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Kids often want to act like grownups, but experts say having children ride in cars the way mom and dad do is something that should be put off for as long as possible. A new study from Safe Kids Worldwide finds the majority of parents are moving their children to seat belts before they are big enough. Organization president and CEO Kate Carr says that’s troubling because booster seats can reduce injuries by 45 percent over seat belt use alone. “If there were to be a crash and they weren’t in a booster seat, but just in a regular seat belt, they could likely suffer internal abdominal injuries or face or neck injuries caused by the belt tightening during the impact of the crash,” says Carr. The survey also found one-in-five parents say they bend the rules when carpooling and allow children to ride without seat belts or an appropriate child-safety seat. In Tennessee last year, state troopers issued nearly 75,000 seat belt and child-restraint device citations. A child should be at least 4-feet, 9-inches tall to ride with just a seat belt, and Carr suggests parents make a habit of measuring their child as they grow. “Know how tall your child is, and encourage them from an early age that, ‘You’ll move out of the booster seat when you hit 4 feet, 9 inches tall,’” says Carr. “When they’re 4-feet, 9-inches tall, make sure they’re buckled up every ride, every time and that includes parents, too.” Carr adds, proper car-seat installation is also critical for maximum safety.

Tennessee officials say fewer teenagers and pre-teens in the state are binge drinking.
The state Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services says the decreases follow a five-year effort to heighten awareness about the dangers of having five or more drinks on one occasion.
The agency says that between 2009 and 2013, binge drinking rates for teens ages 14 to 17 dropped nearly 16 percent. Among those ages 18 to 25, that drop was 5 percent.
Other findings include a 25 percent drop in alcohol-related arrests among young people, a 24 percent reduction in juvenile drunken driving arrests and a 14 percent decrease in alcohol-related traffic fatalities.

On Saturday night at 11:57pm (Sept 20) Manchester Police responded to a call at 46 Shelton Rd. Lot #20. The person who called police said someone was trying to enter her residence through a window. The female gave a description and when Officer Keith Hendrix arrived he saw a man matching the description. The man walked across the street and got into a vehicle. Officer Hendrix approached the pickup and began talking to Willie Lee Brown, 46 of Woodbury who said he was looking at discarded furniture in a ditch.
Sergeant Debbie Guffey arrived at the scene and stayed with Brown while Hendrix spoke with the person who called in the report. The woman and her 16 year-old son identified Brown as the person who allegedly attempted to break into their trailer.
Hendrix arrested Brown and charged him with burglary. Brown was booked into the Coffee County Jail.

The U.S. Census Bureau is reporting the poverty rate in Tennessee was 17.8 percent last year, down a tenth of a percent from 2012. Despite the slight improvement, that still leaves more than 1.1 million people in the state below the poverty line, says Linda O’Neal, executive director with the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth. “Well, no matter how you measure it, Tennessee remains in the bottom 10 percent of people making ends meet,” says O’Neal. “This particularly impacts Tennessee families with children. More than one-in-four Tennessee children lives in a family experiencing economic stress.” O’Neal says ways to help strengthen the financial footings of families include expanding Medicaid so more people can access health care, and improving opportunities for education and employment. “When we help struggling families by improving their employment-and-training opportunities so they have sufficient resources to support their children, we really help not only those families but the entire community,” says O’Neal. “We have to do more in terms of recruiting well-paying jobs.” O’Neal says another strategy that’s been helping low-income families and their kids in other states is a raising of the minimum wage. Nationally, the poverty rate in 2013 was down from the previous year for the first time since 2006, although there was no statistically significant change in the number of people living in poverty.

The Employee Community Activities Committee of Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) recently donated $350 to Millennium Repertory Company (MRC). The funds are allotted toward the purchase of a multipurpose projector and backdrop screen, which will be used onstage during performances. We’re really looking forward to using it in our upcoming productions of *Duck Hunter Shoots Angel *in October and Mel Brooks Broadway musical *Young Frankenstein* in November, said Noel Clements, managing director of MRC. We’re very grateful to ATA as we rely on the generosity of local businesses to keep community efforts like ours going.
The ATA Community Activities Committee provides a means for the ATA work population to demonstrate its commitment, sincere interest, and concern for the general welfare of ATA employees and their surrounding communities.
MRC is the resident theater group at the Manchester Arts Center, located at 128 E Main St in downtown Manchester. You can get more information about their upcoming productions, including season tickets for next year’s performances at www.millenniumrep.org or by calling (931) 570-4489.

