Stories from Sunday, August 24, 2008

Devious Don won the Walking Yearling World Grand Championship at Saturday night's Celebration. The horse was handled by Chris Richards and owned by Lisa Bowman Anderson of Greeneville.

José's Intimidator, Jamie Bradshaw up, won the "A" division of Walking Stallions, Five Years and Over, Over 15.2 (Canter) for Randall Ferguson of Union Grove, Ala. The two divisions of the class are a preliminary to the World Grand Championship. Reserve honors went to Santana's El Niño, Link Webb up for Michael and Ann Jones of Lafayette, Ga., while the third place went to Gen On The Run, Justin Harris up for Michael Hart of Corbin, Ky., and Beech Grove...

Rowdy Rev, Bill Bobo up for Bill Harlin of Franklin, won the "B" division of Walking Stallions, Five Years and Over, Over 15.2, to conclude Saturday night's Celebration performance. Reserve honors went to Private Charter, Knox Blackburn up for Eva Eddleman of Chattanooga, with Steve Hankins riding Moab to a third place finish for Della Gaye Compton of North Tazewell, Va...

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander visited a newly-constructed railroad overpass Friday at the site of what will soon be a northeast bypass around Shelbyville, as local officials thanked Alexander for his help in getting federal funding for the bypass project...

Dozens of horses carry red, white and blue colors out of the Celebration ring every night, ribbons fluttering from their bridles. But only one horse carries the red, white and blue into the ring every single night, and that is Counterfeit Dollar, ridden by World Grand Champion trainer and rider Bud Seaton...

Tom Grott, of American Constructors, gave updates on the Shelbyville Central High School, Learning Way Elementary and Community High School building programs at Thursday evening's Bedford County Board of Education meeting. Grott reported that Bedford County Utility District, which supplies water in Unionville, could not provide enough water pressure, year round, to make Community's sprinkler system work effectively...

Bedford County's unemployment rate dropped to an estimated 7.1 percent in July, according to preliminary numbers released Thursday by the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development. Last month's unemployment rate for the county was 7.5 percent. Last July's jobless rate for Bedford County was at 5.3 percent...

Community Junior High blanked South Lincoln Middle 7-0 Friday in Fayetteville. It appeared that South Lincoln would give the Viqueens (5-0) trouble, as they controlled possession early in the contest. At the 12-minute mark, Courtney Williams found the back of the net off an assist from Kali Sitz. A couple of minutes later, Sitz scored off an assist from Kristen Brothers and from then on it was all Viqueens...

MANCHESTER -- In a football game between two evenly matched teams, turnovers usually play a major role in the final outcome. Shelbyville Central knows that firsthand as they turned the football over six times Friday in a 20-7 season-opening loss at Coffee County...