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The LeaderThursday, January 3, 2013 ▪ vol . 129 , no. 8 ▪ The voice of TipTon CounTy s ince 1886 ▪ $1

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Talking trash: cities see changesFor two cities in Tipton Coun-

ty, trash is the talk of the town. In Atoka, a town-administered

trash collection plan comes to fruition Monday, more than a year after it was first proposed to the Board of Mayor and Al-dermen.

“We think it makes sense for our residents and we’re con-fident it will add value to our town,” said Town Administra-tor Brian Koral Wednesday.

Granted a franchise for the provision of public utilities and services, the Town of Atoka’s

trash collection reduces the cost of services for residents from $30-35 per month to $15.

Additionally, there will be fewer garbage trucks will be on Atoka roadways, which will reduce wear and tear on the roads.

Beginning Monday, Jan. 7, curbside collection will be un-derway for Atoka residents who didn’t opt-out of the plan.

Koral said the city currently has approximately 2,000 cus-tomers.

“That’s right where we ex-

pected to be, and it will increase over time.”

Collection will be conducted by Republic Services, the same vendor in use in Covington, which changes collection dates in the county seat.

“Basically, if you were on a Monday route, you’re now on a Wednesday route,” said Cov-ington Public Works Director Robert Martin Simpson.

Simpson said other residential routes remain unchanged.

The City of Covington has used Republic, and its predeces-

sors, as vendors for waste collec-tion for nearly a decade.

“They’ve always done a good job for us,” Simpson said.

Customers with concerns about trash collection services can call 901-837-5301 in Atoka and 901-476-7191 in Covington.

Atoka gets new collection

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sees trash day change

By ECHO [email protected]

A free curbside Christmas tree pick-up will take place Satur-

day, Jan. 5 in Atoka. Please have trees outside by 8 a.m.

Working on Total Fitness


Jason Glass is expecting you. As the owner of the county's newest 24-hour gym, he knows the

beginning of a new year means you'll be more than likely to join a gym now than when he opened Total Fitness in July.

"No matter where you go, it's gonna be a bigger crowd, but as you can see, we're a pretty well-supplied facility," he said. "And even with a bigger crowd, I think we're going to be fine, there won't be any waits."

Glass opened the gym this sum-mer and the reception has been fantastic.

"Everyone's been very well pleased. People can use the gym at all hours. Some people work at some of the local factories that go 24 hours and they get off at 2 o'clock in the morning, then they come in the gym. People come in through any part of the day and they like the fact that we have 24-

hour products." The beauty of a 24-hour gym,

he said, is that you don't have to worry about a big crowd and can work out whenever they want.

"People are more likely to stick with their program because they can schedule their exercise time at their convenience. They don't have to worry about trying to squeeze it in before the gym closes. If you're a night owl, come in at 11 o'clock at night if that's your preferred time to work out."

Total Fitness, located in the shopping center south of Wal-mart in Covington, offers clients top of the line fitness equipment, such as Life Fitness and Hammer

Top, clients use the treadmills at Total Fitness. The gym also offers personal training services (above). Photos by Echo Day

Sea of Blue to honor late trooperBy ECHO [email protected]

On Monday, the Tipton County Sher-iff’s Office will lead the annual Sea of Blue processional to honor fallen state trooper Calvin Wayne Jenks.

Marking the sixth anniversary of Jenks’ death, the sea of blue consists of law enforcement officers from various agencies traveling together from the Justice Complex to the spot on Hwy. 14 where Jenks was killed.

“It’s a simple memo-rial, but it’s very moving each year to see how the community support has grown,” said Tipton County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Donna Turner.

Jenks was fa-tally shot on Jan. 6, 2007, during a traffic stop on Hwy. 14 near the Gift commu-nity, east of Covington.

Orlando Garcia and Alejandro Gauna, both of Austin, Texas, were convicted of his murder in 2007 and 2008. The two, teenagers at the time of the killing, were in Tennessee to sell marijuana.

In addition to their murder convic-tions, both have since been convicted on federal drug trafficking charges and are currently in federal custody.

Turner said the procession, which follows the route officers believe Jenks took from the Justice Complex to Hwy. 14, is a reflection on the ultimate sacri-fice given.

“This is a unique service started the year after Jenks was killed,” she said. “There are different officers from dif-ferent departments involved; it’s one simple thing that brings officers to-gether.”

The sea of blue will begin at the Jus-tice Complex at 5:30 p.m., will proceed to Hwy. 59, then down Hwy. 14 and stopping at the site of Jenks’ memorial, where a lone THP cruiser will be wait-ing. The procession will gather at the site of the memorial for a brief prayer and moment of silence and will con-clude by following the lone THP cruiser

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Strength, and round-the-clock classes and tanning beds.

"Since we’re a 24-hour facility, we want our clients to have ac-cess to everything we have all the time."

No matter what the clock says, clients have the opportunity to take part in group exercise classes, one-on-one fitness on-demand training and more.

"We have any kind of class you can imagine, from cardio kickboxing to step aerobics to ab classes, zumba classes, we’ve even got classes similar to P90X," he said."It’s updated every month with new classes and you have your own private classroom, you can do it alone or with a few friends. You don’t have to be in a class with 15 other strangers."

Technology has made it possible to take a Zumba class at 3 a.m., for

instance."A lot of people are surprised

when they come in because they don't realize all of the unique technology that we offer."

The gym also offers plenty of other features, such as free weights and core equipment, and the elliptical machines, treadmills and bikes all have flat-screen LCD TVs and Apple docking stations.

These are just some of the many comforts Total Fitness provides.

Glass, a former physical educa-tion teacher at Crestview Elemen-tary, said a lifelong dream was realized when he opened the gym. The biggest hurdle, he said, was securing the lease.

"This is probably the ideal location in Covington. We're sur-rounded by restaurants, we've got Walmart and everybody goes to Walmart. People are coming to the

restaurants and they're going to realize they need to lose weight and here we are."

Unlike other gyms, Total Fitness offers transparent pricing.

"Ours is one price, all inclusive, at $34.95 per month. That's 24-hour tanning, 24-hour group exer-cises plus all of the live classes, fit-ness on demand. There's one price point, which is a little higher, but there's no enrollment fee right now. We don't have any annual fees, either."

Glass said it's been very reward-ing being able to offer the commu-nity another fitness solution.

"I think that we need this," he said.

For more information about Total Fitness, visit www.totalfit-ness247.com or stop by 1655 Hwy 51 South, Suite L.

Total Fitness owner Jason Glass, pictured, said a lifelong dream was realized when he opened the gym this summer. Photos by Echo Day.

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December was a busy month for Covington’s drug unit.

On Thursday, Dec. 6, drug officers approached several males in the area of Stitt Street, the smell of marijuana allegedly lingered in the air. Eddie Douglas, 36, began to flee but was caught after a brief chase.

Police reports indicate Douglas had a Hydro-codone pill and 26 Que-tiapine pills in a prescrip-tion bottle in his pocket. Additionally, Douglas was carrying a .25 caliber

handgun whose serial numbers had been filed off.

He was charged with resisting arrest, posses-sion of legend drugs without a prescription, possession of schedule

III drugs, possession of a firearm with intent to go armed and altering the serial numbers on the firearm.

Two days later, officers stopped 21-year-old Na-tosha Cleaves of Ripley

near the intersection of Peeler and Best for a tail

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to the intersection of highways 14 and 54. “This memorial serves as a reminder to every law enforcement officer of the

dangers that our profession holds and the ultimate sacrifice that Trooper Jenks made and the sacrifices made every day by law enforcement officers throughout ournation,”saidTiptonCountySheriffJ.T.“Pancho”Chumley.“Asweholdthismemorial, please pray for the families of those law enforcement officers who have been killed in the line of duty and for the continued safety of the many men and women who serve this community and state every day.”

light violation. Officers reported smell-ing marijuana as they approached the vehicle and Cleaves admitted to having a bag of marijuana hidden in her bra.

The bag contained 1.2 grams of the drug. She was cited into court, charged with the tail light violation and simple possession of marijuana.

While serving a search warrant in the 800 block of Craig Street, officers found drug scales and bags in addition to marijuana, Hydrocodone pills and a 380 caliber pistol. Gerald Stott, 49, was arrested and charged with posses-sion of a firearm in the commission of a dangerous felony, possession of sched-ule III with intent, simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug para-phernalia.

Other search warrant brought in still more arrests.

During a search warrant at a Tipton Village apartment, officers found 14 grams of marijuana in the living room, 16.8 grams of loose marijuana on the coffee table and 8.9 grams of mari-juana on the couch in addition to digi-tal scales used to measure the drugs. Corey Somerville, 26, was arrested and charged with possession of schedule VI

with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Two days later, a search warrant at a Broadmeadow Place apartment netted seven bags of marijuana weighing 6.7 grams and a 22 caliber handgun was located under a mattress. Another .4grams of marijuana and a set of digital scales were found in the kitchen. Ken-neth Gibbs Jr. was charged with pos-session of schedule VI with intent and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Following up on a report of drug ac-tivity, officers responded to a residence in the 400 block of West Ripley Aveand could smell marijuana when they knocked on the door.A search of theresidence resulted in the discovery of numerous gun rounds throughout the home, along with marijuana, marijuana roaches, plastic bags, sacales and evi-dence of phone calls relating to narcot-ics sales. Christopher Purham, 27, and Delance Ivy, 26, were both arrested and charged with simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug para-phernalia.

The Craig Street and Broadmeadow apartment both had children present when the drugs were found.

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Woman charged with TennCare fraudWrites letter to Leader asking for computer, fence for dogs


Last month a Drummonds woman was charged with Tenn-Care fraud, accused of using state benefits to “doctor shop.”

The Office of the Inspector General reports 50-year-old Faith Marie De’Forge was arrested on four counts of fraudulently using TennCare to obtain controlled substances for the painkiller Hydrocodone, using TennCare public healthcare benefits to pay for either the clinical visits or the prescriptions.

“Law enforcement, healthcare providers and others are working hard against the abuse of prescrip-

tion drugs in Tennessee,” Inspec-tor General Deborah Faulkner said. “We’re committed to en-suring the TennCare program is used appropriately by the people eligible to receive it – TennCare fraud is against the law.”

De’Forge, however, disputes the allegations.

“I’m not guilty of it,” she said Wednesday afternoon. “They think I’m selling Lortabs; I’m not. They have no proof of it.”

De’Forge, who recently wrote a letter to the editor stating she and her mother were needy and would like a computer and a fence for their two dogs from Santa, said she’s had 17 surgeries and uses her painkillers.

“I need my pain pills. Why would I want to sell them?”

In her letter to The Leader, De’Forge said she and her 77-year-old “barely make it” and would like someone to help a couple of elderly women.

“It is one you might not believe, but it is true,” she said. “With no family helping … we do for each other.” AfteracalltoDe’Forgeto

clarify her wishes and get a com-ment about her charges, she stated she no longer wanted help from The Leader.

Each TennCare fraud charge is a Class E felony and carries a sen-tence of up to two years in prison. This was De’Forge’s first arrest in Tipton County. DistrictAttorneyGeneralMike

Dunavant is prosecuting the case.

Faith Marie De'Forge, 50, was recently charged with TennCare fraud for alleged "doctor shopping."

By JUSTIN HANSONWMC-TV

A Covington pas-tor was sitting down to read the word of God on his iPad, when it was yanked from right out of his hands.At any given time on

any given day, Coving-ton McDonald's has a line outside and in.

But over the weekend, customers there were treated to a little more than a Big Mac.

"We went in, heard the preacher screaming and tried to figure out what was going on with him," said resident DeVante

Hill.Hill was get-

ting lunch on Saturday when he heard a cus-tomer yell out stop, then saw a man running out of the door.

That customer was local Baptist minister Mike Melton.

Melton said the man running had just taken the iPad he'd gotten for Christmas right out of his hands.

Pastor Melton tells Action News Five he'dgone into McDonald's to eat lunch and use their

free Wi-Fi to download the Bible onto his new iPad.

Covington Police quick-ly caught up 21-year-old Sheldon Moore.

Moore is charged with

theft. Police chased him

down in the Pizza Hut parking lot just down Highway 51.

"Once they recovered it, I helped him download the find my iPad app so if this happens again, he can go back and track it

down," Hill added.Hill grew up in Cov-

ington.He said criminals there

are becoming more bra-zen.

"It says they don't care about the law, don't care about their im-age. They're not hiding it, they're just blatantly breaking the law and something has to be done about it," he continued.

Sheldon Moore is out of jail on bond.

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Mother Nature helps catch stowawaysBy ECHO [email protected]

If it wasn’t for the wind, Coleman AdkinandDonaldKinmanmighthavemade it to the Big Easy.Sometimes, though, Mother Nature

messes with even the best of plans. “The wind was blowing his hair, and

that’s when I saw him,” said Mason Police Chief James Paris of the Dec. 20 incident. “They were outside the grain car, just laying on the back side of it.”

Stowaways, the two men hitched a ride on a train from Johnson City to Nashville, then boarded in Nashvilleovernight. Paris said they had plans to gotoMemphisandthenontoNewOr-leans.

But special agents with CSX had oth-

er plans for the two men. The train was stopped on Main Street and Paris and Lt. John Sommers were waiting.

“Both of the subjects were ordered off of the train,” he said. “One complied and the other jumped from the train and tried to walk away, but was appre-hended a short distance later. He didn’t think anything was wrong with taking the train.”Adkin, 20, from Johnson City, and

Kinman,ofBenson,Ariz.,werechargedwith criminal trespassing on a railway train.

Paris said people who stow away on trains are prosecuted because they’re in violation of the Homeland Security Act.

Each has a $2,000 bond and was still in custody at press time.

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What If...many changes were made to help all of our society, instead of just benefiting a few? What If…Our United States of our America stopped sending money overseas to foreign coun-tries, supposedly to maintain good relations? What If...we sent my Southern Country farmers crops overseas, instead? What If...the countries couldn’t use our money we send to buy merchandise from other overseas countries?

What If...Crop prices increased in Charleston and instead of send-ing money, make the U. S Depart-ment of Agriculture buy my dear farm-ers’ crops. Instead, send cotton for clothes, corn and beans for nourish-ment. My farmers should get the mon-ey as deserved. Pres-ently, my hardwork-ing farmers can’t make a decent living and that is why over 21,000 farmers gave up the ghost last year. The guv’mint, which is actually us, desperately needs to take care of all the hardworking farmers first and foremost.

What If....we didn’t have hospi-tals filled to the brim with ‘pore’ ole sick folks? What If...we could empty the hospitals beds and fill the church pews?

What If...we could take all the convicts out of the warm, soft feathery beds and make ’em clean out ditches, whack down fence rows and build roads. Sho’ would

save the tax payers a lot of money. These criminals have broken laws against decent folks and yet they are treated like nobility. What If...the lawyers that defend these crim-inals had to go before the judge at sentencing? What If...the convict and lawyer have to serve the same amount of time? Do you think this would cut down on lawyer adver-tising?

What If...Politicians were held accountable for what they say they will do, when elected? If not com-pleted, chunk ’em out of office. Of course, politics are just like wood

ticks, dog ticks, and seed ticks. They are all the same...Yep, just plain old parasites.

What If...the lawmak-ers, who make laws on how to run a school sys-tem, had to raise curtain climbers to obtain a first hand experience? What If...the same law enactin’ folks had to teach school before their laws were enacted? What If...after teaching experience these

self glorified law makers might be qualified to enact

some workable laws. I bet some changes would be made for the better.

What If...a man that could work, still would! A woman that could cook, still would! Don’t you know that gullies would be full of micro-waves. What If...Country music sounded like it should, and did, many years ago. Not like some hoot owl chasing a squawkin’ chicken through a blackberry thicket as it today. What If...a per-

son was judged on talent, whether singin’, movies, art or whatever gift the Good Lord bestowed upon them, instead of looks, politics or connections? There would be some changes immediately, if not yesterday!

What If...the school system and the parents agreed there would be no discipline problems. The teacher could teach and the par-ents would make their little tree benders behave. What If...a good whooping at school, followed by one that afternoon could mean some kids might be reminded how to “ack-rite”. Now it’s SUE every-body, if you ‘touch’ my little angel with pointed horns and a floppin’ cape.

What If...hog and cattle prices rose to reasonable rates? What If...the AG. Dept. in Washington guv’mint had to explain how a ‘pore’ farmer can sell hogs for 40 cents a pound, yet we have to pay $5.00 a pound for pork chops at the sto’.

Neighbor, these problems have been created by skullduggery and some carpet baggery, greedy in-dividuals. What the world needs now is more compassion, car-ing and love for our fellowman. Proudly I recommend appointing all Redneck Southerners to run the world as my people have inherited those unique ideals. Now we got a Happy New Year!

