Stories from Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Barbara Jean Mills Morgan, 94, of Shelbyville died Friday, October 19, 2018. Graveside services 11 a.m. Thursday in West Hill Cemetery, Sherburne, New York. Arrangements: Burgess and Tedesco Funeral Home, Sherburne.

Cooper Steel, 503 North Hillcrest Drive, will offer shop tours of its newly renovated facilities during its free community “Parking Lot Party” Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Persons taking the tour must be 15 years and older. Closed-toe shoes are required. The event will include giveaways, food and an opportunity to talk with industry professionals. (Submitted photos)

Christmas bells are already ringing at the New Covenant Christian Bookstore — just in time for holiday shoppers. “Whether it’s decorations for the home, ornaments for the tree, toys for the kids, or a new outfit for the whole family, we’ve got something for everyone,” says Andrea Lovvorn, owner...

Two chain saws were stolen from a shed at a home in the 3300 block of State Highway 82 east of Bell Buckle over the weekend, the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office was told Monday. A guest house was also entered but nothing immediately reported missing. All property had been locked, the report said...

HALEY–T.C. Thompson and wife attended the sessions of Elk Presbytery, Bell Buckle, last week. UNIONVILLE – George B. Landis went to Bell Buckle last Monday, where he will remain for a time. RAY’S CHAPEL – Our late merchants, Messers. Lish and Dickens have dissolved partnership. J B. Wheeler taking Dickens’ place...

Shelbyville Central High School sophomore Jake Thompson passed the CompTIA IT Fundamentals Certification exam on Sept. 24. Thompson is the first student at SCHS to pass this exam and is currently in his second year enrolled in the information technology Cluster at SCHS’s CTE Annex. The cost of the exam was paid for by a grant obtained by the Bedford County Schools. This certification will give Thompson more opportunities to obtain a job in the computer industry. From left: Kelly North, Sarah Beth Spray, Larry Shelton, Jake Thompson, John Dochety and Michael McCoin. (Submitted photo)

Some models in Shelbyville Woman’s Club’s recent fashion show were misidentified in Sunday’s Life and Leisure section. Bottom row, left to right: Frances Baucom, Jennifer Jordan Thompson, emcee and owner of J Jordan Boutique, and Annie Grace Jensen (top, left to right) Brenda Ayers and Sharon Moore. We are happy to set the record straight. (T-G Photo by Dawn Hankins)

Middle Tennessee Chiropractic of Murfreesboro has opened a satellite office at 210 South Main St. in Shelbyville. Chiropractor David King will have hours two days a week at the Shelbyville location. King can be reached at 615-971-1798...

Dollar General has announced that it has completed a remodel of its store at 3221 Highway 231 N. in Deason. With an updated layout and design, the store now offers a selection of expanded frozen and refrigerated food offerings. "Through our ongoing commitment to provide a pleasant shopping experience to our customers, we are excited to welcome the community to see our recently remodeled [store]," said Dan Nieser, Dollar General's senior vice president of real estate and store development. ...

A big second quarter proved to be the difference for the Cascade Lady Champions on Tuesday night against Westwood. Cascade coasted off a 15-point effort in the second quarter, despite being out-scored 11-10 in the second half, for the 32-28 win over the Lady Rockets...

The Cascade Middle Champions just had too much offensive firepower for the Westwood Rockets. Cascade dominated from the opening tip-off of Tuesday’s DRVC game until the final buzzer in a 59-18 blowout win. The Champs spread the wealth around, penciling 12 players in the scoring column, with Chance Brown’s 16 points leading all scorers...

I turn the TV down, I'm tired of hearing it. "The Countdown," it's been going on for days now. Nineteen days, to be exact; nineteen days for 19 bodies. Nineteen children gone, vanished, disappeared, no trace of the killer, no evidence, no anything. Not even a body...

6:30 a.m. Ugh, time to get up. Wait! OMG, it's Halloween! Hi, I'm Kylie Falls. It's 6:32, and time for me to get ready for school. I honestly forgot it was Halloween, but today I'm going to be dressed up as The Nun ... scary, right? Phone buzzes...

One night Carter and his friend Gilbert were walking around the neighborhood. It was a rainy night. They thought they were being followed, so when they turned around they saw that it was a two-headed clown. They ran back to the house and the clown followed them home. They thought they made it home safe but the TV wasn't working right. What it showed was Carter's greatest nightmare, a dream of the two-headed clown catching them...

I sat watching through the window of my mom's car. Kaydyn and Karla were talking loudly but I was lost in deep thought. We were going to the carnival at the zoo; we had been waiting for a while. Finally we arrived at the zoo. I glanced at Karla and she had wide eyes. "What's wrong?" I asked her...

I never thought much of him, mousey computer enthusiast that he was. We went to high school together where my crowd was relatively popular, or at least normal, and his was that of "never gets noticed." We crossed paths, but never enough for me to even know his last name with certainty. ...

Michael sat on a stone bench nestled under a large willow tree. The sun was beginning to set, but Michael was determined to finish his book and find out what happened to the boy in the green jacket. There were only three pages left. Michael glanced at the quickly darkening sky and anxiously continued reading. ...

Nog knew that he deserved to die. He had, after all, committed all of the heinous crimes of which he had been accused, and in the England of the Twelfth Century, all of those offenses were punishable by death. Since he was an earl, he would be spared a commoner's death at the end of a rope. He was destined to meet his fate at the hand of his particular hamlet's royal executioner, Will Cleave...

Once upon a time there was a boy named Jason. He was always bullied at school, at home, anywhere he went. One day after school, the bullies chased him to the Duck River and pushed him in. Little did they know that he could not swim. He yelled and cried, "Help! I can't swim!"...

As I walked home from my friend Ellie's house, on this horribly, freezing cold, October evening, the frosty air was biting my nose with the intensity of a dog bite. It was three days before Halloween, and I was hoping the weather would warm up before then. Even though I was wearing a hoodie, my ears were chilled to the point of aching. I longed for the hand-warmer pouches my grandmother had offered me before I left home, only two hours earlier...

"Sources say that the train was derailed after a survivor described zombie like creatures, led by a werewolf, smashed into the side of the train by running down the hill. No contact has been made with the town in which the train departed. The government is saying that the video was fake, a Halloween prank, in which many have questioned."...

New Beginnings Baptist Church, 2027 Madison St., will be the drop-off location for shoebox gifts for children overseas during Operation Christmas Child's National Collection Week, Nov. 12-19. Shelbyville families, churches and groups are busy transforming empty shoeboxes into fun gifts filled with toys, school supplies and hygiene items. ...

Bailey Dunn, 11, a student at Southside Elementary, submitted our “spooky drawing” winner, one of several evil clowns among the entries.

The first meeting of the joint city-county committee to study transfer of animal control operations will be 3 p.m. Nov. 7 at the Chamber of Commerce. County Mayor Chad Graham mentioned the meeting during Tuesday night’s meeting of Bedford County Financial Management Committee. Graham said he has no concrete expectations for the first meeting and thinks it will simply serve the purpose of getting discussions started...

Halloween is a week from today, on Oct. 31, and several local organizations will have trick-or-treat, trunk-or-treat or alternative-to-Halloween events over the next few days. Here's a rundown of the ones that have been reported to us, starting with trick-or-treat events:...

What kid hasn’t used the directive “Stop it!” in some form or fashion? Run those words together and you’ve got new school technology aimed at averting issues such as bullying. STOPit is designed for students, because life can be difficult. It’s not always easy for students to speak up about cyberbullying or even self-harm...

Margie L. Wyatt, 88, of Jackson, formerly of Shelbyville, died Monday, October 22, 2018. Funeral services 12:30 p.m. Friday at the North Chapel of George A. Smith and Sons Funeral Home, Jackson, John Enoch officiating. Interment in Highland Memorial Gardens. Visitation begins at 11 a.m.

Mark Stephen Brown, 62, of Shelbyville died Saturday, October 20, 2018. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, October 27 at Hazel Cemetery, Bell Buckle. Arrangements: Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

Katie Lee "Kitty" Rambo Graham, 87, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, October 23, 2018. Funeral services 1 p.m. Sunday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel., Rev. Lanita Monroe officiating. Burial in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation 3-6 p.m. Saturday.