What’s more romantic on Valentine’s Day than taking your sweetheart to early vote? Early voting starts on Wednesday, Feb. 14, and ends Tuesday, Feb. 27. Hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

The Middle Tennessee Spay and Neuter Clinic will hold a “Spay-Ghetti & No Balls!” luncheon Feb. 18 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bedford County Ag Center. Tickets

Bedford County Laity Club will meet Sunday, Feb. 18, at 6 p.m. at Mount Olivet UMC. Meal to be furnished.

County offices, the highway department, and convenience centers will all be closed for Presidents’ Day on Monday, Feb. 19.

The Bedford County Democratic Party will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, February 19, at their headquarters in the Executive Building (yellow brick building next to the Fly) at 210

The Bedford County Standing Committees will meet beginning at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20, in the second floor of the historic courthouse. The Rules and Legislative Committee meets at

Deadline for submitting absentee by mail applications for the March 5 primary election. They must be received by the election office by that day.

The Bedford County Finance Committee will meet at 4:15 at 200 Dover Street on Tuesday, Feb 27.

The Bedford County Planning Commission will meet at 7 p.m. on the second floor of the historic Bedford County Courthouse, on the square in Shelbyville.

The Bedford County Anti-Drug Coalition will meet at 6 p.m. at Victory Baptist Church, 2200 N. Main St. in Shelbyville on Thursday, Feb. 29. This meeting will be open to