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THE LEADERTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2012 VOL . 129 , NO. 7 THE
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Munford committed to fire safetyThough the city was
criticized
last week by its partners for not adequately staffing their
joint fire department, Munford of-ficials said they're committed to
fire safety.
"We recognize that we need more firefighters, it's a glaring
weakness," said mayor Dwayne Cole.
The fire department, which Munford shares with the Town of
Atoka, currently staffs eight full-time firefighters. Cole said
there are approximately 30 volunteer firefighters, a number that
often changes.
In Atoka, aldermen are upset that though $310,000 is paid
annually for fire services, their station is not often manned.
The lack of adequate staffing has been a concern for the south
cities for many years, but has been more of a hot topic lately when
Munford did not budget funds for additional firefighters this
year.
Valid concerns have arisen that understaffing could result in
longer response times during emergencies.
The combined department serves more than 5,000 resi-dences
within the cities' bound-aries alone, not to mention the businesses
and the homes in the county.
The fire department is also responsible for responding to
emergencies, such as accidents and medical calls, and requests
for mutual aid. Firefighters must also respond to a 911 call,
even when it does not involve a legitimate emergency.
"It's an extremely high burden on them," Cole said
Wednesday.
Despite this burden, however, fire chief Alan Barkelew said
firefighters are doing the best they can do.
"We're making all of our calls," Barkelew said during the Dec. 4
meeting of Atoka's Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
Mayor: Staffi ng
a glaring weakness
By ECHO [email protected]
SEE MAFD, PAGE A3
CPD to host safety meetingBy ECHO
[email protected]
On Monday, Covington police will host another safety aware-ness
meeting, this time focusing on holiday safety.
"We're going to go over holiday safety tips," said Officer
Danielle Faulk.
This summer, following a period of increased crime in the city,
the depart-ment held a com-munity meeting that went over well.
Faulk said Chief Tim Glass wants to continue meeting with the
public.
"He really wants to be in touch with the community, to talk with
residents and find out their needs and concerns," she said. "We
want to cater to what they need and better assist the
com-munity."
The meeting will take place at 5:30 p.m. at the newly-named
Covington Municipal Center, located at the corner of Church and
Main streets in the former First Baptist Church facility.
The public is invited and encouraged to attend the meet-ing. It
will be attended by the police chief, assistant chiefs and other
city officials.
COVINGTON SAFETY AWARENESS MEETINGWhen: Monday, Dec. 17, 5:30
p.m.Where: Covington Municipal Center (former First Baptist
Church)Why: Discuss holiday safety and other concerns
County ranks 43rd in healthBy ECHO
[email protected]
Results of a new study indicate Tipton County is only the 43rd
healthiest county in Tennessee and its residents are more obese
than much of the nation.
The study is part of the 2012 Americas Health Rankings, an
annual assessment of the na-tions health created by United Health
Foundation in collabora-tion with the American Public Health
Association and Partner-ship for Prevention.
According to the results, more than a third of Tipton Countys
adult population is obese, a measure that is determined by having a
body mass index of 30 or greater.
Comparable to all neighbor-ing counties, the adult obesity rate
is 36 percent. The national benchmark is 25 percent and, at 32
percent, the statewide results are also above the average.
And while the obesity rate in the county and the state are
greater than the national rates, Tennessee moved up two spots from
2011. It is currently ranked 39th in the country for overall
health.
Sendentary lifestyles, violent crime and diabetes contrib-uted
to the states low national ranking; however, the state performed
well for its low prevalence of binge drinking and moderately well
for its availabil-ity of primary care physicians
Sold: Millington Telephone expects no changes for customers
BEEN A GOOD BOY? At the Dickens Christmas on the Square event
Saturday, Tiny Tim (Levi Howell) poses with Father Christmas
(Richard Vandergrift) at the Chamber Center. For more photos see
B1.
Photo by Echo Day
By ECHO [email protected]
There will be no immediate changes in telephone, televi-sion and
broadband service coming for residents of South Tipton County
following the acquisition of Millington Tele-phone.
Ritter Communications, a provider of advanced tele-
communications services and broadband technologies to businesses
and residential cus-tomers in northeast and cen-tral Arkansas,
announced it completed its purchase of the communications company
on Tuesday afternoon.
Right now, the only thing that has changed is the owner-ship,
said Dan Hatzenbuehler, the companys CEO. This is
the beginning of a process, and all of us at Ritter are looking
forward to new and exciting changes yet to come.
The company provides ser-vices to approximately 20,000 customers
in parts of Tipton, Shelby, Haywood and Fayette counties.
Though it was announced no immediate changes were com-ing, the
company said it plans
to upgrade equipment and en-hance services for customers in
2013.
That work begins now with a formal infrastructure assessment,
said Ritter Com-munications President Chip Dickinson. Stay tuned
for announcements regarding new advanced services in the months
ahead.
Originally founded in 1912,
Millington Telephone was purchased by Mr. B.L. How-ard in 1928.
More information about the companys history can be found at
millingtontele-phonecompany.com/mtc_about.html.
Customers of Millington Telephone and Millington Cable will
still be serviced by local offices in Munford and Millington.
Local librarians raise money for the Ladybug Library, a project
headed by Kate Krull to donate more books to LeBonheur Childrens
Hospital. B3
INSIDE
SEE HEALTH, PAGE A3
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By ECHO [email protected]
MUNFORD The death of a three-week-old infant is still under
investigation, the Tipton County Sheriff's Office reported last
week.
According to a press release from the depart-ment, deputies were
dispatched to a home in the 2300 block of Drum-monds Road on
Thurs-day, Dec. 6 after a father reportedly fell while holding the
child.
The baby, Zayne Hunt-er DeMeza, was report-edly unresponsive at
the time of the call and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Tipton County Medical Examiner Dr. Buffy Cook requested an
autopsy. Results have not yet been
released."It is a tragedy for the
death of a child and cer-tainly we will use every resource
available to de-termine the cause of this child's death," said
Sher-iff J.T. "Pancho" Chum-ley.
Zayne is the son of newlyweds Chelsea and Bryan DeMeza and Jason
Yelvington.
In addition to his parents, Zayne is also survived by his
sister, Cayleigh Yelvington of Munford, grandparents, Christi and
Mike Sartain of Atoka, Billy and Don-na Whitesides of Mun-ford and
Jake and Carol Yelvington of Brighton.
His great-grandpar-
ents are Paul and Becky DeLashmit of Covington and Patrick and
Janelle Cole of Drummonds.
The incident is be-ing investigated by the Criminal
Investigations Division of the TCSO, the Dept. of Children's
Services and by the Ten-nessee Bureau of Investi-gation.
It is not uncommon for infant deaths to be inves-tigated.
Authorities say the family is cooperating with detectives.
Visitation will be held Friday, Dec. 14 from 1 p.m. until the
funeral ser-vice at 2 p.m. at Munford Funeral Home.
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Students attending the Methodist-Presbyterian preschool are all
smiles after fi nding out the school plans to extend its hours.
Preschool makes plans to extend hoursBy JESSICA
[email protected]
The Methodist-Pres-byterian preschool in Downtown Covington is
extending their school hours to accommodate community members who
desire additional hours of childcare, says director Andrea
Frank-lin.
The school, which has classes on various days for ages 3, 4 and
5, is cur-rently open from 8 a.m. to noon. During this time the
children are taught in
a structured, age-appro-priate classroom envi-ronment.
However, some parents have expressed a desire for the school's
availabil-ity earlier in the morning and during the after-noon, and
staff members are working to be able to meet these needs starting
with the 2013-2014 school year.
