South Fulton's Drama Club planning Dec. 3 performance The Messenger 11.20.09 South Fulton High School’s Drama Club will present “The Knights of the Rad Table” by Pat Lydersen at 7 p.m. Dec. 3 in the school gymnasium. Admission is $3 per person, with children ages 5 and younger admitted free. The play is being presented by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service Inc. of Englewood, Colo. Read More ...

DSCC to host concert The Messenger 11.18.09 Dyersburg State Community College will host its annual Home for the Holidays concert presented by the Memphis Symphony Orchestra on Dec. 4. Alastair Willis, a candidate for music director for the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, will conduct. Read More ...

UT Martin students attend statewide event The Messenger 11.18.09 Nine students from the University of Tennessee at Martin joined about 200 of the best and brightest students from around Tennessee to convene for the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature’s 40th General Assembly last week. UT Martin sent four students as its first team to TISL’s Moot Court Challenge. Read More ...

Author to sign book at university The Messenger 11.18.09 Bill Haltom — father, husband, lawyer and award-winning writer — will sign copies of his book, “Some Assembly Required,” at 4 p.m. Dec. 3 at Paul Meek Library on the University of Tennessee at Martin campus. On Christmas Eve, the three most terrifying words in the English language are “some assembly required.” In “Some Assembly Required,” Haltom will make the father in anyone’s life laugh this Christmas with his latest book. Read More ...

At the college level The Messenger 11.18.09 Abrea Garwood of Union City has been awarded a Merit Scholarship from Nossi College of Art in Goodlettsville. Miss Garwood began the associate degree program in commercial digital photography in the fall semester, which started in September. Read More ...

School board president's death ruled a suicide by authorities The Messenger 11.18.09 By CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s school board president shot himself in the head, officials said, as city leaders grappled with more bad news for a district trying to recover from the beating death of a high school student and a federal investigation into allegations of politically influenced admissions. Read More ... The Associated Press

Menus - UC School System and SFES, Nov. 23-24, 2009 The Messenger 11.18.09 The Union City School System has announced the following lunch menus for Nov. 23-24: — — — South Fulton Elementary has announced the following menus for Nov. 23-27: Read More ...

UT's Knoxville campus embracing sustainability The Messenger 11.13.09 KNOXVILLE (AP) — The University of Tennessee’s flagship campus is riding a green wave that is sweeping across campuses nationally. UT-Knoxville has ramped up its recycling efforts. It has rolled out an extensive energy savings and carbon reduction program. And it is encouraging staff and students to ride the bus and turn off the lights. Read More ... The Associated Press

Play to be staged at Murray State The Messenger 11.13.09 The Department of Theatre at Murray (Ky.) State University will present the play “A Flea in Her Ear” Thursday through Nov. 22 at the Robert E. Johnson Theatre on the MSU campus. The classic farce was written by Georges Feydeau and translated from the original French by John Mortimer. Read More ...

At the college level The Messenger 11.13.09 Jackie Huff of the Walnut Log community graduated earlier this year from Jackson State Community College with an associate of applied science in medical laboratory technician. She had worked in local industry for 14 years before downsizings and layoffs began. She decided to return to school to pursue a degree in the high-demand field of healthcare. Read More ...

Report: States set low bar for student achievement The Messenger 11.12.09 By LIBBY QUAID AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Many states set achievement standards so low that they can say their students are reading and doing math at their grade level when they haven’t truly mastered the subjects, the Education Department asserted recently. The Obama administration said the report bolsters its effort to persuade all states to adopt the same set of tougher standards for what students should know. Read More ...

Police hold first class for teens The Messenger 11.12.09 The Fulton Police Department recently held its first training class for the Fulton Police Junior Police Academy. Fulton Police Chief Terry Powell opened the program with a welcome to the teenage junior recruits and Sgt. Justin Purcell and officer Doug Love, who have a willingness to reach out to youth, presented the class to the young cadets. Read More ...

At the college level The Messenger 11.12.09 Three local students were among the new members recently inducted into Dyersburg State Community College’s Alpha Epsilon Alpha chapter of Phi Theta Kappa academic honor society. The fall inductees included Paige Trader of Kenton, Mandy Elliott of South Fulton and Magen Warner of Troy. Read More ...

Events scheduled at UT Martin Annual Faculty Art Exhibition UTM Fall Choral Concert  Read More ...

Honor Rolls - Black Oak Elementary Black Oak Elementary has announced the following honor rolls for the first nine weeks: Read More ...

Menus - UC School System and SFES, Nov. 16-20, 2009 South Fulton Elementary has announced the following menus for Nov. 16-20: — — — The Union City School System has announced the following lunch menus for Nov. 16-20: Read More ...

Arun Gandhi slated to speak Nov. 16 at Dyersburg State The Messenger 11.06.09 Dyersburg State Community College’s International Studies Program will host two presentations by Arun Gandhi, the grandson of India’s late spiritual leader Mohandas Karamchand “Mahatma” Gandhi, on Nov. 16. The presentations will take place in the Learning Resource Center on the Dyersburg campus at 11:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. They are free and open to the public. Read More ...

UT Martin sets final Preview Day The Messenger 11.06.09 The final Preview Day is set for Nov. 21 at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Preview Days are opportunities for high school students and their families to visit and learn about the university. Each event is designed to enable future college students to become familiar with the Martin campus and to get that all-important first impression of university life. Read More ...

Percussion ensemble to perform The Messenger 11.06.09 The University of Tennessee at Martin percussion ensemble will perform its fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Campbell Auditorium in the Holt Humanities Building. The concert will feature Dr. Amy Simmons, associate professor of music, clarinet; Daniel Vargason, student conductor; Cory Bozard, drum set; and Jacob Abbott, marimba. Read More ...

Trip to Italy planned for March The Messenger 11.06.09 The University of Tennessee at Martin will sponsor a travel-study trip to Italy March 11-22. Italy has it all — popes, painters and poets — wrapped in history, culture and cuisine. Read More ...

Church pianists invited to upcoming workshop The Messenger 11.06.09 The Department of Music at the University of Tennessee at Martin is presenting a workshop for church pianists from 9 a.m.-noon Nov. 14 at C.E. Weldon Public Library in Martin. Read More ...

Honor Rolls - SFHS/SFMS and UCHS The Messenger 11.06.09 South Fulton High School has announced the following honor rolls for the first nine weeks: — — — South Fulton Middle School has announced the following honor rolls for the first nine weeks: — — — Union City High School has announced the following honor rolls for the first nine weeks: Read More ...