Stories from Sunday, July 1, 2018

David and Cheri Andrews of Shelbyville, Tennessee and Julie and Ken Joyce of Nashville, announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Lauren Andrews, to Michael Jeb House. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of LeRoy and Farrah Shreve of Murfreesboro and the late Marilyn Phillips and Jim Phillips of Shelbyville and Barbara West of Bell Buckle...

New Destiny Dog Rescue has been on a mission to reduce the unwanted and neglected dog population locally since its March 2016 founding. In doing this, New Destiny has teamed up with Bedford County Animal Control along with a partner rescue in New Jersey...

Shelbyville’s drinking water source is Duck River. Is it safe to drink? According to the 2018 Shelbyville Water Quality Report, which is available for public viewing on the Shelbyville Water and Sewerage website, the answer is “yes.” “We’re proud that your drinking water meets or exceeds all Federal and State requirements,” the 2018 report states...

A lot of rain and thunderstorms pounded Bedford County over the past week. One rain gauge located about 6 miles south of Shelbyville collected over 5 and 3/4 inches this week. Almost everyone in the county had over 2 and 1/2 to 3 inches of rainfall...

The smell of marijuana led officers to a drug suspect Thursday, Shelbyville police said. Several people at an Anthony Lane apartment complex had expresses concern about the smell of marijuana wafting into their units, police were told. Officers Jon Cooke and Bradley Evans traced the smell to a unit occupied by Sara Comer, who was charged with simple possession after 3.2 grams of marijuana rolled into 23 half-smoked cigarettes were found...

Shelby Chapter DAR met at Riverbend Country Club on Wednesday with 17 members and three visitors present. Guest speaker was Lt. Col. Herman Statum of Brentwood, a native of Shelbyville. He authored “Ethos, Challenges of Right and Wrong.” His presentation included memorable learning moments which he experienced while serving in the military...

The circus of NBA free agency is here, officially. On Friday afternoon, LeBron James announced he would be opting out of his contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers. For months, speculation arose whether or not James would try his run at a championship with another club, and for months, speculation has swirled about his potential landing spot...

The Fairview FCE Club met on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, at the UT/TSU Extension Office in Shelbyville. President Pat Hastings read the Household Hint and asked Patsy Parker to read the Call to Order. Marilyn Lewis gave a devotion regarding Friends and Friendship...

When I think back on high school days, my memories often revolve around cars and driving. It was always a big deal to get your driver’s license as soon as you were old enough. Most of us knew how to drive from the time our feet would reach the pedals since so many of us were driving farm tractors and such working at home to do haying and harvesting. ...

When Stephen Philpott’s dad decided to focus Wayside Farms on dairy in the 1950s the Federally funded interstate highway system was not in existence. Little did anyone realize at that time that the interstate system would, when combined with other government programs and changing market forces, result in a precipitous decline of family dairy farms today...

My oldest son loves to play video games. My daughter likes to play video games. And my granddaughters like to watch people on YouTube playing video games. And when all of us are gathered together in the living room at the house and the conversation dies down….I look around the room and just about everyone is looking down at the smart phone or the iPad in their hands...

In the approximate 10 years of writing my column for the T-G, there is one that I probably refer to more often than any others of the hundreds published. It usually happens on Sundays, and it’s often a result of me needing to cook this particular dish by the request of friends, in particular, kid friends...