AEDC Services Office is reorganizing and cleaning out storage and a large quantity of items is now eligible for a Nonappropriated Funds (NAF) Sale.
The sale, open to the public, will be at 8 a.m. on Sept. 26 and 27 at the Arnold Golf Course. All items will be displayed on site and sold cash and carry. Only cash or checks will be accepted – no credit cards.
All items will need to be removed at the time of purchase and are sold as is; no returns. Larger items such as vehicles and boats will be sold by sealed bid. There will be a minimum bid value set on these items. Those interested will place their bid in a sealed envelope to be opened at a later date/time. The highest bidder will be notified and then has 48 hours to pay for and pick up the item(s).
Over 1,500 items will be sold including board games, billiard cue sticks, bar lights, poker tables, furniture, televisions, home décor and accessories, chocolate fountain, candle holders, projector screen,
wireless security system, HP printer, coffee makers, cash register, shelves, silverware, plates, glasses, barware, bowls, soufflé cups, salt and pepper shakers, menu board, pitchers, floor safe, hot buffet cabinet, reach in cooler, refrigerator, micro-fridge, restaurant chairs, bar chairs, patio chairs, miscellaneous chairs, tables, sofa, ping pong table, foosball table, pool table, picnic tables, water skis, life jackets, weedeater, chainsaw, leaf blower, mountain bicycles, shade structures, canopies, tents, mowers, truck, boats, dance floor, kerosene heaters and much more.
All cash and carry sales are first come, first served. Sealed bid sale will be accepted through 2 p.m. on Sept. 27. Bids will be opened Sept. 29 and winners notified. For more information call 454-3128.

The Annual Cougar Cat Walk is coming up this Friday at College Street Elementary School. This fundraiser is hosted every year by the Committee of Parents & Teachers in order to help raise money to better equip the College Street Elementary School for not only the current students and teachers, but for future generations as well. Sponsors of the Cougar Cat Walk over the years have made the walking trail, the fence around the walking trail, new playground equipment, library tables and chairs, as well as a renovated teacher’s lounge possible at College Street Elementary School. CPT’s goal for this year’s donations is to put water fountains on the playground so that students can stay hydrated while they are outside. If you would like to see a list of Sponsors from this year’s Cougar Cat Walk or would like to donate to this year’s cause, read this story online at WMSRradio.com.
Donation Deadline is Friday, September 26th
If you’d like to donate today, call 931-273-4539

 

2014 Cougar Cat Walk Sponsors List:

Gold Sponsors:

David Clark Construction

First Vision Bank

Verity Financial

Lawrence Family Motors

Lawrence Family Motors Body Shop

Honeycutt Dentistry

Mayons Bookkeeping Service

Alpha Contracting

Denise Briley

Al White Motors

State Farm (Lee Sullivan)

Recognition Concepts

Larry Thomas Transportation

Precision Restaurant Company

Wild About Smiles

Xtreme Nutrition & Smoothies

Summitville Grain & Feed

Mid Tenn Surgical

Sundrop

Spring Street Market

Food Lion

Thunder Radio

Silver Sponsors:

Shelton Construction

Warren Distributing

Manchester Tire & Break

Animal Health Clinic

Ascend Federal Credit Union

Hawk Hardware

Eatons Home Center

American City Bank

Holly Hinds Johnson

Exit Realty

Brown Chiropractic & Rehab

Inthreadable Creations

First National Bank

CarQuest

Sherrills Pest Control

Tennessee Gymnastics

Coffee Financial

Swanson Dentistry

Elite Conditioning

Elmocajete

41 Market

Scott & Cari Pugh

Peoples Bank

Anderson Eye Care

Manchester Police Department

Painted House

Kennedy Norman-Young

Ice House

Riddle Trucking

Leann Hollandsworth Partin

Fast Pace Urgent Care

Captain D’s

Respiratory at Home

C&H Commercial Contractors

Jiffy Burger

Nunley Insurance

Investigators with the Coffee County Sheriff’s department are asking for the public’s help with a case. An incident allegedly took place early Saturday morning (Sept. 20) just outside Manchester near or at the “Just One More Time” bar on the Hillsboro Hwy. (Formerly Vi’s Lounge). A female victim was allegedly drugged and raped. The sheriff’s department is asking that if anyone, that was in the area of the “Just One More Time” bar around 1am-5am and saw anything that could help them in this case to please call. If you know any information that could help authorities please contact Investigator James Sherrill at 931-728-3591.

Last week Chief Deputy Mike Rainey with Moore County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a female at an address on Dale Haven Drive in Tullahoma advising she had recovered a bag of coins and jewelry she believed to be stolen. Rainey went to the residence and recovered the property. The next day Rainey called Coffee County authorities advising that some of the jewelry was believed to be stolen out of Coffee County. Upon further investigation 3 burglaries were solved out of Coffee County one being from Prairie Plains road Hillsboro, one being from Keele road in Manchester, and one being from Gowen road in Manchester.
The call to police came from the sister of David Zwarton, 34, of Tullahoma. Zwarton is already facing charges in other area counties and will now face several charges in Coffee County.
This all stemmed from a dog pulling the bag of jewelry and coins out from under a rock in the back yard of David Zwarton’s sister’s residence and some children coming in the house saying they had found treasure.