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America Zell Smith
(Obituary ~ 05/10/07)
Funeral services for America Zell Smith, 65, of Shelbyville, who died Monday at Metro General Hospital at Meharry in Nashville, will be noon Saturday at Bird Street Church of Christ. Ora Walls will officiate and burial will follow in Richmond Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 11 a.m. Saturday until service time. H. Preston Scales & Sons Funeral Home in Murfreesboro is in charge of arrangements....
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Viqs edged in final frame of season finale (High School Sports ~ 05/10/07)
EAGLEVILLE -- Community lost a heartbreaking 3-2 decision to Boyd Christian to end their hopes and their season in the losers' bracket of the District 9-A tournament. The Purple and Gold struck first on a leadoff home run by freshman third baseman Meaghan Therrien. It was her third extra base hit in the tournament... -
Season continues for Lady Champs despite 9-A loss (High School Sports ~ 05/10/07)
EAGLEVILLE -- Cascade defeated Boyd Christian 3-2 in extra innings to advance to the District 9-A championship game against Forrest behind the three-hit pitching and clutch hitting of junior Kelly Wilson. Wilson and Lady Bronco hurler Cassie Wanamaker engaged in a first-class pitching duel. Neither team's offense was able to break through until the Lady Champions put two on the board in the fifth aided by a defensive miscue, a two-base hit by Aimee Taylor and a single from Wilson... -
Animal control rules adopted (Local News ~ 05/10/07)
Bedford County Board of Commissioners approved animal control regulations on Tuesday which keep enforcement of stray animal laws on a complaint-driven basis except in cases where public safety is at risk. Commissioner Roger Brothers tried to amend the motion to also allow animal control to enforce state animal regulations, but other commissioners said that was already implied by the resolutions as written... -
Women's Club opens year with Bicentennial program (Local News ~ 05/10/07)
The Shelbyville Woman's Club 2007-08 year was kicked off at River Bend Country Club Wednesday with a bicentennial program by County Mayor Eugene Ray and Shelbyville Mayor Geneva Smith. The program also included the installation of new officers and the presentation of the "Bright and Shining Star" award... -
Eaglettes take Coffee Co. to the wire (High School Sports ~ 05/10/07)
TULLAHOMA -- It's fair to say that Shelbyville Central played their best softball at the end, but it just wasn't good enough as the Eaglettes took top-seed Coffee County down to the wire in a 6-5 loss in extra innings in the District 8-AAA tournament Wednesday at Tullahoma East Middle... -
District belongs to Cascade (High School Sports ~ 05/10/07)
MURFREESBORO -- Version 2007 of the Cascade Champions continues to blaze a path through school history as they claimed their first district title since 2001 after taking down 9-A tournament host Middle Tennessee Christian 5-2. "It's a reward for all the hard work we've done and more importantly than that, we're taking it as a leg in the marathon," Cascade coach Chris Parker said. "We're going to try to keep this thing going forward to try to get to Murfreesboro one game at a time."... -
Some children's words can hurt (Local News ~ 05/10/07)
Art Linkletter once hosted a popular television show entitled, "Kids Say the Darndest Things!" Regardless of the year, kids are still saying things, some of which shouldn't be aired in public, and much of which causes emotional and social distress. According to Bedford County School Superintendent Ed Gray, children are children... -
Franklin D. Bradford
(Obituary ~ 05/10/07)
Franklin D. Bradford, 62, of Taft died Thursday morning at his home. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Higgins Funeral Home in Fayetteville with David Clemons and Roger Berry officiating. Burial will follow at Kirkland Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-9 p.m. today.
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Doris Jean Fuston Mason
(Obituary ~ 05/10/07)
Doris Jean Fuston Mason, 69, of Wartrace died Wednesday at Bedford County Nursing Home after an extended illness. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the local congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, of which she was a member, with James Floyd officiating. Hillcrest Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Chattanooga principal praises standardized attire (Local News ~ 05/10/07)
HARRISON -- The principals of two Chattanooga-area high schools that have adopted standardized school attire (SSA) told a Bedford County delegation on Tuesday that common sense and flexibility is a key to making the program work....
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