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By Rebekah K. Bohannon BeelerEditor

Hope in Christ Fellow-ship rang in the New Year with the first Hope in Christ 5K on Jan. 1 starting at their new building located on Pe-ter Ave. The 5K Run/Walk was held to raise funds for Monterey High School (MHS). Initially, considering the run was on New Year’s Day and it was freez-ing cold, organizers had thought they would have a baker’s dozen show up. Incredibly, the sup-

port and enthusiasm em-bodied in the amount of 40 participants and 12 sponsors surpassed all expectations. “This was our ‘First An-nual’ and we plan to have a 5K Run/Walk next year,” said Beth Nelson, Communications Min-istry Leader for HICF. “With so many showing up to participate, it was very encouraging and we definitely plan for this to be an annual event.” Greg and Paula Livings-

HICF starts New Year on right foot with 5K

Photo submittedHICF enojoyed a really wonderful turnout for its first ever Hope in Christ 5K on Jan. 1 to get the New Year started on the right foot. Forty participants came to support HICF’s effort to raise funds for MHS.

By Rebekah K. Bohannon BeelerEditor

There’s a new sheriff in town. Justice has a new name and it is Kaydyn Smith. The seven-year-old is Monterey Police Department’s (MPD) newest officer. Com-plete with uniform and shield, Smith took his oath to serve and protect at his presentation to the board at the city meet-

ing on Jan. 6. Officer Kaydyn Smith is a wildly charismat-ic young man, living through challenges be-yond his years. It goes without saying that Of-ficer Smith is the perfect addition to the police force. His personality is larger than life and his loyalty and strength is nothing short of inspira-tional. Officer Smith is fighting a brain tumor. He is the heartbeat of

his family and with his innate ability to comfort them while he keeps go-ing strong, has perfected the balance between be-ing emphatic and being compassionate. His biggest dream is to become a cop. MPD and the Make-A-Wish Foun-dation joined forces to make his dream come true.

Dream come true

Photo by Rebekah K. Bohannon BeelerSeven-year-old Kaydyn Smith graced Monterey City Hall as he was presented to the board as MPD’s newest honorary sheriff’s deputy. MPD and Make-A-Wish Foundation joined forces to give young Kaydyn Smith the night of his dreams.

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Phi l l ips breaks recordBy Rebekah K. Bohannon BeelerEditor

Monterey High School (MHS) senior, Jared Phillips, has accom-plished a great deal during his high school career. Among these ac-complishments are rep-resenting his school well and breaking the record

for MHS basketball all-time career points.Phillips broke the pre-vious record of 1,742 points set by Glenn Gal-lagher in 1999. Before Gallagher, Justin Davis held the record. Phillips scored the exciting tie-breaking basket during the MHS Wildcat match against Watertown Pur-ple Tigers on Jan. 24

at Burks Elementary School. The Wildcats beat the Tigers 75- 62. “It’s a big honor to break the scoring record know-ing that there were so many great players there before me,” said Jared Phillips. Phillips does not take lightly the responsibility of his teammates who, like brothers, help make

the plays that resulted in his earning of the record holding title. Simply, he was able to break the record because of the ef-forts made by his fellow basketball players who provided him with the opportunities to score.

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Editor’s Note:I have every intention of doing the entire Monterey area justice with all of the good news that is gen-erated by its members. The purpose of Standing Stone Scribe is to praise, encourage and uplift the people of Monterey and neighboring communities, revive effective communication, increase interest and traffic, and reinstate a sense of pride. As the newspaper grows, Standing Stone Scribe may be-come a bimonthly publication.

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Rose colored glasses: A love letterBy Rebekah K. Bohannon BeelerEditor

There’s something about the greater Monterey area that captures a spe-cial place in the heart. The gravity of its endear-ing qualities draw people towards it like a butter-fly to an open meadow. With its scenic vistas, spacious lands, natural marvels, history, unity, diversity, and unique-ness, it feeds the soul’s need for beauty, adven-ture and inspiration. It is no wonder why area residents see Monterey and surrounding com-munities through rose colored glasses.Each corner has its own identity, its own won-drous merits, making this exceptional part of the world match-less in every right. The Monterey area offers its beloved residents a quaint respite, the likes of which none other can possibly share. All that is found here, the tradi-tions of Muddy Pond to

the glorious switchbacks of Wilder Mountain, the soothing burble of the Calfkiller River to the panorama of Bee Rock, and the all the incredible people in between, make the Monterey area so very distinctive. There is a captivating romance in this place. This alluring power of the entire com-munity has been known to be-still the heart of many a wanderer. Since February is slated for Valentine’s and love, residents share what they love about the Monterey area: Sandy Rogers Wyatt said, “I love that there is still a quaintness about so many of these areas. For instance, one sum-mer day, while sitting on my mother’s front porch, the mail man walked up to the door and put her mail in her box which is hanging on the wall right beside her door. Mom was stand-ing inside and the mail man spoke cheerfully through the door. My daughter was amazed.

She said, ‘Gee, this re-ally is like Mayberry. I expect to see the milk-man pull up any minute now.’ Or Aunt Bee could walk up with fresh baked pies in a basket. Small town life is wonderful like that in some cases; in some places. Not all the time, but some of the time. And that’s enough for me.”Tonya Adams said, “I love the small town at-mosphere and how ev-eryone comes together in a time of need. I love how people lined the streets in Monterey to cheer on the football team. I love the sense of community and the ability to do something that makes a difference for so many. I love our

‘small town paper’ that focuses on all the won-derful attributes of our area rather than all the negative in the world. I really love the friendli-ness of the people! I love the church bells at Mon-terey Baptist Church. It warms my heart to hear them play throughout my day.”Charlotte McCowan said, “Speaking of the bells at First Baptist Church, back in the glory days of Uffelman Elementary, I would walk out the front door at the end of a tire-some day, the sun shin-ing brightly, puffy white clouds floating by in a clear blue sky and those bells would ring out an old familiar hymn and my heart would KNOW

that all was well in our little part of the world! Lynn A Parker shared, “I just want to say thanks to Standing Stone Care & Rehab for the wonderful care they show my mom as a resident there. We are blessed to have such a fantastic nursing home with wonderful nurses, aids and office staff in our town.”Erica Clark said, “I like the small town feeling. When you walk into most businesses, people know who you are and they acknowledge you with a friendly, ‘Hello, how are you today?’ I love being able to walk safely down the street to visit my friend Brenda, just because I want to, no reason at all, just to

chat. And I love my little community in Muddy Pond. It’s peaceful and quiet and I get to come home to the best hus-band and twins ever! Yes, sometimes it is the small things that matter most! I thank God for putting me here! I also love hearing the church bells when I’m leaving for work! That sound just makes me smile.”Happy Valentine’s to Monterey and the won-derful communities that make it so lovable.

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Project GraduationProject Graduation will be having movie night on Feb. 13 and Feb. 20. The movie on the 13th will be Planes Fire and Rescue and the movie on the 20th will be Mr. Poppers Penguin. The cost will be $5 per person, which includes the movie, popcorn, drink, and a slice of pizza. Come enjoy a fun movie night with the family and support a safe alternative on graduation night for MHS’s Class of 2015. If you would like to donate, visit the Project Gradutation 2015 Go Fund Me page at http://www.gofundme.com/ewm4c0. For more information contact Angel Louden by calling 931-510-8945 or Pam Phillips at 839-2323.

Monterey Senior CenterPHYSICAL FITNESS: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 9 a.m.BRIDGE: Mondays and Thursdays at 1 p.m. BINGO: Thursdays at 10 a.m.WEDNESDAY SOCIALS: Feb. 4 -Moore Eyes eye health presentation Feb. 11 - Monterey Mayor speaking on city plansFeb. 18 - Easter celebrationFeb. 25 -Marie Ferrian to present on legal issues affecting seniors. We will be making a trip to Cookeville High-land 12 Cinema on Feb. 12 for a family friendly movie. We will leave the center around 11:30 a.m. Call the center for more details. On Feb. 17, we will stay at the center and play shuffle board at noon, then watch a movie (and we even have movie popcorn to set the mood). Come for one or both. Game Nite is the 4th Thursday (the 26th) from 5 p.m.– 7 p.m. We will celebrate our Febru-ary birthdays on Wednesday the 25th. Regular hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday.If Putnam County schools are closed, call the center before coming. If there is no answer please do not come out until you are certain we have been able to open. The Monterey Senior Center is free and open to anyone 60 and over. For more information, call 839-8053 or visit us on our website – www.montereyseniorcenter.vpweb.com

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Monterey Branch LibraryVisit your favorite library in February for the exciting events planned and services it provides. Not to mention all the books! Dates to remember: -Wednesdays 11 a.m. story timeFeb. 7- book sale 10 a.m. to 1p.m.Feb. 13- Home School Hangout and Lions Club student eye exams.Feb. 17- Library Quilters at 2 p.m. Feb. 21- Lego Day at 11 a.m.Feb. 24- Book club at 2 p.m. and Pinterest Class at 3:30 p.m.Feb. 27-Home School Hangout Movie Day 11 a.m. and Movie Night at 6:30 p.m.

