Stories from Friday, November 14, 2008

David Hensly Mooningham, 51, of Shelbyville, died Friday at Alive Hospice at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday.

Webb Middle banked in the first point of the night minutes into the game Thursday, landing a free throw shot. The early taste of victory seemed to help lead the Lady Feet to a 33-27 win over Liberty Middle. Lady Patriot Matti Mitchell sank the first basket of the game with 4:23 in the first quarter. Minutes later, she found the basket again after Webb turned the ball over, helping Liberty (1-4) to take an early 7-6 at the end of the first quarter...

It wasn't a dominating win, but Harris Middle's Eaglettes will take it none the less as they defeated host Cornersville 39-34 in a non-conference matchup Thursday night. The Eaglettes (2-0) held a slim 9-7 lead at the close of the first quarter before pulling away to a 20-13 advantage at halftime...

Following years of struggles it appears as though Cascade Middle's girls have turned the tide on Forrest Middle. The Lady Champions downed the Chapel Hill visitors 30-18 on Thursday night to finish off a regular season sweep. After holding a slim 7-5 advantage at the end of the first quarter, Cascade (5-1) got eight second-quarter points from Elora Skuce to aid in a 12-2 run that ended with Andrea Pigg finding Alyssa Hoover open for a bucket just before the buzzer...

The Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association held their Board of Control meetings on Wednesday and Thursday in Murfreesboro. The hot topic on the agenda was the classification setting for 2009-13. Schools will now compete in the same district in baseball, basketball, football, softball and volleyball. Football's postseason now consists of six classes...

Thomas Landers was unanimously selected to fill the Shelbyville City Council seat of the late Fred Harrison Thursday night. Landers will take the oath of office at the next city council meeting on Dec. 11. Council members said that Landers was the first to ask to fill the seat. He was approved swiftly without opposition...

Bedford County School Superintendent Ed Gray discussed the proposal for an elementary magnet school during a presentation Thursday at Shelbyville Rotary Club. Last month, Gray and other school officials made a proposal for a magnet school to Bedford County Board of Education. The opening next fall of Learning Way Elementary will require that bus routes and transportation districts be redrawn anyhow, giving a window of opportunity to open a magnet school at the same time...

Winemakers Perry and Elaine Casteel may have decided to retire, but their Tri-Star Vineyards on Scales Road in Shelbyville will remain open for at least two to three more years. "We had a really good harvest this summer, we have nearly six tons ... so we have a lot of wine," Elaine said. "Based on what we have now, we may be open for the next three years, but definitely for the next two."...

Tonight, the world's greatest monuments are getting the blues, from the Eiffel Tower to the Coliseum; from the Opera house in Sidney to the Town Hall in Bell Buckle, these landmarks will be illuminated with blue lights to draw attention to World Diabetes Day...

I am literally eating a piece of tasty, meaty, cheesy, cold pizza as I begin to write this. And it's so good! I write this to illustrate a point: The Times-Gazette is actually a culinary delights club thinly disguised as a newspaper. I'm not kidding ... it's entirely true...

Funeral services for Lee Marlin Rogers, 81, of Shelbyville, who died Friday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro, will be 3 p.m. Sunday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Kevin Minchey and the Rev. Bobby McGee will officiate, with burial to follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be noon until 3 p.m. Sunday.

Kathryn Wilson Warren, 91, of Franklin, died Wednesday. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church, Franklin. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. Williamson Memorial Funeral Home, Franklin, is in charge of arrangements.