Stories from Tuesday, July 17, 2007

COCHABAMBA, Bolivia -- LEAMIS International Ministries likes to work closely with its hosts when planning which cottage industry or other educational workshops to include during a short-term missions trip. LEAMIS wants its program to be driven by local needs, rather than by the incoming team and its concerns....

Shelbyville's showdown with Tullahoma in the Babe Ruth 14-year-old All-Star area tournament on Monday was more than just a regular ole youth baseball game. Both teams were vying for a shot at Lawrenceburg for the area title and the top two finishers earned a trip to the state tournament in Fayetteville. ...

The Kentucky Bearcats rang the bell early and often in a run-ruled 11-1 defeat of Shelbyville Senior American Legion in last weekend's wood bat tournament in Bowling Green, Ky. The Bluegrass boys plated three in the first, three in the second, four in the third and two more in the fourth to suffocate Post 23 on Sunday...

A recent water quality assessment by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) reveals that several Bedford County streams have unsafe levels of E. coli bacteria. Two sections of the Duck River reportedly is contaminated with Escherichia coli [E. coli] due to discharges from storm sewer systems and "collection system failure" according to the report...

The second phase of a subdivision that was met with opposition by neighbors will be before the Shelbyville Planning Commission next week. A request for final plat approval for Phase II of Stones Throw Subdivision, a 36 lot development on 12.70 acres on Highway 231 South north of Naron Road will be on the commission's agenda when they meet next Thursday at the City Hall Annex starting at 6 p.m...

The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration is listed among the top 1,000 places to see in North America, according to a best-selling author and travel writer. Travel writer and author Patricia Schultz revolutionized the way we think about travel with her runaway New York Times bestseller 1,000 Places to See Before You Die. Now she turns her sharp eye to our own continent with 1,000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die...

The Bedford County Fair has gone to the birds ... and rabbits! Beginning on July 25, the separate shows will feature entries from around the county, in the county, and, as rabbits are bound to do, will be popping out all over. Karl Pyrdum and Fred Pimentel have joined together as chairmen of the shows. Pyrdum has been involved with poultry showing and judging for over a decade. Pimentel enjoys the competitive side of poultry and rabbits, too...