the opportunity to continue their postseason run with a game in the sectionals.  The Lionettes got out to a lead by as many as 18 before a big run in the third quarter put Magnet right back in it.  The Lionettes however recovered in the fourth quarter and connected on several important free throws to secure the win.  Kelli Davis, the Region Tournament MVP, scored 4 three point baskets in the second quarter en route to her game high 20 points.  The Lionettes improve to 24-9 on the year and win number 25 means they are in the state tournament.  The Lionettes next game will be Monday at Robert A Harris Gymnasium as they host the loser of the Sequoyah and McMinn Central Region 3-AA basketball championship which will be played Saturday night. It’s the Lions turn to collect their region championship as Friday night the Lions traveled to Dunlap to participate in the semifinal round against Notre Dame.  Notre Dame led most of the way in the first half but Cannon used a big run in the second half to overtake the high school Fighting Irish and win 77-65.  Cannon will now play in the region championship game against Livingston Academy Saturday night at 7:00 at Sequatchie County High School.  You can catch that game on AM-1540/FM 96.7 WBRY streaming online live at wbry.com or through your smart phones and tablets through WBRY by using the TuneInRadio app.

DTC Communications would like to remind Middle Tennesseans that Sunday, March 1, 2015, marks the first day of the new 10-digit dialing requirements for making phone calls in the area. This process is being required by the Tennessee Regulatory Authority (TRA) in order to accommodate the newly established (629) area code that now joins the (615) area code. This new “Overlay” option was implemented based on the results of a TRA survey conducted in 2013 in which consumers were asked how best to resolve the issue of limited phone number availability in the existing (615) area code.  Starting tomorrow, all current (615) numbers will require 10-digit dialing (area code and seven-digit telephone number) for local calls within the (615) area as well as the new (629) area code. Phone calls that are currently treated as local calls will remain as local calls and calls that are treated as long distance calls will remain as long distance calls.  In addition, when making long distance calls within any area code, you will still be required to dial a (1) before dialing the 10-digit number as usual.
“This new TRA requirement will take some time for everyone to get accustomed to,” says Craig Gates, Chief Executive Officer of DTC Communications.  “But it’s truly a result of the positive growth that our area of the state is currently experiencing.”
DTC Communications is a member owned telephone cooperative established in 1951.  The cooperative supplies communication, entertainment, and security products and services to residential and business customers primarily throughout Middle Tennessee.
 

With time running out to get the region tournaments completed before Monday, the weather will hopefully cooperate and allow the Girls Region 4-AA basketball tournament championship game to happen tonight.  The championship matchup features the Cannon County Lionettes taking on the Central Magnet Lady Tigerettes.  Both teams were ready to play in a showdown Thursday but because the officials who were assigned to the game couldn’t get to the game because they were snowed in, the game had to be postponed until tonight at 7:00 at Cookeville High School.   The Cannon County Lions hope that the third try is the charm in their attempt to continue in the postseason. The 26 win team will play in the region 4-AA semifinals tonight against Notre Dame.  The two teams last met in the postseason back in 2011 with Cannon winning 73-59.  Tonight’s game will start at 6:00 at Sequatchie County High School.
Because tonight the Lionettes are involved in a championship game, WBRY AM-1540/FM96.7 will broadcast the Cannon County Lionettes vs Central game.  We will also provide regular scoring updates of the game between Cannon and Notre Dame.

The recent severe winter weather forced the cancelation of more than 80 Red Cross blood drives across Middle Tennessee, Southern Kentucky and some counties in
Illinois and Missouri resulting in the shortfall of 2,300 combined blood and
platelet donations since Monday, Feb. 16.  
Blood donors of all types – especially those with types O negative, B negative and A
negative blood – and platelet donors are needed!
To schedule an appointment to donate, we encourage all eligible donors to please
download the Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS
(1-800-733-2767).

The ice storm this past weekend caused massive damage, particularly on the Cumberland Plateau.  It is hard for many of us to imagine, but people are having trouble getting basic necessities.  Cumberland, Putnam and White Counties were especially hard hit.   To help their neighbors, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas Company is accepting donations to be gathered and transported to those in need.  You can drop off your donations to the Middle Tennessee Natural Gas Offices in Dayton, Gordonsville, McMinnville, Smithville and Woodbury.  Middle Tennessee Natural Gas will accept donations from now until 3 Friday.  Middle Tennessee Natural Gas Volunteers will head up to the affected areas to deliver food and other donated items as well as to offer assistance in getting life back to normal in the area.  Any help is greatly appreciated.  Items needed are paper products, sugar-free foods, pop top canned food, baby food, garbage bags, new blankets, flashlights, batteries, toiletries, socks, toboggans, small gas cans, baby wipes, hand sanitizer, pop tarts, peanut butter crackers, juice boxes, adult and baby diapers.  Locally you can drop off any of those items at the Woodbury Middle Tennessee Natural Gas Office 614 West Main Street In Woodbury

The Cannon County Lionettes have used the postseason to get a fresh start and to start collecting wins over teams they couldn’t beat during the regular season.  Smith County and Livingston were on that list and both fell victim to the Lionettes in the district tournament.  Now you can add Upperman to that list.  The Lady Bees stung the Lionettes both times during the regular campaign but the Lionettes were ready to continue their winning streak in the region 4-AA semifinals.  The Lionettes and Lady Bees played a thriller with neither team able to grab a lead by more than 6 points.  In a game that saw 9 lead changes and 7 ties, Cannon was able to take the lead with a little over a minute left and keep it a two possession game.  Erin McReynolds calmly stepped to the free throw line during that stretch and knocked down four out of five free throws and the Lionettes advanced to the Region Championship game for the third consecutive year beating Upperman 40-37.   This also means that Cannon will play in a substate game on Monday after the TSSAA announced Wednesday that dates for region and substate play have been pushed back in order to get the region tournament completed due to all the weather cancelations and postponements.  It’s back to Cookeville High School Friday night at 7:00 for the championship game between the Cannon County Lionettes and the Central Magnet Lady Tigers.  Central ousted Livingston from the postseason earlier Wednesday evening 43-42.  WBRY AM-1540/FM96.7 will have the live broadcast of the championship game tonight.  You can also catch the game streaming on the internet at wbry.com and through the smart phones and tablets using the TuneIn Radio App. The weather has already affected the Region 4-AA tournament.  Wednesday night in Dunlap at Sequatchie County High School, the boys semifinals were supposed to have taken place.  Snow however ruined that.  The Cannon County Lions will try again Friday night at 6:00 CST to earn their way to the region championship game as they meet Notre Dame out of Chattanooga. Unfortunately due to technical issues beyond our control, WBRY will not be able to carry that particular ballgame.  However we will keep you up to date on the score throughout the evening during the Girls Region Championship Game.