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PVVFD fights house fire in Harris
Farms
December 22, 2014
A Pleasant View home sustained
substantial damage on Sunday night,
December 14 in Harris Farms. The
home was reported vacant and no
injuries were reported.
Local firefighters were called to the
home around 7:20 p.m. and found the
home’s attic fully involved in flames.
According to a release by the Pleasant
View Volunteer Fire department on
Monday, no one was living in the
house that is for sale.
In the release, the fire department
outlined that the home sprinklers did
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activate once the flames extended
from the attic into the living space.
“Attics are not sprinklered because
very few fires start there and it’s not
heated,” says Fire Chief PJ Duncan.
“Fire sprinklers can’t put water
where they are not present. Once the
fire moved down into the lower part
of the home the fire sprinkler system
did activate and helped get water on
the fire in the living area.”
The Pleasant View Volunteer Fire
Continued, FIRE p. 5
Obits, p. 4
Sports, p. 14
Crime, p. 7
Pet of the Week, p. 10
Classifieds, p. 20
Public Notices, p. 19
Cheatham County Commission
voted Monday against using money
from the school’s fund balance to
give a 5% pay increase to an estimated 950 employees of the school
district. On Thursday night Director of
Schools Stan Curtis held a Special
Called Meeting of the School Board
to decide how to proceed.
Newly elected board member Kimberly Messer proposed a
motion to adjust the current budget
to provide the 5% bonus without
using any money from the Fund
Balance. School officials voiced
concerns about adjusting the budget mid-year limiting funds in the
current budget.
A roll call vote was taken on
Messer’s motion. School board
members Dan Moore, Brian Chase
and James Gupton voted against
Messer’s motion and board member Louallen and Messer voted for
the proposed motion. David Bibee
did not attend the meeting.
Moore proposed a motion
to give a 5% bonus to all employees
in the school district. To present
each employee a 5% one-time
bonus $850,000.00 would be used
from Fund Balance, which currently holds an estimated $7 million
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Obituaries
ARMS, William Robert Arms, age
39, of Ashland City, TN died Saturday,
December 13, 2014 at his home. Funeral
services were conducted December 18,
with burial in EverRest of Cheatham.
William was born February 15, 1975 in
Nashville. He worked in sales and was
of the Christian faith. He was preceded
in death by his mother, Nanella Brady
Brawner. Survivors include his father
and step-mother, Joe and Jean Arms of
Joelton; sister, Melissa (Daron) Christy
of Pleasant View; His love, Cathie
Whitehead of Ashland City; grandmother, Maxie Anderson of Livingston,
TN; nephews, Grant and Isaac Christy
of Pleasant View; and a host of loving
aunts, uncles, and cousins. Austin & Bell
Funeral Home in Pleasant View was in
charge of these arrangements. (615) 7464433 www.austinandbell.com
OLDEMAYER, Winnie Lou Haight,
Age 82, of Nashville died om December
15, 2014. She was preceded in death
by parents, Vernon Ray & Delma
Morrison Stockdale; son, Robbie
Haight, husbands Preston Haight &
Melvin Oldemayer; brothers, Buddy
Stockdale & Aubrey Stockdale; sisters,
Margie Marlow, Elizabeth Ferrell &
Louise Rye. She is survived by son,
Larry Haight; grandchildren, Jason
& Kimberly Haight; great-grandchildren, Alex & Tori Haight; sister, Evelyn
Smith; brothers Ray & Billy Stockdale.
Visitation with the family will be from
2 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.
until 11 a.m. Saturday at Anderson &
Garrett Funeral Home in Joelton. The
Funeral Service is 12:30 p.m. Saturday,
December 20, 2014 at Marion Untied
Methodist Church Cemetery with Bro.
