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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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Iris Festival hosts Fairy Tale Feast |
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By David Fisher Staff Reporter |
Dreams really can come true; at least they did for those
area youngsters lucky enough to take part in this year’s
Iris Festival Fairy Tale Feast.
A host of fictional characters were on hand to entertain a
large group of youngsters at this year’s Fairy Tale Feast,
which was held Thursday afternoon in the fellowship hall at
First Methodist Church in Dresden.
The children got a chance to meet and have their photos
taken with such storybook characters as Mother Goose,
portrayed by Golden Iris winner Mary Myrick, who is a former
elementary school teacher. She read stories from her Mother
Goose book, much to the delight of her tiny audience.
All of the other characters were played by Dresden High
School students from the Dresden Drama Club, who generously
donated their time and talents to entertain the large group
of highly excited youngsters. The actors included: Amanda K.
Vogel, who was very convincing in playing the part of
Cinderella; the lovable Scarecrow in search of a brain,
straight from the Land of Oz, was portrayed by Jacob Datchel;
the highly popular comic book, cartoon and movie hero
Spider-Man was portrayed by Adam Turbeville, who attracted a
lot of attention from his little fans; the Power Rangers,
played by Matt Pittman and Matt Hewett were also very
popular with the youngsters; The Little Mermaid, portrayed
by M.J. Mayo posed with a lot of the little girls at the
event, who were dressed in their gowns and wanted to get
their photos taken with her; the cartoon character Shrek,
portrayed by Jay Morgan, along with his cartoon character
sweetheart, Princess Fiona, played by Misty Essary were also
very convincing; Princess Jasmine from the cartoon movie
“Aladdin” was played by Alex Johnson; and Dresden H.S.
student Brandon Schultek played the part of a news reporter,
or was he really Superman traveling incognito as the
mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent.
In addition to the exciting time the children had mingling
with their favorite fictional characters and playing various
games, they also enjoyed the food provided by the event’s
sponsors – Gingerbread Junction, Mainstreet Munchkins, and
Little Ones Daycare.
Chairperson for the
Fairy Tale Feast is Suzanne Obetz, along with the daycare
sponsors and other volunteers, all helped make the event a
huge success. Rep. Mark Maddox and Dr. Jimmy Moss
helped out by providing goodie bags, and Special Occasions
costume shop of Jackson gave the event organizers a good
deal on renting the costumes.
(Read the rest of this story, plus much more in this week's print edition of the Dresden Enterprise!) |
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Martin bus driver cited for driving in wrong lane following
two-vehicle crash |
The driver of a school bus has been cited for driving in the
wrong lane, following a two-vehicle accident last week.
According to a report filed by Officer Marty McClure of the
Martin Police Department, the accident took place at
approximately 7:34 a.m. on Tuesday, May 1, when C.T. Hill,
47, of 326 Redbud Circle in Martin, who was driving a 2000
International school bus owned by the Weakley County
Department, attempted to turn right onto Pleasant Hill Road
as he was pulling out from the rear driveway at Westview
High School.
The report states that Hill told the officer he was directly
behind another school bus as he was making a right turn onto
Pleasant Hill Road when the accident occurred.
Aaron S. Cooper, 27, of 109 Dogwood Lane in Martin, said
that he was traveling south on Pleasant Hill Road in his
2007 Honda, and came to a stop for the first bus as it
pulled onto Pleasant Hill Road traveling north. Cooper said
he then continued south as soon as the first bus cleared his
lane of traffic, and that’s when the second bus, driven by
Hill, pulled across his lane and hit him in the driver’s
side.
Based upon the statements of those involved and the evidence
at the scene of the accident, Officer McClure determined
that when the bus driver crossed the center line while
making a right turn, it caused the collision between the bus
and the southbound vehicle driven by Cooper.