Franklin says that when the school reopens after the summer
break in August, their hours will extend from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and
will offer
a combination of more structured class time in the morning as
well as free play and organized recreational activities lat-er in
the afternoon.
The school is located in the First Presbyterian Church
facilities and op-erates independently un-der the umbrella of the
First Presbyterian and First Methodist churches of Covington.
Applications for the 2013-2014 school year will be available
begin-ning in January for cur-rently enrolled students
and in February for new students. Acceptance into the program is
on a first-come, first-serve basis at that time.
For more information concerning enrollment, call the school
office at 476-2434.
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It was also during that meeting that aldermen decided to
postpone the renewal of the fire services contract with Munford and
see what it'd take to form an inde-pendent department.
Town attorney Lyle Jones is working to clar-ify a clause that
would allow each city to termi-nate the contract should one hinder
the progres-sion of fire services.
Though Atoka alder-men have expressed an interest in breaking
the partnership with Mun-ford, Cole said the two cities are better
off as partners.
"We do much better by working together and our citizens are
better served, our ISO ratings are lower " he said. "Overall, the
community is better served if we can keep the department as
one."
In addition to fire services, Atoka is depen-dent upon Munford
for natural gas, water and sewer services.
"All of these things are important to the bigger picture. We are
good for them and they are good
for us. We're good for each other."
Cole said officials from both cities met last week in an effort
to resolve the problem.
The solution to the problem hiring more firefighters is a
solu-tion Munford can't af-ford this fiscal year.
"At this time, our revenues don't support additional
firefight-ers," Cole said. "At any given day we don't have enough
firefighters. We're not adequately staffed."
Atoka can afford it, however, and the city plans to offer
Munford a grant to help pay fire-fighters' salaries.
The proposed plan would contribute ad-ditional funds to the fire
department's budget and create up to two more full-time positions.
Atoka would cover the cost for two years, then Munford would be
re-sponsible for the salaries beginning with the third year.
Both parties are agree-ing to the plan, how-ever it is currently
being reviewed before put in
place. Another plan to help
improve fire protection, in Atoka at least, is the overnight
staffing of the town's Station 3, located on Walker Parkway.
"It's being staffed with volunteers and they're being paid to
stay over-night there," Cole said.
The mayor said his town remains commit-ted to providing
excel-lent fire service to South Tipton County. They've applied for
several grants and are awaiting notifications.
"It's very important to us," he said. "And with the staff we
have, we provide an exceptionally high level of service."
The Munford Board of Mayor and Aldermen meets again at 7 p.m. on
Monday, Dec. 17 at City Hall. The public is invited to attend.
MAFDContinued from A1
and per-capita public health funding.In Tipton County, 33
percent of
adults are reportedly physically inac-tive and 29 percent of
adults are smok-ers. Eighty-two percent of adults have been
screened for diabetes. Only 11 percent of adults in the county
report excessive drinking.
At 2,675 to 1, Tipton County has the second-highest
patient-to-physician ratio of its neighboring counties. By
comparison, Lauderdale County has 5,320 patients per physician and
Shelby County has 863.
For more results, see county-healthrankings.org.
HEALTHContinued from A1
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GOVERNMENT
Above, Ed Timberlake, Jere Hadley and Minnie Bommer were sworn
in to serve as Covington aldermen at the city's meeting on Tuesday
night. At right, Walker Adams is sworn in as an Atoka alderman by
town attorney Lyle Jones on Tuesday, Dec. 4. Photos by Echo Day
New aldermen sworn in across Tipton CountyBy ECHO
[email protected]
New aldermen have been sworn in in several Tipton County boards
recently. In Atoka on Dec. 4, Walker Adams was sworn in to begin
serving a two-year
term. Adams replaces Chris McConnell. Aldermen Bobby Hutchison
and Brett Giannini won their bids for re-election
and were also sworn in by Jones last week.On Tuesday night in
Brighton, Melissa Sartain and Sarah Crocker were sworn
in. The two are filling seats formerly held by Aldermen Jim
Wyatt and Philip Mathis and mayor Jeff Scott won re-election
and were also sworn in. In Covington, Ed Timberlake, Jere Hadley
and Minnie Bommer were sworn in
to serve as Covington aldermen at the city's meeting on Tuesday
night. Bommer and Hadley replaced aldermen Shelvie Rose and Tommy
Hatcher.
Alderman John E. Edwards was re-elected vice mayor by the
board.
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When it was close to Santy com-ing Momma reminded that I must be
good or he wont stop. At this young age all the kids had been told
the same thing by their par-ents. Remember how you got to thinking,
well I wonder if Santy saw me when I was chasing the chickens? I
didnt mean to kick the cat either but I couldnt help it as he got
under my feet. Maybe once I forgot to wash behind my ears before
Sunday school, but I hope no one saw me. I kicked over the oyster
shells and didnt pick them up and Momma wondered why they were
scat-tered so much? Not my fault as the feed trough jumped under my
feet. Since none of this was brought up I figgered Im safe.
Years later when Momma, Dad-dy and I were preparing for Santy
coming, little did I realize just how much Christmas meant to them?
Daddy got a kick out of remind-ing me that I needed to go to bed at
dark. He said, I thought this would make Santy come faster. They
said as soon as we finished supper I blurted, I was sleepy and
ready for bed. They agreed. While reading and sewing Mom-ma
reminded back then often I would barely crack the door and peep to
check under the still empty tree. No Santy. Of course they just
smiled and kept looking busy.
Can you remember how it was
impossible to go to sleep waiting on the fat red suit? Ill admit
there were times I was panic afraid that Santy would pass me by.
Momma and Daddy reminded me our first Christmas or so we didnt have
much but a few gifts that consisted
mostly of clothes we needed. Daddy never got too excited on
wast-ing money for toys that were destroyed in a day or three. Buy
some-thing like work clothes that you can use for several decades.
Some Christmas spirit!
What thrilled Mom-ma promptin her fa-mous giggle was after a few
hours of peepin
I would come in with my bottom lip draggin the wooden floor
and
sit at her feet to reassure me Santy would stop. After a hug and
kiss I felt better because my Momma said, yes he will come. My
Momma loved me and wouldnt tell me a story.
Daddy kept reading his Press-Scimitar newspaper in his easy
chair. Hed slide the paper to the side and remind me that Santy was
comin but not until I was asleep. There are a lot kids he has to
visit and if you are awake Santy is real smart and wont come. Momma
said every time I would check the cookies and glass of sweet milk
to see if he had taken a small swig and maybe a nibble. Once
satis-fied I stumbled back to bed.
What was funny to Momma
and Daddy, once I was asleep, I couldnt hear it thunder much
less the sleigh bells ringin when Santy hit the roof with Rudolph
and Bub-ba. As hard as I tried not once did I wake up before my
parents. They said I would sprint to the living room tree checking
each wrapped gift loudly guessing what was hog tied in a certain
box. Although I desired certain toys it didnt really matter
now.
The warm morning stove would be roaring with the tree lights
flick-ering as I opened my gifts from Santy. Momma and Daddy
re-minded me years later, I carefully took the time to explain how
each toy worked as if they didnt know. Christmas is indeed a
special time of year with the gifts and excite-ment of the little
ones still living in a fantasy world. The hard working, loving
parents make all their wish-es come true. A time to reflect on the
material items we possess, the wonderful friends and family we so
dearly cherish. A time to wor-ship and count our many blessings as
we celebrate our Saviors birth. Be thankful for what we have and
pray for the young folks fighting to protect our country so we may
be able to enjoy the above. How-ever, dont forget and remember the
most important first six letters in Christmas. Thats what its all
aboutSouthern Glory!
