Stories from Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Shelbyville Central lost three games in the Siegel Invitational Soccer Tournament over the weekend in Murfreesboro. The Eaglettes fell 4-1 to Oakland on Thursday with Lauren Warren scoring for the Eaglettes. On Friday Shelbyville fell 5-0 to Pope John Paul 2nd after a 0-0 first half then dropped a 4-0 decision to Soddy Daisy on Saturday after no score in the first half...

This Sunday will mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2011. As Americans quietly remember, the Times-Gazette asked readers to reflect on their whereabouts of that morning. Readers were quick to respond and share their memories. No matter where folks were; school, work, at home caring for children, one thing that remains the same is that everyone remembers...

Roberta Britton, 80, of Shelbyville died Monday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Scott United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Mt. Ararat Annex Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. New Generation Funeral Home of Antioch is in charge of arrangements...

A local business owner has complained that the county chose Saturday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year for merchants on the public square, to wash the roof of Bedford County Courthouse in preparation for applying sealer. "The last Saturday of the horse show is the busiest shopping day of the year and has been for 73 years," said Jennifer Jordan of J. Jordan Boutique. "... People didn't want to stop for fear of getting paint on their cars."...

Is there anything better than a moonlight ride, listening to the steady clop of hooves and jingle-jangle of bits and bridles, all accompanied by the night song of crickets, cicadas and owls, and washed soft silver by the light of a full moon? How about a moonlight ride that not only gives you all of that, but also gives you the satisfaction of helping others? The Bedford County Cancer Foundation is holding its second annual Moonlight Trail Ride on Garrett Winnette's property at 161 West Rd. ...

The triple-digit heat last week had people in Shelbyville looking for any way possible to cool off, including this gentleman reading while taking a dip in the Duck River near the greenway at midday Friday. (Photo by Angel Vaughn)

When I think of fall, I think of it falling. You know -- gently, like a red maple leave kiting down gracefully from the tree to joins the scarlet and gold collection on summer-dried grass, a wistful ballerina's floating death scene. It should be a gradual thing, a subtle change in the air, a hint of color in the hills, that sense of something important about to happen...

Another court appearance is set for later this month for a Shelbyville man charged with attempted murder. Lavario Devon Kibble, 31, of Barksdale Lane, who faces charges of especially aggravated stalking, three counts of reckless endangerment and criminal attempt to commit first degree murder, will appear in General Sessions Court on Sept. 20...

A woman who said she gave a ride to another in need reported her wallet missing after the trip. The victim told police the suspect approached her in the parking lot of an Anthony Road apartment complex, said she'd been off substances for three weeks and had just moved to Shelbyville from Kentucky...

Over the weekend, I listened to some music I hadn't heard in probably 20 years or more. The songs in question were quirky contemporary Christian songs I remember from my days at college. I also listened to pop music from my days as a teenage disk jockey in the late 1970s at WHAL-AM...