Stories from Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Shelbyville Central High School's new art club recently took a field trip to the Frist Center for the Visual Arts (pictured) and the Parthenon in Nashville. (Submitted photo)

MURFREESBORO -- A pair of sisters advanced to the TSSAA State Track Finals after their performance at the Sectionals on Tuesday at Riverdale High School. Junior Clorissa Campbell finished second in a running event to advance while her younger freshman sister Kethlin Campbell was runner up in the long jump with a personal best 17 feet, 4 inch jump...

A few technology notes from here and there: A smartphone usually means a phone running an operating system like iOS, Android or Windows Phone, which has numerous third-party apps available for download, and usually a touch screen. Most phones that aren't smartphones are known in the industry as "feature phones" -- they may have a few built-in features, like a camera, e-mail or even a very basic web browser, but they aren't as versatile. And some people I meet are are just fine with that...

Elizabeth Hernandez-Ibarra, a member of Bell Buckle United Methodist Church, and Cassidy Shockey, a member of Eagleville United Methodist Church, have been selected as the newest Alford Scholars at Martin Methodist College in Pulaski. They become the 27th and 28th recipients of the full-tuition Alford Church Leader Scholarships, which were first awarded in 2001, and they will enroll in the fall of 2014. ...

Best Western Celebration Inn & Suites has been accepted as a Bronze level GreenLeader into the TripAdvisor GreenLeaders program, which helps travelers plan greener trips by identifying environmentally-friendly accommodations across the U.S. TripAdvisor GreenLeaders have met a set of environmental standards developed for TripAdvisor by a leading environmental consulting firm, with input from expert partners. ...

Adjoining homes on Stanley Boulevard were burglarized Monday, Shelbyville police said. An Apple iPod Touch, ear buds, a pair of Michael Jordan tennis shoes, a bag of Cheetos and a carton of ice cream were taken from one home where large holes were knocked in a bedroom wall, police said...

Billy and Sharon Lowery, owners of Lowery Jewelers, 768 N. Main St., have announced the kickoff of a unique food drive as part of their 15th anniversary celebration sale. Customers and the public are invited to bring canned food to the store in return for "Bling Bling Buck Certificates."...

Southern Charm of Bell Buckle will be giving out a total of 250 long-stemmed red roses to those wishing to place a rose on the grave of a veteran Memorial Day, It's part of a promotion by the National Memorial Day Flowers Foundation, which will place an additional 150 long stemmed red roses on headstones of veterans in Arlington National Cemetery...

A free Alzheimer's disease caregivers conference will be held Thursday at Motlow State Community College. The conference will be from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Motlow's Marcum Technology Building. The Alzheimer's Association Mid-South Chapter is hosting the 19th annual Tullahoma Caregiver Conference along with the South Central Area Agency on Aging and Disability, Life Care Center of Tullahoma and Lynchburg Nursing Home...

Readers are needed to read the Bible in Murfreesboro. People will read the Bible from cover to cover starting at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 8, at Bible Pathway Headquarters, at 810 Thompson Lane in Murfreesboro, according to a press release by Bible Pathway Ministries. The public is invited, and admission is free. Some 15-minute time slots are still available for those interested in taking par, according to ministry president Jennifer Palafox. Call 615-896-4243 to register...

Jason Davis, formerly of Bussart Law Firm, is pleased to announce the opening of Davis Law Firm located at 113 W. Commerce St. in Lewisburg. Davis is a 2006 graduate of the University of Tennessee at Martin and a 2011 graduate of the Nashville School of Law, and is also a member of the Tennessee Bar Association and the Marshall County Bar Association where he currently serves as President. ...

Heart of the Home FCE Club met on April 7. Mignon Spence was the reporter. Three members were present. There were two visitors from the Fairview Club, Betty Brown and Carolyn Jones. Jessie Waggoner gave the devotion. Business discussed: Ruth Owen made a report on the County Council meeting...

Over the road drivers at Big G Express were pleasantly surprised last week when their driver managers called to tell them their new pay rate. Big G Express professional over the road drivers received an increase between 2 and 4 cents per mile (CPM) as a result of Big G's new pay scale:...

The Times-Gazette walked away with nine first places and the coveted Clean Sweep Award for self-promotion of a newspaper at the Tennessee Press Association Advertising & Circulation Conference held May 1-2 in Chattanooga. In all, the T-G took a total of 27 awards in its advertising and circulation category, including seven second places and five thirds, and six awards in circulation. The T-G competes against daily newspapers with 10,000 and under paid circulation...

Another person was added Tuesday to the ever-growing list of those injured in crashes at the Route 437 Bypass-Fairfield Pike intersection. Anthony Kraft, 46, of U.S. 41A South was hurt when a driver on Fairfield Pike who said she looked and saw no oncoming traffic pulled across the bypass into his path, officer Jon Cooke of the Shelbyville Poliec Department said. Kraft was airlifted to Vanderbilt Medical Center for treatment of several broken bones, investigators said...

Bedford County Mayor Eugene Ray has announced his candidacy for re-election as an independent in the Aug. 7 general election. Ray has served two terms as mayor and prior to that was a long-time member of Bedford County Board of Commissioners. He chaired the commission as a member and now chairs it as the county mayor...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday night to take sealed bids on two county-owned buildings on Union Street -- but only after the county attorney does a title search. The lots adjoin what used to be the county-owned hospital and nursing home. ...

A sentencing hearing has been set for a Unionville women found guilty last week of plotting to murder her husband. June 16 is the day when Susan Walls will learn what her punishment will be after being found guilty by a jury last Friday of criminal responsibility to commit first degree murder and conspiracy to commit first degree murder...

Leonard "Shorty" Rucker, Jr., 95, of Shelbyville died Friday, May 9, 2014. Funeral services will be held at noon Saturday, May 17 at Bird Street Church of Christ. Burial will follow at the Rucker family cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4:30-6 p.m. Friday at Nelson & Sons Memorial Chapel and beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church.

Virginia Frances Smithson Jones, 84, died Monday, May 12, 2014 in Celina. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Woodbury Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Pleasant View Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Viking coach Robbie Davis couldn't hide a smile as his team rushed from the dugout to dogpile on the infield after defeating the Forrest Rockets 2-1 for the first region title since 1989. While Davis went back and forth all day about who he wanted on the mound, in the end, he recalled Dillon West's shutout performance against the Rockets a year ago...

Ralph Leroy Crossen, 69, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Services will be held at a later date in Ohio. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

Thomas Leslie "Turk" Warren, Jr., 93, of Petersburg died Monday in Columbia. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Presbyterian Church in Petersburg. Burial will follow at Old Orchard Cemetery. Visitation will be held at London Funeral Home in Lewisburg from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday and beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday.

Danny Joe Freeman, 61, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, May 13, 2014. He will be cremated. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handing arrangements.

Robert E. "Bob" Bomar of Shelbyville died Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel wth the Rev. Lindsey Wade and the Rev. Bobby McGee officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Friday.

The Coffee County grand jury has indicted a Shelbyville woman for selling drugs in a school zone. Katrina Kay Smith, 27, of Fairground Heights, was arrested last Thursday on charges of manufacture/delivery/sell of a controlled substance and being in possession of drugs in a school zone...