Stories from Friday, February 16, 2007

Funeral services for Lenora Armstrong Thomas, 100, of Wartrace, who died Friday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center after an extended illness, will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Jack Carney officiating. Burial will follow at Hollywood Cemetery in Wartrace. Visitation with the family will be 4-8 p.m. Saturday.

Bedford County Board of Education will have to wait until Tuesday to find out the guaranteed maximum price (G-MAX) for the expansion and renovation of Central High School. School board chairman Barry Cooper told the board Thursday night that it just wasn't possible for American Constructors, the school system's construction management firm, to get all the figures together in time for Thursday's regular monthly meeting. ...

CalsonicKansei North America (CKNA) announced this week that they will close their plant in Manchester starting in April. The closure is expected to by finished by August. According to the announcement, CKNA intends to consolidate production from the plant in Manchester with their facility in Lewisburg...

A new zoning classification has been created in Bell Buckle that will allow residential areas containing large estates. The town board voted Tuesday to create the classification called an Agricultural/Residential Estate Zone, which would "provide suitable areas for large estates and for agricultural uses" with a minimum required lot size of three acres...

A family restaurant planned on Unionville Highway has received the approval it needed for construction to continue, but there's another delay for the family's tire and repair business; it needs a special exception before the shop can be built. That's the split decision Thursday night from Bedford County Board of Zoning Appeals, which considered information presented by Zoning Compliance Officer Kay Demonbren. ...

The District Attorney General's Office is to be consulted before Bedford County Board of Commissioners' Law Enforcement Committee proceeds with new regulations on how to deal with vicious dogs. That consultation might be as soon as Tuesday (Monday is Presidents Day, a government holiday) and so the committee recessed its session Thursday night in order to reconvene for an extensive reorganization of the animal control service...

Shelbyville Central's Golden Eaglettes and Eagles will attempt to defend their District 8-AAA Tournament championships when the two teams play in the semifinals Saturday afternoon at Lincoln County High. Both enter the tournament as No. 1 seeds after claiming regular season district titles...