Stories from Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Yes, I went to it again. With The Police dropping into your home county as part of a massive four day concert, how could anyone pass this opportunity up? It was the third Bonnaroo this writer has now attended and this one was the most fun, despite all the discomfort the drought produced...

Eugene Edward Lyons Jr., 71, of Tullahoma died Wednesday at Southern Tennessee Medical Center in Winchester. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Friday at Tullahoma Funeral Home with the Rev. Jim Beaty officiating. Entombment will follow Saturday at Westview Cemetery in Atlanta. Visitation will begin 1 p.m. Friday.

The other day I opened up another monthly issue of Harper's Bazaar to find out the hottest, newest and latest trends for this summer. To my surprise there were complete, new looks from last month's issue and they were already discussing new ideas for the fall season...

Smoking is already prohibited inside Bedford County Courthouse, which is why the courthouse steps and exterior balconies can sometimes be clogged with smokers. On at least five recent occasions, said County Mayor Eugene Ray, smokers in those locations have set mulch around the courthouse on fire. Courthouse maintenance personnel put out four such fires, but in one case a city fire truck had to be called...

Bedford County School System has repeated its request to use the old Harris Middle School annex as an alternative school, and the county commission's courthouse and county property committee has recommended that the request be granted. School Superintendent Ed Gray told the committee on Tuesday that there are state funds available for at-risk education. Currently, the alternative school operates out of four portable classrooms on the campus of Central High School...

Shelbyville's 2007-08 budget is ready to go and will be addressed at a special called meeting of the City Council next Monday. The meeting is to take place at the city hall annex (the courtroom in the police department) at 6 p.m. The council held a study session Friday to fine tune the numbers, cutting back some non-profit funding and a road project...

A Tony Allen triple and a Daniel Albarran single sandwiched around walks drawn by Drew Owen and Jeffrey Comstock led to a four-run fifth inning to help ease Shelbyville Post 23 past Alpharetta (Ga.) Post 201 6-5 on Saturday in their final game of the American Legion Post 145 POW/MIA Invitational Tournament in Douglasville, Ga...

New coach Chad Spencer and his Cascade Lady Champions are starting to turn some heads in Wartrace as they downed Class AAA visitor Whites Creek 42-40 in their third game on Tuesday in team camp action. Cascade defeated Rockwood 53-13 in their early-morning matchup before falling to Class A power Bradford...

Frankie Calvin Prater Sr., 51, of Shelbyville died Tuesday. Memorial services will be 7 p.m. Friday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Terry Everett officiating. Visitation will begin at 6.

Funeral services for Nebughr "Neva" Satterfield, 80, of Shelbyville, who died Monday at her home after an extended illness, will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Craig Collins and Jeff Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 5-9 p.m. Wednesday.