Stories from Wednesday, March 17, 2004

The Bedford County Board of Education held a joint meeting with several members of the Bedford County Board of Commissioners Monday night for a cooperative building program and budget update. On everyone's minds, including superintendent Mike Bone and controller Robert Daniel, was the Harris Middle School construction and its cost. ...

One ordinance and one resolution were passed unanimously during Monday night's meeting of Wartrace's Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Ordinance 04-001 amends the current water board ordinance of a three man water board creating one with five as required by Tennessee state law...

Months before criticism of the Bedford County Medical Center Emergency Department hit the newspaper, hospital administration, E-R head nurse Mary Jim Thompson, other nurses and physicians began developing a plan to help alleviate the problem. Thompson referred to the steady growth in emergency services demand, growing from 11,211 persons triaged in 2002 to 11,780 last year...

The Vanderbilt University Medical Center LifeFlight air ambulance helicopter in Shelbyville will be replaced by a brand new $5.4 million state-of-the-art unit as part of an upgrade which will also add a third remote LifeFlight base to the existing bases in Shelbyville and Clarksville...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners' rules and legislative committee, meeting Tuesday night, asked the budget and finance committee to look at possible revenue sources, such as a wheel tax or an impact fee, to cover the cost of school construction...

LEWISBURG -- Cascade opened with a 5-5 district tie Tuesday at Marshall County. Mitchell Petty hit the tying score for Cascade with approximately eight minutes left. The Champions led early off back-to-back goals by Noe Basurto and Nathan Van Fleet. Marshall County's Tigers followed with their only goal of the opening half, then Basurto added his second goal to give the Champs a 3-1 halftime lead...

It wasn't the home opener Coach Chris Parker anticipated, a 4-0 shutout by Eagleville's Eagles and left-hander Matt Vaughn in a District 11-A matchup Tuesday afternoon. Vaughn turned in an outstanding performance, going the distance, allowing only three singles while striking out eight batters and walking four...

So far the Shelbyville Golden Eagles' baseball season hasn't started off bright. Their record fell to 0-2 after a 7-4 defeat Tuesday at Marshall County. Although Shelbyville outhit Marshall County's Tigers -- grinding out 11 of them at the plate -- it's runs that count and Marshall County came up with three more than the Eagles...

In a contest between two Bedford County rivals Cascade's Lady Champions scored in their last at-bat to edge visiting Community's Viqueens 7-6 in a District 11A matchup Tuesday afternoon. "This was a game where a lot of our younger girls stepped up and made the difference," Cascade coach Stephanie Sutton remarked...

Harris Middle School's soccer team downed Columbia Cox 6-1 Tuesday. Cody Hernadez scored the Eagles' first goal seven minutes into the game and scored again a few mintues later to give Harris a 2-1 lead. Drew Turner and Mike Pitner scored before the half as the Eagles pulled ahead 4-1...

The Community Vikings (0-2, 0-1) were handed their second loss, 11-0 in five innings, by the Siegel Stars of Murfreesnoro in Unionville on Tuesday afternoon. Community only accumulated five hits. James Freebury tagged two singles, one in the second and one in the fourth, to help the Vikings...