Stories from Saturday, September 7, 2019

The second annual Butterfly Arts & Crafts Festival will be held Sept. 27-28 at The Fly Arts Center on South Main Street. The event will feature a juried arts and crafts show plus two live butterfly releases. A preview party will be held from 4-7 p.m., with admission $10 at the door, including wine, hors d'oeuvre, and door prizes, as well as a first chance to shop from the art, jewelry and craft vendors...

The Fly Community Theatre will present the comedy "Daughters Of The Lone Star State," by Del Shores, Sept. 6, 7, 13 and 14 at 7 p.m., and Sept. 15 at 2 p.m. at The Fly Arts Center on South Main Street. This is the third play in Shores' trilogy set in Lowake, Texas, following "Daddy's Dyin ... ...

Kollyn Nicholas Evans and Victoria Evans of Shelbyville announce the birth of a daughter, Kaleigha Elizabeth-Ann Evans, July 21 in Tullahoma. She weighed 5 pounds, 10.2 ounces. Grandparents are Kimberly Evans, Kerry Evans, Amy Bradley and David Jackson. Surviving great-grandparents are Louise and Lanny Bradley of Shelbyville...

Jenny Troupe announces the birth of a son, Billy Ryan Troupe, on Aug. 2. He is the grandson of Gary Sr. and Sue Troupe, Russell and Janet Bradford, and the great-grandson of Richard and Freda Oliver.

Last week I promised you a little more information about our collection relating to caves and caving. Obviously, the best part of the collection includes the many comprehensive books on Tennessee caving written by Mr. Larry Matthews. Check a few of these out and read the fascinating tidbits of information he has provided. Many of our Tennessee cave books can be found under Dewey decimal number for geology, 551, while others can be found with books on Tennessee history...

Do you long for the days when the only outbursts our delicate ears had to worry about were the Z word ("Zoinks!") and the J word ("Jinkies!")? Then you might want to pop open some Scooby Snacks and celebrate the fact that September 13 marks the 50th anniversary of "What A Night for A Knight," the first episode of "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?"...

Can you hear it? The whistles blowing, the band playing, the cheering? That's right its football season once again! And that means game day snacks, tailgates and buffets to keep you fueled up to urge on your favorite team. Cheeseballs, wings, burgers, hotdogs and nachos are perennial favorites on the tailgate menu. ...

Edgar A. Guest is my favorite poet, and that's probably because he was my mother's favorite poet. I have often quoted him in my sermons over the years, and I have quoted him in previous columns that I've written. I suppose I can just call him "Edgar" or "Ed" or "Eddie."...

Tracy Vannatta is the 7th generation of his family to run their farm in the unincorporated community that bears his family name -- the Vannatta Community. The Vannatta family established the farm here in 1850. The line of succession was James, George, William, Pete, Tracy's dad, Bobby, and now Tracy...

In July of this year, a beautiful butterfly spread its wings and landed right in the middle of our own town square. Painted by local artist Crystal O'Neal, the large wall on the side of Talk of the Town Boutique has certainly brought some buzz and many interested folks to take a picture with the gorgeous outdoor mural...

CROSS PLAINS — After building a 14-0 lead mid-way through the third quarter in Friday night's Region 4-AA opener at East Robertson, the Cascade Champions had to feel pretty good about their chances to pick up a first win of the season. That scenario never played out as the Indians (1-2, 1-0) scored 21 unanswered points and handed the Champions their second loss of the season, 21-14...

UNIONVILLE – The Lewis County Panthers scored on all six of their first half possessions and went on to defeat the Community Vikings 49-22 in a Region 5-2A football game Friday night. "They line up and come and play physical football for 48 minutes," Coach Chris Grooms of the Vikings said. "You've got to match their physicality or it doesn't work well for you."...

FRANKLIN – One yard short. That was the difference between a win and loss for Shelbyville Central as the Golden Eagles got to the one yard line on the last play of the game in a 34-29 loss at No. 4 ranked Page. Friday night's game was a rematch of last year’s Region 5 5A title game...