Stories from Friday, June 22, 2012

Dr. Joe M. Lambert, age 86, of Shelbyville, died Friday, June 22, 2012, at Williamson Medical Center in Franklin. Graveside services, with full military honors, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Old Orchard Cemetery in Petersburg with the Rev. Bobby McGee officiating. Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Edgemont Baptist Church. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting with arrangements.

Bedford County Board of Education is holding its ground, deciding Thursday night to resubmit its original budget request rather than reduce it to fit a six-cent cut in the tax rate approved last week by county commissioners. Chairman Barry Cooper raised the possibility that the state might force an increase in the budget, rather than a decrease, in order to meet the state's maintenance of effort law...

Shelbyville's city council signed off on final reading of its 2012-2013 budget Thursday night, but not before moving a few numbers around and approving an expensive airport project. This year's budget shows projected total revenues at $15,962,122, with total expenses of $15,851,674. The budget contains a reduction in long term debt of $104,667, with a cash surplus of $215,115...

This week, an 83-year-old tradition continued as the Haley Social Club met at the Normandy Presbyterian Church. The club began in 1929, when women from Haley wanted to get together to catch up on the "town gossip." Then, they relied on their husbands to bring them to the meetings, a tradition that continued until about 10 years ago, when the men began to join the group...

A vacant lot on North Main Street will be filled with construction equipment at some point in the future as a Shelbyville pharmacy chain plans to make a move. The city's planning commission will consider a site plan next week for CVS Pharmacy, which plans to move from its current location at Big Springs Shopping Center on Lane Parkway, to 825 N. Main, at the corner of Colloredo Boulevard, across from another drug store -- Walgreens...

A Roane County woman has been charged for a third time in the past month with "doctor shopping" -- going to multiple doctors to obtain prescriptions for the same or similar controlled substances and using TennCare as payment. Crystal G. Farrar, 33, was arrested eariler this week in Bedford County, according to jail records, and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced she had been indicted by a Bedford County grand jury and charged with one count of fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance by doctor shopping.. ...

The county's jobless rate rose to nearly nine percent for the month of May, according to preliminary numbers released by the state's department of labor and workforce development. Bedford County's unemployment jumped 0.6 percent to 8.9 percent for last month, however, it still not as high as the jobless rate was this time last year, when it was at 10.4 percent...

Destiny is defined as the inevitable or necessary fate that a person is destined for; one's lot. Have you ever had those moments when you wondered why you're here, why you were born, what your very purpose is? I mean there must be more to the everyday grind, right?...

Every person, whether a coach or player, has an impact on a team. The more time an individual spends with a particular team or sport has a lasting impact. But when a name and legacy is interwoven with a team's history and foundation, it's a rarity. Shelbyville Senior Legion Post 23 has been lucky to have such an association with a coach -- Coach Jerry Naron...

The Shelbyville Tennis Association has hosted two sessions per week every Thursday and Friday for the last three weeks. This afternoon marks the final day of the QuickStart sessions where kids have gotten insight on valuable skills, drills, and tips from area tennis coaches, players, and enthusiasts...

Summer Reading at Argie Cooper Library is underway and off to a great start. They've have had visits from Channel 4's Snowbird, the Red Dragon Martial Arts School and Mr. Richie the Science Guy. As of this week, the children have read an impressive 2,394 books. The boy and girl who read the most books will be puting a pie in Children's Librarian Miss Jessica's face on the last day of summer reading...

The National Association of Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE), the nation's leading organization focused on promoting entrepreneurship through community colleges, has announced that director Ivan Jones of Tennessee Technology Center at Shelbyville has joined its new Presidents for Entrepreneurship Forum. ...