News 2016

The Cannon County Lions and Lionettes teams renew their basketball District 8-AA rivalry with Dekalb County tonight in Smithville.  The rivalry which has been downplayed in recent years may heat up tonight as the Lionettes who own a huge consecutive win streak in the matchups against Dekalb are struggling and will be without their leading scorer Kelli Davis in the contest.  Dekalb on the other end has put together a impressive 18-7 overall record including a 10 game winning streak.  The Lady Tigers are 2-4 in District play and they are coming off a two point win against Central Magnet School.  
The Lions and Tigers is shaping up to be another classic in the chapter of two schools who come to play no matter what their record is.  Both teams will be looking to win their first district game of the season.  Both enter the contest 0-6 in 8-AA.  Tonight’s live broadcast will be on AM-1540/FM107.9 WBRY streaming online at wbry.com or on WBRY on your smart phones and tablets using the Tune in radio app.

January 19th—CCHS basketball games with Dekalb Co. at Smithville, 6:00 p.m.
 
January 20th—District grade level meeting for 3rd grade ELA teachers, Central Office,
7:45 a.m.—3:00 p.m.
 
January 21st—District grade level meeting for 4th grade ELA teachers, Central Office,
7:45 a.m.—3:00 p.m.
 
January 21st—CCHS ELA data meeting with Laura Luna, CCHS, 11:00 a.m.
 
January 21st—Elementary basketball games:  Auburn at East Side, WGS at West Side, Short Mtn. at Woodland
 
January 21st—CCHS basketball games with Van Buren Co. at Spencer, 6:00 p.m.
 
January 22nd—District grade level meeting for 5th grade ELA teachers, Central Office,
7:45 a.m.—3:00 p.m.
 
January 22nd—CCHS basketball games with Central Magnet at Murfreesboro, 6:00 p.m.
 
January 24-30—School Board Week
 
January 25th—Progress Reports for students
 
January 25th—28th—30th—Elementary county basketball tournament, CCHS
 
January 26th—CCHS basketball games with Macon Co. at Lafayette, 6:00 p.m.
 
January 26th—100th day of school

   East Side School would like to
announce the following honor
students (Principal’s List – All A’s),
Honor Roll (A’s and B’s) and students
with perfect attendance for the second grading period ending December 18:
   Mrs. Ana Smith’s Kindergarten –
Honor Roll:  Whitman Walls, Ross Lorance, Elaina Turner, Riley Melton, Lillie Hunter, Andrew Alexander, Daylen Young.  Perfect Attendance: Andrew Alexander.
   Mrs. Paige Holt’s First Grade –
Principal’s List:  Lyric Pittard.  Honor Roll:  Lilly Allen, Jacob Pirtle.  Perfect Attendance:  Mackenzie McCurry, Aden Seymour, Lilly Allen, Jacob Pirtle.
   Mrs. Karen Cook’s Second Grade –
Honor Roll:  Emily Manus, Laila Underwood, Gage Nokes, Wyatt Valentino, Laney Mullinax, Marissa Jones.  Perfect Attendance: Madelyn Gannon, Wyatt Valentino.
   Mrs. Connie Phillips’ Third Grade –
Principal’s List:  Jack Grant, Slade Grizzle, Sadey Grizzle, Olivia Moss, Kurstin Warrick.  Honor Roll:  Denver Jones, Connor Napier, Liv Prater.   Perfect Attendance:  Slade Grizzle, Sadey Grizzle, Liv Prater, Kurstin Warrick.
   Mrs. Greta Reed’s Fourth Grade –
Honor Roll:  Sadie Prater, Emma Muncey, Devin Grant.  Perfect Attendance:  Jeremy Earls, Tristen Barber, Tyler Campbell, Logan Gentry, Devin Grant, Callie Vance.
   Mrs. Brad Underwood’s Fifth Grade –
Principal’s List:  Mykala Barrett, Katie Davis.  Honor Roll:  Montana Davis. Perfect Attendance:  Montana Davis.
   Mrs. Gay Burger’s Sixth Grade –
Honor Roll:  Cathan Cecil, Ashley Mooneyham, Chloe Pack, Emma Richardson.  Perfect Attendance:  Ashley Mooneyham, Micah Prater, Dallas Roller.
       Mrs. Amy Underwood’s Seventh
Grade –Principal’s List:  Eli Cantrell.  Honor Roll:  Stella Brown, Caden Duke, Hannah Naylor, Emalee Rogers.  Perfect Attendance: Stella Brown, Eli Cantrell, Christian Davis, Hunter Davis, Caden Duke, Cheyanne Moss, Sloane Underhill.
 
