Stories from Thursday, July 20, 2006

Two central air units with a total value of $10,000 were stolen from a Shofner Bridge Road home owned by John P. Cooper of Nashville between Friday and Monday, according to a Bedford County Sheriff's Department report. Jail intake The following persons were arrested since Monday by the Shelbyville Police Department, Bedford County Sheriff's Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol or 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force and processed through Bedford County Jail. ...

Earlene Demonbreun, 87, of Chapel Hill died Wednesday in Shelbyville. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Chapel Hill Church of Christ, where she was a member, with Bob Demonbreun, Ed Slayton and Willard Collins officiating. Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill, is in charge of arrangements.

A passing heat wave with a 104 degree heat index today and true temperatures of 100 since Tuesday prompted power demands here to approach the highest loads expected during the horse shows in late August, according to officials. "Today's our last day of the really bad heat," National Weather Service Meteorologist Mark Rose said this morning. ...

Despite the hot weather this week, there haven't been more patients than anticipated at the Bedford County Medical Center emergency room because of heat. "We have seen some," BCMC Emergency Room Nursing Director Keri McKamey said Wednesday afternoon. "We haven't had a large number, but from the end of June to today, we've had about 10 people who've had problems that were diagnosed as caused by heat."...

Trish Serratelli is taking the reins of the Shelbyville Golden Eaglette softball program. "I'm a very competitive person and I really love the game of softball," Serratelli said. "I want the girls to have a good time playing the game and I think that if they're having a good time, they will perform their best. I want the girls to be versatile and be able to play a number of positions."...

Election campaign spending on the sheriff's race has now exceeded the amount spent on the county mayor's race. It was just the opposite two months ago, according to disclosure statements filed at the Bedford County Courthouse. Better comparisons became available last week...

Area educators Billy Hix and Terry Sue Fanning taped an educational television program at Kennedy Space Center in Florida this summer at the invitation of Jim Kennedy, center director. Hix is an associate professor of business information technology and instructor of technology classes in the education department at Motlow College and a faculty fellow at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. ...

Budgetary issues were on the minds of the board of directors of Bedford County 9-1-1 Emergency Communications District at their meeting Tuesday afternoon. A resolution to allow 9-1-1 Center director Cathy Mathis to explore the possibility of investing up to $25,000 of the center's money in a "money market CD account" passed 5-0...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The Auburn Tigers led all teams with 14 players selected to the 2006 Southeastern Conference Coaches Pre-Season All-SEC Football Team, announced today. Defending SEC champion Georgia had 12 players selected as well as Arkansas and LSU.  Florida was the only other SEC team with double figure selections with ten.  There were first, second and third-teams selected for this year's coaches preseason squad...

MANCHESTER -- Shelbyville Junior American Legion Post 23 exhibited a little rust Tuesday from a short layoff, falling to Manchester 5-4 in the first of two games. Post 23 fell behind 4-1 going into the last inning of the opener. Nick Batts started the inning with an infield hit and Michael Watkins reached via walk. First baseman Jordan Burchett sent the second pitch he saw on a line over the left field fence to knot the score at 4-all...