Stories from Saturday, August 19, 2006

Funeral services for Betty M. Chunn, 65, of Shelbyville, who died Friday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Herbert L. Stewart officiating. Burial will follow at Houston-Whitworth Cemetery.

Pamela Sue Rainey Crosslin, 44, of Lynchburg died Friday at her home after an extended illness. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Lynchburg Funeral Home with Charlie Nunley and Jack Hice officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Shelbyville.

As soon as his current military obligations are completed, a Shelbyville soldier plans to re-enlist for re-deployment to Germany so his children can experience more of the world. Re-enlistment papers for Bryan Stewart Sr. are to be finalized in a little less than two months...

Bedford County's E-911 Emergency Communications Board voted to purchase a voice recording system that will archive emergency calls and radio traffic for up to five years. The system itself will cost $21,053, to be paid 30 days after installation. The board also agreed to a prepaid five-year assured performance plan at a cost of $15,534, which will be paid in four equal payments...

In NASCAR it's 'Start your engines;' the Olympics say 'Let the games begin'; but in Shelbyville in late August, the saying is 'let your horses walk on.' It's that time again when the 68th annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration begins its 11-day run on Wednesday and ends Saturday night, Sept. 2 when the World Grand Champion Tennessee Walking Horse will be crowned. More than 20 other World Champions will be named before fans from more than 40 states and overseas...

LYNCHBURG - Community's Vikings found their first real taste of varsity football bittersweet as they fell 28-7 to Huntland in two quarters of Friday night's Moore County Jamboree. The Vikings experienced game conditions for the first time at this level with no coaches on the field to assist them against the veteran Hornets (7-3 last year with 17 returnees) in their final tune-up before the regular season begins...

Cascade claimed a pair of victories in the early golf season as they stroked a 175 at Hazelburn Golf Course in Cornersville on Thursday. "This was the best overall team effort that we have had since I have been golf coach and I was very proud of all of them," Cascade coach Cort Huffman said...