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Series Opener In Nashville Postponed
Wednesday night’s game between the Nashville Sounds and Memphis Redbirds at First Tennessee Park has been suspended due to rain. The game will be made up on Thursday as part of a doubleheader that will begin at 6:05 p.m. The second game will follow approximately 30 minutes from the end of the first game and will be a seven-inning contest. The Redbirds will turn to top prospect Marco Gonzalez (0-2, 6.13) in the latter game, while the Sounds will give the ball to Barry Zito (7-7, 3.64).
8/7/15 —– Mary Jo Perry
Mary Jo Perry, age 77 of Manchester, Tennessee passed away, Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at Golden Living in Winchester.
Funeral Services will be held Friday, August 7, 2015 at 3 PM at the Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home Chapel with David Peck officiating.
Burial will follow at Adam Duncan Cemetery in Manchester.
Visitation with the family will be from 12 PM until the service time.
Mrs. Perry, a native of Coffee County, was the daughter of the late Howard Evans and Selena Cathey Byford.
She attended Canvas Community Church in Manchester. She was actively involved in the Right to Life Movement and hosted the March for Jesus in Manchester. She enjoyed attending various women’s retreats and prayer groups. Her favorite activity was spending time with her beloved family.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one son, Randall Evans Perry.
She is survived by one daughter, Debbie Peck and her husband, David of Manchester; one brother, Wendell Byford and his wife, Jean of Manchester; one sister, Roxy Byford of Manchester; four grandchildren, Wendy McGowan and her husband, Mike of Manchester, David Peck and his wife, McKenzie of Roanoake, VA, Randall Evans Perry Jr. and his wife, Carol of Temperance, Michigan and Laura Hicks and her husband, Danny of Michigan and twelve great grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be made to the National Right to Life Organization.
DAVES-CULBERSTON FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS
Tullahoma Police Investigating Car Burglaries
A resident of Country Club Drive in Tullahoma reported to police the theft of items from his vehicle.
Michael Saltzman reported on Monday (Aug. 3) to Officer George Dodson that someone had entered his vehicle took an Apple iPod and Apple iPhone. He told the officer that the items had been in the vehicle when he got out the night before but that it was now gone.
A resident of Point Drive reported to Officer Cody Brandon on Monday that someone entered his vehicle overnight and took his wallet and the money and contents. Tony Buchanan told the officer that he noticed that the glove box had been opened and rummaged through and the only items missing was the wallet and its contents.
Buchanan told the officer that the vehicle was not locked.
The wallet was later located in a vehicle on Lindsey Circle belonging to Lori Wright, it also had been burglarized. The only thing taken in that burglary was about $2 worth of change.
Two Men Get 30 Months in Prison for Illegally Excavating Civil War Artifacts
Kenneth Stephen Fagin, Jr., 39, of South Pittsburgh, Tenn., and Terry Bruce Tate, 61, of Manchester, Tenn., were sentenced on July 30, 2015, by the Honorable Curtis L. Collier, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 30 months in federal prison. Fagin was ordered to pay $22,463.59 in restitution to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and the National Park Service to cover the cost of restoration and repair to the sites. Tate was ordered to pay $21,619.59 in restitution to the TVA. Upon their release from prison, Fagin and Tate will each serve a one-year term of supervised release.
Fagin and Tate pleaded guilty in February 2015 to multiple counts of violating the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA), including violations in the Eastern District of Tennessee, Northern District of Alabama, and Western District of Tennessee. ARPA first became law in 1979 as a way to protect against the loss and destruction of archaeological resources found on public and Indian lands that are an “irreplaceable part of the nation’s heritage.”
From September 2007 to July 2011, Fagin, Tate and others excavated Civil War era artifacts from the bottom of Fort McCook, also known as Battle Creek, which is located on TVA property. Specifically, Fagin, Tate and others recovered Civil War shells, which were pieces of artillery used during the Civil War. Fagin and Tate did not have permits as required under the ARPA nor did they have authority from TVA or any other entity to excavate artifacts from Battle Creek.
