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Andrew Mahaffey Signs Football Scholarship to Centre College
Andrew Mahaffey signs his football scholarship with Centre College. Joining him are: (Front row, left to right) Libby Miller-Rogers, grandmother; Renee Mahaffey , mother; Andrew; Gary Mahaffey , father; and Jack Rogers, grandfather. (Back Row, left to right) – Matt Mueller, CHS defensive coordinator; Paul Parsley, CHS principal; and Ryan Sulkowski, CHS head football coach.
Multisport Coffee County CHS athlete Andrew Mahaffey accepted a football scholarship on Wednesday at the CHS library. Mahaffey has accepted an offer to attend Centre College in Danville, KY to play football for the NCAA Division III Colonels. Mahaffey signed his letter of intent of Thursday surrounded by family, teammates and friends.
“Andrew brought a toughness and competitive edge to our team this year” said Coffee County football coach Ryan Sulkowski. “It is gratifying to send kids like Andrew on to the next level for me since so few players get that opportunity” said Sulkowski. “Andrew has a lot of experience in different roles and a willingness to adapt” added Sulkowski when asked what would make Mahaffey successful at the next level.
That flexibility factored into Andrew’s decision as the Centre coaches have given him the opportunity to play on either side of the ball. “They recruited me as an athlete and I want to go in and compete for whatever position they need me” said Mahaffey. Centre has also been active in recruiting locally as they have targeted players from Shelbyville and Tullahoma. After being recruited by several schools, Mahaffey said “Centre was the best option for me as a student and as a football player. They have a great program and it is in the Top 50 nationally in terms of academics.”
The Colonels area coached by head coach Andy Frye who is the all-time winningest coach in Centre history after taking over the program in 1998. Over the last four seasons, Frye’s program has put together a stellar 35-6 mark competing in the Southern Athletic Association of the NCAA Division III. Centre advanced to the 2nd round of the 2018 Division III playoffs in November before being eliminated by perennial power Mount Union.
High School Basketball Regular Season Winds Up on Thursday Night
District 8AAA Girls Basketball Tournament(updated February 6, 2019)
Six of the 7 schools in District 8AAA will square off to complete the regular season on Thursday night. Six of the 7 boys’ seeds are still up for grabs while 5 of the 7 girls’ seeds remain undetermined. Of the 3 seeds that are set, Coffee County owns 2 of those as each will enter the district tournament as the number 1 seed.
The Lady Raiders record now stands at 25
District 8AAA Boys Basketball Tournament(updated February 6, 2019)
and 3 on the season while the Red Raiders enter Thursday night with a mark of 17 and 5. The Lady Raiders will open the district tournament play on Thursday, February 14th at 6 PM at Lawrence County after a first round bye. The Red Raiders also get a first round bye as they open tournament play on Friday, February 15th at 6 PM at Lawrence County as well. The district finals and consolation will be held on Saturday, February 16th.
The Raiders and Lady Raiders will hit the road on Thursday to take on Shelbyville in Horse Country. The girls’ game will tip off at 6 PM; Thunder Radio’s live coverage will begin with the Powers Storage pregame show at 5:50. Elsewhere in the district, Lincoln County is at Lawrence County and Tullahoma hosts Franklin County.
Two More Arrested in Murder and Kidnapping of Tullahoma Man
Two more people have been arrested in the death of a Tennessee man found shot and hanging from a tree.
The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported this week that Jamie Wilson Holland is charged with kidnapping and Bryan Dudley with murder in the 2017 death of David Edward Steele.
Authorities have said Steele, a white man, was reported missing in October of 2017 from Tullahoma. His body was found three weeks later, hanging from a tree in Franklin County.
Coffee County District Attorney General Craig Northcott said Steele had been shot in the leg while trying to escape from people near his home, taken from Coffee County into Franklin County and hanged.
Bruce Edward Dorsett Jr., Shawna R. Haney, Voltaire Xavier Hickerson and Michael Andrew Taylor were arrested in December on similar charges.
