Stories from Wednesday, June 12, 2013

As in years past, Tennessee Department of Transportation's list of alternate routes for travelers hoping to avoid Bonnaroo-related backups on Interstate 24 includes a route passing through Shelbyville. For over a decade, the Middle Tennessee city of Manchester in Coffee County has hosted one of the most popular live music events in the country - the annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. ...

Drug charges were filed against the driver of a truck stopped for an alleged traffic violation early Tuesday. Police said Jeffery Wayne Haithcote, 50, of Highway 64 East was intoxicated and possessed eight Lorazepam tablets in his truck when stopped on U.S. 231 North at the entrance to the bypass at 1:28 a.m...

Allison E. Davis and Joshua Rollins, both of Shelbyville, will exhibit Angus cattle at the 2013 National Junior Angus Show at the American Royal Complex, Kansas City, Mo., July 5-11, reports Robin Ruff, director of junior activities for the American Angus Association...

NASHVILLE -- Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty along with Meiwa Industry officials announced recently the company will open its first U.S. plant in Lewisburg. The announcement by the automotive components supplier represents an investment of $6.1 million and will create 98 new jobs in Marshall County...

The National FFA Organization has awarded a $1,000 Tyson Foods Inc. scholarship to Madison Swafford from Cascade High School's FFA club. Swafford plans to use the funds to pursue a degree at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, according to a press release from the National FFA Organization...

Titan Transfer, Inc. is proud to announce that the company has been awarded the "Carrier of the Year" award for 2012 from Newell Rubbermaid Corporation. Newell Rubbermaid Inc., an S&P 500 company, is a global marketer of consumer and commercial products. This award is based upon service, billing accuracy, ease of doing business and claims handling and processing. At a luncheon at Newell's Corporate office in Atlanta, Titan was the only truckload carrier so honored...

Sean Giffin of Shelbyville was recently named the Middle Tennessee State University finalist for the Tennessee Young Farmer & Rancher collegiate discussion meet. The collegiate discussion meet is a competitive event promoted by the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers & Ranchers. ...

Tennessee Technology Center at Shelbyville (TTCS) was one of six schools that received a large donation of tools for collision repair. The donation was made by Mac Tools, which made a total of $10,000 worth of tools through the Collision Repair Education Foundation...

The government's ability to track various phone calls and Internet activity has been in the news lately, but one aspect that hasn't been mentioned much, and which was recently brought to my attention by someone here at the newspaper, is a law passed in 1986 -- long before the general public got access to the Internet -- called the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, or ECPA...

The Hoodlum Alley Claybusters added a few more pieces of hardware to the trophy case in the SCTP Region II Championship, held on June 1-2. The team dominated the regional competition at Big Springs in Christiana with regional titles in junior varsity, intermediate advance, and rookie divisions...

So now Tim Tebow is a New England Patriot. After being release by Denver then picked up by the Jets then released again, I was beginning to think his days in the NFL were over, especially as a quarterback. I'm a huge fan of Tebow both on and off the field. I can't think of a better role model for our young athletes in a day and time when a positive role model is needed more than ever...

July is always hot ... but there's one weekend on the Shelbyville square when it gets a little hotter. The Tennessee State Chili Cook-off, sanctioned by the International Chili Society, will be held July 13 on the Bedford County Courthouse lawn, and it will be preceded on July 12 by the Southern Summer Chili Night District Cook-off...

Bedford County Emergency Medical Service is in discussions with County Mayor Eugene Ray about whether to disband its board, which has been primarily advisory in nature since the consolidation of county finances in 2007. Bedford County Board of Commissioners had an agenda item Tuesday night to consider a vacancy on the board, but Ray asked that the appointment be deferred because he's discussing with BCEMS Director Chad Graham whether the board is still necessary...

Life is a little easier at a spay and neuter clinic thanks to a grant for new cages. The Middle Tennessee Spay & Neuter Clinic (MTSNC) received two professional-quality 9-foot assemblies last week, said executive director Kimberly Warren. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals provided the $7,000 grant for the stainless steel cages manufactured by Shor-Line. The two assemblies total 10 cages...

Vanderbilt Commodores head football coach James Franklin will be in Shelbyville Tuesday June 18, and he's having chicken for dinner. Franklin is the special guest speaker for the fourth annual Boys & Girls Club of Bedford County Steak & Chicken dinner, which will start at 6 p.m. at the Blue Ribbon Circle Club on the Celebration grounds...

Bedford County's new school superintendent Don Embry is spending the early portion of summer break by filling administrative vacancies and hiring teachers. Karen Scoggins has been named assistant superintendent, said Embry, who officially started as superintendent on April 1. Scoggins' appointment leaves the principal's position vacant at Learning Way Elementary School...

Bedford County Veterans Service Officer Gordon Warren, saying he is the victim of a personal attack, defended his performance in office during a meeting Tuesday night of Bedford County Board of Commissioners. Last month, Tennessee Commissioner of Veterans Affairs Many-Bears Grinder, in a letter to Warren, said she was recommending that Warren's accreditation with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs be withdrawn...

After a day of swimming.

Cousins Kaegan Young, Caroline McKamey & Kate McKamey danced around the world in Dancy's Studio Recital 2013 themed: "Destination Dance"