Stories from Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Harris Middle played a little sweet revenge in their 38-30 win at Tullahoma West in Central Tennessee Conference action Monday night. The Eagles lost 52-40 at home earlier this season. Harris (4-9, 2-9 CTC) led at the end of each quarter, posting an 11-8 advantage at the end of the first, 21-20 at halftime and 29-25 going into the fourth...

Graveside services for Elma Ruth McBee Gee, 85, formerly of Shelbyville, who died Sunday at her home in Center Line, Mich., will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Willow Mount Cemetery. The Rev. Bobby McGee will officiate....

George Bush was the president the last time it happened. No, not that one -- his dad. Webb overcame 16 years of disappointment that stretched over 29 losses and finally took down neighboring Cascade 60-47 in Wartrace on Monday night. Feet coach Jeff Mitchell and his staff had very little time to prepare as it was their third game in three days, but they gave the players a thrown-together game plan not long before tip-off and it went off without a hitch...

My word! Where did that come from? Cascade rained in 3-pointers with the relative ease of a 10-year NBA veteran and ran away from visiting Webb 76-42. Shelby Nelson kick-started the hosts' offense in the first quarter with two of her season-high six 3-pointers as part of a behind-the-arc effort that totaled 13 3s for the Lady Champions...

One of Bedford County's neighbors, Lincoln County, will vote on consolidated city-county government, known as "metropolitan" or "metro" government, on the same day as next month's primary elections. "Feb. 5, we'll know for sure," said Dick Farrar, a proponent of metro who worked with organizing a petition drive which started the process. ...

What is the gauge at Normandy Dam really reading? That's a good question, after figures supplied by the Tennessee Valley Authority's web site stated Monday morning that the flow from the reservoir had stopped for about five hours early Monday. But TVA says that web site figure was inaccurate. Instead, the flow was at 114 cubic feet per second (cfs), a TVA spokesman told the T-G Monday morning...

With the level of Normandy Reservoir still dropping and no wet weather in the forecast, Stage 2 mandatory water restriction could be implemented for the region within a matter of months or even weeks. But there are already ways to cut back on water use now that won't put too much of a crimp on your family's lifestyle. Plus there's the added bonus of lower utility bills...

Lone Star World Championship Rodeo, a perennial favorite at Calsonic Arena, will make its annual Shelbyville stop 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2, with show time at 7:30 p.m. Billed as "the largest one-day rodeo in Tennessee," the event will include sanctioned competition in bareback bronc riding, calf roping, breakaway roping, steer wrestling, saddle bronc riding, cowgirls' barrel racing, team roping and brahma bull riding...

Thomas Phillips "Phil" Ayers II, 85, of Shelbyville died suddenly Monday. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Monnie Caine officiating. Burial will follow in the Shofner Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 4-8 p.m. Wednesday...

Funeral services for Harriett Elizabeth David, 92, of Shelbyville, who died Monday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center, will be 11 a.m. Saturday at St. William Catholic Church. The Rev. Richard Driscoll will officiate and burial will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens....