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TN Biotech Company Honored for Compostable Products
Americans throw away an estimated 25 billion foam cups every year. (Adobe Stock)
Knoxville-based Genera Energy was recognized for its partnerships with regional farmers to grow agricultural crops such as switchgrass and wheat straw, which the company then uses to make sustainable fiber.
Vice President for Business Development Sam Jackson says natural fiber-based plates, bowls, cups and take-out containers will be ready by early next year.
“So, we’re making a usable fiber out of our agricultural materials, but it’s in a much more sustainable, environmentally friendly process,” says Jackson. “And then also onsite, we’ll be manufacturing our own line of compostable food-service products, all of which will be fully compostable and fully biodegradable, really aiming at replacing polystyrene or Styrofoam products on the market today.”
The 54th Annual Conservation Achievement Awards ceremony was held in Nashville and honored 17 individuals and businesses across the state.
Another honoree was nine-year-old Cash Daniels of Chattanooga, who organizes monthly river cleanups and is committed to reducing waste.
“Why I clean up the river is because 80% of the ocean’s plastic comes from rivers, and if we don’t clean up the ocean, it will just keep getting worse,” says Daniels. “We pull close to 3,000 pounds of trash out of the river.”
Daniels says he hopes to be a marine biologist when he grows up.
Mike Butler, CEO of the Tennessee Wildlife Federation, points out that as more people move into urban areas, they are less likely to experience the state’s wildlife and natural resources.
“If you go back 40, 50 years ago, you have a lot more people that grew up on farms, and so they saw firsthand what happened if you abused land or water,” says Butler. “Now, it’s a lot more detached.”
Butler says the Federation works on public policy, youth engagement and habitat restoration.
5/28/19 — Jean Edenfield
Jean Edenfield of Tullahoma passed this life on Thursday, May 23, 2019 at
Tennova Harton at the age of 83. Funeral Services are scheduled for
Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at the Wesley Heights United Methodist Church at 7
PM. The family will receive friends beginning at 5 PM. Burial will follow
on Wednesday, May 29 at 1 PM Eastern Standard Time at the Chattanooga
National Cemetery.
Jean, a native of Longview, TX, was the daughter of the late Archie and
Allie Crawford Campbell. She was a teacher and taught in the Coffee County
school system for 35 years, beginning in 1972. She taught at Hillsboro,
Hickerson and New Union. “She loved the children so much. She loved us all
so much.”
Mrs. Edenfield was an avid reader and enjoyed studying Genealogy. She was a
member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by sisters, Ruby and
Lee. She is survived by her husband, Emmett Edenfield of Tullahoma; sons,
Mark Edenfield and his wife, Toni of Johnson City, Gary Edenfield and his
wife, Ana of New Orleans and Peter Edenfield and his wife, Susan of
Chattanooga; sister, Jo Campbell of Tullahoma; niece, Carolyn O’Hara of
Longview, TX; one grandchild, Nathaniel Edenfield of West Palm, FL and one
great grandchild, Ellie. She also accepted her daughter-in-law, Susan’s
children and their children as her own.
As an expression of sympathy, donations may be made in memory of Jean
Edenfield to the Food Bank Program at the Wesley Heights United Methodist
Church, 2101 E Lincoln St, Tullahoma, TN. 37388.
DAVES-CULBERSTON FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS
5/22/19 — John Oscar Yarbrough
JOHN OSCAR YARBROUGH, age 88, of Tullahoma, Tenn., departed this life on Sunday, May 19, 2019, at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Yarbrough was born in Clarksville, Tenn., to the late Oscar Yarbrough and Birdie Elizabeth Carver Yarbrough on October 26, 1930. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving his country during the Korean war. Mr. Yarbrough is a member of the Tullahoma First Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and was a Mentor Life Coach. He was employed for approximately 40 years as General Manager of Natural Gas Utilities. His hobbies included fishing and playing the guitar. He was a loving and caring father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
Mr. Yarbrough was preceded in death by two wives, his first wife and mother of his children was Lillian Yvonne Townsend Yarbrough, in 1983. His second wife was Mackie Sue Davis Short Yarbrough, in 2006, his daughter, Beth Yvonne Yarbrough and son, John Dwayne Yarbrough. He is survived by his daughters, Lynda Gayle Hamilton of Lynchburg, Tenn., Karen Leigh Yarbrough of Manchester, Tenn., and son John Oscar Yarbrough, III of Hawthorne, California. Numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Visitation with the family will be held from 9:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, May 22, at the Tullahoma First Baptist Church. Services are scheduled for 11:00 A.M. immediately following the visitation at the Church with Bro. Herb Hester and Bro. Christian Watts, officiating.
Interment will follow at approximately 3:30 P.M on Wednesday at the Alex Yarbrough Cemetery in Clarksville, Tenn. with Military Honors bestowed.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to your choice of the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718 or The Take a Kid Fishing (TAKF) Foundation, Inc., ATTN: Tersa Holcombe, P.O. Box 1191, Morehead City, NC 28557.