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‘What if ?’ is Griffin’s motto for the new year

letter to the editor

If you don’t mind me saying, 2012 was a tough year. Last year, on Jan. 5, I was officially diagnosed with Stage 4 throat and neck cancer. A year later I am in remission and it appears we licked this killer. Of course, I will need to be watched carefully for a few years, but I have been at peace through the treatments and at peace now that I am in recovery. Still, I don’t want to go through that again.

The year 2012 was also tough as the political change I had hoped for did not take place at the national level. Still, Tennessee and Wyo-ming, my two home states, did well and I expect good things from the leaders of these states.

I am looking forward to 2013, and not because there are guarantees of good health or improved politics coming

from Washington, D.C. The nation is in a fiscal crisis, the culture lacks respect for life and responsible liberty, and the world is not a safer place.

Still, I know Who is in control of what really matters and trust the sovereign will of our Cre-ator. Though the walls fall all around us, we are in the midst of a raging storm in this nation, and what seems as dear as a culture seems to be slip-ping through our hand, I know that greatness does not depend on national borders, goodness on the hearts of men, nor gravity on an accident of phys-ics. I forget this sometimes, but none of these de-pend on me either –thank God!

2012 brought the birth of our newest grandson and first child to carry the family name, Evan James Hardin. Together with Alex, Austin, Jade Ashlee, Jude, Ceajae and Shaw, Debbie and I can focus on what really matters in 2013 and beyond – grandchildren. Ok, we can focus on the kids too, but we all know it is the grandchildren who really matter, at least to the grandparents.

My New Year’s wish for these dear ones and all of the dear ones in this wonderful land is that each would grow in faith in God, know the tender love of family and enjoy the blessings of good friends.

Just like the years before, 2013 will be mostly what each of us makes of it, so let’s welcome the Year. It doesn’t matter who gets elected, just what we elect to do with our lives. A healthy body is important, but a healthy soul is eternal. Let’s make 2013 rock! Happy New Year.

Jim Hardin is a sixth-generation Tennessean and former Republican candidate for the District 81 Ten-nessee State House of Representatives seat. Retired from the Navy, Hardin writes opinion columns regu-larly for The Leader.

Let’s make the year 2013 rock

Jim Hardin

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Consider for a moment how many of us have benefited from U.S. research universities’ advanc-es in antibiotics, X-rays or transistors — and how many more sit on pins and needles in an-ticipation of the next innovations in cancer treatment, spinal cord repair or drought-resis-tant seeds.

Now imagine a world where these American institutions can’t be counted on for such life-changing discover-ies, where our research universi-ties lag other nations’ and money flows to businesses in Bangalore or

Beijing that capitalize on their uni-versities’ breakthroughs.

This isn’t far-fetched — it is the very real threat posed by shrinking state education funds, ballooning federal regulations and the loom-ing fiscal cliff.

Research is our secret weapon, our edge in an increasingly competitive world economy. Our uni-versities, especially our 200 research universities, along with our national laboratories and private-sector research, constitute

the greatest force for innovation in the world. Without this research, the U.S. could not possibly pro-

duce nearly 25 percent of all the wealth in the world each year.

But a study published this year by the National Research Coun-cil, “Research Universities and the Future of America,” highlights the threat to the future of our research universities and to the prosperity and security of our nation.

The report finds that state fund-ing for higher education, already eroded over the past two decades, has fallen further in the recent re-cession. The University of Cali-fornia system, Pennsylvania State University and University of Colo-rado have each been “pushed to the brink,” according to the re-port’s authors, by steep losses in

Cause and effect part twoIn an opinion letter dated Dec. 13, 2012, I at-

tempted to analyze the reason President Obama received more votes than Gov. Romney in the re-cent election. For closer examination it was nec-essary to dissect the ideologies, or motives of the democrat voters into four basic camps. Three of those camps are well known and established.

My uncomplimentary, yet accurate assessment of the fourth c amp prompted a response complete with a challenge from a Leader reader. I thank him for the opportunity to expand on my opinion and I congratulate him for his interest in our po-litical system. The challenger questions in which of these groups I place “beautiful women”. Beau-tiful women, like ugly men have minds of their own. They, and only they, know which camp iden-tifies their ideology or motivation.

Demostriches (democrats with their heads in the sand) comprise the fourth group and are basically harmless until they are promised freischidt (items and services over and beyond basic shelter, food, and clothing provided by the government). How-ever, a voting block of demostriches demanding freischidt is a lethal aggregation to our political process and will be the end of our democratic re-public if left unchecked.

A story about a third grade class will help am-plify my concern about this misdirection of po-litical power: The teacher wanted the students to experience the election process so she conducted an election for class president. The nominating procedure produced two finalists: Bubba Eubanks and Ida Claire. Ida Claire was first to deliver her platform. She laid out plans for a better conducted class room including student taking turns being

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flashback

This group of registrants was photographed on the steps of the Tipton County Courthouse by photographer J.W. McDaniel shortly before taking the train for camp during World War I. Photo courtesy “Tales of Tipton”

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These aren’t the only financial resolutions you could make for 2013 — but if you follow through on them, you may well need to make fewer ones when 2014 rolls around.

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.

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the class monitor, which meant lead-ing the classmates to and from lunch; rewards for turning in the classwork on time ; and she even had a clever way to involve parents in school activ-ities (a school teacher’s dream). Then

Bubba stood up and announced, “if elected there will be free ice cream for everybody everyday”. Bubba sat down. The teacher called for a vote. Bubba won by a landslide!

Demostriches demanding freischidt is an attitude. It is not limited by age, race, or gender.

Thanks again for the opportunity to amplify my concern about this danger to our country!

Bill Wallace Covington

state funds. According to the National Science Foundation, 43 states have cut their per-student support for major public research universities over the past decade, many by 30 percent or more.

States are being forced, primar-ily by Washington, to spend more of their limited tax dollars on health care, draining the well for public colleges and universities. A 2003 Brookings In-stitution report by Peter Orszag and Thomas J. Kane concluded that Med-icaid is “the biggest challenge casting a shadow on public higher education’s future” as the “rapid growth in state Medicaid obligations over the past few decades has crowded out public high-er education expenditures, and … [is] expected to continue to grow rapidly over the coming decade.”

Medicaid today accounts for nearly a quarter of state budgets, on aver-age, up from 8 percent 30 years ago. In Tennessee last year, state spending on Medicaid was up 16 percent and fund-ing for higher education was down 15 percent — as a result, the University of Tennessee raised tuition by nearly 14 percent.

The NRC report finds that federal regulations and reporting require-ments are absorbing university dol-lars. A former Stanford University president estimated that, even during his tenure, it cost his institution seven cents of each tuition dollar to comply with regulations governing federal student loans and grants. Surely that

cost has risen.Congress made the problem worse

when it reauthorized the Higher Edu-cation Act in 2008. At the same time China was working to deregulate its higher-education system, we added 26 new reporting categories and over 100 new reporting requirements. Research university regulations are frequently duplicative and inefficient, diverting money and time away from research toward compliance.

The most immediate threat to re-search universities is the looming fiscal cliff. The federal government provides approximately $30 billion for research and development to colleges and uni-versities. It’s a high-yield investment — our nation’s wealth comes primar-ily from our technological advances; we invented the automobile, the tele-vision set and the Internet. And feder-ally funded research at the university level supports a large number of these advances — giving us the technology behind Google, Cisco and Genentech.

A recent analysis by the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation finds that sequestration will shrink federal R&D by nearly 9 percent from 2011 spending levels, reducing gross domestic product by $203 billion to $860 billion over nine years. This is equivalent to “taking away all the new motor vehicles purchased by U.S. con-sumers over the last six months [or] all their airline travel over the last two years,” according to the report.

America must take the necessary steps to meet these challenges. First, Washington must tackle the debt be-

fore it constrains spending on the programs and priorities that drive our economy forward and improve our standard of living. The America COM-PETES Act, which passed with huge bipartisan support in the Senate, called for a doubling of federal funding for advanced research — an impossible goal when Washington is borrowing 42 cents of every dollar it spends.

Second, state legislatures and Con-gress need to reduce the regulations and mandates that are strangling col-lege administrators and productiv-ity, and take a hard look at the con-sequences of dramatic reductions to higher education funds.

Finally, universities must continue to look for ways to reduce costs — in their operations and to students and families — without sacrificing quality. Steps might include improving energy efficiency on campus, making better use of campus facilities, offering path-ways to three-year degrees and using innovative technologies and teaching methods to improve learning.

We still have most of the world’s great universities. They still attract most of the brightest students from everywhere, in-sourcing brainpower and creating wealth. But if we fail to tackle the threats to our research uni-versities, that boast could soon belong to another country.

Hunter Rawlings III, president of the Association of American Universities and former president of Cornell University and the University of Iowa, co-wrote this column.

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Ernest Paul CraigJanuary 6, 1942 – December 26, 2012

Ernest Paul Craig, 70, of Covington, died on Wednesday, December 26, 2012. Funeral services took place on Dec. 28 at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home.

The Leader (Covington, Tenn.) January 3, 2013

Carlton Edward MaxDate of Death – December 26, 2012

Carlton Edward Max, 54, of Brighton, died on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton. He was a truck driver.

Funeral services took place on Friday, Dec. 28 at Munford Funeral Home. He was buried at Helen Crigger Cemetery.

Mr. Max is survived by his wife of 33 years, Wilma Max; daughter Kimberly Darlene Max; son Carlton Edward Max Jr.; and three grandchildren, Sadie Max, Jonathan Max and Alyssa Wylie. He was preceeded in death by his parents, Dewitt and Sadie Max.


Hazel Mildred CromwellJuly 14, 1933 – December 27, 2012

Hazel Mildred Cromwell, 79, of Covington, died on Thursday, December 27, 2012. She was a home-maker, cleaner and a member of Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church.

The widow of Royce Cromwell, she was also pre-ceded in death by her parents, Ulyss Taylor and Ella Mae Parker; a daughter, Charline Berryhill; sisters Lucille Fryea and Alice Erwin; and brothers Walter, Robert and Ernest Taylor.

She is survived by her daughter, Kathy Shepard (Gayle) of Killeen, Texas; brother Wallace (Dub) Taylor of Brinkley, Ark.; grandchildren Lynette DeGrazia, Shawn Harrison, Sheri Richardson and Corey Harrison; four step-grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, nine step great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held on Sunday, December 30 at the Maley-Yarbrough Chapel and visitation was held from 1-3 p.m. prior to the service. Bro. Craig Batson officiated and interment was at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.


Dorothy Eugenia “Jean” Cooper ReedDate of Death - December 28, 2012

Dorothy Eugenia “Jean” Cooper Reed, 82, of Quito, died on Friday, December 28, 2012 at Method-ist North Hospital in Memphis. She was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church where she was a member of the choir, taught the four- and five-year-old Sun-day School class and was the church librarian. She also formerly wrote the Quito News for The Leader.

The widow of Guy L. Reed, she is survived by daughter LeVon (Don) Womack and son G. Eu-gene Reed; sisters Joyce Scott and Conne Jo Hall; grandchildren Natalie Womack, Amanda Kiser and Andrew (Morgan) Womack and four great-grand-children.

Funeral services took place on Monday, Dec. 31 at Fellowship Baptist Church. She was buried at Quito Memorial Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Quito Memorial Cemetery.


William S. “Bill” BomarDeath of Death – December 29, 2012

William S. “Bill” Bomar, 83, a retired captain for the Memphis Fire Department Station 17, died on Saturday, December 29, 2012 at Methodist North Hospital. He was a member of Shelby Forest Baptist Church, an avid coon hunter and the originator of the Memphis Fire Department Band.

Funeral services took place on Tuesday, Jan. 1 at Munford Funeral Home. He was buried at Helen Crigger Cemetery.

Mr. Bomar is survived by his wife of 63 years, Sadie Timbs Bomar; daughter Lynn (Paul) Harless; sons Dennie (Carolyn) Bomar and Roger (Kathy) Bomar; sisters Doris Ann Owens and Ailene Whi-tesides; brothers Robert Bomar and Gerald Bomar; grandchildren Matt (Rachel) Bomar, Amy (Tom) Weatherington, Justin (Jessica) Timberlake, Nick (Misty) Bomar; and great-grandchildren Griffin and Olivia Weatherington and Addison Bomar.


Audie B. BradshawJuly 1, 1923 – December 31, 2012

Audie B. Bradshaw, 89, of Burlison, passed away on Monday, December 31.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 on

Thursday, January 3 at the Covington Funeral Home chapel with interment to follow in Covington Memo-rial Gardens. The family will receive friends two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.

She is survived by one daughter, Brenda Waits of Burlison; one son, Gilfred Bradshaw, Jr., of Albany, Ga.; one brother, James “Polk” Kellum of Burlison; three grandchildren, Emily Ellis, Jennifer Newman and Katie Bradshaw; three great grandchildren, Elliott Jolly, Evan Jolly, and Samantha Ellis and one great great grandchild, Dylan Lee Jolly. She was pre-ceded in death by her husband, Gilfred Bradshaw, Sr.; one grandson, Darren Lee Waits; three brothers and one sister.

Friends may sign an online guestbook at www.covingtonfuneralhome.com.


Arlene Flowers BusbyDate of Death – January 1, 2013

Arlene Flowers Busby, 55, died on Tuesday, Janu-ary 1, 2013.

The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 4 at Greater St. John Baptist Church in Covington. The funeral will take place at the church at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 5. She will be buried in the Garden of Everlasting Life.

She leaves huband Willie Anthony Busby, son De-andre Thomas, three sisters and two brothers.

Funeral arrangements were made by Millington Funeral Home.


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The Community Calendar is a free service offered by The Leader. We make every effort to include all submis-sions for this section, how-ever these items are printed as space becomes available. To guarantee your event to be in the paper would re-quire paid advertising. A complete list appears in the Community Events section on our web site, www.cov-ingtonleader.com

January 8A Munford and Drum-monds area Neighbor-hood Watch meeting will be held at the Quito/Drummonds Volunteer Fire Department from 7-8 p.m. For more informa-tion call Barbara Borum at 837-3244.

January 9The second annual Ex-change 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 avail-able at 5:30 p.m. and dine in from 6 to 7 p.m. The cost is $7 per plate.

January 17Barrie Foster will be teaching adult begin-ning watercolor classes at the Baker Community Center in Millington on Thursdays from 2 to 4 p.m. beginning Jan. 17. The cost is $10 per class. Please call Jule Dunham at the Baker Community Center at 873-5770 to reg-ister and for the supply list. For other questions please call Barrie at 212-7890.

January 19Brighton AYSO Spring Soccer announces reg-istration for the spring soccer season, which will be held at Old Brighton High School Jan. 19, Jan. 26 and Feb. 2 from 10 a.m. to noon, and on Jan. 22, Jan. 29 and Feb. 5 from 6-8 p.m. Boys and girls from ages 4-18 are invited to learn to play soccer, have

fun and make friends! The cost is $65 which in-cludes the soccer jersey, socks, trophy, and soccer accident insurance. We now accept credit cards. For complete registration information, please call 290-8187, email [email protected] or visit www.ayso1535.d4sportsclub.com. Please note that proof of date-of-birth is required at time of registration for new AYSO players.

February 12A Munford and Drum-monds area Neighbor-hood Watch meeting will be held at the Quito/Drummonds Volunteer Fire Department from 7-8 p.m. For more informa-tion call Barbara Borum at 837-3244.

February 19There will be an irrigation meeting at 11:30 a.m. at Tipton Farmer’s Co-Op, located at 301 Wither-ington Dr. in Covington. The event will feature speaker Justin Miller on irrigation equipment and scheduling. Lunch will be provided. For more information, call Becky Muller at 752-1207.

February 21There will be a crop mar-ket meeting at 11:30 a.m. at Braden Station Res-taurant, located at 189 Hwy. 59 in Mason. The event will feature speak-ers Chuck Danehower on market outlook, and Bun-gee Marketing on avail-able programs and mar-ket outlook. Lunch will be provided. For more information, call Becky Muller at 752-1207.

On-gOing EvEntSThe Home Plate Café in Munford and the Military Order of the Purple Heart have teamed up to offer free coffee to all veterans, firefighters, law enforce-ment officers, EMS, and public works personnel every Friday until noon during the holiday sea-son and maybe beyond.

This is our way of say-ing “thanks” for your service, and for watching over our families during our Combat Service.

