Stories from Wednesday, September 7, 2005

Clarence R. Robertson, 92, of Shelbyville died Wednesday at Bedford County Medical Center. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. William Cartwright officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

A few notes from here and there: --- If you recall the columns I wrote prior to my mission trip, you know that I spent a weekend in June practicing soap-making with my mission trip colleague Carolyn Schussler and her husband Dave at their brand new home near the bridge in Bay St. Louis, Miss. They had just moved into the house a few weeks earlier; they didn't even have all the curtains in place...

A memorial service for Roberta "Bobbie" McCarver, 55, of Shelbyville, who died Tuesday in LaGrange, Ky., will be held 10 a.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Arch L. Heady Radcliffe Funeral Home, LaGrange, Ky., is in charge of arrangements.

Goalie Shelby Lamb claimed her fifth consecutive shutout, making great saves time and time again as Harris Middle defeated visiting Columbia Academy 6-0 in a non-conference match Tuesday afternoon. The Eaglettes got on the board early on a breakaway by Kayla Anderson about 10 minutes into the first half...

Katrina, that black cloud of a storm that's devastated America's Gulf Coast, has a silver lining for the Shelbyville Central High School Eagles' football team. "From what I hear, he's going to do us some good," Central High's principal, Don Embry, said Tuesday afternoon about 16-year-old Ryan Hornberger, who's moved here because of the hurricane...

Shelbyville and Bedford County leaders are trying to determine what can be done here for people evacuating Louisiana and Mississippi in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Strained budgets, the old Harris Middle School building and system capacities are concerns facing the group that Mayor Geneva Smith dubbed the Emergency Response Action Group...

Shelbyville's City Council will be looking at an ordinance to create a motor vehicle registration fee for city residents to pay for future road projects, including the widening of North Main Street. The council was told Tuesday that the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has given approval for funding the widening...

A Shelbyville man, whose identity could not be determined by the Times-Gazette as of mid-morning, was listed in critical condition at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville today following a traffic accident Tuesday. The man was injured in a three-vehicle collision on East Lane Street at Hawkins Drive about 4 p.m. ...

Mrs. Catherine Faris of Shelbyville died this morning at Bedford County Medical Center. She was the mother of Mrs. Burton (Peggy) Orrell of Shelbyville, Jerry Faris of Florida and George Faris who died last month. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Feldhaus Memorial Chapel...

A woman told police an armed man demanded her money as she was pumping gas at a Madison Street convenience store Monday afternoon. Candy Michelle Whitley, 29, Tullahoma, said she was at the Kangaroo store on Madison Street at South Hillcrest Drive when the man walked to her with the knife in his hand about 3:20 p.m...

Cascade made the bus ride back to McMinnville a long one for Boyd Christian as the Lady Champions won 5-1 in a non-district matchup in Wartrace on Thursday. After maintaining possession for much of the first half, Cascade had numerous shots on goal before Leslie Jett finally thinned the twine to get her Lady Champions on the board...

Funeral services for Lorene Fletcher Vasser Todd, 87, of Shelbyville, who died Monday, will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Beech Grove First Baptist Church with Phillip Lane and Jack Lambert officiating. Burial will follow at Gnat Hill Cemetery in Coffee County. Woodfin Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements...

When you can control the line of scrimmage in football, you can pretty much do what you want. Such was the case for Harris Middle in an important 23-6 win over host Warren County Tuesday night in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup. "We were able to pretty much do what we wanted to," Harris coach Charlie Miller said. ...

After last week's lackluster play, Community High was back in action Tuesday night hosting powerful Zion Christian. Although the Viqueens were defeated 20-25, 26-24, 14-25, 18-25, coach Genny Ledbetter counts this one as a win in her book. "This is the best team we've faced this season. I was very proud of our team's play. We stepped up and sent back their hardest hits and gave them a run for their money."...

Webb hit the road to Franklin on Tuesday afternoon and came up on the short end of an 8-0 decision against Battle Ground Academy. Natalie Aaron scored a hat trick for the Lady Wildcats. Jacqueline LaFont found the back of the net twice. Kristen Bramlett, Lydia Wright and Charlotte Clayton each contributed a goal...

It wasn't the best outing for Shelbyville Central golfers as they carded a 331 in the Warren County Business Round Table Annual Golf Tournament at McMinnville Country Club Tuesday afternoon. District rival Tullahoma won the 16-team tournament. "This just wasn't one of our better outings," Eagle coach Lynn Burkey said. "I don't know if it was because we had just come back from the horse show break or what but hopefully we'll get back on track on Thursday against Franklin County."...

Three Bedford County golf teams squared off against each other, along with Moore County and Middle Tennessee Chrisitan at Blackberry Ridge on Tuesday afternoon. Cascade came out on top with a low score of 168. Webb followed with a 179. Middle Tennessee Christian placed third with a 182. The Raiders compiled a tally of 187. Community scored a 201...