Stories from Sunday, August 10, 2014

I'm still a relative newcomer, so I don't know a lot of the rich history of the local school system, although I've worked hard to learn pieces of it as the Times-Gazette's education reporter. However, I have noticed one thing -- Bedford County produces great educators...

She's back this week, and ready to take you for a ride. It's the Flagship Detroit, one of a fleet of 84 sister ships that flew for American Airlines over a ten-year period in the 1930s and 1940s A favorite on the summer air show circuit, the vintage Douglas DC-3 airliner will be on display at Shelbyville's Bomar Field on Thursday...

With Shelbyville police chief Austin Swing winning the sheriff's race Thursday, the question is -- who will replace him? Swing won with 5,474 votes over police officer Rod Stacy, who received 3,318 votes. Assistant chief Mike Rogers was unsuccessful in his bid for Circuit Court Clerk -- losing to Michelle Murray by a vote of 4,593 to 3,784...

Freelance photographer Butch Pate shoots photos Wednesday of a 1933 Ford street rod. The photo shoot, at the corner of Deery Street and East Lane Street with the the old Shelbyville Harness Co. building providing a scenic background, was for Street Rods by Michael to use in magazine ads...

As of Saturday afternoon, Tennessee election officials had not updated Friday's report of U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais holding a 35-vote lead over State Sen. Jim Tracy, 34,787 to 34,752, in the 4th congressional district Republican primary. An earlier report indicating Tracy won by two votes is incorrect due to errors in reporting from Maury County, state election officials said...

Here's our weekly look back at the past seven days in local news. Choose the best answer for each question. 1) Work will begin Monday, Aug. 11, on what long-awaited local project? A. A new Argie Cooper Public Library B. Extension of the greenway between Fisherman's Park and Never Rest Park...

North Main Street lane closures will begin Monday, the Tennessee Department of Transportation announced. Traffic will be shifted from four to two lanes through Oct. 11 in order to begin utility and grading operations. One lane will remain open in each direction with an added turning lane, according to TDOT's weekly listing of construction activities in the Middle Tennessee area...

A 2015 trial date has been set for the former director of the county's Emergency Communications District (ECD), who is accused of theft. Cathey D. Mathis will stand trial for theft of property over $10,000 on Feb. 2, 2015. Mathis was indicted last November by Mickey Layne, district attorney general for the 14th Judicial District...

Burglaries were reported at two Shelbyville homes and a business Thursday, police said. *Five rings, a Dell laptop computer, tennis shoes, a backpack and $10 change was taken at a Birch Street residence between 1:45-5:15 p.m. Thursday. The victim returned home to find a door open and its frame damaged...

For some of the winners in the $1,000 Grocery Give-away, sponsored by the Times-Gazette and Kroger, their $100 gift cards came at the perfect time. Alisha Humphrey of Shelbyville, who said she's a frequent entrant in the Times-Gazette's annual ghost story contest, decided to try her luck finding contest logos in advertisements. ...

With the start of the high school football regular season just a few weeks away, a Shelbyville Central defensive player has already received an award. Senior linebacker Michael Imes was named to Murphy Fair's Preseason Class 5A all-state football team...

Paul Daily has been a Christian and a horse lover his entire life. However, it was not until he combined those two loves that he felt he was actually doing what God had called him to do. Daily gave his first demonstration as a "horse whisperer" on Feb. 22, 1997, at his home in Louisiana for his wife Joana's Sunday school class. Since then, he has committed his life to "training" untamed horses by communicating with them through the word of God...

Colleen Embry is a life-long resident of Bedford County. She has previously owned a small business in Shelbyville and is now working for Elite Physical Therapy. She loves spending time with her family more than anything. If you would like to nominate someone for Sunday Conversation contact editor Sadie Fowler at sfowler@t-g.com...

Tents have always fascinated me. I wanted to be a Cub Scout and a Boy Scout when I was young so I could sleep in a tent. My brother and sister and I would arrange the dining room chairs together so we could drape blankets or sheets over them to make a tent in the living room...

There seems to be a trend occurring in the entertainment world. Well, I guess that trend has been going for quite some time, but now the Reality Television circuit has joined the circus and is going full frontal. Shows like 'Naked and Afraid' and 'Dating Naked' are among the latest wave of reality shows to adopt the Garden of Eden way of life and go full nude. ...

When I was a child, I remember going down into the basement of my friend's house. There on the shelves were hundreds of jars filled with all colors of fruits and vegetables, jams, jellies, pickles and more. It was beautiful and I was fascinated. That began my interest in canning. And now I love having a few jars of summer tomatoes and green beans and some jams and jellies on the shelf for winter...

Amanda Courtney Ray and Brian Michael Calvin Bogle, both of Shelbyville, were united in marriage on the afternoon of June 28 at Fairlane Church of Christ. The bride is the daughter of Gene and Shelia Ray of Shelbyville. She is the granddaughter of Sara Jane Ray of Unionville and the late Robert Cecil Ray, and Larry and Connie Hasty of Unionville...