Stories from Wednesday, August 8, 2007

In a day and time when most middle schools have to settle for young and inexperienced coaches, Harris Middle scored a touchdown in the hiring of new head football coach Jim Daugherty. Daugherty, a Tullahoma native, brings 18 years of coaching experience to the Golden Eagles and knows the Central Tennessee Conference as well as anybody...

William Robert Brown, 68, of Shelbyville died Sunday at Bedford County Medical Center. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Kevin Minchey officiating. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

Funeral services for Ewell Lee "Po" Harris, 77, of Shelbyville who died Tuesday at his home after an extended illness, will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Bob Bush and Bobby McGee officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens...

Removal of dropped ceilings at Central High School as part of a construction project has had an unintended side effect during this week's heat wave, as some students returning to class were faced with unusually warm temperatures. SCHS Principal Don Embry said that work is continuing to address the problem and that students and faculty have not complained...

"We've got seats if you've got tickets!" The standing room only crowd tried to stuff themselves further into the room where the man at the microphone was calling. Many strained to understand what he said while attempting to move closer, but the large mass of people made it difficult...

Shelbyville's new wastewater treatment plant has been given an environmental assessment and a "Finding of No Significant Impact" by the state Department of Environment and Conservation [TDEC]. Funding for the new plant, designed to handle 6.5 million gallons a day, was approved last month by the Shelbyville City Council. The project is estimated to cost around $25 million...

"I have always wanted to be a teacher," said Cascade Elementary School's new principal, Martha Fisher. "I used to play school all the time when I was little. I'd set my dolls up in chairs, and set up my chalkboard, and I would be the teacher. Teaching is something I've always wanted to do."...

There is no doubt that Bedford County is horse country. As temperatures soar, many people may know to take care of themselves and pets but often don't consider what variables calculate together to equal extreme heat conditions for horses as well. According to State Health Commissioner Susan R. Cooper, MSN, RN, temperatures at or near 100 degrees demand people to take extra caution...

How much longer will it be before our vehicles drive us instead of the other way around? Some Nissans, primarily commercial vehicles, will soon come with a gas pedal which automatically lifts if a collision is possible, reports the Associated Press. Take your foot off the pedal and the vehicle stops...

Driving down the road from an interview the other day, I pondered. In all honesty, I suppose I ponder way too often. Sometimes these thoughts get me in a great deal of hot water, like many of these ponderings are sure to do. Why bother? Well, if someone else had pondered the issue first, I wouldn't perhaps, have to do it myself...

Last December, in this space, I wrote that our county officials needed to solicit professional help in connection with the county's space needs and surplus property. Here's what I wrote: I think that this problem has simply gotten too big to be handled the way it's currently being handled. ...

Funeral services for Josephine Stewart Cleek, 74, of Shelbyville, who died Tuesday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 10 a.m. Friday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Kenneth Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 5-9 p.m. Thursday.