Stories from Sunday, February 21, 2010

To the Editor: Last week you reported on the County Commission meeting. Rather telling I thought was your editorial decision to lead with the very important issue of appointments to the Road Board on the front page while relegating to page two the information that the Commission cavalierly continued the gradual movement of County functions from the Square. This piece, as you know, was a separate article, not a continuation of the front page item...

Meiko Lyles piled up 22 points to help University School of Nashville trounce Webb 67-26 in the semifinals of the East/Middle Region tournament Friday night at Donelson Christian Academy. "We just turned the ball over way too much," Webb coach Jeff Mitchell said. "Give them credit, they played extremely hard and made a whole lot of shots."...

A woman who pleaded guilty to stealing items from Walmart and selling them on the Internet was given a sentence of three years on Friday. Circuit Court Judge Lee Russell ruled that Kerri Neal will serve the three-year sentence consecutive to any other jail time she has been given...

State Rep. Pat Marsh has announced his candidacy for re-election to his 62nd District state House of Representatives seat in the Aug. 5 Republican primary. Marsh was elected to the seat in a special election last year following the resignation of State Rep. Curt Cobb. Marsh serves on the House Commerce Committee and the House Transporation Committee...

Eugene Ray has announced his candidacy for re-election as Bedford County mayor in the May 4 Democratic primary. Ray, a Bedford County native, was elected county mayor in 2006. He retained his position as chairman of the Bedford County Commission, and has served on the Commission for over 28 years. State law allows a county mayor to either chair or hold veto power over the county commission, but not both...

Like many other school systems in the state of Tennessee, Bedford County Schools may be facing hard times when it comes to the budget. But unlike many of those systems, the county may be better prepared. School Superintendent Ed Gray went over the financials with the board of education Thursday night, telling it the property tax numbers were up...

Shelbyville's power, water and sewer board is the only appointed city board that receives any compensation, but according to the general manager of the utility, getting health insurance is not a unique situation for them. Councilman Thomas Landers raised the controversial issue two weeks ago when he stated that many members of the public did not realize there were no term limits for power board members, but they also did not know that the power system pays for their health insurance as well...

Adversity is nothing new for Shelbyville Central this season. With a pair of starters suspended for the rest of the season and another, Seth Jarrell, home with an apparent stomach virus, the undermanned Golden Eagles avoided elimination from the District 8-AAA tournament with a 49-47 win over visiting Lincoln County on Friday night...

Enough with the snow already. My brother tells a tale of his trip to Europe. He and the other motley students who were backpacking across the continent took a boat ride down the Rhine. As they rounded a bend, they gasped in unison and shouted, "Look! A castle!'...

CHAPEL HILL -- A dominant rebounding effort and solid defense helped second-seeded Cascade fend off the upset bug and defeat sixth-seeded Community 46-23 in a District 9-A tournament semifinal Friday night. The Champions (16-10) won for the third time this season over the Vikings (7-20) by holding their rivals to lengthy gaps without a field goal...