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146th Year • No. 80 statesgraphic.com Haywood County, Tennessee Two Sections, 24 Pages $1.00 BROWNSVILLE Thursday, September 20, 2012 INSIDE see page A8 Hometown Hero HMS Football see page A9 Tips for Tots BY: JENNIFER WILLIS [email protected]m A 911 operator answers calls everyday, but it’s not everyday that a 911 operator takes a call that their own home is on fire. But that’s exactly what happened the night of September 12. Cherry Drake is a dispatcher at Brownsville-Haywood County Central Dispatch, and was on duty Tuesday, September 12 when she answered a 911 call at 9:58 pm reporting a structure fire at 116 Mills Road, which was her address. The Brownsville Fire Department was responding to the call when dispatch advised them that the house was reportedly fully involved. At that time, volunteer firefighters from the city and districts one, six and nine were paged out. Engine 106 arrived on the scene first, and immediately advised dispatch that the house was indeed fully involved. Firefighters laid attack lines and began to extinguish the fire, gaining control of it at 10:59 pm. The last unit cleared the scene at 12:27 am. The next morning firefighters were again dispatched to the scene with reports of smoke coming from the remains of the house. Firefighters quickly soaked the remains with water, putting out the hot spots that had rekindled. According to a report from the Brownsville Fire Department, Drake’s son was cooking some french fries on the stove when he fell asleep. He woke up to the house on fire, then quickly exited and called 911. Drake lost everything in the fire. The Brownsville Police Department and Brownsville- Haywood County Central Dispatch are accepting donations of any kind at their offices. Dispatcher answers 911 call Learns her own home is on fire The home of Cherry Drake, 116 Mills Rd, was fully involved when firefighters arrived on the scene. Firefighters were called back to Drake’s home the next morning after receiving reports the fire had rekindled. Russell named Superintendent of Schools BY: JENNIFER WILLIS [email protected] At the regularly monthly board meeting, held September 12, a unanimous vote by the school board named Teresa Russell Superintendent of Haywood County Schools. Russell is a lifelong resident of Haywood County. She graduated from Haywood High School in 1984, and said that she is “extremely proud of the education that she received from the public school system.” Russell graduated from Jackson State Community College in August of 1992 with an Associate of Science degree in Elementary Education. She went on the graduate Magna Cum Laude from Lambuth University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education and Teaching. In May 2001, Russell received her Master of Science degree in School Administration and Supervision from the University of Memphis. Her areas of endorsement are professional administration, PreK-12, and elementary education, K-3. Russell began her career with the Haywood County School System at East Side Elementary in 1994, and then in 1995 accepted a position as a kindergarten teacher at Anderson Early Childhood Center, where she remained until 2001. In May 2001, Russell was appointed the assistant principal at East Side Elementary. She moved to the Board of Education as Supervisor of Instruction PreK-12 in 2003, and held that position until she was named Deputy Superintendent of Curriculum and Accountability in July 2009. “My top priority as Superintendent is student achievement, and giving full support to the teachers,” said Russell. “I’d like for the community to understand all that our teachers do for their students. They do not only work from 7:45 until 3:15. They use their own time and resources to help their students in any way they can, and I stand behind them 100%.” Russell also stated during our interview that she’d like to focus a lot on student experience. For instance, she now requires that all students at Haywood High School, beginning as early as their freshman year, visit college campuses in an attempt to get their mindset focused on all that is available to them after graduation. “I want them to be in the community. I want them to be exposed to positive things, and leave with memorable experiences that they will be able to look back on years after they have graduated,” said Russell. I asked Russell about her plans for the school system, and she responded, “I don’t foresee any major changes. I would like to provide as much stability as possible.” Russell is married to Dr. Thomas D. Russell, IV, and they have three children: Madison Eubanks (18), Dannon A. Eubanks (15) and Reid T. Russell (8). They are members of First United Methodist Church. Russell is also very active in the community, serving on the Advisory Boards for the Carl Perkins Center, First South Bank, the YMCA and the Boys and Girls Club. She is also a graduate of the 2010 Haywood County Leadership Class. Haywood County Mayor Franklin Smith and Brownsville Mayor Jo Matherne signed a proclamation Thursday, September 13, declaring September 17-23 “Constitution Week” in Brownville and Haywood County. The signing of the proclamation marked the 225 th anniversary of the drafting of the United States Constitution by the Constitutional Convention. “Constitution Week” was initiated by the Daughters of the American Revolution. The DAR is a patriotic organization that encourages education and historic preservation in communities across America. The Daughters of the American Revolution is the largest women’s patriotic organization in the world, and is made up of women who can trace their ancestry to September 17-23 declared “Constitution Week” Pictured signing a proclamation declaring September 17- 23 “Constitution Week” are (left to right): Haywood County Mayor Franklin Smith, Margaret Welch, Regent of the David Craig Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Brownsville City Mayor Jo Matherne. a Revolutionary War soldier. Today, DAR Constitution Hall is the only structure erected in tribute to the Constitution of the United States of America. The United States of America functions as a Republic under the Constitution, which is the oldest document, still in active use, that outlines the self-government of a people. This landmark idea that men had the inalienable right as individuals to be free and live their lives under their governance was the impetus of the American Revolution. Today, the Constitution serves as an icon of freedom for people around the world. The Proclamation states: Whereas, September 17, 2012, marks the 225 th anniversary of the drafting of the Constitution of the United States of America by the Constitutional Convention; and whereas, it is fitting and proper to officially recognize this magnificent document and the anniversary of its creation; and whereas, it is fitting and proper to officially recognize the patriotic celebrations which will commemorate the occasion; and whereas, public law 915 guarantees the issuing of a proclamation each year by the President of the United States of America designating September 17-23 as Constitution Week; now, therefore, we, Brownsville Mayor Jo Matherne and Haywood County Mayor Franklin Smith, do hereby proclaim September 17-23 to be Constitution Week in Brownsville and Haywood County, and ask our citizens to reaffirm the ideals the Framers of the Constitution had in 1787. see page B1
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146th Year • No. 80 statesgraphic.com Haywood County, Tennessee Two Sections, 24 Pages $1.00

BROWNSVILLE Thursday, September 20, 2012

INSIDE

see page A8Hometown Hero

HMS Football

see page A9Tips for Tots

BY: JENNIFER [email protected]

A 911 operator answers calls everyday, but it’s not everyday that a 911 operator takes a call that their own home is on fi re. But that’s exactly what happened the night of September 12.Cherry Drake is a dispatcher at Brownsville-Haywood County Central Dispatch, and was on

duty Tuesday, September 12 when she answered a 911 call at 9:58 pm reporting a structure fi re at 116 Mills Road, which was her address.

The Brownsville Fire Department was responding to the call when dispatch advised them that the house was reportedly fully involved. At that time, volunteer fi refi ghters from the city and districts one, six and nine were paged out.

Engine 106 arrived on the scene fi rst, and immediately advised dispatch that the house was indeed fully involved. Firefi ghters laid attack lines and began to extinguish the fi re, gaining control of it at 10:59 pm. The last unit cleared the scene at 12:27 am.

The next morning fi refi ghters were again dispatched to the scene with reports of smoke coming from the remains of the house.

Firefi ghters quickly soaked the remains with water, putting out the hot spots that had rekindled.

According to a report from the Brownsville Fire Department, Drake’s son was cooking some french fries on the stove when he fell asleep. He woke up to the house on fi re, then quickly exited and called 911.

Drake lost everything in the fi re. The Brownsville Police

Department and Brownsville-Haywood County Central Dispatch are accepting donations of any kind at their offi ces.

Dispatcher answers 911 call

Learns her own home is on fi re

The home of Cherry Drake, 116 Mills Rd, was fully involved when fi refi ghters arrived on the scene.

Firefi ghters were called back to Drake’s home the next morning after receiving reports the fi re had rekindled.

Russell named Superintendent of Schools

BY: JENNIFER [email protected]

At the regularly monthly board meeting, held September 12, a unanimous vote by the school board named Teresa Russell Superintendent of Haywood County Schools.

Russell is a lifelong resident of Haywood County. She graduated from Haywood High School in 1984, and said that she is “extremely proud of

the education that she received from the public school system.”

Russell graduated from Jackson State Community College in August of 1992 with an Associate of Science degree in Elementary Education. She went on the graduate Magna Cum Laude from Lambuth University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education and Teaching. In May 2001, Russell received her Master of Science degree

in School Administration and Supervision from the University of Memphis. Her areas of endorsement are professional administration, PreK-12, and elementary education, K-3.

Russell began her career with the Haywood County School System at East Side Elementary in 1994, and then in 1995 accepted a position as a kindergarten teacher at Anderson Early Childhood Center, where she remained until 2001.

In May 2001, Russell was appointed the assistant principal at East Side Elementary. She moved to the Board of Education as Supervisor of Instruction PreK-12 in 2003, and held that position until she was named Deputy Superintendent of Curriculum and Accountability in July 2009.

“My top priority as Superintendent is student achievement, and giving full support to the teachers,” said Russell. “I’d like for the community to understand all that our teachers do for their students. They do not only work from 7:45 until 3:15. They use their own time and resources to help their students in any way they can, and I stand behind them 100%.”

Russell also stated during our

interview that she’d like to focus a lot on student experience. For instance, she now requires that all students at Haywood High School, beginning as early as their freshman year, visit college campuses in an attempt to get their mindset focused on all that is available to them after graduation. “I want them to be in the community. I want them to be exposed to positive things, and leave with memorable experiences that they will be able to look back on years after they have graduated,” said Russell.

I asked Russell about her plans for the school system, and she responded, “I don’t foresee any major changes. I would like to provide as much stability as possible.”

Russell is married to Dr. Thomas D. Russell, IV, and they have three children: Madison Eubanks (18), Dannon A. Eubanks (15) and Reid T. Russell (8). They are members of First United Methodist Church. Russell is also very active in the community, serving on the Advisory Boards for the Carl Perkins Center, First South Bank, the YMCA and the Boys and Girls Club. She is also a graduate of the 2010 Haywood County Leadership Class.

Haywood County Mayor Franklin Smith and Brownsville Mayor Jo Matherne signed a proclamation Thursday, September 13, declaring September 17-23 “Constitution Week” in Brownville and Haywood County.

The signing of the proclamation marked the 225th anniversary of the drafting of the United States Constitution by the Constitutional Convention.

“Constitution Week” was initiated by the Daughters of the American Revolution. The DAR is a patriotic organization that encourages education and historic preservation in communities across America. The Daughters of the American Revolution is the largest women’s patriotic organization in the world, and is made up of women who can trace their ancestry to

September 17-23 declared “Constitution Week”

Pictured signing a proclamation declaring September 17-23 “Constitution Week” are (left to right): Haywood County Mayor Franklin Smith, Margaret Welch, Regent of the David Craig Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Brownsville City Mayor Jo Matherne.

a Revolutionary War soldier. Today, DAR Constitution Hall is the only structure erected in tribute to the Constitution of the United States of America.

The United States of America functions as a Republic under the Constitution, which is the oldest document, still in active use, that outlines the self-government of a people. This landmark idea that men had the inalienable right as individuals to be free and live their lives under their governance was the impetus of the American Revolution. Today, the Constitution serves as an icon of freedom for people around the world.

The Proclamation states: Whereas, September 17, 2012, marks the 225th anniversary of the drafting of the Constitution of the United States of America by the Constitutional Convention;

and whereas, it is fi tting and proper to offi cially recognize this magnifi cent document and the anniversary of its creation; and whereas, it is fi tting and proper to offi cially recognize the patriotic celebrations which will commemorate the occasion; and whereas, public law 915 guarantees the issuing of a proclamation each year by the President of the United States of America designating September 17-23 as Constitution Week; now, therefore, we, Brownsville Mayor Jo Matherne and Haywood County Mayor Franklin Smith, do hereby proclaim September 17-23 to be Constitution Week in Brownsville and Haywood County, and ask our citizens to reaffi rm the ideals the Framers of the Constitution had in 1787.

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DivorceSupport group for childrenDivorceCare for Kids is a special group to help children heal from the hurt caused by the separation or divorce of their parents. At our weekly DC4K group, kids make friends with other kids who understand how they feel and the things they are going through because of the divorce of their parents.

Best of all, children will learn how God’s love can strengthen them and help turn tears to hope and joy!

DC4K designWe combine games, crafts, activities, music and DVD dramas to create a fun atmosphere where children feel comfortable and accepted. They look forward to each time their DC4K “family” gets together.

Ages: DC4K is designed for children ages 5-12

DivorceCare helps yourecover from the pain of separation and divorce

There aren’t many people around you who understand the pain your separation or divorce has caused. To you. Your family. Your friends.

That’s the reason for DivorceCare. It’s a special support group and seminar conducted by people who understand what you are experiencing. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to deal with the pain of the past and look forward to rebuilding your life.

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It may be hard for you to feel optimistic about the future right now. If you’ve lost a spouse, child, family member or friend, you’ve probably found that there are not many people who understand the deep hurt you feel.

That’s the reason for GriefShare, a special seminar and support group for people grieving the loss of someone close. This group is sponsored by people who understand what you are experiencing and want to offer you comfort and encouragement during this diffi cult time.

You are welcome to begin attending the GriefShare group at any session. Each is “self-continued,” so you do not have to attend in sequence. You will fi nd encouragement and help whenever you begin. You will be able to continue with GreifShare through the next cycle and view any of the videos you have not seen.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 117 EAST FRANKLIN BROWNSVILLE, TN

(731) 772-0365

Each Monday evening at 6pm beginning September 24

BY: VICKY [email protected]

The Brownsville States-Graphic is pleased to introduce Kristine Osteen as the newest member of our team. She will be working as our advertising sales representative, and she said she “couldn’t be more excited about it.”

Kristine Osteen joins the States-Graphic team

Kristine Osteen is excited to be part of our team.

Osteen is a life-long resident of Haywood County, graduating from Haywood High School in 2002. She has a strong background in sales, and will no doubt be an asset to this newspaper, as well as this community.

“I’m so excited to have the opportunity to be able to work with so many

different people from my community. I hope the community is as excited about my being here as I am,” said Osteen.

Lee Ann Krueger, National Account Executive with the States-Graphic’s parent company, American Hometown Publishing, said, “We are excited to have Kristine join us as our Sales Representative in Brownsville. We look forward to her contribution and experience in sales, along with her friendly and energetic personality. She will be a wonderful addition to the States-Graphic family.”

Osteen is the daughter of Jere and Debbie Wright of Brownsville. She is married to Chris Osteen, and together they have three children: Ethan (6), Nathan (4) and Carson (4).

“ W e l c o m e Haywood County” was displayed on the scoreboard Friday, September 7, at Pringles Park in Jackson, to welcome residents for Haywood County night. About a dozen Haywood County residents were there to watch the Jackson Generals play the Chattanooga Lookouts. Pictured is Jeb Banks, 9-year-old son of Michael and Sarabeth Banks, who had the honor of throwing the fi rst pitch at Friday afternoon’s game. The Generals defeated the Lookouts 7-3, and went on to win the championship series in Chattanooga.

Banks throws fi rst pitch at Pringles Park

The 2nd Annual “Biking for Babies” will be Saturday, October 6, 2012. Registration begins at 6:45 a.m. and ride starts at 8 a.m. from the YMCA. This event is sponsored by Bicycle City, First State Bank and First South Bank. The ride consists of 3 courses;

25, 50 and 75 miles through rural Haywood County and the registration fee is $35.

For more information on the Bike Ride or to register, contact Lisa Carlton at First State Bank at 731-779-9199, JoAnna Morris

at First South Bank at 731-779-0351 or Jeannie Patrick at the March of Dimes offi ce, 731-668-1023.

Following the ride at 10 a.m. will be the March for Babies beginning at College Hill. This is the March of Dimes largest fundraiser, helps fund lifesaving research and educational programs aimed at helping moms have healthy, full-term pregnancies and healthy babies. Last year, the Brownsville March raised more than $20,000 – this year, we hope to bring in even more by setting our

county goal at $24,000. You can sign up today at marchforbabies.org and start a team with co-workers, family or friends. Last year more than 150 people attended the event.

“March for Babies gives us a unique opportunity to help the community we love, said JoAnna Morris who is First South Bank’s Team Captain and Co-Chair for this event,. “One in 8 of our babies here in Brownsville are born premature, and that’s just not acceptable. Our community has to work together to give more

babies a healthy start in life.”

A special thank you to all our sponsors for the March for Babies: InSouth Bank, First South Bank, First State Bank, Haywood Company, IFC Disposables, Haywood Park Community Hospital, AlphaMed, LASCO Fittings, Inc. and Brownsville Family Medicine. There are still opportunities for sponsors to come on board. Please call the March of Dimes to discuss additional opportunities to sponsor.

Second annual “Biking for Babies” planned

Pictured on the bike is this year’s Brownsville Am-bassador, Seth Birdsong. Also pictured are just a few of the many who volunteer to help the March of Dimes raise money.

Proceeds will benefi t the March of Dimes, an or-ganization determined to ensure that, one day, all

babies will be born healthy

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Haywood

On the Agenda

Brownsville City Board Meeting

Monday Oct 8th, 2012 – 5:30 p.m.

