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The Mt. Juliet Board of Commissioners held its reg-ular meeting Monday night. The night brought along cit-izen comments on the city and a special presentation to a local resident.

Jennie Jankowski ap-proached the board during the citizen’s comments sec-tion of the meeting, asking the board to consider im-plementing some form of af-fordable senior housing and transportation for Mt. Juliet.

After previously receiv-ing many complaints about drivers rolling through stop signs and speeding through residential neighborhoods, Commissioner James Ma-ness thanked MJPD for en-forcing laws and keeping neighborhoods safe.

Maness and City Manager Kenny Martin also assured

Over the next couple of months, The Chronicle will be profi ling each Mt. Juliet teacher nominated for Wil-son County’s Teacher of the Year.

This week’s teacher is Veda Hamrick, who teach-es kindergarten at Stoner Creek Elementary School.

Hamrick graduated from David Lipscomb University in Nashville with a degree in Elementary Education and is close to completing her master’s degree in counsel-ing from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

All three of her children attended Stoner Creek El-ementary, and her only

grandchild is currently en-rolled in kindergarten there, though not in Hamrick’s class.

Hamrick has taught at Stoner Creek since it

The Wilson Central High School dance team won an unprecedented three na-tional titles at the JAMFest Dance Super Nationals in

St. Louis over the weekend. The Wildcats placed fi rst

in jazz, hip-hop and lyrical in the senior high school division of the competition.

“I cannot express how proud I am of these amaz-

ing 23 girls,” said Coach Katie Stricklin. “They have continued to exceed my ex-pectations all season long and this weekend they made history.”

Wilson Central won the

national title in hip-hop in 2016, but this is the fi rst time they won the trifecta.

The three national titles are the latest, but most sig-nifi cant, titles for the dance team. Previously, the Wild-cats won the Smoky Moun-tain Christmas Champi-onships in Gatlinburg in December and the JAMfest in Nashville earlier this month.

The team includes se-niors Anita Baluch, Emi-ly Buckner, Logan Carter, Carly Ebersberger, Marissa Hawks, Aubrie King, Ky-lie Michael, Emily Molino, Zoe Rahmani and Maddie Spradley; juniors Erika Cervantes, Taylor Powers and Francesca Rodriquez; sophomores Kathleen Am-menheuser, Ella Burgess, Ashton Hamblen, Madison Hill and Madison Treutel; freshmen Kayla Cox, Riley Gilstrap, Bailey Rollins, Lillia Roning and Mia Sto-ver.

The seniors competed in the lyrical category, while the entire team compet-ed in the hip-hop and jazz competitions.

Stricklin coaches the team with Nicole Belsante and Courtney Weeks.

By Sarah TateManaging Editor

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR - PAGE 2 | OBITUARIES - PAGE 10 | CLASSIFIEDS - PAGE 12

Staff Reports

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CommunityCalendar

FEB 19

Presidents’ DayCity offi ces closed

FEB 22

VA Benefi ts eventRutland Place

MARCH 3

FundraiserBoy Scout Troop 246

Additional information Page 2

Detectives are hoping someone will recognize a female who fraudulently used stolen credit card in-formation.

On Dec. 21, 2017, the victim noticed fraudulent activity on her credit card statement, and it was clear that the card information was fraudulently used at Dollar Tree, located at 300 Pleasant Grove Rd., in an attempt to purchase items.

Detectives tracked when the credit card was used and were able to get sur-veillance video of a female suspect who attempted to make a purchase.

If anyone has a feeling that they possibly know

the suspect responsible for this crime, they are encouraged to call the Mt. Juliet Police Department at (615) 754-2550. Infor-mation can also be given anonymously by calling (615) 754-TIPS (8477) or via the Mt. Juliet Police Department website at http://www.mjpd.org/.

Detectives seek fraud suspect

Suspect photo courtesy of MJPD

Veda HamrickStoner Creek Elementary

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WCHS wins national championships

Board shows support for local worker

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COMMUNITY CALENDARFEB 19

Presidents’ DayCity offi ces will be

closed Feb. 19 in obser-vance of Presidents’ Day Holiday.

FEB 20

Lions ClubLions Club Meeting at

Courtney’s Restaurant at 4066 N. Mt. Juliet Rd., ev-ery fi rst and third Tuesday of the month. For more information, contact Ken Thomas 615-470-5252 [email protected].

FEB 20

Free Fitness ClassFree Fitness Class ev-

ery Tuesday evening 6:30 p.m. at Life Church in the youth center. Life Church is located at 3688 High-way 109 Lebanon, Tn. Right across the street from The Dollar General Store. This is a great class for all ages and all fi tness levels. For more informa-tion you can email [email protected]

FEB 22

VA Benefi ts eventRutland Place will be

hosting a VA Information-al Event: “How VA Dis-ability Benefi ts May Help with Senior Care Costs,” presented by Dr. Glenn Osborne, Dr. App. Sc. (Gerontology), Managing Director of Elder Veter-ans Legal Aid Group, P.C. Event is Thursday, Feb.

22 from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Lunch provided. Please RSVP at 615-773-6111.

FEB 24

Hermitage ChurchBlack History Month

Memorial Service, 11 a.m. to noon on Feb. 24 at The Hermitage Church. Join The Hermitage for their annual commemoration of those enslaved at The Her-mitage and throughout the country. The service will feature guest speak-er Nicole A. Moore of the Center for Civil & Human Rights in Atlanta.

MARCH 3

FundraiserBoy Scout Troop 246

is having its annual Spa-ghetti Dinner Fundraiser Saturday, March 3, from 5-7 p.m. at Cook’s United Methodist Church. Tick-ets are $5 each. Located at 7919 Lebanon Rd. in Mt. Juliet.

MARCH 24

Senior Informational Expo

Grace United Method-ist Church will be having a “Senior Information Expo” on Saturday, March 24 from 9 a.m. to noon. Lo-cated at 2905 N. Mt. Juliet Rd. They will be providing information for seniors and their caregivers. Free to the community.

