Stories from Sunday, August 19, 2012

Donna Key, who started Jan. 30 as activities director at Christian Care Center of Bedford County, says her job at the nursing home is "a unique combination of a lot of my former positions." She served as a substitute teacher in the Orlando, Fla., school system, which prefers the term "guest teacher." She also worked for 15 years as a physical therapy technician...

Ranger Tennessee Walker has arrived in Shelbyville, and he has a message for children and teens: "Just say Whoa." Last fall the Bedford County Sheriff's office acquired a Tennessee Walking Horse for their mounted patrol unit. Renamed Ranger, the horse is striking in appearance with a grey coat and a blue right eye...

Randall and Dawn Boyce of Shelbyville are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Keri Beth Boyce, to Jonathon Ray Brown, both of Shelbyville. The future bride is the granddaughter of Doris and the late J.C. "Slick" Beech of Shelbyville, Janice Harvey, and Johnny and Lynn Boyce, all of Unionville. She is a 2008 graduate of Community High School, and a 2011 graduate of Motlow College. Currently, she is employed by Barnyard Kids and Babies in Shelbyville...

Rocky and Cindy DaCosta of Tullahoma are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Kate DaCosta of Tullahoma to Brandon Hall of Manchester. The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Joe and Ilene DaCosta of Wartrace, and Wanza and the late Charles Martin of Knoxville. She is a 2004 graduate of Tullahoma High School, and a 2008 graduate of Carson Newman College. She is currently employed as a flight attendant with U.S. Airways in Washington, D.C...

I woke up in the middle of the night with my foot caught in my sheet. I wasn't sure what had happened so I just rolled over and went back to sleep. When I woke up the next morning I rolled the covers back and I found that I had rubbed a big hole in the bottom sheet on our bed. The hard calluses on my right heel had rubbed the material away and tore a hole big enough to swallow my size 12 foot...

Dewayne and Bethany Swing of Bell Buckle would like to announce the birth of a baby girl, Carolina Eastleigh Swing. Carolina was born on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 at 12:16 p.m. at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro. She weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces, and measured 19 1/4 inches long...

Why? Why, the age old question. At a very early age, "why?" becomes a part of our vocabulary. Inquisitive and trying to understand the world around us, we ask, we seek, we explore, we want answers. It's how we learn, how we satisfy our curiosity. As children we are why boxes. Why can't I have candy? Why is it raining? Why is the sky blue? Why does my stomach hurt?...

Aside from the presidential selection that voters will be making in November, local residents will also choose leaders closer to home. Thursday was the deadline for city council candidates in Shelbyville, Normandy and Wartrace to file their papers with Bedford County election commissioner Summer Leverette...

A proposal to enact a county wheel tax, with the proceeds to go exclusively to schools, will be discussed Tuesday night by Bedford County Board of Commissioners' rules and legislative committee. Commissioner and former educator Jeff Yoes attempted to suspend the rules at last week's commission meeting to consider such a tax, saying that it should go only to schools, but failed to get the needed votes for a rules suspension, forcing the tax to wait for a month and go through the regular agenda process.. ...

BELL BUCKLE -- Starting a program from scratch takes time. Eventually, the hardships of early season pay off. Things are starting to pay off at the Webb School. Webb opened the 2012 high school football season with a 21-6 victory over Lighthouse Christian on Friday night...

Quarterback Will Warner found his target when it counted as the Liberty Patriots held off Middle Tennessee Christian School in a 12-8 win Thursday night. Luke Davidson ran for a score following a critical pass play to put the Patriots ahead 6-0. A touchdown and two-point conversion gave MTCS an 8-6 lead late in the third quarter...

UNIONVILLE -- Entering halftime against Mt. Juliet Christian, the Community Viking offense had to rethink its strategy against the Saints' defense. That's when head coach Johnnie Frost turned to senior running back Austin Lees. The senior speedster piled up 136 yards on the ground, leading the Vikings to the 24-8 season opener victory...

There are good games, there are great games, and then there are those few games that are downright unforgettable. The young Cascade Champion football team willed themselves to a one-point nail biter of a victory over Mount Pleasant in one such game Friday night...

MANCHESTER -- What was a close game after the first quarter ended up being a blowout as Shelbyville Central scored 35 unanswered points in a 41-7 victory in the season opener at Coffee County. The speed of Shelbyville's offense was a difference maker while the Golden Eagle defense bent from time to time but never broke...

Playing at a creek in Bell Buckle. Tisha, Abi, Haylie, and Sara Weber, Tabitha Dale, Aidan and Blake Haynes, Dylan Hendon, Jessica and Jacob Smith and Chance Phelps.

Mickey Stewart and Batman at the autism benefit.