Stories from Thursday, July 18, 2013

Steven Jeffrey Ellerth, 44, of Bell Buckle died Monday, July 15, 2013. A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. Friday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with the Rev. Doug Dezotell officiating. Per his request he was cremated. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m.

More than 140 high school juniors from across Tennessee, including two from Bedford County, experienced an in-depth look at our nation's capital during the 2013 Rural Electric Youth Tour. Kristen Brothers and Austin Sanders of Community High School were awarded spots on the weeklong tour of Washington, D.C., for writing winning short stories titled "Electric Cooperatives: Powering Your Communities" describing how locally owned, member-controlled electric cooperatives provide valuable community-building support in addition to reliable and affordable electric service.. ...

Brooke Grubb was the guest speaker at the July meeting of the Shelbyville/Bedford County Vietnam Era Veterans held recently at the VFW Building in Shelbyville. Grubb is the assistant district attorney general for the 17th Judicial District, covering Lincoln, Moore and Bedford counties. He is also a major in the U.S. Army Reserves...

If you receive a phone call claiming there's a problem with the "security clearance" on your credit card and asking for information, don't believe it. It's a scam. One of those calls was placed to a Bedford County woman this week. She said she didn't fall for the scheme and refused to turn over requested information...

Dear Editor, So many wonderful and spectacular things were created for this Earth. At the age of 71, or to truthfully put it living in my "shadow days," I still manage to find time to slip away to the quiet of outdoors. Since the tender age of 3 my guitar was always my "first love" with hunting, steel trapping and fishing my second as I became older...

State Rep. Pat Marsh of Shelbyville has released the list of grant award recipients from Tennessee Arts Commission for Fiscal Year 2014 (July 1, 2013- June 30, 2014). Eakin Elementary School made the list receiving $3,500 for this upcoming school year. This money will be used to enhance arts education in the school...

Artillery programs will be held Saturday and Sunday at Stones River National Battlefield in Murfreesboro. There will be three or four cannons firing per program. Union artillery played the pivotal role in making the Battle of Stones River one of the most important Union victories of the Civil War...

"We have an agreement." Those words from Shelbyville city manager Jay Johnson Wednesday afternoon signaled the end to a dispute that brought a state industrial road project to a stop three months ago. Since April, the $2.35 million widening of Railroad Avenue has been at a standstill after seven property owners made right-of-way claims to the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT)...

Over the past six years, United Way of Bedford County's "Stuff The School Bus" program has collected over 40,000 school supplies for Bedford County children who needed them, according to United Way executive director Dawn Holley. The program is active again this summer, preparing for the 2013-14 school year. Preliminary drop box locations are now open, and the big school bus collection sites will take place over the next two weeks...

Jimmy T. Richardson, 87, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, July 17, 2013 in Nashville. Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 10 am.-2 p.m. at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

It's still very preliminary -- at present, the county has no way to pay for a new multimillion-dollar jail, much less a criminal justice center -- but a proposed site was discussed during a special study meeting Tuesday night at Bedford County Courthouse...