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The Wilson Central High School Dance Team won three national titles at the JAMFest Dance Super Nationals in St. Louis last weekend. The team placed fi rst in hip-hop, jazz and lyrical in the senior high school division. Wilson Central won the national championship for hip-hop in 2016.

The Tennessee Poison Center (TPC) is celebrat-ing its 30th anniversary this month, following a year in which it received more than 50,000 emer-gency calls from resi-dents, healthcare pro-fessionals, emergency departments and inten-sive care units.

TPC’s Poison Help ho-tline (1-800-222-1222) received 50,934 calls in 2017, 24 percent of which were from healthcare pro-fessionals, emergency de-partments and intensive care units.

It saved taxpayers an estimated $10.4 million in 2017 by preventing emergency department fees for uninsured resi-dents, a figure based on estimates of the state’s hospital emergency de-partment fees.

“Poisoning is the lead-ing cause of injury death in Tennessee, surpassing motor vehicle accidents, gunshot wounds and drownings,” said Don-na Seger, MD, who has served as medical direc-tor of the Tennessee Poi-son Center since 1990.

“When poison victims are treated at home, un-necessary medical ex-penses are avoided and valuable healthcare dol-lars are saved,” she said.

In a recent call sur-vey, 52 percent of hotline callers replied they would have visited a hospital emergency department if the poison center were not available; 62 percent

Tennessee Poison Center celebrates 30th anniversary

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Charis Health Center now offers well-woman exams every Wednesday through Friday at the Mt. Juliet clinic and physical therapy on Tuesdays at the satellite clinic at The Glade Church. Starting in January, Charis expanded its hours to be open Mon-day through Friday at one of the two locations in Mt. Juliet and Gladeville.

“As our hours and ser-vices continue to expand to serve the growing num-ber of our neighbors in the healthcare coverage gap, we are in need of medical and non-medical volun-teers who want to have an impact on our commu-nity,” said Lea Rowe, Ex-ecutive Director of Charis Health Center. “Anyone who has ever thought they might want to go on a med-ical mission trip can help us serve physical, mental and spiritual needs right here in our own back yard as we’re #BringingTheMis-sionHome.”

Charis Health Center is a nonprofit faith-based primary care clinic with no political affiliation. Its mission is to provide effec-tive and affordable primary health care to the medi-

cally uninsured in Middle Tennessee.

Medical and non-medi-cal volunteer opportunities are available:

Clinic Operations – non-medical front office staff (greeting patients, setting appointments, an-swering phones, collecting payments)

Clinic Nursing – CNA, MA, Nurses, Phlebotomist, and NP (patient intake, vitals, blood draws, work alongside the medical staff)

Board of Directors - for those unable to volunteer at a clinic, there are op-portunities to serve on the Board of Directors, par-ticularly individuals with a background in finance/accounting, marketing and business as well as the medical profession.

For more information on Charis Health Center, be-coming a volunteer, or the expanded hours, call (615) 773-5785 or visit www.charishealthcenter.org.

Charis Health Center provides routine examina-tions, assessments and basic laboratory testing. There is a $25 copay for an office visit. A well-wom-an exam, including a free mammogram referral, is $40. Appointments are re-quired.

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In 2007, a group of con-cerned Wilson Countians came together to form the Wilson County Agricul-tural Hall of Fame. Since W i l s o n C o u n t y

was found-ed back in 1799, Agriculture has been a cornerstone of this com-munity. To recognize the contributions of the many folks involved in agricul-ture to our community, the Wilson County Agri-cultural Hall of Fame was organized. Each year, at least four (4) Wilson Countians are recognized during a banquet de-signed to bring attention to Agriculture’s promi-nent place in our county.

The twelfth annual Wil-son County Agricultur-al Hall of Fame Banquet will take place on April 3, 2018 in the Wilson Coun-ty EXPO Building at the Ward Agricultural Cen-ter in Lebanon with a re-ception at 6 p.m. and the banquet at 6:30 p.m.

Area FFA and 4-H Mem-bers will serve as ushers

for the evening. The fol-lowing individuals will be part of the twelfth class of inductees into the Wilson County Agricultural Hall of Fame: Phillip Kinslow, DVM; Ralph McKee, Sr.; Lanas Smith; Noel Yelton.

“The purpose of the Wil-son County Agricultural

Hall of Fame is to recog-

nize citizens of Wilson County who have made a significant impact on ag-riculture in Wilson Coun-ty, Tennessee, nationally or worldwide” said Ben Powell, the Chairman of the Wilson County Agri-cultural Hall of Fame. “We feel the time is right to pay tribute to these very deserving individuals. Each has made signifi-cant contributions to Wil-son County Agriculture, as well as Wilson County in general.”

Other members of the Board of Directors of the Wilson County Ag-riculture Hall of Fame are Keith Harrison, Vice Chairman; Jeffrey Turner, Secretary; Diane Major, Treasurer; Ruth Correll, Louis Fletcher and Neal Oakley.

The organizers have

established a non-prof-it status for the organi-zation to enable them to raise money to be used for a building on the Ward Agricultural Center to be dedicated to the individu-als inducted into the Wil-son County Agricultural Hall of Fame.

“Any funds raised over and above the costs of putting on the annual banquet will be set aside for the building,” said Di-ane Major, treasurer of the Hall of Fame.

Tickets for the April 3 banquet can be pur-chased from Diane Major by calling 444-1890 ext. 3. The cost is $20 each, and Jordan’s Catering will be preparing the meal the evening.

“We want folks to come together to recognize these deserving individu-als on April 3,” said Pow-ell. “We owe these folks a great deal of gratitude for everything they have done for agriculture as well as Wilson County.”

For information on the Wilson County Agricul-tural Hall of Fame, please visit www.wilsoncountya-ghalloffame.org.

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opened. In fact, the school wasn’t completely built when she first started. The teachers used Mt. Juliet El-ementary until the school was finished, and moved to their current location in October 1987, according to Hamrick.

