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THE LEADER

TODAY, WE REMEMBERTo date, Tipton County has lost more than 410 sons to various

wars, from the Indian Wars to the World Wars and Vietnam.

Today, we remember these men – the two lost in the Mexican

War and the Spanish-American War, 267 killed during the Civil

War, 52 killed during World War I, 65 killed during World War II,

eight killed in Korea and 16 killed in Vietnam – and their brothers

and sisters in arms who've fought for our country. We honor

their sacrifices and we thank their families for the roles they've

played and the loved ones they've lost in the name of freedom. To

commemorate this Memorial Day, we have compiled stories of

some of Tipton County's soldiers who've been killed in the line

of duty (page A10). These are but a few of the stories that need

to be shared of the sacrifices made by Tipton Countians.

S P E C I A L E D I T I O N

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Five vie for property assessorBy ECHO [email protected]

Of the major races this elec-tion year is that to fill the seat of property assessor, a posi-tion that has been vacant since Bill Stimpson’s death in July 2011.

Stimpson, who held the office for 19 years, was first elected in 1992. Though his term had not expired when he died, there was no appoint-ment by the county commis-sion to fill the term.

A property assessor, accord-

ing to the county’s website, is responsible for discovering, listing, classifying and valuing all property within the juris-diction of Tipton County for tax purposes.

Taxable property is divided into two classes, real property and personal property. Real property includes land and all buildings, structures and improvements to the land. Personal property is machin-ery and equipment, fixtures, furniture and other items that are movable in nature used by a business.

Property assessors also reap-praise properties every six years. The next appraisal year is 2014.

Since Stimpson’s death nearly a year ago, the office has been run by four deputy assessors. One of them, Tam-mie Green, said they have all worked together for awhile and work together well.

“We know what deadlines are coming up, so we just dis-cuss things together and make decisions,” she said. “We can also ask the state or Jeff Huff-man for help.”

In addition to Green, deputy assessors include Rose Cousar, Cecilia Bowers and Greg Stimpson, the late assessor’s son. Cousar and Stimpson are both running for the office.

Cousar has served the pub-lic in her position for nearly 20 years.

Greg Stimpson has served for 19 years and is a state board-certified assessor and is past president of the Interna-tional Association of Assess-ment Officers (IAAO) among other positions.

Election commission re-

cords show three others have qualified to run on the Aug. 2 ballot: Randy Baskin, Rodney Hanks and Scott Taylor.

Baskin, who lives in the Holly Grove community, says his qualifications come from nearly four decades as a contractor.

“As a contractor I have had to oversee the full construction process. I have the privilege of working closely with the ho-meowners and the additional contractors required to build these homes to the best pos-sible standards,” he said in his

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CLASS OF 2012Our annual Graduation section, featuring the Class of 2012, will be published with next week's edition on Thurs-day, May 31.

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Reader’s Guide

Opinion A4Faith B4Obituaries A6Education B3Community A7

Sports B1Classifieds B7Puzzles B6Legals B8Correspondents A8

By SHERRI [email protected]

Covington High School sophomore Aryn Mullins is preparing for the biggest event in her young life thus far. She is one of 325 students nationwide and the only one from West Tennessee who has been selected to play in the Bands of America (BOA) Honor Band when it performs at the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasa-dena, Calif.

Aryn, an ac-complished clarinet player and National Honor Society member, is extremely excited.

“It’s really over-whelming and ex-citing,” said Aryn, the daughter of Al and Dee Mullins of Covington. “I’ve always wanted to go someplace big. I think it will make me more independent and help me to make new friends. I hope to meet a lot of people from different parts of the country.”

The BOA Honor Band is a 325 piece national ensemble with winds, percussion and a flag and dance team. Bob Buck-ner, who recently retired as director of the Western Carolina University “Pride of the Mountains” Marching Band, will direct the 2013 BOA Honor Band. Bands of America is a program of Music for All (MFA), one of the nation’s largest and most influential organizations in support of active music making.

Aryn’s mother actually discovered the musical opportunity was available for her daughter and encouraged her to audition.

“I felt this would be a wonderful oppor-tunity for her and the experience will help her when she gets ready to go to college,” said Dee Mullins. “It’s something she’ll remember forever.”

Aryn was required to submit six musical selections for judging, including a record-ing of her playing the “Stars and Stripes Forever.”

“I started practicing the music the week it was due,” confessed Aryn, who is ranked first chair in the Covington High band. “I didn’t think I’d make it, but I did,” she added, smiling.

Aryn will spend a week in Southern California, where she will have rehearsals, performances at the Tournament of Roses Bandfest and Disneyland, special activities and a featured appearance in the world-famous parade. The 124th Rose Parade, presented by Honda and themed “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” will take place on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 8 a.m. (PST). In addition to the United States, the 5.5-mile parade is broadcasted in more than 220 international territories and countries.

Although uniforms are provided to selected members, that’s about the only thing that is provided. Aryn and her fam-ily must raise the $5,000 necessary to send her and her mother to the event.

“We’re looking to raise the money through donations, car washes and other events throughout the summer," explained Mullins. “The money has to be paid by Oct. 30 and we’ve already had to start making payments. It’s a lot of money but it’s such a wonderful opportunity for her.”

Covington student Rose Parade bound

Class of 2012S a l u t i n g t h e

By ECHO [email protected]

This weekend, the Class of 2012 made its speeches, said its prayers and made the walks that signified the end of an era.

For some the end of high school will bring the advent of their post-secondary education, enlistment in the military or even an immediate entrance into the work-force.

From the county's three public high schools, more than 600 students gradu-ated.

We are proud of each and every one of you and we salute your accomplishments.

Congratulations on a job well done.

OUR ANNUAL GRADUATION SECTION WILL BE PUBLISHED NEXT WEEK.

SEE PARADE, PAGE A3

SEE PROPERTY, PAGE A3

Spencer's Own in concert Friday nightBy SHERRI [email protected]

The Standards will re-turned to Tipton County for one night on Friday, May 25 as they entertain Tipton County with new music under a new name.

Now known as Spen-cer’s Own, a tribute to their father, Spencer, the quintet of brothers have long been a local favorite with their unique style of entertainment since they first arrived on the Tipton County music scene three years ago.

Spencer’s Own is made up of brothers Jordan, Morgan, Nic, Nathan and Quinn who hail from Twin Falls, Idaho. Known for their five-part har-mony and a cappella style of music, the vocal group is now breaking into the country music scene.

They will be showcas-ing their new country de-but single “Idaho Love,”

as well as old Standard fa-vorites. The five brothers recorded "Idaho Love" as a tribute to their apprecia-tion and memories grow-ing up in Idaho.

“Twin Falls, Idaho is our hometown and the song was written from our experiences growing

up, said Nathan Williams. “We grew up surrounded by farmland and nature and it’s great to share a piece of home in our mu-sic.”

This will be the group’s fourth performance at the Historic Ruffin Theater. The concert begins at 7

p.m. on Friday, May 25. Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door.

“Tipton county has been so supportive of our music and we are ex-cited to be coming back to share our new music with everyone,” said Nic Wil-liams.

The group Spencer's Own, formerly known as The Standards, is comprised of brothers Morgan, Jordan, Nathan, Quinn and Nick Williams. They will be in concert at The Ruffi n on Friday. Show time is 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door.

Changes coming for GED program in 2014By SHERRI [email protected]

NASHVILLE – The Ten-nessee Department of La-bor & Workforce Develop-ment’s Adult Education Division is preparing for major changes to the Gen-eral Educational Develop-ment (GED®) test to take effect in 2014.

“We encourage eligible Tennesseans who have not

earned their GED to do so now,” said Commissioner Karla Davis. “Beginning January 1, 2014, the GED test will cost more, must be taken on a computer, and will contain signifi-cant content changes.”

The GED test is under-going its biggest overhaul since the credentialing test began in 1942. The revised test will measure knowledge and core skills

that more closely reflect Common Core State Stan-dards, which is the body of information young people are expected to learn in school and need for success in college and the workforce.

Standards go up for the test to remain a valid op-tion to identify skills de-manded by employers and postsecondary schools. The 2014 test will be more

rigorous in general and requires higher level math proficiency. As before, the new GED test covers sub-ject areas – writing, read-ing, science, social studies, and math.

“The quality of the labor force is one of the most important factors that em-ployers look at when they think about locating in a state, specifically, the edu-

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cation of the people who make up the labor force and their ability to deliv-er on the job,” said Mar-va Doremus, Labor and Workforce Development Administrator for Adult Education. “An educat-ed workforce is critical to our future as a state. The only way we can grow Tennessee’s economy is with the right workers. Last year, 56.6 percent of those issued a GED credential in Tennessee were between the ages of 17 and 25. These indi-viduals have 50 years to be in the workforce. We need to move them for-ward into postsecondary or other job training pro-grams.”

Commissioner Davis added, “New jobs are not being created for those without a high school education. The more education a person

has, the less likely he is to be unemployed. The same is true of income – the income differences between a person who does not have a high school diploma or GED and a person who does are striking.”

Other important points:

• People who have not passed all parts of the current GED test before the end of the current GED test series, i.e., by December 31, 2013, will have to start over when the 2014 edition begins.

• Presently the fee for taking the GED averages $65. When the GED test becomes computer-based in 2014, the fee will be a minimum of $120.

Last year 12,047 Ten-nesseans earned GEDs. Tennessee still has 900,000 to one million adults without a high school diploma. Almost 29,000 students dropped out of high school in 2011.

For local information on the GED, class times

and the free GED practice test, contact the Tipton County Adult Education Program at 800 Bert John-son Ave. in Covington at (901) 475-0037. The GED practice test is required before taking the official GED.

The official GED is given monthly at the Tennessee Technology Center in Covington (TTCC), 1600 Highway 51 S. Call (901) 475-2526 for the dates of the test or visit the website at www.ttccovington.edu. The cost fee the complete test is $55; individual sections are $11. The GED test or any of the subject areas may be taken up to three times a year.

For further informa-tion call Jackie Walk-er, supervisor, Tipton County Adult Educa-tion program 475-0037 or Amanda Health, chief ex-aminer and Christi Hill, examiner at the TTCC at 475-2526.

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political announcement on April 26. “With my many years of experi-ence, I believe that I can assess the value of your property and/or home accurately.”

Hanks is a real estate agent with Century 21 A-1 Properties in Atoka.

Taylor, who has more than 20 years of ap-praisal experience and is a state certified general appraiser, the highest certification in Tennes-see, states he is the only candidate certified to appraise real property.

On his website (scott-taylorforassessor.com), Taylor questions the re-quirements for the office of assessor.

“Although it’s not required for the property assessor to be a licensed or certified appraiser to perform the duties of the office, wouldn’t it make sense to have an assessor that was qualified and certified to appraise real property in the state of Tennessee?”

The general election will take place on Tues-day, Aug. 2.

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DRUG TASK FORCE RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING OFFICERS

The 25th Judicial District Drug Task Force held its quarterly board meeting on May 22, 2012, in Somerville. Trooper Brad Simpson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol and Captain Shannon Beasley of the Tipton County Sheriff ’s Offi ce were recognized for their outstanding service and contributions to the 25th Judi-cial District Drug Task Force. Pictured with Trooper Simp-son and Captain Beasley are DTF Director John Thompson, District Attorney Gen-eral Mike Dunavant, and DTF Board Chairman Bobby Riles, Sheriff of Fayette County.

In the TSSAA Spring Fling, both Covington baseball and Munford softball faced elimination games at press time.

For the latest on the tournament, check out www.covingtonleader.com

ELECTION DAY is Tuesday, August 2

Check your voter registration card for

polling locations and call 476-0223

with any questions regarding the

election

Recently Steven Tindall, a computer information technology student and member of the local SkillsUSA chapter at the Tennessee Technology Center at Covington was guest speaker at the Covington Rotary club, he shared his experiences preparing and competing in the SkillsUSA contest held in Chattanooga TN. Pictured left to right is Club President Skipper Boudurant, Steven Tindall, Computer Information Technology Instructor Patricia Avent, and Program Chair Rotarian Glenn Baker. Visit www.skillsusa.org for more information.

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“To be selected for this unique opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime experi-ence for these students and a testimony to their excellence and achieve-ments,” says Eric Martin, Music for All President and CEO. “Each stu-dent is one of only 325 members chosen to be part of the Bands of America Honor Band, and their participation deserves the admiration and support of everyone in their community. The Rose Parade is one of our country’s national pageantry treasures, and the 2013 Honor Band members will be am-bassadors of America’s bands, and of their states and communities.”

Although band is now her favorite class, it wasn’t always so revealed Aryn, who has grown musically to participate in All West Honor Band, Martin Honor Band and Murray State Honor Band.

“I didn’t want to be in band or marching band but my parents kept me in it and now I love it,” said Aryn. “You’re always moving. They’re like your family and it’s good to make that con-nection.”

Aryn and her mother will depart on Dec. 27 and be in Calif., until Jan. 2, 2013. To help Aryn realize her dream, contributions may be made in her name, Aryn Mullins, Rose Parade, at InSouth Bank in Coving-ton.

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When is the last time you saw a new barn go up? I reckon it has been a while. They just ain’t needed any more. Believe it or not but at one time stable, sophisticated and modern (at that time) barns were more important than the living quarters. City slickers probably say, “what?” But the livestock resided and they made the living that put the grub on the kitchen table at supper time. So? Many years earlier when a new barn was constructed the term was a barn raisin’ and in many cases several neighbors came over and pitched in. Of course this was many decades ago as nowadays most don’t even speak to one ’nuther and sho’ ain’t gonna’ help.

Friends, when we moved to the home place in Rosemark the barn needed a lot of shoring up which required time, patience, work and finances. Only my dear country fellow American farmers understand this. Replacing cracked, warped, and split walls were primary. Then on to leveling the foundation with a sharp shooter digging and chunking in

dirt while using floor jacks and pry poles. Daddy finally was satisfied the hay wouldn’t tilt out of the loft. He measured the doors to hopefully close usually requiring new hinges on newly replaced door facings and not sway.

Tools of the trade back then wore you slap out. Can you remember a brace and bit? Holding the heavy brace in the palm of your left hand using your stomach muscles for more leverage and spinning the handle with your right. Usually the bits were dull and Daddy had to sharpen with a hand file. All we had was a coarse and a fine tooth saw that required

a strong right arm, shoulder and back. Everyone had a pole and a double bit axe but how many owned a broad axe and really knew how to use it? It took finer tuning than a jewelers driver.

Neighbor since Daddy had to do a lot of banging I can’t forget the famous John Henry sledge that went about a hun’ert pounds to this little runty bo’ weevil. A slide rule was not required but

a folding rule was to the finest degree. Daddy had a little pocket ’specially sewn for his treasured ruler on his right pants leg of his overalls. He could grab that ruler and string it out for six feet faster than a Baptist preacha’ can dip you at a pond revival. No problem. Looked easy; just grab and yank real hard as I had been observing for years.

Once while lowering the ceiling in the living room Daddy sent me to fetch his ruler. I scampered inside the house and was ready to show off. Well I yanked and broke the third section of the ruler. That shut down the operation and Daddy immediately jumped off the ladder and had a fast called prayer meeting. But I was the one doing all the hollering and squirming. That was the last one I ever yanked and broke. I know how to open a folding ruler this day. Yep, just learn but burn.

I don’t reckon anyone uses old hand working tools any more? I don’t reckon anyone builds or shores up barns anymore either? Can’t find none of neither. All that’s left are just our old Southern Farmer barn memories…Glory!

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Fantastic show at Ruffin

Dear editor, The show at The Ruffin last Friday was fantastic! Eric Pilkington and Lisa Byrd backed up by the band Southern Voices played to an enthusiastic audience, selections of class southern country and rock. They will also entertain this next month at Music on the Square so don’t miss them. With that kind of vocal talent they should be playing on Beale Street, Bourbon Street, or on the Delta queen if not Carnegie Hall!! “Spencer’s Own” from Nashville (formerly The Standards) will be on The Ruffin stage this weekend, Saturday, May 25 beginning at 7 p.m., so mark your calendars.

Dr. Loren CrownCovington

Charger Beat - Seniors 2012Editor’s note: The Charger Beat col-

umn, written by Steve Holt, usually appears within the Education section, however we believed this section to better fit within the Opinion pages.

For 20 years I have had the sin-gular opportunity to report the activities and accomplishments of CHS students as they matriculate and proceed to graduation. I claim license at the end of each year to bid farewell to those seniors whom I have watched grow and mature into young men and young ladies.

As with previous graduating classes, the Class of 2012 has dis-tinguished itself through acts of charity, community service and on the playing fields of the state.

Their contributions to the well be-ing of the community and the on-going history of CHS will not be soon forgotten.

To some who are most special to me, namely Josh, Walt, Allie, Shelton, Jawan, Adrian, Devione, Iesha, Demiah and your fellow graduates my hope for you all is that you live lives of peace and prosperity in whatever endeavors who chose.

This community owes a debt to the staff and administration of Covington High School for the ex-emplary job done each and every year in the education of Coving-ton’s teenagers. No they are not perfect and not all students suc-ceed but not for a lack of effort

above and beyond the call by this faculty. One example stands out for me. The dozens of students named to All Academic teams in all sports in our district are proof positive that things are going well at CHS. Students who achieve a 3.0 GPA or better while also meet-ing the demands of athletic prepa-ration and performance are being taught and well.

Take the time to thank a teacher for their dedication and also to congratulate and encourage these new graduates.

To my 20th graduating class, I say farewell.

Steve Holt

A couple of weeks ago the daughter of one of our former correspondents came into the office and we had a wonderful talk about her mother, Bernadine McAfee. Mrs. Connie Blyue told me her mother believed technology to be the cause of many problems with this country and I nodded my head in agreement.

Being only 31 (I can still say ‘only,’ right?), it seems silly for me to have such an opinion, but I’ve always believed this country took a huge turn during the In-dustrial Revolution. I know things change, technology is improved and people and their skill sets evolve. I wish there was some way to re-tain those skills and still learn others, though.

When was the last time you darned a sock, wrote a letter using pencil and paper or canned vegetables?

Many of these things, these skills, came about during a time when they were needed. And when this country began to prosper again after the Great Depression and the second World War, when all of the men and women who did such things, began dying, these skills began to die right along with them.

When we make holes in our socks, we throw them away and buy new ones.

When our clothes become damaged we throw them away and buy new ones.

When something doesn’t work, like a televi-sion, it’s thrown away and another is purchased.

We turn to computers for just about everything these days, from balancing our checkbooks to playing music, taking photos and storing docu-ments. It’s fantastic to use one device for every-thing, let me be honest; I can watch a movie, check the weather, play games, catch up with friends and family members, take and view photos, count calories, record an interview, type notes and stories, listen to an audiobook, read a book, write a book, manage my bank accounts and appointments, order a pizza and just about anything else you could imagine without ever having to leave my couch.

When you run into someone you have noth-ing to talk about anymore, because most of us overshare on Facebook and other means of social media. Even if you run into someone you haven’t seen since high school, chances are she already knows what you’ve been up to, how many children you have, what you ate for lunch and even how that attempt at potty training is going. There’s no catching up anymore.

I can video chat with people on the other side of the world, and I have, but I don’t know most of my neighbors. In fact, I only know one family and I have lived in the same house for more than three years.

I wrote my grandmother, who is 85, a letter a few months ago and I thought she’d like that, but she emailed me back. She sends me messages and posts to my Facebook wall and comments on my photos there. And while she might still can, I don’t think even she still darns socks; there’s no need for that anymore.

Like our socks and sweaters, our basic skills have become disposable. We have children who don’t know how to sign their names because cursive is no longer necessary, according to our state. We have young adults who don’t know how to address or even stamp a letter to mail bills; they’ve never done this. And we have kids who can’t even divide two-digit numbers with-out a calculator.

What is wrong with us, America? We’ve turned into lazy people who know noth-

ing and can barely think for ourselves. I don’t know the last time I had a conversation that was more than mere small talk (well, except for the other night when my husband and I debated on whether or not you could call art ‘crap’ if you didn’t like it; I said no, he said yes).

I am comforted in watching the evolution of the crunchy granola movement, where we are turning our backs on convenience and instead making our lives more difficult by eating organic foods, recycling, gardening, knitting and/or sewing our own clothes and raising chickens (we have seven at our house), for instance. My gen-eration likes to believe this is something new, but this is how our grandparents lived, as did many generations before them.

Is there some way we can marry the old skills with the new ones? Can we go back to teaching our kids penmanship and accounting and home economics? Can we teach them how to mail let-ters and balance check books and hem jeans in between Angry Birds and Cut the Rope?

I love my iPhone, but more than that I love my talents and skills that produce tangible results. So what if I can take a fantastic abstract photo and post it on Instagram? I make a mean strawberry jam.

If you have any ideas, please feel free to text, I mean call, me and share them.

OFF THE RECORDECHO DAY

Marry the old with the new?

Hello everybody! Hope you’re all doing great. We sure are out here at Dunlap. God has been so good to us! I have so very much to be thankful for this week!

Our “Springfest” went wonderful! And once again, I, Kathy Keiter, al-lowed myself to doubt my faith in the Lord! For-give me Lord! I gave this place to the Lord a long time ago, yet I still find myself “fretting.” But once again God showed Himself to me in a big way! I was praying that He would allow us to raise enough money to pay for our state build-ing licenses, and He did. We made $17.75 over and above the amount that we needed! Praise the Lord! It was all Him! It’s actually all about Him anyway you know. We try to make it about us, but it’s not!

Thank you everyone

for coming and allowing the Lord to use you in a mighty way to support us at the Springfest! So many people came and helped do things. Thank you to my board of di-rectors for all your hard work. And even my past board of directors were here helping, as always. I really don’t know what we’d do without them all. It’s such an important job, it’s not just a posi-tion, and the sad thing is, they don’t get paid for it, as a matter fact, they’re

ask many times to “put out money” for this and that. Thank you board, you’re the greatest!

Thank you to all the wonderful vendors who came and sold their goods and some of them even donated items for the auction. It kind of turned out to be more than just a cake auction this year. It was fantas-tic when they all started walking up handing me items to auction off along with the cakes. It was so much fun! So you just can never tell what might happen at Dunlap Springfest!

Then, there was my wonderful brothers in Christ, Walter Blalack, Alan Guess and Jerry Covington, who make up “Three for Thee”, and oh my, did they ever “WOW” everyone, leading us all into an ex-tremely worshipful time! This group is available to come to your church and sing and I can promise you a very worshipful experience.

They also have record-ed a CD that will blow you away.

Then there was Mr. Rolland Essaff, not only

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DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ARREST OR DETAIN ANY OF THE SUBJECTS OF THE WARRANTS LISTED IN THIS DATABASE. The list is current at the time of publishing and therefore recent changes in the status of warrants may not be reflected. It is possible that some warrants have been resolved and the matter is no longer pending. This information is being provided as a service to the public; however, neither the Tipton County Sheriff ’s Office nor The Leader cannot guarantee nor assume any liability for the accuracy of the information at the time of use. All warrants must be verified for accuracy through our system prior to an apprehension. All persons charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. NO ATTEMPT SHOULD BE MADE TO APPREHEND THESE INDIVIDUALS EXCEPT BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PEACE OFFICERS. SOME INDIVIDUALS MAY BE ARMED AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. If you recognize a name on the list, if you find your name, or if you find a discrepancy, please contact the Tipton County Sheriff ’s Office at 475-3300 or via email at [email protected].

CRIME STOPPERS OF TIPTON COUNTY INC. is offering a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the person or

persons responsible for the deaths of:

John Curtis Rann, a 24-year-old white male who was found dead with several gunshot wounds on Black Springs Hill Road in southwest Tipton County on

Dec. 5, 1986. Rann had been missing since November 26, 1986.

Johnny Poole, a 23-year-old white male whose partially burned body was found on Oct. 25 1988,

in his burning pickup truck near the boat landing at Piljerk, on the Hatchie River. Poole had a gunshot

wound in his back.

If you have any information about either of the crimes, call Crime Stoppers at 901-476-4411. You

will NOT be required to give your name or testify in any court. The source of information given to Crime

Stoppers will be held in strict confidence.

Bennett, David AnthonyBorn: 12/7/1973

71 Carl Miller CoveDrummonds, TN 38023

Charge: Failure to pay child support (x2)

Brown, Jason DeshunBorn: 12/29/1983

1464 Tabernacle Rd.Covington, TN 38019Charge: Failure to pay

child support (x2)

Campbell, Bernard Devent

Born: 2/10/19781012 Douglas Ave.

Covington, TN 38019Charge: Failure to pay child

support (x2)

Debose, GregoryBorn: 1/30/1978

3125 Scrub Oak Rd.Mason, TN 38049

Charge: Failure to pay child support (x2)

Fayne, Robert LeeBorn: 1/15/1957476 Tuxedo Drive

Covington, TN 38019Charge: Failure to pay child

support (x2)

Kiner, Derick DewayneBorn: 9/8/1978

107 Jamie Lynn Cove ACovington, TN 38049Charge: Failure to pay

child support (x2)

Lowrance, Lowell RobertBorn: 12/17/1960

1481 Glenn Springs Rd.Drummonds, TN 38053

Charge: Failure to pay child support

Miller, Deborah GailBorn: 10/28/1968

280 Dock Bates Rd.Henning, TN 38049Charge: Failure to pay

child support (x3)

Owen Jr., James VincentBorn: 5/31/19681051 Huffman

Brighton, TN 38011Charge: Failure to pay child

support

Popovich, Ariah ZytevBorn: 2/17/1981

1614 S. College St.Covington, TN 38019Charge: Failure to pay

child support

Seen one of these people?If so, call:

24-hour number: Central Dispatch 901-475-4300

Sheriff’s Office Tipline: 901-475-3307; email: [email protected]

Tipton County CrimeStoppers 901-476-4411 Or contact any local law enforcement agency to

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Now that another school year is drawing to a close, your young children are a step closer to the day when they’ll be heading off to col-lege. Of course, as you’re probably aware, higher education doesn’t come cheap — and the costs seem to continuously climb. You can help your children — or even your grandchildren — meet these expenses by invest-ing in a 529 plan. And this college savings vehicle offers estate-planning benefits.

As a college funding vehicle, a 529 plan offers some significant benefits. When you contribute to a 529 plan, your earnings accumulate tax free, provided they are used for qualified higher education expens-es. (Keep in mind, though, that 529 plan distributions not used for qualified expenses may be subject to federal and state income tax and a 10 percent IRS penalty.) Further-more, your 529 plan contributions may be deductible from your state taxes. However, 529 plans vary, so be sure to check with your tax advisor. And the lifetime contribu-tion limits for 529 plans are quite generous; while these limits vary by state, many plans allow contri-

butions well in excess of $200,000. Plus, a 529 plan is flexible: If the

child, grandchild or oth-er beneficiary decides against college, you can transfer the unused funds to someone else, tax and penalty free. Now, let’s turn to a 529 plan’s es-tate-planning benefits. If you think that you may need to reduce the size of your taxable estate, and you also want to create a legacy you may be able

to enjoy during your lifetime, you may find that the 529 plan offers a solution for you. When you estab-lish and contribute to a 529 plan, the assets leave your estate — but they don’t leave your control. If your named beneficiary decides against college and you don’t have another family member to whom you can transfer the account — or if you simply change your mind about funding the 529 plan — you can get your money back at any time, although, as mentioned above, you’ll have to pay taxes, and possibly a 10 percent IRS pen-alty, on the earnings.

Your contributions to a 529 plan also qualify for the $13,000 annual gift tax exclusion, so you can give large amounts each year without

incurring the gift tax. In the invest-ment world, you can find many vehicles that can help you make progress toward one goal. But it’s far less common to find something that may give you a boost toward two. And when the two goals are helping a child or grandchild go to college and lowering the value of your taxable estate — while still maintaining control of your assets — you’ve got an investment worth considering. So consult with your tax and financial advisors to deter-mine if a 529 plan is right for you. And if it is, think about taking ac-tion soon, because the more years you can contribute to a 529 plan, the better the outlook for both your future student and your es-tate plans.

Edward Jones, its employees and financial advisors are not estate planners and cannot provide tax or legal advice. You should con-sult your estate-planning attorney or qualified tax advisor regarding your situation.

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▪ Bagwell, Paige Michelle, 21, domestic assault, May 13, TCSO▪ Billions, Dustin Merritt, 23, domestic assault, May 15, APD▪ Billions, Walter Edward, 43, driving on rev./canc./susp. license, misuse of evidence of registration, disregard stop sign; May 15, BPD▪ Bland, Ladaveon Rayshawn, 20, agg. assault no injury, May 13, CPD▪ Bohannon, Marvin Daniel, poss. controlled substance, May 15, TCSO▪ Brown, Haliburton Lee, 30, del. of marijuana, poss. sch. II drug; May 17, TCSO▪ Carpenter, Casey Alan, 21, DUI second offense, driving on rev./canc./susp. license, evading arrest, speeding; May 14, APD▪ Carpenter, Robert Lewis, 54, DUI first offense, consent law, driving on rev./canc./susp. license, evading arrest, improper passing; May 18, APD▪ Culbreath, Justin Donald, 18, agg. assault with injury, May 14, CPD▪ Currin, Keyonna Delores, 19, forgery, fraud. use of credit card over $500, theft; May 18, TCSO▪ Davis, Tony Dewayne, 29, theft over $1,000, criminal trespass; May 17,

MPD▪ Dowell, Timothy Tyson, 48, DUI second offense, May 13, THP▪ Draffin, Tanya Cheri, 35, warrantless arrest, May 15, TCSO▪ Fitzhugh, Karen Elizabeth, 38, driving on rev./canc./susp. license, May 19, TCSO▪ Fontenot, Ventrus Boyd, 20, driving on rev./canc./susp. license (x2), May 19, TCSO▪ Frazier, Ted Dalton, 20, fraud, theft, DUI first offense; May 18, TCSO▪ Gatlin, Bradley Alan, 20, reckless endangerment, agg. assault no injury, leaving scene of accident; May 16, LCSD▪ Glass, Hannah Diane, 21, underage consumption of alcohol, May 19, TCSO▪ Glover, Tommy Allen, 31, domestic assault, May 19, CPD▪ Gray, Fred Lee, 52, theft over $1,000, criminal trespass; May 17, MPD▪ Groff, Peter Frederick, 52, domestic assault, May 17, TCSO▪ Jones, Brandon Keith, 24, simple poss. marijuana, May 16, TCSO▪ Joyner, Frances Maye, 36, agg. assault no injury, May 16, MUPD▪ King, Scarlet Lynn, 23, poss. of drug

paraphernalia with intent to deliver (x2), May 15, MPD▪ Larrue, Willie Alvin, 60, domestic assault, May 15, TCSO▪ Lawson, Donald Wayne, 37, theft over $500, May 15, TCSO▪ Lax, Dameka, 32, theft under $500, May 17, TCSO▪ Liggeons, Trenandold Wyelle, 30, driving on rev./canc./susp. license, poss. sch. IV drug; May 15, TCSO▪ Looney, Matthew Ray, 27, driving on rev./canc./susp. license, May 13, TCSO▪ McCool, Glen Allen, 21, domestic assault, May 18, TCSO▪ Murrell, Harold Clement, 80, agg. assault no injury, May 17, TCSO▪ Owens, Conterrio Marrecious, 25, agg. assault no injury, May 17, CPD▪ Palmertree, Christy Nicole, 32, DUI second offense, implied consent, open container, driver due care, driving on rev./canc./susp. license; May 19, TCSO▪ Parks, Betty Jane, 30, DUI first offense, May 15, TCSO▪ Pride, Ronald Antonio, 31, tampering with evidence, DUI first offense, consent law; May 13, TCSO▪ Pruitt, Michael Wayne, 47, agg. burglary, theft; May 19, CPD▪ Reynolds, Jerry Michael, 25, poss. marijuana with intent, May 16, TCSO

▪ Rodriguez, Anthony Perez, 36, driving on rev./canc./susp. license, seatbelt law, May 15, TCSO▪ Scroggins, James Carey, 21, domestic assault, May 13, TCSO▪ Sisco, Kevin Dwayne, 27, theft over $10,000, agg. burglary, burglary, theft under $10,000; May 13,18; TCSO▪ Smith, Arthur Lyndale, 27, poss. sch. II drug, May 19, MUPD▪ Smith, Toby Carl, 41, failure to pay child support, May 14, TCSO▪ Somerville, Tommie Lee, 48, driving on rev./canc./susp. license; right side of roadway; May 13, TCSO▪ Spitznas, James William, 37, DUI second offense, vandalism, simple poss. marijuana; May 13, TCSO▪ Taylor, Chelsea Rose, 24, theft, May 17, TCSO▪ Waits Brianna Benton, 25, domestic assault, May 19, TCSO▪ Waldroop, Lisa Jane, 39, public intoxication, May 14, MUPD▪ Wilingham, Damascus, 30, poss. sch. IV drug, May 17, TCSO▪ Willis, Selena Dawn, 29, worthless check, May 15, TCSO▪ Woody, John Ellis, 48, driving on rev./canc./susp. license, poss. controlled substance, poss. of drug paraphernalia with intent; May 19, MUPD▪ Wright, Robert Allen, 54, hold for 603, May 16, TCSO

Disclaimer: These persons are innocent until proven guilty. They will face charges in Tipton County General Sessions or Circuit Court unless warrants for their arrest were issued in another county (this may or may not be denoted in the listing of charges).

Under arrestThe following persons were booked into the Tipton County Correctional Facility during the week of May 13-19.

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The Community Calen-dar 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

May 24UT Extension-Tipton

County, 111 West Wash-ington Ave. in Coving-ton will present a Brown Bag class on “Questions and Answers on Rose Care” on Thursday, May 24 from 5-6 p.m. Class is free. For more informa-tion contact Booker T. Leigh at 476-0231.

TN Diabetes & Healthy Living Solutions, WTHC and The TN State Health Dept. are offering free Di-abetic Education Classes beginning Wednesday, June 6, 13, 20 and 27 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Covington Senior Cen-ter, 401 S. College St. Call 731-300-0882 for more information and to sign up.

June 8Life Line Screening be-

ing held at Central Bap-tist Church, 755 Lucy Kelly Road in Brighton on Friday, June 8. You must register by contact-ing Life Line Screening Rep. by email at: [email protected] or call 1-800-897-9177 ext. 1742.

June 9 – July 10Brighton AYSO Fall

Soccer registration will take place on Saturday, June 9, June 23 and July 14 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and on Tuesday, June 12 and July 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. for boys and girls ages 4-18 at Old Brighton High School. Cost is $65 and includes soccer jer-sey, shorts, socks, trophy

and soccer accident in-surance. Credit cards are accepted. For complete registration information, please call Patti @ 474-2423, email [email protected] or visit www.ayso1535.d4sports-club.com. Proof of date-of-birth is required at time of registration for new AYSO players

June 14UT Extension-Tipton

County, 111 West Wash-ington Ave. in Coving-ton will present a Brown Bag class on “Creating a Pollinator Garden” on Thursday, June 14 from 5-6 p.m. Class is free. For more information contact Booker T. Leigh at 476-0231.

June 19 & 20An AARP Driver Safe-

ty Program class will be held on June 19 and 20 from 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the TN Technol-ogy Center, 1600 Hwy 51 South, Covington. Host-ed by the Bank of Tipton, please contact Dianne Honeycutt at 476-6566 to sign up. Instructor is Jim Novotny, 476-0477.

June 22St. John M.B Church,

Hwy. 59 West in Coving-ton will host a Womens’ Empowerment Confer-ence on Friday, June 22 from 7 – 9:30 p.m. and Saturday, June 23 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Moti-vation speakers, facials, free hairstyles, free mani-cures, giveaways and re-freshments will be avail-able. The event is free and open to the public. For more information contact Mrs. Diane Win-bush at 901-209-4065 or Ms. Juanita Bond at 901-417-4376.

June 26Booker T. Leigh of the

UT-Extension Office and Tipton County Master Gardeners are hosting a diagnostic clinic from

3-5:30 p.m., at Munford Park and Recreation Cen-ter at 63 College St. For more information, call Leigh at 476-0231. The clinics will also be held July 10 and 31 and Aug. 14.

July 10Booker T. Leigh of the

UT-Extension Office and Tipton County Master Gardeners are hosting a diagnostic clinic from 3-5:30 p.m., at Munford Park and Recreation Cen-ter at 63 College St. For more information, call Leigh at 476-0231. The clinics will also be held July 31 and Aug. 14.

July 31Booker T. Leigh of the

UT-Extension Office and Tipton County Master Gardeners are hosting a diagnostic clinic from 3-5:30 p.m., at Munford Park and Recreation Cen-

ter at 63 College St. For more information, call Leigh at 476-0231. The clinic will also be held on Aug. 14.

Aug. 14Booker T. Leigh of the

UT-Extension Office and

Tipton County Master Gardeners are hosting a diagnostic clinic from 3-5:30 p.m., at Munford Park and Recreation Cen-ter at 63 College St. For more information, call Leigh at 476-0231.

August 21 & 22 An AARP Driver Safe-

ty Program class will be held on August 21 and 22 from 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the TN Technol-ogy Center, 1600 Hwy 51 South, Covington. Host-ed by Brighton Bank,

Norris H.B. CothranSeptember 9, 1924 – May 3, 2012

Norris H.B. Cothran was born on September 9, 1924 to James (Jim) and Bertha Evans Cothran. He left this life to be with his Lord on May 3 at Baptist Hos-pital East with his daughters by his side after a lengthy battle with congestive heart failure.

He proudly served his coun-try in the United States Army with Company E 162nd Infantry 41st Division during World War II, with a tour of duty in the Philippines and Japan. He was awarded the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with Bronze Star, Good Conduct Medal and WWII Victory Medal. He retired from Naval Air Station Millington. His favorite hobbies in-cluded hunting and gardening.

