Stories from Saturday, October 20, 2007

A lot of areas of the country, including this one, are beginning to find out that when the chips are down, creatures much further down the food chain come before humans. Local residents have been learning this over the past two weeks after the reduction of water from Normandy Lake was delayed due to concerns about the birdwing pearly mussel...

Steve Allen Molder, 50, of Pittsburg, Calif., formerly of Deason, died Friday in an automobile accident in Fallon, Nev. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. He was the son of Emma Jean Molder of Deason...

Friday morning’s storms left no damage across most of Bedford County, but left quite an impact at the Kennedy Road farm of Jerry Bradford. “It was calm, then we heard a whoosshh,” Bradford said. “We’ve heard strong wind before and didn’t get up to check until morning.”...

The expansion and renovation of Central High School is still on schedule, Tom Grott of American Constructors told Bedford County Board of Education Thursday night. The next landmark for the project will be the opening of the newly-expanded gym lobby and restrooms in time for basketball season, and Grott said that portion of the project is in “very good” shape...

Approximately 30 French exchange students spent their last day in Bell Buckle Friday, touring the shops and getting a keepsake from the village as they headed back home this weekend. For the past two weeks, the students from the city of Strasbourg have been participating the exchange with Webb School, with many of the kids staying with local students and their families during their time here...

Graveside services for Cruz Antonio McElwain-Arroyo, infant son of Antonio Arroyo and Rita Lee McElwain, who died Friday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, will be 1 p.m. Monday at Willow Mount Cemetery. Russ Countess will officiate. Gowen-Smith Chapel is in charge of arrangements...

NASHVILLE - In one of their best performances in recent memory, Shelbyville Central made a huge statement toward being a playoff team with an impressive 37-25 win over host Stratford in a key Region 5-4A contest Friday night. “Our boys came out ready to play tonight,” Shelbyville coach Jason Hardy said. “I give a lot of credit to our seniors as well as the rest of the team. They all stepped it up tonight...

NASHVILLE - With the changing of the seasons the weather cools, leaves change color and begin to fall. Apparently the referees working the Cascade-Nashville Christian game felt there wasn’t quite enough yellow making its way to the turf. So, they sporadically sprinkled some yellow hankies around Eagle Stadium...

MURFREESBORO - The Community Vikings went into Throneberry Stadium in Murfreesboro on Friday night with high expectations. Coming off some of their best performances of the season in the last two games, Community faced a winless Middle Tennessee Christian team that had displayed little opposition to region opponents in their first six games...