Stories from Monday, June 27, 2005

Funeral services for Judith Fay McConnell Hudson, 60, of Beech Grove, who died Saturday at Manchester Medical Center, were held this morning at Hillcrest Funeral Home. The Rev. Bobby McGee officiated and burial followed in Coleman Cemetery.

Graveside services for Richard Merritt Snell, 83, of Shelbyville, who died Sunday at Bedford County Nursing Home following an extended illness, will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Willow Mount Cemetery. Jeff Smith will officiate. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Graveside services for Mary Kathryn Grant Redd, 81, of Lewisburg, who died Saturday at NHC Healthcare of Hillview in Columbia, will be 1 p.m. today at Raby Cemetery in Boonesville. London Funeral Home in Lewisburg is in charge of arrangements...

Graveside services for Ollie Beatrice Throneberry, 91, of Wartrace, who died Sunday evening at Bedford County Medical Center after a brief illness, will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hollywood Cemetery in Wartrace. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Rocket fuel is being made from cornstarch at Bedford County Schools' central office this week. That's just one example of how three dozen teachers are learning how to teach science in a way that will fascinate, educate and prepare students for an annual test required by the state...

A Shelbyville woman was scammed of $2,900 by someone claiming to be calling from Publisher's Clearinghouse, police said Friday. The woman said someone claiming to be "Paul Morris from Publisher's Clearinghouse" told her she'd won $75,000 but needed to send $2,900 to receive the prize...

The premiere of "Our Very Own," filmed in Shelbyville last summer, "was just wonderful," according to one of the local stars who had a part in the movie. The world premiere was held in Hollywood last week at the Los Angeles Film Festival and several people from Shelbyville flew out to Tinseltown to be a part of the first screening...