Stories from Thursday, October 2, 2014

Helen Jean Robertson, 84, of Shelbyville, died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Tom Henry officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Thursday.

During the 2014 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, one thing was evident; the scar rule was being interpreted differently by the United States Department of Agriculture and the SHOW HIO. And since the show ended, media have reported that violations doubled and soring is still rampant in the Walking Horse industry. It's time to look at some facts...

I'm hoping to make it through this weekend without anyone telling me that they want to punch me. It will be the first time in several weeks. You see, last weekend I finished up a two-week run as a cast member in "Daddy's Dyin' ... Who's Got The Will?", a play by Del Shores, at the Fly Arts Center. I enjoy community theater, and I've been in a number of productions over the years. But this was different from any play I'd ever been in before...

A 1988 Ford Mustang door was stolen from a Shelbyville towing company and taken to a residence, police were told Tuesday. The witness said the door was taken from Bullet Towing, East Lane Street by a man driving an older Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck with stickers on the rear window...

This Saturday may well be one of the busiest of the year in terms of fun events in and around Bedford County. Fasten your seatbelts for the rundown: Art in the Park The Shelbyville Art in the Park event will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday on the square. The event features a multi-media juried art show, artist booths, food, artistic demonstrations, live entertainment on stage, children's art activities and more...

Harris Middle School's soccer team claimed a 3-0 shutout victory over visiting Franklin County North in the opening round of the Central Tennessee Conference Tournament on Wednesday afternoon. Karley Simmons netted a pair of goals for the Golden Eaglettes while Maria Grajales scored the other...

Cascade FFA held a flag raising ceremony on Patriots Day, Thursday, Sept.11. The chapter officers recited a poem about the history of the flag. The Pledge of Allegiance was lead by Anna Adcock. Freshman FFA member Hannah Grace Luna sang the national anthem. The flag was raised and then lowered halfway by three members. There were approximately one hundred students, staff and administrators from Cascade High School and Cascade Middle school in attendance...

Emily Crabtree was crowned Harris Middle School's homecoming queen during halftime of Tuesday night's game against Franklin County South. Her escort was Nolan King. (T-G Photo by Gary Johnson)

The Cascade Champions (3-3, 0-2 12-AA) have a tall order to fill come Friday night. The Champions will travel to Lewisburg to face a red-hot Marshall County Tiger team that currently sits with a 5-1 overall record and a 2-0 start to the 12-AA campaign...

Representatives of both Shelbyville Fire Department and Bedford County Fire Department were at Kroger on Wednesday signing up local residents for Tennessee Department of Transportation's "Yellow Dot" program. This free program can help give emergency responders any special medical information they might need in the case of an automobile accident -- drug allergies, pre-existing illnesses and so on. The participant fills out a form for each driver or passenger with the proper medical information, attaches a photo to it for proper identification, and places it in a special folder in the vehicle's glove compartment. A yellow sticker -- which gives the program its name -- on the rear window alerts emergency responders to the fact that the medical information is in the glove compartment. At Kroger, the firefighters were assisting citizens in filling out the forms and were taking photos of them to attach to the form. For more information about the program, contact local fire departments or go to http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/yellowdot . (T-G Photo by John I. Carney)

Argie Cooper Public Library is getting crafty in its outreach to customers. The library will hold "Crafty Saturdays" on the second Saturday of each month (except during December, which will be the first Saturday). Class times will be at 10:30 a.m. The series is part of an effort by the library to expand its outreach of programs to adults and teens, said Margaret L. Petty, circulation and technology specialist...

The city council will be looking at adding a provision to the city code dealing with alarms following an incident last month. On the evening of Saturday, Sept. 14, the alarm at Roses Shopping Center began sounding. No one on the scene could shut the alarm down. According to councilman Sam Meek, no one answered the phone number provided for the alarm company...

The October issue of Real Simple magazine, a Time Inc. publication with 8.3 million readers, features a Shelbyville family and their friendship with the man who received their son's heart after a fatal car accident. "Dear Donor Family..." by Richard B. Stolley, tells the story of what happened after high school junior Travis Donegan was killed in a 1993 car accident...

With two sidewalk projects near the public square in the pipeline, Shelbyville is applying for another state grant for further improvements. Next week, the city council will vote on a resolution to start the process of obtaining a transportation alternative program grant from the Tennessee Department of Transportation...

A fund-raiser is to be held Saturday for a SCHS graduate suffering from a blood disorder. Shelbyville's Burger King will be holding a car wash and bake sale starting at 10 a.m. to benefit Whitney Neill, daughter of Alba and Kim Neill. A recent graduate of SCHS, the 18-year-old employee of Burger King has been diagnosed with a blood disorder called Mastocytosis, which has symptoms similar to an allergic reaction...