UT Extension Tipton County Master Gardener is now accepting applica-tions for the upcoming 2013 Master Gardener Program. UT Extension trains local members of the community as vol-unteers to help provide sound, practical research-based horticulture. The class will begin in January and will span 14 weeks of classes in all things horti-cultural, including basic botany and plant science, landscaping, trees, flow-ers, vegetables, fruits, lawns, gardening equip-ment, insect control and chemicals used in a resi-dential lawn or garden. Classes will also include field trips to identify trees, insects, weeds, and plants. This year the lo-cal association will offer

one paid scholarship to a participant. For more in-formation, call 476-0231 or visit www.tiptoncoun-tymastergardeners.com.

The Tipton County Ani-mal Shelter on Hwy. 51 desperately needs cat food, paper towels and other misc. items. Call 901-837-2219 for more info.

Beer Board of the City of Covington meets on the second and fourth Tues-day of each month at City Hall at 5:30 p.m.

Dunham Lodge #150 F&AM, 113 East Washing-ton in Covington holds its monthly stated meet-ing on the third Thurs-day of every month.

Ransomed Riders Chap-ter of CMA meets the fourth Monday of each month at Heritage Cafe in Munford. Meal at 6 p.m., meeting at 7 p.m.

Headline-grabbing legal settle-ments like the 1.1 Billion-Dollar Toyota class-action lawsuit sound much better in to-tal than they do if one breaks them down into actual benefits. If the court approves the settle-ment, regardless of the large-sounding amount, it is hardly a boon for Toyota drivers.

Owners or recent owners can check ToyotaELSettlement.com. That stands for “Toyota Economic Loss Settlement.”

After recalling over 8 million cars, Toyota is trying to put this behind them. You can decide for yourselves if they are doing enough.

According to the website, Toy-ota owners, past and present, can expect:

- $250 million fund to cover any

reduction in the value of a Toyota that was sold or returned early on a lease.

- Toyota to provide a re-pair to current owners with what they call a “brake override system,” that is supposed to “automati-cally reduce engine power when the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal are applied simultaneously under certain driving con-ditions.” Cash payment of up to $125 may also be chosen.

- A very limited warranty that only includes the engine control module, cruise control switch, accelerator pedal assembly, stop lamp switch and throttle body assembly will be extended for at least three years, and up to ten years or 150,000 miles.

Certain models of Toyotas are included, by year. If you have or recently have had any of these models, you should check the

website and read the settlement document to get more informa-tion.

Toyota Models: Avalon, Camry, Sequoia, Tacoma, Venza, 4Run-ner, Corolla, Highlander, Land Cruiser, RAV4 and Tundra.

Lexus Models: ES, IS, IS-F, LX and RX.

Eventually, you should be able to input your vehicle identifica-tion number (VIN) that is found on your dash at the bottom of your windshield.

Class actions usually sound much bigger and better than they turn out for the consumer.

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Community Events

In this final piece on the world of annuities, we will address 2 specific points. One is the idea that when you invest your retirement dollars into an annuity, you have basically turned over your money to an in-surance company and lose complete control of it. This idea, while rampant in the investment or securities world, could not be further from the truth. If you “peel back the onion” and consider who this horrible advice is coming from, you may begin to see that their advice has an alterna-tive motive.

Wlile it is true that in order to achieve both higher than bank CD rates and tax deferral (not needing to pay taxes), does require you to give up some some freedom regarding your money, it by no means implies that you are losing entire control. In fact, one could say the same thing about investing your dol-lars in a CD. While you CAN get to your money, depending on the length of the term with the CD, you will pay a penalty for “early with-drawal”. The fee you pay depends on the length of time (rate) you receive from the banking institution; and with the insurance industry, this policy is no dif-ferent. What IS different, is that with nearly all fixed and fixed indexed annuities, you can get to 10% of your money annually WITHOUT penalty. Try find-ing that from a bank.

The second point for this article is the fact that with CD’s you are simply earning a fixed rate of return, paying taxes on the (minimal) gains from the interest you receive - an nothing more. With annuities, you

CAN receive so much more. Many available out there now offer the ability to not only invest in commodity based products, i.e. gold, silver, grains, etc. - without actually addressing the risk or investment knowledge needed to delve into this arena - but do so without any principal loss to the retiree/ annuity investor.

Another area where these products far outweigh the CD marketplace is the idea of a long term care benefit embedded within the product. This topic of discus-sion is significant with the extension of life we are all currently experiencing. Studies show that 12 million of us Americans are expected to need long-term care in 2020. Couple this with the probability that an individual over age 65 will become cog-nitively impaired or unable to complete at least two "activities of daily living"--in-cluding dressing, bathing, or eating--over his or her lifetime is 68%.

In the world of annuities, you can alleviate this. How about a product that not only are you not only subject to taxes on, guarantees growth with no down-side possibilities - AND can act as a long termå care benefit policy for you and or your spouse. Oh, and if you wish; will pay you and your spouse a stream of lifetime income for as long as you both shall live.

As always, your comments, questions and thoughts are welcome at [email protected].

1 Long term care statistics from Morningstar, 8-9-12 web article.

Hello everybody! Hope you’ve all had a wonder-ful Christmas season and Christ was glorified in your home. Now we have to face the unknown of 2013, but we can do it through the power of Jesus Christ, who never fails us. Man will let us down, but the Lord will never fail us!

We have so many things to be thankful for this past year! But some of the sad things are the precious residents we had to say goodbye to in 2012, some of which were Mr. Harold Nelms, Ms. Madelyn Parham, Ms. Jean Wright, Ms. Setsuko Zumwalt, Ms. Norma Faye Goforth, former residents Ms. Katie Lou Cates, Ms. Betty Jean Bowen, Ms. Jane Sherrod, Mr. Fred Svi-gel and I’m sure there are some I have failed to men-tion. God rest their souls!

But we now have a new year, 2013! 2012 has brought

us some new residents: Ms. Linnie Lord, Mr. James (Jim) Webb, Mr. Vernon Hendrickson, Mr. Bo Skinner, and Ms. Marye Frances Gray. Welcome to all of you! We hope and pray you feel warmed and welcomed here with our Dunlap family.

There are so many that I need to say thank you to for doing special things for our folks around the holidays! I’ll start with the South Tipton County Ex-change Club, Judy Whetsel and all her friends, the Rosemark Garden Club, Girl Scout Troop #10107 and many more that my feeble mind cannot think of at this particular moment!

If you know of anyone that needs a room, I have a very nice suite out here that we would love to move someone in to. Just call me at 476-7014.

Until next week, I want to encourage everyone that reads my notes to love each other like Christ loved the church. Give out hugs freely, please continue to pray for the families in Conn., and have a blessed new year!



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Tipton County and the Civil War Compiled by Russell B. BaileyTipton County Historian

Twenty-one men from Tipton were wounded, captured and later pa-roled in the action at La-mar, Miss. on Nov. 8:

Co. I: 2d Lt. J. R. Alex-ander, C. G. Fisher, J. W. Flanagan, J. P. Overall, J. D. Smith, R. L. Smith, N. J. Trantham, G. W. Wal-ton, Nat Williams, J. A. Yarbro; Co. B: Lieut. I. N. Stinson, W. H. Strange, John Smith.

From Chulahoma, John Somervell of Co. K, wrote to his father on Nov. 21:

“George Markham in-tends sending his boy Tom through with Es-quire Black who leaves this evening…Jos. Whit-ley says the lines are closed between here and Tipton now. He escaped a body of 500 horse by only five miles.

“Every man that leaves camp without permis-sion for 12 hours now is considered a deserter and furloughs have long since played out…Tell

Dr. Clement…I am very well satisfied with being a private and fighting for my home and friends...And if I live through the struggle it will be my most proudest recollec-tion that I was a private and did fight for the Con-federacy…”

The men of Company B, commanded by Cap-tain J. P. Russell, were at Cold Water, Miss. on Nov. 22. The command was at that time desig-nated “Co. B, 1st Tennes-see Cavalry.”

Lieut. Henry T. Sale submitted a request to the Confederate States Quartermaster for 91 hats or caps, coats, over-coats, pairs of pants, 182 flannel shirts and 182 cotton shirts, 91 blankets and 91 pair shoes, 208 pairs of drawers and 6 frying pans. He received the following: 36 coats, 64 jackets, 24 pair pants, 28 wool shirts, 208 pair drawers, 91 pair shoes and six mess pans.

On Nov. 29, the com-pany requested fodder for 79 horses.

On Nov. 23, Mrs. Mat-tie Lynn wrote to her husband about the Fed-eral excursions through Tipton:

“The Yankees have made their raids through here. The first was in-fantry, 60 of them, took breakfast with us, done us no great injury…the last two were cavalry.”

Captain David J. Wood, R. C. Dyson and others were helping Captain John U. Green, Robert A. Fields and others to raise companies for Colonel R. V. Richardson’s 1st Ten-nessee Partisan Rangers.

“Capt. Wood raised another company for the Confederate cause which he shortly turned over to Col. Green…(and) came out of the war $5,000 in debt…”

On Nov. 27, Colonel Jacob Fry at Trenton, re-ported: “about 250 of Jackson’s and Faulkner’s (Confederate) cavalry are at or near Bend’s (Bond’s) Ferry, on the Hatchie (east of Gift, north of Charles-ton), enforcing the con-script act.”

Colonel Richardson had established a recruit-ing camp southwest of Covington: Tennessee Partisans, Camp Beaver Headquarters, Nov. 29, 1862.

“First Lieutenant Rob-ert Hewlett is authorized to enlist men for three years or the war to be en-listed into a company to be attached to my Regi-ment of Partisan Rangers. He will enroll and swear in all enlistments and re-port to me. He is autho-rized to enroll and report to me all free white men between the ages of 18 and 40 as conscripts…”

The river steamer New Moon was captured by Captain Owen and the 1st Indiana Cavalry in the Tallahatchie River on Nov. 30, 1862. Cap-tain John Dearing of Covington, master of the boat, lost several bales of cotton “given him by Confederate authorities as payment for his ser-vices.”

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DECEMBER 2012 HAPPENINGS Save the Date: Our Board of Directors invites everyone to come by on Thursday, December 13, 2012 from 6-8:30 pm and join us in celebrating the season. We will be introducing our new director, Kerry Overton, and the staff of TCCA. There will be an Angel Tree from which you may take the name of one of our participants. They have written letters to Santa and told him what they would like to receive for Christmas. We hope you can join us at this festive get together and help us make our “Seniors” wishes come true. Refreshments will be served.

TCCA Angel Tree: This Christmas we are asking the community to help us brighten our “Seniors” by taking one of their names from our angel Tree. These are the folks who regularly attend TCCA throughout the year. We would appreciate your help in bringing a smile to their faces. Please call the office to see how you can participate. Their wishes are small but the joy these gifts bring is great!

On Friday, December 21 we will be having a participant pot-luck luncheon. This day will be for our seniors who regularly attend the senior center. Santa Claus will be visiting to hand out their An-gel Tree gift. If you would like to volunteer to help on this special day, please call the Kerry, Kim or Darlene at 476-3333.

TCCA and the Covington Senior Center will be closed on Decem-ber 24th, 25th and 26th in honor of the Christmas Holiday. Just for Fun

Fun stuff- Creative Aging Concert, La Don Jones, December 14; Holiday Cranium Crunches, December 4; Word Search puzzles, December 12; December 19 we are honored to have the Greater Grace Busy Bees at 9:30 and the TCCA Tappers at 10.

Craft Club- The craft club meets this month on Tuesday December 11th at 10 a.m. in the dining hall of the CSC.

Bible Study- Bible Study will be held at the CSC on Thursday mornings at 10 a.m. This non-denominational class is open to all.

Bending Needles Quilting Club- Experienced hand stitch quilters are welcome to join the club. The quilters meet each Thursday and Friday morning from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the craft room.

Bingo- Bingo will be held in the dining hall of the CSC on Fridays December 7 & 28 beginning at 10 a.m.

To Your Health

Get Fit, Stay Fit- Join other seniors every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9:15 a.m. at the CSC for 45 minutes of great stretching and strengthening exercises. This is just right for everyone 55 and older.

Tap Dance Class- Kay Catterton, our volunteer instructor always welcomes new students. The tap class meets on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. in the TCCA dance room. The cost is $3 a class.

Line Dance Class- Classes meet every Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in the TCCA dance room and at the Munford Senior Center every Monday at 9 a.m. Contributions are welcomed at both sites. Mrs. Juanita Joyner is the instructor.

Caregiver Programs

“Helen’s House” Adult Day/ Respite Service- Helen’s House currently has openings offering a great opportunity for those with some degree of memory loss or dementia to have a safe and thera-peutic experience while their family caregivers enjoy a time for personal business or other activities. Helen’s House is licensed by the State of Tennessee. Helen’s House is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please call Anita for more infor-mation or to receive a registration packet.

Caregiver Wellness/Support Groups meet across Tipton County…All shared information is confidential--- “what is said here, stays here”- Meal contributions are requested and transportation is available on a limited basis.

• South Tipton Caregiver Wellness Group- This group meets the second Tuesday of the month in Munford at the Restoration Church from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. • “…For Men Only” Caregiver Wellness Group- This group meet the second Monday of the month at TCCA meeting room from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The facilitator is Mr. Russell Lindsay.• Lunch Bunch Caregiver Wellness Group- This group meet the third Tuesday of the month at TCCA meeting room from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. The facilitator is Mrs. Darlene Hopper Spaulding.• TCCA Breast Health Wellness Group- Please join facilitator, Sue Wheeler on the second Monday of the month at Covington Senior Center dining room from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Contacts

Tipton County Commission on Aging 401 S. College, P.O. Box 631

Covington, TN 38019 901-476-3333/901-476-3398- Fax

Kerry W. Overton, Executive Director Helen’s House- Anita Feuring-476-1068

Website- www.tiptonaging.org

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above left: On dec. 11 the Covington tops Product plant cel-ebrated being accident free for one year. the event was marked with a dinner for all employees and a drawing for a 32" LCd Hdtv. Pictured are Joe Jackson (left) winner of the tv and Gregg Hemann, Plant manager.

above right: tops Products employees raised funds and collect-ed toys for toys-for-tots of memphis. shown in the picture are employees sherry Bader and Felicia Young Brown presenting the toys they collected and a check to toys-for-tots volunteers.

Annuities, Pt. 3: You CAN get to all of your money!

The Blyue family had a very good Christmas this year. Josh, Erica and daughter Avery, Callie, Brandon Blackmon and son Emery, and Johnny were guests in the home of Troy and Connie Bly-ue. The family enjoyed a good Christmas dinner and gifts.

Connie, Callie and Emery went to West Memphis, Arkansas to Christmas shop and your reporter was very sur-prised to open a package that was an Arkansas Ra-zorbacks bed set. As for Emery and Avery, their first Christmas was very special and they both were the center of atten-tion.

I have really enjoyed the college bowl games this year and with the NFL playoffs begin-ning this weekend there is plenty of football to watch.

The Gilt Edge Church of Christ will be moving their Sunday night ser-vice to 5 p.m. beginning Jan. 6 due to the time change. The service times for Sunday morning are Bible study at 10 a.m., worship at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. and Wednesday night Bible study at 7:30 p.m. The church is locat-ed at 10726 Hwy. 59 W., and the phone number is 476-8482. The minis-ter is Daniel Dalton. The church also has a daily radio program on WKBL 1250 AM at 12:45 and 5:30 p.m. on weekdays.

On the prayer list, please remember those in the hospital, nursing homes, military and their families, those who are shut-in and the caregiv-ers who assist in the day-to-day needs of those who are afflicted with ill-nesses.

I sure hope 2013 will be better than 2012 and it is truly a blessing to start anew. Happy New Year and God bless.

It’s a cold Saturday afternoon as I start the early column. It snowed this morning and it stuck, then quit. We got a light dusting. I think we got about three inches Christ-mas night. It was really pretty, but that wind! Wow!

We had a big night of unwrap-ping and eating on Christmas Eve. Lyla had so many gifts that we let her open a few, we opened a few, then let her go again. She was kind of overwhelmed with what to play with. Maybe we went a little overboard…nah! You're only two once!

On the "look back at 2012" in The Leader last week, it's sad that four murder cases involving five vic-tims, embezzlement and statutory rape by an authority figure were half the stories in the 12-month wrap-up! Let's provide happier news at the end of 2013, Tipton County!

On Thursday Shelley and I took my dad, Kenneth Weir, to the doc-tor in Jackson for a head-to-toe rash. It’s possible it’s a reaction to a shot they gave him. He got a steroid shot and started on predni-sone so hope he gets better. If not,

he's seeing a dermatologist in Jack-son this Thursday. He’s just glad it doesn't itch too much. We just saw him rub it a few times. We’re watching to make sure it doesn't get in his mouth. There will be a trip to the ER if that happens. May-be it's under control now.