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Brianna Myra February 27th

Our beautiful Brianna Myra is turning 18! My how fast you have grown! We are so proud of the young woman you have become. Chase your dreams and

soar!! ~Luv Mom, Dad and

Alfred

Happy February

Birthdays!Jason Phillips,

Jr. & Sr. January 31stFebruary 1st

Happy 9th Birthday to Jason, Jr., on Jan. 31, and happy 38th birthday to Jason, Sr., on Feb. 1. We love you guys so much! ~Christie Henry Phillips and Katelyn Henry

Janet RainesFebruary 5th

Happy birthday to my sister. ~Susan Beth Clark

Elisha CoxJanuary 24th

Happy 10th birthday! God bless you! Love, Mom and Dad

Joshua ReedFebruary 5th

Happy 16th birthday! May your day be spe-cial and your year be blessed!

Makayla MillerJanuary 29th

Happy 10th birthday, Makayla Miller, we love you and are so

proud of you! ~Love, Nana and Papa

Dawson Murphy

February 20th

A special birthday wish for you on your 12th birthday! A wish for your day to be memorable and filled with love.

Make a wish!

Jeff ElrodFebruary 2nd

Happy 41st birthday on Groundhog Day! ~Lisa

Joshua Phillips February 21st

Happy 20th birthday to our wonderful grand-son. Papa Argle and MeMe Charlotte are so proud of you! We love you dearly!

Harley HarrisFebruary 21st

Want to wish my hus-band a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I love You. ~Lola

Monterey City MeetingThe City of Monterey will be having its monthly meeting Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. at City Hall. Everyone who has a vested interest in the town, its direc-tion and prospects, as well as the necessity to understand city processes, programs and issues is encouraged to attend. The town hall meeting will have a sign-in sheet for those who wish to speak and give time for them to bring up impor-tant issues for discussion. The City of Monterey holds the town hall meet-ings every first Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at City Hall.

Belated Birthdays

Layla May February 20th

Happy 3rd birthday, beautiful! We love you! ~YaYa & Pap

MHS FootballMonterey High School Football is taking orders for fresh strawberries until Feb. 20. Help support Team 82 and get your strawberry order in today. Deliveries will be made in March. For more in-formation contact MHS at 839-2970.

Ashlyn Brooke Smith

February 19th

Happy 13th Birthday to you! We love you! ~Mom, Ainslee & AJ

Burks FootballTime to help our young Panthers gear up for next season. Burks Elementary School Football is needing donations for new football helmets. The team is planning fundraisers to reach its goal of $3,500 for the new helmets to help pro-tect the players during games. A Coke fundraiser has been planned for the end of the month. If you would like to help Burks Panthers football con-tact Coach Hoover or Coach Childress at BES by calling 839-7641 or email hooverj@pcsstn.com.

Girl Scout Troop 1611The Girl Scouts will be selling cookies until March 1. There has also been a great amount of support from the community with local businesses buy-ing cookies for our troops. To place an order or to donate a case of cookies to our troops contact Jillian Bohannon at

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January 28Happy Anniversary to Lola and Harley Harris on the celebration of their 41st year of mar-riage. May your love continue to be time-

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This is Mary Jane. She is a champagne and white pit bull with white socks on her paws. She has been missing from the Woodcliff area since Dec. 17. She is a very sweet dog. If anyone has seen her please call or text 931-310-7689. She is great-ly missed.

This is Nebbers. He weighs about 40 lbs. and has a brown and orange speckled coat. and white markings. He is missing from the Crawford Ave. and N. Holly St. area and is wearing a red collar. He has been missing since around Jan. 15. If you have seen this sweet boy please call or text 931-265-9489.

Your help in bringing these family pets home is appreciated.

Happy Valentine’s Day to my greatest blessing from the Lord! To the man who rescued me from “Misfit Island.” You will always have my heart and all my love. Love, Lynn

Monterey Lions ClubThe Monterey Lions Club is holding a drawing for an Apple Ipad Mini. Tickets are $3 each or 4 for $10. If you would like to support the Lions’ mission to bring the gift of sight to area students, tickets are available at First Volunteer Bank and CE Designers. The drawing will be held April 3.

In February lets….Practice Some Ran-

dom Acts of Kindness!It was said that Ameri-can writer, Anne Her-bert, wrote the phrase, “Practice random kind-ness and senseless acts of beauty,” on a place mat in a restaurant. When you make a delib-erate attempt to brighten another person’s days by doing something nice, thoughtful and car-ing, this defines random acts of kindness. When you show kindness to a person, this validates to that person that he or she counts. By do-ing kind acts for others, you’re helping to create a kindness-aware com-munity that values gen-erosity of spirit, action and kindness toward others. These are essen-tial parts of a healthy community. Try these random acts of kind-ness. They will ben-efit you just as much as those who receive your kindness.1. Send someone a hand written note of thanks.2. Make a card at home and send it to a friend for no reason. 3. Buy a lottery ticket for a stranger.5. Buy someone a cup of coffee 6. Cut your neighbor’s hedge.7. Walk your friend’s dog.8. Give a compliment about your waiter /

waitress to his / her manager.9. Send someone a small gift anonymously.10. Stop and help some-one replace their flat tire.11. Let someone jump the queue at the bank.12. Pay for the drinks on the next table at a café.13. Treat a friend to the movies for no reason.14. Give a huge tip to someone when they least expect it.15. Hold the door open for someone rushing to get in.16. Give up your seat for someone.17. Write notes of ap-preciation at least once a week.18. Talk to a homeless person and have a “nor-mal” conversation.19. Pick up some rub-bish in the road which would otherwise be ly-ing around.20. Compliment a work colleague for their ex-cellence.21. Recommend a com-petitor to a potential cli-ent.22. Give another driver your parking spot.23. Give a piece of fruit to a delivery person.24. Help an elderly neighbor carry the trash out.25. Tell all your fam-ily members how much your appreciate them.26. Buy an inspirational book for a friend.27. Send a thank you

note to a person who has helped you in the past. 28. Give something away on Craigslist.29. Leave some extra stamps at the post of-fice.30. Visit a senior center or nursing home.31. Read to a child.32. Put a surprise note or sketch in with your spouse’s or kid’s lunch.According to Dr. David R. Hamilton, acts of kindness create an emo-tional warmth, which re-leases a hormone known as oxytocin. Oxytocin causes the release of a chemical called nitric oxide, which dilates the blood vessels. This reduces blood pres-sure and, therefore, oxytocin is known as a “cardio-protective” hormone. It protects the heart by lowering blood pressure. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/priya-advani/ran-dom-acts-of-kindness_b_3412718.html).

Kindness is the lan-guage which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. – Mark Twain

Healthy Thoughts is written by Brenda McIn-tosh, FNP, and Heather Everett, FNP, of Minor Med Walk-In Clinic to educate and alleviate.

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Photo submittedRichard Geoffroy was excited to have been presented with the Remington 870 rifle by Monterey Lions Club members Tonya Adams and Joy Cal-lahan at First Volunteer Bank after the drawing on Dec. 20. Lions Club is holding another drawing for an Apple iPad mini to continue raising funds for its vision and eye screening program for area students. Tickets are available at First Volunteer Bank, CE Designers, Inc., or any Lions Club member.

He was given a police uniform, campaign hat, badge, holster, and pins. When offered a ride in the squad car to Mon-terey City hall for his induction, Officer Smith exclaimed, “Yeah, baby, let’s go!” He is undeniably charm-ing and articulate. His vivacious characteris-tics are contagious and can fill an entire room of people with joy. Ev-erywhere he went, he was followed by flash-

es, news cameras and reporters. He was comforted, though, because he was also

followed by his fellow officers who surrounded him in a protective circle as their young brother. The city meeting was temporarily recessed upon the arrival of Of-ficer Kaydyn Smith as he was presented to the city board and took his oath swearing his alle-giance and commitment to keeping the law and safeguarding the resi-dents of Monterey. After he took his oath and was presented with certificates from MPD

and the mayor, Officer Smith said, “I will go back to Memaw and say, ‘Memaw, I am a Monterey cop. Whoo! Whoo!”Despite the fact that Officer Smith’s brain tumor is inoperable, he is taking radiation treat-ments to contend with the illness. He continues to prove his resilience with his robust persona and his acute sense for the concern and safety for others. Officer Kay-dyn Smith is the prime example of fortitude and is a wonderful reminder that no one is too young to serve and protect.

