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Two People Injured In a Manchester Head-On Collision
Crash scene photo by Barry West
The driver of one of the vehicles, 78 year-old James L Slagle of Manchester and 68 year-old Candice Slagle were injured and taken by Coffee County EMS to Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma for treatment of their injuries.
The driver of the other vehicle, 43 year-old John N Jones of Manchester was uninjured.
The Manchester Fire Department assisted at the scene.
Let The School Bells Ring
It’s back to school time. The new school year begins Friday (July 31) for students in the Manchester city school system as they have registration for one hour and the first full day of classes is set for Monday (August 3).
Students that attend school in the Coffee County system will have an abbreviated day on Tuesday, August 4 and the first full day of classes will be Thursday, August 6.
The Tullahoma school system began their 2015-16 school term with the first full day of classes on Wednesday.
8/1/15 —- Mary Frances Dunckelman Rabb
Mary Frances Dunckelman Rabb, a retired school teacher & guidance counselor, active church member, and creative civic leader, died Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at the home of her son, Greg Rabb, in Winchester, Tennessee.
She was a native of Raceland and a resident of Larose for the past 54 years. Mary was 77 years old.
She graduated from Raceland High School in 1955 as its Valedictorian. She was also the homecoming queen, cheerleader, editor of the yearbook staff, 4H club president, and a member of the volleyball and basketball teams. She then attended and graduated from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. While attending Northwestern, she met and married John Hughes Rabb of Shreveport. After graduation, the young couple moved to New Orleans where Mary taught in the Orleans Parish School system for one year. They returned to Northwestern and obtained their Master’s Degrees in 1961. They then moved to Larose where they became teachers at Larose Cut-Off High School. Mary was a Geometry teacher and guidance counselor. As senior class sponsors at LCO High School, they helped students present the first Senior Variety Show and organized the first senior class trip, accompanying students on an educational bus/train tour of Washington, D.C. and New York City. When South Lafourche High School was opened in 1966, Marybecame a full time guidance counselor. She and John continued the tradition of Senior class sponsorship, variety show directors, and class trip chaperones.
After many years of teaching,Mary entered the business world and opened a clothing store called “The Greenhouse” in Larose. Later, she returned to teaching at Larose Cut-Off Junior High School where she finally retired.Mary and John enjoyed nothing more than spending time on the Farm in Winchester and traveling with their grandchildren Will and Kelly from the Great Smokey Mountains to The Colorado River.
Mary was an active member of the Bayou Civic Club, serving on its Board of Directors for several terms. She was also elected to their Hall of Fame. She remained active in the organization and was a great mentor to several of the organization’s directors. Mary was a member of Krewe of Versailles and was Queen VIII with King Leonard Chabert.
Mary was an active parishioner of Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church in Larose. She served on the Pastoral Council, Liturgy Committee, and was one of the creative people who decorated the church each season. She was a youth minister, confirmation leader, Eucharistic Minister, and scheduled ministers, ushers, lectors & commentators for the Sunday evening mass every week.
Mary is survived by her son, Gregory Dunckelman Rabb, daughter-in-law, Mary Kay Comeaux Rabb, grandson, Will René Rabb & fiancé, Shaina Arp, granddaughter Kelly Rabb Bolin & husband, Kason Bolin, and great granddaughter, Charleigh Bolin.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John Hughes Rabb, daughter, Kelly Elizabeth Rabb, and parents, Florence Dill Dunckelman and William Francis Dunckelman.
Mary will be remembered for her dedication to the causes of youth. She was an advocate of young people and devoted her life, along with her husband, John, to their behalf. Both John and Mary made every young person they touched feel special.
A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 1:00 p.m. on August 1, 2015 in Larose at Our Lady of the Rosary Church.
Visitation will begin at 9:30 until funeral time.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be forwarded to Kelly Grove Campground of the Larose Regional Park, PO Box 1055, Larose, LA., 70373 or Maryand John Rabb Memorial Scholarship Fund, 135 West 25th Street, Larose, LA 70373.
Grant Funeral Services in charge of arrangements.
7/28/15 —- Carliss Dale Blackwell
Mr. Carliss Dale Blackwell, age 75, of Manchester, passed away on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at Unity Medical Center in Manchester.
No services are planned at this time.
Mr. Blackwell was born in Homer, LA, the son of the late Wesley Carliss and Ouida Lynch Blackwell.
He served his country in the United States Navy. He was a self-employed cabinet maker, who loved woodworking and spending time with his beloved grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, Dale was also preceded in death by one sister, Faye Yvonne Hughes.
He is survived by his loving wife, Wilma Colwell Blackwell of Manchester; two sons, Christopher Dale Blackwell of Manchester and Troy Ryan (Stephannie) Blackwell of Tazewell, TN; two brothers, Barry Blackwell of Tullahoma and Joe Lynch Blackwell of Lake Wylie, NC; and two grandchildren, Noah Kaobie Blackwell and Allie Marie Blackwell.
Manchester Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Busy Weekend for Prep Football
Friday night football returns as the Westwood Rockets and Coffee County Middle School Raiders will take part in scrimmages on the road on Friday evening.
