A blood drive in memory of Garrett Long will be held at Lynchburg First United Methodist Church on Wednesday, June 19 from 3 to 7:30 p.m. A Blood Assurance bloodmobile will be available in the church parking lot. Garrett was stillborn on June 19, 2010 due to a placental abruption at 35 1/2 weeks. According to his mother, Laura Long, she and her husband didn’t know they had already lost
BELL BUCKLE — Get ready for one of the best pairings in Southern history: RC Cola and a Moon Pie. The 18th annual RC-Moon Pie Festival, named a Top 20 event by Southeastern Tourism Society, will be held June 15. Festivities kick off with the RC-Moon Pie 10-mile run where more than 1,000 runners will compete on the scenic but challenging course and then will be rewarded with a full
TULLAHOMA — The Multi-County Cancer Support Network will host Buddy and Jeannie McFaddin at its quarterly support meeting Thursday, June 6 at 7 p.m. at 110 E. Lauderdale St., Tullahoma. McFaddin, a brain cancer survivor and resident of Manchester, will be the speaker. Buddy and his wife Jeannie are originally from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, but after decades of traveling and service to the country, they have settled
The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission has finalized changes to this year’s upcoming hunting seasons. Changes directly effecting our area concern bag limit reductions for turkey in a few Middle Tennessee counties. The bag limits in Giles, Wayne and Lawrence counties will be one, while Lincoln County will be three. Tennessee deer hunters will again see increased opportunities for harvest in the coming year. These changes are for some
The 12th annual Lynchburg Motorcycle Rally and Grass Track Motorcycle Races will be held Saturday in Lynchburg. Gates open at 7 a.m. The rally will include vendors, stunt show, races, scheduled rides and a bike show with several classes. Admission to vendor display is free. Vendor set up opens at 3 p.m. on Friday. For more information call (931) 759-4848 or go online to <www.lynchburgchoppers.com>. According to the Lynchburg Choppers’
As a player, he led the University of Tennessee football team to an undefeated season and nearly won the Heisman Trophy, the college game’s highest individual honor. After a brief career in professional football, he became a college coach and won a national championship at the University of Pittsburgh. He then returned as the head coach at the University of Tennesseee and brought his alma mater back to national prominence.
BELL BUCKLE — Get ready for one of the best pairings in Southern history: RC Cola and a Moon Pie. The 18th annual RC-Moon Pie Festival, named a Top 20 event by Southeastern Tourism Society, will be held June 15. Festivities kick off with the RC-Moon Pie 10-mile run where more than 1,000 runners will compete on the scenic but challenging course and then will be rewarded with a full
Tennessee State Parks will host free, guided hikes on Saturday, June 1, encouraging outdoor enthusiasts to participate in several planned activities across the state. Each state park will host its own special hike, offering a variety of family-friendly activities including historical hikes, educational programming, re-enactments and wildlife watching. “Tennessee State Parks will offer a variety of interesting hikes across the state and we encourage everyone to join us on this
The Tennessee Valley Authority will be making improvements at six trail locations in Tennessee and Alabama on Saturday, June 1, to celebrate National Trails Day and is encouraging volunteers to participate. Among the projects is the 1.5-mile Buck Island Trail on Guntersville Reservoir in Alabama. Partially destroyed by a tornado in spring 2011, the trail will be rerouted and improved with updated signage and a litter cleanup. At Watauga Reservoir
Timing is everything. Wendy and Bryant Morton know that all too well. In fact, they epitomize the right-place-at-the-right-time notion. The Mortons own Lynchburg Veterinary Hospital, which opened in November in the old Jennings Funeral Home building at 96 Majors Blvd. Whether it be the way the two met, or the decision to open the animal clinic, timing has been the key for the husband and wife duo who are both
Shortly after opening up the Lynchburg Veterinary Hospital, veterinarians Wendy and Bryant Morton welcomed their first permanent resident. A male cat, known to many Moore County News readers as Nikki the News Cat, needed a home. With a soft spot for strays already — the Mortons had nearly 30 “house cats” at their practice in Elizabethtown, N.C. — Wendy and Bryant took in the pudgy, long-haired — and constantly shedding
Your News is the latest in citizen journalism here at The Moore County News. Readers get the opportunity to submit their information directly to the Editor for consideration on both www.themoorecountynews.com and our weekly edition. However, just like a reporter, citizen journalists must provide the who, what, when, where and why for a story to be considered.