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Tim Wise officiating. Online condolences at andersonandgarrett.com
WILLIAMS,
Bruce Myron,
Jr., age 66, of
Joelton, passed
away Sunday,
December
14, 2014 at
Select Specialty
Hospital in
Nashville. A
private graveside service was
held December 16, 2014 at Springfield
Memorial Gardens. There will be
a Friends and Family Gathering to
be announced at a later time. Mr.
Williams was born September 10, 1948
in Nashville to the late Bruce Myron
Williams Sr. and Mrs. Rosellan
Kilb Williams. He worked for the
United States Postal Service and
was a member of the Life of Faith
Family Church. He was a loving
husband, son, father and grandfather who was always kind and
understanding. In addition to his
mother, Mr. Williams is survived
by his loving wife, Georgia Kester
Williams; daughters, Cory (David)
Greco of Ashland City, Laryssa
(Adam) Herbert of Madeira Beach,
FL and Lindsey (Jason) Fitzpatrick of
Iuka, MS; brothers, Tommy (Sandy)
Williams of Cedar Hill and Felix
(Janie) Tejeda of Springfield; sisters,
Cynthia (Howell) Ellis of Cedar
Hill and Debbie (Randy) Alexander
of Pleasant View; grandchildren,
Jordan (Kris) Wiles, Farrah Greco,
Julia Greco, Tovia Greco, Matthew
Herbert and Hannah Herbert; and
great-grandchildren, Krislyn Wiles,
Berea Wiles and Devri Wiles. The
family requests memorial contributions be made to Relay for Life, the
American Cancer Society or to the
Life of Faith Family Church. Austin
& Bell Funeral Home in Springfield
is in charge of these arrangements. WILSON,
Herbert Louis,
age 83, of Pleasant
View, TN died
Wednesday,
December 17th,
2014 at Christian
Care Center in
Springfield, TN.
Funeral services will
be conducted on Saturday, December
20th, at 3 o’clock pm at Austin & Bell
Funeral Home in Pleasant View with
Bro. David Royalty officiating. Burial
will be Monday, December 22nd, at
1 o’clock pm in Rose Bud Cemetery
in Rose Bud, Arkansas with family
and friends serving as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends at the
funeral home on Saturday from 1PM
till the hour of service.Mr. Wilson
was born April 7, 1931 in Rose Bud,
Arkansas to the late Clarence and
Stella Kerr Wilson. He was a member
of the First Baptist Church Joelton and
was a veteran of the U.S. Navy having
served in the Korean War. He was an
Accountant, Locksmith, and employed
with the Arkansas Department
of Corrections as a Maintenance
Supervisor. In his spare time he loved
to paint and write.In addition to his
parents, he is preceded in death by his
son, Tim Wilson; and parents-in-law,
Alton and Virginia Brown.He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Lucille
Brown Wilson; son, Tony (Michelle)
Wilson of Belleville, IL; daughters,
Charlotte (David) Hensley of Nashville,
TN, Lynn (Kenny) Watson of Puckett,
MS; brother, Jess (Sherrill) Wilson of
Hot Springs, AR; grandchildren, Holly,
Jessica, Christopher, Kristin, Olivia,
Nate, Spencer; and great-grandchildren, Katelyn, Taylor, Jacob, and Malia.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the American Heart
Association. Donations may be sent in
care of Austin & Bell Funeral Home.
AUSTIN & BELL FUNERAL HOME
in PLEASANT VIEW is in charge of
these arrangements. (615) 746-4433
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Cheatham County Deputy recognized by
Governor’s Highway Safety Office
The Governor’s Highway Safety
Office, along with Mothers Against
Drunk Driving, recognized nearly
two hundred officers and law
enforcement agencies for their traffic
safety enforcement efforts last week.
Regional meetings took place in
Jackson, Murfreesboro, Pikeville,
Knoxville, and Greeneville.
Cheatham County Sheriff ’s Deputy
Chris Gilmore was awarded the Teen
Driver Safety Award in the statewide
recognitions. Gilmore serves as the
school resource officer at Sycamore
High School and works with several
driver safety programs for students.