Brownsville City Planning Commission4th Thursday of each

month – 4 p.m.

Brownsville Historic Zoning Commission

3rd Thursday of every month - 4 p.m.

Brownsville City Court Room

Brownsville Utility Board1st Tuesday – 5 p.m. at the Utility Offi ce

Haywood County Commission Meeting3rd Monday of every

month – 7 p.m.

Community & Church News

Haywood County Election Commission2nd Thursday of the

month – 5:30 p.m. in the election offi ce

Haywood County Planning Commission2nd Thursday of every

month - 7 p.m.

Haywood County School Board Meeting 2nd Tuesday of every

month – 6 p.m.

Stanton Planning Commission Meeting

3rd Thursday of the month – 7 p.m.

Stanton Town Meeting3rd Tuesday of the month

– 7 p.m.

Tennessee Driver License Service

County Clerk, Sonya Castellaw issues Tennessee

Driving License and ID renewals and duplicates

Wednesday and Thursday of each week from 8:30

a.m. to 4 p.m. Telephone: 772-2362

American Air Filter Reunion to be held

American Air Filter Reunion will be held September 29, 2012 at Volunteer Park from 12 noon until 3 pm. If you need more information, please call 731-277-2575.

East Haywood Church of God to celebrate 59th

Homecoming

East Haywood Church of God, in the Providence Community, will celebrate their 59th Homecoming on Sunday, September 30. There will be a guest speaker, Bro. Bradley Campbell, for the morning worship service. Lunch will be served after service, and starting at 1:30 pm there will be special singing with Faith Crossing and Them Boys from Buffalo Valley. We invite you to come and enjoy yourself in the Lord.

Preparing for Tornadoes

Tornadoes generally occur in the spring months, but remember they can occur any month of the year. December has become a busy month for tornadoes. The Haywood County Emergency Management Agency would like to

assist you in fi nding a “safe place” in your home or business. Call 731-772-1227 and we will set up an appointment for someone to come to your home or business and help you establish a “safe place.”

Dancyville Assemble of God to host missionary

service

The Dancyville Assembly of God invites the community to be in a missionary service with James and Delrae Wiseman, Missionaries to Guatemala, on Sunday September 30, 2011, starting at 6:00 PM. We are located at 13825 Highway 76 N. We would love to have the Dancyville community share this missionary presentation with us. You will be blessed. Call 901-383-9200 for more information

Glory Bound to perform at Allen Baptist

Please join us at Allen Baptist Church (Bells Highway) on Sunday night, September 23rd at 6:00 p.m. for an old-time gospel singing by Glory Bound. Fellowship and “fi nger foods” following the singing.

CARING FOR PATIENTS OF ALL AGES!Garrick Clouden, M.D., Family Medicine

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Come join us for a fun day with music, kid’s activities, paint the Derby car, feeding the goats, Arts & Crafts, Antiques, great food, Sons of Confederate Veterans, square dancing, quilting, tatting, walking tours, and much more. Kid’s parade begins at 9:00AM. Call 901-476-9727

The Brownsville Fire Department responded to a call Wednesday September 12 that fl ames were visible at Golden Circle Insurance Agency on South Jackson. Firefi ghters quickly extinguished the fi re, which was located on the back of the building where recent roof repairs had been made.

BY: MARTHA LYLE FORD

The Haywood County Commission met last night with 18 members present and two absent. This was the fi rst meeting of the commission since a new meeting time was established; the meeting began at 6:00 and concluded before 7:00, the time when meetings used to begin.The minutes from the July 24, 2012 meeting were approved.The following reports were unanimously adopted without discussion: County Mayor’s Trustee’s, Board of Education, and Highway Commission.Of the 6 standing committees, the Budget committee was the only one which had met and issued a report.County Mayor Franklin Smith was re-elected chairman of the Commission by acclamation. Allen King was unanimously re-elected Chairman Pro Temp of the Commission.Brannon Williams was unanimously elected to a 3-year term on the Library Board, replacing Mrs. Marty Williams whose term has expired.The fi nancial statements submitted by the county elected and appointed offi cials were unanimously approved.A surety bond for the County Property Assessor was unanimously approved. It will expire in 2016.In introducing the next agenda item, County Mayor Franklin Smith said, “In all my years of this, we’ve never done this before …” He was referring to the recommendation by the County Highway Commission that a speed limit of 40 be posted on a county road -- Country Club Lane. All county roads – if unposted – have a speed limit of 55 miles per hour. The Commission unanimously approved the recommendation. (Morris English is the new chair of the Haywood

County Highway Commission.)The next item of business was a presentation about the operation of Haywood County Emergency Management Services. The presentation was made by David Smith of Haywood County EMS, Dr. Michael Revelle – County Medical Examiner and Medical Director of EMS, and Jimmy Studdard, Director of Haywood County EMS. In the presentation, Mr. Smith showed comparisons of EMS in 1990 (the year he joined the department) and 2012. Some highlights:In 1990, Haywood EMS had 14 full-time employees with 3 paramedics;In 2012, Haywood EMS has 21 full-time employees with 8 paramedics.IN 1990, EMS received 1,978 calls, an average of 5 calls per shift;In 2012, EMS received 3,713 calls, an average of 10 calls per shift.Responding to emergencies used to be seen as a “load, go and pray” operation where EMS personnel just loaded the patient into the ambulance and got them to the emergency room as fast as possible, praying the patient would make it.Now, Mr. Smith said, emergency personnel basically bring an emergency room to the patient; with increased technology, skill, training and equipment, paramedics and EMTs can stabilize and treat – or begin treatment – patients while alerting Emergency Room staff of the status of the patient while in transit.The Hospital Wing having a base for the life fl ight helicopter in Haywood County is a great advantage for residents. In 2011, approximately 90 Haywood County residents were airlifted to area hospitals. It’s an 18-minute fl ight to Memphis, 7-8 minute fl ight to Jackson. Jimmy Studdard will

soon celebrate his 40th anniversary as Director of Haywood County Emergency Medical Services department.The Commission unanimously approved $24,000 for the county Adult Basic Education program. This was needed to offset a reduction in state funding. The funds will be used to operate the GED program in Stanton and at the County Jail. Last term, 9 inmates graduated from the Jail’s GED program.County Mayor Smith reported that the County is in the process of repairing and painting bleachers on the home side of the football stadium. They haven’t been painted since the mid-1980s. The visitors side was completed renovated, including being handicapped accessible, in recent years. It was suggested that the home side bleachers be made handicapped accessible in the near future. The renovations are costing approximately $8,000.Mayor Smith also reported that the County is getting estimates on upgrading the front of Carver High building and the entrance of the Boys and Girls Club located in the building. The County is also addressing termite damage at the College Hill Center.National Night Out – a community-wide event emphasizing the importance of Neighborhood Watch and communities fi ghting crime, will be held Saturday evening September 22. There will be vendors, booths, entertainment featuring Alex Harvey, food and giveaways. The free event will be held beside East Side School.Minor budget amendments – in the budgets of the County Clerk, Election Commission, Sheriff’s Department, and Jail Department were unanimously approved.

Haywood County Commission meeting

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The Dunbar Carver Museum, 709 E. Jefferson, recently received an unrestricted grant of $3000 from the Tripod Fund of The New York Community Trust. The New York Community Trust is a publicly

supported community foundation, which provides centralized management for many charitable funds.Dr. Dorothy Grandberry, volunteer curator at the museum, says the grant will be used to support the erection

of a memorial marker to commemorate the more than 200 African American men who served as United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War. The marker will be erected in Brownsville as part of the Tennessee

Civil War Trail.The Dunbar Carver Museum is op from 1 pm to 3 pm on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Other times can be arranged by calling 731-772-9352.

Dunbar Carver Museum awarded $3000 grant

NAACP holds “Get out and Vote” drive

The NAACP held a “Get out and Vote” drive September 14 at the corner of Thomas and McLemore. The purpose of the event was to bring awareness to the community about the importance of voting. Visitors were offered the opportunity to register to vote, and were served free hot dogs, chips and drinks.

Over 200 fans from around the world are expected to converge on Brownsville, Tenn., next week as the community plans to celebrate Tina Turner. Events begin Friday, September 28, 5 p.m., with a special fan reception and ribbon cutting at the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center and will continue on Saturday, September 29, with a Tina Turner

Tribute Concert at the former Carver High School gymnasium.

Members of the International Tina Turner Fan Club will be honored at a reception beginning at 5 p.m., followed by a special “Fan’s Ribbon Cutting” of the historic Flagg Grove School at 6:30, Friday, Sept. 28. The African-American schoolhouse was recently moved to the Delta

Heritage Center where it is being restored and will be used to house memorabilia of its most famous student along with interpretive exhibits depicting the history of the school. Among the special guests for the ribbon cutting is International Fan Club President Elle Denneman, who will be traveling from the Netherlands.

“We are excited to meet

and host so many of Tina’s fans in her home county,” says Center Director Sonia Outlaw-Clark.” According to Clark, a charter bus is coming from Oklahoma; and other fans from around the world are fl ying into Memphis to join the celebration.

Fans will get an opportunity to hear a professional tribute show Saturday when the

Starr Fisher band comes to Carver High. Fisher is known for her high energy show focusing on the music of Tina Turner. Also appearing with Fisher will be several young musicians from Muskogee, Oklahoma, who are participating in a multi-cultural exchange between the City of Brownsville and Muskogee. The concert begins at 7 p.m. All

proceeds from the ticket sales will benefi t the Flagg Grove School restoration.

Tickets are available online at www.west tnher i tage .com. Due to limited parking at the concert, attendees are asked to park at the Haywood County Justice Center where shuttles will be available. For more information, contact the Center at 731-779-9000.

Brownsville celebrates Tina Turner September 28-29

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PATRICK PLACE SUBDIVISION

14 Building Lots in Section 1 & 10.8 Acres Undeveloped Land in Section 2

PO R T E R PL A C E SU B D I V I S O N

WE B B TO W N S U B D I V I S I O N

9 B u i l d i n g L o t s i n S e c t i o n 3

11 Building Lots & 12.4 Acres Undeveloped Land Joining the Lots to the North & South

INSPECT BEFORE AUCTION. AUCTION WILL BE HELD OFF-SITE AT OLYMPIC STEAK HOUSE 5711 HWY 412 S., BELLS, TN

INSPECT BEFORE AUCTION. AUCTION WILL BE HELD OFF-SITE AT OLYMPIC STEAK HOUSE 5711 HWY 412 S., BELLS, TN

INSPECT BEFORE AUCTION. AUCTION WILL BE HELD OFF-SITE AT OLYMPIC STEAK HOUSE 5711 HWY 412 S., BELLS, TN

LOT # 101 TAYLOR DRIVE & BELL MEADE ROAD 0.340 ACRESLOT # 102 BELL MEADE ROAD 0.274 ACRESLOT # 103 BELL MEADE ROAD 0.453 ACRESLOT # 104 BELL MEADE ROAD 0.557 ACRESLOT # 105 TAYLOR DRIVE 0.415ACRESLOT # 106 TAYLOR DRIVE 0.403 ACRESLOT # 107 TAYLOR DRIVE & 0.386 ACRESLOT # 119 TAYLOR DRIVE 0.355 ACRESLOT # 120 TAYLOR DRIVE 0.451 ACRESLOT # 121 PORTER DRIVE 0.400 ACRESLOT # 122 TAYLOR DRIVE 0.425 ACRESLOT # 136 TAYLOR DRIVE 0.482 ACRESLOT # 137 TAYLOR DRIVE 0.373 ACRESLOT # 138 TAYLOR DRIVE 0.430 ACRES

LOT # 313 LAY N E DR I V E 0.275 AC R E SLOT # 314 LAY N E DR I V E 0.275 AC R E SLOT # 315 LAY N E DR I V E 0.275 AC R E SLOT # 316 LAY N E DR I V E 0.275 AC R E SLOT # 323 LAY N E DR I V E 0.275 AC R E SLOT # 324 LAY N E DR I V E 0.275 AC R E SLOT # 325 LAY N E DR I V E 0.275 AC R E SLOT # 326 LAY N E DR I V E 0.275 AC R E SLOT # 327 LAY N E DR I V E 0.275 AC R E S

LOT # 310 LOT # 401 LOT # 402 LOT # 403LOT # 404 LOT # 405 LOT # 406 LOT # 407 LOT # 408 LOT # 409 LOT # 410

CITY WATER & SEWER TAPS FOR ALL DEVELOPED LOTS

TURN NORTH OFF HWY 412 S. ONTO BELL MEEADE ROAD AT FLAMINGOAUTO SPA. GO .02 MILE TO PATRICK PLACE. TURN WEST ONTO TAYLOR DRIVE INTO PARTRICK PLACE SUBDIVISON.

10.8 Acres Level Land Between Patrick Place & Porter Place Undeveloped.

Access Renee Drive & Layne Drive. Land has been Plated into 29 Proposed Lots as Section II Patrick Place.

TURN SOUTH OFF HWY 412 S. AT FLAMINGO AUTO SPA ONTO BELL MEEADE ROAD. GO.5 MILE TO & TURN WEST ONTO PORTER DRIVE & LAYNE DRIVE.

IN DOWNTOWN BELLS GO SOUTHEAST ON SOUTH MAIN CROSS RAILROAD TRACTS, TURN RIGHT ONTO DEPOE STREET. GO 1 BLOCK TURN LEFT ON PARADISE STREET, GO 1 BLOCK, ONTO BRUENGTON DRIVE TO CRAVES STREET.

12.4Acres Offered in 2 Tracts & CombinationNorth & South of Webb Town Lots Undeveloped. Access from Bruenton & Craves Street. Level to Gentley Rolling Land Suitable For Row Crop on Hay

Until it is Developed. Land has been Plated into Building Lots on the Platt.

4 . 1 Ac r e s BROWNSVILLE, TN

711 McLemore Ave.Turn North Off North Washington & HWY 369. Go West off Thornton on to Thomas at Market Place Convience Store. Turn South off Thomas Street. Go .02 mile to Property on Right392.7 Feet of Frontage. Level to Gentley Rolling Land. Excellent developement land.

INSPECT BEFORE AUCTION. AUCTION WILL BE HELD OFF-SITE AT OLYMPIC STEAK HOUSE 5711 HWY 412 S., BELLS, TN

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Photo ID: Federal or state government issued photo ID is now required to vote in person, unless an exception applies. College student IDs will not be accepted. To learn more about the new law and its exceptions, please call 731-772-1760 or visit GoVoteTN.com.

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I felt a need recently to go through my library and pull out some of my books on thinking positively.

For the last several months I seemed to have lost some of my focus regarding the subject, due to the condition of the economy both nationally and internationally and all the other conditions that can lead to a chaotic society.

With the outpouring of such exposure and communication coming down the news channels, one can easily become bombarded with so much negative information.

Recently, I have felt myself being lured away as an advocate of positive thinking to a bearer of negative news and comments.

I decided to take a test that would help me to see whether or not the road that I was traveling would take me over the edge.

I used Jeff Keller’s book, Attitude is Everytihing, as a source for my recent text. Keller suggests that we stop using phrases such as “I can’t” or “That’s impossible.” Our words are powerful and the use of these

words sends a warning to the hearers to expect negative results.

Many times in the run of a day we are asked the question, “How are you doing.” There are two messages that can come from the question. Some may apply as I have sometimes done in the past, “I hanging on.” How negative can you get? Now that I think about it, it is most depressing to imagine someone hanging on all day long. A more positive response would be fabulous, great, or even terrifi c.

Keller also reminds us to stop complaining. I’ve noticed today how we complain about the economy, the actions and activities of our political leaders, the play calling of our favorite football team, etc. But when all is said and done what can we do about it. In the case of our political leaders, our only recourse is through our right to vote. We complain about things that we have absolutely no control over.

When it comes to our personal problems, other people have their problems just as we do and therefore don’t want to be reminded of them all over again.

There is another negative side that may be the result of complaining. We call it the blame factor. As long as we complain about the problem, we usually place the blame on someone. Such action just broadens the debate and nothing positive happens as a solution to the problems.

We also need to substitute some neutral words for those highly emotional ones. Instead of “I’m enraged” perhaps, “I have a real challenge” would be a better term.

In today’s world, there are more than enough problems to go around. Hearts have a lot of weight to carry and we all need some positive thinking along the way.

We also need to stop and smell the roses. There is a time, as well, to look back and follow the steps of our memories and come to terms with how we arrived at our current destination.

It is true that we cannot remove every mountain. However, a dose of some good positive thinking could offer good directions regarding how to climb that mountain.

Thinking positively

Well, the long, hot summer (some would call it the summer of our discontent) is nearly over, offi cially at least. Autumn begins this Saturday morning at 9:47. Of course, that’s the offi cial start, not necessarily the actual one. The hot, summery weather of the past month will probably continue a few weeks more, but slowly, but surely, shortening days will cool the Northern Hemisphere, and fall, with all its classic characteristics, will creep into West Tennessee. This Saturday will simply be the date on which the sun’s position is straight above the equator as it, the sun, travels south in the sky.

But of course, as every school child knows, it’s not the sun that is traveling; it’s the earth, and seasonal changes are the result of different angles from which the earth receives sunlight as it orbits the sun.