He is survived by four daughters, Linda (Billy) Durham of Burlison, Pat (Sonny) Motes of Burlison, Beverly Coats of Brighton and Jane (Randy) Embry of Burlison; one granddaughter, Jennifer Coats Rodgers; three grandsons, Jeff Durham, Jason Womack and Will Embry; two great-grandsons, two great-grand-daughters; a sister, Jean Adkison Jordan; sister-in-law Sue Rice; brothers-in-law Dupree Roach and Levon Jordan; and nephew Eddie Rice.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 44 years, Lois Cothran; his parents Jim and Bertha Cothran; sisters Virgie McBride and Macel Bradshaw; brothers Estes, J.C. Bacel, Robert, Bartlett and Buddy.

Visitation took place on Friday, May 4. Funeral ser-vices took place on Friday, May 5 at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home. He was buried at Covington Memo-rial Gardens.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart As-sociation.

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Charlotte Ann Whipple Williams GurleyDate of Death – May 16, 2012

Charlotte Ann Whipple Williams Gurley, 76, of Crystal Community passed away on Wednesday, May 16 at Covington Care Center.

She is survived by her daughters, Donna Faye Beard (Dale) of Union City and Brenda Carol Moss (Leonard) of Covington; sister, Jean Freeman (Jack) of Union City; grandchildren, Matt Beard, Amanda Wil-liams, Charley Rivers, Houston Moss and Allie Carol Moss; 4 great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by her husbands, Bobby Wil-liams and George Gurley; son, Timothy Ward Wil-

liams; grandsons, Clint Beard and Brad Williams. There was a small visitation at Maley-Yarbrough

Funeral Home on Friday May 18 from 5-6 p.m. The funeral was held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 19

at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church of the Crystal Com-munity. Visitation was 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. prior to the funeral. Interment was at the Antioch Cemetery in the Crystal community.

Memorials may be sent to the Mt. Olive Baptist Church, PO Box 721, Union City, TN 38261.


Victoria W. KilpatrickDate of Death – May 17, 2012

Mrs. Victoria W. Kilpatrick, 85, a retired machinist for Mu-eller Industries, died at her daughter’s home on Thursday, May 17, 2012. Of Covington, she was a past worthy matron of the Eastern Star, Mayfl ower Chapter #62 and a member of Canaan M.B. Church, the Mis-sionary Society and the choir.

A public viewing took place on Tuesday, May 22 from 3-7 p.m. at Barlow Funeral Home, with the family receiv-ing guests from 5-7 p.m. and an hour and a half prior to the noon funeral on Wednesday, May 23 at Canaan M.B. Church. She was buried at Townsend Cemetery.

Mrs. Kilpatrick is survived by daughter Betty K. Jus-tice, son Keith L. Kilpatrick, sister Marjorie W. Barlow, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Bruce Kilpatrick.


William Sherfi eldDate of Death – May 17, 2012

William Sherfield, son of Lawrence Sherfield of Memphis and the late Georgia Mae Sherfield, died May 17, 2012.

Visitation took place on Tuesday, May 22, from 1-6 p.m. His funeral was Wednesday, May 23, at noon, both at Palmer Funeral Home with burial in Poplar Spring Cemetery, all in Mason.

Survivors include a daughter, Shirley Boyd of Cov-ington; two brothers, Willie and Tite Williams of Ato-ka; other relatives and friends.


Laverne Parimore LaneyDate of Death – May 18, 2012

Laverne Parimore Laney, 80, a homemaker from Atoka, died on Saturday, May 18, 2012 at St. Fran-cis Hospital Bartlett. She was a member of Hosanna Church in Munford.

Funeral services too place on Tuesday, May 22 at Munford Funeral Chapel. She was buried at Helen Crigger Cemetery.

Mrs. Laney was preceded in death by her husband, Clovis Dale Laney. She is survived by daughter Lynn Camper of Munford, sons Mike Laney of Brighton and Jesse Laney of Atoka, sister Bettye Nall and brother Bobby Parimore, 10 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hosanna Church.


Norma Jean Farrell CreasyMarch 25, 1935 – May 21, 2012

Norma Jean Farrell Creasy, 77, of Memphis, passed peacefully on May 21, 2012, with family by her side.

Norma Jean was born on March 25, 1935 in Gallo-way to Levy Cleveland and Margaret Elizabeth Dacus Farrell. She graduated from Somerville High School in Somerville in 1953. Upon graduation, Norma Jean was awarded a full basketball scholarship, but chose to forgo her scholarship to care for her father who was in poor health.

Even from an early age Norma Jean was ready to put the needs of her family ahead of her own. She married the love of her life, William Houston Creasy on May 4, 1958.

She worked for many years as a recorder at the USDA Cotton Division.

She is survived by her husband of 54 years; daugh-ter and son-in-law, Debbie Creasy Boone and Rocky Boone; son and daughter-in-law Michael Creasy and Carrie Creasy; grandchildren, Elizabeth Boone Wheeler and Ben Wheeler, Bryan Boone, Brett Boone and Laura Boone.

Services will held at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 24, at Family Funeral Care on 4925 Summer Avenue, with visitation beginning at 12:30 p.m. Interment will fol-low in Memorial Gardens.


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YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR EVENTS

Military MattersMy Fellow Citizens of

Tipton CountyAs you are aware the 2010 census and

subsequent redistricting has united Tipton county wherein all the residents of the county will now be represented in the 81st State House District. No longer is Tipton County divided into two districts. This change along with the recently announced retirement of Speaker Emeritus Jimmy Naifeh will begin a new chapter for the entire county . Under the right leadership these changes present an opportunity to advance our county and make it competitive in this ever changing world. The continued success of Tipton County

will be best served by someone who possesses strong leadership skills along with a passion to see the residents of Tipton County realize their greatest potential.

I am Rory Bricco, a long-time resident of Tipton county and would like to present myself for your consideration in the upcoming primary and election for Tennessee State House Representative. I am a Conservative, a strong supporter of the Constitution, good education, strong family values, limited government and hard work. Even though we live in an uncertain time, a time of high unemployment, high gas prices, rampant criminality, and unemployment, I have faith in our Constitution and in our country as well as the residents of Tipton county. I am willing to work together with each of you in order to build a strong future for our children and grand children. I am a husband, father and grandfather and I have a vested interest in the preservation of our families, communities, state and nation. I am a team worker as proved in my business life of 36+ years and I would like to work to help this county, state and nation secure the future.

I believe all government representatives should be subject to the laws they pass and if you want to send someone to Nashville to uphold the values that you hold dear then I am that person.

I am committed to work hard to win this race so that I can go to Nashville to fight to make a better Tipton county. I need your help in order to make this happen. Please consider making a generous contribution to my campaign.

Thank you,Rory BriccoP.O. Box 220Covington, TN 38019901-825-8908www.RoryBricco.comwww.Facebook.com/RoryBriccoForStateHousewww.twitter.com/RoryBricco

Mark Twain Clemens announces his candidacy for United States Senator, of the great state of Tennessee. Mark Twain Clemens has been a resident of Bedford County’s, Longview Community since 1993. He has worked fifteen years as an Explosive Engineer for Tennessee Excavating. His platform is to reduce the 15 trillion dollar deficit by cutting government spending and raise tariffs to a reasonable amount. Mark Twain Clemens also suggest ending the wars in Iraq

and Afghanistan. He is proposing to build a 100% made in America transcontinental passenger rail system. He believes the creation of this passenger rail system and Tennessee being a right to work state, together would make the environment rich for industrial growth locally in Tennessee. This project will be larger than the TVA; it will create real jobs almost instantly. This job creation program does not require economic tax theories such as 9-9-9. Mark Twain Clemens has two reason for raising the tariffs.

1. Even when spending is wrangled back under control, we still have to pay back $15.3 trillion. he money will have to come from somewhere. He does not feel comfortable leaving this burden solely on the tax payer’s shoulders.

2. Since the present Congress does not sensibly collect this revenue, this is like a new revenue source untapped. Applying half of the money the passenger rail system would be no cost to the American tax payer.

Mark Twain Clemens does not accept contributions, this is to separate his higher moral, political standard from the rest of the riff rafe. He also acknowledges the vast amount of the special interest money is what is wrong with our legislative system today. He will make aggressive legislation to reform all campaign contribution and lobbying laws.

Mark Twain Clemens For Senator I want to take this opportunity to announce to the citizens of Tipton County that I am seeking the elected position of Property Assessor. I am a long term resident of Tipton County, the son of Stan and Lucille Taylor both of Tipton County. I have had the privilege of living, working and raising three wonderful children in our community.

It is the Property Assessor's responsibility to discover, list, classify, and value all property within the jurisdiction of Tipton County for tax purposes. In order to develop credible and accurate valuations of properties, it is necessary for the individuals performing the valuations to have both education and experience in appraising property. Although it’s not required for the property assessor to be a licensed or certified appraiser to perform the duties of the office, I believe that it makes sense to have an assessor that is qualified and certified to appraise real property in the State of Tennessee.

I am the only candidate for the office of Property Assessor that is certified to appraise real property in Tennessee. Tennessee (like most states) has three real estate appraiser classifications: State Licensed Appraiser, State Certified Residential Appraiser and State Certified General Appraiser. I have over 20 years of experience in appraising and I have achieved the highest level of certification – Tennessee State Certified General Appraiser – License 722.

My experience in Tipton County spans the appraisal of all categories of real property: land, single-family residential homes, multi-family and commercial properties. During the past 20+ years I have had the opportunity to personally inspect a vast number of the homes and businesses in Tipton County. I am familiar with our communities, the quality of home construction, our school districts, and transportation systems and I understand how these attributes impact property value.

In addition to my education and experience in appraising real property, I am a seasoned small business owner. I know what it takes to plan and execute a budget, manage staff to achieve maximum productivity and provide excellent customer service. As Property Assessor for Tipton County, I will utilize all of these attributes to provide you, the citizens of Tipton County, with the level of accuracy, honesty, and service that you deserve.

Thank You for Support,Scott C. Taylor

Ms. Susan Thornton and Mr. and Mrs. Al-lan Henderson of Covington, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daugh-ter Miss Katherine Leigh Henderson to Mr. Matthew Brian Saunders, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rick Saunders of Oakland, Tenn.

The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Mrs. L.C. Thornton, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Hartsfield II of Covington, the late L.C. Thornton, Jr, and the late William Thomas Henderson, Jr.

Katie is a 2005 graduate of Covington High School. She earned a Bachelor of Pro-fessional Studies in 2009 and a Master of Science in Leadership & Policy Studies in 2010, both from The University of Mem-phis. Katie is an Academic Advisor at The University of Memphis.

The prospective bridegroom is a 1998 graduate of Briarcrest Christian School in Memphis and earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from The University of Mem-phis in 2003. He earned a Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction from The University of Mississippi in 2007 and is a teacher and the head football coach at Mu-nford High School. He is the grandson of Mrs. Dorothy Hecky and the late Mr. Her-man Hecky of Cold Spring, Ky., and the late Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Saunders.

Katie and Matt will marry on June 30, 2012 at First United Methodist Church of Covington and a reception will follow at the Covington Country Club. After a hon-eymoon in St. Lucia, the two will reside in Oakland, TN.

Katie Henderson to wed Matt Saunders

Marine Corps Pvt. Anna C. Morris, a 2011 graduate of Munford High School, recently completed 12 training at Ma-rine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C. designed to challenge new Marine recruits both physically and mentally.

Morris and fellow recruits began their training at 5 a. m., by running three miles and performing calisthenics. In addition to the physical condition-ing program, Morris spent numerous hours in classroom and field assign-ments, which included learning first aid, uniform regulations, combat water survival, marksmanship, hand-to-hand combat and assorted weapons training.

They performed close order drill and operated as a small infantry unit during field training. Morris and other recruits also received instruction on the Marine Corps’ core values – honor, courage and commitment, and what the core values mean in guiding personal and profes-sional conduct.

Morris and fellow recruits ended the training phase with The Crucible, a 54-hour, team evolution culminating in an emotional ceremony in which recruits are presented the Marine Corps Em-blem, and addressed as “Marines” for the first time in their careers.

2012 marks the 7th year of the American Hero Ride. Every Memo-rial Day Weekend riders gather in Tulsa, OK, and begin a journey to The Veterans Administration Medical Center Spinal Cord Unit in Memphis, where on May 26 they will host a luncheon for the patients, make a do-nation to the spinal cord unit and visit with each and every patient in the hospital. The Eagles Nest gathers money all year long to help these wounded Veterans. On Memorial Day weekend the donations are deliv-ered to our heroes. The Veterans in this hospital deserve all we can give because they gave all they have. These wound-ed Veterans are battling

to get well and deserve whatever we can do to help their recovery.

North Shelby VFW Post 7175 will be welcoming the Eagles Nest to thank them for their support of our wounded Veterans currently hospitalized at the VAMC. Darrell Lee and the Smoking Guns Band will be travelling with the Eagles Nest and will perform during the evening. We encourage you to come out to wel-come the Eagles Nest to Tennessee and thank them for their support of our Vets.

There is no cover charge to join us in the festivities, but we will be asking for donations to help the Eagles Nest fur-ther their work, to sup-port the families who lost

loved ones to war, those Veterans who were in-jured in war, and those in the military still proudly serving our country.

Corporate sponsors are welcome and greatly ap-preciated.

JukeZoo.com will be doing a live feed simul-cast from the VFW. This will be streamed directly to our troops in Afghani-stan, Iraq and numer-ous other military bases worldwide.

Please join us at 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 26, at North Shelby VFW Post 7175, located at 4681 Cu-ba-Millington Road, Mil-lington. Must be 21 years of age or accompanied by parent to attend.

For more information, call (901) 299-7086 or (901) 872-7175

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Welcome Back Burlison! This week’s news includes a couple graduation an-nouncements I have re-ceived. Congratulations to Jonathan Michael Martin, Frank Douglas Huffman, and Brandon Connell who are all graduating from Covington High School and to Audrey Engstrand who is graduating from Brighton High School. Congratulations to the Class of 2012!

Birthday wishes go out to Ashley Smith on May 17, and we have three birthdays on Saturday, May 26th, which are Ada-lyn Baskin, Jim Camp-bell, and Tracey Holliday. Happy Birthday everyone!

The prayer requests for this week are: Cindy Kidd, Nick Howard, Thurston Howard, Annette Gil-breath, Larry Knight, Pat-ty Seeber, Glenn Maddox, Bobbie Cromwell, Bob Yoa-kum, Charlie Moss, Verna Lou Timbs, Jo Campbell, Dave Buross, David Gil-breath, Rogene Azotea, Mary Phillips, Maci Phil-lips, Nick Ragsdale, Rich-ard Huffman, Fred Wise-man, and the Family of Floyd Picheloupe.

Memorial Day is once again upon us. It is a day to remember those, who not only served our country in military duty, but those who died in the process. A day to honor

our fallen service men and women has evolved into Memorial Day Weekend. I personally believe it’s a great way to show our re-spect and our appreciation to those who gave their life for their country. The sad thing is, this weekend many people will be more focused on this being the “opening weekend” of summer, instead of a time to remember. They will bask in the freedom that was purchased with the lifeblood of those that have died in service and never give it a moments’ thought. They are too con-cerned with whether or not they have enough hot-dogs, burgers, drinks or suntan lotion. I hope that everyone has a wonder-ful weekend and that you

have the ability to spend it with family and friends enjoying our freedoms. However, my biggest hope is that everyone will spend a few minutes considering the hearts that opened to serve others and the life-blood that poured forth, laid down sacrificially to purchase the freedoms that surround us today. Appreciate them. Remem-ber them. It’s the very least we can do.

If you have Birthdays, Anniversaries, Gradua-tions, Military Honors, prayer requests or other news in the Burlison area, send it to [email protected] or call me at (901) 569-1090. Have a great week and a wonder-ful Memorial Day!

Hello friends, I was dropping off Brenna for her finals and saw that the FFA department still has a bunch of ferns left. You can go over to the school and go to the front office desk or drive over to the department, which is located in the back of the school. You’ll have no problem recog-nizing where you are! There are wondering ducks and roosters and the sheep are grazing! The Brighton High School graduation was such as great night. The evening temps were al-most perfect. Connor crossed the stage with no problems! Yea, we are so happy for our precious nephew. He plans to at-tend the U of M this fall, majoring in engineer-ing. He has a few issues with transportation. He was hit by a “stop sign runner” a few week’s ago at the dual intersec-tion at Brighton Clopton and Sunnyside/Huff-man. Totaled his car and totaled out our help in getting these kids to their destinations. Ugh! It has been a pain but hopeful-ly we well come across something he can afford without a note. It is hard shuffling 4 teens around and trying to work too. Two of them have jobs. If you know of a reasonable vehicle in good working order for sale, please let me know! It will be greatly appreciated. There were 22 students leaving for State on Sun-day morning. Trevor was sponsored by Brighton High School to attend Boys State for this week. We are so proud of him and hope he is having a great time and great learning experience. He will be a senior this next year and so will Jon-Al-len. Jon-Allen attended a steak dinner for the stu-dents receiving the high-est mark on the writing assessment, which was a 6. We were the highest in the county just under 30 students. Way to go BHS! Brenna will be a sopho-more next school year. She is a terrific student as well. She got a 100 on her French exam. Congrats! I was just watching a segment on the Joplin, Mo. tornado. They were showing the graduation (a year later) and how the kids were affected by this tragic event. There was one young man who lost his parents and sus-tained multiple injuries during this horrific de-struction. His life is so different and he made such sweet reference to how important parents are during this transition time in so many students’ lives. Just remember this is a crossover time for the student and also the parents as well. Those students going into col-

lege or technical schools in the fall need to know to stick with it. The first semester is the hardest, go easy on the classes. There is so much change in all areas; school, so-cial, independence, new boundaries. Endless re-sponsibilities that most students haven’t had to experience until now. Speaking of Joplin, Mo., our special neighbors, the Copeland’s daughter, Paige, is now working in Joplin. She says the house she is living in was the only one standing on the street. It is hard to imagine the destruction there. Paige was work-ing at Methodist Hospi-tal in the food area when she got this new job. Please keep Mrs. Lou-ise Vandergrift in our prayers. She is such an icon in the community. She never failed to have a joke to tell and well wish-es to give. She was the “go to” for information in our little town! Hope she continues on her re-covery. Keep her fam-ily close to your hearts and prayers as well, too. Prayers go out to Jus-tin ‘Chubbs’ and Lindsey Hughes. Their twin ba-bies, Emma and Garrett, were born on Monday, May 21. They are both right under 3 lbs. Pretty early, as they weren’t due until the first part of July. Congratulations guys on the new additions!

Happy Birthday to Vickie Baker, Misty Scott, Lisa Simpson, Linda Stafford, and our neph-ew, Matthew Hedgepeth. Love to you all and have a good week!


