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Health Department transitioning to Electronic Medical Records–Patient appointment needed
The Coffee County Health Department will be transitioning to electronic medical records in 2018. To prepare for this implementation, the Coffee County Health Department is providing services by appointment. Patients are strongly encouraged to keep their scheduled appointments, as there will be longer wait times and fewer appointments available during this transition and implementation time. The health department thanks clients for their understanding during this exciting time as they work to serve you better in the future.
The Coffee County Health Departments in Manchester and Tullahoma are open from 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and provides a wide range of services including family planning, immunizations, WIC, well-child exams, and vital records. The Manchester clinic is located at 800 Parks Street in Manchester and the Tullahoma clinic is located at 615 Wilson Avenue in Tullahoma. The mission of the Coffee County Health Department is to protect, promote and improve the health and prosperity of people in Coffee County.
For more information, please contact the Coffee County Health Department at 931-723-5134.
Wear Your Life Jacket on the Boat and No Boating Under the Influence
With the Memorial Day weekend upon us, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency wants to remind boaters about the importance of wearing life jackets and boating in a safe and responsible manner.
The TWRA said the Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start to the summer boating season. Last year, for the third year in a row, there were not any fatalities related to boating incidents over the Memorial Day weekend.
So far this year, however, there have been five boating-related deaths, four injury-accident incidents and five property damage accidents. Three of those deaths involved paddle crafts.
To make sure everyone stays safe on the water, the TWRA stresses the importance of the responsible use of alcohol while boating.
In a boat on the water, the effects of alcohol increase because of external stressors such as engine vibration, wave motion and glare from the sun.
It is illegal to operate a boat while under the influence of alcohol and drugs in the state of Tennessee.
The TWRA also wants to remind boaters to take a few minutes to perform a simple maintenance check before getting on the water. They suggest checking hoses, making sure the lights work and carrying extra fuses and bulbs.
Graduation will be held at Carden-Jerrell Field
Graduation will be held Friday night (May 25) at 7pm for Coffee County High School seniors. A crowd estimated of over 5,000 will watch graduates accept their diplomas behind Raider Academy in Manchester at Carden-Jerrell Field.
Around 400 seniors will take their next step toward a future full of expectations as they will hear from fellow classmates; Valedictorian Brianna Cardenal and Salutatorian Michelle Dong.
Many of the grads will take a break from school for a short period before heading off to college, and others will jump right into the workforce.
The 2018-2019 school year begins in just over two months.
Scott Anderson and his audio/visual students at the high school will be videoing the event for Raider TV and you can watch it at www.wmsrradio.com
Memorial Day Ceremony Moved to inside the Veterans Building
Your Coffee County Veterans Association is pleased to again host the annual Memorial Day Ceremony. The group had planned for the event for the Courthouse Square in Manchester, on Memorial Day, May 28th beginning at 11 AM, but with the uncertainty about the weather the ceremony will take place inside the Coffee County Veterans Building, 130 Shelton Road in Manchester.
The public is encouraged to attend – and bring your school-age children! They need to see, first hand, that the freedoms we all enjoy are not free… but were fought for with the blood of patriots and the tears of their loved ones.
Come early for a good seat and help our community honor and remember those who have given their all, in defense of our nation. In case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in the Coffee County Veterans Building at 130 Shelton Road in Manchester.
5/26/18 — Rachel Nell Bogle Duggin
Rachel Nell Bogle Duggin, 87, of Manchester, TN. Passed away Tues., May
22, 2018 at Horizon Health & Rehab. She was a native of Cannon Co.
Survivors include her 3 children, Patsy (Larry) Thrasher of Manchester,
Brenda (Kenneth) Haggard of Tullahoma, Timmy Duggin and his fiancé, Chris
Johnson of Nashville; grandchildren, Angela (Mark) Holder, Tammy Binson,
Kristy (Richard) Crabtree, Coty (Brittany) Haggard, Jody (Laura) Haggard,
Darrell (Collette) Lee, Tina Duggin, Rachel Duggin and her fiancé,
Michael Bailey; great grandchildren, Amber, Derek, Cody, Sierra, Madison,
Kayse, Dakota, Ally, Jedidiah, Kyler, Landon, Issac, Dillon, Lucas,
Caden, Michael, Zander, Chelsea, Candace, Chasity and Matthew; great
great grandchildren, Kylee, Jaythan, Blain, Hadlee, Brileigh, Adriana,
Amari and Kayden; brothers, Johnny Bogle of Ashland City, Mildford Bogle
of Nashville and Randall (Teresa) Bogle of Woodbury.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence & Lucille Stone Bogle;
her husband, Calvin Duggin, Sr.; Sons and daughters-in-law, Calvin
Duggin, Jr. and Patty Duggin, Danny and Brenda Duggin; Granddaughter; Pam
and Great Grandson, Ryan; Siblings, Mary Magdalene Bogle, Linda Smitty,
Bratten Bogle and James Bogle and sister-in-law, Mary Ellen Bogle.
