Stories from Friday, August 12, 2005

The common denominator when discussing Tennessee's 2005 football fortunes is a question of road work. Can the Vols withstand a challenging away schedule that includes visits to Florida, LSU, Alabama and Notre Dame? The Florida and LSU tilts fall on consecutive Saturdays in late September, leaving UT no time to work its way toward being a complete football team...

Two men grabbed a pedestrian Wednesday morning as he walked along Depot Street, drove him into the country and robbed him of $40, police said. The victim -- Armando Morales Sanchez, 28, Burt Street -- walked to Highway 64 West after the robbery and flagged down Deputy Ronnie Gault...

Funeral services for Michael Scott Day, 47, of Shelbyville, who died Thursday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Goff Funeral Home in Monterey. Burial will follow at Welch Memorial Cemetery.

George Marvin Faris, 64, of Shelbyville died Thursday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Kevin Minchey officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. (Feldhaus Memorial Chapel)

Ina Louise Shannon, 79, of New Johnsonville died Thursday. Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Humphreys County Funeral Home in Waverly with Bill Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Valley Cemetery.

Get ready to roll out the red carpet: The stars are coming to Shelbyville! GADA Films has announced that Jason Ritter, one of the stars of "Our Very Own," will appear at Saturday's premiere at the Capri Theater, along with the writer/director, producers and many other cast members...

Shelbyville City Council passed the third and final reading of the 2005-06 budget, along with other items, during Thursday's meeting. The sixth and final draft of the budget has a deficit of $495,569. Currently, the unappropriated cash revenue is listed as $10,690,759, with cash expenses for the city at $11,186,328...

Bedford County's school buses are ready for the beginning of the new school year Monday morning. But this year's school bus stops could be relocated next year with a computer program that's hungry for more data. Implementation of the program has been delayed for a couple of years, according to David Parker, transportation supervisor for county schools, who said principals and/or others at the schools need to provide student address information...

Water taps for 71 new homes in three subdivisions were considered Thursday night by the Bedford County Utility District's Board of Directors. However, requests for all three subdivisions were approved before two out of the three developers showed up to answer questions from directors, who've told the utility's general manager to advise applicants they'll be denied if not present...

Whenever you can return over 75 percent of your roster off of a winning team in middle school football, people are going to expect great things out of you. Cascade Middle lost but five football players off of a 2004 team that went 5-3. This year the Champions put together a roster of 27 men, with 20 of those being returnees...

Bedford County native Bart Fann has been named head football coach at Community. While the assignment is his first head coaching position, Fann is not new to the sport. A 1997 Cascade graduate, he was center for the Champions and also played linebacker from time to time...