Stories from Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Bobby G. Sanders Sr., 81, of Shelbyville died early Wednesday morning, March 29, 2017 at his home. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Richard Dugger officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m.

Faye Elaine Lamb Sypolt, 93, of Shelbyville died Thursday, March 23, 2017 at NHC Oakwood in Lewisburg. A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Sunday at Grace Baptist Church with Bobby McGee officiating. Gowen-Smith Chapel is handling arrangements.

The county continues to make progress towards launching its two big building projects -- a new jail/justice center, and a new Cascade High School, according to reports at Tuesday evening's meeting of Bedford County Financial Management Committee. Architect John Davis of Davis Stokes Collaborative said that the state fire marshal's comments on the plans for Cascade were "very light, and very reasonable." He said the plans are to submit the plans, as revised, April 13. ...

Bedford County's population grew by more than 5 percent between 2010 and 2016, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. The county's official 2010 Census population, as of April 1 that year, was 45,058, while the Census Bureau estimates that as of July 1, 2016, the county's population was 47,484, a difference of 5.38 percent...

Renaissance man Omar Hamada -- a physician, ordained minister, musician and Special Forces veteran of the U.S. Army -- will be the keynote speaker of Bedford County Republican Party's annual Reagan Day dinner, which will be held April 20 at Bell Buckle Banquet Hall...

A credit card skimming device was discovered on a gasoline pump at a Bedford County convenience store Tuesday. The device was attached to the card reader on Pump 6 at Two-Way Market, U.S. 41A North, by an employee of a pump service company, the Bedford County Sheriff's Office said...

The Webb School recently honored a faculty member, Moira Judas Smith, with the Wilson "Woody" Sims, Sr. Endowed Chair in Foreign Language. Members of the Sims and Smith families and other guests joined Webb faculty, staff and students at the presentation...

Wheel FCE Club met March 16. Jerry Boyce called the luncheon meeting to order. Jane Perryman was the hostess. Karon Perryman read the call to order, "Shamrock." The devotion, "Easter Sunday," was led by Carolyn Hulshof. Jane Perryman presented the treasurer's report. Carolyn Hulshof presented the sunshine report. Roll call and minutes were read by Charlotte Foster. The educational lesson, "The Personality Rainbow and Building Positive Relationships," was read by Whitney Danhof...

Animal lovers from the Senior Citizens Center donated a variety of items to the city and county animal control facilities. Representing the Senior Citizens Center are Diane Cline and Rosie Keele. Josie Lowery, center, represented Bedford County Animal Control. (Submitted photo)

Dr. Angela Barlow of Middle Tennessee State University led a Project IMPACT session last week in the classroom of Keisha Banks’ 8th-grade class at Community Middle School. The professional development project aims to support elementary and middle school educators in teaching mathematics. Teachers from around the region watched the presentation. (Submitted photo)

COLUMBIA — It took the Lady Champions three innings, but once the offense started, there was no denying another victory for the Lady Champions on Tuesday evening at Columbia Academy. After breaking the scoreless stalemate in the third inning, Cascade went on to plate nine runs in the final two innings of the game and coasted to an 11-0 win...

The Cascade High School Band went to Walt Disney World last week and participated in Disney’s Your Instrumental Workshop. The band sight read and played music from different Disney soundtracks including “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace” “Duel of the Fates,” one of the theme songs from “Beauty and the Beast” and a collection of songs from “Tarzan.” They also marched in the main parade through Magic Kingdom. Each student received official Disney Performing Arts mouse ears as a gift from Disney for participation.

Athena Broadband was named Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce Member of the Month for January 2017, while Bedford Builds Habitat for Humanity was named Shelbyville-Bedford county chamber of Commerce Member of the Month for February 2017. (Submitted photos)

The Brighten Your Corner award is presented to Dr. Clement Aluyi for transforming a former auto repair shop building on South Cannon Boulevard into a suite of modern medical offices. From left are Freida Lusk, office personnel Kim Leslie, Joann Adams, Ashley Phelps and Mellisa McLemore, Dr. Aluyi and Linda Nichols and Nancy Jensen of First Communty Bank, sponsors of the award along with Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce. (T-G Photo by David Melson)