GRANT FUNERAL SERVICES IN CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS
Three Teams From Coffee County Youth Bass Club Qualify for National Tournament
The B.A.S.S. High School Nation has allotted the final number of seats for the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series National Championship. Final qualifier slots were announced by Tennessee Bass Nation High School on Friday. The Coffee County Youth Bass Club garnered 3 slots in the field for the prestigious tournament.
Three boats from the Coffee County Youth Bass Club will be in the field as part of 17 qualifiers for the Central Tennessee Region of the Tennessee Bass Nation High School trail. The teams of Briley Sain/Kaden Freeze, Colby Thurmond/Jacob Garms and Branson Wells/Dawson Wells will represent Coffee County in the August National Championship.
The Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series National Championship presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods will be held on Kentucky Lake in Paris, Tenn. The prestigious national championship for 2019 will take place August 8th thru August 10th. 300 boats from across the nation are expected to take part in the 3 day event.
Nashville Drops Series Opener to Round Rock
The Sounds lost the first game of a six-game series 11-5 on Saturday night against Round Rock. The Express offense was hot, hitting four home runs off Nashville pitchers.
Garrett Stubbs hit a two-run home run to get Round Rock on the board first in the third inning.
Zack Granite hit a triple in the bottom half of the third and scored on a passed ball to give the Sounds their first run of the game.
Round Rock scored five runs in the top of the fourth. AJ Reed hit a two-run homer. Taylor Jones doubled and scored on a Nick Tanielu single. The Sounds would walk in three more runs to extend the Express lead 7-1.
The Sounds scored one in the fourth when Nolan Fontana reached on a fielder’s choice to score Andy Ibanez. It was still 7-2, Round Rock.
Nashville continued to crawl back in the fifth with two more runs. Eli White hit a triple down the left field line that scored Scott Heineman. White would score on a Matt Davidson ground out to cut the Round Rock lead 7-4.
The Express continued to hit as they led off the sixth with back-to-back home runs by Alex De Goti and Kyle Tucker. Reed would get another RBI on a single and he would score on a Taylor Jones double to give Round Rock the 11-4 lead.
White made some noise for Nashville when he hit a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh but that is all the Sounds would get as they lost 11-5 to Round Rock.
Tomorrow’s game will be the first night game on a Sunday this season for the Sounds. With first pitch at 6:35 p.m., Nashville right-hander Phillips Valdez (0-6, 5.50) will face off against Round Rock right-hander Rogelio Armenteros (1-3, 4.91).
Post-Game Notes
– With today’s 8-5 win, the Sounds are now 19-28 on the season.
– Hunter Cole extended his season-long hitting streak to nine games. He is hitting .514 (18-for-35) with 11 runs, two doubles, three home runs and 10 RBI.
– Zack Granite and Eli White tripled tonight, give Nashville their first game with multiple triples in one game.
– Sounds starter Ronald Herrera lasted 3.2 innings, his longest outing of the season.
The 2019 season is the 42nd in Nashville Sounds franchise history and first as the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. Single-game tickets are available now by calling (615) 690-4487 or by visiting www.nashvillesounds.com.
Nashville SC Runs Result Streak to 5 with Draw at Indy
Against one of the elite teams in the USL Championship, on the road, in its seventh match in 21 days, Nashville Soccer Club grinded out a 0-0 against Indy Eleven on Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium. While the match wasn’t always pretty on the turf with football lines, Nashville SC extended its streak without a loss to five straight results.
Nashville’s best look of the match was also its first shot as midfielder Lebo Moloto chipped a ball over the backline in the 16’ minute to forward Tucker Hume who was able to poke a shot on target. The ball found Indy keeper Evan Newton’s leg, however, and was turned aside.
Much of the rest of the match was spent defending as Indy controlled much of the possession at home, with a 62-38 advantage over NSC. The defense held strong however, earning the sixth clean sheet for the season and the fourth for keeper Matt Pickens in eight matches played. The defense held the potent Indy offense to just 10 shots and on three on target in the 90 minutes.
Here are three takeaways from the hard-earned draws.
1) Defense Locking In – It’s taken a bit for Nashville SC’s defense to round into form, but after two consecutive clean sheets and only two total goals allowed in the last four USL Championship matches, it appears that the defense has returned to its 2018 form. The defense has now gone 255 consecutive minutes without allowing a goal. Pickens also appears to be hitting his stride, with four clean sheets in eight starts in net for Nashville.
2) Squad Rotation Continues – With so many matches the last three weeks, head coach Gary Smith made significant changes throughout his Starting XI. Tucker Hume and Ropapa Mensah got their first start as a combination up top in the 3-5-2. MLS-signed midfielder Derrick Jones got his first start in the midfield in a Nashville SC uniform. Smith also opted to go back to three centerbacks against the Indy offense and it worked, limited Indy to just three shots on target.
