Stories from Wednesday, February 4, 2015

"My dad never talked about the war," recalls Larry Wells. "Never." Larry Wells' wife Amy Finney Wells was prodding Forrest Wells to talk about his World War II service one day and found out he'd been in the Battle of the Bulge -- something Larry had never realized or heard about...

Donald Mitchell, 62, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015 at St. Thomas-Rutherford Hospital. Arrangements will be announced by Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

By the time you read this, I'll have doubled the memory in my computer. I'm writing this on Tuesday, and my memory is supposed to arrive in the mail today. It was a very modest tax-refund splurge. New memory is a relatively easy and inexpensive way to improve a computer's performance, one which gives you bang for your buck...

John Elliott 'Big John' Reed, 48, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Simpson Cemetery in Rover. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. at the cemetery. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

With a tight budget year ahead for Shelbyville, the city is drafting a letter to all social service agencies encouraging them to find other sources of revenue. Emergencies, lawsuit settlements and promised funding are beginning to add up, and the council may have to make some hard decisions...

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life in Bedford County was honored on Saturday for having been one of the top 10 per capita Relay For Life events in the nation in 2014. Mackenzie Evans of the cancer society made the presentation to local Relay For Life co-chairs Jennifer Smith and Sharon Wachala during the kickoff party for the 2015 event. The kickoff party was held Saturday in the meeting room at Bedford County Agriculture and Education Center...

Erma Jean Hasty, 73, of Coopertown died Monday, Feb. 2, 2015 at her granddaughter's home in Shelbyville. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Pleasant View with Don Dungan officiating. Burial will follow at Springfield Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 9:30.

Severen Garmen has a bowl of chili on a cold day as he and other classmates eat lunch at East Side Elementary School Monday. (T-G Photo by Jim Davis)

On Feb. 16, The Webb School will open its campus for prospective students and their families for the final Visitors' Day of the school year. The daylong event begins at 9 a.m. with registration and breakfast and concludes at 3 p.m. The schedule includes a tour of the 150-acre campus led by a current Webb student. ...

The Shelbyville Central Golden Eagles were not happy with the way they played in their District 8-AAA loss at Franklin County earlier in the season. With that in mind, the Eagles (11-12, 7-4 8-AAA) were very satisfied with their performance in a 55-39 win over the Rebels on Tuesday night at home...

Shelbyville Central backed a steady offensive performance with a great defensive effort in a 70-34 win over visiting Franklin County in a District 8-AAA matchup on Tuesday for Pink-Out Night. The Eaglettes (17-8, 9-2 8-AAA) held Franklin County to only 15 points in the second half...

LEWISBURG -- The Cascade Champions knew going into Tuesday's District 12-AA contest at Marshall County the Tigers would try to run the floor and maintain a high-paced game. For the most part, the Tigers (16-8, 7-2 12-AA) were able to keep to the game plan, save a few big runs by the Champions, and claim a key 66-57 win over the Champs to lock up second place in the district...

LEWISBURG -- If it's not broken, don't fix it. That was Lady Champion coach Chad Spencer's game plan going into Tuesday's District 12-AA contest at Marshall County. When they've found success this season, Cascade has gotten solid production in the post...

FRANKLIN -- It was a rough finish to the regular season for the Webb School Feet on Tuesday at BGA. BGA placed 12 players in the scoring column and overpowered the Feet, 72-33. Webb started off the game competitively, finishing the first quarter trailing by just four to the home team...