On Saturday we drove to town for a hamburger and were there when someone stole an iPod off a pastor's table and ran out the back door with it, dropping his hat. Thanks to others chasing him they saw him go into another restaurant and the police found him there and recovered the iPod. Good job, Cov-ington Police Force! I'm just glad there were no weapons involved!

On Sunday I met Alvis Ferrell and his daughter and got a kitty! I haven't had a pet since Frankie died. She's a little wild cat; she’s scared and hasn't eaten or drank yet. She just hides under things. She will come around. I named her Tipper because she has a white tip on her tail! Maybe I’ll have a better report next week.

Sue Bringle was recovering from a fall and fell again, breaking a ver-tebra this time. She's in a Memphis hospital. Carol "Buddie" McMah-an remains in rehab in Covington. We’re very sorry she was there at Christmas. Sue may have been too. Barbara Johnson is recover-

ing from knee surgery and Charlie Click needs prayer for health prob-lems. Barry Brown, son of Thelma Brown, needs prayers also, as well as Jimbo Edmonds. Also remember all our servicemen and women.

Happy birthday this week goes to Larry Coughlan on Dec. 30 and to Hunter Dawson on Jan. 1!

I fly to San Antonio at the end of January for the National Asso-ciation of Conversation Districts Convention. I’m looking forward to seeing San Antonio, but flying - not so much!

I’ve got to get my tree down to-day! It's the last day. I never wait this long, but I love my tree this year and will miss it!

Clopton United Methodist Church will have its community breakfast on Saturday, Jan. 5 from 7 to 9:30 a.m. at the church, located at 5285 Brighton-Clopton Rd. Ev-eryone is welcome!

This week's Farmer's Almanac Quote: "As a New Year's resolu-tion, consider devoting more time as a volunteer.”

Again, happy New Year to all my readers and their families! I still wonder what people with triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13) going to do this year! Ha!

Until next week.


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Mt. CarmelElaine Watkins

Greetings. I hope all of you have enjoyed fam-ily and dear friends last week and I pray that every heart was light all day long on Christmas Day. For that matter, that every day to come will always be merry and bright.

As for me, I spent Christmas Day relaxing at the house preparing a lovely meal of barbeque ribs and the fixings. I’m sort of burnt out on tur-key and ham.

My church, North Star, served a lovely tradition-al holiday meal after our church service on Sunday morning. Pastor Steven Miller Sr., as always, in-spired us, and our praise team filled our hearts with the songs of the season. First Family, The Mill-ers, were presented with several lovely gifts from the members before we dined downstairs. Com-mittee chair-ladies over

our kitchen staff, Sisters Denise Westbrooks and Joyce Arnold, as always, filled our stomachs and our hearts with glee.

Bright Hill M. B. Church and Pastor S. P. Cole featured a love-ly service with lots of beautiful holiday songs. Associate pastor Pearl Andrews and the youth department presented a short program.

We are still in prayer at this time for Willie Shade Alston in Coving-ton Manor Rehab, Posey Reed, Joseph Heaston Sr., Jennie Stewart, Ru-fus Garner, Wayne Jerry, George Hooper, Louise Mason, Ruth Alston, Connie and Christine Brown, Jessie Lawson, Flossie Woods, Carlotta Jones, Beaulah Wake-field, Rudolph and Dol-lie Boykins, Ruby Coe and family, Isaiah Burton Sr., Menola “Knot” Hol-land, David and Char-lene Sneed, Ada Fletcher, Mary Ballard, Eugene and Gigi Baker, Pink Sherrill Jr., Eula Culbreath and family, Percy and Allie

White and their families out in Los Angeles, Dollie Cummings, Thelma Ni-coles and family, Rhonda Heaston-McLin and fam-ily and Leslie and Mar-valene (Burton) Lee of St. Louis, Mo., brother and sister-in-law of Katarene Harber who is always in our prayers as well as in our hearts. Also remem-ber our own Viola Jones.

Happy birthday last week to Rev. Pearl Bur-ton Andrews on the 21st. She and I along with sons Xavier, a senior at U. T. Knoxville and Michael, a student at Brighton El-ementary, enjoyed her birthday on Friday at Ap-plebee’s in Bartlett. Once again it’s Christmas birth-days for Flossie Woods of Drummonds and Lucille Burton Wright of Wisc.

Happy anniversaries to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beard on the 22nd and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Bur-ton on the 28th.

That’s all for now. Re-member, “God gave the most wonderful gift, Je-sus.”

JamestownDarSay Burton

Hello dear friends. We went to a New Years party last night. We have a group of people that went to former Frayser Hgts. United Methodist church. We meet and eat together once a month. We met at the home of James

& Brenda Anderson, who live in Germantown.We followed Faris & Hazel Farris over there (we have forgotten how to find any-

where), so we got there just fine. But coming home it was dark and raining when we left. Well, we got lost on our way out of Germantown. Finally, some person with a GPS led us back to the main street we needed to be on. We finally got home two hours later. What a trip.

Elm Grove United Methodist Church - We had a good Christmas Eve commu-nion and candlelight service. It was well attended. It was very impressive!

A group from Elm Grove Methodist Church will be going on a mission trip to Guatemala. Donations in memory and honor of loved ones are being collected.

Love and prayers to all who read this. Hope you all have a wonderful 2012.

Elm GroveTula Starr

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Top 5 of 2012

The Chargers' run to the state title game tops our list of the top stories of 2012. Photo Jeff Ireland

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Local teams made noise on state stageBy JEFF [email protected]

There were a lot of success stories to be found last year in the world of Tip-ton County high school sports.

Here's a look at what we believe to be the top five stories of the year.

No. 1Covington football sets records, advances to title game

Considering the Chargers made it to the state semifinals in 2011 and returned a slew of talent, expectations were high for 2012.

But it's doubtful anyone could have predicted just how dominant the Char-gers would be.

Covington set a school record with 14 wins and rewrote the record books in a bunch of offensive categories, led by a record-setting season by running back Johnston White.

Among the school records set: rush-ing yards in season (White, 2,671), extra points (74, Bobby Van Cleve), points (578) and team rushing yards (4,764).

The Chargers rolled through the regular season undefeated and won four playoff games before falling to Knox-ville Fulton in the Class 4A title game.

Head coach Marty Wheeler, who took over a program struggling mightily four years previously, summed up the program's renaissance thusly: “I have a feeling like none before. Our kids have tried to do everything we have asked of them. When I knew I

wanted to be a coach 26 years ago at age 12, I began to dream of winning a state championship. I may not ever get that chance again but to see a group of kids go all out and completely trust me and the other coaches ... It’s a feeling I would have to think is as close as winning a state championship could be.”

No. 2Chargers advance to Murfreesboro

For the owner of a pair of state titles, six years is a while to go without advancing to the state tournament.

The Chargers ended that drought in 2012, winning 32 games, getting back to Murfreesboro and making some noise

once they got there. Behind a stellar pitch-

ing performance from D.J. Max, Covington won its tournament opener over Spring Hill before losing a pair of down-to-the-wire games to end the sea-son.

It was quite a season however.

Players like Carlos Williams, Tyler Davis, Tommy Beasley and

Max brought home a slew of postseason awards.

“It was just one of those deals where the team that makes the least amount of mistakes is going to win,” said Coving-ton head coach David Sage, who, like Wheeler, helped resuscitate a program

that was struggling a few years ago. “I feel like we could have easily been in

the championship game … And we could be right back here next year.”

No. 3Lady Cougars earn first state tourney win

The Munford Lady Cougar softball team made some history in 2012.

Munford has had one of the best programs in West Tennessee for the better part of two de-

cades, but had failed to prove itself on the state

tournament stage. That changed when Munford beat

tradition-rich Mt. Juliet 7-6 in the first round of the Class AAA state tournament for the pro-gram's first state tourna-ment win.

Although the Lady Cougars lost their next two (one to eventual state champ Soddy Daisy), their point was made: Munford can compete with anybody.

And fans have plenty to be excited about for next season as seven se-niors return, including D-I signee Sami Jo Schulz.

“We're going to have to fight the idea that we're already going back to state,” Munford head coach Glenn Goulder said. “There are several teams capable of knocking us out. We've got to get back to work and work on the areas that need improvement.”

No. 4Lady Chargers to sectionals

Heading into the 2011-12 season, Cov-ington Lady Charger basketball coach Dion Real knew he had some talent.

But state-tournament talent? Few probably believed it, but apparently Real and his players did.

Covington beat West Tennessee pow-er Obion County and advanced all the way to the sectionals. A loss there to Manassas left Covington one win shy of making the state tournament for the first time since 1999.

"I'm proud of our kids," Real said. "They showed a lot of heart. You can't take anything away from a very good season. We made it to sub-state. They fought all year long and overcame a lot of obstacles.”

No. 5Van Pelt wins 200-meter state title

Covington's Kame-sha VanPelt (25.53) won the Class A-AA 200 me-ter dash and the Lady Charger 4x100 relay team of Tamara Perry, Christina Jones, Briuna Dean and VanPelt took seventh with a time of 50.77.

On the men’s side, the Covington team placed 20th overall with

11 points. Trey Wilson, with a toss of 45-4.25,

came in fifth in the shot put. Jadarius Temple was seventh with a toss of 41-7.

Tavious Cleaves was fifth in the 200 meter dash with a time of 22.71 sec-onds. The winner was timed at 21.70.

Covington's D.J. Max

Munford's Paige Barnes

Covington's Iesha Carruthers

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By STEVE [email protected]

Braving wind, ice and snow and, at times, bliz-zard conditions, the Cov-ington Chargers set out on a journey to Harrison, Ark., last Wednesday for a basketball tournament and returned home with a third-place finish.

Thursday’s opening round matchup turned into a rout with the Char-gers (12-3) posting a 71-46 victory over Valley Springs (Ark.)

“We played pretty well,” said Covington coach Dion Real. “We were a little sluggish and out of sync and stayed that way for most of the tournament. I don’t know if it was the trip, being in a hotel or the format.”

Tournament games were played with two

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mt. leBAnon AssemBly7560 Hwy 51 NorthHenning, TN 38041

mt. leBAnon BAptIst1837 Mt. Lebanon RoadCovington, TN 38019901-476-3417

mt. tIpton chrIstIAn methodIst epIscopAl churchBrighton Clopton Rd.Brighton, TN 38011901-476-1165

mt. zIon church838 S. Tipton StreetCovington, TN 38019901-476-3233

munford BAptIst church1253 Munford AveMunford, TN 38058901-837-9276

munford fIrst unIted methodIst 57 Tipton Rd Munford, TN 38058901-837-8881

munford presByterIAn60 East Main StreetMunford, TN 38058901-837-6721

new BegInnIng church1460 Atoka Idaville Rd.Atoka, TN 38004901-412-0241

new BegInnIngs church2357 Wilkinsville RdDrummonds, TN 30823901-835-5683

new horIzon church of god1099 Hwy 51 NCovington, TN 38019901-489-0447

new lIfe communIty church5123 Highway 176 Covington, TN 38019901-476-0062

new lIfe presByterIAn chruch133 Munford AveMunford, TN 38058901-837-6804

new sAlem unIted methodIst7803 Munford Gilt EdgeBurlison, TN 38015901-476-8536

oAk grove BAptIst church4048 Highway 59 WCovington, TN 38019901-476-7259

pleAsAnt grove BAptIst church4625 Highway 59 SCovington, TN 38019901-476-7016

pleAsAnt grove methodIst 314 Gainesville RdCovington, TN 38019901-476-3162

poplAr grove AssemBly of god2600 Glen Springs Rd.Drummonds, TN 38023901-835-2611

poplAr grove u.m.c.228 Quito Drummonds Rd.Drummonds, TN 38023901-835-2568

pArAdIse BAptIst church520 Simonton St.Covington, Tennessee 38019

QuIto unIted methodIst4580 Quito Drummonds Rd.Millington, TN 38053901-835-2318

rAndolph AssemBly of god church1135 Randolph Rd.Burlison, TN476-8244

rAvenscroft epIscopAl chApel8219 Holly Grove Rd, Brighton, TNHoly Eucharist, 1st & 3rd Morning Prayer - 2nd & 4th 8:45 a.m.837-1312

redeemIng grAce lutherAn 1496 Munford Ave.Munford, TN 38058901-831-3980

the refuge749A N. Main StCovington, TN 38019901-603-3897

rIver of lIfe 220 Beaver RdMunford, TN 38058901-837-8781

sAlem presByterIAn church3400 Atoka-Idaville RoadAtoka, TN 38004901-837-8210

shIloh mB church584 John Hill RdBrighton, TN 38011901-476-0081

sImonton AssemBly of god4100 Munford Gilt EdgeBrighton, TN 38011901-837-2168

smyrnA BAptIst church7512 Hwy 59 WBurlison, TN 38015901-476-6178

south tIpton AssemBly of god538 Simmons Rd.Drummonds, TN 38023837-2140

st. Alphonsus cAtholIc church1225 Highway 51 SCovington, TN 38019901-476-8140

st. luke BAptIst church632 St. Luke Rd.Covington, TN 38019901-476-9746

st. mArk Ame church842 Tipton RoadMunford, TN 38058(901) 837-1456

st. mAtthew's epIscopAl303 S. Munford StreetCovington, TN 38019901-476-6577

st. mAtthew mB church296 Mason-Charleston Rd. Stanton, TN 38069901-476-5935

st John mIssIonAry church2086 Atoka-Idaville RdAtoka, TN 38004901-837-2474

st. John mIssIonAry BAptIst church1602 Highway 59 WestCovington, TN 38019901-4767645

st. pAul epIscopAl church2406 Hwy 70 EastMason, TN 38049901-294-2641

st. stephens m.B. church3827 Hwy 51 NorthCovington, TN 38019901-476-1559

tABernAcle unIted methodIst church4258 Highway 179Covington901-756-1071

temple of prAIse8323 Richardson LandingDrummonds, TN 38023901-835-3462

tIpton church of god In chrIst470 Watson RdMunford, TN 38058901-837-8356

trInIty BAptIst church5954 Brighton Clopton Rd.Brighton, TN 38011901-476-8889

trInIty epIscopAl church11886 Main St.Mason, TN 38049

vIctory BAptIst church5422 Drummonds RdDrummonds, TN 38023901-835-2280

western vAlley BAptIst836 Church Rd.Covington, TN 38019901-475-1255

westsIde AssemBly non-denomInAtIonAl33 Paulette Circle Covington, TN 38019

wIllow grove mIssIonAry BAptIst church618 Willow Grove Rd.Covington, TN 38019901-476-7337

Church bulletins, the sec-tion where we will share news briefs and church-re-lated events, will run when space is available. To submit something to this section, call Echo Day at 901-476-7116 or send an email to [email protected].

ON-GOINGA women's Chronologi-cal Bible Study will take place at Covington As-sembly gym on Tuesday nights January 8 – March 26 at 6:30. Free childcare is available.

Great Expectations Min-istries, located at 2053 Hwy. 51 S in Covington, is hosting a clothing give-away on the third Satur-

day of each month from 12-2 p.m. They are giving away clothing for men, women and children.

An exercise class meets each Tuesday and Thurs-day at Central Christian Church, 400 S. Maple, Covington, at 6 p.m. No charge. Everyone wel-come.

First Baptist Church Cov-ington will host Awana every Sunday evening at 5 p.m. This group is open to children from PreK3 to sixth grade.

A community Bible study will be held Wednes-days from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Gateway Baptist

Church in Atoka. This year's study includes He-brews, 1st and 2nd Thes-salonians and Galatians. Classes are available for children up through five years of age. Registration is $25 per adult, $10 per child and up to $20 for a family. For more infor-mation, call 476-5857 or 385-4327.

Central Christian Church Sunday school starts at 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morn-ing worship 10:45 a.m. and Sunday Evening worship at 6 p.m. Youth and adult Bible Study meets every Wednesday at 6 p.m. at 400 S. Maple Street.

Gateway Baptist Church will meet each Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. for Celebrate

Recovery, a program de-signed to share experi-ence, strength, and hope in overcoming life’s hurts, hang – ups, and habits where anonym-ity is a requirement. If you have any questions, please call 901-837-8087.

Paradise Baptist Church will be hosting a free fitness program for the public every Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. at 520 Simonton St., in Cov-ington. All ages are wel-come, and the public is invited. For more de-tails, please email pastor, Minister Shelia Bryant at [email protected] or call the church at 491-7061.

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Let God set your goals in 2013By Emily PEyton CookSpecial to The Leader

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. Hebrews 12:1

A new year usually gets us think-ing about setting goals and reso-lutions. For some of us that means weight loss and exercise plans. For others of us it may mean more organization and simplifying life. For all of us one thing is sure, we don’t know what 2013 will bring.

