Stories from Sunday, April 11, 2010

The companion book to the HBO miniseries "The Pacific" features a heavy emphasis on Shelbyville war hero Austin C. Shofner, who escaped a Japanese death camp in World War II. The miniseries, produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman, tells the story of three U.S. ...

On Feb. 27, an earthquake off the coast of Chile caused damage and created a tsunami which damaged Talcahuano, Chile's largest port. The event carried a personal impact for David Carrera of Beth Sar Shalom Ministries here in Shelbyville. Carrera has attended a pastor's conference in Talcahuano for the past five or six years, and had the Rev. Vicente Montenegro of Talcahuano, pastor of First Baptist Church there, as his guest here in Shelbyville as recently as November...

There are certain movies I will never see. Ever. They include anything with power tools and blood, gangstas and stolen cars (anything with rap music for a soundtrack), and Pauly Shore and anything. And snakes. The only movie I've ever seen with snakes in it was Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, and if Indy can be afraid of the slitherers, by golly, so can I. ...

The newest addition to The Webb School coaching staff, Scott Dorsett, is moving to an administrative role next year at the day/boarding school in Bell Buckle. It was announced this past week that Dorsett will direct Webb's athletics programs effective this summer while continuing to coach varsity girls' softball and girls' basketball at the school...

A three-run home run by Taylor Chaney highlighted a five-run first inning for Columbia Academy that propelled them to a 16-3 win over host Cascade on Friday afternoon. Trailing 6-0 heading to the bottom of the second, the Champions (8-8) went on the offensive as Gavin Elmore, Kyle Saylor, Michael Buck and Jared Carkuff all singled, which led to two scores...

If you are like most people, you've let all sorts of things collect in your garage or storage space that you really shouldn't keep around. That's why Saturday, April 24, will be an important day as Bedford County holds its Household Hazardous Waste Collection event...

Award-winning artist, cartoonist, graphic designer, songwriter and musician -- it's hard to think of one person possessing all these attributes, much less a 27-year-old single father living in Shelbyville. Chase Perryman is all of those things and more. ...

Gabe Warrick's third-inning grand slam helped stake Community Middle to a commanding lead in the early going and the Vikings kept the advantage throughout a 14-7 win over host Liberty Middle on Friday. Community (13-0) was up 3-0 after two innings and tripled their advantage with a six-run third that included Warrick's fence-clearing jack...

It was an aggressive undertaking for a young team still trying to establish its own identity as a group, but there are always lessons to be learned and progress can be measured against stronger opponents in many different ways. The Community Vikings took on visiting DeKalb County, a AA team contending for their district title, on Friday afternoon and were promptly dispatched 13-2 after being held to just two hits...

A string of first-half goals gave Webb all the cushion it needed to cruise past Donelson Christian Academy 5-0 at Lagler Field in Bell Buckle on Friday. "I loved the way my boys handled themselves out there today," Webb coach Adrian Anderson said. "We shut down everything they tried to do, and they had no answer for our attack. ...

One adoption attorney is concerned that recent events will affect public opinion when it comes to international adoption. Rob Kirsh of Memphis said almost all of the time, an adoption is a win-win-win situation -- and when things happen like Torry Hansen sending a 7-year-old child back to Moscow, more people can be hurt than just the child...

It was not a game for the faint of heart on Friday night in Unionville when the Community Viqueens and Middle Tennessee Christian treated a large crowd to a cornucopia of emotions with spectacular offense in the clutch, good pitching, and timely defense as the lead exchanged hands five times before the visitors left with a 15-10 district win...