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Jim Baddour III, DDS and StaffTCCA and the Covington Senior Center are seeking volunteers for upcoming programs. We are currently seeking volunteers for jewelry making and kiln fired ceramics. If you are interested please contact Kelly West at 901-476-1068. Computer classes began on Thursday May 3 at 8:30 am and 10 a.m. at Tipton County Commission on Aging. Cost is $20 for 10 classes. Call 476-3333 to reserve your spot, only 4 spaces left.

Just for FunBible Study - This month Bible Study will be held at the CSC on Thursday mornings at 10 a.m. This non-denom-inational class is open to all. The facilitator this month is Mr. John Currie.

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

Bingo - Bingo will be held in the dining hall of the CSC on Friday, May 25 beginning at 10 a.m. each day.

Storytelling - On Wednesday, May 30 at 10 a.m. in the din-ing hall of the CSC, Ms. Cozet Jones will be the featured storyteller.

To Your HealthGet Fit, Stay Fit - Join other seniors every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9:15 am at the CSC for 45 min-utes 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 wel-comed at both sites. Mrs. Juanita Joyner is the instructor.

Ballroom Dancing - Ballroom Dancing classes are every Wednesday at 12 p.m. in the TCCA dance room. Rich-ard Bishop is the instructor and the cost is $8 per class. Singles and couples are welcomed!

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 therapeutic experience while their fam-ily caregivers enjoy a time for personal business or other activities. Helen’s House is licensed by the State of Ten-nessee. Helen’s House is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please call Anita for more information 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 at Munford Pres-byterian Church Fellowship Hall from 5:30 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 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 to 2 p.m. The facilitator is Mrs. Darlene Hopper Spaulding.

• TCCA Breast Health Wellness Group- Please join Sue Wheeler on the second Monday of the month at Coving-ton Senior Center dining room from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

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Hello dear readers: This has been such a beautiful spring. We have been work-ing in our yard. We are in the process of planting more hosts around the trees in our front yard. We have some vacant spaces that need some new plants. We have quite a few hosts in our back yard that are too crowded where they are. We love to work in our yard. We have transplanted day lilies in our back yard ... down where the water washed out gullies.

We have had a big giant table out in the back yard where we have our little red barn... we decided to move in down to the basement. It was so heavy we had to drag it down to the basement doorway. Our good neighbor, Mr. Alvin Williams, was cutting grass on his trac-tor and we stopped him long enough for him to come up and help us move this big table with his big tractor. It is so big, it barely went thru the door of the basement. We are so happy to have it moved. I can now have more storage space in our basement.

My husband cut the grass last week with the regular riding mower and did

not use his precious tractor. Hope he re-members to use the right gas to put into it when he uses it this Friday.

Early on this spring we moved our swing up under the big tree in our back yard. It really has worked well to sit our in the yard and look down at the lake. There is an island in the lake with a big giant cedar tree in the middle of it. Well, it was not cleaned off last year so it had really grown up in weeds and grass. Well, my husband likes to play with matches, so he decided he would burn it off. Well, he burned the grass off and the fire went up into the cedar tree and left a big burned spot in the middle

of the tree. We trimmed the cactus and the little tree growing down there. He had to use the weed eater, because we do not have a push mower, and our reg-ular lawn mower is too big to go across the little bridge. It is now looking really green and pretty.

We are enjoying Elm Grove United Methodist Church. We have Sunday school at 10 a.m. and church at 11a.m. We have Sunday night services and Wednesday night service. If you don’t have a church home, please come to see us.

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This week’s Farm Report: Got a good six-tenths inch of rain last night. Some areas got over two inches, but we’re happy with what we got. The corn and beans are soaking it up! Wheat looks ready to cut and I’m sure lots of acres will be harvested when it gets dry in a couple of days.

We got our irrigation rig up but they haven’t dug the well yet. Supposed to have last week but haven’t yet.

Several of us are travel-ing to West Kentucky Youth Camp this Friday night for the wedding of John Evans IV and Tessa McDavid Sat-urday morning at 10. I am baking 100 cupcakes for the rehearsal supper and plan to have them at the camp around 4 p.m. then I’m driv-

ing on up to Calvert City to see my grandmother, Evelyn Harrington, and all the fam-ily and go to the drive-in, which is the plan of several of us. Granny turned 101 this month and when I talked to my Uncle Steve last night she’d decided she wanted a pie and she just went into the kitchen and made her-self one! Wow! Can’t wait to see her and am looking for-ward to the wedding at the camp, where the couple met! Somebody bring Kleenex for Cammy!

Carolyn Whaley is still on our prayer list after her sur-gery. Kris Apa, mother of Tri-cia Speight, needs our prayers for recovery, as well as Barry Brown, son of Thelma, who suffered a stroke. You may recall that Thelma just lost a son to a heart attack a few weeks ago. Florence Robert-son, Mike Rogers’ mother, is home from the hospital. All

those, and there are so many, who are taking treatments are in my prayers, as well as our servicemen and women and our voters.

Speaking of voting, if you got a new voters’ registra-tion card, take a close look at it, as it means your voting location has changed. We’ve moved from the Austin Peay Elementary School to the Ar-mory!

Little Teeghan Ayleene Nolan was at church for the first time on Sunday. Sweet as can be! Pray this is the first of thousands for her! Proud parents Michael and Meghan Nolan, proud grandparents, Chris and Michelle Laxton, and proud great-grandpar-ents, Dale and Shirley Lax-ton, were all present and beaming!

Happy Birthday this week goes to Patsy Moore on May 22nd, to Larry Whaley on the 24th and to John Combs and

Angie Gatlin on the 25th!Happy Anniversary to

Hunter and Morgan Ander-son on May 21st!

“Thanks for Reading” this week goes to Al Chaney and Pat Gatlin, who asked about the snake James killed last week! Sa-lute!

This week’s Farmer’s Al-manac Quote: “Sixty-seven pounds of hair have as much nitrogen as 100-200 pounds of manure”. Don’t throw away that hair you clean out of your brush - put it in the garden!

I’ll tell you another source of nitrogen - lightning - and everything was really green this morning after all we had last night!

Happy Memorial Day!

Greetings, congratulations to Pastor S.P. Cole and first lady Wilada Cole of Bright Hill M.B. Church of Jamestown. The happy couple celebrated 30 years of devoted faith and service to Bright Hill and it’s families. On Sunday, May 20th during the 11a.m. worship hour, associ-ated pastor Rev. Pearl Burton Andrews spoke the word. Dinner was served immediately after service, Bright Hill kitchen staff, Janice Mosley, Pam Cobbs Springfield and LaRue Albritton did an outstanding job of preparing and of serving. Former pastor, Dr. Earnest Mottley, now pastor of Springhill M.B. Church in Memphis, brought the after-noon message. Pastor Posey Heaston, formerly of Jamestown, now the pastor at Global M.B. Church in Memphis and his church, were also special guests. Thank you Pastor and Mrs. S.P. Cole for all you have meant to us all here at Bright Hill and in this small commu-nity.

This weekend, May 25-27, the fami-lies of the late Pink Nathaniel and Flor-

ence “Doll” Smith Sherrill will reunite on the lawn of Minister Pink Nathan-iel Sherrill, Jr., (former home of the late couple) in Jamestown. Contacts are GloDine King Davis, Debra King Elkins, Kenny King, Rev. Kevin King, Jr., Sgt. Ret. Tim Burton, Sr., Rev. Pearl Burton Andrews and Alice Burton Bell. Family worship will be held May 27th at 11 a.m. at the family’s home church in Jamestown, Bright Hill M.B. We’ll be expecting you.

On July, 14, the children and grand-children of Willie Mae Burton of Jame-stown will fete her on her 90th birthday which is July 6th, in Millington at the Holiday Inn. RSVP your acceptance please. Contact person is Debra Burton Martin by June 30th at (901) 476-4172. Willie Mae and husband, Isiah are the proud parents of 11 children, one daughter, Ivy Faye Burton Sherrill is deceased.

VBS begins on June 11-14 at 6:30 p.m. at Bright Hill. Hope to see every-one there, especially our children, Bro. Thomas Bounds will be heading VBS, teachers Marsha Burton – ages 6-8; Elisha Bounds – ages 9-11; Sis. Willie Burton – women ages 35 & up and Bro.

Bounds, Bro. Glenn Baker, Rev. Romel Andrews – men ages 35 & up. Rev. Pearl Andrews will teach seniors.

We are in prayers for Bessie Cobbs, Jennie Stewart, Doris King, Posey Reed, John and Cleo Thompson, Joseph Heas-ton, Sr., Carlotta Jones, Connie and Christine Brown, Eula Culbreath and family, Rufus Garner, Ellouise Vaughn, Flossie Woods, Jessie Lawson, Ruth Alston, Willie Shade Alston, Tyndall Miller, Min. Pink Nathaniel Sherrill, Jr., Rev and Mrs. Richard Coe, Eugene Baker, Ruth Griffin, Percy and Allie White, Robert and Dorcus Smith, Rhon-da Heaston-McLin and family, Johnny Thompson, Ada Fletcher, Mary Burton, Isiah Burton, Sr. and family, James Ellis and family, Rudy Cobbs and our men and women in uniform.

Happy Birthday this week to Tonty Scott – 22th, Fallon Cobbs -23, along with Daryl Clewis, James Jordon and to Dorothy Miller, first lady of North Star Comm,/Church of Memphis on May 27th!

All for now, remember, “It’s easier to stand in your shoes, then to walk in someone else’s!” ~ Until next time.

Compiled by RUSSELL B. BAILEY, Tipton County Historian

CornithDuring April, the Confeder-ate army was re-organized due to the passage of the Conscript Law. The “Tipton Rifles”, Co. I, 4th Tennessee elected the following: John T. Barret, Captain; Oscar F. Turner, 1st Lieutenant; John A. Bernard, 2d Lieutenant; Peter M. Hughlett, Brevet 2d. Lieutenant. John Green Hall later wrote: “…Amid the foul and pestilential atmosphere of Corinth, Mississippi,…we sickened until every tent became a hospital, and there were not well men enough among us to mount a corporal’s guard.” Lieut. James I. Hall recalled that it rained incessantly. “Our camp was a mud hole; our drinking water was procured from a branch in which I remember seeing a dead horse lying.”

On April 24th at Monterey, Tennessee, can-non fire caused the 51st Consolidated Tennessee Infantry to form a line of battle for their first time.

Fort Pillow Sergeant Hiram Holt of

the 2nd Alabama Infantry wrote: “The Yankees keep up the fight here day and night, the (mortar) bombard-ment goes on 14 days… We reply to them regularly… It is one of the prettiest sights in the world particularly at night to see the red balls flying like blazing comets through the skies… One shell will blow a hole into the ground large as half of your room. Yesterday a shell struck a fellow & literally tore him into fragments, you could find pieces of him scat-tered all around.”

T. J. Frazer recalled the enemy occasionally throwing a shell inside the fortifications, “which makes the boys dodge about right smartly… Our guns reply to them pretty spitefully.” Major Charles Hill and part of the 1st Tenn Cavalry was at Trenton on April 15th where they drew munitions. On the

19th the Regiment was at Ripley. Lieut. T. J. Frazer was detailed to take about 50 men (sick and dismount-ed men and some prison-ers) from Trenton to Fort Pillow. They rode the train arriving at Mason’s Depot on the 17th. The flooded Hatchie River prevented their marching overland. Rather than wade and ferry for two miles, they spent the night and took the train to Memphis on the 18th… arriving at Pillow the 19th. Gen. Rust’s Arkansas Brigade departed en route to Corinth, leaving one regiment at Randolph on the 25th. They left behind nearly 40 of their men dead from small pox. That same day, Captain Samuel Tay-lor’s Cavalry from Tipton

Co. was ordered to Mason’s Depot “to procure wagons, mules and cooking utensils.”

On the 27th, 3 companies of artillery left; the 1st Mis-souri Battalion arrived. On the 28th, Jarret Law of the 12th Louisiana wrote his wife: “I have not been able to drill for the past week; have had some light fevers and something like the flu…the enemy has been shelling this fort for the last two weeks and to day while I am writing these lines they are shelling us heavy…our tent is nearly a mile from the River, they throw them near our tent… two of the recruits died and were buried here. Since then the sick (about 80 of our regi-ment) have been sent to the hospital… Our meat gave out

to day; we had none to fry to get lard to put in our biscuit so we sent some flour to the bakers and exchanged it for baked bread. Our rations gives out sometimes then we have to buy… until the day for draw-ing (rations).”


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Bids for the construction or maintenance of the following projects will be received via the Internet until 10:00 A.M., Friday, June 15, 2012 and opened publicly in the Construc-tion Division, Suite 700, James K. Polk Of ce Building, Nashville, TN, 37243-0326 and posted to the TDOT Construction Division website (www.tdot.state.tn.us/construction/bid_lettings.htm) at that hour. BENTON, CARROLL, CHESTER, DECATUR, DYER, FAYETTE, GIBSON, HARDIN, HAYWOOD, HENDERSON, HENRY, LAUDERDALE, MCNAIRY, MADISON, OBION, SHELBY, TIPTON, AND WEAKLEY COUNTIES (Contract No. CNL246) Call No. 008. Project No. 98048-4118-04. The relensing of snowplowable pavement markers on various Interstate and State Routes. Project Length - 0.000 mile. Completion Time - On or before November 30, 2012. NO PLANS CONTRACT. BENTON, CARROLL, CHESTER, CROCKETT, DECATUR, DYER, FAY-ETTE, GIBSON, HARDEMAN, HARDIN, HAYWOOD, HENDERSON, HENRY, LAKE, LAUDERDALE, MCNAIRY, MADISON, OBION, SHELBY, TIPTON, AND WEAKLEY COUNTIES (Contract No. CNL245) Call No. 009. Project No. 98048-4119-04. The random on-call fence repair on various Interstate and State Routes. Project Length - 0.000 mile. Completion Time - On or before May 31, 2013 (See Special Provision 108B). NO PLANS CONTRACT. TIPTON COUNTY (Contract No. CNL152) Call No. 060. Project No. BR-STP-384(8), 84384-3214-94. The construction of a concrete box beam bridge on S.R. 384 over drainage ditch (L.M. 7.08), including grading, drainage, and paving. Project Length - 0.289 mile. Completion Time - On or before July 31, 2013. Plans Cost - $10.00 Cross-Section Cost - $10.00. The DBE goal for this contract is 10%. TIPTON COUNTY (Contract No. CNL222) Call No. 061. Project No. BRZE-8400(61), 84952-3402-94. The construction of a concrete box bridge on Kenwood Avenue over branch (L.M. 0.66) in Brighton, including grading, drainage, and paving. Project Length - 0.113 mile. Completion Time - On or before April 30, 2012. Plans Cost - $10.00 Cross-Section Cost - $0.00. The DBE goal for this contract is 10%. TIPTON COUNTY (Contract No. CNL220) Call No. 062. Project No. HRRR-805(5), 84027-3404-94, HRRR-59(24), 84005-3221-94, HRRR-384(10), 84017-3216-94, HRRR-384(11), 84017-3217-94, HRRR-1417(2), 84053-3407-94, HRRR-1473(2), 84945-3495-94, HSIP-14(51), 84003-3218-94, HSIP-1472(10), 84026-3413-94, HSIP-1472(11), 84026-3414-94. HSIP-14(51), 84003-3218-94: The miscellaneous safety improvements at the intersection of S.R. 14 (L.M. 11.88) and S.R. 179. Project Length - 0.100 mile. HRRR-59(24), 84005-3221-94: The miscellaneous safety improvements on S.R. 59 beginning at the Mississippi River (L.M. 0.00) and extending to S.R. 178 (Munford-Gilt Edge Road) (L.M. 8.66). Project Length - 8.660 miles. HSIP-1472(11), 84026-3414-94: The miscellaneous safety improvements on Simmons Road beginning at the Munford City Limits (L.M. 0.18) and extending to Wilkinsville Road (L.M. 2.77). Project Length - 2.590 miles. HSIP-1472(10), 84026-3413-94: The miscellaneous safety improvements on Simmons Road/Quito Road beginning at Wilkinsville Road (L.M. 2.77) and extending to Quito-Drummonds Road (L.M. 5.33). Project Length - 2.560 miles. HRRR-805(5), 84027-3404-94: The miscellaneous safety improvements on Wilkinsville Road beginning at Simmons Road (L.M. 0.63) and extending to Glen Springs Road (L.M. 5.07). Project Length - 4.440 miles. HRRR-384(11), 84017-3217-94: The miscellaneous safety improvements on S.R. 384 (Mt. Carmel Road) beginning at S.R. 14 (L.M. 0.00) and extending to Robert Johnson Road/Sunnyside Road (L.M. 3.59). Project Length - 3.590 miles. HRRR-384(10), 84017-3216-94: The miscellaneous safety improvements on S.R. 384 (Mt. 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The McAfee family held a reunion in the home of Ever-ett and Betty Clark. Twenty-five attended the first day. The second day, 35 attended in the home of Jim and Vickie Hay-wood. There was a lot of picture taking and reminiscing.

The Randolph Cemetery will be having a memorial ser-vice Sunday at 2 p.m. In the event of rain, the service will be at Randolph United Methodist Church. The speaker will be Ben Rainey.

The Gilt Edge Church of Christ will be having Vacation

Bible School on June 4-8 from 7-9 p.m. The church is located at 10726 Hwy. 59 W.

Congratulations to the graduating class of 2012. Southern Style Pro Wrestling returns to the Garland Com-

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Continue to remember those in the hospital, nurs-ing homes, those in the military and their families. ~ Until next time.

our auctioneer, but a wonderfully talented man singing, playing his guitar, and playing his harmonica. Thank you Rolland, you’re great at what you do. God has truly gifted you!

Ms. Patsy Fee and Ms. Lisa Simpson sort of did a tag-team this year with the pies! Thank you to all of you and for all the pie helpers. Ya’ll did a great job! And we can’t forget Billy and Ann Chapman and all their crew, grilling the burgers and feeding everyone. To Brighton ARP men, thank you so much for the games for the kids, Libby Click for the face painting, Bob McFarland and his crew with the military vehicles. Oh so many more, God bless all of you for helping to make our day so special! We could not do this without the community pitching in and helping!

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Darrow A. RoseJuly 25, 1931 – June 20, 1951

Private First Class Darrow A. Rose, U.S. Army, was a 19-year-old member of the 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division and served as a heavy weapons infantry-man. He was seriously wounded by the en-emy in North Korea on April 24, 1951 and returned to duty on May 6, 1951. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on June 20, 1951. Private First Class Rose was awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Combat Infantry-man's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Myrick E. DavisAbt 1826 - Oct 4, 1864

Myrick E. Davis was a 36-year-old private when he enlisted in Capt. Charles W. Brad-shaw’s Co. 42 Reg’t North Carolina Infantry (State Troops). He reported to Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina on May 10, 1862 and was recorded as mustering-in on May 12, 1862 by C.W. Bradshaw for a period of three years or the war. He received a confederate bounty of $50 for enlisting. He is shown on company muster rolls on June 30, 1862. Davis was listed on the company muster rolls for July and Aug. 1862 as being “absent” and sick at home. Company muster rolls account for him in September and October 1862 and list him as “absent” and sick in Petersburg. Company muster rolls for Nov. and Dec. 1862 show the same thing. From January to April 1863, company muster rolls have him listed as absent and sick in Petersburg. The rolls for March/April 1863, show Davis being last paid by Capt. Wallock to Dec. 31, 1862. According to a register of the Medical Director’s Office, in Richmond, Va., Davis was wounded and admitted to Farmville Hospital on April 12, 1863. He appears on a register of C.S.A. General Hospital, Farmville, Va., with a chief complaint of rheumatism and was admitted to the hospital on April 12, 1863. He was given a 30-day furlough until May 5, 1863. On April 28, 1863, he appears on a report of the medical examining board at C.S.A. General Hospital, Farmville, Va., with a diagnosis of rheumatism and given a 30-day furlough once again. On May 4, 1863 he appears on a register of General Hospital, Farmville, Va., and another 30-day furlough is given to Hothburg, Davidson County, NC. The May through October 1863 muster rolls show Davis as being absent and sick in the hospital at Petersburg since Sept. 1862. Davis is listed as last paid by Capt. Bessent as of Dec. 31, 1862. A company muster roll dated Oct. 31, 1863 list his status as being absent and sick in hospital in Petersburg since Sept 1862. He then he appears on a regimental return for the month of Oct. 1863 from be-ing sick in the hospital. Davis appears on a company muster roll for the months of Nov. and Dec. 1863 listed as “absent” and sick at home since June 1863. He is listed on the muster rolls for Jan. and Feb. 1864 for Co. A, 42d Reg’t NC Inf., and was last paid by Capt. Bessent to Feb. 28, 1863. His current status is marked as “present.” March and April mus-ter rolls for 1864 show Davis is present with his company and last paid by Capt. Bessent on Feb. 28, 1964.

He next appears on a company muster roll for Apr. 30 to Aug 31, 1864 and was recorded being last paid by Capt. Bessent until Apr. 30, 1864. His status is listed as “absent” due to being wounded in hospital in Richmond since Aug. 15th, 1864. Muster rolls for Sep-tember and October record Davis as last be-ing paid by Capt. Bessent on April 30, 1864. A report of sick and wounded for General Hospital Camp Winder, Richmond, Va., for the month of Oct. 1864, shows Davis suffered from febris typhoides and lists his date of death as Oct.1, 1864. Three separate records record three separate date of deaths; another list his status as having died at Winder Hos-

pital on Oct. 8, 1864 from the effects of a gunshot wound. Myrick E. Davis’ name appears on a regis-ter of Officers and soldiers of the Army of the Confederate States who were killed in battle, or who died of wounds or disease as having died on Oct. 4, 1864 at Winder Hospital. On Feb. 11, 1865, his widow El-len Davis makes a claim of deceased officers and soldiers from North Carolina, which was filed for settlement in the Office of Confeder-ate States Auditor for the War Department.

Barney Alvin AdkisonFeb. 27 1895 – Dec. 18, 1918

Private Barney A. Adkison was born in the Egypt community to John Franklin and Elnora L. Turnage Adkison, the third child of six. When required to complete a civilian draft registration card at the age of 22 dur-ing World War I, Barney listed his occupa-tion as farmer, under the employment of S.L. Beaver. He was described as being tall, slender with gray eyes and brown hair. He was single with no dependants. Adkison en-listed in the U.S. Army on June 5, 1917 and was sent overseas to France with the 23rd In-fantry Regiment, 2nd Infrantry Division. On Oct. 18, 1818, he sent a letter to his mother and family, letting them know he had been ill with a cold and asking how his father was doing with his harvest. Two short months later, Barney A. Adkison was killed in action on Dec. 18, 1918 and was buried in Suresnes American Cemetery in Suresnes, France, five miles west of Paris. He is buried in Plot C, Row 2, Grave 36. In 1930, his mother, Elnora, made a pilgrimage to see her son’s final rest-ing place.

Robert Holmes Dunham1824 - March 25, 1843

Robert Dunham was the son of Daniel A. and Louvania Adkins Dunham and was born in North Carolina. His father moved the family to Tipton County when Dun-ham was a boy, becoming one of Tipton County’s pioneer families. Moving to Texas

about 1837, he soon joined the fight for Tex-as’ independence under the leadership of General Sam Houston. Dunham and several hundred others were sent across the border into Mexico on the Mier Expedition. He and his fellow soldiers were later captured by the forces of Santa Ana and were imprisoned as prisoners of war. After an attempted escape as they were being marched to Mexico City, a decree was issued that every 10th man was to be executed. The 200 men were ordered to draw beans – white for life, black for death. Robert H. Dunham chose a black bean. It is said that when he drew the unfortunate bean, he flicked it into the face of the officer in command. He was allowed to write the following letter to his mother:

Mexico

Dear Mother – I write to you under the most awful feelings that a son ever addressed a mother for in half an hour my doom will be finished on earth. I am doomed to die by the hands of the Mexicans for our attempt to escape the orders of P. Santa Anna that every tenth man should be shot. We drew lots. I was one of the unfortunates. I cannot say anything more. I die I hope with firmness. Farewell, may God bless you, and may he in this my last hour forgive and pardon all my sins. Farewell!

Your affectionate son, R. H. Dunham.

The 17 men who drew the black bean, in-cluding Robert Holmes Dunham, brother to Elizabeth Virginia Dunham Fisher who was wife of Dr. Charles Fisher, were executed on March 25, 1843. In 1848, the bodies were re-turned from Mexico to be buried at Monu-ment Hill near La Grange, Fayette County, Texas.

Honoring their sacrificeThis Memorial Day we pay tribute to the men and women who've lost their lives in service to this country. We honor, and

graciously thank, them for their sacrifices so that we may have the lives we often take for granted. Below are stories of Tipton Countians who've fought for this country and died for this country. These are but a few of the stories that need to be told so that we

may fully appreciate our freedoms.

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Pictured top center is the letter Robert Holmes Dunham wrote to his mother a half hour before he was excuted by Santa Anna's troops. Bottom right: Robert H. Dunham. Bottom center is Barney A. Adkison and pictured bottom left is perhaps one of the last letters that Barney Adkison sent home to his mother before he was killed in battle two months later. Photos courtesy Tipton County Veterans Museum.


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Alfred NaifehJan. 5, 1915 – Oct. 16, 1942

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Naifeh reported onboard de-stroyer MEREDITH (DD-434) the disbursing officer Feb. 17, 1942. On Oct. 1942, he was promoted to Lieutenant (junior grade). The USS Meredith was struck by a massive Japanese air raid during the Battle of the Solomon Islands and rap-idly sunk. LTjg Naifeh worked for

several days to locate his wounded shipmates and place them aboard life rafts. On the third day, he died of exhaustion after fighting off shark attacks and rescuing many shipmates. He was listed as miss-ing in action and was posthumous-ly awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal and the Purple Heart for his heroics. In 1944, the Navy named the USS NAIFEH (DE-352), a John C. Butler-class destroyer es-cort, after him. His mother, Rathia Naifeh, christened the ship on Feb. 29, 1944 at Orange, Orange Coun-ty, Texas. The ship was decommis-sioned in June 1946 and sat idle for four and a half years in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. The USS NAIFEH was reinstated in January 1951 to assist in the Korean Conflict. It was engaged in extensive patrol, mine sweeping, ASW and shore bom-bardment activities.

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Max leads Chargers to first round winBy JEFF [email protected]

SMYRNA – Before the Chargers took the field Tuesday afternoon in Smyrna for their first round Class AA state tournament baseball game, the Covington players ap-peared calm.

“Somebody came up to me and said your players look dead,” head coach David Sage. “I said, 'This is baseball, not football. You want to be calm.'”

Apparently the team's demeanor was effective.

Covington got a dominant per-formance from senior ace D.J. Max and just enough offense to down Spring Hill 2-1.

Max admitted he was a little ner-vous early, but he put together an impressive outing.

In a complete game effort, he al-lowed just two hits and struck out 10, including the final two batters of the game with the bases loaded.

“I don't know about the other guys, but I was (nervous),” Max said. “I couldn't throw a strike in the first inning. But I think we fi-nally realized, 'Hey, this is the state tournament. It's time to play our hearts out.'”

Covington got on the board in the first inning when Carlos Wil-liams led off with an infield single, stole third and scored on a ground ball from Tyler Davis.

In the third, T.A. Watson drove home Dylan Schlauch, who had reached on an error, to give Cov-ington a 2-0 lead that would prove to be enough.

“D.J. loosened up after a couple of batters and pitched great,” said

Sage. “The big thing was we didn't have any walks until the seventh inning and no errors.”

There was high drama in the seventh.

Max hit two and walked one, loading the bases.

But he struck out Darian Pruitt looking and Nathan Anderson swinging to end the game and set of a celebration in the stands and on the field.

It was the first state tournament win for the Chargers since 2006, when Covington won it all.

Davis made a diving catch on a sacrifice bunt earlier in the inning to prevent further damage.

“I don't know what I was think-ing in the seventh inning,” Max said. “I was just pitching.”

Kirk Winberry paced Coving-ton's offense with two hits.

Lady Cougars get revenge at stateBy JEFF [email protected]

MURFREESBORO - Munford softball coach Glenn Goulder is one of the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet.

But he has a memory, and last year's 14-1 loss to Mt. Juliet in the state tournament did not sit well with him.

He can forget it about it now. Facing the same team Monday night in the first

round of Class AAA state tournament in Murfrees-boro, Munford got a measure of revenge with a dramatic 6-5 win.

“I'm feeling really, really good right now,” Goulder said. “But to be honest, it's a little about revenge. We lost to these guys 14-1 last year. We might not be the best team in the state, but we're pretty good.”

Munford trailed 5-4 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning.

But with two outs and Tori Ray breaking from first, Jodi Duncan squibbed a ball into the hole at shortstop. It was a clean hit, but the ball skidded into left field and Ray kept running and scored to tie the game.

Munford's Alex Stanford was up next and she promptly ripped a single that scored Duncan for the game winner.

Stanford, who relieved starter Paige Barnes in the fourth inning, retired the side in the top of the seventh to nail down the win, the first-ever state tournament victory for the Lady Cougars.

“Honestly?” Stanford said when asked about her game-winning hit. “I said a little prayer and put it in His hands … Pitching I was just trying to hit my spots and depend on my defense.”

Munford trailed 3-1 heading into the bottom of the third inning.

But in the third, Alex Turner, who was 2 for 3, drove singled home a run to narrow the gap. Then, with two outs, Tara Comer, who was also 2 for 3, singled home two runs to give the Lady Cougars the lead.

Mt. Juliet scored twice in the top of the fifth, set-ting up Munford's rally in the sixth inning.

Sami Jo Schulz and Duncan each had three hits and Stanford had two as Munford finished with 14.

Stanford allowed just two hits over four innings.

By JEFF [email protected]

MURFREESBORO - Tipton-Rosemark Acade-my sent two teams to the Spring Fling this week, but both teams got off to rough starts.

The Lady Rebels soft-ball team took on David-son Academy in round one of the Division II-A state tournament Mon-day in Murfreesboro.

Rosemark beat David-son last year en route to a state title, but Monday's game didn't go well for the Lady Rebels.

Davidson scored twice in the top of the first and seven in the sixth inning en route to a 12-0 win.

“We made an error in the first inning and gave them a couple,” said head coach Joe Layton. “We just need to get some confidence right now.”

Mady Kate Gantt and Jordan Collins each sin-gled for TRA's only hits in the game.

Roxeanna Kimes al-lowed only three earned runs as TRA committed six errors.

The Rebels baseball team opened up state tournament play against Ezell-Harding on Tues-day at LaVergne High School and dropped a 3-1

decision. Andrew Ralston gave

TRA a 1-0 lead with an RBI-groundout in the first inning, but Ezell-Harding tied the game in the bottom of the inning and took the lead with

two runs in the bottom of the sixth.

Rebel ace David Owen went all six innings. He struck out five, allowed seven hits and walked five.

Blaine Curtis and Con-

nor Alexander each had two hits for Rosemark.

Caleb Herndon went the distance for Ezell-Harding, striking out six, walking none and allow-ing six hits.

TRA teams drop state tourney openers

Above, Rosemark second base-man Cody Migliore tries to turn

two during Division II-A state tourney action Monday afternoon

at La Vergne High School. The Rebels fell to Ezell-Harding 3-1.

At right, TRA's Mady Kate Gantt makes a play in centerfi eld during state tournament action Tuesday in Murfreesboro. TRA lost 12-0.

Photos by Jeff Ireland

Carlos Williams steals third during state tournament action Tuesday against Spring Hill. Covington won 2-1 to advance in the Class AA bracket. Photo by Jeff Ireland

Munford junior shortstop Sami Jo Schulz makes a play during state tournament action Tuesday in Murfreesboro. Schulz had three hits andMunford defeated Mt. Juliet 6-5 to move on in the winners' bracket.Photo by Jeff Ireland

Covington tracksters qualify for stateBy STEVE HOLTSpecial to The Leader

In his first season as Covington High School’s track coach, Antonio Gaines has acquitted himself well with members of both his boys' and girls' con-tingents advancing to Spring Fling competition in Murfreesboro this week.

Looking to bring home the gold on the girls' side are Kamesha Vanpelt, who placed first with a time of 25.1 in the 200-meter dash. The 4x400 relay team of Tamara Perry, Christina Jones, Briuna Dean and Kamesha Vanpelt came in fourth with a time of 51.03 sec.

CHS placed two competitors in the shot put with Trey Wilson claiming first on a toss of 46.6, fol-lowed by Jadarius Temple in second with a toss of 45.3. Temple has placed in every event entered this season.

Tavious Cleaves qualified for state by taking third place in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.37. The 4x800 relay team of Tyrone Tipton, Adri-an Thompson, Detric Smith and Tavious Cleaves posted a time of 1:29.66, which was good for fourth place and a trip to state.

Boys alternates to state are Collier Robinson and Jaylon Edwards.

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Lady Cardinal softball camp

The BHS Lady Cardi-nal softball camp will be held May 29-30 at BHS for ages 6-14. The cost is $40. For more informa-tion, call Robin Jacobs at 647-8761 or Emily Stew-art at 355-4146.

BHS baseball campThe BHS Cardinals will

host baseball camps June 18-19 (ages 9-14) and June 4-5 (4-8) from 9 a.m. to noon each day. The fee is $50. For more informa-tion, contact Brian Os-walt at 389-0548 or Zane Adams at 494-5109.

Golf scrambleThe 21st annual Elliston

Open Golf Scramble will be held June 13 at For-est Hills in Drummonds with a 1 p.m. start. Entry is $75 per player with cash prizes for various flights. Sponsorships are also available. Call Jeff Ireland at 901-201-7328 for more information.

Indoor soccerRegistration is open

May 14 through June 1for a summer indoor soccer league in Munford. Age

breakdowns are U10: ages 8-10, U14 – ages 11-14, U16 – ages 15-16 and Adults: ages 17 and old-er. Youth registration fees are $45 , which includes a t-shirt and participation trophy. Adult fees are $35 or $245 per team, with a maximum of 7 players per team. Practices will start in June with games on Saturdays starting the end of June and ending in late July. All games will be played at Munford Middle School. Those in-terested can register on-line at www.munford.com.

Registration datesMunford Parks & RecSummer Indoor Youth/

Adult Soccer: May 14-June 1, youth fee - $45, adult fee - $35, for ages 8 and older

Summer Baseball: June 11-29 for ages 3-14, $68

Fall Youth/Adult Soc-cer: July 9-27, youth fee - $68, adult fee - $35, for ages 3 and older

Adult Softball: August 6-24, $50

2012/2013 Cheerlead-ing: September 3-21, $68 for ages 4-16

2012/2013 Youth/Adult Basketball: Octo-

ber 1-31, youth fee $68, adult fee $55 for ages 4 and older

For more information, please contact Munford Parks and Recreation at 837-5965.

Sports Happenings

The Munford Middle School 7th grade team won the middle school regular season and completed the sweep by going undefeated in tournament play to bring the championship trophy home to Tipton County. The Cougars defeated middle school teams from Houston, Collierville, Covington, Brighton, Briarcrest, MUS, Fayette Academy, ECS, Harding Academy, St. George and FACS. Pictured are, front row, Branden Baker, Corey Simmons, Kyle Kel-ley, Josh Hatfi eld, Logan Arnett; second row, Drew Drexler, Steven Kendrick, Mark Smith, Austin Perry, Garrett Baugh, Austin Cousar, Brennan Hollie; back row, coaches Spence Cousar and Jon Morganelli.

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Covington to host children's triathlonBy ECHO [email protected]

Next week the first triathlon ever held in Tipton County will take place at Cobb Parr Memorial Park, and it's an event just for children.

The inaugural Covington Parks and Recreation Kidz Triathlon is for kids who like to swim, bike and run, and it's open to children up to age 16, including those under 6. It will take place on Saturday, June 2.

Athletic director Richard Vandergrift said he's excited to get children in the community moving with a new activ-ity.

"We decided it would be a great way to get kids and up and moving and get them exercising," he said. "We just want to continue to try to do some-thing to get our kids active."

While the thought of a triathlon can be overwhelming, Vandergrift said this is an event in which the average child can participate.

The course's difficulty depends the participant's age. For instance, a six-year-old will swim 25 yards, bike 1/2-mile and run 1/4-mile and a 16-year-old will swim 200 yards, bike three miles and run two miles.

There are varying levels of parent involvement allowed for the younger groups too, said Vandergrift.

"The older the child, the more we want them to win it without their parents. We'll have stations throughout the course to assist the kids, to have water to give the kids, to direct them so they don't cut a course short."

The Kidz Tri is the first event of its kind, for adults or children, ever held in Covington.

"The closest we have for triathlons for kids is Bartlett, Collierville and Germantown; they're larger commu-nities, so they're able to get the par-ticipants out," Vandergrift said. "This is the first one to be held in a rural county and we may even be the first one in the state to hold (a kids' triath-lon) in a rural county."

Located in Cobb Parr Memorial Park, the swimming course will take place at City Pool; the bike course will take participants past Covington Integrated Arts Academy, around the riding area and the Jaycee building to the Alternative School; and the run-ning course will take them around the playground and down to the soccer fields behind the arts academy.

Each participant will receive a t-shirt and a goody bag. Medals will be awarded to the top three male and female finishers in each age group.

"We're going to do everything we can to make this go over as best as we possibly can. We're excited. We're just trying to do something here, some-thing unique," said Vandergrift.

He's hoping for a great turnout."We'd love to have thousands of kids

out there, it'd be a big thing for us, but we're going to be realistic too. We'd love to have 100 come the first year, then that gives us something to build on. We want people to come."

