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2/2/17 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Vanessa Buckingham, 10 — Pizza Winner!
Sarah Goldston, 18
Eli Matthews, 3
Dorothy Presley, 24
Gene Robinson, 52
Grady Brown
Amidy Gonzalez, 25
Ruth Henley, 26
Jessie Butler, 11
Braeden Kesling, 9
Woman Arrested at area school after Drugs found in Her Car
Jennifer Marie Thompson… Photo provided by the CCSD.
Deputies received permission to search the vehicle which was on school property and located allegedly .61 grams of a white crystal like substance believed to be methamphetamine in the subjects purse along with 3 Oxycodone pills, 2 1/2 Hydrocodone, 7 Ambien, and 4 Xanax pills inside of two pill bottles that Thompson allegedly did not have a prescription for at the time of her arrest. Deputies’ also apparently located two cut straws with one having residue inside of it. Marcom states in the arrest warrant that the woman had in her possession $1595.00 in cash along with 90 pesos.
Thompson was arrested for a drug free school zone violation, unlawful drug paraphernalia uses and activities, schedule IV, I and II drug violation and driving on revoked/suspended license 2nd offense. Her bond was set at $48,500 and her court date is March 20, 2017.
TN Schools Get More Local Control with New Education Plan
Next month is the deadline for the Tennessee Department of Education to submit its plan to comply with the Every Student Succeeds Act. (Ryan Stanton/Flickr)
The state plan, due next month, will include guidelines for letting individual districts make their own improvements before the state gets involved.
“Under ESA, we have a lot more flexibility around how we focus turnaround efforts for our lowest-performing schools,” said Hillary Knudson, special assistant to the Tennessee Commissioner of Education. “So, it’s not about a prescriptive model, it’s more of a – very much a – statewide approach, and then even more so, a district-wide approach.”
The state currently designates the districts performing in the bottom 5 percent statewide as Achievement School Districts, which gives them access to state and federal tools to improve. But critics of ESA have said it doesn’t move far enough away from the testing mandates seen under No Child Left Behind.
Sara Gast, the Tennessee Department of Education’s deputy director of communications, said that because the state already has been taking a local approach in recent years, it is positioned to take full advantage of ESA.
“One of the most important things we’ve learned is key to really changing what is happening within the walls of a school is, it has to be about what is happening within the neighborhood around that community, and within the families of those kids.”
Knudson said school districts will be able to address specific strengths and weaknesses under the new approach.
“This is tough work, and just like every student is unique, every school is unique,” she said. “There’s no ‘one size fits all’ approach to fixing a school. This is about, ‘What does that school need?’ ”
State education officials still are accepting public comments on their plan at tn.gov.
Life Choices Pregnancy Support Center coming to Manchester
Life Choices Pregnancy Support Center in Winchester TN has been open now for 3 1/2 years. They believe they are an alternative to abortion by supporting young girls and women with the necessities for their babies. They offer free pregnancy tests anytime and free ultrasounds between weeks 7-13. Life Choices has a baby boutique and the moms and dads can take parenting classes and earn baby bucks and then shop in the boutique. They also offer abstinence education through youth groups and schools in Franklin County which helps kids to understand the consequences of their action when choosing to not to be abstinent. Their Post-Abortive Counselors are here to help anyone work through the healing process after an abortion whether the abortion was recent or decades ago. Life Choices is a lot more than just a pregnancy test center!
In 2016 at the Winchester center, 549 clients visited the center and 264 of them were new clients! Over 5,200 items were earned in the Baby Boutique. They performed 15 Sonograms and 17 Pregnancy Tests. Life Choices is bringing the same services and outreach to Manchester.
Life Choices is having a Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting in Manchester on February 15th at Noon. They will be located at 300A W Fort Street.
2/5/17—William Michael Schenck
Memorial services for Mr. William “Bill” Michael Schenck, age 89, of Manchester, Tennessee, will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Sunday, February 5, 2017 at Manchester Funeral Home with Billy Levengood officiating. Mr. Schenck passed away at St. Thomas Rutherford in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on February 1, 2017.
Bill was born in New Hyde Park, New York, the son of the late John Schenck and Catherine Schwartz. He served his country in the Army in his younger years. Bill later worked for the town of Oyster Bay as a highway department worker. He was a member of the American Legion. His hobbies were reading all kinds of books and spending time with his family.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Schenck is preceded in death by two of his brothers, Steven and George Schenck. He is survived by his loving wife, Dorothy Holm Schenck; son, William Andrew Schenck; three daughters, Linda (James) Eckardt, Eileen Levengood, and Ruth (Shain) Yanofsky; grandchildren, Michelle, Cheryl, Michael, Kathleen, Teri, Lori, Billy, Stephanie, Dustin, Aaron, Michael, Michelle, and Trenton; twenty-eight great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.
