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  • Joined: February 25, 2026
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How are you at handling rejection?

You can’t always get what you want…” The words of the Rolling Stones often echo in my mind as I ponder the countless rejections we humans face over the course of our lives. (The words of the Rolling Stones also often echo in my mind as I ponder the many senior moments we face over the course of our lives. “Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name…”) I nearly died before I took my first breath, but Dr. K.J. Phelps went the extra mile for me in the delivery room. So I’ve always had a “thing” about people getting a fighting chance in life.

Friends of Short Springs hold workday

The Friends of Short Springs hosted a workday on the morning of May 16. Under the supervision of Ranger Marlie Gibbs from Old Stone Fort State Park, 11 volunteers conducted repairs on the Collier-Horn Bridge and graded some sections of trail on the Laurel Loop Trail.

VA expands clinic at Arnold AFB

An expansion of the Tullahoma Veterans Affairs (VA) Clinic is nearing completion, boosting access to care for an additional 1,800 eligible patients, to include active duty Airmen.

Trumping it up in China

In a spectacular ceremony at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, President Trump received an extravagant welcome to China last week. China is 6,500 miles from the USA and is protected by its military. China represents our largest adversarial army, navy and intel operatives. It is also the safest place President Trump has been in two years. Chinese state media handled the visit carefully. Their coverage portrayed Trump with the cautious respect normally reserved for a live tiger wandering through a fraternity party. Trump had just come from a hunting trip in the U.S. where he killed more RHINOs than any president since Teddy Roosevelt.

Brothers earn Eaker Award

Two Union City cadets, 18-year-old Graysen Crawford and 17-yearold Wyatt Crawford, were recognized with the Ira C. Eaker Award during a visit to the Tullahoma Composite Squadron’s weekly meeting. The award is earned by only two percent of all Civil Air Patrol cadets and is one of the highest promotions available in the cadet program — a milestone surpassed only by the Spaatz Award. The ceremony highlighted not only their accomplishments, but also the character, leadership, and perseverance that brought them to this point.

Stidham named Support Staff Member of the Year

During its Tuesday meeting, the Tullahoma City School Board of Education honored eight building-level Support Staff Members of the Year and named Angel Stidham as the district’s Support Staff Member of the Year.