In her 30 years of teach-ing at Stoner Creek, Ham-rick has only had three classrooms. She has been in her current room for 25 years. She has previous-ly taught first and second grade as well, but she has always enjoyed teaching kindergarten.

She understands when parents are reluctant to leave their children on the first day of school and likes to reassure them what a great space their children are in.

“I tell the parents that once you walk out that door, they’re going to be fine,” said Hamrick. “I tell them every year, ‘I’m going to love on your kid just like they’re my own.’ I’ve really stepped out and I’ve told every class of new parents that I pray for their kids ev-ery day.”

“I’ve had more people

come to me, years down the road, and say, ‘When you told me that, I knew that my kids were safe and I knew that they were going to be taken care of, and that left me with a sense of peace,’” she said. “When people say that, it means so much to me to know that parents feel safe with their children in my care.”

“I love being here,” she said of Stoner Creek. “I can’t imagine a school year starting without me going back to school.”

Hamrick joked that when she retired, she want-ed to be a flight attendant because it is basically the same as teaching kinder-garten: telling people to sit down and put their seat belts on, attempting to con-trol some of the chaos and energy that children have. She has no plans to retire, though, because she said she is having too much fun.

“There’s not another grade I would ever want to teach,” she said.

Hamrick also believes it is important that children coming into kindergarten feel comfortable in the or-ganized setting that comes with starting school.

Before Wilson County

Schools used “Phase In,” where small groups of chil-dren come to kindergarten for a few hours a day to get used to school, she worked with Kindergarten Camps. The camps allowed the young children a chance to experience the new environ-ment, meet the school offi-cials, and even learn how to stand in line for lunch.

Hamrick has taught Va-cation Bible School and Sunday School at her church and was even a camp counselor before she went to college. Despite this, she didn’t always see herself as a teacher.

Looking back, however, she can see how she was destined to be a teach-er. When she was a child, she would set her dolls in chairs, like a classroom, and teach to them.

Hamrick said being named Stoner Creek’s Teacher of the Year has been a blessing and that any of the teachers could have been chosen. She said it’s been an honor to have the support of her col-leagues and students’ par-ents.

“This has been the big-gest thrill of my teaching career,” she said.

Brittany Ellmore of MJHS signed with Troy University to play soccer with the Trojans. Troy is located in Troy, Alabama.

Cole Hunter of MJHS signed with Lander University to play soccer with the Bearcats. Lander is located in Greenwood, South Carolina.

Jeramiah Birdsong of MJHS signed with the United States Air Force Academy to play football with the Falcons. The Academy is located north of Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Braden Cosley of MJHS signed with Lindsey Wilson College to play football with the Blue Raiders. Lindsey Wilson is located in Columbia, Kentucky.


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residents that the City is working with Nashville and Eastern Railroad to fix the crossings in Mt. Juliet and make a smoother ride for drivers.

Martin also presented a local resident with a gift card and handmade plaque for his hard work at his job. David, a server a LongHorn Steakhouse, was honored for going above and beyond what is expected of his job.

Martin described how David has bought meals for people at the restau-rant when he sees someone struggling or in need, but he has only done so anon-ymously.

“You watch people that are doing right when no-body’s watching,” said Mar-tin about acknowledging people who “do good be-cause it’s the right thing to do.” The City even recent-

ly gave David a Challenge Coin, a token of apprecia-tion that is not handed out every day.

After the presentation, the commissioners began discussing the items on the agenda.

Commissioners unan-imously passed an ordi-nance to add traffic regula-tions for bicycle lanes to the City Code.

A tether law passed the second reading, to the ap-plause of most in atten-dance, including volunteers of Animal Control and Care. The ordinance was spon-sored by Commissioner Bri-an Abston after he learned Mt. Juliet did not have a formal tether law. The law sets limits on when an an-imal can be left on a tether outside during extreme tem-peratures.

The board unanimously chose to accept funds from United States Community

Credit Union to appropriate for installation of a score-board. A resolution for a contract with the bank for scoreboard advertising was passed later in the meeting as well.

A resolution to approve an agreement between the City of Mt. Juliet and Stan-tec Consulting Services for the city’s Golden Bear Gate-way Corridor Plan failed to get a motion for discussion.

The board unanimous-ly passed a resolution for a contract with Wilson Bank and Trust for credit cards. After brief discussion, it was determined the resolution was “housekeeping,” as it formalized the credit cards the City already has with the bank.

The next Board of Com-missioners meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Feb. 26 in City Hall. A pub-lic hearing will begin at 6:15 p.m.

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Dalton King of WCHS signed with the United States Air Force Academy to play football with the Falcons. The Academy is located north of Colorado Springs, Colorado.

David Hylick of MJCA signed with Lindsey Wilson College to play football with the Blue Raiders. Lindsey Wilson College is located in Columbia, Kentucky.

Demarius McBroom of WCHS signed with Tennessee Technological University to play football with the Golden Eagles. TTU is located in Cookeville, Tenn.

Kalib Graves of WCHS signed with Tennessee Technological University to play football with the Golden Eagles. TTU is located in Cookeville, Tenn.


The other day I went for a drive. I needed time to think, and I enjoy driving

around town, cracking the window, turning off the ra-dio and just driving. This drive ended up being a lit-tle different for me that day because I took some turns down roads I had nev-er been down and then it happened.

As I pulled through this four-way stop, things just began to feel different and it wasn’t the temperature outside dropping rapidly like it has in Mt. Juliet over the past month. I began to pray because I sensed this

was something different. I didn’t know what was go-ing on, but then it hit me. The atmosphere of this neighborhood was differ-ent. It felt forgotten. There was no hope driving down the streets.

Now before you think I’m crazy, every married man knows what I’m talking about when you walk in the door of your house, and before you see your kids or speak to your wife, you can feel the atmosphere that is set in the house by your

wife. It was as if crossing that four-way stop was en-tering into a part of town where the hope had left and it simply felt forgotten.

