Stories from Friday, November 23, 2007

If you thought it was easy to be an elected official, think again. Bedford County Board of Commissioners' courthouse and county property committee is beset on all sides: The problem was highlighted Tuesday night as the committee continued its discussion of space needs. ...

The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration has officially formed its own Horse Industry Organization (HIO), which has been certified by the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Inspection Service (USDA APHIS). The name of the HIO will be S.H.O.W., based on the long-standing acronym of the S.H.O.W. intitiative: Sound horses, Honest judging, Objective inspections, and Winning fairly...

Two different applications have been filed with the Federal Communications Commission to start a non-commercial FM radio station for Shelbyville at 89.9 FM, while another has been received for that same frequency but proposing to serve Cornersville...

Ronda Helton Clanton of Shelbyville has announced her candidacy for re-election as Assessor of Property beginning with the Feb. 5, 2008, Democratic primary. Clanton, a graduate of Cascade High School, has lived in Bedford County for the past 33 years. She was a teaching assistant at Cascade School for seven years and also worked in the credit department of Bedford County Medical Center. She is married to Randy Clanton. They have four children: Ryan and Randy Helton and Casey and Drew Clanton...

Funeral services for Isaac J. E. Morton, 80, of Bell Buckle, who died Wednesday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Buddy Pope officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery....

Over the years Shelbyville Central's Eaglettes have become one of the most dominant, well-known high school girls basketball programs in the nation with a pair of national championships, 12 state championships, a trip to meet the president at the White House and a prime-time feature on "NBC's Dateline."...

Anderson Perez Escalante of Shelbyville was stillborn Wednesday at Bedford County Medical Center. He was the son of Santos Escalante and Merly Perez. Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Willow Mount Cemetery with Edgar Merida and Julio Baltazar officiating...

Charlie Walter Oller, 79, of Shelbyville died Wednesday. Memorial services will be held 10:45 a.m. Sunday at Hurricane Grove Baptist Church, where he was a member, with Phillip Lane officiating. Funeral services will be held later at St. Andrews Catholic Chuch in LeRoy, Wis., with burial following in the church's cemetery...

Funeral services for Margaret Helen Hester Robinson, 92, who died Wednesday, will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Walt Leaver and Weldon Rickman will officiate and burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 4-8 p.m. today...