Stories from Sunday, February 9, 2014

Jennifer Rucker and Joseph Dallas are engaged. The bride-elect is the daughter of Regina and Steve Holbert and Michael and Regina Bailey. She is the granddaughter of S.T. and Virginia Rucker, Annie Bailey and the late Thomas Henry Bailey. She graduated from Shelbyville Central High School in 2007. The bride-elect, a stay-at-home mother, is attending Vatterott College...

I saw a video a few years back that has really stuck with me. It was a Nooma video by, the now somewhat ostracized pastor, Rob Bell. While Bell's current social-theological stances have landed him in hot water with many mainstream fundamentalist and theologians, his Nooma videos were--to my then somewhat fundamentalist mind--really engaging...

50th anniversary A 50th wedding anniversary was celebrated recently for Andrew and Inez (Peek) Lane. The couple was married on Dec. 22, 1963. Their family took them out to eat to mark the occasion. Their family includes daughter, Melanie Lane Casson and her spouse Mickey Casson; son, Drew Lane and spouse Tanya Lane; and grandchildren, Mallory and Lane Casson and Grayson Lane. (Submitted photo)

Anna King of Bradshaw, Neb., and Travis Jensen of Henderson, Neb., were married on the afternoon of Dec. 14 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in York, Neb. The bride is the daughter of Terry and Elizabeth King of Bradshaw. She is the granddaughter of the late Abe and Maebelle King of Shelbyville...

Brrrr! We have certainly had our share of bone chilling cold this year. Staying inside and keeping warm has become a lifestyle lately. To stave off the cold, there is nothing better than to slow cook meat and vegetables in a warm oven and have a hot meal...

Mary Pitner is a Bedford County native. She is currently a Title I Reading teacher at Learning Way Elementary and has been in education in Bedford County for over 30 years. She is married to Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce CEO Allen Pitner, and together they have two children, Mike, 23, and Martha, 22...

Who is Terri Overcast? Terri Overcast is a second-grade teacher at Cascade Elementary School. I shadowed her for a day on Monday, Feb. 3, to gain a glimpse of what a teacher's day is like. I already knew that the majority of teachers were hard-working, dedicated people who love children and want to make a difference. ...

A day in the life of a second-grade teacher is one that may resemble a circus juggling act or a carefully choreographed ballet. I shadowed second-grade teacher Terri Overcast on Monday, Feb. 3, for the entire school day. I was her shadow from her busy preparations before class through multiple rotations of students to the PTO meeting after school...

My friend, Bob Landis, opened our monthly council meeting at church with a devotional message on forgiveness. He read us a story that he came across a while back, and I wanted to share it with you. It goes something like this. A convict was about to be released from prison and he wrote to his family telling them that fact...

To the Editor: The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that you have one. Some statements in the recent T-G article, "Presenting - You!" (Jan. 30) suggest that we in Shelbyville and Bedford County fail to recognize that we have a problem with our general level of education. In fact, the idea that we have such a problem was called a "misunderstanding"...

"My wife and children don't care about me and haven't helped me since I had my stroke." Sad words from a man being treated for swollen legs and feet -- frankly, the best description would be neglect -- at Heritage Medical Center's emergency room. "His wife tells him he stinks when he is around her," a police officer called by a nurse wrote in his report...

The Tennessee Naturalist Program is accepting applications for this spring's 2014 program at Paris Landing State Park. The program will be held March 17-19 and 24-26, according to a press release from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation...

A record 38 families attended the January Visitors' Day at The Webb School, including Ruth Smith, of Shelbyville, and her mother, Lou Smith. The visitors included families from a number of local Tennessee cities. Additional families interested in Webb's boarding program visited from Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, and Ohio, as well as Tennessee cities of Brentwood, Knoxville, and Nashville...

As of Saturday afternoon this lone, ice-coated tree branch had been hanging on to the dam at Fisherman's Park in Shelbyville for more than 24 hours, with higher-than-usual water crashing around it. Light snow fell Saturday morning with more predicted for the new week. (T-G Photo by David Melson)

Johnny Reed has announced his candidacy for re-election as Bedford County Register of Deeds in the May 6, 2014, Democratic primary. Reed has served in the position for the past 12 years. Reed is an active member of the Tennessee Register's Association and serves as chaplain for both the Middle Tennessee and the Tennessee Register's Association. ...

A new state law requires youth sports leagues to comply with guidelines concerning the risk of concussions and head injuries. Shelbyville's city council will have a resolution before them at Thursday's meeting adopting the policy. If passed, all leagues using city facilities must meet the standards as part of their annual user agreement...

Carol Jean is not one to accept charity. So when some friends told her they had started raising money to buy her a new van, she told them, "I'd rather not." "They told me right quick that they'd already started," she recalls. They told her something else, too...

MANCHESTER -- It was an action-packed weekend of soccer for the Shelbyville Lady Azules soccer squads. The U8 Lady Azules Blue and Gold teams, as well as the U11 Lady Azules team, stepped up in the Park Partners Shootout Classic last weekend. In the U8 groups' first games, the two Shelbyville squads drew each other for their first-round game...

Cascade Champion freshman Hayden Edmondson did everything he could to send his senior teammates out with a win on senior night against Spring Hill on Friday. But as the fates would have it, Spring Hill senior Chance Perry banked in a 12-footer in the closing seconds of overtime to spoil the Champs' senior night, 54-52...

FAYETTEVILLE -- It wasn't the most dominating win of the season, but Shelbyville Central found a way to win at the end in a 57-52 District 8-AAA win at Lincoln County on Friday night. Shelbyville Central (11-16, 7-5 8-AAA) will be hosting the semifinals and finals of the district and region tournaments with the Eagles facing a team to be determined on Friday night at 6 at home in the opening round...

Looking back, it was a rough start to the season for the Cascade Lady Champions. Having graduated eight players who spent the majority of the time on the floor last year, only a handful of players returned for the 2013-2014 season with experience. Despite that, the Lady Champions (12-13, 5-5 12-AA) have started clicking at the right time...

FAYETTEVILLE -- In their final regular season game, Shelbyville Central's Golden Eaglettes cruised to a 56-35 win at Lincoln County in a District 8-AAA matchup on Friday night. The Eaglettes (17-11, 8-4 8-AAA) finish the regular season runner-up to Columbia in the district and will be the second seed in the upcoming tournament...