Stories from Friday, November 18, 2005

A pair of redshirt freshmen, tailback Ja'Kouri Williams and linebacker Jerod Mayo, underwent knee surgeries this week at UT Medical Center. Head athletic trainer Keith Clements made the announcement after Thursday's practice at Haslam Field. Williams, who hails from Plaquemine, La., and has appeared in seven games in mostly a special teams role, underwent arthroscopic surgery Wednesday and will miss Tennessee's final two regular season games. ...

Bedford County Health Department has been inoculating people against the seasonal flu this week. At least two were Russians, who came here all the way ... from Tullahoma. As for the difference between the public health clinic here and how flu shots are administered in the former Soviet Union, Svetlana Kuznetsova says, "It would have been free in Russia, but it's easier here."...

Playing without leading scorer Emmanuel Andrews, Liberty used a balanced scoring attack to down Bedford County rival Webb Middle 37-7 in Bell Buckle on Thursday night. Zack Hitchcock's 10 points and Seth Jarrell's nine paced an effort that saw seven different Patriots score buckets while all 13 players in uniform saw time on the floor...

A sharp-eyed construction worker was nearly run off Nashville Dirt Road by a truck pulling a trailer carrying his own stolen compact loader Wednesday night. Two men were arrested after Jeff Carter of Shelbyville spotted the loader and followed the truck several miles outside Shelbyville in an attempt to stop it, police said. Carter told the driver to take the loader back to Greystone subdivision, from where it had been stolen, and notified police upon arrival...

Don't you just hate it when you seem to do everything right and still come up on the losing end. Middle Tennessee Christian's Ben Hall netted 23 of his team's points in a 38-27 win over Cascade Middle in Wartrace on Thursday night. The Champions just couldn't seem to find an answer for the 6-foot-1 post, who also stuck 3-of-5 free throws...

Community Junior High celebrated homecoming with two victories against Moore County Middle on Thursday night on Unionville. The Viqueens (7-1) played yet another heart stopper decided in the final seconds, downing the Lady Raiders (5-3) by a score of 25-24...

Bedford County Board of Education member Amy Martin has been named to the Tennessee School Boards Association's "All Tennessee School Board," which annually recognizes Tennessee school board members who exhibit outstanding boardsmanship qualities. Only six to seven school board members are recognized each year...

Harris Middle didn't waste any time jumping out to a big lead early before coasting to a 51-13 win over Tullahoma East in a Central Tennessee Conference match at home Thursday night. It was the first win of the season for the Eagles (1-1, 1-1 in CTC) as well as Bubba Shavers' as a head coach. The win, and the Eaglettes' win earlier, inaugurated the new Harris gym...

BELL BUCKLE -- Bedford County Board of Education, meeting Thursday evening at Cascade Elementary School, heard a brief presentation from Tom Johnson of Tennesseans for Non-Violent Discipline urging the school system to disallow corporal punishment. No action was taken...

Cooperation between the county and cities is a vital component to effective planning, according to one of the authors of Public Act 1101, which requires growth plans in Tennessee. Sam Edwards, executive director of the Greater Nashville Regional Council, the counterpart to the South Central Tennessee Development District, spoke Thursday to various county commissioners and planning commission members, as well as mayors and members of their planning boards, during an educational meeting...