Early bird registration is $20; the deadline is Friday, May 25 at 5 p.m. After May 25, the registration fee in-creases to $30 per participant. You can also register the day of the event from 7:30-8:30 a.m.

For more information, call 901-476-3734 or visit the Covington Sportsplex.

Covington Kidz TriathlonWho: Children up to age 16What: Compete against others in swimming, biking and running When: Saturday, June 2, 9 a.m.Where: Cobb Parr Memorial ParkCost: $20 until May 25, $30 after

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Baptist College of Health Sciences recently announced the gradu-ation of several Tipton County students.

Anna Marcy of Cov-ington received her bach-elor’s degree in nursing. Marcy, a graduate of Covington High School, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Hanks and Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Marcy of Covington.

Hollie Michelle Sim-mons of Brighton re-ceived her bachelor’s degree in nursing. Sim-mons, a graduate of Mu-nford High School, is the daughter of Joe and Lisa Simmons of Brighton.

Justin Cole of Atoka received his bachelor’s degree in nuclear medi-cine. Cole, a graduate of Brighton High School, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Brock Cole of Atoka

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FFAThe CHS FFA chapter

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Coaches of the YearWell deserved congrat-

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Drummonds Elementary may be a small, rural school but it is making big gains with their students in academics and in student attitudes through its Project Excel program.

This year’s program reached more than just the 50 fourth and fifth graders who actually attended the ex-tra hours of after-school instruction.

“We really targeted intervention this year if they were really academically behind at all,” explained principal Patricia Mills. “We saw really nice gains from all of them. I can’t wait until TCAP results be-cause we think it will translate into that. But it was more than just that. Even if we don’t see the academ-ic gains, the attitudes of the kids and the effort they started putting forward was amazing. And it spread into the students who weren’t attending the program. They saw their friends doing better and they wanted to.”

Project Excel is a federal-based program which pro-vides educational support services to at-risk students in Tipton County. The program allows students to participate in academic enrichment/tutoring, men-toring and character education in a safe and drug free environment.

Students attended the program from 3:15 to 5:30 p.m. three days a week beginning in October and con-tinued through April.

“Our teachers gave above and beyond,” said Mills, proudly. “It takes a lot of energy to go from 7:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., and then to give it that extra two hours. Our teachers were amazing and the best part is they made the kids want to come. They’d get upset if they couldn’t stay.”

Mills said the best benefit of the program was the fact that many students were able to work with their regular teachers.

“Many of the attendees were able to work with their actual teachers for the extra two and a half hours of instruction,” said Mills. “Our teachers have them during the day and then when they extended that in-struction into the afternoon, it was that relationship, that, ‘I know you can do it,’ that positive encourage-ment that really made a difference. Many would have gone home and had mom or dad still working, but here, they have the teacher who is going to be giving them a test tomorrow, help them study for the test the night before.”

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Ashleigh last year in Excel and this year,” said DES parent Teresa Cantrell. “She has not only helped my daughter succeed academically, but emotionally as well. It broke my heart to see her self-confidence and self-esteem drop tremendously after second grade but these past two years has been a blessing. Ashleigh looks up to Mrs. Roberts and thinks of her as a sec-ond mother! I have seen her confidence level excel so much, and, as a mother, you want nothing more than your children to not only succeed, but succeed with confidence.”

“The biggest difference I notice is interventions and attitude change," said Mills. "I have standards and benchmarks I have to meet, so the pressure is to get that met and I only have so many hours in a school day. And you’ll hear many educators say, ‘I don’t have enough time.’ Well, this was that gift of time.”

“I had parents tell me that their child’s attitude had completely shifted about school,” said fourth grade teacher Charlotte Roberts. “It was, ’Oh, I can’t get him up in the morning,’ to ‘He cries on the weekends be-cause he’s not at school.’ I even had a kid purposely fail his STAR test so he could be in Excel and I had to tell him, ‘Dude, go back and retake that test,’” she added, laughing.

Mills is extremely proud of all of her teachers and especially those who helped with Project Excel this year.

“They were committed and the program wouldn’t have been a success without their dedication,” said Mills. “From the time school started ‘til after it ended. They all contributed, many going and helping stu-dents who were not in their grades.

Veteran teacher Karla Fayne said she was apprecia-tive of the positive feedback they were receiving from the students and their parents.

“We’ve had a lot of positive feedback,” said Fayne. “We’ll see a numerical advantage but it was also at-titude, homework, effort and attendance that was ef-fected. And not only did we notice it, but the parents as well. It was more than just academics, we wanted to target the whole child.”

“I not only want to thank the school for having this program, but also to thank all the teachers that put in all this extra time after school to help these students,” said Cantrell. “A couple of years ago, it was so hard to see my child come home day after day crying and saying how much she hated school. Thanks to Mrs. Roberts, she doesn’t say that any more. She looks forward to getting up and going to school and that makes my day.”


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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH5010 West Union, Millington, TN 38053

901-872-2264

Wooten Tractor Co.2031 Highway 51 South • Covington , TN 38019

Phone : 476-2631WOODSSALES & SERVICE

Steven Newman - Manager2054 Highway 51 South • P.O. Box 189

Covington, TN 38019-0189Offi ce: 901-476-4936

McBride Stitt & WilliamsInsurance and Wealth Management

BUSINESS • HOME • AUTO • FARM • LIFE • HEALTHTel: 901-476-7137 • Fax 901-476-3560

Securities offered through LPL FINANCIAL, member FINRA/SIPC

476-4000"Affordable & Accommodating"

Make Your Pet’s Grooming Experience a Pleasant One

Linda B. MillsPET SALON

(901) 476-3386 Cell (901) 489-5559

Tipton County Gun Trader1015 B Hwy 51 North • Covington, TN

(901)476-0607Jay Ridings Cell: 619-5991 John Evans Cell: 201-9426

RL COULSTON & SONSBuilding Supplies / Contractor

Covington, TN 476-9718

9030 Hwy 51 N. • Millington(901) 873-FORD (3673)

www.millintonford.com

Homer SkeltonHomer Skelton

Dunlap Retirement Center“Independent living with a helping hand” 24 hour staff

1495 Dunlap Orphanage Rd., BrightonOffice: (901) 476-7014

www.dunlapretirecenter.orgKathy KeiterDirector

RENE’S HOME CAREKeep you loved one home instead of a nursing home

Personal, in-home care for seniorsDaily and weekly services • Short or long-term care

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By BILL WALLACESpecial to The Leader

Because of the current atmosphere of ridicule and outright mockery and persecution of Chris-tians it is easy to question our faith. We say we be-lieve Jesus Christ died on the cross to save us from eternal Hell, but do we have true Christian faith? Christian faith is more than clichéd rhetoric such as “are you saved”; “do you know Jesus”; “have you found Jesus”; “are you washed in the blood”; “have you ac-cepted the Lord”. This language means abso-lutely nothing to the un-churched and is fodder for mockery. It can be

detrimental to the true believer. Our analytical nature sometimes can separate us from God's ever-present grace.

Let me share a story I heard several miles ago on my faith-journey.

A circus was coming to town near Niagara Falls. To promote the event, one of the performing acrobats “tight-walked” a cable stretched across the falls. A crowd soon gathered and grew larg-er as he daringly made several trips across. He asked the crowd if they believed he could push a wheel-barrow along the cable to the other side. By this time the specta-tors were convinced he could actually do such a

thing. And he did! He then proclaimed to the astonished folks that he could shove the wheel-barrow with someone in the wheel-barrow across the falls safely to the other side. The en-thusiastic crowd cheered at this possibility. They believed with all their hearts this great show-man could perform this feat. He then asked for a volunteer. The crowd grew silent and began leaving. To the dismay of the performer there were no volunteers. Belief is one thing. Faith is much, much more.

As with the wheel-barrow story our belief in Christ is one thing. Our faith in Christ as our Sav-

ior is much, much more. Living a Christian life-style is more than parrot-ing over-used phrases.

Regarding the wheel-barrow we want to know “is there a safety net?” No, there is none. “Is there a tire on this wheel-barrow that might blow out and cause an ac-cident?” “Is there tech-nology providing aid to the acrobat assuring our safety?” No, there is none. As with the wheel-barrow story there is only the lack of faith that de-prives us from realizing the grace of God.

Great things happen when our faith matches God’s grace. Ephesians 2:8

Are you a member of the clergy or ministry interested in writing a monthly column for The Leader?

Please send a sample of your writing to [email protected] for consideration.



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

May 26Central Christian Church, 400 South Maple St. in Covington, will hold a VBS workday with lunch provided on Saturday, May 26, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

June 3Munford Baptist Church, 1253 Munford Ave in Mu-nford presents 2012 "SKY" Vacation Bible School Sunday, June 3 to Friday, June 8 from 6-8:30 p.m. for K-5th grade. For more information call (901) 837-6325 or visit www.mun-fordbaptistchurch.org.

Fellowship Bible Church, 6920 Hwy 59 W. in Bur-lison will hold its Home-coming on June 3. Servants Heart will be singing at 1:30 p.m. Please come and join us as we are celebrat-ing 16 years!

First Presbyterian Church, Covington will be moving our Lord's Day worship to 10 a.m. beginning June 3. We are an Evangelical Presbyterian congrega-tion, proclaiming Christ's

kingdom through word and deed.

June 16King's Hill MB Church at 123 King Hill Church Road in Covington is hosting a free Community Youth and Young Adult Expo on Saturday, June 16 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to connect our leaders of tomorrow with local resources for personal improvement, while providing whole-some family fun. Come enjoy relay races, games, face painting, and infor-mational booths relating to health and wellness, college, and more! Snacks will be provided. This event is free and open to the public. For more in-formation contact Cherryl Deveaux at 901-870-5313 or email [email protected]

June 24Mt. Sinai M. B. Church in Mason will present the inspiration play, “He Will Steal Your Life,” written and directed by Mt. Sinai drama director, Gloria Thompson Adams, on Sunday, June 24 at 2:30 p.m. Come and see how Satan can and will steal your life if you let him!

July 8Mt. Sinai M. B. Church in Mason will present the inspiration play, “Mrs. Wisdom, the Mother of

Twelve,” written and di-rected by Mt. Sinai drama director, Gloria Thompson Adams, on Sunday, July 8 at 3 p.m.

VBSJune 3-8 Munford Baptist Church, 1253 Munford Avenue, presents “SKY” Vacation Bible School Sunday, June 3-Friday, June 8, 6-8:30 p.m. K-5th grades. Call 901-837-6325 for more information or visit www.munfordbap-tistchurch.org.

June 4-8 Central Christian Church, 400 South Maple St. in Covington, will pres-ent Vacation Bible School June 4-8 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. each day. Call 476-6858 if transportation is needed to attend.

June 11-15 St. Stephen M.B. Church, 815 Hwy 51 North in Covington will hold Vacation Bible School, June 11-15 from 6-8:30 p.m. This year's theme is "Adventures On Promise Island".

ON-GOINGChristian Church Sunday school starts at 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning wor-ship 10:45 a.m. and Sun-day Evening worship at 6 p.m. Youth and adult Bible Study meets every Wednesday at 6 p.m. at 400 S. Maple Street.

Ever wondered about the Bible's mysteries? Every first and third Sunday,

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church discusses them through the American Bible Society's Inside the Mysteries of the Bible: New Perspectives on An-cient Truths series. Class begins at 9:15 a.m. each Sunday (free coffee, movie and discussion included). Youth Sunday School and worship services begin at 10:30 a.m. You are invited to attend.

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 anonymity is a re-quirement. If you have any questions, please call 901-837-8087.

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

Brighton ARP Church will be hosting a grief support group at 7 p.m. every third Tuesday of the month. The Church is located at 81 Church St. Brighton. 476-7233 for more infor-mation.

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If you don't have a legitimate emergency, you could be standing in the way of someone who does.

HELP SAVE A LIFE.

Call the non-emergency line: 901-475-4300

Must have Class D up to Class B License, Must be older than 21 Work on NAS Millington. Back-ground check manditory. Gov. Wage Determination Applys. Call Tim to set up an appointment at 901-826-6115

ACCOUNTING 101

HELP WANTED, The Leader isseeking an office manager.Position requires anunderstanding of bookkeepingand familiarity with computersand bookkeeping systems. Jobpays in the low $20s/annually.The ideal candidate willunderstand accounts receivable,billing, the basics of credits anddebits and collections.Additionally the office managerwill compile data for payroll, willput together reports for monthlyfinancials, will prepare dailybank deposits and will enterbilling and payments into our A/-R system. It’s a very, very fastpaced job with daily, weekly andmonthly deadlines for a detail-oriented person with goodcustomer service skills. Positionincludes competitive benefitspackage that includes access toa 401(k), three weeks of annualpaid time off, and Blue Cross/-Blue Shield insurance. Hours are generally 8-5, M-F, but couldrequire additional work to getthe job done at busy times ofthe month. Interested? [email protected] Fax a resume to 901-476-0373. No calls, please

DRIVERS 107

CDL-A Drivers: Get your ap-plication in before new trucks are filled! Paid Vacation, Estab-lished Company, Good Miles, Insurance. 573-471- 9732

Drive Dedicated Lanes! Health,401K, Paid vacation & holiday’sSolo’s, Teams & Owner Ops CDL-A 2yrs Exp Req JST: 1-866-823-0223, x24

Drivers: 30 Years in Business; New Trucks; 60 Loads to Texas Weekly; No Delay On Return Freight. 573-471-9732

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Drivers: Want a ProfessionalCareer? Haul Flatbed/OD Loads for Trinity Logistics Group! Earn $.41-.51cpm! CDL-A w/2yrs Exp. EEO/AACall:800-533-7862 www.trini-tytrucking.com

PETS & LIVESTOCK

Brush Pigmy Goats, 1-buck, 2yrs. 2 castrated male goats. 2yrs. $25 each 901-837-1058.

DOGS, CATS & SUPPLIES 201

AKC German Shhepard pup-pies. 12 weeks, shots and wormed. Police lines $200. 901-573-0711

AKC Registered German Shep-herd Pups 5 Female and 2 Male, Black and tan, and black and silver, wormed and first shots given, $250 each. Sire and dame on site, ready inow. Call 731-612-7873 or 731-612-7874.

CLOTHING/APPAREL 306

FORMAL GOWNS. (PROMDRESSES) 1 short (red w/-rhinestones), 2 floor length, 1- strapless black sparkle, 1 peach sparkle. Sizes 4, 6 & 10. $60 each. Call 901-832-0226.

CAMPERS/MOTOR HOMES 352

1988 27’ 5th Wheel Camper. Goodcondition. $2900 901-605-7776.

PROFESSIONAL

Clean Houses from light duty toHeavy Spring cleaning. Only serious inquiries please! Sherry 901-827-0417.

Firefighter lawn service freeestimates, 5th cut half price calltoday! 901-517-6069 or 901-355-3691.

MR. MOBILE, I COME TO YOU!! Oil changes, Brakes, Mi-nor tune-ups, and More. “Fleets and Semi’s included” Call 901-201-9287.

HOMES FOR SALE 704

Covington, 1010 Crestview, 1,287sq. ft. brick/siding, 3br, 2ba, hardwood/carpet, all ap-pliances, DBL carport, storage bldg., partially fenced yard,great neighborhood. $79,000. 901-301-3578.

REAL ESTATE RENT

Houses and Apartments in Stanton and Brownsville, 1-2 bedroom available. Includes all appliances. Deposit and refer-ences required. 901-205-9088.

APARTMENTS FOR RENT 901

Covington city limits. Efficiency,upstairs, 1br, 1ba, stove, refrig-erator furnished. $350 + deposit. No smoke, section 8, animals. 901-827-3843.

TWO-AND-THREE-BEDROOMTownhomes in Brighton. Excel-lent schools. Call 901-476-8000 or 901-489-2435.

HOMES FOR RENT 902

120 Simonton St., Covington 3br, 1ba, $575mn. Call Tim 901-475-4797.

3br, 1ba, $550mn, $500dep.Covington. 901-837-3666 or 901-246-3285.

Country Living 3br, 2ba. 5yr oldhouse. $750/mn, $500/dep. 50 Charleston Gift Rd. Covington. 901-356-0563

House for rent in Covington. 234 Loon Lane $695/mn, $400/dep . Call 901-502-5217 or 901-356-2963.

House for rent, 3br, 1ba, $400dep, $550mn in Covington. 901-476-8431.

Newly Remodeled 2br, 1ba, 430R Hanie St., Covington. $480mn, $480dep. 901-476-6960 or 901-212-1425.

MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT 903

3br, 2 full baths, water and sew-age paid. No pets, great for adult roomates. $500dep, $425mn. 837-7544.

3br, 2ba, CHA Newly Remod-eled. 344 Robinson Rd., Ma-son. 59 and Pickens Store Rd. $625mn. $625dep. 901-476-6960/ 901-212-1425.

MH for rent, 1br, water and sew-age paid. No pets. $500/dep, $380/mn. 901-837-7544.

ROOMMATES 905

Roommate wanted in Burlison. Must be drug free. Everything included except groceries. $350mn. Contact Ronnie, 901-485-4991.

ATVs/GO-KARTS/MOTORCYCLES 952

2008 Yamaha V-Star 1100 Cus-tom less than 2100 miles. Excel-lent condition. front fork pouch, tinted windshield, crash bars highway pegs, front foot boards, leather saddlebags, sissybar and pad, loud pipes and side mount tag holder. $6,000.00 or best offer. 901-604-9408

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Snapper DealershipSales, Service & Parts

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LOFT APTS FOR RENT: 102 East Court Square, Covington.

901.476.7226 or 901.299.4221. Serious inquiries only. This is a

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1 BR/1BA apartment: 900sq.ft, hardwood floors, beautiful kitchen, all appliances, central heat and air, 11 foot ceilings, exposed brick, overlooks Covington’s Court Square. ADT Security. Rent $695/Dep. $695. No pets. 2BR/2BA apartment: 1200 sq.ft, hardwood floors, beautiful kitchen, all appliances, central heat and air, 11 foot ceilings, exposed brick, large skylight in great room. ADT Security. Rent $800/Dep. $800. No pets. Apt for RENT: 185 Houston Gordon Rd., Covington 2 BR/1BA upstairs apt. Hardwood floors. All appliances. Electricity included in rent. $800/mo & $800 dep. Very nice neighborhood. 901.476.7226 or 901.299.4221.

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Section 8 Vouchers ExceptedCall Robin Taylor Mgr.

Phone: 294-3627Applications Taken on

Friday12:30 - 3 p.m.

WANTED TO BUY 328

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JOB OPENINGEarly Head Start

Northwest Tennessee Economic Development Council’s Head Start and Early Head Start Program is now accepting applications for the position of Early Head Start Teacher/Family Advocate and Classroom Substitutes for the Lauderdale Head Start and Early Head Start Center.

