Stories from Saturday, February 3, 2007

A few notes from here and there: --- I'll be in sunny Southern California later this week visiting my brother and his family. I'm using up my frequent flyer miles from the last two years of mission trips to Kenya! I'm hoping to do a photo feature when I return...

MURFREESBORO -- For any young team to get to where they want to be, they must pay attention to every step on the ladder to reaching their desired height. Community put one foot over another on Friday night as they took down Middle Tennessee Christian 56-54 in a back-and-forth contest...

MURFREESBORO -- Jessica Thompson's bucket less than a minute into the fourth quarter gave Community a 37-32 lead over District 9-A foe Middle Tennessee Christian. The Lady Cougar defense tightened up afterwards and held the Viqueens scoreless for the next 6:13 and responded offensively with a 12-0 run...

Developments in a bribery conspiracy case emerged Thursday about whether the witness, who was allegedly bribed to not testify, didn't want to testify anyway. "This isn't a slam dunk" for the state, defense attorney John Norton said Thursday night about charges against his client, James Edward "Blue" Farrar Jr., 34, who's charged with Mark Anthony Buntley, 20...

Five illegal immigrants' arrest at a Shelbyville construction site last week raised more questions than answers, but steps being taken by the Bedford County Sheriff's Department provide understanding and the prospect of relief for other county departments...

By this time next year, Shelbyville Recreation Center should be the talk of the town. That's what parks and recreation director Sylvia Pinson is working toward. Since taking over the reins of the department in October, Pinson has been busy planning changes she hopes will give Shelbyville one of the best recreation centers in the state...

Shelbyville City Council was briefed Tuesday about a "catch-22" in the city's current zoning regulations that would impact about 20 homes. The issue has arisen over a home that has existed in the city for 30 years in a commercial zone. According to planning and zoning director Kip Green, if the home was to be 60 percent destroyed by a fire or other disaster, the city would not be able to issue a building permit as codes are currently written...

Regarding all this hoo ha over "global warming" that we're hearing this week, there's just one question: Why should we believe all these dire predictions when they can't even get the five-day forecast right? Instead, all that we've seen is about a billion news stories about how global warming is happening without a contrary opinion, then hundreds of stories about the "debate" being over. Those with a different theory or opinion are now called "deniers" and are shunned and vilified...

Funeral services for Jessie Faye Pierce Clenney, 91, of Shelbyville, who died Thursday at Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Julian Goodpasture will officiate and burial will follow in Rosebank Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 4-8 p.m. Saturday.

A number of Shelbyville Central Golden Eaglettes went from the basketball court to the homecoming court during festivities last Friday night. Seven of the nine homecoming attendants were members of the Eaglette basketball team, including all three seniors vying for the queen's crown...