News 2016

The American Legion Post announces Joe Hawkins has been selected as the Marine Grand Marshall of the 2016 Veteran Day Parade.  Joe says that In the fifties and the early sixties, between Korea and Vietnam, was probably a good time to be in the Marine Corps.  However, he did see some combat action in one incident.  In Beirut, Lebanon in 1958 his Regiment, the 6th Marines, was in the Mediterranean on the APA.   They started toward Lebanon and the Navy started bringing live ammunition out of the hole and up on the deck.  That gets your attention! Admiral Brown with his Carrier and the Sixth Naval Air Wing were with them
as they headed toward Lebanon.  Admiral Brown took his Carrier down near Beirut.  Lieutenant John McCain and his other pilots took their jets on shore at tree top level, shaking their window panes.  That changed the attitude of the hostile troops in Lebanon.  After that incident was over, the live ammunition was put back in the hole, and headed toward turkey for a military exercise.  Like all branches of the military, the Fleet Marine Force is always ready.
WBRY will broadcast the Veterans Day program live from Cannon County High School Friday morning October 11 and the Veterans Day parade Saturday October 12th
 

A one vehicle accident occurred Thursday morning at the intersection of Bradyville Rd and Claude Gather Rd in Bradyville. There was one confirmed fatality. Another person was being flown out by Vanderbilt Life Flight with serious injuries. Upon arrival of responders, the vehicle was in a ditch and was fully engulfed in fire that spread to a hayfield. .  Agencies responding include Cannon County EMS Cannon County Sheriff’s Dept, Rescue Squad, and Mooretown Fire Department and the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
 

Cannon County High School and the Office of Coordinated School Health are proud to announce officers for the 2016-2017 Teen Health Council.  The Teen Health Council is an engaging group of student leaders who help to provide a voice for students in the areas of health and wellness.  Feedback from students is used to guide programs that will be beneficial for all students. 
 
The Teen Health Council is sponsored by school nurse, Tanya Lewis.  Officers for this school year  Joie McCrary (Historian), Elizabeth House (Secretary), Emma Davenport (Historian), Sarah Hood (Vice President) and Lindsy Foppe (President).
 

The day will be all about America’s veterans.
From the early morning memorial service to a picnic that includes recognizing the Dr. Joe Nunley Award recipients to the MTSU Band of Blue halftime salute, the 35th annual Salute to Armed Services Game is all about making veterans and their families feel treasured.
All activities will take place on the MTSU campus, and most will lead up to the 1:30 p.m. kickoff for the Conference USA football game between the Blue Raiders (6-2 overall) and the University of Texas-San Antonio (4-4) in Floyd Stadium.
Game tickets provided by State Farm are complimentary for veterans and their families, and will be available at the picnic.
To find parking, the stadium, the MTSU Memorial site and other buildings, a searchable campus parking map is available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap.
Since 1982, MTSU’s Salute to Armed Services events pay tribute to the men and women who serve or who have served in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard. The Blue Raiders want fans to join them in one of the nation’s longest-running veterans’ celebrations.
The timeline of Salute to Armed Services events is as follows:
• 9:30 a.m. — Memorial service honoring veterans outside the Tom H. Jackson Building. Keith M. Huber, senior adviser for veterans and leadership initiatives at MTSU, will be the guest speaker. Huber retired as a lieutenant general after a nearly 40-year career in the U.S. Army.
• 11 a.m. — Veterans and families picnic on the Kennon Sports Hall of Fame lawn.
• 11 a.m. — Silent auction in Kennon Hall of Fame, benefiting the Salute to Armed Services fund.
• Noon — Veterans Village opens on the stadium concourse.
• Noon. — Dr. Joe Nunley Award presentation at the picnic site. The 2016 recipients are Murfreesboro businessmen and MTSU alumni Bud Morris and Bob Lamb, who both served during the Vietnam War.
• 1:30 p.m. — Football kickoff.
• Halftime salute — MTSU Band of Blue performs military fight songs as each of the U.S. military branches — Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines and Navy — march across Horace Jones Field together.
The Nunley award, formerly presented to a World War II veteran who also made his or her mark in life after serving their country, now is given “to a veteran known for service to others in the Middle Tennessee community,” said MTSU alumnus John Furgess (Class of 1965) of Nashville, who helped found the event with Nunley.
The Salute to Armed Services event also features an annual Marines Toys for Tots drive.
Collection barrels for new and unwrapped toys will be placed at each end of Floyd Stadium and at club level. People also can place donations in Marine ammunition cans with a slot; the Marines are not permitted to accept money from donors by hand.
For more information, visit www.goblueraiders.com.
 

Cash prizes of $200, $160, and $100 will be awarded to the top three teams in the 6th Annual Turkey Tee Off golf tournament. The Child Advocacy Center will also reward winners of the putting competition, bulls-eye golf, and closest to the pin on two separate holes.

 

Cedar Crest Golf Course will play host for the tournament benefiting the Child Advocacy Center. Breakfast will begin at 8 a.m.; followed by a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Lunch after the round will be provided by Slick Pig Bar-B-Q.

 

“We look forward to participants taking part in the fun this Saturday, and have some great prizes to give away,” affirmed Mike Becker, tournament chairperson. Winner of the putting competition will receive two free rounds of golf at Barnsley Resort in Adairsville, Georgia.

 

Funds raised help provide services to victims of child sexual and physical abuse. The Child Advocacy Center has served over 17,000 clients in its sixteen years of existence. The Center provides the community, free of charge: forensic interviewing, crisis intervention services for children and families, support groups for child sexual abuse victims and their non-offending parents, drug endangered children’s services, bilingual family services, and “Darkness to Light” child sexual abuse prevention training.  

 

Sponsorship opportunities, team slots, and tee box signs are still available. For more information, please email Jessica Wauchek at jessicawauchek@bellsouth.net or call 615-867-9000 in Rutherford County and 615-563-9915 in Cannon County.

 

Gobble, gobble, gobble,” said Keylon Holloway, Child Advocacy Center development coordinator.  “This is the warmest weather we have ever had for the Turkey Tee Off.”  Record high temperatures this fall will give the Child Advocacy Center a warm sunny day for the 6th annual Turkey Tee Off golf tournament. 

 

The tournament will begin with an 8 a.m. breakfast; followed by a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Lunch after the round will be provided by Slick Pig Bar-B-Q.

 

“This Thanksgiving season, I am grateful to the Child Advocacy Center for the support they provide to child abuse victims and their families,” said tournament chairperson Mike Becker of Woodbury Financial Services.  “We are excited to see twenty plus teams registered to golf and looking forward to a beautiful day.”

 

Tournament proceeds help victims of child physical and sexual abuse through the Child Advocacy Center.  The Center provides forensic interviews of child victims, crisis intervention services for families, support groups for child sexual abuse victims and their non-offending parents, drug endangered children program, bilingual family services, and “Darkness to Light” child sexual abuse prevention training.  

 

To golf, sponsor, contribute a door prize, or have a tee box sign contact Jessica Wauchek at jessicawauchek@bellsouth.net or call 615-867-9000 in Rutherford County or 615-563-9915 in Cannon County.

 

 

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Tournament Fee: $100 per golfer, $400 for a team of 4 golfers

Tournament Schedule: Sat., Nov. 5th l 8:00 a.m. Breakfast l 9:00 a.m. Start l 1:00 p.m. Lunch

Tournament Location: Cedar Crest Golf Course, 7972 Mona Road, Murfreesboro, TN  37129

 

 

 

Without the donation of weekend food bags from area churches and other organizations, several homeless students in Rutherford County Schools would go hungry between Friday evening and Monday morning.
 
“It is amazing to think we have hungry children in Rutherford County schools, but unfortunately it is a reality,” said Kim Snell, ATLAS liaison for the school district. “Our program is able to provide school supplies, books, clothes and hygiene items for these children, but we must have outside resources to take care of food needs. We are so thankful that we have caring people in the churches and organizations who are willing to meet these needs.”
 
ATLAS is the homeless education program for Rutherford County Schools.  RCS has identified more than 750 students so far this school year who meet the definition for homelessness, according to the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.  There were 1,267 ATLAS students at the end of the 2015-2016 school year.  These students receive breakfast and lunch at their schools during the week, but many have little food on the weekends.
 
David Bess, the ATLAS contact at Riverdale High School, says the students who receive weekend food bags from North Boulevard West Church of Christ eat everything the church sends.  Riverdale High School is one of 37 schools in Rutherford County that receives weekend food bags from a church or organization.
 
There are currently 25 churches and organizations providing weekend food bags that go home each Friday with these children. The contacts at each school distribute the food in the prepared gallon-size zip lock bags that go into the students’ backpacks.  Each bag contains shelf stable food to help feed these students on Saturdays and Sundays.
 
For more information about the Rutherford County Schools ATLAS program, contact program coordinator Kim Snell at 615-893-5815 ext. 22225 or snellk@rcschools.net. 
 

Budget cuts will be the big topic of discussion during tonight’s Cannon County Commission Meeting.  Last Thursday the Cannon County Budget Committee met after the State Comptroller sent a letter earlier in October stating that the Commission must do something to get the County out of a financial crises they are currently in.  One requirement sent down by the Comptroller was that the County must decrease spending for the fiscal year $100,000.  The Budget Committee will recommend all county departments cut 2.4% out of their current budget to meet the State Comptroller’s goal.
Other items on the agenda will be the quarterly reports and Corey Davenport will present a lease agreement between the industrial development board and Cannon County.  Meeting is scheduled to start tonight at 5:00 at the Cannon County Courthouse.

