Stories from Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Bedford County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday night to allow its evaluation committee to enter into a non-binding letter of intent with Community Health Systems, negotiating exclusively with the Brentwood-based firm over the next 60 days for the sale of Bedford County Medical Center...

Cascade junior Heather Lemmon became a jack-of-all-trades versus District 11-A foe Eagleville in Wartrace on Tuesday afternoon. The Lady Champion shortstop filled in as starting pitcher and did not disappoint in a 17-6 Cascade win. Lemmon placed a foot on the rubber for five innings and allowed just four hits and four walks while fanning a pair of Lady Eagles. It was her first start at pitcher this season...

Webb's Grace Iorio homered in the sixth inning to trim visiting College Heights' lead to 4-3 but the Lady Feet were shut down in the seventh frame and lost their first game of the season. The Lady Feet are now 5-1 overall and 3-1 in the Middle Region...

A rivalry that spans from sport to sport had another tank of gas dumped onto the flame of competition yesterday as Forrest downed Cascade 5-2 in a District 7-A-AA soccer match in Wartrace. Mitchell Petty and Juan Licea netted goals for the Champions (2-3, 1-2)...

Jordan Burchett and Devon MacDougall provided the lone hits in Tuesday afternoon's 10-0 loss to Middle Tennessee Chrisitan in Bell Buckle. The Feet (0-4) fell behind 2-0 early in the first inning before the Cougars put up six more runs in the third frame to shut the door on hopes of a rally...

The Community softball team was still searching for their first win of the season as visiting District 11-A foe Forrest roared into Unionville Tuesday afternoon. The Lady Rockets (8-0) scorched the young Viqueens, winning 29-0 in three innings. Community's starting hurler Amanda Joslyn struggled with her control, walking 15 batters and only fanning one. The Forrest hitters smacked 13 hits in the game. The Viqueen defense was rusty as well, committing seven errors in the field...

Walks, errors and runners on the bases hindered Shelbyville Central in a 11-6 District 8-AAA loss to Lawrence County at home Tuesday afternoon. Eagle pitchers combined to walk eight batters, while the defense committed a pair of errors in the loss. Drew Harris started on the mound for the Eagles with Josh Woods taking over in the fourth and Sean Miku in the fifth...

Community dropped their second game in two days to District 11-A opponent Eagleville 13-3 Tuesday. Hitless in their last three games, the Vikings (0-11, 0-10 in 11-A) were looking to make contact at the plate in the first inning. Senior Adam Smith opened the game with a single, and it looked like the game might go the Vikings' way. Ryan Zindars was hit by a pitch and Randy Senn came up and blasted a double to left field to score both runners...

Shelbyville's Golden Eagle soccer team ventured out of the district and claimed an impressive win 3-1 over visiting Oakland Tuesday night. Andrew Gordon provided all the offensive punch the Eagles needed, scoring all three goals for another hat trick...

Shelbyville claimed a pair of wins over a District 8-AAA opponent for the second straight day Tuesday, this time at Lawrence County. The Eagles won 7-0 while the Eaglettes claimed a 6-1 advantage. Boys Singles Ross Beavers d. Cody Gilliam 8-1; Zach King d. Justin Haygood 8-0; Bryan Price d. Ty Lanning 8-0; No. 4 and No. 5 singles matches forfeited to Shelbyville...

Choudhari Baldevbhai Gobarbhai told Shelbyville police a briefcase containing his passport was taken from his home at Davis Estates Apartments, Anthony Lane, between 6 a.m. Saturday and 10 p.m. Sunday. Other incidents: *A necklace and bedspread were taken from the home of Valerie Jean Brazelton, Sherwood Drive, during the day Monday, police said...

Bell Buckle's town council voted to authorize St. John Engineering to proceed with a Correction Action Plan (CAP) and a Management Operations and Maintenance program (MOM) to correct problems with a sewer system that is under a director's order from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC)...

One of two men accused of kicking in a Shelbyville man's apartment door and shooting him to death four months ago had his murder case bound over to the Bedford County Grand Jury Tuesday by Sessions Court Judge Charles Rich. Leslie Raydell Jones, 30, who was living at a Green Lane apartment until his Jan. ...

Wartrace's Board of Mayor and Aldermen accepted a bid for a skateboard park Monday night and will meet next month with a group of young people about its design. The town accepted the low bid of $11,925 from Simpson Concrete Co. to build a 50 by 90 foot slab for the park. The addition to Winnette-Ayers Park is funded primarily from the Parks and Recreation Department, which held a supper that raised $6,000, for which they had already allocated $5,000...

Funeral arrangements for Charlotte Johnson, 62, of Shelbyville, who died today at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center, are incomplete and will be announced by Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.