In August 2009, Fagin and Tate also excavated Civil War era U-rails from public lands in Bridgeport, Alabama. In March 2010, Fagin and Tate transported and delivered a counterfeit “Sherman Bow-Tie” that was made from Civil War era U-rails that Fagin and Tate excavated from public lands in Bridgeport, Alabama, without permission or authorization.
In August 2010, Fagin also excavated Civil War era artifacts from Shiloh National Military Park, including a .57 cal. three-ring rifle bullet; five fired three-ring rifle bullets and Schenkl artillery shell fragments. Fagin had no permit or authorization from the National Park Service to excavate artifacts from Shiloh National Military Park.
8/8/15 —- Janet Elaine Wiser
Janet Elaine Wiser, age 68 of Shelbyville, Tennessee passed away, Monday, August 3, 2015 at St. Thomas West in Nashville.
Funeral Services will be held Saturday, August 8 at 2 PM at the First Church of the Nazarene in Tullahoma.
Burial will follow at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens.
Visitation with the family will also be at First Church of the Nazarene on Friday, Aug 7 from 5 – 8 PM and Saturday, Aug 8 from 12 – 2 PM.
Mrs. Wiser, a native of Bryan, OH was the daughter of the late Dale and Vivian Grimm Kintner.
She was a registered nurse for 40 years, graduating in 1972 from Olivet Nazarene University with her degree in Nursing. She had a special love for people who were in the later years of life and worked in home health and nursing homes. On August 31, 1974 she married her loving husband of 41 years, Oral Dwight Wiser. Jan was never able to have children of her own, so she and her husband raised four children through foster care and adoption.
Mrs. Wiser was a member of the Mt. Hermon Church of the Nazarene and an ordained Deacon in the Church of the Nazarene. She loved to teach Sunday School and pre-school children.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Patty.
In addition to her husband, Dwight Wiser of Shelbyville, she is survived by her 
children, Bruce Wiser of Dixon Springs, TN, Christina Hobbs, Rebecca Bell and Bobby Tanner all of McMinnville, TN; one brother, Alan Kintner and his wife, Julie of Fredricktown, OH; two sisters, Ann Scott and her husband, Mac of Talford, PA and Joyce Horn and her husband, Bob of Cannon City, CO; twelve grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
DAVES-CULBERSTON FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS
Statewide Decrease In Seat Belt Usage Rate
The Governor’s Highway Safety Office and the Tennessee Highway Patrol have announced a decrease in seat belt use. The new statewide rate has been finalized at 86.2 percent for the month of June. This percentage represents a decrease from the previous usage rate of 87.7 percent.
Governor’s Highway Safety Office Director Kendell Poole said the decrease represents tens of thousands of Tennesseans not wearing a seat belt this year.
Earlier this year, Gov. Haslam signed a bill that will increase Tennessee’s seat belt fine beginning in January 2016. The fine will increase from $10 to $25 for first offenders and from $25 to $50 for subsequent offenses.
As of August 3rd, preliminary statistics indicate 519 people have died on Tennessee roadways, a decrease of 35 compared to this time last year. To date, 47.9 percent of the state’s fatalities have been unrestrained motorists.
Thursday Is Election Day In Tullahoma
Thursday (Aug. 6) is Election Day in Tullahoma. Three people are running for two aldermen seats. Polls open Thursday at 8 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. This is the only local election in 2015.
Early voting ended this past Friday, with 710 residents casting their votes. That is about 6 percent of the registered voters in Tullahoma.
Incumbent aldermen Jimmy Blanks and Sandy Lindeman are seeking re-election and Ray Knowis is also on the ballot for one of the two seats.
According to officials at the Coffee County Election Commission, 11,452 Tullahoma residents are registered to vote in this election.
08/04/15
Birthdays:
Joyce Pelham – Pizza Winner!
Carmille Tritchler
Charles Logan Ledford – 12
Braves Fall to Giants on Late Homer
Hunter Pence’s three-run homer highlighted a four-run, eighth-inning outburst by the San Francisco Giants, who cruised to an 8-3 victory Tuesday night over the Atlanta Braves.
