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Mostly Cloudy ~ High: 47°F ~ Low: 30°F Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 |
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Scoping it out
Posted Tuesday, July 5, at 2:26 PM June 15 is a date I will long remember. Well, actually, some parts of that Wednesday I cannot remember since I was given general anesthesia and a nerve block to allow an orthopedic surgeon explore my knee arthroscopically. While he was there, he trimmed some of the meniscus sheath that I had torn and he removed mangled cartilage, took some photos and then sewed up the two entries made on either side of my kneecap...
Knee pain is hard to ignore Yep, I injured my left knee at the beginning of April and I've seen an orthopedic surgeon about it. He took one look at the MRI and told me I had two choices. The conservative choice was to take a month of supervised physical therapy and check back with him or undergo surgery then. My follow-up visit is Monday afternoon...
Cost of prescriptions hurts limited budgets (I changed the headline on this blog posting, because the new head is more descriptive) Like every other baby boomer on Medicare, I am concerned about the cost of prescription drugs. At age 65, I have a handful of so-called maintenance drugs for hypertension, cholesterol and hay fever...
Parade photos, video From all appearances, the Shelbyville Christmas Parade was a hit for everyone who made the effort to see it Saturday afternoon. If you missed the parade, you can see the highlights in our online video and we have more than 140 photos posted from the parade and related activities on the Courthouse Square, such as the Midstate Cloggers of Shelbyville, who presented some of their award-winning dance routines before the parade...
Courthouse Christmas tree ceremony This is probably the worst-kept secret in Shelbyville, but the lights on the Christmas tree on the east side of the County Courthouse will be lit Saturday afternoon right after the Christmas parade clears the square. So, you don't want to miss this ceremony if you're going to be watching the parade from a vantage point on the square...
This Veterans Day was a huge event for Bedford Countians. Schools across the county invited veterans to attend special programs and the parade Thursday evening was outstanding, especially with the full participation of the bands from Central, Cascade and Community high schools...
The weather was outstanding for the United Way's Spooktacular 5K run/walk on Saturday, Oct. 31. Times-Gazette sportswriter/photographer Gary Johnson and I set up to capture the participants crossing the finish line at H.V. Griffin Park. With 190 registered for the 5K event, Gary and I knew we would be busy...
Teens text an avg. of 3,300-plus/mo. A recent study by Nielson shows that teens average more than 3,300 text messages a month. If observation is any indicator, the text messages are going to the teen walking right along side the teenager sending the text. I can't help but wonder what our world will look like in a few years, when it will be considered a social gaffe to actually speak to someone in public!...
Focus on better photos We love to get photos from our readers for publication. School events, civic organization activities, significant anniversaries, wild life, you name it -- we appreciate your sharing your photos. Be forewarned, however, that we cannot put fuzzy photographic images back into focus. If the images are not sharp, there is very little, if anything, we can do...
Turning 65 and driver's license renewal I almost forgot about renewing my driver's license this week in conjunction with my 65th birthday, but it was very easy to do -- at least for me. Thankfully, I am more or less computer literate and I have conducted a fair amount of business online. However, the poor woman at the self-service computer next to me was at a total loss...
65th birthday and Medicare Yep, I joined the Medicare generation this month and that is the mixed part of the blessing of enjoying my 65th birthday. For three months, prior to Sept. 1, I was inundated with Medicare Advantage offers from every health insurance company I can think of. I found it challenging to wade through all the Medicare information and then to find a company that would take care of the issues that Medicare doesn't cover or doesn't cover very well. Hence, the term Medicare Advantage, I guess...
Everyone has had days when it seemed that nothing went right. And then I think almost everyone has encountered a situation that simply went from bad to worse. I've had one of those days and I have one of those situations. Our coverage of the Fairest of the Fair Pageant failed to live up to anyone's expectations in July. We failed to publish the photo of the Queen and her court in the top age category and we got two names wrong in the process...
We have photos Limitations of space in the print issues of the Shelbyville Times-Gazette do not allow us to use as many photographs as we take at various events in Bedford County. However, this website offers us a great opportunity to share many more photos from a wide variety of events, such as the Business Expo held last week in Calsonic Arena, 69 photos; or RC Cola/Moon Pie Festival in Bell Buckle, 112 photos; or the Juneteenth celebration at historic Gilliland House, 15 photos...
Timothy Lee Eddins and his Warthog I received an e-mail from Shelbyville native Ann Snelling on Monday about her son, Timothy Lee Eddins, also a native of Shelbyville and a graduate of Shelbyville Central High School, who flies a A-10 Thunderbolt II to support ground troops in Afghanistan...
T-G.com maintains a "G" rating The Shelbyville Times-Gazette is a G-rated publication, meaning it is safe for anyone to read the newspaper. The same should be true for T-G.com. We have been accused of censorship for banning comments and blog posts for using epithets and off-color terms. And I will accept that accusation as a badge of trust to our readers that we will not tolerate abusive or obscene language. There is no excuse for it...
Words as weapons; truth vs. fiction I can recall as a child hearing my parents tell me after a run in with my fellow first graders, "Just remember, sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." That may have been true in 1952 (I'm giving my age away here), but in today's society, that is no longer the case...
Adults in our society tend to take things for granted. We tend to become disinterested in our surroundings after we see the same things day in and day out. As a journalist, I believe that a reporter with a healthy curiosity can find stories and photos anywhere...
Usernames puzzle me I realize that I spend too much time wondering about the why of things, but that's a basic part of what makes me tick. For example, use of the pen names, or usernames, for bloggers is perplexing to me. When blogging took off, I went with the crowd and had a username for a while. That is until I decided that if I truly believe what I am posting online, I should back it up with my real name...
Learning the ropes. Again. Every newsroom has a unique collective personality that draws on the individual idiosyncracies of those who work there. Right now, I'm learning how each reporter and editor at the Times-Gazette contributes to the success of the newspaper and how I can enhance everyone's efforts...
Serendipity is my favorite word. To me, serendipity is the delight I feel when I happen upon a pleasant surprise. It comes to mind whenever I open a newspaper and discover some new bit of information that adds to my store of knowledge. It was serendipitous, indeed, when the opportunity to become editor of the Times-Gazette presented itself recently, because newspapers have been a part of my life for more than 50 years. I've been fortunate enough to work for newspapers and the news business for about 40 of those years...
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Hot topics Scoping it out(3 ~ 12:16 PM, Sep 3)
Knee pain is hard to ignore
Cost of prescriptions hurts limited budgets
Parade photos, video
Courthouse Christmas tree ceremony
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