Officers were recognized for their
efforts in speed enforcement, seat
belt enforcement, impaired driving
enforcement, and child passenger
safety. Officer of the Year awards were
presented to law enforcement who
showed outstanding work in all areas
of traffic safety. In certain regions,
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overall departments were recognized
for their entire unit’s efforts in a
particular category.
“Each year, MADD recognizes
law enforcement officers across the
state who excel in impaired driving
enforcement,” said Kate Ritchie,
State Program Director of MADD
Tennessee. “We know that they put
their lives on the line each day, and
we thank them for their service.
They are the reason that many of
us are able to return home to our
families at night. No matter how
much education and awareness
MADD does, it takes officers out
there enforcing the laws for us to
really make a difference.” Combined,
the officers recognized by MADD
had over 5,500 DUI arrests.
The regional meetings were
conducted by the Governor’s
Highway Safety Office’s Law
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Adoption Special
Enforcement Liaisons (LELs). Each
of the four Tennessee regions has one
LEL that serves as a link between the
Governor’s Highway Safety Office
and local and state law enforcement
agencies. LELs also oversee the
development of traffic enforcement
networks within their regions.
“We hold regional meetings as a
way to thank our officers, deputies,
and troopers for their extra efforts
keeping our roadways safe,” Tony
Burnett, Middle Tennessee Law
Enforcement Liaison said. “The
meetings also coincide with the
kickoff of our Booze It and Lose
It campaign. While we spend time
reflecting on the accomplishments
over the year, it also keeps agencies
mindful of the importance of
continued efforts over the holidays.”
“Our partnerships with law
enforcement agencies are extremely
valuable,” Kendell Poole, Director of
the Governor’s Highway Safety Office
said. “It is our honor to recognize
the men and women who go above
and beyond to reduce traffic crashes,
injuries, and fatalities. We know that
their efforts are making an impact
across the state of Tennessee.”
For a complete list of officers and
departments that were recognized,
visit http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/ghso/.
For more information about GHSO,
visit www.tntrafficsafety.org.
During the month of
December, Cheatham
County Animal Control
is running a Home for the
Holidays special and ALL
adoption fees for dogs,
puppies, cats, and kittens are $10. All will be
spayed/neutered and have
all their shots.
FIRE
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Department offers any homeowner
with fire sprinklers who would want
a free home safety inspection to call
(615) 746-8528.
“We were able to save the main
part of this home because fire sprinklers worked,” adds Chief Duncan.
“Attic fires are tough to fight, but I
am proud of the service provided by
both the Pleasant View Volunteer Fire
Department and our neighboring
department of Ashland City.”
All homes constructed in the Town
of Pleasant View require installation of
fire sprinklers.
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The Cheatham County Commission voted to reject a request from
the school board to use $850,000
from the districts fund balance to
fund a five percent pay increase for
all school employees.
The motion to reject was made by
Commissioner Tim Williamson.
He asked that the board be requested to modify their request from
a pay increase to a one-time five
percent bonus for the remainder of
the school year.
Michael Bligh, county attorney,
told commissioners they could
not encroach on duties assigned to
the school board. Bligh said, “The
commission’s role is to approve the
funds, not to allocate how those
funds are spent.”
It was then that Williamson made
the motion to reject the request.
The motion was passed 10 to 2.
Commissioners Shanon Pickard
and Diana Pike cast the two votes
in favor of the request.
Williamson did make a motion
for a resolution asking the school
board to consider changing the
pay raises to bonuses. All commissioners with the exception of
Commissioner Dale McCarver,
who abstained, voted in favor of
the resolution. McCarver said he
did not feel it was the commission’s
place to make a request for the
school board to consider an specific
action. He said they could do what
they wanted and bring it back to
the commission but he felt like it
should be the school boards decision on what to do.
The school board scheduled a special called meeting for Thursday to
discuss options. The commission
recessed Monday’s meeting until
Tuesday, December 23 at 7:00 p.m.,
to allow for consideration if there
is any action taken by the school
board.
