Stories from Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Tennessee Democratic Party Chair Gray Sasser was the speaker at Tuesday night's Bedford County Democratic Party banquet. ...

Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Gray Sasser told local Democrats Tuesday night that the party will unite to support its presidential nominee, whether that nominee is Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. "We are united as a party," said Sasser, the keynote speaker for Bedford County Democratic Party's annual banquet. "We might disagree right now about who our nominee is, but we are united as a party in what we want to do."...

Funeral services for Shirley Lee Janiak, age 69, of Toledo, Ohio, who died Monday at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, will be 10:30 a.m. (Eastern) Friday at Sujkowski Funeral Home Northpointe in Toledo. Jerry Siler will officiate and burial will follow in Historic Woodlawn Cemetery...

Funeral services for William H. "Bill" Satterfield, 70, of Shelbyville, who died Monday at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Craig Collins and Jeff Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens...

I would like to take this opportunity to say goodbye ... for now. I will be leaving Monday for a month-long trip to South Korea as part of a group study exchange GSE team. Sponsored by the Rotary Foundation, this trip is geared toward Rotary's mission to spread peace, understanding and awareness among different cultures in countries throughout the world...

Robert A. Allison, 37, has announced that he is a candidate for a first district seat on Bedford County Board of Education in the August general election. Allison grew up on a farm near Bell Buckle. After attending Cascade Elementary School from 1976 until 1983, he graduated from The Webb School in 1989, the University of Virginia in 1992 and Georgetown University Law School in 1997...

The middle-aged Blount County man thought he was forming a relationship with a 13-year-old girl over the Internet. But Hal Ernest Helton, 45, received a surprise when Blount County deputies informed him the "girl" was actually a middle-aged male police officer...

CHAPEL HILL -- With a tie vote broken by the mayor, the town board has decided beer ought to be available for sale with restaurant meals, but another vote is required for it to be final and a workshop might be scheduled for more discussion. "We have been on this before and we took no action," Mayor Carl Cooper said during the town board's regular monthly meeting this week when he recalled a motion in January that failed to get a second, so it failed, leaving the town without a decision...

The new Tennessee Shakespeare Festival, taking place in Bell Buckle this summer, has named a stage and television actor as artistic director. The board of directors has named actor-director Lane Davies to the post. Davies is best known for his TV roles, appearing recently on "Scrubs" as the character Dr. Simon Reid...

"Brown-bagging" is currently permitted in Wartrace and is not regulated by the town's ordinances, but the town can't have "liquor by the drink," according to that town's attorney. The question arose Monday night after a question was posed to Wartrace's board by Joe McCurry, who said he is planning on opening a restaurant in the small town in the near future...

The National Weather Service's Nashville office has confirmed a tornado struck northeast Bedford County early Friday afternoon. "It appears that a low end EF2 tornado (111 mph-135 mph) struck from 1:15 to 1:25 p.m. starting 4.1 miles north-northeast of Shelbyville to 11.1 miles northeast of Shelbyville," said a storm report issued Tuesday following a visit by NWS meteorologists earlier in the day...

The Times-Gazette's display advertising and composition staffs received 27 awards, including 12 first place awards, during the Tennessee Press Association Advertising / Circulation Conference held last week in Gatlinburg. In four award categories, the Times-Gazette achieved a clean sweep, taking first, second and third place awards in its division. In three other categories, the T-G drew two of the three awards...

A misjudged fly ball in the third inning and the floodgates opened. And when the dust settled, the Golden Eagles had dropped an 11-1 District 8-AAA decision in five innings to visiting Tullahoma Tuesday night. With two outs and the bases loaded in the top of the third, the Wildcats held a 1-0 lead but then took full advantage of a crucial outfield error to quickly increase their lead to 4-0...

Anybody need a run? Cascade scored early and often in both halves of their doubleheader against District 9-A visitor Middle Tennessee Christian. They totaled 29 hits and scored in all 10 innings in the two-game sweep for the Lady Champions, including a 15-1 victory in the first game...

The Community Vikings continued a familiar trend against District 9-A foe Eagleville by playing well in the first half of the game, then allowing errors and mental mistakes to overshadow the positives in a 10-2 home loss. Junior Chris West took the hill for the Vikes and produced a quality start by going five innings, allowing six hits and four earned runs...

A six-run fourth inning lifted Shelbyville Central to a 8-1 win at Cornersville. Now the Eaglettes turn their attention to a matchup with District 8-AAA leading Tullahoma tonight at home. The first pitch is slated for 5. "This game against Tullahoma is huge," Shelbyville coach Robin Ayers said. "Tullahoma loss their first district game last night against Lincoln County so if we could pull off a win we'd be right there in the district race."...

Cascade went to the no-huddle offense to score two touchdowns and a pair of two-point conversions to go up 16-0 in the first inning against Boyd Christian in Wartrace on Tuesday afternoon. A couple more trips to paydirt did the trick and the Champions walked off the diamond with a 24-1 win over the Broncos in the first part of a doubleheader against the District 9-A foes...

"You can't win if you don't score." That quote from Webb soccer coach Adrian Anderson pretty well tells the story following his team's 2-0 loss to visiting University School of Nashville on Tuesday afternoon. "We were in front of the net with the ball more than once and we should have scored some goals," Anderson said. ...

Shelbyville Central soccer fans showed their appreciation to the seniors on their special night and the Golden Eagles thanked the large crowd with a 2-0 win over Franklin County in a District 8-AAA matchup Tuesday. Seniors J.D. Certain, Ranferi Dela Paz, Jorge Gomez, Javier Hernandez and Israel Rodriguez were honored during pregame festivities and coach Neal Gordon always wants Senior Night to be a special occasion...

Funeral services for John Audrey Walker, 76, of Fairfield, who died Tuesday, will be 2 p.m. Friday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Jimmy Gray and the Rev. Roy Carter officiating. Burial will follow at Hollywood Cemetery in Wartrace. Visitation with the family will be 4-9 p.m. Thursday.