Stories from Saturday, September 19, 2020

R ealizing that September 25 marks the 50th anniversary of the premiere of “The Partridge Family,” I am reminded that time moves more swiftly than a 45 RPM turntable. It seems like only yesterday that I was a fifth-grader and my mother was teasing me because 10-year-old Danny Partridge (played by Danny Bonaduce) was in love...

Have you ever felt like there was nothing you could do to make a difference for others? Do you ever get frustrated thinking that you can’t do more for the Lord or for the church? Maybe you’ve felt like you don’t have anything special to give or to offer at all?...

Mahala Faith Douglas, formerly of Bell Buckle and daughter of Annette Gentry and Clinton Douglas, graduated magna cum laude in August from Carson Newman University in Jefferson City with a bachelor’s in applied psychology and a minor in criminology...

The weather is getting cooler and even despite COVID-19, Float-A-Boat owners say everything is moving right along with Normandy’s newest attraction on the Duck River. Owners Karen and Jimmy Steele purchased Float-A-Boat in June 2019, at which time Karen decided it would become her full-time job. Prior to her family’s purchase, the canoe and kayak rental group was located in Wartrace, but in April, 2019, the life and leisure company made its Normandy debut.   ...

Sonia Miller, director of the local Senior Citizens Center, says she always appreciates volunteers. Earlier this year, a new program started, MyRide Bedford County, which she says despite COVID-19, continues to move right along, especially due to volunteers like Ronnie and Edith Greenhagen...

Shelbyville Fire Department recently gathered its team together in preparation for “Fire Prevention Week,” which is observed nationally Oct. 4-10. “Serve Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen!" is this year’s theme.

Speaking of First Choice Pregnancy Center’s newest community program, director Angela Rasnick said recently, “COVID has caused us to think outside of the box on so many of our services and programs at First Choice and this is one of those ideas that evolved from a conversation I had with a young mother while we were walking at the park.”...

Caregiver Relief Program of Bedford County has been working to assist and comfort families affected by Alzheimer’s Disease for over 20 years. Services include free home visits by a registered nurse/program director who can assess the health and needs of clients and caregivers. Most importantly, they help families develop of plan of living...

With tears in her eyes recently, Joyce Adams accepted tokens of appreciation for her 16 years of services with the Caregiver Relief program of Bedford County. She says smiling how she will miss the families, but really is looking forward to such hobbies as sewing and making crafts. Most of all, she’s looking forward to rocking her new grand baby...

I just can’t say enough good things about this forecast that I have for you. The days are going to be fair to partly sunny with highs in the 70s and the nights are going to be clear and dropping to the upper 40s to low 50s. No rain at all in our 5-day forecast. ...

Several Bedford County have been contacted by phone recently from scammers claiming to be with Amazon, law enforcement said. Among victims is a Bedford County woman who received a call from someone claiming a $700 transaction had been made to her Amazon account and asking if she wanted to talk to their security department. She said no, but later Googled ‘Amazon security,” called a number that appeared and talked to a man who said his name was “Jason.”...

Artist Clint Clarneau added an 18-foot by 10-foot flag to the side of the Livery Stable Antique Mall in Bell Buckle. The work took just one day.

Marelli Tennessee USA, LLC, doing business as Marelli, an international exterior lighting manufacturer for the automotive industry, will pay $335,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...

After three decades of trying, Mary Whitney was surprised with good news Tuesday morning: Union Ridge is finally going to get city water. Whitney has lived on Union Ridge for 45 years and, like her neighbors, her only source of drinking water was her 150-foot deep well. Some wells on Union Ridge yield good water, but some are not suitable as a drinking water source...

CVS Health is adding more than 2,000 new COVID-19 drive-thru test sites at select CVS Pharmacy locations across the country including Shelbyville CVS Pharmacy, at 825 North Main Street. CVS Health currently manages the largest number of independently run COVID-19 test sites in the country, and with these new locations the company expects to have more than 4,000 operating by mid-October. ...

Bedford County Schools Superintendent Don Embry announced during Tuesday’s school board meeting his plans to retire from education, effective Dec. 31. The superintendent’s official notification letter, which seemed to surprise board members, simply stated: “I want to thank each of you for giving me the opportunity to serve the students of Bedford County.”...

To the editor, Mr. Fanning's piece in the Opinion section of the paper is nothing but rhetoric. The Trump presidency will go down in history as a great presidency. The impeachment will go down as a partisan effort by Democrats to take out a duly elected president. There were so many fraudulent episodes with that impeachment it's hard to know where to start...

EAGLEVILLE – The Community Vikings controlled field position for most of the opening quarter, but the Vikings could not capitalize on their opportunities as the Eagleville Eagles took control and defeated Community 40-8 in a Region 5-2A matchup Friday night...

In order to pull an upset against some of the state's best competition, teams have to play nearly perfect football. Cascade coach Jake Tyre knew his team would have to replicate the near-perfect performance from a week ago during Friday night's Region 4-AA matchup at Watertown...