Stories from Friday, March 2, 2007

Funeral services for James Virgil Hatchett, 79, of Alpine, Ala., who died Thursday at Sylacauga (Ala.) Health and Rehab, will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Midway Memory Gardens Funeral Home in Talladega, Ala. The Rev. Zeke Hazelden and the Rev. Danny Courson will officiate...

Osceola Glenn "Bubba" Dodd Jr., 46, of Manchester died Thursday at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Sunday at Coffee County Funeral Chapel in Manchester. Burial will follow at Summitville Cemetery. Visitation with the family will begin 11 a.m. Sunday...

In the wake of four volunteer firefighters' arrests on Wednesday, the Bell Buckle Fire Department's annual portrait photo sale has been postponed at least one month, the fire chief said this morning. "If sales are down, we'll stop, but everybody we talk to feels like we won't have a problem," Chief Ronnie Lokey said, emphasizing his discussion with a representative of the company that conducts the sales...

After several years of service, Cascade coach Kenneth Parker has decided to turn in his whistle. During his time at the school, the Bell Buckle native worked primarily as an assistant on both high school basketball teams after a short spell as head middle school football coach. His last four years on the bench came next to Lady Champion coach Tracy Ferrell...

For the seventh year, Bell Buckle has been named a Tree City USA community by the National Arbor Day Foundation. A presentation will be made at the upcoming Daffodil Day, set for March 17. Bell Buckle is the smallest town in Tennessee that has this honor...

Bell Buckle has activated its new web site, which will enable residents to download documents and meeting minutes. The site -- http://www.townofbellbuckle.com -- went active on Thursday. Although alderperson Jenny Hunt, who has overseen the construction of the Internet site, said that are there still some additions to be made, users are already able to access a wealth of information about the town's government workings...

A request for funding for a new library was made to the Shelbyville City Council Tuesday, with representatives pointing out the shrinking space in the current facility. In December, the Bedford County Board of Commissioners approved a memorandum of understanding setting conditions on when and how Argie Cooper Public Library can receive the $1 million contribution approved by commissioners back in April of 2006...

A robbery victim quickly got his money back early Thursday with the help of a friend and Shelbyville police, Alex Perez, 21, said he was outside his Quarry Street home about midnight when a man later identified as Carlos Rodriguez Mora, 25, South Cannon Boulevard, asked for a ride...

NASHVILLE -- For more than half a century, from the late 1800s until the Nazis invaded, Paris was the center of the art universe. Two sisters from Baltimore became patrons and collectors of the art produced during this period. It is their collection which made possible "Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris: Masterpieces from the Baltimore Museum of Art," opening today at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in downtown Nashville...

Funeral services for Marguerite C. Wullner, 91, of Unionville, who died Wednesday at the home of her granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Lisa and Jodi Adams, will be 11 a.m. Monday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Milan, Ind. Richard Mackey will officiate and burial will follow in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery...