Entries from September 2011

OPINION: Meeting the enemy

Posted by
Susan Harper
in Opinions
Wednesday, September 21. 2011
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By Susan Harper

I paid my quarterly taxes last week – having remembered the deadline (by a miracle) one day ahead -- and thought about how ironic it is that before I retired, back when I still had a decent memory, I only had to worry about taxes once a year, on April 15th, and there were glaring reminders all around me that it was Tax Day! But now, when I could reasonably be expected to have a few memory problems here and there, now and then, or even more often – now I have to pay “Estimated Taxes” every three months -- with no glaring reminders, no front-page news stories, no libraries full of tax forms, no conversations everywhere about taxes. It’s awful. It’s scary, too. I think the government should send me reminder notices. [Full Story »] 

Drug dealer quickly back in jail

Posted by
Staff Writer
in Public Safety
Wednesday, September 21. 2011
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It didn’t take long for a well-known local drug dealer to get back in business after he got out of jail, and it took even less time for the Commerce Police Department to set up a couple of buys and send him back to jail.

Commerce detectives got word early this month that Chad Oneal Maddox, 30, “was out of jail and selling crack cocaine,” according to the arrest report.
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Commerce regrouping in bye week from painful loss

Posted by
MainStreetNewsSports
in Sports
Wednesday, September 21. 2011
Coach Marvin Justice didn’t mince words about his team’s performance last week. The Tigers lost 33-0 against Washington-Wilkes, a fellow Class A competitor. And it was painful to watch. The setback caused this week’s bye week to feel more work like for players than coaches had intended, Justice said. “I would’ve liked to have given ... [Full Story »] 

CHS Competitive Cheerleaders To Host First Meet In Program History

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MainStreetNewsSports
in Sports
Wednesday, September 21. 2011
The anticipation has been building for the Commerce High School competitive cheerleaders — past and present — since the new high school became a reality. Coach Dianne Cotrell said she regularly pauses on the second level of the school’s gymnasium after practice. The ground floor is often empty, yet she imagines the volume of spirit that ... [Full Story »] 

Softball: EJCHS beats Oglethorpe Co., plays ‘best game of the year’

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MainStreetNewsSports
in Sports
Wednesday, September 21. 2011
East Jackson picked up its first subregion win three weeks Thursday when it beat Oglethorpe County 10-2, and the improvement showed according to coach Jason Rainey. “It was our best game of the year honestly,” Rainey said. Rainey threw both his pitchers to keep the Oglethorpe County line-up off-kilter as Taylor Nix worked the first three ... [Full Story »] 

3-1 Eagles finding ways to win football games

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MainStreetNewsSports
in Sports
Wednesday, September 21. 2011
IT’S NOT an overwhelming 3-1 start, but it’s a 3-1 start nonetheless. East Jackson struggled offensively this past Friday and gave up nearly 300 yards rushing but came out on top in a 21-12 win over rival Jackson County. Click here for photos of the game. “We haven’t done it perfect … Friday night is not the way you want to win a ball ... [Full Story »] 

3-1 Eagles finding ways to win football games

Posted by
MainStreetNewsSports
in Sports
Wednesday, September 21. 2011
IT’S NOT an overwhelming 3-1 start, but it’s a 3-1 start nonetheless. East Jackson struggled offensively this past Friday and gave up nearly 300 yards rushing but came out on top in a 21-12 win over rival Jackson County. “We haven’t done it perfect … Friday night is not the way you want to win a ball game,” Eagle coach Brian Smith ... [Full Story »] 

Cross country: EJCHS boys grab sixth at Eagle run, girls 8th

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MainStreetNewsSports
in Sports
Wednesday, September 21. 2011
LED BY Cale Pirtle’s 10th place finish, host team East Jackson placed sixth of 12 squads in the fifth annual Eagle Run Saturday. Pirtle ran a season-best 17:48 to place in the top 10, while two other Eagle runners broke 19:00. Stuart Robinett ran an 18:08 to finish 16th and Vladik Staples finished with an 18:26 to take 25th. Rounding out the ... [Full Story »] 

Volleyball: East Jackson downs rival Jackson Co.

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MainStreetNewsSports
in Sports
Wednesday, September 21. 2011
THE EAST Jackson volleyball team chalked up its seventh win of the year and beat one of its biggest rivals in the process. The Eagles (7-15, 1-4) beat Jackson County 25-16, 21-25, 26-24. Jasmine Motes picked up a huge block and Urlissa Sheffield served up the winning point against the Panthers. Leaders for the night were Madison Mealor (nine ... [Full Story »] 

Mrs. Dean Streetman (9/20/11)

Posted by
MainStreetNewsObits
in Obituaries
Wednesday, September 21. 2011
JEFFERSON – Willie “Mammie” Streetman, 73, died Tuesday, September 20, 2011. She was born in Jefferson, the daughter of the late J.B. and Ruby Crane Huntsinger. She was a homemaker, a loving mother and grandmother, and a member of the Arcade Community Church. Mrs. Streetman was preceded in death by her husband, Tom Streetman; grandson, ... [Full Story »] 
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