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Gas Prices continue to Rise
Gas prices are on the rise as Americans prepare for a Labor Day road trip. The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is 9 cents more than last week in Tennessee. Motorists going to the pump will find the highest prices in more than 50 days.
“Gas prices are responding to upward pressure from higher oil prices, refinery issues, and the threat of tropical weather moving into the Gulf of Mexico,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA – The Auto Club Group. “Fuel prices are likely to remain relatively volatile this week, but that’s unlikely to be a major deterrent for travelers heading into Labor Day weekend.”
Labor Day is traditionally the third-most traveled holiday of the summer travel season. An average of 30.3 million Americans took a road trip during the past two Labor Day holiday weekends. During last year’s holiday, a gallon of regular unleaded averaged $2.14 in Tennessee. Should this year’s prices remain below last year’s levels, they would be the lowest Labor Day gas prices since 2004.
In Coffee County this week the low price in Manchester is $1.93 and in Tullahoma the low price per gallon for gas is $1.99.
Man Added to Top 10 Most wanted List
Jereme Dannuel Little… Photo from TBI
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has a new addition to its ‘Top 10 Most Wanted’ list: Jereme Dannuel Little.
Little is wanted by the Chattanooga Police Department and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation for Especially Aggravated Kidnapping. Little has a history of violence and is a known member of the Vice Lords street gang. He should be considered armed and dangerous.
Little, 40, is an African-American man, who stands 6’1” and weight approximately 278 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information about his whereabouts should contact the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND. There is a $1,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.
Tourism Tax dollars top $1B in Tennessee for 10th consecutive year
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Department of Tourist Development Commissioner Kevin Triplett announced Tuesday that Tennessee tourism’s direct domestic and international travel expenditures reached an all-time high of $18.4 billion in 2015, up 3.7 percent over the previous year, as reported by the U.S. Travel Association.
For the 10th consecutive year, tourism topped $1 billion in state and local sales tax revenue, reaching $1.6 billion, up 7 percent over 2014. Tourism-generated jobs for Tennesseans reached 157,400, an increase of 2.9 percent.
Top five counties include Davidson ($5.686 billion), Shelby ($3.196 billion), Sevier ($2.031 billion), Hamilton ($1.016 billion), and Knox ($1.014 billion), were acknowledged during the event for all achieving more than $1 billion in travel expenditures. All 95 counties in Tennessee had more than $1 million in direct travel expenditures; 19 counties saw more than $100 million each.
Tennessee is ranked in the Top 10 destinations in the U.S. for total travel, with more than 105 million in total visitation, a 3.9% increase over 2014.
9/10/16—Coffee County Democrats meet
COFFEE COUNTY DEMOCRATS
SEPTEMBER 2016 MEETING
Saturday, September 10, 2016
9:00 am
Community Room
Coffee County Administrative Plaza
1329 McArthur Street, Manchester TN
With Special Guest Speaker
TENNESSEE STATE REPRESENTATIVE
SHERRY JONES
For more information, contact the CCDP at
coffeecountydemocrats@hotmail.com
or calling 931.247.3692.
Quick’s School Record Round Lifts Lady Raider Golf to a Win on Monday
Senior Savannah Quick tees off on Monday at Willowbrook(Photo by John StClair – JohnStClairPhoto.com)
Senior Savannah Quick tied a school record 4 under par on Monday to lead the Coffee County Central High School Lady Raider golf team to a big win over Cookeville at Willowbrook. The Red Raiders fought through the heat and some bad luck to finish 32 strokes behind the Cavaliers in the non-region head-to-head matchup. The girls earned a season sweep over the Lady Cavaliers while the Red Raiders could not avenge a pair of earlier losses to the talented Cookeville boys.
The Lady Raiders improved their record to 27 and 3 on the season with a 143 to 197 win over the Lady Cavs. Senior Savannah Quick’s 4 under round tied her for the all-time school record interestingly enough with her 2 teammates. Sophomore Ashley Gilliam and senior Sophie Vinson share that record with Quick. Gilliam added a 3 over 75 on Monday to give the Lady Raiders an 18 hole team score of 1 under par.
Senior John Parigger prepares to hit a fairway shot on Monday at Willowbrook(Photo by John StClair – JohnStClairPhoto.com)
For the Red Raiders, it was a tough day against one of the best programs in the state as they fell 293-325. Senior John Parigger led Coffee County with a 5 over 77. Austin Farris shot an 81, Reid Lawrence carded an 83 and Samuel Prater got around in 84. The loss drops the Raiders’ team record to 31 and 7 on the year with 3 of those losses coming at the hands of Cookeville.
The Coffee County golf teams will be back in action on Wednesday when they play host to the Willowbrook Invitational. The Willowbrook Invitational will have a field of 27 teams (15 boys and 12 girls) in a strong and deep field of talented golfers. The shotgun start is scheduled for 9 AM and the public is invited to attend.
Sounds Walk-Off on BJ Boyd’s Single in 11th
BJ Boyd’s single in the bottom of the 11th inning scored Joey Wendle from second base to give the Nashville Sounds a walk-off 3-2 win over the Iowa Cubs in front of 7,450 fans Monday night at First Tennessee Park.
With one out, Wendle hit a bouncing ball up the middle for a single to give the Sounds a runner. His 14th stolen base of the season put him in scoring position.
After Rangel Ravelo worked a walk, Boyd lined a 1-2 pitch from Jose Rosario into left-center field for the game-winner.
