Stories from Friday, June 15, 2007

Metro Nashville Public Schools received an opinion this week from the Metro legal department affirming the legality of standardized school attire (SSA) as it is being implemented there. Bedford County Board of Education has discussed the idea of implementing such a program here, and school board members traveled to the Chattanooga area last month to visit two schools where SSA is in place. They will no doubt pay attention to how the program is implemented in Metro as it begins this fall...

The Bell Buckle Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the RC Cola and Moon Pie Festival are proud to present the 12th Annual RC Cola-Moon Pie 10 Mile Run. The starting gun shoots on Saturday morning at 7 with the race opening up at 201 Hinkle St. in Bell Buckle...

With the DVD release of "Our Very Own" scheduled in just a few weeks, a major trade publication is giving the film a rave review and is urging video retailers to promote it. "Our Very Own" was conceived by Shelbyville native Cameron Watson and is a semi-autobiographic tale set here in 1978. The movie is to be released on DVD July 3...

The Shelbyville City Council passed the final reading on the dangerous dog section of Shelbyville animal control ordinance. The changes to the ordinance creates a provision for dangerous dogs, which are defined as having a "known propensity or disposition" to attack unprovoked, cause injury or threaten the safety of both humans and domestic animals...

Shelbyville will seek an attorney general's opinion as legal issues continue to swarm around a controversial Power Board appointment that the city council made last month. Meanwhile, the city may already be facing a lawsuit over the appointment. The discussion over the appointment began in May after Councilman (and now mayor-elect) Wallace Cartwright refused to vote on appointing a member to the board, citing actions taken in past years...

Funeral arrangements for Maudie L. Smith, 53, of Bell Buckle, who died Thursday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro, are incomplete and will be announced by Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

Betty Raney Haynes, 70, of Cedar Grove died Thursday at her home after an extended illness. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill, with Larry Sanders and Mark Murphy officiating. Burial will follow at Swanson Cemetery, Chapel Hill. Visitation with the family will begin 4 p.m. Friday.

Wilson "Bill" Stewart, 87, of Shelbyville died Wednesday at Alvin C. York VA Medical Center. Funeral services will be noon Saturday at Woodfork Chapel A.M.E. Church with the Rev. Nathan Frey officiating. Burial will follow at Mount Ararat Cemetery. J.A. Welton & Son Funeral Home of Tullahoma is in charge of arrangements.