Stories from Thursday, November 24, 2016

Carol and Taylor Reynolds have been coming to Shelbyville & Bedford County Senior Citizens Center for about two years now. On one of their early visits, they came for lunch on a Friday and asked what activities were available. At the time, there were no scheduled activities on Friday...

A trailer containing 81 queen size mattresses from Corsicana Bedding on Cedar King Road was stolen sometime since Friday, Shelbyville police said Monday. The mattresses are valued at $18,000 and the trailer at $10,000, police said. A small amount of crystal meth was confiscated from the passenger in a vehicle stopped for a light violation late Monday night, authorities said...

The day before my daughter Norah's fourth birthday, she foreshadowed a remarkable event. I'd just picked her up from preschool when she cautioned me to mind the elderly person walking across the parking lot at a glacier's pace...

Before I left on my mission trip, I posted a quick review of the Google Pixel smartphone, available from Verizon. I promised I would follow up later. I did not take the Pixel on my trip -- I was nervous about taking a device that doesn't belong to me into a developing country. ...

This isn't a year of dramatic new breakthroughs in home entertainment, said Mark Kincaid of Kincaid Service Company, but rather a year when existing improvements like 4K are becoming more affordable and filtering down to less-expensive TV sets. The term 4K refers to an ultra-high-resolution picture, dramatically better than the formats that came before it...

Local volunteer Rickey Lamb of Unionville was recently recognized for countless hours of service to the community during a Modern Woodmen of America member event on Oct. 13. Lamb was honored through Modern Woodmen's Hometown Hero Program for his service to our country and his continued volunteer efforts in the community...

Five Middle Tennessee State University graduate students captured the highest national honor available for majors in their discipline. Students in the second year of the MTSU Industrial/Organizational Psychology Program won the Krannert School of Management Human Resources Case Competition Nov. 3 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana...

Bedford Drugs will hold a holiday open house on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Question: What do you get when you cross the music of Michael W. Smith with classical violin? Answer: You get Jean Watson's new album "Wonder." Classical violinist Jean Watson released "Wonder" on Oct. 14. Smith played the piano for one song, "I Can Hear Your Voice." Billy Smiley of Nashville is the album's producer...

It wasn't a win but there has been improvement made as the Shelbyville Central Golden Eagles dropped a 64-52 decision to visiting Lebanon on Tuesday night. "I thought we played better than we did in our first game last week," Central coach Ben Holl said. "That's what I'm looking for at this stage of the season. I thought we did a much better job on defense and I know that we will continue to improve on offense."...

UNIONVILLE -- The Community Viqueens used an 18-0 run in the third quarter to break open a close game and went on to defeat the Cascade Lady Champions 70-49 in an intra-county matchup Tuesday night. The first quarter was even as Keeley Sutton of the Lady Champions and Alyssa Freeman of the Viqueens each scored six points. The two teams were deadlocked at 12-12 heading to the second quarter...

UNIONVILLE -- The Cascade Champions had 15 field goals in the game, with seven of those being three-pointers, as the Champions defeated the Community Vikings 56-49 Tuesday night. Cascade (2-1) never trailed in the contest. "Neither one of us was shooting very well," Coach Mike Edmondson of the Champions said. "It was just a struggle. We had enough of a lead to get to the foul line and make some free throws. That was a key for us."...

Outstanding defense and precise shooting proved to be the difference as Shelbyville Central cruised to a 54-32 victory over previously unbeaten Lebanon at home on Tuesday evening. The Eaglettes (1-1) jumped out to a quick start, posting a 25-3 lead at the end of the first quarter...

Joan and Ed Gray pause for a photo Tuesday night during the Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce's 22nd annual Holiday Mixer. More photos will appear in an upcoming edition of the Times-Gazette. (T-G Photo by Jason Reynolds)

Longtime Shelbyville resident and Community Development Center founder Sarah Hunt has been quite busy these days. Although she calls Nashville home now, she returns to Shelbyville frequently to see friends, check in for meetings and lately has found a passion in memorializing stories with some of our city's most influential individuals through the Story Corps app...

Bedford County Financial Management Committee, meeting Tuesday night, deferred action on courthouse security recommendations, waiting on some additional information. The courthouse safety committee has proposed hiring one additional officer so that the county can implement the long-discussed recommendation of installing a walk-through metal detector in the basement of the courthouse. ...

Shelbyville Central High School students showed a hunger for helping the hungry and broke their goal for collecting food in their annual Great Canned Food Drive. With a goal of 20,000 cans and other food and personal care items, SCHS students busted through and collected 23,809, they announced during their annual food drive presentation ceremony Tuesday. That is up from last year's total of 18,648...

LUNGI, Sierra Leone -- The Cool Guest House is so named because a few of its rooms are air-conditioned. The non-air-conditioned rooms run for 50,000 Leones a night -- about $8.75 -- although hourly rates are available. The air-conditioned rooms go for three times as much -- 150,000 Leones a night...

Fred Wade, 82, of Murfreesboro died Thursday, November 24, 2016. Funeral services will be noon Tuesday, November 29, 2016, at Riverdale Church of Christ in Murfreesboro with Frederick Wade as eulogist. Burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.