Stories from Monday, August 25, 2008

The Aged Stallion classes, featuring many of the top contenders for the Tennessee Walking Horse World Grand Championship, took to the Celebration oval on Saturday night in Shelbyville at the 70th annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. José's Intimidator and Jamie Bradshaw won over the crowd and the judges earning the A division title in Walking Stallions, Five Years and Over, Over 15.2 (Canter). Link Webb and Santana's El Niño took a second place finish...

Former Shelbyville Central softball player Hillary Leftrick signed a letter of intent to play collegiate softball at Motlow State Community College. Leftrick plans to major in nursing and, after Motlow, wants to enter the nursing program at Middle Tennessee State University or continue playing softball at a four-year institution...

A trio of local schools got together with five others to make up the inaugural Bell Buckle Jam, a play day pieced together to get their soccer girls ready for the fast-approaching season. Cascade and Webb hosted all the matches and were joined by Boyd Christian, Cannon County, Community, Cornersville, Forrest and Marshall County on a splendid Saturday...

Despite stepped-up USDA inspections at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration this year, numbers of disqualifications have been low, according to Lonnie Messick, executive vice president of the National Horse Show Commission, which sanctions the event...

There's more than one way to build a jail. On Tuesday night, one construction management firm showed one possible floor plan for a new county jail and justice center to the county commission's courthouse and county property committee -- but on Thursday, Bedford County Sheriff's Department showed its own floor plan to the law enforcement and workhouse committee...

Jean Pruitt has announced her candidacy for the Fifth Ward seat on Shelbyville City Council in the Nov. 4 general election. Pruitt, a lifelong resident of Bedford County, is a previous member of the council. She is retired from Nationwide Express and is a past president of Shelbyville Kiwanis Club...

Marvin J. Dennis, 81, of Gilman, Ill., died on Aug. 19 at Gilman Nursing Center. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday at Hazel Cemetery in Bell Buckle. Visitation will be Tuesday from 9 to 10 a.m. at Gowen-Smith Chapel.