Stories from Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Vera Rowe Hart, 92, of Shelbyville died Tuesday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Jimmy Gray officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. today...

Early voting in the Oct. 13 special election to fill the vacant 62nd District State House of Representatives seat got off to a strong start, according to deputy administrator of elections Andrew Robertson. As of 3 p.m. Tuesday, 1,123 voters had already voted by early vote or by paper absentee ballot. ...

How much would you pay to get lost in the country and have the bejeebers scared out of you? At Cedar Rock on Warner Bridge Road, for only $5 a person (and the fifth one is free with a coupon from the web site), you can go on a hayride, get lost in the corn maze, pet some barnyard animals and just have a haunting good time...

The future of city manager Ed Craig will be discussed at Shelbyville's next City Council meeting. At the end of a brief and uneventful study session, councilman Al Stephenson asked that the matter of Craig's contract be put on next Thursday's agenda. The council meets at 6 p.m. in the courtroom at the Shelbyville Police Department...

Harris hit the road for a Central Tennessee Conference matchup with Franklin County South and returned with a 14-0 loss Tuesday night. Penalties and four turnovers proved costly for the Eagles. South scored a touchdown in the first half and added another in the second which included a two-point conversion...

Liberty Middle continues to enjoy one of their more successful seasons in recent history as they broke a seven-year drought against Cornersville Middle by going on the road and earning a 30-14 win over the Bulldogs. An 80-yard kickoff return by Jake Crosslin got the Patriots (5-2) on the board after falling behind early...

Harris won the Central Tennessee Conference junior varsity tournament Saturday in Tullahonma. The Eaglettes (10-0-1) defeated Franklin County North in the the semifinals then rolled past Tullahoma in the championship game. The varsity will play in the CTC quarterfinals Thursday night at 6:30 at the SCHS soccer field against Franklin County South...

Typically when the No. 4 and 5 seeds match up in postseason tournaments, fans are in for a treat with contests being in doubt until the final moments. Such was the case as Cascade Middle visited Fayetteville City in the opening round of the Central Tennessee Conference tournament Tuesday...

Damien Launay cruised through the Vaughn's Creek cross country course in 17 minutes, 55 seconds in Nashville to help Webb's Feet to a fourth-place finish Tuesday. MLK claimed first on the boys' side with 21 points. Harpeth Hall finished with 34 points to earn the top spot amongst girls teams...

Looking to snap a three-game losing streak and earn a key district victory versus visiting Middle Tennessee Christian, the Community Viqueens appeared to find what they were looking for after a torrid start Tuesday. Community was barely challenged in the first game, winning 25-16. However, MTC found another gear shortly thereafter and swept the next three games to escape Unionville with a 3-1 win...

Kali Sitz lit up the nets with a hat trick to help Community down host Huntland 7-3 Tuesday. "We controlled the ball pretty well, made a lot of good passes," Community coach Mark Neill said. Allyse Reece, Megan Smith, Sabrina Hargrove and Stacy Jordan also added goals for the Viqueens (2-3, 2-3 11-A/AA). Goalkeeper Megan Sager totaled three saves...

Kelsey Wilkes banged home a hat trick to help the Page Lady Patriots maintain a stranglehold on District 11-A/AA in a 6-0 win over visiting Cascade. Kate Maguigan, Hannah Olsen and Carly Oliver scored one goal apiece. Kayla Carden got her gloves on 18 saves for the Lady Champions (5-3, 3-2)...

Katie Jones wasted little time getting fitted for her hat trick, netting three goals in the first half as Webb's Lady Feet pounded Cannon County 5-0 in Bell Buckle. Molly Howell, Melissa Wisniewski and Aurora MacDougall provided Jones with assists. "Passing really improved tonight," Webb coach Adrian Anderson said. "We moved the ball around the field and exploited gaps in their defense."...

MURFREESBORO -- Shelbyville Central shook off the effects of a forced two-week hiatus due to recent storms to give Siegel, the defending state AAA champions, all they could want on their home turf Tuesday before falling 1-0. Senior goalie Shelby Lamb was outstanding in the net for the Golden Eaglettes (6-4-1) as she totaled seven saves in the first half. Her teammates came within inches of entering the break with the lead as a shot by Kayla Anderson sailed just wide in the closing minutes...

Flashback to Eden. Eve saunters over to Adam and holds out her hand. Nestled there is a tiny, tart, perfect gold and brown speckled apple. "Oh, man," says Adam. "Dad's been here, hasn't he?" If Adam had been living in our house over the last few weeks, he'd have had no problem resisting that temptation. My father-in-law keeps his beehives in a neighbor's pick-your-own apple orchard and for the pollination stud service, he gets pick of the litter -- meaning he's been bringing us apples...

Mary Ann Fears Haradon, 63, of Unionville died Tuesday at her home after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday.

Each month, I look forward to receiving my copy of Relish, a food magazine that T-G subscribers receive once a month. I receive my copy a few days before it goes in the paper, which gives me a couple of days to try out some of the great recipes the magazine features and review them for you...