Stories from Wednesday, April 7, 2010

The Community Viqueens took full advantage of seven errors to break a long winless drought against District 9-A neighbor Cascade 7-5 on Tuesday afternoon in Unionville. The Purple and Gold won despite being outhit 9-6. "We finally came out and played like we are capable of playing," Community coach Libby Frost said. ...

Funeral services for Shirley Ann Smith, 56, of Murfreesboro, who died Tuesday, will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Tommy Underwood will officiate and burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens.

.T. Moore Jr., 85, of Shelbyville died Wednesday at Christian Care Center of Shelbyville. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Pressgrove Cemetery with the Rev. Ronnie Edwards officiating. Visitation will be from noon-1:30 p.m. at Hillcrest Funeral Home.

Infant Jazmin Lashay Parker died Thursday, April 1 at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro. A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 8 at Belleview Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Timothy Wright as eulogist. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements.

A man who returned to Shelbyville a month after being deported has a court date set for early May. Roberto Javilar Ramirez, 46, of Bethany Lane will appear before General Session Court Judge Charles Rich on May 4 on charges of violation of the sex offender registry...

With the problem of identity theft on the rise, the Shelbyville Police Department is kicking off a new event this month that it hopes becomes an annual affair. The department has joined with a shredding company to hold the first annual shred day on Saturday, April 24, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at police headquarters...

Mike Winton has announced his candidacy for the 62nd District state House of Representatives in the Aug. 5 Democratic primary. Winton, a native Tennesseean, is a 19-year resident of Bedford County. He identifies himself as a conservative Democrat. Winton and his wife, Vicki, started a small company from their home several years ago and now manage projects in all 50 states, Canada and Puerto Rico. ...

WLIJ-AM (1580) and WZNG-AM (1400) will present the 17th annual Professional Woman's Luncheon 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 21 at the Blue Ribbon Circle on the Celebration grounds. The guest speaker will be former "Hee Haw" star and "First Lady of Banjo" Roni Stoneman...

A large number of items have been stolen since January from a Deery Street home, Shelbyville police said Tuesday. Several of the items have appeared in a consignment store and were repurchased by the victim's family, police were told. The items are primarily jewelry, weapons and decorative items and range in age from a new computer router to a 1928 cookbook set, according to the report...

The best way to forget a disappointing loss is to back it with a huge win and Shelbyville Central's Golden Eaglettes carried out that game plan with a 7-4 win at Columbia in a District 8-AAA contest on Tuesday. "I was really proud of how we moved forward after our loss on Monday night," Central coach Robin Ayers said. "I thought we did a good job of putting that game behind us and turning our focus to this game against Columbia."...

Huntland swept the season series against Community in District 9-A baseball action on Tuesday with a convincing 15-5 home win. The Vikings (5-6, 2-4 9-A) used five pitchers but were unable to combat the flow of runs as the hosts scored multiple runs in every inning except the sixth...

It typically takes Cascade's soccer team 10-20 minutes to get warmed up during matches, but once that midway point of the first half hits, goals start to find the back of the net. The Champions didn't get their first score until the 22nd minute against visiting Forrest, but it turned out to be the just one of several as they ran away with a 7-1 win...

I'm sure there were other things going on in the world of technology this week, but the only thing anyone seemed to want to talk about was the launch of the iPad. I sometimes watch Leo Laporte's excellent "This Week In Tech" (twit.tv) when he livestreams the video on Sunday. ...

Cascade has what's widely considered one of the tiniest high school baseball parks in the area with the fence in right field being just 285 feet from home plate. If it's a bangbox under normal conditions, Tuesday it turned into a launching pad with the wind blowing straight out...

We had a great Easter weekend. Scott, the oldest, came in Saturday night and even though Ben had to work, most of us got to sit down around the table for our annual Ugly Easter Egg competition. Scott won, of course, and the ironic thing is that, professional artist-in-training that he is, even his Ugly Egg was pretty...

The pavement is as smooth as can be for Shelbyville Central's tennis teams as they continue to completely steamroll District 8-AAA competition. The Eagles dominated Tullahoma 7-0, while the Eaglettes picked up a 6-1 victory Tuesday. Another district foe comes calling Thursday when Lincoln County visits H.V. Griffin Park for a match starting at 4...

Harris Middle rallied late to claim a 7-6 win over visiting Tullahoma in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Tuesday. The Eaglettes (5-3, 3-3 CTC) committed eight errors and spotted the Lady Wildcats six runs in the first two innings before settling down...

Bobby Reed, 75, of Shelbyville died Tuesday at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gowen-Smith Chapel.