I know everyone is enjoying these days that are warm, but every dark and winter day is one day nearer spring. If we want the springtime, then the winter time must run its course of gray and bitter days of fog, and frost, and snow. We shouldn't grumble. God knows best. The seasons come, the seasons go. Every dark and wintry day is one day nearer spring... more

Wall Street's problem with toxic debt is forcing Lewisburg to face problems for its water and sewer bonds that would require quarterly payments twice their current cost if steps aren't taken soon.
That's according to discussion with C.L. Overman, senior vice president of Morgan Keegan & Company's Knoxville office, who met with the Council Tuesday night and reviewed the challenge again on Wednesday afternoon.
Kenneth Carr, superintendent of the Water and Wastewater Department, said without action this winter, it would mean that for every dollar spent on water and sewer service, customers would have to pay nearly 33 cents more.. ... more

"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know how many times they'll have to discount the dadblamed thing down before it's gone." Well, maybe Forrest Gump's momma didn't really say that, but it would be entirely appropriate in this era of layoffs, reduced hours and plant closings. According to the National Retail Federation, overall Valentine's Day spending is expected to drop by 14 percent this year... more

Even though a right of way issue hasn't been resolved, Lewisburg's City Council voted Tuesday to buy more land for the Business Park on Mooresville Highway.
The city and its Industrial Development Board are buying 46 acres from Ralph Harder for $225,000. ... more

State budget cuts and related decisions that haven't been made, or announced yet, place the University of Tennessee Dairy Research and Education Center on New Lake Road in jeopardy. One alternative, among many, is to move the Jersey milk cow herd from Lewisburg to Spring Hill where the university has a herd of Holstein milk cows, according to Dr. Dennis Onks, the director here and in Spring Hill... more

Medication for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder was found in a trash can during a search at Forrest High School last month, according to public records. However, the pills were found in a bottle labeled for a pain medication, according to FHS School Resource Officer Eli Stuard's report filed with the Marshall County Sheriff's Department... more

Marshall County's School System has announced its 2009 Teachers of the Year. They are: The teachers of the year were honored with a bouquet of balloons from County Schools Director Stan Curtis, and Instruction Supervisors Becky Hill and Beverly Miller on Friday last week. Announcements of their honor were made over the schools' public address systems... more

As Lewisburg Gas leaders plan to explain a federally-funded insulation program, Congress has been adopting an economic stimulus program with money for contractors to insulate homes so energy assistance payments go further. The weatherization program administered locally by the South Central Human Resources Agency office on Old Columbia Road, "will help people save money," Gas Department spokesman Craig Blackwell said. "It will save energy and it will create jobs."... more

COOL SPRINGS -- Lewisburg and Marshall County leaders at the Tennessee Recycling Coalition conference last Thursday saw modular home designs emphasizing green technology. A prototype of Clayton Homes' "i-house" includes energy-efficient fixtures such as a tankless water heater and flooring made from bamboo, a very renewable resource because it grows so quickly... more

A jury of eight men and four women found a Lewisburg grandmother guilty of three counts of child abuse after a one-day trial in Marshall County Circuit Court Thursday. The jury deliberated for about an hour before returning the guilty verdict on Kimberly Blossom Knois, 44, of Colburn Drive. Knois remains free on $25,000 bond, and is scheduled for a sentencing hearing March 18... more

U.S. Department of Agriculture commodities will be distributed Feb. 19 at the National Guard Armory. To receive a box of commodities, recipients must have a new orange commodities card that should be obtained this week. The cards may be obtained at the South Central Human Resources Agency office at 1572 Old Columbia Highway. For more information, call Juli Belcher or Hazel Harmon at 359-6393... more

With a promise to post details of his campaign platform on the Internet, the Lewisburg man who was so outspoken at City Council meetings last spring is announcing his candidacy for mayor. Jerry Wayne Freeman, 53, of Finley Beech Road was so persistent with his allegations of mismanagement on various municipal fronts during the citizens' comment period that the long-standing soapbox was suspended until new rules were imposed... more

A two-year-old boy came with his grandfather for the man's interview on Friday when he announced his candidacy for mayor and told his life-story that included some indications that he was a lot like his grandson at that age. Steven Dwayne Acklin will be three years old just before Lewisburg's May 5 election when his grandfather, Jerry Wayne Freeman, 53, will be competing against Barbara Woods, a retired teacher and principal in the Marshall County School System... more

A Lewisburg man with multiple sclerosis had to move in to his parent's Fairlane Drive house Tuesday morning because his home burned at the corner of West Commerce Street and Heil Quaker Avenue, according to his mother. Kent Wiles had been visiting with his mother, Edith Wiles, and two of her tenants in a house next to his home on Monday night, she said. Kent, who doesn't consider himself disabled, was eating a bowl of cereal with them that evening, his mother said... more

The businesswoman who had land along Fifth Avenue North rezoned from a residential classification to a commercial zone for a new restaurant nearly a year ago is moving her business this week to Saddle Creek Golf Club. Kim Wing, proprietor of Sister's 3 on Sweetwater Lane just north of Biggers Market, will be operating the restaurant and bar at the club house where the restaurant was previously known as Lefty's. Wing said she'd be operating both restaurants through Thursday... more

Marshall County commissioners are examining prices on a contract for maintenance of public buildings now that competitive bids have been obtained for the work. Lewisburg Plumbing and Heating bid $150,500 per year for five years and Carrier Corp., the business that's been providing the service for several years, bid $167,072, according to announcements during the commission's Building Committee meeting on Thursday... more

A Marshall County property owner has extended an option for Lewisburg's pending purchase of land adjoining the Business Park to permit more time for negotiations with a man with a right of way easement across land sought for an undetermined business that might employ people here... more

Lewisburg's City Council is scheduled Tuesday to consider a recommendation from its Recreation Committee to hire a landscape engineer to draft a master plan for about 20 acres where sports practice fields could be developed. The Council is scheduled to convene at 6 p.m. in City Hall on Tuesday when a far more complicated land deal is to be discussed again publicly for the sixth time: purchase of land for the business park where a right of way must be eliminated to make the land usable... more

It's really cold right now (Wed.), but according to the forecast, the weather should feel more like Spring by the weekend! I guess we'll see! The Rockets basketball teams will travel to Richland Friday, Feb. 6 for games beginning at 6 p.m.; They will move on to Collinwood Monday, Feb. 9... more

This is a little early to wish "Happy Valentines Day" to all of you, but I can write some more next week. We still have winter with us, with more colder weather coming in so the weathermen say. Wednesday is going to be cold so I won't get to make it to Collector's Closet again I'm sure... more