Stories from Sunday, March 30, 2014

The weather has been the subject of comments, conversations, opinions, and predictions since the world was created. There is no better way to start a conversation than to comment about the weather. Every person able to express an opinion usually has an opinion about the weather...

Quality pitching and timely hitting led Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagles to their first win of the season with a 15-4 victory over Freeport, Illinois in the Warrior Classic on Friday afternoon at the SCHS baseball field. A pair of sophomore pitchers struck out 12 batters and only allowed three hits...

The Cascade Champions (6-4) swept a doubleheader against former district 9-A opponents Eagleville and Moore County on Friday evening. The Champs coasted off a superior effort on the mound by Nolan Barnes in Game 1 to down Eagleville, 3-2, while Game 2 was spurred on by a nine-run third inning to a 10-0 win over the Raiders...

It could have been a three-win day for the Cascade Lady Champions on Friday in the Riverdale Warrior Classic. While Cascade did pick up a Game 2 win against Lipscomb, the Lady Champions dropped games to Lawrence County and Harden County, falling to 1-3 on the day...

In a makeup match on Friday afternoon, the Shelbyville Central tennis teams picked up two more wins before spring break. The Eaglettes finished off a pesky Coffee County squad, 4-3, while the Eagles made it another clean sweep, defeating the Raiders 7-0...

It all started when Cory Phillips started having severe back pain that kept him up most of the night. "I had to prop my feet against the wall at night," recalls Phillips, "and sleep with my feet in the air just to relieve the pressure in my back." As an employee of Olympus Gym in Murfreesboro and overall athletic person, Phillips was no stranger to maintaining an exercise routine and staying healthy. ...

Emilie Burke doesn't shy away from controversy in her new CD titled "Live at Ms. Brown's Diner." "Streets on fire in your own hometown/Whattya do when the well runs dry?/Stealing your freedoms & they're feeding you lies/Whattya do when your government turns? Pickin' your pockets -- then they take your guns."...

Do you have a lot of dangerous items cluttering your home? Saturday, April 12 is the day to dispose of them. That's when the county will host a Household Hazardous Waste even at Big Springs Shopping Center, 108 Lane Parkway, from 8 a.m. until noon. Hazardous waste is considered any unwanted household product that is flammable, corrosive, reactive or poisonous to humans and animals. According to the state, the average home produces 20 pounds of household hazardous waste each year...

Spring is a time to clear the clutter out of your home -- and the T-G wants to help you use it to earn some extra money. On Saturday, April 12, the Times-Gazette will host a Yard/Trunk sale event in our parking lot from 7 a.m. until 2 p.m. If you live too far out, don't have enough stuff for a sale of your own, or just don't want others at your house, this event is perfect for you...

A wild rampage in the front yard of a Clara Drive home early Wednesday was partially to "prove a point," the suspect told Shelbyville police. Robert Tyler McNeal, 19, of Nashville was ordered to leave the home after allegedly causing a disturbance, officer Tory Moore said in his report...

With spirituality seemingly taking a back door to earthly pleasures, many Christians have taken it upon themselves to educate the younger generations on the benefits of abstinence. Pastor Tim Posch was invited by Community's Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Students to do just that...

We should be through with this year's legislative session in about one month. I heard last week that we are shooting for April 17. If so, that is even quicker than last year, which was the shortest session in decades. We are closing down committees this week and next. Then we will have the tough floor votes and the final budget to deal with...

Dear editor, Sadie Fowler's recent article ("Blackburn bill would protect Celebration," March 9) presents the big lick walking horse industry's views on federal legislation addressing the issue of horse soring, but is light on facts and long on rhetoric...

Project Healing Waters volunteer Bill Coyne of Brentwood was guest speaker at the March meeting of Shelbyville/Bedford County Vietnam Era Veterans. Coyne, a Vietnam veteran, represents a non-profit organization that helps provide emotional and physical rehabilitation to disabled military service members and disabled veterans by teaching them the art of fly fishing...

Clay and Tamra Youngblood announce the birth of a son, Easton Wallace Youngblood, in Murfreesboro on March 21. The baby boy weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces. Siblings Lexie Youngblood, 11, and Dawson Youngblood, 5, welcomed Easton home...

I stood in awe on the balcony of my stateroom gazing out upon the vast expanse of the royal blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico. It was truly an amazing spiritual experience for me as I looked out upon the ocean before me, realizing the creator of it all was there with me...

At the Sulphur Springs FCE Club February meeting, the president, Renee Kimbrell, called the meeting to order. Tewaan Tucker gave the devotion. Mary Ann Davis was the reporter. Business discussed included possible community service projects for charitable organizations. The Seasonal Table Setting by Whitney Danhof was mentioned. The County Council meeting will be on April 4. Tucker held the "12 Healthy Habits" program...

Shelbyville's planning commission dealt with two items during this month's brief meeting. The commission approved a final plat from the Bedford County Rail Authority, where ownership of parcels owned by the authority are being transferred to the city of Shelbyville in association with the state industrial access grant project on Railroad Avenue...

The American Soybean Association (ASA) recognized David Womack Sr. from Shelbyville with its Lifetime Achievement Award for Association Focus at its annual awards banquet at the 2014 Commodity Classic in San Antonio, Texas. The award honors individuals who have provided outstanding leadership and dedication to the ASA and helped further the interests of soybean farmers...

Shelbyville Police Officer Jody Shelton and canine Julie visited Cascade Elementary School's third grade on Wednesday. Prior to the visit, the students had been reading "Arrow With Officer Mike" with their teachers, Deborah Bates, Patti Clinton, Jeanie Houle and Michelle Henke. (T-G Photo by Jason Reynolds)

For years, a spaghetti supper was the big annual fundraiser for Southside Elementary School, and Helen Giles -- the school's cafeteria manager for 36 years, as well as principal Reita Vaughn's mother -- was in charge of the kitchen. The spaghetti supper hadn't been held in years but was brought back this year in Giles' memory...

Collin Jones, an eighth grader at The Webb School, has qualified as a semifinalist eligible to compete in the 2014 Tennessee National Geographic Bee sponsored by Google and Plum Creek. This is the second level of the National Geographic Bee competition. The 2014 state bee will be held at the Martin Professional Development Center in Nashville on April 4...

I've recently started keeping up with the case of Justina Pelletier, a fifteen year old from Connecticut. If you haven't come across the story it is as follows: Several years ago Justina was diagnosed with mitochondrial disease, a group of rare genetic disorders affecting cellular energy production, at Tufts Medical Center in Massachusetts. It was here she was put on treatment plan to alleviate her symptoms, which included difficulty walking and eating...

The Webb School recently announced its A and B honor rolls for the third quarter of the 2013-14 school year. An independent college preparatory day/boarding school for grades 6-12, The Webb School is the oldest continuously operating school of its kind in the South. The school has a dual emphasis on academic excellence and character development...

Cascade Elementary School Fifth Grade Principal's List Seth Cloud, Jason Clukey, Laila Corral, Seth Countess, Katie Cowart, Madalyn Crosslin, Chloe DeLease, Cody Doss, Hannah Floyd, Haley Gentry, Bryson Holt, Mallory Houchin, Emily Houle, Tori Hull, Sydney Jones, Landon Lane, Samuel Maddox, McCenzie McAnally, Bailey Olive, Kyler Parker, Seth Perry, Charles Phillips, Connor Prim, Adam Reeves, Alyssa Rhodes, Payton Riddle, Tyler Sabin, Kristin Schuler, Helenna Simpson, Kathleen Sintic, Elijah Smith, Lauren Williams, Alexia Youngblood, Araceli Zamorano.. ...