It’s autumn’s turn now. Autumn, the season between summer and winter, and however you measure it, today, just as in ancient times, it means different things to different people.

Before the 16th Century, the season was called “harvest.” Of course back then the actual harvest was usually the difference between living to see the next season or starving to death, and “harvesting” was what almost everyone did during the season.

But as more and more people began to move to towns and cities, the word “harvest” lost at least some of its agricultural meaning, and more and more English speaking people began to refer to it as autumn. (Nobody knows why.) Still others settled on the word “fall.” Again, no one knows why, perhaps as a shortening of the term “fall of the leaf.”

At any rate, whatever it is called, it is right around the corner. For many people it is the best time of the year. The sights and sounds and scents and tastes of autumn infuse them with energy and enjoyment.

Others, however, fi nd it a melancholy season. Poets and songwriters have fi lled a million pages with lines attesting to the season’s nostalgic sadness.

Try to remember the kind of September,

When life was slow and oh so mellow.

To many ancient people what we call September signaled death. In Welch mythology, for example, on the date of the autumnal equinox the God of Darkness, Goronwy,

would defeat the God of Light, Llew, and for six months, at least, become king of the world. In Japan, even now, the fi rst day of fall is observed by visiting the graves of deceased relatives.

Today in America, in addition to football and Halloween, the touchstones of autumn are Thanksgiving, which signals the beginning of winter in most people’s minds, and the changing of the leaves, an unquestionably autumnal event.

And the question is already being asked. How will the leaf color look this year? The answer, as always, is that it is still too soon to say, but some things biologists do know. They know, for example, that the three major determinants of fall leaf color are sunlight, temperature and rainfall.

All summer, the leaves have been making food for the trees by turning water and carbon dioxide into nourishment for the trees. It is chlorophyll in the leaves that causes this transformation, and it is also chlorophyll that makes them green, it being so dominant it hides the other color pigments present.

Those other pigments in the leaves are orange and yellow, and in some trees, red and purple too, and as days get shorter, less sunlight falls on the leaves, and as nights get cooler, chlorophyll disappears from leaves, exposing the colorful pigments underneath. This combination of sunny days and cool nights is pretty much all it takes for the yellow and orange pigments, so if the next few weeks feature sunny days and cool nights (high 30’s and 40’s are ideal)

then the oranges and yellows will be brilliant. A series of cloudy days or warm nights, however, will cause the colors to be muted.

Some trees, however, like dogwoods, sugar maples and red oaks, show red and purple hues as well, but these colors need more than just sunny days and cool nights to really pop. They need an ample amount of water as well, and this includes an ample amount throughout the growing season.

So what does that say about this year’s color? Well here in dry West Tennessee, the outlook for good red colors is not so good, but in East Tennessee, where they’ve had plenty of rain this summer, it’s great. Even so, we obviously don’t know what the next few weeks will hold, so we’ll just have to wait and see.

How long will we have to wait? Again, many factors converge to make the change happen, but heat is a main one; the warmer it is, the later the leaves change. In recent years maximum color levels have been reached between two and fi ve days later than historical normals, and this year is on track to do likewise.

So there you have it, a botany lesson you didn’t ask for, but use it for what it’s worth and plan your trip to the mountains accordingly. Early indicators are that we could be in for spectacular fall color there, but go a few days later than you normally would.

Or just stay here. The West Tennessee outlook for vivid red and purple leaves may not be so good, but oranges and yellows could be spectacular.

Aren’t the always?

Falling into Autumn

I’m sure I’m not the only one who believes that my children are growing up way too fast, but I do. For those of you that know me, you know that I am a very overprotective parent, and that may still be an understatement. But, I think I learned a very important lesson, unintentionally, at my son’s fi rst soccer practice this week.My daughter is eight years old, and my son is four. My husband likes to tease me and tell me I’d wrap them in bubble wrap if I could, and he’s right. My fi rst instinct is to protect them both, from anything and everything. As a parent, I don’t want my children to get hurt in any way, whether it’s physically or emotionally. But, I think that I may be taking it a little too far, and I guarantee you that my husband (and my parents) agree, as much as I hate to admit they’re all right.I have always been so worried about them getting hurt, I never stopped to think about whether or not I was keeping them from being a kid. For instance, I don’t allow my children to climb trees for fear of them falling and breaking a

bone. My husband’s theory is “they’ll get a cast.” I wish it were that easy for me.My son had his fi rst soccer practice Tuesday night, and was so excited he couldn’t be still. He jumped out of the car and ran as fast as he could to catch up with his best buddy, Ethan.About 20 minutes into practice, he tripped over another little boy’s foot and fell…on his face. He stood up and started crying. I tried really hard to make myself stay back, because I knew it wasn’t that bad, and let his coaches give him a little pep talk and get him back into playing. Now, you have to understand that I wanted to run out there, pick him up and hug and kiss him until he stopped crying. But, I stayed back for a minute, let his coach talk to him, and then walked out to check on him. I asked him if he was ok, and he said “uh huh” with little tears rolling down his face. But, something told me to dust his shirt and face off and let him go on about his business, without babying him, so I did, and he was fi ne.Ten minutes later, he fell again. And I promise it seemed like his little

forehead bounced off the ground when it hit. But this time instead of crying and running to me, he looked at me, dusted off his shirt and hands, and went right back to playing with his friends.In that moment, I was so proud of him for being a “big boy.” And then it hit me…maybe I need to let go JUST a little. Then I thought about how I was nervous that my daughter was chosen to ride on the fl oat for her school Friday in the Homecoming Parade. And my thought there shifted too, from being worried about her not being in my sight the entire time, to worrying about her missing out on that opportunity, and it being my fault.So, the lesson I learned this week is that I need to protect them from all of the hurt that I can, but I also need to realize that they are kids, and they will fall, cry and unfortunately, on occasion, get sick. But it’s not the end of the world, it’s just part of them growing up. One day we will be able to talk about it like I talk about my childhood with my parents, and hopefully they’ll have just as many good memories as I do.

Learning to let go…a little

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The family of Tammy Helton would like to thank everyone for all they did to help with the benefi t for Tammy. With your support, we were able to raise enough to pay her funeral expenses, and even had enough left over for other expenses. When family pulls together, nothing is impossible.

On Saturday, September 22, 1962, Ralph Wayne Brown and Clyde Elaine Crozier were married at 40th Street Baptist Church in Tampa, Florida, and became Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brown. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Brownsville among family and friends. Ralph and Elaine have two children, Kathy McClinton of Brownsville and Ralph Brown, Jr. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They have ten grandchildren. They will celebrate their anniversary this weekend with an evening at the Peabody Hotel and a play at the Orpheum in Memphis.

Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Mabon of Brownsville are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, NaTresika Mabon, to Mr. Antron Greer, the

son of James (Lenard) Greer of Gadsden and Patricia (Kelly) Witherspoon of Jackson.NaTresika is the granddaughter of the late Elise and Maude

Mabon and Brownsville, and the late Herbert and Bessie Turner, also of Brownsville.Antron is the grandson of Ms. Vernell Greer of Jackson and the late Ms. Mae Julie Clark, also of Jackson.NaTresika is a graduate of Haywood High School and Miller-Motte Tech in Clarksville. She is employed at PRA in Jackson.Antron is a graduate of Jackson Central Merry High School. He is employed by UGN in Jackson.The couple will exchange vows October 6, 2012, at Upper Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Brownsville at 2 pm. A reception will follow in the FSB building. All family and friends are invited to attend.

Miss Mabon and Mr. Greer to wed

BY: JENNIFER [email protected]

The late Emma Jane Gorman founded the Brownsville Baptist Church Women’s Ministry in 2000. It began as a small group of volunteers that would meet at Gorman’s home, cook stew in her kitchen and basement, and then deliver it to those that were in need of a hot meal.

Over the last 12 years, the ministry has grown to offer a number of programs to the residents of Brownsville and Haywood County. They conduct a Bible study every spring and fall, and serve the “Lenten Luncheon” during Lent. Members of the Sunday school classes, as well as members of the women’s ministry, prepare meals to take to families who have lost a loved one. Once a month, the women prepare 65 plates of food to deliver to members of our community who are sick or shut-in. In December of each year, the women’s ministry prepares 75 fruit baskets and delivers them to nursing home residents and shut-ins.

But, with all of the wonderful things that the women’s ministry participates in, perhaps the most well known is the food pantry. In 2009, they began working with the Memphis Food Bank to deliver baskets of food to 250 Haywood County residents in need.

The Memphis Food Bank works with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, which donates commodities to the food bank for distribution to soup kitchens, pantries, homeless shelters, domestic violence centers, child care centers and alcohol rehabilitation centers in west Tennessee communities.

They deliver, on average, about 12,000 pounds of food to Brownsville every other month. This month they delivered 14,969 pounds, but they have delivered as much as 22,000 pounds. They bring produce, bakery items like bread,

canned goods and will occasionally bring personal items like shampoo and soap.

Although the food pantry is part of the women’s ministry, it takes several other organizations to help make the program a success. Clinton Neal and his crew pick up and recycle all of the boxes the food is delivered in, and Save-A-Lot and E.W. James lend the church their shopping carts, so that trustees from the Haywood County Jail can help deliver the bags of food to each persons vehicle.

To date, more than 250,000 pounds of food have been delivered to the food pantry, which has helped thousands of people have enough food to eat.

The women’s ministry would like to thank Wal-Mart, E.W. James, Save-A-Lot, Pictsweet, Haywood Company, Insouth Bank and Pizza Hut for everything that they do to help the women’s ministry serve Haywood County.

There are eligibility requirements to be able to receive commodities through the Memphis Food Bank and the food pantry programs. Sign-ups are the fi rst Tuesday of every other month beginning in January.

Brownsville Baptist Women’s Ministry

Tirelessly serving their community

Volunteers who worked tirelessly to help distrib-ute the food to those in need.

Volunteers work to sort out all of the food that delivered, and prepare baskets for the 250 people anxiously awaiting their share.

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ASSEMBLY OF GODDANCYVILLE ASSEMBLY OF GOD

13925 Hwy 76 North

FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD

700 N. Dupree Ave. • 772-1242

BAPTISTALLEN BAPTIST

5533 U.S. Hwy. 79 N. • 772-3930

ANTIOCH BAPTIST

8432 Hwy. 79 N. • 772-5682

ANTIOCH BAPTIST Tibbs Community Church9327 Tibbs Rd

BETHESDA MISSIONARY BAPTIST

126 Baxter St. • 772-3388

BLUFF CREEK BAPTIST

3480 Dr. Hess Rd. • 772-6433

BROWNS CREEK BAPTIST

673 Brown Creek Rd. • 772-2288

BROWNSVILLE BAPTIST

5 N. Wilson Ave. • 772-9753

BROWNSVILLE COMMUNITY BAPTIST

1200 N. Mclemore Ave. • 772-0717

CALVARY BAPTIST

624 Hatchie St. • 772-0192

CANE CREEK BAPTIST

1904 Cane Creek Road • 772-1033

CHAPEL HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST

1077 Shaw Loop • 772-4840

FIRST BAPTIST

311 E. Jefferson St. • 772-1187

FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST

294 Friendship Rd. • 772-8060

HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH

4684 Eurekaton Rd. • 731-254-8746

126 N. Dupree Ave. • 772-4826

HICKORY GROVE BAPTIST

Hickory Grove Haynes Rd. • 772-1259

HOLLY GROVE BAPTIST

8488 Poplar Corner Road • 772-2627

KEELING BAPTIST CHURCH

16675 Hwy 70 West • 731-608-0833

IGLESIA BAUTISTA CRISTO REY

1458 E. Main St. • 772-6024

LONDON BRANCH BAPTIST

London Branch Rd. • 772-2283

LOWER SALEM MISSIONARY BAPTIST

1230 E. Jefferson St. • 772-8027

MACEDONIA BAPTIST

103 Macedonia Rd. • 772-4770

MERCER BAPTIST

1201 S. Dupree Ave. • 772-2536

NEW HOPE BAPTIST

586 Bond Ferry Rd. • 772-5616

NEW REVELATION MISSIONARY BAPTIST

400 Rawls St. • 772-1020

NEW VISION COMMUNITY

612 Fulton Rd. • 772-2663

OAKVIEW BAPTIST

Winfi eld Lane • 772-3933

PEACEFUL CHAPEL MB1221 Fairground Rd. 8 •772-9473

POPLAR CORNER BAPTIST

1010 Boyd Ave. • 772-0950

SHAW’S CHAPEL BAPTIST

3772 Shaw Chapel Rd. • 772-7738

SNIPES GROVE BAPTIST

1272 Thornton Rd. • 772-5825

STANTON BAPTIST CHURCH

107 Covington Rd. • 548-6015

ST. PAUL BAPTIST

4270 Hwy. 76 S. • 72-1149

UPPER SALEM BAPTIST

81 Coburn Rd. • 772-6538

WILLOW GROVE BAPTIST

Jackson Hwy. • 772-4644

WOODLAND BAPTIST

885 Woodland Church Rd. • 772-5004

WOODLAWN BAPTIST

Hwy. 19 • 772-3530

ZION BAPTIST

1733 Upper Zion Rd. • 772-4211

CATHOLICST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC

910 N. Washington Ave. • 772-3514

CHURCH OF CHRISTCHURCH OF CHRIST OF BEECH GROVE

778 Beech Grove Rd. • 772-3449

JEFFERSON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST

1234 E. Jefferson St. • 772-3316

CHURCH OF CHRIST

1238 Thorton Rd. • 772-3344

WESTSIDE CHURCH OF CHRIST

3235 Hwy. 54 W. • 772-3810STANTON CHURCH OF CHRIST

Holland Avenue

CHURCH OF GODCHURCH OF GOD BROWNSVILLE

1155 Berkley Dr • 7772-5531

FELLOWSHIP CHURCH OF GOD

221 S. Russell St. • 779-9585

ST. JAMES CHURCH OF GOD- CHRIST

305 W. Thomas St. • 772-0354

CHURCH OF GOD & CHRISTREFUGEE TEMPLE HOLINESS

977 King Ave. • 772-4166

EPISCOPALCHRIST EPISCOPAL

140 N. Washington Ave. • 772-9156

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSESKINGDOM HALL - JEHOVAH’S WITNESS

1040 Boyd Ave. •-772-6499

METHODISTBROWNSVILLE DISTRICT UMC1489 E. Main St. • 772-9882

DANCYVILLE C.M.E. CHURCH

3515 Dancyville Rd. • 548-6725

DOUGLAS CHAPEL C.M.E. CHURCH

3659 Stanton - Koko Rd. • 731-548-6800

FARMERS CHAPEL CME107 N. Wilson Ave. • 772-3056

FIRST UNITED METHODIST

117 E. Franklin St. • 772-0365

MARVIN CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST

588 Marvin Chapel Rd. • 772-6146

MT. PLEASANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

315 Mt. Pleasant Rd • 254- 9518

PROSPECT CME10010 Hwy. 76 S. • 772-4426

PROSPECT CME #12656 Prospect Lane • 772-9070

STANTON UNITED METHODIST

115 Covington St. • 234-4914

ST. PETER CME5519 Fulton Rd. • 772-5008

TABERNACLE CME151 E. Thomas St. • 772-7774

UNION GROVE UNITED METHODIST

8118 Hwy 70 E. • 772-5168

PENTECOSTALFIRST UNITED PENTECOSTAL

961 Chestnut Grove Rd. • 772-6549

TRUE LOVE TABERNACLE OF PRAISE MINISTRY

1456 E. Main St. • 780-5481

PRESBYTERIANFIRST PRESBYTERIAN 109 W. College St. • 772-2893

OTHERBETHEL COMMUNITY CHURCH

5732 Rudolph Rd.

BETHEL SUCCESS

19 N. Court Square • 772-0239

CHRIST CHURCH OF BROWNSVILLE

2120 Anderson Ave. • 772-9933

CHRIST TEMPLE APOSTOLIC

404 E. Cherry St. • 772-0064

CHRISTIAN FAITH TABERNACLE

2826 Hwy. 79 N. • 772-7112

CHURCH OF THE LORD JESUS

687 Bell St. • 772-5357

FAITH DELIVERANCE

1193 Tamm St. • 772-2236

FAMILY LIFE FELLOWSHIP

1274 Thornton Rd • 734-2700

FIRST HOLINESS CHURCH

205 E. Jefferson Street

GREAT HEIGHTS

1274 Thornton Rd. • 779-9689

GREATER NEW BIRTH OF CHRIST

505 Tyus St. • 772-8247

HOPE OF FAITH

900 S. Grand Ave. • 772-6700

LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE FOR TRUTH

1143 Tammbell St. • 772-8101

ZION TEMPLE

1117 Friendship Rd. • 772-3295

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“Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning, and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks.” (Luke 12:35-36).

The obedient servant must be prepared to see his master in mind, heart, and life. Everyone bears the responsibility of his calling. At the very least, all believers are called to be the light of the world and witnesses to the salvation of God. All believers are called to love the brethren and walk in the newness of their salvation. What have you been blessed with? Do you have food to eat? Do you have television, a cell phone, or a car? Then, most people in the world would say you are rich. Are you using what you have to prepare for eternity? There will be a day when you meet the Lord. What would He say if that day was today?

