Stories from Saturday, January 18, 2020

Middle Tennessee State University now has a noticeable presence inside the Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee's newest contribution to teaching Middle Tennessee secondary school students about financial literacy. Junior Achievement, a volunteer-driven organization that provides programs focused on work-readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy skills, hosted a grand opening Tuesday afternoon of the JA Finance Park, a state-of-the-art program that will serve seventh- through 12th-grade students across Middle Tennessee and is the organization's first such venture in the state.. ...

Town and Country Garden Club held its January meeting at River Bend Country with Linda Anderton and Mary Pickhardt serving as hostesses. The program " Keep on Moving" was presented by Lindsey Trice. Winners in the floral categories were Rita McDonald, Pat Johnson, and Mary Howard...

Australia has always seemed like a wonderful place to visit, but right now I am grieving for the losses that the continent has suffered in the recent horrid wildfires that have raged through the country. It would definitely be a poor time to consider a visit as a tourist, although when all of this tragedy has subsided I am sure they will need the income from their tourist trade to get back on their feet again...

Back in 2011, my wife bought me an iPad for Christmas. She also bought me a companion book to help me out with my new Christmas present. The book was called "iPad for Dummies." I remember taking to the iPad pretty easily, although I am one of the least tech savvy fellows out there. I never did have to open the Dummies book...

Back when I wrote a weekly tech column for the T-G, I covered the topic of memorialized Facebook accounts. But I made a post to Facebook on the topic the other day, and got such a response from my Facebook friends that I decided maybe it bears repeating...

Each year, First United Methodist Church on the square sends a team of volunteers to work with the United Methodist Committee on Relief's Sager Brown Depot, a warehouse in Baldwin, Louisiana. UMCOR is the United Methodist Church's disaster relief agency, responding to natural disasters anywhere in the world. Its motto is "When the Earth rocks, UMCOR rolls."...

Two years ago, it was discovered that hungry termites were slowly destroying the 106-year-old Longview Baptist Church structure at 101 Cooper Road. In this new year, the Rev. Jonathan Osterhaus says there are a multitude of silver linings, like the open house celebration coming up Sunday for the new worship center...

The annual MLK Celebration Luncheon will be 11 a.m. Monday at Shelbyville Recreation Center. For ticket information, contact Albert Nelson, 931-685-4200, or JoAnn Gaunt, 931-639-7152. The luncheon is sponsored by Gilliland Historical Resource Center...

We have a threat of rain hanging over the start of your weekend. Light rain is expected Friday night and Saturday along with breezy and cool temperatures. Arctic air will cover the area Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. We will see several nights in the teens and the high temperature Monday afternoon probably won’t get above freezing...