Stories from Sunday, April 26, 2009

The Shelbyville Breakfast Rotary Club is the 38th recipient of the Globe Club award this year. Rotary Clubs are honored with this award due to their international projects. Shelbyville's club received the award because of their work in Nepal. Bryan Nerren, a member of the club and pastor of International House of Prayer, was first alerted to the situation in Nepal several years ago after a revival at First Baptist Church in Shelbyville...

Don't call me Tammy, please. Growing up, no one ever got my name right. It's pronounced Tam-ah-rah, but most people would say Ta-mar-ah or Ta-mare-ah. It all started right after I was born when my uncle and a friend of the family didn't like the name my momma had given me. They didn't know what they wanted to call me, but until they figured it out, they said they were going to call me George...

His charisma is unmatched, his charm second to none. His heart is made of pure gold. Yes, he's spoiled -- the only farmer I know who likes the spa as much as Ivana Trump and also has about three assistants who follow him around to perform tasks even the rich do themselves. And, yes again, he can be a bit grumpy at times. But after 45 years of running one of the best dairies in his part of the country, I'd say he's entitled to all of the above...

Bedford County's unemployment rate jumped again -- this time to 11.2 percent, according to preliminary figures released Thursday by the state department of Labor & Workforce Development. That's 87 percent higher than the jobless rate was reported for the county a year ago, when unemployment was at only 6 percent...

To the editor: So, Donna Eyman and her friends had a tea party. Good for them. I'm glad the right-wingers have found something to get themselves roused up again; after their November trouncing I've felt lacking in entertainment. While they're out there with their signs, trumpeting non-existent issues, I sure wish one of them would tell me where they were for the last eight years, while Bush and his rubber-stamp congress were shoveling billions in tax-breaks to millionaires and big oil companies. ...

NASHVILLE -- Gov. Phil Bredesen Friday announced the Small Business Administration has issued a Disaster Declaration for Rutherford County and the seven adjacent counties -- Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Davidson, Marshall, Williamson and Wilson -- for tornadoes that struck on April 10. An SBA disaster declaration makes homeowners and businesses affected by the disaster eligible for low-interest loans...

A two-vehicle collision Friday afternoon west of Shelbyville sent a Bedford County man to a Nashville hospital with serious injuries. William Neeley, 61, Knight's Campground Road, was flown from the scene after the accident on State Highway 130 West in front of Joe Martin Stables...

With just enough members to hold a meeting, the Shelbyville Planning Commission swiftly approved several items, while postponing examination of design guidelines until next month. The commission had planned to begin review of the 18 pages of guidelines, which are intended to be only recommendations to firms and individuals submitting site plans to the city...

Bedford County Schools is scheduled to receive $37,341 in Title II-D technology funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), an economic stimulus package. Gov. Phil Bredesen and Commissioner of Education Dr. Timothy Webb announced statewide grants this week, saying they represent funding that will be available for districts to effectively integrate technology into the classroom...

Webb and Tullahoma took part in a reunion of sorts at Lagler Field in Bell Buckle on Friday afternoon. Feet coach Adrian Anderson has coached nearly every member of the Wildcat roster at some point during their soccer careers. And, Webb has six players that see significant time from Coffee County...

Shelbyville Central banged out 13 hits while junior right-hander Hunter Brothers didn't allow any in the Golden Eagles' 11-1 win at Smyrna Friday night. Brothers pitched a no-no while fanning eight with three walks and three hit batters. He also helped himself at the plate with a three-run homer...

Shelbyville Central was well-represented on the final day of the individual District 8-AAA tournament at the University of the South. The Eagles and Eaglettes fought in three of the four finals. Mallory Hutton is the 8-AAA singles champion and the team of Brianne Jones and Kasondra Johnson won the doubles title...

Harris Middle's Golden Eagles rolled past Franklin County North 7-0 in quarterfinal action Friday night of the Central Tennessee Conference Soccer Tournament in Tullahoma. Jesus Cervantes and Gee Clemente each scored a pair of goals while Detrelle Carpenter and Matt Clanton added a goal apiece for the Eagles...

When Brandon Perry received his Eagle Scout status recently, that was the easy part. The construction, fundraising, planning and recruiting to get his Eagle Scout project complete -- that was the hard part. But he did have help, and he didn't have to look far to find it...

Why is it the most important thing you have to teach your child is the hardest thing you'll ever have to teach your child? No, I'm not harping on the toilet seat thing again. I'm talking about common sense. I'm talking about explaining to the 16-year-old that when you asked him to wash the whites, you meant underwear, not sheets...

Community Junior High defeated Huntland Middle 7-0 on Friday behind Zeke Grissom's two-hitter over six innings. The right-hander struck out six and walked just one batter. The Vikings totaled nine hits in the game with Austin Stallings leading the way with two knocks. Grissom, Quinn Frost and Logan Pierce all contributed an extra base hit apiece...

"America's Test Kitchen," which airs Saturdays on WNPT-TV, Channel 8, bills itself as "public television's most-watched cooking show," and justifiably so. It's not as slick or flashy as the cooking shows on Food Network or other cable channels, but it's both pleasant and informative, something that seems to be a low priority for Food Network at times...

When I was asked to fill in for Sadie Fowler and do the "Simply Delish" column this week, I thought about shrimp gumbo, Philly cheese steak sandwiches or minute steak. Then, I decided my husband worked hard enough, and I probably should do the cooking for this one...