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Raiders Win! Raiders Win!

LB Reese Pratt makes a big hit for Coffee County.

Homecoming 2014 for Coffee County High School will be remembered for several things including an outstanding football game. The Raiders defeated Stone Memorial 24-21 after a terrific defensive effort on the game’s final play. The Panthers went for it on 4th down from the Coffee County 15 with only 4 seconds remaining. LB Mill Harner was able to knock down the pass in the end-zone to secure the win.
The Raiders gave up over 400 yards to Stone Memorial but stepped up when they had to, earning the Red Raiders their 2nd win on the year.
Coffee County went with 3 running backs on almost every offensive play and that helped propel Freshman Quarterback Alontae Taylor to 131 yards on 20 carries and he scored twice and senior Cody Howes finished with 123 yards on 19 carries and 1 TD. Kicker and Receiver Cole Hawkins kicked a field-goal in the game and was named Homecoming King. Morgan Taylor was voted Queen.

Homecoming King Cole Hawkins and Queen Morgan Taylor.. Photos by Barry West

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Jacoby Lowe who plays offensive line and played Linebacker on defense earned the Gateway Tire and Service player of the game.
The Raiders are off this week before traveling to Franklin County on October 10.

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Homecoming 2014 For The Red Raiders

A crowd of over 1,000 people attended last night’s pep rally… Photos by Barry West

Tonight is the Homecoming football game for Coffee County High School. The game is set for 7pm at Carden-Jarrell field. The Raiders are hosting the Stone Memorial Panthers from Crossville. Crowning of the King and Queen will take place at halftime.
Last night a huge pep rally was held at the downtown square in Manchester. Many people attended and had wonderful time getting the team fired up for tonight’s game.
Remember you can hear the game live on Thunder Radio beginning with the Friday Night Thunder pre-game show at 6pm and the kickoff at 7pm.

Huge crowd cheers on the Raiders at the big pep rally. The Homecoming game is tonight at 7pm.

Duck River Co-op Warns Of New Scam Aimed At Commercial Accounts

Scammers are threatening convenience stores in Franklin County with disconnection unless they pay Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) bills for August that they claim were not processed due to a “glitch in the system.”
The calls came from an 801-prefix telephone number. In each case, the female caller blamed a problem with the payment processing system and said that, unless the stores could resubmit the August amounts due, a “technician” would be sent to pull the meters.
The caller promised that the payments would be reimbursed when the processing system was back on line.
The store owners became alarmed and called the co-op’s Decherd district office.
District Manager Patrick Hannah cautions all DREMC members that “we don’t contact folks in that manner.” He warns that anyone receiving such a call should immediately hang up and get in touch with the co-op.
Earlier this year, scam artists targeted stores and other commercial accounts in the Manchester area, part of a growing problem that started with con games aimed at residential co-op members across the state.
The Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association (TECA) issued a statewide alert in April due to the volume of such calls.
“The calls sound official, and the caller ID may even display the utility name,” said TECA Executive Vice President and General Manager David Callis.
DREMC started receiving complaints from members about utility scams in August of 2013. Since then, the co-op’s advice has been to never share banking, identity or personal information with callers who make unsolicited telephone or in-person contact.
“It seems there is new version of the utility bill scam launched every month,” said Steve Oden, DREMC’s director of member services. “We don’t want our members to be taken in by these thieves. Don’t help them make you a victim. Hang up.”

41-A Music & Arts Festival Is Friday and Saturday

Huge crowds expected at the 41-A Festival again this year

Canadian country-rocker Dallas Smith will headline this year’s 41A Music and Arts Festival, set for the streets of downtown Tullahoma, Sept. 26 and 27. Currently touring with Florida Georgia Line, Smith is scheduled to play on Friday, Sept. 26, following country songwriter Logan Mize, who’s single “Used Up,” was recently a “Highway Find” on the popular Sirius XM satellite radio country music channel The Highway.
Classic country Johnny Collier Band, folk rocker Rob Aldridge and rock cover band Phat Tuesday, as well as return appearances from Shelbyville singer-songwriter Kacey Smith and rock party band Granny Low.
Catherine Murray’s musical tribute to Michael Jackson will also make a return performance.
“Three of the performers at 41-A played during the CMA Fan Fest.
For the complete line up, go to http://www.facebook.com/41Amusicfestival-highland
Proceeds support children’s charities in the area. With donations collected in the first four years, the club has been able to contribute more than $20,000 to charities such as Tullahoma Day Care, 5Loaves4Kids, Haven of Hope and Coffee County Imagination Library.
The 41-A poker run will take place on Saturday morning. Registration is at 10am, kickstands up at 11am. Entry fee is $15 and $10 for additional passenger. $300 1st place and $100 for 2nd place.