Several employees of the board
of education spoke regarding the
raises and urging commissioners to
approve the spending of the funds.
During discussion on the item,
McCarver questioned why the
school board has been sitting on a
$7 million dollar fund balance. He
asked why raises were not included in the budget brought to the
commission by the school board.
He said it would not be an issue if
budgets were handled at the appropriate time and not in the middle of
the fiscal year. “The county doesn’t
do something like this in the middle of the fiscal year. This is the
school board not ding its job when
it should have been done in the
summer,” he said.
McCarver said he understands
the concerns of teachers and as a
former teacher in the Cheatham
County School System knows the
things that teachers go through. He
said he believed the teachers needed more money and admitted that
many at the meeting were friends of
his. He said, “The teachers should
be mad at the school board for sitting on a seven million dollar fund
balance.”
School officials have said it is
difficult to attract and retain good
teachers. McCarver disagreed saying good teachers could be attracted
and retained, even naming examples of many well known teachers that have spent their careers
working for the Cheatham County
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EMT Chief Danny Schieffer was recognized at Monday night’s commission meeting. Danny successfully completed training that gave him a
certification held by few EMTs in the state.
schools. He also added that a large
percentage left for reasons other
than the amount of pay.
McCarver said said he was elected
by the people of the third district
and that is who he is representing.
He said residents have questioned
the using of the fund balance for
raises. “People can think what they
want to think, but I am representing the people,” McCarver told Williamson “You may not believe this,
but I would be making these same
arguments and voting the same way
if I had never heard of Tim Webb
and Stan Curtis,” he added.
A request to extend sewer service
from New Hope Road to the county
line along 41-A was postponed.
The request was made to the commission by Layne Gebers, owner of
Frontier Basement Systems. He is
wanting to located and expand his
business on a piece of property he
owns along the Cheatham/Davidson county line. Gebers requested
the commission postpone consid-
ering the request. Commission
Chairman Donnie Jordan said
Gebers was looking at some other
possible options.
The commission will reconvene
on Tuesday, December 23 at 7:00
p.m. to possibly consider a newly
formed request from the school
board.
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Cheatham Crime
Rodney James Muniz, 32, 110 James
Milton Court, Bellevue, TN, was
charged on December 10 with theft.
Herbert Walker McNabb, 27, 5176
Old Higdon Road, C102, Joelton, was
charged with DUI on December 12.
Tiffany Diane Binkley-Krantz, 30,
2722 Goodsprings Road, Ashland
City, was charged on December
11 with DUI, driving on revoked,
suspended or cancelled license, an
possession of schedule II drug.
James Tyler Brown, 22, 1766 Valley
View Road, Ashland City, was cited
for driving on revoked, suspended or
cancelled license on December 11.
Rachael Michelle Fielder, 28, 2675
Mosley Ferry Road, Ashland City, was
charged on December 11 with simple
possession/ casual exchange, and
possession of drug paraphernalia.
Larry James Bradley, 44, 1012
Martin Luther King Blvd., Clarksville,
was charged with aggravated robbery,
evading arrest and aggravated assault
on December 11.
Melody Anne Harris, 53, 1143
Morriswood Drive, Joelton, was
charged with driving on revoked,
suspended or cancelled license on
December 12.
Gary Wayne Taylor, 18, 1164-A Old
Pinnacle Road, Joelton, was charged
with aggravated burglary, and theft on
December 12.
Meghan Marie Barnes, 23, 673
Sinclair Lane, Ashland City, was taken
into custody on December 15 and
charged with driving on revoked,
suspended or cancelled license.
Heather Cherise Brock, 22, 1128
Old Pinnacle Road, Apt. B, Joelton,
was charged with theft and possession
of drug paraphernalia on December
15.
charged with theft.
Marcus Alan Oldham, 25, 716
Jess Harris Road, Pleasant View, was
charged with fugitive from justice on
December 15.
