Stories from Sunday, April 16, 2017

Courtney age 5 with peppers

Madeline Richards age 5 is playing with peppers

Nevaehs age 7 Happy Easter yall

Taken at the Calamous Outfitter's ranch in Nebraska. Male trying to impress the hens at a "lek".

The Shelbyville City Council approved a number of ordinances and discussed other measures during Thursday’s meeting in which City Manager Jay Johnson resigned. Mayor Wallace Cartwright announced a groundbreaking ceremony for the U.S. 231 North Business Park at 2 p.m. May 5...

A large group carries crosses from the area of Tennova Healthcare-Shelbyville on U.S. 231 North to the Shelbyville square Saturday, Backwoods Outreach Ministries sponsors the yearly march, markng Jesus’ death and resurrection, each Easter weekend. Below, Michael Blackmith pulls one of the crosses, which were mounted on wheels. (T-G Photos by Amy Todd)...

Dr. Tod Tanner has joined Fair Haven Baptist Church as its senior pastor. Tanner, 45, was adopted by Jack and Beverly Tanner and raised in Victoria, Texas. He made a commitment to Christ at the age of 14, soon after his mother passed away. While a junior and a chaplain in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M University, he accepted the call to the ministry. ...

Community High School FFA recently attended the 89th annual State FFA convention in Gatlinburg. Members attending were, in front (from left), Robby Gray, Kynzie Lambert, Shelby Fann, Loren Burris, Michael McClain, Gunner Sakich, Abby Holton, Zoey Grissom, Carter Eaves and Bradley Adcock; in rear, Meghan Warrick, Lindsay Melton, Bailey Smith, Haylee Amerman and Brennan Sanders...

Faculty and staff at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology in Shelbyville are completing final arrangements for the spring 2017 graduation ceremony scheduled for Saturday, April 22 at 6 p.m. in the Shelbyville Central High School auditorium. A record number of spring graduates are planning to walk and to be honored for their achievements...

Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. — Thomas Jefferson A shift is occurring at the Capitol as most committees are closing this week. Everyone is determined to start moving towards approving the budget. Office visits have really slowed down and I’m starting to see progress on the bills I’ve been following this year...

Shelbyville Central couldn’t get the bats going in a 4-1 loss to visiting Warren County in a non district matchup on Friday evening. The Eagles (8-10) only had three hits in the game while the Pioneers collected seven. Mason Landers, Owen Womble and Dalton Puckett each singled to account for Shelbyville Central’s hits...

CHATTANOOGA — Though Cascade only took one of two games in the Lookout Valley Classic on Friday, the Champs still took a lot of positives away from the tournament. Cascade dropped a heartbreaker in Game 1 against Rockwood, falling 6-5 in eight innings, while crushing Moore County 9-0 in Game 2 Friday night...

TULLAHOMA — In the District 8-AAA meet held at Tullahoma, the Shelbyville Central track teams came away with some stellar individual performances. Led by the efforts of Kethlin Campbell, Shelbyville placed several athletes in the top three finishers in various events...

Two FFA seniors will be graduating with this spring with lots of memories from their time studying agriculture. Hunter Lemmon and Courtney Mansfield are seniors in the Bedford County FFA Chapter of Shelbyville Central High School. Both have the state FFA degree, the highest honor in Tennessee FFA circles...

Happy Easter to you and yours from the Shelbyville-Bedford County Public Library. Hopefully, spring has finally sprung and we can continue to enjoy some nice weather. One of my favorite memories of a childhood in Montana was racing off the school bus and down the lane, changing into play clothes and heading out to our woods to hunt for wild mushrooms. ...

The Webb School recently announced its A and B honor rolls for the third quarter of the 2016-17 school year. An independent college preparatory day/boarding school for grades 6-12, The Webb School is the oldest continuously operating school of its kind in the South. The school has a dual emphasis on academic excellence and character development...

Webb School juniors Emma Petersen of Bell Buckle and Lexi Sullens of McMinnville will attend the 71st Tennessee American Legion Auxiliary Volunteer Girls State set for May 28-June 3 at Lipscomb University in Nashville. Soniya Patel and Morgan Williams, both of Shelbyville, were selected as alternates...

Jones Allison of Bell Buckle and Max Greenberg of Murfreesboro have been selected as The Webb School's participants at Tennessee American Legion Boys State set for May 21-27 at Tennessee Technological University at Cookeville. Rising seniors from across the state receive leadership and citizenship training at the event...

A history teacher and a member of the Office of Alumni and Development at The Webb School will share the 2016-2017 grant from the Jon Frere Fund for Faculty Development. Larry Foulk of Bell Buckle, history/government teacher and residential staff member for two years, will use a portion of the grant to attend the 2017 National Association of Independent Schools School Leadership Institute in July. ...

On Saturday, April 8, the Bedford County FFA of Shelbyville Central High School competed in the Tennessee FFA State Meat Judging Event held at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. The team placed 1st in the state and will represent Tennessee, SCHS and Bedford County at the National FFA Competition to be held in October in conjunction with the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis. ...

Kori and Jojo came striding into the house on Saturday with big smiles on their faces, and they both shouted, "Hi, Papa!" They had just returned from Kori's first softball game. I asked Kori how the game went, and Kori smiled and said, "Good!" Laura, their mother, walked in after them and I asked her how the game went. She frowned and said, "They lost. They all acted like they'd never seen a bat and ball before!"...

About a month ago I wrote about picking up some bad luck when I went to the nail salon and left my purse on the floor. A woman approached me and shared this bit of advice (I'd never heard of it before) as I waited for my nails to dry before driving home, only to end up with the flu...

Several HOSA members from Cascade High School participated in the 40th Annual HOSA State Competition recently in Chattanooga. Four of these students made it to the stage, and three are moving on to International Competition. Kenzi Hockaday and Raven Walker placed 3rd in Health Career Display and Morgan McCune placed 1st in Medical Reading. This is the third year in a row that Cascade has made it to the International Level. The International Competition will be in June at Walt Disney World. Pictured (from left) are Morgan McCune, Raven Walker and Kenzi Hockaday. (Submitted photo)

Cascade FFA member Jonathan Parker recently received his certification to become a State First Responder and a National First Responder. Jonathan completed a two month First Responder course and passed the National Boards. He has been recently added to the Bedford County EMS. This summer, Jonathan plans to start the EMT program at Columbia State Community College in pursuit of an associate’s degree in Emergency Medicine. In addition, he will be working towards acquiring his Paramedic License. (Submitted photo)

Deanna Stem is the champion of the 2017 Verbal Tennis match in Claudia House’s AP Senior English class at Shelbyville Central High School. Verbal tennis is a fast-paced game of questions from the Tom Stoppard play “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead” that is studied in class. (Submitted photo)

Principal’s List A Honor Roll Fifth Grade Brooklyn K. Burnett, Ava R. Butts, Annabelle L. Calvert, Ashley E. Cope, Laurel I. Cox, Jonathan Z. Crosslin, Oscar J. Garcia-Padilla, Nolyn I. Griffy, Caden J. Hammonds, Lucas M. Harris, Nicholas C. Howard, Allison G. Jara, Hannah B. Joslin, Sawyer S. Lovvorn, Michael J. Lucich, Mary A. Maybee, Prem B. Patel, Claire E. Perry, Abrielle G. Presley, Austin D. Smith, Chase F. Sutter, Amy J. Whitley, Grace A. Wilder, Greylyn B. Williams, Heather L. Womble...