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By Rebekah K. Bohannon BeelerEditor

Monterey Branch Li-brary has secured the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) pro-gram to provide tax fil-ing services to the com-munity free of charge by IRS volunteers this tax season. VITA is a pro-gram that will provide free income tax prepa-ration to the people of Monterey. All forms will be electronically transferred which means people will get a quick return for free.Through the hard work of Doylene Farley who

petitioned to bring the VITA service to Mon-terey, recruited the vol-unteers to provide it, and orchestrated the volunteer’s schedules, tax filing is going to be a cinch this year. The tax filing service will be offered from Feb. 5 to April 15. The VITA program of-fers free tax help to peo-ple who generally make $53,000 or less, per-sons with disabilities, the elderly, and limited English speaking tax-payers who need assis-tance preparing their tax returns. IRS-certified volunteers provide free

basic income tax return preparation with elec-tronic filing to qualified individuals.Come to the Monterey Branch Library and get your taxes filed elec-tronically for free by IRS volunteers. The VITA service will be offered at these days and times throughout February: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 3:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.; Fridays 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.; and Saturdays 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.For more information, please feel free to contact Doylene Farley at Mon-terey Branch Library at (931) 839-2103.

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Warm with right firewood NASHVILLE– Burning firewood is a good op-tion to keep your home warm through the win-ter months. The Ten-nessee Department of Agriculture advises con-sumers to consider the type of wood, its origin and quantity before mak-ing that purchase.“Firewood is sold all over the state by ven-dors operating at vary-ing levels – from large-volume vendors selling to commercial retailers like grocery and conve-nience stores, to smaller mom and pop operations selling firewood along the roadside,” said Jere Jeter, State Forester and Assistant Commissioner of the Tennessee De-partment of Agriculture Division of Forestry. “It is in the consumers’ best interest to educate them-selves to make sure they get the best product for their money.” Wood varieties burn dif-ferently and produce dif-fering amounts of heat. For example, oak burns more slowly and produc-

es less smoke compared to pine. Determine the type of wood that will best serve your needs.Ask retailers about the seasoning of the wood. Seasoning is the pro-cess by which wood is dried and typically takes nine months. Firewood that has not been prop-erly seasoned will pro-duce less heat, may burn poorly and create unnec-essary soot and smoke. Soot buildup over time in chimney flues can create a fire hazard, so inspect your chimney at least once a year to be safe.Consider the origin of the wood. Wood from other states may transport in-vasive insects into Ten-nessee. Likewise, wood from some regions of the state may already be in-fested, and moving that wood can allow the dam-aging insect or disease populations to spread. Consumers can help avoid potential problems by purchasing firewood that was harvested near where it will be burned.“The Emerald Ash Borer

and Thousand Cankers Disease are two exam-ples of invasives that have devastated many native hardwood trees in the U.S. as a result of the transportation of infested wood products,” Jeter said. “We want to encour-age all consumers to help slow the spread of inva-sive insects and diseases that affect the health of our forests. Simply put, obey firewood quaran-tines and buy where you will burn.”The last factor to consid-er when buying firewood is the quantity. Firewood has its own unit of mea-surement called a cord. Firewood must be sold by the cord or fractions starting at 1/8 of a cord. A cord of wood by law must equal 128 cubic feet. Be wary of terms such as face cord, rack, rick, tier, pile or truck-load, as these terms are not standardized in the sale of firewood. For more information state quarantines, visit http://protecttnforests.org/

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Cookeville, TN- Mem-bers of “A Woman’s Heart” event committee at Cookeville Regional Medical Center are plan-ning for the Heart Fund’s biggest fundraiser of the year. The event is sched-uled for February 5 at the Leslie Town Centre from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Every year women and men come together for an evening of food, fun, education and en-

tertainment to celebrate women’s heart health. The evening will fea-ture a live and silent auction, hors d’oeuvres, wine and other bever-ages, a fashion show by BLESS, presentation by CRMC cardiologist Dr. Alex Case, as well as entertainment by Ms. Blooming Feathers, who will light up the evening with entertainment. The entire evening will be emceed by Lee Wray, WCTE-TV, and Rae

Rae, radio DJs at 98.5 KISS FM. “This year’s event is going to be better than ever,” said Colleen Schabacker, chair of A Woman’s Heart event committee. “Auction items are already coming in and we are so thank-ful for such a supportive community. The fashion show is going to feature some great clothing for women.We are honored that Dr. Case will be speaking

at the event this year,” continued Schabacker. “Something that is very exciting and will be cel-ebrated at this year’s event is the hospital’s 20th anniversary in pro-viding excellent heart care in the Upper Cum-berland region.”To celebrate the 20th an-niversary of heart care, the first ever Martin Coffey Cardiovascular Service Award is being given to an individual who has made a positive

impact and best exempli-fies the same dedication and loyalty in broaden-ing the scope and deliv-ery of quality cardiovas-cular care to the patients of CRMC and the Up-per Cumberland region as Coffey did during his tenure as the found-ing director of the Heart and Vascular Center of Cookeville Regional Medical Center.Schabacker said, “So many women are af-fected by heart disease

and giving back to this cause to help others who have been diagnosed with heart disease is a wonderful and beautiful thing.” Reserve a spot now for A Woman’s Heart. Advanced registra-tion is required. Call 931.783.2003 or register online at www.Cookev-illeRegionalCharity.org. The cost is $30 per per-son to attend.

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Monterey City January meetingBy Rebekah K. Bohan-non BeelerMonterey city coun-cil met for the January meeting on Jan. 7 to discuss general busi-ness regarding the city and plans. Dale Welch, Chris Weist, Rebecca Iaquinta, Bill Wiggins, Amy Clark, and Nathan Walker were present. Joey Isabel was not in attendance. The board decided to use the “Walker Hol-low” money in the sum of $30,000 on a smaller truck and use the po-lice department’s dump truck as a salt truck. It was also discussed that the city had voted back in June to order salt but an order had yet to be placed. Kaydyn Smith was pre-sented to the board by MPD and the Make-A-

Wish Foundation grant-ing him the title of hon-orary Monterey Police Officer and swearing him in. The board was presented with a request for a donation for Proj-ect Graduation and fur-ther discussed the two $500 scholarships for MHS seniors that were budgeted in for the year and the $500 for Project Graduation. After some debate about whether or not to turn the Project Graduation allotment into a third scholarship, the board voted to con-tinue with the original plan and donated the $500 to Project Gradu-ation. The board also decided to pay city employees a one time “call out pay” who worked holi-days until the handbook could be rewritten in ac-cordance to the original charter rules. MHS Principal Sonja Farley presented ap-preciation certificates from MHS to the police department and to those who escorted the team to the playoff games and showed so much

support for Team 81. Putnam County Visions owner got approved to have Commercial Av-enue shut down March 13 and 14 for the “Catch the Leprechaun” spring event cruise-in and 5K to raise money for local athletic teams and men-tioned some of the pro-ceeds would go to help the MHS Cheerleaders to be able to go compete in Florida. Wyman Taylor (Imperi-al owner) had his lawyer there to propose a mon-etary amount estimated for repairs to the stairs and landscaping around $3,000 to be able to open the Imperial Hotel. Taylor’s lawyer stated the City did, in fact, own the property directly up to the Imperial Hotel building, but proposed that if the city would agree to the repairs, it would be investing in the beautification of its own property and the suit would be dropped saving further litiga-tion fees and would be cheaper than letting the matter continue to go to court. The city’s lawyer

was also present. The discussion regarding the lawsuit was postponed until the board could further discuss with their city attorney Mike O’Mara.Other business included that Monterey is losing water and steps toward fixing that, the changes to Whittaker Park, fixes to potential office build-ings, patching roads, bids for those jobs, and the approval of those bids. A new civic group may emerge as a result of Sandy Wyatt’s inquiry about the city’s lack of decoration for the holi-days. She was informed that there simply was no money in the budget nor the equipment. Wyatt is now trying to organize a group interested in the beautification and deco-ration of Monterey for special events. City meetings are held at 7 p.m. at Monterey City Hall on the first Monday of the month. Anyone with a concern, cause or interest in the town’s affairs is encouraged to attend.