 
 
 

 Mrs. Jackie Burger’s Eighth Grade – 
Principal’s List:  Lacon Parton.  Honor Roll:  Lucas Clark, Clay Fagan, Austin Grant, Culyer Isenhart, Shawn Matheny, Cody McPeak, Mattison Prater, Brent Scott, Jasmine Young.  Perfect Attendance: Culyer Isenhart, Lacon Parton, Mattison Prater, Jasmine Young.

With temperatures not expected above freezing for the next day the Town of Woodbury Water Department offers some simple things to keep your pipes from freezing.
Open cabinet doors under sinks to allow warm air to circulate.
 Let the water drip. Both hot and cold can freeze so let them both drip.
 A heat lamp or space heat in the basement or garage helps alot. Follow all safety instructions on space heaters.
A dollar or two more on your water bill is a whole lot cheaper then a plumber repairing or replacing you pipes.
 Stay safe and warm during this cold weather.
 If you have any questions call the water department at 615-563-4221 or the water plant at 615-563-2388
 

A Readyville woman suspected of shoplifting at the South Rutherford Wal-Mart is facing more than theft charges now.  According to a Murfreesboro Police Report Lori Ann Sullins of Bradyville Road in Readyville was seen by the store’s loss and prevention team concealing deodorant, hair bands and other items before passing all points of Purchase.  When Murfreesboro Police officer Travis Ledford arrived, he searched Sullins purse and cell phone with her consent and found oxycodone and alprazolam as well as cell phone messages indicating drug sales.  
Sullins was charged with sale of Schedule II drugs, Schedule IV drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia and theft under $500
 

A Cannon County subdivision suffering problems with a neighbor who won’t contain their threatening dogs aired their complaints out Saturday morning at the Cannon County Commission meeting.  A few of the residents of the neighborhood approached the Commission to see if there was anything the Commission could do in order to resolve the issue.  Paul Curless of Briley Circle stated that their neighbors Shawn and Lisa Hill own German Shepard dogs and even though an underground fence has been installed, it doesn’t keep the dogs from getting out and terrorizing the neighborhood.  Other residents gave accounts to the commission of encounters with these dogs and have had several talks with the Hills in order to come to a solution but nothing has helped.  Beverly Wheeler who also lives on Briley Circle  gave several instances where her mother and her dog would be out in the subdivision walking and would pass by the Hill’s residence where the dogs would come off the Hills property and surround the mother and their dog.  Other residents gave similar instances about the dogs.  
Although the Cannon County Commission could not do anything about the issue, the Cannon County Sheriff’s Department can.  Sheriff’s deputies have filed a report although no tickets or arrests have been made.  Sheriff Darrell Young advised the residents to call the Sheriff’s Department immediately once they see the dogs off the property and at that point citations can be written to the owners of the animals.
In actions of the Cannon County Commission.  The Commission voted to establish a new debt service fund for education.  A new fund for Medical Insurance.  Approved budget amendments for the Cannon County Sheriff’s Department, Senior Center, Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical Expense Fund, Sheriff’s Litter Pickup, and Department Commissary Fund.
The Commission tabled Resolution 2016-2 which is a resolution to support Governor Bill Haslam’s Insure Tennessee Initiative.