God has set a race out before us that He gives us the grace to endure. When I counted down to New Year’s Day 2012, I didn’t expect it would bring the loss of my Grandmother, Father-in-Law, and the deaths of two family friends, but I was prepared to run this leg of my race well be-cause I was running this race faith-fully and daily with Him.

I would make the argument that all of our problems start and end with our daily intake of God’s word and our communication with Him through prayer. In 2008, I made a commitment to read through the Bible in a year and I have never been the same. Through reading His word daily, systematically,

and chronologically I learned His character, His methods of opera-tion, and I learned more of my sinfulness and why I was getting tripped up in this race called life. I began to see things through Spirit eyes and began to experience the token phrases and sentiments that I’d heard and repeated most of my church life. God began to call me to do things and I began to see His power manifested.

All of this happened because I began faith-fully reading God’s word and praying in-tentionally. When you open the Bible and ask God to speak into your life, you will not have to make resolutions or goals, God will make them for you. His will becomes your desire and He will multiply your “loaves and fish-

es” for His glory.What is He calling you to do in

2013?When I was in the lower grades

of elementary school, I had a teacher with really thick glasses. I never could tell if he was look-ing right at me when he called on me in class. One day, as I sat on the back row with a wall behind me, he pointed to me to answer a ques-tion. I turned around, looked over my shoulder, and saw the wall. He said, “Yeah, you, I’m talking to you.” I pointed at my self, brows furrowed and mouthed in a shy

whisper, “Me?”I’ve found my walk with the

Lord in recent years a similar scenario. I hear God directing me, leading me, calling me, but I look around and don’t see oth-ers springing to action, so I often discount it as misunderstanding the Lord. In 2013, I want to stop looking around and start trusting His personal voice to me. Whether He’s telling me to post scripture on facebook or start a ministry on the square, I must learn to follow His leading and stop allowing the world to weigh me down.

He’s directing, leading, and call-ing you, too. Why can’t you hear His voice? Is it a besetting sin? Is it too much noise from the media? Is it your distance from Him? Maybe you hear His voice, but are look-ing around wondering if He’s talk-ing to you. I encourage you in 2013 to begin a Bible reading plan as a first step and then let Him direct your steps. Speak Lord, your ser-vants are listening.

We’ll be reading through the Bible chronologically as a commu-nity of women again this year. We hope you’ll join us at Covington Assembly gym on Tuesday nights January 8 – March 26 at 6:30. Free childcare is available.

Cook is a Christian blogger and lives with her husband Zach and their two children in Covington.You can read more about her faith on her blog, "Through the Lens of Faith," at www.emilypeytoncook.typepad.com

the cook family

Colossians 3:10 - 3:12

10 And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond [nor] free: but Christ [is] all, and in all.

12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTCounselor/Recruiter

The Tennessee Technology Center at Ripley, a Tennessee Board of Regents institution, is cur-rently seeking applications for the position of Counselor/Recruiter. This position shall have primary responsibility for multi-campus student recruitment, retention, and placement initia-tives. Additional position responsibilities shall include but not be limited to, student record maintenance, counseling, student due process administration, marketing plan formulation, report generation, and the coordination of student life activities.

Qualifications: Bachelors Degree in Educational Counseling or a related discipline. Mini-mum three years experience in career technical education in such fields as teaching, counsel-ing Human Resource Management or like disciplines. Must be amenable to limited travel and evening and weekend work.

Knowledge and Abilities: Above average interpersonal skills coupled with an understanding of essential academic and career technical aptitudes necessary for student success. Ability to deal effectively with students, co-workers and outside agency personnel. Some knowledge of Financial Aid administration a plus. Software application skills should include Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Salary: Commensurate with experience and Tennessee Board of Regents guidelines.

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Order Of PublicatiOn

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TIP-TON COUNTY, TENNESSEELAURA ANN WALKERPlaintiff No.30208VS.DANNY ELLIS WALKERDefendant

It appearing from the sworn Complaint for Absolute Divorce filed in this cause, that the whereabouts of the Defendant, Dan-ny Ellis Walker, are unknown and cannot be ascertained upon diligent inquiry. It is therefore ordered that Defendant, Danny Ellis Walker make his appearance at the Chancery Court of Tipton County Tennessee, 1801 South College, Cov-ington, Tennessee on Monday, 4th day of February 2013, at 9:00 a.m., and answer Plaintiff Complaint for Absolute Divorce or (he same will be taken as confessed as to Defendant and this cause pro-ceeded with ex parte, and that a copy of this order be published once a week for four consecutive weeks in The Leader published in Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee.

This 13th day of December, 2012.

Chancery Court of Tipton CountyJudy Billings

Richard McFallAttorney for Plaintiff118 West Pleasant Ave.Covington, TN 38019(901)475-673512/13/2012, 12/20/2012, 12/27/2012, 1/03/2013

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truStee’S SaleWHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated Octo-ber 14, 2005, executed by WILLIAM O BECKMAN, conveying certain real prop-erty therein described to ROBERT M. WILSON, JR. as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, on November 18, 2005, as Instrument No. 81121, in Book 1244, at Page 317, and rerecorded on February 23, 2006, as Instrument No. 84847, in Book 1260, at Page 261; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and as-signed to DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR HOLDERS OF THE GSAA HOME EQ-UITY TRUST 2006-4, who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, No-tice of the Right to Foreclose (“Notice”) was given in compliance with Tennessee law by the mailing a copy of the Notice to the parties at least sixty (60) days prior to the first publication of the Substitute Trustee’s Sale. WHEREAS, the undersigned, RECON-TRUST COMPANY, N.A., having been appointed by as Substitute Trustee by in-strument filed for record in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, RECONTRUST COM-PANY, N.A., as Substitute Trustee or its duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and im-posed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on January 10, 2013, 11:00 AM at the Tipton County courthouse door where the foreclosure sales are customarily held At the Tipton County Courthouse, Coving-ton, TN, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Tipton County, Tennessee, to wit: LOT 190, BLAYDES ESTATES SUBDI-VISION, SECTION J, AS SHOWN ON PLAT OF RECORD IN PLAT CABINET C, SLIDE 180, IN THE REGISTER’S OF-FICE OF TIPTON COUNTY, TENNES-SEE, TO WHICH PLAT REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTIC-ULAR DESCRIPTION OF SAID PROP-ERTY. PARCEL# 128N A 01600 000 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street ad-dress of the property is believed to be 555 JE BLAYDES PARKWAY, ATOKA, TN 38004-5131. In the event of any dis-crepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): WILLIAM O BECKMAN AKA WILLIAM OREN BECK-MAN OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: 1.) THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO JPMOR-GAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THE CERTIFICATE-HOLDERS OF THE CWHEQ, INC., CHWHEQ REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 200-M 2.) LAU-RIE L. BECKMAN The sale of the above-described prop-erty shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate sur-vey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirma-tion by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statu-tory or otherwise, homestead, and dower 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. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representa-tions or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. IS AT-TEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Substitute Trustee 2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407 Richardson, TX 75082 Tel: (800) 281-8219 Fax: (866) 681-5002 Registered Agent: CT Corporation Sys-tem 800 South Gay Street, Suite 2021 Knoxville, TN 37929 Tel: (865) 342-3522 TS#:12-0055925 FEI#1006.172469 12/20/2012, 12/27/2012, 01/03/2013

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WHEREAS, default having been made in

the payment of the debts and obligations secured by a Deed of Trust executed on May 4, 2007, by Shalonda Hill to Larry A. Weissman, Trustee, for the benefit of Mortgage Electronic Registration Sys-tem, Inc. acting solely as nominee for SunTrust Mortgage, Inc. and appearing of record in Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, in Book 1340, Page 660; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and as-signed to Nationstar Mortgage, LLC and WHEREAS, Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, as the holder of the Note for which debt is owed, (“Note Holder”), appointed the un-dersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed or to be filed for record in the Regis-ter’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 35-5-117, not less than sixty (60) days prior to the first publication required by § 35-5-101, the notice of the right to fore-close was properly sent, if so required; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as pro-vided in said Deed of Trust by the Note Holder, and that the undersigned, Nation-wide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, or its duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and au-thority vested in it, will on Thursday, Janu-ary 10, 2013, commencing at 10:00 am at the North Door of the Tipton County Courthouse, Covington, Tennessee, pro-ceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Tipton County, Tennessee, to wit: Being Lot 5, Block F, McLennan-Pave Addition to the Town of Covington, as recorded at Deed Book 240, Page 378, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, to which Deed reference is hereby made for a more particular de-scription of said property. Being the same property conveyed to Steven W. Smith and wife, Denise A. Smith, by Deed at Book 742, Page 796, on 03/17/1995 at the aforesaid Register’s Office. The fol-lowing is for the informational purposes only: Property: 525 Edgewood Ave, Cov-ington, TN 38019 Parcel: 41J-G-2.00 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 525 Edgewood Avenue, Covington, TN 38019 CURRENT OWNER(S): Shalonda Hill The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. Substitute Trustee will only convey any interest he/she may have in the property at the time of sale. Property is sold “as is, where is.” SUBORDINATE LIENHOLDERS: FIA Card Services, NA For every lien or claim of lien of the state identified above, please be advised no-tice required by § 67-1-1433 (b)(1) was timely given and that any sale of the prop-erty herein referenced will be subject to the right of the state to redeem the land as provided for in § 67-1-1433(c)(1). All right and equity of redemption, statu-tory or otherwise, homestead, and dower 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. The right is re-served to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain with-out further publication, upon announce-ment at the time and place for the sale set forth above. NATIONWIDE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. 400 Northridge Road Suite 700- MC- 7 Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350 404-417-4040 File No.: 1698512 Web Site: www.JFLegal.com Insertion Dates: 12/20/2012, 12/27/2012, 1/3/2013

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Default having been made by failure to comply with the terms and conditions of a certain Deed of Trust dated March 18, 1998, executed by Susan M. Stoker, re-corded in Record Book 822, Page 726, Register’s Office for Tipton County, Ten-nessee, and wherein the said Susan M. Stoker conveyed the property therein described to First American Title Insur-ance Co., Trustee, to secure the indebt-edness therein described, and the entire indebtedness having been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust and note, and payment not hav-ing been made as demanded; and the undersigned, Joel E. Jordan, of 3326 Aspen Grove Drive #604, Franklin, Ten-nessee 37067, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee in the place and stead of First American Title Insurance Co., Trustee, said appointment being set forth in the Register’s Office for Tipton County, Tennessee, notice is hereby given that I, Joel E. Jordan, Substitute Trustee, hav-ing been requested so to do by the law-ful owner of said indebtedness, will on Friday, January 18, 2013, at 12:00 Noon at the North corner of the Tipton County Courthouse, Covington, Tennessee, sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, free from equity of re-demption, homestead and dower, and all other exemptions of every kind, all of which are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, the following described real es-tate in Tipton County, Tennessee:Lot 8, Simmons Road Subdivision, Sec-tion A as recorded at Plat Cabinet D, Slide 194-B of the Tipton County Register’s Office to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said property.Being the same property conveyed to Susan M. Stoker, an unmarried, person, by Warranty Deed from Mallard Develop-ment, a partnership composed of Wayne Ballard and Mitchell R. Higdon, dated March 18, 1998 and recorded in Record Book 822, Page 724, Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee.Included in this conveyance is a 1997 Buccaneer Challenger mobile home, Se-rial #ALBUS26525A/B.This is improved property known as Sim-mons Road, Lot 8, Atoka, Tennessee 38004.The 2012 taxes are currently due and payable. The 2011 taxes are currently past due and delinquent.The following person(s) or entity(ies) hold a Deed of Trust, lien or other encum-brance on the above described property:Discover BankJudgment LienRecord Book 1565, Page 787Said sale is subject to any and all unpaid taxes and any other prior claims, liens, easements, set back lines and restric-tions.THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO AD-JOURN THE DAY OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER DAY, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLI-

CATION, UPON ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOVE. THE TRUSTEE/SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESCIND THE SALE.IN THE EVENT THE HIGHEST BIDDER DOES NOT HONOR THE HIGHEST BID WITHIN 24 HOURS, THE NEXT BIDDER AT THE NEXT HIGHEST BID WILL BE DEEMED THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER.THE NOTICE OF RIGHT TO FORE-CLOSE HAS BEEN SENT AS RE-QUIRED BY T.C.A. §35-5-117.JOEL E. JORDANSubstitute TrusteeSTELTEMEIER & WESTBROOK, PLLC3326 Aspen Grove Drive, #604Franklin, Tennessee 37067Insertion Dates: December 20, 2012, De-cember 27, 2012 and January 3, 2013.

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tiPtOn cOuntY, tenneSSee

Tipton County, Tennessee in its own behalf and on behalf of the State of Ten-nessee, and the City of Covington, Ten-nessee, the Town of Mason, Tennessee, the City of Munford, Tennessee, the Town of Atoka, Tennessee, and the Town Of Brighton, all municipalities located within Tipton County, Tennessee,PLAINTIFFS NO. 28,636Vs.THE DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS as shown on the 2009 Real Property Delin-quent Tax Records of Tipton County, Ten-nessee, and the 2009 Personal Property Tax Records of Tipton County, Tennes-see, all as set out in Exhibit annexed hereto as Exhibit A for Tipton County, Tennessee, the 2009 Real Property and Personal Property Delinquent Tax Re-cords of the City of Covington, Tennes-see, all as set out in Exhibit B, the 2009 Real Property and Personal Property De-linquent Tax Records of the Town of Ma-son, Tennessee, all as set out in Exhibit C, the 2009 Real Property and Personal Property Delinquent Taxes of the City of Munford as set out in Exhibit D, and the 2009 Real Property and Personal Prop-erty Tax Records of the Town of Atoka all as set out in Exhibit E, and the 2009 Real Property and Personal Property Tax Re-cords of the Town of Brighton all as Set out in Exhibit F, all of which Exhibits are attached hereto,Defendants PUBLIC NOTICE OF COMPLAINTFOR COLLECTION OF REAL PROP-ERTY TAXESPublic notice is hereby given to Vanders Culbreath and Virgie Culbreath, Charles Melvin Culbreath, Eula Ray Culbreath, Lawrence Culbreath, Leonard Culbreath, Ester Lee Culbreath and Michael Cul-breath and/or their unknown heirs, Pa-mela Ford, Janice Virginia Roberts, Amos Russell and Edith Russell, Deborah Per-menter, John O. Chorley, Jr., Billie Jean Perette, Joyce Curtis, Martha Fletcher, William Harrison, Jr., Jack Baker, Sr., Olivia Baker Barker, Sammie Baker Renaud, Marian Baker Kennedy, Sarah Baker Duncan, Lela Cotton, Almeda Smith, Mazie Bernard, Elisha Whitmore, Ora Teamer, Sandra Ann Smith, Spillmon Gooden, Eddie Lee Gooden aka Good-win, Robert Earl Goodwin aka Gooden, Joann Goodwin Washington, Palm Good-win aka Gooden, Glenn Cunningham and Hattie S. Cunningham, Steven Chad Smith, Bobby Stone and Mae Lois Stone, Shameika Thompson, Douglas Allison, Ronald Grimes, Milton Grimes, Betty Traylor, James Elkins, Charles Elkins, and Tommy Lee Elkins, Willie Tipton anc Estella Tipton, Roy Tipton, Wayne Tipton, Yvonne Tipton Irons, Arber Nathaniel Tipon, Evelyn Tipton McAnally, Evelyn Tipton McLemore, Samuel Woodland, Samuel Wright, Willie P. Hodge, Connie Scott Hadley, Eddie Hadley, and Brandy Pruitt and or any unknown heirs of any persons named herein whether the same are residents or non-residents of Tipton County, Tennessee, that they are un-known and their present whereabouts and addresses cannot be ascertained after diligent search and inquiry. That said defendants and/or their unknown heirs are therefore re-quired to appear on or before Wednes-day, February 20, 2013, before the Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court of Tipton County, Tennessee at 1801 South College Street, Covington, Tennessee, and make defense to the Complaint filed against them by Tipton County, Tennes-see and its municipalities in said Court. Otherwise, the Complaint will be taken as confessed as to each of them and for this cause proceed ex parte. It is further ordered that this notice be published for four (4) weeks in The Covington Leader, a newspaper published in Covington, Tennessee. This 17th day of December, 2012.JUDY T. BILLINGSCLERK AND MASTERELIZABETH B. ZIARKODELINQUENT TAX ATTORNEY

