Stories from Friday, August 22, 2014

Helen E. Burrahm, 86, of Shelbyville died Friday, Aug. 22, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Jerry Bradford officiating. Burial will follow at Crowell's Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Saturday.

For the 3rd year in a row, Rayz'n Cain donated their talents for this amazing benefit for Autism! This was the biggest year yet with several bands as well as Big Smo! There were over 4,000 in attendance!

Bedford County Superintendent Don Embry has named two new assistant principals. Tracy Watson, guidance counselor at Cascade Elementary School, has been named the new assistant principal at Thomas Magnet School. Robyn Ayres, teacher at Learning Way Elementary School, has been named the new assistant principal at Cascade Elementary School...

Following a judge's order, the Shelbyville Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) approved a five-year conditional use of property for rock quarry activity on L. Fisher Road. A city ordinance provides that the BZA has to set a performance bond for the five-year period...

The Tennessee Municipal League's (TML) risk management pool -- Shelbyville's insurance carrier -- has already paid over $250,000 in legal fees due to the 10-year fight over a rock quarry. More will be paid by the pool as the case moves toward final settlement between the city and Wright Paving over the quarry site on L. Fisher Road...

NASHVILLE -- It was another close loss for the Community Viqueen volleyball squad on Thursday night, falling to Lancaster Christian 3-2. Lancaster Christian took control of the first set and raced out to a 25-9 Set 1 win. Community answered, though, and evened the score with a 25-23 Set 2 victory...

The new Veterinary Advisory Council (VAC) will inspect horses at this year's Celebration. But some are asking what is the VAC. The VAC consists of Drs. Jerry H. Johnson, Dallas O. Goble and Phillip D. Hammock. The VAC will test at random after horses have shown in the ring and been through any official post-show inspection, said Tom Blankenship, an Indiana attorney who serves as the council's spokesman. The group works separately from USDA and industry inspectors...

Harris Middle School and visiting Tullahoma played to a 1-1 tie in a Central Tennessee Conference soccer match on Thursday afternoon. Emily Crabtree scored the Eaglettes' lone goal. Megan Floyd was in goal for Harris. The junior varsity game was scoreless...

There are to be no additional lane closures on North Main Street until after the Celebration is over, city officials said Thursday. "This is an effort by TDOT and the contractor to cooperate with the community," city manager Jay Johnson said. In addition, no work will be done at the intersection of Madison Street and North Main until after Labor Day...

Fifty-nine Congressional sponsors of the PAST Act are renewing their call to the USDA to actively inspect horses at The Celebration. The representatives sent a letter on Aug. 7 to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. They repeated that call on Thursday in a press release to the media by Reps. Ed Whitfield, R-Kentucky, and Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, two of the main sponsors of the PAST Act...

The Community Viqueens used an effective offense and a stingy defense in blanking the White House Heritage Lady Patriots 3-0 in a District 9A-AA soccer match Thursday night. The win was the second shutout of the week for the Viqueens in improving their overall record to 2-0 and 1-0 in district play...

In their past two games, the Cascade Lady Champions have scored an eye-popping 17 goals while earning two shutout victories in the process. Their latest victim, Webb, came in a 7-0 victory on Thursday night. Webb simply had no answer for Cascade's Cassidy Carpenter, who found the back of the net five times against the Lady Feet...

A new equine group inspecting horses at The Celebration will report "the good, the bad and the ugly," the lead veterinarian says, although some walking horse industry observers have expressed reservations about the testing. Dr. Jerry Johnson made his pledge to report his findings earlier this week when talking about the Veterinary Advisory Council (VAC). ...

Two, fourth-quarter touchdowns were not enough for the Liberty Patriots as the visiting Forrest Rockets came away with a 32-14 victory Thursday night. Turnovers plagued the Patriots in the first half, keeping the scoreless, as the Rockets clung to a 12-0 lead going into half time...

The Cascade Middle Champions just couldn't slow down the Community Vikings' speedy back Luke Murrill in Thursday night's in-county rivalry showdown. Murrill powered the Vikings to a big, 20-6 victory, rebounding from last week's loss at Forrest. The Vikings took the opening drive on the back of Murrill and went 66 yards before breaking loose on a 39-yard scoring toss sweep...

To say that Shelbyville Central is excited for the start of the 2014 football season would be a huge understatement. The Golden Eagles open tonight at Marshall County fresh off a District 8-AAA championship and a run in the TSSAA State Playoffs last year...

Mark Farrar, in his first evening as the official announcer of evening classes at the Celebration, told the crowd that he noticed attendance had doubled between 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., which he attributed to the show's change in start times. "It caught some folks here off guard," said Farrar, and he was probably correct in that assumption...

Bell Buckle will be holding its second Plein Air Event and Art Show this fall. En Plein Air is French for "in the open air," and arts council member Betsy Wheeler told the board it is scheduled Saturday, Oct. 4. The artists will be all over downtown selling their painting and sketches, and Wheeler said they are open to any suggestions on additional locations...

Kandy Lee Carr. 46, of Shelbyville died Friday, Aug. 22, 2014 at St. Thomas-Rutherford in Murfreesboro. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Mark Smith officiating. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m.