Otis Griffin is the author of the book Southern Raisin. He was
born in Charleston, Tenn., and attended Rose-mark Grammar School
and Bolton High School.
Momma said hes on the way
SOUTHERN RAISIN'OTIS GRIFFIN
Whos responsible?The events of Wednesday, 28 November, 2012,
when my husband was victim to a horrific auto-mobile accident on
Highway 51 in Tipton County near Munford, has led me to ask the
question: When a loved one is in an automobile accident and
transported to the Baptist Tipton Hospital by ambulance, who is
responsible for contacting the next of kin?
On Wednesday, 28 November, 2012, my husband did not come home
for dinner. When I called him to see where he was, he appeared to
be in a state of shock and answered he was at the hospital, the
Volvo was mangled and he had been hit by truck an 18 wheel HAZMAT
tankard truck to be exact. I asked my husband about the extent of
his injuries and all he could say was come see for yourself. He
then ended the call because the emergency room doctor had entered
the room and wanted to start evaluating the extent of his
injuries.
Not knowing the extent of his injuries I called Baptist Tipton
to inquire about his condition. Of course given all the HEPPA
restrictions, the person who answered the telephone was unable to
give me any information about the extent of my husbands injuries,
however she did confirm he had been admitted to the emergency room.
When I asked her why no one had contacted me (his emergency
contact) she indicated it was not part of her job. This was the
first service inter-action that led me to ask the question: When a
loved one is in an automobile accident and transported to the
Baptist Tipton Hospital by ambulance, who is responsible for
contacting the next of kin? It also brought to mind another
question: Why does the medical professional ask for emergency
contact information if they do not use it to contact next of kin?
The prayerful drive from Millington to Covington seemed like
forever not knowing the extent of my husbands injuries.
As I learned more about the events of the ac-cident and how the
18 wheel HAZMAT tankard truck had clipped/smashed the left back of
our 1996 Volvo sedan, put the car into an 180-plus degree counter
clockwise spin, hit the left front head on, caught the drivers side
of the car be-tween the truck cab and the trainer and pushed the
car down Highway 51 until it landed in the median in a ditch, all I
could do was praise God for keeping my husband safe and relatively
unharmed during what could have been a fatal accident. According to
my husband he had asked the paramedics and/or Munford police at the
accident scene as they were pulling him out of the car and
strapping him to a stretcher to call his wife and gave them my
phone number. This was the second service interaction that led me
to ask the question: When a loved one is in an au-tomobile accident
and transported to the Baptist Tipton Hospital by ambulance, who is
respon-sible for contacting the next of kin?
I ask this question in hopes that someone in the future will not
experience this lack of service from those who are involved with
emergency/health care. I have also begun to question whether people
in the emergency /health care profession have become so
desensitized by daily routines and bureaucracy that they have
forgot-ten the human side of their business.
To top things off, the truck driver who, as stated in the police
report, was an inexperienced operator, drove into my husbands lane
(with five witnesses confirming the aforementioned events of the
accident) causing the accident and yet there was no indication in
the Munford police report that he was issued a citation. Is that
stan-dard protocol and/or did we overlook it in the police
report?
Its rather pathetic how my husband (and I) were victim to the
events on Wednesday, 28 November, 2012 when an inexperienced
opera-tor of an 18 wheel HAZMAT tanker failed to keep in the proper
lane and we are now expected to relive this horrific accident as we
pursue the companys insurance claim adjuster to ensure they take
responsibility for the damages. Whats wrong with that picture?
Sandra L. Keehner
Cause and effectCharles Krauthammer has a great command
of the American/English language. As a politi-cal analyst he has
the capability of describing a situation with the right mixture of
intelligence and common sense. However, he seems to be at a loss
trying to analyze the outcome of the recent presidential election.
When I asked a knowl-edgeable source for his input, he explained,
Obama got more votes than Romney. This simple yet accurate response
does not satisfy the entire question. It is only the result.
My vocation as a tractor mechanic requires a keen sense of
analyzing problems. An assess-ment of the cause and effects of the
problem provides the bigger picture. We already know the result
more votes. But we want to know how and why. I have street sources
who shall remain anonymous that partially answer that question
quite eloquently. Before sharing the answer please allow me to
elaborate so as to add credence to the assessment.
YOUR TURN
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SEE LETTERS, PAGE A5
Rose Cousar, right, Tipton Countys assessor of property, was a
recent guest speaker at the Covington Exchange Club. Exchangite
Trish Wil-liams introduced Cousar to the club.
Covington High School principal Peggy Murdock spoke about her
school at a recent meeting of the Covington Lions Club. Bill Enzor,
left, was the program chairman and Lowell Friend is club
president.
CIVIC CLUBS
A white Christmas and a sleigh ride.
PRISCILLA BROOKS LEGGETT
A mini bike.
RANDY RAY
As an 8 year old I wished for a drum set...now as a par-ent, I
realize why it didnt show up under the tree!
KENDRA APFEL PARR
As a child I always wanted a grumpy talking care bear and all
the care bears.
AMBER GAY
Peace on earth.
CASSIE SMITH HOY
that you never received but have always wanted?
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www.covingtonleader.com THE LEADER Thursday, December 13, 2012
A5
FINANCIAL FOCUS
Seen one of these people?If so, call:
24-hour number: Central Dispatch 901-475-4300
Sheriffs Office Tipline: 901-475-3307; email:
[email protected]
Tipton County CrimeStoppers 901-476-4411 Or contact any local
law enforcement agency to
report any of these people.
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DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ARREST OR DETAIN ANY OF THE SUBJECTS OF THE
WARRANTS LISTED IN THIS DATABASE. The list is current at the time
of publishing and therefore recent changes in the status of
warrants may not be reflected. It is possible that some warrants
have been resolved and the matter is no longer pending. This
information is being provided as a service to the public; however,
neither the Tipton County Sheriff s Office nor The Leader cannot
guarantee nor assume any liability for the accuracy of the
information at the time of use. All warrants must be verified for
accuracy through our system prior to an apprehension. All persons
charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of
law. NO ATTEMPT SHOULD BE MADE TO APPREHEND THESE INDIVIDUALS
EXCEPT BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PEACE OFFICERS. SOME INDIVIDUALS MAY
BE ARMED AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. If you recognize a
name on the list, if you find your name, or if you find a
discrepancy, please contact the Tipton County Sheriff s Office at
475-3300 or via email at [email protected].
crime stoppers of tipton county inc. is offering a cash reward
of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and
indictment of the person or
persons responsible for the deaths of:
John Curtis Rann, a 24-year-old white male who was found dead
with several gunshot wounds on Black Springs Hill Road in southwest
Tipton County on
Dec. 5, 1986. Rann had been missing since November 26, 1986.
Johnny Poole, a 23-year-old white male whose partially burned
body was found on Oct. 25 1988,
in his burning pickup truck near the boat landing at Piljerk, on
the Hatchie River. Poole had a gunshot
wound in his back.
If you have any information about either of the crimes, call
Crime Stoppers at 901-476-4411. You
will NOT be required to give your name or testify in any court.
The source of information given to Crime
Stoppers will be held in strict confidence.
Bernard, Chaunquinn Joshaben
Born: 2/23/1986150 Towering Heights Rd.
Drummonds, TN 38023Charge: Agg. burglary
Byberg, Michael Anthony
Born: 7/22/195715 Coleman Rd. 13Atoka, TN 38004
Charge: Agg. assault w/injury
Flowers, Daniko DeonBorn: 5/10/1988219 Kincaid Dr.