A theft report was filed at 1017
Raybon Binkley Road, Ashland City,
on December 11.
Gregory Shane Jones, 43, 108
Christy Drive, Pleasant View, was
charged with DUI, driving on
revoked, suspended or cancelled
license, and violation of implied
consent on December 16.
Frank Eugene Bishop, 39, 1921
Patrick Court, Lebanon, Tennessee,
was charged with aggravated assault
on December 16.
William Frank Dunn, 40, 1175 Lock
A Road, Charlotte, was taken into
custody on December 16 as a fugitive
from justice.
Florence Brittany Bowden, 26, 1009
Valencia Court, Ashland City, was
charged with vandalism on December
17.
John Allen Payne, 34, 4609
Kentucky Ave., Nashville, was taken
into custody on December 18 and
The theft of a motor vehicle as
reported on December 10 at 1053
Johns Road, Joelton.
Vandalism was reported on
December 11 at 1010 Pleasant Valley
Road, Chapmansboro.
Theft of gasoline was reported at
1927 Valley View Road, Ashland City
on December 11.
An auto burglary was investigated at
1005 Hicks Lane, Apt. B, Joelton, on
December 11.
Vandalism to a driveway was
reported at 1221 Issac Clifton Road,
Ashland City on December 12.
Shoplifting was reported at the
Dollar General, 7605 Highway 41A,
Cedar Hill, on December 12.
An aggravated burglary was
reported at 4908 Thomasville Road,
Chapmansboro on December 12.
Vandalism reports were filed on
December 13 at both 1202 Bandy
Road, Ashland City and at 1330
Maplewood Road, Ashland City.
Criminal trespassing and vandalism
were reported at 689 Poplar Ridge
Road, Chapmansboro on December
15.
An auto burglary was reported at
128 Chapmansboro Road, Ashland
City on December 17.
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Page 8 Local fallen Vietnam hero Roger Dale Jarrell’s family was recognized
Monday night at the County Commission Meeting. The bridge over Big
Bluff Creek on Highway 49 will be named in honor of Jarrell.
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Local fallen Vietnam hero Gary Oliver’s family was recognized Monday
night at the County Commission Meeting. Part of Highway 49 north of
Ashland City will be named in honor of Oliver.
SCHOOL BOARD(cont. from p. 1)
dollars.
A roll call vote was taken on
Moore’s motion. Messer, Louallen, Chase, Moore and Gupton
approved the motion . Member
Bibee joined the meeting by conference call but was considered absent
preventing him from voting on the
motions.
Local fallen Vietnam hero Dale Brown’s family was recognized Monday
night at the County Commission Meeting. The bridge over Half Pone
Creek on Highway 12 will be named in honor of Brown.
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a sinless life He would still have been a
sinner had He not been born from the
union of God and a virgin maid. He is
God’s only begotten son.
Let it be said clearly and often, the
story of the virgin birth of Jesus is not
just another legend of Christmas. It is
the factual account of how a holy and
righteous God provided for the salvation
of sinful humanity.
With these things in mind, let us
not be guilty of lumping the story of
The fact of the virgin birth of Jesus
of Nazareth is at the heart or the
Christmas story. Poems have been
written about it. Songs have been
sung about it. It has been the theme
of countless dramatic productions. It
is vital that we understand that this
beautiful story is vastly more than a
lovely legend. The virgin birth of Our
Lord has been and remains essential
to the salvation of people of every
generation since the world began.
Had Jesus not been born of a virgin
He could have been a prophet, a
teacher, a healer, a feeder of multitudes,
a worker of miracles and many other
things. Yet, if the virgin birth was only
a legend Jesus would not have been
able to save sinners.
He could have died on a cross and
been buried in the garden tomb of
Joseph. He could have been raised
from the dead but if He were not virgin
born we would still be without hope
for eternity.
