Stories from Thursday, July 5, 2012

Cascade FFA recently attended FFA Leadership Training Camp at Camp Clements in Doyle, Tennessee. Eleven members from Cascade joined together with more than 200 members from surrounding counties to attend various classes and workshops. Leadership classes, sporting events and meetings were the favorites of Cascade FFA members. As the week concluded, Cascade excelled with awards for Leadership, Sporting Events, and the Speech Contest...

To the Editor: The most conservative Supreme Court in history just upheld the Affordable Care Act as constitutional. This is a victory for American families. It means lower cost, more coverage, and that insurance companies can't rip us off anymore. Healthcare costs are a national crisis. The court affirmed that our Constitution empowers elected leaders to create national solutions...

Hello, my friends, and welcome back to "Around the Grounds." The Celebration continues to contribute to the local economy through various events conducted on our grounds. The 2012 rodeo was the largest in years with standing room only, and the Moto-Cross was fantastic....

Bedford Against Drugs Community Coalition (BADCC) held its annual appreciation banquet on Thursday, June 28 with Deputy Chief Mike Rogers of the Shelbyville Police Department as the guest speaker. Rogers discussed the way data is collected to a large group of supporters...

No candidates or party representatives turned out Tuesday for the customary voting machine inspection which precedes early voting for the Aug. 2 general and primary elections. Bedford County Administrator of Elections Summer Leverette, seen here holding the register tape documenting that each machine has been zeroed out in preparation for the vote, said it's typical for no one to attend, even though the inspections are announced to candidates, parties and the medial. Behind Leverette are the machines that will be used for early voting, which runs July 13-28. A separate inspection will be held for the machines to be used on Election Day....

Bedford County Emergency Management Agency director Scott Johnson was in Virginia over the weekend to visit his son and to attend a 10-year reunion for a terrorism task force on which he served while in the military. But when power outages hit the East Coast, the trip gave him the opportunity to view another community's emergency first-hand...

Investigators are asking if Bedford County residents saw any activity involving a Franklin County murder victim's car found Monday near Wartrace. Erika Megan Sharpton's Ford Mustang was taken from Three Forks Bridge Road to Franklin County for close inspection...

Shelbyville officials say that while electric car chargers will be connected to the city's electrical system at some point in the future, no revenue will be received from them. Since it was announced last week that the chargers would be installed, questions were asked about how much of the revenue from power used would be shared with the city...

It didn't take Post 23 long on Monday night to get the flow of the game going. In doubleheader showdown against Marshall County, Shelbyville took two from the Dusters, 4-0 in game one and 8-0 in game two. Collin Baldwin took to the hill in game one against Marshall County. ...

Choosing a college to attend after high school usually includes some thought involving which career you want, if you're playing athletics, and the overall connection a particular student has with the college atmosphere on campus. For Cascade graduate, Ryan Rippy, signing to play baseball in college at Gallaudet University was just as much about being able to play baseball as fitting into a new lifestyle...

Marshall Lee Clough, 62, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, July 4, 2012 after a short illness. Per her wishes, she was cremated. A celebration of life service will be held at 6 p.m. Friday at First Assembly of God with Glenn Forsee and Jay Pope officiating. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Forth of July Flag ceases to wave after 5 minute shower. Storm clouds in background didn't produce much needed rainfall.

These cows on Card Road are trying to stay cool in a pond.

Ellisia on the 4th of July

Lizzie "Granny Liz" Floyd celebrates her 89th birthday on July 4th.

Ellisia celebrates with fireworks.