Community is hard and it’s hard because it’s messy. We don’t like in-viting each other into the mess of our life. As hard as it is to let our walls down to allow others into our mess, it can be even harder to let Jesus into our mess.

We feel as though we need to clean everything up fi rst before coming to

God, which then leads us to throw the toys on the fl oors of our lives into the cabinets under the sink simply for it to look as though things are clean when in reality it’s still just a mess. We believe Jesus doesn’t want to enter a life full of mess.

We read in the book of Luke in the Bible a story of Jesus with a man named Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a man who on the outside

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Mommas and Daddies

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A 17-year-old male has been charged with Underage Driving While Impaired after losing consciousness behind the wheel of a car, cross-ing five lanes of traffic, leaving the roadway and crashing.

On Friday, Feb. 9,

2018 around 11 a.m., of-ficers were summoned to the area of N. Mt. Juliet Road and Cross Drive af-ter there was a reported crash with the car down an embankment. Officers arrived to find the driver, a 17-year-old male, who was confused and un-aware of his location.

After further investi-

gation, the juvenile ad-mitted to using marijua-na moments before the crash. He was transport-ed to the hospital due to his impaired status, and there were no injuries re-lated to the crash impact.

He was charged with Underage Driving While Impaired and will be scheduled a court date.

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Have you ever wondered why we kids have so many different names for our Moms and Dads? We use names like mom, mommy, moms, mother, dad, dad-dy, dadio, pops, pappy, old man, father and so on.

What we should call our

parents are brilliant, smart, loving, caring, giving, dedi-cated and awesome par-ents. I can remember many a time when I thought my mom and dad had special powers. I often thought my dad was Colombo and mom was Angie Dickinson, better known as Police Woman.

It seemed no matter what I did, they knew about it. At the time I didn’t like it one bit. I couldn’t get away with anything and eventually was too scared to try any-thing daring or rebellious for fear of being caught and prosecuted to the fullest degree by mom and dad.

Miraculously, everything they said would happen happened. It was like they had a crystal ball and could predict the future and my

actions, both good and bad, but especially bad.

The question I have is why does it take so long for us kids to realize just how special and wise our par-ents are? Why do we think we know more than they do at times, especially when we’re young? I know it’s a little thing called lack of knowledge and experience, or is it ignorance and hard-headedness?

Looking back over the years and the many things my parents have done for me is downright amaz-ing. I can remember my mom working back-to-back shifts just to make ends meet, preparing meals when she was so sick she could barely stand and sac-rificing time and time again

for her children.Just take a moment

to think of all the special things and sacrifices your parents have made for you. If it doesn’t put a lump in your throat and tears in your eyes, then you have yet to realize just how spe-cial your parents are. Right this very moment a very dedicated father is on his way to a second job, going straight from one job to the other without so much as a moment’s rest, all for the sake of his children. These are all examples of true love and dedication from par-ents to their children.

This is my way of saying to all parents, thanks for being there for your chil-dren. It is indeed hard work that goes without much

fanfare or recognition, but we know that you don’t do it for gratification, fan-fare or recognition; you do it for the love of your chil-dren. And lucky for us kids you don’t expect much in return, because what we lacked in brains as kids, we now lack in money. Ha! Ha! Does that ring any familiar bells? Same verse, same old song and dance.

Anyway, parents are great and I just wanted to take a moment to let you know that even though we didn’t always show it as kids, we without a doubt love our moms and dads. Thanks for giving your blood, sweat and tears so that we could have the lives we have. Thank God for Moms and Dads!

From F & M, PAGE 6

seemed to have it all to-gether but the reality was there was a lot of mess go-ing on in his life. Zacchae-us goes out of his way to see Jesus in the crowd and in doing so Jesus sees him.

Now I must admit, I’ve read this story many times but something came to my attention the other day that I had forgotten. It’s Jesus who says to Zac-chaeus, “For I must stay at your house today.” (Luke 19.1-10) There it is. There is the heart of Jesus. Jesus is inviting himself into our mess, but he isn’t forcing himself into our life.

Zacchaeus had to let Je-sus in and in the story he

does. The result of the sto-ry is the whole atmosphere of the house of Zacchaeus is completely changed.

I firmly believe that Je-sus loves us further than we can imagine. He loves us so much that he is will-ing to meet us right where we are in our mess, but his love is so extravagant that his desire for us is not to remain in our mess. He is calling us to something greater. He’s calling us into a greater atmosphere full of hope, healing and whole-ness through Jesus Christ.

The question then re-mains, how will we re-spond? I pray we say, “Welcome To The Mess,” knowing God is going to change the atmosphere!

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An old train depot near Highway 109 on East Division Street was moved to Mt. Juliet last Thursday. Rufus, owner of Circle P Ranch on West Division, moved the old depot to his property. During the move, the depot snagged a tree and briefl y closed West Division. The depot sat in the parking lot of Cloyd’s Cumberland Presbyterian Church before moving to the open fi eld at Circle P. The depot will be moved once more, near the General Store.


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The U.S. Defense Ad-vanced Research Proj-ects Agency (DARPA) has signed a five-year coopera-tive agreement worth up to $28 million with Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) to develop methods for preventing the global spread of viruses like chi-kungunya and Zika.

The goal of DARPA’s Pan-demic Protection Platform (P3) program is to develop protective antibody treat-ments that can be rushed to healthcare providers around the world within 60 days after the outbreak of viral disease. VUMC’s is one of four cooperative agree-ments to be implemented under the program.

“We need to be able to move at this speed consid-ering how quickly outbreaks can get out of control,” Col. Matthew Hepburn, MD, DARPA’s P3 program man-ager, said in a statement when the program was first announced. “The technolo-gy needs to work on any vi-ral disease, whether it’s one humans have faced before or not.”

Principal investigator of the VUMC agreement is James Crowe Jr., MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center and the Ann Scott Carell Professor in the

Departments of Pediatrics and of Pathology, Microbiol-ogy and Immunology.