3) Road Form Shines – Nashville SC has now played seven matches on the road, and has earned results in six of the matches with a 3-1-3 road record. Outside of its loss, a 3-1 defeat at Charleston Battery, Nashville has allowed just three other road goals. It’s a good sign as Nashville will stay on the road for its next two USL Championship matches, at Bethlehem Steel FC and Hartford Athletic.
Nashville remains in second place in the Eastern Conference with the point earned and will have a much deserved break in USL Championship action after a month that saw Nashville play six league matches. The Boys in Gold will return to the USL Championship pitch in 15 days when it plays at Bethlehem Steel FC in Philadelphia on June 9.
5/24/19 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Don Keele — Pizza Winner!
Molly McClana, 76
Food Lion Birthday Cake Winner:
Kolter Grey Kirk, 1
Flowers by Michael Anniversary Winner:
Billy & Angela Rogers, 30
5/26/19–Michael Lewis Bouldin
Funeral services for Mr. Michael Lewis Bouldin, age 60, of Manchester, TN, will be conducted at 12:00 PM on Sunday, May 26, 2019 at Manchester Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Memorial Gardens in Tullahoma, TN. Visitation with the family will be from 10:00 AM until 12:00 PM at the funeral home prior to the service. Mr. Bouldin passed away on Friday, May 24, 2019, at his residence surrounded by his loving family.
Michael was born in Coffee County to the late Arnold and Lillian Bouldin. He was a truck driver for many years. Michael enjoyed watching baseball, basketball, and nascar. He also enjoyed fishing and spending time with his family.
Michael is preceded in death by his father, Arnold Bouldin. He is survived by his mother, Lillian Bouldin; one son, Robert Rosson; two brothers, Rick Bouldin (Karen) and Stevie Bouldin; four grandchildren, Robby Rosson, Levi Rosson, Trevin Rosson, and Raven Rosson.
Manchester Funeral Home is honored to serve the Bouldin Family
Coffee County Track Competes on Thursday at State Track Meet
Macy Tabor clears 4’10” in the high jump on Thursday at the TSSAA State Track Meet
Six athletes from Coffee County Central High School competed on Thursday in the TSSAA Spring Fling state meet at MTSU’s Dean Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium in Murfreesboro. Three Raider harriers competed in the field events in the morning session while the boys’ 4×400 relay team was in action in the running session on Thursday night.
The morning started strong for sophomore Lady Raider Macy Tabor in the high jump. Coming in at a starting height of 4’8” was higher than Macy normally starts but she “felt good” clearing the first height on her 1st attempt. “Maybe I should always start at that height” quipped Tabor after the event. Tabor cleared 4’10” in her 1st attempt before scratching on all 3 attempts at 5’. After reaching the state meet and medaling in middle school, Tabor admitted that the excitement and nerves were pretty high on Thursday. “Normally I don’t get nervous, but today my heart was racing. It sure was an experience” added Tabor.
Trace Bryant clears 10′ in the pole vault on Thursday at the TSSAA State Track Meet
While Tabor was high jumping, Trace Bryant was pole vaulting. After picking up the event in his junior year, this was Bryant’s first exposure to the state meet in the pole vault. After scratching on his 1st attempt, Bryant cleared 9’6” and then backed that up by clearing 10’ on his 1st attempt. When attempting his personal record of 10’ 6”, Bryant scratched all 3 times to finish short of the medal stand. “I definitely think I could have done a whole lot better” said Bryant. “I definitely had an off day; but at the end of the day I made it to state….nothing to bad sad about that” added Bryant.
Chloe Haggard clears a new personal record best of 7′ in the pole vault on Thursday at the TSSAA state track meet
At high noon, the 2 week career of Chloe Haggard in the pole vault hit center stage at MTSU. Haggard, who first trained for the pole vault earlier this month, entered the state meet short on experience but long on athleticism and determination. After opening up with a clean jump at 6’, Haggard turned around and cleared her personal best of 6’6” a mere 3 minutes later. Chloe followed that up with her 3rd straight successful jump of 7’ to set a new personal record. Haggard scratched in all 3 attempts to clear 7’6” to end her senior season in 15th place in the state. “It’s fun, really wished I could have (picked up the sport) sooner. It is really fun and I enjoyed getting to come to state” said Haggard after the event.
Members of the Coffee County 4×400 Relay Team after Thursday’s race. From left to right: John Dobson, Kelvin Verge, Renata Garcia and Trace Bryant.
The boys’ 4×400 team of Trace Bryant, Renata Garcia, John Dobson and Kelvin Verge closed out the long day for the Raider harriers. The quartet becomes the first Coffee County boys’ relay team to qualify for state in what is believed to be at least 8 years. The group ran a new personal best time of 3:32.73 which was good enough for 15th place.