Stories from Sunday, November 1, 2009

CLARKSVILLE -- The Community Vikings made the two hour-plus trip to Clarksville Academy on Friday night for their last game of the season. They were greeted by sheets of rain, a soaked field and a merciless officiating crew. Clarksville Academy's Cougars (3-7) came out early on and attacked on both sides of the pigskin to halt the Vikes 39-0...

Shelbyville Central will play in the TSSAA state playoffs for the second time in three years. The Golden Eagles (5-5) learned Saturday they earned a wild card berth and will travel to Anderson County to face Clinton (9-0) Friday at 6 p.m. CST. Clinton was ranked second in last week's Class 5A Associated Press high school football poll...

There were plenty of treats at H.V. Griffin Park Saturday morning at the United Way Child Safety Fair, but the only trick was the wet, cool weather. That didn't keep dozens of children from going, though, and they ran from booth to booth to play games, get their faces painted, and learn more about keeping themselves safe...

LYNCHBURG -- A Shelbyville man pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated vehicular homicide in an accident that claimed the life of Mildred Misch over a year ago. Claude David Merritt, 66, appeared before Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler at the Moore County Courthouse to make his plea. Merritt was previously scheduled to stand trial for the death on Nov. 7 and 8...

A lot of work has been done with the old Harris Middle School gym on Elm Street, now called Central Memorial Gym, and the public is invited to see the progress. An open house will take place Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. so the public can take a look at what's been done and perhaps chip in with ideas of their own...

Two large flat screen televisions, a sound system and a Nintendo Wii were stolen from a Parker Road home between 7 and 9:45 p.m. Thursday, Shelbyville police said. Windows in a door were broken to gain entry, police said. The following were arrested since Friday by the Bedford County Sheriff's Department, Shelbyville Police Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol or 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force. They are only charged; guilt or innocence will be determined by the courts...

A Bedford County woman was charged Friday with TennCare fraud related to prescription drugs. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced that Kimberly A. Rollins, 36, has been charged with two counts of TennCare fraud for the fraudulent use of TennCare to pay for prescriptions for the painkiller Lortab and the anti-anxiety medication Xanax...

Share and share alike, right? Pfft! Not if you're the Cascade football team. They don't know the meaning of the expression. No, the 10th-ranked Champions are taking their gold ball and going home. A loss on Friday night would have meant Cascade sharing the District 9-A title with Forrest. But, that was avoided when Cascade led from start to finish en route to a 34-12 victory over Huntland to cap off an undefeated season against league opponents...

To the Editor: After reading the article in the Times-Gazette about Ron Bell, we felt compelled to write. Ron has been in the banking industry for over 37 years without a blemish on his record. He has earned the respect of his fellow workers and clients over those many years...

One day a couple of weeks ago, it was grey and wet and blustery. (Please, O Mighty Editors, leave in the Brit spelling of "grey" instead of "gray." Grey is the wild heath in winter and gray is the color of government-issued metal desks.) I was driving the boys to school and said, "It's a Novembery day."...

"Having reached age 30, it's not often that I find a food so amazingly delicious that it forces me to wonder why I've never had it before. Sure, I'll sometimes have new variations on pasta or risotto or veggies that are so good they're worth remembering. But rarely do I find a dish that is both unlike anything I've had before and so, so scrumptious that I want to eat all five servings of it in one sitting."...

Bedford County Relay For Life organizers came together last week for the 2010 kickoff of the campaign for the county's single largest annual fundraisers. A birthday party was the icing on the kickoff's cake. "To most people, birthdays are just a reminder that they're getting older," said co-chair Judi Burton to folks attending the kickoff, held at the Blue Ribbon Club on the Celebration grounds. ...

A few months ago, I wrote a column about how I don't do pregnancy very well. My appointment at 35 weeks re-confirmed this for me. I had an ultrasound that day to check for growth. The baby now weighs four pounds, 11 ounces and is shorter than average. ...

It's funny how we get sentimentally attached to things ... even the most materialistic things. We know we're not supposed to get attached -- most of us have been told since we were children that things don't matter. It's the people and relationships in life, and how we treat others, that count the most...