“Our group was excited to be selected for this program, as we have been building innovative technologies for rapid response to emerging infections for years,” Crowe said. “The goal of delivering human therapeutics in 60 days is very ambitious, but we think we can achieve this mark with our interdis-ciplinary dream team.”

Crowe’s lab has isolated human monoclonal anti-bodies for many pathogen-ic viruses and he has pio-neered the rational design of neutralizing antibody treatments and vaccines, some of which have pro-gressed to clinical trials.

Under the terms of the DARPA agreement, Crowe and colleagues throughout the country will develop “a fully integrated pipeline for ultra-rapid discovery of pathogens, their protective antigens, and development of fully human (antibody) therapeutics.”

Given the recent out-breaks of chikungunya, Eb-ola, Zika and the H1N1 in-fluenza virus, “it is likely we are going to continually face major outbreaks of infec-tious disease with pandem-ic potential,” the agreement states.

However, current medi-

cal countermeasures take months to develop and dis-tribute. The P3 program aims to cut that response time to weeks.

“Developing an inte-grated pipeline technology for identifying ultrapotent human antibodies and ac-complishing rapid delivery … could revolutionize how antiviral interventions are conducted,” the agreement states.

Others participating in VUMC’s P3 team are Mi-chael Diamond, MD, PhD, at Washington Universi-ty in St. Louis, Galit Alter, PhD, at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, and a team at the Infectious Disease Research Institute in Seattle led by Steve Reed, PhD.

The cooperative agree-ment with VUMC includes $2.5 million paid in 2017 for the purchase of powerful instruments for single-cell biology and next-genera-tion gene sequencing ex-periments. If the research is successful, between $6 mil-lion and $7 million will be provided during each of the next four years.

“If we’re successful,” Hep-burn said, “DARPA could take viral infectious disease outbreaks off the table as a threat to U.S. troops and as a driver of global instabili-ty.”

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The bitterly cold tem-peratures in Tennessee this week are prompting the Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO) to remind residents to keep safety in mind when using portable heating devices, such as electric space heat-ers, to stay warm.

Portable heaters are common sights during winter, but they can be dangerous. In Tennessee, portable heaters were re-sponsible for 33 fire deaths from 2011-2016. An av-erage of 98 portable heat-ing fires and $2.37 million dollars in property loss are reported each year in Ten-nessee.

“Portable heater safety is crucial during winter’s coldest months,” said State

Fire Marshal and Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance Commission-er Julie Mix McPeak. “If you’re using space heaters to stay warm, make sure to follow the manufacturer’s instructions closely and never leave the heater un-attended.”

The SFMO encourages Tennesseans to utilize the following safety precau-tions to avoid heating haz-ards this winter:

•All heaters need space. Keep anything that can burn at least 3 feet away from heating equipment.

•Turn heaters off when you go to bed or leave the room.

•Purchase and use space heaters that have an auto-matic shut-off—if they tip over, they shut off.

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a solid, flat surface and keep them and their electri-cal cords away from things that can burn, high traffic areas, and doorways.

•Plug space heaters di-rectly into wall outlets and never into an extension cord or power strip.

Remember, it’s import-ant to have working smoke alarms on every level of your home, outside every sleeping area and in every bedroom, and intercon-nect them if possible. Test smoke alarms monthly and entirely replace any smoke alarm that is 10 years old or older. Develop and prac-tice a home fire escape plan with every member of your household. Have two ways out of every room and a designated outside meeting place to gather in the event of an emergency.

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ADAMS, Katherine “Kitten” Louise

Katherine Adams passed away on Feb. 12, 2018 at age 79. The family will be receiving friends at Sellars Funeral Home, Lebanon, on Wednesday from 4-8 p.m. and on Thursday from noon until the service. The Funeral Service is 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, in the chapel of Sellars Funeral Home. Interment in Wilson County Memorial will follow the service.

Mrs. Adams retired from Texas Boot after 45 years. She was a member of Full Gospel Tabernacle Church where she enjoyed serving, loved sewing, square danc-ing, cooking and spending time with grandchildren.

She is survived by hus-band Edward Lee Adams; children Susan (Danny) Brewington, Jerry (Bonnie) Adams, and Vickie (Wen-dall) Johnson; grandchil-dren David Baines, Kendall Johnston, Jeremy Adams, and Starr (Billy) Gladin; 10 great-grandchildren; and siblings Johnny (Janice) Reynolds, Mae Ward, Mary-anne Salim, Patricia Kolbe, Shelia (Ray) Lawson, and Peggy (Harold) Petty. She is preceded in death by moth-er Stella Mae Pugh, father Willie B. Reynolds, and sis-ters Margaret Jane, Sarah Jane Herron, and Linda Fae Crawford.

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BROWN, Rebecca “Becky”

Brown, Rebecca “Becky”, age 75 of Antioch, passed away Feb. 7, 2018. Preced-ed in death by husband, Cecil Lamar Brown; par-ents, Harry & Gladys Slack; four brothers; and six sis-ters. Survived by son, Wes-ley (Lynette) Brown; daugh-ter, Lisa Brown; brothers, Herbert Slack and Orville Slack; sisters, Naomi Coy, Janet Stonoff and Barba-ra Freels; and grandchild, Ashton Brown.

Funeral services were held Feb. 11 at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home in Indiana. Interment followed at New Liberty Cemetery in East Enterprise, Ind.

Arrangements by Sellars Funeral Home at Mt. Juliet, 2229 N. Mt. Juliet Road, Mt. Juliet, TN 37122, 615-758-5459, obituary line 615-758-8818, www.sel-larsfuneralservices.com

DANIELS, Sean Michael

Sean Michael Daniels, May 1990 – January 22, 2018. Sean was born in Knoxville and was raised in Mt. Juliet. He was a 2008 graduate of Wilson Cen-tral High School, where he played soccer, football, was a member of the Army ROTC and was an honor student.

Sean was in the U.S. Navy and was based in

Groton, CT and joined the crew of the USS San Juan. His tour of duty was served with the Northeast Atlantic Fleet. Following an hon-orable discharge from the Navy, he relocated to the metropolitan Washington, DC area where he worked for Covanta and most re-cently with Sensor Intelli-gence, Inc.