The Raiders of Coffee County Middle School will travel to Smyrna on Friday afternoon for a scrimmage with Rock Spring Middle School. The Raiders are also looking to take part in a jamboree next weekend at Grundy County. Head coach Brock Freeze will be a guest on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show to recap Friday’s scrimmage and preview the upcoming season. The Raiders open the season at home on Tuesday, August 11th against Whitwell. That game kicks off at 6:30 PM and Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast as part of “Hometown Tuesday”
The Rockets, coming off of Thursday night’s Blue/White game, will travel to Wartrace to take part in the Cascade Jamboree. The Rockets will take on Mt. Pleasant at 6:30 PM. Head coach Chad Dyer will be a guest on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show to recap Friday’s jamboree and preview the upcoming season. The Rockets open the season at Moore County on Thursday, August 6th. The first home game for Westwood will be Thursday, August 13th against Fayetteville. That game kicks off at 6:30 PM and Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast as part of “Hometown Tuesday”
Not to be outdone, the Coffee County Central High School Red Raiders will hold an inter-squad scrimmage on Saturday morning at 9 AM on the CHS practice field. The Raiders are scheduled to take on Grundy County in a scrimmage game on Friday, August 7th at 6:00 PM at Coalmont. The Raiders open the regular season on Friday, August 21st against Tullahoma. Thunder Radio will continue to bring you EVERY Coffee County game this season as Lucky Knott, the voice of the Red Raiders, brings you the action.
CHS Volleyball Prepares for Busy Weekend
The Coffee County CHS volleyball team has a busy weekend planned as they continue their preseason preparations. The Lady Raiders will host their Alumni Game on Friday night at 6:00 PM at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym. The public is invited to come out and watch the new crop of Lady Raider volleyball players as they take on some familiar faces from the past. Former volleyball players are invited to attend and participate. The CHS volleyballers will also be taking signups for the Volleyball Youth League beginning at 5:00 PM. The Coffee County Volleyball Youth League is for girls in grades 4th thru 6th.
On Saturday, the Lady Raiders travel to Chattanooga to compete in the Choo Choo Classic Play Day held at Red Bank. The Lady Raiders open play at 10 AM EDT against Oak Mountain. They follow that up with games against Cookeville at noon, Sale Creek at 1, Signal Mountain at 3 and the host Red Bank Lions at 4:00 PM EDT.
07/29/15
Birthdays:
Christy Riggs Tensfield – 39 – Pizza Winner!
Sue Reid
Lelan Perry – 42
Brenda Pinnegar
07/28/15
Birthdays:
Patricia Stotts – Pizza Winner!
Patsy Harmon – 66
Aidin Alonnea – 11
Harold Howard
Anniversaries: Kevin & Patti Carter – 26th!
Lady Raider Soccer Play Day is Saturday
CHS Lady Raider Play Day Schedule – August 1st
Foltynewicz Solid in Return but Braves Shut Out in Finale
Orioles Opening Day starter Chris Tillman continued his dominant second half, pitching 8 2/3 scoreless innings as Baltimore completed the sweep with a 2-0 win over Atlanta Wednesday night.
The O’s, winners of their last five, recorded their first three-game series sweep since June 26-28 against Cleveland as they find themselves 51-49, just one game out for the second spot in the American League Wild Card.
“We’ve gone through a pretty good stretch here where our guys have been pretty good,” Orioles manager Buck Showalter said of a staff that has gone 4-0 with a 1.25 ERA over the last six games. “It goes without saying it’s something we’re going to need while we try to figure out a way to get better offensively, which we have on a given night. But pitching like we’ve been pitching keeps you in every game. I’ll take my chances with that.”
Tillman, who has allowed one earned run in 23 2/3 innings since the All-Star Break, used solo homers from Jonathan Schoop and J.J. Hardy to record his eighth win of the year. Braves righty Mike Foltynewicz turned in a quality start despite the loss, striking out eight and allowing two runs over six innings.
The righty held Atlanta to four hits in an outstanding effort that marked Baltimore’s longest start of the season. At just 90 pitches through eight innings, Tillman took the mound to a rousing ovation, and exited it the same way after a two-out double from Cameron Maybin.
“I felt my command was good from the get-go,” said Tillman, who is 3-0 with a 1.09 ERA over his last six games. “Better arm side than glove side. My changeup is what got me through that start. I made some good pitches early and late, when need be.”
“You have to tip your cap to those guys, but … I would rather give up solo shots than a couple two or three-run home runs there, which I could have given up,” Foltynewicz said.
Atlanta ran into a red-hot Tillman, picking up just four hits during Wednesday night’s shutout. The Braves were held to just four runs for the series, and collected just five runs in their last series against the Cardinals.
Shelby Miller (5-7, 2.27 ERA) will take the mound Thursday at 6:05 p.m. CT when Atlanta begins a four-game series against the Phillies. Miller has taken the loss in his last three outings, and he’ll aim to pick up his first win since May 17 against the Marlins. He’s coming off a 7 1/3 inning performance where he gave up one run on two hits in a loss to the Cardinals. THunder Radio will have the broadcast of the game beginning at 6:00 PM