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By Jillian BohannonContributor

Monterey Girl Scout Troop 1611 is joining hands and working to-ward a better Monterey! The girl scouts have started their annual cookie sale. They use the money raised to fund patches, workbooks, field trips and other sup-plies they need through-out the year. They also set a portion of it back for community service proj-ects. This year the girls have decided to “take it to the streets” and ask

the citizens of their com-munity what they would like to see the scouts do this year. The troop is also look-ing to join forces with other community orga-nizations to partner with them to positively im-pact the community. Is there anything the scouts can do for your town? They will be hav-ing local cookie booths with a suggestion box for your ideas. If you can’t eat the tasty treats they will also be taking dona-tions to send cookies to the troops at Fort Camp-

bell. The girls have had wonderful support from the local businesses here in town and are hoping to continue to add to their donations. We hope to have a complete list of our wonderful donors in the next issue of the Scribe. The Girl Scouts are also excited to an-nounce 2 new flavors of cookies this year, Rah-Rah Raisin and the glu-ten free Toffee-Tastic. All girl scouts in the area are participating so keep your eye out and please support the girls in any way you can.

Cookies for troops

SubmittedGirl Scout Troop 1611 is selling their famous Girl Scout cookies to raise funds for their service projects in the community and donations to send to our troops. (L toR) Girl Scout Troop 1611 Abby Clark, Emma Canela, Emma Hicks, Allison Clark, Lee Anna Maxwell, Lily Harville, Jada Bow-man, Gracie Lee, and Jaylen Bohannon. Not pictured Emily Phillips.

Photo by Rebekah K. Bohannon Beeler With a hug and a handshake, MHS Principal Tonja Farley presents MPD’s Jerry Clark with her thanks at the Monterey City Meeting on Jan. 6.

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A Honor Roll3rd GradeEli Knappenberger and Quinton Smith.4th gradeLilly Copeland andTucker Pendergrass.5th GradeRiley Paul, Maverick Emberton, Michaela Bianco, Kyle Monday, Jasmine Sells, Evelyn Taylor, Alexis Phipps, Arianna Hamilton, Ma-halah Boone, Estie Hol-man, Grayson Huddle-son, Jaden Lawrence, Abby Paugh, Allie Qualls, Marlee Shaw, Camden Storie, Matthew Storie, Sarah Waites, Cole Wilson, Creed Pi-erece, Gaven Loza, and

Hayden Ledbetter.6th GradeJordan Key, Kassidy Roberts, Mitchell Wat-son, Matthew Sells, Alexandra Hammock, Hailey Cronk, and Matt Austin.7th gradeSummer Spears, Maddy Shaw, Victoria Presley, Madison Phipps, Dewey Copeland, and Brayden Copeland.8th gradeMegan Brown, Harley Dodson, Caitlyn How-ard, Ryan Howard, Matt Carew, Abby Poston, Bethany Reagan, Maky-nlee Sims, Jessica Smith, Richmond Boone, and Lane Phipps.

B Honor Roll3rd gradeMatasia Goodwin, Mag-gie Jackson, Laney Kilgore, Julianne Hut-son, Carter Bowman, Sabrinia Garrett, Gracie Harvey, Jackson Roe, Dylan Watson, Sydeny Bales, and Gabe Ford.4th gradeHannah Dailey, Avarie Chaffin, Garrett Henley, Halle Ledbetter, Elyza Nelson, R. J. Pire, Alix Stoddart, Issac Story, Branson Wells, Jaycie Auberson, Caston Bow-ers, Donald Anderson, Alyssa Chaffin, Nathan Cowgill, Emma Dul-worth, Felicity Ferrell, Seth Garrett, Madison Phillips, Amelia Scarlett, Braxton Copeland, Jes-sica Dailey, and Chace Harris.

5th gradeBailey West, Hayden Webb, Patrick Roberts, Silas Randloph, Sydney Haston, Tyler Garrett, Kiersten Flowers, Megan Booher, Maylee Bilbrey, Darbie Bull, Leah Kate Clark, Trent Jones, Wes-ley Payne, Jaxon Whit-son, Sierra Lunsford, Andrew Poston, Lane Presley, Katelin Walker, and Haley Poston.

Perfect AttendanceKindergartenCooper Roberts, My-lie Kate Herron, Wyatt Looper, Andrew Sidwell, and Adam Thorton.1st gradeKatey Beason, Lauren Storie, Cameron Bow-ers, Mady Bowman, Zoe Shipley, Emma Poston, Abby Pachmayer, Tara Hinds, and Dayman

Conley.2nd gradeRaelynn Buck, Ansleigh Crace, Alora-Dannon Budzilek, Talan Led-bettr, and Kathryn Scar-lett.3rd gradeKaden Ray, Hailey Col-lins, Savannah Ramsey, Madison Vaughn, Syd-ney Bales, Zachary Lewis, Jackson Sims, and Breilla White.4th gradeAmber Daniels, T.J. Bi-lyeu, Elyza Nelson, Gus Sells, Alix Stoddart, Emma Dulworth, Kayle Handy, Amelia Scarlett, Lauren Bowers, and Evie Butler.5th gradePatrick Roberts, Megan Booher, Maverick Em-berton, Landon Gillow, Damion Maynard, Bil-ly Shoemake, Hayden

Webb, Mahalah Boone, Darbie Bull, Haley Reynolds, Clara Robin-son, Thomas Sherman, Andrew Poston, Lane Presley, and Matthew Storie.6th gradeTori Hinds , Jordan Key, Mitchell Watson, Taylor Long, Cole Hammock, and Destiny Whitehead.7th gradeMackenzie PresleySummer Spears, Ben Daniels, Sirus Haney, Logan Ashburn, Adeline Crace, Tyler Packmayer, Madison Phipps, Cole Sullivan, and Taylor Windle.8th GradeAleshia Bilbrey, Kassie Brown, Josh King, Abby Poston, Bethany Reagan, and Tanner Scott.

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All E’s1st GradeJackson Allred, Maya Anderson, Charlie Au-gustin-Ramirez, Skyla Blalock, Jack Blaylock, James Haven Booher, Hudson Crago, Christian Garcia-Zamora, Raven Gunter, Dawson Hedge-cough, Zariah Jernigan,Heidy Mazariegos Velazquez, Emerson Miller, Lydia Phillips, Matthew Phillips, Briley Reagan, Brayden Reams, Caleigh Roberson, Le-andro Roberts, Barrett Walker, Gracie Walker, and Anakin Williams.All E’s and G’s1st GradeRodney Augstin-Ramirez, Savannah Ba-con, Brooklyn Beaty, Deven Brewington, Savannah Coats, Lilly Colwell, Elisha Conas-ter, Juan Felipe-Ajqui, Irene Francisco-Moreno, Selena Galvez, Fernando Garza, Mckenzie Gentry, Autumn Gladstone, Fer-nanda Hernandez, Anna Jo Lewis, Payton Lewis, Cayden Luczenczyn, Kyler Mackie, Gavyn Nolan, Hayden Peters, Rose Randolph, Bradon Sebastian, Cole Walker, Jaycee Walker, and Vin-

cent Walker.All E’s2nd GradeLuke Blaylock, Bailey Bradley, Colten Elrod, Syrus Farley, Haylee Garthwait, Amberly Hale, Adam Hitchcock, Zoie Jernigan, Madison Jones, Logan Montgom-ery, Alexandrea Novak, Reina Ordonez, Madison Phillips, Landon RainesMelvin, Salvador Ramirez, Jason Sher-field, Madison Sparks, Wyatt Thompson, Kaden Watson, and Garrett Walker Wessels.All E’s and G’s2nd GradeAlex Aguilar, Nathan Alpers, Jaylen Bohan-non, Jada Bowman, Juan Cantu Gonzalez, James Cravens, Tamy Cuxu-lic, Caleb Farley, Daisy Francisco, April Garza, LillyHarville, Jaelyn Hawn, Makinsey John-son, Guillermina Lara, Gracie Lee, Noah Lin-ger, Isabella Ognibene, Riqueimi Ordonez Me-jia, Daisy Pelico-Juanta, Gracie Phillips, Karen Ramirez, and Jackson Stephans.All A’s

3rd GradeHenry Francisco-Sebas-tian, Mekkiah Henry, Anlli Ordonez-Mejia, Samantha Risher, Ethan Stanford, Madison Thomas, and Rilee Vereb Bilbrey.All A’s and B’s3rd GradeSusana Barrera-Ramirez, Bryce Bilbrey, Gray-son Breedlove, Timothy Cannady, Dennis Cardo-na-Jiguan, Allison Clark,Gustavo Galindez, Jr., Tatiana Garcia-Zamora, Emma Hicks, Grace Johnson, Ashley Juanta-Velasquez, Braden Kirby, Haylee Lafever, Chase Landers, Brady Lane, Reona Lee, Jayden Mc-Cants, Hailey Neafus, Ja-cob Phillips, Adyn Rea-gan, Brittany Romines, Angelina Sebastian-Se-bastian, Hailey Swal-lows, Anthony Vaughn, and Mia Vazquez-Cruz.All A’s4th GradeOscar Barrera Ramirez, Byron Borjas Castillo, Dixie Elrod, Miguel An-gel Francisco-Moreno, James Goddard, Mat-thew Montgomery, and Anna Wiggins.All a’s and B’s4th GradeMichael Allred, Pedro Chandler, Kimberly Domingo, Andrea Fox, Adriana Hernandez, Isa-ia Hernandez-Pablo, J.W.

Holloway, Jade Lewis, Luke McCormick, Zayra Mejia Mendez, Makayla Miller, Jenny Pelico-Juanta, Laken Pemerton,Yarisseth Perez, An-drew Phillips, Peyton Romines, and Abbigail Webb.All A’s 5th GradeCassidy Amelia Imes, Serenity Jean Nolan, and Amber Anna Marie Riddle.All A’s and B’s5th GradeLuis Rey Aguilar Ramirez, Elijah Ray Bean, Chandler Don Bowden, Bryant Scott Charlton, Heston Carter, Paul Charlton, Fatima Crespo Morales, Logan Timothy Davis, Carlos Felipe Juan, Gerardo Francisco-Sebastian, Cheyenne Savannah Holpp, Kimberly Lo-pez Mendoza, Jesus En-rique Martinez-Perfecto, Isabel Guadalupe Mo-rales-Cantu, Avery Anna Oakes, Ramon Perez Gamboa, Molly Sue Re-nee Sparks, and Jordyn Kate Walker.All A’s6th GradeIsaiah Martin Bean, Mak Brian Domingo, Isai Elis-eo Felix, Isaac Donald Howard, Emileigh Ad-dison Hunter, Mackenzie Grace Maynard, Mady-son Claire Montgomery, Sara Ann Parker, Ashton McKenna Reed, Nakkita Skye Welch, and Edward

Xec-Huerta.All A’s and B’s6th GradeKayLee Marie Alpers, Kennedy Grace Benja-min, Erbin Castaneda Perez, Jimmy Wayne Cox, Jr., Autumn Ni-cole Cravens, Grego-rio Garibay Francisco Lopez, Samuel Garcia Aguilar, Chloe Addison Harris, Julissa LeeAnn Hawn, Katelyn Nicole Henry, Freddy Angel Hernandez, Jacob Robert Cole Hoover, Haley Jade Kirby, Heidi Ann Rayne Ledbetter, Juan Marti-nez-Corrales, Trenton Lee Maynard, Alexander Nickolas Medley, Caitlin Deanne Miller, Chandler Banks Queen, Danielle Justine Sebastian, Chris-topher Sherfield, Sean Patrick Swallows, and Taylor Wade Walker.All A’s7th GradeKevin Josue Borjas Cas-tillo, Esmeralda Viridi-ana Francisco-Moreno, Alexandra Danielle Gar-cia, Damon Gage Lewis, Molly Ann Oster, Axsel Henderson Pelico-Juan-ta, Nancy Patricia Perez-Gamboa, Ashlyn Brooke Smith, Samuel Jacob Webb, Charles Peyton West, and Emely Eliza-beth Xec Huerta.All A’s and B’s7th GradeAbigail Grace Clark, Alexa Katelyn Clarke, Catherine Grace Clouse, Daniella Marie D’ Agos-

tino, Evelyn Perez Es-calante, Cameron James Evans, Byron Simon Foster, Jadelynn Alexis Fox, Jenny Marylee Francisco Felipe, Hunter Marie Grubbs, Bruno Al-berto Hernandez, Kate-lyn Joy Hicks, Alissa Lynn Johnson, Haley Brooke Kilby, Johnathan Hunter Murphy, Bren-da Stephanie Ramirez, Zachary Thomas Schon-born, Riley Andrew Shelley, Sydney Nicole Sparks, Evelyn Meshe Staup, and Hayden Lee Tollett.All A’s8th GradeIvan Enrique Agustin Ramirez, John Martin Harmon, Katie Hope Harville, Cherokee Fate Parker, Savannah Gabri-elle Phillips, and Bailey Cheyenne Ray.All A’s and B’s8th GradeReanna Serenity Ash-burn, Cedric DeMarcus Brame, Nanci LeeAnne Rae Brewer, Damian Lee Buckner, Madison Ellen Crisp, Yuliza Fe-lix, Ashlyn Paige Gib-son, Yulisa Huerta Tellez, Grace Elizabeth Lowhorn, Humberto JR Miguel, Alyssa Mckenzie Phillips, Summer LeAnn Phillips, Dalton Andrew Roberts, Margaret Rose Schonborn, Pricillia Francisco Sebastian, Ja-cob Richard Walker, and Kristal Leann Walker.

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Perfect AttendanceAshton Anderson, Mariah Bilbrey, Samuel Bilbrey, Mason Bow-man, Dahera Campbell, Gary Campbell, Leah Doughty, Robert Harris, Hannah Maddle, Megan Moore, Cassidy Murphy, Robert Murphy, Tori Padgett, Kaylie Phil-lips, Elizabeth Pierce, Clowie Simonds, Paityn Simonds, Logan Sparks, Deon Walker, and James Worley.A Honor Roll4th: Sarah Hood.5th: Jordan Mccloud and Destiny Green. 7th: Marly Cantrell and Kenlee Smith. 8th: Abby Bilbrey.A/B Honor Roll3rd: Marco Alvarez, Emiliano Martin-Mejia, and Michael Hargis.4th: James Allen, Mason Bowman, Cassie Calla-han, and Dakota Worley.5th: Alex Bowman, Evan

Cantrell, Cassidy Harris, Mariah Bilbrey, Charleen Mc-Crary, Landon Harris, Emily Phillips, and Lo-gan Sparks.6th: Denver Smith, Madison Clark, Gracie Howard, Sadie Lewis, Hannah Maddle, Daisy McCloud, Ivy Padgett, Thomas Penticuff, Re-becca Reed, and Ste-phen Sliger.7th: Samuel Bilbrey, Jaylen Bryant, Brittany Lowe, Jillian Mahoney, and Tori Padgett.8th: Corey Cox, Dakota Garrett, Addie Harris, Olivia Harris, Kyle Mill-er, David Morgan, Rob-ert Murphy, Lily Phil-lips, Lily Sliger, Charlie Jones, and Brianna Sears.

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Photos submitted(Above) WES 3rd through 8th Grade A/B Honor Roll. (Left) Ivy Padgett A/B Honor Roll. (Below) WES 3rd through 8th Grade A Honor Roll . WES is very proud of its hard working students.

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Photos submitted Wilson Elementary School held its 8th Grade Night on Jan. 8. (Above) Cheerleading Coach Jenny Reed, Megan Moore, and Pam Dove. (Left) Damon Garrett, Dakota Garrett, Michelle Garrett, and Coach Anthony Bowman.

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The Monterey Business Expo has organized with area businesses to spon-sor the first Catch the Leprechaun Festival in Monterey on March 13 and 14.

The events planned for the festival includes a 5K Race, Car Show, Motor-cycle Show, Swap Meet, Food, and Live Music. “We look to showcase Monterey and all it has

to offer to those who will travel here for the event,” Tonya Adams, Monterey Business Expo member and Mar-ket leader at First Volun-teer Bank, said.

The Catch the Lepre-chaun Festival 5K Race will be timed (RFID chip) on a Certified road course on March 14 at 1:30 p.m. Proceeds from the race will go to ben-

efit area sports and ath-letic teams.“We are excited to par-ticipate in helping rais-ing funds to support the athletics teams and MHS cheerleaders in FL next year as they travel to compete,” said Adams. “We hope to be able to support our young peo-ple in their endeavors as they will be our future leaders.”Custom awards and tro-phies specifically de-signed for this event will be presented to the top three finishers in each age category. Other awards include the fast-est male and female fin-isher to be presented with trophies from the trove of Leprechaun Clashmore Mike Obrien III. Their names and fin-ish times will be placed on a perpetual trophy maintained by Clash-more Mike’s Keepers of the Gold. The Catch the Lepre-chaun Festival Car & Cycle Show will be on March 13 at 4 p.m. Commercial Ave. will be closed for the down-town Cruze-in and will resume at 9 a.m. on

March 14. Placement of all show cars will be as-signed based on the reg-istrations received. The Festival Car & Cycle Show will include the presentation of custom awards and trophies from Clashmore Mike’s trove for a number of categories. The Best In Show winner’s name will be engraved on the perpetual trophy main-tained by Clashmore Mike’s Keepers of the Gold. To Register for the 5K and the Car & Cycle Show visit www.mon-t e r eyca t ch the l ep re -chaunfestival.com. Early registration is encour-aged for reduced entry fees and will be held until Feb. 15. Pre-regis-tration is from Feb. 16 to March 10. Jsut in case there are some last min-ute participants, Late Registration is available after March 10. Register for an event, come spend the week-end, and don’t forget ye four-leaf clovers and ye olde shillelagh sticks.

