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03/28/15
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Hinshaw Homers In Lady Raider Win
CHS shortstop Haley Hinshaw
Another great performance by Brianna Jones spurred the Coffee County Lady Raiders to a 7-0 win in seven innings over Franklin County on Monday.
Jones struck out 15 hitters en route to the win. Coffee County is now 10-1 on the season.
Six runs in the first three innings helped the Lady Raiders blow out Franklin County. A wild pitch and during the first inning and an RBI single by Brittany Williams and an RBI single by Jones in the second inning supplied the early offense for the Lady Raiders.
Haley Hinshaw reached base three times in the game for Coffee County. She scored two runs and had one RBI. She homered in the seventh inning.
The Lady Raiders will host Tullahoma Thursday night and you can hear the game live on Thunder Radio beginning at 6:50pm.
Tennis Teams Compete In Sparta
CHS Lady Raider tennis player Karlee Reed
The Coffee County girls tennis team defeated White County on Monday, 6-3. Winners included Karlee Reed, Alex Crossland, Maddie Taylor and Ali Shelton in singles action and in doubles. Reed/Taylor and Kayla Wright and Ali Shelton were winners over White County.
The boys lost 9-0.
The two teams play at Lincoln County on Tuesday.
4/4/15 ——- Bertie Frances Hale
Mrs. Bertie Frances Hale, age 88 of Manchester, Tennessee, passed from this life on Sunday, March 29, 2015 surrounded by her loving family.
Mrs. Hale was preceded in death by her husband Harvey R. Hale, and parents, Samuel Houston and Sallie Eugenia Harris Lasater.
She is survived by two daughters, Judy Jackson, Jennifer Miller, Richard Hale, Steve Hale and wife Lou all of Manchester, Tennessee, one brother, Sam Lasater and wife Reba of Cookeville, Tennessee, seven grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren.
Mrs. Hale was an avid reader who read three to four books weekly. She enjoyed sewing and cooking and spending time with her grandchildren. Her time with family and friends was most dear to her. She will be missed by all who knew her.
Visitation with the Hale family will be held on Saturday, April 4, 2015 from 10:00 AM until 12:00 Noon at the Coffee County Funeral Chapel, Manchester, Tennessee.
Private Memorial Services will be held at a later date.
COFFEE COUNTY FUNERAL CHAPEL IS HONORED TO SERVE THE FAMILY OF MRS. BERTIE L. HALE.
Westwood Softball Drops Home Opener to Liberty on Monday
Westwood first baseman Haley Miller bats in Monday’s game against Liberty
The Lady Rockets softball team hosted their first home game of the year on Monday as they welcomed Liberty to Lady Rocket Field. The Lady Rockets battled back from an 8 to 3 deficit in the 5th inning to make the score 8 to 7 and kept it at that score going into the 7th. At that point, the Lady Patriots banged out 7 hits as they batted around twice to defeat the Lady Rockets. Sarah West and Haley Miller each had 2 hits apiece and an RBI to lead the Lady Rockets. Westwood plated 4 runs in the 5th inning as Danielle Baker, West, Miller and Carlee Sullivan had consecutive hits. Sullivan got the start in the circle for Westwood and had 7 strikeouts. She was relieved in the later innings by Hallie Wimberley and Avery Whitsett.
Fire Takes Down Coffee County Home
Heavy smoke covered the New Union community on Saturday as fire destroyed a home… Photo provided
Eric Smith and Cassie Hudson Smith lived in the home along with their 3 small children. The family escaped but they lost everything to the blaze.
New Union Fire Chief Sammy Morton said the home was fully engulfed when they arrived. He said all county volunteer departments and the Manchester ladder truck were called to the scene to assist.
No injuries but family loses everything… Photo by Barry West
If you can help in any way the Smith family would appreciate it. Monitory donations can be dropped off at Traders National Bank, 1207 Hillsboro Blvd. in Manchester, TN.
Drop Off location for other items:
615 Powers Road
Manchester, TN
Kids Info:
2T for little boy
6/7 girl
8 for boy
Eric/Cassie Info:
M/L
14/16
The cause of the fire is under investigation. See additional photo below.
4/1/15 —- Margie Louella Naron
Funeral services for Mrs. Margie Louella Naron, age 85, of Manchester will be conducted Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 10:00 AM at Coffee County Funeral Chapel with Brother Tim McGehee, Brother Doyle Sherrill and grandson, Mr. Kyle Barrett officiating.
Interment will follow at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at the funeral home.
