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6/7/18 — Birthdays
James Concord
Terry Nealy SR
Kevin Farless
Kyle Duke – 16
Mike Lewis – 60!
Jean Spaulding
Maleah Sissom – 14
Jennifer Knight – 37 – Pizza Winner!
Meagan Johnson – 22
6/10/18 — Ethel Cleo Shores
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Cleo Shores, age 93, of Manchester, TN,
will be conducted at 3:00 PM on Sunday, June 10, 2018 at Manchester
Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Memorial Gardens.
Visitation with the family will be from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM on
Saturday, June 9 at the funeral home. Mrs. Shores passed away at her
residence on Thursday, June 7, 2018.
Ethel was born in Coffee County, TN, the daughter of the late Thomas and
Ola James Crosslin. She was a homemaker and was employed by Genesco for
41 years, as well as an Avon distributor for 35-40 years. Ethel enjoyed
going to yard sales and to the mountains. She loved going on vacation
with her family and was always ready to go. She was a member of Forest
Mill Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, Ethel was also preceded in death by her
husband, Wilburn Shores; five brothers, Austin, Raymond, Cleve, Hollis,
and Sanford Crosslin; two sisters, Bertha Lynn and Pervie Vickers. She
is survived by her daughter, Teresa (Dan) Darden; and several nieces and
nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Hospice
Compassus, Trinity Baptist Church, or Forest Mill Baptist Church.
MANCHESTER FUNERAL HOME IS HONORED TO SERVE THE SHORES FAMILY
www.manchesterfuneralhome.com
6/9/18–Ross Sherman Zimmerman
Ross Sherman Zimmerman, 70
Ross passed away Tuesday April 24, at his home in McMinnville with his
wife at this bedside. His family will be having a celebration of his life
on his birthday, June 9th, at 5pm, with a reception to follow. Visitation
with family and friends will be at Central Funeral Home, at 4pm.
(www.centralfuneralhome.com)
In lieu of flowers the family request donations be made to his favorite
charity: Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch, PO Box 1890, Amarillo, TX 79174-0001
Central Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Lady Raider Basketball Falls Twice at Eagleville; Home Games on Monday
2018 Lady Raider Basketball Team Camp
The 10 game winning streak for the Coffee County Lady Raider basketball team came to a close on Thursday as Coffee County dropped a pair of scrimmage games at Eagleville. The Lady Raiders dropped decisions to Clay County and Nolensville on Thursday morning. Despite the losses, Coffee County’s summer record stands at 10 and 2 during this summer season.
Head coach Joe Pat Cope will be a guest on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show to talk about the summer season so far. The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast each and every Saturday morning LIVE from the showroom of Al White Ford/Lincoln. The Coffee Coaches Show is heard exclusively here on Thunder Radio beginning at 10 AM.
The Lady Raiders will be back in action on Monday and Tuesday as they host a 2 day team camp at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym. Coffee County’s varsity and junior varsity will be in action. The varsity will play at 10 AM and 12 noon on Monday and at 9 AM and 3 PM on Tuesday. The junior varsity will play at 10 AM and at 4 PM on Tuesday. The freshmen will play at 1:00 PM on Monday.
2018 Crethan Hansert Baseball Tournament Schedule Released
2018 Crethan Hansert Baseball Tournament
The schedule for the 14th annual Crethan Hansert Memorial Baseball Tournament has been released. First played in 2005, this year’s tournament opens play on Thursday at Central High School’s Powers Field for 17U high school teams. The tournament honors former Red Raider Crethan Hansert who passed away in 2003 as the result of an automobile accident. Proceeds from previous tournaments have gone to build and maintain the Crethan Hansert Hitting Facility at CHS and support the Coffee County Red Raider baseball team.
Nine teams make up the field for the tournament that runs from Thursday afternoon through Saturday. All the games will be played at Powers Field.
Sounds Stymied by Aces in Series Finale
The offense faltered for the Nashville Sounds Thursday night as they suffered a 7-1 setback to the Reno Aces their series finale.
The Sounds found themselves in an early hole before stepping up to the plate and never provided any resistance. A sacrifice fly from Socrates Brito followed by a two-run blast from Kevin Cron off starter Ben Bracewell put Nashville behind the eight-ball 3-0 in the first inning. Cron found his home run swing again in the seventh inning of reliever Carlos Ramirez. The Aces’ first baseman turned on a 1-2 fastball and deposited it into the berm in left center field to extend Reno’s lead to 7-0.
Sandwiched in between the two Cron homers, Reno lit up the scoreboard with run-scoring doubles from Ildemaro Vargas in the second inning and Brito in the fifth inning.