Tullahoma Utilities Board To Host Public Power Week Celebration

Tullahoma Utilities Board (TUB) will host its annual Public Power Week Celebration on Thursday, October 9th from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. The event is a way for TUB—and the community—to celebrate decades of reliable public power. TUB is one of more than 2,000 other electric utilities that collectively provide electricity on a not-for-profit basis to 45 million Americans.
Public Power Week is a national, annual event that originated 28 years ago. It is sponsored in conjunction with the American Public Power Association (APPA) in Washington, D.C. APPA is the service organization for community and state-owned electric utilities.
The event will take place at TUB grounds and will host a wide variety of events including bucket truck rides, pizza, ice cream, memorial utility pole climbs, a prize wheel with cash giveaways, a bounce house, games for small children, and much more! What’s even better is that the entire event is FREE to the community!
TUB was created in 1947. Today, it has approximately 80 employees, serves approximately 10,500 utility customers, and has two substations that receive power directly from Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

Motlow Tennessee Promise Event Set For Tuesday

Tennessee high school seniors who plan to graduate in 2015 are invited to attend ‘The Promise Begins at Motlow’ at the Motlow College Fayetteville Center on Tuesday, Sept. 30. The event will be held inside room FC 023 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
‘The Promise Begins at Motlow’ is designed for Tennessee high school seniors to apply for the Tennessee Promise, which allows 2015 graduates to attend Motlow College tuition-free. The Motlow admissions application fee of $25 will be waived for high school seniors who attend the session and complete both applications.
The Tennessee Promise is an opportunity for all graduating Tennessee high school seniors – regardless of academic or income status – to obtain an associate degree or a technical certificate free of tuition and fees.
The deadline for Tennessee high school seniors to apply for the Tennessee Promise is Nov. 1. The Tennessee Promise is available to Tennessee high school seniors throughout the Motlow College 11-county service area, without an academic or income requirement. Complete information for future Motlow College students who will attend utilizing the Tennessee Promise is available at TNpromise.mscc.edu.

Great Start To Red Raider Band Season

CCCHS Band performing in Hendersonville.. Photo form band’s Facebook page.

The Coffee County High School band competed this past Saturday (Sept. 20) in a band competition at Hendersonville High School.
The Red Raider band won 2nd place in their division and 4th overall. This is a very strong showing for Coffee County, especially this early in the season. The Coffee County band only missed 1st place in their division by less than one point.
Want to see the band perform? Come on out to the football game tonight at Carden-Jarrell Field.

Manchester Man Dies In Bulldozer Accident

Accident scene photo from WGNS

58-year old Ricky L. McCurry from Manchester died this week after the bulldozer he was operating at Eagleville High School in Rutherford County somehow overturned.
Officials with the Tennessee Highway Patrol said McCurry was killed when his bulldozer overturned and landed on top of him.
Because of the severe injuries McCurry received, officials decided not to airlift the Coffee County man but instead transport him to Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro by ambulance, where he was pronounced dead.
Multiple agencies, including the THP, Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office and the Tennessee Operational Safety and Health Administration were investigating the incident.

Tombstone Found In South Dakota, Stolen From Coffee County

Image courtesy of the Black Hills Pioneer newspaper.

South Dakota authorities have returned a stolen Tennessee, tombstone discovered in Spearfish, SD and inscribed with the inscription, “We shall meet again.”
The words on S.J. Elliot’s 1888 tombstone matches those on his wife’s tombstone near Manchester, Tennessee. Elliot’s tombstone had been reported missing a month earlier to the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, more than 1,300 miles from Spearfish.
Spearfish, SD Police Officer Kale Nelson says a resident found it in an alley during a motorcycle rally. The city’s cemetery determined that it came from Tennessee by using Google.
Nelson says it will probably remain a mystery how the tombstone traveled to Spearfish, SD. Police shipped the 60-pound stone back to Coffee County, where it arrived in two pieces. Authorities plan to have it restored and returned to its cemetery. (KDLT TV News)

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