EHS Teacher/Family Advocate:Essential Job Duties: Day-to-day activities necessary for operation of an infant, toddler or two year old classroom while ensuring program policies and procedures are being met. Must provide a safe, nurturing environment in the classroom (e.g. classroom activities and well-being of infants and toddlers and accurate record keeping). Ensure full enrollment is achieved and maintained. Ensure family goals are developed; maintain support and communication and ensure children receive required health services and all follow-up.Qualifications: HS Diploma/GED, good written, verbal, and computer skills, valid auto liability insurance, valid driver license, and vehicle required. An Infant/Toddler CDA is preferred, but if hired, individual will be required to complete. Experience and/or training in working with infant/toddler children is desired. $8.68 - $9.14 per hour, Commensurate on Education, Excellent Benefits, 11-Month / 80 hr. Biweekly Position.

Classroom Substitutes:Essential Job Duties: Assisting the classroom Teacher or Assistant Teacher on an as-needed basis with classroom activities, record keeping, teaching and nurturing preschool children.Qualifications: The successful applicant should possess experience and/or training in working with preschool children and posses a nurturing personality and patient disposition. High school diploma/GED, valid driver license, and access to transportation to and from work location. $7.25 per hour , No Benefits, 11-Month/Part-time Position.

Applications may be picked up locally at:Lauderdale Head Start/EHS, 142 Nelson Street, Ripley, TN 38063 or You may call 731-364-3228, ext. 124 to have an application mailed, faxed, or emailed to you for your convenience**Submit Complete Applications to(YOU MUST SUBMIT AN ORIGINAL COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT TO VERIFY ANY RELEVANT COURSEWORK):Northwest Tennessee Economic Development Council, Head Start/Early Head Start Program, 231 South Wilson Street, Dresden, TN 38225, Attn: Human Resource Department, Suite 212REFERENCE: Position of Interest – Lauderdale Head Start/EHS**Applications for this specific position will be accepted until 6/03/12. How-ever, this program accepts employment applications on an on-going basis.(ALL REQUESTED DOCUMENTATION MUST BE SUBMITTED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR ANY POSITION.)

We are an equal opportunity employer!“We Make a Difference!”

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YARD SALE LISTINGSCovington

YARD SALE Sat. May 26th. 932 S. Main St.,

Covington. 8 till 3.

Friday/25th and Saturday/26th at 7am at 503 Hwy 179 Covington

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Covington

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF

TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE

CHRISTINA DIANE SOUDER,PLAINTIFF NO. 29668

VS.

PATRICK ROSS SOUDER,DEFENDANT

NON-RESIDENT NOTICEIt appearing from the petition fi led in this cause which is sworn to, that thewhereabouts of Patrick Ross Soud-er, Defendant, are unknown and cannot be ascertained after diligent search and inquiry. It is ordered that Patrick Ross Souder, Defendant, fi le an answer in the Chancery Court of Tipton County, at Covington, Ten-nessee, on or before Monday, July 5, 2012, or Judgment by Default may be enteredand the cause set for hearing ex parte.It is further ordered that this notice be published for four consecutive weeks in The Covington Leader, a newspaper published in Covington, Tennessee.

This the 3rd day of May 2012.

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Judy Billings, Clerk and MasterCLERK AND MASTER

Attorney for PlaintiffELIZABETH B. ZIARKOP.O. Box 765Covington, TN 38019

NOTICE TOCREDITORS

R. D. NO PR3009

ESTATE OF Lola J. Edwards. (Deceased)

Notice is hereby given that the 7th day of May, 2012.

Letters of Testamentary in the respect of the estate of Lola J. Ed-wards, deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the Chancery Court of Tipton County, Tennessee.

All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against her estate are required to fi le same with the clerk of the above named Court within the earlier of four months from notice or 12 months from decedent’s date of death, otherwise their claims will be forever barred.

This 17th day of May, 2012.

Larry EdwardsExecutor

17may2wp

Tipton County Chancery CourtJudy Billings, Clerk and Master1801 S. College St., Suite 110Covington, TN 38019

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

SALE

TIPTON COUNTY, STATE OF TEN-NESSEETHIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COL-LECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.Default has been made in the terms, conditions and payments provided for in that certain Deed of Trust dat-ed June 12, 2007, of record in Deed Book/Page Number 1351 / 196, In-strument 105887, Register’s Offi ce for Tipton County, Tennessee, from Shannon L. Nelson and Brian R. Nelson (Borrower) to ARNOLD M. WEISS (Trustee) for the benefi t of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REG-ISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR DELTA FUNDING CORPORATION (Lender), secur-ing the Note/indebtedness therein described, the entire Note/indebt-edness having been declared in default and immediately due and payable by the lawful owner and holder thereof. HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF RENAISSANCE EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-3 (Holder), now being the present owner/holder of said indebtedness, has now requested that foreclosure proceedings be instituted, and said Holder has appointed the fi rm listed below as Successor Trustee under said Deed of Trust, by an instru-ment duly recorded in the aforesaid records, to serve in the place and stead of the aforementioned Trust-ee. Notice of the Right to Foreclose was sent to the Borrower by letter dated December 30, 2011.NOW, THEREFORE, said Succes-sor Trustee, or agent thereof, pur-suant to said Deed of Trust, having been requested by the Holder so to do, and by virtue of the authority and power vested in said Succes-sor Trustee by said Deed of Trust, will on June 19, 2012 at 1:00 p.m., at the usual and customary location at the Tipton County, Tennessee, Courthouse, sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash (or credit upon the indebtedness secured if the lawful owner and holder thereof is the successful purchaser), the following-described property: THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, COUNTY OF TIPTON DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:PART OF JOSEPH E. CHIDESTER AND WIFE, KATHLEEN M. CHIDESTER’S PROPERTY RE-CORDED IN DEED BOOK 654, PAGE 266, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE, LYING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF NORTH POPLAR STREET IN THE TOWN OF BRIGHTON, IN THE SEVENTH CIVIL DISTRICT OF TIPTON COUNTY, TENNES-SEE, BEING MORE PARTICULAR-LY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH-WEST CORNER OF JOSEPH E. CHIDESTER AND WIFE, KATH-LEEN M. CHIDESTER’S PROP-ERTY RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 654, PAGE 266, OF WHICH THIS PARTITION IS A PART, SAID POINT BEING ALEX MARBRY’S NORTHWEST CORNER (DB 274, PG 327), THEN SOUTH 61 DEG. 46’ 54” EAST, 14.54 FEET ALONG MARBRY’S NORTH LINE TO AN IRON PIN FOUND AT THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THEN NORTH 26 DEG. 50’ 49” EAST, 114.55 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THIS PARTITION AND THE EAST LINE OF A 0.41 ACRE LOT TO AN IRON PIN FOUND

ON THE SOUTH R.O.W LINE OF NORTH POPLAR STREET (30’ R.O.W.); THEN SOUTH 63 DEG. 16’ 33” EAST, 115.26 FEET ALONG THE SAID R.O.W LINE TO A POINT; THEN SOUTH 26 DEG. 46’ 12” WEST 117.56 FEET ALONG THE WEST R.O.W. LINE OF NORTH POPLAR STREET TO ALEX MARBRY’S NORTH LINE; THEN NORTH 61 DEG. 46’ 54” WEST, 115.45 FEET ALONG MARBRY’S NORTH LINE TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ENCOM-PASSING 13,384 SQUARE FEET OR 0.30 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS.BEING A PORTION OF THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JO-SEPH E. CHIDESTER AND KATH-LEEN M. CHIDESTER HEREIN AT BOOK 542, PAGE 356, SEE ALSO CORRECTION DEED AT 654, PAGE 266 AND ALSO WARRANTY DEED AT BOOK 450, PAGE 11 OF THE TIPTON COUNTY REGIS-TER’S OFFICE.BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO THOMAS GLEN WILLIAMS AND LEISA ANN WIL-LIAMS, HUSBAND AND WIFE HEREIN AT BOOK 723, PAGE 881, OF THE TIPTON COUNTY REGIS-TER’S OFFICE.SOURCE OF TITLE BOOK 723 PAGE 881 (RECORDED 05/02/1994)APN 084080 L A 00401For informational purposes only, this property is commonly known as 91 North Poplar Street, Brighton, TN 38011, Parcel ID 080LA00401000.The property shall be free from all right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, dower, curtesy, elective share, and all other exemptions that are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the Successor Trustee will sell and convey only as Successor Trustee, “as is” and “where is” and without covenants of seizin or war-ranties of title. Listing of Subordinate Lienholders: N/AListing of Other Interested Parties: N/AThis sale is subject to liens; ease-ments; encumbrances; property taxes; rights of redemption of tax-ing entities; all matters shown on any recorded plan(s) or plat(s); any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov-enants, easements or setback lines that may be applicable; any statu-tory rights of redemption of any gov-ernmental agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fi xture fi ling; any matter that an ac-curate survey of the premises might disclose; and other matters which are prior in right to the lien of the aforesaid Deed of Trust.If a high bidder fails to close a sale, the Successor Trustee shall have the option of making the sale to the next highest bidder. The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be re-scinded at the Successor Trustee’s option at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the sale to an-other day, time and/or place certain without further publication, upon an-nouncement at the time and place for the sale set forth above, or at any date and time fi xed by a preceding postponement. Alternatively, at its option, Successor Trustee may give a new notice of sale. Weissman Nowack Curry & Wilco, PCOne Alliance Center, 4th Floor3500 Lenox RoadAtlanta, GA 30326

(866) 960-8298File #: 010980

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE

TRUSTEE’S SALE

WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated April 28, 2006, executed by TERRY C JONES AND WIFE CHARLOTTE K JONES, convey-ing certain real property therein described to OWEN LAW FIRM as same appears of record in the Register’s Offi ce of Tipton County, on May 2, 2006, as Instrument No. 87785, in Book 1272, at Page 936; and WHEREAS, the benefi cial interest of said Deed of Trust was last trans-ferred and assigned to DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COM-PANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-FF8, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-FF8, who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, Notice 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 fi rst publication of the Substitute Trustee’s Sale. WHEREAS, the undersigned, RE-CONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., hav-ing been appointed by as Substi-tute Trustee by instrument fi led for record in the Register’s Offi ce of Tipton County, Tennessee NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebt-edness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Substitute Trustee or its duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on June 15, 2012, 11:00 AM at the Tipton County courthouse door where the foreclo-sure sales are customarily held At the Tipton County Courthouse, Cov-ington, TN, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bid-der for cash, the following described property situated in Tipton County, Tennessee, to wit: Beginning at an iron stake at the northwest corner of lot described, said stake being the northeast cor-ner of the E.L. Whitson estate, and in the south line of James Grandberry; thence with the east line of Whitson estate south 2-1/4° east 179 feet to an iron stake the southwest corner of lot described, said stake being in the north line of the Munford Cem-etery; thence with the north line of

the cemetery north 88-3/4° east 582 feet to a stake in the west line of High Street, passing an iron stake at 557 feet; thence with the west line of High Street, north 2-3/4° west 72 feet to a stake, the southeast cor-ner of Saddie Baddour; thence with Sadle Baddour’s south line 88-3/4° west 294 feet to a stake, passing an iron stake at 5 feet; said stake being Baddour’s southwest corner; thence with the west line of Sadle Baddour and Marshall Bryson north 2-3/4° west 107 feet to an iron stake, Bry-son’s southwest corner, said stake being in the south line of Johnny Baddour; thence with the south line of the of the Baddour’s Jones, Litt-man and James Grandberry south 88-3/4° west 288 feet to the begin-ning, containing 1.67 acres and be-ing lots No. 1 and No. 2. PARCEL # 41B-J-12.08 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 235 S HIGH STREET, COV-INGTON, TN 38019. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): TERRY JONES, CHARLOTTE JONES, TERRY C JONES and CHAR-LOTTE K JONES OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: 1). MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., 2). FIRST FRANKLIN A DIVISION OF NAT. CITY BANK OF IN The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all mat-ters 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 fi xture fi ling; and to any matter that an ac-curate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confi rmation 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, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are express-ly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and con-vey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, with-out representations or warranties of any kind, including fi tness for a par-ticular use or purpose. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Substitute Trustee

2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082 Tel: (800) 281-8219 Fax: (866) 681-5002 Registered Agent: CT Corporation System 800 South Gay Street, Suite 2021 Knoxville, TN 37929 Tel: (865) 342-3522 TS#: 11-0063591 FEI # 1006.159415 05/24, 05/31, 06/07/2012

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

SALE

TIPTON COUNTY, STATE OF TEN-NESSEETHIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COL-LECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.Default has been made in the terms, conditions and payments provided for in that certain Deed of Trust dated April 27, 2005, of record in Deed Book/Page Num-ber 1203 / 680, Instrument 72081, Register’s Offi ce for Tipton County, Tennessee, from Larry Clark and Mary Clark (Borrower) to ARCHER LAND TITLE (Trustee) for the ben-efi t of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR ACE MORT-GAGE FUNDING, INC. (Lender), securing the Note/indebtedness therein described, the entire Note/indebtedness having been declared in default and immediately due and payable by the lawful owner and holder thereof. DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COM-PANY AMERICAS, AS INDEN-TURE TRUSTEE FOR THE REG-ISTERED HOLDERS OF SAXON ASSET SECURITIES TRUST 2005-2 MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2005-2 (Holder), now being the present owner/holder of said indebtedness, has now requested that foreclosure proceedings be instituted, and said Holder has appointed the fi rm listed below as Successor Trustee under said Deed of Trust, by an instru-ment duly recorded in the aforesaid records, to serve in the place and stead of the aforementioned Trust-ee. Notice of the Right to Foreclose was sent to the Borrower by letter dated March 06, 2012.NOW, THEREFORE, said Succes-sor Trustee, or agent thereof, pur-suant to said Deed of Trust, having been requested by the Holder so to do, and by virtue of the authority and power vested in said Succes-sor Trustee by said Deed of Trust, will on June 19, 2012 at 1:00 p.m., at the usual and customary location at the Tipton County, Tennessee,



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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSSealed bids for Re-Roofing Project at TN041-01, -02, -03, -04, -06, and -07 will be received

by The Covington Housing Authority, 1701 Shoaf St., Covington, TN 38019 on Friday, June 29, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud. The estimated construction cost of the project is between $500,000 and $ 550,000 .

The Information for Bidders, Bid Form, Form of Contract, Drawings, Specification, and Forms of Bid Bond, Performance and Payment Bond, and other contract documents may be examined at the following locations: Ledford Engineering and Planning, LLC; The Covington Housing Authority; the West Tennessee Plan Room in Jackson, Tennessee. F.W. Dodge Corporation, Reed Construction Data, Builders Exchange in Memphis and the Tennessee Office of Minority Business Enterprise, located in Nashville, TN.

Bidding documents may be obtained from Janice Campbell at the office of Ledford Engineering and Planning, LLC, 11762 Douglass Street, Suite 101, Arlington, TN 38002, (901) 867-7800. A deposit of $200.00 is required from prime bidders for one set of Bidding Documents. Prime bidders tendering a bonafide bid, except the successful Contractor, will be refunded their full deposit upon return of the Bidding Documents in good condition within 14 days after bid opening. Prime bidders not tendering a bonafide bid will be refunded $100.00 upon return of the Bidding Documents. ALL BID DEPOSIT CHECKS OR DRAFTS SHALL BE MADE PAYABLE TO THE LEDFORD ENGINEERING AND PLANNING LLC.

Extra sets of Bidding Documents will be furnished to prime bidders for a deposit of $200.00, one-half, $100.00 of which will be refunded if the bidding instruments are returned within 14 days after bid opening. Make check payable to Ledford Engineering and Planning LLC.

A deposit of $200.00 is required from subcontractors and materials suppliers for each set of Bidding Documents. Subcontractors and materials suppliers will be refunded $175.00 of their deposit upon return of the Bidding Documents in good condition within 14 days after bid opening. Partial sets will not be issued. Make check payable to Ledford Engineering and Planning LLC.

All bidders must be licensed Contractors as required by the contractors Licensing Act of 1976 (TCA Title 62, chapter 6) of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee. No bid will be opened unless the outside of the sealed envelope containing the bid provides the following information: 1. The Contractor’s license number, the date of the license’s expiration, and a quotation of that part of his classification applying to the bid. 2. The license number, expiration date thereof, and license classification of the subcontractor applying to the Bid Form for electrical, plumbing or heating, ventilation or air conditioning in excess of $25,000. If the subcontract does not exceed $25,000 for the above mentioned categories, the general contractor must certify to this effect, in writing, on the outside of the bid envelope. In the case joint ventures, this information must be provided by each party submitting the bid. Each bidder must deposit with his bid security in the amount of 5 percent of the bid.

Bid Bonds and Performance and Payment Bonds must be secured by a guaranty or surety company listed in the latest issue of U.S. Treasury Circular 570 and shall be within the maximum amount specified for such company in said Circular 570. The “Bid Bond” and the “Performance and Payment Bond” must be issued by a surety company authorized to do business in the state where the project is located, and must be listed in U.S. Treasury Circular No. 570.

Attention is called to the fact that the minimum salaries and wages set forth in the Contract Documents must be paid on this project. The Contract will be subject to the “Section 3” Clause, see Document 00715 - General condition, Article 40, calling for utilization of low-income businesses and individuals from the project area where feasible.

Bidders must comply with the President’s Executive Order Nos. 11246 and 11375, which prohibit discrimination in employment regarding race, creed, color, sex, or national origin. Bidders must comply

with Title VI of the civil Rights Act of 1964, the Anti-Kickback Act, and the contract Work Hour Standard Act. Bidders must certify that they do not, and will not, maintain or provide for their employees any facilities that are segregated on a basis of race, color, creed, sex, or national origin. Attention is called to the goals and timetables for minority and female participation.

The right is reserved to reject any or all bids or to waive any informalities in the bidding.No Bidder may withdraw his bid within 60 days after the actual date of the opening thereof.

Attention is called to the fact that The Covington Housing Authority is not an Indian Housing Authority.

WALK THROUGH AND PREBID CONFERENCEA Prebid Conference at the Covington Housing Authority Office, 1701 Shoaf, Covington,

TN, will be held for the purpose of answering questions Bidders may have and to consider any suggestions they may wish to make concerning the project at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Immediately following the Prebid Conference, a walk through of the project will be held by the Owner. All contractors are strongly recommended to attend this walk through and Prebid Conference.

The Covington Housing AuthorityMrs. Christi BillingsExecutive Director

www.covingtonleader.com Thursday, May 24, 2012 • THE LEADER • B9

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Town of Atoka, Tennessee will hold a public meeting at Atoka Town Hall on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 6:45 p.m. to receive public input on the following budget ordinance for Town's fiscal year 2012. The public is encouraged to attend and participate.AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF ATOKA, TENNESSEE AMENDING THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2011 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2012.BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN OF ATOKA, TENNESSEE as follows:SECTION 1. The budget consisting of the Available Funds and Appropriations listed in Sections 2 and 3 below be amended for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2011 and ending June 30, 2012.SECTION 2. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen estimate anticipated revenues of the Town from all sources to be as follows:

SECTION 3. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen appropriates from these anticipated revenues and unexpended and unencumbered funds as follows:

SECTION 4. No appropriation listed above may be exceeded without appropriate ordinance action to amend the budget.SECTION 5. A detailed line-item financial plan shall be prepared in support of the budget.SECTION 6. All unencumbered balances of appropriations remaining at the end of the fiscal year shall lapse and revert to the respective fund balance.SECTION 7. The appropriations of this budget shall become the appropriations for the next fiscal year until a budget for the next fiscal year has been adopted.SECTION 8. There is hereby levied a property tax rate of $0.555 per $100.00 of assessed valuation rounder to the nearest dollar for the purpose of funding General Fund services.SECTION 9. This ordinance shall take effect from the date of its final passage, the public welfare requiring it.PASSED at the First Consideration by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Atoka, Tennessee on the 1st day of May, 2012.

