Stories from Sunday, September 29, 2013

It was 1964 and the United States was in a tumultuous whirlwind of change and confusion. From Civil Rights movements to war protests to banishing forever the clean-cut image of the 50's, the nation was struggling to figure out who we were....

It was 1964 and the United States was in a tumultuous whirlwind of change and confusion. From Civil Rights movements to war protests to banishing forever the clean-cut image of the 50's, the nation was struggling to figure out who we were. Along comes a strange, enigmatic young man from Duluth, Minnesota born as Robert Allen Zimmerman. ...

I was walking through the parking lot of a grocery store in Murfreesboro this week when a car whizzed right in front of me to get into the parking space I was almost right in front of. The car missed me by just inches. The woman driving the car jumped out and headed at a near gallop into the store, never stopping to apologize or even acknowledge that I was there. I guess that she didn't realize that she nearly ran into me as I was walking in front of her...

For 10 days this summer, five local Boy Scouts traded the comforts of home and their own bed for a chance to "Go Big, Get Wild" at the 2013 National Boy Scout Jamboree. And, if given the opportunity, each one said they would also jump at the chance to head back to West Virginia four years from now...

Stephanie Crowder of Wartrace, daughter of Don and Renee Crowder, is engaged to Sean Richardson of Bell Buckle, son of Tim Richardson and Lori Urbanek. The bride-elect is the granddaugther of Carole and Dwight Ferrell of Wartrace, and Peggy Crowder of Chickamauga, Ga., and the late Harold Crowder...

I had used an electric shaver for many years. Electric shavers have improved a lot over the years, and some friends of mine have high-end models about which they rave. But to me there's nothing quite so close as a blade shave, and there's something about the ritual of it that I had missed ever since I gave it up...

When Bonita Gray was first offered an electric typewriter, to replace her manual typewriter, she didn't want it. Eventually she acquiesced, and once she started using the electric machine she wondered what she'd ever done without it. "I thought I was just really going," she recalled...

What reaction does the word change bring to you? Is it fear of the unknown? The feelings we had when we walked into a new school, no friends, no idea where to go. The halls were haunting, no familiar faces, no familiar smells, no parent to run to. You just had to push through the fear, wear your strong face, man up. And all the while you just wanted to turn tale and run home...

The Community Viqueens picked up a big non-district win against the Middle Tennessee Crusaders on Friday night. The Viqueens capitalized on a big first half and cruised to a 6-1 win. Seniors Courtney Williams and Taylor Thompson helped jumpstart the Purple and Gold offense with the first two scores of the night...

The Webb Feet continued their win streak on Friday night as they came out ahead 62-8 against the undefeated Christian Community Colts. Seeking revenge for last year's playoff loss, the Feet came out running as Rio Russell returned the opening kickoff to give the Feet an early 7-0 lead. Russell wouldn't stop, as he had back-to-back runs of 60 and 50 yards to push their lead to 21-0 midway through the first...

What looked to be a one-sided blowout at the start ended up being a shootout in the second half. Shelbyville Central spotted Giles County 17 points in the opening quarter and that proved to be more than the Golden Eagles could overcome in a 57-30 loss on the road Friday night...

MURFREESBORO -- ObamaCare is neither the catastrophe alleged by its critics nor the cure-all claimed by its supporters, according to economist Dr. Donald Ratajczak, one of the speakers at Friday's Middle Tennessee State University Economic Outlook Conference...

MURFREESBORO -- A government shutdown resulting from battles over the federal budget could be harmful for the economy, said speakers at Middle Tennessee State University's annual Economic Outlook Conference. "This is the wrong time to have this happen," said Dr. ...

Even with all the talk from Capitol Hill to Main Street about Obamacare, many people don't know what they have to do to comply with the law's requirement that almost everyone have insurance beginning in 2014. For those who are uninsured, the key to satisfying that requirement could be the new online health insurance marketplaces, which are set to open Oct. 1 for shopping. Policies will go into effect Jan. 1. Seven million Americans are expected to find coverage there...

Russell Kane Pate, 78, of Shelbyville died Friday, Sept. 27, 2013. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the Green family cemetery on Dixon Road with the Rev. Dr. Lloyd Doyle officiating. Visitation will be held from 2-5 p.m. Sunday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

Cascade coach Kenny Parker has been on the sidelines on Friday nights for as many years as he can remember. Two years ago, Parker suffered a minor stroke and was forced to miss one game--the only game he's missed in a number of years. That game happened to be Moore County-Cascade...