Stories from Friday, March 18, 2005

Funeral services for Dorothy Cantrell Bearden, 81, of Shelbyville will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Jonathan Sims officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

In a story in Friday's Times-Gazette, it was stated incorrectly that revisions to the school system's corporal punishment policy were approved by the school board. In fact, those revisions were taken under advisement to be considered next month. The newspaper apologizes for the error. A corrected version of the story appears here.

MURFREESBORO -- Shelbyville's Golden Eagles rallied for a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to claim their first win of the season, a 6-5 victory over Independence High of Franklin in the Smyrna Grand Slam Challenge Thursday afternoon at Blackman High...

Junior left-hander Tyler Bowman pitched 6 1/3 innings, striking out six and allowing four hits and four walks to earn the win and Jeffrey Comstock picked up the save in relief in Cascade's 3-2 victory over host Loretto in the 7th Annual Loretto St. Patrick's Tournament...

Shelbyville's Golden Eaglette softball team claimed a pair of wins Thursday evening in the Hendersonville Tournament, shutting out Sycamore 4-0 in their opening game then edging Gallatin 6-5. Catcher Jillian King led the way with a double and single in the Eaglettes' win over Sycamore while Bethany Morton added a double...

Harris Middle maintained their undefeated status as they improved to 4-0 after a 6-0 win over Cascade Middle in Wartrace on Thursday afternoon. Joey Jackson had three goals for the Eagles. Dylan Reed, Mike Pitner and Kirk Reynolds all scored one goal apiece...

Cascade stops Viqueens Katie Jackson twirled a complete-game shutout and Hope Mills singled twice as Cascade defeated Community 11-0 on Thursday afternoon in Unionville. "We did a little bit better at the plate," said Cascade coach Stephanie Sutton, whose team improved to 2-0 overall and 2-0 in District 11-A. "We're going to have to start hitting the ball if we're going to be successful."...

Bedford County Medical Center trustees and members of the county commission's Finance Committee last night reached a consensus that they want the best for county residents' health services, despite differences on funding and hospital ownership. Continued county ownership of the hospital as a health service was also discussed, but costs for that and whether the county should build its own new hospital -- instead of requiring that of a buyer -- were presented as insurmountable by commissioners, unless trustees have a solution.. ...

Bedford County School Superintendent Mike Bone told school board members Thursday night that he will retire effective June 30, although he is willing to stay slightly longer if a replacement is not in place. Bone has been superintendent for 8 1/2 years; he was elected to the post when it was an elected office, and then was hired to continue when it was shifted to an appointed position by state law. ...

A Shelbyville man died on his 50th birthday in a grinding head-on collision on U.S. 41-A South late Thursday morning. Norman Taylor, Earnhart Street, died at the scene about a mile west of Normandy Road intersection following the crash, which occurred about 10 a.m...

Robert R. "Bob" McGee of St. Augustine, Fla., a Shelbyville resident until 2002, died Wednesday at Glenmoor Nursing Home in St. Augustine. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church of Hogansville, Ga. The Rev. Stan Ayer will officiate with burial following at Myrtle Hill Cemetery...

Private burial services will be held for Shirley Lee Richardson, 45, of Shelbyville, who died Tuesday at Bedford County Medical Center. No family visitation is planned. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services for Dorothy Sue Angus-Akins, 31, of Shelbyville will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery.