Stories from Saturday, May 16, 2020

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges cancer patients to take extra steps to lower their risks of getting sick with COVID-19. There are videos on the CDC website which may assist patients. The CDC urges patients to call their doctor right away if they have a fever or feel sick during chemo treatments...

To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, Jack Daniel's visitor center temporarily suspended tours on March 16. Miss Mary Bobo's Restaurant and the Lynchburg Hardware & General Store also closed temporarily. Distillery operations have continued as normal. Moore County has been greatly spared with to date only 3 COVID-19 cases.

Motorcycle enthusiasts with Big G Express say they’re anxious to get their “knees in the breeze” after many have been quarantined due to COVID-19. Their upcoming event May 30 will help St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital continue to lead the way in how the world understands, treats,and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases...

2 lbs. fresh peaches, peeled, pitted, and halved 1 C. orange juice 1 C. plain yogurt 2 Tbsp. honey 2 Tbsp. lime juice  1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp. salt Place the peaches in blender and process until smooth. Transfer to a large bowl and add the orange juice, yogurt, honey, lime juice, and cinnamon. Adjust the thickness with more lime juice if necessary. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving or up to 8 hours...

O ne of my biggest pet peeves: people who can’t hold up their end of a conversation. Oh, I’m not saying that every single human being is obligated to bring jaw-dropping factoids, whimsical quips and provocative perspectives to every mundane conversation...

S everal years ago, Lynn and I had the privilege of making a trip to the Holy Lands of Israel. It was the trip of a lifetime for both of us, so much so that Lynn went back again last fall. One of the highlights of the trip for me was to stand at the Western Wall of the Temple Mount and pray with others, Jews and Christians alike...

Micah Rasnick has had a little time to spare lately, so rather than have idle hands, he turned to his kitchen. Since, his Facebook page has been filled with requests lately for his warm, cinnamon rolls right out of the oven. “I have always enjoyed being in the kitchen, but have been getting more seriously into cooking over just the past three or four years,” Rasnick said. “The cinnamon rolls . . . new to me.”...

Kim Mantooth is fairly used to wearing a mask; she’s even used to the drill by now of avoiding germs. You see, while everyone else is greatly worried about the pandemic, Kim and her husband, Jay, are also living life with cancer to boot. In 2019, an oh-so-familiar enemy, breast cancer, rekindled in Kim’s body with a vengeance. First diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer in 2015, she was cleared of cancer the following year. Life was good...

W e are slowly getting back to our new normal. The 3 three-hour no contact drive through service days seem to be growing in popularity. We are glad to see patrons again even from a social distance and with half their faces covered. Please listen to our answering machine recording at 931-684-7323 for days and times. ...

There will be scattered thunderstorms around Bedford County this weekend; it will be very warm and humid with high temperatures in the mid 80s and lows in the mid 60s. Next week we will cool off a little bit with highs in the low 70s. Quite a change to go from frost and freeze last weekend to the 80s this weekend. This was our last frost and now the growing season can begin for the lawns and gardens and flowers. I expect our temperatures to bounce right back into the 80s from May 22-28...

A Shelbyville church has been defrauded of $13.600 by someone using counterfeit checks, police were told Wednesday. Leaders of Bird Street Church of Christ told police checks using the church’s name and routing number were issued to a Juan Pablo Diaz Gomez on April 18 and 19. That name is unfamiliar to anyone at the church, which had not written checks to anyone with that name...

We always start with each of our communities in mind, but this spring of 2020 united us all in the Middle Tennessee region served by Motlow State Community College. We unite behind the success of our students and for workforce development. We unite because, in times of adversity, Tennesseans support each other. The beginning of this pandemic offered no clear roadmap, but Motlow has persevered and completed an unprecedented 50th year...

A fishing boat cruises across the light-jeweled water of Normandy Lake Thursday afternoon. Postcard perfect spring weather provides lots of opportunities to enjoy the natural beauty of Bedford County.

Mid May was deadly in the COVID-19 pandemic in Tennessee. In eight days (May 7 through May 14) 53 more Tennesseans died from COVID-19. One more person died Wednesday in Bedford County bringing that total to four. Nationally, as of Friday, 85,843 people have died from COVID-19. Since the first case was discovered in Washington state on January 19, on average 734 Americans have died every day from the coronavirus...

It's graduation weekend for Bedford County high school seniors and despite COVID-19 wrecking traditional ceremonies, Community High School graduates were honored Friday by faculty, staff and family during a drive-through processional. As seniors entered the school, horns honked and “Pomp and Circumstance” played. An actual ceremony is tentatively planned for June.

This is the second part in a series discussing the ongoing issue between Shelbyville City Council and Chamber of Commerce over industrial recruitment. The first installment published in Tuesday’s Times-Gazette included the presentation by Chamber Board member Bill Rich...