Youth SHARE, Inc. will sponsor a Wilderness First Aid course on June 29 – June 30, 2013 at the Missouri Outdoor Recreation & Education Center in Morrison, Missouri. Space is limited. The Wilderness First Aid (WFA) course is the most comprehensive course of its kind to offer relevant and realistic first-aid training for outdoor enthusiasts, outfitters and sportsmen. Wilderness First Aid is a two-day introduction to general medical concepts and
The Moore County Public Library invites the citizens of Moore County and surrounding areas to come in and visit the library throughout the year. The library is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 am until 5 pm. We are open from 12 noon to 8 pm on Tuesday and from 9 am to12 noon on Saturdays. We offer free Internet access either through our own computers or through our
Troop 323 took home seven first-place awards out of nine at the district spring camporee on May 28, 2012. The competitions they placed first in included bomb the bunker (with a record of 14 seconds), obstacle course, rifle range, sabatoge, anti-tank, mortars and cooking. Pictured from left to right are back row-Tristian Pykiet and Anders Vanattia, front row are Jonathan Dobbs, D’marcus Schall, Storm Smith, Jordan Pykiet, Jonathan Langford and
Moore County Middle School has finished its character education program for the 2012-13 school year. In this program, a different character trait was emphasized each month and a student who represents that character trait was chosen by teachers each week. Then a student is chosen from those students as the MCMS Student of the Month. For May, the trait was “Citizenship.” Middle school officials are happy to announce the final
Summer Reading is here. June is lining up to be a very busy month at the Moore County Public Library. Check out what is going on and make plans to attend. This year’s Summer Reading theme is Dig into Reading for the young children pre-school to 5th grade; Beneath the Surface for middle and high school ages; and Groundbreaking Reads for adults. The library staff would like to invite everyone
Members of the Motlow College Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Club are hosting a viewing of the documentary Living Downstream and hosting a hike in the Savage Gulf as part of its Earth Day weekend activities, according to Kevin Fitch, an assistant professor of biology and club sponsor at Motlow’s Smyrna Center. The documentary will be shown at 10 a.m. on April 19 in Eoff Hall on Motlow’s Moore County campus,
A blood drive in memory of Garrett Long will be held at Lynchburg First United Methodist Church on Wednesday, June 19 from 3 to 7:30 p.m. A Blood Assurance bloodmobile will be available in the church parking lot. Garrett was stillborn on June 19, 2010 due to a placental abruption at 35 1/2 weeks. According to his mother, Laura Long, she and her husband didn’t know they had already lost
Cancer strikes without prejudice. It cares not about age, nor race. According to an American Cancer Society report, there have been more than 140,000 new cases of cancer reported in the 45-years-old-and-under demographic this year alone. And an estimated 20,000 people in that age group will succumb to the disease this year. Cancer affects young and old alike, more so when considering the number of young people who are related
TULLAHOMA — The Multi-County Cancer Support Network will host Buddy and Jeannie McFaddin at its quarterly support meeting Thursday, June 6 at 7 p.m. at 110 E. Lauderdale St., Tullahoma. McFaddin, a brain cancer survivor and resident of Manchester, will be the speaker. Buddy and his wife Jeannie are originally from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, but after decades of traveling and service to the country, they have settled
Tennesseans who have not taken the GED high school equivalency test or
A recent donation from Brown-Forman helped the Metro Moore County Ambulance Service
The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission has finalized changes to this
The 12th annual Lynchburg Motorcycle Rally and Grass Track Motorcycle Races will
Few towns, if any, in Tennessee can boast at least a dozen
Organizers at the 1890s Day Jamboree Old Time Fiddlers Convention welcomed more