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Hometown Hometown HeroHero

BY: JENNIFER [email protected]

Working hard and putting in long hours is nothing new for Dale Ledford, who puts in an average of 92 hours per week between his jobs at the Brownsville Fire Department and the Haywood County Ambulance Authority.

Ledford was born May 19, 1959 in Walnut, Mississippi to Eutril and Syble Ledford. He grew up in Hardeman County, where he graduated from Middleton High School in 1977. Afterwards, he went on working as a mechanic.

In 1988, Ledford moved to Haywood County. Some of his in-laws were volunteer fi refi ghters for the South Hatchie Volunteer Fire Department, and they begged him to come to one of their meetings. At that point, Ledford had never really had an interest in becoming a fi refi ghter.

However, he gave in and went to the meeting, and as they say, the rest is history. He stayed on as a volunteer with South Hatchie for the next several years, and applied for a position with the Brownsville Fire Department in 1994, where he began working April 18.

It wasn’t until later that Ledford pursued his interests in becoming an EMT. He graduated from Dyersburg State Community College in 1996, and began working part-time at the Haywood County Ambulance Authority. In 1997, that part-time position turned into a full time position.

I asked Ledford what led him to his decision to become an EMT, and he said, “I just really wanted to help people. I worked accidents when I was on duty at the fi re department, and I didn’t really know how to help people in those situations, so I decided to educate myself in order to better serve others.”

When I asked him about his most memorable experience at the fi re department, he said, “That would defi nitely be when the Ritz Theatre burned. I remember being in the snorkel truck, which was a truck similar to a boom truck that they used before they had a ladder truck,

and fi ghting that fi re.”When Ledford is not on

duty at either place, he spends a lot of his time tending to his mother, who is a resident at Crestview. However, when he manages to fi nd a few minutes free, he enjoys playing golf and fi shing.

Ledford has been married to his wife, Martha, for almost eight years. Together they have fi ve children: Holden Ledford, Heather Pearson, Christy Williams, Lance Thomason and Tyler Thomason. They have nine grandchildren, and are proud to have the tenth one on the way.

Ledford has made a difference in this community by sacrifi cing so much of his time to help others when they, at most times, are in their weakest state. Whether they are sick, hurt or have just lost everything that they own to a devastating fi re, Ledford will be there serving the people of this community with his contagious smile and caring personality.

Dale LedfordDale LedfordLedford and his wife, Martha.

Ledford and two of his children, Holden and Heather.

Ledford’s grandchildren. Since this picture was taken, he has welcomed another grandson, and has another granddaughter on the way.

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West Main Family Restaurant was the place to be for lunch Friday, September 14. The March of Dimes held their “Tips for Tots” fundraiser from 11 am until 2 pm, and there was a large turnout.

Local “celebrities” who waited tables and seated guests included Brownsville Mayor Jo Matherne, Jack McDonald, Joyce Moore, Alderman John Simmons, Haywood County Trustee Sonny Howse, JoAnne Finn, Vice Mayor Carolyn Flagg, Superintendent Teresa Russell, Jack Fletcher, Haywood County Clerk Sonya Castellaw, Toni Eubanks, Joey Connor, Lisa Carlton, Jody Lea, Tim Stokely, Andrea Bond Johnson, Dr. Tommy Russell, Dr. Adam English, Dr. Jason Goolsby, Alan Callery, Jan Cleek, Circuit Court Clerk Mary Margaret Lonon and Jim McAdams. Greg Vanstory was the greeter, and sold chances on the doorprizes.

All of the waiters and waitresses turned over all of the tips that they earned, and all of the proceeds went to help fund the March of Dimes and their mission to ensure that one day all babies will be born healthy. They raised over $850.

This year’s March of Dimes Ambassador for Brownsville is Seth Birdsong, son of Pam Earnest. Birdsong was born in 1994, when his mother was only 34 weeks into her pregnancy. He was born weighing fi ve pounds and nine ounces, and spent three days in the neonatal intensive care unit. Because of his prematurity, he experienced delayed motor skills, attention spandefi cit and did not walk

until he was 15 months old. Birdsong has overcome his learning diffi culties, and has been an honor roll student most of his life. He is now a healthy young man, standing just over six feet tall, and excelling in baseball and football.

The March of Dimes is committed to funding

research to fi nd the answers to problems that continue to threaten the lives and health of babies. Please show your support for their mission by attending the Annual March for Babies, which is scheduled for the fi rst Saturday in October. To register, please visit www.marchforbabies.org.

Tips for Tots a success

Some of Brownsville and Haywood County’s “celebrities” came together for a common cause at West Main Family Restaurant Friday, September 14. Local “celebrities” waited tables from 11 am until 2 pm, and all of the tips they earned were donated to the March of Dimes to help them with their fi ght to make sure that, one day, all babies are born healthy.

Joey Conner, of Conner Real Estate, takes a moment to check on his customers, John and JoAnne Finn.

Brownsville Mayor Jo Matherne showed Tim Stokely to his seat before taking his order.

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Tell us about your Hometown Hero!Nominate your fi refi ghter, police offi cer, paramedic, veteran, etc.

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Offi cials representing Brownsville, Stanton and Haywood County conducted a ceremony celebrating the launch of the Cotton Junction Trail, which is a Discover Tennessee Trails and Byways program. Following the launch, attendees enjoyed this summer’s last “Concert on the Porch,” which featured HCo2, Tyler Goodson and Wildwood Express.

Cotton Junction Trail launched Saturday night

Tyler Goodson Wildwood Express

HCo2This map show the route of the Cotton Junction Trail. You can fi nd this map at the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center inside the Cotton Junction Trail booklet.

Infl uenza, or fl u, season is right around the corner, and the Haywood County Health Department is ready to offer fl u vaccine to area residents. A mass fl u vaccine clinic will be held at the Haywood County Health Department on October

4, 2012 from 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. This clinic is designed to allow people to be able to get in and out quickly.

“It takes about two weeks to be protected after you get the fl u vaccine, so it’s a good idea to get the vaccine as soon as it’s available,”

said Regional Health Offi cer Shavetta Conner, MD. “However, we will continue to vaccinate residents through the winter, or as long as we have vaccine available. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that everyone 6 months of

age and older get their yearly fl u vaccine as soon as vaccines become available in their community.”

Flu shots (and/or) FluMist nasal spray vaccine will be provided during the vaccination clinic. There will be a charge of $25 for fl u shots

and $13.70 for FluMist. The cost for vaccines will be charged on a sliding fee scale based on income. Payment can be made in the form of cash or check and Medicare and TennCare can be billed. Private insurance will not be billed.

Appointments must be

scheduled for the mass fl u clinic. The Haywood County Health Department will start booking appointments now for the October 4, 2012 vaccination clinic. Please call the health department at 731-772-0463 now to book your appointment.

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This week is National Child Passenger Safety Week. The City of Brownsville Police Department is a nationally recognized child passenger safety seat center. The police department has eight certi-fied child passenger safety technicians that are available to check car seats for proper installation, and advise par-ents and caregivers how to choose the right car seats, and install them properly in their vehicles.

The police department and Haywood Elementary School conducted a “Booster Seat Day” on Wednesday, September 19, as part of Child Passenger Safety Week.Motor Vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for children ages one to thirteen. Crash data from the US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for 2010 shows that about two children 12 or younger were killed, and 325 were injured each day in passenger vehicles.“You can never predict or con-trol what other drivers might do, or how the weather might

change the safety of a road-way,” said Lieutenant Barry Diebold of the Brownsville Police Department. “The best way to protect your kids is to put them in the right car seat for their age and size, and use those seats correctly on every trip, every time. We also urge parents to follow NHTSA’s car seat recommendations that recommend parents and caregivers keep children in their restraint types for as long as possible according to manufacturer instructions before moving them to the next type.”

For maximum safety, a parent or caregiver should have the car seat installation inspected by a certified child passenger safety technician to ensure their children are in the right seats for their age and size. Children 12 and under should always ride in the back seat.Birth to 12 months: For the best possible protection, your child under age one should always ride in a rear facing car seat. There are different types of rear facing car seats: infant only seats can only be used rear facing, convertible

and 3 in 1 car seats typi-cally have higher height and weight limits for the rear fac-ing position, allowing you to keep you child rear facing for a longer period of time.One to three years old: Your child should remain in a rear

facing car seat until the child reached the top height or weight limit allowed by your car seat’s manufacturer. This may result in many children riding rear facing until age two or older. Once your child outgrows the rear facing car seat, your child is ready to travel in a forward fac-ing car seat with a harness.Four to seven years old: Keep your child in a forward fac-ing car seat with a harness until the child reaches the top height or weight limit allowed by your car seat’s manufacturer. Once your child outgrows a forward fac-ing car seat, with a harness, it’s time to travel in a booster seat, but still in the back seat.Eight to twelve years old: Keep your child in a boost-er seat until the child is big enough to fit in a seat belt properly.

For a seat belt to fit prop-erly, a lap belt must lie snug-gly across the upper thighs, not the stomach. Shoulder belts should lie snug across the shoulder and chest, and not across the neck or face. Remember: select a car seat based on your child’s age and size, choose a seat that fits in your vehicle and use it on every trip, every time.

Always refer to your spe-cific car seat manufacturer’s instructions; read the vehicle owner’s manual, and how to install the car seat using the seat belt or LATCH system; and check height and weight limits. To maximize safety, keep your child in the car seat for as long as possible, as long as the child fits within the manufacturer’s height and weight requirements. Keep the child in the back-seat at least through age 12.

For more information on car seat safety, Child Passenger Safety Week, and to find other seat check events, visit http://www.safercar.gov/therightseat or con-tact the Brownsville Police Department at 731-772-1260.

The Brownsville Police Department would like to thank Haywood Elementary, and the Haywood County school system, for partner-ing with them on the child seat give-away. “I would like to personally thank them for helping us make this event a success,” said Chief Chris Lea.

Brownsville PD Participates in National Child Passenger Safety Week

BY: JENNIFER [email protected]

Students at Eastside Intermediate School cele-brated Constitution Week Monday, September 17, 225 years to the day after the Constitution was first signed. Students celebrated by ringing bells at noon, the same time that the emergency sirens were sounded, and then released red, white and blue balloons into the sky.

The David Craig

Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Mrs. Dorothy Jackson, guidance coun-selor at Eastside, coordi-nated Monday’s event. Brownsville Mayor Jo Matherne, DAR Regent Margaret Welch and DAR member Nell Fox handed out the balloons and bells as students exited the building. Welch spoke briefly to the students about the Constitution, and Mayor Matherne had the stu-

dents join her in a count-down to the ringing of the bells and the release of the balloons.

The Daughters of the American Revolution, David Craig Chapter, as well as Mayor Jo Matherne, would like to give special thanks to Wal-Mart for donat-ing the balloons, and to Haywood County’s Emergency Management Agency for sounding the emergency sirens.

Students at Eastside celebrate Constitution Week

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The Haywood High School football cheerleaders participated in the Universal Cheerleaders Association summer camp, as they have every other summer. Only this summer, their hard work was rewarded with an invitation to cheer at a pre-game show on September 8 for the University of Tennessee Volunteers.After receiving the invitation, the cheerleaders began working hard to learn a new dance routine. They cheered in Dyersburg the night of September 7, and then they, along with sponsors Jennifer Emerson

and Elizabeth Lovelace, left for Knoxville at midnight.They arrived in Knoxville the next morning, with about 20 minutes to spare before they were scheduled to be at the show.The HHS cheerleaders performed their dance routine, alongside about 800 other cheerleaders from across the state, during the pre-game show for the Tennessee versus Georgia State game. Afterwards, they all received free tickets to the game and had the opportunity to meet the UT Vols cheerleaders.HHS cheerleaders traveled further than any other school to participate in the event, as most other

participants were from East Tennessee. About 60 people from Haywood County, including the cheerleaders, traveled to Knoxville.The HHS football cheerleaders are: Sarah Lewis (Captain), Molly McAdams (Captain), Unjanae Johnson, Mary Drake Owen, Jasmine Taylor, Morgan Marlar, Ricarnicea Johnson, Jamaica Bond, Mary-Will King, Cassidy Hendrix, Taylor Call, Abbey Morris, McKenzie Scott, Idalias Flagg, Hannah Stanley, Mary Catherine Currie, Antonesh Simon and Emma Dew.

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HHS football cheerleaders performed a dance routine with 800 cheerleaders from across the state at a pre-game show for the UT vs. Georgia State game.

Students “Saving the Rain Forest”

Ms. Rhonda Jones’ sixth grade classes at Haywood Middle School spent a week discussing “Saving the Rain Forests.” Each student was required to write a short report on any topic involving the rain forest. The topics chosen were rain forest animals, trees, plant life, and rivers. Students also illustrated their reports with many different types of animal and plant species. “We learned about biodiversity and why it is important to try and save our rain forests,” Ms. Jones said.

Haywood County Schools are celebrating bus drivers in September and thanking them for their service to the school system and the children. At the central offi ce, Superintendent Teresa Russell, Board Chairman Harold Garrett, Art Garrett, Kenneth Emerson, Debi Clagg, Kathy Black and Rosemary Moss gathered early on September 13 to give ham biscuits and juice to the drivers. “We are so grateful for what they do for our students,” Mrs. Russell said.

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page A13BY: JENNIFER [email protected]

The Haywood County School Board met in regular session Wednesday, September 12. This was Greg Vanstory’s fi rst offi cial board meeting since his election to the school board. Vanstory replaced Daniel Thornton.

The board voted on several positons. Harold Garrett was re-elected as Chairman of the Board, and Robbie King was re-elected as Vice-Chairman of the Board. In a unanimous vote, Teresa Russell was named Superintendent of Haywood County Schools. Russell had been acting as Interim Superintendent since Dr. Marlon King left.

The Board took a moment to celebrate the Haywood High School cheerleaders going to Knoxville to cheer at the Tennessee versus Georgia State game Saturday, September 8. They were extended an invitation by UCA to participate in the pre-game show with nearly 800 other cheerleaders as a reward for their excellence at the UCA summer cheerleading camp.

The board also celebrated the men and women who work as bus drivers for the school system. In honor of Bus Driver Appreciation Day, the faculty and staff at the Board of Education served biscuits and orange juice to all of Haywood County’s bus drivers.

HCS Board Meets in Regular Session

Pictured left to right: Board member Allen Currie, Chairman of the Board Harold Garrett, Superintendent Teresa Russell, Vice Chairman of the Board Robbie King, Board member Pearlie Hess and newly elected Board member Greg Vanstory.

Students at Haywood Elementary School participated in a Summer Reading Program, where they were encouraged to read at least 10 books and complete activities on the Literacy Calendar. A celebration was held recently to recognize the students who participated. They were allowed to choose a book and were given other tokens to encourage reading. Approximately 40 students returned their logs.

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BY: JENNIFER [email protected]

The week of September 10-14, Anderson Early Childhood Center librarian Jan McAdams had an interesting lesson plan for her Pre-K students. Her goal was to help the children understand the difference between real stories and fantasy stories. She chose two books, one about a make-believe snake, and the other about real snakes. And she thought, “What better way to help them understand than to show them a fake snake, as well as a real snake.”

The fi rst book they studied was about a snake that slept in a bed and drank from a bottle. For that story, McAdams had a rather long stuffed snake that the children could see was just a toy.

The second book McAdams chose contained facts about real snakes. To go along with that book were two very small little live snakes, one housed in a mason jar and the other in a small reptile cage. One was a chicken snake and the other a garter snake. McAdams also had several snake skins on display for the children to look at.

McAdams and the children discussed all of the things that can be made from snake skins, like purses, shoes, belts and boots. Then the children sat down at their tables and made “rainbow snakes.” They had several colored ovals, and they were asked to identify one color at a time and glue it to their paper. All of the children loved the, as one child said, “wiggly eyes” McAdams put on their snakes.

McAdams hopes to build a “school to home connection” with the projects they do in library. She likes for the children to go home and show their parents their projects, like the “rainbow snake,” and hopes that each child will talk to their parents about what they learned in their books, and it will encourage each child to develop a love for reading.

McAdams lesson plan for her kindergarten students the same week was a lesson on compare and contrast. They read together and discussed the books “Sheila Rae the Brave” and “Wemberly Worried.”

McAdams sees 10 Pre-K, 15 kindergarten and two special education classes each week.

Snakes visit Anderson’s library

Students from Mrs. Allison Ferrell’s class learned the difference between real and fantasy in Mrs. Jan McAdams’ library class by having two real snakes, and one very long fake snake, visit with them.

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Haywood has played some wildly exciting football games of late, and Friday night at home against Dyersburg was no different.

After Quintavious Caldwell made a juggling catch in the endzone with 3:11 left in the third quarter and Bryce Young and Martez Comage hooked up on the ensuing two-point conversion, Haywood had erased a 15-point defi cit and found itself tied with Dyers-burg, 27-27.

Unfortunately for the Tom-cat faithful on hand, some untimely fumbles and three more touchdowns by Dyers-burg running back Oshawn Smith, who scored six times, led to a 48-27 Trojan win.

The loss dropped Haywood to 1-3 overall and 0-2 in Dis-trict 13-AA, but Haywood's performance against Dyers-burg relative to last year con-tinued a trend that has been the case most of the season: being competitive with, or beating teams that, dominat-ed Haywood a year ago.

