Stories from Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Our staff created Ms. Flossie for our office. She is embelished with dental materials used in our office.

Eugene Haskins, 57, of Halls Mill died Wednesday. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with the Rev. Emmett Arnold officiating. Burial will follow in Cothran Cemetery near Unionville. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Thursday.

Bobby Cobb, 52, of Petersburg died Tuesday at Lincoln County Medical Center. Graveside services will be held at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Rosebank Cemetery in Flat Creek with Jay Pope officiating. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Billy Wayne Norris, 50, of Shelbyville died Tuesday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Glenn Forsee officiating. Burial will follow at Methodist Cemetery in Hillsboro. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Friday.

The Times-Gazette's annual ghost story contest again attracted a most creative group of entries from the dark shadows and corners of the county. And entries this year were again spectacular -- or rather, spooktacular. Peyton Spence, a fifth-grader at Southside Elementary School, won our drawing contest, for children in fifth grade and younger, with a depiction of a cracked, bloody skull inside a graveyard. ...

The official Twitter account of Sears, @MySears, is followed by 13,544 users of the social media service. A second account, @SearsDeals, which announces special sales and promotions, is followed by 78,185. The woman behind both accounts, Rhonda (Bartlett) Robinett, is a native of Shelbyville, now living and working in the Chicago area...

Hoping to continue its best season in school history, Community traveled to Fairview on Tuesday night for its regional semifinal match against the Lady Yellow Jackets. Community brought a solid attack against the homestanding Yellow Jackets, but was stopped short of continuing its season by a stout defense...

Bedford County received only one bid for its nursing home and former hospital facility on Union Street -- from the company which is currently leasing the nursing home, Johnson City-based Care Centers Management Consultants. CCMC has bid $3,040,520, less $240,520 it claims the county owes it for improvements which had to be made to bring the building in compliance with state law, for a net cash bid of $2.8 million...

Two county law enforcement agencies have received more than $50,000 in highway state grants. The Bedford County Sheriff's Department received $52,924.22 for alcohol and traffic enforcement, while the Bell Buckle Police Department took in a total of $5,005 to be used for high visibility law enforcement campaigns...

Sarah Pierce and Lacey Reed combined for 22 points to lead the Community Middle Viqueens to a 36-20 win over visiting Eagleville on Tuesday night. Community (4-0) jumped out to a quick start offensively with Pierce putting six on the board and Alex Milliken added five, but it was the full court pressure that the defense employed that held the Eaglettes to a single basket...

1st place 2011 Champions

My daughter, Annaliese (age 2) flying down a slide at Lucky Ladd Farm in Eagleville, TN.