WBRY continues its series on the upcoming Veterans Day Parade Grand Marshalls
The Army Grand Marshall is  Charles Larry Nixon    Larry joined the Army on October 6, 1966, and did his basic training at Fort Knox, Ky.  He completed his Advanced Training at Fort Knox.  He was assigned as an Assistant Instructor with the Armor School, Fort Knox, until  he was deployed to Viet Nam on February 2, 1968, during the TET Offensive.  Larry was assigned to the Recon Platoon, 5th/60th Mechanized  Infantry, 9th Infantry Division.  On the night ofFebruary 16, 1968 they were ambushed.  The man on his right was killed along with the two men on his left.  He was shot and lost the use of his legs for a couple of days.  He spent six weeks in the hospital in-country, and then returned to duty with the Recon Platoon.   On April 7th 1968,
Larry was wounded by shrapnel from a mortar during a mortar attack at his base camp at Binh Phouc in the Mekong Delta 35-40 miles south of Saigon.
He left the Army on September 3, 1969 with the rank of Sergeant. He returned to Murfreesboro, Tennessee and attended MTSU.  He was a contributor to a book by Lt. Lee Alley, titled, “Back From War A Quest For Life After Death”.   The book deals with both the physical and psychological wounds and what we dealt with upon returning home to an ungrateful nation.  Sgt. Nixon was awarded the Purple Heart, the Army Commendation Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Viet Nam Campaign Medal, the Viet Nam Service Medal with Four Campaign Stars, and two Overseas Service Bars.
WBRY will broadcast the Veterans Day Program Ceremonies and Parade Friday November 11th and Saturday November 12th

On Tuesday November the 1st, Cannon Dispatch received a call about a truck on fire on Vance Road just off of McMinnville Hwy. The truck became fully involved within just a couple of minutes. Eastside Fire Department was dispatched and engine en route within minutes.  Even thou the truck was in the middle of the roadway, the fire spread to a nearby hillside just as Deputies arrived on scene. The fire moved “explosively” up the hillside because of the very dry conditions. The location of this fire was in a remote area of Cannon County and not easily accessible.  TN Depart of Forestry was called to assist fighting the out of control brush fire that was quickly spreading as the winds picked up. Four Forestry Fire Fighters arrived on scene along with a bulldozer and operator to help contain the quickly growing brush fire.  The fire began to endanger several residences and structures on Vance Road and another on Adams Ridge Lane that was directly above the fire. Mooretown, Short Mountain and Woodbury Fire Departments were requested for mutual aid. Forestry cut “Fire Breaks” with the bulldozer and by hand to contain the large fire. Fire Fighters protected the endangered structures with numerous fire apparatus and the fire was fully contained by 5:27pm that evening. A total of 17.1 acres of land was consumed by fire.  No doubt there would have been property lost if it wasn’t for all the Fire Departments involved and Tennessee Department of Forestry aggressive fight on this fire.  With deep budget cuts currently looming, fires like this are why funding for these departments is so crucial and necessary to save lives and protect the property for the citizens of Cannon County.

  American Legion Post 279 has selected Penny Kay Daniels as the United
States Air Force Marshal for the 2016 Annual Veterans Day Parade,
Saturday, November 12, 2016, at 1 o’clock PM.  Penny Kay Holmes was born
in Tustin, Michigan.  In 1975 Penny joined the United States Air Force.
After Basic Training at Lackland AFB, Texas, she went to
Sheppard AFB, Texas where she received training in disbursing
accounting.  Penny’s first duty assignment was Brooks AFB, Texas.  Here
she met and married her husband in 1978, Keith Daniels, who was also in
the U.S. Air Force.
Next they were assigned to Bitburg AFB, Germany.  In 1981 their daughter,
Janae’, was born.  In 1982 the Daniels were assigned to K.I. Sawyer AFB,
Mich. Here Penny was NCOIC of quality examination and the travel section.
She graduated from the Leadership School at Griffith AFB, Indiana. In 1986
they were back in the States at Dyess AFB, Texas, the home of the B-1
Bomber. Here she was Chief of Military Pay. In 1989 they were back in
Germany.  When Russia and the Communist Party fell in 1991, Penny was a
paying agent on numerous trips to Russia.  Penny was promoted to Master
Sergeant.  In 1993 they were assigned to Vandenberg AFB, Calif. where she
was Chief of Travel.  Keith retired in 1993 and Penny retired in 1994.
They moved to Woodbury in 2001.  Penny and Keith signed on with the
Veterans and Concerned Citizens for the Veterans of Cannon County.  Penny
volunteered to be the Veterans Service Officer for the Veterans of Cannon
County.  They became Charter Members of the American Legion Post 279 in
2010.  Penny served as the Adjutant for Post 279 and as the Veterans
Service Officer.  In 2005 Penny was appointed at the Veterans Service
Officer (VSO) for Cannon County.  As VSO Penny has assisted many veterans
and their families with issues with the Veterans Administration and the VA
Hospital.
Penny received the following awards:  the Meritorious Service Medal, the
Air Force Commendation Medal with three bronze oak leaf clusters, the Army
Commendation Medal,  the Air Force Achievement Medal, the Air Force
Longevity Service Award Ribbon, the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Good
Conduct Medal with Silver Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air Force Overseas Long
Tour Ribbon,  the NCO Professional Military Education Graduate Ribbon, and
the Air Force Training Ribbon.      Keith and Penny Daniels have been
instrumental in serving the Veterans of Cannon County.  They are to be
commended for their truly outstanding service to our Veterans, to the
American Legion Post 279, and to Cannon County.