Sean loved his family, friends, science and music. He will be in our hearts al-ways.

Sean was preceded in death by his grandfather, Frank C. Howell, Jr. and uncle, Frankie C. Howell, III. He is survived by his mother, Robyn Howell of Cedar Hill, TN; father, Mi-chael (Jenny) Daniels of Murfreesboro, TN; brother, Jonathan (Selena) Daniels and niece, Hazel Grace of Pleasant View, TN; grand-parents, Rosalind Howell of Lebanon, TN and Alex and Brenda Daniels of Towne Creek, AL; aunts, Kelly Howell and Bridgett (Tim) Garland; uncles, Alexander (Gena) Daniels and Nathan Prescher; cousins, Saman-tha and Kenley Prescher, TJ Thompson, Lee and Mi-chael Stokes and Bryson Garland; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. Sean is also survived by the love of his life, Camille Aiello.

A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, Feb. 17 at 3 p.m. at Sellars Funeral Home at Mt. Juliet. Visita-tion with the family will be before the service from 1-3 pm.


DURHAM, Inez

Durham, Inez, age 98 of Lebanon, died Feb. 7, 2018. Mrs. Durham was a member of Whites Creek Church of Christ and re-tired from Oscar Myer. Mrs. Durham was the daughter of the late, Floyd and Mary Ellen Hale Myers. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Clint-en Durham.

She is survived by: Daughter – Mary Jo Flatt; Grandchildren – Chuck Flatt, Eddie Flatt and Tom-my Flatt; Great-grandchil-dren – John Goodall Flatt, Hailey Arnold, Dylan Flatt and Abigail Flatt.

Funeral services were conducted Feb. 13 at Bond Memorial Chapel, and in-terment followed at Flatt Family Cemetery.

Bond Memorial Chap-el, N. Mt. Juliet Road and Weston Drive, Mt. Juliet, TN. (615)773-2663. Obit Line (615)641-2663, www.bondmemorial.com

FRAME, Anthony “Tony” Duke

Frame, Anthony Duke “Tony”, age 54 of Old Hick-ory, passed away Feb. 6, 2018. Preceded in death by father, Roy Frame.

Survived by wife, Gina Frame; mother, Carol (Lee) Duckwiler; daughters, Jes-sica (John) Turner and Jac-que Frame; brother, Troy (Bobbie) Frame; sister, Roye Lina (Michael) Sant’Angelo; step-mother, Carol Frame; and grandchild, Railey Turner.

A memorial service was held Feb. 10 at Sellars Fu-neral Home in Mt. Juliet.

Arrangements by Sellars Funeral Home at Mt. Juliet, 2229 N. Mt. Juliet Road, Mt. Juliet, TN 37122, 615-

758-5459, obituary line 615-758-8818, www.sel-larsfuneralservices.com

MAKIN, Ruth

Makin, Ruth, age 81 of Mt. Juliet, passed away Feb. 11, 2018. Born Sept. 9, 1936, Mrs. Makin was a member of Providence Unit-ed Methodist Church. She loved to bake, crochet and have coffee with the girls. She adored her Pomerani-an, Roxy.

She was the daughter of the late Anna Bailey and John Lafferty. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, War-ren Makin; son, Warren “Rusty” Makin, Jr.; son-in-law, Michael Bancroft; and grandson, Joshua Scott Ma-kin. She is survived by her children, Lori Bancroft and Terry (Rita) Makin; grand-children, John (Shalethea) Makin, James (June) Ma-kin, Christa Graeff, Mikie Bancroft, Ashley (fi ance, Josh) Bancroft, Nick (fi an-ce, Kaitlyn) Oliver, Kaylee Makin; 6 great-grandchil-dren; several nieces, neph-ews, cousins, and many friends.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Feb. 14 at 2 p.m. at Sellars Funer-al Home at Mt. Juliet with interment following at Mt. Juliet Memorial Gardens.


SLOCUM, Gail

Slocum, Gail, age 66 of Lebanon, died Feb. 8,

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2018. Mrs. Slocum was the daughter of the late F. B. and Scottie Cole. She loved ministering to people.

She is survived by: Hus-band – Kenneth Slocum; Children – Lisa Williams, David Harrell and Laurie Harrell; Daughter-in-law – Shana Harrell; Brothers – Derrill Cole and Derrick Cole; Grandchildren – Illisa Williams, Brandi Harrell, Callie Harrell and Savanna Harrell.

Funeral services were conducted Feb. 11 at Bond Memorial Chapel and in-terment was Feb. 12 at Hermitage Memorial Gar-dens.


TINSLEY, Ada Marie

Tinsley, Ada Marie, age 84 of Mt. Juliet, died Feb. 6, 2018. Mrs. Tinsley was a member of Maple Hill Church of Christ. She loved to write poetry and she adored her late Shih Tzu, Buttons. Mrs. Tins-ley was the daughter of the late Marcus and Lula McGuire Thorne. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Tins-ley; son, Larry E. McNeese; grandson, Larry Wayne McNeese; and siblings, Alan Thorne, Billy Thorne, Lovella Jenkins and Betty Jane Thorne.

She is survived by: Chil-dren – Wayne (Pam) Mc-

Neese, Tina (Rick) Hut-senpiller and Rick (Dianne) McNeese; Siblings – Jim Thorne, Carolyn Taylor and Becky (Bob) McRoy; Grandchildren – Janet Mc-Neese, Alannah McNeese, Kenny (Tiffany) McNeese, Kylee (Ken) Koon, Ricky (Laura) McNeese, Crys-tal (Tim) Thomas, C.J. (Shea) Hutsenpiller and Bekah Hutsenpiller; 12 Great-grandchildren; Sev-eral nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services were conducted Feb. 9 at Bond Memorial Chapel, and in-terment followed at Mt. Ju-liet Memorial Gardens.


TOPLIFF, William Lyle

Bill Topliff passed away on Feb. 9, 2018 at age 76. The Funeral Service is 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 in the chapel of Sel-lars Funeral Home, Leba-non. Interment in Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery will follow the service.

Mr. Topliff retired from the United States Navy af-ter 22 years. He loved fish-ing, camping, being with the grandkids and playing jokes. He was a good whis-tler and a Denver Broncos fan.

He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Haydee Topliff; children Ralph Topliff, Wil-liam “Bill” Topliff, Lisa (Mi-chael) Hinton, and Marie (Mark) Pooley; grandchil-

dren David Hinton, Alicia Cantwell, Josie Cantwell, Lilly Cantwell, and Sam Hinton; great-grandchild Alex Hinton; special niece Dawn Swanson; and nu-merous nieces and neph-ews. He is preceded in death by parents Lyle and Thelma Humphrey Topliff, brothers Jerry Topliff and Dick Topliff, and sister Donna Mac Arthur.

The family extends spe-cial thanks to the V.A. Hospital in Murfreesboro.

Sellars Funer-al Home, Lebanon TN, 615.444.9393.

WILLIAMS, Brenda Faye George

Williams, Brenda Faye George, age 66 of Old Hick-ory, died Feb. 8, 2018. Brenda was retired from Kroger. She was the daugh-ter of the late, Doyle Wayne and Olean Elizabeth New-ton George. Brenda was also preceded in death by her brothers, Doyle Wayne George and Jimmy Lloyd George.

She is survived by:Chil-dren – Michael (Melinda) Morris and Misty Williams (Brian) Mastne; Sisters – JoAnn Brooks, Betty Oliver and Janice Taylor; Grand-children – Anthony Morris and Cage Mastne.

Graveside services were conducted Feb. 11 at Hick-man City Cemetery in Hickman, Kentucky.

Bond Memorial Chap-el, N. Mt. Juliet Road and Weston Drive, Mt. Juliet, TN. (615)773-2663. Obit Line (615)641-2663, www.bondmemorial.com.

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The Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library li-cense plate, now avail-able at the Wilson County Court Clerk’s office, ben-efits Wilson Books from Birth, the replication of the Dolly Parton Imagi-nation Library in Wilson County.

Every Dolly Parton li-cense plate sold in Wilson County will supply one child in the community with books for one year at no cost to the family.

In partnership with the Dollywood Foundation and the Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation, Wilson Books from Birth provides 5,800 Wilson County preschool chil-dren with books each month.

The Dolly Parton li-cense plate is available for your purchase or li-cense renewal. Go to the Clerk’s office in the Wil-son County Court House or call 615-444-0314 to get the Dolly Parton li-cense plate.

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of calls in 2017 were safe-ly managed at home or on site rather than in a healthcare facility.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) established the Middle Tennessee Poison Cen-ter (MTPC) on Feb. 25, 1988, in response to the community’s need for a comprehensive poison re-source center.

“VUMC provided es-sential support to estab-lish a poison center that would provide services for the pubic and healthcare professionals in Nashville and 43 surrounding coun-ties,” Seger said. “That first year, MTPC provided service to 11,649 hotline

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ing poison control cen-ters ceased operation in 2004 and MTPC changed its name to the Tennessee Poison Center (TPC) as it was designated by the Tennessee Department of Health as the poison con-trol center for all 95 Ten-nessee counties.

TPC, one of 55 poison control centers in the U.S., has a goal to pre-vent poisonings, mini-mize poisoning compli-cations and reduce the number of poison-related deaths through telephone hotline intervention, pub-lic education, profession-al education and clinical research.


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By Angel KaneWilson Living Magazine

So the flu has hit the Kane household.

Like many we know, our youngest was diag-nosed with Type A in-fluenza. And given all the dire news reports, of course, we were worried.

Thankfully, my hus-band was able to take him to the doctor before it got very bad and came home with three boxes of Tamiflu.

Three boxes??? There are four of us that live in the Kane household.

“They wouldn’t give me one for you,” he said.

“What are you talking about? They are supposed to give the whole family Tamiflu if one member is sick. That’s what Becky’s doctor did!” I beseeched.

“I don’t know what to tell you. He wouldn’t give me any for you. Zoe and I were with Neill at the ap-

pointment so we each got a prescription.”

And with that, I watched as the three oth-er Kanes each took their pills.

“Well, each of you give me some of yours. There is enough to go around.” I said.

“That’s illegal. You’ll have go get your own.” he said as he finished his water.

Mind you, my husband had had the doctor test him and he was negative for the flu!

So all weekend, as my youngest has puttered around the house with a blanket around his shoul-ders and a pitiful look upon his face, the oth-er two Kanes have been popping their pills … just in case … they maybe … possibly … become in-fected.

To say the weekend has been strained would be an understatement.

I don’t get mad about a lot of things. But I’m thinking not sharing your Tamiflu when someone in the house has the flu might just be grounds for divorce! In fact, it’s right up there with using my shampoo to wash the dog or driving my car and changing the seat set-tings.

Not to mention, for some reason, those on Tamiflu have declared that they can’t help care for our flu victim, be-cause they don’t want to get sick.

“The doctor told us to stay away from him.”

Apparently, because I didn’t have the luxu-ry of seeing the doctor, somehow that meant I was the only one able to

tend to the sickly child. So all weekend I’ve been tending to my youngest’s every whim, which has consisted of homemade cookies, take-out from Sake and endless hours of watching “Shark-Tank” with him.

Apparently his Type-A flu has made him hungri-er and more inventive!

So on Sunday, as I’m writing this, I’m now sit-ting at my desk, blanket around my shoulders, slight headache and obvi-ous fever.

“You need to go to the doctor. If you start the Tamiflu right at the be-ginning it won’t be as bad.” says Mr. Nurse Nightingale.

I refuse to look up as I

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ing to help.”Visions of using his

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“And don’t go writing that I didn’t try to help you. We each had to take our own prescription. There was none to spare. This isn’t our fault. You are quite capable of going to the doctor. Blah, blah, blah…”

Not sharing their Tami-flu is going to be the least of their problems.

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Organizers of the 20th annual Wilson County Teacher of the Year pro-gram have announced the nominees for the 2017-18 Wilson County Teacher of the Year. The overall winner will be honored and named at the Annual Teacher of the Year ban-quet and ceremony on Friday, April 13, 2018 in Baird Chapel on the cam-pus of Cumberland Uni-versity.

The Teacher of the Year program began almost 21 years ago under the di-rection of W.P. Bone, III, owner of Wilson County Chevro let -Buick-GMC, and Bob McDonald, presi-dent of CedarStone Bank.

“This program supports educators and spotlights education in the commu-nities we serve,” said W.P. Bone, III. “It is an honor and very fitting that we recognize and congratu-late those professionals to whom we entrust the futures of our children.”

Each of the 32 schools in Wilson County nomi-nates and elects its own “teacher of the year” from its faculty; nominees are chosen by their peers. Those thirty-two teachers then complete self-evalu-ation packets, providing the information for the final judging. Past win-ners of the award meet with those nominees and go over the criteria pro-cessing materials, which have proven to be a great learning experience for all those involved. An anon-ymous panel of Cumber-

land University faculty members then selects the Wilson County Teacher of the Year.

Many people play an important role in mak-ing the program success-ful, including members of local businesses and government, school prin-cipals, school administra-tors and the Chambers of Commerce from Lebanon, Mt. Juliet and Water-town. Community lead-ers throughout the area are on hand during the awards banquet to show their support and grati-tude.

“It’s hard to believe we are now in our 20th year and over 21 years ago my friend W.P. Bone and I sat down and discussed the possibilities of build-ing a program like this to honor teachers in our county,” said Bob McDon-ald, president and CEO of CedarStone Bank. “The planning process took us about a year to com-plete and now in our 20th year, we are still proud of this program and the wonderful teachers it ac-knowledges as heroes and champions in the class-room.”

The winner will receive a $1,500 cash prize and their school will net an-other $500 for their ef-forts.

Those selected from across the county as “Teacher of the Year” in their respected school are as follows:

Tomekia Marshall of Byars-Dowdy Elementa-ry School; Stacy Taylor of Carroll-Oakland Ele-

mentary School; Jamie Ricketts of Castle Heights Elementary School; Cas-sie Urban of Coles Ferry Elementary School; Kim Gaines of Elzie D. Pat-ton Elementary School; Terri Rice of Friendship Christian School; Patty Hunter of Gladeville El-ementary School; Danya Watson Cole of Lakev-iew Elementary School; Eric Spear of Lebanon High School; Jada Dixon of MAP Academy; Carie McDonald of Mt. Juliet Christian Academy; Tra-cy Brown of Mt. Juliet Elementary School; Eric Trusty of Mt. Juliet High School; Jessica Gray of Mt. Juliet Middle School; Joni Stone of Rutland El-ementary School; Brenda Blevins of Sam Houston Elementary School; Lee-sa Hubbard of Southside Elementary School; Tam-my Pardue of Springdale Elementary School; Veda Dalton Hamrick of Stoner Creek Elementary School; Ramona Wright of Tuck-ers Crossroads Elementa-

ry School; Taimi R. Reese of W.A. Wright Elementa-ry School; Hannah Petty of Walter J. Baird Middle School; Karen McDonald of Watertown Elementary School; Laura Spingler of Watertown High School; Carrie R. Thompson of Watertown Middle School;

Leslie Brumback of West Elementary School; Lori Shelton of West Wilson Middle School; Marcie Polk of Wilson Central High School; Kristi Gal-ligan of Wilson County Adult High School; Jessi-ca Johns of Winfree Bry-ant Middle School.

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A reception for the 2017-18 Teacher of the Year nominees was held Friday, Jan. 19 on the campus of Cumberland University. Several TOY past winners were on hand to interact with the 30 candidates from Wilson County schools. The TOY banquet is set for Friday, April 13, at Baird Chapel on the campus of Cumberland University.


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Democratic Women honor Brandon HowardThe Wilson County Dem-

ocratic Women recently pre-sented a book to the Wilson County/Watertown Library. The book was donated in honor of Brandon Howard, long time resident of Wa-tertown. Donating a book to each of the three Wilson County libraries during the year is an ongoing commu-nity project for the Wilson County Democratic Women.

The book presented is en-titled “My Life” by Bill Clin-ton. This book has personal significance for Mr. How-ard. His grandmother was a friend of both the Clintons and is mentioned in the book. She was a prominent Democrat in Arkansas, and her tombstone reads “Yel-low Dog Democrat.”

“We are pleased each year to get a book donated by the Democratic Women,” said Watertown Librarian

Pamela Wiggins.Mr. Howard has served

on the Watertown city coun-cil for more than 15 years, and as vice mayor for 14 years. He also serves as a volunteer fireman in Water-town and works as an EMT for WEMA. In addition, he operates his own pest con-trol business, Full Service Exterminators, and works as a real estate agent.

Mr. Howard is original-ly from Oklahoma and was recruited by Cracker Barrel from his position in Texas. It was during his stint at Cracker Barrel that he met his wife Debbie more than 30 years ago. He left Ten-nessee after a few years, but Debbie brought him back and they have lived in Watertown ever since. The Howards were blessed to help raise Debbie’s niece, Jenna Hopkins.

“My wife, Debbie, and I are truly honored by this

donation to our local library and to be recognized by the Democratic Women,” said Howard.

The Democratic Women

use this project to honor democrats who are promi-nent in the community and to add to the Wilson County libraries’ selection of books.

The Wilson County Dem-ocratic Women meet the sec-ond Tuesday of the month at Five Oaks Country Club in Lebanon at 6:30 p.m.

Photo submittedFrom left: Terri St. Claire, president of Wilson Democratic Women, presenting book to Pamela Wiggins, Watertown Librarian; Charlene Foutch, vice president of WCDW; Brandon Howard and his wife, Debbie.

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