Stories from Sunday, December 14, 2014

The Cascade High School Class of 1984 recently celebrated its 30-year class reunion at the Riverbend Country Club. Front row (from left): Raymond Pryor, Robin Cotham Clanton, Rita Bean Cobb, Kim Calvert Jarrell, Teresa Craig Ward, Donna Baker Crosslin, Tina Smith Stem, Cindy Anderson Tapley, Cynthia Phillips Greer, Renita Bowling Hill and Mitchell Fears. Back row (from left): Ted Taylor, Tracy Skelton Ferrell, Sonia Gregory Miller, Donald Adcock and Mitchell Rippy. (Submitted photo)

Appetizers are the food of the holidays. From office parties to football games to tree decorating night, finger foods are perfect for parties. I love a plate filled with little bites of all different flavors. Fresh, canned and dried produce can pack appetizers with flavor and add color to the table as well. Vegetable and fruit trays are the standard, but there are many other ways to use produce in appetizers...

We are all decked out for Christmas at the Argie Cooper Library! Please come down and see us for a break from all the hustle and bustle of holiday festivities. We still have plenty of good reads to enjoy here or at home on a cold winter night. All the pretty lights and decorations around the county set me to thinking about some of my favorite Christmas stories and movies. Did you know if you do a keyword search for the word "Christmas" in our computerized catalog you get 628 results?...

Faith Alexsandra Garrett and Joseph Tyler Travis announce the birth of a daughter, Mylah Grace Travis, on Dec. 3 in Tullahoma. The baby girl weighed 8 pounds, 14 oz. and was 21 inches long. She is the granddaughter of Sandy Garrett and Dean Garrett of Shelbyville, Amanda Travis of Clanton, Alabama, and Ronald Travis of Christiana...

Dicky Thorpe didn't place in either of the chili cookoffs he entered in October -- but he still came out a winner. After 4,600 miles through seven states over the course of 12 days, Thorpe got to see amazing sights, bond with his son and his father-in-law, and have fun with fellow chili-heads in Las Vegas and in Terlingua, Texas....

It is a cold, gray December afternoon. The comfort of the couch where I am lying makes me sleepy. My mind wanders. I do not comprehend why I long to return to places where I have never been. I crave the taste, the flavors of fruits and the aroma and color of flowers that do not exist...

I promised this column a few months back and I'm here to deliver on that promise. As I prophesied, I am turning 30. What I didn't realize when I made that statement was that the column would actually fall on my birthday. Yes, it's all coming together in one big masterful plan...

Have you ever heard something about someone else and you thought, "I want to tell so-and-so about this." Or maybe you know someone who does that. I heard a story about a man who ran into a fellow whom he knew to be a wise man. He stopped the gentleman and said, "Ya wanna know what I just heard about your friend?"...

This week we had the chance to catch up with Jerry Fox, owner of The Dixie Flyer in Wartrace and former bass player for the band Bandana. If you have a person whom you would like to nominate for the weekly Sunday Conversation feature email Sadie Fowler at sfowler@t-g.com...

Local veteran and military collector Guy Hill has found a unique way to preserve part of our nation's military history and honor those who have served, especially women. Hill wasn't always an avid military collector and had never invested much time into studying conflicts that took place, but after being obliged to take an early retirement, the former South Central Bell employee started looking for something to keep busy...

By CHRIS SIERS sports@t-g.com EAGLEVILLE -- With 6:08 left in the third quarter on Friday night against Eagleville, the Community Vikings trailed the home team by 16 points. Despite seeing the Eagles take off on a 9-3 run to begin the quarter, Community rallied and trimmed the Eagleville lead to a mere two points...

EAGLEVILLE -- A 58-33 Community Viqueen win and a 40-39 loss by the Forrest Lady Rockets to the Moore County Raiderettes on Friday night moved the Purple and Gold into the sole lead of the District 9-A race. Though Friday's showdown between the Viqueens and Lady Eagles was never in any doubt, Community was able to get solid production from the post, as well as key offense from the perimeter in pulling away for the 25-point victory...

