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4/15/14 —- Michael Brian Fann

Michael Brian Fann, age 48, passed away on April 12, 2014 at his home in Hillsboro, Tennessee.

Brian, Manager of Midstate Collison, was born in Murfreesboro, TN to his father, the late Gaylen H. Fann and mother, Janet Ann McAlpin-Fann of Manchester, TN who survives.

He is also survived by Gina Fann, the mother of his daughters, Brandi R. Fann-Leeder and her husband Ben of Manchester, TN, Brooke M. Fann and Baylee A. Fann both of Hillsboro, TN; sisters, Gaylnn Fann Rayfield of Manchester, TN and Annette Fann Zawacki of Orlando, FL; brothers, Brent Fann, Brad Fann and Brock Fann all of Manchester, TN; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Visitation will be on Monday, April 14, 2014 from 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

The Funeral Service will be conducted on Tuesday afternoon, April 15, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. from the Chapel of Central Funeral Home with Dr. Tom Harbin officiating.

Burial will follow at the Hillsboro Memorial Cemetery.

CENTRAL FUNERAL HOME in Charge of Arrangements.

Will Jail Workhouse Remain Open?–Most Think It Should

Inside new county jail.. Photo by Samantha Watters

The new Coffee County jail is set to open later this year but will the current workhouse remain open?
The workhouse is the portion of the old jail where low-risk inmates sentenced to the work detail program are housed. Sheriff Steve Graves says the new jail is not being built to include a work detail, and that any work detail program must be conducted in a completely separate facility from the jail itself.
Commissioner Rush Bricken and others agreed that since the cities of Tullahoma and Manchester, the Coffee County Rural Solid Waste Department and several non-profits use the free inmate labor to reduce labor costs, it appeared that it should be kept in operation. Graves said he agreed that the program is worth keeping.
At a recent meeting commissioners voted to continue examining the costs and benefits of the work house program.
The new jail is set to be in full operation in December.

Atfer 5 Year Search Man Indicted In Warren County

A man accused of driving a pickup truck that crashed into a motorcycle, killing two people, has been indicted by the Warren County Grand Jury on nine counts, including vehicular homicide.
Harlin Alvarez faces charges in connection with the crash in 2008 that killed Samantha Roach and Billy Lynn Bell.
The sealed indictment charges him with 2 counts of vehicular homicide, reckless vehicular homicide, criminally negligent homicide, leaving the scene of an accident involving fatalities, and driving on a suspended license.
He is being held without bond in the Warren County Jail.
Alvarez was able to elude authorities for five years, but was captured earlier this year in Atlanta as he tried to board a plane for his native Guatemala.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Receives Large Donation

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has received one of its largest cash donations ever, a $2.2 million gift from an anonymous donor.
The money will be used to pay off an existing construction loan that funded a visitor center near the park’s Cherokee, N.C., border, opened in 2011.
Money from the gift will also be used toward a new loan to help construct the 13,000-square-foot Collections Preservation Center scheduled to be finished in fall 2015.
The Knoxville News-Sentinel reports the money will be directed through the Great Smoky Mountains Association, a nonprofit organization that supports the park’s educational, scientific and preservation efforts.
Terry Maddox, executive director of the association, says the anonymous donor loves the national park.

State Leaders Debating Common Core

Tennessee State Capital

Legislative leaders are considering a one-year delay in the testing component for Tennessee’s Common Core education standards.
Last month, a broad coalition of Republican and Democratic House members passed a bill seeking to delay further implementation of the new standards for two years. It also seeks to delay the testing component for the standards for the same amount of time.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reports legislative leaders are discussing a compromise that would delay testing for a year.
Under the proposal, the state Department of Education would put out a “request for proposals” for alternative testing. The state’s current testing program, known as TCAP, would continue in the interim.
The Common Core standards have been voluntarily adopted by 45 states.

Independence Day Celebration Planned For Tullahoma

July 4 may be three months away, but the Tullahoma Kiwanis Club is already planning its 45^th annual Independence Day Celebration and fireworks show for the public at the Tullahoma Regional Airport.
In addition to fireworks, an aerial show will be staged by Keith Davis and his Pitts aerobatic airplane.
While the show is free, the club will be accepting any and all donations to help with the cost of providing the huge fireworks display.
In addition to hearing plans for the Kiwanis celebration, the Tullahoma Airport Authority was told as its meeting that two more events are scheduled for the future at the airport.
One being planned for later this month is a 30-man jump over Tullahoma to be staged by the airport-based Tennessee Sky Divers Club.
The event will attempt to set a state record in the number of people who will jump from two airplanes, link hands and free-fall for a distance, then let go and continue to parachute.
Charles Parish, speaking on behalf of the Beechcraft Museum, told the authority that this year’s annual Beech Party is set for Oct. 15- Oct. 19 at the museum. This year will be the 50th anniversary of the King Air planes.

