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Two New Policeman In Tullahoma

The Tullahoma Police Department is pleased to announce the graduation and certification of our newest Officers. Officer Jamie Norris and Officer Randy Baltimore graduated from the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy in Donelson Dec 20, 2012. Both officers are currently undergoing their post academy training in the Department’s field training program. Norris was a graduate of Coffee County Central High School, 2003. Norris served six years in the United States Army as an Infantryman and served two tours in Iraq. He is a graduate of Motlow State Community college and is currently working on his Bachelor’s Degree in History at MTSU. Baltimore is a 1987 graduate of Tullahoma High School. Prior to his selection as a Police Officer, he worked for 8 years for the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office. He was also a correctional officer with the Tennessee Department of Corrections prior to his employment with Davidson County.

Tullahoma’s Chandler Lawson Finishes In Top 10 In Miss America

Chandler Lawson

Miss Tennessee Chandler Lawson of Tullahoma hit the Miss America jackpot on her 23rd birthday finishing in the top 10 and winning $9,000 in scholarships during the nationally televised finals on Saturday night from the Planet Hollywood Theatre in Las Vegas.
Ms. Lawson received a $7,000 scholarship as a top 10 finisher and was the recipient of a $2,000 Quality of Life grant earlier in the week for outstanding community service in starting 5 Loaves 4 Kids in her hometown of Tullahoma.

Raider Basketball Earns Split With Cumberland County

Addison shoots a 15-foot jumper over the Jets

Missy Jones looks to pass... Photos by Milton Stanley-Manchester Times

Coffee County hosted Cumberland County on Friday night at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial gymnasium in their first district home game of the year. In girl’s play, Coffee County built a 9 point lead going to the 4th quarter and needed all of those points as they fended off a fierce 4th quarter Jet rally to hang on for a 37 to 36 win. With the win, Coffee County improved to 9 and 10 on the year and 2 and 0 in District 6AAA. Coffee County was led in scoring by Katie Reid who had 11 points while Missy Jones added 10. Missy Jones was named the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game.

In the boy’s game, Coffee County waged a 32 minute battle with Cumberland County before falling to the Jets 60 to 58. Coffee County led by 1 as they entered the 4th quarter but Cumberland County opened the final frame on a 10 to 2 run and held off a late Raider rally at the end. Coffee County was led in scoring by Lance Crismond who netted 20 points while Lucas Crismond added 15 points and Addison Carter scored 14 as Addison was named the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game. The loss dropped Coffee to 7 and 11 on the year and their District 6AAA record to 0 and 2.

The Raiders will be back in action on Tuesday as Cookeville will visit “The Patch.” Game time is scheduled for 6 PM with the pregame show beginning at 5:50 here on Thunder Radio.

Motlow Wins By 91 Points

Perrin Buford fires a 3-point shot in a recent game.. Photo by Barry West

The Motlow bucks jumped to a 19-0 lead on Saturday at home against Mid Continent University. The lead would continue to grow to a 43 at half, 65-22. All 15 Bucks would score on the day with 6 hitting double figures in the 91 point win, 134-43. Sean Gardner led the way with 20; Perrin Buford added 18, 11 for Chris Hawkins and 10 each for JC Bonny, Kerrell Davis and Charles Waters.
The 134 points by Motlow is the 2nd most points ever scored by the Bucks.
Motlow at 11-2 on the season travels to Southwest Tn. and Dyersburg on Saturday.

Two More Wins For Coffee County Westling

Coffee County High School (CCHS) 36.0 Riverdale (RIVE) 35.0
285: Lawrence Holcomb, RIVE, pinned Brent Loren, CCHS, 0:47. 106: Victoria Stottlemyer, CCHS, pinned Alex Post, RIVE, 0:10. 113: Patrick Bess, RIVE, forf. . 120: David Tate, CCHS, dec. Amari Thaxter, RIVE, 9-4. 126: Caleb Gentry, RIVE, forf. . 132: Craig McDonough, CCHS, dec. Jame Prisayan, RIVE, 7-5. 138: Zach Lusk, CCHS, dec. Garrett Lawson, RIVE, 3-1. 145: Jonathan Kimbro, CCHS, dec. Jacob Earhart, RIVE, 12-11. 152: Phillip Brown, CCHS, pinned Nate Lane, RIVE, 1:25. 160: Kiley Curtis, CCHS, pinned Antonio Alexander, RIVE, 2:32. 170: Sean Kennedy, RIVE, tech. fall Brian Oliver, CCHS, 0:00 17-0. 182: Pedro Steele, CCHS, forf. . 195: Philip Martin, RIVE, pinned Alexander Escobar, CCHS, 1:12. 220: Scott Boykin, RIVE, pinned Jordan Wilson, CCHS, 2:47.