LEWSIBURG -- In what coach Stan Eggleston called a "dissippointing effort" Shelbyville Central fell 59-53 on the road at Marshall County on Friday night. The loss was disappointing in a number of ways. Shelbyville claimed a 62-61 victory over the Tigers in the first matchup earlier in the season and the Eagles entered the game winning four of their last five games...

LEWISBURG -- In a dominate performance on both in all phases of the game, Shelbyville Central's Golden Eaglettes rolled past host Marshall County 57-14 on Friday night. The Eaglettes (5-5) scored double digit points in each of the four quarters while Shelbyville Central's defense only allowed Marshall County to score four points after the first quarter, including only one point in the second half which came in the closing seconds...

The Cascade High School FFA won a 2014 National Chapter award from the National FFA Organization. The program recognizes outstanding FFA chapters from throughout the country that successfully completed an annual set of required activities that encourage members to grow as individuals, work as a team and serve others in their communities...

Members of the Cascade High School Interact Club assisted members of the Rotary Club of Shelbyville in giving out dictionaries to third grade students in Bedford County earlier this month. "Cindy Vasquez is the club sponsor and always has a group of Interact members at the front office when the Rotarians arrive," Rotarian Barbara Blanton said...

A bag containing 1.5 grams of marijuana was found in a car after the driver was charged with DUI Thursday night. Justin Martin was stopped on Madison Street and failed field sobriety tests, officer David Curley's report said. A charge of possession of a schedule VI drug was added...

A Cascade Middle School student was one of 16 statewide winners of the 2014 Fire Prevention Poster Contest. Cody Hodge, an eighth grader sponsored by the Bell Buckle Volunteer Fire Department, will be honored with other winners at an awards event Jan. 31 at the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy in Deason...

Here's our look back at the past seven days in local news. Choose the best answer for each question. 1) Justin Brady and Blake Harvey of Bell Buckle have created a business building hand-crafted wooden: A. Speaker enclosures B. Smartphone cases C. Toys...

A smoother ride will be coming to a main thoroughfare in Shelbyville next year, but it may be the last such project in the pipeline for some time unless Congress acts on a transportation bill. The resurfacing of Lane Parkway from Cannon Boulevard to Elm Street has been approved for a 2015 Surface Transportation Project, city manager Jay Johnson said...

No matter what gifts arrive on Christmas Day, your chance to win a $500, $200 or $100 Shell gas card will arrive right after Christmas. The Times-Gazette and Southern Energy / Serve & Go Markets will sponsor this year's post-Christmas "$1,000 Big Event Gas Give-Away" promotion, which starts with a special 32-page advertising supplement in the Friday, Dec. 26 edition of the Times-Gazette...

Merchants on the Shelbyville square held the Sip, Shop, and Stroll Wine Walk on Friday. Shoppers were invited to visit participating businesses and sample a variety of wines while they enjoyed their experience. Above, James Ray looks on as Calvin Cannon, owner of Torso Shirts for Men, pours a sample of wine. Below, Jo Ann Holland, Sylvia Pinson, Kay Rose, and Dawn Holley stopped by The Pomegranate as they made their way around the square. (T-G Photos by Derrick Hill)...

A Shelbyville youth lost his life in a single-vehicle accident Friday afternoon on Fairfield Pike. William Tristan Richmond, 15, was dead at the scene, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said. Richmond was in the left rear seat of a 1999 Ford Explorer driven by Kyle A. Becerra, 17, of Shelbyville...

James T. Smith, 64, of Murfreesboro died Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. John Brown as eulogist. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon.

William Tristan Richmond, 15, of Shelbyville died Friday, Dec. 12, 2014 from injuries received in a motor vehicle accident. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Corbin Funeral Home in Corbin, Kentucky. Burial will follow in the Richmond family cemetery in Kentucky. A memorial service is being planned for 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, at Edgemont Baptist Church in Shelbyville. A reception will follow at Fairlane Church of Christ. Gowen-Smith Chapel is assisting the family locally.