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Joey Vaughn named principal at Central High School

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 8:21 am

  Longtime educator and administrator Joey Vaughn has been selected as the new principal at Coffee County Central High School. Vaughn replaces John Bush, who is finishing out the school year after announcing his resignation after two years on the job last month. “I am honored to have been chosen to work with students, families, staff and faculty at Coffee County High School,” Vaughn told the Manchester Times. “It is

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Rescue squad to host open house Saturday; dinner on June 1

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 10:30 am

  The Coffee County Rescue Squad will host an open house in celebration of its 50th year from 1-5 p.m. Saturday. The event will be at the rescue squad building, 2270 Murfreesboro Hwy. in Manchester. Call 931-728-1785 for more information. Food and entertainment will be on hand for the open house. Free hot dogs, snacks and drinks will be available as well as music from Jeff Batson, the National Guard

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  • Study: Bonnaroo has $50M impact

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 9:11 am

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      Bonnaroo released Monday the results of a recently completed economic impact study that shows that the festival and its avid patrons put more than $50 million into the local Manchester and statewide Tennessee economies last year. The study reports that the festival generated $36 million in direct expenditures (monies injected into the economy by Bonnaroo attendees during their travel to and from the festival) and an additional $15 million

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  • Controversy surrounds CHS after exchange students told they can’t participate in graduation ceremony

    Posted on May 17, 2013 at 5:19 pm

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    As graduation approaches for Coffee County Central High School, two senior students who thought they would be celebrating with their classmates and walking the line on graduation night have learned that they won’t be allowed to do so. Foreign exchange students Caio Guimaraes from Brazil and Sigrid Eek from Norway were told Thursday by CHS administration that because they weren’t earning a diploma from CHS, they won’t be allowed to

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Buchanan returning to state track meet

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:52 am

Three Coffee County Central High School sports teams entered sectional competition this month to earn an opportunity to participate in this week’s Blue Cross-Blue Shield Spring Fling in Murfreesboro. But after the soccer team, softball squad, and all other track athletes failed to make the cut, only one CHS competitor remains for state-level competition: senior runner Ta’Neesa Buchanan. Buchanan will compete Wednesday in the girls 400-meter dash at the state

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  • Junior Red Raider basketball camp cancelled

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:39 am

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    This year’s Junior Red Raider Boys Basketball Camp, originally scheduled for Tuesday-Friday, May 28-31, at Central High School, has been cancelled. Camp director, CHS boys basketball coach Scott Givens, has accepted a new coaching and teaching position in Georgia and will be leaving CHS at the end of this school year. Whether or not another camp is offered this summer is still up in the air, according to CHS athletic

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  • Season ends for Lady Raiders with sectional loss to Riverdale

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 10:50 pm

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    The Central High School Lady Raiders took a 1-0 lead into the final inning of their sectional softball match against Riverdale, but four unearned runs in the top of the seventh swung the victory to the Lady Warriors, 4-1. Coffee County scored its lone run in the bottom of the third when Ashlyn Young smacked a single to drive in Anna Spellings from second. The Lady Warriors challenged in the

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Taking the Fast Track

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:09 am

Hickerson Elementary School officially opens student walking track STAFF WRITER John Coffelt  Until recently, one hurdle facing the students at Hickerson Elementary School had been finding a safe place to walk and run; that is until the completion of a concrete walkway that circles the playground behind the school. “We needed somewhere for the students to run and walk out here,” said school nurse Angela Ridner. “It was really muddy

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  • Job shadowing opens windows into local careers: CCMS student sits in on OSF Golf Course meeting with mayor

    Posted on May 14, 2013 at 10:54 am

    Coffee County Middle School student CJ Frazier hits the ground running Monday job shadowing County Mayor David Pennington, left. Pictured with them are executive Rox-anne Patton and 911-board member Joe Hinch. (Staff photo by John Coffelt)

    Staff Writer John Coffelt  The local workforce received a one-day manpower boon of up to 340 students job shadowing Monday from Coffee Middle School. “This is a great program because it gives them a window into the real world,” said CCMS guidance counselor Gina Cleek about the program. She said that the eighth grade puts a lot of work into career exploration. Students registering for classes at Central High School

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  • Obama sends correspondence to CHS gov’t class

    Posted on May 14, 2013 at 10:45 am

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    EDITOR Josh Peterson  For the past few years, Central High School government teacher Andrew Taylor has had his students write letters to various public officials requesting them to come speak to the school. Over that time Representative Scott DesJarlais and State Representative Judd Matheny have made the trip to speak. Senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander have had office representatives contact the school. But this year the most powerful man

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Study: Bonnaroo has $50M impact

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 9:11 am

  Bonnaroo released Monday the results of a recently completed economic impact study that shows that the festival and its avid patrons put more than $50 million into the local Manchester and statewide Tennessee economies last year. The study reports that the festival generated $36 million in direct expenditures (monies injected into the economy by Bonnaroo attendees during their travel to and from the festival) and an additional $15 million

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  • Bonnaroo announces full comedy lineup for 2013 festival

    Posted on March 28, 2013 at 11:09 am

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    Superfly and A.C Entertainment are proud to announce that the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has confirmed an exceptional comedy lineup to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the festival’s hugely popular Comedy Theatre. In keeping with tradition, Bonnaroo, which will take place on its 700-acre farm in Manchester, TN, from June 13 – 16, will host a vibrant and diverse collection of national headlining comics at its inimitable air-conditioned venue,

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  • Westwood students show the right stuff for prototype STEM aviation program

    Posted on March 19, 2013 at 11:32 am

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    By John Coffelt,Staff Writer Nineteen seventh-grade students at Westwood Middle School Middle School are getting some pretty intensive flight training each week during a new after-school program sponsored by Arnold Engineering and Development Complex’s STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) Center.   The students, made up of an equal mix of boys and girls handpicked for the program by Westwood science teacher Deb Wimberley, are the first locally to participate

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