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New Salem FCE Club meets Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 8:00 pm New Salem FCE Club met recently at Kountry Korner Restaurant with Bettie and Deanna Higgs as co-hostesses. President Higgs opened the meeting with reading the thought for the day, “There are many ways to measure success, not the least of which is the…

Librarians across Tennessee offered a LIFT Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 8:00 pm The Tennessee State Library and Archives regional libraries have partnered with the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services (TALS) to train librarians on the use of the new LIFT (Legal Information for Tennesseans) web portal — http://legalinfotn.org. The trainings have focused on best…

Volunteer Tenn. to meet Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 5:00 pm The Messenger, June 18, 2013Volunteer Tennessee will meet in quarterly session Friday from 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Tennessee Conference Room of the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development in Nashville.The agenda will include committee meetings and decisions related to the 2013-14 AmeriCorps…

OC board meeting set Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 5:00 pm The Messenger, June 18, 2013The Obion County Board of Education will meet Monday at 7 a.m. in the conference room at the Obion County Board of Education office at 1700 North Fifth St. in Union CityThere will not be an orientation session, and there…

Fincher hosts job fair Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 5:00 pm The Messenger, June 18, 2013Congressman Stephen Fincher is sponsoring a job fair June 28 from noon-4 p.m. at the Obion County Public Library, located at 1221 East Reelfoot Ave. in Union City.“Americans need to get back to work and, for me, that begins with…

Vols’ Stokes makes squad Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:00 pm Following six highly-competitive training camp workouts at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA Basketball announced its final 12-man roster for the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship in Prague, Czech Republic. Tennessee’s Jarnell Stokes made the final cut and will represent…

Molina the total package for Redbirds Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:00 pm ST. LOUIS (AP) — Known for his defense, Yadier Molina is putting together an impressive offensive season. Molina had two more hits Monday night against the Chicago Cubs, including a two-run double, to help the Cardinals to a 5-2 win in the…

Miss. St. nearing finals Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:00 pm OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Trey Porter surely made the home folks proud back in Hurley, Miss., population 950. With Porter driving in the go-ahead runs in the eighth inning, Mississippi State took control of its bracket in the College World Series with a 5-4…

Heat truly on defending champions Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:00 pm By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — They lost three times in three months in one of the most overpowering stretches the NBA has ever seen. Now the Miami Heat have lost three times in five games. So superb during the…

UTM pioneer Giles lauded Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:00 pm The Ohio Valley Conference celebrated the 40th anniversary of Title IX recently with a luncheon at the DoubleTree Hotel in Nashville. Each of the OVC’s 12-member institutions identified a pioneer in women’s athletics from their school to be honored during the year and celebrated…