Stories from Sunday, October 11, 2009

I was watching a touching movie last night about a couple coping with the harsh realities of Alzheimer's Disease when it dawned upon me. I started to panic and realized I had hit my rock bottom. I may be slightly scatterbrained normally, but lately things have gone over the top and it's scaring me!...

At 46, Doug Smith has taken on a new hobby, and the message he's sharing is based on what that new hobby has taught him. "You're never too old to get started," Doug said. After a nearly 20-year lapse in exercise, Doug has started a fitness routine mostly consisting of running, and he plans to run in his very first road race at the end of the month, the United Way Spooktacular 5K. ...

I am about halfway through my first semester back in college, and I'm enjoying most of it. It looks like I have an A in all of my classes except for one, and I have a B in that one. My hardest class this semester is astronomy. I have a B in it, although if I mess up on even one test, I'll be down to a C. This class requires me to read the chapter, go through the online lecture, answer study questions, take a timed test and do a lab. The hard part is the lab...

I don't often use my column to plug commercial ventures -- Godiva chocolate not withstanding -- but I've really got to, this time. Take your kids to the Cedar Rock fall festival! I took Buzz with me briefly last Saturday on opening day because I was one of the judges for the scarecrow contest. ...

The Shelbyville Times-Gazette will publish no more letters prior to Oct. 14 about the candidates or campaigns for the special election of a representative for State House District 62. --- To the Editor: In education circles the term learning community has become common place. Those individuals not a part of this circle may be wondering what it is...

The skies opened up along with the Webb offense as the Lady Feet jumped out on top with four goals in the first 30 minutes en route to a 5-2 victory over Community at Lagler Field in Bell Buckle on Friday. "We played real well and passed extremely well in the conditions," Webb coach Adrian Anderson said. "We fought for the goals and worked real hard throughout the front and midfield to win the ball back."...

Whether it was the rainy atmosphere that Mother Nature threatened with or the predictions of a lopsided score, the crowd size wasn't quite what you'd expect out of an intra-county rivalry between District 9-A foes. Nevertheless, Cascade dominated both the field position battle and turnover ratio to defeat Community 45-0 at The Stable on Friday night...

Aside from dismissing Shelbyville's city manager, the city council voted on a small number of other items Thursday night. Approval was given to a motion to take applications for a human resource position for the city in anticipation of the city recorder's impending retirement...

The county's solid waste authority voted Thursday to reinstate compensation for attending meetings, including back pay, after other county committees refused the authority's earlier example of refusing it. But that move did not sit well with one of the authority's members...

Tune in Tuesday morning at 9:30 to WLIJ (1580 AM) to hear the latest details of the upcoming relish Cooking School and Expo. Times-Gazette Lifestyles Editor Sadie Fowler, advertising manager Sissy Smith and Publisher Hugh Jones join radio hosts Rusty Reed and Keith Cook on air...

A total of 2,638 early and absentee votes were cast in Bedford County for the special election to fill the 62nd District state House seat, according to Adminstrator of Elections Summer Leverette. Early voting ended on Thursday. Election Day will be Tuesday. Election day polls will be open from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. Tuesday at all normal precinct locations...

"Excellence and integrity cloaked in humility." That's the quote -- a prayer, actually -- engraved in Latin on the side of one of Tracy H. Sugg's sculptures. It also describes the sculptor herself. "I believe the artist has a duty to uplift, and bring beauty into the lives of people," she said. "It's not all about 'ME.' As a Christian, I believe it's that spark of the divine."...

In anticipation of the upcoming cooking school and expo Oct. 20, sponsored by the T-G and relish® Magazine, I perused through the recipes relish® chef Jon Ashton is planning to prepare for the Shelbyville Cooking Show. I was able to see pictures of the dishes as well and by the time I had finished looking through Ashton's recipe plan, I was starving...