Munford, TN 38058Charge: Agg. assault with
injury x 2
Franks, Matthew AllenBorn: 3/12/19844477 N. Hwy 51
Henning, TN 38041 Charge: Burglary
Mason, Michael EdwardBorn: 9/9/1985786 Peeler Rd.
Covington, TN 38019Charge: Delivery of
marijuana, domestic assault
Mason, Torey EsterBorn: 3/20/1974
Covington, TN 38019Charge: Agg. burglary (parole violation),
child support, driving on rev. license, poss. marijuna
Nelson, Leif EdwardBorn: 10/22/1963
201 Bass St.Munford, TN 38058Charge: Arson (parole
violation)
Ruffin, Elton TyroneBorn: 3/4/1973
5229 Corkwood Dr.Memphis, TN 38127Charge: Failure to pay
child support x 2
Tolliver, Derrick Dawayne
Born: 4/17/82412 Habitat Cove
Covington, TN 38019Charge: Agg. assault no
injury, disregard traffic order
Williams, Christopher Allen
Born: 12/27/1971217 Boals St.
Covington, TN 38019 Charge: Failure to pay
child support x 2
Bartram, Jennifer Aliene, 26, domestic assault, Dec. 7, TCSO
Brown, Brian Lee, 30, contraband into penal inst., domestic
assault, public intoxication; Dec. 8, MUPD Byrd, Currie Lee, 27,
poss. of drug para. with intent to deliver, Dec. 3, TCSO Caster,
Rafiele, 28, theft over $1,000, simple poss. marijuana; Dec. 3,
MUPD Clemons, Nicole Leann, 20, shoplifting, Dec. 7, TCSO Dalton,
Kenneth Brian, 40, poss. drug para. with intent to deliver,
resisting arrest; Dec. 5, TCSO Deer, Amanda Joyce, 29, failure to
pay child support, driving on rev./canc./susp. license; Dec. 3,
TCSO Douglas, Eddie Duane, 36, convicted felon in poss. of firearm,
poss. firearm/comm. dangerous felon, alteration of items,
resisting, poss. legend. drug w/o prescription, poss. sch. III;
Dec. 6, CPD Douglas, Leo Anthony, 25, criminal impersonation, Dec.
7, TCSO Eubanks, Jr., Michael Ray, 42, agg. assault no injury, Dec.
8, TCSO Flowers, Brandon Terrell, 29, domestic assault, Dec. 3, CPD
Ford, Christopher Brian, 34, promo of meth. manuf., Dec. 5, TCSO
Gillihan, Christopher
Andrew, 43, driving on rev../canc./susp. license; Dec. 2, BPD
Goodwin, Tracy Evette, 30, driving on rev./canc./susp. license,
registration law, theft of motor vehicle; Dec. 8, MPD Govan, Donald
Lloyd, 46, driving on rev./canc./susp. license, Dec. 7, TCSO Hall,
Cynthia Melissa, 44, driving on rev./canc./susp. license, driving
right side of roadway, impeding traffic; Dec. 8, CPD Hall, James
Arness, 46, criminal trespass, shoplifting; Dec. 6, CPD Hall,
Setric Robert, 41, agg. assault with injury, Dec. 7, TCSO Hardee,
David L., 18, simple poss. marijuana, Dec. 7, TCSO Harris, Thomas
Richard, 42, poss. sch. II drug, poss. sch. IV drug; Dec. 5, TCSO
Hobock Jr., Larry Lee, 24, poss. sch. III drug, Dec. 7, TCSO
Hooper, Ashley Lauren, 24, domestic assault, Dec. 4, TCSO Horne,
Scott Eric, 29, driving on rev./canc./susp. license, seat belt law,
no insurance; Dec. 6, CPD Houston, Travis James, 19, DUI first
offense, no seat belt; Dec. 3, MPD Howard, Mary Michelle, 44, DUI
second offense, implied consent law, driving left of center; Dec.
3, MPD Hunt, Ashley Ann, 24,
shoplifting, Dec. 4, TCSO Isome, Randall Eugene, 30, domestic
assault, Dec. 8, CPD Kasinger, James Howard, 30, theft $500 or
less, Dec. 4, TCSO King, Heather Dawn, 21, shoplifting, Dec. 4, CPD
King, Jackie Lavelle, 22, shoplifing, Dec. 4, CPD Link, Damion
Undrel, 25, poss. sch. IV drug, Dec. 8, MPD Malone, A.C., 54,
public intoxication, Dec. 7, CPD McBride, Mario Vonteze, 29, poss.
controlled substance, Dec. 8, MPD McCullar, Jessica Faye, 29,
contempt of court, Dec. 6, TCSO McRee, Pamala Marie, 45, theft,
Dec. 7, TCSO McWherter, Matthew Lawrence, 30, domestic assault,
Dec. 4, APD Miller, Antonio, 34, poss. sch. VI, Dec. 7, TCSO
Miller, Curtis Dewayne, 30, domestic assault, Dec. 2, MUPD Moore,
Anthony Ray, 38, domestic assault, Dec. 7, CPD ONeal, Barbara Sue,
49, theft under $500, Dec. 2, CPD Pinkston, Alanda Domnic, 29,
following too close, driving on rev./canc./susp. license; Dec. 2,
CPD Plourde, Marc William, 46, driving on rev./canc./susp. license,
Dec. 6, BPD Porter, Billie Jean, 36, driving on rev./canc./susp.
license, Dec. 6, BPD Pullen, Cindy Jeanette, 46, driving on
rev./canc./susp. license, worthless check; Dec. 8, BPD
Smith, Stephanie Lynn, 29,violation of truancy law adult, Dec.
7, BPD Smith, Toby Carl, 41, failure to pay child support, Dec. 3,
TCSO Smith, Wallace Melvin, 30, agg. assault with injury, Dec. 5,
TCSO Smith, Warren Percy, 40, disorderly conduct, public
intoxication; Dec. 8, TCSO Stafford Jr., Raymond Frederick, 46,
domestic assault, Dec. 8, TCSO Stephens, Mark Anthony, 40, failure
to pay child support x 3, Dec. 6, BPD Stewart, Michael Alex, 40,
agg. assault no injury, domestic assault; Dec. 7, TCSO Taylor,
Claude Filimore, 33, failure to pay child support, Dec. 3, TCSO
Thompson, Dawn Marie, 33, driving on rev./canc./susp. license, Dec.
7, TCSO Vandiver, Robin Nicole, 30, shoplifting, Dec. 4, TCSO
Walker, Randall Eugene, 28, driving on rev./canc./susp. license,
Dec. 2, BPD Webster, Joshua David, 19, poss. sch. II with intent,
poss. drug para. with intent to deliver; Dec. 2, TCSO White III,
Henry, 53, domestic assault, driving on rev./canc./susp. license;
Dec. 8, TCSO Wilks, Jamarae Rapheal, 19, driving on
rev./canc./susp. license, disregard stop sign, light law; Dec. 6,
TCSO Winchester, Bradley Eugene, 39, public intoxication, Dec. 6,
MPD
Disclaimer: These persons are innocent until proven guilty. They
will face charges in Tipton County General Sessions or Circuit
Court unless warrants for their arrest were issued in another
county (this may or may not be denoted in the listing of
charges).
Under arrestThe following persons were booked into the Tipton
County Correctional Facility during the week of Dec. 2-8.
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
Heres a disturbing statistic: One out of every five Americans
over the age of 65 has been victimized by a financial scheme,
according to the Investor Protection Trust, a nonprofit
organization devoted to investor education. If your parents are in
this age group, should you be concerned? And can you help them
avoid being scammed so that they maintain control over their
finances?
The answer to the first question is yes you should be concerned.
