Stories from Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Are walking horse trainers heartless scoundrels who go to any lengths to give that extra kick to their high-stepping horses? Reputable trainers are outraged at the charges being made against their industry, but like it or not they must face the fact that they and walking horse owners are going to have to take some giant steps in damage control...

Community got their first taste of victory for the 2006 season Monday night against Moore County by a score of 14-7 in a junior varsity contest in Unionville. The Raiders got on the board first when quarterback Dakota Matlock took it in on a sneak from 2 yards out...

Perhaps the longest unbeaten streak going in Bedford County sports came to an abrupt end when talented Coffee County Middle slipped by Harris Middle's Eaglettes 2-1 in a Central Tennessee Conference soccer match in Manchester Monday afternoon. The loss ended the Eaglettes' 35-game unbeaten conference win streak which included three ties over the past 3 1/2 seasons...

Funeral services for Arthur Nolan Mason of Shelbyville will be held 11 a.m. Thursday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Steve Murphree officiating. The body will be cremated. Mr. Mason, 65, died Sunday at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma.

Robert Clifton Sanders, 75, of Columbia, died Saturday at his home. Funeral services were Monday at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Columbia, where he was a communicant and former member of the vestry, with the Rev. Thomas Wilson officiating. Burial, with military honors, followed at St. John's Churchyard, Ashwood. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors was in charge of arrangements...

Funeral services were held September 5 for Wanda Lee Odom Harris, 71, of Baton Rouge. La. who died August 30. Services were held at Beech Grove Baptist Church in Baton Rouge. A native of Louisiana, she was the daughter of the late William and Leona Odom, and was a homemaker...

The mother of a sexual battery victim says the sex offender registry laws, and sentencing of the man who rubbed her daughter have brought some relief and closure. "My daughter felt that at least she could go back to being a teenager," said the mother of a 16-year-old high school junior in Spring Hill, Fla., who was molested by Jimmy A. Hull of Port Richey, Fla., in June 2005 while visiting a Wartrace home...

Bedford County Emergency Medical Services board approved a bid document Monday night for renovation of the old Unionville fire hall as an EMS station, as provided for in BCEMS's growth plan. The new Unionville station will, in effect, take the place of the station currently located on the grounds of the Clarence "Pete" Phillips Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy. ...

A registered sex offender has been accused of soliciting a young girl near his Lorien Circle home. Jeffrey Wayne Steele, 36, allegedly approached the girl Friday afternoon, asked what she'd learned in school then asked if she "wanted to learn how to make a youngin'," Officer Rod Stacy was told by her family...

The mystery of what's lying in the Duck River in Normandy has been solved, and although it's not from World War II, the pieces are definitely from a warplane. Instead of being a bomber that crashed in 1943, the large parts are actually seven external fuel tanks from a B-52 Stratofortress...

CHAPEL HILL -- An agreement to waive special assessment fees for a sewer extension in exchange for the utility's right of way was struck by the town board on Monday as it's delivering on a promise to residents annexed several years ago. "We're making progress toward moving ahead with our plans to put sewer to the north," Alderwoman Kris Holton said of the agreement between the town and two property owners, Todd Warner and Ron Lampley, both of whom own land on the east side of U.S. 31-A...

Conflicting testimony was heard last week on how hard it was to pull the trigger of a Wesson .327 Magnum and whether a 67-year-old man's death was an accident. Bedford County Sessions Court Judge Charles Rich took judicial notice of an investigator's testimony and sent the murder case to the Bedford County Grand Jury which meets on Sept. 18...

Funeral services for Gloria Faye Troxler, 78, of Shelbyville, who died Tuesday at Bedford County Nursing Home, will be 1 p.m. Friday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Ray Carter officiating. Burial will follow at Shofner's Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Tennessee quarterback Erik Ainge continues his impressive start to the 2006 season by earning SEC Offensive Player of the Week honors. He also was named CAREacter Star Athlete of the Week for his work off the field. Ainge completed 24-of-29 passes for 333 yards with three touchdowns against one interception in Tennessee's 31-30 win Saturday over Air Force. The signal-caller had a string of 15 consecutive completions against the Falcons, five of which converted third down plays...