Job said, “in sin was I born and in
sin did my mother conceive me” The
Old Testament sage was not saying
that it is a act of sin to conceive and
birth children. To the contrary. The
Bible makes it clear that the ability to
produce children is a blessing of God
– a sacred trust, and not to be taken
lightly or done outside of marriage.
We are born sinners because our
original ancestor sinned.
We are members of a sinful race.
Because of Adam’s sin we are sinners
from the moment of our conception.
Only the grace of a merciful God
protects us until we reach the age of
accountability. Even if Jesus had lived
Jesus birth together with tales of rotund
Santa’s, Frosty snowmen, red-nosed
reindeer and all of the other characters
as a part of the lore of Christmas. For
Christians, Christmas is the occasion in
which we celebrate with deep gratitude
the birth of our Lord and Savior. In
an increasingly secular society it is to
be expected that legends surrounding
the event of Christmas will arise and
proliferate. Let there be no mistake or
misunderstanding, the account of the
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conception and birth of our Savior is not
one of them. It is the factual account
of how a loving God made salvation
available to sinners like us in every
generation. Praise His holy name!
George Clark is pastor emeritus, First
Baptist Church of Pleasant View
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Pet of the Week
Meet Dozier!
Dozier is a friendly, fun, and silly
boy! He loves to play but calms down
once he’s had some exercise. He is
up for any activity your family has in
mind and
would love
to go with
you hiking
or running
or would be
hapjust to
snuggle on
the couch.
Dozier is
about a year
and a half
old so he’s
still a very young dog with some goober tendencies. His perfect home will
be with adults and older children. He
may get excited and knock a little one
down even though he means well as
he LOVES to play. He gets along well
with other dogs but if you have a dog
in your home, please bring your dog
by the shelter so we can do a meet &
greet and make sure you’ve got a love
match. We have not tested him with
cats but would be happy to do so if
you have a cat in your home.
During the month of December
we are running a HOME FOR THE
HOLIDAYS SPECIAL and Dozier’s
adoption fee is $10! He is neutered
and has all of his shots. For information on Dozier, please contact
Cheatham County Animal Control at
615-792-3647 or [email protected].
We are located at 2797 Sam’s Creek
Road in Pegram, about ten minutes
off River Road outside of Ashland
City.
Come to the shelter and meet
Dozier! We think his winning personality will win you over pretty
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Lawrence
Gunnells
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Sports Editor
NFL Post-Season
starting to take
shape in Week 16
With just two weeks remaining in the
regular season, the lists of “who’s in”
and “who’s wondering who will coach
their team next year” are beginning to
take shape, and the lists have a few surprises.
In the AFC, to no-one’s surprise, New
England has locked up the East and
looks like the favorite for the #1 seed
and home field advantage throughout,
standing at 11-3. The West winner, Denver, should end as the #2 seed, having
lost to New England earlier in the season. Both teams are 7-0 at home, and
with them both having outdoor stadium,
weather could be a factor for their opponents.
The other four teams look like Indianapolis (at 10-4) who has won the South
and will likely host a wild card game.
The other three teams will likely come
from the North, where Cincinnati (9-41), Pittsburgh (9-5) and Baltimore (9-5)
have beaten each other to a pulp, and
the order may not be determined until
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Lady War Eagles improve to 11-3
Sycamore girls have
won six in a row
By Lawrence Gunnells
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Sing along with me with the classic holiday tune: It’s beginning to
look alot like ... last year?
Sycamore’s girls have begun their
2014-15 season in virtually the same
way they did last year, and that’s a
good thing.
After battling through the opening non-conference schedule which
including some very tough competition, going 5-3 in those first eight
games, the Lady War Eagles won
their first three district games. Now
they have extrended their winning
streak to six after winning the first
three of a five game non-district
stretch before Christmas.
The first team they defeated in this
stretch was Creekwood, winning 5043.
The strategy employed by Creek
Wood is also beginning to look familiar, as team’s are trying to slow
down Sycamore’s pushing transition offense and get them more into
a half-court game, defending with a
zone defense.