Mrs. Naron passed away Saturday, March 28, 2015 at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN surrounded by her loving family.
She was born May 9, 1929 in Stone Mountain, Georgia the daughter of the late Herbert Glosson and Minnie Mae McDaniel Glosson.
In earlier years, Mrs. Naron assisted her husband H.C. Naron, in the poultry farming industry with Tyson Foods. She and her husband were avid tennis players until his death in July 2009. Since then, Mrs. Naron has been a dedicated volunteer with Manchester Health Care Center where she assisted with recreational activities with residents whom she loved caring for. She also loved flower gardening and yard work. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who will be dearly missed by all who knew her. Mrs. Naron was a longtime member of Grace Baptist Church and was a member of the Helping Hands Sunday School Class.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, H. C. Naron, July 12, 2009 and several brothers and sisters.
Survivors include three loving daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda and Daniel Sullivan of Shelbyville, TN; Kathy and Sam Clark of Manchester, TN and Reita and Russ Barrett of Tullahoma, TN; five grandchildren, Glen Fletcher and wife, Beckie; Adam Clark and wife, Melissa; Katie Clark; Kyle Barrett and wife, Shannon; and Amy Northcutt and husband, Rob; two step-grandchildren, Carrie White and husband, Keith and Rebecca Townes and husband, Andy; and eleven great-grandchildren. Also surviving is a sister, Jo Mangrum and husband, L.D. of Shelbyville, TN and a brother, Hugh Glosson and wife, June of Fayetteville, TN and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and loving friends.
Coffee County Funeral Chapel is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Margie L. Naron
Unemployment Rates Drop In All Counties
County unemployment rates for February show the rates decreased in all 95 counties.
Coffee County went from 6.7 to 5.9 percent. 23,290 people are employed in Coffee County and 1,470 are currently without a job in the county.
Warren County’s unemployment rate for February was 6.4 percent it was 7.3 in January. Grundy County dropped from 10.0 percent to 8.7. In Cannon County they went from 7.0 percent to 6.0 percent. Down in Franklin County they dropped from 6.4 to 5.7%. Moore fell from a January rate of 5.8 to 5.1 in February. Our friends in Bedford County saw their rate fall from 7.5% to 6.8%.
Williamson County had the state’s lowest unemployment at 4.3 percent, while Clay County had the highest at 11.1 percent.
Burning Debris? Permit Needed Until May 15
The winter storms hit hard on Tennessee’s landscape.
Heavy ice brought down limbs and trees across the state. Brush pile burning is one of the best ways for landowners to clean up woody debris from the storms.
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry is reminding citizens that outdoor burning requires a permit through May 15.
“Burning woody debris from the ice storms is an efficient way of getting rid of such material,” State Forester Jere Jeter said. “However, it is very important that citizens be safe when conducting a debris burn. Obtaining a burn permit in advance of outdoor burning is our way of making a landowner aware of when, where, and how it is safe to burn.”
If you are burning a leaf or brush pile that is smaller than 8 feet by 8 feet in size, log on to www.burnsafetn.org to secure a permit.
For a larger burn, apply for a permit by calling your local Division of Forestry burn permit phone number Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. In Coffee County call (877) 731-2221.
Burn permits are free. Residents should check with their city and county government for any local restrictions.
Hope for Protecting Children from Kidney Disease
A groundbreaking study identifies some treatable factors associated with chronic kidney disease in children, which could potentially prevent them from having to undergo costly and painful interventions such as dialysis and transplants. Photo credit: Natureworks/morguefile
Dr. Bradley Warady of Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., is the co-principal investigator on the study, which followed nearly 500 children with chronic kidney disease over ten years. Warady says many people don’t realize that kidney disease can have a profound effect on a child’s growth and development.
“Not only can you develop an inability to remove waste products and fluids, but you may be very short, you may have poor nutrition, you may have poor growth,” he explains. “So, it impacts the global development of the child.”
Warady says the risk factors investigators uncovered – including high blood pressure, anemia and protein loss – are treatable, and the hope is that addressing those issues will keep kidney disease from progressing so that children can avoid having to go through dialysis or organ transplants.
Chronic kidney disease is not as common in children as it is in adults, but Warady notes it can be much more challenging to treat. He says the good news is that many of the underlying issues investigators uncovered can be successfully managed.
“If we can do that, maybe – I can’t say for sure yet, but maybe – we have a chance of altering the progression or the worsening of chronic kidney disease,” he says.
The study, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health, is published in the National Kidney Foundation’s American Journal of Kidney Diseases.