Stories from Friday, March 10, 2006

MURFREESBORO -- Comparisons between the past and the present are never fair to all parties involved. Conversations about the Shelbyville Central Golden Eaglettes are no different. Missing today from the hardwood of yore are USA Today photo shoots, NBC television crews and a coach of legendary status...

Tennessee senior offensive tackle Arron Sears has been named one of 44 players making up the preliminary Watch List for the 37th Rotary Lombardi Award, presented by Wachovia Bank. The Lombardi Award will be presented on Dec. 6 at the Hilton Americas Hotel in Houston. A.J. Hawk of Ohio State was named the 36th winner of the award last year...

No services are planned for Della Grover Moore Wallick, 91, of Shelbyville, who died Thursday at her home. She will be buried beside her first husband, Prientus Moore, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula region. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Shelbyville's airport will be looking nicer soon, thanks to the efforts of the Leadership Bedford Class of 2006. The Shelbyville City Council approved a project Thursday to landscape a portion of the airport grounds. Each side of the driveway entrance will be landscaped, perennials are to be planted in the corners of the back fence, two picnic tables for people to sit and watch the planes take off and trash receptacles are to be installed...

A former substitute teacher for the Tullahoma city school system has been charged with the statutory rape of a 17-year-old boy and a husband and wife have been charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to the Tullahoma News...

While there's a 40 percent chance of rain when the Bedford County Veterans Council is to dedicate its memorial to all veterans tomorrow morning, there's a chance the clouds will have moved on by 11 a.m. when the ceremony is to begin. Virtually the same forecast was issued almost 11 months ago when rain stopped and clouds cleared at the hour of honor for the presentation of a Silver Star to the family of Marine Pfc. ...

Whit Taylor, who had been Central High School's football coach and a physical education teacher, has been named assistant principal of Harris Middle School, effective today. The decision was made Thursday, according to School Superintendent Ed Gray...

Almer Clyde Rounsaville, 93, of Shelbyville died Thursday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Rufus Clifford III officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens...

Funeral services for Claudia Ann Prince, 63, of Shelbyville, who died Thursday at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma, will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Mike Morris officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens...

MURFREESBORO -- When Shelbyville Central's Golden Eaglettes take the floor in the TSSAA State Tournament, they have one key element that no other team they face will have. Tradition. That tradition includes 12 state championships in 21 tries along with a 54-9 overall state tournament record...

NASHVILLE -- Derrick Byars and Shan Foster weren't going to say it, so Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings said it for them. "We're nowhere close to winning this game tonight if Derrick and Shan don't step up like they did," Stallings said after watching Byars and Foster combine for 10 3-pointers and 41 points in the Commodores' 76-71 win over Auburn in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament on Thursday night...

NASHVILLE -- Kentucky's indifference to participating in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament was obvious for the first 20 minutes of their opener with Ole Miss on Thursday. Their unwillingness to go home early was even more apparent for the last 20 minutes...