“We played extremely well on the
offensive end of the floor against
Creekwood. They played a zone and
our players were very patient, which
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fensive
rebounds
in
the
2nd
half.
Caity Denney 8, Regan Gentry 3, Abi
STREAK
Coach
Taylor
had
some
praise
for
Bliss 4, Camryn Denney 2, Taylor BinFrom Page 14
the way Hendersonville, a program she kley 11
allowed us to get some easy baskets in- helped coach before coming to SycaTaylor said she and the team are lookside. They switched defenses in the 2nd more, fought back.
“Give them credit, they are a big,
half and I thought our girls did a great
job of adjusting our offense and taking physical team and do a great job crashgreat shots. Defensively we gave up too ing the boards. This stopped our tranJunior Guard
many drives in the first half, but did a sition game and forced us to set up on
Colby Hunter
much better job in the 2nd half. It was offense. We took some good shots, but
looks for room to
a very good win against a solid team on turned the ball over way too much in
penetrate against
the 2nd half. Defensively we were very
their floor.
Hendersonville on
sluggish in the 2nd half and allowed too
Scoring against Creek Wood:
Monday. Hunter’s
Brittany Crosby, 18; Colby Hunter, many drives to the basket,”
consistent play
But she also praise her team for pull17; Caity Denney, 8; Taylor Binkley, 7
has been one of
ing through.
the main factors
“We found a way to win at the end and
In the “home” rematch of last year’s
in Sycamore’s
loss at Hendersonville, the Lady War I am very proud of our effort. We had a
current winning
Eagles jumped out to a sizeable half- great defensive possession with 35 secstreak.
time lead, then fought off the Lady onds left and didn’t allow a shot until
Cynthia Golden
3.7 seconds in which Brittany Crosby
Commandos for a 49-48 victory.
Photo
“Finally we got to play a home game stepped up huge and took a game winin December,” coach Taylor said happi- ning charge!
Scoring against Hendersonville:
ly.
Brittany Crosby 17, Colby Hunter 4,
“We started the game extremely well.
We pressured the ball and created turnovers, which allowed us to score some
buckets in transition. We also did a
good job in the 1st half of rebounding,
which allowed us to push the ball down
the floor and get some great looks. In
the 2nd half we had a hard time keeping
them off the boards and they had 10 of-
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the last snap of the regular season.
In the NFC, things are much more
up in the air. The only team to have
clinched a playoff spot are the Arizona
Cardinals, currently atop the West, but
it’s not even certain that they will win
their division as the hottest team in the
conference, the Seattle Seahawks, are
looming at 10-4.
The East has been a two-team race for
weeks, with Dallas currently holding a
slight edge over Philadelphia. But the
Cowboys face tougher competition in
the next to the last week, hosting Indianapolis at Jerry’s World on Sunday. A
win will likely clinch the division and
at least a two seed; a loss coupled with
a Philadelphia win pushing everything
to the last week of the season, something that could prove disasterous for
the Cowboys.
A similar scenario exists in the North,
where Detroit holds a slight advantage
over Green Bay, both at 10-4. The teams
meet in the final regular season game
next week.
The “horrible” South, which is likely
to have a division winner with a losing
record, has come down to New Orleans,
Carolina, and Atlanta, with head-tohead records likely being the deciding
factor of who gets in.
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ing forward to the this weekend’s Gatlingburg tournament.
“It will be a great team bonding trip
and allow us to play some very good
competition.”
A merry
little
Christmas
indeed.
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The pupil hanging with a boxing champ! Melody Fisher, in her first year with
Team Tomlin Boxing, dropped her second fight with a split decision, but got
to hang out with boxing champ Deontay Wilder and her coach Darryl Tomlin. Photo Submitted.
