Stories from Thursday, September 7, 2006

Ophelia C. Miller, 90, of Shelbyville died Tuesday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Woodfork Chapel AME Church, where she was a member, with the Rev. Nathan Frey officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. J.A. Welton & Son Funeral Home of Tullahoma is in charge of arrangements...

David Jernigan, 28, of Smyrna, grandson of Rucker and Odell Mankin of Shelbyville, died at his home Monday. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel in Murfreesboro with Nathan Jernigan and Kyle Goen officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Murfreesboro...

Ballet dancers, marathon runners, baseball players: all athletes who compete in healthy bodies of great endurance. Compared to professionally trained Tennessee Walking Horses, these athletes, according Shelbyville trainer Herbert Derickson, all have one thing in common: proof of their training work called calluses...

Shelbyville native and 2005 Walking Horse Trainer of the Year Link Webb is still in shock regarding the action taken by the Celebration on Saturday night, canceling the World Grand Championship competition. "I was shocked. Totally shocked," he said Wednesday from his Lewisburg location. "We were sitting in the warm-up ring watching them drag the track (Celebration show arena) on the screen there and then the crowd was leaving."...

Over the next few months, Shelbyville's city council will be looking into adopting a code of ethics for the municipality, which is now required by state law. The ethical standards would require two restrictions. One would be rules "setting limits on and/or providing for reasonable and systematic disclosure of gifts or other things of value received by officials or employees that affect or appear to affect their discretion."...

Joan Gray of the Bedford County School System is one of nine finalists for educational Supervisor of the Year in Tennessee. The Tennessee Department of Education announced nine candidates from across the state Tuesday for the Supervisor of the Year and the Principal of the Year awards...

Shelbyville has a new director for the city's parks and recreation department. Ed Craig, city manager, announced Wednesday that Sylvia Sanders Pinson has accepted the position of director. She is currently the superintendent of recreation for the Jackson Recreation and Park Department...

Marijuana was discovered in a car after its driver was stopped for an alleged DUI violation, police said. Jennifer Marie Jones, Highway 64 West, allegedly crossed over double yellow lines on South Cannon Boulevard in a car fitting the description of one reported as being driven by a suspected drunk driver, Officer Tracey Nelson said...

Just because you are 2-0 after a couple blowouts, it doesn't mean there aren't things to work on. Cascade has outscored their opponents thus far 82-17 and just picked up their first Region 5-A win. But, in last week's victory over Nashville Christian, the Champions were penalized 11 times for 89 yards...

Funeral services for Charles C. "Bud" Pickle, 80, of Pleasant Grove, who died Wednesday at Bedford County Medical Center after an extended illness, will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home. Jim Sorrells and Paul Howard will officiate and burial will follow in Round Hill Cemetery in Belfast.