Stories from Wednesday, July 1, 2015

After leading Cascade to an improbable finish in the Class AA baseball tournament that left the Champions as the third-best team in the state, senior Sam Gardner earned all-state honors for his efforts as the Champion ace pitcher. Gardner finished with an 8-2 overall record and a 0.94 ERA. He struck out 100 batters while walking just 22 in 67.1 innings pitched...

Local artist and 2015 Shelbyville Central High School graduate Amellaly Lopez recently donated a few pieces of her original art work to Assistant Principal Michael McCoin at the CTE Annex at Central High School. Amellaly is a member of DECA and the Art Society at Central and has had her artwork displayed locally at the Fly Arts Center in Shelbyville. Her donated artwork will be displayed in various classrooms at the Annex. (Submitted photo)

Voice-controlled smartphone functions -- Apple's Siri, Google Now, and Microsoft's Cortana -- have become the rage in recent years. Voice recognition technology has come a long way and, while it's still not perfect, many people have good success giving Siri or Cortana instructions...

The Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce selected Bowman Broadcasting as the May member of the month. Pictured with Chamber CEO Allen Pitner are Joe Anthony, sales manager, and Gary Dearing, senior sales representative. (T-G Photo by Jason Reynolds)

Middle Tennessee's prosthetic and orthotic provider has opened a Shelbyville location. Restorative Health Services is open on Thursdays from 8:30 a.m.-noon in Suite B at Comprehensive Medical Services, 1114 N. Main St. According to Aaron Sorensen of the firm, they serve adults and pediatrics, providing bracing for the back, knees, ankles and many other parts of the body, including walking boots, custom shoes and pediatric helmets...

Visiting Angels, locally owned and operated by Jason and Brooke Melton, provides non-medical in-home care for the elderly and disabled. This includes hygiene assistance, up to 24-hour care, bathing assistance, meal preparation, medication reminders, companion care, errands and shopping, light housekeeping, respite care for family members, and care for Alzheimer's and dementia patients...

Angela Rasnick, Bell Buckle, director of studies at The Webb School, traveled to China in June with a delegation that was hosted by the Confucius Institute at Middle Tennessee State University. Also making the trip were her husband, Jeff Rasnick, and Mike Novak, institute assistant director, and his wife, Jessica of Murfreesboro, and parents of Emma Roy, a Webb seventh grader...

A man who allegedly pulled a woman to his truck by her hair, fired his pistol and threatened to shoot her neighbor Sunday night faces multiple charges. Jeffrey Wayne Haithcote, 52, of Highway 64 East arrived at a Cliffside Avenue home after 11 p.m. Sunday and insisted the woman leave with him, Shelbyville police said. The woman had hidden from him and called friends to pick her up after an argument at an Interstate 24 exit early Sunday morning, she told police...

Morris Winfrey has been making the Times-Gazette a fun place to work for five decades. In other words, Winfrey has been cutting up with his co-workers and newspaper vendors and customers for half a century. The T-G held a reception Tuesday to honor Winfrey's milestone. Bedford County Mayor Eugene Ray presented him with a proclamation to mark the occasion, using words like "Dedicated employee. Loyal employee. Outstanding achievement."...

Engineers and Shelbyville public works officials continue to seek the cause of the collapse of a section of the underground flume system on May 30. The flume has been surveyed from Big Springs Shopping Center to Duck River, public works director Mark Clanton told City Council members Tuesday night...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners, in a special called end-of-fiscal year meeting, decided not to increase the property tax rate by 35 cents to get a faster start on construction of a new Cascade High School. Commissioners approved county budgets and kept the current tax rate, $2.27 per $100 assessed value, as the old fiscal year drew to a close Tuesday night. Today, July 1, begins a new state and local fiscal year...

Frances Farris Hazelwood, age 94, of Lynchburg passed away Monday, June 29, 2015 at Lincoln Medical Center. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Jennings Moore-Cortner Funeral Home in Lynchburg with the Rev. A. J. Alderman officiating. Burial will follow at Lynchburg Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday.

Stephen John Nelson, 66, of Tullahoma died Monday, June 29, 2015. Funeral services will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Paul Howard officiating. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. In keeping with his wishes, at the conclusion of the funeral service he will be cremated.