Stories from Thursday, March 15, 2018

Bedford County Arts Council held its monthly meeting March 12 at the Fly Arts Center. Loraine Sutton from M & L Greenhouse was the guest speaker. She spoke of the many benefits of gardening and gave a very informative lecture on Witches Broom, or Rose Rosette disease, which is a virus spread around rose bush shrubs by a tiny mite. She also presented new plants, explained how calcium deficiency in tomatoes appeared, and gave advice on fertilizer and lime use in gardens. The council’s meetings include a potlluck supper and are open to the public. The council meets on the second Monday of each month at 6 p.m. at The Fly. The guest speaker for the April 9 meeting will be journalist Jason Reynolds, discussing his new young adult novel “All The Trees Are Lime Green.” (Submitted photos)

The Arnold Air Force Base Engineers Week Student Design Competition was held Feb. 20 at the Hands-On Science Center in Tullahoma. Twenty-one two-student teams were challenged to construct a vehicle, from provided scraps and materials, which would travel through the air while also moving around obstacles....

The Shelbyville FCE Club met on March 6 at the home of Bonnie Saunders. She served refreshments. All 10 members were present. Helen Williams called the meeting to order by reading "Spring." Barbara Dawson gave a devotion titled "Today." Saunders gave a lesson titled "Spice Up Your Life." The club gave a memorial to the library in memory of member Donna Kerchinski...

United Way of Bedford County will hold its second annual Shrimp and Crawfish Boil from 5-8 p.m. Friday at the Blue Ribbon Circle on the Celebration grounds. The event features plenty of shrimp and crawfish and fixings, along with TVs showing the NCAA men's basketball tournament, courtesy of EnterSource and Kincaid Service Company. There will also be a silent auction...

If you find the often conflicting information about proper nutrition confusing, MTSU is offering an opportunity to clear up the confusion. Senior dietetic students will provide individualized nutrition evaluations and coaching at no charge in the Cason-Kennedy Nursing Building on campus. These students are under the supervision of registered dietician Elizabeth Ann Smith, an assistant professor of nutrition and food science...

Cumberland University has released the Dean's List for Fall 2017. Information for the list was provided by the Office of the Registrar. The honor is reserved for students who have achieved a grade point average of 3.50 or above on all classes attempted. The list is issued twice per year during the fall and spring terms...

A man who allegedly attempted to push a police officer out of his way Tuesday was charged with assault, police said. Terrance Preston Eddings, 19, of West Lane Street was allegedly holding a pair of pliers in an "aggressive manner" and threatening relatives outside the family's home...

Clifford Allison, one of Bedford County's few remaining World War II veterans, died Wednesday at his home in Shelbyville. He was 94. Allison lived on what used to be North Dover Street but was renamed Clifford Allison Drive by the city in October 2016...

A Shelbyville woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Lower Halls Mill Road northwest of Shelbyville at mid-afternoon Wednesday. Vickie N. Burgett, 40, died at the scene of the accident, just past a curve in a wooded area, investigators said. She was pinned in the 2004 Jaguar XT3 as rescue personnel cut off a door...

At exactly 10 a.m. Wednesday a sea of students flooded around the flagpole at Shelbyville Central High School. The walkout lasted 17 minutes, to represent the 17 victims of the high school shooting last month in Parkland, Florida. Teachers and administrators supervised the walkout. There was a strong police presence at the school Wednesday as well...

Beware the Ides of March...March Madness that is. The famous words, once penned by William Shakespeare in the tragedy “Julius Caesar”, came in the setting of a soothsayer warning the great Julius Caesar of the possible danger to himself on March 15...

Shelbyville Central Golden Eagle senior wide receiver and running back Luke Davidson will take his talents to Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Ky after recently signing a letter of intent to further both his education and football career. “It really is a blessing to have this opportunity. ...

Peggy Hickerson, 71, of Murfreesboro, a native of Bedford County, died Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Funeral services 1 p.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. The family will officiate. Visitation begins at noon.

Vickie Natanya Burgett, 40, of Shelbyville died suddenly Wednesday, March 14, 2018 of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Celebration of Life service 7 p.m. Friday, March 23 at Doak-Howell Funeral Home. Visitation begins at 5 p.m.