The win put the Sounds at 81-56 and a season-high 25 games over .500. It was their 10th walk-off win of the season.
Iowa got on the board first with a single tally in the fourth. Chris Coghlan and Jeimer Candelario collected back-to-back doubles to make it a 1-0 game.
In the fifth, John Andreoli doubled off the right-center wall to drive in Munenori Kawasaki from second to give the Cubs a 2-0 lead.
The Sounds used a pair of doubles of their own to even the game in the home half of the fifth. With one out, Wendle doubled to right-center to start the rally. Ravelo immediately followed with a double to left-center to trim the deficit to 2-1.
After Boyd bounced out for the second out of the inning, Josh Rodriguez dunked a soft single into right field to score Ravelo with the tying run. Rodriguez has 15 RBI over his last 10 games.
Sounds starter Raul Alcantara allowed two runs on six hits and got a no decision. As did Josh Collmenter who went five innings and allowed two runs for the Cubs.
It stayed 2-2 until the 11th inning thanks to both bullpens. Angel Castro, Bobby Wahl and Eduard Santos combined to throw six scoreless innings in relief for Nashville. Castro went three, Wahl put up a zero in the ninth and Santos earned the win after two frames.
Wendle went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and has seven multi-hit games over his last nine contests.
The Sounds have three regular season home games left at First Tennessee Park.
Game two of the four-game series is scheduled for Tuesday night at First Tennessee Park. Right-hander Daniel Gossett makes his Triple-A debut for the Sounds against right-hander Drew Rucinski (6-14, 6.03) for the Cubs. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.
Tickets for the 2016 Pacific Coast League playoff dates at First Tennessee Park are now available for purchase at the Nashville Sounds box office and online at www.nashvillesounds.com. The 2016 season is the Sounds’ 19th year in the Pacific Coast League and their second as the Oakland Athletics’ top affiliate.
9/1/16 — Marion Montgomery, Jr.
Marion Montgomery Jr., 78, a resident of Tullahoma, TN passed this life
peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Monday, August 29, 2016 at
his home. Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, September 1, 2016
at 2 PM at the Calvary Apostolic Church of Jesus, 151 Parham Blvd,
Tullahoma, TN. with Bro. Joe Hill officiating. Burial will follow at
Maplewood Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Wednesday, August
31, 2016 from 5 – 9 PM at the church.
Mr. Montgomery, a native of Tullahoma, was the son of the late Francis
Marion and Mae O. Lawson Montgomery. He was a U S Navy veteran serving as
a communications technician from 1955 until his retirement in November
1974. While stationed in Winter Harbor, Maine, he meet his future wife,
Maybelle Norwood of Bar Harbor, Maine and they were married after dating
for two weeks. This marriage lasted for over 57 years. After retiring from
the Navy, he also was employed by Applied Machine Technology and Schmiede
Corporation and also did consulting. Mr. Montgomery was a member of the
Calvary Apostolic Church of Jesus and enjoyed bowling and fishing. He most
of all loved his family and was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather
and great grandfather.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers,
Frank, Eugene and Harold Wayne Montgomery and four sisters, Bessie Lee
Lawson, Atoma Lorene Sons, Frances Dow and Annie Lou Montgomery.
Mr. Montgomery is survived by his wife, Maybelle Montgomery of Tullahoma;
two sons, Timothy Montgomery and his wife, Louann of Bloomington, IN and
Gary Montgomery and his wife, Carol Ann of Tullahoma; four daughters,
Sherri Lightner and her husband, Johnny of Mulberry, Susan Sims and her
husband, Eddie of Manchester, Denise Pollock and her husband, Mike of
Athens, TN and Joleen Raby and her husband, Adam of Tullahoma; twenty two
grandchildren; twenty five great grandchildren; one great great grandchild
on the way and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations will be accepted in his honor to the
Marion Montgomery Jr. fund at Traders Bank.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
9/1/16 — Wilma Bailey Hesketh
WILMA BAILEY HESKETH, Age 95, of Tullahoma, Tenn., a native of Franklin County, Tenn., departed this life on Monday, August 29, 2016, at the home of her daughter in Wartrace, Tenn. Ms. Hesketh was born in Franklin County, Tenn. to the late Walter and Ardie Lee Bean Bailey. She was a homemaker. Ms. Hesketh is a member of the Calvary Baptist Church. Ms. Hesketh enjoyed sewing and crocheting before her health wouldn’t allow her to do so.
In addition to her parents, Ms. Hesketh was preceded in death by her husband, Clifford Roy Hesketh, daughter-in-law, Debra Hesketh and grandson, Bruce Brewer. She is survived by her daughter, Reba Hesketh Driver and husband, Donnie of Wartrace, Tenn., Son, Dale Hesketh of Winchester, and sister, Nora Mae Bulkhalter also of Winchester. 12-Grandchildren and 12-Great-grandchildren.
Visitation for Ms. Hesketh is scheduled for 5:00-8:00 P.M. Wednesday evening, August 31, 2016, in the Chapel of Grant Funeral Services. Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, September 1, 2016, with Bro. Randy Alexander, officiating. Family will serve as pallbearers. Interment will follow in the Winchester Memorial Park beside her late husband Clifford.
GRANT FUNERAL SERVICES IN CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS
8/29/16 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Sydney Brown, 11 — Pizza Winner!
Franes Brown, 86
Kathy Nordgren
Delreine Barns
Alison Elam, 15
Daylon Todd
8/28/16 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Jennifer Vandusen — Pizza Winner!
Kierstyn Montgomery