(Read the rest of this story in the May 9th print edition of the Dresden Enterprise!) |
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Chamber presents awards at President's Banquet |
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By David Fisher Staff Reporter |
The Weakley County Chamber of Commerce hosted its Sixth
Annual President’s Luncheon on Tuesday, May 1, at the Boling
University Center Ballroom, located on the campus of the
University of Tennessee at Martin. The event broke all
attendance records with 325 Chamber members and other guests
present.
The highlights of the evening included: the awards ceremony,
during which time, several individuals and groups received
special recognition for their outstanding community
involvement; graduation of the participants in the
leadership programs; recognition of the Chamber Board
President Dr. Doug Obetz and President-elect Joe Brasher;
special remarks by Chamber Executive Director Barbara Virgin
concerning the Governor’s Three-Star Award Program.
As the event got underway, UTM Director of University
Relations Bud Grimes, who served as master of ceremonies,
welcomed everyone and asked Weakley County Mayor Houston
Patrick to give the invocation.
As Chamber members and other guests enjoyed a delicious
catered meal, they relaxed to the sounds of soft piano
instrumentals performed by Geill Glover, sponsored by
Weakley County Municipal Electric System.
Mr. Grimes pointed out several groups present and had them
stand to be recognized, including: the Chamber Board of
Directors, Leadership Board of Directors, Membership and
Special Projects Committee, and members of the Weakley
County Economic Development Board.
Weakley County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director
Barbara Virgin stated that, once again, Weakley County has
received a Three-Star rating, and presented the Governor’s
Three-Star Award certificates to representatives of the
county and cities of Dresden, Gleason, Martin and Sharon.
Dr. Doug Obetz of
Dresden, outgoing president of the Weakley County Chamber of
Commerce, was presented with a plaque recognizing his
efforts while serving on the board during 2006-2007.
(Read the rest of this story in this week's print edition of the Dresden Enterprise!) |
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School Board approves second reading of policy revision |
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By David Fisher Staff Reporter |
Members of the Weakley County School Board approved the
second reading of a revised school board policy manual, the
hiring of a volunteer coach, and several assorted field
trips, during Thursday night’s regular monthly meeting held
at Sharon School.
School Policy Revision
The School Board approved the second reading of a revision
to its official school board policy manual, based on the
recommendation of the policy committee.
The policy changes deal with section three of the policy
manual concerning support services.
According to Supervisor of Instruction for grades 6-12
Debbie Doster, the policy revisions concerning support
services is part of an overall and ongoing updating of the
entire six-part School Board policy manual that started
three years ago. This involves deleting outdated policies,
adding new policies, and making revisions to some existing
policies as needed. Sections one and two have already been
updated, and the latest revision to section three dealing
with support services is now also updated. This leaves three
additional sections to be revised in coming months, as time
allows.
Doster states that much of the revision in section three
dealt with changing policy numbers in order to bring the
local School Board manual in line with the numbering system
now used by the Tennessee School Board Association, which
has changed since the school board policy was last revised
around 2000.
Some of the policies in the support services section, such
as those dealing with fire drills, tornado drills, bomb
threats, maintaining a drug-free and tobacco-free workplace,
etc., were already included in other sections of the manual
under a different title and a different number, and were,
therefore, eliminated not because they were obsolete, but to
avoid duplication.
“We’ve already started the process on
section four, which is much more detailed,” Doster said. “It
gets into the actual instructional process. It’s a bigger
section, with lots of policies, and it may take us awhile to
get through it.”
Doster stated that the School Board Policy
Manual Committee, composed of school board members Dr.
Gordon Morris, Sarah Ann Pentecost, Barbara Trentham, and
Jeff Perkins normally meet an hour prior to each school
board meeting to work on updating the policy manual. Doster
noted that she, along with Director of Weakley County
Schools Richard Barber and Supervisor of Federal Programs
Doug Braden also meet with this committee.
(Read the rest of this story in the
May 9th print edition of the Dresden Enterprise!) |
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