Trailing, 3-2, the Giants pulled even as Gregor Blanco and Matt Duffy doubled to open the eighth. The Braves intentionally walked Buster Posey, who owned a .431 batting average in an 18-game stretch. Up came Pence, who lined David Aardsma’s 1-2 fastball over the left-center-field barrier.
“With Hunter up there, I always have a good feeling,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “That’s why he’s hitting there [behind Posey].”
Atlanta starter Shelby Miller again pitched effectively but to no avail as his winless streak reached 14 games. The right-hander surrendered two runs and four hits in seven innings.
Giants starter Jake Peavy struck out a season-high eight in six innings, which helped him limit Atlanta to one run. Peavy fanned four consecutive Braves during one stretch, which included striking out the side in the fourth inning. He has compiled a 2.00 ERA in his last four outings against Atlanta and, more importantly, a 2.63 ERA in six starts since returning from the disabled list.
With one out and the bases loaded in the top of the sixth inning, Miller appeared to get the ground ball he needed to get out of a tight spot. But when Pence hit a sharp ball to Chris Johnson at first base, Johnson — who lost track of the number of outs — jogged to the bag for the forceout instead of trying for a double play or a throw to the plate. Blanco scored from third on the play and gave the Giants a 2-1 lead.
Unlike Monday, when they squandered a 6-0 lead partly due to wasted scoring opportunities, the Giants maintained their surge after the big eighth inning. They scored twice in the ninth as Nori Aoki homered and Posey bounced a run-scoring single through the left side. Posey’s on pace to drive in 113 runs, which would eclipse his career high of 103 in 2012.
Miller continued his excellent 2015 campaign and settled in against the Giants after allowing a run in the first inning. After the first, Miller held San Francisco to two hits and one run over his final six innings, which included retiring 13 straight batters from the first inning into the fifth. Miller has now held opponents to two earned runs or fewer in 17 of his 22 starts this season.
Madison Bumgarner, San Francisco’s starter in Wednesday’s 6:10 p.m. CT series finale, has worked at least seven innings in seven of his last 10 starts. But he has allowed six homers in his last six outings after yielding 10 long balls in his first 15 starts. Atlanta counters with Williams Perez, who is coming off his worst outing of the season — nine hits and nine earned runs to the Phillies in 4 1/3 innings — after recovering from an ankle injury that required a three-start rehab stint in Triple-A Gwinnett. Perez will try to get back to the form that saw him post a 2.29 ERA through eight starts and one emergency relief appearance. Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast beginning at 6:00 PM
8/4/15 ——- CLARICE ELEANOR “JAKE” GUARD
CLARICE ELEANOR “JAKE” GUARD, age 72, of Decherd, Tenn., formerly of New York, departed this life, Tuesday, August 4, 2015, peacefully at her residence.
Ms. Guard was born in Clifton Springs, New York on July 14, 1943, to the late Clarence and Doris Peace Guard.
She was of the Methodist faith. While raising her children she was a homemaker. When her children were grown she was employed as a seamstress at Balcom Upholstery Company in Shreveport, LA. Her last place of employment was at the 
Family Dollar Store in Haughton, LA. Ms. Guard’s hobbies included sewing, knitting, fishing, gardening, and caring for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by sister, Sharon Smithson, sister-in-law, Lee Guard, grandson, Joshua Short, great great great grandson, Aaden Potter.
Ms. Guard is survived by her children; Jody (Larry) Abbitt of Shreveport, La., Steven (Grace) Kretchmer of Pace, Fla., Robert Kretchmer of Decherd, Tenn., Gary (Lori) Kretchmer of Winchester, Tenn., Shelly (Jason) Shoebrock, Shreveport, La., Paul Kretchmer (Wesley Decontie) of Manor, Tx, 14 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, 3 great-great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-great-grandchild, numerous nieces and nephews.
A private family service will be held at a later date.
Grant Funeral Services in charge of arrangements.