Winchester Municipal Airport Receives Grant
Photo from WinchesterMunicipalAirport.com
The Winchester Airport Authority announced that it has been awarded a $1.87 million grant from the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s Aeronautics Economic Development Fund.
The money will be put toward the development and construction of a hangar with classroom space that will house an Aviation Maintenance Technology program to be located at the Winchester Municipal Airport.
The facility will be operated as a secondary campus in Franklin County by the Tennessee College of Applied Technology.
Pilfering Prevention Act Presented by State Leaders
State Sen. Richard Briggs and State Rep. Matthew Hill announced legislation this week that would require certain prescription drugs, such as opioids and stimulants, to be dispensed in lockable containers.
The “Pilfering Prevention Act” refers to the act of “pilfering,” or stealing a few pills at a time. At a news conference Monday, the two lawmakers, along with a statewide coalition called “STOP – Secure Tennessee’s Opioid Prescriptions,” explained that pilfering is the number one source of teenage drug abuse nationally and Tennessee. They said statistics show 80 percent of heroin users started with a prescription opioid, and 90 percent of them started as teenagers.
TN Groups: Healthy Teen Communication Could Help Stop Abuse
About 9 percent of all teens are the victim of physical violence from a dating partner each year, according to the CDC. (@lesya/Twenty20)
Rikki Harris, CEO of Tennessee Voices for Children, said teens can be hard to read from one day to the next. But values such as mutual respect, respect for individuality, respecting boundaries and positive communication should be reinforced by the adults in their lives.
“Parents can not only cultivate that kind of expectation from a relationship in their children, they can model it as well,” Harris said.
She said parents are key to cultivating positive relationship expectations and should look for warning signs that a teen is in a relationship with a partner or friends who may be too controlling.
Amy Dolinky, East Tennessee regional director with the Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network, said the dynamics of power and control are different for every couple. But, she said, it’s important to leave the door open for teens to talk to a trusted adult.
One-in-3 teenagers will experience partner abuse of some kind, whether physical or emotional. But only a third of those victims will try to get help. Dolinky said warning signs that someone is caught in an abusive relationship can include isolation, changes in grades, loss of interest in hobbies, or even suicide attempts.
“I think it just really requires that conversation and being present,” Dolinky said; “and really listening and validating that and not tying into, ‘When I was your age, this was my experience,’ or, you know, ‘don’t worry about that break-up, there’s other people out there,’ or, ‘you’re still young.'”
Teens who feel unsafe can start the conversation by texting the crisis line at TN741741 or calling the national domestic violence hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE.
Coffee County FBLA Presents $6,500 Check to Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition
Throughout this past fall, Coffee County High School Future Business Leaders (FBLA) members, officers, and advisors, along with special volunteers spent many hours organizing the “Team Up to Tackle Breast Cancer” event. FBLA members sold t-shirts and Otis Spunkmeyer breast cancer cookies and hosted a “pink out” game where the football team wore pink jerseys and all other participants at the game sported pink. Funds raised from these activities totaled $6,500. The donation was presented to the Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition with all funds set to benefit breast cancer patients in Coffee County.
FBLA would like to thank everyone who participated in the various activities and donated so that one day a cure may be found!
COFFEE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AGENDA February 11
COFFEE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 1343 McArthur Street Manchester, Tennessee 37355 Telephone: 931-723-5150 Facsimile: 931-723-8285
TO: All Board Members FROM: Brett Henley, Chairman SUBJECT: Regular Board Meeting DATE: February 11, 2019 TIME: 4:30 p.m. PLACE: Coffee County Board of Education
Pledge of Allegiance
AGENDA
I. Call to Order
II. Call for Intent
III. General Consent Items (*If no objections, the following items will be considered passed when the agenda is passed.) 1. Minutes: December 10, 2018 2. 1st Reading of Policies: 4.600, 6.300, 6.313 3. 3rd Reading of Policies: 5.305, 5.802 4. Overnight Field Trip – CCMS FBLA State Conference – March 10-13, 2019 5. Use of Facilities – AAU Tournaments at CHS, CCRA, CCMS – Mar., Apr., May 2019
IV . Agenda Items 1. Budget Amendments 2. Budget Update
V . Items for Discussion
VI. Committee Reports 1. Director’s Evaluation
VII. Student Ambassador Report
VIII. Director’s Report
2/12/19–Charles L Owens
Charles L Owens of Tullahoma, passed this life on Monday, February 4, 2019
at his residence at the age of 74 years. Graveside Memorial Services are
scheduled for 2 PM, Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at Miller Cemetery in New
Market, AL.
