TSSAA Board to hear plenty before deciding on classes Posted: Friday, June 15, 2012 12:00 pm By MIKE HUTCHENS Press Sports The TSSAA Board of Control did a lot of listening Tuesday night. The group will get another earful this morning before finally speaking. Executive director Bernard Childress presented both a five- and six-class plan…

Sharon Notables Posted: Friday, June 15, 2012 8:02 pm I went to the doctor last Friday. Even though the report was about the same as last time, I felt that this time something was different. I felt that my doctor has truly been praying for an answer to my health issues. Now, I know that…

Receives pin Posted: Friday, June 15, 2012 8:02 pm AWARDED PIN — Billy Lawson (left) recently received a safe driving pin for 22 years of service from Fulton Woodmen of the World Lodge 4 representative Fred Derrington. Published in The Messenger 6.15.12

Dresden Duplicate Bridge Posted: Friday, June 15, 2012 8:02 pm Dresden Duplicate Club met June 6th at 12:30 p.m. and had a most wonderful, delightful day, full of interesting hand of bridge and so much like experts playing them. Four tables, sixteen players and a lively and cheerful time playing 28 boards. While playing the…

New Salem FCE Club holds regular meeting Posted: Friday, June 15, 2012 12:01 am New Salem FCE Club recently held its meeting at Richee and Reggis’s Restaurant in Dresden with Evonne Shipher and Norma Goad, as co-hostesses. Fifteen members attended. President Bettie Higgs opened the meeting and read the “thought for the day”: “Character may…

Mrs. Shore hosts James Buckley Chapter Posted: Friday, June 15, 2012 12:01 am The James Buckley Chapter recently met in the home of regent Emily Shore. The meeting was called to order and the members repeated the DAR ritual. Mary Vowell read the minutes and Aline Roberts read the Merry Ann T. Wright, president general,…

Locals attend Memphis Annual Conference Posted: Friday, June 15, 2012 12:01 am The Memphis Annual Conference met recently in Jackson.  Clergy and delegates from roughly 425 churches across western Kentucky and West Tennessee converged in Jackson for a time of worship, fellowship, bible study, recognition and, of course, legislation for the coming year. The theme…

Tiger again looking like ‘major’ player Posted: Friday, June 15, 2012 7:00 pm By ANTONIO GONZALEZ AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tiger Woods is back to twirling his clubs at a major instead of kicking them. The way he methodically moved around a quirky course with uneven lies, tight fairways and tiny greens…

James heats up in clutch, finally Posted: Friday, June 15, 2012 7:00 pm By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — LeBron James had received plenty of help from Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, and now he had to finish it on his own. With what Wade called the loudest crowd he’d ever…

Fans flock to ’Wolves in Omaha Posted: Friday, June 15, 2012 7:00 pm By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — South Carolina is going for three straight national titles and Florida is the No. 1 seed. Yet all the talk at the College World Series is about Stony Brook and Kent State.…