Stories from Friday, September 19, 2008

A headbanging, hardrocking time was to be had as I, along with my good friend Craig Easter, journeyed to Riverfront Park in Nashville to attend BuzzFest '08 Saturday. I'd been to other rock concerts with my family in the past, featuring such bands/singers as Styx, Bon Jovi and Stevie Nicks, but I was particularly looking forward to this show featuring Seether, Shinedown, Saving Abel, 10 Years, and Blackstone Cherry (all some of my favorite bands)...

Cascade Middle fell to 1-5 on the season after dropping a road contest 14-0 to Moore County Middle on Thursday night. There were few bright spots for the young Champions who fell behind 6-0 in the second quarter after an interception gave the hosts a short field...

After a year of drought, outdated sewers and costly water leakage, Bell Buckle finally has some good news. On a recent inspection by the state, the town received a score of 94 out of 100 on the water system. "It's the highest score we've ever gotten," said Janet Robinson, the town clerk and recorder. "We've gotten provisional approval before, but you have to have at least a 90 for an approval."...

Behind a suffocating defense and balanced scoring attack, the Webb Lady Feet cut down Mt. Juliet Christian 7-0 on Thursday to improve to 4-0-2. "The girls handled the ball real well," Lady Feet coach Adrian Anderson said. "We really passed feet to feet. We moved real well off the ball. We played calm on the ball. We looked up, found our passes. We knew what we were doing with the ball, knew where we were going with it before we got it."...

Cascade managed a 4-4 tie at Spring Hill in a pivotal District 11-A/AA match on Thursday. Crystal Mackezyk rang the bell just 56 seconds into the game and then again 17 minutes later to put the hosts up 2-0. Ashley Bledsoe found the back of the net for Cascade (3-2-1, 3-1-1) in the 31st minute to make the count 2-1 at the half...

Jo Ann Holland has announced her candidacy for re-election to the First Ward seat on Shelbyville City Council in the Nov. 4 general election. Holland, a Bedford County native, is a graduate of Community High School. She was married to the late Robert L. Holland Jr. and has a daughter and three grandchildren...

The initial attempt to stop a speeding truck which later crashed was due to a taillight flashing on and off when the vehicle hit bumps in the roadway, Shelbyville police said Thursday. Officer David Curley said he turned on his blue lights and siren as the truck, driven by Charles "Moto" Farrar, 39, of Shelbyville, drove through the intersection of Morton and Tillman streets...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners' law enforcement and workhouse committee voted to purchase five new sheriff's department cruisers from Russell Barnett Dodge at a cost of $28,284 each. Russell Barnett Dodge was the next-to-lowest bid, but sheriff's department officials said it was the best bid because the dealership offers pickup and delivery on service calls, eliminating the need for a sheriff's officer to be taken away from regular duties...

A man accused of the murder of a homeless woman was bound over to the Bedford County grand jury Thursday following a preliminary hearing. Donald Ray Sachs is charged with criminal homicide in the death of 52-year-old Joyce Mattis of Murfreesboro, whose decomposed remains were found June 4 in a wooded area off Cannon Road near Wartrace...

Shelbyville Central cruised to an 8-1 win over host Franklin County on Thursday night in a District 8-AAA match on Thursday night. "Our focus going into this game was starting strong," Shelbyville coach Neal Gordon said. "We've been playing well but haven't started well. In this game I think we scored three times in the first 15 minutes. This was a great chance to play a lot of different players and it was a good night for us."...

The smashed telephone and wreckage of Wendy Davis' car rest on South Cannon Boulevard. (T-G Photo by David Melson)

Cascade Middle rounded out their regular season soccer schedule with a stirring 3-2 victory over Webb Middle at Lagler Field on Thursday afternoon. The match was in question up until the final whistles as the Lady Feet (5-3) just missed on a pair of shots on goal in stoppage time...

Webb took on rival St. Andrew's-Sewanee at River Bend Country Club on Thursday and handed the Mountain Lions a 189-217 loss. Feet golfers Sutton Jones and Blake Cocanougher both carried top honors by shooting a 46 apiece. Garrett King carded a 48 and Will Russell 49...

It was a rough night all around for the Community Viqueens against Huntland on Thursday evening. Playing in front of their home crowd and against an opponent that they played to a draw earlier in the season, the Viqueens appeared to be a step slow to the ball from start to finish and ended up losing 5-0 to the previously winless visitors...

It wasn't the outing Shelbyville Central was looking for right before the District 8-AAA tournament, especially on their home course. The Eagles finished last in a four-way district meet at River Bend Country Club on Thursday afternoon. Lawrence County won the event with a score of 331, followed by Franklin County's 333, Columbia's 336 and Shelbyville's 354...

After a pair of long road trips, Shelbyville Central returns home for a Region 5-4A matchup with talented Whites Creek tonight -- and the Eagles bring some much needed momentum into the game. The Eagles (1-3, 0-1 5-4A) capped off a very emotional week after the loss of coach Jason Hardy's father with a huge 19-6 win on the road at Kenwood last Friday night...

It's been a few months since I began this column, and I've reported some mixed success. But today I think it's important for me to dwell on the positive. At my heaviest, a little more than a year ago, I weighed 256 pounds. When I started writing this column about three months ago, I weighed 244, so I had lost a total of 12 pounds in a little more than a year...

Funeral services for Earl Carlton, 86, of Rover, who died Thursday morning at his home after an extended illness, will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. The Rev. Ronnie Grooms, the Rev. Scotty Sorrells and the Rev. Mike Dugan will officiate and burial, with full military honors, will follow in Cothran Cemetery in Rover...

Ernest M. Young, 73, of Chapel Hill, died Thursday at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Gowen-Smith Chapel. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. He was the husband of Vivian Young, who died in April.

Community Junior High eighth grader Kali Sitz continues to prove that she is one of the top scoring strikers in the mid-state by scoring three goals and assisting on another to lead her squad to a dominating 6-0 win over visiting St. Andrew's-Sewanee on Thursday. It was Sitz' fourth multiple goal game of the season...