Sycamore’s Bailey Bailey drives against
Hendersonville. Neil Brown Photo
Sycamore’s Abi
Bliss makes an
agressive move
though traffic in the
Lady War Eagle’s
game aginast Creek
Wood. Teresa Binkley Photo
Sycamore’s Taylor Binkley goes
up strong aginast
Hendersonville. Teresa Binkley Photo
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To the Editor:
This is an open letter encouraging law
enforcement over and against today’s
progressive, socialist agenda-driven,
media onslaught demonizing police
officers nationwide. I am a former
police lieutenant who served almost
two decades in Los Angeles County,
California. My DNA runs deep in
Tennessee and in 1995, moved my wife
and then two-year-old son to Cheatham
County, the burial place of my paternal
grandparents and biological father. There are good physicians and a
very, very statistically few criminal
physicians. The same is true of
librarians, truck drivers, scientists,
school administrators, plumbers,
contractors, politicians, rocket
scientists, farmers, and clergy, social
activists, professional journalists, and
yes, police officers. More specifically
there are those sincere souls, regardless
of ethnicity, gender, political persuasion
or age, that are true advocates for
improving social conditions and
human relationships in our great
nation regarding various issues of their
particular passions. I reference two such
souls; the late Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr., and the late Caesar Chavez. Whether
one allies with the beliefs of either of
these two examples is irrelevant. What
is relevant is that they each exercised
their right of constitutional, nonviolent, legal protest and free speech
against those forces and situations they
viewed as alarming social injustices
against a class of human beings. I
emphasize “non-violent, legal protest.” Given the recent high profile events
involving police action in Missouri,
New York and in Ohio, let us remember
– at least the last time I checked our
constitution and case law in America:
All are presumed innocent until proven
guilty in a court of law by a jury of
one’s peers. This same constitutional
protection applies to everyone in
our nation, regardless of profession.
Those very statistically few who cry
foul and who violently and illegally
act out to change a justice system
second-to-none on earth because their
shrewd organizers, acting under a
very different reality and agenda than
ostensibly seeking justice, inflame
them to do so, taking advantage of the
undereducated, uniformed, criminal
social niche prone to this violent action
– don’t hold to that constitutional
right. Legal, constitutional protest is
healthy; steeling beer from a burning
neighborhood market and burning
police and private cars, homes,
neighborhood business, robbing fellow
citizens in the same neighborhood, is
not. I want to encourage law enforcement
officers to stay the course! It is not
easy in today’s strange political climate
to be a police officer, trooper, deputy,
administrator, or any other position
in law enforcement from dispatcher,
9-1-1- operator, records clerk, court
officer, parking enforcement office,
you name it. Hold the line! Why? If
you do not, who will? When I wore
the badge, the Rodney King riot in
south central Los Angeles took place.
Although I was not with the LAPD, but
with a metropolitan police department
about 17 miles east of downtown
Los Angeles, I could not even write
a parking citation without someone
coming out on their front porch with a
video camera to film what I was doing;
that I the truth! I’ve been there; I feel
your pain created by the media and
spineless, photo-op-seeking, political
personalities who have no business
even being involved in such issues.
The truth is what the media reports as
national sentiment is the farthest thing
from the truth. Personally I hold our president,
attorney general, Al Sharpton, Jessie
Jackson and the despicable Louis
Farrakhan, very responsible for fueling
horrible behaviors and maligning law
enforcement nationwide for personal
and political purposes. When one
listens to the dozens upon dozens
of sound bites from the three men
mentioned by name, it is a wonder
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they have not been indicted on serious
charges for inducing riots. We need our law enforcement officers
as a society. Do what is right. Do what
is legal. Don’t be afraid to the point
that indecision, or lag time, gets you
seriously injured or worse. I deeply
appreciated what you do - I’ve been
December 22, 2014
there, done that; got the T-shirt and
the ring. We as a nation need you to
honorably and legally hold that thin
blue line, now more than ever before.
God bless all you who serve and protect
us. Barry Bazzell
Pleasant View
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