Photos by Clouse Family Photography MHS senior and Wildcats basketball player, Jared Phillips, hangs mid-air as he scores this tie-breaking basket making him the all-time career point record holder for MHS.

“I couldn’t have done it without the players and coaches that I have been with the past for years. So this is just as much for them as for me. Ulti-mately, I am about team success more than per-sonal accolades,” said Phillips. Phillips, who is a sin-

cere, confident and ar-ticulate young man, was recognized during a brief pause in the game as the announcer’s voice filled the gym proclaim-ing that he had in fact broken the record. Re-affirming pats on the back, handshakes and hugs from the brother-hood of players that sur-rounded him were never so fitting. “It’s an accumulation of a lot of hard work,” said MHS Wildcat Coach Adam West. “His hours outside of game play, his time in the gym, his AAU work- you can’t imagine how much time he puts into this.” Phillips has been play-ing basketball since he was just five-years-old in a pee wee league coached by Kim Blay-lock. His supportive family could not be more pleased with Jared Phillips’ sportsmanship, athleticism and accom-plishments. “We are very proud of Jared. He has put many, many hours into bas-ketball. He plays with all his heart,” said Amy Phillips, Jared Phillips’

beaming mother. “And he always wants what’s best for the team. Jar-ed has had a great high school experience with Coach West.”To date, Phillips has scored a total of 1782 career points and leads the Upper Cumberland in average points per game, 21, and assists, 6.7. However, despite all the attention filled with congratulations and well wishes, Jared Phillips is keeping his eye on the goal and said, “I am looking forward to mak-ing a run deep into the post season and doing well in the district and regional tournaments.”That goal is very well within the Wildcats’ grasp. The Wildcats have improved signifi-cantly this season. Start-ing out at 6-5, the Cats have clawed their way to 18-10 with only three regular season games remaining. The community con-gratulates Jared Phillips and MHS Wildcat Bas-ketball for continuing to positively impact the school.

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Brody Harris Foister made his grand appearance on Dec. 27 as a belated Christmas gift weigh-ing-in at 8.1 lbs. The son of Sarah and Dusty Foister, Brody is their fantastic number four complet-ing their fearsome Foister-some. Congratulations to the Foisters on their newest addition. And to Brody Harris Foister, there was no better way to end 2014 than with your beginning. Welcome to the world precious baby boy.

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Parker baby en route

Ike and Paula Walker will celebrate the 21st anniversary of their marriage on Feb. 25. Their anniversary is also Paula Walker’s birthday. They were married on her 18th birthday. Ike and Paula Walker’s love story began when Ike saw a picture of Pau-la in his cousin’s year-book. Ike told his cousin that he would give her $50 if she would get

him a date and intro-duce him to Paula. They have three children, Isa-iah (19), Faith (12) and Alyssa (7). Paula will be 39 the day she celebrates her 21st anniversary with Ike. She is a teacher at Wilson Elementary and Ike works as a prod-uct design engineer at Tutco. They love to go on cruises and spend time with the kids. They

both are very involved in school activities and sports in the commu-nity. Paula and Ike have coached basketball, T-ball and coach’s pitch. Ike has coached foot-ball, little league, Babe Ruth, and is currently coaching a girls’ softball team that his daughter, Faith, plays on. Ike still owes his cousin the $50. Happy anniversary to the happy couple.

Walkers to celebrate 21st anniversary

Pictured are Mary Larrowe, expectant parents, Jessica and Seth Parker, and Lisa Parker. The super hero themed baby shower was adorably outfitted for Jessica and Seth Parker’s baby boy on Jan. 10 at their home. Parker baby boy is expected to arrive sometime in February, making this month even love-lier. For Lisa Parker, this baby will be her first grandson. Mary Larrowe, Jessica Parker’s mother, will be a first-time grandmother. The new parents and grandparents are excited and anxiously awaiting the arrival of the super baby boy. Many blessings and a safe delivery for baby boy Parker.

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By Rebekah K.Bohannon BeelerEditor

This story is both a trag-edy and a victory. As all true love stories begin, a young, beautiful lady fell in love and married a dashing fellow. Jose-phine Trice of Franklin, Tennessee, fell in love with the valiant John Colton of Nashville, a beloved cousin to Colo-nel Hensley Williams, in 1939. With the world at war and the United States on the fence, John wrote to the Tennessean in June 1940, to voice his view of our respon-sibility to the Second World War.John then volunteered his service to the Army Air Forces in October of 1942, foreseeing his duty to his country in this war. He trained at sever-al southern bases and in March of 1944, received his orders to fight over-seas in occupied Europe. In the dragon’s keep, 2nd Lieutenant John Colton flew in 13 missions and in late May of 1944, at the age of 26, he would fly and fight his last. Ac-cording to the report, the B-17 Bomber was hit by antiaircraft fire flying over Kiel, Germany, and was said to have explod-ed in midair. It was not, however, reported until a year later, when the War Department declared John dead, that Jose-phine had received word from those of her hus-band’s crew who were able to jump. They had been taken as prisoners of war in a jail in Frank-furt, Germany, shortly

after they bailed out of the bomber. In the letters to her fam-ily about John, Jose-phine explained the true events the crew members revealed to her which left her without a husband and their four-year-old son without a father. The B-17’s were flying in forma-tion and one of the crew members noticed one of their bombers flying overhead. They became aware that they were out of formation and made maneuvers with the bomber above to correct their position. The raiders, including John and his crew, were then at the appropri-ated targets and began to drop their bombs. When they did, the same B-17 had slipped back out of formation and was again overhead and subse-quently dropped its ex-plosives right onto the wing of John’s plane. One by one the crew members bailed, even the pilot to which John was the co-pilot. One of the last crew members who managed to bail got his parachute caught on the tail of the plane and didn’t make it. The rest were arrested and taken as prisoners of war. Go-ing through the wreck-age they found a body at the controls. It was John. In the words of his widow:

John really died a He-roes [sic] Death. He tried to save the plane, and he was thinking of the boys in the back.

Josephine took the loss and harbored it to be strong for her late hus-band and their son, until as she wrote in her let-ter:

My mind has been in one turmoil and I haven’t slept thinking over and over in my mind all de-tails. I finally had a good cry yesterday. I kept it in my system as long as I could.

Josephine and her late husband’s dear cousin, Colonel Hensley Wil-liams, USMC, who had also fought in World War II, found happiness and love and commit-ment in each other and were married in 1947. Hensley, Josephine and John Jr. became a fam-ily and started a new life together as he loved his wife and raised John, Jr. as his own son.

Hensley and Josephine had two more sons, Clay and Maxwell, and con-tinued to vacation with their family in Mon-terey, at their personal resort, The Hemlocks, as they had for genera-tions. Col. Hensley Wil-liams’ father, Dr. John P. Williams, purchased the property from W.S. Sum-merville. The view from the crest of the Calfkill-er River Valley was

known as Summerville Heights, from its previ-ous owner, while others referred to it as Sunset Rock. Dr. Williams built The Hemlocks shortly after the purchase and would spend most of the year in Monterey with his family, a tradition that continued with his son and grandsons. Josephine and Hensley enjoyed 50 years of mar-riage before her passing in 1997. As a wife and mother turned widow and single parent, the ti-tles which plagued fami-ly stories all too often af-ter the WWII, Josephine found that faith could in fact move mountains. Faith could also heal, renew and restore. She would, against the odds, be blessed with another dashing hero. And with him she completed her family. Josephine’s story of loss and love is one that has loss, but, in the end, was love.