Dyersburg (3-1, 1-1) defeat-ed Haywood 50-7 last year.

“It was anybody's ball game,” said second-year Hay-wood coach Slade Calhoun. “I felt like we were right there with them until the very end … It's a lot more fun when you're in every game right to the end. As far as fans and

community support, every-body seems excited that at least we're battling to the end and playing hard in the sec-ond half … In years past, it hasn't been like that.”

After fi rst quarter rushing touchdowns by Justice Brown and Young, Haywood led 12-7.

Dyersburg took advan-tage of a failed fourth-down conversion and a Haywood fumble to score three straight touchdowns and take a 27-12 lead with 6:16 left in the sec-ond quarter.

Later in the period Dyers-burg was threatening to go further ahead when Shemar Powell recovered a Dyersburg fumble on the Haywood 35.

Moments later, Young hit Comage on a screen pass that went 65 yards for a touch-down. `

The play was called back on a holding penatly, but Calhoun dialed up the exact same play again and Comage went 75 yards for a score.

“Martez Comage is proba-bly one of the most explosive guys in West Tennessee, prob-ably in the state,” Calhoun said. “It worked so good I was thinking they weren't ex-pecting us to run it again. He scored easier the second time than he did the fi rst time.”

Midway through the third period, Haywood's Key-shawn Brummett recovered another Dyersburg fumble at the Haywood 29.

That led to Caldwell's acro-batic catch in the end zone on a fourth and 11.

“He made a spectacular catch. Just a super catch,” Cal-houn said. “We see him make catches like that every day in practice. It was cool that he did it in a game so everybody

else could see him do it.”Haywood steps out of dis-

trict play tomorrow night with a homecoming game against Fayette-Ware.

Key district games against Ripley, Covington, South Gib-son and Milan follow.

With some wins down the

stretch, the Tomcats will have a chance to qualify for the playoffs.

“We need to go get this (Fayette-Ware) win,” Cal-houn said. “And if we can win three of the next fi ve, we can get in.”

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Faith Deliverance began May of 1989 in the home of Bishop and Pastor Hazel Boyd and their children. As a re-sult of the growth in the attendance, the ministry move to three different loca-tions to accommodate its growth. Now the ministry is pesently located in its 8,000 plus square foot Worship Center.

Bishop Boyd is a man of integrity and vision; who exemplifies the Spirit of Excellence. In addition to his pas-toral duties, Bishop Boyd has been in-strumental to the City of Brownsville by serving in many capacities on boards and local agencies. Bishop Boyd is also Senior Agent with A-AA Bail Bonding Company for the local and surrounding counties.

Pastor Hazel P. Kellar-Boyd is an anointed woman of God, who demonstrates a pro-found love for God and compassion for His people. For over 12 years, Pastor was self employed as Unit Director and Accessory Specialist with Home Interiors & Gifts.

Pastor Hazel and Bishop Boyd have been married for 43 years and they are the proud parents of 5 children, 8 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.

We invite everyone to join us on Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 2pm as we honor Bish-op & Pastor Boyd for their service and dedication to our ministry and community. Special Guest Speaker will be Pastor Connie Wright and the House of Faith Ministries.

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for 23 Years of Faithful & Excellent Service.

Haywood Middle School's Jaylin Turner stretches out for a pass during ac-tion against Tuesday night against Munford Middle. Corey Newble scored on an 18-yard run with 48 seconds left as the Warriors picked up a 32-26 win to remain undefeated.

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Haywood's Martez Comage comes face to face with a Dyersburg defender during a District 13-AA game Friday night in Brownsville.

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Haywood junior De-onte Brown has been en-joying success all over Tennessee during Sep-tember.

After posting a career-best 18:48.45 on Sept. 1 at the Brooks Twilight Meet in Memphis, he competed in the Junior Ward Tennessee Classic at Nashville's Percy War-ner Steeplechase Park last Saturday.

He set a new personal record (18:31.12) on the course that will be used for the state meet next month and fi nished 17th out of 189 runners.

Brown's performances in Memphis and Nash-ville were his fi rst career sub-19-minute times.

The last time a Hay-wood runner competed at Percy Warner was 2007 when Trista Rivers quali-fi ed for the state meet.

“Deonte did a wonder-ful job of getting out of his

box and being in the front pack of the group early in the race,” Haywood coach David Claybrooks said. “What concerned me most was whether he could continue to main-tain the momentum into the second half of the race when runners started making their moves.”

At the two-mile mark of the 3.1-mile race, Brown passed several runners to fi nish in the top 25, which earned him an elite med-al.

Brown and his coach arrived on Friday in time to take a practice run.

“When I got to the meet, I was completely focused,” Brown said. “I was not scared at all. I knew the course from running it on Friday … I had a plan and I was ready to run.”

Runners from other area West Tennessee schools like Union City, Obion County Central, Dresden, Madison Aca-demic and Trinity Chris-

tian Academy also took part in the event.

Claybrooks said the fans from West Tennes-see rooted for the runners from their area.

“He had a lot of sup-port from the coaches and parents (of those schools),” Claybrooks said. “We were all root-ing on their athletes and kids … They've all been noticing how hard this kid (Brown) has been working this year, and his times are starting to show. We both appreci-ate the support they gave him throughout he race. It meant a lot to Deonte.”

Claybrooks also point-ed out how much the community has helped his cross country pro-gram.

“They've been great,” he said.

The Haywood boys cross country team re-turns to action Saturday at Union University in Jackson. The race starts at 9:30 a.m.

Brown takes 17th at prestigious meet

Haywood Deonte Brown shows off some of the hardware he earned running over the weekend in Nasvhille.

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The Haywood Lady Tomcats soccer team went 0-2 last week, but their record doesn't tell the whole story.

Haywood played Cov-ington, one of the re-gion favorites, and Dyer County, a Class 3A pro-gram (Haywood is in Class AA).

On Aug. 23, Haywood lost to Covington 5-0.

But last Tuesday in Brownsville, the Lady Tomcats took Covington down to the wire before falling 3-2.

“We're pretty excit-ed about where we're headed as a program,” said fi rst-year Haywood coach Mixon Moore. “I feel better about where we are than I have all sea-son … Covington is a top program.”

Haywood sophomore Eliza Ford scored on a

shot outside of the penal-ty box in the fi rst half and the Lady Tomcats went into the half tied 1-1.

After a goal by Cov-ington's Anne Marie Van Cleve, Haywood sopho-more Ebony Clark was fouled in the penalty box.

Ford converted the penalty kick to tie the score at 2-2.

Jasmine Brown got the game winner in the 74th minute for Covington.

Last Thursday, Hay-wood fell to the Lady Choctaws at home, 3-0.

“We just couldn't get our offense going,” Moore said. “They have a really fast defense and we just couldn't adjust to that.”

Haywood sits at 2-7

overall and 0-3 in the re-gion with some winnable games coming up on the schedule.

The Lady Tomcats play at Gibson County on Monday and at Dy-ersburg next Thursday. Games against Ripley, Jackson South Side, Pea-

body and South Gibson round out the regular season schedule.

“We've survived the hard part of the sched-ule,” Moore said. “We've played some really hard teams and that has shown us what we need to work on.”

Lady Tomcats showing improvement

Lady Tomcat junior Kim Nieto brings the ball upfi eld during recent action. Haywood has several big games coming up as the regular season winds down.

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Hillville - Eurekaton News

WOW! If you missed the Carson & Barnes Circus, you really missed out. There were approximately 20 residents, plus family, children and staff that enjoyed the event with us. Some of the residents talked about never going to a circus growing up. The expression on their faces was breathtaking as they watched the performers do their many acts. The food was delicious as well. A few of the residents did not want to eat because they were so excited watching the entertainment. It was

truly an eventful night, one we will remember for a long time.

Thank you to the following volunteers for coming this week: First Holiness Women, Christ Temple Ladies, St. John Baptist Church members, First Assembly of God church ladies, Oakview Baptist Church, Faith Deliverance ladies, Mrs. Mary Barkens, Bingo ladies, Peaceful Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, First United Methodist Church and the Community Temple of the Living church ladies.

We welcome Mrs. Lorene Bond and Mrs. Beverly White to our facility, and hope they enjoy their stay with us.

On Friday, September 28, The Singing Fireman, David Smith, will be here singing at 10 am. On Saturday, September 29 at 2 pm, James Allen Clark from Nashville will be here singing and playing his guitar. Everyone is invited to come and hear two great performers.Thought for the week: If you saw yourself as others see you, you wouldn’t believe your eyes.

“God hears every earnest prayer.” This is our Thought for the Week as published in the Upper Room Devotional by Warren G. Spellman of Nebraska. We can always come into God’s presence with thanksgiving and hear God’s wonderful words of love. God doesn’t always give us what we ask for but God will respond in love. Each day is God’s gift. God’s love will sustain us and bless us. God is able to accomplish more than all we can ask or imagine while working in each of us. We need to remind ourselves of this truth each and every day.

Travis, Krystle and I, along with Randy and Sue Goodman, Phillip and Aleta Bradford, Renee and Lizzie Townsend, Billie Kirkland, Barbara Kirkland, Jesse and Martha Kirkland, Sandy Campbell,

and Barbara Hayes attended the last Concert on the Porch (which was moved inside due to the weather) at the Delta Heritage Center on Saturday evening to see Bro. Butch Westover and the Wildwood Express

perform as well as the other performers. Those in attendance were treated to a sample of the famous Tripp Country Ham and also BBQ sliders from Helen’s BBQ. Judy Hardister and Carolyn Watson were also there.

Harmony Baptist Church’s 175th anniversary is getting closer. This will be a two day event beginning on October 13 and concluding on October14. On Saturday, October 13, hamburgers/hotdogs and testimonies from previous pastors and members of the church will kick off the celebration.

It was great to have Mrs. Esther Bendush’s son, Bill Bendush of California visiting at Mt. Pleasant UMC on Sunday.

Mari McClanahan, Orion Sensabaugh, Brianna Sensabaugh, Marcia Watson, and Beverly Austin presented a “BibleMan” skit during Children’s moments on Sunday at Mt. Pleasant UMC.

James and Lucille Elrod celebrated their 49th anniversary on September 14. Congratulations

Lucille for putting up with James for that long!

Birthday celebrations this week include my husband, Travis, Dewayne Qualls, Brittany Pruett, Debbie Meyer, Sonya Goodman, Stacey Wolfe, Katie Hayes, Kathy Doering, Alia Williams, Dalton Qualls, Dakota Phillips, Pauline Elrod, Tom Morgan, Gloria Holmes and Naomi Benard.

This week lift in prayer Jennie Benard, Jena Qualls Antwine, Rebekah Lewis, Ben Lowry, Ronald and Elaine Bruce,Tammie Helton, Fletcher Lewis, Dillon McKeel, Beth Thomas, Caleb Kirkland, Lil’ Ceree Canada, Luther and Edna Austin,

Billie Kirkland, Gary Koch, Roscoe Martin, Frank Fergie, Anneli Myers, Enid Powell, Shirley Morgan, The Military, The Nation and the Community.

Sympathy to the family of Mr. Nicholas Huff in the loss of their loved one.

If you have news to share, please call me at 772-1885, after 5:00 p.m.

Until next week....God bless.

We are almost to the end of September. It seems as the days and months just fl y by, where do they go? Trying to look back over the last few months and seeing all the changes we have gone through. Some were good, some were bad and the rest is just somewhere in between. We have made it through all that has been thrown at us and still going strong. There is something to be said about those that weather the storms. What needs to be said is that they make it through because of their beliefs. What a mighty God we serve. It is through the storms that he carries us, so never think you are alone. He is always just a prayer away.

A special thanks to Gertrude Reed for bringing us some wonderful books and to Nell Fox for bringing us the crossword puzzle about the Constitution. Monday September 17, 2012 was the 225th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution. I took time on Monday to look

back over the Constitution and amazingly enough I remembered the Preamble. I think I remember learning it from School House Rock. Does anyone remember the old School House Rock?

David Smith came on Monday to sing for our residents. Just can’t say enough about this man. My husband and I were at JMCGH on Sunday. As we were walking past the rehab fl oor I heard a familiar voice and peeped in to see who was singing. You guessed it, David Smith. As we were walking away we spoke with a couple and the wife couldn’t say enough good things about what she was hearing. We told them who he was and a little about him. This couple was moved by his voice and the message he was sharing. It really made their day.

Jack F made a mighty fi ne waiter Friday for the Tips for Tots Luncheon along with a great group of others. He is so good about doing wonderful

things like that. Really, I believe he had more fun getting to sit and talk to everyone coming in. He is such a people person. That is why we call him our Mayor.

Please keep Pete Boyd and Felice McAfee in your prayers as they are each in the hospital at the writing of this. Pete is in JMCGH and Felice is in Haywood Park. I know they as well as their families would appreciate your prayers. We pray for them to get well and be able to come back to Sugar Creek, it isn’t the same when part of our family isn’t here.

Grace M was walking by my offi ce and as always she was singing. What a wonderful song, Count your Blessings. It got me to singing, Count your blessings name them one by one, Count your blessings see what God has done. What has God blessed you with?

Come by and visit us sometime. We will treat you like family. Enjoy your week and weekend everyone.

“Becoming an Acts 1:8 Church, Part 2” was the theme Sunday morning at Zion Baptist with Dr. Mark McSwain focusing on sending out and supporting those willing to go. He said there will come a day that it will cost you, although last year more money was spent on Easter eggs than on missions.

It was great to see Rad and Libba Ellington back after a relaxing week in the Bahamas! They had a wonderful time alone, she said.

Sunday night Zion’s members enjoyed worshiping together in the sanctuary. We will meet at 6:00 until further notice.

To celebrate grandparents week Alice Elrod (mama) traveled to Medina Schools to eat lunch with Rylee Austin Tuesday (Evelyn Eubanks went with her on Tuesday since he is her prayer pal) and Trent Austin Wednesday. Thursday mama went to have lunch with little brother Matthew so he wouldn’t be left out. She said there were lots of grandparents eating with their little ones.

Wednesday night’s Bible study begins at 6:00 until further notice. Last week we prayed for our country. We need to put all the gods aside and do as Joshua said, “as for me and my house we will serve the Lord.”

Rex Barnes reported twelve attended the men’s community prayer breakfast with Brother Butch leading

the devotion. If anyone would like to join this faithful prayer group, they meet Thursday mornings at 6:00 in Zion’s family life center. Please continue to pray for Allen as he is recuperating from heart surgery. Jessie Austin’s foot surgery went well and he is in his wheel chair again for a few weeks.

Zion’s WMU kicked-off Thursday. They are collecting shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. Several plans were made including a bake sale on October 13th along with the annual stew. The Fall Fiesta was scheduled for October 27th at 4:00. All ladies are encouraged to help with these activities and become a part of WMU! Please contact Jennifer Wright for more information.

Happy anniversary wishes to David and Karen German who celebrated twenty-one years together on September 13th. She had a beautiful bouquet of roses setting on her desk at work and I just happened to see them. Way to go David. I hope she got her washer also!

Several Zion folks received their next belt in Ellington’s School of Martial Arts. Jessica Johnson-yellow; Dakota Shockey-blue; Ryan Siler-red; and Timmy Barnes- purple. Way to go students and thanks to Ann Haynes for keeping me posted. We are always proud of our people!

Congratulations to Emily Wright who won a class ring at Haywood High when she entered the eleventh grade drawing. We thank God that Morgan and Bailey Reeves are ok following an automobile accident and Morgan has gone on to Washington, D.C. as a state offi cer in Crockett County High School’s HOSA Team. Keep up the fantastic work Morgan!

Continue prayers for sick folks and their families, military personnel and families, shut-ins, those mourning loss, and the leaders of our country. Continue prayers for Zion’s Pastor Search Committee.

Call me at 772-4257 or email me at [email protected] if you have news. People want to know!

Homecoming is almost upon us!!! Go Tomcats!!

Ann and Dean Pettigrew invited their couple’s bridge club to a spend-the-day meeting on Saturday, at their Pickwick house. The couples enjoyed a full day of intense bridge along with tasty snacks and a delicious lunch. Everyone fell in love with the new deck! It was a perfect place to relax and check out the view of the river and to watch the football games on the big screen TV. Woody and Judy Pettigrew came to act as chefs and prepared a delicious steak dinner with all the trimmings. Jane Watson was overall champion in the bridge competition with John Watson taking second place. What a fantastic day!

Rick and Barbara Bowden have some huge news! Their daughter Leslie and husband Andy adopted three boys ages 10, 12, 14 on August 13. But…today they are announcing that they are 14 weeks pregnant! What a blissful blessing!!! Barbara and Rick also managed some prime time with one of their grandchildren, Teri Bowden in Cape Girardeau and had lunch together.

A group of Alicia Russell’s friends went to Memphis together last week to see Veggie Tales Live at Hope Presbyterian Church. Attending were Andrew, Alicia, Emily, Claire and Will Russell, Clark, Mamie and C.J.

Converse and Joey, Sue and Bryan Geter. They ate dinner at Huey’s before the show and the kids had a ball seeing their favorite Veggie Tales characters and singing along to their classic tunes. What a fabulous family evening of entertainment!