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Default having been made by failure to comply with the terms and conditions of a certain Deed of Trust dated April 30, 1999, executed by Tommy R. Barnes, recorded in Record Book 864, Page 958, Register’s Office for Tipton County, Ten-nessee, and wherein the said Tommy R. Barnes conveyed the property therein described to John McManus, Trustee, to secure the indebtedness therein de-scribed, and the entire indebtedness hav-ing been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust and note, and payment not having been made as demanded; and the undersigned, Joel E. Jordan, of 3326 Aspen Grove Drive #604, Franklin, Tennessee 37067, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee in the place and stead of John McManus, Trustee, said appointment being set forth in the Register’s Office for Tipton County, Tennessee, notice is hereby given that I, Joel E. Jordan, Substitute Trustee, hav-ing been requested so to do by the law-ful owner of said indebtedness, will on Friday, January 18, 2013, at 12:15 p.m. at the North corner of the Tipton County Courthouse, Covington, Tennessee, sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, free from equity of re-demption, homestead and dower, and all other exemptions of every kind, all of which are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, the following described real es-tate in Tipton County, Tennessee:LYING IN THE SECOND CIVIL DIS-TRICT OF TIPTON, COUNTY, TENNES-SEE:Beginning at an iron stake the northeast corner of the C. M. Cullum Lot No. 5 of the 1.5 acre of which this survey is a part, the same being the southeast cor-

ner of Michael Roach and in the west line of Charles Kinney; thence with the west line of Charles Kinney S 17 ¾ de-grees W 224.2 feet to an iron stake the southeast corner of lot described; thence across the lot, N 80 deg. W 139.6 feet to an iron stake the southwest corner of lot described; said stake being in the east line of Dogwood Lane a 60 foot road; thence with the east line of Dogwood lane N 10 degrees E 168 feet to a stake to the south end of a cul-de-sac having a radius of 50 feet; thence with said cul-de-sac in a northeasterly direction 46.35 feet to an iron stake the northwest corner of lot described, said stake being a point in the south line of Michael Roach’s lot No. 6; thence with the south line of Lot No. 6, S 85 ½ degrees E 151 feet to the begin-ning, containing .75 of an acre.Being the same property conveyed to Tommy R. Barnes by Warranty Deed from Hazel M. Harkness dated April 2, 1999 and recorded in Record Book 863, Page 789, Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee.Also being the same property conveyed to Tommy Barnes by Quit Claim Deed from Willie Harkness dated April 23, 1999 and recorded in Record Book 864, Page 126, Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee.Included in this conveyance is a 1999 Southern Homes mobile home, Serial #DSDAL28721A/B.This is improved property known as 806 Dogwood Ln, Brighton, Tennessee 38011.The 2012 taxes are currently due and payable. The 2011 and 2010 taxes are currently past due and delinquent. Said sale is subject to any and all unpaid taxes and any other prior claims, liens, easements, set back lines and restrictions.THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO AD-JOURN THE DAY OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER DAY, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLI-CATION, UPON ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOVE. THE TRUSTEE/SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESCIND THE SALE.IN THE EVENT THE HIGHEST BIDDER DOES NOT HONOR THE HIGHEST BID WITHIN 24 HOURS, THE NEXT BIDDER AT THE NEXT HIGHEST BID WILL BE DEEMED THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER. THE NOTICE OF RIGHT TO FORECLOSE HAS BEEN SENT AS REQUIRED BY T.C.A. §35-5-117.

JOEL E. JORDAN Substitute TrusteeSTELTEMEIER & WESTBROOK, PLLC3326 Aspen Grove Drive, #604Franklin, Tennessee 37067

Insertion Dates: December 27, 2012, January 3, 2013 and January 10, 2013.

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truStee’S Sale Default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by a certain Deed of Trust executed December 15, 2003 by James R. Fultz, a single person to Larry Butler, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the office of the Register of Tipton County, Tennes-see, in Record Book 1113, page 101, and the undersigned having been appointed Substitute Trustee by instrument record-ed in Record Book 1557, Page 339, in the said Register’s Office, and the owner of the debt secured, BancorpSouth Bank, having requested the undersigned to ad-vertise and sell the property described in and conveyed by said Deed of Trust, all of said indebtedness having matured by default in the payment of a part there-of, at the option of the owner, this is to give notice that the undersigned will, on Thursday, January 17, 2013 commenc-ing at 10:00 AM, at the Front (North) Door of the Courthouse, Covington, Tip-ton County, Tennessee proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property, to wit:

Situated in County of Tip-ton, State of Tennessee.

Lot 1, Haddad-Beaver Road Minor Sub-division as recorded in Plat Cabinet G, Slide 19-A, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more par-ticular description of said lot. This con-veyance is subject to building lines and easements in Plat Cabinet G, Slide 19-A, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee.

Notice of the Right to Foreclose has been given in compliance with T.C.A. § 35-5-117.

Tax Parcel ID: 06-082-050.03

Property Address: 2575 Beaver Road, Brighton, TN.

Other Interested Party: First Citizens Na-tional Bank

All right and equity of re-demption, homestead and dower waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is be-lieved to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.

ARNOLD M. WEISS, Substitute TrusteeWeiss Spicer Cash PLLC208 Adams AvenueMemphis, Tennessee 38l0390l 526 8296File # 2162-098191-FCPublished: December 27, January 3, January 10BancorpSouth/James Fultz

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Default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by a certain Deed of Trust ex-ecuted May 25, 2007 by Fred A. Tucker and Martha J. Tucker, husband and wife to The Law Office of Lincoln Hodges, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the office of the Register of Tipton County, Tennessee, in Record Book 1346, Page 44, and the undersigned having been ap-pointed Substitute Trustee by instrument recorded in the said Register’s Office, and the owner of the debt secured, Mid-first Bank, having requested the under-signed to advertise and sell the property 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 the undersigned will, on Thursday, January 17, 2013 com-mencing at 10:00 AM, at the Front (North) Door of the Courthouse, Covington, Tip-ton County, Tennessee proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described

property, to wit:

Situated in County of Tip-ton, State of Tennessee.

Lot 78, Section G, Reeder Place Subdi-vision, Plat Cabinet C, Slide 116, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Ten-nessee, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said property.

Notice of the Right to Foreclose has been given in compliance with T.C.A. § 35-5-117.

Tax Parcel ID: 095L-A-078.00

Property Address: 225 Kathleen Drive, Munford, TN.

All right and equity of re-demption, homestead and dower waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is be-lieved to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.

ARNOLD M. WEISS, Substitute TrusteeWeiss Spicer Cash PLLC208 Adams AvenueMemphis, Tennessee 38l0390l 526 8296File # 1882-097866-FCPublished: December 27, January 3, January 10MidFirst Bank/Fred Tucker

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Case Number 84CH1-2012-PR-3081Estate of Linda Pearl Stimpson Ferguson, deceasedNotice is hereby given that on De-cember 18 of 2012 letter testamen-tary (or of administration as the case may be) in respect of the es-tate of Linda Pearl Stimpson Fergu-son, who died November 11, 2012, were issued to the undersigned by the Tipton County Chancery Court of Tipton County, Tennes-see. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against the estate are required to file the same with the Clerk of the above-named Court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2) otherwise their claims will be barred:

(1) (A) Four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or post-ing, as the case may be) of this no-tice if the creditor received an actual copy of this notice to creditors at least (60) days before date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the notice to creditors, if the credi-tor received the copy of the notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or post-ing) as described in (1) (A); or

(2) Twelve (12) months from the de-pendent’s date of death.

All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the un-dersigned at once.

This 27th day of December, 2012

John Micheal FergusonExecutor

Judy Billings, Clerk and Master1801 S. College St., Suite 110Covington, TN 38019

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Case Number 84CH1-2012-PR-3080Estate of Charles E. Glass, de-ceasedNotice is hereby given that on De-cember 17 of 2012 letter testamen-tary (or of administration as the case may be) in respect of the estate of Charles E. Glass, who died Novem-ber 26, 2012, were issued to the undersigned by the Tipton County Chancery Court of Tipton County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against the estate are required to file the same with the Clerk of the above-named Court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2) other-wise their claims will be barred:

(1) (A) Four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or post-ing, as the case may be) of this no-tice if the creditor received an actual copy of this notice to creditors at least (60) days before date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the notice to creditors, if the credi-tor received the copy of the notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or post-ing) as described in (1) (A); or

(2) Twelve (12) months from the de-pendent’s date of death.

All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the un-dersigned at once.

This 27th day of December, 2012

James H. Stock, Jr.Executor

Judy Billings, Clerk and Master1801 S. College St., Suite 110Covington, TN 38019

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SucceSSOr truStee’S Sale

Default having been made in the pay-ment of the debts and obligations se-cured to be paid in a certain Deed of Trust executed on January 5, 2005 by Tyrone D. Salmon to Charlotte Miller, Trustee as same appears of record in the Office of the Register of Tipton County, Tennessee in Book 1187, Page 292, the beneficiary being First South Financial Credit Union (formerly known as First South Credit Union). Subsequently STONE, HIGGS & DREXLER, P.C. was appointed suc-cessor trustee in Book 1460, Page 585; and the owner of the debt secured having requested the undersigned to advertise and sell the property 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, January 25, 2013 com-mencing at 10:00 a.m. at the north door of the Courthouse, Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee, and proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property to wit:

Description of a 1.33 acre tract, being the Barry Gene White property as recorded at Deed Book 652, Page 684, said prop-erty being situated in the Eighth Civil District of Tipton County, Tennessee and located on the West side of Old Memphis Road.

Beginning at a found c.p.s. in the cen-terline of Old Memphis Road, being the Northeast corner of this 1.33 acre tract, being the Barry Gene White property as recorded at Deed Book 652, Page 684, said being the Southeast corner of the Gary P. Hartwell property (773/624); thence in a Southwestwardly direction, along the centerline of Old Memphis Road and the East line of this tract, the following two courses, South 17 degrees 36 minutes 07 seconds West, a called and measured distance of 146.38 feet to an angle point; thence South 23 degrees 09 minutes 51 seconds West, a called and measured distance of 111.74 feet to a found c.p.s., being the Southeast cor-ner of this tract and an exterior corner of the Mrs. C. E. McCain property (256/251); thence in a Northwestwardly direction, along the South line of this tract and a North line of McCain, North 60 degrees 02 minutes 29 seconds West a called dis-tance of 291.61 feet, but a measured dis-tance of 291.70 feet to a found iron post, being the Southwest corner of this tract and an interior corner of McCain; thence in a Northeastwardly direction along the West line of this tract and an East line of McCain, North 18 degrees 09 minutes 00 seconds East, a called distance of 136.93 feet, but a measured distance of 137.03 feet to a found iron post, be-ing the Northwest corner of this tract and an interior corner of McCain; thence in a Southeastwardly direction, along the North line of this tract and a South line of McCain, South 83 degrees 34 minutes 04 seconds East, passing through a found iron post at 90.09 feet, being an exterior corner of McCain and the Southwest cor-ner of Hartwell and continuing along the North line of White and the South line of Hartwell and passing through a found iron post at 274.68 feet, but in all a called distance of 300.00 feet, but a measured distance of 300.15 feet to the Point of Be-ginning and containing 1.33 acres, more or less.

However, there is excepted out of the above described property all that por-tion occupied by the Right of Way of Old Memphis Road. Property address: 8113 Old Memphis Road, Brighton, TN 38011

This sale is subject to 2012 county taxes. This sale will erase, as to this property only, the judgment lien of Noland Company, Case No. CH-06-2115-2 and recorded in Book 1358, Page 885 of the Tipton County Register’s Office.

All right and equity of re-demption, 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 postponement 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, President

thence in a Northwestwardly direction, along the South line of this tract and a North line of McCain, North 60 degrees 02 minutes 29 seconds West a called dis-tance of 291.61 feet, but a measured dis-tance of 291.70 feet to a found iron post, being the Southwest corner of this tract and an interior corner of McCain; thence in a Northeastwardly direction along the West line of this tract and an East line of McCain, North 18 degrees 09 minutes 00 seconds East, a called distance of 136.93 feet, but a measured distance of 137.03 feet to a found iron post, be-ing the Northwest corner of this tract and an interior corner of McCain; thence in a Southeastwardly direction, along the North line of this tract and a South line of McCain, South 83 degrees 34 minutes 04 seconds East, passing through a found iron post at 90.09 feet, being an exterior corner of McCain and the Southwest cor-ner of Hartwell and continuing along the North line of White and the South line of Hartwell and passing through a found iron post at 274.68 feet, but in all a called distance of 300.00 feet, but a measured distance of 300.15 feet to the Point of Be-ginning and containing 1.33 acres, more

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or less.However, there is excepted out of the above described property all that por-tion occupied by the Right of Way of Old Memphis Road.Property address: 8113 Old Memphis Road, Brighton, TN 38011This sale is subject to 2012 county taxes. This sale will erase, as to this property only, the judgment lien of Noland Com-pany, Case No. CH-06-2115-2 and re-corded in Book 1358, Page 885 of the Tipton County Register’s Office.All right and equity of redemption, Statu-tory and otherwise, homestead and dow-er 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 an-nouncement at the date, time and place of the new postponement 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, President

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE

NOTICEDefault having been made in payment of the debts and obligations to be paid by JAMES ROBERT LYLES and wife, TERESA DAWN LYLES as shown in a certain Deed of Trust dated the 24th day of September, 2010, to DAVID E. OWEN, as Trustee, as the same appears of re-cord in the Office of the Register of Tipton County, Tennessee, in Book 1492, Pages 412-414; andGLENN D. EVERTON having been ap-pointed Substitute Trustee by Substitution of Trustee recorded at Book 1572, Page 1028 in said Register=s Office; andROY LEONARD INMAN, JR., the owner of the debt secured, having requested the undersigned to advertise and sell the property described in and conveyed by said Deed of Trust, all of said indebt-edness having matured by default in the payment of a part thereof, at the option of the owner, this is to give notice that GLENN D. EVERTON will on Friday, Jan-uary 25, 2013, commencing at 12:00 p.m. at the north door of the Tipton County Courthouse, Covington, Tennessee, pro-ceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property, to-wit:Situated in the County of Tipton and State of Tennessee: Being Lot No. 1 of the Lyles-Sunnyside Road Subdivision, as shown on final plat in Plat Cabinet H, Slide 517, of the Tipton County Register=s Office, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more par-ticular description of said lot.Property address: 3203 Sunnyside Road, Brighton, TN 38011This being the same property conveyed to James Robert Lyles and wife, Teresa Dawn Lyles by Warranty Deed of record at Book 1492, Pages 409-411, in the Register=s Office of Tipton County, Ten-nessee. Other interested parties: None.All right and equity of redemption, statu-tory and otherwise, homestead and dow-er 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.Sale made subject to lien for unpaid City and County property taxes; and any rights of existing tenants.The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above.TRUSTEEGLENN D. EVERTONPublication Dates: 01/03/13, 01/10/13, 01/17/13

SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE’S SALE

Default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid in a certain Deed of Trust executed on November 3, 2008 by Paul K. Stout and Valerie E. Stout, husband and wife, to Danny Goulder, Trustee as same ap-pears of record in the Office of the Reg-ister of Tipton County, Tennessee in Book 1416, Page 720, the beneficiary being InSouth Bank. Subsequently STONE, HIGGS & DREXLER, P.C. was appointed successor trustee in Book 1567, Page 1104; and the owner of the debt secured having requested the undersigned to ad-vertise and sell the property 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, January 25, 2013 com-mencing at 10:00 a.m. at the north door of the Courthouse, Covington, Tipton 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 Covington, County of Tipton and State of Tennessee:Lot 43, Hidden Ridge Estates Subdivi-sion, Amended Section C, as shown on plat of record in Plat Cabinet H, Slide 553, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, to which plat refer-ence is hereby made for a more particu-lar description of said lot.Property address: 1866 Wooten St., Covington, TNThis sale is subject to 2011 and 2012 city and county taxes.All right and equity of redemption, Statu-tory and otherwise, homestead and dow-er 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 an-nouncement at the date, time and place of the new postponement 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, President3jan3w


Default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid in a certain Deed of Trust executed on November 3, 2008 by Paul K. Stout and Valerie E. Stout, husband and wife, to Danny Goulder, Trustee as same ap-pears of record in the Office of the Reg-ister of Tipton County, Tennessee in Book 1416, Page 701, the beneficiary being InSouth Bank. Subsequently STONE, HIGGS & DREXLER, P.C. was appointed successor trustee in Book 1567, Page 1103; and the owner of the debt secured having requested the undersigned to ad-vertise and sell the property 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, January 25, 2013 com-mencing at 10:00 a.m. at the north door of the Courthouse, Covington, Tipton 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 Covington, County of Tipton and State of Tennessee:Lot 41, Hidden Ridge Estates Subdivi-sion, Amended Section C, as shown on plat of record in Plat Cabinet H, Slide 553, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, to which plat refer-ence is hereby made for a more particu-lar description of said lot.Property address: 1900 Wooten Street, Covington, TennesseeThis sale is subject to 2011 and 2012 city and county taxes.All right and equity of redemption, Statu-tory and otherwise, homestead and dow-er 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 an-nouncement at the date, time and place of the new postponement 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, President3jan3w


