Stories from Monday, June 26, 2006

Seventy-five UT student-athletes were named to the 2006 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll last week. To be recognized on the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll, each student-athlete must 1) have a GPA of 3.00 for either the preceding academic year or have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution; 2) be on scholarship, a letter winner or have participated on a varsity team for two years if non-scholarship; 3) have completed 24 semester hours of non-remedial credit at the nominating institution; and 4) have been a member of the varsity team for the sport's entire NCAA Championship segment.. ...

CHAPEL HILL -- Soldiers' distaste for war emerged from comments by survivors of Iwo Jima who closed their 49th annual reunion Sunday with a memorial service for comrades who passed since their previous gathering at Henry Horton State Park. "When the Iraq war started and what they had were weapons of mass destruction, I was all for it until they found out Saddam didn't have none," said Crawford "Bead Cook" Henson, 84, of Railroad Avenue, Shelbyville. ...

A strong pitching performance by Shelbyville American Legion Post 23's Bubba Vincent was countered by an even better effort on the mound by Athens (Ala.) American Legion Post 34's Buddy Bashiers in the first game of a doubleheader at Calhoun Community College in Decatur, Ala., on Saturday...

U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon has been advocating legislation to help protect 26.5 million veterans from identity theft following the theft of their personal information because a government employee took a laptop computer home. "I'm for that," says Grady Sinclair, one of the Iwo Jima survivors who gathered this past weekend at Henry Horton State Park for the veterans' 49th annual reunion of soldiers who fought together in an anti-aircraft unit on the Pacific island during 1945...

A Bell Buckle home buyer's attorney has asked the Bedford County chancellor to change his ruling to dismiss a complaint against real estate agents, or issue findings of fact and conclusions of law. It's the latest development in a case brought by Ted Daniel, attorney for Sarah C. Brown of Bell Buckle who's sued May Brothers Construction as well as Diane Arnold and Harold Segroves doing business as Coldwell Banker / Segroves Nelson Real Estate...

Michael Davis "Fish" Fisher has announced his candidacy for county mayor in the Aug. 3 general election. Fisher is running as an independent. A lifelong resident of Bedford County, Fisher lived in Shelbyville for 25 years and Flat Creek for 26. He has been a volunteer firefighter in Flat Creek for 10 years and a medical first responder for 12 years. He has owned and operated a welding business for the past 11 years...

The unnamed son of Servando Juarez and Elizabeth Jessica Mae Burgess of Shelbyville was stillborn June 16 at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma. Graveside services will be 4 p.m. Tuesday at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Hillcrest Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Harriet Genell Edwards, 74, of Shelbyville died Sunday at Stones River Hospital in Woodbury. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Norman Ritchie officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.