Cannon County Lionette basketball fans will have to watch the Lionettes play without the services of their leading scorer Kelli Davis.  Davis who injured her hand in the first game of the Sonic Sparta Shootout right after Christmas, initially got the report that it was a bad sprain.  Davis returned back to action first of January against Warren County and played in the loss last week in Baxter to Upperman.  After the game, Davis went for a second opinion and got the bad news that it was fractured and Davis will miss several games in order for it to heal up.  Friday night the Lionettes played Livingston and they missed Davis’s contributions.    Livingston used a full court press and got out to a big lead right away in the game at Robert A Harris gymnasium.  The Lionettes saw the full court press continuously for three quarters and didn’t have an answer for it as they fell to the Livingston Wildcats 83-48.  Maleah Scott led the Lionettes with 10 points.
Even though the Cannon County Lions lost to Upperman last Tuesday, they felt they were in good shape only losing by two and in the last second of the game in Baxter.  Livingston made them realize they still have a lot of work to do in order to get their team turned around.  The Lions who have struggled in the third quarter in most of their games continued to do so as Livingston turned a one point lead into a 14 point advantage outscoring the Lions 21-8 in the third quarter and winning 71-55.  The Lions are still winless in District 8-AA play.  Their next shot will be Tuesday in Smithville against rival Dekalb County.

During the last bloodmobile visit sponsored by the Woodbury Lions Club a local man passed a milestone in community service. Howard Witty donated his 200th pint of blood.  It takes 8 pints to make one gallon.  One pint is normally broken down into 3 units and can possibly be used in three different individuals contributing to saving their lives.  One can give whole blood every 56 days, or 6 times per year.  That would be 33 years and 4 months if you were able to give each time you were allowed, and possibly saving as many as 600 different people lives.  In the last fifteen years, Howard has only missed being able to give due to mission trips outside the United States and they can be counted on the fingers of one hand.  Very few individuals can lay claim to have donated 25 gallons of whole blood.  It is believed that Cannon County has more ten gallon donors by population than any other county in the state of Tennessee
The Woodbury Lions Club appreciates the donors who come in on a regular basis.  They also appreciate Howard Witty.  “We hope he will continue donating as long as he can and we hope to see him at the next blood drive on January 21, 2016. Bloodmobile Chairman Carl Hirlston said “the lives  he has helped save without knowing them or their names makes him a hero in the community, and the nation.” Hirlston added.
 

MTSU will be closed Monday, Jan. 18, for the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday.
The university will reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, with all business offices and departments open until 4:30 p.m.
Students and faculty, who have been on winter break for about five weeks, return to begin spring semester classes Tuesday.
Monday night from 6 to 7 in the Keathley University Center Theater, members of the MTSU community will hold an MLK celebration and candlelight vigil to highlight the contributions made by King and his wife, Coretta Scott King.
Presented by the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and the MTSU Office of Intercultural and Diversity Affairs, the event is open and free to the public.
The ceremony will consist of presentations by Alpha Phi Alpha members, Bishop Chris Johnson, pastor of Zion Christian Ministries in Murfreesboro, as well as performances from the Generation of Praise Gospel Choir, current students and more.
For more information, contact Daniel Green at615-898-5812. Green is the new director for Intercultural and Diversity Affairs.
 

The United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties will host a Ribbon Cutting, presented by the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce, on January 29, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. at the United Way office. The event, also serving as an open house for the United Way’s new office, will mark the beginning of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program for 2016.  

The United Way VITA program is a free service that aids qualifying local residents in claiming their tax refund dollars. Beginning January 29, 2016, National Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day, Fifth Third Bank’s Financial Empowerment Mobile E-Bus will be available to file taxes at the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. The partnership between United Way and Fifth Third’s E-Bus allows a 40-foot bus equipped with 12 computer stations to assist local residents in completing their taxes online using My Free Taxes.

Luis Parodi, Fifth Third Bank Community and Economic Development Manager, said, “We are excited to partner with the United Way of Rutherford and Cannon counties again this year to bring the Fifth Third E-Bus to the Rutherford County community.”

United Way 2016 VITA sites include Patterson Park Community Center and Smyrna Assembly Hall, and will be open to individuals and families with a household income less than $62,000 annually.

In 2016, $1,011,650 was returned back into Rutherford and Cannon counties through the United Way VITA program.

To schedule an appointment through the VITA program and find the E-Bus, visit www.yourlocalvita.org or call
(615) 971-8678.