After 12 hours in labor Sally Hall-Wright has fi nally brought her new baby girl Amelia, into the world! Husband Rodney and daughters, Maclin and Emma are so tickled! They even turned Amelia’s car seat around when she got home, so she good watch TV with them! Congratulations Sally-Fru!

Jack Brummett has been busy since retirement! He reeled in a nice looking one the other day while fi shing with Bill Brim! Now that’s what I call the essence of true retirement!

Hunter Carlyle Baddour has arrived and mama and daddy, Michael and Katie are so thrilled with their bundle! Uncle Sam Baddour already says baby Hunter is already studying and dancing terribly! Now that is what I call uncle-ly love! Welcome baby Hunter!

Jennifer Willis was overjoyed with her unexpected fl ower bouquet from her husband, Chuck for their 12th anniversary! Happy anniversary Jennifer and Chuck!

Adam Cook and Julie said their wedding vows in Boston this last week.

Parents Kathy and David Cook, sister, Rachel and husband all attended, while baby Katie was the fl ower girl! Also, Lyle and Libba Reid also made the trip to see the gorgeous wedding! Congratulations Adam and Julie!

Laura and Roy Kellum celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary this past week also. Wow! I love this entire anniversary and baby news! Congratulations Laura and Roy!

Sue Ellen Ogden-Watson and her soon–to-be husband Wayne Sporcic have set their wedding date for December 15 in a beautiful chapel in Jackson. Sweethearts from 30 years ago, they have found one another once again! Her daddy recently left this earth, but before he did, he said all he wanted was for his baby girl to be happy. Mr. Doyle…you got your wish and the doves will be with them on their wedding day!

Raye Raye Powell Mullis (former brownie/girl scout) will have to frame her little guy Marshall’s fi rst homework project! He did a whole poster board page (almost) by himself and he is so proud!

Our new Chamber Director took immense delight in her fi rst day in the Leadership Class last week! Ask her if she got a kick out of ‘eating dirt’!!

Let me hear from you! aroundtownmarty@ aol.com or 780-4111!

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Happy Fall! We LOVE the cooler weather. It is great snuggling weather. We love to get snuggled up in a cozy blanket to read the newest book by our favorite author. Add some hot chocolate to the mix, and it is a perfect day. We have some perfect days coming here at the library.

Haywood High School Homecoming festivities will be taking place this Friday, September 21st. Some of these festivities take place in the stadium parking lot, which includes the library parking lot. Therefore, the Elma Ross Public

Library will be CLOSED on Friday, September 21st. Go Tomcats!

Lunch & Learn will be offered on Wednesday, September 26th at 12 noon in the Library Meeting Room. Our guest speaker for this month is Mrs. Rene Moss, Director for the Brownsville – Haywood County Chamber of Commerce. Please join us as we welcome Rene to the library. Please remember to bring a lunch, the library will provide drinks and dessert. Let’s Lunch & Learn at the Library!

We are offering more computer classes in

the month of October. These classes include Tennessee Electronic Library (Oct. 2nd), Learn-a-Test (Oct. 9th), MedlinePlus.gov (Oct. 16th), and Medicare Part D (Oct. 23rd). Classes are offered from 8:30-9:30am and from 3-4pm. A Lab Day is offered each Friday, from 8:30-9:30am and from 3-4pm. All persons who have signed-up for the Tuesday class is signed-up for the Friday lab. Registration is required as our space is limited. Sign-up today.

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“Look up!” was the encouraging message to Christians, but had a dire warning to the unsaved. The condition of our country can cause disturbing and heavy hearts. The Devil is trying to steal our joy. He is like and old lion roaring, minus teeth and not much strength because of what Jesus did to him on the cross. But, he is still at work and can lead us astray and cause us trouble. Our fellowship must be kept up-to-date and be actively serving the Lord. We must not let the day of the Lord’s return catch us unaware, living in careless ease and fi lled with worries of this life. The world is also observing us. God’s offer of salvation and forgiveness is still open, but the time is fast running out. To the Christian, God says, “Look up! Your redemption drawth near.”

The choir did a great job singing “Champion of Love” led by Brother Ralph Brown featuring Mike Coburn as soloist. Little Hunter Lovelace made his debut at the nursery Sunday. His parents are Chuck and

Charlene Lovelace. Harold and Jonnie Castleman from Texas visited a few days last week with Robert and Betty Barden and attended church at Holly Grove Sunday.

Brother Ralph and Elaine Brown and their friend Barbara Smith have just returned from a trip to North and South Dakota. They visited Mount Rushmore National Monument and the Dakota Badlands in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Brother Ralph said he enjoyed the trip, but had no desire to make a return trip.

Happy Birthday to Harley Hendrix, Steve Watkins, Tyler Tindle, Steve Lewis and Ricky Presley. Happy anniversary to Brother Ralph and Mrs. Elaine Brown.

Dewy and Martha Jones attended the Deacons and Their Wives’ Banquet last Thursday night at the Brownsville Baptist Church. Following a delicious meal, the ladies group from the church sang followed by Mr. Carl Gruenwald introducing Rev. Dale Denning from Chapel Hill Baptist

Church in Milan as the guest speaker. Mr. Carl does a great job planning for the meeting.

Those on the sick list, is a special lady Ruth Taylor, Linda Hayes, Lloyd Taylor, Ann Reid, Ben Elinor, Fletcher Lewis, Betty Barden and Ouita Holt. Others are Mae Mathis in Jackson General, Joann Chapman, Anna Smith, Milton Booth, Sharon Davis, Annalee Myers and Lee Welch. Also include Mark Stephens, Toni Perry, Viola Brown, Ray Lovelace, Leland Simpson, Betty Doyle and Ray and Janie Hight. So many are sick and hurting, and when they are hurting, we are hurting.

A bridal shower was given for Casey Long, bride-elect of Andrew Simmons, at the church fellowship hall last Sunday afternoon by some ladies of the church with Rebekah Hopper serving as hostess. Andrew was there with his bride-to-be and helped her open gifts. They received many nice gifts.

By Walter Battle

As gardening and landscape season activities wind down, and fall crappie fi shing and hunting ramp-up along with football tailgating, our time outside for many will increase. This is also prime mosquito time. There is nothing worse than to have an outside function and mosquitoes show up and ruin it for everyone. University of Tennessee entomologists, Karen M. Vail and Rebecca Trout Fryxell reminded us in a “What’s Happening” (8/24/2012) newsletter that not only are mosquitoes annoying because of their buzzing in your ears, their bites can be itchy and spread disease-causing organisms.

Vail and Fryxell went on to report about the current West Nile Virus outbreak, spread mainly by Culex mosquito species, occurring in many US states. According to the Tennessee Department of Health only fi ve human cases of WNV have been reported in Tennessee. Infections can cause fl u-like symptoms and, in a small percentage of folks, can cause neurological impairment, even death. For a complete description of the disease symptoms, see http://www.cdc.gov/.

One way to protect yourself from mosquito bites is to use repellents. On skin, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends using products that contain conventional repellents, such as DEET or picardin, or plant-based repellents, such as oil of lemon eucalyptus, PMD or IR3535. Repellent effectiveness and

duration are determined by the mosquito species present, product, ambient temperature, perspiration amount, water exposure, the activities that remove the repellent, etc. So, reapply repellent when it starts to fail and as allowed by label directions.

The America Pediatric Association (APA) states that 10% DEET appears to be as safe as 30% when used according to product label directions. The APA does NOT recommend using DEET on infants less than 2 months old. Oil of lemon eucalyptus should not be used on children under 3 years. When applying repellent to a child, rub it on your hands fi rst and then the child’s skin being careful to avoid eyes, mouth, cuts, wounds or irritated skin. For infant carriers, use mosquito netting.

Now I know someone is going to ask this question: Should insect repellent and sunscreen be used at the same time? Yes, but not from a single product that contains both sunscreen and repellent because sunscreen often needs to be reapplied more frequently than repellent. Apply sunscreen and then the repellent.

Camping gear, bed nets, shoes and clothing can be treated with some permethrin-containing products to repel mosquitoes and ticks, but these permethrin-based products cannot be applied to skin.

To control mosquitoes around the home, reduce the amount of standing water around structures. Mosquito larvae are found in water with high organic matter and are often found in storm drains,

artifi cial containers, and tree holes holding water. A list of typical larval sites can be found in an on-line UTE publication titled “Mosquito Control around Homes” at https://utextension.tennessee.e d u / p u b l i c a t i o n s /Documents/SP503-B.pdf. If water cannot be removed, treat it with larvicides labeled for that site. Be mindful though that while removing water from potential larval sites will be helpful, it is not possible to fi nd all larval sites.

The aforementioned researchers provide the following tips during mosquito season that can reduce biting frequencies: 1) Wear loose-fi tting, light-colored clothes; 2) Avoid areas with heavy mosquito populations; 3) Avoid areas with shaded, overgrown vegetation where adult mosquitoes may be resting; and 3) Wear repellent when outdoors.

Preventing Mosquito Bites

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), infl uenza or “fl u” season usually begins in October of each year and lasts until the following May. Most fl u activity, though, is usually seen in the months of January through March. Vaccination for fl u should start before the beginning of the season so that your protective immune response can cover you for the length of the entire fl u season. The fl u vaccine is recommended for everyone ages 6 months and older. It is especially recommended for those people who are at very high risk for fl u complications and hospitalization. This includes those who are less than age 5 and older than age 65, pregnant women, and those with certain chronic or long-term health conditions such as asthma and other lung diseases, diabetes, heart disease, weakened immune systems or certain disorders of the nervous system. For children ages 6 months through 8 years receiving a fl u shot for the fi rst time, two doses of the fl u vaccine should be given a minimum of 4 weeks apart to ensure a good immune response. For infants less than 6 months of age who are too young to receive a fl u shot, “cocooning,” immunizing close contacts to reduce the

infant’s risk of getting sick, should be done.

The 2012-2013 infl uenza vaccine covers three virus strains—fl u A (H1N1), fl u A (H3N2), and fl u B. The vaccine can be given in the muscle—upper outer arm for adults and older children and the anterior outer thigh in younger children and infants. The intradermal vaccine can be given within the skin and is indicated for adults ages 18 through 64. There is also an intranasal vaccine available which can be given to healthy, nonpregnant people ages 2 through 49. Common side effects of the vaccine include pain and tenderness at the injection site, nausea, headache, muscle aches, and chills. Fever can also occur but is usually more common in children less than 2 years of age rather than in older children and adults. Minor illnesses even with fever are not necessarily a reason not to get your fl u shot but more serious illnesses are. The fl u vaccine can be given at the same time as other routine vaccinations, too. In the past, egg allergy was listed as a reason not to receive a fl u shot. However, those who have not had a severe allergic reaction to eggs

in the past are now able to get the vaccine under certain conditions. If, however, you have ever had a severe allergic reaction after receiving a fl u shot, no matter which component of the vaccine caused the reaction, you should not get the vaccine.

Manufacturers are shipping vaccines now, so be sure to check with your local health care provider soon to see which vaccine is right for you and your family.

Dr. Sonya Shipley is a Family Physician at FirstCare Medical Center, 1215 East College Street, Brownsville, TN 38012. Phone 731-772-3442.

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page B5SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE

Sale at public auction will be on October 16, 2012 at 12:00 PM local time, at the front east door, Haywood County Courthouse, Brownville, Tennessee, conduct-ed by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by James P. Baird and Christy L. Baird, married, to Arnold M. Weiss, Esq., Trustee, on August 16, 2004 at Trust Deed Book 270, Page 237; all of record in the Haywood County Register’s Office.

Owner of Debt: EMC Mortgage, LLC

The following real estate located in Haywood County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record:

Described property located in Haywood County, Tennessee, and being more par ticularly described in deed of record in Trust Deed Book 270, Page 237; in the Register’s Office of Haywood County, Tennessee

Parcel Number: 094-013.03Current Owner(s) of

Property: James P. Baird and wife, Christy L. Baird, as tenants by the entirety

Other interested par ties: Haywood County Solid Waste Department c/o Michael Banks, Attorney

The street address of the above described property is believed to be 1453 Marvin Chapel Road, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control.

SALE IS SUBJECT TO TENANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION.

If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-117 have been met.

All right of equity of redemp-tion, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.

If the highest bidder cannot pay the bid within twenty-four (24) hours of the sale, the next highest bidder, at their highest bid, will be deemed the success-ful bidder.

This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirma-tion by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time.Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trusteewww.kirschattorneys.comLaw Office of Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP555 Perkins Road Extended, Second Floor Memphis, TN 38117Phone (901)767-5566Fax (901)761-5690File No. 12-038607

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALESale at public auction will be

on October 9, 2012 at 2:00PM local time, at the front east door, Haywood County Courthouse, Brownville, Tennessee, conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Hank Brizentine, a single man, to John Clark, Trustee, on June 23, 2006 at Record Book 24, Page 359; all of record in the Haywood County Register’s Office.

Owner of Debt: EverBankThe following real estate

located in Haywood County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record:

Lying and being in Haywood County, Tennessee and more particularly described as follows:Commeming at a point being the intersection of the Physical Center of Brantley Road, said point being the Nor thwest corner of Anderson as recorded in Deed Book 165 Page 231, Register’s Office Haywood County Courthouse, Brownsville, Tennessee; thence South 2º54’25” W 480.52 feet along the Physical center of Allen Station Road to a P.K. Nail set, said point being the Northwest corner and the point of beginning of the following described tract; thence N 89º30’24” E 672.36 feet across Anderson with a new line to a Wood post found, the Southwest corner of Gilland’s

5.00 acre tract; thence N 89º30’24” E 190.65 feet along the South line of Gilland’s 5.00 acre tract to a iron pin found at the North Westcorner of Aslin; thence S 0º29’36” E 473.76 feet along the West line of Aslin to a iron pin found in the North line of Coulston, said Coulston, said corner being N 86º17’15” W 20.99 feet from the Northeast corner of Coulston; thence N 87º41’04” W 456.33 feet along the North line of Coulston to an iron pin found at the Southeast corner of Presley; thence N 0º45’27” E 150.00 feet along the East line of Presley to a iron pin set at the Northeast corner of Presley; thence South 86º 29’ 31” W 425.00 feet along the North line of Presley to a point in the center of Allen Station Road, ipon pin found of line 25 feet East of center of road; thence N 1º57’59” E 324.08 feet along the center of Allen Station Road to the point of beginning, containing 7.81 acres (acreage not warranted) as surveyed by Walter R. Powell RLS 832 on August 24, 1994. Included in the above description but excluded from this conveyance is the following:Beginning at an iron pin found on the east margin of the Allen Station Road (25 feet from centerline at right angles) at the northwest corner of a lot owned by Richard Presley (Deed Book 194, Page 275); thence with the east margin of Allen Station Road, North 2 degrees 23 minutes 25 seconds East a distance of 50.00 feet to an iron pin set; thence with a line through the David Morisch property (Deed Book 204, Page 537) North 86 degrees 28 minutes 26 seconds East a distance of 395.53 feet to an iron pin set; thence South 77 degrees 19 minutes 47 seconds East a distance of 463.89 feet to an iron pin set in the west line of a tract owned by William Foster (Deed Book 209, Page 389); thence with the west line of Foster South 0 degrees 28 minutes 24 seconds East a distance of 117.13 feet to a metal post in the north line of tract owned by Carolyn Coulston (Deed Book 184, page 148); thence with north line of Coulston North 87 degrees 37 minutes 47 seconds West a distance of 456.65 feet to an iron pin found at the southeast corner of the Richard Presley lot; thence with the line of the Presley lot North 0 degrees 46 minutes 22 seconds East a distance of 150.11 feet to an iron pin found at the northeast corner of the Presley lot; thence with the north line of the Presley lot South 86 degrees 19 minutes 26 seconds West a distance of 399.93 feet to the point of beginning. Containing 2.11 acres (acreage not warranted).

Street Address: 544 Allen Station Road, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012

Parcel Number: 055-038.08Current Owner(s) of Property:

Cari Michelle Majors, a single person, a life estate in the said property and reserve unto myself a joint life estate with Cari Michelle Majors, and the remainder of the said property unto the survivor of Hank Brizentine and Carl Michelle Majors

Other interested par ties: Haywood Park Community Hospital C/O David L. Mendelson, Mendelson Law Firm

The street address of the above described property is believed to be 544 Allen Station Road, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control.

SALE IS SUBJECT TO TENANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION.

If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-117 have been met.

All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.

If the highest bidder cannot pay the bid within twenty-four (24) hours of the sale, the next highest bidder, at their highest bid, will be deemed the successful bidder.