She was a member of the Red Hill Church of Christ and a factory worker.
Services will be 11 am Saturday, May 26, 2018 in the Chapel of Woodbury
Funeral Home with Bro. Ralph Hart officiating. Visitation with the
family will be Friday, May 25, 2018 from 4 pm until 8 pm.
Woodbury Funeral Home, 615-563-2311 or to leave condolences for her
family, please visit www.woodburyfuneralhome.net
Sarah Pearson Competes in State Track Meet on Thursday
Sarah Pearson clears a hurdle in the 2017 TSSAA state meet
Coffee County senior Sarah Pearson competes on Thursday in her 4th straight state track meet. Pearson will run in the evening session as she competes in the 300M hurdles for the 2nd straight year. Pearson captured a 4th place finish in the TSSAA Sectional track meet in a season best time of 50.22 seconds. Pearson just missed qualifying for her 4th straight pentathlon earlier this month. Making the feat more remarkable, Pearson is recovering from a torn ACL after having surgery on November 17th.
The evening session gets underway at 3 PM in the afternoon and Pearson’s race will be held sometime after 4:30 PM at the Dean Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium. Sarah is the lone representative of the CHS track team at the state meet this season. This is the 27th consecutive year that a Coffee County athlete has qualified for the state meet.
Nashville SC Adds Firepower with Acquisitions of Brandon Allen and Ismaila Jome
Brandon Allen of Nashville SC
Nashville SC has bolstered its attack with the transfer of USL forward Brandon Allen from Bethlehem Steel FC, and the signing of free-agent winger Ismaila
Jome. Allen has been a member of a USL All-League First Team and was named the Most Valuable Player of the USL Cup Final in 2016 with New York Red Bulls II. Jome joins Nashville SC as a free agent after spending 2017 with Minnesota United of Major League Soccer (MLS) where he played alongside Allen.
“The pair of them are very good additions for this young roster and club,” Gary Smith said. “Brandon Allen has got a fabulous scoring record as a 24-year-old, not only are his statistics spot-on for where you would want a center forward to be, he’s young, he has tremendous potential, he also fits what we’re about as well. Likewise, Ismaila Jome, wide player, physically, athletically, and technically in a very good place. As a 23-year-old, he’s a good young player, certainly going to improve, hopefully as we do as a team, and as we go into what all teams will
have are some very tough stretches of games.”
Allen, 24, has scored 32 goals in 53 USL appearances between Bethlehem and New York Red Bulls II. As a Rookie in 2016, Allen took the league by storm, scoring 21 goals for Red Bulls II while winning USL Rookie of the Year. He led Red Bulls II to the USL Cup Final where he tallied a hat trick in a 5-1 win, taking home MVP honors. This season, Allen has made seven appearances for Bethlehem Steel, scoring twice.
Ismaila Jome of Nashville SC
Jome, 23, signed with Minnesota United in March 2016 for the club’s final season in the North American Soccer League (NASL). In his first professional appearance, Jome scored seven minutes after coming on the field as a substitute in a 3-1 win for Minnesota. He stayed with Minnesota as the club transitioned from the NASL to the MLS in 2017 alongside fellow Nashville SC player Justin Davis. He made 12 appearances last season with Minnesota.
5/23/18 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
June Fann — Pizza Winner!
Anita Tutherow
Brett Chaffin
Click It or Ticket
The Coffee Co. Sheriff’s Dept. is partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office to step up seat belt enforcement from now thru June 3, surrounding one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. This is an effort to remind all citizens to utilize the safety equipment available, and for deputies to continue to help protect lives on county roads and highways. Motorists are dying in motor vehicle crashes daily due to simply not using their seat belt. There is no good excuse for not wearing a seatbelt. According to Tennessee’s Integrated Traffic Analysis Network (TITAN), 315 people killed in Tennessee traffic crashes last year were not wearing a seat belt. This represents approximately 30 percent of the state’s total traffic fatalities in 2017. Our law enforcement personnel have seen the consequences of not buckling up. They see the loss of life. Often, it could have been prevented with the simple click of a seat belt.
As Memorial Day weekend and the Summer season approaches, the Coffee Co. Sheriff’s Dept. wants to make sure people are doing the one thing they can to save them in a crash—buckling up. Seatbelt usage is mandatory in Tennessee. Sheriff Steve Graves and his staff hope that each person is committed to starting their Summer in a positive manner by simply “Buckling Up”.
For more information on seat belt safety and child passenger safety visit www.tntrafficsafety.org.
Tullahoma Man Wanted in Mississippi
The Lauderdale County, MS Sheriff’s Department needs your help in finding Leon Florence formerly of Tullahoma, TN.
Florence is a 69-year-old white man who is about 6’4″ in height and weighs 190 pounds. He is wanted on an indictment out of the circuit court of Lauderdale County where he has been charged of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
The last known address for Florence is in the Tullahoma, Tennessee area.
If you have any information, you can call the East Mississippi Crimestoppers line at (855) 485-TIPS. You can remain anonymous and could potentially earn a cash reward.