Stories from Friday, October 4, 2019

FAYETTEVILLE — Community had plenty of opportunities, but in the end couldn’t capitalize in a 1-1 tie at Fayetteville City on Thursday evening. The Lady Tigers drew first blood with a score in the 10th minute. The two teams battled back and forth until Jemima Ramos recorded the equalizer in the 30th minute...

HUNTLAND — As the regular season draws to a close, the Cascade Lady Champions continue to play top-end level defense. Cascade allowed Huntland a single shot on goal and the Lady Champs were able to post another shutout victory, beating the Lady Hornets 2-0...

What you’ve grown accustomed to with a Marcus Mariota led Tennessee Titans team is basically what the 2019 season has been thus far. The Titans have shown the good, with a 43-13 blowout win at Cleveland and a gritty 24-10 win at Atlanta. But you’ve also seen the bad with losses to franchises with backup quarterbacks at the helm, the first of which came to the Indianapolis Colts in a 19-17 loss and a 20-7 embarrassment at Jacksonville...

The members of the 2019-20 Tennessee’s Backroads Board of Directors are, from left, Dianne Murray, executive director; Barbara Blanton, president; Judy Gambill; Blossom Merryman and Marjorie Collier, secretary. On the back row are, from left, Walt Chism and Mark McGee.

The fall Tennessee’s Backroads Heritage Dinner was held this week at Bell Buckle Banquet Hall. From left are Anna Frazier, Bedford County Archives; Barbara Blanton, Backroads president; and guest speaker Carol Roberts, conservation manager for preservation and digitization at the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Roberts is a native of Bedford County.

Last week was National DMV Appreciation Week. Donate Life, which promotes organ donation, thanked employees at the Bedford County Clerk’s office, which collects donations when vehicles are registered with the state. and the Tennessee Department of Safety’s driver’s license testing station, which allows licensed drivers to sign up as organ donors. John Cunningham of Donate Life and local organ donation advocate Donna Orr brought donuts to each office. ABOVE: At the driver’s license testing center, from left, are Cunningham, examiners Vickie Caneer and Teresa Pendergrast, and Orr. Not pictured: examiner Earnest Kenly and manager Sandra Walker. BELOW: At the office of County Clerk Donna Thomas are, front row from left, Mary Kaye Jordan, Ronette Tillman, Gabriela Lynch, Donna Orr. Back row: John Cunningham, Tanya Beal, Suzanne Villemarette, Ann Marie Morton, Tammy Bledsoe, Thomas, Tammy King.

In honor of The Webb School’s 150th Anniversary, the Follin Speaker Series is hosting special guests throughout the 2019-2020 school year. Three speakers are planned this fall to launch the series, an endowed program at school. The presentations will be in the Follin Chapel on the Webb campus in Bell Buckle and are free and open to the public...

Christian Singles Group #2 met at River Bend Country Club on Oct. 1. Evelyn Waggoner (seated) and Christine Rogers welcomed members to the meeting. President Pat Hastings called the meeting to order. Rhoda Gunter gave the devotion. Billie Crowell led the group in singing humorous lyrics set to music of familiar songs. Other entertainment was provided by Evelyn Waggoner, who read jokes and funny stories. The next meeting will be Nov. 5.

A man walked into an unlocked home in the 400 block of Belmont Avenue shortly after midnight Wednesday morning claiming he’d been given permission to take a shower there. The residents told Shelbyville police they didn’t recognize him. He was described as white, approximately 5-feet-9, 140 pounds with tattoos on both arms...

To the editor: Schools in Bedford County are back in session and thanks to the generosity of so many people no student should be without proper supplies for the school year. A big thank you to everyone who helped United Way of Bedford County collect more than 10,000 individual items, enough to fill 152 boxes with useful school items...

Thursday was National “Bring Your Bible to School Day.” I’m smiling. How about you? This day was not set aside to be a “my denomination is better than yours day.” It’s merely an annual time when Americans have the freedom to take the Bible into public schools...

We have never seen October temperatures like we have just experienced. Three straight days of highs in the mid-to-upper 90s to get the month started. Not only were we breaking the daily records but the all time high for October was set. Several cities hit 99 last week and many hit 98. September was one of the hottest and driest ever and we certainly won’t forget it anytime soon. cjar...

Ever curious about who’s buried in the Raus cemeteries? The public has a chance to find out more about those historic markers 1:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, when Raus Community Improvement Club hosts “Raus History Comes Alive: A Guided Cemetery Tour.”...

In the midst of unseasonable fall temperatures, Shelbyville Housing Authority officials broke ground Thursday morning at 51 Elizabeth St. on a building project which promises to provide six new handicap-accessible one-bedroom duplexes. “Everyone can apply for the housing,” notes Hershel Thrasher, SHA executive director, “but all HUD [U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development] rules do apply.”...

Jonathan Clay Koonce, 44, of Shelbyville died Friday, October 4, 2019. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow in Leming Cemetery in Normandy. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.