Stories from Thursday, April 14, 2005

Hello from Camp Caldwell, Iraq. The closest landmark town is BaladRuz, a few miles down the road. I convoyed for three days from Kuwait to arrive at my new home for the next 12 months. I remember driving through BaladRuz for the first time. The natives stared at us like we all had 12 heads, and they would like to rip six of those 12 off...

"We only let our guard down for one inning, and Culleoka took advantage," commented Community High School softball coach Megan Hardin after her team's 12-1 District 11-A loss to the Lady Warriors Wednesday afternoon...

Bedford County Emergency Communications District (E-911) board voted Wednesday evening to approve a $298,512 budget request -- including $239,393 in county funding -- for Bedford County Communications Center for the 2005/2006 fiscal year; that request will now go to the county commission...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday night to endorse an effort by State Sen. Jim Tracy and State Rep. Curt Cobb to request a driver's license testing station in Shelbyville. Tracy (R-Shelbyville) and Cobb (D-Shelbyville) have been pursuing the project and had asked for the commission's formal endorsement. The issue was not on the commission's published agenda, but commissioners suspended the rules to consider a resolution on Tuesday night...

The apparent best bidder for Bedford County Medical Center has sold three hospitals recently to the suitor that probably placed second among the respondents to county commissioners' request for proposals for its purchase. That's according to a couple of newspaper stories reporting Brentwood-based Community Health Systems had finalized the sale of two Texas hospitals and one hospital in Alabama to Franklin-based Attentus Healthcare Co...

District Attorney Mike McCown has provided a Shelbyville man with an offer he'll probably think about before he refuses. It emphasizes the death penalty is a possibility in the state's case against Jason Christopher Underwood, the 22-year-old Cherokee Trail resident charged with first degree murder in the stabbing death of a couple in their Sims Road home...

Three and a half years was long enough. After dropping seven straight decisions to University School of Nashville, Webb finally broke free of their chains with an 8-2 victory Wednesday afternoon in Bell Buckle. "It's like I told them before the game, not only did this team get a chance to beat them, but as a school we don't get many chances to beat USN," Webb coach Jon Bloom said. ...

The Webb soccer squad improved to 2-2 on the season with a 6-2 drubbing of visiting Coffee County on Tuesday. "Our strong ball handling enabled us to keep longer possessions, which kept the other team from scoring," Webb coach Adrian Anderson said. Adam Koritsanszky and Ricardo Moya netted two goals apiece for the Feet. Sang Sun Kim and Richard Meredith added a score each. Bart Badgett provided two assists...

Thank y'all for comin' out. God bless. Good night. Cascade junior catcher Ann Mullen put Moore County back on the bus to Lynchburg with her three-run walk-off home run to cap off a 13-2 shellacking on Wednesday. "Usually the pitchers get a lot of the glory, but the catchers have to do their job too," Stephanie Sutton said. "(Mullen) has consistently done a good job behind the plate."...

A district win is always big, but a district win on the road is even bigger. Add the fact that the win prevented being swept in a two-game series and it becomes huge. Shelbyville's Golden Eagles prevented the sweep, defeating Lawrence County 7-4 in a District 8-AAA contest Wednesday evening in Lawrenceburg...

Funeral services for Rubye A. King, 51, of Nashville, formerly of Wartrace, who died Tuesday, will be held 1 p.m. Saturday at Bright Temple Church of God in Christ. Elder Larry Britton will officiate and Elder A.Z. Hall will be the eulogist. Burial will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. (Lewis & Wright Funeral Directors, Nashville)...