Stories from Sunday, June 1, 2014

Although the Relay for Life walk concluded Saturday morning, the fight against cancer runs year-round. The Relay walk was held from 6 p.m. Friday through 6 a.m. Saturday. The event raised $26,200, co-chair Jennifer Smith said during the closing ceremony. Sharon Wachala is the other co-chair...

Water Safety Day in memory of Matthew Woods was held Saturday at Shelbyville Recreation Center's swimming pool. Austin Campbell, above. jumps in the pool after he checked for objects in the water. Lifeguard Madison Martin supervises the activity. (T-G Photo by Jason Reynolds)...

The Bedford County government is moving closer to approval of a budget for the fiscal year that starts in July. The Fiscal Management Committee voted Friday to make recommendations on budget requests for June's commission meeting; the commission has final say on budget items. The budget calls for estimated revenues of about $16.5 million...

Viqueen senior McKenzie Greenwood had quite the senior softball senior season. The Purple and Gold speedster swiped a school record 73 bases, obliterating the old record by more than 20 stolen bases. "It's pretty neat to know I did that. But my coaches helped me a lot, too," Greenwood said...

Tim Weiland and Wendy Stacy with Shelbyville Automotive on North Main Street in conjunction with Chevy Youth Baseball make a $500 donation to the Bedford County Baseball League. Accepting the check on behalf of the league is Vice President of Kid Pitch, Rusty Reed along with players and coaches for Bedford Drug and Jax Radio. The presentation was made before the game. Along with the check donation, Chevy Youth Baseball and Shelbyville Automotive also donated new equipment bags, new ball buckets and other equipment to be used by the league. On June 7, everyone is invited to the Bedford County Baseball fields at H.V. Griffin Park for a Chevrolet Test Drive Event, where every test drive will earn the league more in donations from Chevrolet. Some of the newest automobiles from Chevrolet will be on hand for a free test drive. (Submitted photo)

SCHS students are getting artistic. Last fall, art-loving teachers and students formed a club at Shelbyville Central High School's annex. That club, The Art Majors, provides a safe place for creative students, art teachers Megan Thompson and Santha Cartwright said. The club also is a good social outlet, they said...

Cascade Elementary School Principal's List Fifth Grade Joshua Adcock, Farrayn Arnold, James Atwood, Emma Baty, Alyssa Brown, Hannah Clay, Seth Cloud, Jason Clukey, Seth Countess, Katie Cowart, Madalyn Crosslin, Chloe DeLease, Cody Doss, Erin Douglas, Elijah Garcia, Haley Gentry, Hailey Holder, Bryson Holt, Mallory Houchin, Emily Houle, Tori Hull, Sydney Jones, Hailee Jurewicz, Landon Lane, William Lane, Seth Locke, Samuel Maddox, Trenton Marlin, McCenzie McAnally, AshleyAunna McDaniels, Levi Mitchell, Bailey Olive, Kyler Parker, Seth Perry, Charles Phillips, Blaise Presley, Connor Prim, Adam Reeves, Alyssa Rhodes, Reanna Richards, Payton Riddle, Tyler Sabin, Kristin Schuler, Helenna Simpson, Kathleen Sintic, Elijah Smith, Brody Westlake, Lauren Williams, Alexia Youngblood, Araceli Zamorano.. ...

Grant Davis graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville on May 7 with a degree in biosystems engineering. He was a member of the Chancellor's Honors Program and served as Student Services director in the Student Government Association...

Charles Wesley published an 18-stanza poem in 1740 that spoke of his strong desire to give praise to God for changing his life. He wrote the poem to commemorate the first anniversary of his renewal of faith in Christ. Many Christian churches have this poem in their hymnbooks today, and it has become a favorite hymn for Christians around the world...

I have often been driven to do things that would be considered foolish for the sake of curiosity. You know the old saying, "Curiosity killed the cat"-- it exists for a reason. Curiosity can lead you to some strange places. It has certainly led me down a few uncertain paths throughout the years. ...