Stories from Tuesday, March 15, 2005

LYNCHBURG -- Sometimes a young person has to take on life head on. Former Community basketball star Cortney Brothers decided to do just that when she signed a scholarship with Motlow State. What came as a surprise is that she would also have to overcome a head-on car collision while going over a hill this past Christmas...

Good things come to those who wait. After waiting on the bus carrying visiting Cannon County for over an hour past the originally-scheduled 3:30 start, Cascade utilized a strong fifth inning and a lack of daylight to their advantage in a 4-1 win in their season-opener...

U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon announced that he has been able to include $400,000 in a federal transportation bill that will help Shelbyville proceed with its greenway project. The bill, which includes $284 billion in nationwide highway and transit spending, passed the House overwhelmingly on Thursday and now goes to the Senate. President Bush has threatened a veto if the Senate spends more than the House has proposed...

Bedford County Emergency Medical Services board of directors went on record Monday night as opposing a new state bill which would force ambulance services to transport mentally ill persons to facilities like Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute in Chattanooga...

Shelbyville kicked off their soccer season with a 2-1 win over host Siegel in the Region 4-AAA Challenge with Region 7-AAA. Andrew Gordon and Ranferi Talacios each netted goals for the Eagles in their season-opener. "It's nice to start out the season with a victory," Shelbyville coach Neal Gordon said. "One of the things that we wanted to emphasize as we went into the game was controlling the mental aspect of the game. We had struggled with that some during the preseason...

Shelbyville Central's Eagles and Eaglettes claimed 6-1 District 8-AAA opening wins over visiting Franklin County Monday afternoon. In singles action, Shelbyville's No. 1 seed Ross Beavers handled Cory Fandrich 8-0, No. 2 Zach King claimed a 8-0 victory over A.C. Cowan, No. 3 seed Bryan Price defeated Michael Bishop 8-3 and Andy Delk won 8-2 over Jonah Ottley...

MURFREESBOR0 -- In a low scoring game, costly errors usually are the difference in the final outcome. Such was the case in Shelbyville's 2-0 loss to Riverdale in the opening baseball game of the season, as six errors hampered the Eagles in the non-district contest Monday evening...

Funeral services for Terry Wayne Farrar, 41, of Wartrace, who died Friday in Nashville, will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Doug Moore officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery.

Celebration of Life services for Lucy Kate Norris Lumpkin, 85, of Rockvale, who died Tuesday, will be 6 p.m. today at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. Funeral services will be 4 p.m. Thursday at Ebenezer United Methodist Church in Clarkesville, Ga., with burial to follow in the Ebenezer UMC cemetery.

Bedford County commissioners should be put on notice that selling the county-owned hospital will create costs during the conversion of the county-owned nursing home to a facility that can't rely on operating efficiencies with the hospital. That's the consensus of Bedford County Medical Center trustees meeting Monday night when they were presented with computer cost estimates by Nursing Home Administrator Wayne Schumann, who reported he needs $97,913 worth of computer equipment, programs and licenses.. ...