Of loss and love

(CW) John Overton Colton, Sr. in his service uniform circa 1942. John Over-ton Colton, born 1918, pictured on the fronts steps of the Williams Family vaca-tion home The Hemlocks, in Monterey, Tennessee. Col. Hensley Williams, United States Marine Corps, World War II. Josephine Crystal Trice circa 1930s. (Above) The letter John Colton wrote and sent to The Tennessean in 1940, expressing his view of the U.S.’s responsibility and duty to join in WWII and alleviate our allied countries against Nazi Germany.

ton offered their help and experience to orga-nize the event. They also host The Amber Run in Livingston during the spring every year in honor of their daughter. “Their help was invalu-able and so was the support of 106.9 Kicks Country,” stated Nelson. Kicks Country 106.9 sent radio DJ, Tyrone, to help out with the 5K, get everyone’s blood pumping with some great music and set up

the PA system to use for announcements and awards. Nelson added, “DJ Tyrone made the event really professional and helped a lot. With all the support, the event was bigger and better than we’d imagined.” Although HICF’s build-ing is not yet ready to hold services, the build-ing did have electricity and the organizing staff outfitted it with heaters and tables of hot coffee, bananas and granola bars for their participants. Medals were given ac-cording to age catego-

ries and finish time. The proceeds from the event went to the stu-dents at MHS. HICF has adopted MHS through the Chamber to help the school with any needs they may have and sup-port them. This year’s event yielded a wonder-ful blessing of $2,007.00 for HICF to donate to MHS. Of course, without all the participation, this event would not have been so fruitful. HICF was in-credibly excited about all of the volunteers and runners who braved the

ice cold morning to start 2015 on the right foot. HICF greatly appreci-ates these 5K sponsors, which included: Goff Fu-neral Home, The Brad-ley Agency, Monterey Farm Bureau Insurance, Monterey Foods, Goin’ Postal Crossville, First Volunteer Bank, Bank of Putnam County, Mon-terey Drugs, Monterey Community Guardians, Lan Mills, Fred’s Phar-macy, Leslie’s Hair De-sign, and Bethel Inn & Suites.

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Proud participants received a HICF New Year 5K t-shirt showing the wonderful sponsors of the event to raise funds for MHS.

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By Paula TudorColumnist

REVIEW10A Entertainment

“What if you could go back in time and do things differently?” That’s the question asked by VH1’s new scripted series, “Hind-sight.” Actress Laura Ramsey plays Becca, a woman about to get married for the second time. The show, which premiered on Jan. 7,

opens on the eve of this wedding where Becca is questioning all of her life choices. She wonders if she is doing the right thing by getting mar-ried again, if she acted too hastily in ending her first marriage and what would have happened had she not severed ties with her best friend, Lolly. A chance meeting with a mystical stranger gives her the chance to find out. Suddenly, she finds herself transported back to 1995, the day she married her first husband, Sean. Now she has a choice to make: marry Sean all over again and risk making the same mistakes twice,

or break things off with him, thereby changing the course of her entire life. Although this show has only aired twice I am already hooked. Based on the buzz I’ve read online, it seems I am not alone. Sure, we’ve seen these types of mov-ies and shows before- a lot. But that doesn’t take anything away from this show. It has its own charm and unique sense of style; completely and unapologetically 90s from the music to the wardrobe and everything in between.

“Hindsight” is bril-liantly packaged. If you grew up in that time pe-riod you will absolutely love hearing songs you haven’t listened to in years and revisiting long-forgotten trends and fashions. Musicians Lisa Loeb and Collec-tive Soul have even been tweeting about “Hind-sight” regarding their excitement to hear some of their biggest hits fea-tured on the show. In addition, Dominos and Geico have been airing commercials specifi-cally catered to the show during its one-hour time

slot. VH1 has also put together a weekly web series called “Planet Se-bastian,” hosted by Se-bastian, “Hindsight’s” video store clerk, played by Adam Herschman.

Planet Sebastian will feature interviews with a “Hindsight” cast member every week where they will revisit the 90s in all its glory. It appears that the webisodes will be fairly brief, the first one running approximately three and a half min-utes. It’s basically just a light-hearted way of continuing the fun after each episode of “Hind-sight.” To be clear, this show is much more than all the 90s ambience it provides. It is something everyone can relate to, regardless of the decade

of their birth, because it explores the journey of a woman who dared to ask a question we all ask ourselves at some point in our lives…What if?“Hindsight” airs Wednesday nights at 10/9c on VH1. If you missed an episode or would just like to see them again you can find them on vh1.com, along with a playlist of songs from each episode.

Paula Tudor is a free-lance writer, and a dis-tinguished blogger/on-line correspondent, with more than two thousand followers on twitter. The bulk of her work can be found at http://www.pau-las-soapbox.blogspot.com.

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Hindsight is 20/20

New Curtain Call tribute to Elvis and Neil

By Rebekah K.Bohannon BeelerEditor

Cumberland County Playhouse (CCP) kicked off its 50th Season with the opening of Barbara’s Blue Kitchen on the Ad-venture Theatre Stage on Jan. 17. Playing through March 23, Barbara’s Blue Kitchen is a taste-ful and hearty play with music, dishing out fla-vors both riotous and tender.Playwright Lori Fischer, of Nashville, was born in East Moline, IL, be-fore her family moved to Nashville. Her song-writing father became a fixture on Music Row bringing her up in a mu-sical home. “Everything is musi-cal to me. I hear it all in rhythm and pitches,” said Fischer. She began singing at church in high school and by the time she at-tended Belmont Univer-sity, she was writing her own songs. While in col-lege, she caught the act-ing bug and went to New York to pursue acting. “I didn’t want to wait to work so that is when I started taking my play-

writing seriously,” said Fischer. Writing mono-logues, Fischer created her own performance work outlet during her graduate studies at NYU. A budding romance be-tween her monologues and her songwriting led to a loving marriage and that is how Barbara’s Blue Kitchen was born.Barbara’s Blue Kitchen began getting produc-tions at the Adirondack Theatre Festival and Off-Broadway’s Lambs Theatre in New York. Usually all of the parts are played by Fischer herself. Coming to see the opening of Barbara’s Blue Kitchen at CCP, it was the first time Fisch-er had ever seen the pro-duction instead of play-ing in it.

“I love to write about the people who are quirky. People who figure out how to make a living and live their dream. Just people,” she stated. “I love to celebrate the ordinary. That’s where all the real heroes are. People you come in contact with every day. Famous people and the idols of today are not the real heroes. The real he-roes are the people who do a hard job with grace and still have a joyful heart. They are making it work and that is where the real magic happens. That’s what I love to write about.” Fischer also appreciates the healing qualities of laughter and likes to in-corporate humor into her writing whenever pos-

sible. “Life is hard. And one of the most beauti-ful moments as a writer is hearing the audience laugh. That one second everyone is laughing and they are forgetting whatever bill they have or trouble they have or back ache. And they are being humans together laughing. That music is the most beautiful. That’s what theater can do is bring people together to a place where we are all feeling together.” The punny fun writing along with songs chalked full of Fischer’s down-to-earth charm and hon-esty were perpetuated by as universal truths begin to take shape. Integrated with the pithy personali-

ties of the characters and steeled by their moving monologues, the audi-ence is left with a last-ing impression; there’s always room for seconds at Barbara’s Blue Kitch-en.Fischer’s work revolves around small town liv-ing, real heroes, misun-derstanding and recon-ciliation, healing through humor, and, of course, food. “I love that God gave us taste buds,” said Fischer, which, when it comes down to it, is the key element when enjoy-ing the spice of life.She set the story of Bar-bara’s Blue Kitchen in Watertown, Tn., saying, “There’s a lot of small town life that is so beau-

tiful here in Tennessee. And anything that brings attention to Tennessee is a good thing.”Fischer said, “I feel like there’s this myth that only good theater hap-pens in big cities like New York or Chicago. I really believe in what the Cumberland County Playhouse is doing and am very happy to be in-volved with them.” Don’t forget to use the coupon code “Standing Stone” when purchas-ing show tickets at CCP for a special discount for Scribe readers. Contact the CCP box office for show times and ticket information at 484-5000 or visit www.ccplay-house.com.

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We’re having a ball at the Curtain Call. Curtain Call Dinner Theatre’s produc-tion of “From Tupelo to Brooklyn: The Music of Elvis and Neil,” come as a wonderful opportu-nity to once again enjoy the music of these two legendary performers. The epic songs that have brought joy to its listen-ers for so many years, in-cluding Sweet Caroline, Song Sung Blue, Amer-ica, Suspicious Minds, Love Me Tender, and An American Trilogy, will bring with them cher-ished memories while making new ones.Curtain Call Players will bring more of the mu-sic that influenced the

lives of the world for decades. Be prepared for a wonderful, delightful evening as they venture through the musical jour-ney of the 20th Century’s most electrifying cultural icons, The King of Rock & Roll and The King of Pop. Elvis Presley ushered in a whole new era of American music yielded from his musical influ-ences of blues, country and gospel. From his experiences he absorbed the sounds of gospel mu-sic he heard in church and at the all-night gos-pel sings he frequently attended and the notable blues from historic Beale Street as a teenager. He had a sound and style that uniquely combined

his diverse musical influ-ences and blurred as well as challenged the social and racial barriers of the time. Presley, the indisput-able King of Rock and Roll, was born in Tu-pelo, Mississippi on Jan. 8, 1935. He moved to Memphis in Nov. of 1948. Embracing the black and white gospel tunes, mainstream popu-lar music, light opera, and more, he had a more powerful and lasting im-pact on country music than preeminent country stars such as Hank Wil-liams or Jimmie Rodg-ers. Until Presley’s ar-rival, country music had been considered regional and only a few artists, such as Eddy Arnold,

had shaken off this stig-ma. Presley opened the door for younger country singers, such as Marty Robbins, Sonny James, and Johnny Cash, to get their music exposed to a broader market. Neil Diamond, one of the greatest pop songwriters of the modern age, was among the top-grossing performers and best-selling recording artists of all time. Diamond’s prolific half-century as a professional musician has yielded one of the most enduring catalogs in American popular mu-sic. His style varied from a waltz to classic rock and roll. He never com-promised his music. Diamond has placed over 56 singles on Billboard’s

