Stories from Friday, August 4, 2006

Eugene Ray was elected Bedford County mayor Thursday night, defeating independent Mike "Fish" Fisher by a margin of 4,036 to 2,932, according to unofficial totals released very late Thursday night by the county election office. Ray, the Democratic nominee, succeeds Jimmy Woodson, who chose not to run for re-election but who was elected to a county commission seat....

A flag manufacturer and distributor based in South Carolina says he will replace American flags that were stolen from Lane Parkway during the Fourth of July display last month. And the United Veterans Council of Bedford County is grateful, according to a past commander who's led the posting of American flags on national holidays and other traditional flag days...

Bedford County's next sheriff, Democratic nominee Randall Boyce, has outspent his Republican opponent, Chris Brown, by nearly $19,000, according to campaign financial disclosure statements. Meanwhile, Bedford County Commission Chairman Eugene Ray, the Democratic nominee who was elected county mayor yesterday, spent $10,000 more than his independent opponent Mike "Fish" Fisher, public records show...

A memorial service for Theta F. Brewer, 84, of Palm Bay, Fla., who died July 18 at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Fla., will be held 1 p.m. Sunday at Twin Oak Baptist Church in Chestnut Ridge. Gowen-Smith Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

No services are planned for Ellenore Barnard Newsom, 85, of Shelbyville, who died Friday at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma. Hillcrest Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Virginia Mae Stephens, 82, of Xenia, Ohio died today at the home of her son in Flat Creek. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

They didn't have any referees or goal posts. Coaches, players and managers were scattered on the field. You couldn't even pick up a first down. But, Shelbyville Central took the playing field for the first time under new head coach Jason Hardy and everyone walked away pleased...