Stories from Friday, July 20, 2007

The familiar voice of hometown announcer Mark Farrar, Jr. will call the morning classes at this year's Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, according to Celebration CEO Ron Thomas. Farrar, a native and resident of Flat Creek, has been the primary announcer for the National Trainers' Show for many years in Calsonic Arena. ...

Only hours remain in the tenure of Fairest of the Fair 2006 queen Ashley Smith. The daughter of Jim Ed and Jerri Lynn Smith of Shelbyville, she will relinquish her crown Saturday night to one of the six contestants entered in this year's edition of Fairest of the Fair competition...

The two "country boys" from Unionville who claim to have developed a vehicle that runs on no fuel have teamed up with another inventor to file a patent for their technology. Their innovation is beginning to attract interest. Randy Nichols and Andrew Lamb contacted the Times-Gazette last month and demonstrated their device: a Nissan 4x4 truck that apparently runs with no internal combustion engine or fossil fuels...

Aleda Brown Scott, 85, of Shelbyville died Thursday at Bedford County Nursing Home. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Kevin Minchey officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Saturday...

Funeral services for Samuel Paul "S.P." Northcutt Sr., 80, of Tullahoma, who died Wednesday at Harton Regional Medical Center after a brief illness, will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Elk River Tabernacle in Winchester with Gary Hill officiating. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Tullahoma...

A purse and contents belonging to Chanelle Ashford-Smith were taken from her car in a parking lot on North Main Street just off the Shelbyville square late Wednesday afternoon. Ashford-Smith told police one door had accidentally been left unlocked. A possible witness said two persons, one described as a white female with blonde hair and the other a white male, walked through the lot three times within a 25-minute period. ...

The steady stream of football players flowing from Cascade High to Lambuth University continued Thursday with Seth Carter inking his letter of intent. He is the third Champion to sign with the Eagles, following wide receiver Seth Day and the late Daniel Tucker...

COCHABAMBA, Bolivia -- My work week in Cochabamba was bookended by two birthday parties, each of them held on a Sunday. I attended the first party purely by accident. On our first Sunday in Cochabamba, Rudolf Band had taken Debra Snellen and me up to the Inca-Rakay ruins, high on a mountain top southwest of the city. ...

A delicious dessert buffet brought Bedford countians together last night at the Fly for the community unveiling of a program designed to provide a transitional home for women taking the step back into everyday life after serving jail, prison or drug/alcohol rehabilitation time...