Stories from Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Dorothy Sanders, 90, of Murfreesboro died Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014 at her home Graveside services will be held at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10 at Willow Mount Cemetery with Glenn Forsee officiating. Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m.-noon Wednesday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

The Christian Single Widows group, which meets monthly, has a tradition for the past few years of playing handbells during its December meeting. From left: Mary Lynn Prince, Pat Hastings. Exie Nell Landers, Westelle Crosslin, Rhoda Gunter, Mary Jane Godwin. (T-G Photo by John I. Carney)

The Shelbyville Housing Authority has been awarded a $90,000 housing trust fund grant to build four new rental units. The money, which was awarded by the Tennessee Housing Development Agency through a competitive application process, is to be used to help construct housing for elderly and disabled residents. * ...

The Times-Gazette will again hold its "Adorable Christmas Kids" holiday photo contest -- and the person who submits the most popular photo will win a $200 gift card from Lowery Jewelers, with the second place winner receiving a $100 Lowery's gift card...

Christmas will come alive at a church's annual living tree choral performance, a big-stage production that has become a Shelbyville holiday tradition. Last year marked the 20th anniversary of the Living Christmas Tree at First Baptist Church (Depot Street). The event is produced by the church's choir and orchestra...

Topics involving work hours and the Affordable Care Act pose serious budget and compliance issues for Shelbyville, the city council was told Tuesday. New reporting requirements under the ACA become effective Jan. 1, along with a number of compliance standards...

Cold feet led police to marijuana in a Shelbyville man's residence early Tuesday. The marijuana -- one hand-rolled cigarette and a bag containing 2.3 grams -- was found in the bedroom of Harvey John Russell, 53, of Madison Street, police said. Police were at the home investigating an alleged domestic disturbance. Russell, who was outside in bare feet, asked if he could go inside for a pair of socks...

Each year, for the last three years, I have been so blessed by all the people who have donated cards, food, and helped with shipping costs to send my project, Christmas for the Soldiers, to the troops. But this year, it's been such an amazing thing, and I have gotten to meet so many wonderful people. ...

There have been a flurry of recent reports stating that podcasts are back. Those of us who listen to podcasts weren't aware they'd gone away. A few years ago, there was a flurry of articles to the effect that podcasting was dead or dying. But podcasts continued to grow, and now the people who presided over the funeral have proclaimed a miraculous resurrection...

Bell Buckle will celebrate its "Old Fashioned Christmas" on the next three Saturdays, Dec. 6, 13 and 20. The celebration is sponsored by the Bell Buckle Chamber of Commerce. It will include sleigh rides with Santa between noon and 4 p.m. each Saturday and complimentary items served by several of the town's merchants...

The following business will host holiday open houses this week. A list of each week's open houses appears each Wednesday on this business page. Christian Care Center will host its open house Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 5 p.m. For more information call Susan McGee at 680-2313...

Kirk Daniel was the guest speaker at the recent 2015 Board of Directors meeting for the Greater Alabama Council Boy Scouts of America. He was the council's top popcorn seller for the year. Kirk is the son of Max and Brenda Daniel of Ardmore, Alabama. He is the grandson of Clyde and Lizzie Peoples of Shelbyville and Jimmy and Sue Daniel of Taft. He is the twin brother of Abigail...

Kroger recently announced its "Sharing Courage" campaign that ran in October to coincide with Breast Cancer Awareness Month resulted in over $160,000 being raised to benefit Middle and East Tennessee area breast cancer related charities. Kroger associates, customers, and manufacturers all played a vital role in the success of this year's campaign...

COLUMBIA -- In their best outing of the young season, Shelbyville Central's Golden Eaglettes opened District 8-AAA play with an impressive 60-49 win over Columbia Central on the road Tuesday. "I thought we played well and did a tremendous job on defense. We did a good job of picking up our level of intensity with this being our first district game and to get this win on the road is a good start to the week," Eaglette coach Kevin Thomas said...

COLUMBIA -- Shelbyville Central had a good shot at the buzzer but it just wouldn't fall in the Golden Eagles' 56-55 loss at Columbia Central in a District 8-AAA matchup on Tuesday night. Trailing by one, the Eagles got a lob to senior Devonta Leslie but he couldn't convert the basket...

LYNCHBURG -- Community Viqueen coach Allison Martin wanted her team to have a good start to the 2014-2015 District 9-A schedule on Tuesday night at Moore County. The Purple and Gold delivered on its coach's wishes, blowing past the Raiderettes 64-36 in the 9-A opener...

LYNCHBURG -- Offense was a struggle for the better part of three quarters for the Community Vikings in their District 9-A opener at Moore County on Tuesday night. But following a couple of key events, including a technical foul assessed on the Raiders and a charge taken by senior Tyler Broiles, the Vikings rallied for 23 points in the final frame, but came up just short in the district opener, 52-47...