General Fund FY2012 Budget

Local Taxes 1,835,600$ Licenses and Permits 13,200$ Intergovernmental Revenues 1,103,071$ Fines and Forfeitures 69,600$ Miscellaneous Revenues 55,200$ Fund Balance 3,820,502$ Total Available Funds - General Fund 6,897,173$

State Street Aid FY2012 Budget

Intergovernmental Revenues -$ Fund Balance 207,559$ Total Available Funds - State Street Aid 207,559$

Drug Fund FY2012 Budget

Court Fines and Costs 40,000$ Fund Balance 65,551$ Total Available Funds - Drug Fund 105,551$

Water and Sewer Fund FY2012 Budget

Revenues 1,720,000$ Estimated Available Cash 3,254,163$ Total Available Funds - Water and Sewer Fund 4,974,163$

General Fund FY2012 BudgetGeneral Government 429,607$ Police 1,219,242$ Fire 396,145$ Streets 932,302$ Parks & Recreation 279,000$ Grants & Donations 7,900$ Total Expenditures - General Fund 3,264,196$


Street Repairs & Resurfacing 209,000$ Total Expenditures - State Street Aid 209,000$


Police 40,000$ Total Expenditures - Drug Fund 40,000$


Expenses 1,720,000$ Total Expenditures - Water and Sewer Fund 1,720,000$

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Town of Atoka, Tennessee will hold a public meeting at Atoka Town Hall on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 6:50 p.m. to receive public input on the following budget ordinance for Town’s fiscal year 2013. The public is encouraged to attend and participate.

ORDINANCE __________

AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF ATOKA, TENNESSEE ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2012 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2013.BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN OF ATOKA, TENNESSEE as follows:SECTION 1. A budget consisting of the Available Funds and Appropriations listed in SECTIONS 2 and 3 below be adopted for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2012 and ending June 30, 2013.SECTION 2. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen estimates anticipated revenues of the Town from all sources to be as follows:

SECTION 3. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen appropriates from these anticipated revenues and unexpended and unencumbered funds as follows:SECTION 4. No appropriation listed above may be exceeded without appropriate ordinance action to amend the budget.

SECTION 5. A detailed line-item financial plan shall be prepared in support of the budget.SECTION 6. All unencumbered balances of appropriations remaining at the end of the fiscal year shall lapse and revert to the respective fund balance.SECTION 7. The appropriations of this budget shall become the appropriations for the next fiscal year until a budget for the next fiscal year has been adopted.SECTION 8. There is hereby levied a property tax rate of $0.555 per $100.00 of assessed valuation rounded to the nearest dollar for the purpose of funding General Fund services.SECTION 9. This ordinance shall take effect from the date of its final passage, the public welfare requiring it.PASSED on the First Consideration by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Atoka, Tennessee on the 1st day of May, 2012.

General Fund FY2013 BudgetLocal Taxes 2,005,500$ Licenses and Permits 18,000$ Intergovernmental Revenues 1,375,500$ Fines, Forfeitures & Miscellaneous 260,700$ Total Revenue - General Fund 3,659,700$ Fund Balance 4,945,769$ Total Available Funds - General Fund 8,605,469$


Intergovernmental Revenues 225,000$ Fund Balance 288,701$ Total Available Funds - State Street Aid 513,701$


Court Fines and Costs 60,000$ Fund Balance 108,834$ Total Available Funds - Drug Fund 168,834$


Revenues 1,832,001$ Estimated Available Cash 6,741,638$ Total Available Funds - Water and Sewer Fund 8,573,639$

General Fund FY2013 BudgetGeneral Government 640,720$ Police 1,321,383$ Fire 375,950$ Streets 776,792$ Parks & Recreation 343,318$ Grants & Donations 8,500$ Total Expenditures - General Fund 3,466,663$


Street Repairs & Resurfacing 225,000$ Total Expenditures - State Street Aid 225,000$


Police 60,000$ Total Expenditures - Drug Fund 60,000$


Expenses 1,832,001$ Total Expenditures - Water and Sewer Fund 1,832,001$

Courthouse, sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash (or credit upon the indebtedness secured if the lawful owner and holder thereof is the successful purchaser), the following-described property:PARCEL 0410-C-18.00A CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND IN TIPTON COUNTY, IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, DE-SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:BEING LOT 9 OF HYDE PARK MILLS SUBDIVISION IN THE TOWN OF COVINGTON AS SHOWN IN DEED BOOK 196, PAGE 78 IN THE REGISTER’S OF-FICE OF TIPTON COUNTY, TEN-NESSEE.BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO LARRY CLARK, MARRIED BY WARRANTY DEED FROM CROMWELL AND SCOTT, L.L.C. DATED 3/25/2004 AND RECORDED 4/16/2004 IN BOOK 1133, PAGE 928, IN THE REGIS-TER’S OFFICE OF TIPTON COUN-TY, TENNESSEE.For informational purposes only, this property is commonly known as 428 Hyde Park Circle, Covington, TN 38019, Parcel ID 041O C 01800 000.The property shall be free from all right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, dower, curtesy, elective share, and all other exemptions that are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the Successor Trustee will sell and convey only as Successor Trustee, “as is” and “where is” and without covenants of seizin or war-ranties of title. Listing of Subordinate Lien holders:Arrow Financial Services LLC C/O Shon LeverettMorgan & Pottinger P.S.C.601 West Main StreetLouisville, KY 40202Listing of Other Interested Parties: N/AThis sale is subject to liens; ease-ments; encumbrances; property taxes; rights of redemption of tax-ing entities; all matters shown on any recorded plan(s) or plat(s); any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov-enants, easements or setback lines that may be applicable; any statu-tory rights of redemption of any gov-ernmental agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fi xture fi ling; any matter that an ac-curate survey of the premises might disclose; and other matters which are prior in right to the lien of the aforesaid Deed of Trust.If a high bidder fails to close a sale, the Successor Trustee shall have the option of making the sale to the next highest bidder. The sale held

pursuant to this Notice may be re-scinded at the Successor Trustee’s option at any time. The right is re-served to adjourn the sale to an-other day, time and/or place certain without further publication, upon an-nouncement at the time and place for the sale set forth above, or at any date and time fi xed by a preceding postponement. Alternatively, at its option, Successor Trustee may give a new notice of sale. Weissman Nowack Curry & Wilco, PCOne Alliance Center, 4th Floor3500 Lenox RoadAtlanta, GA 30326(866) 960-8298File#: 012023

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 JUNE 9, 2004, executed by STEPHANE D. DAY, A SINGLE PERSON AND KENNETH E. MO-SES (A/K/A KENNETH EDWARD MOSES), A SINGLE PERSON, to KATIE WINCHESTER, Trustee, of record in RECORD BOOK 1147, PAGE 74, for the benefi t of FIRST CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK, in the Register’s Offi ce for TIPTON Coun-ty, Tennessee and to J. PHILLIP JONES, appointed as Substitute Trustee in an instrument of record in the Register’s Offi ce for TIPTON County, Tennessee, to secure the indebtedness described; WHERE-AS, the said Deed of Trust was last assigned to TENNESSEE HOUS-ING DEVELOPMENT AGENCY; the entire indebtedness having been declared due and payable by TENNESSEE HOUSING DE-VELOPMENT AGENCY BY AND THROUGH ITS SERVICER AND AUTHORIZED AGENT, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as pro-vided in said Deed of Trust, I, J. PHILLIP JONES, will by virtue of the power and authority vested in me as Substitute Trustee, on THURS-DAY, JULY 12, 2012 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 redemption, homestead, and dower, and all oth-er exemptions which are expressly waived, and subject to any unpaid taxes, if any, the following described property in TIPTON County, Ten-nessee, to wit:PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF TIPTON, TENNES-SEE:LOT 22, TIPTON MANOR ESTATES SUBDIVISION, AS SHOWN ON PLAT OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 2, PAGE 28, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH PLAT REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DE-SCRIPTION OF SAID PROPERTY.BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO STEPHANE D. DAY, AN UNMARRIED PERSON AND KENNETH E. MOSES, AN UNMARRIED PERSON, AS JOINT TENANTS WITH THE RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP, BY DEED DAT-ED JUNE 9, 2004 OF RECORD IN RECORD BOOK 1147, PAGE 73, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. THIS IS IMPROVED PROPERTY KNOWN AS 80 PATRICIA LANE, MILLINGTON, TENNESSEE 38053.MAP 125 PARCEL 035.22THE SALE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS WITHOUT WAR-RANTY OF ANY KIND, AND IS FURTHER SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF ANY TENANT(S) OR OTHER PARTIES OR ENTITIES IN POSSESSION OF THE PROP-ERTY.THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ANY UNPAID TAXES, IF ANY, ANY PRI-OR LIENS OR ENCUMBRANCES LEASES, EASEMENTS AND ALL OTHER MATTERS OF RECORD INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PRIORITY OF ANY FIX-TURE FILING. IF THE U.S. DE-PARTMENT OF THE TREASURY/ INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, THE STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, OR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND

WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT ARE LISTED AS INTERESTED PARTIES IN THE ADVERTISE-MENT, THEN THE NOTICE OF THIS FORECLOSURE IS BEING GIVEN TO THEM, AND THE SALE WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE AP-PLICABLE GOVERNMENTAL EN-TITIES RIGHT TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY, ALL AS REQUIRED BY 26 U.S.C. 7425 AND T.C.A. 67-1-1433. IF APPLICABLE, THE NO-TICE REQUIREMENTS OF T.C.A. 35-5-117 HAVE BEEN MET.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. THE TRUSTEE/SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE RE-SERVES THE RIGHT TO RESCIND THE SALEIN THE EVENT THE HIGHEST BIDDER DOES NOT HONOR THE HIGHEST BID WITHIN 24 HOURS, THE NEXT HIGHEST BIDDER AT THE NEXT HIGHEST BID WILL BE DEEMED THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER.OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: NONE OF RECORDTHIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COL-LECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.This day, May 21, 2012. This is improved property known as 80 PA-TRICIA LANE, MILLINGTON, TEN-NESSEE 38053.J. PHILLIP JONES SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE1800 HAYES STREETNASHVILLE, TN 37203(615) 254-4430www.phillipjoneslaw.comF12-0514

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

TO: THE KNOWN FATHER OF STEVEN EDWARDS (DOB 3/6/99)STEPHEN EDWARDS17-1355

IN THE JUVENILE COURT ATRIPLEY, TENNESSEEIN THE MATTER OF: STEVEN EDWARDS (DOB 3/6/99)In this cause it appearing to me from the bill fi led herein which is SWOrn to, that the defen-dant is a resident of the State of Tennessee, whose place of residence is unknown and can-not be ascertained after diligent search so that the ordinary pro-cess of law cannot be served on said defendant. It is therefore ordered by the Court that the said known father of Steven Edwards, Stephen Edwards, be required to serve upon the Lau-derdale County Juvenile Court, whose address is 100 Court-house, Ripley, Tennessee, an answer to the complaint within (30) days after the date of the last publication of this notice. If you fail to do so, judgment by default on the 23rd day of July, 2012, at 9:30 a.m. shall be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. It is further ordered that this notice be published in the Covington Leader, a newspaper printed in Tipton County, Tennessee, for four consecutive weeks, requir-ing the known father, Stephen Edwards to so appear.This 21st day of May, 2012Linda SummarCounty Court Clerk

NOTICE TOCREDITORS

R. D. NO PR3013

ESTATE OF Norris Cothran. (Deceased)


Letters of Testamentary in the respect of the estate of Norris Co-thran, deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the Chancery Court of Tipton County, Tennessee.

All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against his estate are required to fi le same with the clerk of the above named Court within the earlier of four months from notice or 12 months from decedent’s date of

death, otherwise their claims will be forever barred.


Beverly CoatsExecutrix

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NOTICE TOCREDITORS

R. D. NO PR3011

ESTATE OF Wilamina Vitrano. (Deceased)


Letters of Testamentary in the re-spect of the estate of Wilamina Vir-trano, deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the Chancery Court of Tipton County, Tennessee.

All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against her estate are required to fi le same with the clerk of the above named Court within the earlier of four months from notice or 12 months from decedent’s date of death, otherwise their claims will be forever barred.


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Charles W. Warren Docket No: 29707Petitioner,Vs.Lynette Warren, Kim Warren, Melissa Warren, Veronica John-son, Antonio Warren, Cheree C. Warren, Alisha Jackson, Herman Thompson, Gamer S. Thompson, II.


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Respondents.NON-RESIDENT NOTICEIn this cause, it appearing that after diligent search and inquiry, the whereabouts of Lynette War-ren, Kim Warren, Melissa War-ren, Veronica Johnson, Antonio Warren, Cheree C. Warren, Al-isha Jackson, Herman Thomp-son and Gamer S. Thompson, Il., the heirs of Ethel M. Warren, Deceased, are unknown and cannot be ascertained;IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that all heirs of Ethel M. Warren, Deceased, who claim an inter-est in the real estate which is the subject of this cause of action, fi le an answer with the Honor-able Tommy L. Fullen, Esq., 5104 Stage Road, Memphis, Tennessee, 38134 and with the Chancery Court of Tipton Coun-ty, 180 I South College Street, Suite 110, Covington, Tennes-see, 380 I9 on or before July 16! 2012 otherwise the Petition will be taken to confessed to each of them, judgment by default may be entered and the cause set for hearing ex parte.IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this notice is published for four consecutive weeks In the Covington Leader, a newspaper published in Covington, Tennes-see.This the 24 day of May 2012.

JUDY BILLINGS, CLERK AND MASTER

Tommy L. FullenAttorney for the Petitioner5104 Stage RoadMemphis, TN [email protected]

NOTICE

Pursuant to Section 67-5-508, Tennessee Code Annotated, the property assessment records of Tipton County will be available for public inspection at Room 204 in the Tipton County Courthouse during normal business hours. Any person desiring to inspect these records may do so at the appointed time and place.

The Tipton County Board of Equalization will begin its annual session to examine and equalize the county assessments on June 4, 2012.

THE BOARD WILL ACCEPT APPEALS FOR TAX YEAR 2012 ONLY UNTIL THE LAST DAY OF ITS 2012 REGULAR SESSION, WHICH WILL BE JUNE 8, 2012.

The Board will meet each weekday from the hours of

9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Room 204 in the Tipton County Courthouse. Any owner of property who wishes to make a complaint or appeal to the County Board of Equalization must appear before said Board at this time personally or by personal appearance of an agent for the owner bearing the owner’s written authorization. Failure to appear and appeal an assessment will result in the assessment becoming final without further right of appeal.

INVITATION TO BID

The City if Gilt Edge is requesting bids for trimming trees and brush on the City road right of way.Bids should be sent to City of Gilt Edge, PO Box 123, Burlison TN 38015. Bids are due at the above address no later than 5:00 P.M. Monday June 11 2012 or delivered in person to the Gilt Edge City Hall at 9149 Munford Gilt Edge Road, Gilt Edge, Tennessee no later than 7:00 P.M. Tuesday June 12, 2012, at which time they will be opened and read aloud. All bids should be plainly marked “right of way trimming”.The City Gilt Edge reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to waive any informalities in the bidding process and to accept the bid determined to be in the best interests of the City.For a detailed list of items and specifications, contact Mayor Steve Fletcher 901-476-9402.

Steve Fletcher, Mayor

SCHOOL RECORDS

The Tipton County School system is giving written notice to parents regarding student records. The child’s cumulative records are located in the office of the school the student attends/attended. Records of special education students are located in the Special Education Office or records room. In keeping with the laws regarding confidentiality, all student records are kept in locked files and maintained by appropriate personnel. Parents/legal guardians have the right to review their child’s records or request a copy, as do students upon reaching the age of 18. To review/copy records, a request should be made in written form, signed and dated by the parent/legal guardian, or student, if they are 18. Records of student that have been inactive by moving, mainstreaming, graduating, etc., are kept at the Tipton County Board of Education for three years. In accordance to the confidentiality law, the records are destroyed after three years.

EARLY PUBLIC NOTICE

The Town of Mason, Tennessee is considering making nec-essary improvements to its wastewater treatment facility as a funded project under the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program. A portion of the project area is located in a 100-year floodplain. Residents in the Town of Mason will greatly benefit from this improved wastewater system project. To complete the vital project, it’s necessary to carry out part of the CDBG project in a floodplain. The Town is interested in discussing alternatives to this project and securing public perceptions of possible adverse impacts that could result from the project and possible minimization measures. Please send written comments to Mayor David Ward, Town of Mason, 12157 Main Street, Mason, Tennes-see, 38049. Comments will be received until June 8, 2012.

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Dean Miller then award-ed pins to each of the grad-uates. The nursing pin rep-resents completion of the Associate of Applied Sci-ence degree requirements for nursing. Each graduate also received a small ce-

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As we send our little knights off to summer break, we are thrilled with the successes of this school year that have been made possible by an amazing group of staff and volunteers. All of our staff at CIAA has worked so diligently to ensure that each day is better than the day before and we have watched our children grow and learn with excitement and curiosity. Our school would like to thank all of our CIAA family and friends for making sure our kids are moving towards their next school year with as much desire to learn as ever.

At CIAA, we are blessed to have help from parents and volunteers, including a very special group of women who spend their spare time one on one with our 2nd and 3rd graders. Mrs. Marlyn Seagraves has been volunteering at CIAA for three

years and this year states she saw a need for more help. She approached several ladies in her Sunday school class to see if others wanted to help read to the stu-dents. This year, Mrs. Carol Daniel, Mrs. Lynn Fisher, and Mrs. Susan Turner joined Mrs. Seagrave as volunteers help-ing our 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms by reading to the students, helping chaper-one field trips and assisting with testing. When asked why she chooses to help our 2nd graders, Mrs. Seagrave states, ìI just love how this school offers the opportu-nity for all their students to learn about the arts, many students would not get that chance otherwise.î

When the teachers were asked about the assistance they receive from their helpers. Ms. Julia Shaffer, 3rd grade teacher, was delighted to share. ìThey take the time to

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We want to wish our students a won-derful summer break and tell all of our parents and students to remember there are still lots of upcoming opportunities for fun and learning, starting with the theatrical summer camp that will be per-forming "Aladdin" on June 8th!

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