Stories from Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Dr. Eugene Steinquest, 85, of Fayetteville died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 at Donalson Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Higgins Funeral Home in Fayetteville with Mike Layne officiating. Burial will follow in Shelton Eaton Cemetery in Murfreesboro. Visitation will be held from 4-6 p.m. Friday.

Food giveaways such as two held last Saturday are huge, blowout events that happen about once every quarter per church and feed a large number of people at once. Shelbyville Mills Baptist Church and Bright Temple Church of God in Christ held such food giveaways last Saturday...

Singer/songwriter Ben Stillwater is bringing his crowd-pleasing cowboy stage show, "Giddy Up" to Mel's Diner, Depot Street off the Shelbyville square, next month. Originally launched at the historic Independence Opera House, a venue which originally opened in 1904 in Independence, Wis., the production, which has the flavor of an old Western town like on "Gunsmoke," features seven cowboys and cowgirls, a traditional cowboy background with hay bales, saddles and tack plus plenty of original music by Ben and his duet partner, Cyndee Jean. ...

A market leader in home lending and top 100 mortgage company in America, Guaranty Trust Company is pleased to announce its new office in Shelbyville, its sixth location in Tennessee. An indication of the company's solid foundation in the mortgage industry, the new office positions Guaranty Trust to continue its steady growth into a new market...

Southern Energy is a new Premier Sponsor of the Habitat Ball. Pictured are Diane Whitwell, Gary King, owner of Southern Energy, and Faye Womble. (Submitted photo)

Teachers are unhappy with state-mandated changes in education, and they're speaking out about it. Tamra King, president of the Bedford County Education Association, shared the results of a teacher survey with the Board of Education on Tuesday. The association emailed the survey to all certified staff (teachers), and 60 percent responded...

Two of Bedford County Board of Commissioners' standing committees discussed Tuesday night whether the county should adopt stricter regulations on shelters for outdoor pets and on chaining of outdoor animals. Tina Breshears appeared before the rules and legislative committee and before the law enforcement committee to express her concerns about pets kept outdoors with insufficient shelter during bitterly cold weather...

It was a special day for Ike Farrar on Saturday, with family and friends gathering in Flat Creek to honor the local icon on his 95th birthday. Ike never seemed to tire as he worked the room at the Flat Creek Community Club to greet those who came to celebrate the day with him...

TULLAHOMA --Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagles seem to be peaking at the right time, winning three of their last four District 8-AAA games after claiming a dominating 70-30 over Tullahoma on the road Tuesday night. "I've said it several times lately, but I like the way our basketball team is playing. ...

SPRING HILL -- It didn't look good early, but Mike Edmondson's Cascade Champions persevered through a tough, physical battle against the Spring Hill Raiders, and escaped with a much-needed District 12-AA win on Tuesday night. The Raiders (5-10, 1-4 12-AA) posed matchup problems for the Champs (15-3, 4-2 12-AA) virtually all night long, but Cascade was able to get a strong defensive effort in the second half and claimed the 54-48 win...

Attempted burglaries in eastern Shelbyville kept police busy over the weekend and Monday. A man arrested for breaking a window in a garage in the area Monday night denied any thefts and has not been charged. All the attempts -- between Woodland Avenue and Depot Street -- occurred within a relatively small area...

EAGLEVILLE -- The Community Vikings averted a serious upset bid from the Eagleville Eagles to win 63-56 in District 9-A play Tuesday night. It was the fourth straight district win for the Vikings. They have won seven of their last eight games. "This has always been a hard place for us to play," Viking coach Robbie Davis said...

SPRING HILL -- At one point in the first half on Tuesday night against the Spring Hill Lady Raiders, the Cascade Lady Champions held a comfortable 17-point lead. But a 21-point, second-quarter effort eroded that lead and Spring Hill battled back, taking the game down to the wire...

Husband-and-wife physicians Aldo and Jeanette Ilarde have had offers to move to other communities over the years, but they like Bedford County, their home for nearly 20 years. Their children enjoy attending local schools. "We wanted to continue to stay here," said Aldo Ilarde...

EAGLEVILLE -- Sarah Pierce scored a season-high 29 points and the Community Viqueens never trailed in controlling the offense on both the inside and out in a convincing 54-32 win over the Eagleville Lady Eagles in District 9-A play Tuesday night. "It was probably one of our better defensive performances of the year," Coach Allison Martin of the Viqueens said. "We had offense to follow after such a good defense -- it helped to keep the momentum going."...

TULLAHOMA -- For the first time in 15 years, Shelbyville Central's Golden Eaglettes lost to Tullahoma. The Lady Wildcats claimed a 48-39 victory over the Eaglettes in a District 8-AAA matchup on Tuesday night. Tullahoma's last win over the Eaglettes was on January 29, 1999 when they edged Shelbyville 49-48...

The Webb School Feet just didn't have enough in the tank to defeat the visiting Franklin Road Academy Panthers as they fell 70-18 on Tuesday night. The Panthers came out hot in the first frame of Tuesday night's bout scoring 24 points, nine of which came from 3-pointers. The Feet, on the other hand, started off sluggish, but finished the quarter on a positive note, scoring six points...

I was at Kincaid Service Co. this week talking to Mark Kincaid for a story about TVs and the Super Bowl that will run later in the week, and Mark mentioned that he'd been to the annual Consumer Electronics Show the previous week in Las Vegas. I'd seen coverage of CES last week and was curious to hear Mark's thoughts. Some of the things that stood out for him:...

The Webb Lady Feet looked to avenge an earlier loss in the season when visiting Franklin Road Academy Lady Panthers came to town on Tuesday night. The Lady Feet played tough defense all night long, but Franklin Road Academy pulled away in the end to defeat Webb, 37-25...