Hot 100 singles chart and 48 albums on its Top 200 album chart. He has sold more than 125 million records and set atten-dance records at venues all over the world. At age 73, he is still writing and touring.Curtain Call’s tribute will offer some of Elvis and Neil’s greatest hits, featuring Crossville’s own Elvis Tribute Art-ist, Bob Johnson. It will be the magic and music you know and love, and some you’ll rediscover and fall in love with all over again. This show opened on what would be Elvis’s 80th birthday and con-tinues every Thursday, Friday and Saturday through February 14.

Enjoy dinner and a show. Tickets are $35 (plus tax) for dinner from salad or soup to dessert, all the coffee, tea and lemon-ade you can drink and free popcorn during the show. Show only tickets are $20.00 and include the drinks and popcorn. If you have a party of eight or more for dinner and a show, be sure to ask for a discount. Res-ervations must be made and paid for at least 24-hours in advance for din-ner. Stop by the theatre located in the VF Outlet Mall or call (931) 337-7469 for tickets or infor-mation. Check us out on Facebook at Curtain Call Dinner Theatre Cross-ville for future shows.

Photos by Rebekah K. Bohannon Beeler (Left), Patty Payne and Jason Ross, take Barbara’s Blue Kitchen to unexpected heights. (Above) The cast of Barbara’s Blue Kitchen with producing director Jim Crabtree circle around playwright Lori Fischer

at the opening of the show and CCP’s 50th anniversary season on Jan. 17.

The dish on Fischer’s ‘Kitchen’

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STATEPOINT CROSSWORD

THEME: THE GRAMMY AWARDS

ACROSS1. A bunch, as in cook-ies6. *Q-___, Grammy-winning rapper from A Tribe Called Quest9. *Yo-Yo Ma won for performing this com-poser’s Cello Suites13. Luau greeting14. Australian runner15. Podium, pl.16. Letter’s end17. The lower this is the better18. Unwilling19. *_______ Center, Grammy Awards event host21. *It’s shaped like an antique record player23. Fool24. Not quite an adult25. Mother, sister or daughter28. 1/168th of a week30. Depart35. *1983 Grammy win-ner, Men at ____37. “... the good ship and ____ was in peril,” according to Gordon Lightfoot39. _____ firma40. “Terrible” czar41. Attached to the col-lar of a horse, pl.43. Of a dark black44. Foul smell

46. Typically passed down by word of mouth47. Miscellaneous, abbr.48. Used for spreading plaster or cement50. Carl Zeiss’ product52. Your, to Shake-speare53. Carpenter’s groove55. Do needlework57. Measurement of ac-celeration60. *”Frozen” song64. Weeping queen of Greek mythology65. *Grammy winner, rapper and actor, ___-T67. D-Day beach68. Cupid’s projectile69. Sticky stuff70. 16 seed over 1 seed, e.g.71. William McKinley High School ____ club72. ‘90s rock band “4 ___ Blondes”73. Little ones

DOWN1. *”All About That ____”2. Dismounted or climbed down3. “Animal House” par-ty garb4. It starred Erik Estra-da5. Sabbath loaf6. Steeped beverages7. Mischief-maker8. Rid of impurities9. Real estate ____10. *_____ Levine of Grammy winning band, Maroon 511. C in NYC

12. “A likely story!”15. It revolves around a star20. Geologic period22. Hi-___24. Trembling effect in music25. *”Shake It Off” singer26. A helicopter parent might do this27. Muse of love poetry29. Eurasian mountain range31. Do like bees32. Path of #15 down33. First-year undergrad34. *Iggy Azalea’s hit36. *Best Rock Song at ‘96 Grammy Awards, “You Oughta ____”38. *Grammy in ‘75 for Best Original Score, “The Way We ____”42. Is it really that com-mon?45. Made a new picture49. French lake51. Take the first steps54. Condescend56. “Diary of a _____ Kid”57. *Pharrell Williams’ album58. “Watch out!” in golf59. Double-reed instru-ment60. *Grammy winning group, Kings of ____61. Homework to a stu-dent62. Clarified butter63. Feed bag contents64. Old horse66. Dove’s sound

(Above) WES Perfect Attendance achievers. (Middle right) WES 3rd through 8th grade Citizenship Awards: Andrew Harris, James Allen, Lyndsey Wil-liams, Tori Padgett, and Olivia Harris. (Below right) WES 3rd through 8th grade Principal’s Awards: Addie Harris, Tori Padgett, Zach Worley, James Allen, Andrew Harris, and Charlee McCrary. (Top left) K-2 Citizenship Awards: (front) Jordan Stepp and Laken Sparks; (back) Madison Smith, and Aksel Anderson. (Bottom left) K-2 Prin-cipal’s Award: (front) Hailey Brown and Pa-ityn Simonds; (back) Alyssa Walker, and Cheyenne Worley

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WES also recognized students for Citizenship Awards, Principal’s Awards and Perfect At-tendance.

Congratulations to all of the students from BES, RES and WES who strive to be high achievers and have reached these incredible goals. The community is proud of you all.

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By Rebekah K. Bohannon BeelerEditorStanding Stone was a wilderness territory

hunted by the Cherokee people and was nick-named the above for one main reason. There, on the edge of the plateau,

stood the monolith the Cherokee used as a land-mark. The legendry and the myths all point to the same key in the old

community: the sand-stone mystery that links Cherokee past to Mon-terey present. The area was never named Stand-ing Stone, but rather re-ferred to and accepted as such. Because the area was settled by few and the land was untamed, its only distinct feature was the magnanimous dog-like statue. And thus, was born Standing Stone community. The Chero-kee people pronounced it “Nee Yah Kah Tah Kee” which translates to Standing Stone. Af-ter more settlers came in and local government was established, the city limits were drawn. These limits included the Standing Stone area but was renamed Monterey, Spanish for “Mountain King,” in 1893. On October 17, 1895, the fraternal order, the Im-proved Order of the Red Man, Narragansett Tribe

No. 25, dedi-cated one of the two remaining fragments that remained of the stone after the statue was dy-namited for the railroad right-of-way. Now, resting on a lighthouse shaped monu-ment is the only piece left of the communi-ty’s immortal history. The monument was constructed by

Cookeville Marble and Granite Works in 1895. Two marble slabs were inscribed; one with a tomahawk and “Nee Yah Kah Tah Kee,” meaning Standing Stone, the Eng-lish words of the Chero-kee pronunciation. The inscription of the other marble slab is in regards to the dedication date, “GDS404.” GDS 404 means 404 years after the Great Sun of Discovery, referring to the date of the discov-ery of America in 1492, as a point of reference used by the Improved Order of Redmen when their dating system be-gins. The 10th sun of the traveling moon refers to the tenth day into the new moon which that year fell on October 17, 1895. The Narragan-sett Tribe No. 25 of the Order of Redmen was the fraternal order that

dedicated the stone on the first Standing Stone Day. When locals got to-gether to organize a lo-cal Red Men Order, they took the name of Narra-gansett after the Indian Tribe of Rhode Island. This was the 25th group to be granted charter in the State of Tennessee under this fraternal or-der. The original Red Men Fraternal history is a whole other story, but it goes all the way back to Revolutionary times into the Sons of Liberty of 1765, who formed and worked towards freedom in the US mimicking the practices of the Iroquois Indian Nation.The only way for the sto-ry to continue is to tell it and celebrate it. Standing Stone Historical Society (SSHS) seeks to preserve the unique history of the last remaining relic of those time and protect it by celebrating Stand-ing Stone Day held on the second Saturday in October. To organize the celebration, SSHS meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month at Mon-terey United Methodist Church fellowship hall at 6:30 p.m. Anyone wish-ing to participate in this year’s event is encour-aged to attend the Febru-ary meeting on Feb. 24 which will serve to elect new society officers and begin the early planning stages of Standing Stone Day 2015.

Nee Yah Kah Tah Kee