Stories from Wednesday, May 4, 2005

Funeral services for Mattie Argusta "Gus Baby" Marable, 57, of Murfreesboro, who died Sunday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro, will be held noon Saturday at Stones River Primitive Baptist Church. Roger Russell will officiate and burial will follow in Stones River Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. She was the sister of Lillie Batts of Shelbyville...

Funeral services for Bonnie Thomason, 34, of Unionville, who died Sunday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Gallant Funeral Home in Fayetteville. Dr. Joel Carwile will officiate and burial will follow in Unity Cemetery.

Ewing Wallace Cartwright has announced his candidacy for re-election to a Third Ward seat on Shelbyville City Council in the June 2 general election. Cartwright is finishing his second four-year term on the council. He was a partner with his father in the firm of Ewing F. Cartwright & Sons, General Contractors, for 24 years...

Gov. Phil Bredesen's proposed road program includes money to continue widening U.S. 41-A between Shelbyville and Tullahoma -- but an announcement today from the transportation department doesn't mention the proposed Shelbyville bypass. However, State Sen. ...

One thing you'll always see during the spring and summer months are the cleanup efforts undertaken by the Shelbyville Bedford County Chamber of Commerce Beautification Committee. While it's not even summer yet, Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup™ (GAC) is at the halfway point for 2005 and the local Beautification Committee has responded with several programs. A city wide clean up was conducted in late March by Mark Clanton and the Shelbyville Public Works Department...

The Sixth Annual Country Music Marathon was held last Saturday in Nashville. Almost 18,000 runners participated in either the 13.1 mile half-marathon or the 26.2 mile full marathon. About 86 percent of those who began the run crossed the finish line at the Coliseum to earn their medal...

It's budget time for the Shelbyville City Council and the group will be getting a look at the numbers before the end of the month. City Manager Ed Craig told the council Tuesday night that by the study session scheduled for May 31, the first draft of the budget will have been drafted to present to them to review...

Shelbyville's Golden Eagles closed out the regular season and tuned up for postseason play with a 6-5 non-district win at Marshall County Tuesday afternoon. The Eagles (14-18) face Lincoln County in opening round action of the District 8-AAA Tournament Friday afternoon at 4 in Tullahoma at Grider Stadium...

The Community Vikings traveled to Culleoka on Tuesday hoping to play their way into the District 11-A Tournament. The Warriors sent them home disappointed as they defeated the Vikings 17-8, ending Community's season early. "Considering what this team has been through this week, we played well," Community coach Hal Pass said. "The guys here today were the ones who truly wanted to play, and they fought hard."...

The Community Viqueens lost their bid to continue in postseason play, losing a heartbreaker to the Eagleville Lady Eagles 15-10 Tuesday night in a marathon 10 inning District 11-A Tournament game. In the bottom half of the first inning, Community's Sherry Lynch reached base on an error, Amanda Joslyn singled and eighth grader Erica Keele followed with a two-run triple...

NASA and the Department of Defense are dismayed with the lack of engineering students graduating from America's colleges, so the federal government is fostering interest in science and math through outreach programs such as Star Night at Eakin School on Tuesday, according to college professors....

Christine Klisavage shut out St. Cecilia and just missed a no-hitter in Webb's 7-0 win on Tuesday afternoon in Bell Buckle. Klisavage struck out 10 and walked one. "Christine Klisavage was just in control," Webb coach James Garcia said. "She was pretty dominant on the mound, probably one of her best outings of the year."...

Webb's Lady Feet took down Middle Tennessee Christian 7-2 on Tuesday. The Feet put their names in the win column as well with a 7-2 triumph of their own over MTC. "Alesha James really showed her endurance," said Webb coach Joe Bennett of his normal No. ...

A four-run first inning proved to be enough as Shelbyville's Golden Eaglettes claimed a 4-1 District 8-AAA win over visiting Lawrence County in their final regular season game. The Eaglettes (17-20) face Tullahoma in the opening round of the district tournament, being played at Lincoln County High in Fayetteville, Friday afternoon at 5...

Division II lacrosse powerhouse Ravenwood drove down to Bell Buckle on Tuesday and likely got more than they bargained for as Webb scored two goals in the final minute but the visitors squeaked out a 9-8 win over the Feet. "Basically, we didn't play 48 minutes -- it was a roller coaster ride," Webb coach Jon Bloom said. "There were times in the first half where we looked good and times when we looked sloppy. The times we looked sloppy, we turned the ball over and they capitalized."...