Stories from Sunday, August 8, 2010

In music, when a theme is repeated over and over again, it's called a "motif." In The Fly's upcoming production of "The Music Man," the motif for three of the actors is "It's deja vu all over again." "They did this 43 years ago at Shelbyville Central High School," said Janice Cole, director of the play. "Three members of our cast were in that production."...

Comfort food is one of the best things about coming home from college, besides getting to see your parents of course. As those of you who have been to college know, it is definitely not cheap. So when college students are presented with a free or home-cooked meal, we tend to get a little over-excited...

"Patience is a virtue. We'd all do well to cultivate." I can't tell you how many times I have been told this over the past 19 years. My mother probably whispered it in my ear when I was a baby. She would be glad to tell you that the phrase never really stuck with me...

Former Shelbyville Central and Mississippi State standout Barry Stewart has signed a contract to play professional basketball in Germany. The 6-foot-3 shooting guard signed a one-year deal with TBB Trier, which plays in the top division of the Bundesliga. He will report to camp Saturday...

Members of city council will consider taking sealed bids for property on North Main Street when they hold for their monthly meeting on Thursday. The property is the old Child Development Center building, 732 N. Main, which has an estimated market value of $325,000...

A local woman reached a high note on a national cable television network's singing game show. Michelle Whitsett Reed, 35, of Shelbyville was a $10,000 winner on "The Singing Bee" game show on the Country Music Television network. Winning was both exciting and frustrating for Reed...

A Bedford County man was killed when he was thrown from his overturning pickup on Unionville-Deason Road early Saturday. Larry West, 56, Philpot Road, lost control on a curve about a mile west of the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Academy, according to the Bedford County Sheriff's Department...

Fairfield Pike will reopen to Bedford County motorists sometime in October, according to state officials. The popular rural route was closed last November for work on the Shelbyville bypass and a late summer reopening had been anticipated. However, work was halted earlier this year after Thomas & Associates, a subcontractor for primary contractor Wright Paving Contractors Inc. of Fayetteville, went out of business...

Sometimes, the beauty of a thing is in the details. I was sitting by the pool doing my usual Sudoku puzzles, hoarding the shade and trying not to melt when I felt something tickle my shin. Thinking it was yet another pesky house fly, I started to swipe at it without looking, but for some reason, I didn't. I stopped and looked instead...