Stories from Friday, March 14, 2014

The Tennessee Senate and House of Representatives officially declared March 12 as Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Day at a proclamation presentation earlier this week. Rep. Judd Matheny and Sen. Janice Bowling presented a House Joint Resolution 718 to honor and commemorate AEDC due to the Complex's crucial role in keeping the United States on the cutting edge of aerospace...

Community Middle School's theater department will perform "Ask Any Girl?" today and Saturday at 7 p.m. Admission is $2. "Ask Any Girl?" is about a young college graduate named Meg who moves from a small town to New York City and resides at a women's boarding house in Manhattan. ...

The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee has started the official countdown to Middle Tennessee's first "The Big Payback." The Big Payback is a region-wide, 24-hour online giving event created to help Middle Tennessee nonprofits raise funds vital to continue their work, which directly improves the community around them...

The Microtel Inn and Suites by Wyndham at 1207 North Main Street recently celebrated its one-year anniversary. The 62 room hotel recognized opening its doors by hosting a Chamber Coffee event for the Shelbyville -- Bedford County Chamber of Commerce...

The Community Middle Vikings picked up a key win at Moore County on Thursday evening, defeating the Raiders 9-6.dddd Community was led by Jared Maupin's 1-for-5 night that drove in a pair of runs, while teammate Landon Langley connected for a pair of base hits...

The Community Middle Viqueens banged out 15 hits and drove in 17 runs, forcing a 10-run mercy rule against the Westwood Lady Rockets on Thursday evening in a 17-7 win. The Lady Rockets struck the first blow, pushing three runs across in the top of the first, but saw the brief lead erased with a four-run lead in the bottom of the first...

LEWISBURG -- Offense was in no short supply for the Cascade Lady Champions in their first District 12-AA game of the 2014 softball season. Cascade torched Marshall County for 18 hits off pitchers Grace Medley and Jacey Perryman and coasted to a 10-4 win...

After surrendering three runs in the first inning, the Liberty Patriot defense knuckled down and only allowed one more Cascade run to cross the plate. That run came in the top of the sixth inning, but wasn't enough to erase a five-run fifth inning by the Patriots in a 5-4 win, completing the sweep over the Champions...

Lady Champion starting pitcher Brooke Sudduth was in complete control against cross-county rival Liberty on Thursday afternoon. The Lady Champion pitcher carried a perfecto until the seventh inning when Liberty's Kylie Ray broke up the perfect game...

The Community Vikings used their best magic to escape with a 3-1 win over Moore County Thursday night and complete a two-game sweep over the Raiders in a District 9-A contest. The Raiders had runners on base in each inning, aided by six Viking errors, which outnumbered three Community hits. But Moore County could only plate one run, and left nine runners on base, with eight left in scoring position...

The Shelbyville Central Golden Eagle tennis team continued its hot start to the 2014 season on Thursday afteroon. The Eagles swept visiting Columbia, 7-0, to win their third straight match and third of this week. While it was a clean sweep in team scores, it was a hard-fought effort that landed the Eagles the win...

Timely hitting, great defense and outstanding pitching highlighted Shelbyville Central's impressive 5-0 shutout win over visiting Coffee County in a huge District 8-AAA matchup on Thursday night. Coffee County has returned to the district it dominated for years and the Lady Raiders are picked by many to contend for the district title again this season...

Recently the Bedford County FFA Chapter of Shelbyville Central High School traveled to Coffee County Central High School to compete in the District X speaking events. The results are were: Prepared Public Speaking-Jessica Sanders, second place Extemporaneous Public Speaking-Jordin Hockaday, third place...

Hannah Pulvers and Jennifer Bingham celebrate Eye On The Title's win in the country pleasure division at Thursday evening's Walking Horse Trainers' Show. The show is considered to be the industry's season opener and runs through Saturday night at the Calsonic Arena on the grounds of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in Shelbyville. (Photo courtesy Walking Horse Report)

This year's bitter cold spells have translated into high utility bills for many local residents, and local electric utilities say some of their customers are struggling to pay. David Crowell of Shelbyville Power, Water and Sewerage System said he's seen more people calling this winter to discuss high bills than at any time in his 30 years with the utility...

The Tennessee House voted 82-11 Thursday to delay the implementation of Common Core for math and English/language arts for two years. The House on Wednesday approved delaying the new standards, but the Senate will have to sign off as well before Common Core will be delayed. The PARCC testing also has been delayed for two years, pending Senate approval...

Shelbyville's city council voted to set aside up to $750,000 over the next three years towards constructing an industrial park in a surprise motion Thursday. Last week, the council chose to make the topic part of this year's budget discussion, but councilman Henry Feldhaus made the sudden motion, saying "we ought to be starting somewhere," adding that half of the project must be funded by Bedford County...

Mayme JoAnn Fults, 82, of Wartrace died Thursday, March 13, 2014 at The Heart Remembers. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Don Gallagher officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Sunday.

Robert Henry Patterson, 74, of Shelbyville died Friday, March 14, 2014, at the Golden Living Center in Winchester. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Mt. Herman Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon.

Wilma Jean Smith Wells, 67, of Shelbyville died Friday, March 14, 2014, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Graveside services will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Mike Cobb officiating. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. at Hillcrest Funeral Home.

Alyssa C. Johnson - 2 days old Proud parents - Matthew Johnson & Latoyia Pincheon