Stories from Friday, November 30, 2012

Brayden playing in the leaves with his dog pudgy

A school bus rider dashes along Davis Street toward her house after dismissal on a recent afternoon. (T-G Photo by Jim Davis)

Hunter McKamey, a 2010 graduate of Shelbyville Central High School, continues to pursue his first love -- bass fishing -- and is competing for a spot on a national collegiate team. The sport of fishing has changed over the years, with teams in place at many of the nation's top colleges. FLW is the leading tournament fishing organization, and host of the best-known competitions on the bass-tour circuit. It was named after the founder of Ranger Boats, Forrest L. Wood...

An independent analysis of fire hydrant fees is to be performed in the hopes of settling an impasse between the city and its water system. Shelbyville officials and members of the water board held a "very good" open discussion on the subject of fire hydrant fees this week, and it will be a topic for the city council next Tuesday...

Hampered by a number of delays over the past year, work on expanding Railroad Avenue is at last set for the spring. City officials held a meeting before the Thanksgiving holidays in Nashville with representatives of the Tennessee Department of Transportation and all the utilities involved in the project, which has been delayed a number of times due to unresolved issues with relocating services such as phones, gas, power and cable...

Santa Claus: beloved and eternal figure, and a friend to children everywhere. Well, yes ... but some children don't quite realize it yet. As many parents and grandparents can attest, children too young to understand the story of Santa or the role he plays in Christmas sometimes react rather badly to the poor fellow. Sometimes, in fact, they're scared of the hairy, red-suited stranger onto whose lap they've suddenly been placed...

A young Shelbyville man who survived melanoma several years ago died in a traffic accident early Thursday in Nashville. Taylor Garretson, 18, lost control of his pickup truck about 3:05 a.m. while rounding a curve on Saundersville Road near General Kershaw Drive, Metro police told Nashville television stations. The truck slid off the road, struck a tree, rolled over and caught fire...

A rabies clinic will be held by Middle Tennessee Spay and Neuter Clinic from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday at Tractor Supply Co., North Main St. Vaccination cost is $8 with all proceeds to help MTSNC purchase additional surgical spay packs. Bedford County Animal Control and Shelbyville-Bedford County Humane Association will bring adoptable pets to the rabies clinic...

A Hickory Drive resident told police $30 was taken by an intruder almost caught in the act of burglarizing the home. A county deputy discovered the back door had been pried late Wednesday night. The owner, who was away, was called home and found a television set and DVD player had been placed near the door...

SHELBYVILLE -- After falling behind in the first half, Shelbyville Central's Golden Eaglettes rallied to even the score but failed to close the deal in a 44-34 loss to visiting Siegel on Thursday night. The Eaglettes (1-5) trailed 12-6 at the close of the first quarter and 25-17 at halftime before outscoring the Lady Stars 10-3 in the third quarter to cut the lead to 28-27...

SHELBYVILLE -- Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagles canned seven 3-pointers but were outmatched in every other phase of the game in a 76-40 loss to visiting Siegel on Thursday night. "We just played a very good basketball team," Central coach Stan Eggleston said. "I though we battled and played hard, but they are just very talented. Their size really caused us some problems as well."...

SHELBYVILLE -- The Liberty Lady Patriots saw a slim, first half advantage slip away with a strong second half showing by the Eagleville Lady Eagles on Thursday night. It was a back and forth battle between both squads in the first half, but a 10-point first quarter was enough to send Liberty to the half with a two-point advantage...

After falling behind 17-11 to visiting Eagleville on Thursday night after one half of play, the Liberty Patriots had to make some halftime adjustments in order to get back in the game. Those adjustments paid off as they were able to outscore the visiting Eagles 19-2 in the third quarter to break the game wide open and set up a chance to pick up a big win on homecoming night...

CHAPEL HILL -- Chalk up another dominating effort by the Cascade Middle Champion as they handed the Forrest Rockets a whopping 61-35 defeat on Thursday night. Cascade controlled nearly every facet of the game, and a large part of that dominating effort came from a solid first quarter of play...

CHAPEL HILL -- Points were a rare commodity in the Cascade Middle Lady Champions' regular season finale at Forrest on Thursday night. Though they were able to muster a 15-point rally in the fourth quarter to sneak out with the 28-24 win, early on it was an all out struggle to knock down shots...

LYNCHBURG -- Community Middle's one-two knockout punch of Austin Bonner and Tatan Cagle was simply too much for the Moore County Raiders in Thursday's regular season finale. The pair combined for 25 points and led the Purple and Gold to an impressive 43-24 road victory...

LYNCHBURG -- It wasn't the way the Community Middle Viqueens wanted to close the regular season. On Thursday night, the Moore County Middle Raiderettes defeated the Community Viqueens in the regular season finale, 45-35. Minus the first quarter, the teams played near mirror images of themselves throughout the game...

Harris Middle School's Eaglettes claimed a important 36-33 win on the road at Warren County in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Thursday night. The Eaglettes (5-1, 5-0 CTC) led 9-8 at the end of the first quarter, trailed 14-13 at halftime and took a 27-21 lead into the fourth quarter...

Harris Middle School's Eagles coasted to a 56-41 win over host Warren County in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Thursday night. Jamal Harden led the way with 24 points, including five three-pointers. Rapheal Weatherspoon added 13, Michael Hayworth contributed 10 and Camari Cannon pitched in nine points to round out the Eagles' scoring...