Stories from Monday, October 14, 2019

Shelbyville Central High School Class of 1960 held its 59-year reunion on Saturday. Those attending were (front row) Mary Grace Landers Phillips, Laura Mai Crews, Louise Russell Gilliland, Gale Webb Stephens, Sandra Bowman Daniel, Wanda Rainwater Graf, Vivian Cook Thorpe, Carolyn Benson McKinney. Second row: Glynda Simmons Payne, Patricia Tarpley Fahey, Laura Long Hix, Nancy Brantley Rice, Sylvia Napper Bryan, Beverly Montgomery Ligon, Lamarr Neese Sanders, Rhonda Russell Reed, Diana Gowen Cushing, Faye Parsons Hane. Third row: Eddie Wright, Burt English, David Renegar, Betty Burch Richards, Mary Lou Finney Stone, Linda Moulder Kraus, Dolores Odeneal Cranch, Bonnie Clark Philpott, Marguerite Crigler Morrison, Wayne Williams (partially hidden). Fourth row: Eddie Murray, Jim McKinney, Paul Neese, Jerry Darnell, William Woods, Marvin Neill, Rodney Kirk, Wess Brown, Ott Renegar, Ray Noblitt. Back row: Mike Bone, Brent Smith, Lanny Alcorn, Joe McBee, Ray Gilliland, Jerry Robertson. Not pictured: Geneva Pruitt Melson.

The Shelbyville Police Benevolent Association is selling T-shirts, with all funds being donated to Bedford Cancer Foundation. The shirts’ logo was designed by Maj. Pat Mathis of the Shelbyville Police Department. Displaying the shirts are police personnel, from left, Officer Darrell Birdsong, Office Manager Kim Nash, Detective Carol Jean and Mathis. The shirts can be purchased weekdays in the front lobby of police headquarters on Lane Parkway.

Jason Boyette has joined Craig & Wheeler Realty & Auction as an agent. Boyette was born and raised in Shelbyville and is a graduate of Shelbyville Central High School and Middle Tennessee State University. He’s a lifelong resident of Bedford County and is in his 21st year as a teacher, currently teaching fifth grade social studies and science at Thomas Magnet School. Boyette and his wife, Shelbyville City Manager Shanna Boyette, have two children. Boyette can be reached directly at 931-580-4413 or through Craig & Wheeler at 931-684-9112.

Tennessee Association of Professional Surveyors held its change of officers on Sept. 28 at the Inn at Opryland in Nashville. Russell White of Unionville will serve as a director representing Middle Tennessee. The incoming executive Committee includes President Ashley Rose-Nalin of Tullahoma; Vice-President Mario Forte of Chattanooga; Secretary/Treasurer Brennon Garrett of Gatlinburg; National Society of Professional Surveyors Director Bart Crattie of Lookout Mountain, Georgia, and Past President John Winter of Knoxville. East Tennessee directors are Brian Bartlett, Steve Abbott, Adam Schmeing, Michael Coulliette, Len Tusar and Mike Stump. West Tennessee directors are Tommy Young, Bret Ferguson, Jimmy Cleveland, Mark Sorsby, Mike Frye, Chris Billingsley, Andrew Stokes and Henry Williams. Middle Tennessee directors are Ryan Beasley, Ken Shreeve, Chris Goetz, Grant Chapman and White. More information about the group is available at http://www.taps-inc.com.

Barbecue teams from around the world are preparing to smoke and season their way to a chance to be named the grand champion and take home $25,000 at the 31st Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue, Oct. 26 in Lynchburg. Judges and more than 25,000 fans will join competitive barbecue's best of the best as they compete for the coveted title of Grand Champion in what is widely considered the world's most prestigious barbecue competition...

The Primary Care and Hope Clinic recently secured a $167,000 Integrated Behavioral Health Services grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to expand patient access to mental health and substance abuse services in Bedford and Rutherford counties...

The Bedford County Learning Academy book drive, led by the National English Honors Society and Interact, concluded on Friday afternoon. However, Cascade still plans to lend a helping hand. This is Teen Read Week at Cascade as kids and teachers celebrate literature and all its wonders. ...

Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter is proud to announce the addition of five new physicians to its practice in 2019, in addition to adding two new locations in 2019,. The physicians joining MMC this fall are: Christopher Albergo (Endocrinology), Lauren Blackwell (Pediatrics), C. Brad Bledsoe (Dermatology), Britni Caplin (ENT), and Brittany Cook (Ophthalmology)...

*Ages, addresses and bond information on suspects are unavailable today because no Bedford County Jail intake was released Monday due to Columbus Day. They will be published Thursday. A man allegedly caught inside a Sunlite Road apartment was captured after a foot chase early Saturday...

Write Now At The Fly, a writing workshop, was held Saturday at The Fly Arts Center on South Main Street. A variety of speakers covered topics ranging from how to write dramatic monologues to motivational issues. A panel of local authors discussed their work and the self-publishing process...

Cascade High School won the Middle Tennessee Small Band Championship Grand Championship this past weekend in competition at Forrest High School in Chapel Hill. The band took first place in Class D for Field Commander, Color Guard, Percussion and Band and Best of the Best for Field Commander, Color Guard and Percussion.

Three sunny and peaceful Raus country cemeteries certainly came alive with stories of history Saturday as Raus Community Improvement Club (RCIC) held its first tour of Bomar, Powell and Roberts grave sites. Proceeds from the fundraiser will support Raus schoolhouse renovations...

Angela Darlene Hill, 60, of Nashville died Saturday, October 12, 2019. Funeral services will be 12 noon Thursday, October 17 at Fair Haven Baptist Church. Pastor Jason Scales will be eulogist. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Wednesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel and beginning 11 a.m. Thursday at the church.

Award-winning author Ted Chiang told more than 400 English honor or advanced placement students from all three of Bedford County's public high schools on Friday that his idea of true science fiction doesn't flinch from the progress of technology but recognizes it as inevitable and looks honestly at both its good and bad effects...

Nancy Claudine Harris Pigg, 84, of Shelbyville died Saturday, October 12, 2019 at her residence. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home in Columbia. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m.

Now that both Shelbyville and Bedford County governments have approved a program to hire a new industrial recruiter, the joint city-county study committee on economic development, meeting on Monday, discussed how to transition from the current system, in which the CEO of Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce serves as industrial recruiter...