Stories from Friday, April 13, 2012

Ethel Mae Caldwell Arnold, 97, of Tullahoma died Thursday, April 12, 2012 at Life Care Center of Tullahoma. Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Revs. Tim McGehee and Gary Irvin officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Friday.

Harris Middle's boys soccer team continues to dominate the Central Tennessee Conference with a 10-0 win at Coffee County on Thursday. Ismeal Hernandez scored a hat trick with three goals, Leonardo Hernandez and Roman Ramirez each added a pair while Edgar Campero, Esteban De La Cruz and Arturo Ruiz each added a goal...

The Community Vikings moved one step closer to the top of District 11A/AA with a 3-0 win over MTCS on Thursday The Vikings got another pair of goals from the hot toe of Jose Ornelas. Community's Skylar Moses also banked a goal, with the assist from Ornelas...

On Thursday afternoon, the Shelbyville tennis teams dropped a pair of road matches to Columbia. The boys' team, despite several close individual matches, were edged out of a win, 4-3. The Eaglettes also had several on-court matches that came up just shy of victories, as they were defeated 6-1...

Webb traveled to Nashville to take on the USN Tigers in a doubleheader on Thursday afternoon. With a pair of huge region wins, Webb improved its record to 5-8. In game one, Webb took a commanding early lead and piled on 15 runs in the top of the first inning and never looked back. USN rallied for five runs in the second and third innings, but couldn't put a dent in the damage on the scoreboard as the Lady Feet pushed five more runs across the plate...

Walks and errors continue to haunt Harris Middle as the Golden Eagles fell 12-6 to visiting Warren County on Thursday. Wesley Griggs and Keyshawn Morton shared the pitching duties for the Eagles. They combined to strikeout a dozen batters, allowed seven hits but walked 10...

Harris Middle's Ashlyn Brannon pitched a no-hitter and the Eaglettes scored in the bottom of the fifth inning to claim a 1-0 win over visiting Warren County on Thursday afternoon. Brannon fanned one batter and didn't allow a base-on-balls. The Eaglettes let a great opportunity to get on the board in the bottom of the fourth slip away but bounced back to win the game in the fifth...

Going into halftime can be demoralizing for any team. It can drain the energy, the charisma, and cause teams to wave the white flag. Not the case for the Webb Feet on Thursday afternoon. Warren County took a 1-0 lead in the first half, but the Feet constructed a huge second-half rally to score the 3-2 victory...

For the first two innings on Thursday night, Moore County threatened, and Cascade avoided a potentially disastrous situation thanks to savvy defensive play. With that defensive effort, and a couple of big hits, the Lady Champs picked up a huge 3-1 win over the Moore County Raiderettes on Thursday night...

Four video games and $1,240 cash were taken from a Regent Drive residence between 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday, Shelbyville police were told. The resident told police she arrived home to find a window open and the interior partially ransacked. The following were arrested since Wednesday by the Shelbyville Police Department, Bedford County Sheriff's Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol or 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force. ...

Shelbyville will be receiving a settlement of $350,000 for damages caused to the city's underground flume system three years ago. Following an attorney/client meeting of the city council, they voted to accept the settlement from Mayse Construction Co. of Chattanooga...

Boys & Girls Club of Bedford County is joining others across the country in opening its doors to the community during National Boys & Girls Club Week from April 15 -21. For more than 75 years, Boys & Girls Clubs have celebrated this week in a variety of ways to support their goal of helping all children achieve a great future...

The pain at the pump is growing more severe, with the average American household spending 8.7 percent of their income on gas last month, while prices continue to rise in Tennessee. Fuel price hikes have impacted Shelbyville's budget as well but, according to treasurer Jamey Owen, the city anticipated the rise and planned accordingly...

Doris Elizabeth Brewer, 84, of Lewisburg died Thursday, April 12, 2012 in NHC Oakwood Healthcare. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at London Funeral Home in Lewisburg. Burial to follow at Hopper Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Saturday and beginning at 11 a.m. Sunday.

Two peas in a pod

My parents always made sure I had a new dress for Easter even though I'm sure sometimes that was hard. Most of the time my Mother sewed it herself. I can't claim that accomplishment but the "new" Easter dress photo is a tradition we carry on with our little one...

Sunset on Lake Chatuge in Northern GA Mountain in Hiawassee Spring 2012.

Enjoying Nature

Candid moments caught on camera impacted judges evaluating last year's Times-Gazette Mother's Day photo contest. In one case, a top contender showed a mother and her two children goofing off in a photo booth after a long day of shopping in the mall. Another photo -- ultimately the winning photo -- depicted a mother and her daughters acting silly prior to a professional photo shoot in which the photographer snapped a shot without the subjects realizing...