Stories from Sunday, September 26, 2010

Take a two-year-old, barely broke filly and an 11-year-old girl and you could have a recipe for disaster. Or a recipe for greatness. Brooke Burgess, now a 20-year-old Motlow College student living in Manchester, and her now 11-year-old spotted saddle mare Pride's Stars & Stripes have been racking up the ribbons in TWHBEA and SSHBEA shows across the South...

Did you know horses are as subject to the whims of fashion as high heels or, heaven help us, hip-huggers? This can be a good thing -- it introduces the world to a new breed or a new aspect to an old breed. I remember when I was a young girl, about 9 or 10, and Stud Spider took the world by storm...

I have the privilege of working with a fabulous group of individuals at the Times-Gazette, including the spirited duo best known as "The Sisters." In between the singing, laughing, and teasing, Carol Spray and Mary Cook manage to dedicate a tremendous amount of effort each day toward the construction of the Times-Gazette through their work as page designers...

As human beings, our ability to communicate is our single most powerful tool. Having studied communications in college, I have gone through the courses -- speech, communication ethics, communications and society, and several, several more as they relate to journalism...

To the Editor: The fresh produce, meat and dairy products on our shelves are astounding. The cereals and breads are so plentiful and various you wonder if anyone has ever taken the time to try them all. The soups, jams, and jellies stretch aisle after aisle. Nowhere in the world is such a wide array of food available to everyday consumers. It's important to consider the farmers, ranchers and growers who work every day to produce this bounty of food, fiber, and fuel we use every day...

Community engaged in a topsy, turvy affair with Cannon County on Friday afternoon that lasted into the fifth game before the Viqueens fell 3-2 at Roger K. Brothers Gymnasium. Community (4-8) took the first and third games by scores of 25-21 and 25-8, respectively. Cannon County went home triumphant behind 25-14, 26-16 and 16-14 wins in the other three games...

LYNNVILLE -- On a night where the Community Vikings and the Richland Raiders both sought their first wins in a hot and sultry environment in front of a sparse crowd, it was the men in striped shirts who commanded all the attention by littering the field with 18 penalty flags good for 190 yards against the two squads...

A pair of clutch plays by Cascade's defense in the final 92 seconds helped the Champions secure a 17-16 upset of seventh-ranked Mt. Pleasant on Friday night. Cascade defenders crashed into the Tiger backfield to wrap up quarterback Kaleb Vandygriff on a fourth-and-one at the visitors' 18-yard line with 1:32 to play...

Homecoming is always a special night but the special teams made the difference in Shelbyville Central's 17-13 win over visiting Marshall County on Friday night. A pair of blocked punts, a field goal, outstanding punting, along with excellent kickoff and punt coverage highlighted the Golden Eagle homecoming win...

Multiple charges have been filed against a Shelbyville man who told police he broke into an insurance office seeking money for drugs early Thursday. Loyd Kent Curtis Jr., 25, Landers Street, has been charged with burglary, aggravated burglary, possession of drug paraphernalia, forgery and theft of property...

Don Gallagher has announced his candidacy for re-election as mayor of Wartrace in the Nov. 2 general election. Gallagher has served as mayor as Wartrace since 1998. Prior to this tenure of office Gallagher had been on the Wartrace Board from 1980 to 1985 and mayor in 1986 and 1987...

The Tennessee Supreme Court will hear the case next month of a Shelbyville man who tried to withdraw a guilty plea of violating the sex offender registry. In February 2008, Terry Phelps pled guilty to violating the registry for failure to register a change of residence. However, before the sentencing hearing, Phelps filed a motion to withdraw his plea, which was denied by Circuit Court Judge Lee Russell...

A child endangerment case against a Shelbyville couple has been continued until next year. A hearing was to take place Friday for Sandra Jean Mortimer and David Gordon Mortimer, both 33, of Central Avenue, who both face multiple counts of child endangerment for allegedly operating a methamphetamine lab in their home...

Retirees and long-time employees of the Jostens plant on Union Street say that a family atmosphere has made the plant a good place to work for the past half-century. The plant, dedicated in November 1960, is celebrating its 50-year anniversary; a picnic was held Saturday for employees and retirees. Employees and retirees representing a total of 716 years of experience gathered Tuesday at the plant to reminisce...