Stories from Thursday, November 17, 2005

Burial, with full military honors, for James Gordon Bennett, 86, of Bell Buckle, who died Tuesday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Middle Tennessee Veterans Cemetery in Nashville. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

The University of Tennessee fall meeting of the Athletic Board was highlighted by the announcement that the university had received its letter of re-certification from the NCAA and that over the next two years 11 major facility projects would be underway and/or completed to upgrade the total athletic plant...

Bedford County 911 Communications Center Board of Directors complained Wednesday night about adjustments made to the com center's budget last summer by the county commission's budget and finance committee. The committee directed its chairman, Charles McDonald, to write a letter asking for its director's salary to be restored to the amount originally requested in the com center's budget...

Citizens submitted suggestions and the Bell Buckle Planning Commission worked toward tweaking subdivision regulations that many hope would allow the small town to deal with growth and retain its unique character. One possible addition to the regulations, submitted by commission member Frank Reagor, would create a designated open space in any future subdivision. Developers would be required to provide an additional 30 percent of open space over and above the minimum lot size...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners' rules and legislative committee, meeting Tuesday night, placed two proposed rezonings on the full commission's December agenda -- one of them with a favorable recommendation and one with an unfavorable recommendation...

Nearly two thirds of the money needed to meet a local goal for the Imagination Library has been raised a month and a half before the deadline, according to the head librarian at Argie Cooper Public Library. However, Pat Hastings was clear that the program to provide a book per month for children younger than age 5 is to be a long-term project and much more money will be needed as more children are enrolled...

Tonight will be special at Harris Middle as the Golden Eaglettes and Eagles host Tullahoma East at 6 in the first official basketball games at the new facility's gym. For the past 24 years Harris basketball teams have played in the old, two-layer gym that housed more memories than anyone can remember...

Digital depictions of how horses move were displayed this week at Calsonic Arena by the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture in a presentation that implies instant replays are possible for Tennessee Walking Horse competition. "But we're a long, long time away from turning over judging to a machine," said Professor Warren Gill of UT's Animal Science Department at the Ellington Agriculture Center in Nashville. "We still enjoy the discussion that goes on in the stands."...

An estimated $14-15,000 worth of gold jewelry was stolen from a Shelbyville jewelry store about sunrise Tuesday, police said. Four cases of necklaces, five cases of rings, two cases of religious medallions and many earrings and watches were carried away from J & K Joyeria (Jewelry), Depot Street, between 6-6:45 a.m., Officer Bill Logue of the Shelbyville Police Department said...

Funeral services for Annie Christine Cannon, 80, of Shelbyville, who died Tuesday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Bright Temple Church of God in Christ. Elder Larry Crismon will officiate and burial will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. J.A. Welton & Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

The Azules U-15 Futbol Club defeated teams from Memphis, Knoxville and Columbia to win the Division III Tennessee state tournament last weekend in Hendersonville. "This is what we worked so hard for the past two years," Azules coach Steve Reed said...