Stories from Saturday, November 10, 2007

Graveside services for Hershel Wilson Edde, 93, of Wartrace, who died Thursday at Bedford County Medical Center, were held Saturday at Lynchburg Cemetery with Don Gallagher officiating.

Annie Lucille Christmon, 93, of Shelbyville died Thursday at Bedford County Medical Center. Funeral services will be noon Monday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Lawson B. Howard as eulogist and Willie Rippy officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens....

Paul D. Hartley, 76, of Shelbyville died Wednesday. A celebration of life service was held Saturday at Rockvale First Independent Baptist Church with Ronnie Leathers officiating. Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill, was in charge of arrangements.

This writer's eyes have glazed over. I for one have already grown tired of the current presidential campaign, which still has another agonizing year to go. It kicked off mere moments after Bush was reelected in 2004. I clearly remember after John Kerry conceded the race that news anchors immediately when into long discussions about Hillary Clinton's chances in 2008, which effectively defined Bush as a lame duck, and he had not even been inaugurated yet...

A few days ago in my blog I chastised Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer for not disclosing why a player accused of repeated drug possessions was kicked off the team. Now comes Vol center Josh McNeil, who's upset because the media, especially the Knoxville News-Sentinel, ran details of a police report involving a smashed window and three drunk women he says were on his bedroom floor and media reports say were in his bed...

I am clearly in withdrawal. Anyone who knows me knows how much I love the late night talk and comedy shows -- especially "Late Show with David Letterman" and "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," but including Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Kimmel and Conan O'Brien. (Jay Leno bores me to tears, and I've always resented him for the way his management railroaded Letterman in the "Tonight Show" succession debacle.)...

A CD-video player, amplifier, subwoofers and speaker box were taken from a car owned by Jamie Powell at his Edgemont Drive home overnight Wednesday. Powell reported the theft at 4:51 a.m. Thursday. Entry was gained by forcing a window. The car had been parked in the yard for six months, police said...

The Shelbyville Main Street Program will host an informational meeting Wednesday at 10:30 at the Shelbyville & Bedford County Chamber of Commerce, 100 North Cannon Blvd. Kimberly Nyberg, Main Street director for Tennessee, will provide a presentation followed by a question and answer forum...

Though the days of sun drenched hours are gone for a while, the birds of the air are still abundant in the skies of their middle Tennessee homes, including those in Bedford County. Their sonnets of song glide on the autumn breezes as the leaves sail the currents they share with the winged friends...

The CBS news program "60 Minutes" is scheduled to report Sunday night on death row inmate Gregory Thompson's 1985 murder of Brenda Blanton Lane of Shelbyville and the issues that his case raises about the death penalty. The program can be seen at 6 p.m. Sunday on WTVF (Channel 5), according to Lane's sole surviving blood relative, Barbara Brown of Longview, and other people interviewed for the news program who declined to be identified...

CLARKSVILLE -- No. 4 seed Shelbyville Central played much better than Friday's 42-14 score might indicate, but No. 1 seed Clarksville scored on six long plays in first round action of the TSSAA State Playoffs Friday night. The stat sheet might point out it was an extremely close game, but a number of big plays proved to be the difference...

Cascade continued their march through a season of firsts on Friday night with a 35-13 win over Collinwood in the opening round of the state playoffs. The victory pushes their win total to 10 for the first time in school history and earned them a berth to the round of 16 for the first time since 2001...

The Times-Gazette publication "Bedford County Bicentennial: Celebrating the Past, 1807-2007" has left the building. "We are thrilled to have the book at the printers and being readied for printing," said book author and T-G Editor René A. Capley. "This is exciting, to see months of work come together."...