Big Weekend Of Sports

Austin Harmon and Deontae Williams talk in the on-deck circle before the bottom of the 7th… Photo by Dennis Weaver

Westwood pushed across the winning run in the bottom of the 7th to defeat Huntland 4 to 3 on Saturday in the Play-In game of the Duck River Valley Conference Baseball Tournament. Carlos Medina pitched out of a jam in the top of the 7th with 2 strikeouts as Huntland had 2 runners in scoring position. In the bottom of the 7th, the Rockets got singles from Austin Harmon and Deontae Williams before Dakota Finchum drilled the 1st pitch he saw up the middle to score the speedy Harmon and lift the Rockets to victory. Jeremiah Franklin started the game on the bump for Westwood before Medina came in the 5th inning to get the win. Harmon finished the game 2 for 3 at the plate with 2 runs scored and Finchum was 1 for 2 with 2 RBI. Westwood will take on Fayetteville in the first round of the Duck River Valley Conference Baseball Tournament on Tuesday afternoon at 4:00 PM at Liberty Middle School in Shelbyville.

The CHS soccer team fought to a 1-1 draw on Friday night at Thompson, Alabama in game #2 of their spring break trip. Thompson got a first half goal before Pedro Hernandez punched in the equalizer in the second half off of an assist by Marcos Villegas. The Raiders are nursing some injuries having 2 starters miss most of the contest. The Raiders will return to district action on Tuesday as they will travel to take on Lawrence County for a 6 PM match.

Brianna Jones struck out 20 batters, but it wasn’t enough to carry the Coffee County Lady Raider softball team to a win on Saturday, as the Lady Raiders fell to Dickson County at home 4-2 in 11 innings.
Jones pitched all 11 innings and allowed no earned runs on five hits. Jones leads the state in strikeouts with 190 and she is 3rd in state in earned run average at 0.59. Her 190 K’s is 25th best in the nation.
Bethany Baker led Coffee County at the plate going 4 for 6 and knocked in a run. Jones added two hits.
The Lady Raiders tied the score in the 7th to send the game to extra innings. In the 11th Dickson County scored 3 runs on two Coffee County errors to take the lead. The Lady Raiders score one in the 11th but left the bases loaded. The Lady Raiders left 12 runners on base for the day.
Coffee County will host Lincoln County on Tuesday night at 7pm in a huge District 8-AAA game. You can hear the game live on Thunder Radio.

In Friday night high school baseball action, Central Magnet plated 5 runs in the 4th inning only to see Coffee County battle back to send it to extra innings and steal a road win 8 to 7 in 10 innings in Murfreesboro. Peyton Meeker started the comeback with a 5th inning grand slam and Coffee County added 2 runs in the 6th inning on a Tyler Cavender double. In extra innings, Coffee County pushed 2 runs across on a Cavender single that drove home Trace Freidlein and Meeker singled home Kyle Douglas in the top of the 10th. Douglas pitched the 10th inning in relief to get the win and complete the comeback. On the night, Meeker was 3 for 6 with 5 RBI and Cavender was 4 for 6 with 3 RBI.

John Reese Gilmer gets a hit in a recent game

The Coffee County Red Raider baseball team battled Wilson Central to a 1 to 1 tie thru 4 innings on Saturday at Powers Field, but the visitors plated 8 runs in the last 3 innings to send the Raiders to a 9 to 2 defeat. The Raiders banged out 7 hits on the night, but only 2 in the last 3 innings. Wilson Central roughed up the Coffee County pitchers for 14 hits, including 6 extra base hits. Coffee County was led in hitting by J.P. Duncan who was 3 for 3 on the afternoon. Duncan also recorded the Web Gem play of the day with a diving stop and throw to 1st base in the 2nd inning. The Raiders will travel to Lawrenceburg on Tuesday for a district game. First pitch will be at 5:30 PM.

The CHS track teams competed at the District 8 meet at Tullahoma on Thursday. The Lady Raiders brought home a first place finish as they got points from 10 different athletes.

Top finishers for the girls were:

Heather Fox: 1st – 1600M, 2nd – 800M, 3rd – Triple Jump

Lexee Miller: 1st – Discus, 3rd – High Jump, 4th Long Jump

Taylor Deberry : 1st- 300M Hurdles

Haley Banks: 1st – Shot Put

Karson Young: 2nd- 400M, 2nd – Long Jump, 2nd – Triple Jump

Cameron Davis: 2nd – Discus

Cursten Vaughn: 3rd-200M

Sarah Hollis: 3rd – 800M

McKenzie Anderson: 3rd – 300M Hurdles,

Aerial Williams: 4th – High Jump

Team relays: 4×400 – 1st, 4×200 – 3rd

Top finishers for the boys were:

Anthony Jackson: 1st – High Jump, 2nd – 800M

David Keith: 3rd – High Jump, 3rd-Long Jump, 4th – 400M,

Ben Myers: 5th – 800M

Andrew Rosson: 3rd – 1600M

Parker Smith: 4th – Discus, 5th – Shot Put

4/17/14 —— Carol Jean White Rose

Mrs. Carol Jean White Rose, age 68, of Madison, Mississippi, passed away Friday night, April 11, 2014, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, Mississippi.

Visitation will be Wednesday evening from 6:00PM until 8:00PM at Tullahoma Funeral Home.

Funeral Services will be held Thursday morning at 11:00AM at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Tullahoma, TN.

Graveside Services will be held Thursday afternoon at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, TN.

Tullahoma Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.