Coffee County High School (CCHS) 53.0 Lavergne (LAVE) 30.0
106: Victoria Stottlemyer, CCHS, forf. . 113: Stephanie Trussie, CCHS, forf. . 120: David Tate, CCHS, pinned Thomas Miller, LAVE, 1:01. 126: Cris Alcarado, LAVE, forf. . 132: Craig McDonough, CCHS, forf. . 138: Zach Lusk, CCHS, tech. fall Lemuel Arcibal, LAVE, 0:00 15-0. 145: Jonathan Kimbro, CCHS, forf. . 152: Phillip Brown, CCHS, pinned Cody Simonds, LAVE, 1:28. 160: Trevor Fredrickson, LAVE, inj. def. Kiley Curtis, CCHS, . 170: Jake Meguiar, LAVE, pinned Brian Oliver, CCHS, 5:36. 182: Pedro Steele, CCHS, pinned Mikal Taylor, LAVE, 2:28. 195: Brian Sarpong-Asiedu, LAVE, pinned Alexander Escobar, CCHS, 2:28. 220: Jordan Wilson, CCHS, pinned Christopher Hailey, LAVE, 0:59. 285: Evan Walker, LAVE, pinned Brent Loren, CCHS, 2:22.

Vandy Falls Hard

Marshawn Powell scored 17 points and BJ Young added 14 as Arkansas pulled away for a 56-33 win over Vanderbilt.
Sheldon Jeter had 8 points to lead the Commodores (6-8, 0-2), who matched their season low for points.
Vanderbilt will host Ole Miss Tuesday night at 8pm.

Preds To Open At Home Saturday

The Nashville Predators will open the season Jan. 19 hosting the Columbus Blue Jackets followed by a second straight home game against St. Louis before hitting the road for two weeks under a 48-game schedule released Saturday night by the NHL.
The Predators play Columbus and Chicago five times but only four against Detroit and St. Louis. How much that helps the Predators, the West’s No. 4 seed last season, reach the playoffs for the eighth time in nine seasons remains to be seen. But Nashville is 31-5-3 against Columbus since the 2006-07 season.
Nashville will play all other Western Conference teams three times each, hosting Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Phoenix and Dallas twice. That puts the Predators traveling to Minnesota, Colorado, Anaheim, Los Angeles and San Jose twice.
Hear Predators hockey on Thunder Radio presented by Gateway Tire and Service.

01/11/13

Birthdays:

Sherry Grosch – Pizza Winner!

Mollie Metts – 22,  Nadine Whitt – 52,  Becky Mears – 23,  Melody Malone – 43,  George Gannon – 42,  Zoe Anthony – 5.

Weekly Birthday Winner Birthday Cake from Food Lion:  James Goldston

Weekly Anniversary Winners Flowers by Michael:  Gerald & Kathy Basham

01/10/13

Birthdays:

Robert Timothy Garrett. Sr. – 59 – Pizza Winner!

Evelyn Ticho.

Anniversaries:  Jimmy & Becky Prince – 32nd!!

1/13/13 — C.A. “Bud” McAlister, Jr.

Funeral services for Mr. C.A. “Bud” McAlister, Jr., age 87, of Manchester will be conducted Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 3:00 PM at the First Baptist Church Manchester with Dr. Brenton Cox officiating.

Burial will follow at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens with Naval Military Honors.

Visitation will be held Saturday evening from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Coffee County Funeral Chapel.

Mr. McAlister passed away Friday, January 11, 2013 at the Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro.

He was born September 5, 1925 in Knoxville, Tennessee the son of the late Charles Abram McAlister, Sr., and Ruth Dimple Miller McAlister.  Upon finishing school, Bud entered the United States Navy on December 27, 1943 and achieved the rank of Radioman Second Class.  He served during WWII on the USS LSM 117 and received the American Area Ribbon, the Asiatic Pacific Area Ribbon, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon and the Victory Medal.  He was honorably discharged on May 10, 1946 and returned home to Knoxville where he met his soon to be bride, Mary Jane Smith.  The two courted from May until October and married on October 12, 1946. In the early 1950’s the family moved to Manchester, where Bud was employed at ARO, now AEDC.  He retired in 1988 after 33 years of service as Supervisor of Communications.  In earlier years, Bud was instrumental in starting Little League Baseball in Manchester and served on the Manchester City School Board for over 10 years.  He was the last surviving Charter Member of the Manchester Lion’s Club. Bud enjoyed riding his bicycle, bowling, working on his computer, watching UT Football and the Lady Vols and most of all spending time with is grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  He also had a gift for woodworking having made several special items such as a cradle and quilt racks for his family.  He was a devoted  member of First Baptist Church for 59 years.  Bud will be dearly missed by all who have known him and his smile.

He is survived by his loving wife of 66 years, Mary Jane Smith McAlister of Manchester; four daughters, Teresa Lynn McAlister Brown and husband, Leonard of Hendersonville, TN; Susan McAlister Jernigan and husband, Mike of Tullahoma, TN; Robin McAlister Shofner and husband, Jack of Manchester; and Anita McAlister Callaway and husband, Mike of St. Simons Island, GA; twelve grandchildren, Rob, Chad and Ryan Clayton, Kell Jernigan, Tracey Dimon, Kristen Fishback, Camille Hatfield, Whit Shofner, Justin Callaway, Kimberly Rodenberg, Courtney Callaway and Allie Royal; and six great-grandchildren.  Also surviving are a sister, Catherine Galyon of Knoxville, TN and a brother, Donald G. McAlister of Oak Ridge, TN and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and loving friends.

The family suggests memorial contributions be made in Memory of Bud to the First Baptist Church “Finish the Work” Building Fund Project, 1006 Hillsboro Blvd, Manchester, TN or to the Manchester Lion’s Club.

Coffee County Funeral Chapel is honored to serve the family of Mr. C.A. “Bud” McAlister.