Meanwhile the Sounds’ offense was stagnant against Reno starter Jake Buchanan for six innings. They finally broke through against the right-hander in the bottom of the seventh inning. Ramón Laureano singled to begin the frame and came around to score on a bloop single from Beau Taylor. Buchanan finished with the lone run allowed on six hits with no walks and seven punch outs.
Nashville threatened in the eighth inning as the Sounds loaded the bases with just one out but Jake Smolinski grounded into an inning ending 6-4-3 double play.
The Sounds begin a four-game series against the Tacoma Rainiers Friday night at First Tennessee Park. Right-hander Chris Bassitt (2-3, 6.10) starts for the Sounds against left-hander Ross Detwiler (0-0, 0.00) for the Rainiers. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.
Post-Game Notes
- With tonight’s 7-1 loss, Nashville dropped to 29-29 on the season.
- Sounds starter Ben Bracewell made his second start of the season for Nashville…he allowed five runs (four earned) on eight hits with four walks and five strikeouts.
- The Sounds’ season-long six-game home run streak came to an end.
- Nashville is now 60-41 against the Pacific Conference since 2015.
- For just the second time since Reno joined the Pacific Coast League in 2009, the Aces took a series from the Sounds. Nashville is now 7-6-2 in series this season.
The 2018 season is the Sounds’ 41st in franchise history and fourth as the Oakland Athletics’ top affiliate. Single-game tickets are available now by calling (615) 690-4487 or by visiting www.nashvillesounds.com.
Howard Lebron Jones
Howard Lebron Jones, of Tullahoma, passed this life on Thursday, June 7,
2018 at his residence at the age of 73 years. No services are scheduled.
Mr. Jones enjoyed going fishing in his boat on the lake, gardening and
building things. He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Disch; a
daughter, Tammy Louise Jones; brother, Horace Leighton Jones and sister,
Joyce Anderson.
He is survived by son, Tony Jones and his fiancé, Elaine McGuire of
Tullahoma; daughter, Candice Smith of Tullahoma; granddaughter, Shannon
Jones and one great grandchild.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Update on Kirchhoff Automotive Manufacturing Fire
Aerial view of Kirchhoff Automotive Manufacturing fire… Photo provided.
Kirchhoff Automotive Manufacturing fire… Photo provided.
Manchester Fire Chief George Chambers said a total of 6 local fire departments provided assistance during this major fire, along with the outstanding assistance provided by the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Coffee County Sheriff’s Department, Manchester Police, Coffee County EMS, Coffee County EMA, Coffee County 911 Center, local citizens and other government agencies that assisted firefighters on scene and after the incident.
Kirchhoff Automotive says that the plant was evacuated in under 6 minutes with no injuries or casualties.
The fire is under investigation by Manchester Fire Rescue and TBI Arson Investigators.
Bonnaroo to make $205,000 Donation to Coffee County
A one-year contract between Axis Nation, LLC, conducting business as Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, and Coffee County was signed last week. This is an agreement regarding the 2018 festival only.
The parties signed the deal last week in which festival organizers will make a one-time donation of $205,000.
Part of the $205,000 Axis donation will be directed toward purchasing an ambulance for $155,000. Additionally, the Coffee County Lannom Memorial Public Library in Tullahoma will see the parking lot repaved, new flooring and security lights installed for $31,130. The Coffee County Manchester Public Library will also have its parking lot repaved and security lights installed for $16,000.
Festival organizers have up to five days following Bonnaroo 2018 to make the contribution. This year’s festival wraps up on Sunday, June 10.
Grundy County Schools Name Interim Director–School Board Member Resigns
The Grundy County school board recently selected an interim school director.
The board voted to make Glenda Dykes the interim school director during the special meeting.
Dykes was the principal of Tracy City Elementary and has more than 30 years of experience working in education.
Dykes was selected after the school board decided to buy out the contract of former school director Jessie Kinsey.
In other Grundy County school news, Mayor Michael Brady has confirmed Grundy County School Board member Amanda “Kasey” Anderson has submitted her resignation.
Since the vacancy created by Anderson’s resignation occurred within 120 days of the August General Election and the office of School Board Member for the First District is on the ballot with candidates who have qualified to seek that office, it is not necessary for the County Commission to appoint someone to fill the vacancy in this office.
Anderson has been arrested multiple times since March of 2017. The 35 year-old Anderson of Pelham, TN was arrested on a failure to appear indictment issued by Circuit Court.
In June of 2017, Anderson was charged with charged with resisting arrest, coercion of a witness, public intoxication, indecent exposure, and false reports/statements.
In December of 2017, Anderson was arrested for sending a text that led to a lockdown of Grundy County Schools.