Stories from Monday, July 16, 2007

LaVERGNE -- Brad Meeks brought a power surge with him to guide the Shelbyville Sox to an 8-3 triumph over the Nashville Majors in Roy Hobbs Adult Baseball League play on Sunday afternoon. The catcher doubled and his courtesy runner scored Shelbyville's second run of the game in the fourth inning...

Jacob West and Seth Jarrell combined to pitch a three-hit shutout as the Shelbyville 14-year-old All-Stars downed Sparta 12-0 on Sunday to reach the semifinal round of the Babe Ruth area tournament at H.V. Griffin Park. West pitched the first four innings before giving way to Jarrell in the fifth with a 1-0 lead after allowing just three hits and one base on balls. He helped his cause at the dish with three hits and scored the first run of the game...

Investments come in different sizes and shapes from land parcels to bank accounts, rare coin collections to movie memorabilia. The important thing, as continually reiterated by financial advisors and accountants alike, including those of governmental occupation, is to be prepared for retirement age, before retirement age...

The Cornersville Horse Show hosted a hot show on Friday night that didn't just have to due with the mid-July temperatures. Jennifer Bingham Davis judged the 30 classes of competition that were well-filled with talented contenders. The Cornersville shows falls mid-way in the summer calendar that leads to Belfast, Pulaski, Wartrace, International Flat Shod and then, The Celebration...

Marvin Elvin Lumbley, 90, of Normandy died Saturday at his home. Funeral services were today at Moore-Cortner Funeral Home in Winchester with the Rev. Larry Bradford officiating. Burial followed at Green Cemetery in Belvidere.

COCHABAMBA, Bolivia -- Upon this rock, the hill of Saint Peter -- Cerro de San Pedro, a ridge just east of the city -- Cristo de la Concordia keeps watch with an earnest expression over 800,000 residents of Cochabamba and 200,000 more in two adjoining cities. The view of the city from the base of the 112-foot-tall statue is simply breathtaking. But so is the altitude....