Default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid in a certain Deed of Trust exe-cuted on May 27, 2009 by Paul K. Stout and Valerie E. Stout, husband and wife, to John Weedman, Trustee as same ap-pears of record in the Office of the Reg-ister of Tipton County, Tennessee in Book 1439, Page 675, the beneficiary being InSouth Bank. Subsequently STONE, HIGGS & DREXLER, P.C. was appointed successor trustee in Book 1567, Page 1106; and the owner of the debt secured having requested the undersigned to ad-vertise and sell the property 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, January 25, 2013 com-mencing at 10:00 a.m. at the north door of the Courthouse, Covington, Tipton 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 Covington, County of Tipton and State of Tennessee:Lot 44, Hidden Ridge Estates Subdivi-sion, Amended Section C, as shown on plat of record in Plat Cabinet H, Slide 553 in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular de-scription of said lot.Property address: 1877 Wooten, Cov-ington, TNThis sale is subject to 2011 and 2012 city and county taxes.All right and equity of redemption, Statu-tory and otherwise, homestead and dow-er 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 an-nouncement at the date, time and place of the new postponement 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, President3jan3w


Default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid in a certain Deed of Trust exe-cuted on May 27, 2009 by Paul K. Stout and Valerie E. Stout, husband and wife, to John Weedman, Trustee as same ap-pears of record in the Office of the Reg-ister of Tipton County, Tennessee in Book 1439, Page 651, the beneficiary being InSouth Bank. Subsequently STONE, HIGGS & DREXLER, P.C. was appointed successor trustee in Book 1567, Page 1105; and the owner of the debt secured having requested the undersigned to ad-vertise and sell the property 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, January 25, 2013 com-mencing at 10:00 a.m. at the north door of the Courthouse, Covington, Tipton 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 Covington, County of Tipton and State of Tennessee:Lot 39, Hidden Ridge Est., Section C Amended as recorded in Plat Cabinet H, Slide 553 in the Tipton County Register’s

Office to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said lot.Property address: 1928 Wooten, Cov-ington, TNThis sale is subject to 2011 and 2012 city and county taxes.All right and equity of redemption, Statu-tory and otherwise, homestead and dow-er 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 an-nouncement at the date, time and place of the new postponement 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, President3jan3w


Default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid in a certain Deed of Trust executed on September 10, 2008 by Pugh Enter-prises LLC to David E. Owen, Trustee as same appears of record in the Office of the Register of Tipton County, Tennes-see in Book 1411, Page 461, the benefi-ciary being InSouth Bank. Subsequently STONE, HIGGS & DREXLER, P.C. was appointed successor trustee in Book 1551, Page 551; and an Affidavit of Scriv-ener’s Error recorded in Book 1567, Page 529; and the owner of the debt secured having requested the undersigned to ad-vertise and sell the property 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, January 25, 2013 com-mencing at 10:00 a.m. at the north door of the Courthouse, Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee, and proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described properties, to wit:415-417 and 421 Valley Avenue Parcel No. 041B-G-005.00Beginning at a stake in the south line of Valley Avenue 151 feet east of the in-tersection of the east line of Elm Street with the south line of Valley Avenue, Mrs. C. L. Shoaf’s northeast corner; thence south 50 feet to an iron pin; thence east 40 feet to an iron pin; thence south 12.50 feet to an iron pin and Anderson’s north-west corner; thence east 111.50 feet to a stake; thence north 62.5 feet to a stake, corner with Anderson in the south line of Valley Avenue; thence with the same west 150 feet to the beginning. 602 Junior Drive, Parcel No. 051M-A-019.00Lot 16, Section B, Baskin Subdivision as shown on plat of record in Plat Cabinet B, Slide 85, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, to which plat refer-ence is hereby made for a more particu-lar description of said property. 213 Gillespie, 219 Gillespie and 223 Gillespie, Parcel Nos. 041O-D-010.00, 041O-D-011.00, 041O-D-012.00Lots 14, 15, and 16 located and bounded as indicated as shown on the map or plat of the Hyde Park Mills, Inc. Subdivi-sion No. 2 of record in the Office of the Register of Tipton County, Tennessee, in Book 227, Page 510 to which reference is hereby made for a more particular de-scription.202 Rogers Avenue, Parcel No. 041O-D-014.00Lot No. 11, Hyde Park Mills, Inc. Subdivi-sion No. 2 as shown on plat in Deed Book 227, Page 510 of the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, and thus de-scribed:Beginning at a stake in the southwest cor-ner of Lot No. 11, the intersection of the north line of Rogers Street with the east line of Brumley Street; thence with the east line of Brumley Street north 13 west 81.8 feet to a stake the southwest corner of Lot No. 12; thence north 89 degrees 40 minutes east 125.9 feet to an iron pin the southeast corner of Lot No. 13, the north-west corner of Lot No. 16; thence south 17 degrees 35 minutes west 109 feet to a stake the southwest corner of Lot No. 17 in the north line of Rogers Street; thence with the same north 76 ½ west 78 feet to the beginning. 422 Valley, Parcel No. 041B-F-021.01Beginning at a stake in the north of Valley Avenue, Dyson’s southwest corner, Mrs. A. D. Fortner’s southeast corner; thence with Dyson’s west line north 65 ½ feet to a stake, Fortner’s northeast corner, Had-ley’s southeast corner; thence west 84 feet to a stake; thence south 65 ½ feet to a stake in the north line of Valley Av-enue; thence with the north line of Valley Avenue east 86 feet to the beginning. 316 Eaton St., Parcel No. 041C-J-016.00Tract 1 - Beginning at a stake in the east line of Eaton Street, the same being the northwest corner of the original lot of which this is a part; thence East along the north line of said original lot about 190 feet to a stake, the northeast corner of said lot; thence South along the east line of said lot about 42 feet to a stake, the southeast corner of said lot; thence West along the south line of said lot about 100 feet to a stake; thence North and par-allel with Eaton Street about 32 feet to a stake; thence West and parallel with the north line of said lot about 90 feet to a stake; thence North along the east line of said street 10 feet to a stake, and being the eastern portion of Lot No. 1 conveyed to Richard Wright and wife by Garnett Parker and wife by deed bearing date of October 18, 1951.Tract 2 – Beginning at a stake in the east boundary of Eaton Street, the same be-ing the southwest corner of Lot No. 2 con-veyed to us by Garnett Parker and wife; thence East along the south boundary of said lot about 90 feet to a stake, the southeast corner of said lot; thence North along the east boundary line of said lot 30 feet to the northeast corner of said lot and continuing thereafter about 32 feet and parallel with the east line of Eaton Street to a stake; thence West about 90 feet to a stake in the east line of Eaton Street, the same being 10 feet from the southwest corner of a lot conveyed to G. A. Girdner and being all of Lot No. 2 and the southwest portion of Lot No. 1 conveyed to Richard Wright and wife by Garnett Parker and wife by deed bearing date of October 18, 1951. 102 Shelton St. & 117 Shelton St., Parcel No. 041B-B-021.00Lot 74, Summit Addition to Covington fronting 100 feet on the west side of Shel-ton Street in said Town and running back west a distance of 250 feet, more or less, and being bounded on the north by the property of Nevils; on the South by the property of Ralph et al, on the East by Shelton; and on the west by the property of Dumas et al. However, excepted out of the above and not included herein is the following tract:Beginning at a stake at the original north-west corner of Lot 74 owned by Thelma L. Smith of which this survey is a a part; runs thence with the west line of Smith

and the east line of Joe Naifeh, South 26 degrees East 111.00 feet to a stake at the southwest corner of Smith and the northwest corner of E. K. Williams, Jr.; thence with the north line of Williams, East 137.70 feet to a stake at a 48 inch Pecan Tree; thence North 6 ½ degrees East 100.64 feet to a stake in the north line of Smith and the south line of a lot owned by William Miles; thence with their lines, West 196.80 feet to the beginning. The grantor also reserves the follow-ing perpetual easement for Ingress and Egress purposes: Beginning at a stake in the west right of way of Shelton Street, said stake being the northeast corner of the Thelma L. Smith lot, of which this survey is a part, also being the southeast corner of Williams Miles; thence leaving the street and running with the south line of William Miles, West 120.00 feet to a stake; thence South 6 ½ degrees West 15.20 feet to a stake; thence East 120.84 feet to a stake in the west line of Shel-ton Street; thence with the same, North 15.00 feet to the beginning.Beginning at a stake on the east side of Shelton Street and the southwest corner of Lot No. 71; thence south 100 feet to a stake the intersection of Shelton Street and Randolph Road; thence east 150 east to a stake; thence north 100 feet to a stake, the northwest corner of Charlie R. Gray lot; thence west 150 feet to the beginning. 506, 518, and 522 W. Pleasant Avenue, Parcel Nos. 041B-I-011.00, 041B-I-014.00, and 041B-I-014.01Beginning at a stake at the intersection of the north line of West Pleasant Street with the east line of High Street; thence north with the east line of High Street, 189 feet, more or less, to the center of a ditch, being B. L. Overall’s southwest cor-ner; thence east with the center of said ditch and Overall’s south line 55 feet to the northwest corner of the Devon Lewis lot; thence south with the west line of the Devon Lewis lot 189 feet, more or less, to the north line of West Pleasant Street; thence west with the north line of said West Pleasant Street 55 feet to the point of beginning.Beginning at a stake in the north line of West Pleasant Avenue at the southwest corner of the A. F. Whitley lot; thence north with the west line of said lot, 189 feet to a stake in the creek, being the northwest corner of said Whitley lot; thence west with said creek or ditch, 60 feet to a stake in same; thence south and parallel with the west line of Whitley lot, 189 feet to the north line of West Pleas-ant Avenue; thence east with the north line of said street, 60 feet to the point of beginning.Beginning at a stake on West Pleas-ant Street, the southwest corner of L. J. Lindsey’s garden; thence west with West Pleasant Street 55 feet to a stake; thence North 86 feet and parallel with South High Street to a stake; thence East 55 feet and parallel with West Pleasant Street to a stake; thence South 86 feet to the beginning.521 Simonton St., Parcel No. 025O-A-003.00Description of a 0.13 acre parcel being a part of the S.J. Baskin property as record-ed at Deed Book 378, Page 362 (First Lot) and Deed Book 486, Page 144 (Sec-ond Lot), said property being situated in the First Civil District of Tipton County, and located on the West side of Simonton Street in Covington, Tennessee.Beginning at a found ½ inch rebar with cap being the Northwest corner of the S.J. Baskin property as recorded at Deed Book 486, Page 144 (Second Lot), which a part of this parcel is a part, also being an angle point in the South line of the S. J. Baskin property as recorded at Deed Book 378, Page 362 (First Lot), which a part of this parcel is a part, also be-ing the Northeast corner of the Olean Anderson property (486/185), also being an interior corner of this 0.13 acre parcel; thence in a Northwestwardly direction, along the South line of the Baskin prop-erty (378/362 First Lot) and this parcel, also being the North line of the Anderson property, North 69° 33 minutes 02 sec-onds West, a distance of 43.81 feet to a found 1 inch pipe being the Southwest corner of the Baskin property (378/362 First Lot), and this parcel, also being the Northwest corner of the Anderson property; thence in a Northwestwardly direction, along a West line of the Baskin property and this parcel, North 02° 03 minutes 27 seconds East, a distance of 37.14 feet to a set ½ inch rebar with a cap being the Northwest corner of this parcel; thence in a Northeastwardly direction, along the North line of this parcel, North 69° 46 minutes 25 seconds East, a dis-tance of 79.60 feet to a set ½ inch rebar with a cap in the West Right of Way line of Simonton Street being the Northeast corner of this parcel; thence in a South-eastwardly direction along the West Right of Way line of Simonton Street and the East line of this parcel, South 22° 32 minutes 56 seconds East, a distance of 65.25 feet to a found ½ inch rebar with a cap being the Southeast corner of this parcel; thence in a Southwestwardly di-rection, along a South line of this parcel, South 67° 11 minutes 38 seconds West, a distance of 64.24 feet to a found ½ inch rebar with a cap being an exterior corner of this parcel, also being in the West line of the Baskin property (486/144 Second Lot), also being in the East line of the Anderson property; thence in a North-westwardly direction, along a West line of the Baskin property 486/144 Second Lot) and this parcel, also being the East line of the Anderson property, North 08° 33 minutes 11 seconds West, a distance of 5.28 feet to the Point of Beginning and containing 0.13 acres, more or less. 1508 S. College St., Parcel No. 041O-D-021.00Beginning at a stake 95 feet east of the Mt. Carmel and Covington Road, said stake being 15 feet west of the southwest corner of the parcel of land conveyed to Mrs. Sallie Scofield by C. A. Pearson by deed recorded in Deed Book 170, Page 233, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee; thence west 95 feet to a stake in Mr. Carmel Covington Road,

being also the southwest corner of the 1.02 acres tract conveyed to C. A. Pear-son and wife, by W. A. Smith and wife, by deed recorded in Deed Book 145, Page 101, of which this is a part; thence north 3 deg. West with the east line of the Covington-Mt. Carmel Road, 125.4 feet to a stake in the north side of the ditch, J. E. Dew’s (now Porter Bailey’s) south-west corner; thence with the north side of the ditch south 85 deg., east 95 feet to a stake, said stake being 17 feet west of the northwest corner of the lot conveyed to Sallie Scofield by C. A. Pearson by deed recorded in Deed Book 170, Page 233; thence south and parallel with the west line of Scofield lot and east line of Mt. Carmel-Covington Road to the point of beginning. 116 Maley Circle and 118 Maley Circle, Parcel Nos. 025N-E-017.01 and 025N-E-017.01 S/I 001Beginning at a stake in Melvin Beasley’s south line south 87 degrees west 139 feet from the west line of North Maple Street; thence south 0 degrees 15 minutes east 104 feet to a stake in Hamil’s north line; thence south 87 degrees west 100 feet to a stake in the east line of the alley; thence north 3 degrees 15 minutes west 104 feet to a stake in Clarence Rose South line; thence north 87 degrees east 105 feet to the beginning. 1510 S. College St., Parcel No. 041O-D-020.00Lot No. 11 Hyde Park Mills, Inc. Subdivi-sion No. 2 as shown on plat in Deed Book 227, Page 510, of the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, and thus de-scribed:Beginning at a stake in the southwest cor-ner of Lot No. 11, the intersection of the north line of Rogers Street with the east line of Brumley Street; thence with the east line of Brumley Street north 13 west 81.8 feet to a stake the southwest corner of Lot No. 12; thence north 89 degrees 40 minutes east 125.9 feet to an iron pin the southeast corner of Lot No. 13, the north-west corner of Lot No. 16; thence south 17 degrees 35 minutes west 109 feet to a stake the southwest corner of Lot No. 17 in the north line of Rogers Street; thence with the same north 76 ½ west 78 feet to the beginning. This sale is subject to 2009 - 2012 city and county taxes.All right and equity of redemption, Statu-tory and otherwise, homestead and dow-er 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 an-nouncement at the date, time and place of the new postponement 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, President

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

SALE Default having been made in the terms, conditions, and payments provided in a certain Deed of Trust dated JANUARY 5, 2007, executed by TERRY D. COPLAND AND BETTY COPLAND, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to EMMETT JAMES HOUSE OR BILL R. MCLAUGHLIN, Trustee, of record in RECORD BOOK 1319, PAGE 741, for the benefit of REGIONS BANK D/B/A REGIONS MORTGAGE, in the Register’s Office for TIPTON County, Tennessee and to J. PHILLIP JONES AND JESSICA D. BINKLEY, either of whom may act, appointed as Substitute Trustee in an instrument of record in the Register’s Office for TIPTON County, Tennessee, to secure the indebtedness described, the entire indebtedness hav-ing been declared due and payable by REGIONS BANK D/B/A REGIONS MORTGAGE, being the present owner/holder or authorized agent, designee or servicer of the holder/owner of said in-debtedness, has requested foreclosure proceedings to be instituted; and as pro-vided in said Deed of Trust, I, J. PHILLIP JONES/ JESSICA D. BINKLEY, will by virtue of the power and authority vested in me as Substitute Trustee, on TUES-DAY, JANUARY 29, 2013 AT 12:00 P.M. (NOON), AT THE NORTH DOOR OF THE TIPTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN COVINGTON, TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, sell to the highest bidder for cash, free from the equity of redemp-tion, homestead, and dower, and all other exemptions which are expressly waived, and subject to any unpaid taxes, if any, the following described property in TIP-TON County, Tennessee, to wit:PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE COUN-TY OF TIPTON, TENNESSEE:DESCRIPTION OF LOT 135 OF THE HIGHLANDS, SECTION G, AS RE-CORDED AT PLAT CABINET C, SLIDE 147, SAID PROPERTY BEING SITUAT-ED IN THE SIXTH CIVIL DISTRICT OF TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE AND BEING LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF ABERDEEN DRIVE.BEGINNING AT A FOUND ½ INCH REBAR WITH A CAP BEGINNING IN THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF ABERDEEN DRIVE (60 FOOT TOTAL RIGHT OF WAY) BEING THE NORTH-WEST CORNER OF LOT 135 OF THE HIGHLANDS, SECTION G, AS RE-CORDED AT PLAT CABINET C, SLIDE 147, ALSO BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 136 OF SAID SUB-DIVISION; THENCE IN A NORTHEAST-WARDLY DIRECTION, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 135 AND THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 136, NORTH 83 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 14 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 202.14 FEET TO A FOUND ½ INCH REBAR WITH A CAP

BEING THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 135 AND THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 136; THENCE IN A SOUTHEASTWARDLY DIRECTION, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF LOT 135, SOUTH 22 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 09 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE 69.08 FEET TO A FOUND ½ INCH REBAR WITH A CAP BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 135, ALSO BEING THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 134 OF SAID SUBDIVISION; THENCE IN A SOUTHWESTWARDLY DIREC-TION, ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 135 AND THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 134, SOUTH 67 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST, A DIS-TANCE OF 205.02 FEET TO A FOUND ½ INCH REBAR WITH A CAP IN THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF AB-ERDEEN DRIVE BEING THE SOUTH-WEST CORNER OF LOT 135 AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 134; THENCE IN A NORTHWESTWARDLY DIRECTION, ALONG THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF ABERDEEN DRIVE AND THE WEST LINE OF LOT 135, THE FOLLOWING TWO (2) COURSES, NORTH 22 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 47.05 FEET TO A POINT OF CUR-VATURE; THENCE FOLLOWING A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RA-DIUS OF 270.00 FEET A DELTA ANGLE OF 16 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 30 SECONDS, AN ARC LENGTH OF 78.66 FEET, A TANGENT LENGTH OF 39.61 FEET, A CHORD BEARING NORTH 14 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 31 SECONDS WEST, AND A CHORD LENGTH OF 78.38 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGIN-NING AND CONTAINING 0.46 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.HOWEVER, THERE EXISTS ON THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY A 5 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT RUN-NING ADJACENT TO AND PARALLEL WITH THE WEST PROPERTY LINE AS SHOWN ON PLAT OF SURVEY.SUBJECT TO SUBDIVISION RESTRIC-TIONS AT BOOK 719, PAGE 200 AND BUILDING LINES AND EASEMENTS AS RECORDED AT PLAT CABINET C, SLIDE 147 OF THE AFORESAID REGIS-TER’S OFFICE.BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CON-VEYED TO TERRY COPLAND AND BETTY COPLAND, HUSBAND AND WIFE, TENANTS BY THE ENTIRETIES, BY WARRANTY DEED DATED APRIL 27, 2000 OF RECORD IN RECORD BOOK 899, PAGE 926, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF TIPTON COUNTY, TENNES-SEE. SEE ALSO WAIVER OF PRIORITY DATED JANUARY 8, 2007 OF RECORD IN RECORD BOOK 1320, PAGE 781, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE; WHEREIN UCC FINANCING STATEMENT OF RECORD IN RECORD BOOK 1004, PAGE 605 AND CONTINUATION OF SAID UCC OF RECORD IN RECORD BOOK 1429, PAGE 34, ARE SUBORDINATED TO SAID DEED OF TRUST.THIS IS IMPROVED PROPERTY KNOWN AS 278 N. ABERDEEN DRIVE, MUNFORD, TENNESSEE 38058.MAP 096O GROUP D CTRL MAP 111B PARCEL 037.00THE SALE OF THE SUBJECT PROP-ERTY IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND IS FURTHER SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF ANY TENANT(S) OR OTHER PARTIES OR ENTITIES IN POS-SESSION OF THE PROPERTY.THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ANY UN-PAID TAXES, IF ANY, ANY PRIOR LIENS OR ENCUMBRANCES LEASES, EASE-MENTS AND ALL OTHER MATTERS WHICH TAKE PRIORITY OVER THE DEED OF TRUST UNDER WHICH THIS FORECLOSURE SALE IS CONDUCTED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PRIORITY OF ANY FIXTURE FILING. IF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREA-SURY/ INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, THE STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPART-MENT OF REVENUE, OR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT ARE LISTED AS INTERESTED PAR-TIES IN THE ADVERTISEMENT, THEN THE NOTICE OF THIS FORECLOSURE IS BEING GIVEN TO THEM, AND THE SALE WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE AP-PLICABLE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES RIGHT TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY, ALL AS REQUIRED BY 26 U.S.C. 7425 AND T.C.A. 67-1-1433. IF APPLICABLE, THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS OF T.C.A. 35-5-117 HAVE BEEN MET.THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO AD-JOURN THE DAY OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER DAY, TIME AND PLACE CER-TAIN WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLICA-TION, UPON ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOVE. THE TRUSTEE/SUB-STITUTE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESCIND THE SALEIN THE EVENT THE HIGHEST BIDDER DOES NOT HONOR THE HIGHEST BID WITHIN 24 HOURS, THE NEXT HIGH-EST BIDDER AT THE NEXT HIGHEST BID WILL BE DEEMED THE SUCCESS-FUL BIDDER.OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE EMCTHIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE. This day, December 28, 2012. This is improved property known as 278 N. AB-ERDEEN DRIVE, MUNFORD, TENNES-SEE 38058.J. PHILLIP JONES/ JESSICA D. BINKLEY, SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE1800 HAYES STREETNASHVILLE, TN 37203(615) 254-4430www.phillipjoneslaw.comF12-1354

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PUBLIC NOTICECellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to build a 290‐foot self-support lattice Communications Tower. Anticipated lighting application is medium intensity dual red/white strobes. The Site location is Dolan Road north of Drummonds Road, Drummonds, Tipton County, TN 38023, N 35˚ 28’ 0.45”, W 89˚ 54’ 17.85”. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Antenna Structure Registration (ASR, Form 854) filing number is A0807716.ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS – Interested persons may review the application (www.fcc.gov/asr/applications) by entering the filing number. Environmental concerns may be raised by filing a Request for Environmental Review (www.fcc.gov/asr/environmentalrequest) and online filings are strongly encouraged. The mailing address to file a paper copy is: FCC Requests for Environmental Review, Attn: Ramon Williams, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. HISTORIC PROPERTIES EFFECTS ‐ Public comments regarding potential effects on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Kathryn Emmitt Kay, 6876 Susquehanna Trail South, York, PA 17403, 781-273-2500, [email protected].

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Brighton junior Mal-colm Terry took sixth in the Class AAA long jump with a 21-09 and 14th in the high jump with a 6-00.

Munford's Sidtavious Mennis took ninth in the Class AAA long jump

with a 21-01. Cougar Cedric Wil-

liams was 10th in the tri-ple jump with a 43-03.25 and classmate Tyler Gray was ninth in the shotput with a 48-00.25.

Munford junior Taylor Patterson made it to the tennis state tournament.

16-minute halves rather than quarters.

Three Chargers players reached double figures. Bobby Shanks led with 17 points, Tarecus Hughes added 15 and Demetrius Dyson 10.

The semifinal round was not as easy as the Chargers dropped a four-point decision to Coweta (Okla.), the fourth-ranked 5A team in Oklahoma.

“We did not play very hard,” said Real. “Again, we started slow. They ran out 9-0 and it was catch up the rest of the way. We

never played Covington basketball.”

Demetrius Dyson paced the Chargers with 20 points. Jaylin Dyson had 10 for CHS.

Covington bounced back in the consolation with a 70-50 win over J.A. Fair from Little Rock. “We were out of sync early,” Real said, “but got better as it went along.”

The Dysons led CHS in scoring with Demetrius dropping in 24 points and Jaylin 16 in the win.

AGENDA

HTL Advantage

The Board of Directors of HTL Advantage will meet on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 9:00am at the Lauderdale County Chamber of Commerce in Ripley, TN 38063.

1. Call to Order – Jeff Huffman, Chairman2. Pledge of Allegiance3. Approve Minutes from August 14th, 2012 HTL Advantage Board Meeting – Jeff Huffman4. Discuss and Consider HTL Advantage Financials – Duane Lavery5. Discuss Tennessee Economic Partnership Membership6. Discuss Select TN Site Certification Program Update7. Other Business8. Adjourn

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Town of ATokACurb side Christmas tree pickup on Saturday January 5, 2013. All trees need to be at the curb by 8 a.m.

First day of residential trash collection is Monday, January 7, 2013. Cans need to be at the curb by 6 a.m.

City of CovingtonPlanning Commission Meeting Notice

January 8, 2013 4:30 p.m.Lower Level Conference Room

200 West Washington Ave 1. Greg Ford- Grand Oaks Estates on Solo Road- Final Plat, Consolidation of Lots 2, 3, 6-15 2. Brighton Bank- 1500 Hwy 51 S- Map 0410 Group A Parcel 011.00 Rezoning request from R-1 to B-2 All interested parties should attend the meeting. For additional information call Covington Public Works, Planning and Building Division at 901-476-7191. 3jan1w

PUBLIC NOTICEThe Tipton County Legislative meeting will be held on Monday January 14, 2013 at 7:00 pm. This meeting will take place at the Justice Center.

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NOTICE TO FURNISHERSOF LABOR

AND MATERIALS TO:Law Signs, LLCPROJECT NO.:98047-4185-04

CONTRACT NO.: CNK159COUNTY: Tipton

The Tennessee Department of Transportation is about to make nal settlement with the contractor for construction of the above num-bered project. All persons wishing to le claims pursuant to Section 54-5-122, T.C.A. must le same with the Director of Construction, Tennessee Department of Trans-portation, Suite 700 James K. Polk Bldg., Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0326, on or before 02/01/13.

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This is a column that I have done many times before: the TWRA Ten Commandments of Firearm Safety. The reason for this column is that so many young boys and girls are receiving a fire-arm for a Christmas pres-ent and the hope is that this firearm safety column will make a difference.

So here goes the TWRA’s Ten Commandments of Firearm Safety:

1. Watch that muzzle! Keep it pointed in a safe direction at all times.

2. Treat every firearm as if it were loaded. It might be, even if you think it isn’t.

3. Be sure of the target and what is in front of it and beyond it. Know the identifying features of the game you hunt. Make sure you have an adequate backstop and

don’t shoot at a flat, hard surface or water.

4. Keep your finger outside the trigger guard until ready to shoot.

This is the best way to prevent an accidental dis-charge.

5. Check your barrel and ammunition. Make sure the barrel and action are clear of obstructions and carry only the proper ammunition for your fire-arm.

6. Unload firearms when not in use. Leave actions open; carry fire-arms in cases and unloaded to and from the shooting area.

7. Point a firearm only at some-thing you intend to shoot. Avoid all horseplay with a gun.

8. Don’t run, jump or climb with a loaded firearm. Unload a firearm before you climb a fence or tree, or

jump a ditch. Pull a firearm toward you by the butt, not the muzzle.

9. Store firearms and ammuni-tion separately and safely. Store each in secured locations beyond the reach of children and carless adults.

10. Avoid alcoholic beverages before or during shooting. Also avoid mind- or behavior-altering medicines or drugs.

Practice these commandments and encourage others around you to do the same and you will always have a safe and enjoyable time in the outdoors.

Arnold Bull hosts “Wildlife Chat-ter” on WKBJ and has won numerous awards for his writing and television work. He can be reached at 476-4601 or [email protected].

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Revisting firearm safety's ten commandments

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By KATI DONALDSONMiss Tipton County

With LeBonheur being my platform for the Miss America Organization, Ispent my holiday season focusing on the children at LeBonheur. Igotintouchwiththevolunteerser-

vices and found that they hold a Christ-mas Basket give away on Christmas Day to all the children in the hospital at that time. I focused onmakingmygoal 100 blankets to donate to the 0-12 month-old-babies.

These blankets were each placed in the baskets along with other goodies and given to the children on Christ-

mas morning. With the help of my Miss Tipton County Board of Directors and many wonderful volunteers through-outTiptonCountyIwasable toreachthis goal and help put a smile on many faces that morning. Iwanttothankeveryonethatdonat-

ed a blanket or money to help purchase blankets that allowed me reach my goal.Iamblessedtoliveinsuchacar-ing and helpful community that strives topushmeasfarasIhavecome.IalsowanttothankLeBonheurChil-

dren’s Hospital for giving me the op-portunity to help out in a time for the holidays and allowing me to give to the precious children staying there.

Miss Tipton focues on children at LeBonheur

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Blankets, gifts given to children

ApplicationsfortheTennesseeWild-lifeResourcesAgency2013SpringTur-key Quota Hunts will be accepted until Feb. 6, 2013.

The areas available for the hunts are listed on the instruction sheets. Hunt-ers have up to 12 choices, but will be drawnforonlyone.Applicantsmaynotuse the same hunt code more than once. There are a total of 19 hunts listed. No person may apply more than once.Apermit feewill not be charged to

Annual Sportsman (Type 004), Life-

timeSportsman(Types402-405)licenseholdersorSeniorCitizenHunters(Type166)withanAnnualSeniorCitizenPer-mit(Type167).TWRAwillpaytheagentfeeforthese

transactions. For all other license hold-ers, the cost is $10 per permit, plus the agent fee. When applying at a license agent, hunters must remain at the loca-tion while the application is processed.

Hunters will receive a receipt with a confirmation number when the appli-cation is complete.

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preforming during a special service on January 6th. He has traveled for more than

40 years, singing to some of the largest gospel crowds,

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10 a.m. - Noon.Malcolm Terry Sr., right, is promoting a fight that will include Malcom Terry Jr., left, and former world champ Roy Jones Jr. courtesy photo

By JEFF [email protected]

Covington resident Malcolm Terry has been a boxing promoter for years, trying to find that local boxer to hit it big nationally.

Three months from now, thanks to some help from one of the most famous boxers of all time, he's promoting a show in Memphis that he hopes will shine a light on some local talent.

Though the details have not been finalized, Terry said he will promote a boxing event on April 5 at the Cook Convention Center that will feature Roy Jones Jr., a former world champion and one of the best pound-of-pound boxers of all time.

Malcom Terry Jr., a senior at Brighton High School and Terry's son, will be on the card as well.

Terry said that his son is the only high school student in the country box-

ing professionally. Covington's Donnell Wiggins is a

possible opponent for Jones, who is 43 and has been fighting in Europe the past few months and is 55-8 in 23 years of professional bouts.

Last week Jones was in town as part of a national anti-bullying campaign. Terry and Jones, along with members of the Memphis Grizzlies, visited sev-eral community centers in Memphis.

“We're trying to get a good message across,” said Terry. “The program is re-ally growing. We've putting a bunch of emphasis on it.”

Another local boxer, Ira Terry, is ex-pected to be on the April card too.

Ira Terry and Malcolm Terry Jr. will fight at Daisy Theatre in Memphis on Jan. 19 to tune up for the April event.

“This is a really big deal,” Terry Sr. said. “I think it's great that we have some local guys who are going to get some attention that they deserve.”

Terry promoting fight with former world champion

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The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is now accepting entries for its 2013-14 photo contest for pub-lication in the Tennessee Wildlife Magazine’s popular annual calendar issue.

All interested photographers are invited to submit their best photos on fishing and wildlife species na-tive to Tennessee, and fishing and hunting scenes in Tennessee.

Interested photographers must submit their photo entries by the March 7, 2013 deadline.

The photos will be reviewed for publication in the annual calendar edition of Tennessee Wildlife Maga-zine. If a photo is selected for the calendar edition, the photographer will receive a cash stipend of $60.

The format is horizontal digital images on disk. Only digital images in JPEG format and of high resolution (300 dpi) sized as an 8 1/2x11 will be accepted.

Each disk submitted must have the name of the photographer stamped or written on it. No prints can be accepted. (Sorry, disks cannot be returned).

Entries can be mailed to: Tennessee Wildlife MagazineCalendar IssueP.O. Box 40747Nashville, TN 37204

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