Stories from Friday, October 16, 2009

Funeral services for Margaret Francis Gregory, 87, of Shelbyville, who died Thursday at Heritage Medical Center, will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Gowen-Smith Chapel. Frank Butler and Keith Camp will officiate and burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery...

Three Bedford County agencies have been awarded highway safety grants totaling $60,260, state officials announced this week. Agencies receiving the grants are: Funding for the Governor's Highway Safety Office grants were provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Sen. Jim Tracy worked to secure these funds for Bedford County...

Did you ever take your lunch to school? A lot of people did, especially when they knew they didn't like what the day's meal was going to be. School lunches 30, 20 or even 10 years ago weren't exactly going to be "Top Chef" meals. Those buying lunches had few choices -- they could either get a paper cup of applesauce to go with their hamburger-and-biscuit-dough pizza, two carrot sticks and green beans, or a hard oatmeal cookie that was guaranteed to chip a tooth unless you dunked it in milk first.. ...

Bedford County Board of Education, meeting Thursday night, continued its discussion of the adequate yearly progress (AYP) results for local schools for the last school year. School Superintendent Ed Gray made a presentation of school-by-school results...

When Calsonic Arena opened in 1989, 20 years ago, officials from the Celebration and from the arena's benefactor and naming sponsor, Calsonic Manufacturing Corp. (now CalsonicKansei North America), said they hoped it would be not only a place for equestrian competition but also for a wide variety of events to benefit the community...

Community, Hamilton, Riverside Christian, Shelbyville Central, St. Andrew's-Sewanee and Webb all had runners present at the John Freeman Invitational in Bell Buckle on a rainy Thursday afternoon. Webb's Damien Launey crossed the tape in 18 minutes, 10 seconds to earn first place overall individually. Golden Eagle Gerardo Mullins followed in a distant second place (19:43). Hayden Cliche of the Feet wound up fourth (20:30) and Shelbyville's Juan Lopez fifth (20:38)...

A tightly-contested match in the early going left Bedford County rivals Community and Cascade separated by a single goal at halftime until the home standing Lady Champions exploded in the second half to run away with a 7-1 victory in the first round of the District 11-A/AA tournament on a dreary Thursday...

It was a roller-coaster ride of emotion that led to a plethora of first-evers for the Community volleyball team in Unionville on Thursday night. After sweeping Middle Tennessee Christian in the District 9-A tournament semifinal, the Viqueens advanced to the championship against Eagleville and earned a berth into the Region 5-A tournament...

Shelbyville Central returns to action after a week off when the Golden Eagles face rival Tullahoma in a key District 8-AAA matchup tonight at Tullahoma's new stadium. The Wildcats were idle last week as well, so both teams should be well prepared after two weeks' preparation...

Mildred Inez "Granny" Arnold Collins, 84, of Wheel died Thursday at The Heart Remembers care facility after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Shiloh United Methodist Church, where she was a member, with the Rev. David Rash and the Rev. Brett Hillenshim officiating. Burial will follow at Wheel Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

Funeral services for Nell Moore Lee, 98, of Nashville, who died Thursday at NHC in Murfreesboro, will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Woodlawn Funeral Home in Nashville. Visitation with the family will be noon Saturday until service time.

Nancy Fears Reynolds, 58, of Murfreesboro died there Thursday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Leland T. Carden officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday.