Stories from Tuesday, October 25, 2016

The Shelbyville Garden Club held its October meeting at the Bedford County Farm Bureau. Winners for underwater creative design are: Donna Simmons and Freda Head. They also served as hostesses. (Submitted photos)

Monday's temperatures, in the upper 70s, brought plenty of sunshine for flowers on and near the square to soak up. (T-G Photos by Jason Reynolds)

I have had a fantastic year in 4-H. My main project is Personal Development with an emphasis on leadership, citizenship, public speaking and community service. I made a speech and exhibit on the attack on Pearl Harbor, called a Day of Infamy, and how it affected my family. My two great-grandfathers, Earl Smith and Tom Habel, enlisted in the Navy after the attack and served aboard ships in the Pacific. I am proud of them for their sacrifice and service during World War 2...

On the beautiful fall day of Oct. 18 the Unionville FCE Club met with six members present and one visitor. Whitney Danhof had the educational lesson on "Pretty Packages" for Christmas gifts. Interesting ideas were shared and a folder with all the instructions for nine different ways to decorate your gifts were handed out...

October has been officially declared as Fraud and Financial Abuse Awareness Month across the State of Tennessee by Gov. Bill Haslam. In recognition of Fraud and Financial Abuse Awareness Month, the Adult Abuse Coalition of South Cenfral Tennessee provided educational programs and distributed publications across 13-counties during the month of October...

Nov. 9 is the deadline to RSVP for The Webb School's annual Fall Visitors' Day. Webb School will host prospective students and their families Nov. 11 starting at 9 a.m. with registration and breakfast and concluding at 3 p.m. The schedule includes a tour of the 150-acre campus, led by a current Webb student. ...

HUNTLAND -- The Community Middle Vikings picked up a big DRVC win on Monday at Huntland, holding off the Hornets 35-25. Evan Petric helped the Vikings get off to a strong start, scoring six of the team's 10 first-quarter points. Community added six more in the second frame, but surrendered 11 to the Hornets in the second period...

LYNCHBURG -- It was another heartbreaker for the Cascade Champions on Monday night. After overcoming a scoreless first quarter, the Champions fought to the wire, but in the end, came up on the short end of a 27-24 score at Moore County. Though eight minutes of scoreless basketball, Seth Countess scored three of Cascade's second-quarter points to cut the Raider lead to three points by halftime...

LYNCHBURG -- A strong third quarter by the Cascade Middle Lady Champions couldn't overcome a sluggish first half on Monday night at Moore County as Cascade suffered a 48-27 defeat. The Lady Champions managed just eight points in the first half, while the Raiderettes steamed ahead to a 23-8 lead by the intermission...

It was a great effort but it wasn't enough as the Liberty Patriots fell to visiting Fayetteville, 53-44. Carson Seals and Graham Pace each netted 15 points tp lead the winners with Trey Allen and Garrett Davis scoring nine tallies apiece. AJ Parker pitched in 13 points while Garrett Rucker and Weston Coop added 10 points each for the Patriots...

After a slow start, Liberty's Lady Patriots rolled to a 23-7 win over visiting Fayetteville City on Monday evening. The Lady Patriots trailed 2-1 at the close of the opening frame before outscoring their opponent 7-0 in the second stanza to post an 8-3 halftime advantage...

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and while the month is nearly over, one computer expert says security is a constant concern. Steve Mallard is a senior instructor in the Computer Information Technology program at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville. The Computer Information Technology program has been nationally recognized for its cyber security curriculum. It has won more than seven national awards and has been recognized by the White House...

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Bedford County has tentatively been set for June 2-3, 2017, at Bedford County Agriculture and Education Center. The organizing committee for the event, chaired by Sharon Wachala, held its first meeting of the new Relay year Monday night. The committee voted to adopt a superhero theme for the 2017 event...