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March 12, 2010

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Three months into job, Looney’s learning, making changes
By Donna O'Neil, Staff writer

This week marks Dr. Mike Looney’s 100th day as superintendent of Williamson County Schools. Taking the helm three months after school began thrust him into ongoing school zoning discussions, building projects and into a system that was already full steam ahead.

In his short stint as the district’s go-to guy, he’s faced making decisions to call off school in an unusually snowy winter, the tragic death of a student on a Fairview campus, cutting expenses from a $220 million budget in a tight economy and soon faced teacher contract negotiations.
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Former Lady Eagle soars high in the SEC
By Marcus Stone, Staff Writer

Just because basketball season has officially ended in Williamson County does not mean the awards have stopped pouring in for athletes familiar to the area.

Former Brentwood Academy Lady Eagles standout Victoria Dunlap was named South Eastern Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Year last week as voted on by conference coaches.

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2009 Sizzle Awards spotlight county’s favorite businesses
By Carole Robinson, staff writer

From cuisine to entertainment, to shopping to service-based businesses to health and wellness and personal care, businesses across the county are sporting another framed Sizzle Award. After all the online votes were cast by customers and tallied by sponsors from Southern Exposure magazine and FranklinIs online, Monday the 2009 Sizzle Awards were announced.

In the fourth annual Sizzle Awards, where the community gets a chance to choose their favorite businesses – located in Williamson County, of course – more than 90 establishments received a first-, second- or third-place People’s Choice Award during a reception held in their honor.

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Bethlehem Players present ‘Southern Fried Funeral’
By Carole Robinson, staff writer

After developing a reputation of providing the community with high quality family-friendly entertainment during the past 13 years, Bethlehem United Methodist Church and the Bethlehem Players are presenting their first world premiere.

“Southern Fried Funeral,” a comedy written by local playwrights Dietz Osborne and Nate Eppler, hits the Bethlehem Players' stage March 12-20.

The best, the worst and the funniest of people are apt to emerge during a funeral, and do as Osborne and Eppler call on customs unique to truly Southern funerals in their original piece written specifically for the Bethlehem Players.

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