MANCHESTER FUNERAL HOME IS HONORED TO SERVE THE SCHENCK FAMILY
2/3/17—H&R Block Student of the Week Jayden Fellers
Congratulations to Student of the Week -Jayden Fellers!!! Jayden, the son of Tim and Tara Fellers, is a fifth grader at North Coffee Elementary School. Jayden was chosen to be honored because “he is polite, respectful and always does what is right, all the time. He gets straight “A’s” and is a joy to have in class ”, says Principal of North Coffee School, Adam Clark. Jayden likes to hunt and fish. He plans to go college and become a professional baseball player. Rosalyn Partin, owner of the Manchester H&R Block, has been inspired to recognize great kids in our community all through hockey season. What does hockey season have to do with our local students? Well, H&R Block gives each Student of the Week a set of Nashville Predators Hockey tickets, a commemorative plaque, as well as a special letter of recognition. Check back here every Friday for H&R Block’s next Student of the Week award!
Pictured with Jayden is Rosalyn Partin of H & R Block and Adam Clark , Principal at North Coffee School and Tommy Crosslin, 5th grade teacher at North Coffee School.
Thunder Radio is Your Home for Super Bowl 51
In addition to being your local sports leader, Thunder Radio has been the broadcast home of Tennessee Titans football since 1999 as a proud member of the Titans Radio Network. Our partnership with our advertising sponsors has also allowed us to bring you selected NFL games during weeks that the Titans are not in action. This is why we at Thunder Radio have teamed up with Al White Ford/Lincoln and are pleased to once again bring you the Super Bowl 51 this Sunday from Houston
Thunder Radio and Al White Ford/Lincoln will bring you Westwood One’s coverage of the Super Bowl beginning with the pregame show at 1 PM. Kickoff is scheduled for 5:30 PM and we will bring you all the action through the post game show. The Westwood One broadcast team of Kevin Harlan, Boomer Esiason, James Lofton, Tony Boselli and Jim Gray will call all the action as New England takes on Atlanta.
Keep your dial tuned right here to Thunder Radio for more than complete sports coverage and visit Al White Ford/Lincoln and discover why for nearly 62 years, people have been trading right with Al White.
2/1/17 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Dusty Todd — Pizza Winner!
Jeanne Elrod, 96
Daphne Freeman
2/3/17 — Martha Jane Dickey
Martha Jane Dickey, 60, a resident of Tullahoma, TN passed away on Monday,
January 30, 2017 at her residence. Memorial Services will be held Friday,
February 3, 2017 at 11 AM at Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home with visitation
from 10 AM until the service time.
A native of Murfreesboro, she was the daughter of the late Bob Lynch and
Margie Louise Clinard Lynch of Tullahoma. Martha lived and raised her
family in Buchanan, MI but relocated to Tennessee in 2007 to be close to
her parents. She loved her family, especially her grandchildren. She
enjoyed cooking, reading and watching sports. She was an avid Peyton
Manning and Notre Dame fan. She also enjoyed her plants and had a “Green
Thumb”.
In addition to father, she was preceded in death by one sister, Peggy
Glisner.
Martha is survived by her mother, Margie Louise Lynch of Tullahoma; two
sons, Christopher Mondschein and his wife, Lindsay of Berrien Springs, MI
and Thomas Mondschein of Buchanan, MI; two brothers, Billy Lynch and his
wife, Mandy of Cookeville, TN and Bobby Lynch of Nashville; seven
grandchildren plus one on the way and close friends, Michelle Pierson and
Cathy Sullivan-Brown, both of Tullahoma.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Tonight is the Night for the Mayor’s Cup
WMS Principal Chad Fletcher shows off the Mayor’s Cup that goes to the winning team tonight
The 2nd annual Mayor’s Cup is scheduled for TONIGHT at 6:30 PM at Westwood Middle School. Teams from the Manchester City School System, the Manchester Police Department and the Manchester Recreation Department will compete in the round robin basketball triple header to crown a champion.
Admission is free but donations are requested at the door and all proceeds will go to benefit the Coffee County Children’s Advocacy Center. The Advocacy Center provides help and counseling to severely abused children in Coffee County. The winner of the tournament will be presented the prestigious Mayor’s Cup trophy.
Last season, the Manchester Police department was crowned the champion as they swept the fire department and school system teams. Tonight’s fun and festivities, along with a LOT of good-natured self-promotion, will get underway at 6:30 PM. Thunder Radio will be on hand to broadcast all the action as Lucky Knott and Rob Clutter will bring you the call here on Thunder Radio.