Stories from Wednesday, June 6, 2007

I've lost several things at the rec center: (almost) 25 pounds, a padlock, and an MP3 player. When my rec center membership was set up last December, and I was looking forward to starting after the first of the year, I bought an MP3 player so that I could listen to music while working out. ...

I enjoy talking to children. They say the wittiest things without realizing their truthful words are funny. Not too long ago, I sat on the curb of a local church with two little boys and some of their friends. We had laughed about their dancing shadows as they had spun in circles. We had watched a man mowing hay in a nearby field...

Vanderbilt's baseball season ended with a visiting team celebrating an upset as one of the biggest crowds in Commodore history looked on in stunned disbelief. It was the first time this season that an opponent had won two of three games against them in Nashville...

Students from across the globe are awaiting word of their 2007-2008 school year placement through World Heritage, a public benefit program that locates host parents for exchange students. Based in Colorado, the program is officially designated as an exchange visitor program by the U.S. Department of State. It is fully listed with Council of Standards on International Educational Travel...

The 6th Annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival opens their gates next Thursday outside of Manchester and if past events are any indication, this year's could be one of the biggest and best yet. Bonnaroo not only means lots of music and traffic for the area, but cash too, according to a study conducted last year by Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)...

If you've ever wondered where all your tax dollars go, the city has worked that out in their latest revised budget, which was presented to the Shelbyville City Council Tuesday. According to figures tabulated, 25 percent of next year's budget expenditures go to the Shelbyville Police Department, with 22 percent earmarked for the Fire Department. Public works get 15 percent, followed by 11 percent to general government...

Youth and adults from churches around Bedford County will join forces for some practical missions work as they take part in Mission Possible 2007 during the week of June 17-22. The mission involves teams of youth and adults helping people in the area who are struggling to make ends meet, by doing light construction and home repairs, painting, landscaping and cleaning up the yard...

Open a book and go places across the world. Fight pirates, sail the seas, ride horses in the West or climb mountains in Alaska while searching for gold. Whatever the adventure, Argie Cooper Public Library is ready to read this summer. Youth Services Librarian Margaret Reed has lined the weekly programs for summer reading with adventure, designed to encourage children to find fascinating activities in books...

A Shelbyville woman who told police she attempted to secure a small business loan through a Web site may have been caught in a web of deceit. The woman said she began communicating with Nationwide Lenders Online and later talked by telephone with an alleged representative of the firm...