Of course, as the num-bers above show, most aging Americans are not
being swindled, which suggests they can take care of them-selves
quite well. Still, its no secret that many fraud schemes target
seniors because of their concen-trated wealth and in many cases,
trusting nature. And as much as youd like to think otherwise, your
parents could be susceptible to rip-off artists.
Fortunately, in regard to the second question above, you can
indeed take steps to help prevent your parents from being fleeced.
Here are a few suggestions:
Observe their behavior. If you live close to your parents,
listen closely to any new friends, invest-ment deals or sweepstakes
they mention during your normal inter-
actions.. If youre in a different city, try to stay abreast of
your parents behavior by communicating with them frequently and by
checking in with other family members or friends who have occasion
to see your parents.
Urge them to watch out for suspicious e-mails. Youve prob-ably
seen them the e-mails of-fering to reward you with huge amounts of
money if you will only
contact such-and-such from a distant country and then put up a
small sum to initiate some ill-defined transaction. You probably
spam these without a moments thought and you should urge your
par-ents to do the same. Re-mind them that any offer that sounds
too good to be true is, without ques-
tion, neither good nor true. Encourage them to further
their financial education. Law en-forcement agencies, health
care professionals and reputable fi-nancial services providers all
offer personal financial management programs designed specifically
for seniors. Look for these types of programs in your area,
encourage your parents to attend and even consider going with
them.
Become familiar with their fi-nancial situation. Having a
serious discussion with your parents about their finances may not
be easy
but its important. The more you know about their investments,
re-tirement accounts and estate plans, the better prepared youll be
to re-spond helpfully if they mention an action theyre considering
taking that, to you, just doesnt sound ap-propriate.
Suggest professional help. If your parents are already working
with a qualified financial profes-sional, theyre probably less
likely to be victimized by fraud than if they were managing their
finances on their own. And its a good idea for you to know their
financial ad-visor, and for him or her to know you, as you may well
be involved in your parents legacy planning. But if your parents
dont already have a financial advisor, you may want to recommend
one to them, particularly if its someone you al-ready know and
trust.
Its entirely possible that your parents wont need any assistance
in avoiding financial scams. But, just in case, be prepared to act
on the above suggestions. Your inter-vention could help preserve
your parents financial independence.
This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local
Edward Jones Financial Advisor. Steven Jones is an Edward Jones
Financial Advi-sor in Atoka. Visit him at 360 Atoka McLaughlin
Drive or call 901-837-9772.
Help older parents avoid financial scams
FINANCIAL FOCUSSTEVEN J. JONES
At this time there are four basic camps of demo-crats, each with
its own agenda: a) the independent democrat a person who
intelligently examines the issues and feels most comfortable with
the democrats stated plans to address those issues (kudos to that
group!); b) the yel-low dog democrat who, under no circumstances,
would ever, ever vote for a republican. Thanks to natural attrition
this group has been greatly reduced in numbers; c) there are those
democrats who honestly believe in socialism and see the Democrat
Party as the most assessable for their cause. These three groups
did their share to help re-elect President Obama. But the fourth
and newest flock of democrats was the most overwhelm-ing single
force that de-feated Mitt Romney. The street name for this group is
Demostrich. When historians attempt to re-cord the cause and
effects of the 2012 election, three words, not yet officially
recognized by wordsmiths, will accurately serve their
needs. Demostrich is one of those words.
The word is a compound of the words ostrich and democrat. The
mascot of this new gaggle of voters is the ostrich, symbolic of the
creature with its head in the sand. The human counterpart of the
bird keeps his head in the sand regarding political information.
The only time he pulls his head from the sand is at election time.
He is aroused every four years to assume the privilege of casting
his ballot for the democrat candidate. The second word freischidt,
a German street word, defines goods and services over and beyond
the basic needs of food, shelter and clothing provided at no charge
by the govern-ment. Previously these items were considered to be
luxuries.
The pronouncement of freischidt emits the most effective sound
to trumpet the demostriches to pull from the sand to flock to the
polls en masse. A demostrich is already programmed to vote for the
democrat nominee. The timely clarion call by the news media and
campaign ads proclaiming freischidt
provided the link that produced the plurality of numbers needed
to defeat the republicans. It is a costly process. The cam-paign to
re-elect President Obama cost the democrat party about a billion
dol-lars (thats billion, with a B). This expense was covered by
confiscated union dues, Hollywood elites, George Soros, and to a
certain degree by tax payers. The purchased programmed,
unthought-ful vote is equal to Mr. Krauthammers vote in the final
count. It is going to require a tremendous elevation of awareness
and many wise voters to overcome the numbers represented by the
dem-ostriches. The promise of freischidt in return for their
selfish vote is a greedy, yet effective motivation. As this trend
continues we will eventually witness the fundamental change in
America Barack Obama promised. Frankly, I do not like that change
and I hope (and pray) that his socialist agenda fails. To avert
that destiny we must encourage our fellow Americans the
demostriches, to remove their heads from the sand more frequently,
use their
eyes to see and their ears to hear and their minds to
comprehend. There are no free lunches, nor should there by except
for those among us truly in need of the basics: food, shelter, and
clothing.
While demostrich and freischidt describe the cause of the
outcome, a third word ineptocracy defines the effect of this
fal-lacious election: a system of government where the least
capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing. And
where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or
least likely to succeed are rewarded with goods and services paid
for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of
producers.
These three words will likely earn a spot in the next edition of
Simon-Shus-ters New World Dictionary of the American/English
Language. Their defini-tions will each allude to the Nov. 6, 2012
re-election of President Barack Hussein Obama.
Bill WallaceCovington
LETTERSContinued from A4
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Sharon Francies HolmesDate of Death - November 28, 2012
Sharon Francies Holmes, daughter of Sarah Holmes of Browns-ville
and Herbert Henderson, expired November 28, 2012 at Baptist
Hospital, Memphis.
Visitation was Friday Dec. 7, 2012 from 2-7 p.m. (wake 5:30-7)
at Palmer Funeral Home Mason. Services were Saturday at noon at
Belmont CME Church, Mason, with burial in Patterson Cem-etery in
Somerville.
Her loving memories will forever remain in the hearts of her
children: Larmont Holmes of Illinois, Prince Holmes of Somer-ville
and Tonya (Eric) Flemming of Cordova; 12 siblings Willola Marshall,
Jeanette (Jimmie) Cleaves, Bobbie Bonner, Brenda (Ty-rone) Worrles,
Linda (Earl) Taylor, Darlene (Ronnie) Elcan, Shelia Johnson, Angela
and Carolyn Henderson, Melvin (Doris) Davis, Michael Davis and
Herbert Henderson Jr.; 12 grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews,
relatives and friends.
Those awaiting her arrival, the father that reared her as his
own, James H. Davis, and siblings Augustus and James D. Davis,
Earlene Campbell and James Holmes.
The Leader (Covington, Tenn.) December 13, 2012
Haywood WaltonDate of Death - December 1, 2012
Haywood Walton, 68, born to Al (Mary Coach) Walton, expired
December 1, 2012 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis.
Visitation was Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 from 2-7 p.m. at Palmer
Fu-neral Home. Services were Saturday at 11 a.m. at Union Hill MB
Church with burial in church cemetery, both in Gallaway.
Survivors include four siblings, Bernice Walton and Robert
Wal-ton, both of Gallaway, Bessie Terry of Mason and Plummer Walton
of Nashville; a host of other relatives and friends.
Four siblings, Charles, Al, Charlie and Lorine Walton preceed
him in transition.
The Leader (Covington, Tenn.) December 13, 2012
Zayne Hunter DeMezaDate of Death - December 6, 2012
Zayne Hunter DeMeza, 2 week old son of Chelsea and Bryan DeMeza
and Jason Yelvington, passed away December 6, 2012.
He is also survived by his sister, Cayleigh Yelvington of
Mun-ford; grandparents, Christi and Mike Sartain of Atoka Billy and
Donna Whitesides of Munford, and Jake and Carol Yelvington of
Brighton; great-grandparents, Paul and Becky DeLashmit of
Covington, and Patrick and Janelle Cole of Drummonds.
Visitation will be held Friday, Dec. 14) from 1 p.m. until the
service at 2 p.m. at Munford Funeral Home.
The Leader (Covington, Tenn.) December 13, 2012
Mikayla MereAugust 18, 1994 December 6, 2012
Mikayla Mere, 18, of Burlison, passed away on Thursday, December
6. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, December 11 at the
Covington Funeral Home chapel with interment in Magnolia Gardens
Cemetery. She was a graduate of Brighton High
School, recently enlisted in the U. S. Air Force and was a
cashier at Wal-Mart. She is survived by her mother, Penny Mere of
Brighton; her father, Tim Mere of Burlison; one brother, Austin
Mere of Burlison; and her grandparents, Lawrence and Mary Pruitt of
Covington and Tim and Kim Mere of Burlison; and her
great-grandmother, Mary Mere of New York. Friends may sign an
online guestbook at www.covingtonfuneralhome.com.
The Leader (Covington, Tenn.) December 13, 2012
Aubrey Charles PughDate of Death December 6, 2012
US Veteran Aubrey Charles Pugh, 86, son of the late David
(Norphenia Rhodes) Pugh, expired at his residence on December 6,
2012.
Visitation will be held on Friday, Dec, 14, from 1-7 p.m. (wake
5:30-7) at Palmer Funeral Home. Services will be Saturday, Dec. 15
at noon at Hopewell M.B. Church, with burial in church cemetery all
in Mason.
Survivors include a loving wife, Lessie Mae Kelly Pugh; six
children: Johnathan Joe (Geralyn) Hunt, Bobby (Betty) Craw-ford,
Lawrence Pugh, David Pugh, Michael Pugh and Lester (Carolyn) Pugh;
three siblings: Gladys Lewis, Ruth Singleton and Dollie (Horace)
Hall; 19 grandchildren, 17 great grandchil-dren, five great-great
grandchildren, a host of other relatives and friends.
Preceding him in transition are two children, Ronald and Aubrey
Pugh Dunbar, and five siblings, James Johnson, Eddie L. Pugh, Ethel
Warren, William Pugh and Annie B. Pugh Johnson.
The family would like to express its sincere gratitude for the
many expressions of love. May God bless each of you.
The Leader (Covington, Tenn.) December 13, 2012
Nettie B. Currie BrownMay 27, 1927 December 7, 2012
Nettie B. Currie Brown, 85, of Brownsville, died on December 7,
2012. Funeral services will take place at 11 a.m. at Macedonia M.B.
Church on Saturday, Dec. 15.
The Leader (Covington, Tenn.) December 13, 2012
Evelyn Pickard GriffinApril 27, 1924 December 7, 2012
Evelyn Pickard Griffin, 88, a retired waitress and factory
worker for Charms, died on December 7, 2012. She was the widow of
Raymond D. Pickard and Morris A. Griffin and was a member of
Randolph United Methodist Church.
Graveside services took place on Monday, Dec. 10 at Raven-scroft
Cemetery. Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home had charge of
arrangements.
She is survived by her sons, Reggie (Carol) Pickard of Brighton
and Dan (Alysia) Pickard of Covington; daughter Gloria Ann (Wayne)
King of Athens, Ga.; brother Roy Ballard of Munford; sis-ter
Dorothy Craig of Munford; four grandchildren: Craig, Ashton, Carla
and Rachel; and three great-grandchildren: Madison, Ali and
Annabelle.
The Leader (Covington, Tenn.) December 13, 2012
Gina Louise Pirtle Dewalt KitchensJune 28, 1959 December 7,
2012
Gina Louise Pirtle Dewalt Kitchens, 53, of Ripley, died on
December 7, 2012.
Funeral services will take place at 2:30 p.m. at Antioch Curve
Baptist Church in Gates on Saturday, Dec. 15.
The Leader (Covington, Tenn.) December 13, 2012
Lizzie Mae WilliamsDate of Death - December 7, 2012
Lizzie Mae Williams, 89, daughter of the late Claude Somerville
and Ada Mae Williams, expired on December 7, 2012 at Volunteer
Hospital in Martin.
Visitation will be Friday, Dec. 14, from 1-7 p.m. at Palmer
Fu-neral Home. Family will receive friends on Saturday at noon
prior to the services at 1 p.m. at Mason Church of Christ. Burial
will follow at First Baptist Cemetery (aka Bailey), all in
Mason.
Survivors include one sister, Addie B. Herron of Chicago, 10
grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren, a host of other relatives
and friends.
Three children and four siblings preceded her in transition.
The Leader (Covington, Tenn.) December 13, 2012
Ricky Lewis Bowers Sr.Date of Death - December 8, 2012
Ricky Lewis Bowers Sr., 51, of Ripley, died on Saturday,
Decem-ber 8, 2012.
Funeral services will take place at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 16 at
Thompsons Mortuary in Ripley. He will be buried at St. Luke
Cemetery.
The Leader (Covington, Tenn.) December 13, 2012
Jimmy O. MarbryDecember 9, 1942 - December 8, 2012
Jimmy O. Marbry, 69, passed away on December 8, 2012, at his
residence in Conway, S.C. Mr. Marbry was a retired farmer and a
veteran of the United States Army.
Mr. Marbry is survived by his companion, Carolyn Teasley of
Conway, S.C.; daughters Bev-
erly Dunn of Eads and Debra Taylor of Brighton; mother Marie H.
Marbry of Mason; brothers Terry Marbry and Troy Marbry of Mason;
five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation for Mr. Marbry was held on Wednesday, December 12,
from 6-8 p.m. The funeral services will be held on Thursday, Dec.
13 at 11 a.m. at the Maley-Yarbrough Chapel. Interment will be at
Ebenezer Cemetery.
The Leader (Covington, Tenn.) December 13, 2012
Richard Coy MorrisonDate of Death - December 9, 2012
Richard Coy Morrison, 74, of Brighton, a retired over-the-road
truck driver for the Conwood Corporation, died on December 9, 2012.
He was a mason with the Munford lodge, a maintenance man for the
City of Munford and Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton and Standard
Welders.
Funeral services took place on Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 2 p.m. at
Munford Funeral Home. He was buried at Clopton Cemetery.
Mr. Morrison is survived by his wife, Judy Elizabeth Pinner
Morrison; sons Richard Keith (Mayuri) Morrison of Arlington and
Matthew Wade (Carolyn) Morrison of Brighton; sister Nancy Campbell
of Munford; brother Sam Morrison of Covington; and two
grandchildren, Christian Morrison and Kevin Morrison.
The Leader (Covington, Tenn.) December 13, 2012
Willie Pete Clarence SimpsonOctober 4, 1932 December 11,
2012
Willie Pete Clarence Simpson, 80, died on December 11, 2012. He
was a retired bookkeeper for Ferrell Gas and a veteran of the
United States Air Force.
He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Simpson of Covington;
daughter Jacqualyne (Stephen) Wells of Covington; and sister Evelyn
Byars of Covington.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Ruth Barnett. Services for
Mr. Simpson will be held on Friday, Dec. 14 at 2
p.m. at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Chapel. Visitation will take
place on Thursday, Dec. 13 from 5-8 p.m., also at the funeral home.
