Stories from Friday, December 1, 2006

Harris Middle's Eaglettes cashed in on five 3-pointers on the way to a 31-22 win over host Warren County in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup Thursday night. It's a good thing that the shots were falling from the 3-point arch because the Eaglettes struggled from the charity stripe, connecting on only 6-of-22 while missing eight in a row in the fourth quarter...

Funeral services for Mamie Wimpey Blackmon, 93, of Shelbyville, who died Wednesday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center, will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Emmett Arnold and the Rev. Al Geeting officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be 4-7 p.m. today.

Edna Mae Fagan, 72, of Chapel Hill died Wednesday in Lewisburg after an extended illness. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with the Rev. Mark Youngman and the Rev. David Bradley officiating. Burial will follow at Swanson Cemetery in Chapel Hill...

Third grader Lauren Jaykus won a brand new bike in a drawing held at East Side Primary, but chose not to keep it. The 8-year-old decided right away to give her new bike to Toys for Tots so a child who didn't have a bike could get one for Christmas. She already had a bike and her parents, John and April Jaykus, have taught her the importance of giving to others...

Two cattlemen are running for the open seat on the Bedford County Utility District's Board of Commissioners in an election with voting during 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. David Dickens, 41, of U.S. 231 North, and Donald Taylor, 70, of Airport Road are the candidates for the seat left open when Marty Davis resigned to accept his new job as general manager of BCUD...

It may have taken Bill Byess of Franklin six years to do it, but he has finally finished building his RV6 airplane. The final phases of the plane were done at the Shelbyville Airport. The 66-year-old CPA for the federal government has been flying off and on for 50 years and he found that the Shelbyville facility was perfect for completing work on the aircraft, even though he lives in Franklin...

Webb Middle used a stingy defense in the early going and their finest quarter of offense on the season to rout visiting Huntland Middle 30-15 on Thursday night at the Barton Athletic Complex. A trapping 2-3 zone defense by the Lady Feet created turnovers and stifled the Lady Hornet offense as the hosts went up 9-0 in the first quarter...

Forrest Middle rolled into Unionville and rolled over the Community Junior High 34-12 in a game that saw ten players score for the visitors. The Rockets jumped out to a 13-2 advantage after one period on the strength of a swarming press that Community (3-6) wasn't equipped to handle...