Stories from Monday, May 19, 2008

"We're not trying to be paranoid, we're trying to be prudent." Those are the words of Scott Johnson, director of Bedford County Emergency Agency, about the planning his department is doing to prepare for the day when the avian flu, or "bird flu", becomes pandemic...

A memorial service for Deborah Susan Hargrove, 50, of Wartrace, who died Saturday following a battle with colon cancer, will be held 4 p.m. Wednesday at City Outreach Ministries. Scott Horn will officiate. She was cremated.

School lunch prices will rise in the 2008-09 school year, according to action taken Thursday night by Bedford County Board of Education. Nutrition supervisor Janet Clarkson presented a proposed price list, which was approved by the board. Food prices have been rising in recent months...

Many people have heard the terms "pandemic," "avian flu" and "bird flu" over the past few years, but may be confused about what they mean and about the difference between the flu outbreaks seen many years and the deadly H5N1 virus. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), seasonal (or common) flu is a respiratory illness which can be transmitted person to person. Most people have some immunity to it, and a vaccine is available...

Life Scout Bronson Friedman stood at the podium and told the audience he had been hoodwinked into joining the Boy Scouts. "I was tricked," he said. "I was told I would have fun. "I was really being trained to be a leader." Friedman spoke at a Friends of Scouting breakfast held Thursday morning at Richard's Cafeteria in Shelbyville...

The Travel Channel's "Taste of America with Mark DeCarlo" will feature Bell Buckle and the Tennessee's RC-Moon Pie Festival on an episode airing 10 p.m. Wednesday. While filming the festival in 2007, the crew highlighted both the festival, the small town charm of Bell Buckle, and the southern tradition of an RC and a Moon Pie...

The Shelbyville Sox opened up their first season in the Tennessee Baseball Federation on the bad end of an 8-0 decision at the hands of the Tennessee Travelers on Sunday afternoon in Madison. The Sox fell behind 4-0 by the end of the third inning thanks to some timely hits by the Travelers that magnified a pair of defensive miscues...