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Viqueens roll to first home win (High School Sports ~ 11/23/05)
Community downed visiting Hampshire 48-27 on Tuesday night in Unionville. The Viqueens (2-0) led from the outset thanks to some sharp shooting by Andriana Jones who scored 10 of her 13 points, including a long three-pointer, in the first half. Community led 9-2 after one quarter and bumped it to 18-5 at the half... -
Oscar Ivan Alvarenga
(Obituary ~ 11/23/05)
Funeral services for Oscar Ivan Alvarenga, 28, of Nashville, who died Nov. 17 at Nashville General Hospital, will be held at a later date in Pimienta Cortez, Honduras. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel in Shelbyville is in charge of arrangements.
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Insell earns first college win (College Sports ~ 11/23/05)
MURFREESBORO -- It was a big night for Middle Tennessee's women's basketball program as the Blue Raiders claimed their first win of the season as well as coach Rick Insell's first at the collegiate level. Middle Tennessee rolled past Houston 62-35 in dominating fashion to even their season record to 1-1... -
Youth wins out for Champs (High School Sports ~ 11/23/05)
HUNTLAND -- A youthful Cascade team staved off a strong second half surge by non-district neighbor Huntland to pull out a 60-50 win on Tuesday night. "These young kids aged a lot tonight," Cascade coach Charlie Pope said. "They showed a lot of heart and character. I couldn't be more pleased. We had different guys step up and make plays. We weathered a storm by a very good team... -
Lady Hornets sting Ferrell's females (High School Sports ~ 11/23/05)
HUNTLAND -- Senior Kayla Bush made a field goal with 1:41 to go in the third quarter to give Cascade their first lead of the night against old rival Huntland on Tuesday night. The Lady Champions maintained an advantage for the rest of the contest until Lady Hornet Jessica LaFevers made a free throw with 35 seconds remaining in the game to tie the game at 45-all... -
Vikes improve to 2-0 with OT win (High School Sports ~ 11/23/05)
Community's boys went into the holiday break on a positive note by defeating Hampshire 43-42 in overtime Tuesday night. The Vikings (2-0) were outscored 9-7 after one quarter, with Hawks center Daniel Boshers tallying all of his team's points. Boshers continued to dominate inside in the second quarter, scoring nine more points to lead all first-half scorers... -
Medicare choices can overwhelm (Local News ~ 11/23/05)
Medicare, by its very nature, has until now been a relatively passive enterprise. Its participants, including people 65 and over or who have some types of disabilities, haven't had to make many choices to be eligible. But a new prescription drug benefit offers dozens of bewildering choices, and has some patients scratching their heads and looking for help... -
Forget turkey: dressing tempts the taste buds (Local News ~ 11/23/05)
Dressing makes the holiday for the largest share of voters in a Times-Gazette web poll which asked for the participant's favorite Thanksgiving-related item. Out of 248 participants who took the poll, 90 (36.3 percent) chose dressing, while only 40 chose turkey at the table and 15 chose leftover turkey... -
Readiness group plans Christmas village (Local News ~ 11/23/05)
From American military flags to goats' milk soap, the array of gifts and crafts available this weekend at the National Guard Armory will help any family start their Christmas shopping season with a bang. And appropriately so since the National Guard unit that's based at the building on South Cannon Boulevard started as a field artillery unit, although it's been converted to a transportation unit for service in Iraq... -
City postpones tree-trimming choices (Local News ~ 11/23/05)
Shelbyville's utility board has postponed its tree trimming decisions until just before Christmas, according to panelists who met Tuesday night at their offices on South Main Street. However, the trimming doesn't include ornaments or garlands. Nor does it include the chainsaws wielded by city utility employees in an effort to keep branches off wires so Christmas lights might burn bright despite icicles... -
Mozelle Bush
(Obituary ~ 11/23/05)
Mozelle Bush, 86, of Beechgrove died Tuesday at Medical Center of Manchester. Funeral services wil be 11 a.m. Saturday at Manchester Funeral Home. Burial will follow at New Beechgrove Cemetery.
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BCUD hires Meredith (Local News ~ 11/23/05)
The Bedford County Utility District Board of Commissioners made it official on Tuesday afternoon with a unanimous vote to hire Hohenwald's utilities superintendent as the district's new general manager. Such a decision was foreshadowed last Thursday night when the BCUD Personnel Committee met and unanimously voted to recommend Don Meredith, 59, of Centerville who's been running Hohenwald's utilities for 2 1/2 years...
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