He will be buried at Covington Memorial Gardens.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2012 A6
www.covingtonleader.comObituaries
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That being said, many more people avoid flying than are able to
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equivalent of a fully loaded 747 crashing ev-ery other day.
According to a congressionally man-dated study on Medicare
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least one unintended-harm that prolonged his or her stay, caused
permanent injury, required life-sustaining
treatment, or resulted in death. In a 2004 study, 20 out of 40
doc-tors ties were contaminated with dangerous bacteria. These ties
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staph bacteria on 17 out of 84 stethoscopes!
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Community EventsThe Community Calendar is a
free service offered by The Leader. We make every effort to
include all submissions for this section, however these items are
printed as space becomes available. To guar-antee your event to be
in the paper would require paid advertising. A complete list
appears in the Com-munity Events section on our web site,
www.covingtonleader.com
December 13The Tipton County Commis-
sion on Aging, located at 401 S. College St. in Covington, is
hosting a Christmas open house from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Mrs. Kerry
Overton has recently joined the TCCA staff as our new director. The
community is invited to meet her along with the other staff,
participants, and board members. The community is also invited to
take an angel from the Angel Tree. Please bring gifts to the TCCA
center on or before Dec. 19. They will be given out at the seniors
Christmas luncheon.
The National Active & Re-tired Federal Employees
As-sociation, Chapter 1382 meet-ing and annual Christmas luncheon
will be held at noon at Old Timers Restaurant in Millington. The
installation of the 2013 Officers for the chap-ter will also be
conducted. For
more information, call Carolyn Cribbis at 413-7123.
There will be a Row Crop Production meeting at 8 a.m. at Post
Office Barbeque, located at 9234 Hwy. 51 S. in Atoka. The event
will feature speakers Dr. Larry Steckel on glyphosate re-sistant
weed management, Bob Williams on corn and soybean varieties, Dr.
Chris Main with a cotton update, and Dr. Angela McClure on GoBean
fertility trials on soybeans. Breakfast will be provided. For more
in-formation, call Becky Muller at 752-1207.
January 8A Munford and Drummonds
area Neighborhood Watch meeting will be held at the
Qui-to/Drummonds Volunteer Fire Department from 7-8 p.m. For more
information call Barbara Borum at 837-3244.
January 9The second annual Exchange
Club Fish Fry will be held at the First Baptist Church Family
Life Center. The menu will include fried fish, blackened catfish,
hush puppies, fries and slaw. Carry outs will be available at 5:30
p.m and dine in from 6 to 7 p.m. The cost is $7 per plate.
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Cougars sweep IndiansLady Cougars recover from slow start
Boys move to 1-1 in league play with win
TodayUSJ @ TRA
FridayMunford @ BrightonCatholic @ TRARipley @ Covington
SaturdayMunford @ Covington
What'sNext
Munford's Precious Mills maneuvers from room in the paint during
action against Jackson North Side on Friday. Mills scored 10 points
as Munford remained perfect in league play with a 50-46 win. Photo
by Jeff Ireland
By JEFF [email protected]
Two minutes into the third quar-ter of Friday night's
Munford-Jackson North Side girls basketball game, the Lady Cougars
found themselves trailing the one-win Lady Indians 32-25.
Munford head coach Steve Poin-dexter was not happy.
The Lady Cougars rallied for a 50-46 home win to move to 2-0 in
league play and 7-2 overall, but it didn't make the coach feel much
better after the game.
We weren't taking pride in play-ing to our potential, Poindexter
said. We were assuming we would win. We played like an immature
team. I'm very disappointed.
Munford went on a 7-0 run mid-way through the third quarter. The
burst was punctuated by a 3-pointer from Precious Mills with 4:45
left in the third that tied the score at 32.
The Lady Cougars fell behind by three early in the fourth
quarter, but Shaliyah Wiggins hit the third of her three 3-pointers
moments later to tie the score and Robneisha Lee scored with 6:52
left to give Mun-ford a two-point lead they would never lose.
North Side (1-8, 0-2) trailed by two with four seconds left and
had a chance to tie the game before a turnover.
Kierra Webb hit a pair of free
By JEFF [email protected]
Jackson North Side had a plan go-ing into Friday night's
District 13-AAA game at Munford: slow down senior Jonathan
Stark.
The Indians deployed a box-and-one defense in an attempt to
limit the Cougars' leading scorer.
Stark was held to 10 points, less than half of his scoring
average, but it didn't keep the Cougars from win-ning 45-40 to move
to 1-1 in league play.
I knew it was coming, Munford coach Butch Hopkins said about the
Indians' defensive strategy. I thought Jonathan handled it. He
played defense. He didn't force things and when he got openings he
took advantage of it.
With 2:23 left in the game, Mun-ford (7-2) led 39-37 before
scoring six straight points to seal the win.
Stark and Andrea' Bell each hit a pair of free throws during the
stretch and Kylon Hall had a dunk.
North Side's defense gave Mun-ford's perimeter shooters plenty
of opportunities, but the shots were not going down for the most
part.
We weren't making them, but I told them when you're open you've
got to take them, Hopkins said.
Bell led Munford with 18 points and Hall finished with
eight.
Munford lost its district opener at Dyer County on Dec. 4 and
will have
SEE MHS, PAGE A8 SEE BOYS, PAGE A8
By STEVE [email protected]
The Chargers dug a deep hole in the first half Tuesday at Martin
West-view, falling behind by as many as 15 points before prevailing
84-79.
Covington took a 30-29 lead halfway through the second period,
only to see Westview go on a 21-9 run to close the half with a
50-39 advantage.
The Chargers (8-5 overall, 5-0 District 13-AA) came out firing
in the second half and took the lead for good, 64-63, on a bucket
by Demetri-us Dyson, who was the games high scorer with 28
points.
CHS would build a 10-point cushion at 76-66 but Westview did not
quit, cutting the margin to 80-79 with 34.1 sec-onds left.
Back-to-back
conversions of one-and-one opportunities by Dyson inside 10
seconds held off Westview (8-3, 4-1) to seal the win. Che-via
Hughes had his best night as a Charger, chip-ping in 15 points.
Bobby Shanks scored 10, includ-ing three big stick backs in the
fourth and Jaylin Dyson shook off the foot-ball doldrums with 10
points.
CHS prevailed against arguably the two best guards in the
district, An-tonio Hogard and Jazell Baker, who tallied 23 and 18,
respectively.
In action Friday, trou-ble rebounding and hit-ting shots from
the floor were a major issue for the Chargers at Dyersburg.
Covington connected on 24 of 30 free throws for 35 percent of
their point total in a 69-56 win
Chargers rally past Westview
BHS downs JCMBy JEFF [email protected]
Alaina Bierdz had a big game Saturday night in Jackson to lead
Brighton to a 54-17 win over Jack-son Central-Merry.
Bierdz scored a game-high 24 points and grabbed seven rebounds
to lead the Lady Cardi-nals (2-6) to their second win of the
season.
Katelyn Price and Shay-na Johnson each added six points and
McCallie Ruffin had a strong all-around game with five points,
eight rebounds and five assists.
On Friday in the Lady Cards fell at Millington 52-33.
Bierdz led Brighton with 11 points. Ruffin had nine points and
four
SEE CHS, PAGE A8
SEE BHS, PAGE A8
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a chance to get above the .500 mark in the league tomorrow at
Brigh-ton, the team that Stark played for last year.
Hopkins said he was happy to be leaving the gym Friday with a
win.
It was an awful game But it's nice when you can play that poorly
and still win, Hopkins said. There's a few times in the year when
you play ugly. If you can win when you play ugly, that means you
have done something.
throws with two seconds left to seal the win.
Lee, the team's leading scorer, scored six of her 10 points in
the fourth quarter. Mills also had 10 and Wiggins finshed with
nine.
Brendi Stokes kept North Side in the game with six 3-pointers in
the first half and led all scor-ers with 23.
This time of the year is about getting better, Poindexter said.
Tonight was absolutely not that. We went through the mo-tions like
we didn't care. That's not what we do.
rebounds and Teiona Lewis finished with six points and four
boards.
In boys action, Milling-ton defeated Brighton (0-7) 70-44.
Jericho Williams led the Cardinals with 15 points and Lorenzo
Hunt added 10.
Jordan Browning paced Millington (5-1) with 17 points.
over the Trojans.CHS had difficulty
pulling away from Dy-ersburg (3-6) until late in the fourth
period. The Trojans sliced a steady 8-10 point advantage to five at
48-43 early in the fourth period only to see the Chargers mount a
21-7 run to build a 69-52 lead with less than two minutes
remaining.
Demetrius Dyson took game scoring hon-ors with a season high 35
points. Jaylin Dyson, fresh off the gridiron, was the only other
Charger in double figures with 10 points.
Munford senior Kameron Foster brings the ball upcourt during
action against Jackson North Side on Friday. Photo by Jeff
Ireland
BHSContinued from A7
CHSContinued from A7
MHSContinued from A7
BOYSContinued from A7
MHS keeper signs scholarshipBy JEFF
[email protected]
Munford senior Alex Selby has been one of the reasons for the
improve-ment of the Lady Cou-gars soccer program the last four
years.
Last Thursday the Lady Cougar goalkeeper was rewarded for her
ac-complishments when she signed a soccer scholar-ship with
Mississippi College in Clinton, Miss.
Selby started every game of her career in goal for Munford and
holds school records for shutouts in a season and career, goals
against av-erage, save percentage and minutes played.
She chose this Divi-sion III school over other schools for the
opportu-nity that they provided to play soccer and major in
biochemistry, said Kyle Selby, her father and
coach at Munford. Selby has excelled
off the pitch as well, maintaining a 4.0 GPA and winning
academic
awards from the Ten-nessee Secondary School Athletic Association
and National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
She helped Munford to a district championship this season and
second place nishes in 2010 and 2011.
Munford senior Alex Selby signs a soccer scholarship with
Mississippi College in front of her her parents, Kyle and Cheryl
Selby, and MHS athletic director Steve McCullough.
Martin Westview hands Lady Chargers first lossBy STEVE
[email protected]
The Lady Chargers have tradi-tionally not played well at Martin
Westview and Tuesday night was no exception.
Unable to rebound or hit from the floor, CHS (10-1, 4-1)
suffered their first loss of the season, falling 54-40 to the
Westview Lady Char-gers (10-1, 5-0).
From the beginning, Coving-ton appeared to be sleepwalking.
Playing without their standout point guard, Precious Harvey, who
was sidelined with an injury, CHS seemed to take the night off.
We did not play, said Coving-
ton coach Dion Real. It was as if they said without Harvey that
they were not going to play ei-ther. There was an attitude that we
have so much talent that we do not have to go all out. That is
about to change.
The score is no indication of the magnitude of the loss.
Had it not been for Precious Dy-sons game high 23 points,
Cov-ington would have been drubbed. Teddy Vincent led Westview with
19 points. Tiffany Rechis added 16 and Kaley Leyhue 15 for the
north-ern Lady Chargers.
Ashia Jones 35-point perfor-mance at Dyersburg last Friday was
enough to propel Covington
past the usually tough Lady Tro-jans 75-68.
What appeared to be a laugher when Covington took its biggest
lead at 58-36 late in the third pe-riod turned into a
nailbiter.
Over the last two minutes of the third quarter and the first two
of the fourth, Dyersburg (2-4) out-scored CHS 32-6 to get within
six at 64-58 with 5:45 left.
With Precious Dyson talking up the slack on a late 3-pointer and
a pair of free throws, CHS pushed back out to a 10 point lead and
held on for the final two minutes for the win. Dyson had 18 points
in the contest.
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pleas
have been made in cas-es involving numerous charges with wild
hogs in Moore and Lewis coun-ties in Middle Tennessee.Dr. Stacy
Smith of
Lynchburg pleadedguilty to 16 counts of
il-legalpossessionofwild-life. He also
pleadedguiltytofailuretouseanapproved source, failureto maintain
records fora preserve, violation ofa quarantine order and criminal
conspiracy. Theveterinarian will have to pay $4,944 in fines
andcourt costs.Timothy Chapman of
Mt. Pleasant pleadedguilty to seven counts of illegal possession
ofwildlife. He receivedfines and court costs to-taling $1654 and
loss of
hishuntingandtrappingprivilegesforoneyear.
The cases involved a jointeffortfromtheTen-nessee
WildlifeResourcesAgen-cyspecial inves-tigation unit, wildlife
officersfromTWRARe-gion II and III, Moore County
DistrictAttorney,Lewis County
DistrictAttorneyandtheTennesseeDepartmentofAgriculture.
The Smith case was settledAug.7,while theChapmanpleaagreementwas
made Sept. 17. Theannouncement comes as a reward program
hasnowbeenestablishedforinformation leading toa conviction of
personsdealing in the sale, illegal
transportation and/orstockingofwildhogs.A reward of $3,500
is
now in effect and madepossible byc o n t r i b u t i o n s from
TWRA,the Tennessee Department ofAgriculture, theTennessee Farm
Bureau Federa-tion and the Ten-nessee Ornitho-
logical Society.Wild hogs cause ex-
tensive damage to farmcrops and wildlife habi-tat and contribute
to ex-treme erosion and stream pollution and an
arraydiseasesharmful to live-stock or other animals aand humans.A
primary reason for
wild hogs' rapid spreadis illegal movement by
those who wish to es-tablish hog populationsforhunting inareas
thatmay have little or no wild hog populations. Illegaltransport
and release isthe leading contributing factor in the spread ofwild
hogs.The TWRA is among
the more than 20 entities fromprivatesectororga-nizations and
state gov-ernment agencies that have signed a Memoran-dum of
Understanding(MOU)agreeingtoworkcooperatively in regardto wild
hogs. The partnership be-
tween the private sec-tor and state agencies is working jointly
to create and implement outreachtools to effectively dis-seminate
information tothe public, defining the
problemsassociatedwithwild hogs in Tennessee and how the parties
areworkingcooperativelytohelp landownerscombatthe problems
associatedwith wild hogs.
Arnold Bull hosts Wild-life Chatter on WKBJ and has won numerous
awards for his writing and televi-sion work. He can be reached at
476-4601 or [email protected].
Wildlife ChatterBy Arnold Bull
Dalton Ray, son of Jimmy and Kacie Ray, killed this
eight-pointer while hunting in Cottonlake Bottom.
JD Rankin, 9 of Henning, killed his first buck, an 8 point,
while hunting with his grandfather, David Rankin of Whitwell, on
Thanksgiving Day. The deer was killed behind JD's house on a farm
owned by his other grandfather, Neal Crain, of Ripley.
Curtis Fayne, left, outdid his friend Arzelle Elam by a wide
margin fishing in Covington on Monday morning. Fayne caught a
seven-pound bass while Elam had to settle for a 1.5-pounder. It's
all in fun, said Elam. They're really biting now so we'll be back
out there. Photo by Jeff Ireland
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