This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, by deed of trust dated March 8, 2002, Ronnie G. Fuqua and wife, Becky Fuqua, conveyed to Hunter Simmons, as Trustee, certain real estate located in Brownsville, 7th Civil District of Haywood County, Tennessee, which deed of trust is recorded in Trust Deed Book 241, page 276, Register’s Office, Haywood County, Tennessee, for the purpose of securing payment of the indebtedness therein set out and described, to which deed of trust reference is here made for particulars thereof; and,WHEREAS, First South Bank, the legal holder and owner of said indebtedness, has declared default in the payment of same, and has directed the under-signed as Trustee to advertise and sell said property as set out and described in said deed of trust in accordance with the terms thereof.NOW, THEREFORE, by vir tue of the authority vested in me by said deed of trust notice is hereby given that I will on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2012, at 10:00 A.M. at the east door of the Courthouse in Brownsville, Tennessee, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash the following described real estate situated in Brownsville, 7th Civil District of Haywood County, Tennessee, and more particularly described as follows, to-wit:TRACT ONE: BEGINNING at a point being the intersection of the south margin of West Cherry Street, back of concrete curb, and the east margin of Wilson Street, back of concrete curb; thence south 84 degrees 59 minutes 12 seconds east 90.00 feet along the south margin of West Cherry Street to an iron pin set; thence south 5 degrees 09 minutes 59 seconds west 125.80 feet to an iron pin set; thence north 84 degrees 56 minutes 46 seconds west 91.04 feet across Banks Railroad Salvage lot with a new line to an iron pin set in the east margin of Wilson Street, back of concrete curb; thence north 5 degrees 38 minutes 18 seconds east 125.74 feet along the east margin of Wilson Street to the point of beginning, containing 0.2613 acres or 11384 square feet, as surveyed by Walter R. Powell, RLS 832, on December 10, 2001.TRACT TWO: BEGINNING at an iron pin set at the southwest corner of Banks Railroad Salvage lot, said point being in the east margin of Wilson Street, back of concrete curb; thence north 5 degrees 38 minutes 18 seconds east 120.87 feet along the east margin of Wilson Street, back of concrete curb, to an iron pin set; thence south 84 degrees 56 minutes 46 seconds east 91.04 feet across the Banks Railroad Salvage lot with a new line to an iron pin set; thence south 5 degrees 09 minutes 59 seconds west 125.79 feet along the east line of the Banks Railroad Salvage lot to an iron pin set in the north line of Bridgewater; thence north 81 degrees 52 minutes 44 seconds west 92.15 feet along the north line of Bridgewater to the point of beginning, containing 0.2592 acres or 11290 square feet, as surveyed by Walter R. Powell, RLS 832, on December 20, 2001.BEING the same real estate conveyed to Ronnie G. Fuqua, et ux by deed recorded in Deed Book 246, page 672, Register’s Office, Haywood County, Tennessee.Map 66N, Group D, Control Map 75C, Parcel 1.01PROPERTY ADDRESS: Duplexes 618-620 Wilson Street, Brownsville, TN 38012 and 624-626 Wilson Street, Brownsville, TN 38012Said sale, as above stated, will be to the highest and best bidder for cash, free from the equity of redemption, dower, homestead, and such other exemptions which are specifically waived in said deed of trust; and the title to said property is believed to be good, but I will sell and convey as Trustee only under the terms

sale may be rescinded at any time.Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trusteewww.kirschattorneys.comLaw Office of Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP555 Perkins Road Extended, Second FloorMemphis, TN 38117Phone (901)767-5566Fax (901)761-5690File No. 12-038226

and authority of the deed of trust hereby foreclosed, subject to any and all unpaid taxes. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of sale to another day certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time set for said sale above. All parties who have an interest in said property who are record holders or may be affected by the sale have been notified.The following party may claim a junior deed of trust on the above referenced property:Home Investment Partnership Program, Webb Banks, Trustee, deed of trust recorded in Trust Deed Book 244, page 803, Register’s Office, Haywood County, Tennessee, c/o City of Brownsville, 111 North Washington Avenue, Brownsville, TN 38012 There were no recorded liens filed against Ronnie G. Fuqua and wife, Becky Fuqua by the United States of America with respect to which provisions of 26 U.S.C. 7425(b) require notice to be sent to the United States of America. There were no recorded liens filed against Ronnie G. Fuqua and wife, Becky Fuqua by the State of Tennessee with respect to which provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated 67-1-1433(b) (1) require notice to be sent to the State of Tennessee.HUNTER SIMMONS,TRUSTEEC. THOMAS HOOPER IIIAttorney for First South Bank10 S. Court P. O. Box 55 Brownsville, TN 38012731/772/9241Publication Dates: 9-13-12, 9-20-12, and 9-27-12

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALESale at public auction will be

on October 9, 2012 at 2:00PM local time, at the front east door, Haywood County Courthouse, Brownville, Tennessee, conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Hank Brizentine, a single man, to John Clark, Trustee, on June 23, 2006 at Record Book 24, Page 559; all of record in the Haywood County Register’s Office.

Owner of Debt: EverBankThe following real estate

located in Haywood County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record:

Lying and being in Haywood County, Tennessee and more particularly described as follows:Commeming at a point being the intersection of the Physical Center of Brantley Road, said point being the Northwest corner of Anderson as recorded in Deed Book 165 Page 231, Register’s Office Haywood County Courthouse, Brownsville, Tennessee; thence South 2º54’25” W 480.52 feet along the Physical center of Allen Station Road to a P.K. Nail set, said point being the Northwest corner and the point of beginning of the following described tract; thence N 89º30’24” E 672.36 feet across Anderson with a new line to a Wood post found, the Southwest corner of Gilland’s 5.00 acre tract; thence N 89º30’24” E 190.65 feet along the South line of Gilland’s 5.00 acre tract to a iron pin found at the North Westcorner of Aslin; thence S 0º29’36” E 473.76 feet along the West line of Aslin to a iron pin found in the North line of Coulston, said Coulston, said corner being N 86º17’15” W 20.99 feet from the Northeast corner of Coulston; thence N 87º41’04” W 456.33 feet along the North line of Coulston to an iron pin found at the Southeast corner of Presley; thence N 0º45’27” E 150.00 feet along the East line of Presley to a iron pin set at the Northeast corner of Presley; thence South 86º 29’ 31” W 425.00 feet along the North line of Presley to a point in the center of Allen Station Road, ipon pin found of line 25 feet East of center of road; thence N 1º57’59” E 324.08 feet along the center of Allen Station Road to the point of beginning, containing 7.81 acres (acreage not warranted) as surveyed by Walter R. Powell RLS 832 on August 24, 1994. Included in the above description but excluded from this conveyance is the following:Beginning at an iron pin found on the east margin of the Allen Station Road (25 feet from centerline at right angles) at the northwest corner of a lot owned by Richard Presley (Deed Book

194, Page 275); thence with the east margin of Allen Station Road, North 2 degrees 23 minutes 25 seconds East a distance of 50.00 feet to an iron pin set; thence with a line through the David Morisch property (Deed Book 204, Page 537) North 86 degrees 28 minutes 26 seconds East a distance of 395.53 feet to an iron pin set; thence South 77 degrees 19 minutes 47 seconds East a distance of 463.89 feet to an iron pin set in the west line of a tract owned by William Foster (Deed Book 209, Page 389); thence with the west line of Foster South 0 degrees 28 minutes 24 seconds East a distance of 117.13 feet to a metal post in the north line of tract owned by Carolyn Coulston (Deed Book 184, page 148); thence with north line of Coulston North 87 degrees 37 minutes 47 seconds West a distance of 456.65 feet to an iron pin found at the southeast corner of the Richard Presley lot; thence with the line of the Presley lot North 0 degrees 46 minutes 22 seconds East a distance of 150.11 feet to an iron pin found at the northeast corner of the Presley lot; thence with the north line of the Presley lot South 86 degrees 19 minutes 26 seconds West a distance of 399.93 feet to the point of beginning. Containing 2.11 acres (acreage not warranted).

Street Address: 544 Allen Station Road, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012

Parcel Number: 055-038.08Current Owner(s) of Property:

Cari Michelle Majors, a single person, a life estate in the said property and reserve unto myself a joint life estate with Cari Michelle Majors, and the remainder of the said property unto the survivor of Hank Brizentine and Cari Michelle Majors

Other interested par ties: Haywood Park Community Hospital C/O David L. Mendelson, Mendelson Law Firm

The street address of the above described property is believed to be 544 Allen Station Road, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control.

SALE IS SUBJECT TO TENANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION.

If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-117 have been met.

All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.

If the highest bidder cannot pay the bid within twenty-four (24) hours of the sale, the next highest bidder, at their highest bid, will be deemed the successful bidder.

This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time.Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trusteewww.kirschattorneys.comLaw Office of Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP555 Perkins Road Extended, Second FloorMemphis, TN 38117Phone (901)767-5566Fax (901)761-5690File No. 12-038226

SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE’S SALEDefault having been made in

the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid in a certain Deed of Trust executed on January 9, 2001 by Geneva Mask to Thomas R. Chapman, Trustee as same appears of record in the Office of the Register of Haywood County, Tennessee in Book 226, Page 581, the beneficiary being InSouth Bank. Subsequently STONE, HIGGS & DREXLER, P.C. was appointed successor trustee in Book 100, Page 569; and the owner of the debt secured hav-ing requested the undersigned to advertise and sell the prop-erty described in and conveyed by said Deed of Trust, all of said indebtedness having matured by default in the payment of a part thereof, at the option of the owner, this is to give notice that Stone, Higgs & Drexler, P.C. will on Friday, September 28, 2012 commencing at 11:00 a.m. at the front door of the Courthouse, Brownsville,

Haywood County, Tennessee, and proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property to wit:

Situated in the City of Brownsville, County of Haywood and State of Tennessee:

Property address: 708 Hayes Street, Brownsville, Tennessee

Being a part of Lots Numbers 5 and 6 of the Hoytwood Subdivision, a plat of which being of record in the Register’s Office of Haywood County, Tennessee, in Plat Book No. 1, at page 98, and beginning at a stake in the west margin of Hoytwood Drive, at the northeast corner of the lot now belonging to Truman Gilliam, and runs thence with the west margin of said Hoytwood Drive, north 43 degrees East 107 feet to a stake, same being the southeast corner of the lot now belonging to R. J. Simpson, thence north 44-1/2 degrees west with the south boundary line of said Simpson lot 150 feet to a stake, same being the southwest corner of the lot now belonging to Hicks, formerly Bell, thence south 6-1/2 degrees west with the east boundary line of Long 135 feet to a stake, thence in a a southeasterly direc-tion with north boundary line of said Gilliam lot 68 feet to the point of beginning.

This sale is subject to 2011 county taxes and 2010 and 2011 city taxes.

All right and equity of redemp-tion, Statutory and otherwise, homestead and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but Stone, Higgs & Drexler, P.C. will sell and convey only as successor trustee.

The sale date and time may be adjourned and rescheduled, without additional newspaper publication, within one year from the originally scheduled date, by announcement at the date, time and place of the new postpone-ment date and time in accordance with T.C.A. 35-5-101.

This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.STONE, HIGGS & DREXLER, P.C.Successor TrusteeBy: Roger A. Stone, PresidentPublication dates: Thursdays: September 6, 13, 20

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALESale at public auction

will be on October 23, 2012 at 12:00 PM local time, at the front east door, Haywood County Courthouse, Brownville, Tennessee, conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Joyce A. Reed, a single woman, to Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. of New York, Trustee, on December 14, 2006 at Record Book 32, Page 712; all of record in the Haywood County Register’s Office.

Owner of Debt: Nationstar Mortgage LLC

The following real estate located in Haywood County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record:

Described property located in Haywood County, Tennessee, to wit:Begins at a point in the center of Shaw’s Chapel Road, formerly called Lowery’s Ferry Road, the Southeast corner of a 14.69 acre tract conveyed to C.A. Rawls an wife by Alex W. Brown and wife by deed in Deed Book 97, Page 99, of which this now described tract is a part and being the Northeast corner of a tract in the name of Tinsley; thence with the North line of Tinsley an South line of said Rawls tract West 435.6 feet to a stake, the most Southerly end of a new line established on August 14, 1969; thence North 100 feet to a stake; thence East 435.6 feet to a point in the center of said road; thence with said road South 100 feet to the beginning.Street Address: 1288 Shaw Chapel Road (per Deed of Trust), 1288 Shaws Chapel Road (per Assessor), Brownsville, Tennessee 38012

Parcel Number: 086-016.01Current Owner(s) of Property:

Joyce A. Reed, a single womanOther interested par ties:

Brenda S. Jones The street address of the

above described proper ty is believed to be 1288 Shaw Chapel Road (per Deed of Trust), 1288 Shaws Chapel Road (per Assessor), Brownsville, Tennessee 38012, but such

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page B6address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control.

SALE IS SUBJECT TO TENANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION.

If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-117 have been met.

All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.

If the highest bidder cannot pay the bid within twenty-four (24) hours of the sale, the next highest bidder, at their highest bid, will be deemed the successful bidder.

This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time.Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trusteewww.kirschattorneys.comLaw Office of Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP555 Perkins Road Extended, Second FloorMemphis, TN 38117Phone (901)767-5566Fax (901)761-5690File No. 12-040059

CONCURRENT NOTICENOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ANDNOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS

September 20, 2012

City of Brownsville111 North Washington, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012(731) 772-1212These notices shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by the City of Brownsville.

REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDSOn or about October 9, 2012, the City of Brownsville will submit a request to the Department of Economic and Community Development for the release of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, to undertake a project known as City of Brownsville CDBG Disaster Recovery project, for the purpose of addressing storm drainage issues throughout the City. Specifi cally addressing the Nixon Creek and Sugar Creek Drainage Basins, $1,000,000, in the City of Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee.

FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTThe City of Brownsville has determined that the project will have no signifi cant impact on the human environment. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required. Additional project information is contained in the Environmental Review Record (ERR) on fi le at the City of Brownsville, 111 North Washington, Brownsville, Tennessee, 38012 and may be examined or copied weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

PUBLIC COMMENTSAny individual, group, or agency disagreeing with this determination or wishing to comment on the project may submit written comments to City of Brownsville, 111 North Washington, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012. All comments received by October 5, 2012 will be considered by the City of Brownsville prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds. Comments should specify which Notice they are addressing.

RELEASE OF FUNDSThe City of Brownsville certifi es to the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development that Jo Matherne in her capacity as Mayor consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfi ed. The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD) approval of the certifi cation satisfi es its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities and allows the City of Brownsville to use program funds.

OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF FUNDSThe Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development will accept objections to its release of funds and the City of Brownsville certifi cation for a period of fi fteen days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are on one of the following basis:

(a)The certifi cation was not executed by the Certifying Offi cer of the City of Brownsville;

(b)The City of Brownsville has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or fi nding required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58;

(c)The grant recipient has committed funds or incurred costs not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development; or

(d) Another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written fi nding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality.Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58) and shall be addressed to the State of Tennessee, Department of Economic and Community Development, Program Management, William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower, 10th' Floor, 312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37243-1102. Potential objectors should contact the Program Manage-ment Offi ce to verify the actual last day of the objection period.

Jo MatherneMayor

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALESale at public auction will be

on October 23, 2012 at 12:00PM local time, at the front east door, Haywood County Courthouse, Brownville, Tennessee, conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Lisa Wiley, an unmarried woman, to CCS Settlement Services, LLC, Trustee, on March 27, 2007 at Record Book 43, Page 666; all of record in the Haywood County Register’s Office.

Owner of Debt: CitiMortgage, Inc.

The following real estate located in Haywood County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record:

Commencing at a point being the intersection of the center of Springfield School Road and the center of Springfield Road; thence South 4 degrees 13 minutes 33 seconds West 706.33 feet along the center of Springfield Road to a point being the southeast corner and the point of beginning of the following described tract, iron pin found on line North 87 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds West 25.15 feet from said center of Springfield Road, said point also being the northeast corner of Currie as recorded in Deed Book 191, Page 511, Register’s Office, Haywood County Courthouse, Brownsville, Tennessee; thence North 87 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds West 476.06 feet along the north line of Currie to a metal post found; thence across Walker with a new line with the following locative calls: North 4 degrees 13 minutes 33 seconds East 476.06 feet to a point in the center of Springfield Road, metal post set on line North 87 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds West 25.00 feet from the center of Springfield Road; thence

South 4 degrees 13 minutes 33 seconds West 120.00 feet along the center of Springfield Road to the point of beginning, containing 1.31 acres (acreage not warranted) as surveyed by Walter R. Powell, RLS 832, on March 20,1996.

Street Address: 945 Springfield Road, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012

Parcel Number: 68-31.06

Current Owner(s) of Property: Lisa Y. Wiley

The street address of the above described property is believed to be 945 Springfield Road, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control.

SALE IS SUBJECT TO TENANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION.

If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-117 have been met.

All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute

Trustee.If the highest bidder cannot

pay the bid within twenty-four (24) hours of the sale, the next highest bidder, at their highest bid, will be deemed the successful bidder.

This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time.

Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trusteewww.kirschattorneys.comLaw Office of Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP555 Perkins Road Extended, Second FloorMemphis, TN 38117Phone (901)767-5566Fax (901)761-5690File No. 12-036926

CONCURRENT NOTICENOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ANDNOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS

September 20, 2012

Haywood County1 North Washington Avenue, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012(731) 772-1432These notices shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by Haywood County.

REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDSOn or about October 9, 2012, Haywood County will submit a request to the Department of Economic and Community Development for the release of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, to undertake a project known as Haywood County CDBG Disaster Recovery project, for the purpose of addressing storm drainage issues throughout the County. Haywood County will perform a Comprehensive Drainage Study to determine the drainage requirements and drainage improvements needed inside Haywood County. Con-struction of storm water mitigation projects resulting from the drainage study will be completed $1,000,000, in Haywood County, Tennessee.

FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTHaywood County has determined that the project will have no signifi cant impact on the human environment. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required. Additional project information is contained in the Environmental Review Record (ERR) on fi le at Haywood County Courthouse, 1 North Washington Avenue, Brownsville, Tennessee, 38012 and may be examined or copied weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

PUBLIC COMMENTSAny individual, group, or agency disagreeing with this determination or wishing to comment on the project may submit written comments to Haywood County Courthouse, 1 North Washington Avenue, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012. All comments received by October 5, 2012 will be considered by the Haywood County prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds. Comments should specify which Notice they are addressing.

RELEASE OF FUNDSHaywood County certifi es to the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development that A. Franklin Smith in his capacity as County Mayor consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfi ed. The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD) approval of the certifi cation satisfi es its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities and allows Haywood County to use program funds.

OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF FUNDSThe Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development will accept objections to its release of funds and Haywood County certifi cation for a period of fi fteen days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are on one of the following basis:(a) The certifi cation was not executed by the Certifying Offi cer of the Haywood County;(b) Haywood County has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or fi nding required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58;(c) The grant recipient has committed funds or incurred costs not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development; or(d) Another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written fi nding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality.Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58) and shall be addressed to the State of Tennessee, Department of Economic and Community Development, Program Management, William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower, 10th’ Floor, 312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37243-1102. Potential objectors should contact the Program Management Offi ce to verify the actual last day of the objection period.

A. Franklin SmithCounty Mayor

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Final Notice and Public Explanation of a Proposed Activity in a 100-Year Floodplain

To: All interested Agencies - Federal, State, and Local, - Groups and Individuals

This is to give notice that the City of Brownsville under CFR 24 Part 58 has conducted an evaluation as required by Executive Order 11988 and/or 11990, in ac-cordance with HUD regulations at 24 CFR 55.20 Subpart C Procedures for Making Determinations on Floodplain Management, to determine the potential affect that its activity in the floodplain and wetland will have on the human environment for a Community Development Block Grant under the HUD CDBG. The proposed project(s) are located within the City limits of Brownsville, Haywood County, Ten-nessee. The City of Brownsville will perform a Comprehensive Drainage Study to determine the drainage requirements and drainage improvements needed inside the City of Brownsville. Construction of storm water mitigation projects resulting from the Drainage Study will be completed. A portion of this project may be completed in a 100 year flood plain.

The City of Brownsville has considered the following alternatives and mitigation measures to be taken to minimize adverse impacts and to restore and preserve natural and beneficial values (i) the project as proposed will eliminate any adverse impacts that occurred as a result of the May 2010 flood. This project will help with severe drainage problems within the City of Brownsville, (ii) no other alternative locations were selected, as this section was hardest hit by the storm(iii) no mitigation measure are recommended as all proposed improvements will eliminate any adverse environ-mental impacts in the area.

The City of Brownsville has reevaluated the alternatives to building in the flood-plain and has determined that it has no practicable alternative. Environmental files that document compliance with steps 3 through 6 of [Executive Order 11988 and/or 11990], are available for public inspection, review and copying upon request at the times and location delineated in the last paragraph of this notice for receipt of comments. This activity will have no significant impact on the environment for the following reasons: The affected areas will be improving the environmental issues of storm drainage and storm runoff.

There are three primary purposes for this notice. First, people who may be af-fected by activities in floodplains and those who have an interest in the protection of the natural environment should be given an opportunity to express their concerns and provide information about these areas. Second, an adequate public notice program can be an important public educational tool. The dissemination of information about floodplains can facilitate and enhance Federal efforts to reduce the risks associated with the occupancy and modification of these special areas. Third, as a matter of fair-ness, when the Federal government determines it will participate in actions taking place in floodplains, it must inform those who may be put at greater or continued risk.

Written comments must be received by the City of Brownsville at the following address on or before October 5, 2012. City of Brownsville, 111 North Washington, Brownsville, Tennessee, 38012, 731-772-1212, Attention: Jo Matherne, Mayor dur-ing the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

September 20, 2012

Final Notice and Public Explanation of a Proposed Activity in a 100-Year Floodplain

To: All interested Agencies - Federal, State, and Local, - Groups and Individuals

This is to give notice that Haywood County under CFR 24 Part 58 has conducted an evaluation as required by Executive Order 11988 and/or 11990, in accordance with HUD regulations at 24 CFR 55.20 Subpart C Procedures for Making Determinations on Flood-plain Management, to determine the potential affect that its activity in the floodplain and wetland will have on the human environment for a Community Development Block Grant under the HUD CDBG. The proposed project(s) are located within Haywood County, Tennessee. Haywood County will perform a Comprehensive Drainage Study to determine the drainage requirements and drainage improvements needed inside Haywood County. Construction of storm water mitigation projects resulting from the Drainage Study will be completed. A portion of this project may be completed in a 100 year flood plain.

Haywood County has considered the following alternatives and mitigation measures to be taken to minimize adverse impacts and to restore and preserve natural and beneficial val-ues (i) the project as proposed will eliminate any adverse impacts that occurred as a result of the May 2010 flood. This project will help with severe drainage problems in the largest incorporated area of the county which is the City of Brownsville, (ii) no other alternative locations were selected, as this section was hardest hit by the storm (iii) no mitigation measures are recommended as all proposed improvements will eliminate any adverse en-vironmental impacts in the project area.

Haywood County has reevaluated the alternatives to building in the floodplain and has determined that it has no practicable alternative. Environmental files that document com-pliance with steps 3 through 6 of [Executive Order 11988 and/or 11990], are available for public inspection, review and copying upon request at the times and location delineated in the last paragraph of this notice for receipt of comments. This activity will have no significant impact on the environment for the following reasons: The affected areas will be improving the environmental issues of storm drainage and storm runoff.

There are three primary purposes for this notice. First, people who may be affected by activities in floodplains and those who have an interest in the protection of the natural environment should be given an opportunity to express their concerns and provide infor-mation about these areas. Second, an adequate public notice program can be an important public educational tool. The dissemination of information about floodplains can facilitate and enhance Federal efforts to reduce the risks associated with the occupancy and modifi-cation of these special areas. Third, as a matter of fairness, when the Federal government determines it will participate in actions taking place in floodplains, it must inform those who may be put at greater or continued risk.

Written comments must be received by Haywood County at the following address on or before October 5, 2012. Haywood County Courthouse, 1 North Washington Avenue, Brownsville, 38012, (731) 772-1432, Attention: A. Franklin Smith, County Mayor, during the hours of 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM.

September 20, 2012

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSPROJECT NAME: STANLEY ROAD BRIDGE REPLACEMENT OVER LOST CREEKSTRUCTURE: 65’ SINGLE SPAN BRIDGE SKEW = 75°

OWNER: HAYWOOD COUNTY

Sealed bids for STANLEY ROAD BRIDGE REPLACEMENT OVER LOST CREEK will be received by MR. GREG Mc-CARLEY, at the office of HAYWOOD COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT until 10:00 a.m., CDT, SEPTEMBER 27, 2012, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud:

The Information for Bidders, Form of Bid, Form of Contract, Plans, Specifications, and Forms of Bid Bond, Performance and Payment Bond, and other contract documents may be examined at the following:

1) BUILDERS EXCHANGE 2) WEST TENNESSEE PLANS ROOM 642 SOUTH COOPER 439 AIRWAYS BLVD. MEMPHIS, TN 38104 JACKSON, TN 38301

3) HAYWOOD COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPT. 4) ASKEW HARGRAVES HARCOURT 1306 SOUTH DUPREE 3009 DAVIES PLANTATION ROAD BROWNSVILLE, TN 38012 LAKELAND, TN 38002

5) TENNESSEE ROAD BUILDERS 213 5TH AVE., NORTH NASHVILLE, TN 37219

Copies may be obtained at the office of ASKEW HARGRAVES HARCOURT & ASSOCIATES, INC. located at 3009 DAVIES PLANTATION ROAD, LAKELAND, TENNESSEE 38002, PHONE: 901-372-0404 upon payment of $150.00 (non-refundable) for one specification book and one set of drawings.

The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities or to reject any or all bids.

Each bidder must deposit with his bid, security in the amount, form and subject to the conditions provided in the Informa-tion for Bidders.

No bidder may withdraw his bid within 90 days after the actual date of the opening thereof.

All Bidders must comply with the applicable provisions of the Contractors Licensing Act of 1994, found in “Tennessee Code Annotated,” Section 62-6-119. At least the following information, as required by Section 20 of this Act, must appear on the outside of the envelope containing bid in excess of $25,000.

1. NAME OF BIDDER2. ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER OF BIDDER3. BIDDERS LICENSE NUMBER4. EXPIRATION DATE OF TENNESSEE LICENSE5. THE PORTION OF CLASSIFICATION OF BIDDERS LICENSE THAT APPLIES TO THIS PROJECT6. NAME OF PROJECT FOR WHICH BID IS SUBMITTED

Any bid submitted from a bidder not on the official bidders list, that is maintained at the office of Askew Hargraves Har-court & Associates, Inc., and/or not containing the above information will not be opened.

DATES: SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 SUPERINTENDENT: MR. GREG McCARLEY SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

NOTICE OF CALLED MEETING OF THE BOARD OF MAYOR

AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE

The Board of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Brownsville will meet on

Monday, October 8, 2012 at 5:30 p.m.in the courtroom of City Hall, 111 N. Washington Ave., Brownsville, TN 38012. This meeting will replace the reg-ularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen for the month of October 2012.

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By: MARTHA LYLE FORD

For 30 years, Helen Miller Turner has worked magic at 1016 North Washington Avenue in Brownsville, the location of the former Curly and Lynn’s Barbecue and now Helen’s Barbecue. Her mediums have been meat, fi re, smoke and sauce, and the results have been the best barbecue anywhere, thousands of happy customers, and, recently, national recognition.Over the last few years, Mrs. Turner and Helen’s Barbecue have been featured in numerous local, regional and national media outlets. Tennessee Crossroads, a statewide public television program, was the fi rst outlet to tell her story when they visited her 4 or 5 years ago.“They were here having something to eat, and said ‘Can we interview you?’ and that was the fi rst one,” recalls Mrs. Turner. She remembers getting a call from Saveur, a publication she was not familiar with which describes itself as “the defi nitive culinary and culinary-travel magazine of its generation.” John T. Edge, director of the Southern Foodways Alliance of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, who has become a friend and fan of Helen and her barbecue, wrote that story. Edge and photographer Landon Nordaman won James Beard awards for their coverage of Helen and her barbecue. Within the past year, Mrs. Turner has been featured in The Jackson Sun, Garden and Gun and Southern Living. “Seems like everybody reads Southern Living,” she said. “I got calls from all over everywhere about that one.”Mrs. Turner got into barbecuing with Curly (David) and Lynn Spellings in 1982. “Somebody said they [the Spellings] were looking for somebody to help ‘em,” recalls Turner. “So I went and have been here ‘most ever since.”

She says she learned the basics from watching Curly and Lynn, basically on-the-job training. “They just told me what to do.” And her sauce, which she makes by the three-and-a-half gallon tubful twice a week, is the same as she made back then. These days Helen runs the business mainly by herself, though her family, husband, children, grandchildren, and sister, help out sometimes. Her husband, Reginell, has been with Haywood Company for 35 years, a milestone they recently celebrated with a trip to Las Vegas. Open 6 days a week, Mrs. Turner gets to work around 7:30 and closes it down around 7 p.m. During that time she cooks 8 - 9 pork shoulders over local hickory wood in a pit in the back of the building. Of the 9 shoulders, she’ll sell 6 to 7 of them as sandwiches each day. Polish sausage, barbecued bologna, ribs, slaw (mayonnaise and vinegar based), beans and bread round out the usual menu. Occasionally she’ll have chicken as well.Helen left the barbecue business for a short time to work at MTD for a year and then Kirsch in Covington for a year. “I didn’t care for that work as much. I like doing this better.”By that time Curly had passed away and Lynn had sold the business to DeWitt Foster, a regular customer and Lynn’s cousin. “He [Foster] called me one day and asked if I’d come make some sauce,” Mrs. Turner recalls. “I’ve been here just about every day since.” She bought the business 16 years ago and says she plans to keep at it as long as her health holds up.Miss Helen and her barbecue continue to attract recognition and customers from near and far. And all of them, no doubt, hope and pray that she keeps working her magic in the heart of Brownsville for many years to come.

A story about Helen Turner

Helen Turner

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BY: MARTHA LYLE FORD

In the early 1880s, Joe and Sol Sternberger left their family and home in Germany and set out for America seeking a new life. Among the few possessions they carried with them was a scroll made out of sheep skin, upon which was hand-written the Torah, the Holy Scriptures of Jews. (The Torah is known to 21st century non-Hebrews as Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, numbers, and Deuteronomy.) This week, that very same scroll was brought out of it Ark, or resting place, and used during the 145th celebration of Rosh Hashanah – the Jewish New Year -- in Brownsville.

The services were held at Temple Adas Israel, located at the corner of East College Street and North Washington Avenue, which is the oldest house of Hebrew worship in continuous use in the State of Tennessee. The local congregation traces its history back to

the Sternberger brothers and a group of emigrant families. When the Sternbergers settled in Brownsville, the Torah was housed in a room in the home of Jacob and Karoline Felsenthal where Shabbos, or Sabbath, services also were held.

Local resident Isaac Levi was the fi rst lay leader for the small Jewish congregation which offi cially organized in 1868. In 1869, Emil Tamm arrived in Brownsville. He had studied to become a rabbi in Germany but had chosen to immigrate to America instead of

completing his rabbinic training. Mr. Tamm became lay leader after Mr. Levi and established the congregation’s fi rst Sabbath School. Mr. Tamm also established a store at Lot #1 on the Court Square of Brownsville. The lot is currently green space with a historic marker. There are plans for developing Tamm Park on the site in the near future.

The Torah was moved from the Felsenthals’ home to the Anker family home and then to the Rothschilds’. The number of Jewish families continued to grow; in 1882 the congregation built a simple wooden structure with a stone foundation and named it Temple Adas Israel, which means Congregation of Israel. The Temple was dedicated on March 2, 1882 with festivities which began with a procession through Brownsville and ended with a banquet and ball at the Brownsville Opera House. The dedication service was led by

Rabbi Max Samfi eld of Memphis with a choir from Memphis and hundreds of people in attendance, many who had to stand on the lawn. At the time the congregation consisted of 25 men, their wives and children. Offi cers of the congregation were Emil Tamm, president; Alex Sternberger, vice-president; Jacob Felsenthal, treasurer; and Gabe Felsenthal, secretary.

The following are excerpts from Mr. Tamm’s address, given the day of Temple Adas Israel’s dedication.

This is indeed a great

day of rejoicing and gladness to us all. The hour which we longed for, the day which we

worked with such great zeal and enthusiasm has arrive, the work we commenced years ago is fi nished; our synagogue is completed and we can now worship to God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, in a more becoming manner.

Thanks to all wise Providence, who has permitted us to live to see this day. Thanks to our kind friends at home and abroad, who so liberally contributed to this laudable enterprise. The spirit manifested by our Christian friends here

in Brownsville in aiding us in this enterprise has strengthened the fraternal feelings

which prevail among us, and will always be gratefully remembered by the members of this congregation.

And now as this enterprise is completed beyond our most sanguine expectations, it behooves us as Israelites to be mindful of our duties. Not with our lips alone do we serve God, but also with our actions.

Members of the Congregation Adas Israel, there are three little words which express the essence of our religion, “Ve’Ohavto Lereache Komocho,”

“Love thy neighbor as thyself.” No action of human benevolence is so sublime, so godly, so lofty as charity extended to the poor, the sick, the widow, the orphan, the destitute and the homeless.

In conclusion, I express the most heartfelt and sincere wish: May the erection of this edifi ce be the commencement of a new era for Brownsville and the Congregation Adas Israel; may the sun of prosperity once more shine fairly upon this country and the fertile soil give forth its fruits with unusual abundance, -- by the grace of Him from whom all blessings fl ow.”

This past Sunday evening, Mr. Tamm’s great great grandson, Fred Silverstein, Jr. led congregants at Temple Adas Israel in worship services ushering in a new year. And on Monday, a naming ceremony was held for

Michael Sean Whinston, infant son of Steven and Tammy Whinston of Denver, Colorado and a descendant of the Sternberger brothers.

The number of Jewish families now living in Brownsville has dwindled, but on most months’ fi rst Fridays, the Temple doors are opened, the candles are lit and worshippers gather for Sabbath services. Among those who gather are members of Brownsville’s remaining Jewish families -- Levy, Silverstein and Kalin -- but there are also many Christians, and services are open to all. And at the front of the Temple is the scroll with the Torah which traveled from Germany with the Sternberger brothers as they sought a new home and a place of religious freedom.

A special thank you to Father Donald Brooks for the history on the temple.

Temple Adas Israel Rich with history

Temple Adas Israel in Brownsville was built as a wooden building in 1882, and then bricked in 1920.

The inside of the Temple is breathtakingly beautiful.