Stories from Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Janis Marie Martin Harris, 88, of Shelbyville died Wednesday at Glen Oaks Health and Rehabilitation Center after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. William Cartwright officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Saturday.

Tullahoma based Camp Forrest Soccer U-16 Boys took second place in the FC Fall Classic in Crossville Tennessee over the weekend of September 10th and 11th, with a record of 2-1-1 for the two day tournament. Andrew Lawson, Trent Madgett, and Chavez Tempongko participated in the tournament and all attend Cascade High School...

Callis Francis Sisk, 89, died Monday at NHC Nursing Center in Lewisburg. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Gowen-Smith Chapel. Interment of his cremains will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon.

James Edward Goforth, 68, of Shelbyville, died Tuesday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Jennings and Ayers Chapel in Murfreesboro with Steve Goforth and Dwight Bennison officiating. Burial will follow at Republican Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Thursday.

Rev. C. David Huffman, formerly of Shelbyville, died Monday. Funeral services will be held at noon Friday at Paran United Methodist Church in Cookeville with Lee Stevenson officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at Hibbett & Hailey Funeral Home in Nashville and beginning at 11 a.m. Friday at the church.

Thomas Odell Sorrells, 81, of Shelbyville died Tuesday at his home after a brief illness. Graveside services with full military rites will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Jack Carney officiating. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Friday at Hillcrest Funeral Home.

Officials are denying that a federal raid targeted community activists who claim a pattern of racial profiling and discrimination in Bedford County against Hispanics. The accusations came after the reported arrest of three residents by federal immigration officials and the publication of a report calling for a Department of Justice investigation...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners' rules and legislative committee added its recommendation Tuesday evening to a rezoning proposal on State Highway 64 West (Lewisburg Highway) involving the site of a former slaughterhouse. The site had most recently been a flea market, operating under a special exception in the A-1 (agriculture) zone. ...

A Shelbyville man has been bound over to the Bedford County grand jury on reduced charges resulting from an alleged violent incident in June. Lavario Devon Kibble, 31, of Barksdale Lane, now faces a single count of aggravated assault, which was reduced from the charge of criminal attempt to commit first degree murder, according to assistant district attorney Richard Cawley...

Big G Express Inc. has been named carrier of the year by Continental Mills in recognition of its excellent customer service, on-time deliveries and timely load status reports. In addition to a handsome plaque for display, the award included a $1,000 charitable donation given in Big G's name to the Shelbyville/Bedford County Senior Citizens Center...

Shelbyville Central got the shutout on defense in a 5-0 win over visiting Lincoln County in a District 8AAA matchup on Tuesday evening. The Eaglette defense was stellar the entire game while sophomore Katelynn Boyce was perfect in goal. "Our team is just clicking along right now. This was a good effort on both ends of the field," Central coach Neal Gordon said. "We said at the start of the season that the district games were extremely important and this was a nice win for us."...

West Virginia native Chris Siers has been named sports editor for the Times-Gazette. "I'm very excited to be joining the staff here in Shelbyville," Siers said. A 2010 graduate of Wingate University, Siers has spent the last year and a half covering sports for the Elkin (N.C.) Tribune...

The Cascade Champions kept a talented Tullahoma Wildcat team scoreless for nearly 33 minutes in the opening half of Tuesday night's match. Despite exceptional defense and a superb game by Champion goal keeper Kayla Carden, Hannah Vining's hat trick was able to lift the Wildcats to the 3-0 victory...

Harris Middle School continued its bid to compete in the Central Tennessee Conference Bowl after hanging on to defeat Franklin County North 6-0 in a conference matchup on Tuesday at Eagle Stadium. It was a defensive battle from the start to finish with the lone score coming on the final play of the first half...

The Cascade Middle Champions capitalized on big plays in their game against the Liberty Patriots on Tuesday night to cruise to the 25-14 win. In the first quarter, the visiting Patriots jumped out to the early 6-0 lead when Jay Wilkerson charged three yards for the touchdown...

A few weeks ago, I took a weekend course which was required as part of my status as a United Methodist lay speaker (an un-ordained person who, among other things, can fill in as a preacher when called upon). One of my classmates that weekend works in information technology. ...

Sheet metal has been stolen from three of five chicken barns on Reese Street, Shelbyville police were told Monday. The theft is thought to have occurred around Sept. 1, according to the complainant. l Prescription medication was taken from an Evans Street home during the day Monday, police said...

James P. "Phil" Riner, 62, of Lucas, Ohio, a Bedford County native, died Monday at Mansfield (Ohio) MedCentral following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held Friday at Werner-Gompf Funeral Services, Ltd. in Mansfield. Burial will follow at Odd Fellows Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-9 p.m. EST Thursday.