A native of Franklin County, he was the son of the late Roy and Oma Mooney
Owens. He was a graduate of Flintville High School and a member of the
First Baptist Church of Tullahoma. He loved horses and watching sports on
TV. His favorites were college football and basketball games.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sons, Danny and
Patrick Owens; brothers, Stanford, A C and Jerry Owens and sisters, Barbara
Mason and Geraldine Walker.
Mr. Owens is survived by his wife, Diane Owens of Tullahoma; son, Randy
Owens and his wife, Charlotte of New Market, AL; Daughters, Amanda Mance
and her husband, Trottwood of Grant, AL, Margaret McAnally of Fayetteville
and Tonya Cook of Athens, AL; brother, Ed Owens of New Market, AL; sisters,
Betty Bates and Mary Jane Pruitt, both of Tullahoma; grandchildren, Callie
and Michael Brown of Grant, AL, Blake Owens and Kelsey Adams of Hillsboro,
Tyler and Shelby Tinsley of Tullahoma, Haley and Alex McKendrick of New
Market, AL, Courtney Jennings of Grant, AL, Holly Owens of New Market, AL,
Alexis Owens of Tullahoma, David Cook of Estill Springs, Peyton Brown of
Tullahoma and Maggie Mance of Grant, AL; five great grandchildren, Hayes
Brewer, Bristol McKendrick, Ryleigh Tinsley, Levi Owens and Hartley Brown
and several nieces and nephews.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
2/8/19–Dr. Harry Elam Nisbett
Dr. Harry Elam Nisbett of Tullahoma, passed this life on Monday, February
4, 2019 at his residence at the age of 87 years. Funeral Services are
scheduled for 2 PM, Friday, February 8, 2019 at Trinity Lutheran Church,
705 Wilson Avenue, Tullahoma, TN with burial to follow at Oakwood
Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12 – 2 PM at the church.
A native of Murfreesboro, TN, he was the son of the late Roy and Pauline
Prater. He attended the University of Tennessee and received his Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine degree from Auburn University. He opened his
Veterinary Clinic in Tullahoma in 1956 and was the city’s only
veterinarian
until 1980. He practiced in Tullahoma for 53 years, closing his practice in
2009.
Dr. Nisbett was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Rotary Club and the
Walking Horse Association. He also enjoyed volunteering and was very active
in 5 Loaves 4 Kids, a local non-profit organization helping children. He
was a charter member of the Motlow College Foundation and received the
Tennessee State Board of Regents Chancellor’s Award for Philanthropy at
Motlow College. The Motlow gymnasium, the Nisbett Center, is named after he
and his wife.
Dr. Nisbett loved all sports and was very active with all youth sports in
Tullahoma. He enjoyed UT Football and had season tickets for over 50 years.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Betty
Qualls and Mary Watts.
Dr. Nisbett is survived by his loving wife of almost 65 years, MO Smith
Nisbett of Tullahoma; sons, Denis Nisbett and his wife, Lynn of Tullahoma
and Mackie Nisbett and his wife, Allison of McDonough, GA; daughter, Mary
Johnson and her husband, Sammy of Statesboro, GA; grandchildren, Marshall
Nisbett of Gallatin, TN, Jennifer Nisbett of Tullahoma, Bess Burnett and
her husband, Matt of Lawrenceville, GA, Robbie Nesbitt of McDonough, GA,
Christie Aldrich, Kelly Robinson and her significant other, Chris Miller,
and Tucker Hall, all of Statesboro, GA and eight great grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be made in his honor
to Trinity Lutheran Church or the Tullahoma Animal Shelter.
Online condolences may be made at www.davesculbertsonfuneralhome.com
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.