Stories from Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Community closed out its regular season and celebrated Senior Night in fine fashion by sweeping Hampshire 3-0 at Roger K. Brothers Gymnasium in Unionville on Tuesday night. With the visitors leading 22-14 in the first game, the Viqueens (6-9) came storming back behind the serving of Tiffany Davis. Eleven consecutive points erased that deficit and gave the hosts a 25-22 win...

Sharon Hall, age 57, passed away on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at her residence in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Per her request, she will be cremated. A memorial service is being planned for 5 p.m. Wednesday at her residence with her family and close friends in attendance. Gowen-Smith Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

A pair of Bedford County soccer teams renewed their rivalry at the soccer pitch in Wartrace as Webb and Cascade battled to a 2-2 tie on Tuesday afternoon. In the early stages, it appeared as though the Lady Feet (6-5-4) were going to rout their hosts with Karly Grissom ripping goals into the net in the ninth and 12th minutes for a quick lead...

Shelbyville Central dropped a 3-0 decision at Brentwood Academy Tuesday evening in the final regular season game for the Eaglettes. The Eaglettes (6-9-3) will now prepare for the District 8-AAA Tournament and their opening round game at home on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 16 against Lawrence County at 3...

I'm having so much fun listening to my co-worker Sadie Fowler as she details her life as a new mom. It's like getting to live it all over again -- without having to pay for the diapers. She'll ask me questions about this or that and I'll try to sift through the memories to see if I can find an answer...

For several years now, I've been a happy user of OpenOffice.org, a free, open-source office suite. Here in the T-G newsroom, several of us use NeoOffice, a Mac suite based on the OpenOffice code. OpenOffice.org also offers its own Mac version, but NeoOffice is tweaked a little to better use some of the built-in features of the Apple operating system...

For yet another month, Bedford County Planning Commission ended up spending most of its monthly meeting talking about the issue of concentrated animal feeding operations or CAFOs. Planners decided last month against trying to regulate Class 1 CAFOs in the county zoning ordinance, in large part because they've been told that the state's so-called "Right To Farm Act" prohibits local zoning from restrictions on agriculture. ...

The city of Shelbyville will draft a letter of intent in the hopes of attracting a new business. Chamber of Commerce director Walt Wood told the council Tuesday that a prospect is looking at bringing a "major commercial investment" to the city that could bring as many as 70 new jobs...

David Thomas, a Shelbyville native who has become a successful author in the field of parenting books and books on marriage relationships, came home on Tuesday as the keynote speaker for the annual Friends of Argie Cooper Public Library luncheon at Blue Ribbon Circle on the Celebration grounds...

Are you ready to jump-start your Halloween spirit? The Fly is holding its annual Blue Jean and Goblin Ball Saturday night, a regular fundraiser -- and fun raiser -- for the cultural arts center at 204 South Main St. "It's always a fun night," said Janice Cole, director at the Fly and coordinator of the dance. "We'll have contests for the best costumes -- and the best blue jeans!"...

Community's Michaela Jones and Shelbyville Central's Angel Carrillo dueled it out from start to finish in a cross country meet in Fayetteville on Tuesday. Both runners veered off the confusing course at times, but in the end, it was Carrillo crossed in first on the girls side with a time of 24 minutes, 48 seconds. Jones touched the tape just two seconds later...

Webb's boys finished ninth and the girls tenth at the Vaughn's Creek league championships on Tuesday. Lady Feet runner Jessica York placed eighth with a time of 21 minutes, 7 seconds, earning one of 10 bronze medals awarded at the finish. Kyle Poulicek had the top time for the Feet, crossing in 19:20...

A season of dominance was concluded with an epic performance as Cascade Middle thwarted Westwood Middle 37-13 to claim the Duck River Valley Conference championship in Wartrace on Tuesday night. In one of the ultimate team sports, the Champions were able to chip away at the visiting Rockets with an effort indicative of their season, consisting of contributions from numerous players on the roster with four different players scoring their five touchdowns...

Harris Middle closed out the regular season with a 26-24 loss to visiting Tullahoma on Tuesday. The Eagles defeated Tullahoma earlier in the season in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup. Harris scored on a 30-yard pass from pass from Tyler Bailey to Tre Trice at the 4:33 mark of the first quarter...

Coupons allowing discount purchases of tickets to Nashville Predators home games are legitimate, a team spokesperson clarified Tuesday. A Bedford County resident notified Shelbyville police last weekend that he had called Ticketmaster and was told the company was not running such a promotion...

A man grabbed money from the cash register and fled from T&M Market, East Depot Street, early Saturday afternoon, Shelbyville police reported Tuesday. An employee told police the man entered the store and asked for change for a pay phone. When the employee opened the register the man reached across the counter, took the money and ran out the store toward Belmont Avenue...