Stories from Sunday, August 30, 2015

I've never had much of a green thumb -- my last few attempts to start even a small herb garden have died unceremoniously within weeks. And I'm not really a pet person. But, guess what? I'm great at growing wild yeast. I'm talking, if you don't know, about a sourdough starter...

Meghan Olivia Crowell of Shelbyville and Bradley Keith Brown of Unionville were united in marriage on the evening of July 11 at First United Methodist Church in Shelbyville. The bride is the daughter of Vickie and Danny Hull of Wartrace. She is the granddaughter of Wayne and Linda Crowell of Shelbyville, and Phil and Terry Hull of Christiana...

Samantha A. Martin and Kenny W. Thomas of Shelbyville announce their engagement. The bride-elect is the daughter of Steve and Kathy Martin. She is the granddaughter of Jim and Brenda Hoover of Corsicana, Texas, and the late Doug and Faye Johns. The groom-elect is the son of Lynn and Johnny Boyce. He is the grandson of the late Billye and Emogene Follis. He works at Candy's Campers...

Rebecca Leone Renis of Brighton, Michigan and Spencer Keith Smith of Howell, Michigan were united in marriage on the afternoon of July 11 at the bride's family residence in Elk Rapids, Michigan. The bride is the daughter of Joseph and Carol Renis of Elk Rapids. She is the granddaughter of William and Leone Renis of Elk Rapids, and the late Margaret and John Eager Jr...

A lot of us dream of winning the lottery, finding buried treasure, or maybe turning out to be the missing heir to a great fortune. The odds are against us, but it is fun to dream. If you are a dreamer like me, the library has lots of stories to whet your imagination. ...

I've been reading Chuck Klosterman's "Killing Yourself to Live." All you need to know about Klosterman is that he writes about pop culture and you should read him (by "you" I mean anyone that might find it interesting to read how Radiohead's "Kid A" album predicted 9/11 and why Jim Morrison is overrated)...

I am the grandson of immigrants. My mother's parents came to the United States from Norway at the end of the 1890s. They purchased land on the fertile plains of eastern North Dakota. My Norwegian grandparents settled there on that wide-open prairie and established what would one day become a prosperous farming enterprise...

A love triangle and prophetic dreams figure into a coming-of-age story told in a new book that is set in Rutherford County in the late 1970s. Dawn Jones, a Murfreesboro marketing agency owner, is the author of "Ruby's Choice," the first of what will be three self-published books in the "Ditch Lane Diaries." Jones is the owner of Jones Media, a full service marketing, advertising and design agency serving Middle Tennessee businesses...

T-G: You manage the school cafeteria at Cascade Middle and High School. What have you learned about yourself through this job? Sorrells: I'm stronger than I give myself credit for. Patience, understanding, love and care for all 750 children we feed a day, is A MUST! I've learned that God did answer my prayers, just in a little different way. I always prayed for LOTS of kids. My body wasn't able to give me that, but God did; All 750 of them!...

In the Flat Creek area, there is a hollow where fiddle music has been played for more than 100 years. The hollow's current occupant, Jim Wood, tells of the land, his love for music, and his current project, the Tennessee Fiddle Ensemble. To reach the recording studio on Wood's property, one must drive down a long, one-lane, gravel driveway. At the end of the drive, the land opens into a couple of fields surrounded on all sides by forest covered hills...

HOHENWALD -- What a difference a week makes. After suffering a season-opening loss to Moore County at the Stable last Friday night, Cascade coach Jake Tyre challenged his team to find some sort of defensive footing at Lewis County (1-1). The team answered its coach's call...

An outstanding defensive performance in the second half and a steady offense along with an explosive kickoff return game highlighted Shelbyville Central's 34-19 victory over visiting Giles County in a non-region matchup on Friday night. The Golden Eagle defense gave up a pair of touchdowns in the first quarter but only allowed one in the second half after making a few adjustments to better control the powerful Bobcat running game...

A man police say tried to break into a Shelbyville convenience store got away after a high-speed pursuit early Friday. Officer Cody Swift saw the man running from the front of Corner Market, North Hillcrest Drive, at 12:56 a.m., then get into a Nissan Altima and speed away...

The Shelbyville-Bedford County Public Library received a $500 grant from the State Library and Archives for computer hardware this week. It's a 50/50 grant, according to library director Rita Allen, meaning they will be chipping in an equal amount for replacing one of the workstations used in the facility's computer lab, plus two monitors...

Junior's House Inc., a child advocacy center based in Fayetteville but serving Lincoln, Marshall, Moore and Bedford counties, is about to open a satellite location in Shelbyville, and has scheduled a concert Oct. 15 at Shelbyville Central High School with country singer, author and former foster child Jimmy Wayne...

Gen's Black Maverick won the A division of Stallions 5 Years and Over (Canter) while Border Run won the B division at Saturday night's performance of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration....