Stories from Saturday, July 14, 2007

Our e-mail of the week comes from Keith Heflin, who is currently in Nome, Alaska on an annual gold prospecting trip with his sons Josh and Matt: I often check the Times-Gazette on line to keep up on hometown events and found your story on the DVD "Our Very Own" to be interesting, considering the fact that we have found it on the shelves in the video section of two local stores. ...

Throughout this week, I have been abundantly blessed to enjoy the Great Celebration Mule and Donkey Show. What a wonderful event! The people are friendly and sociable, with that ole-fashioned quality to is so often missed when people participate in something that they enjoy but take so seriously...

Edwin Holcombe received his first beehive right after his marriage in 1960. It was a gift his brother ordered from Sears. "I married a woman and she thought I married a beehive," Holcombe said of his wife Elaine. Over the years she has gotten more and more involved with the bees and the honey...

Jeff Yoes of Community High School has been chosen as a finalist for the Tennessee Department of Education 2007-08 Principal of the Year and Supervisor of the Year awards. The winner and each of the finalists will receive awards provided by ENA at an awards banquet during the 2007 LEAD conference...

U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker joined the other members of the Tennessee Congressional Delegation Tuesday in asking U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns to issue an agricultural disaster declaration for all 95 Tennessee counties due to the results of the ongoing drought...

Heated words arose between the county mayor and a Bedford County Solid Waste Authority member over a funding request that didn't pass the county finance committee. At the end of Thursday's meeting, authority member Bill Lewis questioned why the recommendation he made for $15,000 to go to the Cedar Ridge Landfill in case something occurred, such as a leak reported in 2003, did not make it to the full commission...

The Air Force has big plans for the Blended-Wing-Body (BWB) concept, an unconventional-looking aircraft that resembles the B-2 Spirit bomber -- a flying wing, but with smoother mold lines and a more conventional nose. Engineers and technicians at the U.S. ...

Timely hits and quality pitching contributed to Shelbyville's run-ruled 12-2 win over Lafayette in the opening round of Babe Ruth 14-year-old All-Star action on Friday night during the area tournament. Dylan Davis headed the offensive charge early and often with three hits in the first four innings...

Venitta E. Perry, 73, of Shelbyville died Thursday at Bedford County Nursing Home. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Manchester Funeral Home with Bryan Barrett officiating. Burial will follow at Hurricane Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 3-9 p.m. Saturday.

A visitation and celebration of life service for Anna Leona Watts, 87, of Shelbyville, who died Friday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 5-8 p.m. Monday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Marie Hatcher officiating. Burial will follow at a later date at Waterloo (Iowa) Memorial Park.