Stories from Friday, April 29, 2005

Shelbyville's Golden Eagles didn't turn in their best defensive effort in a 4-1 loss to visiting Columbia Thursday evening. Columbia led 1-0 at the intermission but outscored the Eagles 3-1 in the second half to claim the District 8-AAA win. The Eagles' lone score was provided by Andrew Gordon late in the contest...

After rescheduling the games twice, the Community Viqueens were finally able to play their final games of the regular season on Wednesday afternoon. In two hard-fought games, District 11-A foe Richland won 4-0 and 4-1 in Unionville. The Viqueens' defense got off to a shaky start in the first game as they committed three errors in the first inning. ...

Ever get that feeling that everyone is waiting for you to tell them what to do? Ever been put in a large group of people and been asked to lead them to greatness in a situation that cannot be replicated or re-lived? Cascade softball player Lyndsay Miller can sympathize. Being the lone senior on a squad with 11 underclassmen that are counted on to contribute, she has a lot of weight on her shoulders...

A woman who insisted on leaving a Depot Street home immediately Wednesday night did just that. Problem is, she left in someone else's car -- without his permission, police say. Antonio Rosales, Thompson Road, said he had taken two women from the Depot Street home of a friend to a grocery store in his silver 1991 Cadillac...

Shelbyville native David Thomas, co-author of a new book about becoming a father, says men who are approaching that step need to be honest with themselves about their insecurities, giving themselves permission to be a little scared but at the same time recognizing the great importance of their new role...

Charges were dismissed Thursday against one of three alleged home invaders as the other two had their cases bound over to the Bedford County Grand Jury. "He's accused of doing it," Sessions Court Judge Charles Rich said of James Oscar Mason, 45, Deery Street, who faced burglary and robbery charges, "but how could he? He never went in the house...

Bedford County Board of Education, meeting Thursday night, selected four finalists from whom a new school superintendent will be chosen to replace Mike Bone when he retires June 30. They are, in alphabetical order: Cascade Elementary School Principal Sharon Edwards;...

Nearly a dozen gliders may be towed from Russell Puckett Field Saturday and Sunday into clearing skies over Rover and Eagleville for a regional sailplane race around a triangular course of 100 miles. "Sunday will be the best of those days," Senior Meteorologist Mike Girodo said at the National Weather Service forecast center this morning when asked about race day conditions at what's also known as Eagleville Gliderport...

Graveside services for Ernest Lee Farrar Sr., 49, of Nashville, who died Wednesday at Centennial Medical Center, will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Willow Mount Cemetery with Tim Akins officiating. Hillcrest Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Sonny Tomar Wells, 27, formerly of Shelbyville, died Saturday, April 23 at his home in Springfield, Ohio. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, April 30 in the Anthony David Memorial Chapel at Blakemore Funeral Home in Shelbyville.

Graveside services for Tellie Leon Enfinger, 68, of Shelbyville, who died today at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Willow Mount Cemetery. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.