Stories from Sunday, November 5, 2017

A rescue group is giving new lives to hundreds of dogs. New Destiny Dog Rescue of Wartrace shipped six canines to New Jersey Friday. Those dogs are promised new homes thanks to the Jersey Shore Animal Center. Shipping the dogs is not free, said Donna Armstrong Clanton, the rescue’s co-founder. New Destiny pays the transport company $100 per dog, nor does it re-coup veterinary bills, the price of food or other expenses from caring for the dogs...

State Sen. Jim Tracy has been appointed Rural Development State Director for Tennessee by President Trump. Tracy, a Republican from Shelbyville, has been Speaker Pro Tem of the State Senate since January and represents the 14th Senate District, made up of Bedford, Lincoln, Marshall, Moore and parts of Rutherford counties. He has been a member of the Senate since 2004...

The Smokestack Theatre Group at Community High School will present “Bus Stop,” by William Inge, Friday and Saturday in the school auditorium. This is the school’s second production of an Inge play in the past two years, following “Picnic” in 2015. “Bus Stop” was made famous by the 1956 film adaptation starring Marilyn Monroe, Hope Lange and Arthur O’Connell. It was also a short-lived 1961 television series...

Local pastor Bryan Nerren hosted a visitor last week from the other side of the world — Nepal. Benjamin Prahdan of Kathmandu, Nepal visited the International House of Prayer Ministries. He was in the United States for three weeks to work with non-profits in North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, said Nerren, who frequently visits Nepal on mission trips...

Several items stolen from a home on Harrison Road were recovered and a suspect arrested Thursday morning by the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office. Nick Aaron, 22, of Nashville had some of the stolen goods in his truck when stopped for a traffic violation, deputy Robert Taylor’s report said. Aaron was charged with theft of property and burglary and was being held on $25,000 bond Tuesday...

Tennessee Highway Patrol checkpoints for the holiday season have been announced. Specific locations other than mile markers, in most cases, are not listed. Friday, Nov. 17, 11 a.m., State Route 64 at the 15-mile marker, driver’s license. Tuesday, Nov. 28, 10 p.m., State Route 82 South at the 6.5-mile marker, safety belt...

Five turnovers along with a number of missed scoring opportunities proved to be more than Shelbyville Central could overcome in a 47-12 loss to visiting Hillsboro in the opening round of the TSSAA state playoffs on Friday night. Coming in, Golden Eagle coach Justin Palmer knew his team had to win the turnover battle and the offensive line had to do a good job of blocking the Burros’ physical defensive line...

Cascade Band participated in the Bethel University Renaissance Marching Invitational recently, winning awards including Division Champion and overall Grand Champion out of 19 bands. Other awards were:1st in class drum major; 2nd in class percussion; 1st in class guard; 1st in class band; 2nd in division drum major; 2nd in division percussion; 3rd in division guard; and 1st in division band. (Submitted photo)

The Webb School recently announced its A and B honor rolls for the first quarter of the 2017-2018 school year. The following Bedford County residents earned A Honor Roll status: Bell Buckle -- Hannah Joslin, Ava Foulk, Carley Byford, Jesse Joslin, Zoe Nicholson, Hadley Foulk, Jiahua Wang, Siree McRady...

Principal's List: A Honor Roll Fifth Grade Ella E. Batchelor, Braden G. Bowen, Jacob D. Burns, Lane E. Comstock, Paiseley E. Davidge, Hadley D. Engle, Julia R. Gonzalez-Ramirez, Ellisia S. Harrison, Elizabeth C. Houle, Macy B. Howell, Brandon J. Hughes, Lucas D. Mccune, Madison R. Mclean, Kayden A. Mersing, Brooke M. Obara, Angel S. Painter, Ella B. Parker, Madison B. Pittman, Sophie M. Ray, Ella G. Thompson, Alayna E. West, Gracie E. Winsett...

This coming Saturday, Nov. 11, the library will be closed for the Veteran's Day holiday. It is the first time in a long time that I will have a loved one on active duty in the military. Our grandson, Russel, graduated from Navy Basic Training and is now attending school taking courses in his chosen field. ...

As much as I hate to bring another minute of attention to the subject, since everyone in town seems to have expressed their opinions on social media, the newspaper or other platforms on the subject of last weekend's protests I figured why not close the loop on a few of my observations, some of which I hope have not officially been stated or not in an overly-obvious way thus far...

When the going gets rough, so often people decide that it's time to quit. Time to give up. Time to stop. But when facing a challenge we need to keep going until we reach our goal, one step at a time. I want to share some stories that you may have heard before that encourage us to keep going and not to quit...