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Sports Briefs Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:00 pm Westview hires for baseball, soccer Westview has hired Bryan Allen as its new head baseball coach. Allen, a football assistant, was previously the Chargers’ head baseball coach for four years before Chad Levister took over the past four seasons. Phillip Tyler — the head coach at…

UT hires Miss Jones as summer intern Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 8:00 pm University of Tennessee Extension Family and Consumer Science employs summer college interns in the field of Family and Consumer Sciences annually.This year the UT Extension Career Edge committee interviewed 18 applicants across the state of Tennessee and six were awarded summer…

Tuesday’s Taste Tempters 6.18.13 Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 8:00 pm Today’s recipe comes from “The Simplyraw Kitchen: Plant-Powered, Gluten-Free and Mostly Raw Recipes for Healthy Living” by Natasha Kyssa. (ISBN 978-1-55152-505-1/$21.95)Righteous Brownies with Caramel Frosting Brownies1 cup dried pecans1 cup dried walnuts 1 cup coconut flour1/8 teaspoon Himalayan salt 1/2 cup pitted Medjool dates…

Miss UTM to compete Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 8:00 pm A University of Tennessee at Martin student will join contestants from across the state in the Miss Tennessee Pageant Wednesday through Saturday at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson.Jordan Gunn of Dyersburg, 2013 Miss University of Tennessee at Martin, will compete, along with…

Mason Hall FCE Club holds monthly meeting Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 8:00 pm The Mason Hall Family and Community Education Club met recently at the community center, which was decorated for Father’s Day.Bennie Patterson and Pat Hurt served as hostesses.President Frances Allen welcomed 16 women members, six men members, two visitors and Obion County…

Mary Treece Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 5:00 pm The Messenger, June 18, 2013Completed arrangements are being announced for Mary Virginia (Hoffman) Treece, 67, of Union City, who died 7:31 p.m. June 16, 2013, in the emergency room at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City.Services will be conducted 11 a.m. Wednesday at Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home. The Rev.…

WM meeting called Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 5:00 pm The Messenger, June 18, 2013The mayor and board of aldermen of Woodland Mills will meet in called session Monday at 5 p.m. at Woodland Mills City Hall to hold a public hearing and consider a second reading on an ordinance amending the fiscal year 2012-13…

U.S. Solutions expanding Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 12:00 am The Messenger 06.17.13 Teleperformance company U.S. Solutions Group Inc. has announced it will expand its operations in Bristol.The expansion includes a $117,000 investment and the creation of 128 new jobs, according to a news release from the state Department of Economic and Community Development.In October…

New labor chief says job searches to be easier Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 12:00 am By: By the Associated Press The Messenger 06.17.13 NASHVILLE (AP) — The state labor chief says cutting services at state jobless service centers shouldn’t make it harder for out-of-work Tennesseans to find jobs.According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press…

Meiwa coming to Tennessee Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 12:00 am The Messenger 06.17.13 Meiwa Industry officials recently announced the company will open its first U.S. plant in Lewisburg.The announcement by the automotive components supplier represents an investment of $6.1 million and will create 98 new jobs in Marshall County, according to a news release…