Stories from Thursday, October 25, 2018

George Donald 'Don' Spencer, 81, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, October 24, 2018. Funeral services 3 p.m. Sunday at First United Methodist Church, Rev. Lanita Monroe officiating. Burial in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Saturday at the church. Arrangements: Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

A mother and daughter are suspected of taking a mannequin head with human hair from a beauty supply store in June, Shelbyville police were told Tuesday. The owner of Kim’s Beauty Supply, North Main Street, told police a video shows a girl believed to be a Central High School student and her mother taking the mannequin head June 22. The incident was not reported earlier because the victim didn’t have information on suspects, she told police...

A Quilt of Valor was presented to Paul Eugene Cunningham at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Rover on Sunday, following a surprise 85th Birthday dinner. Janice Lewis presented the recognition from the Quilt of Valor Foundation to Cunningham, who served in the U.S. Army from 1953-1955. The quilt was made by Cunningham’s niece, Amy Martin, who is a volunteer with the Foundation. (Submitted photo)

Beta Iota Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha held its 40th annual fashion show and dinner last week at First United Methodist Church. Over 200 tickets were sold and there was a packed house. Proceeds will be used for scholarships for local students and to contribute to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Memphis...

Community Clinic of Shelbyville and Bedford County will provide free lung screenings Nov. 15 from 9 am to 3 p.m. This is a partnership with the CHI Memorial Lung Cancer Screening Program from Chattanooga. Patients are required to be between the ages of 55-80 years old, either be a current smoker or have quit within the past 15 years and have smoked in the range of a pack a day for 30 years (or two packs per day for 15 years), have no signs of lung cancer and no chest CT in the past 12 months...

The Webb School Theatre will present "The Merchant of Venice" in the Black Box Theatre on Nov. 8-10 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 11 at 2 p.m. The production is open to the public. Admission is $10 with no charge for children under 10. Reservations are required. Please visit http://events.webbschool.com/theatre to reserve your tickets. For more information, call 931-389-5703...

New Destiny Dog Rescue will hold "Barktoberfest" 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church pavilion on Depot Street. There will be microchipping for pets, rabies vaccinations, nail trims, food and retail booths, live entertainment, a dog parade with talent and costume contests, and a pumpkin patch and games...

The Cascade High School marching band participated in the Mid-South Marching Invitational at Austin Peay State University on Saturday and took first place visual, first place music and first place overall in Class AAA in the preliminaries, and eighth overall in the finals. Pictured are Cascade seniors and alumni (starting at top left): Lucas McBee, Katyrina Jesch, Melonie Schmiede, Alex Martinez, Anabel Baty, Harrison Engle, Noah Smith, Hunter Bucka, Cole Jackson, Mary Frances Barnett, Lauren Taylor Nash, Luke Murillo, Emalee Rhodes, Band Director, David Lucich, and Jacey Parker. (Submitted photo)

It took only seven days for the early vote total for the Nov. 6 election to pass the overall early vote total for the comparable midterm elections in both 2010 and 2014. As of close of business on Wednesday, 4,255 people had voted early, compared to 3,573 for the entire early voting period in 2014 and 4,008 for the entire early voting period in 2010, according to Bedford County Administrator of Elections Summer Leverette...

With 70 percent of construction complete, Cascade High School students are getting closer to moving into their new $23 million dollar facility, architect John Davis recently told Bedford County Board of Education. "We're getting there," he advised. "They're about to get the roof buttoned up."...

As the Community Vikings get ready for their final game of the 2018 football season at Forrest Friday night, Coach Chris Grooms is hoping his team can put together four solid quarters in the Region 5-2A contest. Beau Smith led the Viking defense with eight tackles while Luke Murrill had 107 yards of total offense in last Friday’s game at Summertown, but the Eagles came up with the big plays to spoil the night for the Vikings...

Prior to the week of practice prepping for Friday night’s regular season finale, Coach Jake Tyre and his coaching staff only knew the Westmoreland Eagles (6-3, 2-2) have run a Wing-T offense and had piled up six wins along the way. Once the staff was able to dig into some film study, the Champions (3-9, 1-3) will have a tough task corralling the Eagles’ top back on Friday night...